Parsha
Kedoshim Part II
As far
as size rank of this Parsha, it is 49th but with 13 positive and 38
negative commands, it is one of the largest of Parshiyos Mitzvah Wise. The
Pasukim 10-21 are a condensed repeat of forbidden relationships in Chapter 18.
The Torah is not known to be a wordy literary work so why? I assume that the
chances for relationships developing are with those close to a person. For this
one knows that is neighbor or uncle is out of town and he always says howdy do
to his neighbor’s wife or aunt and the availability is too close. For keeping
distance prevents sin.
20:1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses,
saying: 2 Moreover, thou shalt say to the children of Israel:
Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in
Israel, that giveth of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death;
the people of the land shall stone him with stones. 3 I also will set
My face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people, because
he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile My sanctuary, and to profane My
holy name. 4 And if the people of the land do at all hide their eyes
from that man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and put him not to
death; 5 then I will set My face against that man, and against his
family, and will cut him off, and all that go astray after him, to go astray
after Molech, from among their people.
The process might
have originally been a medical one passing a newborn over a fire in the winter
to warm them and turned into a fire idol worship process. This is forbidden!
Today, having room heaters, there is no need to warm a room with a burning
fire.
6 And the
soul that turns unto the ghosts, and unto the familiar spirits, to go astray
after them, I will even set My face against that soul, and will cut him off
from among his people.
Avoda Zara means
strange worship and this is strange for somebody to stray from a living G-D to
contacting spirits.
7 Sanctify
yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am the LORD your
God. 8 And keep ye My statutes, and do them: I am the LORD who
sanctify you.
To be holy one
must observe and guard the Mitzvos and not scared of what others face.
9 For
whatsoever man there be that curses his father or his mother shall surely be
put to death; he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon
him.
This is more a
teenager mentality issue as the minimum and maximum potential of a person is
based on honoring ones parents.
10 And the
man that commits adultery with another man's wife, even he that commits
adultery with his neighbor's wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall
surely be put to death.
It could be
instead of being attracted to the neighbor the person is repulsed but the close
proximity can lead to danger to one’s soul.
11 And the
man that lies with his father's wife--he hath uncovered his father's
nakedness--both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon
them. 12 And if a man lie with his daughter-in-law, both of them
shall surely be put to death; they have wrought corruption; their blood shall
be upon them.
Both these women
are in close proximity with the son/father of the husband. One knows when the
other is away, the Yetzer can work rather quickly here, and there is a chance
of getting away with adultery or incest however you call it. For sometimes, a
father takes a wife 20years younger that is closer to the age of the son and
two things happen the older man does not satisfy the physical desires of the
woman and the son and her are too close for comfort.
13 And if a
man lie with mankind, as with womankind, both of them have committed
abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon
them.
Homosexuality does
not come about out of air. When two young men or two young women are together
in the same dormitory the state of being undressed and shy from the opposite
sex can cause such a desire. In the old days like the Yemenite Couple married
when she was 10 and he 12 and married off. This type of Yetzer could not
develop. It is so unnatural unlike the adulterer that the Torah singles out
male homosexuality as an abomination and destruction of seed that does not
occur with two females.
14 And if a
man take with his wife also her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt
with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
This is a horrid
situation. Imagine a polygamous marriage and one wife is this and the other
that. But here a mother is competing against her daughter or vice versa for a
parent and child or two sisters should not compete for the love of a man.
15 And if a
man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death; and ye shall slay the
beast. 16 And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down
thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to
death; their blood shall be upon them.
This is a complete
perversion of nature.
17 And if a
man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and
see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness: it is a shameful thing; and they
shall be cut off in the sight of the children of their people: he hath
uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.
The opportunity
presents itself and both must work against the Yetzer to prevent it.
18 And if a
man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her
nakedness- who has a flow, and he uncovers her nakedness he
has bared her fountain, and she has uncovered the fountain of her blood. -he hath made naked her fountain, and
she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood--both of them shall be cut off
from among their people.
I put in between
the two dashes, the Chabad Translation. This includes his own wife during her
menses.
19 And thou
shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy father's
sister; for he hath made naked his near kin; they shall bear their
iniquity. 20 And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife--he hath
uncovered his uncle's nakedness--they shall bear their sin; they shall die
childless. 21 And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is
impurity: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be
childless.
These women are
the man were too readily available in proximity and their punishment is
childlessness.
22 Ye shall
therefore keep all My statutes, and all Mine ordinances, and do them, that the
land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, vomit you not out.
Kabballah – the
inanimate Eretz Yisrael was created in such that for these sins they will cause
you to be vomited from the holyland.
23 And ye
shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I am casting out before you;
for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
Those before you
could be vomited from the land you would have had to do something like this
cause effecting others.
24 But I have
said unto you: 'Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to
possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey.' I am the LORD your God, who
have set you apart from the peoples. 25 Ye shall therefore separate
between the clean beast and the unclean, and between the unclean fowl and the
clean; and ye shall not make your souls detestable by beast, or by fowl, or by
anything wherewith the ground teems which I have set apart for you to hold
unclean.
Therefore, if you
want the land stray not from the path and keep Kashrus.
26 And ye
shall be holy unto Me; for I the LORD am holy, and have set you apart from the
peoples, that ye should be Mine.
So be holy in
intimate deeds and keep Kashrus.
27 A man also
or a woman that divines by a ghost or a familiar spirit, shall surely be put to
death; they shall stone them with stones; their blood shall be upon them.
Familiar
Ghost that she contacts from the other world. I saw a commentary about the
story of Shaul-the witch and the spirit of Novi Shmuel. It stated that since
Shmuel was in the grave less than a year, she was able to call him up. Shaul
used to prosecute them so now no prophet after he killed Cohanim would tell him
the truth so he ended up with this sin too on his head.
Parsha
Emor
Once we
disgusted the holiness in intimate relationships, we could have a holy nation.
Now that the people were holy, our Parsha goes up one more level to the
holiness of the Cohanim.
21:1 And the LORD said unto Moses: Speak
unto the priests the sons of aron, and say unto them: There shall none defile
himself for the dead among his people; 2 except for his kin, that is
near unto him, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his
daughter, and for his brother; 3 and for his sister a virgin, that is
near unto him, that hath had no husband, for her may he defile himself.
There
are seven close relatives whom a Cohain can defile his purity! The last one is
not mentioned and that is his wife. For his wife is likened to his own body. In
Beresheis, it says that they shall be one flesh.
