Yehonatan ben Malka Pollard is no longer in jail and can have
proper medical treatment if he will need prayers we will be informed.
Parsha Vayishlach
This Parsha was learned by the sages before meeting with non-Jews
and one time Rebbe forgot to learn this and his request was turned down. We
have to deal with them with presents, humbleness, prayers and prepared to fight
but first the three other precursories. This is why modern leaders should
consult with Talmidei Chachamim before traveling abroad or receiving visitors
in Israel.
32:4 And
Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the
field of Edom.
The last Parsha
ended with the Machane or Camp of the angels so some commentaries say that he
sent real angels while others comment that Malachim although normally used for
messengers of G-D were used here for earthly messengers and the word here is
used as messenger.
Jacob sent
angels: Heb. מַלְאָכִים, literally angels
(Gen. Rabbah 75:4).
5 And
he commanded them, saying: ‘Thus shall ye say unto my lord Esau: Thus says thy
servant Jacob: I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed until now.
The Hebrew
is GARTI which is the same Gematria as the 613 Mitzvos in a different order
meaning I observed the Torah. But why awake a sleeping Rottweiler? And why say
thy servant and my lord Esav? Why not say your younger brother?
6 And
I have oxen, and asses and flocks, and men-servants and maid-servants; and I
have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in thy sight.’
What is this
bragging about? Rabbi Yisrael Glass Shlita pointed out in the name of the Rebbe
that this was to show Esav that he is not going to rule over him and he does
not have Olam HaBa as he has Olam Hazeh that the blessing of Yitzchak was mere
words and Esav did not lose anything.
7 And
the messengers returned to Jacob, saying: ‘We came to thy brother Esau, and
moreover he comes to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.’
For greeting
a brother with a few slaves, or even servants one does not need a few platoons
amounting to 400 men! Avraham defeated the four kings with a mere 318 men! It
is obvious that Esav has a large posse to settle the score and kill Yacov.
8 Then
Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed. And he divided the people that was
with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two camps.
The first
camp would be him and his secondary status wives who were servants to Lavan’s
daughters and their children with the second camp divided into two much further
behind Leah and still further Rachel so that somebody might survive. This is
step one which will be used at last resort and that is to go to war.
9 And
he said: ‘If Esau come to the one camp, and smite it, then the camp which is
left shall escape.’
HASHEM
promised him offspring and even he survived Lavan but still Esav had merits of
Avraham and Yitzchak so that he might not be able to overcome him.
10 And
Jacob said: ‘O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, O LORD,
who said unto me: Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will do
thee good; 11 I am not worthy of all the mercies,
and of all the truth, which Thou hast shown unto Thy servant; for with my staff
I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two camps. 12 Deliver
me, I pray Thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear
him, lest he come and smite me, the mother with the children. 13 And
Thou said: I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the
sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.’
Step two in
his battle with Esav is prayer but Yacov having survived the elements for 20
years and all the wild beasts of his day and Lavan is afraid that he used up
his merits.
14 And
he lodged there that night; and took of that which he had with him a present
for Esau his brother: 15 two hundred she-goats and twenty
he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams, 16 thirty milch camels and their colts,
forty kine and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals. 17 And
he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself; and
said unto his servants: ‘Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and
drove.’ 18 And he commanded the foremost, saying:
‘When Esau my brother meet thee, and asks thee, saying: Whose art thou? And
whither are you going? And whose are these before thee? 19 then
thou shalt say: They are thy servant Jacob’s; it is a present sent unto my
lord, even unto Esau; and, behold, he also is behind us.’ 20 And
he commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves,
saying: ‘In this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him; 21 and
ye shall say: Moreover, behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us.’ For he said: ‘I
will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see
his face; peradventure he will accept me.’
The third is
a gift or a few gifts that blind the eyes of a Judge and placate Esav further.
We also see above the ratio for breeding animals as most of us are city folk we
learn something here. Yacov spread out the animals as gifts. The camels, the
donkeys, the cattle and then the flock of the sheep and finally the flock of
goats so as to win him over softly. Still I wonder why Esav has to be master
and not brother is this a mistake for future generations.
22 So
the present passed over before him; and he himself lodged that night in the
camp. 23 And he rose up that night, and took
his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven children, and passed over
the ford of the Jabbok.
Was it a
trickling brook or stream or what we know today by the Eric Bridge which is
wide and perhaps would need the splitting of the river?
24 And
he took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that which he had.
He forgot a
few minor possessions so he returned for them. He knew the Halacha that a Din
of a Peruta (a value today of about 5 to 6 US pennies) is like that of one
hundred.
25 And
Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of
the day.
Upon
returning he was attacked by this “man” whom we shall see later was the angel
of Esav.
26 And
when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his
thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was strained, as he wrestled with him. 27 And
he said: ‘Let me go, for the day breaks.’ And he said: ‘I will not let thee go,
except thou bless me.’
Why did he
have to go by the break of day? Angels are not vampires and they appear in the
Tenach during the daytime? Rather the sunrise is a prestigious time for prayer.
The angels daven Netz before HASHEM and he would receive spiritual whippings if
he did not attend. But now even though he could not prevail over Yacov, Yacov
had pinned him down and he was in deep trouble. He had no choice but to bless
Yacov with even a future title but he had to bless Yacov to make it to prayers
on time. What were his prayers? They were hymns of praise and blessings that
the angels sing daily.
28 And
he said unto him: ‘What is thy name?’ And he said: ‘Jacob.’ 29 And
he said: ‘Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast
striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed.’
Yacov is now
elevated from an ordinary man to the level of an angel and gets the name ending
in el like Rafael, Michael, Gavriel, etc.
30 And
Jacob asked him, and said: ‘Tell me, I pray thee, thy name.’ And he said: ‘Wherefore
is it that thou dost ask after my name?’ And he blessed him there. 31 And
Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: ‘for I have seen God face to face,
and my life is preserved.’
Literally
face of G-D. For he fought an angel face to face.
32 And
the sun rose upon him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped upon his thigh. 33 Therefore
the children of Israel eat not the sinew of the thigh-vein which is upon the
hollow of the thigh, unto this day; because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s
thigh, even in the sinew of the thigh-vein.
Sofar in Beresheis we have had two Mitzvos given
to us and that is “Be fruitful and multiply” and circumcision and now this is
the third and last mitzvah of the Sefer.
33:1 And
Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four
hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto
the two handmaids.
Esav is
coming and this 99 year old limping man is walking towards him alone with the
women and children far behind.
2 And
he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children
after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. 3 And he himself passed over before
them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his
brother.
