MY HEART FELT THANKS AND ALL HONOR IS DUE TO TSILA
WHO PATIENTLY WORKED WITH ME ON A SKYPE.COM
COMMUNICATION FROM CANADA TO ISRAEL
TO MAKE THE BLOG POSSIBLE. SHE HAS A PATIENCE OF A
SAINT TO SLOWLY GUIDE ME INTO SETTING UP THE BLOG. (The photo on the blog was just before last Thanksgiving
in my backyard of my son Chaim.) Letter of the week from a modest woman regarding the crazed
modesty patrols: I expected "modesty patrols" about 15 years ago.
I also expect one day Jewish women will cover their faces. Mark my
words! Police need to really crack down on
"modesty patrols" before it gets out of hand. – Rhonda
Rebbitzen Mimran is looking for candidates for a new girl’s seminary
in Kiriat Sefer. Contact rm2@013.net for more information.
Disgusted at false reporting
Last week, my Swiss cousins visited me. They told me that the news of us saving the 180 PLO members from
A biker was riding by the zoo, when he saw a little girl leaning into the lion's cage. Suddenly, the lion grabbed her by the cuff of her jacket and tried to pull her inside to slaughter her, under the eyes of her screaming parents.
The biker jumped off his bike, ran to the cage and hit the lion square on the nose with a powerful punch. Whimpering from the pain the lion jumped back and let go of the girl. The biker then took her to her terrified parents, who thanked him endlessly.
A reporter saw the whole scene, and addressing the biker, said, 'Sir, this was the most gallant and brave thing I saw a man do in my whole life.'
'Why, it was nothing,' said the biker, really. The lion was behind bars. I just saw this little kid in danger, and acted as I felt right.'
'I noticed a patch on your jacket,' said the journalist.
'Yeah, I ride with an Israeli motorcycle club,' the biker replied.
'Well, I'll make sure this won't go unnoticed. I'm a journalist with The New York Times, you know, and tomorrow's papers will have this on the front page.'
The following morning the biker bought the paper to see if it indeed brought out the news of his actions. On the front page was the headline:
'ISRAELI GANG MEMBER ASSAULTS AFRICAN IMMIGRANT AND STEALS HIS LUNCH'
Sometimes self-Mussar and re-evaluation is good for Tshuvah
1) During the course of close to 41 years of praying with the Siddur, I improved from small sections in English to the main prayer in English to Hebrew to Korbanos.
However, there is always room for improvement. I re-evaluated my praying not only for kavanah (intensive feeling) but also for little things that I still miss out on. Most of us come to Schul and flip on the Tallis and Tephillin with just the blessings especially if we have to run to work or even to Kollel or even to answer questions on the internet. There is a little foreword prayer before blessing – “Here I am prepared to except the mitzvah of the Tallis” or the Tephillin it adds a minute to the prayer. Or if you are like me and work at Torah until exhaustion, you might not complete the going to sleep prayer because you are sort of out of it and drop off to sleep immediately after saying a paragraph or two. For this work-alcoholic has no solution yet but there is room for improvement. There comes a point also when we get stuck with the Hebrew as a foreign language. My next story on Ye’ush is also based on evaluation. One can do Tshuvah anytime, one need not wait the remaining 6 weeks for the high-holidays to repent.
Ye’ush or giving up
2) In the Talmud we see that if a person forgets something without a designating sign on it, he may search for it where he thinks he left it but if he doesn’t find it we call it ye’ush. When I first came to
3) From Jillian Michaels Sports Trainer: "Six weeks ago, my ‘Torah & Mussar’ class started with 22 people. Tonight it finished with 2. And guess what? I was one of them! A year ago, 6 months ago, hell 3 months ago, I would have been one of those people who walked out after the demo session because it was so hard, even though I paid for it. But I stuck out EVERY class. I did everything he asked of me. I killed myself each week. I never, not once, quit. I didn't give up, I didn't walk away, I didn't say 'That's too hard.' None of it. I was there each week and I did it. And not only did I do it until I was literally red in the face, but I survived. I'm still here to talk about it. I'm still breathing (not standing so much at the moment, but I'm still breathing, LOL). I was almost the last one standing (which terrified me... me and him in a room for an hour? gulp!) But the other girl ended up coming a few minutes late (thankfully!) So it was two girls who were the only two left standing at the end of this 6 week course. How awesome is that? I can't tell you how proud I am of myself for not quitting.
Tonight I learned that if I put my mind into it, I can do it. Things are hard, it's tough, but it's worth it. 20 people are unable to say that they did what I did. 20 people can only say that they gave up because it got too hard. Not me. I was there even though it was hard. I was there BECAUSE it was hard. And I'm thankful for every minute of it. It made me stronger and it showed me that quitting isn't an option. Quitting doesn't get the results. Hard work and determination does. And I am not above bragging about my accomplishments. Because tonight I feel like I am on top of the world. As hard as the work out was, that really isn't what my proudest moment is right now. My proudest moment is that I used to be a quitter and now I can officially erase that word from my vocabulary and focus on being a winner. Woohoo!"
Parsha Devarim
The whole book of Devarim takes place from Rosh Chodesh Shevat 2488 to Adar 7, 2488 it is a series of farewell Drashos and Mussar with over 200 new Mitzvos or previously unwritten old Mitzvos from Moshe Rabbaynu.
1:1 These are the words which Moses spoke unto all
In modern
These are the words. Since these are words of rebuke and he [Moses] enumerates here all the places where they angered the Omnipresent, therefore it makes no explicit mention of the incidents [in which they transgressed], but rather merely alludes to them, [by mentioning the names of the places] out of respect for
2 It is eleven days journey from Horeb unto Kadesh-barnea by the way of
Rashi: It is eleven days journey from Horeb. Moses said to them: “See what you caused! There is no shorter route from Horeb to Kadesh-Barnea than the way through
3 And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spoke unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them;
Rashi’s question on these few Pasukim is in modern language: How come Moshe did not rebuke except on a few occasions on the spot during the 40 years. Rashi then brings down biblical proof for rebuke from fathers to sons only on their death bed and explains the reason. Besides perhaps having a rebellious child all their life, they might have a even an enemy. Therefore a father or leader should set an example to his children and strive for them to come closer to that rather than slap their face with the back of their hand.
