The two
soldiers who were badly injured in the attempted murder by auto one is awake
and the other is in a coma still a few weeks later: Yuval ben Miriam Chaya and
Yarin ben Rivka.
Selichos the forgiveness of Elul
The Sephardim started the Selichos Prayers on Rosh Chodesh Elul
while the Ashkenazim start Motzei Shabbos. This is the time we begin reflecting
on the results for our souls of the past year. Where have we faltered and where
have we improved. On the positive side: I noticed that in this incarnation of
parenting vs. the first, I learned how to punish the child without corporal
punishment. The question remains is which punishment stricter and does the
child do Teshuva. I watched a child who could not say two sentences without
making up a fib because of his insecurity come to start telling the truth more
than 96% of the time all because of some sort of security and a home
environment that is contusive to telling the truth. These were successes in my
parenting skills and the dedication to improving the skills of the boy.
But did I fail in Halacha to the members of the blogspot? Did I
say something forbidden that was permitted or permitted something that should
have been permitted? Was I too strong or too weak in my own Shabbos observance,
kashrus or immodest in words or deeds? Did I mess up in my explanations to the
many with either too short explanations on why to observe Shabbos or was I too
much on the Kares for non-observance and not the benefits both physically and
psychologically to full rest. For although we go to Schul and have to sit and
sing with our families we still have the pleasure and Mitzvah of resting on
Shabbos. A few weeks ago when Parsha reviewed the kosher and non-kosher animals
did I skip too much on the non-kosher animals especially what is in the sea or
the fowl of the air? Did I follow the advice of Rabbi Yehuda ben Tema “Be bold
as a leopard, light as an eagle, swift as a deer and strong as a lion to do the
will of your FATHER who is in heaven!” Or did I fake it and do a slob job the
whole year?
I did find some faults in my character and weaknesses that I normally
would be embarrassed to publicize as losing my temper and on about two or three
occasions and even used some choice words in English that should not have
passed from my mouth or a racy comment which was not the best taste for a joke
if I were to say it in the presence of my forester child but I might have made
about a Miley Cyrus or Kim Kardashian dress and behavior style or something
similar. In short my growing up non-religious in an all-boys High School,
Israeli Army and mostly working with male Engineers produced a different
atmosphere than the person who grew up in the Beis Medrash. If they said the
same things they would be judged stricter than a Baal Teshuva which does not
lessen the need to repent but perhaps the punishment is less if I mess up
repenting. As for Lashon HaRa that is a Mitzvah with 14 positive, 17 negative
Commands and three curses. Yet most of us goof up on this. Did I really give
10% of my income to charity? Did I violate the Shmita year? Did I take Teruma
and Maaser properly or was the fruit for Shmita and a made the wrong blessing?
On Yom Kippur I always add on the sins mentioned in the Chayei Adam Sefer. A
week ago, there was even a shocking Holocaust photo of a Jewish woman sitting
nude in the street of the Ukraine covering her breasts as the crowd looks and
jeers her that I wonder if I stared too much at it. Lastly, with the potential
Converts that are dear to my heart, did I drive somebody away or drive them
into becoming a Jew or did I drive them into the Reform or Conservative Camps.
Did I do right when I told an individual in the middle of the boon-docks to
convert Conservative and make Aliyah after a year under the law of return in
order to get a good job and support himself or herself while doing Conversion
Classes? Thus was I too much like Hillel where I should have been like Shammai
or too much like Shammai where I should have been like Hillel?
Now dear reader before the Selichos, I ask you to repent and your
families to repent for yourselves and Am Yisrael. I am not done with repenting only
starting to reflect but it is better to do it now then to miss out on the Rosh Hashanah
to Yom Kippur days of awe.
Parsha Ki Savo
We have been told in Sefer Devarim about a land flowing with milk
and honey, how to wage war and appoint a king. Now it is time to know how to
settle the land.
[I found a sentence thou art become a people and changed it into
you have become a people but not every passage in the 1917 translation I catch
and it is not possible with my limited schedule to really edit the old English]
Most of the commentary here is new and I took my own commentary of three years
ago to enhance the commentary and also saving me time to copy, combine and paste
and color a lot of the Rashi and I enhanced my own thoughts.
26:1 And
it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the LORD thy God gives
thee for an inheritance, and dost possess it, and dwell therein;
And it will be, when
you come… and you possess it and settle in it: This [verse, which is
immediately followed by the commandment of bringing the firstfruits,] teaches
us that they were not obligated [to bring] “firstfruits” until they conquered the
Land and divided it. - [Kid. 37b]
From Rashi we learn that Bikurim only exists in Eretz Yisrael
further down we will need pure fruit and pure Cohanim to accept the Bikurim
brought.
2 that thou
shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which thou shalt bring
in from thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee; and thou shalt put it in a
basket and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to cause
His name to dwell there.
Of the first: but not
all the first, because not all fruits are subject to [the mitzvah of]
“firstfruits”-only the seven species [for which the land of Israel is noted].
Here, in our verse, it says the word אֶרֶץ,
“land,” and there [in the verse describing the praise of Eretz Israel], it
says, “A land (אֶרֶץ) of wheat and barley,
vines and figs and pomegranates, a land of oil-producing olives and honey”
(Deut. 8:8). Just as the earlier verse (Deut. 8:8) is referring to the seven
species through which Eretz Israel is praised, here too, [the verse is dealing
with] the praise of the Land. [Rashi proceeds to explain two expressions in
Deut. 8:8, which are relevant to the mitzvah of firstfruits, in light of the
connection taught by our Rabbis above:] “Oil-producing olives” [refers to] “אֲגוּרִי olives,” [see Sifrei 26:2, meaning
superior quality] olives that retain their oil, keeping it gathered (אָגוּר) [as it were] inside it. [Hence, it is the
superior fruits which must be brought here]. — [Ber. 39a] [And in the same
verse (Deut. 8:8):] “honey”-that is the honey of dates. — [Sifrei 26:2] Of the
first [of all the fruit]: [What is the process of taking these fruits?] A man
goes down into his field and sees a fig that has ripened. He winds a reed
around it for a sign and declares: “This is the firstfruit (בִּכּוּרִים).” - [Mishnah Bikurim 3:1]
3 And
thou shalt come unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him:
You have only the Kohen in your days, whatever he is
[and although he may not be as wise or holy as those of previous generations,
you are obliged to address him with the respect due to his office as an agent
of God]. — [Sifrei 26:3] and say to him. That you are not
ungrateful [for all that God has done for you]. I declare this day. [The
expression, “this day,” teaches us that the one who brings the first fruits
must make this declaration] once a year, and not twice [even though he may
return with more firstfruits later that same year]. — [Sifrei
26:3]
So you should know that not every Cohain is like Rav
Kuk Shlita of Rehovot or Rav Shaar-Yeshuv Cohain Shlita of Haifa but perhaps
only a Reform or Conservative Cohain with good genealogy back to Aaron
HaCohain. The Torah comes to tell us that if he is a Kosher Cohain, you get the
Mitzvah anyway just as if you brought it to a Cohain Rabbi and Gadol B’ Torah.
