Parsha Behaalosecha
Our time line is on or before Rosh
Chodesh Nissan 2449 either before or on that date. For the Menorah had to be
lit no later than this date.
8:1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 2 'Speak
unto Aaron, and say unto him: When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps
shall give light in front of the candlestick.'
Aaron was given the duty to light the Menorah.
3 And Aaron did so: he lighted the lamps thereof so as to
give light in front of the candlestick, as the LORD commanded
Moses. 4 And this was the work of the candlestick, beaten work of
gold; unto the base thereof, and unto the flowers thereof, it was beaten work;
according unto the pattern which the LORD had shown Moses, so he made the
candlestick.
The modern Menorah of Gold in
Yerushalayim was cast but after cast may have had to be beaten so it is not
necessarily a contradiction to the original Menorah.
5 And the LORD spoke unto
Moses, saying: 6 'Take the Levites from among the children of Israel,
and cleanse them. 7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse
them: sprinkle the water of purification upon them, and let them cause a razor
to pass over all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and cleanse
themselves.
They must floss their teeth and
completely shave so that there is no imposition for purification by them.
8 Then let them take a young
bullock, and its meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil, and another young
bullock shalt thou take for a sin-offering. 9 And thou shalt present
the Levites before the tent of meeting; and thou shalt assemble the whole
congregation of the children of Israel. 10 And thou shalt present the
Levites before the LORD; and the children of Israel shall lay their hands upon
the Levites. 11 And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for
a wave-offering from the children of Israel, that they may be to do the service
of the LORD. 12 And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads
of the bullocks; and offer thou the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a
burnt-offering, unto the LORD, to make atonement for the Levites.
All the actions and Korbanos were
to sanctify the Leviim.
13 And thou shalt set the
Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for a wave-offering
unto the LORD. 14 Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the
children of Israel; and the Levites shall be Mine. 15 And after that
shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tent of meeting; and thou
shalt cleanse them, and offer them for a wave-offering. 16 For they
are wholly given unto Me from among the children of Israel; instead of all that
opens the womb, even the first-born of all the children of Israel, have I taken
them unto Me.
The Leviim who were completely
committed to ME shall replace the first born.
17 For all the first-born
among the children of Israel are Mine, both man and beast; on the day that I
smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for
Myself.
Because of a few rotten Bechorim
during the Chet Ha Egel, the first born lost out to the Leviim.
18 And I have taken the
Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of
Israel. 19 And I have given the Levites--they are given to Aaron and
to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the
children of Israel in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the
children of Israel, that there be no plague among the children of Israel,
through the children of Israel coming nigh unto the sanctuary.'
The Leviim shall do the work of the
Sanctuary.
20 Thus did Moses, and Aaron,
and all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the Levites; according
unto all that the LORD commanded Moses touching the Levites, so did the
children of Israel unto them. 21 And the Levites purified themselves,
and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them for a sacred gift before
the LORD; and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them. 22 And
after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tent of meeting before
Aaron, and before his sons; as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the
Levites, so did they unto them. 23 And the LORD spoke unto Moses,
saying: 24 'This is that which pertains unto the Levites: from twenty
and five years old and upward they shall go in to perform the service in the
work of the tent of meeting; 25 and from the age of fifty years they
shall return from the service of the work, and shall serve no more;
Although, men active in the army
could continue until the age of 60; the heavy material, Aron, Shulchan,
Mizbayach, and boards were best carried by the stronger 30 to 50year old men.
26 but shall minister with
their brethren in the tent of meeting, to keep the charge, but they shall do no
manner of service. Thus, shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their
charges.'
The Leviim shall be assistants to
the Cohanim and work but shall have nothing to do with the day to day service
in the Mikdash that is reserved only for Cohanim.
9:1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses in
the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were
come out of the land of Egypt, saying: 2 'Let the children of Israel keep
the Passover in its appointed season. 3 In the fourteenth day of this
month, at dusk, ye shall keep it in its appointed season; according to all the
statutes of it, and according to all the ordinances thereof, shall ye keep
it.'
This was during the 12day dedication of the Mishkan. The Bnei
Yisrael would now observe Pesach for all generations.
4 And Moses spoke unto the children of Israel, that they
should keep the Passover. 5 And they kept the Passover in the first
month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at dusk, in the wilderness of Sinai;
according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of
Israel.
