shner woke up excited to celebrate his 50th birthday. Instead of eating cake, Rabbi Kirshner was glued to the news as the horrible attack by Hamas upon innocent Israelis began to unfold. Emotions flooded him from all directions. Anger, rage, surprise, fear, hope, frustration, anxiety, confidence and grief were just some of what inhabited his mind and body. Streams of Shattered Consciousness is a daily chronicle of Rabbi Kirshner's channeled emotions and opinions with a healthy dose of history lessons. Kirshner's detailed accounts accompanied by his personal reflections will keep record of what will surely be a watershed moment in the history of the Jewish people.