When bringing the basket to the Cohain he makes the following
confession.
'I
profess this day unto the LORD thy God, that I am come unto the land which the
LORD swore unto our fathers to give us.' 4 And the priest shall take the basket
out of thy hand, and set it down before the altar of the LORD thy God.
You have only the Kohen in your days, whatever he is
[and although he may not be as wise or holy as those of previous generations,
you are obliged to address him with the respect due to his office as an agent
of God]. — [Sifrei 26:3] and say to him. That you are not
ungrateful [for all that God has done for you]. I declare this day. [The
expression, “this day,” teaches us that the one who brings the first fruits
must make this declaration] once a year, and not twice [even though he may
return with more firstfruits later that same year]. — [Sifrei
26:3]
The Cohain could be the age of your child, a boorish
person, etc. but if he receives the basket from you Rashi comes to explain to
us that he is an agent of G-D.
And the Kohen shall take the basket from your hand. In
order to wave it. [How so?] The Kohen places his hand under [the
basket, beneath the level of] the owner’s hand [which is grasping the basket at
the top, by its rim] (Sukk. 47b), and [in this position,]
waves [the basket together with its owner].
If Rashi would not explain to me that the owner and
Cohain do it together, I would think it was the Cohain only.
5 And
thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God: 'A wandering Aramean was my
father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, few in number; and he
became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.
I read and conducted my first Pessach Haggadah in my parent’s
house in the year 5717 just before my 10th birthday. We were assimilated
beyond belief. My grandfather who had brought me to the Reform Temple was lying
in a hospital in the Bronx with just over two weeks of life left in him. He
would have enjoyed seeing me conduct the Seder which was the first one since my
other grandfather broke away from the Jewish Tradition. When I got to the part
of “A wandering Aramean …” I had no idea why it was there and why not bring
down the ten plagues instead of this. Fast forward and we see Shavuous is in
reality the ending of Pessach with the Bikurim. But there was none in my house
who would have been able to explain the passage to me. I went on and it
bothered me for years until I learned Devarim.
6 And the
Egyptians dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage. 7
And we cried unto the LORD, the God of our fathers, and the LORD heard our
voice, and saw our affliction, and our toil, and our oppression. 8 And the LORD
brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm,
and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders. 9 And He hath
brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, a land flowing with
milk and honey.
The context Pshat here is the Mishkan for sacrifices
but Rashi says it is recognizing The Temple (Beis HaMikdash) as the center of
Jewish Life.
10 And
now, behold, I have brought the first of the fruit of the land, which Thou, O
LORD, hast given me.' And thou shalt set it down before the LORD thy God, and
worship before the LORD thy God.
Then, you shall lay. [The repetition of the
expressions וְהִנִּיחוֹ
(verse 4) and here, וְהִנַּחְתּוֹ]
teaches us [that there were two procedures involving laying the hands on the
basket and waving it, namely] that [the owner] takes [the basket] after the Kohen
has [completed] waving it; [the owner subsequently] grasps it in his hand
during his declaration, and then repeats the waving procedure.
11 And
thou shalt rejoice in all the good which the LORD thy God hath given unto thee,
and unto thy house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is in the midst
of thee.
From here, [our Rabbis] said that the firstfruits
declaration is recited only at the time of “rejoicing,” namely, from Shavuoth
until Sukkoth, for [then] a person gathers in his grain, fruit, wine and oil
[over which he rejoices]. However, from Sukkoth and onwards, he must bring [his
firstfruits to the Temple], but he does not recite the declaration. – [Pes.
36b] you, the Levite. [From here, we learn that] the Levite is also obligated
in [the mitzvah of bringing] firstfruits if they planted
[trees] within their [forty-eight] cities. [Outside of these cities, they had
no land.] and the stranger who is among you. [I.e., the proselyte.] He brings
[his firstfruits], but he does not recite the declaration, since he cannot say
“to our fathers” [in the introduction to the declaration (verse 3): “I have
come to the land which the Lord swore to our forefathers to give us”]. — [Mishnah
Bikkurim 1:4]
12 When
thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithe of thine increase in the third
year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, to the
stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, that they may eat within thy
gates, and be satisfied,
Rashi at this point is going to explain the Shmita
cycle in details and we are coming to the end of the cycle on Rosh Hashanah and
the Assemblage on Sukkos.
When you have finished tithing all the tithes of your
produce in the third year. When you have finished separating the tithes of the
third year [of the seven-year shemittah cycle]. It fixes a time
for the removal [of the tithes from the house] and for the [accompanying]
confession [regarding their proper disposal] on the Eve of Passover [for the
removal, and for the confession, in the afternoon of the last day of Passover]
of the fourth year, as it is said,” At the end of (מִקֵּץ) three years, you shall take out [all the
tithe of your crop] (Deut. 14:28), and later on, Scripture also uses this
expression: “At the end of (מִקֵּץ)
seven years“ (Deut. 31: 10), referring to the mitzvah of הַקְהֵל [assembling all the
people in the Temple courtyard, to hear the king read the book of Deuteronomy].