I have done
physically and spiritually all I can thought Yacov and what will be I must put
my trust in HASHEM.
4 And
Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him;
and they wept.
When he saw
this old man limping towards him after 36 years and all the presents that he
received his compassion was aroused and just as he had aroused his anger
before, now he was compassionate.
5 And
he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said: ‘Who are
these with thee?’ And he said: ‘The children whom God hath graciously given thy
servant.’
Did he see
them because he was a womanizer or did he see them because they were not far
behind Yacov and he knew that the sheep and cattle etc. had to come from
somewhere.
6 Then
the handmaids came near, they and their children, and they bowed down. 7 And
Leah also and her children came near, and bowed down; and after came Joseph
near and Rachel, and they bowed down. 8 And he said: ‘What meanest thou by all
this camp which I met?’ And he said: ‘To find favor in the sight of my lord.’ 9 And
Esau said: ‘I have enough; my brother, let that which thou hast be thine.’ 10 And
Jacob said: ‘Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found favor in thy sight, then
receive my present at my hand; forasmuch as I have seen thy face, as one sees
the face of God, and thou were pleased with me. 11 Take,
I pray thee, my gift that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously
with me, and because I have enough.’ And he urged him, and he took it.
At first he
did not want to take but upon pressing, he took
12 And
he said: ‘Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.’ 13 And
he said unto him: ‘My lord knows that the children are tender, and that the
flocks and herds giving suck are a care to me; and if they overdrive them one
day, all the flocks will die. 14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over
before his servant; and I will journey on gently, according to the pace of the
cattle that are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I Dcome unto my lord unto Seir.’
It took him
two more years to get to Beer Sheva. So during this time if Rivka was three
when she married Yitzchak she was 124 and if she was 14 when she married, he
would never see her anymore.
15 And
Esau said: ‘Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me.’ And
he said: ‘What need is it? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.’ 16 So
Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir. 17 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and
built him a house, and made booths for his cattle. Therefore the name of the
place is called Succoth.
Yacov never
got to Seir but in the end of days Esav will be judge especially his grandson
Amalek as the story is written in Novi Ovadia.
18 And
Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan,
when he came from Paddan-aram; and encamped before the city. 19 And
he bought the parcel of ground, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of
the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of money. 20 And
he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel.
Avraham bought in Chevron, Yacov in Schem and
David in Yerushalayim and all these purchases on spots that are contested
today. Where we conquered the land there is no dispute. It could be that
because they saw that they would be disputed, they bought the area.
34:1 And
Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne unto Jacob, went out to see the
daughters of the land. 2 And Shechem the son of Hamor the
Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her; and he took her, and lay with her, and
humbled her.
Yosef had to
be 9 or 10 at the time. Dina was probably three years or more years younger
than Yosef. So was she 5, 6 or 7 years old at best. Schem was probably in
puberty. Since there is no pedophiles according to the customs in the Middle
East or for that matter in the Torah. As
for Schem, himself, he was probably a youth of just turning puberty and that is
why he went overboard.
3 And
his soul did cleave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel,
and spoke comfortingly unto the damsel. 4 And Shechem spoke unto his father
Hamor, saying: ‘Get me this damsel to wife.’ 5 Now Jacob heard that he had defiled
Dinah his daughter; and his sons were with his cattle in the field; and Jacob
held his peace until they came. … 25 And
it came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, that two of the sons
of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brethren, took each man his sword, and came
upon the city unawares, and slew all the males. 26 And
they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah
out of Shechem’s house, and went forth. 27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain,
and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister. 28 They
took their flocks and their herds and their asses, and that which was in the
city and that which was in the field; 29 and all their wealth, and all their
little ones and their wives, took they captive and spoiled, even all that was
in the house. 30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi: ‘Ye
have troubled me, to make me odious unto the inhabitants of the land, even unto
the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and, I being few in number, they will gather
themselves together against me and smite me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my
house.’ 31 And they said: ‘Should one deal with
our sister as with a harlot?
This is a story of two wrongs don’t make a right.
The first deed was vile but had a Tikkun called marriage and a treaty. Once
people are dead there is no Teshuva or Tikkun and they spoke up criticizing
their father.
35:1 And
God said unto Jacob: ‘Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there; and make there
an altar unto God, who appeared unto thee when thou didst flee from the face of
Esau thy brother.’
Sefer
Yashar has the story of the war of the people of Canaan near Schem attempting
to make war on the Bnei Yisrael and only a fog to hide them and fighting in the
battle saves them as they flee yet another annihilation.
2 Then
Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him: ‘Put away the
strange gods that are among you, and purify yourselves, and change your
garments; 3 and let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make
there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was
with me in the way which I went.’ 4 And they gave unto Jacob all the
foreign gods which were in their hand, and the rings which were in their ears;
and Jacob hid them under the terebinth which was by Shechem. 5 And
they journeyed; and a terror of God was upon the cities that were round about
them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob. 6 So Jacob
came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan—the same is Beth-el—he and all the
people that were with him. 7 And he built there an altar, and called
the place El-beth-el, because there God was revealed unto him, when he fled
from the face of his brother. 8 And Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and
she was buried below Beth-el under the oak; and the name of it was called
Allon-bacuth.
Where
did the false gods come from? They took the women of Schem captive and the
women brought their idols with them.
9 And
God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed
him. 10 And God said unto him: ‘Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not
be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name’; and He called his name
Israel.11 And God said unto him: ‘I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and
multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall
come out of thy loins; 12 and the land which I gave unto Abraham and
Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.’ 13 And
God went up from him in the place where He spoke with him. 14 And
Jacob set up a pillar in the place where He spoke with him, a pillar of stone,
and he poured out a drink-offering thereon, and poured oil
thereon. 15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke
with him, Beth-el. 16 And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was
still some way to come to Ephrath; and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor. 17 And
it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the mid-wife said unto her: ‘Fear
not; for this also is a son for thee.’ 18 And it came to pass, as her
soul was in departing—for she died—that she called his name Ben-oni; but his
father called him Benjamin. 19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the
way to Ephrath—the same is Beth-lehem.
As she
is dying she calls him my poor son but Yacov calls him my right hand son.
20 And
Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave; the same is the pillar of Rachel’s grave
unto this day. 21 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond
Migdal-eder. 22 And it came to pass, while Israel dwelt in that land,
that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine; and Israel heard
of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
For this
behavior, Reuven might have been thrown out according to our Sages he removed
Yacov’s bed from her tent and brought it into his mother’s tent. Therefore the
Torah teaches that there were 12 sons in spite of this incident. The sons are
named and the generations of Esav is recorded as this Parsha ends.
