Was listening to the song "from the ashes" by Abie Rotenberg, and I had a thought
The song brings out, as only Abie knows how, the unbelievable and unfathomable gevura our grandparents had, having barely survived the inferno of the Holocaust, having lost everything, and yet they set out to rebuild. And rebuild the did! They built the communities we see today, thriving and growing. They had  nothing and no one, and yet, they somehow persevered, digging into the deep reservoirs of strength and faith that a Yid has, and somehow managed to restart, to build together such beautiful families and communities.

And as I was listening to this, I had the thought. 

Klal Yisroel is much bigger than today, yesterday and tomorrow. We have been challenged throughout the ages, and we are still here. We had many challenges prior to the Holocaust, and there was the unique challenge of the post-Holocaust generation.

And our generation has its challenge. 
And our children will perhaps be challenged by this in an even stronger way.

And we, the people fighting to stay as pure as we possibly can, as we are challenged by the decadent society that surrounds, as we try so hard to rebuild our sense of kedusha, as we try so hard to rebuild our inner selves, as we try mightily to fix the things that were destroyed, we face a daunting challenge. That of rebuilding ourselves from scratch, of relearning how to behave, of rebuilding our connection to Hashem. All while we look back at the past and see spiritual ashes
And yet, we see geboirei Chayil, warriors of the highest order, facing such difficult challenges and rebuilding in spite of it all. Klal Yisroel has a rich history, and we have grandfathers and grandmothers to inspire us, with but the clothing on their backs, with but tears for them to drink, with but pain for them to eat, they worked to rebuild from the ashes.
And today's rebuilders take strength, as they contemplate the ashes of parts of their insides, and the only thing they can feel is an overwhelming sense of sadness, of terrible loss, of the lost innocence, of the lost years, of the lost growth. And yet, they are here, one day at a time, rebuilding themselves, rebuilding their lives, rebuilding a person that can be the next link in the glorious chain of Yiddishkeit. 
My dear friends, perhaps there will one day be a song about us. About the builders who stood among the ashes of their lives and pulled themselves together, gave each other strength, and paved the road for the next chapter of klal Yisroel.
But perhaps there will be no song.
Yet every single one of the wonderful fighters here is writing the most beautiful, exquisite song for all eternity, the song of רצוננו לראות את מלכנו

eerie wrote on 27 Jan 2025 19:50:

Sholom dear eerie! i feel a little weird responding to u! but hey just a small thought that went through my head, who cares what others think AT ALL, we gotta just focus on doing what's right, and not the image, (like my dear friend tells me many times ) either way loving ur honesty, hatzlocha raba from the mir!

With tears in my eyes, I beg you Hashem, עד הנה עזרונו רחמיך, ועל תטשנו לנצח!!!!!!!
Please RBSO, just as you have helped me, in your infinite kindness, to reach this milestone, please help me continue to grow, stronger and stronger, closer and closer to You. And, please, I beg You, Hashem, your children cry from the depths of the YH's clutches, they are in such pain, they really want to be close to You, they really want to make You proud. The challenges are tremendous. Please, I beg you, Hashem, help Your beautiful children come close! Minimize the challenges. Show them how much you love them and the efforts they make even in the depths. Please Hashem, take us out of this galus. We just can't take it here anymore! We need your holy embrace!
And dearest, amazing friends and brothers, thank you for all you always do for me. Impossible to describe. Hashem should pay you all back for all that you do!

Mazel tov!!!

Eerie, you’re an inspiration to us all! To see that beautiful round number is to see emese kedusha, a living embodiment of ODAAT, and a tzaddik who doesn’t stop helping others…. And trucking!

With boundless brotherly love,
Muttel

Mazel tov 900!!

Hadran alach, Hadran alach! 

Its amazing to see how much a person can change and grow, Its almost unrelatable to me, but i know its possible, thanks to you showing me the way.

MAZEL TOV REBBI !!!!!!!      YOUR NUMBER INSPIRES ME,  THE MORE ZEROS YOU HAVE YOUR NUMBER BECOMES INDEFINETLY GREATER !!!      rabboysay lets take all our zeros all our falls all our second looks......   and use them to help our other brothers that ned all the help they can get , just like our rebbi r eeire did.                                                                       imh vieter by the ganz gye mishpacha