Just as there, the mitzvah was to be performed on a Festival, here too [in
the case of removing the tithes and reciting the confession, the mitzvah
must be performed] on a Festival. But one could suggest that just as there [in
the case of הַקְהֵל,
the mitzvah
was performed] on the Festival of Sukkoth, here too, [the mitzvah
must be performed] on the Festival of Sukkoth. Therefore, Scripture states
here: ”When have you finished taking all the tithes in the third year”- [this
refers to] a festival on which all tithes have been completely taken: this is
Passover [not Sukkoth], because many trees have their fruits picked after
Sukkoth [but not after Passover]. Consequently, the separating of tithes of the
third year’s produce will conclude on Passover of [the following year, namely]
the fourth year. And anyone who has delayed [in distributing] his tithes is
ordered by Scripture to remove [any remaining tithes] from the house [on
Passover of the fourth year of the shemittah cycle]. — [Sifrei
26:12] the year of the tithe. [The third year of each shemittah
cycle is called “the year of the tithe” because] it differs from its preceding
two years insofar as it is a year in which only one of the tithes separated in
the two preceding years is separated. During the first and second years of the shemittah
cycle, the tithes separated are: a) מַעֲשֵׂר רִאשׁוֹן, “the first tithe,” as the verse says,
“[Speak to the Levites, and say to them,] When you take from the children of
Israel the tithe…” (Num. 18:26) [Referring to “you first tithe,”] and b) מַעֲשֵׂר שֵׁנִי,
“the second tithe,” as the verse says, “And you shall eat before the Lord, your
God… the tithes of your grain, of your wine and of your oil…” (Deut. 14:23)
[Which is a reference to “the second tithe”]. Thus, we have two tithes [being
separated during the first two years of the shemittah cycle]. Now Scripture
comes and teaches us that in the third year, only one of these two tithes is
separated. And which one is that? It is “the first tithe.” [“The second tithe
is not separated during the third year.”] Instead of “the second tithe,” one must
give “the tithe for the poor,” for it says here in our verse “you shall give
[them] to the Levite” what belongs to him, namely “the first tithe” ; [then our
verse continues:] “the stranger, the orphan, and the widow”-this is “the tithe
for the poor.” – [Sifrei 26:12; R.H. 12b] so that they can eat to
satiety. Give them enough to satisfy them. Based on this, [our Rabbis] stated:
One may not give the poor in the granary less than one-half a kav
of wheat [or one kav of barley. [A kav represents the volume of
twenty-four eggs]. — [Sifrei 26:12, Peah
8:5]
13 then
thou shalt say before the LORD thy God: 'I have put away the hallowed things
out of my house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the
stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all Thy commandment
which Thou hast commanded me; I have not transgressed any of Thy commandments,
neither have I forgotten them.
[Sifrei 26:13] I have removed the
holy [portions] from the house. This refers to: a)“the second tithe,” and b) נֶטַע רְבָעִי, the fruit yielded by
a tree in its fourth year of growth [both of which are termed קֹדֶשׁ, holy (portions)],
they must be brought up to Jerusalem and eaten there in purity. [Accordingly,]
the verse here teaches us that if one has delayed bringing these tithes up to
Jerusalem for two years, he must take them up now [in the third year]. And I
have also given it to the Levite. This refers to “the first tithe.” – [ibid.]
and… also. [This seemingly superfluous word, “also,”] comes to include Teruma
, [the part given to the Kohen] and the firstfruits [which
are also given to the Kohen . Since Kohanim
stem from the tribe of Levi, they are referred to here as Levites]. — [Yerushalmi
Maaser Sheni 5:5] the stranger, the orphan and the widow. This
refers to “the tithe for the poor.” – [Sifrei 26:13] according to all Your
commandment. I have given them [the tithes] in their proper sequence (ibid). I
did not give Terumah before the firstfruits; I did not give tithes
before Terumah; I did not give the second tithe before the
first tithe. For Terumah is termed רֵאשִׁית, “the first one,” because it is the first
portion to be separated when the produce has become [matured]“grain,” and it is
written [regarding the separation of tithes]: מְלֵאָת ְוְדִמְע ֲלֹא תְאַחֵר (Exod. 22: 28), which means that one must
not change the order [set out in Scripture for separating tithes]. – [Mechilta
, Exod. 22:28] I have not transgressed Your commandments. I did not separate
tithes from one species [of produce to fulfill the obligation of
tithe-separation due] from another species [of produce], and I did not separate
tithes from the new crop [of the year to fulfill the obligation of
tithe-separation due] from the old crop. — [Sifrei, Maaser Sheni
5:11] nor have I forgotten. To bless You [on the performance of the mitzvah]
of separating tithes. — [ibid.]
The confession was to make sure that one really gave
some charity to have given them unto
the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, and that was the main ceremony and guarantor for the poor.
It was also a hidden warning to those that understood after the curses section.
Not giving charity to any one of the group Levy – Levite, poor would bring
retribution and also helping the stranger in your midst. But to the Orphan and
the widow there was even a stronger meaning: Your children could become orphans
and your wife could be a widow if you don’t do what HASHEM commanded.
14 I have
not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I put away thereof, being
unclean, nor given thereof for the dead;
There is a lot to confess and any one of the conditions can make
the Bikurim void.
I have
hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, I have done according to all that
Thou hast commanded me. 15 Look forth from Thy holy habitation, from heaven,
and bless Thy people Israel, and the land which Thou hast given us, as Thou
didst swear unto our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.' 16 This day
the LORD thy God commands thee to do these statutes and ordinances; thou shalt
therefore observe and do them with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.
Every day is a new day and a new mitzvah. Here the word
might (strength physical and monetary) is not used and since most of us know
the Shema prayer by heart this has a special meaning.
Rashi notes: [Tanchuma 1] You will observe and
fulfill them. A heavenly voice is blessing you: “You have brought the firstfruits
today- [so] will you merit to bring them next year!”
17 Thou
hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and that thou would walk in His
ways, and keep His statutes, and His commandments, and His ordinances, and
hearken unto His voice.
We do not find any equivalent expression in the
Scriptures [which might give us a clue to the meaning of these words]. However,
it appears to me that [the expression הֶאמִיר] denotes separation and distinction.
