Attn:
The man in this film has left an Aguna in Iowa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fgeawEKvb7w
This week a member of
my pray list need extra prayers. Miriam
bas Irene Taita Malka (to undergo on the 14th a 6 to 8 hr operation)
and please add Esther Georgette bas Mesuda.
Parsha
Vaeira
You
want to afflict and plague MY People. Tell you what I’m going to do. (note I did
not change every time gnat is used into lice nor flies into noxious beasts but I
mention this below)
"Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!" -- Patrick Henry
6:2
And God spoke unto Moses, and said unto him: 'I am the LORD; 3 and I appeared unto Abraham, unto
Isaac, and unto Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name YHWH I made Me not known
to them.
I
appeared: to
the fathers with
[the name] Almighty God: I
made promises to them, in all of which I said to them, “I am the Almighty
God.” But
[with] My name YHWH, I did not become known to them: It is
not written here לֹא הוֹדַעְךְתִּי, “but My Name YHWH I did not make known to
them,” but לֹא נוֹדַעְךְתִּי, “I did not become known.” [I.e.,] I was not
recognized by them with My attribute of keeping faith, by dint of which My name
is called YHWH, [which means that I am] faithful to verify My words, for I made
promises to them, but I did not fulfill [them while they were
alive].
Either
because the forefathers were not a nation and in direct prophecy they did not
need the NAME or because now as a nation about to advance spiritually the NAME
was ready to be placed in this world.
4
And I have also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of
Canaan, the land of their sojournings, wherein they sojourned. 5 And moreover I have heard the
groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I
have remembered My covenant. 6
Wherefore say unto the children of Israel: I am the LORD, and I will bring you
out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their
bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great
judgments; 7 and I will take you
to Me for a people, and I will be to you a God; and ye shall know that I am the
LORD your God, who brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
8 And I will bring you in unto
the land, concerning which I lifted up My hand to give it to Abraham, to Isaac,
and to Jacob; and I will give it you for a heritage: I am the LORD.' 9 And Moses spoke so unto the children
of Israel; but they hearkened not unto Moses for impatience of spirit, and for
cruel bondage.
Moshe
did not have a good track record with the Bnei Yisrael and when the Egyptian was
killed by Moshe a lot of punishment was extracted and now they were not supplied
straw because of Moshe going before Pharaoh. So they concluded that they did not
want to make matters worse for themselves.
10
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 11 'Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of
Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.' 12 And Moses spoke before the LORD,
saying: 'Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then
shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?'
… 29
that the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 'I am the LORD; speak thou unto Pharaoh
king of Egypt all that I speak unto thee.' 30 And Moses said before the LORD:
'Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto
me?'
7:1
And the LORD said unto Moses: 'See, I have set thee in God's stead to Pharaoh;
and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
There
are a number of reasons for this. First Moshe’s speech defect, second Moshe
perhaps speaking in Hebrew and last but not least Pharaoh as the symbol of Tuma
and a king-god - Aaron was used to filter down the Kedusha for being able to
contact the Tuma and reverse and keep the pure Tuma from the pure Tahor for that
would have been spiritual matter with spiritual anti-matter and explosive.
2
Thou shalt speak all that I command thee; and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto
Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. 3 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart,
and multiply My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt.
I
guess that the signs and wonders were for both the Egyptians and the Bnei
Yisrael. The Egyptians and other Nations of the world to show that there is a
ruler of heaven and earth and for the Bnei Yisrael for generations throughout
all the years of persecution, murders, rapes, beatings, robbing and belittling
in exile to let us know that there is an end to all of it and we are HIS
people.
4
But Pharaoh will not hearken unto you, and I will lay My hand upon Egypt, and
bring forth My hosts, My people the children of Israel, out of the land of
Egypt, by great judgments. 5 And
the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch forth My hand upon
Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.'
It
short Pharaoh is going to be taught a lesson and a big Kiddush HASHEM will occur
in the end.
6
And Moses and Aaron did so; as the LORD commanded them, so did they. 7 And Moses was fourscore years old,
and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spoke unto Pharaoh.
The
Torah does have history but here we definitely see that it is not a history
book. Moshe is born, raised by Batya, kills the Egyptian, flees meets Tziporah,
sees the burning bush, on the way to Egypt Eliezer is born … We do not see where
and how he was educated, what was he doing, at what age does he kill the
Egyptian and what the time between his fleeing and his meeting Tziporah until
their marriage and the birth of Gershom. In fact so little is known of the first
40 years of his life and then 4 volumes are written about the forty years but
mostly on the first two and then after a gap of 38 years towards the end of the
39th year. This would make the Torah a pretty bad and lacking history
book. The Medrash tries to fill in some of the gaps but they are too vast not to
say that the history of Moshe is missing.
8
And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying: 9 'When Pharaoh shall speak unto you,
saying: Show a wonder for you; then thou shalt say unto Aaron: Take thy rod, and
cast it down before Pharaoh, that it become a serpent.' 10 And Moses and Aaron went in unto
Pharaoh, and they did so, as the LORD had commanded; and Aaron cast down his rod
before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent. 11 Then Pharaoh also called for the
wise men and the sorcerers; and they also, the magicians of Egypt, did in like
manner with their secret arts. 12 For they cast down every man his
rod, and they became serpents; but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods. 13 And Pharaoh's heart was hardened,
and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken.
Snake
charming is not a new art and Pharaoh had seen this circus trick before.
However, never did the charmed snakes turn into eating other snakes and turning
back into rods. Pharaoh was not impressed by this. Aaron’s rod was a miracle but
Pharaoh saw it as a circus act.
14
And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Pharaoh's heart is stubborn, he refuses to let
the people go. 15 Get thee unto
Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goes out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by
the river's brink to meet him; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt
thou take in thy hand.
Due
to the laws of Egyptian holiness and modesty, no one but the king and wives
could look at Pharaoh nude or going to the facilities so he would go into the
Nile and do what he had to do and remain a king/god.
16
And thou shalt say unto him: The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, hath sent me unto
thee, saying: Let My people go, that they may serve Me in the wilderness; and,
behold, hitherto thou hast not hearkened; 17 thus says the LORD: In this thou
shalt know that I am the LORD--behold, I will smite with the rod that is in my
hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.
This
is a warning with a super short time in which Pharaoh can let the Bnei Yisrael
serve HASHEM or the Nile will turn to blood. He cannot reverse this. The
magicians take a clear solution which is like our phenolphalin today and add
some acid and a clear water like unit of
acid and lo and behold we have a red solution. Or perhaps they did it again when
Moshe had turned the river into blood but It probably stinking algae, clay in
the water or real blood the difference being that Moshe could get the Nile to
return to its former self.
