Prayers for Men: Shalom Charles ben Gracia, Daniel ben Rivka, Ephraim ben Mazel, Zev ben Rachel, Yisrael Dovid ben Chaya Yenta, Yisrael Ben Dovid ben Drorah Rivka, Meir Melech ben Bracha, Rachamim ben Charlotte Jacqueline,
Women: Karen Neshama bas Esther
Ruth, Chaya Melecha Rachel bas Baila Alta, Tsvia Simcha bas Devorah Yachad,
Miriam bas Irene Taita Malka, Drorah Rivka bas
Chana, Leah bas Sara, Esther Georgette bas Misooda, Mine’ Dulah bas
Maxine, Rachel Izel bas Sara, Devorah Rosa (row sa) bas Freyda Leah, re-added
temp. Miriam Esther bas Golda Chaya, Dina bas
Sara.
Removed from my prayer list was the leader of
Shas Rabbi Shimon ben Haviva Baadani, 94, who passed away. Sometimes, the
bigger the saint the more the press ignores. This past year the TV Stations
covered the funerals of Rav Kaniewski and Rabbi Druckman of righteous memory.
But when it came to a dark skinned Baadani there was only the sound of silence.
This upset me and infuriated me but the desecration of his status in this world
will same him for any troubles that he might have in the next.
Parsha in the news: Shemos 1:9-10
exactly as I commented below. 39% of Americans say Jews more loyal to Israel
than the US. Not so but the reason why enslavement occurred. https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-728367
Parsha Shemos Part 1
The first 7 Pasukim of
this Sefer links us back to the end of Beresheis. The sons of Yisrael continued
observing Shabbos, Bris and some form of Kashrus especially the Gid HaNashe
(removing the tendon of the thigh).
Parsha Shemos is covered
in full as it reflects upon the whole Sefer that follows. Some sections of the
Mishkan that repeat previous sections can be skipped over. But Shemos and the
mission of Moshe to Pharaoh and the Bnei Yisrael start off on a rocky road.
Moshe is reluctant to go and the Bnei Yisrael become aroused. Pharaoh is a
god-king and is arrogant and strong so he puts down the demands of the lowly
slaves. He hasn’t the foggiest idea of what awaits him.
1:1 Now
these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt with Jacob;
every man came with his household: 2 Reuben, Simeon,
Levi, and Judah; 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and
Benjamin; 4 Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. 5 And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were
seventy souls; and Joseph was in Egypt already.
This is the link between
Vayigash, Vayehi and Shemos.
6 And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that
generation. 7 And the children of Israel were fruitful,
and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the
land was filled with them.
When the Bnei Yisrael
was 70 refugees and their wives, now a few generations in Egypt comes up the
stranger problem of most not marrying within the local population and the dual
loyalty argument arises.
8 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who knew not
Joseph.
After having heard a US
President say 57 States when there is only 50 and he graduated Harvard, I began
thinking that perhaps this Pharaoh had no inkling of history either. But the
Sages say that there is a possibility of Pharaoh pretending not to know Yosef.
9 And he said unto his people: 'Behold, the people of the
children of Israel are too many and too mighty for us; 10 come,
let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that,
when there befalls us any war, they also join themselves unto our enemies, and
fight against us, and get them up out of the land.'
A year or more before I
thought of moving to Israel, I was a gung-ho American with no other semblance
of loyalty and a fellow wondered what would happen to me if the US went to
fight Israel where my loyalty would be?
11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict
them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh store-cities, Pithom and
Raamses. 12 But the more they afflicted them, the more
they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And they were adread because
of the children of Israel.
What would happen if
these tens of thousands or over one hundred thousand join with Egypt’s enemies
to over-throw the Pharaoh Dynasty.
13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve
with rigor.
With more work and
whippings that a regular man would normally endure.
14 And they made their lives bitter with hard service, in
mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field; in all their
service, wherein they made them serve with rigor.
Worse than the full service
of an average slave but more than that with whippings and curses.
