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Parsha Miketz Part 2
Last week I wrote the
follow “Svara” (guestimate): 17 And he put them all together into ward three
days. I haven’t read the Medrash in years but it appears to me that
this was the time that Yosef was in the pit. Menashe, my nephew, saw the commentary
of Rabbi Yacov Baal HaTurim stating that the three days were for three things
that the brothers did to Yosef. They removed his coat of many colors, threw in
the pit and the third reason is that the sold him. Now my Svara might be
correct the narration of the story does not tell the time period but it appears
to be one day or so and no longer from the Pshat.
Continuing from where we
left off, the brothers are now home minus Shimon.
43:1 And the famine was sore in the
land. 2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which
they had brought out of Egypt, that their father said unto them: 'Go again, buy
us a little food.'
They took to Yacov as much as they
could on their animals but eventually the grain is used up.
3 And Judah spoke unto him,
saying: 'The man did earnestly forewarn us, saying: Ye shall not see my face,
except your brother be with you. 4 If thou wilt send our brother with
us, we will go down and buy thee food;
He spoke honestly with us.
5 but if thou wilt not send him,
we will not go down, for the man said unto us: Ye shall not see my face, except
your brother be with you.' 6 And Israel said: 'Wherefore dealt ye so
ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?'
Why did you tell him that you had
another brother?
7 And they said: 'The man asked
straitly concerning ourselves, and concerning our kindred, saying: Is your
father yet alive? have you another brother? and we told him according to the
tenor of these words; could we in any wise know that he would say: Bring your
brother down?'
The man asked if their father was
still alive and if we had a brother. Could we have known that he would demand
that we bring out younger brother.
8 And Judah said unto Israel his
father: 'Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go, that we may live, and
not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.
If you do not send him, both we, you
and your grandchildren will perish and then what has made your life worth
living?
9 I will be surety for him; of my
hand shalt thou require him; if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before
thee, then let me bear the blame forever.
I pledge my Olam HaBa (next world) as
surety that I will bring him back otherwise I will be lost both in this world
and the next.
10 For except we had lingered,
surely we had now returned a second time.' 11 And their father Israel
said unto them: 'If it be so now, do this: take of the choice fruits of the
land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a
little honey, spicery and ladanum, nuts, and almonds;
The brothers now will
return to Egypt with Benyamin and goodies such as almonds and rare spices and
foods from Eretz Yisrael and perhaps the East (India, Iraq, etc.).
12 and take double money in your
hand; and the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks carry back in
your hand; peradventure it was an oversight;
Make sure that you have enough money
so that you will not be accused of being thieves I don’t need my sons in jail
for being spies and thieves.
13 take also your brother, and
arise, go again unto the man;
Now take Benyamin but guard him
carefully.
14 and God Almighty give you
mercy before the man, that he may release unto you your other brother and
Benjamin. And as for me, if I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.'
One of Benyamin’s great-great…great
grandchildren named Esther will say a similar thing before meeting Achashveros.
4:16 'Go, gather together all the Jews
that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink
three days, night or day; I also and my maidens will fast in like manner; and
so, will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law; and if I
perish, I perish.'
15 And the men took that present,
and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went
down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph. 16 And when Joseph saw
Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house: 'Bring the men into
the house, and kill the beasts, and prepare the meat; for the men shall dine
with me at noon.' 17 And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man
brought the men into Joseph's house. 18 And the men were afraid,
because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said: 'Because of the
money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that
he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and
our asses.' 19 And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house,
and they spoke unto him at the door of the house, 20 and said: 'Oh my
lord, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food. 21 And it
came to pass, when we came to the lodging-place, that we opened our sacks, and,
behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full
weight; and we have brought it back in our hand. 22 And other money
have we brought down in our hand to buy food. We know not who put our money in
our sacks.' 23 And he said: 'Peace be to you, fear not; your God, and
the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks; I had your
money.' And he brought Simeon out unto them.
Shimon is cleaned up and released from
jail. He had better conditions with the jail keeper like Yosef.
24 And the man brought the men
into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he
gave their asses provender.
Similar to Avraham and the Angels to
wash the dust from their feet.
25 And they made ready the
present against Joseph's coming at noon; for they heard that they should eat
bread there. 26 And when Joseph came home, they brought him the
present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed down to him to the
earth. 27 And he asked them of their welfare, and said: 'Is your
father well, the old man of whom ye spoke?
The Medrash refers to the ‘old man’ as
Yitzchak but does it make sense. Yacov left Yitzchak when the old man was 123
and spent 36 years abroad making him 159. Yosef is 9 at the time. Yosef is 30
when he stands before Pharaoh and Yitzchak would be 180 then. So despite the
Medrash, I go by the Pshat and the old man is 130year old Yacov.
Is he yet alive?'
Is he still alive now that (Yosef and)
Benyamin is not at home?
28 And they said: 'Thy servant
our father is well, he is yet alive.' And they bowed the head, and made
obeisance.
11 brothers bow before Yosef.
29 And he lifted up his eyes, and
saw Benjamin his brother, his mother's son, and said: 'Is this your youngest
brother of whom ye spoke unto me?' And he said: 'God be gracious unto thee, my
son.'
His blessing is from his heart but
later, Yehuda will view this as a male slave to satisfy an evil perverse
desire.
30 And Joseph made haste; for his
heart yearned toward his brother; and he sought where to weep; and he entered
into his chamber, and wept there. 31 And he washed his face, and came
out; and he refrained himself, and said: 'Set on bread.'
Up until now, he was dealing with his
half-brothers and now with his full brother.
32 And they set on for him by
himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, that did eat with
him, by themselves; because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews;
for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
Who wants to sit with these strange
Charedi Bumkins.
33 And they sat before him, the
firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth;
and the men marveled one with another.
How could he know this? What magical
powers does he posses?
34 And portions were taken unto
them from before him; but Benjamin's portion was five times so much as any of
theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.
To test them out if they will be
jealous of Benyamin but they show no such jealousy.
44:1 And he commanded the
steward of his house, saying: 'Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they
can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth. 2 And put
my goblet, the silver goblet, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn
money.' And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.
Yosef is giving them the ultimate test
before revealing himself.
3 As soon as the morning was
light, the men were sent away, they and their asses. 4 And when they
were gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said unto his
steward: 'Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto
them: Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?