And
it will turn to blood: Since
there is no rainfall in Egypt, and the Nile ascends and waters the land, so the
Egyptians worship the Nile. He therefore smote their deity and afterwards He
smote them. — [from Sifrei, Devarim 38; Exod. Rabbah 9:9; Tanchuma, Va’era
13]
18
And the fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall become foul;
and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink water from the river.'
Ever
smell dead fish in a lake? And
the Egyptians will weary: Heb.
וְנִלְאוּ [I.e., the Egyptians will become weary trying] to seek a remedy for
the waters of the Nile so that it would be fit to drink. — [from
Jonathan]
19
And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Say unto Aaron: Take thy rod, and stretch out thy
hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over
their pools, and over all their ponds of water, that they may become blood; and
there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood
and in vessels of stone.'
Say
to Aaron: Since
the Nile protected Moses when he was cast into it, it therefore was not smitten
by him, neither with blood nor with frogs, but was smitten by Aaron. — [from
Tanchuma, Va’era 14] …
even
in wood and in stone: Water
in wooden vessels and in stone vessels. — [from Onkelos, Jonathan, Exod. Rabbah
9:11]
Even
in the jars of their homes and animal skins so this is more than the stink of a
dead fish or two floating on the water.
20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as the
LORD commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the
river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the
waters that were in the river were turned to blood.
It
was not a gradual miracle like the frogs but within their view it turned to
blood perhaps as Pharaoh was bathing.
21
And the fish that were in the river died; and the river became foul, and the
Egyptians could not drink water from the river; and the blood was throughout all
the land of Egypt.
They
could not obtain oxygen whether it was real blood, red clay or algae in the
water they died of asphyxiation.
22
And the magicians of Egypt did in like manner with their secret arts; and
Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had
spoken.
Nowadays
we do this in High School Chemistry: with
their secret rites: Heb.
בְּלָטֵיהֶם, an incantation which they uttered silently and in secret (בְּלָּט).
[This follows Onkelos.] Our Rabbis, however, said: בְּלָטֵיהֶם means acts of
demons. בְּלַהִטֵיהֶם means acts of magic. — [from Sanh. 67b] [See above
commentary on verse 11.] and
Pharaoh’s heart was steadfast: saying,
“You are doing this through sorcery. ‘You are bringing straw to Aphraim,’ a city
that is full of straw. So too you bring magic to Egypt, which is [already] full
of magic.” - from Exod. Rabbah 9:11, Men. 85a] aka
coal to Newcastle or ice to Eskimos.
23
And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he lay even this to
heart.
Even
to this: Neither
to the sign of the staff that had turned into a serpent nor to this one of
blood.
Pharaoh
had wine and beer so this matter did not concern him.
24
And all the Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink; for they
could not drink of the water of the river. 25 And seven days were fulfilled,
after that the LORD had smitten the river.
26
And the LORD spoke unto Moses: 'Go in unto Pharaoh, and say unto him: Thus says
the LORD: Let My people go, that they may serve Me. 27 And if thou refuse to let them go,
behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs. 28 And the river shall swarm with
frogs, which shall go up and come into thy house, and into thy bed-chamber, and
upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into
your ovens, and into thy kneading-troughs.
And
they will go up: from
the Nile. Into
your house: and
afterwards, into the house of your servants. He [Pharaoh] introduced the plan
first, [as it is written:] “He said to his people…” (Exod. 1:9), and with him
the retribution started. — [from Sotah 11a]
29
And the frogs shall come up both upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon all
thy servants.'
If
the frogs were larger than tadpoles and could partially breathe air, they would
have survived the fish kill in strengthening the frog population as they had no
predators in the water and the flies on the dead fish were plenty. Now however
with such a large population the frogs did not have enough to eat so they went
exploring while the eggs of the flies in the dead fish built up their lava for
further plagues. IN SHORT SOME OF THE PLAGUES WERE BUILT INTO THE FIRST PLAGUE
but only partially the first ones where Pharaoh hardened his own
heart.
and
into you and into your people and into all your servants:
They
[the frogs] would go into their intestines and croak. — [from Tanna d’vei
Eliyahu, Seder Eliyahu Rabbah, ch. 7] Humor -
maybe this is the source of having a frog in your throat.
8:1 And the LORD said
unto Moses: 'Say unto Aaron: Stretch forth thy hand with thy rod over the
rivers, over the canals, and over the pools, and cause frogs to come up upon the
land of Egypt.' 2 And Aaron
stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and
covered the land of Egypt.
And
the frogs came up: Heb.
וַתַּעַל הַצְפַרְדֵעַ, literally, and the frog came up. It was one frog, and
they [the Egyptians] hit it, and it split into many swarms of frogs. This is its
midrashic interpretation (Tanchuma, Va’era 14); for its simple meaning, it can
be said that the swarming of the frogs is referred to as singular, and likewise,
“and the lice were (וַתְּהִי הַכִּנָם) ” (verse 13), the swarming, pedoiliyere
in Old French, swarming of lice, and also וַתַּעַל הַצְּפַרְדֵּע, grenoylede in
Old French, swarming of frogs. Rashi
implies from the Medrash that a monstrous frog arose and was attacked by the
Egyptian Army and every hit split it into smaller and smaller duplicate frog
units.
3 And the magicians
did in like manner with their secret arts, and brought up frogs upon the land of
Egypt. 4 Then Pharaoh called for
Moses and Aaron, and said: 'Entreat the LORD, that He take away the frogs from
me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice
unto the LORD.' 5 And Moses said
unto Pharaoh: 'Have thou this glory over me; against what time shall I entreat
for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, that the frogs be destroyed
from thee and thy houses, and remain in the river only?'
.
Boast
[of your superiority] over me: Heb.
הִתְפָּאֵר עָלַי, similar to “Shall the axe boast (הִיִתְפָּאֵר) over the one
who hews with it” (Isa. 10:15). It praises itself, saying, “I am greater than
you,” vanter in Old French. Similarly, הִתְפָּאֵר עָלַי, [Moses says to
Pharaoh,] “you praise yourself by acting cleverly and asking a difficult thing
and saying that I will be unable to do it.” For
when shall I entreat for you: Heb.
