Shmuel Carmi
ben Ita underwent a successful operation the second time around and can be
removed from the prayer list. Zvi HaCohain ben Batya, the guard who was hacked
up, is now walking and recovering and B”H talking normally so he is in no
danger anymore.
Parsha
Acharei Mos
After
two weeks of Parshiyos dealing with Tsoras and other Tuma, we return to where
we left off in Pasha Shemini. If you recall the two sons of Aaron offered up
strange or uncalled of fire before the L-RD in the Holy of Holies (Koshesh
HaKadoshim) and it was taught that only the Cohain HaGadol can enter the inner
sanctuary on Yom Kippur. We now are being taught the Yom Kippur Service.
16:1 And the
LORD spoke unto Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew
near before the LORD, and died;
And
the Lord spoke to Moses after the death of Aaron’s two sons: What does this
teach us [when it specifies “after the death of Aaron’s two sons”]? Rabbi
Eleazar ben Azariah illustrated [the answer] with a parable of a patient, whom
a physician came to visit. [The physician] said to him, “Do not eat cold foods,
and do not lie down in a cold, damp place.” Then, another [physician] visited
him, and advised him, “Do not eat cold foods or lie down in a cold, damp place,
so that you will not die the way so-and-so died.” This one warned that patient
more effectively than the former. Therefore, Scripture says, “after the death
of Aaron’s two sons” [i.e., God effectively said to Aaron, “Do not enter the
Holy in a prohibited manner, so that you will not die as your sons died”]-
[Torath Kohanim 16:3]
2 and the LORD
said unto Moses: 'Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the veil, before the ark-cover which is upon the
ark; that he die not; for I appear in the cloud upon the ark-cover.
Aaron
is now to receive instructions on when to enter the Kodesh HaKadoshim.
3 Herewith
shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin-offering,
and a ram for a burnt-offering.
With
this: בְּזֹאת. Its gematria [numerical value] is 410, an
allusion to [the number of years that] the first Temple [would stand when the
kohanim were righteous like Aaron, and it was as if Aaron lived all these years
and entered the Holy of Holies]. - [Vayikra Rabbah 21:9] With this shall Aaron
enter [the Holy]: And even [with] this, not at all times, but [only] on Yom
Kippur, as is specified at the end of this section (verse 29 below),“in the
seventh month, on the tenth of the month…” [i.e., the tenth of Tishri, namely, Yom
Kippur].
These
two Korban Oleh shall be brought on Yom Kippur and you shall come in for each.
You will need special Kavannah, purity in body and mind, humbleness and fear
combined with love for HASHEM in order to survive. For a person had to be worth
of doing these things and not bribing his way or being a populist and win an
election.
Tehillim
24:3
Who shall ascend into the mountain of the LORD? and who shall stand in His holy
place? 4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart;
who hath not taken My name in vain, and hath not sworn deceitfully.
who hath not taken My name in vain, and hath not sworn deceitfully.
4 He shall put
on the holy linen tunic[RP1] , and he shall
have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with the linen
girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired; they are the holy
garments; and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and put them on.
On
Yom Kippur the Cohain Gadol changes garments 5 times and bathes and another 5
times also washes his hands and feet (10 times in total).
5 And he shall
take of the congregation of the children of Israel two he-goats for a
sin-offering, and one ram for a burnt-offering. 6 And Aaron shall present the
bullock of the sin-offering, which is for himself, and make atonement for
himself, and for his house.
Before
you atone for others or in a Rabbi’s case give Mussar, one must give Mussar to
himself. One of the best Mussar speakers today is HaRav Simcha HaCohain Kuk
Shlita. He always says, “I am speaking Mussar to myself. If it happens to touch
upon others so be it.” From this I learned whenever I write Mussar in the
blogspot about Bitul Torah or heaven forbid bad thoughts like that of the stock
market, children’s education, a vacation plan in the middle of Shemona Esray, I
am not giving you Mussar or caution but to myself as especially since my
traffic accident 19 years ago with a good whiplash clump on the head, my
concentration and memory is not what it was the day before.
7 And he shall
take the two goats, and set them before the LORD at the door of the tent of
meeting. 8 And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats: one lot for the LORD,
and the other lot for Azazel. 9 And Aaron shall present the goat upon which the
lot fell for the LORD, and offer him for a sin-offering.
This
is now for all of Am Yisrael having atoned for himself he can atone for the
people.
10 But the
goat, on which the lot fell for Azazel, shall be set alive before the LORD, to
make atonement over him, to send him away for Azazel into the wilderness.
The
Mishna in Yoma describes the 5 stations on the way to the wilderness where food
and drink were provided for the man leading the goat to precipice to throw it
over. People would vie for this job but knew that they would die within the
year but all their sins would be forgiven. It was a chance for Teshuva for some
of the greatest sinners or even people who were more righteous but worried
about their place in the next world.
11 And Aaron
shall present the bullock of the sin-offering, which is for himself, and shall
make atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill RITUALLY SLAUGHTER the bullock of the sin-offering
which is for himself. 12 And he shall take a censer full of coals of fire from
off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten
small, and bring it within the veil. 13 And he shall put the incense upon the
fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the ark-cover
that is upon the testimony, that he die not. 14 And he shall take of the blood
of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the ark-cover on the east;
and before the ark-cover shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven
times. 15 Then shall he kill RITUALLY SLAUGHTER
the goat of the sin-offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood
within the veil, and do with his blood as he did with the blood of the bullock,
and sprinkle it upon the ark-cover, and before the ark-cover. 16 And he shall
make atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness’s of the children
of Israel, and because of their transgressions, even all their sins; and so
shall he do for the tent of meeting, that dwells with them in the midst of
their uncleanness’s. 17 And there shall be no man in the tent of meeting when
he goes in to make atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have
made atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the assembly of
Israel.