[Thus, here, the meaning is as follows:] From all the pagan deities, you have
set apart the Lord for yourself, to be your God, and He separated you to Him
from all
the peoples on earth to be His treasured people.
[Notwithstanding,] I did find a similar expression [to הֶאמִיר], which denotes “glory,” as in the
verse“[How long will] all workers of violence praise themselves (יִתְאַמְּרוּ) ?” (Ps. 94:4).
Moshe concludes the Drasha with the fact that we must
keep and obey the Torah
18 And the
LORD hath avouched thee this day to be His own treasure, as He hath promised
thee, and that thou should keep all His commandments; 19 and to make thee high
above all nations that He hath made, in praise, and in name, and in glory; and
that thou may be a holy people unto the LORD thy God, as He hath spoken.
And so that you will be a holy people… as He spoke.
[When He said]:“And you shall be holy to ME” (Lev. 20:26). – [Mechilta
12:78]
Rabbi Yossi Jankovits Shlita concludes this whole section with a
short thought: It is interesting to note that we make mention of the lengths Hashem
went to and not merely the fact that he removed us from Egypt. We learn from
this an important lesson: when assessing the gratitude that we owe another we
must take into account not only what we received, but also the amount of effort
exerted on our behalf.
We have finished learning about how to bring the Bikurim.
27:1 And
Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying: 'Keep all the
commandment which I command you this day. 2 And it shall be on the day when ye
shall pass over the Jordan unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee,
that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaster them with plaster. 3 And
thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed
over; that thou may go in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, a
land flowing with milk and honey, as the LORD, the God of thy fathers, hath
promised thee. 4 And it shall be when ye are passed over the Jordan, that ye
shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Eval, and thou
shalt plaster them with plaster. 5 And there shalt thou build an altar unto the
LORD thy God, an altar of stones; thou shalt lift up no iron tool upon them. 6
Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of unhewn stones; and thou shalt
offer burnt-offerings thereon unto the LORD thy God. 7 And thou shalt sacrifice
peace-offerings, and shalt eat there; and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD
thy God.
In seventy languages. — [Sotah 32a]
8 And
thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.' 9 And
Moses and the priests the Levites spoke unto all Israel, saying: 'Keep silence,
and hear, O Israel; this day you have become a people unto the LORD thy God. 10
Thou shalt therefore hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and do His
commandments and His statutes, which I command thee this day.' 11 And Moses
charged the people the same day, saying:
As it is found in Tractate Sotah (32a): Six
tribes ascended to the top of Mount Gerizim and [the other] six to the top of
Mount Eval; the kohanim , the Levites and the [holy] ark stood below in
the middle. The Levites turned their faces towards Mount Gerizim and began with
the blessing: “Blessed be the man who does not make a graven or molten image…,”
and these [the tribes on Mount Gerizim] and these [the tribes on Mount Ebal]
answered “Amen!” Then [the Levites] turned their faces towards Mount Eval and
began with the curse, saying: “Cursed be the man who makes any graven [or
molten] image…,” and these [the tribes on Mount Gerizim] and these [the tribes
on Mount Eval] responded “Amen!” The Levites then turned their faces once again
towards Mount Gerizim, and said: “Blessed be he who does not degrade his father
and mother,” [and the tribes on Mount Gerizim and those on Mount Eval responded
“Amen!” The Levites] would then turn their faces once again towards Mount Ebal,
and say: “Cursed be he who degrades his father and mother,” [and the tribes on
Mount Gerizim and those on Mount Ebal responded “Amen!”]. Thus [it would
continue] in this manner for all of them [the blessings and curses] until [the
very last curse, namely (verse 26)]:“Cursed be the one who does not uphold [the
words of this Torah].”
I repeat myself here. Mt. Gerizim is a fruitful
mountain and green. Mt. Eval is barren. Both overlook the grave of Yosef and
the town of Schem. The striking difference can be seen from the Yeshuv Alon
Moreh. Google like the Roman name Nabulus instead of Schem in their search
engine but one can see the barren mountain behind the town and some greenery on
the other mountain from the photos. https://www.google.com/search?q=photos+of+nabulus&newwindow=1&tbm=isch&imgil=Rjk9_eelwbhc2M%253A%253BrEwkPXG-o8xbAM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.ejumpcut.org%25252Farchive%25252Fjc52.2010%25252FbronsteinParadiseNow%25252F2.html&source=iu&pf=m&fir=Rjk9_eelwbhc2M%253A%252CrEwkPXG-o8xbAM%252C_&biw=1600&bih=799&usg=__5oM-Ou8_wS4ejrIlDJqOcvttskc%3D&ved=0CDQQyjdqFQoTCJqpvez92ccCFcVp2wodDIAALw&ei=j8bnVdqlL8XT7QaMgIL4Ag#imgrc=Rjk9_eelwbhc2M%3A&usg=__5oM-Ou8_wS4ejrIlDJqOcvttskc%3D
12 'These
shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are passed over the
Jordan: Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin; 13
and these shall stand upon mount Eval for the curse: Reuben, Gad, and Asher,
and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. 14 And the Levites shall speak, and say unto
all the men of Israel with a loud voice: 15 Cursed be the man that makes a
graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of
the craftsman, and sets it up in secret. And all the people shall answer and
say: Amen. 16 Cursed be he that dishonors his father or his mother. And all the
people shall say: Amen. 17 Cursed be he that removes his neighbor's landmark.
And all the people shall say: Amen. 18 Cursed be he that makes the blind to go
astray in the way. And all the people shall say: Amen. 19 Cursed be he that
perverteth the justice due to the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the
people shall say: Amen. 20 Cursed be he that lies with his father's wife;
because he hath uncovered his father's skirt. And all the people shall say:
Amen. 21 Cursed be he that lies with any
manner of beast. And all the people shall say: Amen. 22 Cursed be he that lies
with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And
all the people shall say: Amen. 23 Cursed be he that lieth with his
mother-in-law. And all the people shall say: Amen. 24 Cursed be he that smites his
neighbor in secret. And all the people shall say: Amen. 25 Cursed be he that
taketh a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say: Amen.