4 He shall
not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane
himself. 5 They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither
shall they shave off the corners of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their
flesh. 6 They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name
of their God; for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, the bread of their
God, they do offer; therefore they shall be holy.
He must
be holy on a 24/7 hour basis for service for HASHEM. Therefore he is forbidden
to do certain things.
7 They shall
not take a woman that is a harlot, or profaned; neither shall they take a woman
put away from her husband; for he is holy unto his God.
A lose
woman, harlot or fooled around with one or more not being married is forbidden
for the holy Cohain. A divorced man or woman can be a wonderful person and the
best husband or wife one could have. However, for a Cohain, she is used and
discarded merchandise unlike the widow who is used but never discarded.
8 Thou shalt
sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God; he shall be holy
unto thee; for I the LORD, who sanctify you, am holy.
Like in
Parsha Kedoshim: Ye shall be holy; for I the
LORD your God am holy.
9 And the
daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the harlot, she
profanes her father: she shall be burnt with fire.
Having
been born in such holiness, she also has an extra degree of holiness.
10 And the
priest that is highest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil is
poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not let the hair
of his head go loose, nor rend his clothes; 11 neither shall he go in
to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother; 12 neither
shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the
consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the
LORD. 13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
He is
living in a small world of holiness and must be kept holy.
14 A widow,
or one divorced, or a profaned woman, or a harlot, these shall he not take; but
a virgin of his own people shall he take to wife. 15 And he shall not
profane his seed among his people; for I am the LORD who sanctify him.
For anybody
else a widow is a wonderful companion as she never rejected but for a Cohain
Gadol only, she is second hand or used already.
16 And the
LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 17 Speak unto Aaron, saying: Whosoever
he be of thy seed throughout their generations that hath a blemish, let him not
approach to offer the bread of his God. 18 For whatsoever man he be
that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that
hath any thing maimed, or anything too long, 19 or a man that is
broken-footed, or broken-handed, 20 or crook-backed, or a dwarf, or
that hath his eye overspread, or is scabbed, or scurvy, or hath his stones
crushed; 21 no man of the seed of Aaron the priest, that hath a
blemish, shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire; he
hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.
These
are blemishes that prevent a person from serving as a Cohain in the Mikdash. He
can still flay the Korban and bless with other Cohanim.
22 He may eat
the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy. 23 Only
he shall not go in unto the veil, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath
a blemish; that he profane not My holy places; for I am the LORD who sanctify
them.
Being
born a Cohain, he has the right to eat holy food but not to do the service
because of his blemish(es).
24 So Moses
spoke unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel.
22:1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses,
saying: 2 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate
themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, which they hallow
unto Me, and that they profane not My holy name: I am the LORD. 3 Say
unto them: Whosoever he be of all your seed throughout your generations, that
approaches unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the
LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from before
Me: I am the LORD.
When a
Cohain is Tumay, he cannot serve any more than an ordinary Jew.
4 What man soever of the seed
of Aaron is a leper, or hath an issue, he shall not eat of the holy things,
until he be clean. And whoso touches any one that is unclean by the dead; or
from whomsoever the flow of seed goes out;
Most Tuma
is associated with death like a dead body, dead creeping thing, dead or wasted
seed or eggs but here the Tuma is external on the body for the Lashon HaRa has
caused it in some form. Like the story with the Ari Zal of reading Mitzvos or
Averos on the forehead of somebody (below).
5 or whosoever touches any
swarming thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take
uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath; 6 the soul that touches
any such shall be unclean until the even, and shall not eat of the holy things,
unless he bathe his flesh in water. 7 And when the sun is down, he
shall be clean; and afterward he may eat of the holy things, because it is his
bread.
Two
conditions for purification the first is the Mikvah and the second is being
after Sundown.
8 That which dies of itself,
or is torn of beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the
LORD.
This was
the request not to eat these things by Yechezkel to HASHEM.
9 They shall therefore keep MY
charge, lest they bear sin for it, and die therein, if they profane it: I am
the LORD who sanctify them. 10 There shall no common man eat of the
holy thing; a tenant of a priest, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy
thing.
Even the
son-in-law or grandchild of a Cohain can eat if he is a Yisrael or Levi.
11 But if a priest buy any
soul, the purchase of his money, he may eat of it; and such as are born in his
house, they may eat of his bread. 12 And if a priest's daughter be
married unto a common man, she shall not eat of that which is set apart from
the holy things. 13 But if a priest's daughter be a widow, or
divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father's house, as in her
youth, she may eat of her father's bread; but there shall no common man eat
thereof.
So if
the Priest has a bondman or bondwoman then he or she can eat and his daughter
if widowed or divorced.
14 And if a man eat of the
holy thing through error, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and
shall give unto the priest the holy thing. 15 And they shall not
profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they set apart unto
the LORD; 16 and so cause them to bear the iniquity that brings
guilt, when they eat their holy things; for I am the LORD who sanctify
them.
If a
non-Cohain accidently ate from the Korban a part that should have been a gift
to the Cohain, he shall pay a 20% fine of the value above the worth aka 120% of
the piece of meat or bread/matzo due to the Cohain. Yom Kippur will atone for
that sin.
17 And the LORD spoke unto
Moses, saying: 18 Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the
children of Israel, and say unto them: Whosoever he be of the house of Israel,
or of the strangers in Israel, that brings his offering, whether it be any of
their vows, or any of their free-will-offerings, which are brought unto the
LORD for a burnt-offering; 19 that ye may be accepted, ye shall offer
a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the
goats. 20 But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not bring; for
it shall not be acceptable for you.
Just as
the original Korban of Kayn was blemished and not accepted so all Korbanos must
never be blemished as the Cohain is not blemished.
21 And whosoever brings a
sacrifice of peace-offerings unto the LORD in fulfilment of a vow clearly
uttered, or for a freewill-offering, of the herd or of the flock, it shall be
perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein. 22 Blind,
or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scabbed, or scurvy, ye shall not
offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar
unto the LORD. 23 Either a bullock or a lamb that hath anything too
long or too short, that may thou offer for a freewill-offering; but for a vow
it shall not be accepted. 24 That which hath its stones bruised, or
crushed, or torn, or cut, ye shall not offer unto the LORD; neither shall ye do
thus in your land. 25 Neither from the hand of a foreigner shall ye
offer the bread of your God of any of these, because their corruption is in
them, there is a blemish in them; they shall not be accepted for you.
One who
is blemished cannot offer Korbanos to HASHEM only a whole person and until a
person fully converts within the Halacha he cannot bring a Korban.