15 And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of
whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah; 16 and he said: 'When ye do the office of a midwife to the
Hebrew women, ye shall look upon the birthstool: if it be a son, then ye shall
kill him; but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.'
Yocheved and Miriam according
to Rashi. I wonder as Miriam was only 7 at the time but until the days of Dovid
HaMelech maybe a later date, females married at 7 Sanhedrin on Bas Sheva and
Dovid HaMelech that she was married to Uriah the Hittite at the age of 7.
17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of
Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-children alive. 18 And
the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them: 'Why have ye
done this thing, and have saved the men-children alive?'
Now their lives were on
the line.
19 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh: 'Because the Hebrew
women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere
the midwife come unto them.'
Comparing the Bnei
Yisrael women and animals causing them to give birth before we arrive. The
proud Pharaoh thought of the Bnei Yisrael as beasts of burden so his bigotry
caused him to let the midwifes go.
20 And God dealt well with the midwives; and the people
multiplied, and waxed very mighty. 21 And it came to
pass, because the midwives feared God, that He made them houses.
Pharaoh then invested in
a maternity hospital in order to those who gave birth to kill the males that kill
all the male babies.
22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying: 'Every son
that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save
alive.'
Foolish king for every daughter
could produce a child and an older man marry or produce with different women
but if the females were killed, the men could not produce replacements fast enough
to a shrinking population.
2:1 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a
daughter of Levi.
The Sages comment on a
daughter of Levi Mamash (precisely) meaning that Yocheved was the daughter of
Levi. The simile meaning is that she was a daughter from the tribe of Levi.
2 And the woman conceived, and bore a son; and when she saw
him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
She gave birth in the
sixth month or she did not show her pregnancy too early for the Egyptians kept
an eye on the Jewish Women and could estimate the time of birth. The other
possibility is that every couple of months they made a house to house search of
the Bnei Yisrael.
3 And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an
ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch; and she put the
child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river's brink.
She did not want to abandon
him but could no longer hide him and wondered if he could survive the trip down
the river so she made a water proof cradle or Teva.
4 And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done
to him.
Miriam ran or walked
along the river bank to see what would happen with the Teva.
5 And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe in the
river; and her maidens walked along by the river-side; and she saw the ark
among the flags, and sent her handmaid to fetch it.
The Midrash says her
hand extended but it could be that when she extended her arm, miraculously the
wind or current pushed the ark towards her.
6 And she opened it, and saw it, even the child; and behold a
boy that wept. And she had compassion on him, and said: 'This is one of the
Hebrews' children.'
He did not cry like an
infant but rather wept like a toddler with a longer duration of a cry.
7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter: 'Shall I
go and call thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for
thee?'
The Midrash says that
she tried an Egyptian wet nurse but he refused until Miriam suggested that
Yocheved nurse him under the ring from Pharaoh’s Daughter that the soldiers
would not dare touch him. It is also possible that Yocheved lived for a short
time within the Palace.
8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her: 'Go.' And the maiden
went and called the child's mother.
Pharaoh’s daughter
adopted him and he grew up as a prince of Egypt. Note often the Pharaohs would
marry their daughters or have brother marry sister. Being a god-king, they were
above the laws of Noach.
9 And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her: 'Take this child
away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages.' And the woman took
the child, and nursed it.
The Pshat states that
she brought the child home with a signet of Pharaoh or Royalty and raised
Moshe.
10 And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's
daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses, and said:
'Because I drew him out of the water.'
Moshe for pulling out of
the water.
11 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown
up, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens; and he saw
an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, one of his brethren.
Moshe as a Prince was
not dressed in the uniform of a taskmaster. There is a gap of many years and it
appears that Moshe went to conquer Sudan for Pharaoh and was the ruler there.
Afterwards he returned home and then saw this incident occur. Moshe reasoned “I
am my brother’s keeper” vs. the Kayn disavowal.
12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that
there was no man, he smote the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
This sentence is the
physical Pshat but the Drash is that he looked into the man’s future and saw
that no Ger or Righteous of the Nations would come from him and he then
slaughtered him.