The exact time to slaughter the Korban is not stated nor the time
for the stopping of eating Matzos or ‘Rich Matzah’ like egg or juice matzoh. Nor
is their mention any time to stop eating leaven or possessing leaven.
6 But there were certain men, who were unclean by the dead
body of a man, so that they could not keep the Passover on that day; and they
came before Moses and before Aaron on that day. 7 And those men said
unto him: 'We are unclean by the dead body of a man; wherefore are we to be
kept back, so as not to bring the offering of the LORD in its appointed season
among the children of Israel?' 8 And Moses said unto them: 'Stay ye,
that I may hear what the LORD will command concerning you.'
These were first cousins of Moshe
and Aaron who had buried the two sons of Aaron.
9 And the LORD spoke unto
Moses, saying: 10 'Speak unto the children of Israel, saying: If any
man of you or of your generations shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or
be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the Passover unto the
LORD; 11 in the second month on the fourteenth day at dusk they shall
keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter
herbs; 12 they shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break a
bone thereof; according to all the statute of the Passover they shall keep
it.
They shall eat only Matzos and have
a Korban but they can possess Chametz and the next day is not a full Yom Tov.
13 But the man that is clean,
and is not on a journey, and forbears to keep the Passover, that soul shall be
cut off from his people; because he brought not the offering of the LORD in its
appointed season, that man shall bear his sin. 14 And if a stranger
shall sojourn among you, and will keep the Passover unto the LORD: according to
the statute of the Passover, and according to the ordinance thereof, so shall
he do; ye shall have one statute, both for the stranger, and for him that is
born in the land.'
Stranger does not mean a non-Convert
Goy who is forbidden to eat or bring the Korban. Rather the stranger is the Ger
Tzedek and not the Ger Toshav, citizen. For the Ger Tzedek is called that way
until a father or mother of a descendent has an Israeli mother or father.
15 And on the day that the
tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, even the tent of the
testimony; and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance
of fire, until morning. 16 So it was always: the cloud covered it,
and the appearance of fire by night. 17 And whenever the cloud was
taken up from over the Tent, then after that the children of Israel journeyed;
and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel encamped. 18 At
the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed, and at the
commandment of the LORD they encamped: as long as the cloud abode upon the
tabernacle they remained encamped.
The movement of the camp depended
where the cloud was.
19 And when the cloud tarried
upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of
the LORD, and journeyed not.
It could be a year, 38years or just
a few days.
20 And sometimes the cloud was
a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the LORD they
remained encamped, and according to the A
And the army moved starting with
Yehuda, then Reuven, Dan and last the children of Rachel.
21 And sometimes the cloud was
from evening until morning; and when the cloud was taken up in the morning,
they journeyed; or if it continued by day and by night, when the cloud was
taken up, they journeyed. 22 Whether it were two days, or a month, or
a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, abiding thereon, the
children of Israel remained encamped, and journeyed not; but when it was taken
up, they journeyed. 23 At the commandment of the LORD they encamped,
and at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed; they kept the charge of the
LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
Everything moved the way HASHEM commanded.
It was almost being in Gan Eden. But that is not the purpose for us in this
world until the final redemption.
10:1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses,
saying: 2 'Make two trumpets of silver; of beaten work shalt thou
make them; and they shall be unto thee for the calling of the congregation, and
for causing the camps to set forward.
These are the Trumpets used on Rosh
Hashanah and also used here.
3 And when they shall blow with them, all the congregation
shall gather themselves unto thee at the door of the tent of
meeting. 4 And if they blow but with one, then the princes, the heads
of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee. 5 And
when ye blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall take their
journey. 6 And when ye blow an alarm the second time, the camps that
lie on the south side shall set forward; they shall blow an alarm for their
journeys.
The noise of even 150,000 men plus
women and children was tumultuous. The Trumpets were shill enough and the men disciplined
enough to quiet down and then listen prior to moving.,
7 But when the assembly is to be gathered together, ye shall
blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm. 8 And the sons of Aaron, the
priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for a statute
forever throughout your generations. 9 And when ye go to war in your
land against the adversary that oppresses you, then ye shall sound an alarm
with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye
shall be saved from your enemies.