He
would not pray too long. In the second Beis HaMikdash were the Cohain Gadol was
bought by bribery many would die inside even if it was not the original Teva so
that ropes were attached to them to drag the body out by the Leviim. Rabbi
Yishmael was the replacement Cohain during these years and he used to complete
the service for he desired to be Cohain Gadol but would not bribe the voters.
(There is nothing new under the sun and we see this in both major political
parties today in the USA “the system is rigged”!)
18 And he shall
go out unto the altar that is before the LORD, and make atonement for it; and
shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put
it upon the horns of the altar round about. 19 And he shall sprinkle of the
blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from
the uncleanness’s of the children of Israel. 20 And when he hath made an end of
atoning for the holy place, and the tent of meeting, and the altar, he shall
present the live goat. 21 And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of
the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of
Israel, and all their transgressions, even all their sins; and he shall put
them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of an
appointed man into the wilderness.
The
whole ceremony is described in the Yom Kippur Prays. Please HASHEM, I have
sinned for my house … Yisrael has sinned. The one sprinkling followed by 7
more. Whither on the top half of the Mizbayach or the bottom half.
22 And the goat
shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land which is cut off; and he
shall let go the goat in the wilderness. 23 And Aaron shall come into the tent
of meeting, and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went
into the holy place, and shall leave them there. 24 And he shall
bathe his flesh in water in a holy place and put on his other vestments, and
come forth, and offer his burnt-offering and the burnt-offering of the people,
and make atonement for himself and for the people.
Not
only the Cohain Gadol goes to Mikvah but also the man who takes the Azazel
Goat.
25 And the fat
of the sin-offering shall he make smoke upon the altar. 26 And he that lets go
the goat for Azazel shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and
afterward he may come into the camp. 27 And the bullock of the sin-offering,
and the goat of the sin-offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement
in the holy place, shall be carried forth without the camp; and they shall burn
in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung. 28 And he that burns
them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he may
come into the camp.
Also
here the person must go to the Mikvah.
29 And it shall
be a statute forever unto you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict your souls, and shall do no manner of work, the home-born,
or the stranger that sojourns among you. 30 For on this day
shall atonement be made for you, to cleanse you; from all your sins shall ye be
clean before the LORD.
This
day gives you atonement. It is not as holy as Shabbos as 7 people are called up
to the Torah and Yom Kippur which is in second place has 6 people called up
unless if falls on Shabbos. Yom Tov only has 5 people called up as the holiness
drops and Rosh Chodesh 4, etc.
31 It is a Sabbath
of solemn rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; it is a statute
forever.
Afflicting
means no eating, drinking, marital relations, wearing shoes or washing more
than a minimum upon rising or going to the toilet.
32 And the
priest, who shall be anointed and who shall be consecrated to be priest in his
father's stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen garments,
even the holy garments. 33 And he shall make atonement for the most holy place,
and he shall make atonement for the tent of meeting and for the altar; and he
shall make atonement for the priests and for all the people of the assembly. 34
And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make atonement for the
children of Israel because of all their sins once in the year.' And he did as
the LORD commanded Moses.
…17:12
Therefore I said unto the children of Israel: No soul of you shall eat blood,
neither shall any stranger that sojourns among you eat blood. … whosoever eats
it shall be cut off. 15 And every soul that eats that which dies of itself, or
that which is torn of beasts, whether he be home-born or a stranger, he shall
wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even;
then shall he be clean. 16 But if he washes them not, nor bathe his flesh, then
he shall bear his iniquity.
Above
is the prohibition of eating blood, trafe and Nevailah and the ignorant Jews
think that they can travel anywhere and have a nice beef burger or steak which
was hacked to death and contains blood violates a few commandments 1) blood 2)
laws of kashrus 3) not to make oneself disgusting. So they end up being cut off
from their people over a little thing like this.
18:1 And the
LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say
unto them: I am the LORD your God.
I
am the Lord, your God: I am the One Who said at Sinai, “I am the Lord, your
God” (Exod. 20:2), and you accepted My
sovereignty upon yourselves [at that time]; consequently, accept My decrees. Rabbi
[Yehudah Hanassi] says: “It is openly known before Him, that they would
eventually be scourged by [transgressing the laws of] immoral relations, in the
days of Ezra. Therefore, [concerning these laws,] God came to them with the
decree: I am the Lord, your God! You should know Who is placing these decrees
upon you-the Judge Who exacts retribution (אלֹקִים),
but Who is faithful also to pay a reward ('ה)!”-
[Torath Kohanim 18:138]
3 After the
doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do; and after the
doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do; neither
shall ye walk in their statutes.
Like the practice of the land of Egypt […and like the practice
of the land of Canaan]: [This verse] informs [us]
that the deeds of the Egyptians and the Canaanites were more corrupt than those
of all other nations, and moreover, that the [Egyptians residing in that]
region [of Egypt] in which the Israelites had dwelt, were the most corrupt of
all. — [Torath Kohanim 18:138] And like the practice of
the land of Canaan, to which I am bringing you: [This
verse] informs [us] that those [Canaanite] peoples whom the Israelites
conquered, were more corrupt than any other [people, even the Egyptians]. —
[Torath Kohanim 18:138] And you shall not follow
their statutes: What did Scripture omit
[until now] that it did not state [and includes in this clause]? However, these
are their social practices, things that assumed the status of law (חָקוּק) for them, for example, [certain days set
aside for attendance at] theaters and stadiums. Rabbi Meir says: These
[practices referred to here,] are the “ways of the Amorites,” [the
superstitious practices] enumerated by our Sages. — [see Shab. 67ab; Torath
Kohanim 18: 139]
4 Mine
ordinances shall ye do, and My statutes shall ye keep, to walk therein: I am
the LORD your God.
You shall fulfill My ordinances: These
are the laws stated in the Torah in justice, [i.e., which human intellect deems
proper,] which, had they not been stated [in the Torah], would have been deemed
worthy to be stated [e.g., not to steal, not to murder, etc.]. — [Torath
Kohanim 18:140] And observe My statutes: These are the “King’s decrees”
[without apparent rationale to man], against which the evil inclination
protests, “Why should we keep them?” Likewise, the nations of the world object
to them. Examples are: [The prohibition of] eating pig and wearing shaatnez [a
mixture of wool and linen] (see Lev.
