R' Meir Hershkowitz Zatzal once told me about their unfortunate plight: “It’s Pikuach Nefesh!” We need to constantly daven that they all do Teshuva; especially those atheistic leaders of Eretz Yisroel who are: מְסוּגָל cut out to do Teshuva. Of course, we need to daven for our own Teshuva as well. Actually, these days are a tremendous: עֵ ת רָ צוֹן favorable time. I am directly in touch with a close relative who is in charge of obtaining pairs of Tefilin for the troops.
As of this writing, the troops have already received 9,000 pairs of Tefilin. This is an unusual amount of people who very suddenly have decided to become Tefilin-wearer’s, which they never did in their lives; it’s a Melitz Yosher (advocate) for Gantz (the entire) Klal Yisroel. They have just ordered another 10,000. This equals 19,000 sudden Baalei Teshuva! What an unbelievable Zechus and Chesed for the entire world!
I can’t know for sure the exact accuracy, but I’m hearing that the entire Israeli army is presently wearing green colored Tzitzis. This is Mamash Gevaldig. The Rambam says that Tzitzis is like keeping all 613 Mitzvos. Of course, we hope it will be a: פֶֹ תַ ח prelude for literal Teshuva Shleima of Taryag Mitzvos Mamash.
רמב"ם הלכות ציצית (ג יב)
לעולם יהא אדם זהיר במצות ציצית , שהרי הכתוב שקלה ותלה בה כל המצות כולן, שנאמר (שלח טו לט) וּרְ אִיתֶם אֹתוֹ וּזְכַרְתֶּם אֶת כָל מִצְוֹת .'ה
The Koach HaTefila Has the Power to Do Anything
There is no question that we have the power of bringing back Gantz Klal Yisroel: לְ אָ בִ ינוּ שֶ בַ שָ מַ יִ ם to our loving Father in Heaven with the Koach HaTefila. הַכֹל יָכוֹל Hashem can do anything! I am told that my friends had seen a picture of 7 soldiers. One was wearing a Talis and Tefilin, and the others are waiting for a chance to put them on. It was Rosh Hashanah in Kamenitz during WWII when the Germans entered, and the entire population looked to escape.
However, R' Baruch Ber Zatzal told his Yeshiva to stay and daven and ignore the whole Matzav. The Germans were there for 11 days, and the Zechus of R' Baruch Ber caused them to treat the members of the Yeshiva politely with Derech Eretz! When the Yidden were having trouble from other Goyim, they told the Germans, and the Germans placed two tanks in front of the Bais Medrash to protect them.
A loud and clear message! אֵין הַנָּחָש מֵמִית אֶלָא הַ חֵטְא מֵמִית It is not the snake who kills, rather the sin that kills! Constant Tefila for a Teshuva Shleima will surely bring major Yeshuos. Of course, this is besides constant davening that not one Yid should be hurt, Chas V'shalom. And all: שוֹנְאֵי ה' וְשוֹנְאֵי יִשְרָאֵל the enemies of Hashem and the enemies of the Yidden should have a total: מַ פָ לָ ה downfall! And we should be Zoche to Moshiach Tzid'keinu, B’mheira B’yameinu, Amen.
I’ve heard many things about the dangerous Matzav we are all in (perhaps Milchemes Gog u'Magog) and people are asking me how to deal with it. אֵין לִי עֵסֶק בְנִסְתָּרוֹת I don’t know what’s going on in Heaven. But this is for sure. If the Chofetz Chaim Zatzal said that the only thing that can save us is Bitachon, then if you are Osek more and more in Inyanei Bitachon, you don’t have to suffer, no matter what.
The More People Work on Emuna and Bitachon, The More Bracha for The Entire World, And the Less Wars and Yissurim
If R' Chatzkel Levenstein Zatzal said that both WWI and WWII were part of the tragedy that is caused by lack of Emuna and Bitachon, and R' Ahron Kotler Zatzal said that we should daven that the leaders of a Malchus of K'fira in Eretz Yisroel should do Teshuva, then it is clear that the more people work on Emuna and Bitachon, the more Bracha for the entire world and the less wars and Yissurim!
The Shayla is: how important is your personal Tefila?
The answer is: if you value your Tefila and believe: כָל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד חַיָב לוֹמַר בִשְבִילִי נִבְרָא הָעוֹלָם סנהדרין לז א that every person must say: “the entire universe was created just for ME, and: יָחִיד שֶעָשָה תְשוּבָה, מוֹחֲלִין לְכָל הָעוֹלָם כוּלוֹ יומא פו ב if even ONE person does Teshuva, the entire world is forgiven, then this Yachid (individual) can bring a Yeshua for the entire world Mamash!
When there was street fighting in USSR after WWI, and people were dying like flies all over, in the Novardoker Yeshiva nobody was hurt. R' Yitzchok Orlansky Zatzal was there, and he told me that everyone was saying that it was the Bitachon of the Alter that was saving everyone in his Yeshiva.
In Novardok I heard: תֻּּמַּת יְשָרִ ים תַּנְחֵם משלי יא ג
the Temimus of the straight ones, guides them; i.e., if you are a Tamim and you believe that you alone can bring a total Yeshua in Ruchaniyus and Gashmiyus, then that’s exactly what will happen! The Churban Bais Hamikdash took place because שֶׁלֹּא בֵּרְ כוּ בַּתּוֹרָה תְחִלָה נדרים פא א they did not say a Bracha before learning Torah, and the Ran says that people’s Torah didn’t save them because they didn’t believe in the power of their Torah!