Now go and accuse them as follows.
5 Is not this it in which my lord
drinks, and whereby he indeed divines? ye have done evil in so doing.'
Yosef will see if they have done
Teshuva. Will they abandon Benyamin like they did him or try to save a brother?
6 And he overtook them, and he
spoke unto them these words. 7 And they said unto him: 'Wherefore
speaks my lord such words as these? Far be it from thy servants that they
should do such a thing. 8 Behold, the money, which we found in our
sacks' mouths, we brought back unto thee out of the land of Canaan; how then
should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold?
Why in the world should we steal
anything seeing that we honestly brought back double the money!
9 With whomsoever of thy servants
it be found, let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen.'
This is a remark that jumps the gun
like Yacov said about his beloved Rachel and she died in childbirth.
10 And he said: 'Now also let it
be according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my bondman; and
ye shall be blameless.'
They are so sure of their honesty that
they cannot imagine that their money will be returned again and the cup planted
on purpose in Benyamin’s sack. You fool me once you are a fool, you fool me
twice I am a fool.
11 Then they hastened, and took
down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his
sack. 12 And he searched, beginning at the eldest, and leaving off at
the youngest; and the goblet was found in Benjamin's sack. 13 And
they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the
city.
The son of the thief that stole the
Teraphim from her father is up to the old family stealing business. That is
what Yosef will say.
14 And Judah and his brethren
came to Joseph's house, and he was yet there; and they fell before him on the
ground. 15 And Joseph said unto them: 'What deed is this that ye have
done? know ye not that such a man as I will indeed divine?'
I have power to know who took my cup
so why did you do this?
16 And Judah said: 'What shall we
say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God
hath found out the iniquity of thy servants; behold, we are my lord's bondmen,
both we, and he also in whose hand the cup is found.'
We have sinned. However, Yehuda has
trust in HASHEM that Justice will be done as he instigated the sale of Yosef,
he should be the bond man. Benyamin was not part of the sale of his brother and
up to now did not know of it.
17 And he said: 'Far be it from
me that I should do so; the man in whose hand the goblet is found, he shall be
my bondman; but as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.'
10 of you are certainly innocent but
this thief the son of a thief, he is guilty. By doing this his late mother (the
moon) is sort of bowing down to him = the sun and the moon and eleven stars.
Parsha Vayigash
Yehuda’s Teshuva comes
though as the true brother willing to be a slave instead of Benyamin. He will
not reveal to the Egyptian why he wants to be a slave. He figures out Mida
Kneged Mida (measure for measure) as he sold Yosef. Up to now, Benyamin knows
nothing of this for he was the baby brother left at home. He must have been
about 10 at the time of the sale.
44:18 18 Then Judah came near
unto him, and said: 'Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in
my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant; for thou art
even as Pharaoh.
Yehuda prepares for two options to
save Benyamin either plead and become a slave in his place or start using the
power of HASHEM to make war on all of Mitzrayim.
19 My lord asked his servants,
saying: Have ye a father, or a brother? 20 And we said unto my lord:
We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his
brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loves
him. 21 And thou said unto thy servants: Bring him down unto me, that
I may set mine eyes upon him. 22 And we said unto my lord: The lad
cannot leave his father; for if he should leave his father, his father would
die. 23 And thou said unto thy servants: Except your youngest brother
come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.
Your servant our father cost Yosef
years off his life as he could have lived to 120years but he did not reply I
need not take the old man from retirement to be my servant.
24 And it came to pass when we
came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my
lord. 25 And our father said: Go again, buy us a little
food. 26 And we said: We cannot go down; if our youngest brother be
with us, then will we go down; for we may not see the man's face, except our
youngest brother be with us. 27 And thy servant my father said unto
us: Ye know that my wife bore me two sons; 28 and the one went out
from me, and I said: Surely, he is torn in pieces; and I have not seen him
since; 29 and if ye take this one also from me, and harm befall him,
ye will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. 30 Now
therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad is not with us;
seeing that his soul is bound up with the lad's soul;
My father will die if he is not coming
home.
31 it will come to pass, when he
sees that the lad is not with us, that he will die; and thy servants will bring
down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the
grave. 32 For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father,
saying: If I bring him not unto thee, then shall I bear the blame to my father
forever.
Both in this world and in the next.
33 Now therefore, let thy
servant, I pray thee, abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let
the lad go up with his brethren.
I suggested selling my brother to
slavery and I deserve what comes upon as my Tikkun please leave the innocent
Benyamin out of this.
34 For how shall I go up to my
father, if the lad be not with me? lest I look upon the evil that shall come on
my father.'
Please I beg you for the sake of my
father.
45:1 Then Joseph could not refrain
himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried: 'Cause every man to go
out from me.' And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known
unto his brethren.
He asked the interpreter and his staff
to leave the room as he began speaking Hebrew.
2 And he wept aloud; and the
Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard.
Pharaoh had spied all the time on
Yosef for just in case. The translator over heard the conversation.
3 And Joseph said unto his
brethren: 'I am Joseph; doth my father yet live?' And his brethren could not
answer him; for they were affrighted at his presence.
See I am not Arel (uncircumcised) I have a Bris. This has a double meaning
simply if his father is alive and if my father did not die when you sold me is
his life a life? (rebuke)
4 And Joseph said unto his
brethren: 'Come near to me, I pray you.' And they came near. And he said: 'I am
Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.
I am still your brother and he brought
Benyamin close to him to show them the similar facial features that until now
they had not noticed.
5 And now be not grieved, nor
angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither; for God did send me before you
to preserve life.
You thought that you sold me but
actually you were fulfilling G-D’s plan.
6 For these two years hath the
famine been in the land; and there are yet five years, in which there shall be
neither plowing nor harvest.
There will be five more years of
famine so come to me where the food is.
7 And God sent me before you to
give you a remnant on the earth, and to save you alive for a great
deliverance.
G-D sent me ahead of you to pave the
way to save you.
8 So now it was not you that sent
me hither, but God; and He hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all
his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt. 9 Hasten ye, and go
up to my father, and say unto him: Thus, says thy son Joseph: God hath made me
lord of all Egypt; come down unto me, tarry not. 10 And thou shalt
dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy
children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all
that thou hast; 11 and there will I sustain thee; for there are yet
five years of famine; lest thou come to poverty, thou, and thy household, and
all that thou hast. 12 And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my
brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaks unto you.