לְמָתַי. That which I will entreat for you today regarding the extermination of
the frogs [tell me,] when do you wish them to be exterminated? And you will see
whether I fulfill my words for the time that you set for me. If it were stated,
מָתַי אַעְךְתִּיר לְ it would mean “When shall I pray?” Now that it says,
לְמָתַי [and thus it means:] Today I will pray for you that the frogs will be
exterminated at the time that you set for me. Tell me, on which day do you want
them to be exterminated? [The Torah uses three words:] אַעְךְתִּיר, I will
entreat; הַעְךְתִּירוּ ((verse 4), entreat (command form); וְהַעְךְתַּרְךְתִּי
(verse 25), and I will entreat [all in the “hiph’il,” causative conjugation],
and it does not say, אֶעְךְתַּר, עִתְרוּ, and וְעָתַרְךְתִּי [in the “kal,”
simple conjugation], because every expression of עתר means to pray very much,
and just as one says אַרְבֶּה, I will increase, הַרְבּוּ, increase [command
form], וְהִרְבֵּיתִי, and I will increase, in the “hiph’il” conjugation, so does
one say: אַעְךְתִּיר, I will increase, הַעְךְתִּירוּ (verse 4), increase
[command form] וְהַעְךְתַּרְךְתִּי (verse 25), and I will increase words, and
the “father” [i.e., the main proof] of them all is: “ הַעְךְתַּרְךְתֶּם your
words” (Ezek. 35:13), you have multiplied
6 And he said:
'Against to-morrow.' And he said: 'Be it according to thy word; that thou may
know that there is none like unto the LORD our God.
It is
not only Pharaoh and the Egyptians will know the existence of the L-RD our G-D
but also the Bnei Yisrael who have been in slavery for so long like the
Concentration Camps and 70 years of the Soviet suppression.
And
he [Pharaoh] said, “For tomorrow”: Pray
today that they should be exterminated tomorrow.
7 And the frogs shall
depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy
people; they shall remain in the river only.' 8 And Moses and Aaron went out from
Pharaoh; and Moses cried unto the LORD concerning the frogs, which He had
brought upon Pharaoh. 9 And the
LORD did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses,
out of the courts, and out of the fields. 10 And they gathered them together in
heaps; and the land stank.
Pharaoh
does not think that his enslaving the Bnei Yisrael or his behavior is stinky so
the land stunk from fish and now from frogs.
11 But when Pharaoh saw
that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as
the LORD had spoken. 12 And the
LORD said unto Moses: 'Say unto Aaron: Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust
of the earth, that it may become gnats THE HEBREW IS
CLEAR THAT IT IS LICE OR LOUSE SO SOMEBODY DID A LOUSY TRANSLATION HERE
throughout all the land of Egypt.'
Say
to Aaron: It
was inappropriate for the dust to be smitten through Moses since it had
protected him when he slew the Egyptian and had hidden him in the sand.
[Therefore,] it was smitten through Aaron [instead]. — [from Tanchuma, Va’era
14, Exod. Rabbah 10:7]
13 And they did so; and
Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and
there were LICE upon man, and upon beast; all the dust of the earth became lice
throughout all the land of Egypt. 14 And the magicians did so with their
secret arts to bring forth gnats, but they could not; and there were gnats upon
man, and upon beast. 15 Then the
magicians said unto Pharaoh: 'This is the finger of God'; and Pharaoh's heart
was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken.
It is
the finger of God: This
plague is not through sorcery; it is from the Omnipresent. — [from Exod. Rabbah
10:7] as
the Lord had spoken: “But
Pharaoh will not hearken to you” (Exod. 7:4).
There
is no witchcraft or scientific explanation for the spread of all these lice
throughout the land immediately after Moshe spoke to Aaron it must be the finger
of ELOKIM! For a demon can move things larger than a barley grain but a louse is
smaller and demons aka Shaydim in Hebrew cannot have power over objects smaller
than this. The problem with the English use of demons is that it implies devils
or evil creatures and Shaydim can be this but they can also be good and positive
spiritual beings.
16 And the LORD said
unto Moses: 'Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he
cometh forth to the water; and say unto him: Thus says the LORD: Let My people
go, that they may serve Me. 17
Else, if thou wilt not let My people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies
upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses; and
the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the
ground whereon they are. 18 And
I will set apart in that day the land of Goshen, in which My people dwell, that
no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end that thou may know that I am the
LORD in the midst of the earth.
The
Hebrew implies mixture of creatures. Chabad translates this as a mixture of noxious
creatures, and that would include flies, gnats, mosquitos and wild
beasts and reptiles. This appears to be a massive migration of biting animals
from the jungles of Africa following the Nile into Egypt to attack
them.
Incite
against you: Heb.
מַשְׁלִיחַ בְּ, incite against you. Similarly, “and the tooth of beasts I will
incite (אִשַׁלַּח) against them” (Deut. 32:24), an expression of inciting,
antiziyer in Old French, to incite, to set upon. — [from Jonathan]
a
mixture of noxious creatures: [which
includes] all species of wild beasts, snakes, and scorpions in a mixture, and
they were destroying among them [i.e., among the Egyptians]. There is a reason
[given] for this matter in the Aggadah, [i.e.,] for each plague, why this one
and why that one. Following a king’s war strategy did He come upon them [the
Egyptians], according to the order of a kingdom when it besieges a city. First
they [the King’s army] destroy its [the city’s] springs, and then they blow and
sound rams’ horns to frighten them and confuse them; thus did the frogs croak
and make noise, etc., as is stated in the Midrash of Rabbi Tanchuma (Bo
4)
19 And I will put a division between
My people and thy people--by to-morrow shall this sign be.'
They
might not have noticed the blood in the river because of the wine and beer nor
the other plagues were not visited upon the Bnei Yisrael but not at this point
it becomes clear to them.
20 And the LORD did so;
and there came grievous swarms of beasts into the house of Pharaoh, and into his
servants' houses; and in all the land of Egypt the land was ruined by reason of
the swarms of flies. 21 And
Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said: 'Go ye, sacrifice to your God
in the land.' 22 And Moses said:
'It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the
Egyptians to the LORD our God; lo, if we sacrifice the abomination of the
Egyptians before their eyes, will they not stone us?
I have
previously mentioned that the Egyptians had a sheep
god.
The
abomination of the Egyptians: Heb.
ךְתּוֹעִבַתמִצְרַיִם, the deity of the Egyptians, like “and for Milcom, the
abomination of the children of Ammon” (II Kings
23:13), but for the Jews, [Scripture] calls it an abomination. It may
also be explained in another manner: the
abomination of the Egyptians: Our
slaughtering is a hateful thing to the Egyptians, for we are slaughtering their
deity. and
they will not stone us: This
is a question.
23 We will go three
days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as He
shall command us.' 24 And
Pharaoh said: 'I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in
the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away; entreat for me.' 25 And Moses said: 'Behold, I go out
from thee, and I will entreat the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from
Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, tomorrow; only let not Pharaoh
deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the
LORD.' 26 And Moses went out
from Pharaoh, and entreated the LORD. 27 And the LORD did according to the
word of Moses; and He removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his
servants, and from his people; there remained not one. 28 And Pharaoh hardened his heart this
time also, and he did not let the people go.