And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first of the month [… Moses spoke]. This teaches us that he rebuked them only a short while before his death. From whom did he learn [to do] this? From Jacob, who rebuked his sons only a short while before his death. He said, “Reuben, my son, I will tell you why I have not reproved you [for your shortcomings] during all these years: So that you would not leave me and join my brother, Esau.” And for four reasons, one should not reprimand a person except shortly before one’s death: So that one should not rebuke and again have to rebuke him, so as not to cause his friend to feel ashamed when he sees him; etc. These appear in Sifrei . And similarly, Joshua rebuked
4 after he had smitten Sihon the king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who dwelt in Ashtaroth, at Edrei; 5 beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, took Moses upon him to expound this law, saying:
Continuing with the rebuke theme from the previous Pasuk, Rashi then explains the question why now still five weeks before Moshe’s death:
After He had smitten [Sihon]. Moses said: If I rebuke them before they enter [at least] part of the land, they will say, “What [claim] has this [man] on us? What good has he ever done for us? He has come only to vex us and to find some pretext, for he does not have the power to bring us into the land.” Therefore he [Moses]waited until he had defeated Sihon and Og before them and had given them possession of their land, and [only] afterwards did he rebuke them. [Sifrei] Sihon… who dwelt in Heshbon. “Even if Sihon himself had not been powerful, but had dwelt in Heshbon, he would have [nevertheless] been powerful because the city was a powerful one; and even had it been another city, and Sihon had dwelt in it, it would have [also] been powerful because the king was powerful. How much more so now, since both the king and the city were powerful!” [Sifrei] [And Og…] who dwelt in Ashtaroth. [Here, too,] the king was powerful, and the city was powerful. [Sifrei] Ashtaroth. This is an expression denoting sharp cliffs and strength, just as “Ashteroth-karnaim” (Gen. 14:5) [the hard rocks of Karnaim]. And the Ashtaroth [referred to here] is indeed that same Ashteroth-karnaim where the Rephaim [the giants] were, whom Amraphel smote, as it is said, “And they smote the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim ” (Gen. 14:5). And Og escaped from them, and that is the meaning of that which is stated, “And the fugitive came” (Gen. 14:13), and Scripture states (further, 3:11)“For only Og, king of the
6 The LORD our God spoke unto us in Horeb, saying: 'Ye have dwelt long enough in this mountain; 7 turn you, and take your journey, and go to the hill-country of the Amorites and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the Arabah, in the hill-country, and in the Lowland, and in the South, and by the sea-shore; the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.
Rashi now comes up with specifics of where the borders of the land are and which cities are mentioned. Even though
This is the way to
8 Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.' 9 And I spoke unto you at that time, saying: 'I am not able to bear you myself alone; 10 the LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.-- 11 The LORD, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as He hath promised you!-- 12 How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
We have an important principle here not mentioned by Rashi or other commentaries that I have read. The principle is that we have to trust in HASHEM for Moshe could not bear the burden of Yisrael, but as we say when we finish Aleynu at the end of the prayers. “I am HE, I will be with you until old Age, I will tolerate (or bear) you.” We are a nation with merits and errors and sins numerous as stars and ideas and fads. It is only HASHEM that can bear our cumbrance, burden and even internal strife. Rashi takes the Pshat as a rebuke and not the hidden positive force which I wrote about:
This is what I have already said to you, “Not by my own decision do I tell you [that I am unable to bear your trouble], but by the command of the Holy One, blessed is He.” your trouble. This teaches us that the Israelites were troublesome [people]; if one saw his opponent in a lawsuit about to win, he would say, “I have [other] witnesses to bring, [more] evidence to introduce, I [will exercise my right to] add judges to you [in your tribunal]”. and your burden. This teaches that they [the Israelites] were heretics: If Moses was early leaving his tent they would say, “Why does the son of Amram leave so early? Perhaps he is not at ease inside his house?” If he left late, they would say, “Why does the son of Amram not leave? What do you think? He is [probably] sitting and devising evil schemes against you, and is thinking up plots against you. [Other editions of Rashi have” commandments and reckonings."] and your strife. This teaches that they [the Israelites] were contentious (Sifrei).
Remember there are 70 ways of interpreting Torah, all agree that Rashi is right, but I am maybe a naïve optimist and see the hidden Hashgacha of HASHEM YISBORACH watching over HIS people hidden from view. Also in Aleynu “they will plan a thing (against us) but it shall not come to pass as we have a G-D.”
13 Get you, from each one of your tribes, wise men, and understanding, and full of knowledge, and I will make them heads over you.' 14 And ye answered me, and said: 'The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.' 15 So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and full of knowledge, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers, tribe by tribe.
I said to Rabbi Mimran Shlita, I don’t want any more to be a judge. Judges are human and they make mistakes. If I make a mistake in a divorce trial and think that there will be Shalom Beit perhaps the children will be psychologically damaged by the constant strife or the husband / wife will injure or maim the other or worst. If I act too fast then I might have caused irreparable damage to all. The same with monetary concerns perhaps the two will come before me and I will judge towards the con-artist while I cause untold damage to the truthful man. Perhaps I will not be careful in my examination or forget a point and rule in error against an innocent man. Could I cause an innocent man or woman to lose faith in true and Torah-wise judgement because of my faults. Rashi puts it nicely that it becomes on the head of the judge and a G-D fearing judge must remember this every second that court is in session.
[Rabbi Yose said] "A wise man is like a rich money changer: When people bring him dinars to examine, he examines them. When they do not bring [money] to him, he sits doing nothing. An understanding man, however, is like a merchant money changer: When they bring him money to examine, he examines it, and when they do not bring it to him, he goes out and brings his own [money- i.e. he does not wait for people to come to him-he goes to them] (Sifrei) well-known among your tribes. Men whom you recognize, for if one were to come before me wrapped in his tallith, I would not know who he is and of what tribe he is, and whether he is suitable. But you know him, for you have raised him. Therefore, it says, “well-known among your tribes.” (Sifrei) and I will make them heads over you. As chiefs and respected persons over you, i.e., you should act towards them with respect and reverence.[The word] וַאֲשִׂמֵם lacks a י [after the שׂ; our editions, however, have it]: This teaches us that Israel’s transgressions (אָשָׁם) are hung over the heads of their judges, since they [the judges] should have prevented them [from sinning], and directed them along the right path (Sifrei).
16 And I charged your judges at that time, saying: 'Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.
Rashi: And I commanded your judges. I said to them: “Be patient in passing judgment. If a case comes before you once, twice, three times, do not say, ‘This [case] has already appeared before me several times,’ but debate it over again.’” (Sifrei)
This reminds me of my Component Engineering days. Before I set the standards for the projects, I worked directly with Engineers and Technicians. I often knew the answers so well that I knew the component and its eight digit number in the stores of the company by heart. I came up with certain unique solutions by thinking outside of the box on military projects because I saw things from the prospective as an Engineer, Soldier, Designer, etc. when things were new. Here is an example of an impatient judgement: David was a salesman for a military wire company. His wires were used in the Merkava Tank. A complaint went out to him that his wires were coming off the electrical connectors to various equipment in the Tank. He went into the tank and went down with the soldiers. What did he see? He saw the soldiers could not get in or out of the height of the tank because of the lack of a step so they stepped on the wires to get to the turret. The solution was simple put in a few later rungs that also protected the wires and lo and behold it was not the fault of the company that David was the sales representative.