13 And he went out the second day, and, behold, two men of
the Hebrews were striving together; and he said to him that did the wrong:
'Wherefore smite thou thy fellow?'
Why beat another or
fellow Ben Yisrael? Shouldn’t the Bnei Yisrael be more worried from an external
threat than cause an internal threat?
14 And he said: 'Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
think thou to kill me, as thou didst kill the Egyptian?' And Moses feared, and
said: 'Surely the thing is known.'
It now was public
knowledge that Moshe killed the Egyptian and in a short time the secret Police
or Kapos picked this up and Pharaoh knew of this.
15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses.
But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian; and
he sat down by a well.
And he sought to slay Moses: He delivered him to the executioner to execute him, but the
sword had no power over him. That is [the meaning of] what Moses said, “and He
saved me from Pharaoh’s ×—ֶרֶב ” (Exod. 18:4). [From
Mechilta, Yisro 1, Exod. Rabbah 1:321]
Based on Rashi above he
must have cut a deal with the executioner who knew that his head would be had
if Moshe lived; Moshe fled to the wilderness. It is also possible that he fled
before Pharaoh heard but Rashi quotes a Midrash of Zohar.
Now he was a fugitive.
He brought some food and water for his trip in the direction of Eretz Yisrael.
The law at the time was not to take on your own water but wait until you were
invited by the owner of the well.
And he sat down by a well: Heb. וַ×™ֵּשֶׁב, an expression of
sitting. He learned from Jacob, who met his mate at a well. [From Exod. Rabbah
1:32, Tanchuma, Shemos 10] [The comment on the sentence He stayed in the land
of Midian does not appear in some editions of Rashi. Therefore, it is enclosed
within parentheses. The first sentence of the second paragraph does not appear
in the Miraoth Gedoloth. It does, however, appear in all other editions of
Rashi. Perhaps it was unintentionally omitted. Rashi intends here to
differentiate between the first וַ×™ֵּשֶׁב
and the second וַ×™ֵּשֶׁב He explains that the
first וַ×™ֵּשֶׁב means staying, residing, or tarrying,
signifying that Moses resided in Midian. The second וַ×™ֵּשֶׁב
denotes, literally, sitting, meaning that Moses sat down by a well. The Sages
of the midrashim teach us that Moses sat there intentionally, for he expected
to meet his mate, just as Jacob had met Rachel and Eliezer had met Rebecca when
he sought a mate for Isaac. Otherwise, Moses would not have sat by the well
simply to watch how the flocks were being watered.]
16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they
came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's
flock.
Now the chief of Midian had: Heb. וּלְ×›ֹ×”ֵן מִדְ×™ָן,
i.e., the most prominent among them. He had abandoned idolatry, so they banned
him from [living with] them. [From Exod. Rabbah 1:32, Tanchuma, Shemos 11
17 And the shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses
stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
Moshe had been trained
in martial arts from a young age growing up in Pharaoh’s house.
He saw either them
bullying the sisters or harassing them for abuse. He could not stand idle at
this point and as an esteemed warrior took on these shepherds single-handed.
18 And when they came to Reuel their father, he said: 'How is
it that ye are come so soon to-day?' 19 And they said: 'An Egyptian
delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for
us, and watered the flock.' 20 And he said unto his daughters: 'And
where is he? Why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat
bread.'
To the Egyptians he was
a Hebrew but to the Midianites he was an Egyptian. I once worked with a man
named Brody and he told me that when he was in Canada he was called and bullied
as a Jew. Now in Israel he has become a Canadian.
21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man; and he gave
Moses Zipporah his daughter.
Yisro was very smart and
had even been an advisor to Pharaoh along with Bilaam and Iyob. He was sharp
enough to understand that he could use this man as a shepherd and supply his
daughter with a husband.
22 And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he
said: 'I have been a stranger in a strange land.'
From the word Ger aka
stranger. We have two types of Gerim in Israel such as a Ger Tzedek who
essential is a Jew aka full convert and a Ger Toshav or citizen who takes on
Israeli rule and the seven Mitzvos of Noach.