The Trumpets and Shofaros were
similar to our air raid sirens today.
10 Also in the day of your gladness, and in your appointed
seasons, and in your new moons, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your
burnt-offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace-offerings; and they
shall be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the LORD your God.'
And Rosh Chodesh and certain
Korbanos, the Trumpets were used. I assume a different tune. As we do in the US
Army to wake up, take the flag down or burial (taps), charge or war.
11 And it came to pass in the second year,
in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, that the cloud was
taken up from over the tabernacle of the testimony. 12 And the
children of Israel set forward by their stages out of the wilderness of Sinai;
and the cloud abode in the wilderness of Paran.
Paran is a desert south of the
modern Sde Boker or east of Kadesh Barnea. From here the Israeli Army was ready
to march into Arad, Beer Sheva, Chevron, Beis Lechem, Yerushalayim.
13 And they took their first
journey, according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of
Moses. 14 And in the first place the standard of the camp of the
children of Judah set forward according to their hosts; and over his host was
Nahshon the son of Amminadav. 15 And
over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethanel the son of
Zuar.
They were alerted to move. In the
meantime, the Mishkan had to be dismantled quickly and packed.
17 And the tabernacle was
taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who bore the
tabernacle, set forward. 18 And the standard of the camp of Reuben
set forward according to their hosts; and over his host was Elizur the son of
Shedeur. 19 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon
was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 20 And over the host of the
tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
I assumed that the dismantling was
quick and efficient. One of the tribes was towards the east with the Ark or
Aron in the center.
21 And the Kohathites the
bearers of the sanctuary set forward, that the tabernacle might be set up
against their coming.
The holiest items were south of the
two separated sections of Levi with the holiest times on the shoulders of the
Leviim in the south.
22 And the standard of the
camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their hosts; and over
his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud. 23 And over the host of the
tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of
Pedahzur. 24 And over the host of the tribe of the children of
Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni.
The western flank was on the march leaving
the northern flank in their place.
25 And the standard of the
camp of the children of Dan, which was the rearward of all the camps, set
forward according to their hosts; and over his host was Ahiezer the son of
Ammishaddai. 26 And over the host of the tribe of the children of
Asher was Pagiel the son of Ochran. 27 And over the host of the tribe
of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan. 28 Thus were
the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their hosts.--And they
set forward.
They set forward and moved to catch
up to physically walk so that the Leviim in the center were protected.
29 And Moses said unto Hobab,
the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law: 'We are journeying unto
the place of which the LORD said: I will give it you; come thou with us, and we
will do thee good; for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.'
Again, Yisro was invited to come
along,
30 And he said unto him: 'I
will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my
kindred.' 31 And he said: 'Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as
thou know how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou shalt be to us
instead of eyes. 32 And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it
shall be, that what good soever the LORD shall do unto us, the same will we do
unto thee.'
But he converted only so far and
became the father of the Druze.
33 And they set forward from the mount of the LORD three
days' journey; and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them three
days' journey, to seek out a resting-place for them. 34 And the cloud
of the LORD was over them by day, when they set forward from the camp.
The following section is almost another
Chumash but in the end is only a paragraph describing the miraculous movement
of the camp.
35 And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses
said: 'Rise up, LORD, and let Thine enemies be scattered; and let them that
hate Thee flee before Thee.' 36 And when it rested, he said: 'Return,
O LORD, unto the ten thousands of the families of Israel.'
So they moved according to HASHEM.
11:1 And the people were as murmurers,
speaking evil in the ears of the LORD; and when the LORD heard it, His anger
was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and devoured in the
uttermost part of the camp.
Living under the Chanchaga of HASHEM
and that is not enough for these people
2 And the people cried unto Moses; and Moses prayed unto the
LORD, and the fire abated. 3 And the name of that place was called
Taberah, because the fire of the LORD burnt among them. 4 And the
mixed multitude that was among them fell a lusting; and the children of Israel
also wept on their part, and said: 'Would that we were given flesh to
eat!
Mann from heaven was not enough to
satisfy their desires.
5 We remember the fish, which we were wont to eat in Egypt
for nought; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and
the garlic; 6 but now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at
all; we have nought save this manna to look to.'-- 7 Now the manna
was like coriander seed, and the appearance thereof as the appearance of
bdellium. 8 The people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in
mills, or beat it in mortars, and seethed it in pots, and made cakes of it; and
the taste of it was as the taste of a cake baked with oil. 9 And when
the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon
it.-- 10 And Moses heard the people weeping, family by family, every
man at the door of his tent; and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; and
Moses was displeased.