17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; ye shall hear the small and the great alike; ye shall not be afraid of the face of any man; for the judgment is God's; and the cause that is too hard for you ye shall bring unto me, and I will hear it.'
You shall not favor persons in judgment. This refers to the person who appoints judges, that he should not say, “So-and-so is handsome or strong; I will appoint him as a judge” [or] “So-and-so is my relative; I will appoint him as a judge in the city,” even if he is not expert in the laws, and consequently he condemns the innocent and acquits the guilty. [God says:] I will hold it against the one who appointed him [this judge] as though he [himself] had shown partiality in judgment (Sifrei). You shall hear the small just as the great. A case regarding a perutah [small coin] should be as important to you as [a case] regarding a hundred maneh [a large sum], so that if it [the former] is presented before you first, do not postpone it for last (San. 8a). Another explanation of “You shall hear the words of the small as you do those of the great,” as per the Targum [The words of the small you shall hear like the words of the great]: You shall not say: “This is a poor man, and his friend [opponent] is rich, and it is a mitzvah to support him [the poor man]. I will favor the poor man, and he will thus be supported respectably.” Another explanation: You shall not say, “How can I affront the honor of this rich man because of one dinar ? I will favor him now and when he goes outside [leaves the court] I will tell him, 'Give it to him [to the poor man], for you really owe it to him!’” (Sifrei) You shall not fear any man. Heb. לֹא תָגוּרוּ, meaning you shall not fear. Another explanation: You shall not gather in [stifle] your words because of any man. As in (Prov. 10:5),“It gathers (אוֹגֵר) in summer.” (See Sifrei.) for the judgment is upon the Lord. Whatever you unjustly take from one, you will oblige Me to return to him. Consequently you have perverted a judgment against Me (San. 8a). [And the case that is too difficult for you] bring to me. Because of this [presumptive] statement, Moses forgot the law regarding the daughters of Zelophchad [in Num. 27:1-5](San. 8a). Similarly, Samuel answered Saul and said (I Sam. 9:19),“I am the seer.” Whereupon, the Holy One, blessed is He, said to him, “By your life, I will let you know that you do not [always] see [with the holy spirit].” And when did He let him know [this]? When he came to anoint David, “And he saw Eliab [and] he said, ‘Surely, before the Lord is His anointed’ ” (I Sam. 16:6-7). The Holy One, blessed is He, said to him: “Did you not say, ‘I am the seer?’ Look not upon his appearance.” (Sifrei)
See my editorial below about bigotry vs. discriminating tastes that are preferences but not iron rules that are unbendable. So one has to over come all preconceptions and personal preferences in order to judge a case.
18 And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do. 19 And we journeyed from Horeb, and went through all that great and dreadful wilderness which ye saw, by the way to the hill-country of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea. 20 And I said unto you: 'Ye are come unto the hill-country of the Amorites, which the LORD our God gives unto us. 21 Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee; go up, take possession, as the LORD, the God of thy fathers, hath spoken unto thee; fear not, neither be dismayed.' 22 And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said: 'Let us send men before us, that they may search the land for us, and bring us back word of the way by which we must go up, and the cities unto which we shall come.' 23 And the thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe;
23. And the matter pleased me. “It pleased me, but it did not please the Omnipresent.” But if it pleased Moses, why does he mention it in his rebukes? This may be compared to a man who says to his friend, “Sell me this donkey of yours.” He replies to him, “Yes.” “Will you give it to me to test it?” He replies, “Yes.” “May I test it on mountains and hills?” Again he replies, “Yes.” When he sees that his friend does not withhold anything from him, the purchaser thinks to himself, “This man is certain that I shall not find any defect in the donkey,” and he immediately says to him, “Take your money; I need not test it now.” I too, consented to your words, thinking that you would perhaps reconsider when you saw that I do not withhold it from you, but you did not reconsider (Sifrei). so I took… from you. from the select that were among you, of the finest that were among you (Sifrei). twelve men… one man for each tribe. [This] tells [us] that the tribe of Levi was not with them. (Sifrei).
24. [And they came] to the
25. and brought it down to us. This tells us that the
24 and they turned and went up into the mountains, and came unto the
Sad but true one of the faults of a democracy is that the majority rules but sometimes the minority (in our case Calev and Yehoshua) could be right and the majority learns this after a catastrophic mistake.
39 Moreover your little ones, that ye said should be a prey, and your children, that this day have no knowledge of good or evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it. 40 But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way to the
Chapter two deals with history mainly but one interesting point is that even though Moav instigated the attempted cursing, war etc. the people were not killed and for the sake of lot also the Bnei Ammon as shown below.
2:37 Only to the land of the children of Ammon thou came not near; all the side of the river Jabbok, and the cities of the hill-country, and wheresoever the LORD our God forbade us.
3:1 Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan; and Og the king of
Then we turned and went up. The whole northern direction [from the wilderness toward
2 And the LORD said unto me: 'Fear him not; for I have delivered him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shall do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon.'
Og had merits as pointed out by Rashi: In the case of Sihon [however] it was not necessary to state, “Do not fear him.” But [in the case of Og,] Moses feared lest the merit that he [Og] had rendered service to Abraham might stand by him, as it says, “And the fugitive came” (Gen. 14:13), and this was Og.
3 So the LORD our God delivered into our hand Og also, the king of
This is some province on the
5 All these were fortified cities, with high walls, gates, and bars; beside the unwalled towns a great many. 6 And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying every city, the men, and the women, and the little ones. 7 But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey unto ourselves. 8 And we took the land at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites that were beyond the Jordan, from the valley of Arnon unto mount Hermon-- 9 which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir—
The Sidonians call Hermon, etc.. But in another passage, it states, “Until
10 all the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salcah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.-- 11 For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Rephaim; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.-- 12 And this land we took in possession at that time; from Aroer, which is by the valley of Arnon, and half the hill-country of Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites;
And this land, which we possessed at that time. The one mentioned above, “from the brook of Arnon to
Now from the Pasukim above, I can conclude that Eliyahu HaNovi aka Gileadi was from the tribe of either Reuven or Menasha.
13 and the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the
From Kinneret. This was on the western side of the Jordan, and the inheritance of the children of Gad was on the eastern side of the Jordan; so the width of the Jordan adjoining their territory fell within their lot, and in addition, the land on its opposite bank until the Kinneret. This is what it says, “And the
18 And I commanded you at that time, saying: 'The LORD your God hath given you this land to possess it; ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of
Parsha Vaetchanan
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
Moshe was like a child saying “pretty please can I” to his father. The L-RD said let go of me even though physically Moshe could not hold HIM but his spiritual pleas were angering G-D.
