Zachariah the Prophet 14:9 ended
his book with “On that day”. Ovadiah the Prophet only wrote one chapter about
Har Tzion judging Har Esav. Everyday day I follow the news and “That Day” is
getting closer. The nations of the world from Turkey, Iran, North Korea,
Pakistan, Belgium, Holland, UK, France and the list goes on and on shall be
judged. Only a handful of righteous shall survive. Then the L-RD shall be ONE
and HIS NAME ONE!
Parsha Vaetchanan Part 1
We are in the middle of Moshe’s
first speech to Am Yisrael during his last 37 days. He is continuing with
rebuking the Nation and guiding them on the straight path.
3:23
And I besought the LORD at that time, saying: 24 'O Lord GOD, Thou hast begun
to show Thy servant Thy greatness, and Thy strong hand; for what god is there
in heaven or on earth, that can do according to Thy works, and according to Thy
mighty acts? 25 Let me go over, I pray Thee, and see the good land that is
beyond the Jordan, that goodly hill-country, and Lebanon.'
The Midrash says the Moshe made 515
supplication be HASHEM to go into the land.
26
But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and hearkened not unto me; and
the LORD said unto me: 'Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto Me of this
matter. 27 Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward,
and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold with thine eyes; for
thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
Moshe has been kept out of the land
by the behavior of the people who caused him to lose his temper. However, G-D
gives him the merit to view the promised land. (In our own time, I heard the
last speech of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King as he stated: “I have been upon the
mountain and seen the promised land.”) Both would die slightly after this. To
explain this to my readers, it is as follows: One spends all his life working
to earn his place in heaven. When he achieves what he has been placed on this
earth for and succeeded, he has earned his place and is taken there in short
order.
28
But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him; for he shall go over
before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou
shalt see.' 29 So we abode in the valley over against Beth-peor.
It is your general and top Torah
Student who will take over from you to lead the people into the land. Under
him, lesser miracles will occur like crossing of the Yarden, the sun and the
moon standing still and the fall of the walls of Yericho. You are like the sun
and he is like the moon reflecting your Torah light.
4:1
And now, O Israel, hearken unto the statutes and unto the ordinances, which I
teach you, to do them; that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which
the LORD, the God of your fathers, giveth you. 2 Ye shall not add unto the word
which I command you, neither shall ye diminish from it, that ye may keep the
commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
As soon as Sefer Devarim is sealed,
not one word can be added or subtracted from the Torah. One may want to put a
fence around the Torah but remember what happened to Adam who told Chava that
on the day they you “touch the fruit” instead of “eat the fruit” that the
serpent pushed her into the tree. So be a Shulchan Aruch Jew when it comes to
Halacha and not the Chumra of the week Jew.
3
Your eyes have seen what the LORD did in Baal-peor; for all the men that
followed the Baal of Peor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from the midst
of thee.
The men that went after their eyes
and their hearts to the fertility cult were killed.
4
But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this
day. 5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as the LORD my
God commanded me, that ye should do so in the midst of the land whither ye go
in to possess it.
Those who follow HASHEM live. You
have been given laws, statutes and ordinances to follow. The Torah is a tree of
life to those who follow it.
6
Observe therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding
in the sight of the peoples, that, when they hear all these statutes, shall
say: 'Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.' 7 For what
great nation is there, that hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is
whensoever we call upon Him? 8 And what great nation is there, that hath
statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I set before you
this day? 9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou
forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all
the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children's
children;
There is a Mitzvah to teach your
children and grandchildren Torah. If one is lucky, he will have a chance to
teach the great grandchildren too.
10
the day that thou stood before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said
unto me: 'Assemble Me the people, and I will make them hear My words that they
may learn to fear Me all the days that they live upon the earth, and that they
may teach their children.' 11 And ye came near and stood under the mountain;
and the mountain burned with fire unto the heart of heaven, with darkness,
cloud, and thick darkness. 12 And the LORD spoke unto you out of the midst of
the fire; ye heard the voice of words, but ye saw no form; only a voice. 13 And
He declared unto you His covenant, which He commanded you to perform, even the
ten words; and He wrote them upon two tables of stone.
You heard on Sinai directly from
G-D. HE has no body or solid form. HE rules in all dimensions and spaces. From the
smallest photons and gamma rays to the great universe, from our three
dimensions to all dimensions above time and space. HE gave us ten words in
stone to perform and observe.
14
And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and ordinances,
that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it. 15 Take ye
therefore good heed unto yourselves--for ye saw no manner of form on the day
that the LORD spoke unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire-- 16 lest ye
deal corruptly, and make you a graven image, even the form of any figure, the
likeness of male or female, 17 the likeness of any beast that is on the earth,
the likeness of any winged fowl that flies in the heaven, 18 the likeness of
anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the
water under the earth; 19 and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and
when thou see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven,
thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God
hath allotted unto all the peoples under the whole heaven. 20 But you hath the
LORD taken and brought forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be unto
Him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.
You were placed in the mold in Mitzrayim
to come out to become the people you are today.
21
Now the LORD was angered with me for your sakes, and swore that I should not go
over the Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the
LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance; 22 but I must die in this land, I
must not go over the Jordan; but ye are to go over, and possess that good land.
23 Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God,
which He made with you, and make you a graven image, even the likeness of
anything which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee. 24 For the
LORD thy God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.
Fire that absorbs or devours fire.
One can imagine a fire of plasma that absorbs other flames within it.