23 And it came to pass in the course of those many days that
the king of Egypt died; and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the
bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the
bondage. 24 And God heard their groaning, and God
remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
On Rosh Hashanah we say,
“There is no forgetfulness before you.” Rather that the time has come to
fulfill the promises to the forefathers. This Pharaoh that sort out Moshe in
the course of about 40 years died and along with him the captains of the
soldiers that sort Moshe.
25 And God saw the children of Israel, and God took
cognizance of them.
At this point, G-D was
about to initiate the redemption process.
With the help of G-D we
will continue the Parsha next week. I am supposed to undergo Cardia Inversion
on Wednesday and with the help of HASHEM will be pumping in a sinusoidal rhythm
again. Then you can remove me from the Prayer list.
The Jewish Mafia vs. the German
Bund. https://www.timesofisrael.com/unrepentant-old-school-nj-jewish-mobster-sings-like-a-canary-in-amazon-documentary/
Safety first – my story
this week. Background: A number of years ago I put in non-slip bath mats in the
bath-tub. After a while, it got mold and my wife got tired of cleaning the
mold. However, this week she slipped and fell. I did have some hand grips to
hold on to but for some reason she fell being unable to grab them. At her age,
strength and weight she could not get up. Worse than that as she fell she
managed to push the water to full hot and screamed for me who was on my way.
She shut the water off but now we tried to get her up.
After about an hour and
dressing her at least modestly enough I tried with a younger neighbor to help her
up. Finally, after trying to lift her against my Cardiologists advice, we gave
up and called the Ambulance. A fellow who looked like a wrestling campion came from
Magen Dovid. He came from behind below her rib cage and lifted her up.
She had dislocated her
shoulder and was black and blue here and there. We spent one morning in the
hospital and some time by our doctor. Extra shopping time on my part and helping
make salads and potato peeling. That is like two days of writing commentary and
looking for stories.
My wife asked what would
have been if I had traveled to the States and this happened. Sometimes being
alone at a more advanced age requires diligence on the part of the nearest
child for parent care.
This story is warning
advice for my readers. Make sure that there are non-slip mats in the bath or
shower and more hand grips should be put in one may not be enough.
The Singing Stutterer
by R. Yerachmiel Tilles
http://ascentofsafed.com/cgi-bin/ascent.cgi?Name=1309-16
It is always a special
experience to hear Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu Dan from Paris when he leads
the prayers. Each word has its suitable trill, no syllable is pronounced by
habit. Those listening would never guess that the possessor of this melodious
voice not so long ago stuttered and had difficulty to speak clearly.
To understand how this
happened we have to go back to the beginning, over six decades ago.
Rabbi Dan's father was one
of the survivors of the 1929 Arab pogrom in Hebron*. He left Israel as soon as he
was old enough, and immigrated to France. There he married, but to the young
couple's sorrow, they remained childless. When they finally accepted that there
was no chance of their having children together, the wife, with great
sacrifice, suggested to her husband that they get divorced and he marry her
friend. In spite of the hardship they took this drastic step, and that is how
Rabbi Dan's father came to marry Rabbi Dan's mother.
On the holiday of Shavuot
in the year 1963, in the seventh month of her pregnancy, the expectant mother
went to the chasidic synagogue in the Pletzel, the Jewish neighborhood in
Paris. [In this synagogue the Lubavitcher Rebbe prayed during his stay in Paris
in the beginning of the Second World War.]
After the prayer service
a farbrengen (chasidic gathering) was held. During the
farbrengen, one of the participants cried out very loudly, which shocked the
young woman so much, to the extent that it caused the onset of birth pangs.
She was rushed to the
hospital where several hours later she gave birth to a tiny, fragile,
pre-mature baby boy.
Developing slowly, the baby
stayed several months in the incubator under his parents worried and watchful
eyes. When finally, the brit milah (circumcision) could be
performed the parents breathed a sigh of relief. Many of the Jews of the Jewish
community in Paris rejoiced together with them.
The newborn was named Shmuel-Eliyahu.