Pharaoh
is beginning to consider and give into the demands under pressure.
9:1
Then the LORD said unto Moses: 'Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him: Thus says the
LORD, the God of the Hebrews: Let My people go, that they may serve Me. 2 For if thou refuse to let them go,
and wilt hold them still, 3
behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which are in the field, upon the
horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the herds, and upon the flocks;
there shall be a very grievous murrain. a very
severe pestilence.
This
appears to be an animal version of bubonic plague.
4
And the LORD shall make a division between the cattle of Israel and the cattle
of Egypt; and there shall nothing die of all that belong to the children of
Israel.' 5 And the LORD
appointed a set time, saying: 'Tomorrow the LORD shall do this thing in the
land.' 6 And the LORD did that
thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died; but of the cattle of the
children of Israel died not one. 7 And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there
was not so much as one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. But the heart of
Pharaoh was stubborn, and he did not let the people go. 8 And the LORD said unto Moses and
unto Aaron: 'Take to you handfuls of soot of the furnace, and let Moses throw it
heavenward in the sight of Pharaoh.
Furnace
soot: Heb.
פִּיחַ, a substance blown (נִפָּח) from dying embers that were burned in a
furnace, and in Old French [it is called] olbes, cinders from a furnace. פִּיחַ
is an expression of blowing (הֲפָחָה), that the wind blows them (מְפִיחָן) and
makes them fly. and
Moses shall cast it: And
anything cast with strength can be cast only with one hand. Hence there are many
miracles [here], one that Moses [single] handful held his own double handfuls
and those of Aaron, and [another miracle was] that the dust went over the entire
land of Egypt. — [from Tanchuma Va’era 14]
9
And it shall become small dust over all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil
breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast, throughout all the land of
Egypt.'
Boils,
breaking out into blisters: As
the Targum [Onkelos] renders: שִׁיחִנָא סַגִי אִבַעְבּוּעִין, through which
blisters break out. boils:
Heb.
שְׁחִין, an expression of heat. There are many [examples of this word] in the
language of the Mishnah: “a hot (שְחוּנַה) year” (Yoma 53b, Ta’anith
24b).
The
people suffered in the past but this plague affected them similar to the
sufferings of Iyob first the children which is not here and then the finances
and now the body. With Mitzrayim the children came
last.
10
And they took soot of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses threw it
up heavenward; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and upon
beast.
Upon
man and upon beast: Now
if you ask, “From where did they have beasts? Does it not say already, ‘and all
the livestock of the Egyptians died’ (above, verse 6) ?” [I will answer that]
the decree was leveled only upon those in the field, as it is said: “upon your
livestock that is in the field” (above, verse 3), but he who feared the word of
the Lord brought all his livestock into the houses, and so it is taught in the
Mechilta (Beshallach 1) regarding “He took six hundred chosen chariots” (Exod.
14:7). — [See Rashi on that verse.]
11
And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the
boils were upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.
Oops
they had zero power for or against this plague also smaller than a grain of
barley and they were infected themselves.
12
And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as
the LORD had spoken unto Moses. 13 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Rise
up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him: Thus says
the LORD, the God of the Hebrews: Let My people go, that they may serve Me.
14 For I will this time send all
My plagues upon thy person, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that
thou may know that there is none like Me in all the earth.
All
My plagues: We
learn from here that the plague of the firstborn (מַכַּתבְּכוֹרוֹת) is
equivalent to all the plagues.
15
Surely now I had put forth My hand, and smitten thee and thy people with
pestilence, and you had been cut off from the earth. 16 But in very deed for this cause
have I made thee to stand, to show thee My power, and that My name may be
declared throughout all the earth. 17 As yet exalted thou thyself against
My people, that thou wilt not let them go?
If
you still tread upon My people: Heb.
מִסְךְתּוֹלֵל, as the Targum [Onkelos] renders: כְּבִישַׁתבֵּיהּ בְּעַמִי. This
is an expression of a highway (מְסִלָה) (Num. 20:19), rendered by the Targum
אֹרַח כְּבִישָׁא, a trodden road, and in Old French, calcher, to trample
underfoot. I already explained at the end of [the section entitled] וַיְהִי
מִקֵץ (Gen. 44:16) that in every word of which the first root letter is
“Samach,” when used in the “hithpa’el” form, the “tav” of the prefix is placed
in the middle of the root letters, such as here, and such as “and the
grasshopper will drag itself along (וְיִסְךְתַּבֵל) ” (Eccl. 12:5) from the root
סבל “that you rule (תִשְךְתָּרֵר) over us” (Num. 16:13), an expression of a
prince (שַֹר) and a ruler; “I looked (מִסְךְתַּכַּל)” (Dan. 7:8). [Actually, the
word is מִשְֹךְתַּכַּל, but the same rule applies for a “sin” as for a
“Samach.”]
18
Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail,
such as hath not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until now.
This
week there was a slushy hail in Israel of many areas under 400 meters. The
pellets were small and falling upon a man or animal would not hurt but it is not
unheard of in Texas that hail the size of golf balls or base balls pound areas
smashing windshields and other things. Hail this size could kill and wire or
electricity within the hail would be even worse.
At
this time tomorrow: [Heb.
כָּעֵתמָחָר lit., at the time tomorrow, meaning] at this time tomorrow. He made
a scratch on the wall [to demonstrate that] “Tomorrow, when the sun reaches
here, the hail will come down.” -[from Tanchuma, Va’era 16]
its
being founded: Heb.
הִוָּסְדָה, when it was founded (נִסְיַסְּדָה). Every word whose first root
letter is “yud,” like יסד to found, ילד, to bear, ידע, to know, [and] יסר, to
chastise, when it is used in the passive voice, a “vav” replaces the yud, like
“its being founded הִוָסְדָה ” ; “she was born (הִוָלְדָה) ” (Hos. 2:5); “And…
became known (וַיִוָדַע) ” (Esther 2: 22); “And to Joseph were born (וַיִוָלֵד)
” (Gen. 46:20); “A slave cannot be chastised ((יִוָּסֶר with words” (Prov. 29:
19).
19
Now therefore send, hasten in thy cattle and all that thou hast in the field;
for every man and beast that shall be found in the field, and shall not be
brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall
die.'
Send,
gather in: Heb.
הָעֵז, as the Targum [Onkelos] renders: שְׁלַח כְּנוֹֹש send, gather in.
