A War Is Coming – Purim Is Coming

In a powerful recent interview, Baba Baruch Abuhatzeira — son of the revered Moroccan-Israeli tzaddik and miracle-worker known as the Baba Sali (Rabbi Israel Abuhatzeira) — shared a dream message he received from his father about the current war and its trajectory.

The core message is stark and clear: The Jewish nation must stand alone. “Don’t trust anybody,” the dream conveyed. Even if political figures (explicitly including hopes pinned on leaders like President Trump) appear supportive for a time, betrayal or a new problem from elsewhere will arise. The Jewish people cannot ultimately rely on any human alliance or superpower. They must place their complete trust in God alone — echoing the words of the prophet Balaam in the Torah.

Baba Baruch emphasized that we are already in (or at the threshold of) the War of Gog and Magog. From this war, Mashiach will come. The current conflict with Iran and its proxies is not an isolated event or a pause that ends the story; it is part of a larger, divinely orchestrated process leading to the final redemption. “We’re at the very precipice. We’re at the very end. And it’s coming very quickly.”

A striking call to spiritual posture runs through the teaching: Calm down. Nobody should have fear. What is coming will be very scary, but fear itself is the wrong response. The key avodah (spiritual work) is emunah — perfect faith and confidence in God. The three-stage path outlined is Aleph (Emunah/faith), Bet (praise or the corresponding step of drawing close), and Gimel (Geulah/redemption).

The Purim Story: The Living Template

The Purim story is invoked as a living template. Just as in the days of Esther and Mordechai, when the Jewish people faced a decree of annihilation, divine justice operates on a higher plane. The one who “sells” or betrays the Jews ultimately faces ruin. Mordechai’s charge to Esther — “for such a time as this” —

And Esther’s courageous decision to act (“if I perish, I perish”) models the call to rise to the moment. The user’s phrasing “Choose this day, as Esther was told by Mordechai, her uncle” beautifully captures this urgency: now is the time to choose emunah, to act with bold trust in the divine plan rather than human calculations, and to recognize that the redemption process is already unfolding.

Rabbi Aron Sokol’s commentary (in the broader context of these discussions) underscores the imminence and the spiritual demand of the hour. These events are not random geopolitics; they are the labor pains of Geulah. The world — and especially the Jewish people — must awaken to the reality that only God is orchestrating the outcome. Reliance on any other power is illusory. The call is for inner preparation: emunah that produces calm even when headlines terrify, and a recognition that the war itself is the vehicle through which God’s name will ultimately be sanctified.

October 7th 2023, Simchat Torah

Events chronicled in “The Star of Jacob” series and since the prophetic stirrings around the Star of Jacob. Since October 7, 2023 (the Simchat Torah attack that shattered the calendar), every major development has aligned with the trajectory these sages describe. The surprise assault on peaceful civilians at the Nova festival and in unwalled communities directly echoes the prophetic description of an attack on a “quiet people who dwell securely… without walls, bars, or gates.”

The war rapidly expanded to multiple fronts — Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen (Houthis), and direct Iranian missile barrages — drawing in the coalition forces foretold. Israel has been forced to stand increasingly alone, relying on its own strength and, ultimately, on divine protection amid shifting international support.

The Star Of Jacob

In the writings and teachings of “The Star of Jacob” (including on beithashoavah.org), these events are presented as the visible unfolding of Balaam’s ancient prophecy (Numbers 24:17): “A star shall come out of Jacob…” The light of redemption is rising from Jacob even in — and through — the darkness of war.

Torah codes researched and presented by Rabbi Matityahu Glazerson have repeatedly surfaced hidden references to “October 7,” “Hamas invasion,” “Iran,” “Gog,” “Magog,” and “Magog begins,” clustered with statistically extraordinary significance alongside terms of redemption and Messiah. Recent 5786 (2026) matrices link Iran threats/war, repentance (teshuvah), and the appearance of Mashiach patterns, especially around Adar, Nisan/Passover, and Purim themes — hidden miracles in the end-times pattern.

The Zohar End Times

The Zohar speaks of the end-times judgment of the nations, dovetailing with Ezekiel’s Gog and Magog prophecy (particularly in connection with parashat Tzav and related sections). The current global upheaval and the way God’s hand has been seen in Israel’s survival and operations are viewed by many as the beginning of that sanctification of the Divine Name among the nations.

The “Star of Jacob” series has tracked how these codes, celestial and prophetic stirrings (including anticipations around signs in 2024), family and national return narratives, and the ongoing wars form one coherent redemptive arc: exile’s sins addressed, ingathering underway, trials intensifying, and the light of Mashiach emerging.

