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Parsha Bo Part 2
If one
still remembers from Parsha Beresheis that the first Rashi starts out that for
Am Yisrael, the Torah could have started from here. But we teach the nations of
the world who owns the land and who receives the land from HIM – my words.
12:1 And the LORD
spoke unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying: 2 'This month shall be
unto you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to
you.
This is
the calendar and how to calculate it. You should use the Hebrew Date whenever
feasible possible. Today University Certificates and other documents that are
needed internationally are written in both dates. Checks should be written in
Israel in the Hebrew Date or both, however, most of us out of convenience use
the secular date and it is less confusing to whom you write out the check to.
3 Speak ye unto all
the congregation of Israel, saying: In the tenth day of this month they shall
take to them every man a lamb, according to their fathers' houses, a lamb for a
household; 4 and if the household be too little for a lamb, then shall he and
his neighbor next unto his house take one according to the number of the souls;
according to every man's eating ye shall make your count for the lamb. 5 Your
lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year; ye shall take it from
the sheep, or from the goats; 6 and ye shall keep it unto the fourteenth day of
the same month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill
RITUALLY SLAUGHTER it at dusk. 7 And they
shall take of the blood, and put it on the two side-posts and on the lintel,
upon the houses wherein they shall eat it.
The
custom arose in Temple Times and perhaps even in Egypt to pray Mincha at 6.5
hours of daylight. [The day is divided from dawn to dusk into 12 hours – with
the exception of Mar. 21st or Sept. 21st or thereabout
aka the equinox, it is either shorter or longer in the Northern Hemisphere]
Thus around the 7th hour the daily sacrifice occurred when Pessach
started Erev Shabbos and then the Pessach Korban. There was also a Korban
Chagigah aka the egg of the Seder and the Korban was the desert eaten on a
semi-full stomach. It was slaughtered at 7:30 in the day Erev Shabbos otherwise
8:30. In the Temple, the blood of all the animals formed a pool and was then
sprinkled as one on the Mizbayach. It was one time only in Mitzrayim that it
was placed on the Lintel.
8 And they shall eat
the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; with bitter
herbs they shall eat it.
In the
Temple times, the question was “On all other nights we eat either boiled, fried
or roasted on this night only roasted.
9 Eat not of it raw,
nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; its head with its legs and
with the inwards thereof. 10 And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the
morning; but that which remains of it until the morning ye shall burn with
fire.
Some of
you wonder why we eat and finish the Apikoyman Matzo the first night before the
Halachic Midnight? It is because it is in place of the Korban Pessach and our
Rabbis made a fence around the Torah to eat it by midnight for once the dawn
broke one would get Kares (cutting off from the people) by eating the Pessach.
Thus many Chassidim on the second night (outside of Israel) eat it later.
11 And thus shall ye
eat it: with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your
hand; and ye shall eat it in haste--it is the LORD'S Passover.
You have
to be read to move out of Mitzrayim as soon as you are freed.
12 For I will go
through the land of Egypt in that night, and will smite all the first-born in
the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will
execute judgments: I am the LORD. 13 And the blood shall be to you for a token
upon the houses where ye are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you,
and there shall no plague be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of
Egypt.
This is
what is going to happen and essentially the first prophecy that Moshe gives to
the Bnei Yisrael. They are commanded in short as follows:
…17 And ye shall
observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought
your hosts out of the land of Egypt; therefore, shall ye observe this day
throughout your generations by an ordinance forever. 18 In the first month, on
the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until
the one and twentieth day of the month at even. 19 Seven days shall there be no
leaven found in your houses; for whosoever eats that which is leavened, that
soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a
sojourner, or one that is born in the land. 20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened;
in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.'
This
applies to converts.
The next
section deals with taking the lamb and slaughtering it, sprinkling the blood
with long marjoram on the lintels of your doors. The Egyptians were scared
because they saw their sheep god being tied up from the 10th of the
month.
…29 And it came to
pass at midnight, that the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt,
from the first-born of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the first-born of the
captive that was in the dungeon; and all the first-born of cattle. 30 And
Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians;
and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was
not one dead. 31 And he called for Moses and Aaron by night and said: 'Rise up,
get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go,
serve the LORD, as ye have said. 32 Take both your flocks and your herds, as ye
have said, and be gone; and bless me also.' 33 And the Egyptians were urgent
upon the people, to send them out of the land in haste; for they said: 'We are
all dead men.' 34 And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their
kneading-troughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders. 35 And
the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they asked of
the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment. 36
And the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they
let them have what they asked. And they despoiled the Egyptians.
