Message from the Rav [Sivan 5784]
The War We Are In & The Way to Survive It
At this time, we are found in a war, both from the outside and from within. The outside war we are found amidst is a war with the enemies surrounding the Holy Land who have risen up against the Jewish nation to destroy them, and this is an absolutely palpable and imminent peril, Hashem Yirachem, may G-d have mercy on us. This danger increases by the day.
And from within the Holy Land, there is a war that the Eirev Rav has opened in the Holy Land, in deciding to uproot all legions of all those who learn Torah, to uproot them Rachmana Litzlan from their place in the Beis Midrash and bring them into places full of snakes and scorpions. The Eirev Rav plans to continue stage after stage, using force, to uproot more and more foundations of the Jewish religion, like Lavan who sought to destroy everything of the Jewish people!!! Their plan is to force a war from within, in the Holy Land amidst its inhabitants, and by using force, they plan to take control over everything, and by way of their actions they intend to destroy everything, by creating war amidst us, in addition to the physical war with Israel’s enemies. The Eirev Rav nurses their strength from the “50 gates of tumah” (spiritual contamination), and therefore they will not rest until they activate all their planning to fruition, to uproot everything.
We must understand very, very well how to see the general picture of what’s happening here and not simply to see the details. We shouldn’t merely be seeing the details that are unfolding one after the other: A law they make that takes away financial support, a law to draft the Chareidim to the army, a law to break down the separation between men and women, and more and more. We need to instead see the general picture here – that their wish is to turn this country into an irreligious country, using the power of the government law to Rachmana Litzlan abrogate the obligations of the Torah, so that they can change the entire atmosphere of those who live in the Holy Land.
And if someone says to me “All of this has no relevance to me”, this means that he doesn’t understand at all the situation he is found in, nor does he understand his own personal situation, nor the situation of Klal Yisrael in the Holy Land, as well as in the entire world, nor does he understand at all the collective situation of the world and all those living in it.
The only power to withstand all of this is only through the light of the 50th Gate of Holiness, because the entire underlying essence of the war, both the physical and spiritual wars now that are taking place, are essentially a war between the 50th Gate of Holiness and 50th Gate of Impurity.
Editor’s Note: The “50th Gate of Holiness” (Shaar HaNun D’Kedushah) includes: emunah peshutah (simple unquestioning faith and loyalty to Hashem), mesirus nefesh l’maalah m’taam v’daas (to give our souls to Hashem in a way that defies logic and reasoning), achizah bo Yisbarach mamash (grabbing onto Hashem, so to speak). These ways are explained in the Rav’s hebrew sefer שער הנון "Shaar HaNun" published in 5784. In a nutshell, the sefer Shaar HaNun teaches us that the avodah of every person in the end of days is two-fold: For each person to disconnect as much as possible from the impurity of the internet (which is the 50th level of tumah as) along with having mesirus nefesh – giving up something for Hashem - in at least one area. That is the basic idea of how we become connected to the 50th level of kedushah which enables us to survive the times we are in. And, understandably, there are many levels to this with deeper and deeper ways to connect to the 50th level of kedushah.
Jewish souls, please, please, understand what kind of situation we are in, and what the spiritual essence behind this war is, and the way to fight it and conquer it – through Hashem Yisbarach Shmo (G-d, may His Name be blessed).
To understand this all on a practical level, learn the sefer Shaar HaNun, where all of this is explained down from the concepts all the way to the practical outcomes.