19:19), and the purification procedure effected by purification water
[the mixture including the ashes of the red cow] (see Num., Chapter 19).
Therefore it says, “I am the Lord.” I have decreed [these] upon you; you are
not permitted to exempt yourselves [from fulfilling them]. — Torath Kohanim
18:140] To follow them: Do
not take leave from [studying] them, i.e., you shall not say, “I have learned
the wisdom of Israel-now I will go and learn the wisdom of the [other]
nations.” - [Torath Kohanim 18:141]
First of all we are G-D's people and HE has just stated that
HE is the L-RD and HIS HOLINESS. That is our example and standard and we have
no right to turn from these statutes, ordinances and commandments.
5 Ye shall
therefore keep My statutes, and Mine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall
live by them: I am the LORD.
You shall observe My statutes and My ordinances: [This
comes to include other details of [laws pertaining to] this passage, that
Scripture did not mention explicitly. — [Torath Kohanim 18:142] Another
explanation: [This clause, “You shall observe My statutes and My judgments,
which a man shall do,” was added,] in order to apply “observance” (שְׁמִירָה) and fulfillment (עֲשִׂיָּה)
to statutes, and to apply “observance” (שְׁמִירָה)
and “fulfillment” (עֲשִׂיָּה) to ordinances. For
[up till now,] Scripture had mentioned only “fulfillment” regarding ordinances
and “observance” regarding statutes (see previous verse). - [Torath Kohanim
18:134] And live by them: in
the World-To-Come. For if you say [that the verse refers to living] in this
world, does he not eventually die? [Torath Kohanim 18:134] I
am the Lord: faithful to pay a reward
[an attribute represented by the Name ה
]. — [Torath Kohanim 18:134]
The name of the game is not to die by a Kiddush HASHEM but to live
by a Kiddush Hashem.
6 None of you
shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness. I
am the LORD.
No man shall come near: Heb.
תִקְרְבוּ לֹא. [This comes] to admonish the female as
[it does] the male. Therefore, it is stated in the plural form. — [Torath
Kohanim 18:136] I am the Lord: faithful
to pay a reward [not only for fulfilling positive commandments but also to the
one who saves himself from sinning]. — [Torath Kohanim 18:145]
I am the L-RD in holiness. A
whole set of forbidden incest in families is then set before us in the next few
Pasukim and although an uncle can marry a niece, an aunt cannot marry a nephew.
I assume that is to keep up the family name in Israel. Again this is not like
what the Egyptians did as we know the history of the Pharaohs.
… 17 Thou shalt
not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter; thou shalt not take her
son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness: they are
near kinswomen; it is lewdness.
You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter:
Scripture prohibits [relations with the second woman] only
through a marital tie with the first one [whether the woman or her daughter].
Hence, Scripture says, לֹא תִקַּח, denoting “taking (קִיחָה) in marriage.” Similarly, when it comes to
stating the punishment [of those who transgress this matter, Scripture says],
“[And a man] who takes (יִקַּח) a woman and her
mother [in marriage…they shall burn him and them in fire]” (Lev.
20:14), [also using] the expression of קִיחָה,
“taking [in marriage].” But if he raped a woman, he is permitted to marry her
daughter. — [Yev. 97a] They are close relatives: Heb.
שַׁאֲרָה הֵנָּה, they are related to one another.Eevil
counsel: Heb. זִמָּה,
counsel [like the word זָמַם, plotted]; as the
Targum renders: עֲצַת חֶטְאִין, counsel of sins,
which your [evil] inclination has counseled you to sin. Evil
counsel: Heb. זִמָּה,
counsel [like the word זָמַם, plotted]; as the
Targum renders: עֲצַת חֶטְאִין, counsel of sins,
which your [evil] inclination has counseled you to sin.
While ISIS does not trouble their heads about this think of taking
a mother or aunt with a daughter or niece and put them on the same level as a
wife. It is a psychological blow to the older woman. Rather ignore the older
woman and take the younger one for a wife as she can understand a male liking a
young woman but cannot take being on the level with her daughter.
18 And thou
shalt not take a woman to her sister, to be a rival to her, to uncover her
nakedness, beside the other in her lifetime.
In her lifetime: This teaches you that if
he divorced her, he may not marry her sister while she is still alive. — [Yev..
8b]
While
both are not close incest relatives for starters, but unlike Yacov Avinu who
lived before the Torah, one cannot do this now. Think of the rivalry between
Leah and Rachel brought about by this. It has happened that during the ages
before antibiotics one sister would die leaving a number of children and a younger
unmarried sister would marry the widower to take care of raising the children.
19 And thou
shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is
impure by her uncleanness.
This
includes his wife during her impurity.
20 And thou
shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbor’s wife, to defile thyself with her.
I
know a case or two of non-Jewish women in the States who had husbands in jail
or the army. Divorced, remarried and even had a child only to divorce the
second husband to remarry the first! Fortunately, the Torah forbids this for
otherwise a man would conspire with his wife to marry Mr. $$$ and then get a
nice divorce settlement and return to him with big $$$. She has been defiled by
another and he cannot take her back!
21 And thou
shalt not give any of thy seed to set them apart to Molech, neither shalt thou
profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD. 22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind,
as with womankind; it is abomination.
One
of the wicked things of the Greeks and Romans was this behavior and also
pedophilia with both sexes in baths. We are returning to this depravity in the
States and Europe http://www.aol.com/article/2016/04/25/years-after-wifes-death-90-year-old-former-senator-to-marry-a/21350590/ Although the Arabs deny this they do this often and
with beasts too. G-D set a higher physical and spiritual standard for the Bnei
Yisrael.
I
point out each year that the word abomination is used here. It is used three
times with homosexuality twice with idol worship and once with deception in the
Torah. Other times it is abominable acts or things. But the use of abomination
only appears six times. Perversion appears a number of times.