As a
result of this the redemption of the first born became a Mitzvah. Originally,
the first born were to be the priests but because of the golden calf, it was
left to Aaron and his sons.
13:1 And the LORD
spoke unto Moses, saying: 2 'Sanctify unto Me all the first-born, whatsoever
opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast, it is
Mine.' … 12 that thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that opens the womb;
every firstling that is a male, which thou hast coming of a beast, shall be the
LORD'S. 13 And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if
thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break its neck; and all the first-born
of man among thy sons shalt thou redeem. 14 And it shall be when thy son asks
thee in time to come, saying: What is this? that thou shalt say unto him: By
strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage;
Parsha Beshalach
Parsha Beshalach is also known as
Parsha Shira (Song) for the song by the sea. With the exception for the
mentioning of the Mitzvah of redeeming the first-born in remembrance of the
first Pessach when the first-born of Egypt was killed, we continue with the
initial Exodus (Yetzias Mitzrayim).
13:17 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let
the people go, that God led them not by the way of the land of the Philistines,
although that was near; for God said: 'Lest peradventure the people repent when
they see war, and they return to Egypt.' 18 But God led the people about, by
the way of the wilderness by the Red Sea; and the children of Israel went up
armed out of the land of Egypt.
Literally it the main road out of
Mitzrayim but figuratively the Hebrew Derek Eretz means way of the nature of the
land. For what nation is guided by a pillar of smoke by day and a fire by
night. What nation has the cloud go between them and the Egyptians when they
are cornered by the sea and the fire guide them through the sea.
19 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him;
for he had straightly sworn the children of Israel, saying: 'God will surely
remember you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.' 20 And they
took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the
wilderness. 21 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to
lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; that
they might go by day and by night: 22 the pillar of cloud by day, and the
pillar of fire by night, departed not from before the people.
This was complete directing by
HASHEM and the people followed HIS guidance.
14:1 And the LORD
spoke unto Moses, saying: 2 'Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn
back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, before
Baal-zephon, over against it shall ye encamp by the sea. 3 And Pharaoh will say
of the children of Israel: They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath
shut them in. 4 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and he shall follow after
them; and I will get Me honor upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; and the
Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD.' And they did so.
I am
supposedly setting up a trap for you but it in reality will be the end to
Pharaoh’s army. So here is the trap: Pharaoh follows and orders his forces into
the sea. The sea closes on them and they die.
5 And it was told
the king of Egypt that the people were fled; and the heart of Pharaoh and of
his servants was turned towards the people, and they said: 'What is this we
have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us? 6 And he made ready his
chariots, and took his people with him. 7 And he took six hundred chosen
chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over all of them. 8 And
the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the
children of Israel; for the children of Israel went out with a high hand. 9 And
the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and
his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside
Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon. 10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the
children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians were
marching after them; and they were sore afraid; and the children of Israel
cried out unto the LORD.
This is
the power of masters over slaves. 600,000 men being kept in fear by 600
Chariots. Ridiculous you say but that was the fact. For a slave mentality is
not the same as a free man.
11 And they said
unto Moses: 'Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to
die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to bring us
forth out of Egypt? 12 Is not this the word that we spoke unto thee in Egypt,
saying: Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it were better for
us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.'
This is
all part of their fear mentality and Pharaoh’s superior complex.
13 And Moses said
unto the people: 'Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD,
which He will work for you to-day; for whereas ye have seen the Egyptians
to-day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. 14 The LORD will fight for
you, and ye shall hold your peace.' {P}
15 And the LORD said
unto Moses: 'Wherefore do you cry unto Me? speak unto the children of Israel,
that they go forward. 16 And lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thy hand
over the sea, and divide it; and the children of Israel shall go into the midst
of the sea on dry ground.
Moshe
was beside himself, trapped in a corner with 600 chariots posed to strike at
his people and murder both him and Aaron. Now HASHEM gives him the solution how
to escape and the end to the Egyptians.
17 And I, behold, I
will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall go in after them; and I
will get Me honor upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and
upon his horsemen. 18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I
have gotten Me honor upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.'
The Egyptians
had not caught up yet with the Bnei Yisrael and now all will see the miracles
in front and even behind them.
19 And the angel of
God, who went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the
pillar of cloud removed from before them, and stood behind them; 20 and it came
between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud and
the darkness here, yet gave it light by night there; and the one came not near
the other all the night.
Oh-Oh
another plague of darkness for Mitzrayim.
21 And Moses
stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by
a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters
were divided.