I think that I could be happy
learning Torah and sitting around enjoying Mann and a drink. My clothes would
not wear down neither would my shoes wear and tear nor my feet give out or get
blistered. Mishnayos could be learned as we walk or some Halachos.
11 And Moses said unto the LORD: 'Wherefore hast Thou dealt
ill with Thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favor in Thy sight, that
Thou lay the burden of all this people upon me? 12 Have I conceived
all this people? have I brought them forth, that Thou shouldest say unto me:
Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing-father carrieth the sucking child, unto
the land which Thou didst swear unto their fathers? 13 Whence should
I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they trouble me with their
weeping, saying: Give us flesh, that we may eat. 14 I am not able to
bear all this people myself alone, because it is too heavy for
me. 15 And if Thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray Thee, out of
hand, if I have found favor in Thy sight; and let me not look upon my
wretchedness.'
Even though there are judges of 10,
50, 100, etc. it is not enough.
16 And the LORD said unto
Moses: 'Gather unto Me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou know to be the elders of the people,
and officers over them; and bring them unto the tent of meeting, that they may
stand there with thee. 17 And I will come down and speak with thee
there; and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon
them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it
not thyself alone. 18 And say thou unto the people: Sanctify
yourselves against to-morrow, and ye shall eat flesh; for ye have wept in the
ears of the LORD, saying: Would that we were given flesh to eat! for it was
well with us in Egypt; therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall
eat.
Nothing is hard for HASHEM and you
will have meat for 30days.
19 Ye shall not eat one day,
nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty
days; 20 but a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and
it be loathsome unto you; because that ye have rejected the LORD who is among
you, and have troubled Him with weeping, saying: Why, now, came we forth out of
Egypt?' 21 And Moses said: 'The people, among whom I am, are six
hundred thousand men on foot; and yet Thou hast said: I will give them flesh,
that they may eat a whole month! 22 If flocks and herds be slain for
them, will they suffice them? or if all the fish of the sea be gathered
together for them, will they suffice them?'
Their Yetzer is so big that no
matter what, they will complain.
23 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Is the
LORD'S hand waxed short? now shalt thou see whether My word shall come to pass
unto thee or not.' 24 And Moses went out, and told the people the
words of the LORD; and he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and
set them round about the Tent. 25 And the LORD came down in the
cloud, and spoke unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and put it
upon the seventy elders; and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon
them, they prophesied, but they did so no more.
These were great leaders and big
Talmidei Chachamim but they remained anonymous.
26 But there remained two men
in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad;
and the spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were recorded, but
had not gone out unto the Tent; and they prophesied in the
camp. 27 And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said: 'Eldad
and Medad are prophesying in the camp.' 28 And Joshua the son of Nun,
the minister of Moses from his youth up, answered and said: 'My lord Moses,
shut them in.' 29 And Moses said unto him: 'Art thou jealous for my
sake? would that all the LORD'S people were prophets, that the LORD would put
His spirit upon them!' 30 And Moses withdrew into the camp, he and
the elders of Israel. 31 And there went forth a wind from the LORD,
and brought across quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, about a
day's journey on this side, and a day's journey on the other side, round about
the camp, and about two cubits above the face of the earth. 32 And
the people rose up all that day, and all the night, and all the next day, and
gathered the quails; he that gathered least gathered ten heaps; and they spread
them all abroad for themselves round about the camp. 33 While the
flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the anger of the LORD was
kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great
plague. 34 And the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah,
because there they buried the people that lusted. 35 From Kibroth-hattaavah
the people journeyed unto Hazeroth; and they abode at Hazeroth.
They finished up their gluttony.
12:1 And
Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had
married; for he had married a Cushite woman. 2 And they said: 'Hath
the LORD indeed spoken only with Moses? hath He not spoken also with us?' And
the LORD heard it.-- 3 Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the
men that were upon the face of the earth. …14 And the LORD said unto
Moses: 'If her father had but spit in her face, should she not hide in shame
seven days? let her be shut up without the camp seven days, and after that she
shall be brought in again.' 15 And Miriam was shut up without the
camp seven days; and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in
again. 16 And afterward the people journeyed from Hazeroth, and
pitched in the wilderness of Paran.