Likewise, “the inhabitants gathered הֵעִיזוּ ” (Isa. 10:31); “Gather (הָעִזוּ)
the sons of Benjamin” (Jer. 6:1). and
not brought into the house: Heb.
יֵאָסֵף, an expression of bringing in.
20
He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his
servants and his cattle flee into the houses; 21 and he that regarded not the word
of the LORD left his servants and his cattle in the field.
22
And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Stretch forth thy hand toward heaven, that there
may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every
herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.' 23 And Moses stretched forth his rod
toward heaven; and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down unto the
earth; and the LORD caused to hail upon the land of Egypt. 24 So there was hail, and fire
flashing up amidst the hail, very grievous, such as had not been in all the land
of Egypt since it became a nation. 25 And the hail smote throughout all
the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail
smote every herb of the field, and broke every tree of the field. 26 Only in the land of Goshen, where
the children of Israel were, was there no hail. 27 And Pharaoh sent, and called for
Moses and Aaron, and said unto them: 'I have sinned this time; the LORD is
righteous, and I and my people are wicked. 28 Entreat the LORD, and let there be
enough of these mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall
stay no longer.' 29 And Moses
said unto him: 'As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread forth my
hands unto the LORD; the thunders shall cease, neither shall there be any more
hail; that thou may know that the earth is the LORD'S. 30 But as for thee and thy servants, I
know that ye will not yet fear the LORD God.'-- 31 And the flax and the barley were
smitten; for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom. 32 But the wheat and
the spelt were not smitten; for they ripen late.-- 33 And Moses went out of the city from
Pharaoh, and spread forth his hands unto the LORD; and the thunders and hail
ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth. 34 And when Pharaoh saw that the rain
and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his
heart, he and his servants. 35 And the heart of Pharaoh was
hardened, and he did not let the children of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken
by Moses.
These
last two plagues HASHEM had to harden Pharaoh’s heart and so it only to make a
bigger Kiddush HASHEM and as a secondary effect punish the Egyptians and teach
the world a lesson (which if you see most of the Nations they have not learned
their lessons).
Often
more than not HASHEM comes to our aid he offers solutions before the situation
changes. I had two glasses that I used for years from the time I still worked
prior to 5760 and now. A year or more ago I saw my friend Chaim on Skype
drinking out of a large glass similar to what I like so I asked him where he got
it. He brought me two. A few months ago one of my glasses suddenly exploded
leaving me with just one large (beer glass) but for me a coffee mug. Today the
last one exploded in the sink as I tried to wash it. Now it is time to renew.
Solutions like this happen all the time but we have to realize who took the old
one a way and who gave us the new one.
"I could end the deficit in 5 minutes," he told CNBC. "You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election.
The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months & 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people demanded it. That was in 1971 - before computers, e-mail, cell phones, etc.
Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took one (1) year or less to become the law of the land - all because of public pressure. Warren Buffet is asking each addressee to forward this email to a minimum of twenty people on their address list; in turn ask each of those to do likewise. In three days, most people in The United States of America will have the message. This is one idea that really should be passed around.
Congressional Reform Act of 2012
1. No Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman/woman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they're out of office.
2. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security.
All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American people. It may not be used for any other purpose.
3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.
4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.
5. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.
6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people.
7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen/women are void effective 1/20/12. The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen/women.
Star
Search http://www.aish.com/sp/so/Star-Search.html
Kaila
Lasky wasn't always my name. I came into the world as Kelly Dianne Scott –
double-L, double-N, double-T. This name was not only designed to sound as
non-Jewish as possible, but was carefully calibrated to look symmetrical up on
the marquee. I kid you not.
Even
before I was born, the plan was for me to be a
star.
By
age 3, I was having my hair bleached blonder and competing in beauty pageants:
Little Miss America, Little Miss Half Pint. At age 9, I was performing in local
theater, and at 12 I gained early admission to the High School for Performing
Arts in Manhattan (of the Fame movies and TV
series).
Throughout
my childhood, I absorbed the message that everything important about me was on
the outside and everything I could possibly want in life was somewhere "out
there." This ideology was reinforced at Performing Arts, where all of us
aspiring actors, dancers and musicians shared the dream of being rich, famous,
talented, powerful and gorgeous. What mattered was how we looked, how we
performed, and how loud the applause.
At
14, I costarred in a groundbreaking film about homelessness and kindness called
The
Shopping Bag Lady,
directed by Academy Award winner Bert Salzman. By then my stage name was Holly
Scott. (Kelly was a little too Irish Catholic, even for me.) The movie gave me
the golden ticket to show business with membership in the Screen Actors Guild
and all other theatrical unions.
I
continued working in film, TV and theater in New York for the next 13 years, yet
it remained for me a sideline. My mantra was “money can buy happiness” and the
starving actors' life was just not for me. I didn’t want to be wait on tables
and live in a shabby, walk-up apartment in the Bronx. I wanted a first-class
life in Manhattan, with a doorman and concierge, on the Upper East
Side.
To
get these big bucks I used my charm and went into sales – first selling
ridiculously expensive clothing and then real estate. By age 22, I was leasing
director for RiverTower in Sutton Place, "the most expensive rental building in
Manhattan." Tenants included Robert Redford, Saudi royalty and boldface names in
international society, entertainment and finance. Finally, I thought, this is
where I belong. If I can sit at Vera Wang's table in Southampton, hang out with
Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia, walk the red carpet at the Costume Institute Ball
at the Met, and vacation in Marrakech, Paris and London, then I'll have truly
made it.
I
did all these things and more. I got the Upper East Side apartment with a
swimming pool on the roof and an enormous wrap-around terrace where I threw
champagne-fueled soirees for the beautiful crowd. There were black tie events,
VIP rooms, seaplanes, cigarette boats, and a presidential inaugural ball. It was
glamorous, fun and exciting. Looking from the outside, one could say I had it
all.
So
why, when the last guest had left the terrace, or the club closed, or the
vacation ended, did I feel so empty inside? Where was the satisfaction and
peace? When the music stopped, I was alone with myself. The emptiness and void
was unbearable at times. Something huge was missing in my life, but I didn't
know what it was or where to find it. So I kept pushing forward, hoping that the
next vacation, relationship or luxury purchase would be the
answer.
Family
Life
It
was during this whirlwind that I made my first fragile connection with
Judaism.
Growing
up, Judaism simply wasn't relevant. After my grandfather died when I was five,
it was “out with almost everything Jewish. We’d light
Hanukkah candles
and then go to our Christian friends' house for gifts around the tree. We
attended a Passover Seder (the kind that gets shorter every year: Dayeinu!) and
ate bagels. For most of my life, that was the sum total of my Jewish
connection.