26 Cursed be he that confirms not the words of this law to do them. And all the
people shall say: Amen.'
28:1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently
unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all His commandments which
I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all
the nations of the earth. 2 And all these blessings shall come upon thee, and
overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God. 3
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. 4
Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, and the
fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the young of thy flock. 5
Blessed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough. 6 Blessed shalt thou be
when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out. 7 The LORD
will cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thee;
they shall come out against thee one way, and shall flee before thee seven
ways. 8 The LORD will command the blessing with thee in thy barns, and in all
that thou puttest thy hand unto; and He will bless thee in the land which the
LORD thy God giveth thee. 9 The LORD will establish thee for a holy people unto
Himself, as He hath sworn unto thee; if thou shalt keep the commandments of the
LORD thy God, and walk in His ways. 10 And all the peoples of the earth shall
see that the name of the LORD is called upon thee; and they shall be afraid of
thee. 11 And the LORD will make thee over-abundant for good, in the fruit of
thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, in the
land which the LORD swore unto thy fathers to give thee. 12 The LORD will open
unto thee His good treasure the heaven to give the rain of thy land in its
season, and to bless all the work of thy hand; and thou shalt lend unto many nations,
but thou shalt not borrow. 13 And the LORD will make thee the head, and not the
tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if thou
shalt hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee
this day, to observe and to do them; 14 and shalt not turn aside from any of
the words which I command you this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to
go after other gods to serve them.
15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the
voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all His commandments and His
statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon
thee, and overtake thee.
Last year I covered the curses but the main point here
is non-observance brings on awful and terrible punishments to those folks. This
is more than the opposite to the reward for when one sinks from poor to poorer
to poorest or from a hard life to close to an impossible life similar to
Auschwitz or that of complete starvation and treated like an animal it is far
worse than the rewards. For the blessings that one receives as rich as one
could be, one cannot put two gold table spoons into his mouth at the same time
but a dozen Nazis can kick a Jew at once. Since the section on the blessings is
short and the curses long. I take this as a sign that the average man should
learn to do a Mitzvah not for the reward but if he wants to sin, he should hold
back for the punishment of a sin is many times worse than the temporary pleasure
of the moment.
…69 These are the words of
the covenant which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel
in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which He made with them in Horev.
That they should accept the Torah upon themselves with
a curse and an oath, besides the covenant. [Namely,] the curses [which appear]
in Lev. (26: 14-39), which were proclaimed at [Mount] Sinai.
29:1 And
Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them: Ye have seen all that the
LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his
servants, and unto all his land; 2 the great trials which thine eyes saw, the
signs and those great wonders;
This is to strengthen them and fortify them to go and enter the
land. For the L-RD is with you to fight your battles.
3 but the
LORD hath not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear,
unto this day. 4 And I have led you forty years in the wilderness; your clothes
are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.
Is this not a miracle? For does one know of shoes that last 40
years especially walking in the terrain of the Sinai or Negev or over the
Yarden? How many of you have garments that lasted 40 years? Yet people read
this and fail to see the size of the Miracle.
5 Ye have
not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink; that ye might know
that I am the LORD your God. 6 And when ye came unto this place, Sichon the
king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle,
and we smote them. 7 And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance
unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of the
Manassites. 8 Observe therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that
ye may make all that ye do to prosper.
Moshe ends with a historical reminder. We can learn
from this for educational purposes one must learn over and over again the
lessons from the past. Also the miracle of feeding and eating Mann (Manna) for
an entire generation and they grew up healthy is a tremendous miracle which we
take for granted. Also the miracle of clothing not wearing out for 40 years, no
skin rash, no bad odors and walking in the same pair of shoes or sandals for 40
years without any problem. Even with the best hard soled rubber, the shoe’s
bottom and instep wears out. All this the Bnei Yisrael took for granted but it
was a combination of miracles. The concluding words of the Parsha are: just
observe the Torah and do the Mitzvos and you will prosper.
The Paralyzed Fingers by Rabbi Y. Tilles http://ascentofsafed.com/cgi-bin/ascent.cgi?Name=927-50.html
The husband was not willing to give up. He traveled with her in their carriage from one distant city to another in the hope of finding a physician who could heal her.
As they traveled, they stayed at inns along the way. At each inn, the condition of his wife and their search for a physician was a frequent topic of discussion. Many fellow travelers suggested that they visit Rabbi Yisrael Baal Shem Tov, a famous miracle worker who lived in the town of Mezibush, deep in the Carpathian Mountains. The couple had never heard of the Baal Shem Tov and were hesitant to visit him, especially since he lived so far away. But after months of traveling, they agreed that since they were unable to find a doctor who had even an inkling as to the cause of her illness, they might as well visit the Holy Rabbi.
As soon as they arrived in Mezibush, the husband and wife immediately went to meet with the Baal Shem Tov in his study. After they talked for a while, the Baal Shem Tov told them to remain in the community.
The couple found a comfortable inn and stayed for several weeks. During this period of time, they met with the Baal Shem Tov on several occasions. Each time, the Baal Shem Tov told them to stay longer. The husband and wife were both skeptical as to whether the Baal Shem Tov could heal the wife, but they really didn't have a better option. And besides, wherever they went in Mezibush, there was always someone that told them a miracle story about the Baal Shem Tov. Also, everyone assured them that the Baal Shem Tov would heal her.
Finally, after a number of weeks had already passed, the Baal Shem Tov asked Alexi, his wagon driver, to harness the horses to his wagon and prepare for a long trip. Then, he told the man to put his wife in their carriage and to follow him. The man didn't have any idea where they were going but he immediately harnessed his horses to his carriage, put his wife in and followed closely behind the Baal Shem Tov's wagon.
After several days of travel, the wagon and the carriage stopped in front of an inn whose innkeeper was one of the Baal Shem Tov's followers. The noise of the wagon and carriage brought the innkeeper and his wife out to welcome the unknown guests. When the Baal Shem Tov got down from the wagon, the innkeeper was beside himself with joy when he realized it was his Rebbe. The Baal Shem Tov asked the innkeeper whether they could have several rooms for the night.