Her Lashon HaRa that was supposed
to be for the sake of heaven but she was punished.
The Thief on Drugs who
became a hero and a traditional Jew.
Modi Ashkenazi by
Nesli as told by Modi and actors.
Sometimes one must fall
completely down before he can rise up. Modi Ashkenazi was an addict to hard
drugs. He was on probation and home detention.
Of course, to a petty thief on
drugs like him, home detention did not mean much. He went one mid-day to the
beach to steal goods. He went to one beach and the city guards told him,
“Ashkenazi, off my beach”. He moved on to the next beach that either did not
have a guard or the guard did not know him. He saw a blanket with a lot of
packs that a group of fellows had put together to prevent stealing. He sat
close by and pulled the blanket. He saw that nobody showed interest. He took
the first back pack and opened it. He saw a clock and wires and nails.
He had a decision to make. To
return the pack and let it explode and kill Jews or take it off the beach. He
decided on the later. He then looked at it again and put it in alley not far
from the Savoy Hotel. He had another choice to call the police or not. If he
called the police and identified himself he would go to jail for breaking
parole.
Modi does not wish bad for
anybody so he goes into the Savoy Hotel and tells them “This is Modi Ashkenazi
please send the bomb squad near the Savoy. I found a bomb and put it in an
empty alley.” In the meantime, he puts garbage cans in the street to block
traffic and chases away passerby’s.
After some time no police
arrived, he calls again and says this is Modi Ashkenazi no police have come to
dismantle the bomb. Within a short time, police come and he points to the
alley-way and they look and flee. Within minutes half the police in Tel Aviv
come and cordon off the area. The Bomb Squad comes and dismantles the bomb.
In the meantime, the Shin Bet and
other security people are making headquarters in the Savoy. Modi knows he is
about to be arrested and goes to X to borrow a shoot-up and will pay upon his
word.
Modi shoots up. The police pick
him up but not to jail but to the Shin Bet and Detectives. They want to know
where he found the bomb. He negotiates with them to send him to a special place
to be clean of drugs. “You got it.” He then show them where he found the bomb
and the police clean up all the beaches. Modi is in every newspaper as a hero.
With only a 20% chance of
becoming clean, Modi makes it. Now as a former criminal and junkie it is almost
impossible to get a job. He manages to land a few jobs until the city makes him
a beach guard to keep out the Modi Ashkenazi types of junkies.
He has a job and keeps it and
clean. Eventually, Modi meets a gal and they marry and buy an apartment. Modi
over the next 25 years stays cleans and they are parents to four children. Modi
because a tradition Jew believing in G-D and says to Nesli it is not one in a
million it is one in a billion that I would be there at that time just in time
to steal the bomb, make the right choice to get it away from people and call the
police despite that I could go to jail.
Hello Darkness my old friend thanks to Chaiya E.
Hello darkness, my old friend…”
Everybody knows the iconic Simon & Garfunkel song, but do you know the
amazing story behind the first line of The Sounds of Silence?
It began when Arthur “Art”
Garfunkel, a Jewish kid from Queens, enrolled in Columbia University. During
freshman orientation, Art met a student from Buffalo named Sandy Greenberg, and
they immediately bonded over their shared passion for literature and music. Art
and Sandy became roommates and best friends. With the idealism of youth, they
promised to be there for each other no matter what.
Soon after starting college, Sandy
was struck by tragedy. His vision became blurry and although doctors diagnosed
it as temporary conjunctivitis, the problem grew worse. Finally, after seeing a
specialist, Sandy received the devastating news that severe glaucoma was
destroying his optic nerves. The young man with such a bright future would soon
be completely blind.
Sandy was devastated and fell into a
deep depression. He gave up his dream of becoming a lawyer and moved back to
Buffalo, where he worried about being a burden to his financially-struggling
family. Consumed with shame and fear, Sandy cut off contact with his old
friends, refusing to answer letters or return phone calls.
Then suddenly, to Sandy’s shock, his
buddy Art showed up at the front door. He was not going to allow his best
friend to give up on life, so he bought a ticket and flew up to Buffalo unannounced.