26 And the LORD spoke unto
Moses, saying: 27 When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought
forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; but from the eighth day and
thenceforth it may be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the
LORD. 28 And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not slaughter it and its young both in one
day. 29 And when ye sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the
LORD, ye shall sacrifice it that ye may be accepted. 30 On the same
day it shall be eaten; ye shall leave none of it until the morning: I am the
LORD. 31 And ye shall keep My commandments, and do them: I am the
LORD. 32 And ye shall not profane My holy name; but I will be
hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD who hallow
you, 33 that brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I
am the LORD.
One
cannot eat a new born calf, sheep or goat until eight days old.
23:1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses,
saying: 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: The
appointed seasons of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations,
even these are My appointed seasons. 3 Six days shall work be done;
but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; ye
shall do no manner of work; it is a Sabbath unto the LORD in all your
dwellings.
Shabbos
not only had the weekly bread but also special Korbanos and of course an
upgrade in observance, holiness and forbidden from Melacha except for Heavenly
Melacha of the Korbanos and fire.
4 These
are the appointed seasons of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall
proclaim in their appointed season. 5 In the first month, on the
fourteenth day of the month at dusk, is the LORD'S Passover. 6 And on
the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the
LORD; seven days ye shall eat unleavened bread. 7 In the first day ye
shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile
work. 8 And ye shall bring an offering made by fire unto the LORD
seven days; in the seventh day is a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of
servile work.
At this
point the Shalosh Regelim aka three walking up to the Temple or originally the
Mishkan Festivals.
9 And
the LORD spoke unto Moses saying: 10 Speak unto the children of
Israel, and say unto them: When ye are come into the land which I give unto
you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring the sheaf of the
first-fruits of your harvest unto the priest. 11 And he shall wave
the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you; on the morrow after the Sabbath
the priest shall wave it. 12 And in the day when ye wave the sheaf,
ye shall offer a he-lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt-offering
unto the LORD. 13 And the meal-offering thereof shall be two tenth
parts of an ephah of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto
the LORD for a sweet savour; and the drink-offering thereof shall be of wine,
the fourth part of a hin. 14 And ye shall eat neither bread, nor
parched corn, nor fresh ears, until this selfsame day, until ye have brought
the offering of your God; it is a statute forever throughout your generations
in all your dwellings.
15 And ye shall count unto you
from the morrow after the day of rest, from the day that ye brought the sheaf
of the waving; seven weeks shall there be complete; 16 even unto the
morrow after the seventh week shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall present
a new meal-offering unto the LORD.
It is
appropriate for us time wise to learn the foundation for the Omer Counting and
Chag Shavuos at the end.
17 Ye shall bring out of your
dwellings two wave-loaves of two tenth parts of an ephah; they shall be of fine
flour, they shall be baked with leaven, for first-fruits unto the
LORD. 18 And ye shall present with the bread seven lambs without
blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams; they shall be a
burnt-offering unto the LORD, with their meal-offering, and their
drink-offerings, even an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the
LORD. 19 And ye shall offer one he-goat for a sin-offering, and two
he-lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace-offerings. 20 And
the priest shall wave them with the bread of the first-fruits for a
wave-offering before the LORD, with the two lambs; they shall be holy to the
LORD for the priest.
If we
had a Mikdash in another 5 weeks, farmers would be coming from all over Israel
with baskets of wheat or barley to give to the Cohanim and ordinary people like
myself would be bringing a Korban Chagigah as an offering as one cannot go
empty-handed to the Mikdash three times a year.
21 And ye shall make
proclamation on the selfsame day; there shall be a holy convocation unto you;
ye shall do no manner of servile work; it is a statute forever in all your
dwellings throughout your generations. 22 And when ye reap the
harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corner of thy field,
neither shalt thou gather the gleaning of thy harvest; thou shalt leave them for
the poor, and for the stranger: I am the LORD your God.
The
Proclamation is that I have brought my fruits from the land given me and not
taken anything from my neighbor. As in the story of Ruth the corners of the
field, forgotten sheaths and gleamings were left for the poor.
23 And
the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 24 Speak unto the children of
Israel, saying: In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall be a
solemn rest unto you, a memorial proclaimed with the blast of horns, a holy convocation. 25 Ye
shall do no manner of servile work; and ye shall bring an offering made by fire
unto the LORD. 26 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:
The day
of the blasting of the horn was the original name and changed to Rosh Hashanah
or day of judgement over the centuries.
27 Howbeit
on the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement; there shall be
a holy convocation unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; and ye shall
bring an offering made by fire unto the LORD. 28 And ye shall do no
manner of work in that same day; for it is a day of atonement, to make
atonement for you before the LORD your God. 29 For whatsoever soul it
be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from his
people. 30 And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any manner of work in
that same day, that soul will I destroy from among his people. 31 Ye
shall do no manner of work; it is a statute for ever throughout your
generations in all your dwellings. 32 It shall be unto you a Sabbath
of solemn rest, and ye shall afflict your souls; in the ninth day of the month
at even, from even unto even, shall ye keep your Sabbath.
Yom
Kippur shall be a day of fasting and atoning with observance similar to that of
Shabbos.
33 And the LORD spoke unto
Moses, saying: 34 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying: On the
fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of tabernacles for seven days
unto the LORD. 35 On the first day shall be a holy convocation; ye
shall do no manner of servile work. 36 Seven days ye shall bring an
offering made by fire unto the LORD; on the eighth day shall be a holy
convocation unto you; and ye shall bring an offering made by fire unto the
LORD; it is a day of solemn assembly; ye shall do no manner of servile
work.
Even
though the seventh day of Pesach is a Yom Tov we do not bless Shechechiyanu aka
who has kept us alive but now we make this blessing on the eight day as Shmeni
Atzeres is a special holiday unto itself while the Seventh Day of Pesach is the
concluding day of the festival. The Hebrew language is clear here.
37 These are the appointed
seasons of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to bring
an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a burnt-offering, and a meal-offering,
a sacrifice, and drink-offerings, each on its own day; 38 beside the
sabbaths of the LORD, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and
beside all your freewill-offerings, which ye give unto the
LORD. 39 Howbeit on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye
have gathered in the fruits of the land, ye shall keep the feast of the LORD
seven days; on the first day shall be a solemn rest, and on the eighth day
shall be a solemn rest.
This is
the language that makes the first and eight into two separate Yomim Tovim.
40 And ye shall take you on
the first day the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm-trees, and boughs of
thick trees, and willows of the brook, and ye shall rejoice before the LORD
your God seven days.