23 And thou
shalt not lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith; neither shall any
woman stand before a beast, to lie down thereto; it is perversion. (Depravity)
This is depravity: Heb.
תֶּבֶל, an expression denoting prostitution,
sexual immorality, and adultery. Similarly, “and My wrath, because of their
depravity (תַּבְלִיתָם).” (Isa.
10:25) Another explanation of תֶּבֶל הוּא
: An expression which denotes mingling (בּלל)
and mixing up; [here, it refers to the perverted mingling of] human seed and
animal seed.
The
only one that I could understand doing such a thing was Adam in Gan Eden if he
did for he did not find a help mate and had no Yetzer HaRa but after the
creation of woman, one should have known better. Yet certain rural communities
and the uneducated these acts are acceptable in certain societies. We are
better than just physical animals with instincts.
Human
seed and animal seed is like a Cohain seed with a non-Jew as the decline in
spirituality is so it goes against the very nature of creation.
24 Defile not
ye yourselves in any of these things; for in all these the nations are defiled,
which I cast out from before you. 25 And the land was defiled, therefore I did
visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomited out her inhabitants.
While
the lands of the nations of the world do not vomit out inhabitants who do very
horrible things, the holiness of the land will vomit out perverse and corrupt
individuals. It might not be in the first generation or second generation but
over a matter of time. I have been told that many of the non-religious founders
of the modern State of Israel no longer have Jewish grandchildren or
great-grandchildren and most do not live in Israel. There is a strong
connection between the land of Israel and Mitzvos. Those who follow the
Shabbos, Kashrus and Family Purity usually stay in the land and those who stray
end up leaving not only the land but Judaism.
26 Ye therefore
shall keep My statutes and Mine ordinances, and shall not do any of these
abominations; neither the home-born, nor the stranger that sojourn among you--
27 for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before
you, and the land is defiled-- 28 that the land vomit not you out also, when ye
defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you. 29 For whosoever
shall do any of these abominations, even the souls that do them shall be cut
off from among their people. 30 Therefore shall ye keep My charge, that ye do
not any of these abominable customs, which were done before you, and that ye
defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.
The
conclusion is that despite all the lure of the Yetzer in relationships. You
shall be Holy for I, the L-RD your G-D am Holy and we shall continue with this
theme next week.
Normal or Nuts
We
just learned in Perek 18 about all the forbidden relationships and how G-D
despises abuse of holy relationships. The object of the world is to raise the
mundane to the holy and not to give into depravity. What do we see? Teaching
not the birds and bees with the flowers and trees to the children. But rather
why homosexual parents are normal. In the USA there are many single parent
households and some get involved in compounded relationships with hurt affected
children. The schools are teaching to kindergarten children adult issues.
Most
of my generation did not learn some of these things until just pre-puberty or
early puberty. Certain actions were considered queer/strange. Love was between
a husband and wife and most girls were going to be virgins until marriage. I
grew up with the song “Love and marriage goes together like a horse and
carriage.”
Men
or women who exposed themselves in public were usually institutionalized for
evaluation. Ladies’ rooms and gentlemen’s rooms were just that. A week or so
before Pessach, Target made an announcement about toilets being given over to
what a person feels they are. [That means if a man’s Yetzer tells him that he
is a Lesbian he has the right to go into the room marked women! I would
rather be institutionalized with a straight jacket and rightfully so!] We
once had a pregnant woman at work who used to run into the men’s room as there
was a line at the ladies’ room. Men were standing at the urinals and it was
nuts. Here is a news article from this week: http://www.worldnewspolitics.com/2016/04/26/sick-man-arrested-in-womens-bathroom-at-walmart-stripped-in-front-of-children/
This
week in Israel, the women of the wall, an extreme leftist Reform group mostly
women with a few guys looking for one tried to have “female Cohanim” praying
the priestly blessing. The Torah specifically says in a few cases the male
members of the children of Aaron. Vayikra 6:18 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying: This is the law of
the sin-offering: in the place where the burnt-offering is killed shall the
sin-offering be killed before the LORD; it is most holy. Nowadays there may be confusion in what is male and
what is female and what is an it. But the Torah is clear. http://www.timesofisrael.com/womens-priestly-blessing-at-jerusalems-western-wall-curtailed/
I
have my own idea of politics that I don’t usually bring into the Torah or
Mussar section but the USA and Europe are on the moral decline today. It is not
time to return to the extreme of the Victorian Era but it is time to take a
step back and remove adult issues from the minds of children and reassert our
moral standards that we can be proud of. It is time to be modest and discreet
again.
How Ivan Gluck survived the Holocaust
Ivan
was born in Hungary and was about six years old when the Nazis sent Adolf
Eichmann into Hungary in 1943. He was lucky to be in in a zone under the
auspices of Raoul Wallenberg. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raoul_Wallenberg A
number of houses were set up as a free and safe zone by the diplomat and the
Jews here were kept alive and not deported.
To
put it modestly, they had the bare minimum of food and clothing to survive the
harsh winters until they were liberated. Sometime in 1944 the allies began
bombing and they were not spared from the bombs. Some people were killed or
wounded in the bombing. Sufficient food was scarce.
Ivan
was saved when his building was bombed exactly down the elevator shaft and the
bomb miraculously did not explode and it was defused. The Jews had to work for
their living and they were not like the refugees of today but managed to hold
out until the liberation and afterwards. For the liberation was the 17th
of January 1945 and conditions were harsh. Not all the Jews who were in this
zone survived.
Upon
liberation, some of the local Hungarian anti-Semites started attacking the Jews
but through all this Ivan survived.
Arye Leister survives WWII Poland.
On
Sept. 1st 1939, Hitler started his Blitz Krieg into Poland splitting
up the country with the Russians. Arye was also between six and ten at the
time. A discussion was held and since they were closer to the Nazis it was
decided that the women would stay with their possessions and the men would flee
towards the Russian-Polish Border. Because of this, Arye would never see a Nazi
Soldier the entire war. The men hopped on a crowded train car until it halted
and then they continued on wagon and foot towards the Russian Border until the
Russian Border came to them with the division of Poland. They were placed in
work camps.
