Israelis and Jews around the world breathed a sigh of relief after US President Donald Trump was elected as the next president.
Upon entering office, Trump immediately implemented a number of of pro-Israel measures, lifting the arms embargo Biden imposed on Israel, restoring sanctions on the ICC, and lifting sanctions on Israeli settlers.
Trump then shocked the world, including Israel, by demanding that Palestinians in Gaza be resettled.
But of course, Am Yisrael can only trust Hashem and ‘לב מלכים ושרים ביד ה’. A video circulating in recent days, shows HaGaon HaRav Shternbuch speaking at his home [in English], warning that the “yeshuah will not come from the new President of America.”
“When Am Yisrael recognizes there’s no other way, only through Hashem Yisbarach – any thoughts of a ‘big army,’ a ‘big Air Force,’ or ‘We are very strong,’ – nothing will come out of it,” HaRav Shternbuch said.
“The only thing we have is the Ribbono Shel Olam. The future Geulah will come only when we recognize that no one can help us but Hashem Yisbarach Himself.”
“Today there are many people relying on the new President in America – he will help us, they say. But you should know – these people are delaying the arrival of Moshiach.”
“Only when we recognize ‘אפס עצור ועזוב’ [an expression from the Tanach that refers to a state of complete despair, with no one to depend on for assistance]. No one can help, only Hashem Yisbarach. We won’t be helped by the president of America. Only then will Hashem Yisbarach bring the yeshuah.”
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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14 Responses
“He used Koresh to allow the Jews to go and build the Bayit Sheni”
Yes, but that bayis did not endure. But the next one will. And therefore this next and final one must be done by G-d Himself, as our Torah sages have noted.
BaltimoreMaven:
Are you implying that it is therefore mistaken? Since we are not karaites, we do believe in our Mesorah, too, not just the verses in Tanach.
Yes, there are masoretic sources for that phrase.
From a quick web search of the words:
בפיוטו של רבינו גרשום מאור הגולה
(סליחות לעשי”ת כמנהג פולין)
“אתה מקדם אלוקינו” נאמר:
בידך לב מלכים ושרים”
מקור:
עלון טועמיה
Ido:
Chesed from shamayim is very, very helpful, of course, but the geulah will come from Hashem only.
Ki im beruchi omar hashem tzvakos
כתוב במשלי פרק כא פסוק א “לב מלך ביד ה'”.
“…the yeshuah will not come from the new President of America” – but HKBH is mitgalgel zehut al yadai zakai, isn’t He?
Why could it not come THROUGH the new President of America?
He used Koresh to allow the Jews to go and build the Bayit Sheni
When we see good people being elevated to positions of ‘power’, should we not see that as a sign of hesed from shamayim?
פַּלְגֵי מַיִם לֶב מֶלֶךְ בְּיַד יְהוָה עַל כָּל אֲשֶׁר יַחְפֹּץ יַטֶּנּוּ
‘ספר משלי • פרק כ”א • פסוק א
oy the zionists kochi vetzem yodi have brought us to a horrible place
I’m not sure why this is beneficial to klal yisroel that this headline is plastered on an open platform on the internet…Terrible
It won’t come from President Trump but Trump may be Hashem’s “shaliach”.
Of course. Let’s remember Trump can only be a good שליח if Hashem decides so. He was put there by Hashem, but even now anything good can only happen if Hashem wants it. I think and hope many people understand that it’s all מעשה ה’.
Amen! The same amount of Ain Od Milvado which everyone was screaming under Biden when it was more obvious we were in trouble, must be matched now. A SHLIACH is as good as the sender allows!
For so long as the Jew has even one ally, he will be convinced – in his smallness of mind – that his salvation came from that ally. It is only when he is alone – against all of his own efforts and frantic attempts – that he will, through no choice, be compelled to turn to G-d.
The difference is that if we turn from the Gentile first, we will have the Almighty as the immediate staff and our comfort. If not, we will have neither the Gentile nor, for a terrible stage, the Almighty.
Rabbi Meir Kahane
Unfortunately everybody quotes this but there is no such possuk as ‘לב מלכים ושרים ביד ה’.