But command Joshua. Regarding the bother, the burdens and the quarrels [inherent in leadership]. and strengthen him and encourage him. with your words, so that he will not be discouraged, saying, “Just as my teacher was punished, so will I be punished because of them.” I assure him [says God] that he will cross over [before this people] and he will make [them] inherit [the land]. (cf. Sifrei) for he will cross. If he crosses before them, they will inherit the land, and if not, they will not inherit [it]. So, indeed, we find that when Joshua sent some of the people against Ai and he remained behind, “the men of Ai smote of them” (Josh. 7:5). And when he fell on his face, God said to him, קוּם-לָ : written קֻם [without a “vav”, so that it may be read קָם], i.e., it is you standing in your place and sending My children out to war [that brought about this defeat]. Why do you fall on your face? Did I not tell this to your master, Moses, “If he [Joshua] crosses, they will cross, but if not, they will not cross”? (Sifrei)
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, gives 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.
Do not add. For instance, by inserting five sections into the tefillin [instead of four], by using five species for the [commandment of] lulav [on Succoth] instead of four], or by attaching five fringes [instead of four]. And so too, וְלֹא תִגְרְעוּnor diminish [from it i.e., three instead of four].
Oink, I will not tell you all the detractions the Reform Movement have done to the Torah or the abominations or lewdness that they defend!
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. 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. 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.'
Wisdom and understanding as Rashi points out come from Torah Study but we must possess the land as G-D commanded. Remember we must: cleave unto the LORD (y)our God! That is what we must do and if so we shall be answered by HASHEM.
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 your 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; 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. 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 any thing that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth; 19 and lest thou lift up your eyes unto heaven, and when thou sees 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
The above I rebuke and from 25 onwards is a warning for future generations. Note this ends in line 40 does anybody see a reference to the land of Oz or the land of Palestine, or Ho Hum land in the following?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 shall 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 may prolong thy days upon the land, which the LORD thy God gives thee, for ever. I still can find
Now comes the reiteration of the Ten Commandments but with a different wording such as before it was remember the Shabbos and now it is guard/observe the Shabbos thus clarifying the Mitzvah further.
5:1 And Moses called unto all
Rashi goes further that the negative commandments of the ten Moshe says it in such a way that you should not even desire to murder, steal, commit adultery etc. Rashi reminds us that contrary to the Xtian idea about a married man committing adultery with any woman such as a widow, divorcee or bachelorette; Rashi reminds us that: Adultery applies only [to relations] with a married woman.
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; 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? 23 Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God may say; and thou shall speak unto us all that the LORD our God may speak unto thee; and we will hear it and do it.' 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 always, to fear Me, and keep all My commandments, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever! 26 Go say to them: Return ye to your 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 shall 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.
Note that the trembling fear of G-D upon seeing the mountain on fire and hearing HIS voice was only temporary. Within a short time they made the golden calf and the other 10 trials in the desert. Some of the older children through the age of 19 would remember all this 40 years later to testify to the generation entering the land.
6:1 Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it-- 2 that thou might fear the LORD thy God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged. 3 Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD, the God of thy fathers, hath promised unto thee--a land flowing with milk and honey.
Even before the Shema, we must first educate the next generation in Torah then we can prepare them with the acceptance of the yoke of heaven. Note the Pasuk mentions the responsibility of a parent not only to his child but to his grandchild as well.
4 Hear, O Israel: the LORD our God, the LORD is one. 5 And thou shall love the LORD thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. 6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart; 7 and thou shall teach them diligently unto thy children, and shall talk of them when thou sit in thy house, and when thou walk by the way, and when thou lie down, and when thou rise up. 8 And thou shall bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes. 9 And thou shall write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates.
4. The Lord is our God; the Lord is one. The Lord, who is now our God and not the God of the other nations-He will be [declared] in the future “the one God,” as it is said: “For then I will convert the peoples to a pure language that all of them call in the name of the Lord” (Zeph. 3:9), and it is [also] said: “On that day will the Lord be one and His name one” (Zech. 14:9). (see Sifrei)
5. And you shall love [the Lord]. Perform His commandments out of love. The one who acts out of love cannot be compared to the one who acts out of fear. If one serves his master out of fear, when the master sets a great burden upon him, this servant will leave him and go away [whereas if out of love he will serve him even under great burden] (Sifrei 6:5). with all your heart. … 6. And these words… shall be. What is this“love” [referred to in the previous verse]? It is that these words [the mitzvoth] shall be upon your heart, and through this, you will come to recognize the Holy One, blessed be He, and will [consequently] cling to His ways. (Sifrei 6:6) which I command you this day. they should not appear to you as an antiquated edict (דְּיוּטַגְמָא) which no one cares about, but as a new one, which everyone hastens to read. The word דְּיוּטַגְמָא means: a royal edict which comes in writing.(Sifrei)
7. And you will teach them. Heb. וְשִׁנַּנְתָּם. This is an expression of sharpness, meaning that these words should be sharply impressed in your mouth, so that if a person asks you something, you will not have to hesitate about it, but you will tell him immediately. (Sifrei ; Kidd. 30a) to your sons. These are your disciples. We find everywhere that disciples are termed “sons,” as it is said: “You are children to the Lord your God” (Deut. 14:1), and it says: “The disciples [lit. sons] of the prophets who were in
8. And you shall bind them for a sign upon your hand. These are the tefillin of the arm. \b and they shall be for ornaments between your eyes \b0לְטֹטָפֹת. These are the tefillin of the head, and because of the number of the Scriptural sections contained in them [namely four], they are טֹטָפֹת - totafoth, forטַט - tat in Coptic means“two,” פַּת - path in Afriki (Phrygian) [also] means“two.” (San. 4b)
Here is part of the Hagada of Pessach and we end with the condition that we must observe the commandments. 20 When thy son asks thee in time to come, saying: 'What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which the LORD our God hath commanded you? 21 then thou shall say unto thy son: 'We were Pharaoh's bondmen in
Chapter seven warns about idolatry and other things that disturb the soul. Now if we observe whole heartedly the Mitzvos and be diligent about them: 7:12 And it shall come to pass, because ye hearken to these ordinances, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep with thee the covenant and the mercy which He swore unto thy fathers, 13 and He will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee; He will also bless the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy land, thy corn and thy wine and your oil, the increase of thy kine and the young of thy flock, in the land which He swore unto thy fathers to give thee. 14 Thou shall be blessed above all peoples; there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle. 15 And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness; and He will put none of the evil diseases of
A Rabbi Saadiah Gaon Story
Avraham wrote: How is the concept of revelation consistent with the immutability of Torah ? And what distinguishes these changes from reformation ?