The
food was meager and Arye had a father and a 17-year-old brother with him. They
gave him some extra food. The father and brother were actually undernourished
and eventually the brother developed typhus and died. This process took time
and his brother was hospitalized but the conditions to put it mildly were not a
private room in the NIH today. His father continued on for some time and they
were transferred into the interior of Russia. During a bombing or due a
disease, Arye lost his father too.
With
barely enough food or clothing he continued on the word details throughout the
war escaping bombs, cold and famine. There were anti-Semites in the liberated
areas who harassed or even murdered Jews so life was not good at this time. Upon
liberation he looked for his home and found a few relatives that survived out
of a large family.
Both Ivan and Arye moved to the States and are
now living in Florida.
Hebrew article:
Recently Orthodox Jews have started donating kidneys to help others. http://www.hidabroot.org/he/article/205807
Bnei Ephraim
Synagogue in India holds a Seder: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/211444#.Vx9tAo9OI5s
In the past I wrote of miracles that happened to some
Jews and the Orthodox fellow who would not leave the paraplegic alone until
both were gone. This is a story of a non-Jew who survived. 9/11 Story: “My faith did not save me, but it has
sustained me.”–George Sleigh, 9/11 survivor” By Ben Sley
https://tamaraheater.wordpress.com/2009/09/11/remembering-911-through-george-sleigh/
https://tamaraheater.wordpress.com/2009/09/11/remembering-911-through-george-sleigh/
I
have a dear friend, George Sleigh, (pictured here), who survived 9/11. He was
on the 91st floor of the North Tower at the time — no one on the floor above
him, the 92nd floor and above survived. Most everyone on his floor, the 91st
floor, and below lived. The plane, a fully-fueled American Airlines 767, Flight
11 from Boston’s Logan Int’l Airport, sliced into the 93rd floor to the 98th
floor at an angle, trapping those on the 92nd floor and above. George was then
the Manager of technical consistency at the American Bureau of Shipping with a
corner office on the 91st floor. The plane was close enough that just before
impact, George could actually see into the cockpit. George stated,
“I
was at my desk in the morning looking forward to a normal day when I heard this
loud noise. I looked up out of the window and just a few feet away from the
building was this huge jet plane. The wheels were down and I could see the
people in the cockpit. I thought to myself ‘Man this guy is low in the air’ but
I still thought it would clear us. But then it smashed into the tower a few
floors above me. I couldn’t believe it, even now it seems insane that anyone
would do that, even a crazed terrorist.”
After
the impact, he got out from the rubble of ceiling tiles and debris around his
desk, looked up and saw exposed steel beams and the concrete underside of the
92nd floor. He didn’t know it at the time, but that concrete floor was the
bottom of a tomb for more than 1,300 people. Nobody survived on the floors
above him. The line between life and death that morning was as straight as a
steel beam.
George
said, “No one inside the buildings expected that they would fall.” He related
some of the unusual, but understandable things that he and some of his
coworkers did just then, thinking that the building would remain intact and
that they would eventually return to their offices after evacuating for a time.
George retrieved the briefcase he is carrying in the picture. Another guy went
back to shut down his PC and a third watered his plants, remembering that they
had withered and died for lack of water after the 1993 bombing.
George
told the Newcastle (England) Evening Chronicle of his harrowing escape from the
devastated building.
The
stairwells became increasingly congested as hundreds of office workers fled,
some of whom were badly burned. After half an hour he reached the 25th floor
and it was then he saw the first firefighters going up the stairs to tackle the
flames.
George
said: “Their faces were grim as though they knew what they would be
encountering when they got there. When I saw afterwards how the towers fell I
knew those men wouldn’t have made it. It was heart-breaking.”
It
was after he had was able to get down the stairwell going down for some 91
floors and was in the subway underground basement area when the North Tower
collapsed. George told a group of us at a church gathering that with the
billowing dust and ash, total darkness, ground shaking and rumbling, it was
then he thought to himself, “I had always wondered how I would die. Now I know.”
But God had other plans for George, and, miraculously, spared his life. You can
see in the photo just how engulfed in dust and ash George had been at the time.
When
asked whether or not his faith saved him that day, George says, “No. There were
others who shared my faith who died that day. My faith did not save me, but it
has sustained me.” Thank you, George, for these words of faith and hope! In
that regard, a more accurate translation of Philippians 4:13 is, perhaps,
appropriate here, “I can endure all things through Christ who strengthens me.”
George was able to endure because of his Sustainer.
George
says, “I keep Proverbs 23:4-5 taped to the top of the computer monitor which
spews forth the day’s financial quotes. It reminds me, “Do not wear yourself out
to get rich: have the wisdom to show restraint. Cast but a glance at riches,
and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky
like an eagle.” Financial wealth is one of life’s many false idols, perhaps
even the greatest one. I try to remind myself of that as I remember the events
of 9/11 and as I watch each stock tick, ticker away…”.
George,
continued blessings to you, my friend! God has spared you that you may tell
others of His many Mercies, Grace and Sustenance even in the midst of such
adversity. He is The Great Sustainer! Godspeed to you!
*I
have compiled several of George’s statements as expressed in this entry from
several sources I wish to acknowledge. You can click on them for the complete
story:
One reason for poorer Jews to make Aliyah from the States
now:
If you had to make a sudden visit to the emergency room, would you have enough money to pay for it without selling something or borrowing the funds from somewhere? Most Americans may not realize this, but this is something that the Federal Reserve has actually been tracking for several years now. And according to the Fed, an astounding 47 percent of all Americans could not come up with $400 to pay for an emergency room visit without borrowing it or selling something. Various surveys that I have talked about in the past have found that more than 60 percent of all Americans are living to paycheck to paycheck, but I didn’t realize that things were quite this bad for about half the country. If you can’t even come up with $400 for an unexpected emergency room visit, then you are just surviving from month to month by the skin of your teeth. Unfortunately, about half of us are currently in that situation.