25
When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have been
long in the land, and shall deal corruptly, and make a graven image, even the
form of anything, and shall do that which is evil in the sight of the LORD thy
God, to provoke Him; 26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this
day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over
the Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall
utterly be destroyed.
One of your main jobs in this world
is not only observing the Mitzvos but to see that the generations after us
follow the Mitzvos so that we can live in our land. If we succeed, then we
shall prolong our family in the land and if we fail the next generations will
perish somewhere along the line or face exile.
27
And the LORD shall scatter you among the peoples, and ye shall be left few in
number among the nations, whither the LORD shall lead you away. 28 And there ye
shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see,
nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. 29 But from thence ye will seek the LORD thy God;
and thou shalt find Him, if thou search after Him with all thy heart and with
all thy soul.
Similar to the Jewish concept of
hell. There is a maximum amount of time for the people in the diaspora and
returning with all your heart and soul will merit the land.
30
In thy distress, when all these things are come upon thee, in the end of days,
thou wilt return to the LORD thy God, and hearken unto His voice; 31 for the
LORD thy God is a merciful God; He will not fail thee, neither destroy thee,
nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which He swore unto them.
It may take three or four
generations to clean up a mess (observance and spiritual) that one made in
his/her generation. In the end, the righteous and repented will not be
forgotten.
32
For ask now of the days past, which were before thee, since the day that God
created man upon the earth, and from the one end of heaven unto the other,
whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been
heard like it? 33 Did ever a people hear the voice of God speaking out of the
midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
Examining this from today’s
prospective, there never was before a speaking of G-D to a nation and perhaps
never will be again.
34
Or hath God assayed to go and take Him a nation from the midst of another
nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand,
and by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the
LORD your God did for you in Egypt before thine eyes?
As one separates gold or special
metals from other nations carefully inspected for purity in heart, soul and
observance.
35
Unto thee it was shown, that thou might know that the LORD, He is God; there is
none else beside Him. 36 Out of heaven He made thee to hear His voice, that He
might instruct thee; and upon earth He made thee to see His great fire; and
thou didst hear His words out of the midst of the fire. 37 And because He loved
thy fathers, and chose their seed after them, and brought thee out with His
presence, with His great power, out of Egypt, 38 to drive out nations from
before thee greater and mightier than thou, to bring thee in, to give thee
their land for an inheritance, as it is this day; 39 know this day, and lay it
to thy heart, that the LORD, He is God in heaven above and upon the earth
beneath; there is none else. 40 And thou shalt keep His statutes, and His
commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and
with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the
land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, forever.
G-D is an eternal G-D and the land
is yours forever. [It means it is not for the so-called fake people and made-up
in the 1960’s as a nation that migrated during the Aliyah to Yisrael to help
build the land but belongs to the Bnei Yisrael for all eternity.]
41
Then Moses separated three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising; 42
that the manslayer might flee thither, that slays his neighbor unawares, and
hated him not in time past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might
live: 43 Bezer in the wilderness, in the table-land, for the Reubenites; and
Ramot in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites. 44
And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel; 45 these are
the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Moses spoke unto
the children of Israel, when they came forth out of Egypt; 46 beyond the
Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the
Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote,
when they came forth out of Egypt; 47 and they took his land in
possession, and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites,
who were beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising; 48 from Aroer,
which is on the edge of the valley of Arnon, even unto mount Sion--the same is
Hermon-- 49 and all the Arabah beyond the Jordan eastward, even
unto the sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah.
Moshe set aside the three cities of refuge over the Yarden River
in the land conquered for Reuven, Gad and half of Menashe.
5:1
And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them: Hear, O Israel, the
statutes and the ordinances which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may
learn them, and observe to do them. 2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us
in Horeb. 3 The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even
us, who are all of us here alive this day. 4 The LORD spoke with you face to
face in the mount out of the midst of the fire-- 5 I stood between the LORD and
you at that time, to declare unto you the word of the LORD; for ye were afraid
because of the fire, and went not up into the mount--saying:
The people saw the burning
mountain, thunder, lightning and G-D’s voice in clear Hebrew saying:
6 I
am the LORD thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the
house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before Me. 7 Thou shalt not
make unto thee a graven image, even any manner of likeness, of anything that is
in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under
the earth. 8 Thou shalt not bow down unto them, nor serve them; for I the LORD
thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the
children, and upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate
Me, 9 and showing mercy unto the thousandth generation of them that love Me and
keep My commandments.
These three Mitzvos are the
foundation of believe. To believe in the L-RD, not to make idols and of course
not to serve them.
10
Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not
hold him guiltless that taketh His name in vain.
Not to swear falsely, and speak
G-D’s HOLY NAME as if you were speaking to your friends on the street or at a
party. But treat the NAME with fear and awe.
11
Observe the sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the LORD thy God commanded thee.
12 Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work; 13 but the seventh day is a
sabbath unto the LORD thy God, in it thou shalt not do any manner of work,
thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant,
nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is
within thy gates; that thy man-servant and thy maid-servant may rest as well as
thou. 14 And thou shalt remember that thou was a servant in the land of Egypt,
and the LORD thy God brought thee out thence by a mighty hand and by an
outstretched arm; therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath
day.