Parsha Vayeishev
Yacov is now 108 his older sons are running the
business grazing near Schem and he is teaching Torah to Yosef. The age is
determined by the 22 years Yosef was missing and the 17 years Yacov was in
Egypt subtracted from 147 years at the time of his passing into the next world.
But there is no rest for Tzaddikim in this world.
37:1 And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father's sojourning’s, in
the land of Canaan. 2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being
seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren, being still a lad
even with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives;
and Joseph brought evil report of them unto their father.
Why only Yosef? In Gematria Yitzchak is 8 times YKVK or
8 x 26. Yacov is 7 times and Yosef 6 times so there is a reason for this.
Tattle tales and brown noses are not appreciated by other children.
3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he
was the son of his old age; and he made him a coat of many colors.
Perhaps because of the death of Rachel or that Yacov
essentially only wanted Rachel and therefore Yosef was his first born of Rachel
and preferred.
4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than
all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
Jealousy is a thing that rips families apart.
5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brethren; and
they hated him yet the more. 6 And he said unto them: 'Hear, I pray you, this
dream which I have dreamed: 7 for, behold, we were binding sheaves in the
field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your
sheaves came round about, and bowed down to my sheaf.' 8 And his brethren said
to him: 'Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion
over us?' And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.
It would be centuries before the Sages would say: “A
fence for wisdom is keeping the mouth shut.” Yosef was smart was he too much of
a wise guy 17 year old to see the hatred brewing and he was fanning the flames.
9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brethren,
and said: 'Behold, I have dreamed yet a dream: and, behold, the sun and the
moon and eleven stars bowed down to me.' 10 And he told it to his father, and
to his brethren; and his father rebuked him, and said unto him: 'What is this
dream that thou have dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed
come to bow down to thee to the earth?'
Yacov was maybe blinded by love that he made the
special coat but not in the mood of stirring up more trouble with the brothers
and some dreams reflect internal thoughts of grandeur.
11 And his brethren envied him; but his father kept the saying in
mind.
Yacov knew very well that every dream has nonsense as
Yosef’s mother could not bow down to him, but he knew prophecy well.
12 And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Schem. 13
And Israel said unto Joseph: 'Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Schem? Come,
and I will send thee unto them.' And he said to him: 'Here am I.' 14 And he
said to him: 'Go now, see whether it is well with thy brethren, and well with
the flock; and bring me back word.' So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron,
and he came to Schem. 15 And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was
wandering in the field. And the man asked him, saying: 'What seek thou?' 16 And
he said: 'I seek my brethren. Tell me, I pray thee, where they are feeding the
flock.'
A man can be Gavriel, Eliyahu or Satan but was sent to
guide him to where he must go and his destiny.
17 And the man said: 'They are departed hence; for I heard them
say: Let us go to Dothan.' And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them
in Dothan. 18 And they saw him afar off, and before he came near unto them,
they conspired against him to slay him. 19 And they said one to another:
'Behold, this dreamer cometh. 20 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and
cast him into one of the pits, and we will say: An evil beast hath devoured
him; and we shall see what will become of his dreams.' 21 And Reuben heard it,
and delivered him out of their hand; and said: 'Let us not take his life.' 22
And Reuben said unto them: 'Shed no blood; cast him into this pit that is in
the wilderness, but lay no hand upon him'--that he might deliver him out of
their hand, to restore him to his father.
The brothers outside of Reuven were not much better in
their behavior than Esav.
23 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren,
that they stripped Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colors that was on him;
24 and they took him, and cast him into the pit--and the pit was empty, there
was no water in it.
Empty! Rashi says there was in the pit snakes and
scorpions. I also add that no water means no Torah as water nourishes like the
Torah.
25 And they sat down to eat bread; and they lifted up their eyes
and looked, and, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites came from Gilead, with their
camels bearing spices and balm and laudanum, going to carry it down to Egypt.
Normally Yishmaelim trade in crude oil but for Yosef’s
sake they carried spices from India and perhaps China.
26 And Judah said unto his brethren: 'What profit is it if we slay
our brother and conceal his blood? 27 Come, and let us sell him to the
Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother, our flesh.'
And his brethren hearkened unto him.
Yehuda also wanted to save Yosef but unlike Reuven or
even giving Reuven the honor, he takes control of the situation and makes a
misjudgement.
28 And there passed by Midianites, merchantmen; and they drew and
lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty
shekels of silver. And they brought Joseph into Egypt.
Midian could be the forefathers of the Druze but like
Yishmael and the rest of the Arabs they were traders and selling slaves was a
good business and a side business in those days. A 17
29 And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in
the pit; and he rent his clothes. 30 And he returned unto his brethren, and
said: 'The child is not; and as for me, whither shall I go?'
Reuven as oldest should have put his foot down and
said, “Shimon and Levi you have given him a scare and let him be warned about
his taunting us with his dreams of glory.” For if they had not sold him,
Yishmaelim would have captured and sold him on their own and the sin would
never have been on the brothers for HASHEM has HIS ways as we shall see Yosef
saying that later. Reuven was upset but
since he had a leadership failure, Yehuda took over with his persuasion.
31 And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a he-goat, and dipped
the coat in the blood; 32 and they sent the coat of many colors, and they
brought it to their father; and said: 'This have we found. Know now whether it
is thy son's coat or not.'
Yacov, you deceived your father with a goat, now you
too shall be deceived by your children with a goat. This is Mida Knegged Mida.
33 And he knew it, and said: 'It is my son's coat; an evil beast
hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces.' 34 And Jacob rent
his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many
days. 35 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he
refused to be comforted; and he said: 'Nay, but I will go down to the grave to
my son mourning.' And his father wept for him.
Normally after somebody dies after a year passes one
cannot remember them so well and the grief is there but life moves on. However,
if somebody is alive one cannot be comforted for them.
36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer
of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard.
Being close to Pharaoh he rose in rank and for getting
closer he had to become a eunuch and this is what prompted later on Mrs.
Potiphar and also why he did not kill Yosef but he had to pretend to believe
his wife so he put Yosef in jail but sort of head of the prestigious prisoners
needs. This week is phase one of making Moshiach ben Yosef.
38:1 And
it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and
turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. 2 And Judah saw there
a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua; and he took her, and
went in unto her.
Yehuda was a man of deeds and in ancient times a contract was made
with the father of a woman or if she was an orphan with the woman herself. This
constituted marriage and a divorce was like the Arabs today “get thee gone”
three times in a row.
3 And she
conceived, and bore a son; and he called his name Er. 4 And she conceived
again, and bore a son; and she called his name Onan. 5 And she yet again bore a
son, and called his name Shelah; and he was at Chezib, when she bore him. 6 And
Judah took a wife for Er his first-born, and her name was Tamar. 7 And Er,
Judah's first-born, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.