These
are the four species used in the Lulav and Esrog.
41 And ye shall keep it a
feast unto the LORD seven days in the year; it is a statute forever in your
generations; ye shall keep it in the seventh month. 42 Ye shall dwell
in booths seven days; all that are home-born in Israel shall dwell in
booths; 43 that your generations may know that I made the children of
Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am
the LORD your God. 44 And Moses declared unto the children of Israel
the appointed seasons of the LORD.
This is the commandment for Sukkos.
24:1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses,
saying: 2 'Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee
pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn
continually. 3 Without the veil of the testimony, in the tent of
meeting, shall Aaron order it from evening to morning before the LORD continually;
it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations.
An Eternal
Flame in the Menorah.
4 He shall order the lamps
upon the pure candlestick before the LORD continually.
The
flame shall not go out.
5 And
thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth parts of
an ephah shall be in one cake. 6 And thou shalt set them in two rows,
six in a row, upon the pure table before the LORD. 7 And thou shalt
put pure frankincense with each row, that it may be to the bread for a memorial-part,
even an offering made by fire unto the LORD. 8 Every Sabbath day he
shall set it in order before the LORD continually; it is from the children of
Israel, an everlasting covenant. 9 And it shall be for Aaron and his
sons; and they shall eat it in a holy place; for it is most holy unto him of
the offerings of the LORD made by fire, a perpetual due.'
This is
the bringing in and taking out of the loaves from the last Shabbos and they
were warm an tasted freshly made.
10 And
the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among
the children of Israel; and the son of the Israelitish woman and a man of
Israel strove together in the camp. 11 And the son of the Israelitish
woman blasphemed the Name, and cursed; and they brought him unto Moses. And his
mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of
Dan. 12 And they put him in ward, that it might be declared unto them
at the mouth of the LORD.
His
father did not convert and therefore brought down his hatred as an Egyptian.
13 And
the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 14 'Bring forth him that hath
cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his
head, and let all the congregation stone him.
The
young fellow may have been bullied for not being a full Israelite and that made
his mood worse.
15 And
thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying: Whosoever curses his God
shall bear his sin. 16 And he that blasphemes the name of the LORD,
he shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone
him; as well the stranger, as the home-born, when he blasphemes the Name, shall
be put to death. 17 And he that smites any man mortally shall surely
be put to death. 18 And he that smites a beast mortally shall make it
good: life for life.
A
reminder of the death penalty witnesses and warning before trial and killing
the individual.
19 And
if a man maim his neighbor; as he hath done, so shall it be done to
him: 20 breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he hath
maimed a man, so shall it be rendered unto him. 21 And he that kills
a beast shall make it good; and he that kills a man shall be put to
death. 22 Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger,
as for the home-born; for I am the LORD your God.'
Laws are
brought down in Parsha Mishpatim now Moshe is distinguishing between the laws
concerning money and the laws concerning the death penalty and those of money.
23 And
Moses spoke to the children of Israel, and they brought forth him that had
cursed out of the camp, and stoned him with stones. And the children of Israel
did as the LORD commanded Moses.
A
disturbed individual with a tragic ending. Suicide essentially by Beis
Din/Sanhedrin.
Israel celebrates 74 years with English Translation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mza32QsYIqQ Hebrew with sign language:
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326962 Prayer at Kotel: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326977
An Irresistible Team by Rabbi Yerachmiel Tilles
http://ascentofsafed.com/cgi-bin/ascent.cgi?Name=1273-35
Rabbi
Shmuel Schneersohn, the fourth Lubavitcher Rebbe known as "the Maharash,"
would often go driving in his carriage in the countryside. On his way, he
always passed through a certain village near Lubavitch, although he never
stopped off at the inn there which was owned by a Jew.
On one
occasion, though, he asked the driver to stop the carriage outside it, climbed
down and entered the inn, but found no one there apart from two small children.
"Where
are your father and mother?" he asked them.
"They've
gone to take care of different things," they replied. "They'll
probably be back soon."
"And
where is your melamed (tutor)?"
"Our
tutor had gone off home," they said, "because now we have the Month
of Elul vacation."
"Tell
me, what do you learn with the tutor?"
"I
learn Chumash (The Five Books of Moses)," said the older
one.
"And I," said his younger brother, "can read tehilim (psalms)."
"Very
well," said the Rebbe, "Then let me test you. Could you bring me a
copy of Tehilim?"
They
at once bought him the Book of Psalms. He opened it, and told them to read
aloud, and as they read, he read along with them, word by word, and so on
through a number of passages.
Meanwhile,
on her way home, their mother was surprised to see the Rebbe’s carriage
standing near the front entrance. She entered the house through the kitchen,
from where she could hear the Rebbe saying tehilim with her
children; she did not dare to join them. And as she listened to a sadness in
the Rebbe’s voice, her heart was so moved and her spirit so troubled, that
without quite knowing why, she broke into tears.
The
Rebbe closed the Tehilim and was about to leave. But when he
reached the door he paused there for several minutes, then returned to the
table and said: "Children, let us read some more tehilim."
So
they opened the book again, and together read several more passages, as before.
Finally, saying "Shalom," he mounted his carriage and drove
back to Lubavitch.
This
incident left the lady of the house all astir, and she waited anxiously for her
husband to come home so she could tell him about it.
But
her husband was not to be seen. He had gone to a neighboring village to collect
debts from a few peasants and was due home at some time in the afternoon - but
as the hours dragged on and night fell, his wife and children began to fear the
worst.
At
midnight they were alarmed by a sudden knocking on the shutters. Fearing the
worst, the terrified woman ran to open the door. Her husband took one step in,
and fell to the floor in a swoon.
When
he came to, he told them what had happened.
He had
come to the door of one of his creditors in the village, and was asked to
accompany the householder to the barn, so that he could measure out a quantity
of the newly harvested grain in payment of his debt, according to the custom of
those times.
As
soon as they were both inside, the peasant closed the door from within, and
told the Jew that he intended to kill him. At first the Jew took it to be some
kind of a joke, since they had known each other for so long, but he became
convinced soon enough that the peasant meant exactly what he said. He fell at
his feet and begged for his life.
"When
I make up my mind," said the peasant, "I don't change it."
He
started hunting around the barn for his ax, but could not find it. Then he
recalled that he had left it in the house, but being afraid that the Jew might
escape while he went to fetch it, he took the reins that were hanging on a
nail, tied him up tightly hand and foot, closed the door somehow with a stick,
and headed for the house.