The first of the Asera Dibros was
‘remember’ and now ‘guard’ the Shabbos. According to a Midrash, both words were
clearly heard simultaneously. The person remembering when passing by a light
switch has to remember or guard himself so that he/she does not turn it on or
off. Repeating from last year: This teaches us that we
not only have to remember for close to 25 hours that it is Shabbos but we have
to guard ourselves from preforming any of the 39 Melachos that is generally
translated as “work” but it is more a creative or constructive process. Plow,
sowing, harvesting, … building, dismantling, … writing, erasing … igniting,
dousing … carrying, traveling … etc.
15
Honor thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God commanded thee; that thy
days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, upon the land which the
LORD thy God gives thee.
Something is rotten with the
education of mostly non-religious people in Eretz Yisrael. A person taught to
honor and respect will have
16
Thou shalt not murder.
The emphasis is the difference
between bloody murder vs. accidental manslaughter where the slayer goes to a
city of refugee that Moshe set aside. Murder is not killing an enemy, a person
who wants to murder somebody else or executing somebody under the law. Nobody
should want to kill anybody but a snake, scorpion or terrorist sometimes has to
be killed.
Neither
shalt thou commit adultery.
People have attraction towards the
opposite sex. One has to be very careful with this as tests or opportunities
present themselves. This can also be between a Jew or a non-Jew. I even had in
my younger years a Kibbutznik female say to me “if you remove your Yarmulke and
stop observing Shabbos …” it made her on the same scale as an idol for me. One
has to be strong and have courage against the evil inclination.
Neither
shalt thou steal.
This is not a normal robber or
thief but the commandment here from oral Torah is to steal a man or woman into
slavery.
Neither
shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbor.
False witness or even a white lie
brings death into the world. There is a story of Rebbe Meir the miracle worker.
He went into a town where nobody died before their time because they always
told the truth. His wife’s friend came to the door to visit her. His wife was
showering her hair. Instead of saying something immodest. Or saying that she is
busy or indisposed at the moment, he said, “She is not at home.” Immediately,
his two sons died and he was kicked out of the town for bringing in the angel
of death.
17
Neither shalt thou covet thy neighbor's wife;
One should rejoice for his neighbor
if his neighbor has success and pleasant, intelligent and beautiful wife. This
should be even if he has a wife who is an ugly dumb nag.
neither
shalt thou desire thy neighbor's house, his field, or his man-servant, or his
maid-servant, his ox, or his ass, or anything that is thy neighbor's.
In Perkei Avos it says, “Who is
wealthy? – one who is happy with his portion.” G-D has given your neighbor this
or that and you the other thing. Make the best out of what you have.
18
These words the LORD spoke unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst
of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice, and
it went on no more. And He wrote them upon two tables of stone, and gave them
unto me. 19 And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of
the darkness, while the mountain did burn with fire, that ye came near unto me,
even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
They were so in fear and awe from mount Sinai that
they asked that only Moshe listen. Had they heard all ten, Moshiach would have
come.
20
and ye said: 'Behold, the LORD our God hath shown us His glory and His
greatness, and we have heard His voice out of the midst of the fire; we have
seen this day that God doth speak with man, and he lives. 21 Now therefore why
should we die? for this great fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of the
LORD our God any more, then we shall die. 22 For who is there of all flesh,
that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the
fire, as we have, and lived?
They feared being consumed by G-D.
23 Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD
our God may say; and thou shalt speak unto us all that the LORD our God may
speak unto thee; and we will hear it and do it.'
We will do what commanded and
listen but just you go to receive the commandments.
24
And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when ye spoke unto me; and the LORD
said unto me: 'I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they
have spoken unto thee; they have well said all that they have spoken. 25 Oh
that they had such a heart as this alway, to fear Me, and keep all My
commandments, that it might be well with them, and with their children forever!
26 Go say to them: Return ye to your tents.
So, Moshe let them return to
their tents.
27
But as for thee, stand thou here by Me, and I will speak unto thee all the
commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which thou shalt teach them,
that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.' 28 Ye shall
observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you; ye shall not
turn aside to the right hand or to the left. 29 Ye shall walk in all the way
which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may
be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall
possess.
Observe what you are told and you
will live long. TO BE CONTINUED.
The Missing Pen by Rabbi Yerachmiel Tilles
https://ascentofsafed.com/cgi-bin/ascent.cgi?Name=1443-45
Rabbi Yom Tov Ehrlich,
a Karliner chasid, was a renowned chasidic musician, composer, lyricist, and
recording artist, best known for his Yiddish music albums. Born in 1914, in the
year 1950 he was still unmarried and struggling to find his match.
That year, someone
suggested that he go to the Lubavitcher Rebbe for advice.
"What's the point?", he responded, "The Rebbe has recently
passed away[1]; how am I supposed to talk to him?"
They suggested that he
go instead to the Rebbe's son-in-law, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson (known
then by the acronym of his name, Ramash, for he had not yet formally
accepted the responsibility of being the seventh Rebbe, even though many
already related to him that way).
He arrived, knocked on
the Ramash's office door, and entered-as was the custom at that time in 5710,
when there were not so many people seeking the new Rebbe-and explained his
problem. "Rebbe, I'm getting older, but I can't seem to find a wife, even
though many people have tried to help me. What should I do?"
The Ramash listened
carefully. Then he said, "With us it is customary to write our requests.
Give me a pen, and I will write yours for you."
Rabbi Yom Tov patted
down his jacket, searched all his pants pockets, and checked his shirt pocket.
No pen, even though he thought he might have had one with him.
