The Unfiltered Erev Rav, Part One
b'siyata d'shemaya, The purpose of this post is to combat an increase in confusion among those seeking clarity in current events, and in the tradition of Ha Rav Ha Gaon, Rabbi Mendel Kessin, Shlit"a, to gain a greater understanding of the Divine Plan. We seek this understanding in order to improve our avoda, to strengthen our faith and resolve, and to become illuminating beacons to others in these unprecedented, dark times. With the events that began the three Wars of Gog U'Magog, as brought down by Rav Wasserman, ZQT"L, beginning with the pestilence of the First World War, and the inexplicable industrial slaughter of the Second World War, we became accustomed to physical annihilation, displacement, and physical persecution. The Third and final World War is foreseen as eclipsing the first of the two, as is known. To paraphrase the Chazon Ish, from his sefer Emunah u'Bitachon, 'the final trial is not one of persecution, but one of confusion of the mi...