I will try to answer this with a story of the Saadiah Gaon (Gaon was conferred by the Exilarch that he was the Rosh Yeshiva of the
The student was puzzled and asked Rav Saadiah you are the Tzaddik of this generation and you are acting like a newly reformed sinner. The Gaon replied: Yesterday, I knew HASHEM's greatness to such and such a degree but today I have learned more of the L-RD's greatness so I want to repent for not showing more honor and love.
ONCE a political opponent of the ruler wanted to destroy the heir to the throne of the ruler of the country. He murdered the son and blamed the Jews. Rav Saadiah was called before the ruler on Shabbos as the body lay before the ruler. A pogrom was about to break loose even though the ruler had a good relationship with the Jews. Rav Saadiah said let the dead boy tell us who killed him. He then wrote on the forehead the word Aleph Mem Tav and used the DIVINE NAME and the boy arose and spoke the name of the murderer and how it was done. Immediately in fine Arab tradition the murderer was confronted and confessed. He was killed and the Jews were saved. The Gaon then erased the Aleph and the boy returned to his natural state – Mem Tav = Hebrew for dead.
From the Wikipedia: Early life
Saadia, in "Sefer ha-Galui", stresses his Jewish lineage, claiming to belong to the noble family of Shelah, son of Judah (see Chronicles 1 4:21), and counting among his ancestors Hanina ben Dosa, the famous ascetic of the first century. Expression was given to this claim by Saadia in calling his son Dosa (this son later served as Gaon of Sura from 1013-1017). Regarding Joseph, Saadia's father, a statement of Aaron ben Meir has been preserved saying that he was compelled to leave
At a young age he left his home to study under the Torah scholars of Tiberias. At age 20 Saadia completed his first great work, the Hebrew dictionary which he entitled Agron. At 23 he composed a polemic against the followers of Anan ben David, particularly Solomon ben Yeruham, thus beginning the activity which was to prove important in opposition to Karaism, in defense of rabbinic Judaism. In the same year he left
Dispute with Ben Meir
In 922 a controversy arose concerning the Hebrew calendar, that threatened the entire Jewish community. Since Hillel II (around 359 CE), the calendar had been based on a series of rules (described more fully in Maimonides' Code[2]) rather than on observation of the moon's phases. One of these rules required the date of Rosh Hashanah to be postponed if the calculated lunar conjunction occurred at noon or later. Rabbi Aaron ben Meir, the Gaon of the leading Talmudic academy in Israel (then located in Ramle), claimed a tradition according to which the cutoff point was 642/1080 of an hour (approximately 35 minutes) after noon.[3] In that particular year, this change would result in a two-day schism with the major Jewish communities in Babylonia: according to Ben Meir the first day of Passover would be on a Sunday, while according to the generally accepted rule it would be on Tuesday.
Saadia was in Aleppo, on his way from the East, when he learned of Ben Meir's regulation of the Jewish calendar. Saadia addressed a warning to him, and in Babylon he placed his knowledge and pen at the disposal of the exilarch David ben Zakkai and the scholars of the academy, adding his own letters to those sent by them to the communities of the Diaspora (922). In
Appointment as Gaon
His dispute with Ben Meir was an important factor in the call to Sura which he received in 928. The exilarch David ben Zakkai insisted on appointing him as Gaon (head of the academy), despite the weight of precedent (no foreigner had ever served as Gaon before), and against the advice of the aged Nissim Nahrwani, a Resh Kallah at Sura, who feared a confrontation between the two strong-willed personalities, David and Saadia. (Nissim declared, however, that if David was determined to see Saadia in the position, then he would be ready to become the first of Saadia's followers.[4])
Under his leadership, the ancient academy, founded by Rav, entered upon a new period of brilliancy.[5] This renaissance was cut short, though, by a clash between Saadia and David, much as Nissim had predicted.
In a probate case Saadia refused to sign a verdict of the exilarch which he thought unjust, although the Gaon of Pumbedita had subscribed to it. When the son of the exilarch threatened Saadia with violence to secure his compliance, and was roughly handled by Saadia's servant, open war broke out between the exilarch and the gaon. Each excommunicated the other, declaring that he deposed his opponent from office; and David b. Zakkai appointed Joseph b. Jacob as gaon of Sura, while Saadia conferred the exilarchate on David's brother Hassan (Josiah; 930). Hassan was forced to flee, and died in exile in Khorasan; but the strife which divided Babylonian Judaism continued. Saadia was attacked by the exilarch and by his chief adherent, the young but learned Aaron ibn Sargado (later Gaon of Pumbedita, 943-960), in Hebrew pamphlets, fragments of which show a hatred on the part of the exilarch and his partisans that did not shrink from scandal. Saadia did not fail to reply.
Latter years
He wrote both in Hebrew and in Arabic a work, now known only from a few fragments, entitled "Sefer ha-Galui" (Arabic title, "Kitab al-Ṭarid"), in which he emphasized with great but justifiable pride the services which he had rendered, especially in his opposition to heresy.
The seven years which Saadia spent in Baghdad did not interrupt his literary activity. His principal philosophical work was completed in 933; and four years later, through Ibn Sargado's father-in-law, Bishr ben Aaron, the two enemies were reconciled. Saadia was reinstated in his office; but he held it for only five more years. David b. Zakkai died before him (c. 940), being followed a few months later by the exilarch's son Judah, while David's young grandson was nobly protected by Saadia as by a father. According to a statement made by Abraham ibn Daud and doubtless derived from Saadia's son Dosa, Saadia himself died in Babylonia at Sura in 942, at the age of sixty, of "black gall" (melancholia), repeated illnesses having undermined his health.
Science of Beresheis: http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video08.html?maven_referralObject=3004392&maven_referralPlaylistId=&sRevUrl=http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/index.html
Bigotry - an editorial – it’s not just black and white – it’s not just Jew and Gentile
TSU wrote: As for the fool who refuses to date someone based on their background. When I was converting to Judaism a young man became interested in me. His parents were baalei teshuva. His rabbi encouraged him to think about what marrying me (as a convert) would do to his family's status in the community. He relayed this to me, perhaps having no idea how much that would hurt to hear. I regard this as one of the great moral failings of religious Judaism - that some women are less valuable than others due to no fault of their own and that nobody ever blushes to mention it. But maybe that's just me. One could say that I'm biased.
I ALWAYS SAY THAT I AM RELIGIOUS NOT BECAUSE OF THEM (THE SNOBBY BIGOTS) BUT IN SPITE OF THEM.
Today I am a Rabbi and Rosh Kollel for Dayanim and other Roshei Kollelim come to me for donations. However, when I was a baal Tshuvah 40 plus years ago, I was looked down like a leper as the worst of worst for marrying off daughters. I was given dates with cripples (nice girls), ugly girls, etc. I finally married somebody with other problems and after 12 years we got divorced because her temper was endangering the health of the children. This time I was already a Talmud Chacham and had a track record in Judaism so that even with 3 children finding a normal frum wife was easier than a bachelor with potential energy. I have found that
many Gerim are well worth marrying.