When Shmuel Eliyahu reached
the age of beginning to speak, it became clear that he stuttered. The doctors
were of the opinion that this handicap was caused by the shock the mother
experienced when in the synagogue. They had no cure for this congenital
affliction.
The parents accepted the
situation…but Shmuel Eliyahu did not! In spite of his severe handicap, or maybe
because of it, Shmuel Eliyahu already as a child fell in love with songs
and chazanut (cantorial music). He felt that he needed to find
a way to overcome his difficulty with articulation.
Years went by. Shmuel
Eliyahu studied in institutions whose interpretations of Torah, although
genuine, were far removed from a chasidic way of life.
His connection with Chabad
and especially with the Lubavitcher Rebbe came about through the Rebbe's
emissary, Rabbi Yaakov Biton, from Sarcelles. It began with the wedding of
Rabbi Biton. The two were already close friends and during the week before the
wedding Shmuel Eliyahu accompanied the groom everywhere [according to the
Jewish custom that neither bride nor groom should go out alone during the week
before the wedding ].
After the wedding and the
following festive week, Rabbi Biton flew to New York to the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
He suggested to Shmuel Eliyahu to join him.
"You will thank me for
every moment you will spend in the presence of the Rebbe," he promised.
"And he was
right," says Rabbi Dan today [2005].
"It was during the
month of Tishrei 1987 that I arrived in Brooklyn to be near the Rebbe. I stayed
in President Street. Close to me lived the musician brothers, Yossi and Avi
Piamenta. A friendship was soon established between us. I loved spending time
with them and enjoyed using my voice musically.
"It must be mentioned
in their favor that they ignored my severe stuttering; instead they praised my
vocal abilities. The openness and affection they showed me captured my heart.
"In their merit I
started to believe more in myself. As is natural, I felt attracted to the world
of those who embraced me with such kindness, the world of Chabad.
"The final stage of my
entrance to the world of chasidut was on the night following Simchat Torah that
month.
"As was his custom,
the Rebbe poured wine from his cup kos shel bracha - "cup of
blessing" to all those present, while all the chasidim stood around and
sang enthusiastically. My friends told me that at this special occasion the
Rebbe gives plentiful blessings to whomever asks.
"The truth is that I
was extremely shy to speak to the Rebbe, but I decided that I owed this to
myself. I needed to overcome the embarrassment and to ask for a blessing to be
rid of the disturbing stuttering.
"I pushed my way into
the line. When I was standing before the Rebbe, I took courage and asked for a
blessing. The Rebbe's words, spoken amongst the tumult of the singing around
him, astounded me with the divine spirit they revealed: "You will stop
stuttering by means of singing."
"I left the shul
shaking all over from emotion. How did the Rebbe know that I love to sing?
"From then on,
adhering to the guidance of the Rebbe, I sang and sang at each opportunity. It
wasn't a long time before the blessing of the Rebbe was realized: the stutter
disappeared as if it had never been!"
With twinkling eyes Rabbi
Dan concluded, "The greatest merit I experienced was once being chazan (cantor)
in the Rebbe's minyan, in his presence.
"Every opportunity
that comes my way I try to use my voice in order to gladden other Jews. I feel
that in this manner I express my great gratitude to G-d for the miracle he made
for me, through the blessing of the Rebbe."
~~~~~~~~~~~
Source: Freely adapted and supplemented by Yerachmiel Tilles from the
first-draft translation by C. R. Benami, long-time editorial assistant for
www.AscentOfSafed.com, of an article in HaGeula #1166.
Connection: This week's
Torah Reading of Shemos tells us that Moses had a stuttering problem (Ex.
4:10).
Biographical note:
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe: [11 Nissan
5662 - 3 Tammuz 5754 (April 1902 - June 1994 C.E.)], became the seventh Rebbe
of the Chabad dynasty after his father-in-law's passing on 10 Shvat 5710 (1950
C.E.). He is widely acknowledged as the greatest Jewish leader of the 2nd half
of the 20th century. Although a dominant scholar in both the revealed and
hidden aspects of Torah and fluent in many languages and scientific subjects,
the Rebbe is best known for his extraordinary love and concern for every Jew on
the planet. His emissaries around the globe dedicated to strengthening Judaism
number in the thousands. Hundreds of volumes of his teachings have been
printed, as well as dozens of English renditions.