Earlier today someone pointed me toward an excellent article in The Atlantic that discussed this, and I have to admit that The Atlantic is one of the last remaining bastions of old school excellence in journalism that you will find in the mainstream media. Of course I don’t see eye to eye with them on a lot of things philosophically, but there are some really hard working journalists over there.
The article where I found the 47 percent figure comes from The Atlantic, and it is entitled “The Secret Shame of Middle-Class Americans“. It was authored by Neal Gabler, and he says that he can identify with the 47 percent of Americans that don’t have $400 for an unexpected emergency room visit because he is one of them…
If you had to make a sudden visit to the emergency room, would you have enough money to pay for it without selling something or borrowing the funds from somewhere? Most Americans may not realize this, but this is something that the Federal Reserve has actually been tracking for several years now. And according to the Fed, an astounding 47 percent of all Americans could not come up with $400 to pay for an emergency room visit without borrowing it or selling something. Various surveys that I have talked about in the past have found that more than 60 percent of all Americans are living to paycheck to paycheck, but I didn’t realize that things were quite this bad for about half the country. If you can’t even come up with $400 for an unexpected emergency room visit, then you are just surviving from month to month by the skin of your teeth. Unfortunately, about half of us are currently in that situation.
Earlier today someone pointed me toward an excellent article in The Atlantic that discussed this, and I have to admit that The Atlantic is one of the last remaining bastions of old school excellence in journalism that you will find in the mainstream media. Of course I don’t see eye to eye with them on a lot of things philosophically, but there are some really hard working journalists over there.
The article where I found the 47 percent figure comes from The Atlantic, and it is entitled “The Secret Shame of Middle-Class Americans“. It was authored by Neal Gabler, and he says that he can identify with the 47 percent of Americans that don’t have $400 for an unexpected emergency room visit because he is one of them…
President
Taft’s letter against Justice Brandeis: http://www.jpost.com/International/Under-the-hammer-Tafts-1916-letter-against-pick-of-1st-Jewish-Supreme-Court-justice-Brandeis-452258
Occupied???
Mateh Benyamin puts out a video: http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/binyamin-council-launches-stunning-virtual-tour-to-entice-tourism-video/2016/04/18/
Interesting
find in Europe: http://www.foxnews.com/science/2016/04/15/strange-giant-sphere-in-bosnia-sparks-debate.html
Since
my high school days, I have been a fan of Andre Norton. Since Science Fiction
was mainly for boys, she took on a male name as a 16-year-old male would never
relate especially back then to Ann Marie Norton. I used to have a fast lunch
and jump down to the school library to read the books. I ordered one recently
that was written in 1968 called Dark Piper. It was like reading today’s
paper a bunch of pacifistic leaders take in war refugees. The refugees then try
to take over the planet and kill off everybody but a handful of scouts and
their leaders. It even had a Dr. Corson who was more like Obama than Dr. Ben
Carson the similarities were too much not to mention.
I
saw a picture of Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky Shlita checking a Lulav and Esrog and
somebody saying a Rabbi blessing cannabis. Watch out
for slander of Rabbis.
Why I don’t
like to travel on the holidays unless I am in a hotel close to my destination: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4795605,00.html
A wake up call from Dr. Harry to
Jews that are in their world of love and peace while blaming Israel: Sri-Sri Ravi Shankar, an Indian guru known
best for founding the Art of Living foundation, which has a vast global community
of followers, claims to have attempted to start peace talks with the militants
of the Islamic State. But his efforts proved futile.
"I tried to initiate peace talks with the ISIS recently but they sent me a photograph of a beheaded body of a man," he told Indian media, using another name for the extremist organization. "Thus, my effort for a peace dialogue with the ISIS ended."
The advocate for meditation and harmony offered this frank conclusion: "I think the ISIS does not want any peace talks. Hence, they should be dealt with militarily."
Maybe he should go work for J Street, or Peace Now in Israel. I am sure that could work very well together.
"I tried to initiate peace talks with the ISIS recently but they sent me a photograph of a beheaded body of a man," he told Indian media, using another name for the extremist organization. "Thus, my effort for a peace dialogue with the ISIS ended."
The advocate for meditation and harmony offered this frank conclusion: "I think the ISIS does not want any peace talks. Hence, they should be dealt with militarily."
Maybe he should go work for J Street, or Peace Now in Israel. I am sure that could work very well together.