With a
low night temperature and a wind of 40 miles per hour, the water of the sea
would freeze on the right and the left as I mentioned last year.
22 And the children
of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground; and the waters
were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
We
discussed a few times that when the level of the ocean was lower and the rise
between Nuweba and the Saudi Coast is higher than most of the sea bed around it
and the wind pushed the waters into a frozen wall. Now towards the morning, the
wind died down and the dark cloud lifted. The Egyptians in their armor and
chariots pursued. However, as the wind died down and the temperature rose, the
frozen area under the wheels gave way to wet sand and the wall of water began
to melt. The result we see as follows:
23 And the Egyptians
pursued, and went in after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh's
horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. 24 And it came to pass in the morning
watch, that the LORD looked forth upon the host of the Egyptians through the
pillar of fire and of cloud, and discomfited the host of the Egyptians. 25 And
He took off their chariot wheels, and made them to drive heavily; so that the
Egyptians said: 'Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fights for
them against the Egyptians.'
There
army became disarrayed from a formable fighting force to an army on the rout.
26 And the LORD said
unto Moses: 'Stretch out thy hand over the sea, that the waters may come back
upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.' 27 And Moses
stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength
when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD
overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. 28 And the waters returned,
and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, even all the host of Pharaoh that
went in after them into the sea; there remained not so much as one of them.
They all
drowned. Some say Pharaoh too and others say, he watched them from a distance
on higher ground.
29 But the children
of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a
wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
How do
we know this to be so? Family, tradition and something more interesting. Out of
all the conversations and actions in ancient history we have Tuval Cain and his
wives, ,-Avraham and Yitzchak at the Akeda, Yosef and his brothers from
pre-sail to the sail and the repentance. The Torah is Emmes. It does not hide
the fact that Adam sinned, Kayn murdered, Noach got drunk, Lot and his
daughters and from Moav will rise the Moshiach. So conversations are recorded
for good or for bad. This walk which was witnessed by millions was ingrained in
the people. Why do I describe it as a natural event? For nature (Teva) is 86 in
Gematria and ELOKIM (Hay) is 86 in Gematria. So I have no conflict.
30 Thus the LORD
saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the
Egyptians dead upon the sea-shore. 31 And Israel saw the great work which the
LORD did upon the Egyptians, and the people feared the LORD; and they believed
in the LORD, and in His servant Moses.
It took
a lot for this stiff-necked people to believe in him.
15:1 Then sang Moses
and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spoke, saying: I will
sing unto the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and his rider hath He
thrown into the sea. 2 The LORD is my strength and song, and He is become my
salvation; this is my God, and I will glorify Him; my father's God, and I will
exalt Him. Etc.
Moshe
taught this song to make a Kiddush HASHEM. Then the women put it into music
guided by the female prophetess.
20 And Miriam the
prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women
went out after her with timbrels and with dances. 21 And Miriam sang unto them:
Sing ye to the LORD, for He is highly exalted: the horse and his rider hath He
thrown into the sea. …23 And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of
the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore, the name of it was called
Marah. 24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying: 'What shall we drink?'
25 And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD showed him a tree, and he cast it
into the waters, and the waters were made sweet.
They
tested HASHEM and murmured and a miracle occurred.
16:1 And they took
their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel
came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the
fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of
Egypt. 2 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against
Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness; 3 and the children of Israel said
unto them: 'Would that we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of
Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, when we did eat bread to the full; for ye
have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with
hunger.'
We had
meat in Egypt and you cannot supply us. Hungry people become despaired and can
do dangerous things.
4 Then said the LORD
unto Moses: 'Behold, I will cause to rain bread from heaven for you; and the
people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day, that I may prove
them, whether they will walk in My law, or not. 5 And it shall come to pass on
the sixth day that they shall prepare that which they bring in, and it shall be
twice as much as they gather daily.'
To this
day Friday Night and also Shabbos Morning we have a custom to have two loaves
in remembrance for the Mann.
As for
the flesh pots: 8 And Moses said: 'This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in
the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the
LORD hears your murmurings which ye murmur against Him; and what are we? your
murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.' …11 And the LORD spoke
unto Moses, saying: 12 'I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel.
Speak unto them, saying: At dusk ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye
shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God.' 13
And it came to pass at even, that the quails came up, and covered the camp; and
in the morning there was a layer of dew round about the camp…
Watch
what happens if you leave over in the sun or but if you don’t gather Shabbos,
none will appear on Shabbos.