Footnotes:
*when Muslims slaughtered
67 (or 69 - Wiki) Jewish residents and yeshiva students with axes, hatchets and
swords. Many dozens of others were seriously wounded or maimed.
**Therefore, this story is also dedicated to the memory and soul-elevation
of my very good friend whom I grew up with, Zvi-Yehuda ben Yitzchak Elchanan
& Esther Saks, who loyally flew in from Costa Rica to be my
"chaperone" during the week before my wedding. He also stayed a few
days after, during which he helped me to toyvel (immerse) all the
new dishes, pots, and cutlery-an act which took us over an hour standing naked
up to our waists in a men's mikveh, and which I am convinced had a
significant influence on his soon after becoming mitzvah-observant!
-Y.T.
Interesting historical article on
Breadfruit and the Munity on the Bounty. https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-727966
Milestone: Bernard Kalb, 100, news
reporter, State Dept. founded Honest Reporting. https://www.timesofisrael.com/bernard-kalb-longtime-newsman-who-waded-into-mideast-incitement-tussle-dies-at-100/
Milestone: Carl Pfeifer, 94,
journalist former Hagenah Fighter. https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/01/09/karl-pfeifer-journalist-who-documented-20th-century-with-a-jewish-eye-dies-at-94-a-personal-memoriam/
Milestone: Adolfo Kaminsky, 97,
French Resistance saved thousands. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365743
Milestone: Constantine II, 82, Last
King of Greece - family fled the Nazis. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365723
Milestone: Hussein Husseini, 82,
Lebanese PM who stopped the civil war. https://www.timesofisrael.com/ex-parliament-speaker-father-of-peace-deal-ending-lebanons-civil-war-dies-at-85/
Inyanay Diyoma
Kevin McCarthy finally becomes
speaker as a deal is reached. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365551
Leftist and usually against Israel
State Dept. sides with Israel Left on court reforms that would put Israel in a
similar status to USA. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365552
Three drivers from the Prime Minister's motorcade, with nearly 30
years of experience on the job, were fired recently from their positions at the
Prime Minister's Office, according to a report by Ulpan Shishi. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365553
Iran more hangings. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365550
Drive-by Shooting at Israeli Post. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365540
Data Base of 235million Twitter Members
hacked. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365548
Killer left knife sheath with DNA on
it as scene. https://www.foxnews.com/us/bryan-kohberger-case-knife-sheath-lpoints-possible-target-expert
Trump bump stock ban loses in court.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/federal-court-strikes-down-trump-era-bump-stock-ban
After PLO wins UN vote, Israel
sanctions them. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365529
A judge in Connecticut has suspended the law license of conspiracy
theorist Alex Jones’s lawyer who stands accused of leaking court documents from
the Sandy Hook defamation trial. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365539
Ed-Op Glick – Does the Israeli Left
protect us from the World Left. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365508
Diane Weber Bederman – Perhaps her
best Ed-Op to date defending Judaism. https://dianebederman.com/time-to-stop-fearing-the-jew-hating-bullies-and-fight-back-pikuach-nefesh/
The Leftist Elites strike back. https://www.timesofisrael.com/thousands-rally-in-tel-aviv-against-new-government-judicial-overhaul-plans/
Diplomatic terrorist visit freed
terrorist entrance now forbidden. https://www.timesofisrael.com/gallant-revokes-pa-officials-entry-permits-for-visiting-freed-terror-convict/
Biden’s Banana Republic: https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-week-in-netanyahu-government-already-causing-headaches-for-biden-administration/
US: 6year old shoots teacher. https://www.timesofisrael.com/six-year-old-boy-arrested-after-shooting-his-teacher-in-us-classroom/
Bat Yam resident stabbed. Bat
Yam man seriously wounded in stabbing | The Times of Israel
Contractor’s murder has a suspect. Police
arrest man in murder of Rishon Lezion contractor; suspect is a relative | The
Times of Israel
Belarus arrests Nobel Prize Winner. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-726736
Family of 8 slaughtered in Utah. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-726696
Iranian planned Chemical Attacks in
Germany. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-726932
Closer to Gog and Magog. Russia threatens US with hypersonic
missiles. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-726768
Min. of Justice vs. activist Supreme
Court Chief Justice Retired. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365557
Finance Min. attacks ex-Court Chief.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365569
Is Netanyahu discriminating against
Sephardim? https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-726916
US forbids Israelis with foreign
passports from flying F-35. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-726853
Lebanon warns Hezballah of Hamas’ intensions.