A
minute later, the peasant's wife, who had been working in the fields, opened
the barn door, and saw the Jew trussed up in ropes. He told her what had
happened, and with tears of desperation pleaded with her to release him. This
request threw the poor woman into agitated confusion.
"My
husband doesn't fool around. He is a violent robber," she said. "If
he figures out that it was I that freed you, he'll kill me."
The
Jew was not to be silenced; he continued to beg and implore her, but she was
too afraid. Then he had an idea; he suggested that she quickly free him and
then rush back to the fields, Then, when she saw her husband leaving the house
on his way back to the barn, she should come to meet him, as if she were coming
from the fields to the barn for the first time.
At
last, finding herself unable to harden her heart to resist his appeals and
clever idea, she deftly untied his bonds and let him out of the barn. Then
quickly returned to the fields as he had suggested.
Also,
she advised him in return not to take the main road home, for then her husband,
not finding him in the barn, would surely chase after him and kill him on the
highway. Rather, he should hide for a few hours among the loosed sheaves in the
fields, and find his way home only when night fell.
He did
so. Soon after, from his hiding place he heard the murderous peasant, panting
and fuming, bolt from the direction of the barn in search of him.
Terror
overcame the poor innkeeper. The peasant, ax in hand, was right next to him.
Death was a moment away.
But
the peasant did not see him through all the grass and sheaves, and after pacing
up and down along the highway he saw that his quarry had disappeared, and
stomped back to his house in a rage.
Trembling
all over, the Jew waited for night to fall. He freed himself noiselessly from
the sheaves, and clambered through bushes and brambles, slowly, stealthily,
until at midnight he finally reached home.
When
his wife told him of the Rebbe’s visit, they both could now understand what it
was all about. During the first reading of tehilim he had been
saved from being killed in the barn, and during the second reading, from death
among the sheaves. The holy words, as recited by the Tzadik in
combination with the two pure innocent children, had overcome the evil plot.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Source: Adapted by Yerachmiel Tilles from A Treasury of Chassidic Tales, as
translated by R. Uri Kaploun from Sipurei Chasidim by Rabbi S. Y. Zevin. I also
added the final sentence.
Biographical note: Rabbi Shmuel
Schneersohn [of blessed memory: 2 Iyar 5594 - 13 Tishrei 5643 (1834-Sept.
1882 C.E.)], the fourth Lubavitch Rebbe, known as the Rebbe Maharash,
was the youngest of the seven surviving sons of his predecessor, Rabbi Menachem
Mendel Schneersohn, the Tsemach Tsedek.
Connection: Tuesday of this week, 2 Iyar, is the
birthdate of the Rebbe Maharash.
Sophia
sent me this story from the Talmud showing among other things that Israel is
about Astrology as the Astrologers warned that the daughter of Rabbi Akiva
would die on her wedding night. The other moral of the Story is that Charity
saves from death not figuratively but literally.
One Who Increases Charity, Increases Peace-The Merit of
a Mitzvah. The Gemara (Shabbat 156b) recounts an incident where astrologers
told Rabbi Akiva that, based on the paths of the constellations and stars, his
daughter was to be bitten by a snake and die on her wedding day. This caused
Rabbi Akiva great distress.
On her wedding night, upon entering her room, Rabbi
Akiva’s daughter removed a golden pin from her hair and stuck it between the
bricks of the wall of the bedroom. In that exact place in the wall, a poisonous
snake was hiding out, waiting to bite her. When she saw that nobody was helping a
pauper, she stuck the golden pin into the wall, she inadvertently
stuck the pin into the snake’s eye, killing it immediately.
The next morning, Rabbi Akiva came to check on his
daughter. As soon as she awoke and got dressed, she removed the golden pin from
the wall and along with it came out the dead snake. It was only then that she
realized the great miracle that she had experienced as a result of Hashem’s
divine intervention. Rabbi Akiva inquired, “My daughter, please tell me what
good deed you have performed.” She replied, “Yesterday, in the middle of my wedding
celebration, I noticed a poor man enter the hall as you, father, were busy with
the multitude of important guests who came to participate in the festivities
and thus, no one paid attention to this pauper. I immediately got up from my
place of honor and gave him my portion to eat and drink.”
Rabbi Akiva exclaimed, “You are so fortunate to have
performed this great Mitzvah which served to protect you and nullify the harsh
decree that hovered upon you!” Rabbi Akiva then expounded the verse, “And charity
shall save from death”-Not only does charity (Tzedakah) save one from unusual
deaths, it protects one from death in general, as the verse states, “One who
pursues charity and kindness shall find life, justice, and honor.” One must
know that all Mitzvot protect those who perform them. Nevertheless, after some
time, the merit of the Mitzvah weakens and does not protect as much. Indeed,
the Tosafot (Baba Basra 9b) that even the merit of the Mitzvah of donating
Tzedakah anonymously likewise has a limit and does not protect the individual
for one’s entire life. Nonetheless, the saintly Ari z”l writes (see Nagid
U’mtzaveh page 11a) that for any Mitzvah that an individual performs, the merit
of the Mitzvah is inscribed on one’s forehead in the form of one of the letters
of the Alef-Bet. This letter illuminates the forehead of the individual for a
certain amount of time; however, after this allotted amount of time, the letter
is absorbed into the individual’s forehead and vanishes while only the reward
for the Mitzvah is kept for the World to Come.
On the other hand, one who donates Tzedakah to the
needy merits the letter “Tzadi” being inscribed on one’s forehead and remains
illuminated for an entire week and it does not vanish like other letters
reserved for other Mitzvot. Thus, the merit of the Mitzvah of Tzedakah protects
one even when one is no longer involved in performing the Mitzvah. - Halacha
Yomit
Footnote: The
Ari Zal could see via the forehead of a man if he was a Tzadik or Rasha. Even
what Mitzvah or Avera One committed.
The pressured adventures of Rabbi Pauli before Pesach.
(Much of this went too far beyond the usual Pesach and Conversion
Questions Received)
A normal
week for me is plain crazy busy a normal pressured week is Meshuga crazy busy and
a very pressured week is Loco Meshugina Crazy. Thus, after over two and a half
years away from the States and a voucher from British Airlines, I planned to be
Passover in America by my son. About a month after I made my plans, I started
working on my US income taxes as I would be in the USA around April 15th
extended to April 18th.
As my
plans fell into place, Omicron hit Israel and the skies were closed. British
Airlines changed from a normal connect to 22 to 29 hours in transit each way
losing two more days and becoming impossible to travel. So, I switched to EL AL
and the price two what I was paying for on British.