20 And Moses said
unto them: 'Let no man leave of it till the morning.' Notwithstanding they
hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it
bred worms, and rotted; and Moses was wroth with them.
On
Shabbos it did not get wormy or rot.
21 And they gathered
it morning by morning, every man according to his eating; and as the sun waxed
hot, it melted. 22 And it came to pass that on the sixth day they gathered
twice as much bread, two Omers for each one; and all the rulers of the
congregation came and told Moses. 23 And he said unto them: 'This is that which
the LORD hath spoken: To-morrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath unto the LORD.
Bake that which ye will bake, and seethe that which ye will seethe; and all
that remained over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.'
This was
a special command and miraculously Shabbos was singled out.
24 And they laid it
up till the morning, as Moses bade; and it did not rot, neither was there any
worm therein. 25 And Moses said: 'Eat that to-day; for to-day is a Sabbath unto
the LORD; to-day ye shall not find it in the field. 26 Six days ye shall gather
it; but on the seventh day is the Sabbath, in it there shall be none.'
The Mann
is proof of Shabbos and Holiness. This week besides Shabbos Shira, it is also
called Parsha Ha Mann.
27 And it came to
pass on the seventh day, that there went out some of the people to gather, and
they found none.
The
people were yet to get the 39 Melachos of Shabbos only one simple command and
some violated that on the very first Shabbos.
28 And the LORD said
unto Moses: 'How long refuse ye to keep My commandments and My laws? 29 See
that the LORD hath given you the Sabbath; therefore He gives you on the sixth
day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out
of his place on the seventh day.'
Moshe
tells them off and finally:
30 So the people
rested on the seventh day. …
17:1 And all the
congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, by
their stages, according to the commandment of the LORD, and encamped in
Rephidim; and there was no water for the people to drink. 2 Wherefore the
people strove with Moses, and said: 'Give us water that we may drink.' And
Moses said unto them: 'Why strive ye with me? wherefore do ye try the LORD?' 3
And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses,
and said: 'Wherefore hast thou brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our
children and our cattle with thirst?' …
Instead
of praying, they sort to lynch Moshe and let anarchy rule trying to scrabble
back to Egypt everyman according to his strength. Because of this:
8 Then came Amalek,
and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
The name
in Hebrew indicates spiritual weakness.
9 And Moses said
unto Joshua: 'Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek; tomorrow I will
stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.' 10 So Joshua did
as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and Hur
went up to the top of the hill. 11 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his
hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. …
14 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Write this for a memorial in the book, and
rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly blot out the remembrance
of Amalek from under heaven.'
This is
a Mitzvah that can only occur after Moshiach as today they are mixed in all the
nations and the basis for all anti-Semitism.
15 And Moses built
an altar, and called the name of it Adonai-nissi. 16 And he said: 'The hand
upon the throne of the LORD: the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation
to generation.'
Shabbos
is Tu B’Shevat: http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/3567733/jewish/What-Is-So-Special-About-the-7-Species-of-Fruit-With-Which-Israel-Was-Blessed.htm
Editorial: Nazis Eugenics and Today What goes on!
There was at the
time of year 5600 aka the mid 1800’s common dating, there was talk of Eugenics
on the insane. By 5697 aka 1937 Osborn wrote a paper on the Philosophy of
Eugenics. The Nazis began using it on the insane, deformed and very elderly but
there was an out-cry in Germany. But dehumanize Jews and Gypsies and you are in
business. Over 6,000,000 Jews died and more than 2,000,000 Gypsies and some
others died in the Concentration Camps.
Today the mode of
Eugenics in an over-populated world according to them and allowing the souls
needed from the well of souls to be born for Moshiach from our position, they
are subtler.
The population is
controlled by giving out birth control to the poor and unemployed for free.
Abortions and birth-control from the Eugenicist keeps the Black and Hispanic
Population down in the States. Homosexuality and Transgenderism is forwarded as
a birth control method.
Albeit
birth-control can be used under certain circumstances and certain times by
people, there is no place for homosexuality as a way of life. The so-called
philosophy of Transgenderism was put in its place by the Ari HaKodesh. G-D does
not make mistakes of putting female souls in male bodies and the opposite.
There is a reason for it. The wife of Rabbi Chaim Vital Zal was barren so he
went to the Holy Ari. The Ari told me that his wife was a big Tzaddik and
charitable Tanah from the days before and of Rabbi Akiva. (I know the name but
will not repeat it) He became the wife of Rabbi Chaim for his previous
homosexual activities. The Ari did some practical Kabbalah and she gave birth
and shortly thereafter was taken to the next world with the soul repaired.