He probably spilled his seed although not written like with Onan.
For Er saw her beauty and did not want to spoil her figure forever. So his
forever shortened a lot.
8 And
Judah said unto Onan: 'Go in unto thy brother's wife, and perform the duty of a
husband's brother unto her, and raise up seed to thy brother.' 9 And Onan knew
that the seed would not be his; and it came to pass when he went in unto his
brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give seed to
his brother. 10 And the thing which he did was evil in the sight of the LORD;
and He slew him also.
Now how did I have the audacity to criticize a great-great…uncle
of mine from the fact that with Er it is mentioned evil and with Onan we know
his sin and evil is mentioned. That in learning is called a Hekesh. (See your
Siddur for Rabbi Yishmael and the 13 ways to learn Torah)
11 Then
said Judah to Tamar his daughter-in-law: 'Remain a widow in thy father's house,
till Shelah my son be grown up'; for he said: 'Lest he also die, like his
brethren.' And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.
Tamar was a daughter of Shem for although he lived 600 years he
still had the virility for he was born before the flood and he fathered Tamar.
Tamar was worthy to be the mother of children who would sire the Moshiach. At
this point Yehuda wants to save his son from this woman whom he lost two sons
to. For Yehuda thought it was the woman’s fault and not that his sons sinned.
This could also be a punishment for negotiating and suggesting the sale of
Yosef.
12 And in
process of time Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died; and Judah was
comforted, and went up unto his sheep-shearers to Timnah, he and his friend
Hirah the Adullamite. 13 And it was told Tamar, saying: 'Behold, thy
father-in-law goes up to Timnah to shear his sheep.' 14 And she put off from
her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and
wrapped herself, and sat in the entrance of Enaim, which is by the way to
Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she was not given unto him to
wife. 15 When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; for she had covered
her face.
This is not a good comment on the Torah of women who cover up
their faces although nowadays prostitutes do not do this anymore. He though her
some fertility cult woman and HASHEM made lust go into his head. Since males
often married between 13 and 18 Yehuda could have been in his late 30’s or at
most early 40’s as Yosef was 39 when the whole Bnei Yisrael went down to Egypt
and Yehuda, although older, was not that much older so let us assume him relatively
young.
16 And he
turned unto her by the way, and said: 'Come, I pray thee, let me come in unto
thee'; for he knew not that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said: 'What
wilt thou give me, that you may come in unto me?' 17 And he said: 'I will send
thee a kid of the goats from the flock.' And she said: 'Will thou give me a
pledge, till thou send it?' 18 And he said: 'What pledge shall I give thee?'
And she said: 'Thy signet and thy cord, and thy staff that is in thy hand.' And
he gave them to her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.
Women are so much smarter than men when it comes to household
matters and she tricked him into giving her the staff and signet of the
Moshiach. We shall see later in history Bas Sheva charming David into making
Shlomo the Melech.
19 And
she arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the
garments of her widowhood. 20 And Judah sent the kid of the goats by the hand
of his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman's hand; but
he found her not. 21 Then he asked the men of her place, saying: 'Where is the
harlot, that was at Enaim by the wayside?' And they said: 'There has been no
harlot here.'
Yehuda is supposed to be king and he cannot make himself look like
he frequents hookers. So he sends his friend but there is no woman there and no
Keshasha of the fertility cult.
22 And he
returned to Judah, and said: 'I have not found her; and also the men of the
place said: There hath been no harlot here.' 23 And Judah said: 'Let her take
it, lest we be put to shame; behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found
her.'
Yehuda with all his flaws from the selling of Yosef and going into
this woman on the wayside, is an honest man and his word means more to him than
his money.
24 And it
came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying: 'Tamar
thy daughter-in-law hath played the harlot; and moreover, behold, she is with
child by harlotry.' And Judah said: 'Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.'
Why burnt and not stoned for the normal penalty for adultery is
stoning? Tamar was the daughter of Shem, the Cohain Gadol from before the times
of Avraham. Avraham had given him 10% to charity from the war of the four
kings.
25 When
she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying: 'By the man,
whose these are, am I with child'; and she said: 'Discern, I pray thee, whose
are these, the signet, and the cords, and the staff.'
One commentary says that she had lost the staff and signet but she
described them. In any event going accordTing to Pshat is that she had the
staff and signet. Our Sages say that she was so righteous that she would rather
had been burned than speak Lashon HaRa against Yehuda.
26 And
Judah acknowledged them, and said: 'She is more righteous than I; forasmuch as
I gave her not to Shelah my son.' And he knew her again no more.
The Pshat is that he was afraid of her that she might kill him.
However, according to the Sages they interpret this as “And they lived happily
ever after”.
27 And it
came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb.
28 And it came to pass, when she travailed, that one put out a hand; and the
midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying: 'This came out
first.' 29 And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold his
brother came out; and she said: 'Wherefore hast thou made a breach for
thyself?' Therefore his name was called Perez. 30 And afterward came out his
brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand; and his name was called
Zerah.
Sort of a fight in the womb who would sire the Moshiach. Peretz
means breach and Zerach means seed. So we have the origin of the making of the
Moshiach from Yehuda.
39:1 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer
of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hand of
the Ishmaelites, that had brought him down thither.
The Hebrewסְרִיס פַּרְעֹה indicates
that he was a eunuch unto Pharaoh and makes no bones about it as the English
translation does here. In fact Chabad translates this as follows: Pharaoh's chamberlain, chief of the slaughterers
…
2 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he
was in the house of his master the Egyptian. 3 And his master saw that the LORD
was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand. 4
And Joseph found favor in his sight, and he ministered unto him. And he
appointed him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his
hand. 5 And it came to pass from the time that he appointed him overseer in his
house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for
Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had, in the
house and in the field. 6 And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and,
having him, he knew not aught save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was of
beautiful form, and fair to look upon. 7 And it came to pass after these
things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said: 'Lie
with me.' 8 But he refused, and said unto his master's wife: 'Behold, my
master, having me, knows not what is in the house, and he hath put all that he
hath into my hand; 9 he is not greater in this house than I; neither hath he
kept back anything from me but thee, because thou art his wife. How then can I
do this great wickedness, and sin against God?'
He was still about proud of himself for although he was
a slave he wrote to authority among the slaves and servants.