I could
not get covered for insurance until at least six months after my operation and
that coincided with Menashe's Yeshiva Vacation and Pesach. I changed the dates
to make the trip a bit longer for the original dates were prior to the passing
of my mother-in-law and now that she was gone, we would be able to stay longer.
Arriving
in the USA after a 2.5year Covid Hiatus, I learned that my FL central A/C unit
had rusted and the gas and other parts of the unit from 1999 could not be
replaced or repaired. It was a big expense and took 10 days because of some new
rules in the Condo where I lived. Fortunately, with one exception of a day over
10 days, the rest of the days were bearable. I sold my Chametz via the Rav of
Aish HaTorah in FL and gave him a donation for ‘flour for Passover for the
poor”.
My
telephone provider did not allow me after 2.5years despite being paid in full,
to enter the phone system – hot spot. I lost my phone numbers when transferring
to the better phone. The older one was 3G and the battery shot. The newer one
was 4G technology. There I lost all my contact numbers of family and friends.
It took
me two days to call-up an air conditioning company. Their telephones were so
busy I began an on-line search for one. They came and were told by my building
that they had to have liability insurance. Finally, they provided it and with
rain and clouds were not allowed on the roof. They came the next day late and
there was not enough time.
Finally,
the man reached the roof late in the week and found out that our compression
had rusted and the old gas could not be replaced. This meant a new unit only
available on Tuesday. Taking everything into consideration I was 10 days in FL
with no air conditioning the first few were rough and lucky for me, the day of
the rain brought in a cold spell combined with fans made the house bearable.
In
addition, the TV provider changed programs and I do like to watch the news more
than anything else while I eat. I had to get a more modern small TV in the
kitchen and set it up. I am not a Rabbi against technology but use it for my
understanding such as weather reports and news.
We also
had to go into a 40-year-old building electric check-up and 4 plug-ins had to
be replaced as three were too close to water and one on the porch.
We flew
up north from FL. Our plans over the last 18years were always fly into Miami
and out of Hollywood Fort Lauderdale Airport as Hertz never had extra charges
on that. Well that changed and we ended up paying drop off fees two ways. That
is now taken into account and will not repeat itself in the future. Meaning,
you fool me once you are a fool but if you fool me twice I am a fool. I also
may consider using different rent-a-car company that may be more economical.
While I
was at my son’s house, my granddaughter heard my story of me being 9 years old
almost ten conducting my first Seder. My granddaughter was taking too much time
with the notes from her teacher for the first night so we told her save some
for the second but she started from square one. The difference being that we
did not have to stay so long or my son finish the Apikoyman by Midnight. It was
the first time I said that thank G-D by the Reform I did not know so much that
the meal in 1957 aka 5717 was shorter and sweet unto the point.
While we
were at my son’s suddenly after a windows 11 update on Wi-Fi, the internet
fell. Upon my return to Israel, I called up my friend of 40 plus years, Danny,
who had sold me the new computer and he checked it out. The Ethernet was
working but the camera and Wi-Fi was botched up. He called up Dell and they
replace under warranty the Wi-Fi card so he had to redo Windows 10, Adobe
Reader, Office, etc.
I am in
the meantime using my wife’s slower, older computer and writing you this story.
But wait
there is another twist to my Meshugina luck in FL. While in FL using Wi-Fi
hotspot I filled out the El Al health declaration but did not send it to my
American phone. It had to be done the last second with El Al Security. We left
our Condo about 4 hours before the flight, but the Highway turned into a bumper
to bumper crawlway and by using side streets and Waze, we got to the airport after
drop off and train about with two hours to go. The El Al security lines were
bad and we made it through security and health declaration a few minutes before
the flight. Due to my age and my water-on-the-knee, I got through the security
check faster to the plane and was holding down the fort for my wife and Menashe
who were number 6 and 5 from the end before closing the doors.
I had
bad experiences in my youth in economy class so I paid for larger seats of
economy plus that on British Airways is sufficient but the people in front put
the seat back for their child and I had 4 inches aka 10cm to move from my
window seat to the cabin. Fortunately, for me, I did not take my Fusid pill and
did not have to get up so much. I also had the intelligence to try to sleep as
much as possible so I avoided most of the Jet-Lag returning.
I found
out that for another $400 a person I could get a return business class seat and
I guess if I do not fly British, will do that for El Al as a person should
relax on the flight and not fight is way out of the seat to stand up.
Despite
of all my troubles, I somehow managed to produce two weeks of the Blogspot so
not all was lost.
Sometimes
companies shoot themselves in the foot. Do big companies ever regret
their decisions to let their best people go at the drop of a hat? Do they ever
feel the repercussions of their actions?
Yes, sometimes they do. “The US-based mega-chain electronics
store, Circuit City did exactly this. They let all their highest-paid
non-management employees go as a cost-cutting measure. No one at Corporate put
two thoughts together and rubbed them … BECAUSE Circuit City sales workers are
paid by sales commission,” one user wrote.
Well, it turned out that this move did not end well for the
corporation…
“The top minds at Corporate fired all their top sales
earners. Within 30 days, sales tumbled by 60%. The big-thinkers at Corporate
scrambled to RE-hire the big earners they had fired but they had already moved
on. Circuit City closed down and was dead within one year.”
Milestone: Dr.
Morton Mower, 89, co-inventor of implantable defibrillator. https://www.timesofisrael.com/morton-mower-co-inventor-of-implantable-defibrillator-dies-at-89/
Milestone: Regine, Regina Zylberberg, 92, who moved
from Juke Box to Discotheque. https://www.timesofisrael.com/regine-legendary-french-jewish-singer-who-invented-the-discotheque-dies-at-92/
Milestone: Max
Glauben , 94, one of the founders of the Dallas Holocaust Meseum. https://www.timesofisrael.com/survivor-max-glauben-who-helped-found-dallas-holocaust-museum-dies-at-94/
Milestone: Ilan
Gilon, 65, Former MK from extreme left Polio Victim made him fight for
disabled, social justice, beloved. https://www.timesofisrael.com/honest-man-with-huge-heart-ex-meretz-mk-social-activist-ilan-gilon-dies-at-65/
Milestone: Naomi
Judd, 76, Jewish Female Vocalist. https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/naomi-judd-gone-at-76-wrote-about-mental-illness-in-her-recent-book
Public Opinion Poll
shows the Likud Gaining. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326844
Ed-Op
Daniel Pinner: “Aliyah just isn’t for me”
I’ve heard it from countless Jews; so have you.