It is funny as the so-called girls looking at me - they did not like the fact that my parents were non-religious. But I am from great Rabbis and today my parentage could put the snobs in my back pocket. Even more so, my ancestor married Ruth the Giyoret and she was the only woman in the history of Judaism that was called "A woman of valor" (Aishes Chayil). So can somebody tell me if a Giyoret is good enough to be the mother of royalty so do I need some idiotic snob to tell me that she is no good???
Dr. Aryeh wrote: As for the Cheredim not intermarrying with Chozrei Teshuva, I have never understood why anyone would want to deal with such people. The willingness of the Sephardic Cheredim to tolerate them is even more amazing considering their open racism in excluding even mixed marriages from their schools.
As for meeting people, I find it a lot easier to remember a person by the place he lived or her profession than their names. At meetings, I might meet a hundred or so people over a week. Anyway who can remember a Thai name. I can remember Thai and cervix.
Unfortunately it does not stop here: It turns own that Sephardic girls the daughters of Sephardic Rabbis are looked upon my some Cheredim like they have the plague. In Kiriat Sefer there are 47 such girls.
The seminary starts from class Chet (grade 8) and goes on for 6-7 years. It will have a well experienced staff. Rabbi Mimran will be the initial administrator. The menahalet will be the Rebbitzen Mimran accompanied by a segan menahelet yet to be appointed. – This is on condition that there are enough girls to fill the classes. Why the bigotry? Coming from the States, I just can’t see being bigoted against people who are fit to marry me or my family and have blood ties back centuries. Our Chabad in Ganei Modin is run by Rabbi Ben Zion Yisraeli a Persian Jew and in Ramat Modin by Rabbis Ephraim and Barak Kokavi not the original Jews from
If a person comes from India and has a different philosophy from somebody from Argentina who thinks differently than somebody from Poland or Russian who thinks differently than a German Jew or an American Jew are they less Jewish or sub-Jewish? I can’t comprehend this. I new a lovely girl who liked me but she wanted somebody learning in
There is also a difference between bigotry and personal discriminating tastes. For example coming from a German/Czech Jewish background, I naturally would tend prefer an American woman with the same background but that would not prevent me from marrying a Romanian Jew or a Yemenite Jew.
If a missionary gets on your back from a former Xtian Theologian:
REMEMBER JUDAISM BELIEVES THAT EVERYBODY HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE RIGHTEOUS AND GET INTO HEAVEN NO MATTER WHAT THE RELIGION
(There is no need for this section if one never has to face off against missionaries.)
From an Ex Christian may the truth always be known and spoken
Error #1 Yeshu is the way to God
Wrong
Torah shows us that this is Idolatry there is no mediator between Us and God. No other God to be worshiped. One of the 10 commandments says:
Not to worship any one but Hashem. There shall be no other gods besides ME.
If one study torah and know this truth and goes to the Christian teachings way it would be fatal
#2 Yeshu was the only Son of God
Wrong All Jews are sons and daughters of God Exodus: 4:22 And thou shall say unto Pharaoh: Thus says the LORD: Israel is My son, My first-born. 23 And I have said unto thee: Let My son go, that he may serve Me; and thou hast refused to let him go. Behold, I will slay thy son, thy first-born.'
#3 if you don’t believe that Yeshu is our Lord and savior You will not have a place in the world to come! You should only hear what the Moslems say if you don't convert their way!
Wrong!
This is Idolatry again if you believe that he was the Lord God And you have had the opportunity to know the Torah {which we all have this opportunity} its the opposite.
If one refuses to hear the truth or still does not want to know it or accept it Then God will judge that person, but really there is no excuse before Moshiach comes for anyone to get to know who God is to know really the truth through Judaism the truth of who God is and who he isn’t. there is no excuse for ignorance is not bliss. be prepared sort of speak.
#4 Christianity teaches that it doesn’t matter what you eat or drink it wont kill you! it matters more what you speak because that is what will kill you
Wrong!
There is no Godly wisdom in that what so ever It is proven that some foods cause cancer, illnesses, diseases Strokes, heart attacks, and more. The torah teaches also which foods to avoid for good health So it is very important what you eat and drink as well as what you speak. Note Kashrus has to do with spiritual health. - RP
#5 another teaching is You must forgive no matter what Even your worst enemy regardless of there repentance or not! If you don’t then you will not have a place in the world to come!
Wrong!
Torah teaches forgiveness requires a heartfelt repentance and an action to make a change as to not to repeat it. "Day of atonement" and Repentance teaches these truths
And is a great healing tool for life! Such wisdom found in Gods Torah that Judaism teaches!
#6 Christianity teaches that just believing that Yeshu is the Lord You will be saved period
Wrong!
No one can save you or die for you so that you have a place in the world to come! That it’s up to you!! and God!!
The creator of the universe will determine your personal destiny According to your own personal knowledge, actions, deeds, lifestyle, purity of heart condition, cleanliness, willingness to change, and proper forgiveness, Works, faith, goodness, charity, intentions, actions, and love!
According to God and only God. And anyone who is aware of this Is lucky, blessed mazel tov!
Any more you'd like to add to make it more real to those who doubt Even in Judaism there are doubters’ I’m afraid to say. Some are falling away and are believing in lies..
There definitely needs to be reassurance to those ones and everyone who has doubts. God always wants us to speak truth and stand for what is true and right!
And more importantly be a light unto the nations!
Take care
Catherine
Inyanay Diyoma
While checking to see if my blog made Google Search Engine under “Rabbi Pauli” I couldn’t find it, but I came across a comment on a news item of mine from Erev Shabbos with other comments about Gog and Magog. I became Rahamim instead of Rachamim with the guttural CH as the German word for also “Auch”. But the comments above my own on Gog and Magog was an interesting analysis. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2059520/posts
The fervently pro-US, pro-Israeli Druze leader, Walid Jumblatt, has decided to hold out no longer. He has thrown in his lot with the most extreme pro-Syrian, pro-Iranian, anti-Israel force in
Neither Israeli ministers, sunk in an acrimonious contest over the succession to Ehud Olmert, nor the
The Druze and Hizballah militias agreed to set up a joint commission for coordinating military operations. Hizballah is represented by its security and intelligence commander, Wafiq Shafa (who was in change of the recent prisoner swap with
From Shimon - Home Center Israel: It seems odd but Home Center seems to have a political agenda as in addition to the Arab only discounts (does it apply to Native Americans as well) they also don't deliver over the green line and perhaps worst of all they are open on Shabbat. While I am not in general in favor of boycotts it would seem that this particular chain has gone too far to alienate us as customers.
