Parsha Ki Sisa
Up until now, the Torah has been
dealing with what materials were to be brought for the Mishkan and the garments
of the Cohanim. This week we finally get to the business of engineering the
Mishkan and clothing. Where is Moshe during these Parshiyos, he is up on Har
Sinai learning the Mitzvos, Chukkim, Mishpatim, Halachos etc. Note: The
commentary is shorter due to six original stories this week.
This Parsha is the largest in Sefer
Shemos.
The weight is ten gerahs that was a common measurement and known to all. According to my search engine a Shekel is 11.34 grams. Half a shekel is 5.67 grams. Half a shekel is $1.13 as for spot silver at the time of the calculation.
14 Every one that pass among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the offering of the LORD. 15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when they give the offering of the LORD, to make atonement for your souls. 16 And thou shalt take the atonement money from the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tent of meeting, that it may be a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD, to make atonement for your souls.'
Under the age of 20 one is considered either a child or a youth but not capable of serving in the army.
17 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 18 'Thou shalt also make
a laver of brass, and the base thereof of brass, whereat to wash; and thou
shalt put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and thou shalt put
water therein. 19 And Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet
thereat; 20 when they go into the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water,
that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to cause an
offering made by fire to smoke unto the LORD; 21 so they shall wash their hands
and their feet, that they die not; and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even
to him and to his seed throughout their generations.'
The brass laver was made of the mirrors
of the righteous women who kept the population by making themselves attractive
to their husbands during the murderous times of Pharaoh. Wash their hands and feet
from Tuma. But since we are in the middle of the Corona outbreak, I have a
tradition that each Parsha has within it current events of the week. One of the
things we are told to avoid the virus is to wash with soap and water. The
washing cleans off the germs.
22 Moreover the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 23 'Take thou also
unto thee the chief spices, of flowing myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet
cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty, and of sweet calamus two
hundred and fifty, 24 and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the
sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin. 25 And thou shalt make it a holy anointing
oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer; it shall be a holy
anointing oil.
This second deals with the ingredients
and the making of the incense for the incense Mizbayach.
31:1 And the LORD spoke
unto Moses, saying: 2 'See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the
son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; 3 and I have filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship, 4 to devise skillful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in
brass, 5 and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work
in all manner of workmanship.
Hur is about to lose his life on a
Kiddush HASHEM in this Parsha. He will get his Olam HaBa and as a reward, his
grandson Betzalel shall became the main architect and designer of the metals
and wood in the Mishkan to be used in the first Mikdash.
6 And I, behold, I have appointed with him Oholiav, the son of
Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the hearts of all that are wise-hearted
I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee: 7 the
tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony, and the ark-cover that is
thereupon, and all the furniture of the Tent; 8 and the table and its vessels,
and the pure candlestick with all its vessels, and the altar of incense; 9 and
the altar of burnt-offering with all its vessels, and the laver and its base;
10 and the plaited garments, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and
the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office; 11 and the
anointing oil, and the incense of sweet spices for the holy place; according to
all that I have commanded thee shall they do.'
It is not revealed what his forefather
did so one can assume he earned this by his own righteousness.
12 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 13 'Speak thou also unto
the children of Israel, saying: Verily ye shall keep My Sabbaths, for it is a
sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that ye may know that I am
the LORD who sanctify you.
Shabbos Kodesh is a special sign or
bris between G-D and the Bnei Yisrael.
14 Ye shall keep the Sabbath therefore, for it is holy unto you;
every one that profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whosoever does any
work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
One who purposely violates the Shabbos.
Meaning that he knows it is Shabbos. He knows of the 39 Melachos. He knows that
he is not supposed to perform a Melacha. This person deserves the death penalty
or cutting off from his people aka Kares. However, if he forgot it was Shabbos
even for a second and threw a light switch or something similar or forgot that
plowing was a Melacha etc., he is called Sogeg and is required in Temple times
to bring a Korban Chatas. However, if he grew up let us say Reform and never
came in contact with a Torah Jew, he is called a captive among the nations and
exempt on the grounds that a young child, insane person, deaf mute or unable to
understand and reason – this would include a person with a genius IQ as it is
written. “A fool does not understand this.” This theme is in Tehillim 92:6 and
Mishlei 18:2. So such a person like a child propagandized by the Reform on
primitive and ancient customs would be exempt from the death penalty and Kares.