See how much Benyamin and I look alike
hurry and bring down the family here. (This will help fulfill the prophecy to
Avraham in the dream between the pieces.)
13 And ye shall tell my father of
all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall hasten and
bring down my father hither.'
So post haste to bring down my father
so the famine will not hurt him, you and yours.
14 And he fell upon his brother
Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.
Rashi quoting the Gemara saying he
cried at the neck as that was the approximate height in Benyamin’s territory
where the Mikdash was at the height of the neck. He cried for both Mikdashim.
But the Pshat is that it was tears of joy after 22years.
15 And he kissed all his
brethren, and wept upon them; and after that his brethren talked with
him. 16 And the report thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying:
'Joseph's brethren are come'; and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his
servants.
Maybe there will be more
Bnei Yisrael brains and administrators to help the land of Mitzrayim. Like the
disproportional amount of Nobel Prize Winners.
17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph:
'Say unto thy brethren: This do ye: lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the
land of Canaan; 18 and take your father and your households, and come
unto me; and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat
the fat of the land.
Come here go to Goshen
where the best land and grazing land is and we have food a-plenty.
19 Now thou art commanded, this
do ye: take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for
your wives, and bring your father, and come. 20 Also regard not your
stuff; for the good things of all the land of Egypt are yours.'
Although they were not
his servants and were free brothers they willing accepted his command to stay
alive.
21 And the sons of Israel did so;
and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave
them provision for the way.
When Yacov will see that
I am sending Agalos (wagons) I will remind him that we learned Egel Arufa (when
one finds a dead person on the path the elders of the city closest to the
victim bring an Egel=calf and break its neck saying we have not sinned that
this man died). We were learning thus Halacha when you sent me to look for my
brothers. Since sin makes one forget Torah I have not sinned.
22 To all of them he gave each
man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of
silver, and five changes of raiment.
And they were not
jealous but realized the money and clothing came from HASHEM.
23 And to his father he sent in
like manner ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she-asses
laden with corn and bread and victual for his father by the
way. 24 So he sent his brethren away, and they departed; and he said
unto them: 'See that ye fall not out by the way.' 25 And they went up
out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father. 26 And
they told him, saying: 'Joseph is yet alive, and he is ruler over all the land
of Egypt.' And his heart fainted, for he believed them not.
He was in a state of disbelief
after 22 years.
27 And they told him all the
words of Joseph, which he had said unto them; and when he saw the wagons which
Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived.
Because he understood that Yosef
reminded him of Halacha of Egel Arufa.
28 And Israel said: 'It is
enough; Joseph my son is yet alive; I will go and see him before I die.'
Now I know that all 12 sons are alive,
I will have a portion in the world to come.
46:1 And
Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and
offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac. 2 And God spoke
unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said: 'Jacob, Jacob.' And he said:
'Here am I.'
For 22 years Yacov was depressed and could not get
prophecy as he was depressed. For it is written. Tehillim 100:1 A song for
a thanksgiving offering. Shout to the Lord, all the earth. Serve the
Lord with joy (Simcha), come before Him with praise. Meaning
the Service or Work before G-D is through joy and happiness.
3 And He said: 'I am God, the God of thy father;
fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great
nation. 4 I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely
bring thee up again; and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.'
Yacov knew of the prophecy to Avraham but slavery will
not occur to you or your sons in their lifetime.
5 And Jacob rose up from Beersheba; and the sons
of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives,
in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. 6 And they took
their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and
came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him; 7 his sons, and
his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his
seed brought he with him into Egypt.
Everybody was going and an accounting is given.
8 And these are the names of the children of
Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's
first-born. 9 And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, and Pallu, and Hezron,
and Carmi. … 15 These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore unto Jacob
in Paddan-aram, with his daughter Dinah; all the souls of his sons and his
daughters were thirty and three. … and Serah their sister; … 18 These
are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she
bore unto Jacob, even sixteen souls. 19 The sons of Rachel Jacob's
wife: Joseph and Benjamin. … 22 These are the sons of Rachel, who
were born to Jacob; all the souls were fourteen. … 25 These are the
sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and these she bore
unto Jacob; all the souls were seven. 26 All the souls belonging to
Jacob that came into Egypt, that came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons'
wives, all the souls were threescore and six. 27 And the sons of
Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls; all the souls of the
house of Jacob, that came into Egypt, were threescore and ten. 28 And
he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to show the way before him unto Goshen;
and they came into the land of Goshen. 29 And Joseph made ready his
chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen; and he presented
himself unto him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good
while.
The Medrash states that
Yacov did not cry but was saying the Shema with extra Kavana at the time. Rabbi
Yosef Ben Porat HaCohain Shlita explains why at this moment pray Shema? Yacov
was thanking G-D for the privilege of seeing Yosef Again. Tzadikim recognize
the good that HASHEM does. Another explanation for a different Medrash I read
in Parsha Vayeshev is that Yacov knew that if one of his sons would die he
would not go straight to Olam HaBa like his forefathers Avraham and Yitzchak.
He had resigned himself up to 12 months in Gehenna. Now he knew that he would
go straight to Olam HaBa he was so happy with is place in the Olam HaEmmes. The
Maharal brought this Medrash down too. In a different way, the Chazon Ish was
disturbed by a terror attack and stated as much as all the Jews of Israel are
disturbed by the deaths of these individuals, I am disturbed by the millions of
school kids being brainwashed into a secular education and losing their Olam
HaBa for Olam HaZeh.
30 And Israel said unto Joseph: 'Now let me die,
since I have seen thy face, that thou art yet alive.'
31 And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his
father's house: 'I will go up, and tell Pharaoh, and will say unto him: My
brethren, and my father's house, who were in the land of Canaan, are come unto
me;
32 and the men are shepherds, for they have been
keepers of cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all
that they have. 33 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call
you, and shall say: What is your occupation? 34 that ye shall say: Thy
servants have been keepers of cattle from our youth even until now, both we,
and our fathers; that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is
an abomination unto the Egyptians.'
The Egyptians Worshipped
Sheep. I one sees the movie “Murder on the Nile” one can see in the movie rows
of sheep.