From http://torahjudaismandisrael.blogspot.com/ about Israeli recycling http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AuUbnf-EQo
Majority of Votes rule in a Democracy
SNEEDVILLE,
The following question entered my mind: Did the war of Gog and Magog break out on the 7th of Av? We know from our history that the breech was made in Yerushalayim on the 7th and both Beitei Mikdashim were destroyed on the 9th of Av. On the 9th of Av the Jews were expelled from Spain and WWI broke out. Could the war in Georgia just be a local war for control of the oil pipelines for Russia or part of a larger strategy to take back the Ukraine, Baltic States, Moslem States etc. that became independ countries. Now with the United States bogged down and no manditory draft of civilians both Russia and Iran are flexing their muscles. In both cases tiny Israel is standing up with medical supplies and in the second case with internation pressure at this time. But who will stand up for us? We cannot expect better when the Nations go blah blah blah and thousands die, raped and robbed in the Dafur region. If we don't stand up for people being murdered because they are black or from the wrong tribe then how can we expect people to stand up for Jews being murdered?
War in Georgia: The Israel Connection by Arie Egozi
For past seven years, Israeli companies have been helping Georgian army to preparer for war against
The fighting which broke out over the weekend between
"They contacted defense industry officials and arms dealers and told them that Georgia had relatively large budgets and could be interested in purchasing Israeli weapons," says a source involved in arms exports. The military cooperation between the countries developed swiftly. The fact that
"His door was always open to the Israelis who came and offered his country arms systems made in
Roni Milo conducted business in
'Don't anger the Russians'
The Israelis operating in
Israelis' activity in
As the tension between Russia and Georgia grew, however, increasing voices were heard in Israel – particularly in the Foreign Ministry – calling on the Defense Ministry to be more selective in the approval of the deals with Georgia for fear that they would anger Russia. "It was clear that too many unmistakable Israeli systems in the possession of the Georgian army would be like a red cloth in the face of a raging bull as far as
For instance, the Russians viewed the operation of the Elbit System's RPVs as a real provocation. "It was clear that the Russians were angry," says a defense establishment source, "and that the interception of three of these RPVs in the past three months was an expression of this anger. Not everyone in
In May it was eventually decide to approve future deals with
Georgian minister:
"The Israelis should be proud of themselves for the Israeli training and education received by the Georgian soldiers," Georgian Minister Temur Yakobashvili said Saturday.
Yakobashvili is a Jew and is fluent in Hebrew. "We are now in a fight against the great
Jewish Agency evacuates hundreds from Georgia
After establishing contact with Jewish community in war-torn South Ossetia, Agency coordinates evacuation to capital city of
Galzerano said those arrested include alleged Tunisian ringleader Khalil Jarraya, a veteran of
"In the telephone intercepts they always were extremely satisfied when someone blew himself up," Galzerano told The Associated Press by telephone from
George Clooney has condemned
If you have ever traveled to
A little TU B’Av humor that I shall call Olmert’s three top advisors and the beer scandal: Short clip male players only for Haredi readers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSkQuZV8iSs
My Letter to the Soldier and Her Reply (from Naomi) From Robert the Preacher:
My Letter to the Soldier and Her Reply: You were sinned against as well
Dear Soldier,
This was a brave and moving letter. You were a soldier. Those who sinned were the ones who sent you. They sinned against the whole nation, those who were thrown out of their homes, and those that were used to throw them out. They need to ask forgiveness from you both. Work to change the political system. Get them out of power.
God bless you.
Naomi
From: the soldier (imsorry)
Thank you for writing Naomi. I'm trying to respond to all the e-mails that I received. I am trying to help the people of Gush Katif through the letter that was published, especially by bringing to people's awareness the voice that up until now has not been heard. I hope this will influence soldiers in the future not to repeat this tragedy.
Hillel Fendel wrote in Israelnationalnews.com, that the weekly B'Sheva newspaper found the Ethiopian family from Kfar Darom described in the soldier's letter. They are living in the temporary site in Shomeriya. The father, Avraham Simon, was asked to comment on the soldier's request for forgiveness, and said: "We're not yet in our
permanent homes; we have not yet reached our 'rest and inheritance.' To come and say to us 'we're sorry' without doing something to repair what they did, has no meaning. The soldiers who feel bad about what they do have to tell their commanders in that well-oiled machine that they will not take part in another expulsion, and they must go the people they threw out of their homes and see what they can do for them, and they must educate their future children not to take part in something like this."
This is not an issue of an individual soldier, Avraham said, "but rather a national correction that must be made. The Nation of Israel has to know that if someone destroyed an area in the
The crisis in
From Nitzana: Reported on YNET: 11 injured in anti-fence protest in Naalin
Palestinians report demonstrators wounded by rubber bullets, Swedish national breaks her leg. Member of West Bank village's anti-fence committee arrested Wednesday night
Ali Waked Published: 08.14.08, 14:09 / Israel News
Eleven demonstrators were injured Thursday afternoon during an anti-fence demonstration in the West Bank
Dozens of demonstrators -- Palestinians and Israeli and foreign left-wing activists -- took part in the rally in protest of the separation fence being constructed on the village's lands. One protestor was arrested. A Border Guard official said that the issue was being looked into and that when rubber bullets were fired, no injuries were spotted and no ambulances were seen in the village. The official added that people taking part in violent riots should anticipate the possibility of being injured.
Palestinians claimed that Ibrahim Amira, a member of the village's "anti-fence popular committee" was detained by security forces on Wednesday night and was apparently taken in for questioning by the Shin Bet. The Palestinian reported that 10 protestors were injured in a similar demonstration in Naalin on Wednesday. A Border Guard officer was lightly wounded by a stone thrown at him. Members of the anti-fence committee vowed to continue their protest activities "despite the violent oppression" of the rallies.
On Friday, security forces began using a new crowd dispersal means dubbed "Skunk". Use of the "Skunk" is by means of an especially foul-smelling liquid spraying machine. Until now, forces used rubber bullets, tear gas and shock grenades in order to disperse crowds who burned tires and threw stones at soldiers. The police searched for a solution in order to deal with riots and simultaneously reduce the number of injuries. Thus, it was decided to "enlist" the "Skunk" for dispersing riots.
Due to a number of protests I received, I have put the following in smaller print for those who wish to skip over to I believe it reflects existing anti-Torah, anti-Am Yisrael and anti-Eretz Yisrael Jews or false Jews among us.
THE NAME GAME by Barry Chamish
Poor Shirley Ellis. She had a top five song in 1964 called The Name Game. The game was played by replacing the first name of the player with another consonant. Sadly, the songwriter foolishly made F one of the consonants, so Shirley gave up performing the song with crowds when every player's name was magically Chuck or Bart.