Art convinced Sandy to give college another go, and promised that he would be
right by his side to make sure he didn’t fall - literally or figuratively.
Art kept his promise, faithfully
escorting Sandy around campus and effectively serving as his eyes. It was
important to Art that even though Sandy had been plunged into a world of
darkness, he should never feel alone. Art actually started calling himself
“Darkness” to demonstrate his empathy with his friend. He’d say things like,
“Darkness is going to read to you now.” Art organized his life around helping
Sandy.
One day, Art was guiding Sandy
through crowded Grand Central Station when he suddenly said he had to go and
left his friend alone and petrified. Sandy stumbled, bumped into people, and fell,
cutting a gash in his shin. After a couple of hellish hours, Sandy finally got
on the right subway train. After exiting the station at 116th street, Sandy
bumped into someone who quickly apologized - and Sandy immediately recognized
Art’s voice! Turned out his trusty friend had followed him the whole way home,
making sure he was safe and giving him the priceless gift of independence.
Sandy later said, “That moment was the spark that caused me to live a
completely different life, without fear, without doubt. For that I am
tremendously grateful to my friend.”
Sandy graduated from Columbia and
then earned graduate degrees at Harvard and Oxford. He married his high school
sweetheart and became an extremely successful entrepreneur and philanthropist.
While at Oxford, Sandy got a call
from Art. This time Art was the one who needed help. He’d formed a folk rock
duo with his high school pal Paul Simon, and they desperately needed $400 to
record their first album. Sandy and his wife Sue had literally $404 in their
bank account, but without hesitation Sandy gave his old friend what he needed.
Art and Paul's first album was not a
success, but one of the songs, The Sounds of Silence, became a #1 hit a year
later. The opening line echoed the way Sandy always greeted Art. Simon &
Garfunkel went on to become one of the most beloved musical acts in history.
The two Columbia graduates, each of
whom has added so much to the world in his own way, are still best friends. Art
Garfunkel said that when he became friends with Sandy, “my real life emerged. I
became a better guy in my own eyes, and began to see who I was - somebody who
gives to a friend.” Sandy describes himself as “the luckiest man in the world.”
Sanford D. Greenberg’s memoir:
Hello Darkness, My Old Friend: How
Daring Dreams and Unyielding Friendship Turned One Man’s Blindness into an
Extraordinary Vision for Life.
Thanks Richard Willner
Milestone: Isaac Berger, 85, Olympic Medalist,
Jewish Champion featherweight. https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-featherweight-champion-olympic-medalist-isaac-ike-berger-dead-at-85/
Milestone: Phillip
Ritzenberg, 90, editor of the New York Jewish Weekly. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/354488
Inyanay Diyoma
Iran has enough material for 3 Nukes. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/354455
Iranians attacked in Syria. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/354448
50 Murdered in Nigerian Church. https://nypost.com/2022/06/05/over-50-feared-dead-in-nigeria-church-attack-officials-say/
Death toll in Iran Building Collapse 41. https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/official-death-toll-in-iran-building-collapse-rises-to-41/
Settler Law could collapse Government. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/skn1yuoo5
Israeli Family with rights to Top Gun sues
Paramount. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/354448
Joe Jr. (Gog in Heb.) delays trip. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/354451
Two terrorists stopped on way to Tel Aviv. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/354416
10 terrorists rounded up. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/354457
13 terrorists captured. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/354410
Gun Smuggling thwarted. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/354414
Most failed minister in the Knesset. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/354429
Russia strikes Kyiv Railroad Network. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hkqpme5uc
4th person close to Bennett for
years quits. https://www.timesofisrael.com/bennetts-spokesman-quits-amid-rising-pressure-4th-aide-to-go-in-a-month/
Funny Money. https://www.timesofisrael.com/david-ezra-father-in-law-of-bar-refaeli-suspected-of-smuggling-475000-euros/
Arab violence and murder declines as police
act. https://www.ynetnews.com/magazine/article/bjz3cziuq
Iranian Scientist poisoned. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/354391
MK Nir Barkat (Likud) on Friday said that there is a real
possibility that a government led by the Likud would be formed. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/354381
Reporter death. Where is the Evidence? https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/354382
Police over-did it bus driver arrested. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/354373