47:1 Then Joseph went in
and told Pharaoh, and said: 'My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and
their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and,
behold, they are in the land of Goshen.' 2 And from among his brethren he took five
men, and presented them unto Pharaoh. 3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren: 'What is
your occupation?' And they said unto Pharaoh: 'Thy servants are shepherds, both
we, and our fathers.'
Haven’t I told you to
say you were cattlemen (which is not a lie). Instead you Bumpkins said
Shepherds which is an abomination.
4 And they said unto Pharaoh: 'To sojourn in
the land are we come; for there is no pasture for thy servants' flocks; for the
famine is sore in the land of Canaan. Now therefore, we pray thee, let thy
servants dwell in the land of Goshen.' 5 And Pharaoh spoke unto Joseph, saying: 'Thy
father and thy brethren are come unto thee; 6 the land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the
land make thy father and thy brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them
dwell. And if thou know any able men among them, then make them rulers over my
cattle.'
If any of you are
cowpokes, I can use you to work for me. The work for me would eventually end up
in construction and then slavery.
7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and
set him before Pharaoh. And Jacob blessed Pharaoh. 8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob: 'How many are the days of
the years of thy life?' 9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh: 'The days of
the years of my sojournings are a hundred and thirty years; few and evil have
been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained unto the days
of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their sojournings.'
I know that if was to go
before Charles III or Biden, I would not rattle off all my aches and pains.
10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from
the presence of Pharaoh. 11 And Joseph placed his father and his
brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the
land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
A blessing from Tzadik
HaDor is something special.
12 And Joseph sustained his father, and his
brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to the want of
their little ones.
From his power and
wealth it was nothing for him to feed and clothe 70individuals.
13 And there was no bread in all the land; for
the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan
languished by reason of the famine. 14 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was
found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they
bought; and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.
Soon Pharaoh had all the
money.
15 And when the money was all spent in the land
of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and
said: 'Give us bread; for why should we die in thy presence? for our money fails.' 16 And Joseph said: 'Give your cattle, and I will give you
[bread] for your cattle, if money fail.'
Yosef collected their
cattle for Pharaoh.
17 And they brought their cattle unto Joseph.
And Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, and for the flocks, and
for the herds, and for the asses; and he fed them with bread in exchange for
all their cattle for that year. 18 And when that year was ended, they came unto
him the second year, and said unto him: 'We will not hide from my lord, how
that our money is all spent; and the herds of cattle are my lord's; there is
nought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands.
And they sold everything
including themselves unto Pharaoh for food.
19 Wherefore should we die before thine eyes,
both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will
be bondmen unto Pharaoh; and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and
that the land be not desolate.' 20 So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for
Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine was
sore upon them; and the land became Pharaoh's.
So everybody became a
servant to Pharaoh.
21 And as for the people, he removed them city
by city, from one end of the border of Egypt even to the other end thereof.
The same went for
businesses and housing in the cities.
22 Only the land of the priests bought he not,
for the priests had a portion from Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which
Pharaoh gave them; wherefore they sold not their land.
They had what we call
today a religious exemption.
23 Then Joseph said unto the people: 'Behold, I
have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh. Lo, here is seed for you,
and ye shall sow the land. 24 And it shall come to pass at the
ingatherings, that ye shall give a fifth unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be
your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your
households, and for food for your little ones.'
Yosef gave them seeds
for crops. As this was the only way out of the famine.
25 And they said: 'Thou hast saved our lives.
Let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's bondmen.' 26 And Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of
Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth; only the land of the
priests alone became not Pharaoh's.
Attic
Inspiration by Rabbi Yerachmiel Tilles
http://ascentofsafed.com/cgi-bin/ascent.cgi?Name=1306-13
Poland in the winter of 1943:
The Jews who were not captured by the Nazis went into hiding. Among them
was the Shinar family. They found refuge with a neighbor in a 6½ by 8½ft. attic
bunker. In that closet-sized bunker, the Shinar family lived for 2½ years! Can
you imagine?
In the midst of that darkness, how could this family even think of observing
Chanukah, the festival of lights? Even normal light was hard to find. There
were only 2 tiny peepholes in the outside wall, which enabled them to
distinguish night from day. Yet in those cramped quarters, they somehow managed
to observe some kind of a Shabbat and Jewish holidays.
For 17-year-old Yisrael Shinar, the only thing he had in abundance
was time. And so, after the Autumn holidays of Rosh Hashana through Simchat
Torah, he spent his waking hours trying to figure out some way to improvise
some kind of Chanukah. During their first Chanukah in the bunker they had
marked the 8 days by drawing a menorah. Every day of Chanukah, they
would pencil in one more flame. That was the best they could do.
But in the second year, Yisrael came up with an idea. Their host family
had a son who was roughly his age. Yisrael dared to ask him if he could collect
some of the wax left over from the candles in his home. The boy agreed, and for
several weeks, he brought tiny bits of wax to the bunker when he came to
deliver their meager food. Yisrael took these bits of wax and some thin strands
of thread to make wicks, and lo, that year the family lit candles together to
fulfill the mitzvah of Chanukah.
In January 1945, the family was liberated. The Shinars went to their old
home and found a pharmacist living in it. They met soldiers of the Jewish
Brigade who helped them get across Poland, across Czechoslovakia, through
Germany, and finally to Palestine. But the story of those Chanukah candles
never left him.
Fifty years later:
Yisrael Shinar went on to become the owner of the Menorah Candle Factory
in Israel-the largest candle manufacturing company in the world. In the last 50
years [as of 2015], Shinar's company has manufactured 3.6 billion candles!
Millions of Jews now use Israel Shinar's candles-which come in 8 different
colors for the 8 days of Chanukah.
Can you imagine? Someone who started out making candles for Chanukah out
of little pieces of wax and thread that he somehow made into wicks in a dark
and tiny bunker became the world's largest manufacturer of Chanukah candles? Is
this not a Chanukah miracle?
(Adapted by Yerachmiel
Tilles from an article by Rabbi Mark Hillel Kunis on December 2015 in ShaareiShamayim.com,
who heard it from Rabbi Jack Reimer.) concludes:
And is it not a miracle that, even in that deepest darkness of that crowded
closet where he and his family lived for more than 2 years, Yisrael Shinar
believed in bringing more light into the world-not in cursing the darkness? And
is it not a miracle that when he got out and made his way to Palestine, Yisrael
chose not to wallow in self-pity, and not to brood or fester or seek revenge,
but that instead he chose to rebuild his life and bring more light into the
world?