And
yet, my non-Jewish name notwithstanding, I had always felt Jewish in my heart.
So at age 20, when I first heard about the High
Holidays,
I had a fleeting thought of attending services. But none of my friends were
going and I heard you had to have tickets, so… it would be another five years
till I made it to a Rosh Hashanah service. That experience went on for hours and
was entirely in a foreign language, yet something struck a chord. Memories of
going to synagogue with my grandfather brought me back to a time when I felt
safe and part of something important and special.
I
had been living half a life, disconnected from the essential part of myself, and
it was failing me. I knew in precise detail what kind of house I wanted to live
in, what kind of car I wanted to drive, and what kind of salary I wanted to
earn. But what kind of person did I want to be? What did I stand for? What did I
believe in? These were questions I’d never much
considered.
I
began attending some evening classes in Manhattan, and as I learned more about
my Judaism, I slowly dispelled the stereotypes and misconceptions I was holding
onto, like the belief that Judaism regards women as second-class citizens.
Although I didn't know any religious Jewish women, I was certain they were all
barefoot, pregnant and chained to the stove. Someone needed to rescue them,
educate them, and liberate them. It turns out I was dead wrong about that (I met
observant Jewish women who were doctors, lawyers, corporate execs) and about
many other things.
I
began to study Torah in depth, one verse at a time. It was an intellectual
adventure unlike any I had ever experienced. I found out about many Jewish
holidays that I'd never heard of. I discovered Shabbat, the weekly dinner party
with fine china, gourmet food and wine. I loved the conversation that moved
beyond gossip, fashion and politics.
Above
all, I found an atmosphere in these homes that was so much more peaceful than
the frenetic lifestyle I was leading. Husbands and wives interacted with love
and respect. The children were intelligent, respectful and refined. They were
unlike any kids I'd ever met.
I
will never forget turning to my mother at the Passover Seder we attended at the
rabbi's house and saying, "Someday, I want to have kids like these." If you had
known me then, you'd have laughed out loud. My life was so far removed from this
family's reality that there was no possible way I would ever have children like
these (if I'd even have kids at all).
This
was all incredibly compelling – but I was like a "Judaism tourist": a nice place
to visit, but I don't want to live there. I had been focused on externalities
for 25 years, and just because I discovered my inner dimension, a soul that
longed for truth and beauty and meaning, didn't mean it had any muscle
whatsoever.
My
attitude was more like the Billy Joel song: "I'd rather laugh with the sinners
than cry with the saints – the sinners are much more
fun!"
The
pull in my old direction was just too strong. One Friday night I was invited to
a rabbi's magical Shabbos table and got a call to attend the Saudi princess's
birthday party in Miami. It was no contest and I was on the next
plane.
Soul
Mate
Who
knows what kind of life I would have today if the two parallel worlds I was
straddling hadn't come crashing together.
My
friend tried to set me up on a blind date with a guy who was not only "orthodox"
but lived in – gulp! – Buffalo. I had zero interest. I put it off for four
months and then finally agreed to a mercy date just to satisfy this friend who
kept pushing the match. When I came down to my lobby expecting to meet the
pasty-faced, clammy-handed, hunched-over religious guy, imagine my astonishment
when I saw an Adonis in blue jeans and a white jacket posed like Rodin's "The
Thinker" on my lobby chair. OMG, that can't be him. But it was! From the
start I was amazed that he really wanted to get to know me, inside and
out.
But
orthodox?! I was totally irreligious when we met and he had been keeping Shabbat
and kosher for many years. At the same time, he had been on tour with the
Rolling Stones, acted in a few movies, and was a successful businessman. He had
it all: the flash and the substance, the physical and spiritual, body and soul.
Who could resist such a package? Not me.
Three
months later, we were engaged, and four months later I was on a yacht, circling
Manhattan, starring in the role of my life at my own big fat Jewish wedding. I
was sailing off into the sunset to begin on-the-job training as an observant
Jewish woman.
Learning
Curve
My
first real hurdle to clear was this vague sense that living a Torah life was all
about obligations and responsibilities. I’m not so altruistic and I wanted to
know: What’s in it for me?
Once
I got into it, being observant wasn't at all what I expected. I thought it would
be an interesting, if perhaps burdensome addition to my "real" life. But I
discovered that Torah all those "rules and regulations" turned out to be
time-tested tools for success in the most important areas of my life:
relationships, parenting, and handling all kinds of challenges. Torah gave me
tools for attaining true inner peace, balancing home and career, and for keeping
the romance alive in marriage, decade after
decade.
I
took my time growing into Jewish observance, moving at my own pace. Judaism is
not an all-or-nothing
proposition.
And
the more I observed, the more I came to appreciate the many layers of depth
behind it all. Now my husband jokes that I'm too religious for him! It turns out
that the fulfillment I was looking for all those years wasn't somewhere "out
there." It was right inside me all the time. As for those children I wished for
at the Seder? Believe it or not, I have four just like them. I feel like a real
queen and am incredibly grateful for it all.
My friend R. K. wrote about his fight with the Yetzer: … In the summer of 5772/2012, when my wife developed breast cancer - At the time, I would see on Facebook all sorts of "tittie clubs" advertising pictures of pretty young women with healthy sized "racks" as some of the guys call them. They were scantily clad, of course, and in seductive poses. Well, they weren't seductive at all for me.
When my wife got home from the hospital, I saw how her
breast - which had been barely cut up at all - was so heavily bandaged. It was
driven home to me with a sledge hammer what "breast meat" means. In addition,
it was driven home to me how facile and specious "culture" and "fashion" are.
Women have breasts in order to feed babies. When they are damaged, as in
damaged from cancer, they get cut up like - well, like meat - because the LIFE
of the woman who has the diseased breast is far more important than a mammary
gland that "fashion" and "culture" sexualize and "celebrate" so falsely. That
doesn't change the fact that nursing mothers can get sexual-like pleasures from
nursing a baby - or that sexual pleasure is to be gotten in breasts for women
during love-making. But "popular culture" turns all this into a parody of what
it is - and the women who lose breasts to cancer pay often heavily for the way
they have been socialized. Their psychic price can be huge - and it oughtn’t
to be.