For this reasons I was told by Yacov Glicksman in the name of Rabbi Yacov
London that if a Jew is driving a car and asks instructions on Shabbos you give
him the shortest route so as to prevent more unnecessary Chillul Shabbos.
15 Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day is a Sabbath
of solemn rest, holy to the LORD; whosoever does any work in the Sabbath day,
he shall surely be put to death.
If he/she was warned by two witnesses
and there was a Sanhedrin of at least 23 people, the individual could be tried
and sentenced to death.
16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, for
a perpetual covenant.
It is a positive Mitzvah to rest and
refrain from work. It is a pro-active command to guard the observance and
holiness of the day. Since one is used to work, special precautions must be in
place.
17 It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel forever; for
in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day He ceased
from work and rested.'
Between ME and the Bnei Yisrael forever
but not the nations of the world. Even a candidate to become a Ger Tzeddek, is
required to do one Melacha such as lighting a match on Shabbos so as not to
violate the command. Upon a Bris for a man and a Mikvah for both a man or a
woman, the Ger now is a full Jew and observes.
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18 And He gave unto Moses, when He had made an end of speaking
with him upon mount Sinai, the two tables of the testimony, tables of stone,
written with the finger of God.
At this point, Moshe receives these
giant Safire Tablets with the engraving of the Decalogue on them.
32:1 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to
come down from the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron,
and said unto him: 'Up, make us a god who shall go before us; for as for this
Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is
become of him.'
This whole section deals with mob rule
murdering Hur and making of the Egel HaZahav. Moshe is up the mountain and
without an active leader, the masses start to find a gang leader to rule. The
worse elements and least common denominators cease power. As was in Egypt just
opposite what they heard on Sinai, they want a physical statute to represent
their G-D. [HASHEM ELOKIM is still the one they worship just in the image.]
2 And Aaron said unto them: 'Break off the golden rings, which are
in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them
unto me.' … 6 And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered
burnt-offerings, and brought peace-offerings; and the people sat down to eat
and to drink, and rose up to make merry.
Besides idol worship making merry with
drink and lose modesty. Belly dancing may be an art for Turks and Arabs but was
never ever part of true Am Yisrael culture.
7 And the LORD spoke unto Moses: 'Go, get thee down; for thy
people, that thou brought up out of the land of Egypt, have dealt corruptly; 8
they have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them; they have
made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed unto it,
and said: This is thy god, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of
Egypt.' 9 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'I have seen this people, and, behold,
it is a stiffnecked people. 10 Now therefore let Me alone, that My wrath may
wax hot against them, and that I may consume them; and I will make of thee a
great nation.' 11 And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said: 'LORD, why
doth Thy wrath wax hot against Thy people, that Thou hast brought forth out of
the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand? 12 Wherefore should
the Egyptians speak, saying: For evil did He bring them forth, to slay them in
the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from Thy
fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against Thy people. 13 Remember Abraham,
Isaac, and Israel, Thy servants, to whom Thou didst swear by Thine own self,
and said unto them: I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all
this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall
inherit it forever.' 14 And the LORD repented of the evil which He said He
would do unto His people.
We say this section every fast day. It
is Moshe’s plea to HASHEM against destruction due to the golden calf.
15 And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, with the two
tables of the testimony in his hand; tables that were written on both their
sides; on the one side and on the other were they written. 16 And the tables
were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the
tables.
What should have been the most joyous occasion
turned into one of tragedy, slaying of the evil Egel worshipers and making the
people drink of the gold mixed with water.
17 And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted,
he said unto Moses: 'There is a noise of war in the camp.' 18 And he said: 'It
is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of
them that cry for being overcome, but the noise of them that sing do I hear.'
I hear the noise of drunkenness, licentiousness,
and idolatry.