Rabbi Chaim remarried. This is why people have transgender thoughts from the
spiritual side and perhaps homosexual thoughts. This is perhaps the last time
for Tikkun or repairing the Soul before Moshiach as he is due real soon.
I would prefer to
live in the Okeechobee Swamp than have anything to do with Eugenics.
From
Valerie: RISKING EVERYTHING TO DEFY THE NAZIS BY AARON LEIBEL http://www.jpost.com/Magazine/Books-Risking-everything-476857
The tale of Rev. Waitstill and
Martha Sharp, who lied and deceived their way to saving more than 100 Czech
Jews during the Holocaust.
They bullied and bluffed, bamboozled and bedeviled bureaucrats, politicians and soldiers.
They climbed mountains and traversed other treacherous terrain. They fed
the hungry and clothed the nearly naked. They smuggled refugees out of
countries in which they were in mortal danger, into other lands, some of whose
borders were supposed to be closed and most that were unenthusiastic about
accepting the fugitives. They regularly risked their lives.
Leaving their two young children with friends, Rev. Waitstill Sharp and
his wife Martha did all that and more in their efforts in 1939 and 1940 to
rescue Jews and others fleeing or hiding from the Nazis.
Their remarkable story is told by their grandson Artemis Joukowsky in
Defying the Nazis: The Sharps’ War, which complements the documentary of the
same name, co-directed by him and the well-known American filmmaker Ken Burns.
Both works are based on a thorough study of the Sharps’ papers and
interviews with those whose lives intersected with the couple.
It is difficult to quantify the Sharps’ efforts, their grandson writes.
However, in the few months they were in Czechoslovakia and later for a short
time in Vichy France, they apparently helped about 125 people flee to freedom
from an almost- certain death at the hands of the Nazis. The two also provided
money for transportation and clothes for other people to get to ports where
their visas would allow them to escape.
In addition, the Sharps set up a feeding program in Prague that kept 264
people alive long enough to get out and provided milk for 800 starving French
children for a month.
Even more amazing than the “what” is the “how.” Neither had much
experience or training in deception, covering their trails or money laundering.
But because the Nazis were stealing money sent by legal means, Waitstill Sharp
set up bank accounts in neighboring countries by which he would receive money
from donors and disburse funds to refugees from those bank accounts.
He also illegally exchanged dollars for Czech currency, because people
allowed to leave were forbidden to take out any hard currency. Operating as an
illegal money changer left Sharp with suitcases of local currency. With that
money, he donated funds to the Salvation Army in Prague, which was feeding
thousands of Social Democrats who were living on the streets or underground to
avoid being captured by the Germans. He also gave large sums to the YMCA to
expand its summer-camp program and for the reconstruction of a refugee orphans’
home.
Helping those that the Nazis wished to kill or capture was extremely
dangerous.
A day or two before leaving Prague, an informant told Martha she was on a
list of people the Nazis intended to imprison.
What motivated these two to undertake such a dangerous assignment – so
risky that 17 other Unitarian ministers had turned down the offer of going to
Europe before the Sharps finally accepted? On a ship back to America, German-
Jewish writer and anti-fascist activist Lion Feuchtwanger, who had been rescued
from his hiding place in southern France by Waitstill Sharp, asked his rescuer
what motivated him to do what he was doing.
He received no money for saving people, the Unitarian minister assured the
writer, and he was a sinner and no saint.
“But I believe the will of God is to be interpreted by the liberty of the
human spirit,” Sharp continued. “So I do what I do without any piety at all but
ad magna gloria libertatis humani spiriti [to the greater glory, freedom of the
human spirit].
“As my friend Dick Ball said, ‘I don’t like to see guys pushed around.’”
Upon her return to America, Martha Sharp, among other activities, helped in
fund-raising with Youth Aliya, the Hadassah program that rescued European
children and brought them to Palestine. In 1947, Hadassah sent her to pre-state
Israel to see firsthand and learn about programs she had been supporting.
Later, she wrote of what she had seen during her six-week stay: “A great
powerful stream of sacrifice and idealism is bringing about the birth of a
nation. We are witnessing an epic like that of America. The pioneers are giving
their lives and are challenging us to help in time.”
In 2006, Martha and Waitstill Sharp were named “Righteous Among the
Nations.”
It was an honor duly earned.
The writer is a former editor at The
Jerusalem Post and Washington Jewish Week. His novel, Generations: The Story of
a Jewish Family, which spans 1,500 years and three continents, is available
online.