Often
poor women need their breasts rebuilt and after a certain amount of time the
silicon starts leaking or has to be replaced. I was told by a plastic surgeon
that women who enlarge their breasts often have a lot of pain from the stretched
out skin. Of course there are 90 year olds who marry 15 year olds in some parts
of the world: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2258385/Saudi-girl-15-barricades-bedroom-married-90-year-old-groom-huge-dowry.html
I do not know how the non-Jewish world developed a trinity from the quotes of their own Gospel: Mark 12:28-31 One of the scribes came and asked Him (Yeshu), “What commandment is the foremost of all?” Yeshu answered, “The foremost is, ‘Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is one Lord; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these. – This quote would make him a student of Hillel the Elder. People have told me the trinity comes from an Indian Mithra of the father, mother and child god which went to Persia and was adopted by Rome but it did not come from Yeshu or Mark. Nathaniel F. sent me this: http://cojs.org/cojswiki/The_Triad_of_Osiris,_c._850_BCE
From Torah Judaism and Israel by Tsila a 45 minute
film on From Bagdad to Bombay: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZvhTqtWQDA&feature=youtu.be
An account of Erwin Rommel’s suicide:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2254904/Letter-reveals-Rommels-son-account-general-fathers-moments-ordered-commit-suicide-Hitler.html
Animal lovers in Israel were saddened to hear that Dov the Giraffe of the Safari Park got and
infection and after he had no strength to stand up was put down by the
vet.
Thanks to Rabbi David Winiraz Shlita: 40 minute film on
Jews for Judaism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=on7lFICOnqE
Another missionary danger of a “Rabbi”
http://www.interfaithfamily.com/elgg/pg/groups/2246/congregation-tikkun-olam/
Ed-op from Rabbi Eckstein Shlita:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4327888,00.html
Be true to yourself and your G-D from the Kosher Culture
Foundation http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/01/02/11-year-old-table-tennis-phenom-chooses-shabbos-over-championship/
If you are a
member of Facebook please report the following group which as slandered me it
might or might not be still up. It might or might not be secret.
https://www.facebook.com/JewishFake
the S might be from another group which warned me that they listed me as a
non-Jewish Missionary. I suspect it is the pot calling the kettle black. If you
are on FB please report it as harassing me and slandering me (this is not to be
confused with the kosher group fake Jewish profiles that warns about trolls and
Arabs spying on Jews to report them in case of a war). Another one of these
groups: http://www.facebook.com/yiddishkeit.emes.5
The Likud becomes desperate: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/163899#.UOllBnfjNGo
We got the blessing of rain this week:
http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=298785
From my son Asher comes this article which is not new to
me – In the Shulchan Aruch Eben HaEzer we accept women’s testimony as to whether
or not a fellow woman was abused by captors or whether or not a husband of a
woman has died so this is nothing new. It was written in the 1600’s and based on
the Talmud of 2000 years ago which is Oral Torah from Har Sinai
http://www.jpost.com/JewishWorld/JewishNews/Article.aspx?id=298213
Also from my son Asher: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/31/touro-synagogue-rift-oldest-synagogue-jewish-congregation-split-over-torah-bells_n_2389744.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false
From my son Asher comes this article which is not new to
me – In the Eben HaEzer we accept women’s testimony as to whether or not a
fellow woman was abused by captors or whether or not a husband of a woman has
died so this is nothing new. It was written in the 1600’s and based on the
Talmud of 2000 years ago which is Oral Torah from Har Sinai
http://www.jpost.com/JewishWorld/JewishNews/Article.aspx?id=298213
Unlike the USA with more taxes Israel tries not to raise
taxes but cuts spending: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-09/steinitz-sees-cuts-saving-3-7-billion-israel-overnight.html
I’m dreaming of a white Rosh Chodesh Shevat in
Yerushalayim more than 8 inches to 16 inches in Gilo and other places:
http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=299010
Oh baby, baby:
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/164057#.UO6C_XfxmUM A film or two and dozens of photos
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/164050#.UO6DxnfxmUM The films work when you answer the
questions on top the right one is male the left one is female and then the age
group below but the photos look nice plus story http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4330660,00.html 'Friendly' Arab
Snowballs Turn into Rocks in Yitzhar Riot An ostensibly “friendly” snowball
fight in Samaria turned into an all out attack in Yitzhar early Thursday, when
Arabs rioted http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/164056#.UO6L9XfxmUM
With the
elections fast approaching public opinion polls show the Likud with anywhere
from 33 to 35 seats, Labor 17 or 18, The Jewish Home 14 to 16, Shass 11 or more,
Aguda around 6, Lapid 11 and Livni possibly 9 with Kedma passing the threshold
to have 2 members, the far left Mertz up to 6, and Arabs 11 with votes siphoned
off between a few religious breakaways and possibly Strength to Israel getting 2
seats. Rav Amnon Yitzchak claims from his many followers that he will get in. A
lot of this is wishful thinking by nice people with good ideas. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/164094#.UO_b43fxlGp http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=299240 http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4331258,00.html In Hebrew http://www.israelhayom.co.il/site/newsletter_article.php?id=25684&hp=1&newsletter=11.01.2013
http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART2/428/273.html?hp=1&cat=404&loc=1
Inyanay Diyoma
Egypt stops American Missiles: http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=298422
Netanyahu backs off from E1 building and I also believe
like the article that he is backing off from Iran two former heads of the Shin
Bet and a head of the Mossad stated to
the newspapers that this flip-flopping makes him very unreliable in any area:
http://www.debka.com/article/22660/Likud-loses-ground-over-Netanyahu’s-fuzzy-security-messages and
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4328831,00.html and http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4328993,00.html
Even Lieberman is getting sick of him:
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/163895#.UOlSQ3fjNGo
Islamists come towards the Israeli Borders:
http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=298565
Israeli Government refuses to defend its citizens to give
up this Yeshuv: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4328764,00.html
Russia sends 16 war ships to help Assad and defend its
citizens: http://www.debka.com/article/22663/Bolstered-by-16-Russian-warships-Assad-nixes-dialogue-with-“Western-puppets”
From John - New Caliphate:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMm2XMvy6Ow
All Israeli TV and Radio Stations are in Panic over
the nomination of Hagel http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/163969#.UOvHK3fjNGo
Does Netanyahu have the guts to act before the Israeli
Elections if necessary? http://debka.com/article/22668/Israel-State-of-Syrian-chemical-weapons-could-change-in-a-moment
Israeli soldiers rescue Jihad, the Arab, who was
stranded on his car’s roof: http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=298881
Political Party censored after they disclose that many Arabs do
not pay taxes: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/164014#.UO0iAnfjNGo
A psychologists reports about a deluded generation:
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/01/08/are-raising-generation-deluded-narcissists/
Assad has regained some of his strength: http://debka.com/article/22671/Assad-firm-in-the-saddle-permits-Syrian-Turkish-Iranian-POWs-swaps-
Obama chickens out needs Israel to do the job on Syria and I guess
Iran too: http://debka.com/article/22679/Panetta-Dempsey-clear-Pentagon-desk-of-US-military-option-for-Syria-
President Obama has nominated
former Senator Chuck Hagel to be Secretary of Defense. The RJC strongly opposes
this nomination because of Chuck Hagel's troubling record on Israel, Iran, and
other issues.