"No
problem," the Rebbe said with a smile. "Just step outside, ask
someone for a pen, and then come back and I will write the request."
So Yom Tov walked over
to the main synagogue, scanned the room, and asked a likely person for a pen.
Then he returned to the Rebbe, who wrote the request for him and handed the pen
back.
Rabbi Yom Tov then
went back to the synagogue and returned the pen to its owner. But, the
latter-an elderly gentleman from Poland-didn't leave it at that. He was too
curious. Having noticed that Rabbi Yom Tov had come from the Rebbe's room, he
asked him, "What happened in there? Why did you need to borrow a pen from
me?"
Rabbi Yom Tov replied,
"I was with the Rebbe, and there was no pen there, so I borrowed one from
you."
The man looked
confused. His eyebrows rose in astonishment. "The Ramash sits and writes
Torah insights and commentaries and responses to letters all day. How is it
possible that he has no pen? Something deeper must be going on! What did you
ask him?"
Although feeling a bit
embarrassed, Rabbi Yom Tov shared his dilemma: he was already thirty-six years
old, yet still was experiencing great difficulty to find an appropriate match.
Suddenly the elder
man's expression changed. His eyes lit with recognition, as if puzzle pieces
were falling into place before his very eyes. Slowly he said, "Maybe this
whole pen thing wasn't just a coincidence-I think the Rebbe knew exactly what
he was doing! I have an unmarried older daughter, and I have been struggling to
find a match for her as well. I've been quite concerned for a long time
already. Surely a match between us must be precisely what the Rebbe
intended!"
And indeed, Rabbi Yom
Tov Ehrlich ended up marrying this man's daughter.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Freely
adapted and supplemented by Yerachmiel Tilles from a WhatsApp report, as heard
from Rabbi Sholom Dov-Ber Gurkow, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Bais Shalom in
Postville, Iowa, by his son-in-law (identity not known to me), who also
testified that Rabbi Shalom-Leib Eisenbach from Montreal traveled especially to
Williamsburg to ask the family, and they confirmed the story for him.
One of the lessons that can be learned from this story:
Time and time again we see that the best matchmaker isn't always a
professional shadchan (matchmaker) or a dating app-it's Divine
Supervision, working through something as simple as a missing pen.
Why this Week? Shabbos is also the holiday
of Chamisha Asar (15th) B’Av, when unmarried daughters would go
out to the fields and join in large circle dances, and unmarried men would go
to see and to seek an appropriate match.
Biographical notes: (in order of appearance)
Rabbi YomTov Simcha Ehrlich (1914-1990) was a renowned chasidic musician,
composer, lyricist, recording artist, and popular entertainer known for his
Yiddish music albums. He was born was born to a family of Karlin-Stoliner
Hasidim in Belarus (then Poland). He himself was a Hasid of the late Rabbi
Yochanan Perlow of Karlin. He survived the Holocaust in Samarkand, USSR. Later,
he moved to Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Some of Ehrlich's favorite songs were later
recorded by other popular Hasidic entertainers, such as Mordechai Ben David,
Lipa Schmeltzer and Avraham Fried. (from https://24six.app)
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe (11 Nissan
1902 - 3 Tammuz 1994), became the seventh Rebbe of the Chabad dynasty after his
father-in-law, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, passed away in Brooklyn
on 10 Shvat 1950. He is widely acknowledged as the greatest Jewish leader of
the second half of the 20th century. Although a dominant scholar in both the
revealed and hidden aspects of Torah and fluent in many languages and
scientific subjects, the Rebbe is best known for his extraordinary love and
concern for every Jew on the planet. His emissaries around the globe dedicated
to strengthening Judaism number in the thousands. Many hundreds of volumes of
his teachings have been printed, and hundreds of English renditions too.
Footnote: [1] The sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi
Yosef-Yitzchak Schneersohn, went to Heaven in Jan. 1950.
TU B’AV by Rachamim
Pauli
It was the Israeli ‘Sadie Hawking’s
Day’ when the girls used to borrow good clothes from richer girls and sing
choice one of us for a wife not by looks, not by money, not by status but by
what we can offer you. It is my paraphrasing but that is the message. There
were families who supplied wood for the altar and on the 15th of Av
they stopped bring it so that it could dry out in the sun before the winter
rains. On this day in the wilderness, people verified that they did not die
from the first Tisha B’Av that year.*
Because of inheritance, women from
one tribe to another would not marry. On this day they were permitted. The
Tribe of Benyamin after the murder of the Mistress in the book of Judges was
allowed to marry and reproduce Chapters 19 - 21.
*Copied and pasted from Wikipedia: At the end of Israel's wandering
in the wilderness, the last remnant of the generation of the sin
of the spies, which had been forbidden from entering the Promised
Land, found that they were not destined to die. For forty years, every Tisha
B’Av the Israelites made graves for themselves in which they slept expecting to
be their last night; every year a proportion of them died. In the 40th year,
the fifteen thousand who had remained from the first generation went to sleep
in the graves and woke up the next day to their surprise. Thinking they made a
mistake with the date, they kept sleeping in graves until they reached Tu B'Av
and saw a full moon. Only then did they know they were going to enter the Land
of Israel with the new generation.
King Hoshea removed the centuries
preventing the people from the Northern Kingdom to travel to Yerushalayim three
times a year.