May all of us learn from Yisrael Shinar to try to strive to increase the light
in this world-especially during Chanukah. And may Al-mighty G-d who gave him
the ability to hope and the courage to try, to bestow upon us too some of these
qualities, so that we can retell the Chanukah story every year-by the lights we
kindle in our own menorahs, by the lights we kindle in the hearts of others,
and by the way we live. AMEN!
Hanukah in a Soviet Prison By Rabbi Aharon Loschak
“There I was, sitting in a Soviet prison without even the
remotest possibility of lighting the Chanukah candles,”
related Reb Berke
Chein, a venerable Chassid who
spent years in prison after a failed attempt to duck under the Iron Curtain.
One of the many unsung heroes of the Chabad effort to stand up to the
Soviet monster, Reb Berke was legendary for his sincere devotion to fulfilling
every mitzvah in
the best possible manner.
And this is what he told about his personal Hanukah miracle
deep in the Soviet penal system:
“We prisoners were regularly interrogated, and if even the
slightest item was found on our person when we were pulled into the
interrogation room, we could be charged with treason and sentenced to death.
“As Chanukah approached, I was increasingly worried about how I
would procure matches, wicks, and oil to fulfill the Mitzva of lighting the menorah. How would I obtain these precious
commodities in a sealed-off prison cell? And even if I did get them, how would
I hide them from the guards?
“To my good fortune, I was on friendly terms with the other
inmates in my cell. A few days before Hanukah, one of them approached me and
asked why I was so down. I explained my predicament, and after sharing my
problem with the other guys, one of the long-time inmates asked, ‘Tell me,
exactly what you need?’
“ ‘Oil, a little cotton for wicks, something to hold the oil,
and most importantly, matches.’
“ ‘No problem,’ answered this burly, hardened, non-Jewish
Russian inmate. As Hanukah came, he presented me with his findings: An onion
chopped in half would serve as the Menorah. A slab
of butter saved from my daily rations would replace the oil. A few threads from
his threadbare prison uniform would form the wicks.
“I was impressed with his resourcefulness, and of course, deeply
grateful. But what about the matches? That was the hardest part, and being
caught with matches would certainly spell the end for the guilty party.
“He took another few threads from someone’s uniform and started
rubbing them very quickly on the stone floor with the sole of a shoe. Again,
and again, he mercilessly rubbed those tiny strands between the hard surface
and the leather. And sure enough, they started to glow and smoke. Before long,
my wicks were lit, and there was my menorah burning
against the Soviet darkness.
“That,” concluded Reb Berke, “was my personal Chanukah miracle.”
Two War Heroes that faced discrimination.
By Sara Shemin Cass and Dan Burstein
https://aish.com/two-war-heroes-who-faced-discrimination/
and the woman who fought for recognition.
On a hot August day in 1918,
Sergeant William Shemin was in the trenches in Bazoches, France. He was part of
the U.S. 47th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry
Division that was fighting with the Allies during World War I. The ground
smelled sour and terrible, and in his trench he saw gigantic rats, outbreaks of
lice, and many dead bodies. Some of the soldiers developed a painful condition
that damages the feet called “trench foot” which can happen from standing in
cold water or mud for an extended period of time.
Stepping out of the trench into
no-man’s land was even worse. Troops had to survive a hail of bullets flying
everywhere, the barbs of twisted wire on the ground, and the poison of deadly
mustard gas.
The American soldiers in the
trenches needed to locate a German machine gun nest. Two soldiers volunteered,
but they were killed. Other soldiers went out under fire and were wounded on
the battlefield. William (Bill) Shemin had to make an impossible choice. Was he
brave enough to risk near-certain death if he tried to rescue a fellow soldier?
Without wasting a moment, Bill
jumped from the safety of the trench and dashed towards the injured soldier.
When he got close, he realized this was his best friend from Newark, NJ, Jim
Pritchard, who was 6 feet tall and weighed 200 pounds. On this sunny day in the
open field with no cover, Bill was able to dodge the bullets and barbed wire.
An athlete all his young life, Bill was able to hoist his friend over his
shoulder and carry him back to safety, running across the football field and
half-length of no-man’s land, dodging German enemy fire the entire way.
Without wasting a moment, Bill
jumped from the safety of the trench and dashed towards the injured soldier.
When he got close, he realized this was his best friend from Newark, NJ, Jim
Pritchard, who was 6 feet tall and weighed 200 pounds. On this sunny day in the
open field with no cover, Bill was able to dodge the bullets and barbed wire.
An athlete all his young life, Bill was able to hoist his friend over his
shoulder and carry him back to safety, running across the football field and
half-length of no-man’s land, dodging German enemy fire the entire way.
Without wasting a moment, Bill
jumped from the safety of the trench and dashed towards the injured soldier.
When he got close, he realized this was his best friend from Newark, NJ, Jim
Pritchard, who was 6 feet tall and weighed 200 pounds. On this sunny day in the
open field with no cover, Bill was able to dodge the bullets and barbed wire.
An athlete all his young life, Bill was able to hoist his friend over his
shoulder and carry him back to safety, running across the football field and
half-length of no-man’s land, dodging German enemy fire the entire way.
And both of these soldiers went unrecognized with a Medal of
Honor, the nation’s highest military award, in their lifetimes, even though
their heroic acts during WW I certainly deserved one. Why? Both men were
discriminated against – William Shemin, because he was a Jewish American, and
Henry Johnson, because he was African American.
Can a wrong be made right?
Meet the third hero of this story – Elsie Shemin-Roth, William’s
daughter. The battlefield isn’t the only way to demonstrate tremendous acts of
courage and determination. Elsie waged her own battle to have the U.S.
government review the records of WWI soldiers who had been overlooked for the
MOH due to discrimination. After 15 years of so much effort and hearing “Sorry,
no” to many requests, Elsie was finally triumphant. President Obama approved
the Medal of Honor to both William Shemin and Henry Johnson in 2015.
A White House ceremony was convened on June 2, 2015, to present
the MOH posthumously to both William Shemin and Henry Johnson. On that
occasion, President Barack Obama said:
It has taken a long time for Henry Johnson and William Shemin to
receive the recognition they deserve. And there are surely others whose
heroism is still unacknowledged and uncelebrated. We have work to do, as
a nation, to make sure that all of our heroes’ stories are told.