https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/middle-east/levant-turkey/1673093905-lebanon-officials-call-on-hezbollah-to-arrest-hamas-terrorist-cell
Jihad claims to have double agent
among threats. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365560
Nuclear Deal off USA agenda.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365575
Iranian Sunni Leader says torture is
not Islamic. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-726874
Pakistan against Taliban attacks. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-726930
Taliban are remaking Afghan Society.
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-726745
Could blood-pressure pill cure PTSD?
https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/article-726887
Blood Cancer: Israeli patients suffering from multiple myeloma (a cancer of white blood cell) or amyloidosis (in which abnormal proteins
build up in tissue) have improved or gone into remission with an experimental
treatment of CAR-T positive cells. https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/article-726850
Housing Min. asks Transport Min. to
stop work on RR on Shabbos. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-726933
Black Holes and Time Travel? https://www.jpost.com/science/article-726819
Human Rights Watchers aka what
rights? https://www.timesofisrael.com/70-un-rights-council-members-are-non-democracies-says-watchdog/
Are they out of their minds with
hospitals still filled in China who would want to risk the new Covid strain? https://www.timesofisrael.com/travelers-rush-to-take-advantage-of-china-reopening/
Prince Harry has been written out of the Coronation script of his
father, King Charles, following the bombshell revelations in his new
autobiography, The
Sunday Times reports. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365564
Ben Gvir to limit MK’s rights to
visit terrorists. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365573
Russia ends its own cease-fire. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-726929
Jordan cuts Kerosene Tax after
riots. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-726758
“The Biden administration's pathological obsession with
undermining Israel is endangering the national security of America and our
allies,” said Cruz. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365445
IDF calling upon female recruits. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365378
Rafael’s defense system to get an upgrade.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365368
Alps with close to zero snow. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365467
Jewish Fire Fighters in Satmar area
rescue driver from burning vehicle. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365422
A few nights ago security forces
came under intense fire. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365464
Scottish WWII soldier’s dog tag
found. https://www.ynetnews.com/magazine/article/ryu6gzxci
Ed-Op Ben Gvir taunted a Bull. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bykancfco
The death of Soleimani was a big
blow to terrorism. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-726676
TAU Engineers to launch
Nano-satellites for space communications. https://www.jpost.com/science/article-726654
AZ claims that containers stopped illegals.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/working-arizona-border-residents-blast-decision-remove-container-walls
Murder near the White House. A man is believed to have been beaten to death with a metal
pipe on the Ellipse in downtown Washington,
D.C.