19 And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp,
that he saw the calf and the dancing; and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast
the tables out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mount. 20 And he took
the calf which they had made, and burnt it with fire, and ground it to powder,
and strewed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it. 21
And Moses said unto Aaron: 'What did this people unto thee, that thou hast
brought a great sin upon them?'
Moshe could be humble on his own
account and power but had to be zealous for HASHEM. He simply lost his temper
after calming down HASHEM’s temper.
… 25 And when Moses saw that the people were broken loose--for
Aaron had let them loose for a derision among their enemies-- 26 then Moses
stood in the gate of the camp, and said: 'Whoso is on the LORD'S side, let him
come unto me.' And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.
27 And he said unto them: 'Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Put ye every
man his sword upon his thigh, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout
the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and
every man his neighbor.' 28 And the sons of Levi did according to the word of
Moses; and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. 29 And
Moses said: 'Consecrate yourselves to-day to the LORD, for every man hath been
against his son and against his brother; that He may also bestow upon you a
blessing this day.'
The death penalty was fast and swift. A
onetime prophecy to execute as king without a Sanhedrin.
30 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the
people: 'Ye have sinned a great sin; and now I will go up unto the LORD,
peradventure I shall make atonement for your sin.' 31 And Moses returned unto
the LORD, and said: 'Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made
them a god of gold. 32 Yet now, if Thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not,
blot me, I pray Thee, out of Thy book which Thou hast written.' 33 And the LORD
said unto Moses: 'Whosoever hath sinned against Me, him will I blot out of My
book. 34 And now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto
thee; behold, Mine angel shall go before thee; nevertheless, in the day when I
visit, I will visit their sin upon them.'
Despite Moshe putting the mob leaders
and followers to death there were others and HASHEM viewed their hearts and
kidneys.
35 And the LORD smote the people, because they made the calf,
which Aaron made. … 5
And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Say unto the children of Israel: Ye are a
stiffnecked people; if I go up into the midst of thee for one moment, I shall
consume thee; therefore, now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know
what to do unto thee.'
12 And
Moses said unto the LORD: 'See, Thou said unto me: Bring up this people; and
Thou hast not let me know whom Thou wilt send with me. Yet Thou hast said: I
know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in My sight. 13 Now
therefore, I pray Thee, if I have found grace in Thy sight, show me now Thy
ways, that I may know Thee, to the end that I may find grace in Thy sight; and
consider that this nation is Thy people.' 14 And He said: 'My presence shall go
with thee, and I will give thee rest.' …17 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'I
will do this thing also that thou hast spoken, for thou hast found grace in My
sight, and I know thee by name.' 18 And he said: 'Show me, I pray Thee, Thy
glory.' 19 And He said: 'I will make all My goodness pass before thee, and will
proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and I will be gracious to whom I
will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.' 20 And He
said: 'Thou canst not see My face, for man shall not see Me and live.' 21 And
the LORD said: 'Behold, there is a place by Me, and thou shalt stand upon the
rock. 22 And it shall come to pass, while My glory passes by, that I will put
thee in a cleft of the rock, and will cover thee with My hand until I have
passed by. 23 And I will take away My hand, and thou shalt see My back; but My
face shall not be seen.'
HASHEM
is too beautiful for a human soul to survive inside of a physical body and
live.
34:1 And the LORD said unto
Moses: 'Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first; and I will write upon
the tables the words that were on the first tables, which thou didst break.
Now you will have to use a Kabbalistic
formula to make giant sapphire and inscribe on it the Asera Dibros.
2 And be ready by the morning, and come up in the morning unto
mount Sinai, and present thyself there to Me on the top of the mount. 3 And no
man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the
mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount.' 4 And he hewed
two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the
morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took
in his hand two tables of stone.
Moshe succeeded in making the Dibros.