And we’ll keep at it, no matter how long it takes. America is the country
we are today because of people like Henry and William -- Americans who signed
up to serve, and rose to meet their responsibilities -- and then went
beyond. The least we can do is to say: We know who you are.
We know what you did for us. We are forever grateful.
Since that bright day in 2015, we have seen both progress and
setbacks in America. There is a rising wave of hate crimes and attacks against
Jews, African Americans, Asians, Latinos, Native Americans and other minority
groups. We hope this story inspires people to continue to fight for justice and
equality for all people.
Inyanay Diyoma
Shomron shooting attack no injuries. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/364884
"The Kurds of France have been the target of a heinous attack
in the heart of Paris.” – Macron. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/364876
Iran supplying Russia to murder
Ukrainians. https://www.timesofisrael.com/kyiv-calls-for-liquidation-of-iranian-plants-building-weapons-for-russia/
115th Arab slaying this
year and more injured. Just shy of 126 murdered last year. https://www.timesofisrael.com/tel-sheva-man-shot-dead-at-campsite-in-south-115th-arab-community-killing-this-year/
Melbourne Swastika Painted. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/364882
Moldova trying to stay with
rocketing fuel costs. https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-moldova-a-tiny-jewish-community-struggles-to-stay-warm-as-war-rages-next-door/
Degel HaTorah to renegotiate with
the Likud. https://www.timesofisrael.com/haredi-faction-balks-at-agreement-with-likud-demands-reopening-of-talks/
Radio reported 17died in blizzard. https://www.timesofisrael.com/massive-unprecedented-winter-storm-brings-frigid-temps-snow-and-ice-to-us/
Charedi Mafia man indicted. https://www.timesofisrael.com/haredi-man-whose-arrest-sparked-riot-indicted-for-arson-of-jerusalem-cellphone-store/
USAF base breeched guard shoots man.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/south-carolina-airman-shoots-gate-runner-attempting-illegally-enter-shaw-air-force-base-property
Slowly removing antisemitic items
but making a difference. https://www.timesofisrael.com/latin-american-retail-giant-says-it-reduced-antisemitic-products-by-89-this-year/
Meta aka FB to pay $725,000,000 for
sharing user’s data. https://www.timesofisrael.com/meta-inks-725-million-settlement-over-claim-it-okayed-3rd-party-access-to-user-data/
Serial Killer deported to France. https://www.timesofisrael.com/frances-serpent-serial-killer-who-murdered-20-people-freed-from-nepal-jail/
Right to deny serving LGBTQ
characters. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-725725
Al Qaeda has released a 35-minute recording the group claims was
narrated by its leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. https://www.jpost.com/j-spot/article-725658
First Israeli Poll since elections. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/364858
Big Mac unveils first automatic
location. https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/mcdonalds-unveils-first-automated-location-social-media-worried-will-cut-millions-jobs
Ice Menorah smashed in second attack
on upper east side Chabad. https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-725631
Criminals not wanted on FL School
Boards: Daniel Foganholi, who previously represented District 5 on the Broward
County School Board, was appointed by Governor Ron DeSantis on Thursday, Dec.
22, to represent District 1 on the School Board.
Foganholi replaces Rodney “Rod” Velez, whom
voters elected Nov. 8 but who can’t hold office because of his former criminal
conviction.
Israeli Doctor lumbar spinal fusion
robotically. https://www.jpost.com/aliyah/article-725587
Cotton Candy or marshmallow planet. https://www.jpost.com/science/article-725660
Red tide, a harmful algal bloom that grows in salt water, is
making its way to Florida
shores. https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/toxic-algae-killing-fish-florida-prompts-health-warnings-humans-pets-respiratory-effects
Norway – fund thinking of divesting
from Israel. https://www.timesofisrael.com/norways-huge-sovereign-wealth-fund-said-weighing-divesting-from-israel/
Not Jewish and grandparents were
Nazis. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/364859
Faulty landing gear causes Ben
Gurion Alert. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/364862
MN politician apologizes for
antisemitic and anti-gay statements. https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/12/22/wheres-hitler-when-you-need-him-minneapolis-city-councilman-apologizes-for-antisemitic-anti-gay-marriage-posts/
Drug could stop Ashkenazi Breast
Cancer. https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/article-725468
4th time this year bird
flu. https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/article-725527
Largest Lego Menorah. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/culture/article-725639
Chile President pro-PLO. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-725533
Last week Hezballah Drone Factory was
targeted. https://www.timesofisrael.com/report-israel-targeted-hezbollah-drone-site-in-syria-strike-this-week/
Winds of Gog and Magog starting
to blow. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/364910
Aguda and Degel may split over
agreement. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/364916
Whoopi Goldberg’s continuing
stupidity. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/364902
IDF Chief Rabbi to be appointed by
civilian Chief Rabbi. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/364888
South Queens, NY and beaches
flooded. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/364880
Ed-Op Turkey sets it’s sights on
Greek Islands. https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-725714
Reform Rabbi MK brings Torah Scroll
to women. https://www.timesofisrael.com/reform-rabbi-mk-brings-torah-scroll-to-womens-section-of-western-wall-drawing-ire/
Ponzi Scheme of an Israeli-American. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-madoff-michael-ben-ari-extradited-from-bosnia-over-150m-ponzi-scheme/
Russia to supply Iran with Sukhoi
Jets. https://www.timesofisrael.com/report-russia-to-supply-with-iran-with-dozens-of-sukhoi-su-35-fighter-jets/
250,000,000 Chinese had Covid in
Dec. death toll unknown. https://www.timesofisrael.com/report-250-million-chinese-infected-within-weeks-of-ending-zero-covid-policy/
22 die in Russian Nursing Home Fire.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/22-killed-6-injured-in-fire-at-nursing-home-in-russia-officials-say/
Jewish Texans have experienced an over 400
percent increase in antisemitic incidents since 2020. https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/12/23/jewish-texans-experiencing-massive-surge-of-antisemitic-incidents-new-report-says/
$1.7Trillion 4,000 page bill pushed
through Congress. https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/12/23/congress-passes-1-7-trillion-omnibus-jewish-groups-tout-billions-for-american-jewish-community-israel/
Arab sic dog on IDF. https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-cadets-kill-aggressive-dog-set-off-on-them-during-exercise-in-north/
Immigration hits 70year high. https://www.timesofisrael.com/immigration-to-israel-hits-23-year-high-driven-by-russian-invasion-of-ukraine/
Security Chief dozens of Iranian
Hackers keep attacks up. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/364818
22 Volumes of Irish-Jewish
Community. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/364809
Death Penalty for terrorists. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/364820
Soon to be a thing of the past –
border police vs. settlers. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/364791
Not on the Agenda = Iranian Nuclear
Deal. https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/12/21/us-officials-stress-that-iran-nuke-deal-not-on-the-agenda-following-video-of-biden-comments/
EU condemns antisemitism in PLO
texts. https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/12/21/teaching-of-antisemitism-european-union-parliament-passes-resolution-condemning-bigotry-in-palestinian-textbooks/
Christian Pilgrims. https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/12/21/120000-pilgrims-expected-in-israel-over-christmas-week/
Physics of Santa Claus – some fun. Santa has 32
hours to complete this grand mission. If we assume that he started exactly at
the international date line and traveled west to optimize the passage between
Earth’s 24 time zones, and that children sleep 8 hours a night, it means that
in a single second he has to reach a little under 1,400 households. https://www.ynetnews.com/health_science/article/ryo11qksyi SO MUCH FOR LEAVING OUT COOKIES AND MILK.