But such is not the fate of the phoney Jews bringing down
I do not use the Debka File as a source, since I was burned by them years ago with false information. However, if the following report IS true, then Israel trained the Georgian forces at war with Russia:
DEBKAfile discloses Israel's interest in the conflict from its exclusive military sources, Aug.8:
Last year, the Georgian president commissioned from private Israeli security firms several hundred military advisers, estimated at up to 1,000, to train the Georgian armed forces in commando, air, sea, armored and artillery combat tactics. They also offer instruction on military intelligence and security for the central regime. Tbilisi also purchased weapons, intelligence and electronic warfare systems from
These advisers were undoubtedly deeply involved in the Georgian army's preparations to conquer the South Ossetian capital Friday.In recent weeks,
This is not the first time I have claimed that fake Jews have interfered in Russian affairs, to the ultimate near ruination of real Jews. Recently I reported that Stalin had three Jewish wives and that all his progeny were legally, Jews:
Stalin had three wives, all of them Jewesses.
The first was Ekaterina Svanidze who bore him one son, Jacob. His second wife was Kadya Allevijah. She bore him a son Vassili, and a daughter Svetlana. His second wife died in mysterious circumstances, either by committing suicide, or murdered by Stalin. His third wife was Rosa Kaganovich, the sister of Lazar Kaganovich, who was the head of Soviet industry.
Stalin's daughter (who in 1967 fled to the
Stalin's vice-president Molotov was also married to a Jewess, whose brother, Sam Karp, runs an export business in
More information on Stalin, Trotsky, Lenin, and others is available on-line the
George, George bo Beorge
Banana Fanna Fo Feorge, Fee Fi Fo Meorge
Soros
Now Daniel: Shimon Peres' financial partner and co-defendant in the murder of Utah Congressman Wayne Owens, is spreading harmony and death in the
Daniel, Daniel bo Babaniel
Banana Fanna Fo Faniel, Fee Fi Fo Maniel
Abraham
Now Mark. From the folks who brought a Nazi pope into a synagogue, a big hand for Mark who spreads Ethic Understanding. Everybody, Mark:
Mark, Mark bo Bark
Banana Fanna Fo Fark, Fee Fi Fo Mark
Schneier
And for the finale, a tough one, Madeleine: Who forgot that her whole family is Jewish and is now making up for it by setting up bloody puppet governments.
Madeleine, Madeleine bo Badeleine
Bana Fanna Fo Fadeleine, Fee Fi Fo Madeleine
Albright
Read the names below, not a kippa-wearer in the lot. All undermining
http://jewishtribalreview.org/coopt.htm
Open Society Institute,
Founder/Billionaire Moneybags: George Soros (CFR)
U.S. Committee for a Free Lebanon, "Golden Circle" members include: Elliot Abrams (CFR), Salo Aizenberg, Eleana Benador, David Chazen, Alain Gabriel Courtines, Rachel Ehrenfeld, Michael Eisenstadt, Eliot Engel, Philip Epstein, Gil Feiler, Douglas Feith (CFR), Leonard Getz, Richard Greenfield, Richard Hellmann (CFR), Irwin Hochberg, Michael Ledeen, Matthew Levitt, Daniel Lubetzky, Richard Perle (CFR), Daniel Pipes (CFR), Scott Rosenblum, Nina Rosenwald (CFR), Michael Rubin, Eric Silverman, David Steinmann, Jonathan Usher, Stanley Weiss (CFR), David Wurmser (CFR).
Committee for the Liberation of Iraq,
Chairman of the Board: Maurice R. Greenberg (article: 2001) (CFR)
Chairman of the Executive Committee: Richard C. Holbrooke (CFR)
"To meet the increasing demand for greater awareness and understanding of Asia and its dynamic relationship with America, the Asia Society extensively renovated and expanded its world headquarters in New York City. The $30 million initiative substantially enhanced the Asia Society's museum galleries, as well as its public facilities and programs, and strengthened the Society's role as the only institution in
President: Randy Scheunemann (?)
"The president of the Committee is Randy Scheunemann, Trent Lott's former chief national-security adviser. Last year Scheunemann worked for Donald Rumsfeld as a consultant on
World Medical. Association,
Chairman of the WMA council: Y. Blachar
"Physicians for Human Rights (Israel) have lambasted the Israeli Medical Association (IMA) for its silence in the face of these systematic violations of the Fourth Geneva Convention against the Palestinian people], which guarantees the right to health care and the protection of health professionals as they do their duty. Remarkably, IMA president Dr Y Blachar is currently chairperson of the council of the World Medical Association (WMA), the official international watchdog on medical ethics. A supine BMA appears in collusion with this farce at the WMA." -- D. Summerfield, British Medical Journal, October 2004
" BKSH is the name of leading-edge government relations consultancy for the 21st century. Created by the world's largest communications agency, Burson-Marsteller, it enables clients to
Managing Director: K. Riva Levinson
"Ms. Levinson has been the
Foundation for the People of Burma,
President and CEO: Harold C. Nathan
Washington Kurdish Institute,
Executive Director: Mike Amitay -- the son of former head of AIPAC (the massive Jewish American lobbying organization for Israel), Morris Amitay
Foundation for Ethnic Understanding,
Founder and President: Rabbi Mark Schneier
Coalition for Democracy in Iran,
"Supporter": Michael Ledeen
The Burma Project,
a division of the billionaire George Soros (CFR) empire
American Himalayan Foundation,
Chairman: Richard Blum (CFR), husband of Senator Dianne Feinstein
Member of Board of Directors: Leon J. Weil, Ambassador to Nepal
Maltese-Czech Society,
President: Lawrence Attard Bezzina
Central Asia Institute,
President: Julia Bergman
Public Relations Director: Susan Neubauer
Center for Islamic Pluralism,
Executive director: Stephen Schwartz
Center for Middle East Peace and Economic Cooperation,
Chairman: S. Daniel Abraham (CFR)
Council on Foreign Relations,
President: Leslie Gelb (CFR) (Succeeded by Richard N. Haass (CFR), also Jewish)
Vice President: Abraham Lowenthal (CFR)
9-11 Commission (National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States),
Executive Director: Philip Zelikow (CFR) (see also above)
"January 27, 2003: Philip Zelikow, White Burkett Miller Professor of History and Director of the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia, has been appointed as the Executive Director of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, also known as the '9/11 Commission.'"
National Democratic Institute For International Affairs,
Chairman: Madeleine K. Albright (CFR)
Vice Chairman: Rachelle Horowitz
President: Kenneth D. Wollack (CFR)
[Contributor's note: This organization "specializes in setting up puppet governments."]
May we all find comfort soon with a rebuilt
A wonderful and peaceful Shabbos to all especially the Jews in Grusia (Georgia).
Rachamim Pauli