10 And it came to pass, as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he
hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her. 11 And it came to
pass on a certain day, when he went into the house to do his work, and there
was none of the men of the house there within, 12 that she caught him by his
garment, saying: 'Lie with me.' And he left his garment in her hand, and fled,
and got him out. 13 And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his
garment in her hand, and was fled forth, 14 that she called unto the men of her
house, and spoke unto them, saying: 'See, he hath brought in a Hebrew unto us
to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice.
15 And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that
he left his garment by me, and fled, and got him out.' 16 And she laid up his
garment by her, until his master came home. 17 And she spoke unto him according
to these words, saying: 'The Hebrew servant, whom thou hast brought unto us,
came in unto me to mock me. 18 And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and
cried, that he left his garment by me, and fled out.' 19 And it came to pass,
when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke unto him, saying:
'After this manner did thy servant to me'; that his wrath was kindled. 20 And
Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the
king's prisoners were bound; and he was there in the prison.
He had to for Shalom Beis but believed Yosef for the
other slaves must have spoken up on his behalf or he knew his wife’s behavior
since he became close to Pharaoh.
21 But the LORD was with Joseph, and showed kindness unto him, and
gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. 22 And the keeper of
the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the
prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it. 23 The keeper of
the prison looked not to anything that was under his hand, because the LORD was
with him; and that which he did, the LORD made it to prosper.
Yosef was becoming more humble.
40:1 And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the
king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord the king of Egypt. 2 And
Pharaoh was wroth against his two officers, against the chief of the butlers,
and against the chief of the bakers. 3 And he put them in ward in the house of
the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound. 4
And the captain of the guard charged Joseph to be with them, and he ministered
unto them; and they continued a season in ward. 5 And they dreamed a dream both
of them, each man his dream, in one night, each man according to the
interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, who
were bound in the prison. 6 And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and
saw them, and, behold, they were sad. 7 And he asked Pharaoh's officers that
were with him in the ward of his master's house, saying: 'Wherefore look ye so
sad to-day?' 8 And they said unto him: 'We have dreamed a dream, and there is
none that can interpret it.' And Joseph said unto them: 'Do not interpretations
belong to God? tell it me, I pray you.' 9 And the chief butler told his dream
to Joseph, and said to him: 'In my dream, behold, a vine was before me; 10 and
in the vine were three branches; and as it was budding, its blossoms shot
forth, and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes, 11 and Pharaoh's cup
was in my hand; and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and
I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.' 12 And Joseph said unto him: 'This is the
interpretation of it: the three branches are three days; 13 within yet three
days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head, and restore thee unto thine office; and
thou shalt give Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou
were his butler. 14 But have me in thy remembrance when it shall be well with
thee, and show kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto
Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house. 15 For indeed I was stolen away out of
the land of the Hebrews; and here also have I done nothing that they should put
me into the dungeon.'
Here the Sages say that he could have been freed had he
not put his trust in a man but in HASHEM. But since he did so HASHEM humbled
him more.
16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he
said unto Joseph: 'I also saw in my dream, and, behold, three baskets of white
bread were on my head; 17 and in the uppermost basket there was of all manner
of baked food for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my
head.'
The clue here is that birds are afraid of live people
except when a bird of prey feels her young or nest is in danger.
18 And Joseph answered and said: 'This is the interpretation
thereof: the three baskets are three days; 19 within yet three days shall
Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the
birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.' 20 And it came to pass the third day,
which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants; and
he lifted up the head of the chief butler and the head of the chief baker among
his servants. 21 And he restored the chief butler back unto his butlership; and
he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand. 22 But he hanged the chief baker, as
Joseph had interpreted to them. 23 Yet did not the chief butler remember
Joseph, but forgot him.
Yosef’s saga and the making of the Moshiach ben Yosef
does not end here so we will continue next week.
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Secrets of souls from the “Feminine World” by Rabbi Y. Tilles http://ascentofsafed.com/cgi-bin/ascent.cgi?Name=497-36
Rebbetzin
Freida, the daughter of the Rabbi Shneur Zalman, founder of Chabad
Chasidism, was an erudite and pious woman. As his first-born [176x], and a
special soul, she was especially dear to her father and he would frequently
deliver Chasidic discourses just for her. Chasidim attribute a certain unsigned
letter that contained the deepest, most profound thoughts to Rebbetzin Freida.
So great
was her knowledge and so close was she to her father that when her younger
brother, Rabbi Dov Ber (later to become the successor of his father,
Rabbi Shneur Zalman), had a question, he would often ask her for an explanation
or to approach their father for the answer. On numerous occasions the Rebbetzin
would ask her father questions and receive these answers while her brother hid
under the bed in the room to hear the explanations, as well.
On one such
occasion, Rabbi Dov Ber asked Rebbetzin Freida to inquire of their father as to
the spiritual significance of the special garments that the Kohanim (priests)
wore while they served in the Holy Temple. Rebbetzin Freida acquiesced to her
brother's request. As Reb Dov Ber was accustomed to do, he hid under the bed in
the room where Rabbi Shneur Zalman was explaining to his daughter the deepest
and most esoteric ramifications of each garment. For some reason, Rabbi Shneur
Zalman did not describe or even mention the belt that the Kohanim wore.
Rabbi Dov
Ber, hiding under the bed, managed to attract his sister's attention by waving
his own belt slightly, thereby hinting that she should ask her father the
significance of the belt. When Rebbetzin Freida asked her father to expound on
the belt, Rabbi Shneur Zalman called out, "This question is surely from my
son who is hiding here and he must leave the room immediately." Rabbi Dov
Ber came out of his hiding place and left the room.
What took
place here? Obviously Rabbi Dov Ber knew that he was not able to fool his
father, nor did he intend to do so. Why, then, did he have to receive these
particular Chasidic teachings in this unusual manner? The answer lies in the
concept that certain teachings are intended for souls from the "feminine
world" and therefore had to be delivered to or through a woman, while
other teachings are intended for souls from the "masculine world" and
must be delivered to or through a man. If a man has an unquenchable desire to
study Torah that is intended for a soul from the feminine world, or a woman has
an unquenchable desire to study Torah from the masculine world, through
persistence, the person creates within his or her soul the capability of
connecting with this type of Torah.
Rebbetzin
Freida married Rabbi Eliyahu Klutzker. One of her children, her son Rabbi
Aharon Zaslavski of Kremenchug, married Rebbetzin Chaya, the daughter of Rabbi
Nachman of Breslov.
Rebbetzin
Freida was never a healthy woman physically, and after her father passed away
in the winter of 1812 she became even weaker. When she felt that her strength
was ebbing and her final day on this earth was approaching, she called a few
Chasidim together and asked that after her passing they bring her to Haditch
and bury her to the right of her father.
The Chasidim did not know what to do as Jewish custom dictates that men and women are not buried next to each other.