5 And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there,
and proclaimed the name of the LORD. 6 And the LORD passed by before him, and
proclaimed: 'The LORD, the LORD, God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering,
and abundant in goodness and truth; 7 keeping mercy unto the thousandth
generation, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin; and that will by no
means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children,
and upon the children's children, unto the third and unto the fourth
generation.' 8 And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and
worshipped. 9 And he said: 'If now I have found grace in Thy sight, O Lord, let
the Lord, I pray Thee, go in the midst of us; for it is a stiffnecked people;
and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for Thine inheritance.' …14
For thou shalt bow down to no other god; for the LORD, whose name is Jealous,
is a jealous God; 15 lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the
land, and they go astray after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods,
and they call thee, and thou eat of their sacrifice; 16 and thou take of their
daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go astray after their gods, and
make thy sons go astray after their gods.
The inhabitants of Canaan were so
steeped in licentiousness and idol worship that their children would try to
marry you to become like them. `
17 Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. 18 The feast of unleavened
bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I
commanded thee, at the time appointed in the month Abib, for in the month Abib
thou came out from Egypt.
You should observe Pesach forever.
19 All that opens the womb is Mine; and of all thy cattle thou
shalt sanctify the males, the firstlings of ox and sheep. 20 And the firstling
of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then
thou shalt break its neck. All the first-born of thy sons thou shalt redeem.
And none shall appear before Me empty.
The redemption of the first born is in
memory of the tenth of the Makkos that Mitzrayim received until you were
redeemed as I kept your first born alive.
21 Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt
rest; in plowing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.
This is a reminder of the seventh day
of Pesach and not Shabbos Kodesh for on this day the sea was split.
22 And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, even of the
first-fruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the turn of the
year. 23 Three times in the year shall all thy males appear before the Lord
GOD, the God of Israel.
There are only two Chaggim mentioned
above. Yet it says three times a year. Where is the third Regel. If we take a
timing of events between Moshe going up and down the mountain the second forty
days, end on Yom Kippur. Sukkos had not occurred nor had it been commanded yet
only that there would be three Regelim.
24 For I will cast out nations before thee, and enlarge thy
borders; neither shall any man covet thy land, when thou go up to appear before
the LORD thy God three times in the year. 25 Thou shalt not offer the blood of
My sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of
the Passover be left unto the morning. 26 The choicest first-fruits of thy land
thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a
kid in its mother's milk.'
This is the second mention of milk and
meat in the Torah.
27 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Write thou these words, for
after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with
Israel.' 28 And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did
neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of
the covenant, the ten words. 29 And it came to pass, when Moses came down from
mount Sinai with the two tables of the testimony in Moses' hand, when he came
down from the mount, that Moses knew not that the skin of his face sent forth
beams while He talked with him.
The first time Moshe went up the
mountain he also did not eat or drink but was sustained. That time as an
ordinary human but now after seeing the back of the
L-RD he was like DIVINE and was given a
gift of a glowing face with such light rays emanating from it.
Beams of light to such an extent that the people feared and he needed a veil. It is said that when the Malbim died, his body glowed and the burial society was in fear and awe. Only with the light of the morning did they gather the courage to bury him.
Parsha Parah
This is the first Chapter of Parsha
Chukkas and will be commented upon there. The Egel is the sin and the Parah is
the atonement.