Inyanay Diyoma
Aug. 2nd and Aug. 3rd
Swords of Iron Day 666 and Day 667 start of week
96
Video of captive almost dead from
starvation digging his own grave. https://nypost.com/2025/08/02/world-news/hamas-releases-chilling-video-of-living-skeleton-hostage-evyatar-david/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-living-skeleton-buried-alive-hostage-evyatar-davids-family-publishes-clip-of-hamas-video/ Of
course Pallywood says 90 children died of hunger but not 90 photos. I can
goggle photos from 80years ago of piles of bodies of staving and typhus victims
of the SS.
Troops
of the 226th Brigade under the command of the 210th Division, in cooperation
with field investigators from Unit 504, completed a mission on Saturday night
to raid four locations in southern Syria. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412670
I was strolling along on my way to prayers
Mincha and welcoming Shabbos when: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412624 The siren did not sound in our area
but I just caught the tail end of Micha after praying it in the shelter just in
case.
The
IDF Spokesperson released rare footage on Saturday showing Hamas terrorists
surrendering to Givati Brigade soldiers operating in Beit Hanoun in northern
Gaza for nearly a month. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412635
A
terrorist armed with a knife arrived Saturday morning at the entrance to
Kibbutz Metzer in the Sharon region’s Coastal District, and was neutralized on
the spot by the kibbutz security guard. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412638
Confucius he say, “People who steal Chabad
stickered motorcycles should not do so on Shabbos Kodesh.” https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412678
Hostage reveals Hamas lies about aid. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412647
20 years after the evacuation and destruction
of Gush Katif. She dreams of returning. “I lived in Netzer Hazani for thirty
years. My children and grandchildren were born there, and I had hoped our
great-grandchildren would be born there too. I was a farmer—I grew every
vegetable and flower imaginable,” Tucker recounts.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412674
A
photo published on Sunday, taken during an assault on a Jewish farm near Aqraba
in Samaria on Saturday, clearly shows the assailant who was killed holding a
stone during the violent attack. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412667
https://www.foxnews.com/us/video-racial-slur-triggered-brutal-cincinnati-brawl-emerges
Aug. 4th
Swords of Iron Day 668
https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-us-lawsuit-demands-unrwa-pay-for-crimes-of-hamas-hezbollah/
A
soldier in the Desert Reconnaissance Battalion (585), Southern Brigade, Gaza
Division, was severely injured in an operational accident in the communities
near the Gaza Strip on Sunday. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412702
The
Hamas terrorist organization claimed this evening (Sunday) that it is prepared
to respond to the demands of the International Committee of the Red Cross on
the issue of the remaining hostages, who still have never been visited by the
Red Cross nearly two years after their abductions. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412699
The
IDF intercepted a drone on Sunday afternoon that was launched by Houthi forces
in Yemen. The interception took place near the community of Bnei Netzarim,
where warning sirens were activated upon identification of the aircraft.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412689
MK
Yitzhak Kroizer (Otzma Yehudit) arrived Monday morning at the Allenby Crossing,
physically blocking the passage of humanitarian aid trucks destined for the
Gaza Strip. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412724
The
condition of the IDF soldier who was severely
injured last week when a flammable substance ignited at a military base in
southern Israel continues to decline. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412720
Op-Ed Diane Bederman: Islam won Enduring
Freedom. https://dianebederman.com/9-11-islam-won-operation-enduring-freedom-war/
The assassination of the Archduke in 1914 in
Sarajevo led to WWI that started on Tisha B’Av a century later they learned
nothing. The
National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina has announced that it will donate all
proceeds from the sale of its publication “Sarajevo Haggadah - History and
Art”, along with ticket sales to the exhibit space housing the Sarajevo
Haggadah, to Palestinian aid. The decision has stirred sharp international
reactions due to both the political overtones of the statement and the historic
and cultural significance of the Jewish manuscript at the center of the
museum’s collection. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412725
Exactly
20 years after it was uprooted and several months after the government approved
its resettlement, the uprooted families of the Samaria village of Sa-Nur and
young couples have formed a core resettlement group and are organizing to
reestablish the community. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412715
Op-Ed
Lior Ben Ari: Yemen is enduring one of the world’s most severe humanitarian
crises, with an estimated 85,000 children under five having died from
starvation and malnutrition since the civil war began in 2014. The crisis, far
worse than the hunger situation in Gaza,
remains largely overlooked by the international community. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rymbwuopel#autoplay
We, the Druze of the world, raise our voices loudly before the
international community, governments and human rights organizations to expose
the heinous crimes committed by the regime of Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa,
known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani—formerly leader of jihadist groups Jabhat
Al-Nusra and Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham—against innocent civilians in Sweida and Jabal al-Druze. https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/bkeuik6vll
According
to the IDF, special units from Duvdevan, the Yamam counterterrorism unit and
the Shin Bet internal security agency entered Qabatiya overnight to arrest a
wanted Palestinian. The suspect attempted to flee and opened fire at troops,
who returned fire and killed him. His body was removed from the scene. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hjib4g0dlx#autoplay
An
earthquake with a magnitude of 3.0 struck some parts of New York City and New
Jersey on Saturday night, according to the US Geological Survey. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-863050
US President Donald Trump on Sunday said Special Envoy Steve Witkoff
may travel to Russia, potentially on Wednesday or Thursday, as he warned that
he would impose sanctions if Moscow does not agree to a ceasefire in the war in
Ukraine before Friday. https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/article-863148
On Saturday,
Iranian media affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)
confirmed that President Masoud Pezeshkian will chair a newly revived defense council, a top-tier military body that has not
operated in any meaningful way since the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s. Its resurrection appears
to be a desperate response to the devastating Israeli air campaign that briefly
seized control of Iranian airspace in mid-June. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-863111
Aug. 5th
Swords of Iron Day 669
With nearly a year and 10 months of war, over
6,100 soldiers with PTSD.