Indeed, maybe you’re one of those Jews yourself: “Aliyah just isn’t for me”.
The reasons, the excuses, the justifications, the
arguments are legion:
• I’m too old to make Aliyah;
• I’m too young to make Aliyah;
• I can’t make Aliyah at the present stage of my
family and career. I’ll wait another 30 years, and then sigh heavily and say,
“If I were 30 years younger, I’d make Aliyah”;
• I have elderly parents who need me where I live
now;
• my professional job qualifications aren’t
recognised in Israel so I won’t be able to work there;
• my children won’t be able to adjust to school in
Israel;
• I don’t speak Hebrew well enough to work or have a
social life in Israel;
• with all the wars and terrorism, Israel is too
dangerous a place to live;
• there’s too much religious coercion in Israel
because of the Orthodox stranglehold over life;
• there’s too much secular coercion because the
establishment is anti-religious;
• it’s impossible to maintain a New York standard of
living;
• taxes are too high;
• Israel uses the metric system and I just can’t
understand kilogrammes, kilometres, and metres, I only understand
pounds-and-ounces, miles, and feet-and-inches;
• Israelis are too pushy;
• the climate is too hot;
• the climate is too cold;
• I don’t want my children to have to serve in the
Army because they’ll be forced to become secular;
• I don’t want my children to have to serve in the
Army because they’ll be forced to be religious.
Reasons? Excuses? Valid arguments?
Ultimately it comes down to one claim: “Aliyah just
isn’t for me”.
And you know something?
– You’re right. Aliyah really isn’t for you. Aliyah
wasn’t for Abraham our Father, either, when he made Aliyah
three-and-three-quarter millennia ago.
Aliyah wasn’t for our ancestors, either, when they
left Egypt.
Aliyah wasn’t for the Jews who left Babylon and
retuned to Israel when Koresh (Cyrus) gave them official permission and
encouragement.
Aliyah isn’t for you. Just as keeping Shabbat and
kashrut aren’t for you.
Aliyah is for God.
Aliyah is for the future of the Jewish nation.
Aliyah is for your children, for their best chance to
remain Jewish and to have Jewish children and Jewish grandchildren through the
generations.
So you're right: Aliyah isn't for you. That's why
it's time to make Aliyah.
Inyanay
Diyoma
Ariel Guard
gunned down on Shabbos shielding his girlfriend. Terrorist captured. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326681
On
Friday, I received the following question on one of the Conversion Groups I
guide: Aaron: Should a convert still have an
Orthodox conversion if their preferences align more with reform/conservative
ideology? What if a convert wants to be Jewish but doesn't agree with the
Orthodox perspective of interpretation?
Unfortunately, the
answer can within a few hours after approving the post. A non-observant
Orthodox Convert who did not take on even a public Hebrew Name died on a
Kiddush HASHEM. Vyacheslav
(Valadi) Golev, the 23year old security guard died shielding his girlfriend
with his body, protecting her from the terrorist. He is survived by his parents
and 7 siblings. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326687
Instead of the non-Orthodox Kibbutz
heave-ho into the earth ceremony full Jewish honors were accorded and hundreds
accompanied him. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326745
Father of terrorist helped son
flee from the scene of the crime. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326738
A week before the attack, the
vehicle drove the wrong way on the highway. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326695
12 more terrorists rounded up. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326714
Israeli Population rises 1.9% last year. https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/israels-population-rose-by-1-9-since-last-independence-day/
Ed-Op Bederman we
are worried about the Ukraine but look what the Chinese do to the rights of
their own citizens. https://dianebederman.com/russia-ukraine-look-over-there-but-wait-shanghai/
Ed-Op Glick No One
can talk to Washington. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326759
Is the big one
coming soon? https://www.timesofisrael.com/small-earthquake-rattles-northern-israel/
Ed-Op Yemeni: The
‘Enlightened’ Defenders of Arab Terrorism. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rjarp2ihq
5 Chinese Workers
kidnap the wife of their employer in wage dispute. https://www.timesofisrael.com/5-chinese-workers-indicted-for-allegedly-kidnapping-employers-wife-in-wage-dispute/
2 Nigerian Students
end up at Berlin Hillel from Ukraine. https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-long-strange-journey-2-nigerian-students-flee-ukraine-end-up-at-berlin-hillel/
Russian FM calls
Zelinsky a Jewish Nazi. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326749
UTJ calls Ganz a
potential Partner. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326755
Charedi Children
attacked in London. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326753
Gov. Asa Hutchinson
may challenge Trump. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326758
Iran attacks with
missile Kurdish Oil Refinery. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326752
Ukraine claims to
have killed 10th Russian General over the weekend. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326741
Israeli Field
Hospital in the Ukraine ends operation. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326670
PLO cannot calm
tensions. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326677
Stray bullet hits
soldier: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326664
Israeli
Cyber-Defense realigned with CENTCOM. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326657
Holocaust Survivor
Lily Ebert awarded the Hungarian order of Merit. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326598
Obama did not do
nice things in 2016: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326671
Who said this April
29th? “Remember
when Bernie Sanders used to draw crowds of 3,000, 4,000 or even 5,000 people,
and the press would go absolutely wild talking about how big Bernie’s crowds
were showing them from all different angles and making it sound like the
greatest show on earth—but when I draw 30,000, 40,000, 50,000 or in one case
87,000 people, reporters do not report it and cameras are not allowed to show
how big the crowds are. It is a constant complaint I make during speeches. Turn
the cameras, I say, turn the cameras to show the crowd, but they refuse to do
it, not even the networks that are even a little bit on our side. The good news
is, the people of our Country get it, and they get it like never before!” …
Why can’t
the press report the news like in the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s? Why it is when my
wife bought on trip a Life Magazine booklet “First Ladies” that most of
the modern presidents are photographed with their wives except somehow only
Melania is by herself. Perhaps: “Why is this picture different from all other
pictures?”
Quds Force Chief on
Iran vs. Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326679
The ‘Ghost of Kyiv’
who shot down 40 Russia Planes died a few weeks ago. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326674
Russian – Israeli
Oligarch pledges $100,000,000 for refugees. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326655
Oral
News broadcasted on Kan11 in Israel: 6 Oligarchs in the gas industry and some
with their spouses and children committed “suicide” or were shot dead in their
homes recently.
