
Now I want to point out to everyone that the "Gedolei Yisrael" or the Great Ones of Israel which is a group of the most holy (27 in all) leading Orthodox and Chassidic sages of Judaism have unanimously declared that "the Times of Jacob's Trouble" have begun. They made the declaration on March 22, 2001 meaning it began on the Jewish New Year in September 2000 and ends...
ON SEPTEMBER 13, 2007!
On March 22, 2001 the Gedolei Yisrael unanimously declared the beginning of the 7-year period of Jacob's Trouble.

Jeremiah: "Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it" (30:7)
BULLETIN Orthodox and Hassidic Rabbonim Declare "Time of Jacob's Trouble" - Reported by ben Yosef - March 22, 2001.
At the Western Wall today and in yeshivas and synagogues and religious schools throughout Israel the sound of shofar blasts, the singing of Hebrew Psalms and cries and tears and wails of repentance were heard in response to a declaration by the Gedolei Yisrael (Great Ones of Israel) formally recognizing the beginning of the "time of Jacob's trouble."
What is unusual about this year's Yom Kippur Katan is that in light of the 6-month-old Palestinian uprising which has claimed the lives of many Israelis, the rabbis have added the designation as "a time of Jacob's trouble."
Further it is signed by ALL 27 of the leading Orthodox and Chassidic sages, both the "maranan verabonon" (masters and teachers) and the "gedolei ha-Torah vehaChassidus (Torah sages among the Chassidut)."
The declaration begins and is formally designated "IT IS A TROUBLED TIME FOR YA'ACOV BUT HE WILL BE SAVED."
If this is the "Time of Jacob's Troubles" then we are in the tribulation period. Time to put our house in order. Time to break up the fallow ground. Time to seek the Lord while He may yet be found.