The Priestly
Blessing in Yerushalayim. Next time Sukkos will have so many Cohanim: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4795865,00.html
Ancient
Egyptian Seal found in the Haifa area at the ancient site of Dor. The question
is - was it there from the time it is attributed to or from a Roman Collector
Centuries later? http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4795739,00.html
Mysterious fire
kills driver of minibus: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/211510#.VyGE649OI5s
Inyanay
Diyoma
Lieberman
attacks government of strengthening of Hamas in Gaza: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4792220,00.html
Drill last week
tested preparedness for Gaza infiltration: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/210948#.VxJzoY9OI5s
The Doctrine of
the Liberal Hawk by Dr. Martin Sherman and Ed-Op: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=15819
A prosthetic
retina may help the blind see again. Remember to avoid this for your loved ones
if you are boycotting Israel: http://www.jewsnews.co.il/2014/12/07/israeli-breakthrough-may-help-blind-see-again/
IDF views
religious Jews in a different way now that they have a growing influence.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4792228,00.html
IDF may pull
out of area A and hand that over to the terrorists: www.israelnationalnews.com/news/news.aspx/210982
Ed-Op from
Diane Weber Biderman: http://unitedwithisrael.org/a-call-to-jews-and-zionists-its-time-to-demand-respect/
Netanyahu will
fly to Russia soon – revised after the cabinet meeting and sudden military
drill: http://debka.com/article/25371/IDF’s-drill-secures-Netanyahu-Putin-summit-
MK warns buses
will explode again if we leave Area A. Again on all the attacks against the
right I blame Yaalon-Netanyahu. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/211004#.VxRUGY9OI5s
Members of the
Likud plan to oust Yaalon in the next primaries because he is pursuing the
soldier who shot the stabber because he suspected a homicide vest on him. This
Ed-Op is about a British Soldier who shot a Taliban in Afghanistan not a
terrorist at home: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4792015,00.html
Molotov
Cocktails in some Yerushalayim Neighborhoods: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4792743,00.html
Major terror
tunnel at times 30 meters or 100feet down discovered made from rebuilding
cement we supplied: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/211037#.VxS7gI9OI5s
The truth is
that after tax people’s audit threats and other pressure from GOI gov’t of Is;
singers cancel appearance at rally for soldier: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/357366#.VxS-KI9OI5s
Explosive
device goes off on autobus: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4793280,00.html Debka explains
why two buses: http://debka.com/article/25373/-Palestinian-suicide-attack-hits-buses-in-Jerusalem
If you recall,
I could not believe that a Jew was capable of such a horrible crime. He is
culpable for his actions. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/211106
Hamas builds
now stronger, longer and better structured tunnels: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4793193,00.html
I
wanted to get into the University of Michigan for their Astronomy Program with
a high average from my High School but they had quotas for NY. My friend Martin
with a 93% Average did not make it either but now when I see whom they let in
that cannot even spell racism and is anti-Semitic perhaps the both of us were
better in the City University of NY. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/04/19/arrest-anti-racism-graffiti-vandal-sparks-uproar-at-university-wisconsin.html?intcmp=hpbt3
Better late
than never. 67 Yemenite Jews now want to leave: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4792977,00.html
Here is why the
IAF Commander accompanied Netanyahu to Moscow: http://debka.com/article/25377/Near-clash-of-Israeli-Russian-planes-over-Syria-
Soldier goes
home for Pessach despite politically correct charges: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4795069,00.html
Hot heads avoid
listening to the Rabbis and try to sacrifice a Korban Pessach: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/211297#.VxosqY9OI5s
Plans for a new
international airport starts the first step: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4795097,00.html
Army chief
explains army 101 on internal democracy: http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Army-chief-hits-back-at-far-right-critics-IDF-is-not-a-democracy-452053
Unidentified
plane gets fighter jets to scramble. I heard them at about 8 AM and thought it
out of the ordinary. Army chief explains army 101 on internal democracy: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/211318
Dr.
Martin Sherman
the root causes of red herrings. http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=15889
Tea for Two who
escape ISIS: http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/12-year-old-ISIS-hostage-escaped-captors-by-slipping-sleeping-pills-in-their-tea-452098
Obama’s Saudi
and Gulf summit a failure. First of all he has is priorities and policies all
wrong and secondly he does not know how to negotiate: http://debka.com/article/25385/GCC-leaders-reject-Obama’s-Middle-East-policy
Arab price
fixing of a bid proven in their attempt to take over Afula: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/211353#.VxziNY9OI5s
Obama tries his
world government on the Brits and angers many: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-36108184
ISIS targets
town and Mosque with rockets as PM of Turkey visits there: http://debka.com/newsupdatepopup/16056/ISIS-fires-missiles-at-Turkish-border-town-hits-mosque-in-latest-attack
Desperation in
the thoughts of two candidates as Trump gets closer to 1237 delegates: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/211381#.Vx3TDY9OI5s
From
a person who speaks Spanish: Judicial Watch recently uncovered the reality that
ISIS is in Mexico, just eight miles south of El Paso, Texas and Columbus, New
Mexico– and they have help from the Mexican drug cartels.
While the exact location is unknown, the area is referred to as “Anapra,” west of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico. Anapra is controlled by the drug cartel, Vicente Carrillo Fuentes Cartel (“Juárez Cartel”) and its “enforcement arm,” La Línea, and the Barrio Azteca gang, which ironically originated from El Paso jails.
And Ciudad Juárez is not the only location. West of it is another ISIS camp located in Puerto Palomas. The first group is training to target El Paso; the second, to target Columbus and Deming, New Mexico. Judicial Watch reports:
During the course of a joint operation last week, Mexican Army and federal law enforcement officials discovered documents in Arabic and Urdu, as well as “plans” of Fort Bliss – the sprawling military installation that houses the US Army’s 1st Armored Division. Muslim prayer rugs were recovered with the documents during the operation.
According to these same sources, ‘coyotes’ engaged in human smuggling – and working for Juárez Cartel – help move ISIS terrorists through the desert and across the border between Santa Teresa and Sunland Park, New Mexico. To the east of El Paso and Ciudad Juárez, cartel-backed ‘coyotes’ are also smuggling ISIS terrorists through the porous border between Acala and Fort Hancock, Texas. These specific areas were targeted for exploitation by ISIS because of their understaffed municipal and county police forces, and the relative safe-havens the areas provide for the unchecked large-scale drug smuggling that was already ongoing.
Former CIA agent Bob Baer also confirmed that ISIS cells are already in the U.S., and some of members have already entered by crossing the Mexican border.
And, that’s just inside Mexico’s borders.
Crossing the border, is also a grave concern for U.S. national security. Syrian nationals have been caught illegally entering America via Mexico. Breitbart News cited two unnamed federal agents who said several Syrians were intercepted at the Juarez Lincoln Bridge in Laredo, Texas. While the U.S. Border Patrol has yet to confirm this report, National Border Patrol Council Local 2455 President Hector Garza did confirm that he was also receiving similar reports from multiple agents. He told Breitbart:
“Border Patrol agents who we represent have been contacting our organization to voice concerns about reports from other agents that Syrians crossed the U.S. border from Mexico in the Laredo Sector,” he said. “Our agents have heard about Syrians being apprehended in the area from other federal agents. At this time, I cannot confirm or deny that Syrians have crossed, for security reasons.”