Groom arrested for supplying gun. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/354281
NY ISIS supporter jailed. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/354390
Dead Sea Works pollution of Wadi. https://www.timesofisrael.com/leak-from-dead-sea-works-pollutes-surrounding-area-protected-plants-found-dead/
6th day of search. https://www.timesofisrael.com/police-expand-search-for-missing-mother-of-two-from-acre/
Weekend shooting in Phila. https://www.timesofisrael.com/3-dead-11-wounded-as-gunmen-fire-into-crowd-in-downtown-philadelphia/
Conviction for antisemitic attack in BKLYN. https://www.timesofisrael.com/18-year-old-indicted-for-alleged-hate-crime-against-jewish-man-in-brooklyn/
Egyptian Military Drone entered Israel was
thought to be ISIS. https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-fighter-jets-downed-egyptian-military-drone-that-entered-israeli-skies/
J. Post interview Taiwan Pres. China threatens.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/china-warns-of-harm-to-israel-ties-over-jerusalem-post-interview-of-taiwan-minister/
Iranian Cyberattack on Children’s hospital
thwarted. https://www.timesofisrael.com/fbi-says-it-thwarted-iranian-cyberattack-on-boston-childrens-hospital/
Iran enriched Uranium 18x limit. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/328493
Missiles fired at US Base. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/328494
Canada wants firearms control sales sky rocket.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/328496
Twin sisters, both pregnant with their fourth babies, both with
the same due date, gave birth at Shaare Tzedek on the same day. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/328464
Biden’s Politics so visa of Rabbi Revoked. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/328483
Husband of Pelosi gets DUI. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/328481
Israel upped stakes with Iran. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rylfb4fu9
US suspends Abraham Aid to Sudan. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-708124
Fossil of new flying reptile found. https://www.jpost.com/science/article-707497
Another Embassy near on in Yerushalayim. https://www.timesofisrael.com/suriname-says-itll-open-embassy-in-jerusalem-in-the-near-future/
Hungary against Israeli Fraud Ring. https://www.timesofisrael.com/hungary-busts-massive-israeli-led-fraud-and-money-laundering-ring/
Germany rearming thanks to Russia. https://www.timesofisrael.com/germany-to-rearm-with-107-billion-military-modernization-drive-amid-russian-threat/
Armenian drives into German Crowd. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/354531
Ukraine fighting: https://www.aol.com/news/fierce-street-fighting-ukraines-sievierodonetsk-020232794-004608855.html
Russian-Syrian Air Forces joint exercise. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hjw4iit005
Netanyahu Uber Alles in political
game. Ed-Op background the last two times the law passed 112 to 8 or 115 to 5. Ben Dror. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/syo9hy2u5
Clinton Advisor on Epstein, 59, died hanging
from a tree with shotgun blast in chest. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/06/family-clinton-advisor-found-hanging-tree-shotgun-blast-chest-blocks-release-files-detailing-grisly-death-scene/ also in UK Daily Mail.
3rd case of Monkeypox in Israel. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-confirms-third-monkeypox-case-in-man-who-returned-from-abroad/
Iranian General threatens Haifa and Tel Aviv. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/b1o901p00c
Israel General threatens Hezballah near border. https://www.timesofisrael.com/top-general-threatens-to-take-out-hezbollah-operatives-building-on-border/
Russian Rabbi refuses to back Ukrainian
Incursion. https://www.timesofisrael.com/moscows-chief-rabbi-in-exile-after-refusing-to-back-ukraine-invasion-relative-says/
Large fire near Yerushalayim. https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/large-wildfire-near-jerusalem-prompts-evacuations-in-mevaseret-zion/
SF DA who freed criminals voted out. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/san-francisco-district-attorney-recall-election
Military Drone falls in Gaza no info leaked. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/354495
60 seats to Bibi and Opposition. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/354487
Arab Female Rights Campaigner blown up. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/354504
Two Yamina members against punishment. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/354499
30days for AWOL Soldier. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/354512
Preparing ground for a new gov’t. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/354508
Latest Covid Study shows that 3rd
and 4th booster shots worse than only two. (Israeli Radio morning
show June 9th on biotech firm that produce the MRNA for Pfizer.) https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-study-shows-4th-shot-covid-19-vaccine-not-able-block-omicron-2022-01-17/
Bennett government is falling apart. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/354578
Former IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot has decided to