IDF Suicides in 2022. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hj9yo5stj
BDE the spiritual leader of modern
Orthodox Yeshivos Rabbi Chaim Meir Druckman,90. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/364428
Please remove from your prayer list:
Chaim Meir ben Milkah
Car crashes injured and dead. https://www.timesofisrael.com/two-teens-aged-13-and-16-killed-in-car-crash-on-route-6/
Iran closer than ever to weapons
grade Uranium. https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-closer-than-ever-to-weapons-grade-uranium-ex-top-defense-official-says/
Ukrainian Drone shot down over
Russian Airbase 400km inside Russia. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/364996
Gun running success on Jordanian
Border. https://www.timesofisrael.com/on-porous-jordan-border-israel-starts-to-see-success-against-rampant-gun-smuggling/
Reversal of plan to phase out 2G, 3G
networks. https://www.timesofisrael.com/likud-utj-deal-includes-reversal-on-plan-to-phase-out-2g-3g-networks-report/
Shin Bet breaks up Gaza Bombing
Network in the Shomron. https://www.timesofisrael.com/shin-bet-busts-gaza-directed-terror-cell-planning-major-bombing-in-israel/
ISIS attacks Kurds. https://www.timesofisrael.com/six-killed-in-islamic-state-attack-on-sdf-security-hq-in-raqqa/
Nuremberg prosecutor Ben Ferencz, the
last surviving prosecutor of the famed Nuremberg Trials that brought Nazi war criminals to justice at the end
of World War II, is likely to receive a Congressional Gold Medal for his
achievements in the next week. https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-725898
100 Star Link Satellites available
in Iran. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/364999
Oman to boycott more Israeli Products.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/oman-set-to-weigh-amending-its-law-on-boycotting-israel-local-media/
Scientist reconstruct face of Ramses
II. https://www.timesofisrael.com/scientists-reconstruct-face-of-handsome-ramses-ii-possible-pharaoh-of-exodus/
Rioter that pushed burning dumpster
into a mother of 11 arrested. https://www.timesofisrael.com/police-arrest-suspect-over-blazing-dumpster-that-injured-mother-during-haredi-riot/
Netanyahu would never accuse
Charedim. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/364957
Non-religious Ayelet Shaked – Rabbi
Druckman accepted me. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/364947
Former Prisoner of Zion Rabbi Yosef Mendelevitch, a Soviet Jewish
refusenik jailed for 11 years who rose to prominence as a Jewish activist in
the 1960s, urged the incoming Netanyahu government to adopt plans put forth by
the Religious Right to amend Israel’s Law of Return, removing the Grandfather
Clause. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/364943
IAF temporarily grounds F-35 Jets. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/364934
Excavations of the Siloam Pool. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-725901
Kfar Kassam’s Mayor attend funeral
of terrorist. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/364909
Yisrael Katz is threatening not to enter the government if he is
not appointed Foreign Minister. “It’s either the Foreign Ministry, or I’m out,”
Katz reportedly said. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365012
MK Bitan – Netanyahu has lost his leadership. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365008
Shas Rabbinical Leader will not limit secular. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/364995
Iran blasts the British over network
of individuals. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365011
30 passengers in Haifa Cable Cars
stuck in power outage. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365004
Israel to treat Covid like the Flu. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365009
Member of NYFD urinated on Sukkah
destroyed Ice Menorah. https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/12/26/nyfd-firefighter-arrested-for-allegedly-vandalizing-and-urinating-on-sukkah-ice-menorah-destroyed/
NC police investigating another Nazi
Banner. https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/12/26/north-carolina-police-investigating-second-neo-nazi-banner-hung-on-highway-overpass/
New RNA research ID’s 100,000
viruses. https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/12/26/100000-new-viruses-identified-in-israeli-led-study/
World has forgotten two Israelis
held by Hamas. https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/12/26/the-world-has-forgotten-two-israelis-held-by-palestinian-terrorists/
ISIS terrorist behind the bombings
captured. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365023
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365031
Deri to be a Minister but the
Supreme Court to hear case. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365043
Mother of 11 crushed by dumpster
wakes up. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365042
2nd dumpster suspect
arrested. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365033
Supreme Court will not hold up
evacuation of Homesh. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365046
Shooting near Gilad Farms. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/364951
RCAF returns home. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365028
Fake Holiday by Black Atheists
Ed-Op. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365016
Google apologies over offense
definition of Jew. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365051
A top aide to Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas
was heard in newly released recordings Tuesday cursing the PA chairman and
insulting other members of the PA leadership, The Associated Press reported. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365055
Please remove Tik Tok from
your phone: House Committee banning
Tik Tok from all House-managed mobile devices "due to a number of security
risks", CBS
News reported. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365057
Black Jewish Rapper sings about
antisemitism. https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/12/27/black-jewish-rapper-says-writing-songs-about-his-experiences-with-antisemitism-is-therapeutic/
Iran holds funerals for 400 soldiers
that fell in Iraq War. https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-holds-funerals-for-400-unidentified-soldiers-killed-in-1980s-iran-iraq-war/
Netanyahu must return gift. https://www.timesofisrael.com/high-court-nixes-netanyahu-request-for-new-hearing-on-order-to-return-270000-gift/
Zionism Abe Foxman slammed by
Philanthropist. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365029
Ed-Op: Time to stop spreading Jew
hatred. Antisemitism and anti-Zionism, planned distractions from the
attacks on our shared values, are meant to divide us.