While the exact location is unknown, the area is referred to as “Anapra,” west of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico. Anapra is controlled by the drug cartel, Vicente Carrillo Fuentes Cartel (“Juárez Cartel”) and its “enforcement arm,” La Línea, and the Barrio Azteca gang, which ironically originated from El Paso jails.
And Ciudad Juárez is not the only location. West of it is another ISIS camp located in Puerto Palomas. The first group is training to target El Paso; the second, to target Columbus and Deming, New Mexico. Judicial Watch reports:
During the course of a joint operation last week, Mexican Army and federal law enforcement officials discovered documents in Arabic and Urdu, as well as “plans” of Fort Bliss – the sprawling military installation that houses the US Army’s 1st Armored Division. Muslim prayer rugs were recovered with the documents during the operation.
According to these same sources, ‘coyotes’ engaged in human smuggling – and working for Juárez Cartel – help move ISIS terrorists through the desert and across the border between Santa Teresa and Sunland Park, New Mexico. To the east of El Paso and Ciudad Juárez, cartel-backed ‘coyotes’ are also smuggling ISIS terrorists through the porous border between Acala and Fort Hancock, Texas. These specific areas were targeted for exploitation by ISIS because of their understaffed municipal and county police forces, and the relative safe-havens the areas provide for the unchecked large-scale drug smuggling that was already ongoing.
Former CIA agent Bob Baer also confirmed that ISIS cells are already in the U.S., and some of members have already entered by crossing the Mexican border.
And, that’s just inside Mexico’s borders.
Crossing the border, is also a grave concern for U.S. national security. Syrian nationals have been caught illegally entering America via Mexico. Breitbart News cited two unnamed federal agents who said several Syrians were intercepted at the Juarez Lincoln Bridge in Laredo, Texas. While the U.S. Border Patrol has yet to confirm this report, National Border Patrol Council Local 2455 President Hector Garza did confirm that he was also receiving similar reports from multiple agents. He told Breitbart:
“Border Patrol agents who we represent have been contacting our organization to voice concerns about reports from other agents that Syrians crossed the U.S. border from Mexico in the Laredo Sector,” he said. “Our agents have heard about Syrians being apprehended in the area from other federal agents. At this time, I cannot confirm or deny that Syrians have crossed, for security reasons.”
ISIS about to
capture strategic city from Syria: http://debka.com/newsupdatepopup/16050/ISIS-said-to-capture-part-of-strategic-city-of-Deir-ez-Zor-from-Syrian-army-
Somebody let
the cat out of the bag: http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Hezbollah-deputy-leader-Israel-is-training-Saudi-army-officers-452237
This is an
important step in fighting ISIS: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/04/25/obama-announces-deployment-up-to-250-us-troops-to-syria.html?intcmp=hplnws
Gang of three
terrorist from Schem that infiltrated east Yerushalayim caught: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/211427#.Vx8aB49OI5s
Despite the
talk by Netanyahu and Yaalon the walk is for more terror: http://debka.com/article/25387/New-Palestinian-pact-for-terror-
Memo of understanding to be the largest military aid package to
Israel ever. Since the Iranian deal the GOI was looking forward to signing with
the next president but with Hillary who gets a good deal of the Clinton
Foundation from Muslims and Donald Trump wanting to cut the budget, Netanyahu
decided to go for a deal now with a friendly Congress and an election year. With the current Memorandum of Understanding set to
expire in 2018, Israel has been pressuring the White House to enlarge the
annual aid package from $3.1 billion to between $4-4.5 billion. Israel has stated that it must increase its military spending. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4796369,00.html
US uses roof
knocking tactics that Israel used in Gaza: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4796607,00.html
The next terror
wave will be worse but the extended families of terrorists are getting the hint
to stop it in the bud. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/211482#.VyBrQI9OI5s
Drug Cartels of
Mexico and ISIS team up via Highway 20 to enter El Paso, TX. http://www.wnd.com/2016/04/report-muslim-terrorists-sneak-into-u-s-with-help-of-drug-cartels/?cat_orig=us
Restoring
Holocaust Property: http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Romania-to-expedite-Holocaust-era-property-restitution-452458
Brother and
sister terrorists neutralized: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4796733,00.html
From Sara as I
saw on Israeli TV – Hezballah preparing for war and taking advantageous looks
at some old rusting spots in our fence: http://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-commander-hezbollah-preparing-for-war-just-like-in-2006/
Donald J. Trump
pledges NO NUCLEAR IRAN and blasts Obama on Israel: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/211503#.VyF7FY9OI5s
Egyptian Rapper
brought up Christian finds out that she really is Jewish: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/211509#.VyG6949OI5s
ISIS appears to be crossing a red line: http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Senior-military-official-Chemical-weapons-capability-for-ISIS-is-a-red-line-452583
Obama backs out
of Carter’s Peace Deal with Egypt and Israel via the backdoor. http://debka.com/article/25389/US-Sinai-pullback-payback-for-islands-handover-
Bernie Sanders
suspends a lot of staff: http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Sanders-campaign-to-lay-off-hundreds-of-staffers-452579
Bennett does
not back down despite of threat to be fired by the PM. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4797539,00.html
Right before
Modiin at the Beit Ur Tachta Check Post: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/211551#.VyUFEo9OI5s
ISIS hits the
British and Italians hard in Libya. http://debka.com/article/25391/Italian-British-force-ambushed-by-IS-in-Libya-
US extends
carrier task force in the Gulf to fight ISIS: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/04/30/truman-aircraft-carrier-to-stay-in-gulf-keep-up-strikes-on-isis.html?intcmp=hpbt1
Latest into the
fray about the conflict thanks to Dr. Martin Sherman: http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Into-The-Fray-A-very-simple-conflict-452547
A little spice
goes a long way against Israel’s enemies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GujLif0VZIg&feature=youtu.be
Oil found near
the Dead Sea: http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Renewed-drilling-finds-NIS-17-million-of-oil-near-Dead-Sea-452764
Don’t lose your
humanity over a piece of bread we are not starving today: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/211565
Have
a good week all,
Rachamim
Pauli