run for the Knesset. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/354582
Arabs attack the Keystone Cops steal cop car
and weapon. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/354577
A military aircraft crashed in California. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/354573
Moshe Kleinerman, a 16-year-old boy from Modiin Illit, has now
been missing from his home for 74 days, and sofar no progress has been made in
the investigation surrounding his disappearance. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/354530
Israel's new Karish natural gas rig is a "strategic
asset". https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/354554
2million NIS in drugs seized. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/354567
14 ISIS members detained in Turkey. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/354584
A drone exploded in Iraq's northern city of Erbil on Wednesday
evening, injuring three people. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/354581
B’nai Birth Canada alerted the City of Ottawa to the fact that an
alleged leader of a designated terrorist entity was scheduled to speak at a
city-owned community center. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/354569
Anti-terror drive appears to have
cut terror. https://www.debka.com/israeli-security-gets-a-grip-on-palestinian-terror-invasion-of-cities/
Goliard of Gath could have played
board games. https://www.timesofisrael.com/games-at-gath-board-games-give-relatable-insight-into-daily-lives-of-canaanites/
A friend of mine was restricted on FB for
posting ‘If an 18year old is not mature enough to handle a gun (like most
soldiers in armies are under 21) then a 5year old is not mature enough to
change gender.’
Yesterday another Golan Attacks. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-tanks-said-to-destroy-syrian-army-outpost-built-in-golan-demilitarized-zone/
Ukraine
skeptical of gain route. https://www.timesofisrael.com/ukraine-skeptical-as-russia-and-turkey-push-for-sea-lane-to-export-grain/
Ed-Op Bederman on Canadian Politics.
https://dianebederman.com/ndp-leader-jagmeet-singh-the-court-jester-to-the-clown-prince/
Greek Military Chief visits Israel
again. https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/06/08/in-second-visit-to-israel-greek-military-chief-touts-strong-bonds/
Jewish life in Germany is “under massive threat”.
https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/06/08/jews-in-germany-under-massive-threat-jewish-leader-warns/
He brought Zelinsky Matzos. https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/06/08/cnn-anchor-jake-tapper-says-he-gave-ukrainian-president-zelensky-matzah-for-passover/
Liberia opens up office in Yerushalayim. https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/06/08/liberia-to-open-official-office-in-jerusalem-for-first-time/
Military Doctor, Tomer Talmy, at train station
hears a call for an MD to come to Track 3. Boy with an allergy has trouble
breathing. Mother does not how to use Epi-pen and it fails. Train Station has
first aid kit and he saves the boy. Others come with their Epi-pens. – Mako TV
6PM news live.
Too many chemicals in swimming pool. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/354672
Another air raid in Syria. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/354655
This poll New Hope in Meretz Out. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/354665
Today a large ‘Gay Pride’ parade in Tel Aviv as
even the land quakes. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/354654 Mishlei (Proverbs) 16:5 Every
one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD;
Totalitarians streaming live lies to you. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/354676
Health Min. Director may recommend masks but
people are not buying it. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/354589
Ben Dror Yemeni more on Netanyahu stomping on the
public. Must the efforts to topple this government come at the
expense of the country and its interests? https://www.ynetnews.com/article/syo9hy2u5
Murdered his wife without a care. https://www.timesofisrael.com/woman-found-dead-in-bed-police-arrest-husband-nonchalantly-smoking-in-living-room/
Iran shuts down monitor cameras. https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/06/09/blinken-pushes-iran-to-reverse-decision-to-remove-cameras-warns-of-political-isolation/
Cowardly Musicians and BDS. https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/06/09/spineless-cowards-indie-rock-band-big-thief-denounced-for-canceling-israel-gigs-under-bds-pressure/
Univ. of Chicago champions Israel’s
Destruction. https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/06/09/israels-destruction-is-championed-at-the-university-of-chicago/
For those who saw the movie the 10 Commandments we
will see whom will be destroyed and long gone while the other thrives.
Ordered by the Rebbe to guard female who abused
young women, ex-minister granted plea
deal. https://www.timesofisrael.com/court-accepts-plea-deal-for-ex-minister-litzman-in-pedophile-case/
Stay healthy, keep cool, pray for
the peace of Israel and have a wonderful Shabbos,
Rachamim Pauli