I normally am get up and go. At 7:30 AM prayers
were finished and off to shopping. I had gym in my mind too but by mid-morning
needed a nap. 00:58 alert wake up for a Houthi Rocket and a 01:00AM plain soda sort of knocked me out
today. This past week, the Houthis have sent 6 armed drones that were shot
down. Also was an Arab penetration into Ephrath scare on Sunday night. https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-intercepts-missile-from-yemen-68th-launched-by-houthis-since-march/
The premier and public safety minister of British Columbia have
strongly condemned the vandalism of Congregation Emanuel Synagogue in Victoria,
pledging support to both local law enforcement and the Jewish community as an
investigation is underway, CTV News reports. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412764
The Consulate General of Israel in New York has launched a powerful
digital billboard campaign in Times Square to raise awareness about Israeli
hostage Eviatar David, stressing the urgency of securing his immediate release
and that of the other Israeli hostages held in Gaza. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412763
The Royal Ballet and Opera (RBO) has announced that
its 2026 production of "Tosca" will no longer be staged at the
Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412779
Netanyahu playing Peacemaker between the US and
Russia.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412777
Ilay, brother of hostage Eviatar David, spoke with Arutz Sheva -
Israel National News about the recent Hamas video of his brother in
captivity. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412747
Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to propose during an upcoming cabinet
meeting that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launch a full-scale military
operation to conquer the Gaza Strip, dismantle Hamas, and secure the return of
Israeli hostages. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412780
The
Israel Securities Authority announced on Tuesday that, with the approval of
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) will
adopt a new trading schedule starting January 5, 2026. Under the new
arrangement, the trading week will run from Monday through Friday, replacing
the current Sunday to Thursday format. The change marks a historic shift aimed
at integrating Israel more fully into the global financial system. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412778
Armed terrorist eliminated in Jenin. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412750
Ebrahim
Azizi, Chairman of the National Security Committee in Iran's Parliament, has
reiterated that international bodies, including the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA), will not be granted access to the country’s nuclear facilities
under any circumstances. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412753
https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/08/04/us-sen-cory-booker-refuses-endorse-zohran-mamdani-nyc-mayor/
Aug. 6th
Swords of Iron Day 670
Last night a 94year old said, “I came to Israel
after Auschwitz because I had a country that would save me from staving Jews on
purpose.” “It reminds me of my on conditions 80 years ago”. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412829
A
new flotilla recently set sail for Gaza, including Marlena Engelhorn, the
great-granddaughter of the Nazi who supplied the deadly Zyklon B gas to the
concentration camps. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412830
https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/08/05/anti-jewish-hate-crimes-hit-record-high-2024-fbi-data-shows/
Sometimes, I see things on the
internet that get you thinking. The younger generation takes the propaganda
hook line and sinker from the left.
I
picked up the following from the internet. I cannot verify all. Venezuela looks
true. 60 years ago, Venezuela was 4th on the world economic freedom index.
Today, they are 179th and their citizens are dying of starvation. In only 10
years, Venezuela was destroyed by democratic socialism. (It appears to be over 10yrs.)
Russia
donated $0.00 to the Trump campaign. Russia donated to the Clinton Foundation.
But Trump was the one investigated!
I picked this off of the
internet and it is food for thought about the environment. Checking out at the store, the
young cashier suggested to the much older lady that she should bring her own
grocery bags, because plastic bags are not good for the environment.
The
woman apologized to the young girl and explained, "We didn't have this
'green thing' back in my earlier days."
The
young clerk responded, "That's our problem today. Your generation did not
care enough to save our environment for future generations."
The
older lady said that she was right our generation didn't have the "green
thing" in its day. The older lady went on to explain: Back then, we
returned milk bottles, soda bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store
sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilized and refilled, so it
could use the same bottles over and over. So they really were recycled.
But
we didn't have the "green thing" back in our day. Grocery stores
bagged our groceries in brown paper bags that we reused for numerous things.
Most memorable besides household garbage bags was the use of brown paper bags
as book covers for our school books. This was to ensure that public property
(the books provided for our use by the school) was not defaced by our
scribblings. Then we were able to personalize our books on the brown paper
bags.
But,
too bad we didn't do the "green thing" back then. We walked up stairs
because we didn't have an escalator in every store and office building. We
walked to the grocery store and didn't climb into a 300-horsepower machine
every time we had to go two blocks. But she was right. We didn't have the
"green thing" in our day.
Back
then we washed the baby's diapers because we didn't have the throw away kind.
We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy-gobbling machine burning up 220
volts. Wind and solar power really did dry our clothes back in our early days.
Kids
got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new
clothing. But that young lady is right; we didn't have the "green
thing" back in our day.
Back
then we had one TV, or radio, in the house -- not a TV in every room. And the
TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief (remember them?), not a screen
the size of the state of Montana.
In
the kitchen we blended and stirred by hand because we didn't have electric
machines to do everything for us.
When
we packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, we used wadded up old
newspapers to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap.
Back
then, we didn't fire up an engine and burn gasoline just to cut the lawn. We
used a push mower that ran on human power.