Bamidbar 19:1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying:
2 This is the statute of the law which
the LORD hath commanded, saying: Speak unto the children of Israel, that they
bring thee a red heifer, faultless, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never
came yoke. 3 And ye shall give her unto
Eleazar the priest, and she shall be brought forth without the camp, and she
shall be slain before his face. 4 And
Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her
blood toward the front of the tent of meeting seven times. 5 And the heifer shall be burnt in his sight; her skin,
and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall be burnt. 6 And the priest shall take cedar-wood, and hyssop, and
scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer. 7 Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall
bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he may come into the camp, and the
priest shall be unclean until the even. 8
And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in
water, and shall be unclean until the even. 9 And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and
lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the
congregation of the children of Israel for a water of sprinkling; it is a
purification from sin. 10 And he that
gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until
the even; and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger
that sojourns among them, for a statute forever. 11 He that touches the dead, even any man's dead body,
shall be unclean seven days; 12 the same
shall purify himself therewith on the third day and on the seventh day, and he
shall be clean; but if he purify not himself the third day and the seventh day,
he shall not be clean. 13 Whosoever
touches the dead, even the body of any man that is dead, and purifies not
himself--he hath defiled the tabernacle of the LORD--that soul shall be cut off
from Israel; because the water of sprinkling was not dashed against him, he
shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him. 14 This is the law: when a man dies in a tent, every one
that cometh into the tent, and every thing that is in the tent, shall be
unclean seven days. 15 And every open
vessel, which hath no covering close-bound upon it, is unclean. 16 And whosoever in the open field toucheth one that is
slain with a sword, or one that dieth of himself, or a bone of a man, or a
grave, shall be unclean seven days. 17
And for the unclean they shall take of the ashes of the burning of the
purification from sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel. 18 And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in
the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon
the persons that were there, and upon him that touched the bone, or the slain,
or the dead, or the grave. 19 And the
clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the
seventh day; and on the seventh day he shall purify him; and he shall wash his
clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even. 20 But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not
purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from the midst of the assembly,
because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD; the water of sprinkling hath
not been dashed against him: he is unclean. 21 And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them; and he that sprinkles
the water of sprinkling shall wash his clothes; and he that touches the water
of sprinkling shall be unclean until even. 22 And whatsoever the unclean person touches shall be unclean; and the
soul that touches him shall be unclean until even.
Stories Galore
Every year on Purim, R’ Rafael Solomon
Shlita invites between 30 to 50 people to his home and among other things, he
tells personal stories. One of the guest was Dr. Danny DDS who needs a minor
procedure in the States and we all in unison gave him a blessing for a Refuah
Shelayma (complete healing) in a loud Amen.
Rabbi Kanievsky and Blessings as told
by Danny the Dentist
One day, Dr. Danny DDS was being
audited by the IRS. Nobody like a tax audit. Part of Danny’s business expenses
since his wife and children are in Israel are his flights. The IRS wanted to
check into that and his charity donations. His accountant prepared the material
for the IRS just in case.
One of the charity collectors was Rabbi
M., who was close to Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky Shlita. Rabbi M. went to Rabbi Chaim
and he poo-pooed the whole idea. After about a year, the IRS notified Dr. Danny
that they had secretly audited him and found him clean.
My Purim gift to Rabbi Mimran and vice
versa.
Every year on Purim I drive over to
Rabbi Mimran Shlita to give him a Purim gift. This year we sat down to learn
Halachos Shabbos as Rabbi Kanievsky emphasized learning the laws of Shabbos because
of the non-religious making war of Shabbos Kodesh in Yisrael. He also stressed
learning ethics aka Mussar. From here comes some of the things we talked about
in our learning and the younger Rav coming to us for a blessing.
Every once in a while my Chavruta,
Rabbi and Dayan Shlomo Mimran, tells me a story from Beis Din. Sometimes for my
common horse sense and knowledge of Israeli Civil Law and then he goes into the
Halacha and goes towards a Psak. Sometimes it is a case of a caterer against a
client or vice versa where you don’t know if one is confused, lying or both are
lying because of money.
A few weeks ago in the Israeli Press
there was a story of a Rabbi promising for large sums of money to revive a
brain dead person or two time after time. Another story of an advisor to
politician to a Rabbi who recorded what he said about Ganz and the conversation
was released to help Netanyahu in the final days of the elections. I have often
said: “There are ‘Rabbis’ and then there are RABBIS!” I want to tell you how I
handle confidentiality and blessings.
A Rabbi has to keep confidentiality. As
one of prophets said “I sit among my people”. I once had a woman ask for my
advice on what to do as she had committed adultery with somebody and wondered
if she should marry him. Unlike Dr. Phil and some forgiving husbands, I figured
that something was wrong in the relationship and not worth repairing. For
either the husband was not physically or intellectually stimulating the woman.