* 2013 is the
critical year in which we must confront Iran's growing nuclear threat. We must
have all options on the table to give the U.S. and its allies the most leverage
for preventing the rise of a nuclear Iran. Chuck Hagel has signaled his belief
that military force should not be an option for dealing with Iran.
* Chuck Hagel was
not a reliable friend of Israel while in the Senate or since. Hagel has spoken
disparagingly about Israel's supporters in this country ("the Jewish lobby") and
is himself strongly supported by groups like J Street and Americans for Peace
Now that are far out of the mainstream of the American Jewish
community.
*
The Secretary of Defense is the official responsible for implementing the close
military cooperation between the U.S. and Israel. We need a friend of Israel in that
position to keep that vital strategic relationship
strong.
*
President Obama campaigned as a friend of Israel and as someone supportive of a
strong U.S.-Israel relationship, despite conflicts with Israeli leaders in the
past. Chuck Hagel's nomination
is another example of President Obama breaking his promises to the Jewish
community.
TAKE
ACTION
Call
your U.S. Senators and tell them to vote "NO" on Chuck Hagel's nomination for
Secretary of Defense. Information about how to contact your U.S. Senators can be
found HERE
or by calling 202-224-3121.
Now for M.
Wolfberg’s Good Shabbos Story “Get us out of here” Note the Chassidic
pronunciation of Hebrew words here is like a Romanian
Accent.
The Sages tell us that our redemption from the current exodus will mirror the exodus from Egypt. Just as with the Egyptian exodus Hashem made Himself known, so too will Hashem make Himself known with the coming redemption. The main thing to keep in mind is that no matter how bleak the current exodus is, Hashem will lead us out of bondage to the Holy Land. The following story illustrates how one great Torah leader helped inspire others never to give up hope of redemption.
The Klausenberger Rebbe, Rabbi Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam (1905-1994), was legendary for the encouragement he gave to the thousands of shattered Jews who came to the Displaced Persons camps after their liberation from the horrors of the concentration camps. To each of the bereaved, the Rebbe had different words of comfort and consolation. Everyone knew that it was the Rebbe, more than anyone else, who could give people hope and strength to renew their lives. At times, the Rebbe would refer to the unspeakable tragedies that he personally suffered. He lost his wife, Rebbetzin Pessel, and 11 children!
The Klausenberger Rebbe had a special interest in children. Even under dismal and sorrowful conditions he opened a yeshivah, Sh'eiris Hapleita, for 100 boys, and a Bais Yaakov school for 120 girls. One day, two men told him about Meshulam Yalver.(name has been changed). When Meshulam was 16 he was known as an exceptional masmid (diligent scholar), punctilious in his mitzvah observance; a boy who had a bright future as an exemplary Jew. Now, having gone through suffering, loss, and catastrophe, he rejected his Judaism and resisted any attempts to bring him back to the fold of observance.
The Rebbe asked the men to bring Meshulam to him.
When Meshulam entered the Rebbe's room, the Rebbe motioned for Meshulam to sit down next to him. "I'm told that you are the son of Reb Laibish, whom I knew," the Rebbe said. "Yes," Meshulam answered. Meshulam did not want to be lulled into a conversation where he would have to debate the Rebbe in topics of emunah (belief) and bitachon (faith). For him the world of religion ended in Auschwitz; there was nothing to discuss. "They say that you were a great masmid (diligent scholar), back home. Is that so?" the Rebbe asked in a non-confrontational tone. Meshulam just nodded.
"But now you are angry?" asked the Rebbe softly. "Of course, I'm angry," Meshulam blurted out heatedly, unable to contain himself any longer. "The best were taken away, the finest are lost forever." The Rebbe extended his palm and touched the boy's face and said, "You are so right. Look at me; They left me alive while my wife and all 11 children were taken away. You are right," the Rebbe said again, "the best were taken away and look what's left...." And with that the Rebbe burst into tears and began sobbing. And then together the Rebbe and the boy cried without stop on each other's shoulders.
No more words were spoken - for no words had to be spoken - for no words could be spoken. Two tortured hearts joined in a stream of tears. An hour later, Meshulam left the Rebbe's house. That night when Meshulam was alone, he recited Krias Shema (the Shma) for the first time in months. Within a few days he was wearing his yarmulka again, Eventually he became fully observant again. Years later, Meshulam then in his 70’s, commented: "There was nothing anyone could say to me, and the Rebbe understood that. Everyone spoke to my head; the Rebbe touched my heart.” (The Echoes of the Maggid, Rabbi Paysach J. Krohn, p.272)
Although the Klausenberger Rebbe went through horrible suffering and lost his entire family, he survived to rebuild his Chassidic community as well as spread Torah to thousands of Jews around the world. If anything, like many other survivors, the Klausenberger Rebbe’s belief in Hashem was only strengthened by his life experiences. The Rebbe saw the beautiful Torah families, which sprouted like flowers from the ashes of war. The Rebbe then believed even more strongly that the hand of Hashem was on the Jewish people.
In fact, the miraculous continuous existence of the Jewish nation against all odds points to the existence of an all-powerful being, namely G-d. (Reb Yakov Emden siddur) This point is further strengthened by what Hashem tells us through the Prophet Yeshayahu “You are My Witness. ... and [you are] My servant whom I have chosen, so that you will know and believe in Me, and understand that I am He; before Me nothing was created by a god nor will there be after Me!” (Rav Uri Zohar citing Yeshayahu 43:10)
The only way to explain the continued existence of the Jewish People is to say that there is a G-d Who is guiding this world and Who has chosen the Jewish People. The Jewish people has come under attack in almost every generation and every land. Losses have been horrible and we bear the scars inflicted upon us by the nations. Yet, we are still here and we await with every day the coming of the ultimate redemption. Good Shabbos Everyone. M. Wolfberg is sponsored by: In memory of R' Yaakov ben Naftoly, of blessed memory, In Memory of Reb Yitzchok ben Reb Shimon (Friedman) of blessed memory, In Memory of Tziporah Yita bas Mordechai Mendel Refuah Shleima to Reb Mordechai Menachem Mendel ben Tziporah Yitta Refuah Shleima to Tsviah bas Bracha Leah
Shabbat
Shalom, and with all the flu going around read this and hopefully HASHEM will
protect the health of you and your family,
Rachamim
Pauli