Rabbi Tovia Singer’s commentary on Gog u Magog (with Rabbi Aron Sokol)

In a companion teaching, Rabbi Tovia Singer (joined by Rabbi Aron Sokol) delivers a clear, text-driven explanation of Ezekiel 38–39 for the Yeshiva world and beyond. He stresses that these prophecies could not be fully understood for most of history; only in our generation — with the miraculous return of the Jewish people to a sovereign land after long desolation, and with modern Iran (Persia) as a central adversary — do the details snap into focus.

How to Understand the Prophets

Tanakh frequently reveals the ultimate outcome or grand vision first, then backs up to fill in the details and the process. Ezekiel 37 gives the breathtaking Messianic overview: the dry bones vision (national revival and ingathering), the two sticks (Judah and Joseph/Ephraim) becoming one under a single Davidic king (Mashiach), full observance of the Torah, and the building of the eternal Temple/covenant. Only after this overview does the text detail the war of Gog and Magog that occurs in the “latter years/days” as part of that redemptive process

The Prophets Speak

• Ezekiel 37 (full context): Dry bones (37:1-14) — restoration of the people as a living nation/army. Two sticks united (37:15-28) — Mashiach ben David reigns; all Israel keeps Torah and mitzvot; an everlasting covenant of peace; the Temple rebuilt in their midst. “My servant David shall be king over them… I will be their God, and they shall be My people.”
• Ezekiel 38:4 — “I will turn you around and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you out…” God Himself draws the coalition into the conflict for His purposes.
• Ezekiel 38:5 — Persia, Cush, and Put are listed; Persia (Iran) is named explicitly as the chief or leading element in the adversarial coalition.
• Ezekiel 38:8 — “In the latter years you will come into the land that is restored from war, the land whose people were gathered from many peoples upon the mountains of Israel, which had been a continual waste…” The Jews return after exile (caused by their sins), the land is no longer desolate, and they dwell there.
• Ezekiel 38:8-9 — The returned people are attacked after having recovered/returned from great wars and desolation. The land had long been waste because of sin and expulsion.
• Ezekiel 38:11 — The invaders say: “I will go up against the land of unwalled villages… against a quiet/people at ease who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls and having no bars or gates.” Rabbi Singer directly connects this to the October 7 attack on peaceful civilians singing and dancing at an unwalled festival site.
• Ezekiel 39 (especially 39:4, 9-10, 12, 21-23) — Utter defeat of the invaders on the mountains of Israel. Weapons provide firewood for seven years; the dead are buried for over seven months. The nations see God’s glory and judgment. “The house of Israel shall know that I am the Lord their God from that day forward. And the nations shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity… now I have gathered them to their own land… and I will not hide My face from them anymore.”

Ancient Persia and The War

Ancient Persia and the war Tovia brings to the Yeshiva world: Historically, Persia under Cyrus the Great was the most benevolent of the empires toward the Jewish people after the Babylonian exile. Cyrus is explicitly called “His anointed” (mashiach) in Isaiah 45:1 and issues the famous decree allowing the Jews to return and rebuild the Temple (Ezra 1, etc.).

This sets up the profound prophetic irony: the same nation whose ancient king facilitated the first return and Temple becomes, in the end times, the named head of the coalition attacking the restored Jewish people in their land. Rabbi Singer brings this to the Yeshiva world precisely because these Nevi’im passages are no longer abstract — they now describe realities that are visible. He urges that they be taught seriously in yeshivot rather than sidelined.

Tovia notes that many leading Torah sages (“every giant/gadol”) affirm that we are already in the Geulah (redemption) process. The return to the land, the wars, the miracles of survival, and the global attention all point to the unfolding of the prophets’ words.

God uses even Iran — despite its current enmity — for larger redemptive purposes; after the defeat, the teaching suggests, Iran’s people may turn toward the God of Israel, and the world will witness and do teshuvah. The ultimate result is the sanctification of God’s name and Israel’s full recognition of their God who had hidden His face during the exile but now brings them home permanently.

Two Teachings

These two teachings — the intimate, urgent message from Baba Sali via his son and Rabbi Tovia Singer’s clear textual walkthrough with Rabbi Aron Sokol — complement each other powerfully. The Jewish people are called to stand alone in emunah, without fear, choosing this day to trust God completely (as Esther and Mordechai modeled). The war of Gog and Magog is the mechanism through which the final redemption emerges; the nations recognize the hand of Heaven, and Israel knows their God in a new and permanent way.

May we merit to see the complete Geulah — Mashiach, the rebuilt Temple, universal knowledge of God, and true peace — speedily in our days. The prophecies are not meant to frighten but to strengthen emunah and guide us through the birth pangs into the light of the Star of Jacob.

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