We
exercised by working so we didn't need to go to a health club to run on
treadmills that operate on electricity. But she's right; we didn't have the
"green thing" back then.
We
drank from a fountain when we were thirsty instead of using a cup or a plastic
bottle every time we had a drink of water. We refilled writing pens with ink
instead of buying a new pen, and we replaced the razor blade in a razor instead
of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull. But we didn't
have the "green thing" back then.
Back
then, people took the streetcar or a bus and kids rode their bikes to school or
walked instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour taxi service in the
family's $45,000 SUV or van, which cost what a whole house did before the
"green thing."
We
had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a
dozen appliances. And we didn't need a computerized gadget to receive a signal
beamed from satellites 23,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest
burger joint.
But
isn't it sad the current generation laments how wasteful we old folks were just
because we didn't have the "green thing" back then?
PS:
I was raised and my children were raised on cloth diapers no paper or cotton
was wasted. I think the parents are pampered today but less diaper rash.
Disclaimer regarding the “green
thing” tonight in the Hashmonaim – Mattiyahu area, Road 446, is having the
electric company moving the electric lines and lighting for 2 lanes to become 6
lanes (not tomorrow) with bicycle and walking paths. From 9 PM to 5 AM there
will be no electricity. Those who have Shabbos off grid and Electric Generators
or Solar Electricity with Batteries will keep air conditioned and enjoy the
benefits. Others might have to go outside and enjoy seeing more stars at night.
Iran hangs 2 people. One was ISIS Sunni. https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-executes-man-convicted-of-giving-israel-details-of-assassinated-nuclear-scientist/
Yehuda
Avraham Shalom Gross, a 42-year-old resident of Bnei Brak and teacher at the
"Hahadash" Talmud Torah, died Tuesday night while on a trip to the
Dead Sea.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412839
President
Isaac Herzog and First Lady Michal Herzog were received today( Wednesday) by
President Alar Karis of Estonia at the Presidential Palace in Tallinn, the
capital of Estonia. The two presidents held a diplomatic meeting followed by a
joint statement to the press. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412851
During
a joint operational activity by the IDF's Duvdevan Unit, in collaboration with
the IDF's Binyamin Regional Brigade and with intelligence guidance from Shin
Bet, terrorists were arrested in the Al-Amari refugee camp in the Ramallah
area. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412855
Armored
and Combat Engineering Corps, and the Yahalom Unit, an underground tunnel route
approximately 2 kilometers long was located and dismantled in southern Khan
Yunis. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412803
CHINESE
SPYING: The IDF has issued a sweeping ban on the entry of Chinese-made vehicles
to all its bases, citing concerns over potential data leaks from onboard
cameras and sensors. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412797
German second division soccer club Fortuna Düsseldorf has dropped
plans to sign Israeli national team striker Shon Weissman following a wave of
online protests over past social media posts relating to the ongoing war in
Gaza, German newspaper Bild reported Tuesday. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412827
Amidst
military police raids on haredi strongholds in an attempt to arrest yeshiva
students who are draft dodgers, a senior Haredi official clarifies that this is
the most challenging time for his community. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412857
Officers
from the Oz police station in the Jerusalem district opened an investigation
today (Wednesday) into the circumstances of the death of a woman who was found
lifeless in an apartment in the Armon Hanatziv neighborhood of the capital. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412849
Directed
by IDF and ISA intelligence, IDF troops continue operations against terrorist
organizations in the Gaza Strip. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412848
Bill O’Reilly on Mamdani. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEYrCmH9CpA
https://www.foxnews.com/world/inside-look-gaza-humanitarian-situation-israel-weighs-next-steps
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/tennessee-sen-marsha-blackburn-launches-campaign-governor
https://www.foxnews.com/media/colbert-confronts-jb-pritzker-map-showing-illinois-gerrymandering
Aug. 7th
Swords of Iron Day 671 one year and ten months
of war
Covid is making a comeback in Israel and a new
Chinese Virus via Mosquito is coming to the USA. [The Chinese manufactured
virus are vicious!]
A few times, I have added my own comments on
articles below to reflect the truth as I see it from my own personal
experiences in the last almost 55 years in Israel.
This made the cover of TIME but from
what he took.
