The Secret Behind the Fall of Iran

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi YY Jacobson’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

So, I want to begin with a story or a statement in the Gamara that is I think very apropos for today's times, for these days and weeks. It's your first source at Sanhedrin Tzadik Daled Amud Aleph. Tractate Sanhedrin page 94. Bikash Hakadosh Baruch Hu la'asot Chizkiyahu Mashiach v'Sanhedrin Gog u'Magog. Hashem desired to make Chizkiyahu HaMelech, Chizkiyahu the king Mashiach and Sanhedrin who was the king Mashiach and Sanhedrin who was his adversary who was his adversary. Sanhedrin was the king of Assyria who came to war against Jerusalem. Make him Gog u'Magog. Amrah Middas Hadin lifnei Hakadosh Baruch Hu, which is the final war before redemption. The attribute of judgment came to Hashem and said, "Ribbono shel Olam, master of the world, u'Mah David Melech Yisrael she'amar kamah shiros v'sishbachos l'fanecha, lo ya'aseh Mashiach? Chizkiyahu she'asa seichel l'chol hanisim v'halel v'amrah shirah l'fanecha, ta'aseh Mashiach?" l'fanecha, ta'aseh Mashiach?" David, the king of the Jewish people who has uttered and communicated so many praises, the entire book of Tehillim, Psalms, songs and praises to you, and him you did not make Mashiach. Chizkiyahu who observed so many extraordinary miracles, cuz when Sanhedrin came to attack Jerusalem, he besieged Jerusalem with 180,000 troops and Chizkiyahu said, "I am staying in bed and I'm going to give this one to God." And basically it was what we call today a pandemic and 180,000 troops were

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