The Chasidim did not know what to do as Jewish custom dictates that men and women are not buried next to each other.
A few days
later, on the 16th of Sivan 5573 [1813], Rebbetzin Freida called the
Chasidim once again. They found her lying on her bed fully dressed. She asked
that they encircle her bed. She then began to say the prayer which is recited
every morning, Elo-hai nishama... -- "My G-d, the soul which You have
given within me is pure. You have created it, You have formed it, You have
breathed it into me, and You preserve it within me." When she came to the
words "And you will eventually take it from me..." she raised her
hands into the air and cried out, "Father, wait! I am coming!" And
she passed on. [She was approximately 50 years old, as we know she was
born between 1760 and 1765. - ed.]
The
Chasidim understood that the request of a person who passed away in this manner
must be upheld. But still, they were uncomfortable.
On their
way to the cemetery, they reached a fork in the road, one way leading to
Krementzug and the other way to Haditch. They decided to let go of the horses'
reins and bury her where they would lead. The horses went to Haditch.
Rebbetzin Freida was buried, as she had requested, immediately next to her
father, Rabbi Shneur Zalman. Their graves may be visited there, even today.
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[Adapted by Yrachmiel Tilles from the rendition on www.lchaimweekly.org (#855), and with additions from Chabad Hebrew sources.]
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[Adapted by Yrachmiel Tilles from the rendition on www.lchaimweekly.org (#855), and with additions from Chabad Hebrew sources.]
Biographic
Notes:
Rabbi Shnuer Zalman [18 Elul 1745-24 Tevet 1812], one of the main disciples of the Maggid of Mezritch, is the founder of the Chabad-Chassidic movement. He is the author of Shulchan Aruch HaRav and Tanya as well as many other major works in both Jewish law and the mystical teachings.
Rabbi Shnuer Zalman [18 Elul 1745-24 Tevet 1812], one of the main disciples of the Maggid of Mezritch, is the founder of the Chabad-Chassidic movement. He is the author of Shulchan Aruch HaRav and Tanya as well as many other major works in both Jewish law and the mystical teachings.
Rabbi
DovBer Shneuri [9 Kislev 1773 - 9 Kislev 1827] was the eldest son and
successor to Rabbi Shneur Zalman, founder of the Chabad
movement. The author of numerous deep, mystical texts, he is known in Lubavitch
circles as "the Mittler (Middle) Rebbe."
Exciting discovery of the Seal of King who almost was
Moshiach: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4734069,00.html
A story of a 9 year old boy who stood on his religious
principles over soccer. http://www.chabad.org/news/article_cdo/aid/3142850/jewish/In-Hawaii-9-Year-Old-Soccer-Player-Keeps-the-Real-Goal-in-Mind.htm
A Story
of Yad LeAchim anti-missionary activity with Arab boyfriends of Jewish women: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/173732#.Vl5_ufkrKM8
From
Communist China to Israel and he found the true Bible: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4732458,00.html
From Shula on Gog and Magog the Gaon of Vilna’s Prophecy: http://destination-yisrael.biblesearchers.com/destination-yisrael/2014/05/the-prophecy-of-the-vilna-gaon-when-you-hear-that-the-russians-have-captured-the-city-of-crimea-the-.html Note: The prophecy is true but the interpretation may not
be 100% as further posts use modern sources and a Christian Bible. The
tradition I heard is that the ships of Russia pass through the Dardanelles and
I never heard of the conquest of Constantinople or Istanbul.
Former
head of Walla ran on HaBeit HaYehudi ticket which is mostly religious although
he is non-religious will resign from the Knesset after he is accused of sexual
harassment by a number of women. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/MK-Yinon-Magal-resigns-from-Knesset-after-435800
Netanyahu figures that more Israelis abroad are right-wing
non-religious so they will vote for him. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/204146#.VlviSzaheM8
I might
not have been thinking the same thing but I don’t like Tzippy but there is a
lot of truth here: http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Settler-leader-Herzog-would-have-more-global-backing-than-Netanyahu-to-fight-terror-435675
Rabbi
Akiva was a simple shepherd who worked for Kalba Savua. Rachel the daughter of
Kalba told Akiva the Shepherd that if he would learn Torah that she would marry
him. He went out and thought that the Torah was not for him after all he had
just turned 40. However, he took the sheep to a spring and water had dripped on
this rock for years upon years and made a hole in it. He said if I could go
drop by drop like the water, I could get Torah into my head and he married
Rachel who was immediately disinherited by her father. She went literally over
night from riches to rags. This photo from Facebook reminded me of the story.
(Photo curtesy of Rabbi Shlomo Zalman) https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=924833790885054&set=a.847846518583782.1073741833.100000753240798&type=3&theater
Inyanay Diyoma
Russia
will not import food from Turkey and 4,000,000 Russians may not travel each
year to Turkey anymore. Israel could benefit: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4731300,00.html
PC Press:
Poor terrorist with lit firebomb in hand in a pitching position shot dead by
brutal Israelis http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/204011#.VldyFfkrKM8
Two car
attacks in Yehuda and the Shomron plus in Abu Tor a firebomb. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4731718,00.html
An attack
on Orthodox Jews down under by a drunk but the secret of his love for Jews is
out. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4731739,00.html
After I
shut down on Friday another terror attack in the far north of Israel captured
after a massive man hunt. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/204057#.VlnRK_krKM8
THANK YOU
EX=POTUS CLINTON DURING YOUR ADMIN. YOU BROKE UP YOGOSLAVIA: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4731942,00.html
Russia
and Turkey - Putin will meet
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to discuss the Syrian
crisis and Israeli-Palestinian conflict. http://debka.com/article/25046/Turkey-suspends-flights-over-Syria-Russia-launches-electronic-warfare-against-Ankara
Border
Policeman stabbed followed by a second one on a bus: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4732243,00.html
Ed – Op
by Barry Shaw on people who really care not only for “Palestinians”: http://www.jerusalemonline.com/news/middle-east/israeli-palestinian-relations/op-ed-the-umbilical-cord-of-palestinian-love-and-israeli-hatred-17395
Ed – Op
show Muslims, Christian Arabs and some Druze have Judeophobe tendencies: http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Into-the-Fray-Immoral-435534
Medical
Marijuana for Parkinson perhaps but: http://www.aol.com/article/2015/11/28/skunk-marijuana-may-hinder-brains-ability-to-send-and-receive/21274212/
National
Religious should set red lines to Netanyahu: http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/Ariel-tells-Bennett-to-set-red-lines-for-staying-in-Netanyahu-coalition-435664
Russia is
using their best military hardware in Syria an analysis but it looks more
defensive. http://debka.com/article/25048/Russian-S-400-missiles-turn-most-of-Syria-into-no-fly-zone-halt-US-air-strikes-
Diane
accuses the UN of crimes against humanity in the Arab-Israeli Conflict: http://canadafreepress.com/article/77085
Russia
and Israel define further military cooperation in Syria so as not to conflict
one with the other: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4733020,00.html
Attempted
stabbing attack in the Shomron. One female terrorists dies.