"Of course Rebbe," the innkeeper answered without hesitation.
"There is one thing," the Baal Shem Tov continued, "during our stay, you will have to lock all the windows and the doors to the inn. And most importantly, you must not open them for anyone, irrespective of who it is, even if it is a very important person. If anyone does manage to force his way in, you may tell him that the Baal Shem Tov ordered the doors and windows locked and then point me out to them."
The innkeeper was perplexed by this request, but he promised to carry out every detail of the Baal Shem Tov's instructions. So Alexei unharnessed the horses from the wagon and the carriage, put them in the barn and fed them. Meanwhile, the Baal Shem Tov and the couple carried their bags into the inn. Even before they got settled in their rooms, the innkeeper locked all of the windows and the doors to the inn.
After dinner, they all went to sleep except the Baal Shem Tov who sat at the dining table in the main room and studied from a Holy book. Also, the wife with the paralyzed hands couldn't sleep, so she sat next to the warm oven in the corner of the main room. The Baal Shem Tov cautioned her that if he should ask her to do anything the next day, she must do so immediately.
Coincidentally, on that very same day, the regional Governor who owned the inn was visited by his brother whom he had not seen for many years. They rejoiced at seeing each other by eating and drinking to excess. Being somewhat tipsy from the drinking, the Governor started to brag to his brother, "I built an amazingly beautiful inn on my property. It's not very far from here. You must go over and see it before you leave."
"Who runs the inn?" inquired the brother.
"Moishke, one of my Jews, runs the inn," answered the Governor.
"Those Jews again," retorted the brother, "they run everything. I can't stand them."
"Brother, please don't speak that way. The Jews manage everything on my estates and they do a very good job," said the Governor.
Just then, someone came to see the Governor on official business. The brother asked, "Since you'll probably be busy for awhile, could I borrow one of your horses and ride over to look at your inn?"
The governor was happy that his brother was going to see his pride and joy. "Quick," he ordered one of his servants, "saddle up my finest horse for my brother and give him exact directions to the inn."
Since the inn was located near the Governor's mansion, the brother rode off without a warm coat. After riding for some time, a light snow began to fall. Soon, the light snow fall turned into a heavy snowstorm. The brother got lost and rode for several more hours in the snow before arriving at the inn, nearly blue from the cold. Relieved that he had finally arrived at the inn, he jumped off his horse and tried to open the door. But it was locked. He could see people in the inn through the windows, so he started to knock with all his might on the door.
The innkeeper yelled through the door, "I'm sorry but I can't open the door because Rabbi Yisrael Baal Shem Tov is here."
The Governor's brother started to plead with him, "Please open the door, can't you see it's snowing and I'm freezing to death."
But the innkeeper answered, "I can't let you in because the Rabbi said to keep the doors and windows locked."
The Governor's brother started to pound frantically on the door with his fist while yelling to let him in.
Finally, the Baal Shem Tov motioned the innkeeper to open the door.
The governor's brother burst into the inn and rushed over to the hot oven to thaw out his nearly frozen hands and feet. When he finally warmed up, he asked: "Who is this Rabbi that wouldn't let me in?"
The innkeeper and his wife told him, "The Baal Shem Tov," and pointed towards him.
The Governor's brother looked at the Baal Shem Tov who was still reading and not paying the slightest bit of attention to him. This disregard by the Baal Shem Tov made the man even more angry as he walked back and forth across the room, all the while glaring at the Baal Shem Tov.
"Who is this Rabbi Baal Shem Tov," he screamed at the innkeeper, "that you did not open the door for me until I almost died of the cold?!"
The innkeeper and his wife again meekly pointed towards the Baal Shem Tov.
The Governor's brother became overwhelmed with anger. He drew his sword and shouted at the Baal Shem Tov, "Prepare to die you fool!" Then he rushed towards the Baal Shem Tov with his upraised sword.
At that very moment, the Baal Shem Tov called out to the paralyzed woman, "Lift up both your hands!"
She raised her paralyzed hands. Immediately her fingers began to move. At the same time, the Governor's brother stopped in his tracks as his sword fell out of his hand. He could no longer move his hands or fingers and he could see his hands beginning to curl and gnarl before his eyes.
"Please help me Rabbi," he screamed, "I'll do anything. I'm sorry. Please forgive me. My hands are paralyzed. My fingers won't move. Help me. I beg of you."
The Baal Shem Tov answered, "I cannot help you. The transference has occurred and it cannot be reversed."
When the couple returned to Mezibush, everyone crowded around to ask what happened. All the woman could say was "Baruch Hashem - Blessed be G-d Al-mighty," and wiggle her fingers to everyone's delight.
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Source: Adapted by Yerachmiel Tilles from the rendition of Tzvi-Meir Cohn on //BaalShemTov.com, of a story found in Shivchei HaBesht and translated in In Praise of the Baal Shem Tov by Ben Amos and Mintz.
Connection: Seasonal--Wednesday is the 317th anniversary of the birth of the Baal Shem Tov (and the 270th of the Alter Rebbe of Chabad).
Biographic note:
Rabbi Yisrael ben Eliezer (18 Elul 1698-6 Sivan 1760), the Baal Shem Tov ["master of the good Name"], a unique and seminal figure in Jewish history, revealed the Chassidic movement and his own identity as an exceptionally holy person, on his 36th birthday, 18 Elul 1734. He wrote no books, although many claim to contain his teachings. One available in English is the excellent annotated translation of Tzava'at Harivash, published by Kehos.
Holocaust and Reincarnation a
story from Linda
I have a memory of another life in dreams that
haunted my childhood. I never understood what the dreams meant but I was
quietly terrified of them.
A few years ago a friend opened my eyes to the idea that I could be remembering a past life. Up until that point I was a skeptic about reincarnation but the more I looked into it, the more the pieces began to fall into place.
From the beginning:
My father was a bombardier in WWII and I was the apple of his eye.
