Post with the most links

Something woke me up at 5 am. Or rather, lack of something. I felt like I was dying of thirst. Lesson: never eat something salty before going to bed.

So I took a spin around the web to see what people are up to these days. Like, what's happening?!
And here's what I came up with:

This Sunday is Lag Baomer, and therefore there will be a parade in Crown Heights, which happens only when Lag Baomer falls on a Sunday. It is being called The Great Parade. I googled it. Exhibit A: It is not only for Lubavitchers. All the big Jewish news websites know about it, and I assume there will be thousands of people there. There will also be a concert before the parade. They even have their very own twitter account! Exhibit B: So that is one cool exciting event coming up that everyone should attend. The Rebbe was very big on the Lag Baomer parade. It is an event that creates unity and achdus among Jews.

Another thing I came across on my travails on the web was a certain Iceland volcano. It has a name. Thumbs up to those who can pronounce it. It is called the Eyjafjallajokull volcano. According to Wiki, it is even harder to pronounce then I thought. Since I have a very short attention span, (I wouldn't go so far as to say I have ADD, that's for sissys) I couldn't read all the stuff I found on it. After all, it is just a volcano that erupted. What significance does it have to me?



According to this article on Collive, perhaps plenty. So the question remains: can a volcano bring Moshiach?

Can you blame me when my first reaction to reading that was skepticism? Ok, so I am a scoffer. Does that mean I can't get on the cloud when it comes to pick us up? I hope not. Oh, I believe in Moshiach. But I'm not so sure a volcano is a sign that it is here. OR that it is "G-d's reply to the passage of health care bill".

I read the article. The first thing that caught my eye was: The Moshiach campaign. That name reminded me of the "Tznius campaign" which, if some of you recall, is another reason why I was skeptical.

But then, who am I to say that a volcano is not the start of the Geulah? G-d works in mysterious ways, and has many ways to bring things about. If He wants to use a volcano, so be it. Am I going to be the one on the front lines saying, I knew it all along!? Probably not. But like one of the Rabeim said, all that matters is that Moshiach should come already. It doesn't matter who it is or how it comes.

Ok that is all for tonight folks. If you like what you saw, please leave feedback and maybe I will post again.

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