For you see from Beresheis that perhaps the man is looking for his rib but the
rib is looking to be whole. One does not have to have a PhD from Harvard or
Yale to figure out the male adulterer likes “stolen waters are fresh” but not
looking to commit to a relationship. Now how would it look if I recorded and
released such a conversation! I also heard other stuff in a public place where
I wanted to go through the floor due to the volume of the person speaking it
and in the end the buck stopped here.
I am not really a giver of Berachos and
don’t know how much power I have. There is perhaps a small amount for the
things that I do for the sake of heaven. One of the fellows sitting down in the
photo of the night Kollel is still there after over 15 years with a number of
fellows declining. He came with a Purim gift for Rav Mimran. He was inebriated
from Purim. Like most people who learn a lot of Torah full of Simcha and not a
raging drunk. He only drank a lot to observe “until you don’t know the
difference between blessed be Mordechai and cursed be Haman”. He asked me for a
blessing. I told him I am not known as a miracle worker or a Rabbi who blesses
and then wonders happen when I bless. He insisted so I blessed him and Rabbi
Mimran too. He then danced around in a circle with another Kollel man. He came
back for another blessing. I told him that I blessed him. When the make is high
on alcohol I gave him another blessing and one for his wife and he left ‘Tov
Lev’ (happy hearted) like the king after his drinking in the Megillah.
Rena Solomon and Hashgacha
Rena Solomon is working with learning
disability children. One day recently, she was at the bus station and a woman
begged her for money so she gave her the last two Shekels that she had. Another
woman came up and Rena wanted to give but felt bad. Suddenly from the side
rolled over a 5 NIS coin. Rena picked it up and gave it to the second poor
lady.
The
Rebbe and the Surgery that wasn’t
A
certain man in FL was told in the 1980’s that he would have to undergo major
surgery. Since he had an option to wait, he flew to Brooklyn NY to see the
Rebbe. Now it was at a time that the Rebbe was quite on in years and not taking
visitors. The man knew where the Rebbe lived and hid behind a tree. When the
Rebbe started walking to Schul, before the secretaries could run interference
for the Rebbe, the man made contact with the Rebbe and told him while walking
his story. The Rebbe made a hand motion dismissing the whole thing. He then
flew back to FL pre-surgery and the doctors did some tests. They took a long time
comparing the first and second tests. The second test showed that there was no
need whatsoever for surgery.
Patrick
TZ and surgery
A
number of years ago, Patrick lived in my area. One day the doctors discovered a
growth in his head. They removed it and he went on with his life. A number of
years later, another growth developed that was so life threatening that on
Thursday the doctors said that they had to operate on Shabbos for he had next
to no chance otherwise to make it to Sunday and even then it would be touch and
go. Rabbi Barak Kochavi Shlita went to the Rebbe’s books and picked an answer.
He got one of healing. R’ Solomon organized prayers and Psalms and the area
Synagogues make special healing prayers. One of the ladies from the Schul
Tirtsa D. and perhaps the group where my wife goes with Denise R. prayed Psalms
for Patrick.
After
the surgery Patrick told Rabbi Kochavi the following story. I died on the
operating tape and my soul left my body. I went through a tunnel towards a
light and ended up in the heavenly Beis Din. Rabbi Kochavi was there pleading
for me and Rafi Solomon with his prayers but I was a peace and wanted to remain
there. Then the Psalms of the ladies lead by Tirtsa came and pulled me back
down. After a few weeks, Patrick made almost a complete recovery.
Rafael Solomon stuck in Orlando for
Shabbos but ends up in Tampa
Rafi had just finished catering and
cooking for a kosher cruise and B”H no Corona aboard the ship. Since it was
almost Purim, Rafi went to the hotel that he is catering for Pesach to check up
on the supplies, dishes, etc.
He then proceeded to call up Chabad of
Jacksonville and another town and was told that there was no room for him as a
guest for Shabbos. He then said to himself, I will go to the Kosher Section of
the local Winn-Dixie Store and buy a Challah, Wine, etc. for Shabbos. As he was
about to check-out, he remembered that he forgot to pick up something perhaps
candles. He turned around and there was a man who looked Lubavitch. Shalom
Aleichem was exchanged.
