The Haifa Fire

While the devastating forest fire on the outskirts of Haifa still blazes, a pointless national witch hunt is going on. Energies here would be much better applied to soul-searching, teshuva, and learning emuna.

We here at the Beams aren't going to participate of the finger-pointing festival. Nor shall we cry in lament like the secular media who says, "if we can't put out a forest fire, how can we defend ourselves?"

We never did defend ourselves - it was Hashem that pulled us out of every fire; this is personal experience talking...

We teach in the principles of emuna that everything Hashem does is for the very best. Everyone asks, how can 42 losses of life and thousands of acres of charred forests be for the best?

The answer is in the following Midrash (Shir Hashirim 2:5, elaborating on the passage, K'shoshana bane ha chuchim): Right before Moshiach comes, Hashem will burn the outskirts of Haifa. See it for yourselves...

 
 Below is a close-up image of the above photo:

 
Get ready, folks.

Comments

[Ruthcohencharif]

if this is a warning of things to come, which it is, then a lot more than 42 lives will be lost. and lots of trees and plants.
time to wake up the living.
and get serious

[Daviddavid474]

42 is significant the holy name of 42 in creating the world and 42 wanderings in bamidbar . On them Baruch Dayan Emet. Thanks for this wonderful chiddush from the midrash of all places , these sages had deep ruach hakodesh they must have known something about chaifa and fire releated to the keitz . Amen Netzach Selah. Ive been going back and forth between psalm 110 a psalm of geulah in din with psalm 126 a song of geulah bechesed vrachamim a lot lately last several weeks .

[Yaakov Bar-Nahman]

Great! as usual dear Rav Lazer;
Folks see also Melakhim (Kings) A, chapter 18, verses 21 through 46. There it tells that due to the abundance of Avoda Zara (worship that is foreign to the desire of HaShem, idolatry etc) on the Carmel HaShem will send fire down from heaven. All the country will gather there because of the fire etc etc. READ IT & see....
YB

[Puah yiska]

Wow....amazing ...impressive ...emes ...its so so challenging to walk around on this planet without a solid spiritual foundation ..deep roots that weather all the storms here on earth. Thank you for the photograph of the text. Condolences to all those who have lost loved ones...

[Binyamin Kreider]

Could someone post a translation of the Midrash. I'm not fluent at all....

[Dovbearbarleib]

UNBELIEVABLE. But of course if we have emunah it is very believable.

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“Perhaps something good will come of this disaster”

Bibi...It will if we want it to. As PM of Israel you have a pivotal role to play. When certain dynamics present themselves it is vital to capitalise on them. Sometimes this involves just waiting, patience and trusting the universe. It can also involve direct contact, communication and movement between people. I think G-d has a plan for the Temple Mount, Jerusalem, the Holy Land and Planet Earth. But he needs his good people down here on terra firma to direct and act on his stage.

There is so much potential in the relationships between all the nations for peace, stability, order, benevolence and expansiveness. Just like the prophecy of World Peace 2050 ! There is not much more terrible than death by fire. I think the Jewish people really need to reflect and act on what is going on right now.

The chance of devastating fires would have been reduced greatly if there had been more rainfall in the region over the last six months. I wonder what Rabbi Ovadiah thinks about the concept of "Good reign for good rain" ?

It is also interesting to note that it looks like the fires were a result of negligence and not arson. Both can have the same terrible effects but the former method is not conducive to simple blame gaming.

I am happy to come to Israel now but only with certain conditions. People find sanctuary in good leadership. I know how the eternal sanctuary can be built...

Prayers for the victims.

[Zahava Pasternak]

please respond to the following Rabbi Lazer - thanks for all that you do in spreading emunah

http://parsha.blogspot.com/2010/12/was-fire-in-haifa-predicted-in-midrash.html

[Karon Aaland]

Wow! This is really tricky. Thanks for this nice & informative post from the author. This is really helpful.
renamer

[Dorene Aaland]

This is an interesting post indeed. But can you please elaborate on the points a bit further? Thanks for the post. Keep posting.

[Dexterridlon]

You portrayed the topic well.. Especially the concluding paragraph and the mid section made a good read... keep posting...All the best.
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