When I was about five or six years old I was 'snooping' in the upstairs crawlspace of our house looking for hidden treasures. I came upon a box of daddy's war things, his canteen, aviator glasses and a few army objects I didn't recognize. At the bottom of the box there were a few books. I sat alone in the dimly lit space of the tiny crawl space paging through the books looking for story pictures. I picked up a small book and turned it over in my hands. From the binding, it looked like an official book of some sort and was army-green in color. I opened the book and found a story I didn't expect. The book was a published documentation of the liberation of the camps and as I sat alone turning the pages, the faces of a suffering people looked back at me. I was confused by what I was seeing, live skeletons with their skin still on, mountains of bodies, ladies standing in showers with no water coming out of them but I was held captive by the book. As I turned the pages, my little six year old heart began to break. I thought the people in the pictures were like stick men. As I looked at them, they seemed faintly familiar. From somewhere distant in my soul I seemed to know them. I remember looking at one man in a picture, emaciated, gaunt features, haunting and sorrowful eyes. I looked at him and a confusing thought went though my mind. I thought I recognized him, "daddy?" I asked from somewhere in the distant past.
Fast forward 55 years.
In confidence, I told an online friend about this and she sent me the book "Beyond the Ashes", stories of reincarnation from the Holocaust. A few pages in I read something that caused me to remember the night terrors I had as a child. When I was very small (around 4 and 5, before I saw the book) I used to dream about stick men. I tried for years to figure out what the dream interpretation of stick men is, going through dream dictionaries, searching dream boards online. It seemed that no one ever dreamed about stick men except me. These stick men walked through my dreams all night long going uphill and downhill, never stopping. I remember how long and exaggerated their stick legs were. Oddly their faces were skinny with prominent noses. Even more strange, the stick men in my dreams wore wide brimmed hats.
In the first pages of the book "Beyond the Ashes" the author talked about a woman who had recurring dreams of very skinny men walking to their deaths wearing hats, the wide-brimmed Hasidic type and suddenly I realized for the first time what my dreams were. I think the stick men might be the very skinny, starving Jews who were nothing but skin and bones in the camps, like stick men. I thought the same thing when I found the book and saw the pictures of the camps for the first time when I was little.
I never told anyone about my dreams and I never asked about the book. I was afraid to bring up the book because I knew I was snooping and seeing something that wasn't meant for my eyes.
The memory of these dreams haunted me all my life. I often returned to that book in secret, drawn to it by a strange curiosity. I wish I knew where that book is now. I have several books about the Holocaust now and many of the photos are like the ones I saw in that book.
I had always been a skeptic about reincarnation until someone suggested that I might be reincarnated from the Holocaust. The more I considered this possibility the more everything began to make sense to me
A few years ago a friend opened my eyes to the idea that I could be remembering a past life. Up until that point I was a skeptic about reincarnation but the more I looked into it, the more the pieces began to fall into place.
From the beginning:
My father was a bombardier in WWII and I was the apple of his eye.
When I was about five or six years old I was 'snooping' in the upstairs crawlspace of our house looking for hidden treasures. I came upon a box of daddy's war things, his canteen, aviator glasses and a few army objects I didn't recognize. At the bottom of the box there were a few books. I sat alone in the dimly lit space of the tiny crawl space paging through the books looking for story pictures. I picked up a small book and turned it over in my hands. From the binding, it looked like an official book of some sort and was army-green in color. I opened the book and found a story I didn't expect. The book was a published documentation of the liberation of the camps and as I sat alone turning the pages, the faces of a suffering people looked back at me. I was confused by what I was seeing, live skeletons with their skin still on, mountains of bodies, ladies standing in showers with no water coming out of them but I was held captive by the book. As I turned the pages, my little six year old heart began to break. I thought the people in the pictures were like stick men. As I looked at them, they seemed faintly familiar. From somewhere distant in my soul I seemed to know them. I remember looking at one man in a picture, emaciated, gaunt features, haunting and sorrowful eyes. I looked at him and a confusing thought went though my mind. I thought I recognized him, "daddy?" I asked from somewhere in the distant past.
Fast forward 55 years.
In confidence, I told an online friend about this and she sent me the book "Beyond the Ashes", stories of reincarnation from the Holocaust. A few pages in I read something that caused me to remember the night terrors I had as a child. When I was very small (around 4 and 5, before I saw the book) I used to dream about stick men. I tried for years to figure out what the dream interpretation of stick men is, going through dream dictionaries, searching dream boards online. It seemed that no one ever dreamed about stick men except me. These stick men walked through my dreams all night long going uphill and downhill, never stopping. I remember how long and exaggerated their stick legs were. Oddly their faces were skinny with prominent noses. Even more strange, the stick men in my dreams wore wide brimmed hats.
In the first pages of the book "Beyond the Ashes" the author talked about a woman who had recurring dreams of very skinny men walking to their deaths wearing hats, the wide-brimmed Hasidic type and suddenly I realized for the first time what my dreams were. I think the stick men might be the very skinny, starving Jews who were nothing but skin and bones in the camps, like stick men. I thought the same thing when I found the book and saw the pictures of the camps for the first time when I was little.
I never told anyone about my dreams and I never asked about the book. I was afraid to bring up the book because I knew I was snooping and seeing something that wasn't meant for my eyes.
The memory of these dreams haunted me all my life. I often returned to that book in secret, drawn to it by a strange curiosity. I wish I knew where that book is now. I have several books about the Holocaust now and many of the photos are like the ones I saw in that book.
I had always been a skeptic about reincarnation until someone suggested that I might be reincarnated from the Holocaust. The more I considered this possibility the more everything began to make sense to me
From Chaim B: 100th Yahrzeit
of an American Jew killed Al Kiddush Hashem
This coming Shabbos, the 7th of Elul, is the 100th yahrzeit of Leo
Frank, who was lynched by an anti-Semitic mob near Atlanta, GA, in 1915. Frank
was accused of murdering a 13 year old girl who worked in the factory where he
was the foreman. In a sensational trial rife with antisemitism, he was
convicted and sentenced to death. The governor, sensing a miscarriage of
justice, resisted enormous pressure, including death threats, and commuted the
sentence to life in prison. Not to be denied, a mob of Georgia's leading
citizens, including judges, doctors, and businessmen, took the law into their
own hands, kidnapping Frank from prison and hanging him. They were proud of
their crime and made no effort to hide their involvement. Jews in Georgia lived
in great fear for years after the hanging.