The man had come from Tampa and had
driven his son to Orlando for something. He went to ‘kill time’ by buying
sweets and treats for Shabbos in the store. He heard that Rafi was by himself
and invited him for Shabbos. He insisted and Rafael was more than happy to be
with him.
The Congregation was small about 15
people. At the Kiddush on Shabbos, Rafi was asked where he came from. He said,
”Chashmonayim Yisrael”. The man piped back, “Do you know a Yoel Hirsch? We
stayed by his home for Shabbos and he managed to convince my brother to observe
Shabbos.” The reply was even more astounding. “I plan to be by Yoel on Purim
Night after the fast as he hosts the local Chabad and a few others for a meal.”
“Please tell Yoel to contact my brother in Edmonton Canada as he is having a
spiritual crises and I am sure that Yoel can help him.”
On Purim afternoon, Rafi reported that
Yoel had been able to contact the man and would contact him again. What
Hashgacha! A Jew from Israel, working in FL, meets a person from an hour and a
half away to get invited to Shabbos in order to meet a brother of a man from a
north central Canadian City to be helped by a Jew in Yisrael. There are no
accidents or coincidents!
Josephus Revolt
caves found. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/276931
You have gone against the nature of the
world Teva = 86 in Gematria. Now I will send my nature against you. ELOKIM = 86
in Gematria where K = H. The Gaon Rabbi Mazuz Shlita speaks out fiercely on the
spiritual cause of the Corona Virus. The above is my wording for clearer
understanding. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/276998
Zohar Rabbis to say
Kaddish instead of quarantined mourners. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/276986
Senator Cruz self-quarantines after coming in
contact via handshake with Corona Patient at CPAC. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/277009
Corona is bringing out the best in us by
quarantined Rabbi Reuven Fink: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/25330
Netanyahu requests to delay trial. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/HJ00fg00GSI
61 MK’s against minority government. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/S1Jog00SSL
Lifeguard stations moved backwards by the Kinneret.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/277127
Rosh Yeshiva has Corona. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/277128
Rabbi
Kanievsky suspends reception only via fax. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/277173
Israel braces for gale force winds. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rkaKOKDHI
Shas calls for National Emergency Government. https://www.timesofisrael.com/shass-deri-calls-for-national-emergency-government-to-tackle-coronavirus/
Wife of Corona Ambulance Driver threatened. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/277147
Inyanay Diyoma
Friday night miracle rocket misses
mark. Many loud explosions in Gaza as munitions storage facilities hit. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/276938
Miracle in Chevron. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/276923
Young Israel Rabbi tests positive. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/276937
Has China bought the WHO? https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/276932
Nazi flag at Sanders Rally. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/276943
Blood Libel in Canadian Arabic paper. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/276949
Iranian bigshots with Corona treated in Beirut. https://www.debka.com/secret-facility-at-hizballahs-beirut-hospital-cares-for-iranian-high-ups-down-with-corona/
Ed-Op
in times of Pandemic time for a unity government. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rJgS5vCNL
After two attendees
of AIPAC get Corona suspicion that the virus is in DC. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/HJOrJ2xr8
Israel may add the US to the quarantine list. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/6L0VR2NBO#autoplay
Cases in Israel rise to 21. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/UY95IB4LX#autoplay
From Gail: Did Sen. Chris Murphy meeting with
Iranians bring about the potential to infect the Senate with Corona? http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/25294
3 US States may be on the no-entry list. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/276976
Two MK’s to block a minority government. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/276974
1
killed in Tunis bombing near US Embassy. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/S1U47QfH8
3 US States may be on the no-entry list. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/276976
Two MK’s to block a minority government. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/276974
Israelis return from Russia with Corona, Corona at
Athens Embassy. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/HJ3ofsmSL https://www.ynetnews.com/article/ULLCXIKPE
Sackler School of Medicine Univ. Tel Aviv Professor
– unnecessary Corona Panic in Israel. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/H1OHOKGBL
Are the numbers played down in Iran? https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/277013
Nobody knows if China spread the virus to N. Korea
but they fired 3 projectiles on Sunday. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/277008
Barry Shaw: Philip Hanley not a suicide. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/25332