The
religion of peace in 1972 hosted Israeli Olympic Stars in Munich before their
murder they were treated to hospitality too brutal and graphic to print: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4733722,00.html Eliahu G. I was there, with my then fiancée, and we worked in the
Olympic Village, serving beer and wurst at the Ostgrossgaststatte, when we
heard the news; seeing the Germans smirk happily we quit our job and drove
immediately to Switzerland in our car.
Earthly
court of high injustice cancels destruction of one terrorist’s home while
another is being destroyed: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/204283#.Vl6zL_krKM8
Former
intelligence chief reveals that PC of Obama’s reelection campaign caused him to
ignore ISIS for more votes: GUESS WHO WAS SECRETARY
OF STATE DURING THIS TIME? http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/204281#.Vl61CPkrKM8
Do you believe this, climate change, is more dangerous than
ISIS or Iran? https://www.facebook.com/arturo.barroso.92/videos/161735357512030/
Russia
has proof of ISIS oil going to Turkey http://video.foxnews.com/v/4642229829001/russia-claims-turkeys-president-tied-to-isis-oil-trade/?playlist_id=922779230001#sp=show-clips
Religion
of peace leaves behind 14 dead and a suspicious device at an early Xmas Party
in San Bernardino: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/12/02/as-many-as-20-shot-police-in-standoff-in-san-bernardino-calif/
From
Prof. Chaitovsky: Another Canadian who steps back and sees pampered terrorists:
http://en.cijnews.com/?p=5745&fb_action_ids=10154415588453266&fb_action_types=og.likes
Lesson
from the last war is that we need more supplies and plan for longer wars: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4733670,00.html
Despite
meetings the situation is tense on the Golan Heights. http://debka.com/article/25052/Israel-extremely-nervous-over-Russian-operations-on-its-Golan-border
I received this mail from Dr. Harry and one about the current
genetic engineering experiments and another on partial birth abortions of which
I wrote back Eugenics on poor black and Hispanic people and more autism from
GMO corn, tomatoes, peppers, etc.
However this one from Rabbi Lazer Brody that he forwarded is
more alarming enough to copy and paste. Frankly, I cannot believe the e-mail I just received from
Rabbi Lazer Brody in Israel. He is a follower of the Holy Arush, and does not
write flippant e-mails. Read his words, and make up your own minds as to what
you should do.
Though the president of the United States has assured the world we’re much safer after the Iran nuclear deal, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is hedging its bets and has already begun preparing for a nuclear attack on American soil.
This means at least one cabinet-level department of the federal government is taking Iran’s “death to America” threats seriously. Why else would HHS start spending nearly $450 million dollars on new thermal burn treatments to, in their own words, “help protect people from burn injuries resulting from radiological and nuclear threats?”
Explaining the need to start stockpiling these nuclear burn treatments now, HHS said in a recent press release that “The detonation of an improvised nuclear device would produce intense heat, resulting in many patients with severe burns. The treatments for such burns require complex procedures including surgical skin grafting that is resource-intensive and technically demanding. With only 127 burn centers nationwide, a mass casualty incident of this scale could easily overwhelm the nation’s burn care infrastructure.”
To put it another way, Iran’s nuclear threats against the U.S. are creating an urgent need for thermal burn treatments and other emergency provisions for nuclear war survivors in America.
And that need is increasing as Iran’s nuclear threats are increasing.
Iran’s state-run Fars News Agency recently reported that a naval commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, General Alireza Tangsiri, threatened America not to make “any aggressive move,” saying “I declare now that if the enemy wants to spark a war against Iran, we will chase them even to the Gulf of Mexico and we will (certainly) do it.”
Threats also came from the commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force, Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, who warned the U.S. that all its military bases in the Middle East “are fully within the range of our missiles.”
Yet not all Iranian threats are verbal. Iran brazenly tested a new guided long-range ballistic missile, apparently violating the nuclear agreement with the U.S. and five other world powers. And just three days later, Iran’s Fars News Agency revealed that “Iran is dotted with an unknown number of underground missile facilities and launchers.”
To Iran, America is the enemy, the Great Satan. Iran hates America as much as it hates Israel. The Times of Israel reported just four days after the Iran nuclear deal was signed in July that millions of Iranians chanted “Death to America” and “Death to Israel” at anti-U.S. and anti-Israel rallies. Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, praised these chants, calling them “the slogans of the people of Iran” and “prayers by the people of Iran” which he said he hoped would be accepted.
This is who we’re dealing with, a genocidal regime led by a genocidal dictator making deadly threats. And if history has taught us anything, it’s that genocidal dictators do what they threaten to do.
Only this time it’s nuclear. Some say the War of Gog and Magog will be nuclear, pointing out that the prophets’ description of the War of Gog and Magog, specifically Zehariah 14:12, certainly sounds nuclear. And some say the War of Gog and Magog has already begun.
We can see today’s cast of characters: Iran, Russia, America, Europe, Arab nations — and they’re all focused on Israel, especially Jerusalem. Just as the prophets predicted thousands of years ago would happen during the War of Gog and Magog. And as terrorist attacks and global animosity have heated up toward Israel, it’s easy to feel that America is a safe haven. But is it?
Besides Iran being a strategic nuclear threat to the United States, there’s also Russia. In July, House Committee on Armed Services member and chairman of the subcommittee on strategic forces, Rep. Mike Rogers, said, ““On the nuclear deterrence front, we [the United States] likely have more cause for concern [for Russia] today than at any point since the Soviet Union collapsed.” He cited several Russian threats, including violating the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty as well as breaching eight other arms control treaties and agreements.
Another member of the nuclear-threat-to-America club is North Korea. In September, The Los Angeles Times reported that North Korea threatened “to use nuclear weapons at ‘any time’ against the U.S., saying that its atomic program is a response to a ‘reckless hostile policy’ from Washington.”
What makes these threats against the U.S. even more threatening, and real, is that we’re living in the period the prophets called “The End of Days,” the time right before Mashiach. And the prophets, again specifically Zechariah (13:8), predicted that two-thirds of the world will be destroyed during the War of Gog and Magog. Rabbi Yechezkel Abramsky, the head of London’s Beth Din who died in 1976, was quoted saying, “We have a tradition from the Vilna Gaon (who lived in the 18th century) that the War of Gog and Magog will last 12 minutes. A third of the world will die, a third will suffer from a plague and a third will survive.”