Potential
Reform and Conservative Converts ask me why Orthodox? My answer in one word is
Kares (or the cutting off of a soul). For a non-Jew has no problem with
observing the laws of Family Purity, Kashrus-forbidden fat although also a ben
Noach should not eat blood but the law on cooked meat or eggs is not strict and
finally Shabbos. A non-Jew can ride, write, farm, cook, etc. on Shabbos if a
Jew does it, he or she gets Kares if with intent.
Gadol HaDor (greatest current
Rabbi)’s condition improves: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/224396
Two friends and shows Menschlichkeit: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/02/03/patriots-owner-on-trump-in-the-toughest-time-in-my-life-he-was-there-for-me/?tid=sm_tw&utm_term=.efcc8c4f22d9
Israeli Arrested for blogging
against Azerbaijan (do it in Israel and stay away
from area): http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=40149
From Chaim S. http://www.howtogeek.com/trivia/which-city-was-the-first-to-have-a-municipal-wi-fi-system/
From the Torah Org on the 39
forms of Melacha for Shabbos: http://torah.org/learning/halacha-overview-chapter12/
Ridiculously
Absurd – there is a group about Israel with theoretically 8800 people from all
over the world. Somebody wanted to post on the group that he is moving and
selling a bucket and an extension cord plus various small items. Hey Genius
post a garage sale in your living room for your neighbors and don’t bother the
rest of the world.
Poll who will replace
Netanyahu? http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/224760
Inyanay
Diyoma
Fake News regarding
settlements: http://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2017/02/02/settlements-fake-news-trump-opposes-israel/
Dr. Martin Sherman Ed-Op: https://israelnewsonline.org/into-the-fray-trumps-immigration-edict-obscuring-the-larger-issue/
Media’s story about fake news
was in itself fake: http://www.wnd.com/2017/02/limbaugh-medias-stories-about-fake-news-were-fake/
I guess that you will be
shocked to learn that the French Terrorist was an Arab from the “Religion of
Peace”. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/224375
New Sherriff in town more
sanctions on Iran as they test another missile: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/02/04/iran-holds-military-exercise-in-defiance-us-sanctions.html
F-35 Program cuts prices by
7.5% http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/02/03/pentagon-strikes-new-f-35-deal-with-lockheed-after-trump-involvement.html
Israeli Opposition leaders
suffers a mild transient stroke papers play it down: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4917458,00.html
Some anti-Semites on the
loose in the USA: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4916368,00.html
Defense Secretary declares
Iran the biggest State Sponsor of terrorism. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/224402
Maybe it is time for the right
to boycott expensive Nordstrom’s: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/224433
Jordan attacked ISIS after
king meets with president. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4917580,00.html
HASHEM works behind the scene as
Hamas Rocket Engineer dies in test flight. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4918248,00.html
In memory of their dead engineer – rockets: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4918270,00.html
Netanyahu visits Britain and
sneaks out of supporting settlers in vote two articles: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4918507,00.html
VOTE http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4918700,00.html VOTE
Flight attendant saves girl from human
trafficking: http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2017/02/07/alaska-flight-attendant-praised-for-reportedly-saving-human-trafficking-victim.html
Netanyahu’s sit and do
nothing policy could hurt us in Syria: http://debka.com/article/25917/Israel’s-inaction-in-Syria-may-open-Golan-to-Iran
Israeli Arab investigative
Reporter exposes Kotel security breach: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/224592
Outer Fringe of the Charedi
Community block traffic against registration for the draft: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4919231,00.html
He makes a good ambassador
but not Prime Minister: https://www.algemeiner.com/2017/02/07/how-would-you-feel-if-israel-funded-welsh-or-scottish-independence-groups-pm-netanyahu-asks-uk-counterpart-in-call-for-foreign-governments-to-stop-giving-money-to-ngos-that-slander-the-jewish/
Stray Mortar in the north
ISIS tunnel attacked probably by Egypt with two Shachidim. Four rockets on
Eilat: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4919939,00.html
Petach Tikva terror attack in
a mixed Arab-Israeli market place. One Arab who was thought to be the terrorist
was hit by a board in the head. Terrorist wounded by people with clubs and his
weapons removed. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/224724
Marie La Pen and
anti-Semitism in disguise. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/224762
Russian sophisticated weapons
could fall into the hands of terrorists: http://debka.com/article/25918/Russia-to-give-Syrian-army-high-precision-weapons
Have a good
Shabbos and Tu Be Shevat,
Rachamim Pauli