I have heard the time it takes up to two years
to clean out all the rats. https://www.timesofisrael.com/gaza-takeover-plan-said-set-to-last-4-5-months-focus-on-gaza-city-strips-center/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-open-to-meeting-putin-and-zelensky-white-house-says/
Roads to be blocked by extremists. However, if
he gives the word, the country will shut down. https://www.timesofisrael.com/senior-haredi-leader-threatens-global-struggle-like-never-before-over-idf-draft/
Calling up Yeshiva Students is an act of
full-scale civil war designed to destroy the Torah from Israel by the atheist
left. The
main headline on the front page of the haredi newspaper Yated Neeman
Thursday morning features the single word: "War." https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412887
For those like my son and I who could not learn
Torah ten or more hours a day. [I could but had to feed a wife and three
children.] Then one should serve in the army. Hundreds of
young men from hesder yeshivas across the country reported for duty yesterday
(Wednesday) at the Tel Hashomer recruitment center, officially beginning their
service in the IDF as part of the hesder yeshiva combat track. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412884
https://www.timesofisrael.com/precautions-urged-as-country-braces-for-extreme-heat-wave/
US
President Donald Trump has ordered a reduction in criticism of Israel and
several other countries in the annual report on global human rights, The
Washington Post reported. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412885
The leftist department of injustice. Nearly a decade
after the Duma arson case, the Israeli Ministry of Justice has closed a
complaint filed by a minor who claimed he was subjected to physical and
psychological abuse during his detention. The complaint, submitted by Attorney
Adi Kedar of the Honenu legal aid organization, alleged that the minor endured
violent and coercive interrogations that led to a false confession. According
to the complaint, the interrogators used beatings, psychological pressure, and
tactics that violated his free will. FACT: THE SAME ARAB FAMILY WAS ATTACKED
TWICE AFTER THE INCIDENT BY OTHER ARABS WHO WERE NEVER EVER CAUGHT. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412893
Those
who join the Jewish Section of the Shin Bet are the same type of Jews that
incarcerated Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson in Russia. The Israel Security
Agency (Shin Bet) and Israel Prison Service (IPS) have denied a Jewish
prisoner's request to attend his sister’s wedding, scheduled to take place
later this week, despite positive evaluations of his behavior and the fact that
he is set to be released in the coming months. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412804
The
Prime Minister of Moldova met with the country's chief rabbi, amidst a wave of
rising antisemitism across Europe, declaring, "We will not allow
antisemitism to take root in Moldova." https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412888
Speaking
on Radio 103FM, Yehezkeli explained, "The Oslo mindset still exists
in both the Cabinet and the military. While the Cabinet is beginning to wake up
to the reality, the military still operates under the assumption that resolving
the hostage situation will be enough. I’m not sure how long it will take to
militarily conquer Gaza, but it won’t be easy. In Operation Cast Lead, it took
about a week. Once the population is isolated, and we can reach sterile areas
and remove civilians from combat zones, Hamas will collapse surprisingly fast
in the field." … Hamas doesn’t want a deal - period. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412883
Worshipped G-D while in space.
Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Arieh King spoke to Arutz Sheva-Israel
National News about an upsetting occurrence of crucifix placement that has
been transpiring over the past few days at the tomb of Haggai and Malachi the
Prophets on the Mount of Olives in the capital. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412868
The
IDF on Wednesday evening struck Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure sites in
southern Lebanon. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412872
https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/08/06/americans-still-sympathize-israelis-palestinians-poll-finds/
https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/08/06/israel-must-unite-to-fight-hamas-terror-and-propaganda-war/
Aug.8th
Swords of Iron Day 672 end of week 96.
Troops of the 401st Brigade, under the command of the 162nd
Division, are operating deep within Daraj Tuffah in the northern Gaza Strip. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412910
As
the war in Gaza rages on and the IDF faces a manpower shortage, this week, a
record number of foreign students from Yeshivat Har Etzion in Gush Etzion
enlisted in the IDF, with 32 students enlisting - the most since the yeshiva
was founded 56 years ago. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412915
Israel's
Health Ministry on Thursday reported that environmental samples taken from
various sites across Israel have shown findings indicating the presence of the polio virus. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412909
A
new report by The Guardian reveals how Israel partnered with Microsoft
to store massive amounts of data intercepted during the Swords of Iron war. In
late 2021, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella met with Yossi Sariel, then-head of
Israel’s elite SIGNIT force Unit 8200, at the company’s headquarters near
Seattle. Sariel’s proposal was bold: move massive amounts of classified Israeli
intelligence into a private and secure section of Microsoft’s cloud platform,
Azure. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412898
Charedi Hunger Strike. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412905
Shabbos candle lighting times. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/shabat
https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/08/07/trump-warns-iran-well-be-back-regime-restarts-nuclear-program/
No laughing matter: https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/08/07/jewish-comedian-michael-rapaports-alabama-comedy-show-canceled-due-protests-safety-concerns/
https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/08/07/stolen-childhoods-forced-marriages-haunt-palestinian-girls/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-to-host-armenia-azerbaijan-for-historic-peace-signing-friday/
Brandon Russell, the founder of a neo-Nazi group, was sentenced to
20 years in federal prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for
conspiring to sabotage Baltimore's power grid, the US Attorney's Office for
Maryland announced on Thursday, according to Reuters. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412944
He was the general in charge of the evacuation
of Gush Katif. He went it and personally removed his child’s family and his
grandchildren. Defeating Hamas requires the takeover of the Gaza Strip - a task
that will take only take a few months, not years, former IDF General Yiftah
Ron-Tal believes. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412895
Demonstrators
from the radical haredi Jerusalem Faction gathered on Thursday to protest the
arrest of draft dodgers and are blocking Route 4 in both directions near Bnei
Brak in central Israel. In Jerusalem, protesters blocked Bar Lev Road and Begin
Boulevard. Police attempted to disperse the demonstrators with force.
Demonstrators were seen holding signs referring to the detained draft dodgers
as "hostages." https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412918
The Belgian Office of the Commissioner General for
Refugees and Stateless Persons (CGRS) has officially revoked the refugee status
of Mohammed Khatib, the European coordinator for the controversial group
Samidoun, the Belga news agency reported on Thursday. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412939
Public Opinion Poll. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412953
In a
speech at a Fatah Army summer camp in Shechem (Nablus) on August 2, 2025, Fatah
Secretary Muhammad Hamdan addressed the children, encouraging them to become
the next generation of Fatah fighters. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412947
Have a healthy, happy, peaceful
Shabbos and a romantic Tu B’Av,
Rachamim Pauli