Funds for Balloon terror may be cut. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/BkMj2ofH8
Connection between Iranian Nuke and terror. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/HJSp97MBL
You have gone against the nature of the
world Teva = 86 in Gematria. Now I will send my nature against you. ELOKIM = 86
in Gematria where K = H. The Gaon Rabbi Mazuz Shlita speaks out fiercely on the
spiritual cause of the Corona Virus. The above is my wording for clearer
understanding. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/276998
Zohar Rabbis to say
Kaddish instead of quarantined mourners. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/276986
Senator Cruz self-quarantines after coming in
contact via handshake with Corona Patient at CPAC. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/277009
Corona is bringing out the best in us by
quarantined Rabbi Reuven Fink: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/25330
Stabbing thwarted. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/277119
10 Billion NIS for fight against Corona. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/277135
Pilots may lose licenses. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/277096
US cancels orders for Iron Dome. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/277077
Ed-Op Yemeni grow up
Netanyahu and Ganz. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/B1tQYGSS8
Ed-Op Yemeni Blue & White put country first. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/H1EA00STE8
NY woman indicted for hate crime. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/HyT87VBSI
Jewish Boy stoned. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/277130
Fickle, faithless and feckless Ed-Op Dr. Sherman. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/25353
Universities may not reopen next semester old age
homes to be isolated. https://www.debka.com/universities-may-not-reopen-next-semester-senior-citizens-isolated/
Bio-warfare facilities at Nes Tziona announces a
possible vaccine for Corona and something to neutralize the effect of Corona
once infected. https://www.timesofisrael.com/defense-ministry-denies-breakthrough-on-vaccine-for-covid-19/
Yank and Brit killed in Iraq. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/277152
Rio Madrid Player has Corona Euro-league teams face
quarantine. NBA suspends season. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/277160
Want a big wedding only outdoors as gatherings
restricted to 100 people except Knesset, Army and other emergency services. https://www.debka.com/israelis-face-changing-lifestyle-no-public-gatherings-above-100-academic-studies-at-home/
Rabbi Kanievsky
suspends reception only via fax. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/277173
Portugal
establishes memorial day for Inquisition. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/277172
Israeli Arab HS removes Israel from map.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/277167
Senior Jihadi visits Moscow. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/277165
Israel has 100 official cases. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/BJr81wDBU
Countries near Iran hit 10,000 cases. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/r12Y9YwHI
Israel braces for gale force winds. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rkaKOKDHI
Rav Deri an experienced politician and
deal maker called upon the two main political parties to make a Shalom Beis
deal with a national emergency government. The last time there was one was in
1967 with Levi Eshkol and Menachem Begin. The decision was made to close all
the schools due to Corona (100 plus cases in total). Kindergartens and special
needs will keep open and there will be an arrangement for children in the first
to third grade to have ‘camps’. https://www.debka.com/israel-shutters-schools-against-coronavirus-netanyahu-calls-for-national-unity-government/
Netanyahu will not make a government with the joint
Arab list. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/277208
Ganz may use the Arabs as an excuse. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/277207
Lieberman returns to National Unity plea. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/277192
Friday Menashe went to a Minyan there were 150
people there the Gabi started scream break up the Minyan in half. Sports games
in NHL, climbing of Mt. Everest, etc. cancelled. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/277171
Dr. who did not have self-quarantine, contacted the
virus. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/277181
First time a military flight JFK to Eilat. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/277186
Six month old with Corona. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/277195
NYC Mayor declares
an emergency. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/277205
Sophie Trudeau has Corona. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/277215
Top Ayatollah Advisor has Corona. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/277221
Canadian bio-engineering company in Canada may have
an inection. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/277216
US targets Shiites who attacked and killed two US
Soldiers and one Brit. https://www.foxnews.com/us/us-military-strike-iran-backed-shia-militias-that-killed-2-us-1-british-service-members-defense-official
Have a healthy, peaceful and restful
Shabbos –
next week starts Pesach talk,
Rachamim Pauli
