The Baal Shem Tov, or Besht —  the founder of Chasidism — 
met the soul of the Messiah during an ascent to heaven. 
The Besht asked him, "When will the Master come?" 
The Messiah answered, "When your wellsprings break forth to the outside!" 
(from a letter written by the Besht to his brother-in-law about one of his soul ascents) 

"To Prey or to Pray? The Lessons of Famine"

The Book of Lamentations is full of images of famine. One of the most disturbing is this:

Women's compassionate hands
cooked their own children
to become their food supply,
during the breaking of my daughter people.

What can we make of these images of cannibalism, and what value might they hold for us? Reb Duvid does some text study and some personal journeying in this blogpost on The Jew and the Carrot.

Read Reb Duvid's article

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