Almost 7 decades later, an eye-witness finally revealed that he
knew that Frank was innocent. http://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/08/us/after-69-years-of-silence-lynching-victim-is-cleared.html
These
past days, Israel has been involved with a furor of whether to take an outsider
or insider from the police to clean up the business as usual. Response time is
down so much that murderers and thieves can get away because the patrol cars
don’t get to the scene of the crime on time or prevent a murder. It was like
when my children were born, the ambulance in Ashdod took 45 minutes to arrive.
There are a lot of angry people who lost children during the war. The Minister
of Defense was without experience and the Chief of Staff thought that a war
could be won from the air. Gal Hirsch thought differently but did his command
lead to the deaths of many soldiers? Or was it the fish stinking from the head?
Carmella Ben-Menashe thought differently and she has been a military correspondent
for 40 years and also Alex Fishman: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4695324,00.html
Is the chief of police now open again? http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/200262#.VehG5fmeDGc
From
Sheldon don’t let nagging bother you: http://www.aol.com/article/2014/05/09/study-nagging-could-drive-men-to-an-early-grave/20883397/?icid=maing-grid7%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl17%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D-464920635
From
Albert a 360 degree view of a Synagogue 415 years old in Italy: http://www.synagogues360.org/synagogues.php?ident=italy_003
The Jews
of Indonesia by Rabbi Yossi Serebryanski: http://www.jewishpress.com/sections/features/features-on-jewish-world/jews-of-indonesia-and-papua-new-guinea/2015/08/28/
400 years
ago Jews left Portugal and Holland and moved to the new world some grew sugar
but out of hundreds of Jews then and persecutions by others only a few are left
today: http://forward.com/culture/105939/shake-a-family-tree-and-a-jew-falls-out/
Second
Temple Stairs found in a large building that existed prior to the destruction: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4696252,00.html
Business
as Deri holds up the Israeli Gas Deal, Egypt discovers a super large gas field:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4695985,00.html
Ed-Op on
schooling by the Education Minister: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4696608,00.html
From
Nitza Chana: Sephardim Selichos we have sinned before YOU: https://www.facebook.com/israelunseen/videos/787498801362951/?pnref=story
Inyanay Diyoma
From
Martin Sherman the real water problem in Iran: http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Into-the-fray-Water-not-heavy-water-is-Irans-desperate-need-413527
A true
behind the scenes story of the terror: http://www.hakolhayehudi.com/the-silent-intifada-stabbings-ieds-and-arson/?utm_source=fb-silent-intifada-8-28&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=silent-intifada-8-28
Thailand
finally catches a suspect in the bombing: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/200057#.VeHvrvaqqko
PLO tries
to imply after Abbas denying the Holocaust that the population transfer was
equal to or greater than the Shoah: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/200057#.VeHvrvaqqko
I remind
myself each morning in the blessings not to change my religion. http://therightscoop.com/pope-francis-praises-childrens-book-pushing-gay-themes-as-spread-of-genuine-human-and-christian-values/ Disclaimer
this may or may not be true as Catholic Homosexuals may have posted it.
There is
no easy solution to the Global Jihad as ISIS is in many countries including
Boko Haram: http://debka.com/article/24847/Resolving-the-Syrian-war-is-not-the-silver-bullet-for-stopping-ISIS-
Killer
behind the wheel as search for vehicle with bullet holes in Chevron starts: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/200071
The
Oshkosh system to replace the Humvee Vehicle half designed in Israel: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4695631,00.html
I would
have shot the bitches: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4695494,00.html Hurray for Pallywood. Note
the face of the soldier is covered by cloth to hide the Arabic Jaw but not disguise
the facial features. The “soldier” is not wearing a helmet or flack gear for
stones which is strange. I noticed other points about the Pallywood film
below look at the still picture. The real soldiers have helmets, flak jackets
and gear which the Pallywood soldier does not have. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4696553,00.html
After
threatening to take over the Turkish Gov. Turkey gets wise: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4695569,00.html
Caught
between the Jewish Voters in her district and the devil she drinks half-coffee
and half-tea: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/200106#.VePemvaqqko
Secret
Egyptian Arms for Assad: http://debka.com/article/24849/Egypt-sends-Assad-secret-arms-aid-including-missiles-with-Russian-funding
There was
a shoot and run by car in the Shomron a person was slightly injured and at
night a fire-bomb near Mevo Dotan in the Shomron.
The
linkage between Jenin and Gaza shooting and then a rocket: http://debka.com/article/24856/Rocket-from-Gaza-follows-IDF-Palestinian-clash-in-West-Bank-town-of-Jenin
Israeli
soldier injured by friendly fire in exchange of fire: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/200147#.VeVgJfaqqko
Egypt
builds Fish Farms to keep out terror tunnels: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4695985,00.html
Fire and
perhaps jail the ORT teacher who participated with terrorists in the Pallywood
film against the IDF: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/200203#.VeaXRvaqqko
Norway a
bank prints anti-Semitic credit cards: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4696839,00.html
Although
I like very much Donald J. Trump I enjoyed this cartoon of him too: http://drybonesblog.blogspot.co.il/2015/09/america-2015.html
Preparing
for the cyber war: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4696003,00.html
Preparing
for Arab Seal Teams: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4696788,00.html
More on
Naval Defense and off shore gas fields defense: http://debka.com/article/24860/Israel-Navy%E2%80%99s-defense-of-Mediterranean-gas-fields-displayed-in-war-game
Trump
asks: Will the US attack Israel if Israel attacks Iran? http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2015/09/02/trump_warns_iran_deal_may_require_us_come_to_aide_of_iran_if_attacked_by_israel.html
20 years
for stone and boulder throwers gets Arab MK’s riled up: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/200263#.VehKofmqqko
Because
of the Iran Deal, Obama grants Israel participation in joint air force exercises
since 2009: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4697489,00.html
5 US
Tourists, Charedim, almost lynched in Chevron: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4697472,00.html
A good Shabbos to all and repent now and avoid the Rosh Hashanah
Yom Kippur rush.
Rachamim Pauli