Ben Gvir gets death
threats. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326643
Judo – Israeli women
win gold and bronze in Europe. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326672
Iranian Assassin
interrogated in Iran by the Mossad. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326694
Ed-Op from New Iran
CEO about Biden and Capitulation to the Mullahs. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/b1crxbvsq
Hamas threatens: https://www.timesofisrael.com/sinwar-warns-israel-hamas-wont-hesitate-to-take-any-steps-if-al-aqsa-is-violated/
ISIS blows up gas
pipeline in Sinai. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326699
Interior Min. assume
that the government has a month left. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326691
Lod - drunk driver
smashes into Synagogue Court Wall at high speed. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326774
Russia trolling
critics. https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/russia-using-troll-factory-to-target-kremlin-critics-uk/
Police Minister has
been babbling like Biden information still secret after 38 years revealed. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326846
The American Left on
Women’s Abortion vs. the Rabbis. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326858
New AI company
speeds up cancer diagnosis. https://www.ynetnews.com/health_science/article/sy7vzvasq
Cyber-attacks mount
against Israel. https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/05/02/israel-keen-to-set-up-cyber-iron-dome-to-curb-rise-in-attacks/
Ed-Op fight against
terror is far from over: https://www.ynetnews.com/article/h12dj9sh9
PLO Chief backs Tel
Aviv Murderer: https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/05/02/mahmoud-abbas-sends-condolences-to-tel-aviv-murderer/
Melbourne Students
support BDS. https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/05/02/bds-resolution-at-university-of-melbourne-student-union-decried-by-australian-jewish-leaders/
UTJ calls for
replacement of Netanyahu and is attacked. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326829
Blinken attacks
Russia on their Nazi Propaganda. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326828
Traffic accidents
the worse killer. Mother of ten and mother of eight killed in chain accident
when truck does not stop on time. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326889
Memorial Day Knesset
Speaker tears up over brother HY”D. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326899
Methanol Deaths in
Iran. https://www.timesofisrael.com/at-least-eight-dead-in-iran-from-toxic-bootleg-alcohol/
8 year delay minimum
in Metro Lines. https://www.timesofisrael.com/key-parts-of-planned-metro-line-in-central-israel-may-be-delayed-to-2040/
Cheap way to capture
carbon emissions. https://www.timesofisrael.com/balloon-tipped-as-worlds-first-affordable-scalable-method-for-carbon-capture/
Ed-Op Mrs. Herzog:
Israel’s forgotten heroines. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bjsnol0sq
DeSantis vowed to stated
"shoulder-to-shoulder with Israel". https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326906
Like Miriam Peretz
two brothers fell in the line of duty. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326896
Arabs who shot off
fire works during Memorial Day Siren arrested. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326898
Russian Media
threats a 1600 foot Tsunami from Nukes on UK. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326878
Ukrainian
antisemitism (why they are not such good guys). https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326887
Antisemitism scribbled
on Portland Synagogue. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326888
As Jews return to
Har HaBeis so do the terrorists. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/skzffxwu5
Zelensky speaks to
Bennett about Russian Holocaust remarks. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/skv00orel5
Russian doomsday
plane and dies with Israel plummet. https://www.debka.com/moscows-doomsday-plane-in-may-9-parade-raises-nuclear-threat-over-ukraine-war-ties-with-israel-plummet/
Iran to execute
Iranian-Swedish Doctor for spying for Israel. https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-set-to-execute-jailed-doctor-accused-of-spying-for-israel/
German Police
investigation liquidation of Jews leaflets. https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/05/04/german-police-investigate-leaflets-calling-for-liquidation-of-jews-by-2023/
Hamas meets with
Russian Officials in Moscow. https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/05/04/hamas-leaders-meet-russian-officials-in-moscow-report/
Jeers for Bennett at
ceremony: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326940/
Ed-Op Bederman Jews
being bullied again try a new tactic. https://dianebederman.com/hey-jew-whats-that-that-thats-my-emotional-support-bat/
Zelensky – Russia is
following in the footsteps of Goebbels. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326982
Arms smuggling
stopped. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326951
Arab teens that
attacked guard arrested. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326944
50 plus candidates
backed by Trump win Primaries. https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-backed-jd-vance-beats-mandel-other-contenders-in-ohios-gop-senate-primary/
NY Jury for
Hezballah Spy: https://www.timesofisrael.com/ny-jury-set-to-begin-deliberating-in-trial-of-man-accused-of-spying-for-hezbollah/
As Jews return to
Har HaBeis so do the terrorists. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/skzffxwu5
Zelensky speaks to
Bennett about Russian Holocaust remarks. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/skv00orel5
Russian doomsday
plane and dies with Israel plummet. https://www.debka.com/moscows-doomsday-plane-in-may-9-parade-raises-nuclear-threat-over-ukraine-war-ties-with-israel-plummet/
Iran to execute
Iranian-Swedish Doctor for spying for Israel. https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-set-to-execute-jailed-doctor-accused-of-spying-for-israel/
German Police
investigation liquidation of Jews leaflets. https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/05/04/german-police-investigate-leaflets-calling-for-liquidation-of-jews-by-2023/
Hamas meets with
Russian Officials in Moscow. https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/05/04/hamas-leaders-meet-russian-officials-in-moscow-report/
Jeers for Bennett at
ceremony: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326940/
Ed-Op Bederman Jews
being bullied again try a new tactic. https://dianebederman.com/hey-jew-whats-that-that-thats-my-emotional-support-bat/
Zelensky – Russia is
following in the footsteps of Goebbels. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326982
Arms smuggling
stopped. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326951
Arab teens that
attacked guard arrested. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326944
50 plus candidates
backed by Trump win Primaries. https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-backed-jd-vance-beats-mandel-other-contenders-in-ohios-gop-senate-primary/
NY Jury for
Hezballah Spy: https://www.timesofisrael.com/ny-jury-set-to-begin-deliberating-in-trial-of-man-accused-of-spying-for-hezbollah/
3 Dead and 1
critical with 3 more injured from El Ad: Terrorist flee towards the
territories. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/327033
16 Orphans as
victims names. One still in critical condition another with danger. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/327044
Terrorists
identified and pictures all over Israeli TV. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/327055
Closure extended
until Sunday. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/327041
Illegal takeover of
IDF firing zones will cause the removal of Arab usurpers. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/327018
Putin apologizes to
Bennett over FM Jews being antisemitic remarks. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/b1mccozi9
The person who boycotted
AIPAC now new White House Press Secretary. https://www.timesofisrael.com/karine-jean-pierre-who-endorsed-aipac-boycott-to-be-next-white-house-spokesperson/
Good
Shabbos all pray for the health, peace and security of Am Yisrael,
Rachamim
Pauli