Jews & Christians must come together to
fight against our common enemy: Progressive Woke ideology that's attacking
Western Culture and the Judeo/Christian ethic that underpins our freedom.
John
Adams, a member of the Declaration of Independence committee and second
president of the United States (1797–1801), understood the deep connection
between ethical monotheism and freedom. America was looked upon as the New
Zion.
I will
insist that the Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation.
If I were an atheist, and believed in blind eternal fate, I should still
believe that fate had ordained the Jews to be the most essential instrument for
civilizing the nations. If I were an atheist of the other sect, who believe or
pretend to believe that all is ordered by chance, I should believe that chance
had ordered the Jews to preserve and propagate to all mankind the doctrine of a
supreme, intelligent, wise, almighty, sovereign of the universe, which I
believe to be a great essential principle of all morality, and consequently of
all civilization.
Diane Weber Bederman on The Bryan McClain
Show - 24 December 2022
https://tntradiolive.podbean.com/e/diane-weber-bederman-on-the-bryan-mcclain-show-24-december-2022/
Can artificial skin help burn
victims? https://www.timesofisrael.com/can-artificial-skin-be-used-to-help-burn-victims-growing-industry-eyes-revolution/
Thousands of Jews in Odesa without
Electricity and Heat. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/364973
Boy, 6, struck by school bus in
Kiriat Yoel dies. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/364952
Dissatisfied Likud MK. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365050
Jordan’s King and his red lines. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365106
US to try to choke Iranian Drone
Manufacturing. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365114
No Charedi press secretary to a
hostile Media. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365098
Smotrich interview more individual
freedoms. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365083
Leftist IDF spokesman gets threats. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365087
Even years later dog unit can find. Yesterday (Tuesday), the Israel Dog Unit (IDU)
conducted another search in the Mount Meron and Safed area in an attempt to
track down three missing people from the past year, teenager Moishe Kleinerman,
Rafael Haim Hadad (about 60 years old) and Moshe Eliezer Ilovitch (in his
thirties). https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365084
Patient on Oxygen in Hospital smokes
and is burnt to death along with damage to the ward. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365059
Congressman elect under fire. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365059
Attack on Grid sparks Neo-Nazi
fears. https://www.timesofisrael.com/attacks-on-us-power-stations-spark-fears-of-neo-nazi-campaign-to-ignite-conflict/
Nazi Camp Secretary appeals
conviction. https://www.timesofisrael.com/former-nazi-camp-secretary-97-appeals-her-conviction/
Iranian Chess Player competes
without Hijab. https://www.timesofisrael.com/iranian-woman-competes-in-international-chess-tournament-without-hijab/
Coalition talks will have many
options for deals. https://www.timesofisrael.com/coalition-deals-include-discrimination-bill-judicial-override-immigration-reform/
As the IDF Chiefs are further to the
left, the law to cool-off to extend time. https://www.timesofisrael.com/gantz-rejects-far-right-push-to-extend-political-cool-off-for-retiring-idf-chiefs/
Crowds loot containers washed up on
beach. https://www.timesofisrael.com/crowds-rush-to-loot-goods-from-beached-shipping-containers/
Shas secures 5.8billion for health,
1B welfare and more. https://www.timesofisrael.com/shas-secures-billions-for-welfare-healthcare-religious-benefits-in-coalition-deal/
Lapid refuses to shake hands with
Netanyahu. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365146
Arabs 20-22% but 45% of crime. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365126
Jewish Groups help shore up
Ukrainian Jews for the winter. https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-groups-shore-up-ukrainian-communities-for-an-uncertain-freezing-winter/
Jamie Raskin, the Jewish Maryland
Democrat, has curable cancer. https://www.timesofisrael.com/leading-democrat-jamie-raskin-announces-he-has-serious-but-curable-cancer/
DNA Chimera aka two types of DNA. https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/pregnancy-and-birth/article-725991
Terror missiles all over Ukraine. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-726079
Serbia arrests Afghan General and a
sniper wanted by France. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-726157
Israel Surgeon pushing the
boundaries of Surgery in Ethiopia. https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/article-726005
Course 185 - 41 Pilot Cadets
Graduate. 35 years ago if my memory is correct I was a paramedic for course
113. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365123
Israeli Population 9,656,000 as 2022
closes. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israels-population-approaches-9-7-million-as-2022-comes-to-an-end/
Two soldiers accused of throwing
explosives at Arabs. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365155
Iranian Writer Sentenced to death
for advocating peace with Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365164
Ali Khamenei of Iran warned by Netanyahu. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365180
Israeli Teen ends up in a Romanian
Orphan’s Home when he passes though using his Romanian Passport. https://www.ynetnews.com/magazine/article/sybwm6qto
Justice Ministry recognizes 325
people who were human trafficked. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/r13kn65kj
Knesset approves new government. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/h111bu7oyi
Preparing roads for a hotter climate:
Israel
Meteorological Service (IMS) predicting (in Hebrew) an average increase of 4°C (6.4°F), compared
with the average for the years 1988 to 2017.
Plan to desalinate water and fill
the Kinneret. https://www.timesofisrael.com/pioneering-plan-inaugurated-to-top-up-sea-of-galilee-with-desalinated-water/
Azerbaijan first Ambassador to
Israel. https://www.timesofisrael.com/azerbaijan-announces-appointment-of-first-ever-ambassador-to-israel/
Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a
record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of
the last century, died Thursday. He was 82. https://www.timesofisrael.com/pele-brazils-mighty-king-of-beautiful-game-dies-at-82-after-battle-with-cancer/
Israel to build 3,000 housing units
for the elderly. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-to-build-3000-new-sheltered-housing-units-for-elderly-population/
A healthy, happy and
wonderful Shabbos,
Rachamim Pauli