Yes, America is the land of the free, the land of opportunity and the land of dreams — but Israel is the land of Emuna and the land of miracles. And the prophecies say that Israel will be part of the one-third of the world that isn’t destroyed. We’re also told, though, that the miracles and salvations at the time of Mashiach will surpass the miracles at the time of the Exodus from Egypt and the splitting of the Red Sea when escape from the murderous Egyptians looked impossible.
So wherever we Jews are scattered throughout the world, especially the more than five million Jews in America, it’s really time to know where we are historically, time to be aware of the wake-up calls all around us, time to at least yearn for Eretz Yisrael and time to strengthen our Emuna and pray like never before. Because who knows how much time there is left!
Though the president of the United States has assured the world we’re much safer after the Iran nuclear deal, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is hedging its bets and has already begun preparing for a nuclear attack on American soil.
This means at least one cabinet-level department of the federal government is taking Iran’s “death to America” threats seriously. Why else would HHS start spending nearly $450 million dollars on new thermal burn treatments to, in their own words, “help protect people from burn injuries resulting from radiological and nuclear threats?”
Explaining the need to start stockpiling these nuclear burn treatments now, HHS said in a recent press release that “The detonation of an improvised nuclear device would produce intense heat, resulting in many patients with severe burns. The treatments for such burns require complex procedures including surgical skin grafting that is resource-intensive and technically demanding. With only 127 burn centers nationwide, a mass casualty incident of this scale could easily overwhelm the nation’s burn care infrastructure.”
To put it another way, Iran’s nuclear threats against the U.S. are creating an urgent need for thermal burn treatments and other emergency provisions for nuclear war survivors in America.
And that need is increasing as Iran’s nuclear threats are increasing.
Iran’s state-run Fars News Agency recently reported that a naval commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, General Alireza Tangsiri, threatened America not to make “any aggressive move,” saying “I declare now that if the enemy wants to spark a war against Iran, we will chase them even to the Gulf of Mexico and we will (certainly) do it.”
Threats also came from the commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force, Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, who warned the U.S. that all its military bases in the Middle East “are fully within the range of our missiles.”
Yet not all Iranian threats are verbal. Iran brazenly tested a new guided long-range ballistic missile, apparently violating the nuclear agreement with the U.S. and five other world powers. And just three days later, Iran’s Fars News Agency revealed that “Iran is dotted with an unknown number of underground missile facilities and launchers.”
To Iran, America is the enemy, the Great Satan. Iran hates America as much as it hates Israel. The Times of Israel reported just four days after the Iran nuclear deal was signed in July that millions of Iranians chanted “Death to America” and “Death to Israel” at anti-U.S. and anti-Israel rallies. Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, praised these chants, calling them “the slogans of the people of Iran” and “prayers by the people of Iran” which he said he hoped would be accepted.
This is who we’re dealing with, a genocidal regime led by a genocidal dictator making deadly threats. And if history has taught us anything, it’s that genocidal dictators do what they threaten to do.
Only this time it’s nuclear. Some say the War of Gog and Magog will be nuclear, pointing out that the prophets’ description of the War of Gog and Magog, specifically Zehariah 14:12, certainly sounds nuclear. And some say the War of Gog and Magog has already begun.
We can see today’s cast of characters: Iran, Russia, America, Europe, Arab nations — and they’re all focused on Israel, especially Jerusalem. Just as the prophets predicted thousands of years ago would happen during the War of Gog and Magog. And as terrorist attacks and global animosity have heated up toward Israel, it’s easy to feel that America is a safe haven. But is it?
Besides Iran being a strategic nuclear threat to the United States, there’s also Russia. In July, House Committee on Armed Services member and chairman of the subcommittee on strategic forces, Rep. Mike Rogers, said, ““On the nuclear deterrence front, we [the United States] likely have more cause for concern [for Russia] today than at any point since the Soviet Union collapsed.” He cited several Russian threats, including violating the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty as well as breaching eight other arms control treaties and agreements.
Another member of the nuclear-threat-to-America club is North Korea. In September, The Los Angeles Times reported that North Korea threatened “to use nuclear weapons at ‘any time’ against the U.S., saying that its atomic program is a response to a ‘reckless hostile policy’ from Washington.”
What makes these threats against the U.S. even more threatening, and real, is that we’re living in the period the prophets called “The End of Days,” the time right before Mashiach. And the prophets, again specifically Zechariah (13:8), predicted that two-thirds of the world will be destroyed during the War of Gog and Magog. Rabbi Yechezkel Abramsky, the head of London’s Beth Din who died in 1976, was quoted saying, “We have a tradition from the Vilna Gaon (who lived in the 18th century) that the War of Gog and Magog will last 12 minutes. A third of the world will die, a third will suffer from a plague and a third will survive.”
Yes, America is the land of the free, the land of opportunity and the land of dreams — but Israel is the land of Emuna and the land of miracles. And the prophecies say that Israel will be part of the one-third of the world that isn’t destroyed. We’re also told, though, that the miracles and salvations at the time of Mashiach will surpass the miracles at the time of the Exodus from Egypt and the splitting of the Red Sea when escape from the murderous Egyptians looked impossible.
So wherever we Jews are scattered throughout the world, especially the more than five million Jews in America, it’s really time to know where we are historically, time to be aware of the wake-up calls all around us, time to at least yearn for Eretz Yisrael and time to strengthen our Emuna and pray like never before. Because who knows how much time there is left!
Shin Bet
arrest suspects in the burning of Arab family but one has an alibi: http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Shin-Bet-Jewish-terror-suspects-being-interrogated-over-Duma-attack-436176
Another
shooting suspect eliminated: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/204353#.VmAbuvkrKM8
ISIS
already threatening US and Russia and Israel may be next. http://debka.com/article/25054/Islamist-terror-in-California-Russia-under-ISIS-threat-IDF’s-first-anti-ISIS-drill
Egypt has
missed out on a few tunnels despite their efforts: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/204405#.VmFSV_l96M8
A
stabbing by the Damascus gate and a shooting in the Shomron: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4734484,00.html
Soldier
stabbed in Chevron: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4734853,00.html
Martin
Sherman the latest into the Fray: http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Into-the-Fray-Dear-Defense-Minister-I-respectfully-but-firmly-disagree-436264
Good Shabbos and Chanucha Samayach to all wishing you good health
and happiness,
Rachamim Pauli