Abortion pills are dangerous. https://www.foxnews.com/media/dr-saphier-sounds-alarm-fda-allows-pharmacies-offer-abortion-pills-people-going-harmed
Pakistani ?Jews? facing expulsion
from Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365472
Rabbi Lau visits Homesh. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365476
The
criminal case against a left-wing activist affiliated with the Meretz party
who desecrated tefillin(phylacteries)
by taking the holy objects and rubbing them against his groin has been closed. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/flashes/596228
Search for Moshe K. continues. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365473
Cycling group for older men carries
a portable defibrillator that saved a life of one member. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365478
USAF and IAF completed drill. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365484
Crime
with toy gun gets robber shot dead. https://www.foxnews.com/us/houston-armed-robbery-suspect-shot-dead-armed-customer-police-looking-question-shooter
Corona lock-down and injection
disasters. On Friday a 19year old suddenly died of heart failure. Motzei
Shabbos Menashe attended the funeral. In the US a six year old shot his teacher
and in this story a sister 12 stabbed 9year old brother to death. https://www.foxnews.com/us/oklahoma-12-year-old-stabs-9-year-old-brother-death-police-say
Index rates Israel 18th
in world military power. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-726950
HEADLINE CENSORED BY
FACEBOOK: The Left says stop the end of Democracy but forgot that Aharon
Barak and his activist court shut down Arutz Sheva Radio. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365649
Victims of terrorism gets funds
intended for the PLO. https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/01/08/israeli-minister-funnels-frozen-palestinian-funds-to-terror-victims/
Fighting Obesity by education and
not tax on sugary drinks. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-728038
The New York City Police Department (NYPD) has
identified a man suspected of attacking a 63-year-old in Central Park while
yelling “Kanye 2024.” https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/01/09/new-york-city-police-identify-man-wanted-for-antisemitic-kanye-2024-assault-last-month/
Antisemitic graffiti sprayed on FL
Golf Course. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365643
You can’t arrest Charedim and Right
Wing but not Leftists. https://www.timesofisrael.com/ben-gvir-tells-police-to-arrest-anti-government-protesters-who-block-roads/
Why doesn’t Garland go to prosecute
him for holding classified documents in an insecure place? Oh its Joe! https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365669
It is time for the US and Israel to
close ranks on Iran. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365665
Iran depicts Trump Assassination. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365645
FM to speak to Ukraine FM. https://www.timesofisrael.com/fm-cohen-set-to-speak-with-ukraines-kuleba-after-call-with-moscow-irked-kyiv/
Cairo sees Israel as having two
governments. https://www.timesofisrael.com/cairo-sees-israel-as-being-led-by-2-governments-egypt-official-reportedly-says/
Protestors rally in front of Iranian
Prison. https://www.timesofisrael.com/protesters-rally-outside-iranian-prison-where-two-men-are-facing-execution/
Arab Maria: https://www.timesofisrael.com/jaffa-resident-shot-dead-in-2nd-suspected-murder-in-arab-community-this-year/
Chinese Covid cases: https://www.timesofisrael.com/90-of-chinese-province-residents-88-million-people-estimated-to-have-gotten-covid/
Rabbi Baadani, 95, was hospitalized with pneumonia yesterday. He
is listed in serious condition. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365660
German TV another antisemitic
scandal. https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/01/06/hamas-official-interviewed-on-german-public-tv-in-latest-antisemitic-scandal/
Regulations for Yehuda and Shomron
extended for 5years. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365666
Space Force vs. Iranian Satellites. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/s1qxow009j
UAE adds holocaust education. https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/01/06/united-arab-emirates-adds-holocaust-education-to-school-curriculum/
Nuclear
Power, Pakistan, has been stuck in an economic vortex for the
last several months, caught between the depreciating rupee, rising energy
prices, and the highest inflation rate in its history. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-728074
Ozone layer is recovering less
Global Warming. https://www.jpost.com/environment-and-climate-change/article-728050
Jewish Treasures hidden from Nazis
found. https://www.timesofisrael.com/menorahs-and-tableware-hidden-from-nazis-polish-builders-uncover-jewish-wwii-trove/
No academic freedom but after all a
bigot. https://www.timesofisrael.com/uproar-as-us-lecturer-sacked-for-showing-prophet-muhammad-images-in-art-class/
Fanatic antizionist Jews join with
Arabs. https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/article-728082
Iranian Drone Suppliers sanctioned. https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/01/06/biden-administration-sanctions-iranians-behind-drone-supply-to-russia/
More States ban Tik Tok on State
Phones. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-728076
More gun smugglers captured. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365595
Bid to have Arab illegal mansion
destroyed. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365635
Plan to draft sovereignty over
Jordan Valley. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365633
BDE Please remove Rabbi Shimon ben
Haviva from your prayer list early Wed. Morning the great Talmud Chacham and
Tzadik Rabbi Baadani, 94, passed away. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365740
Chevron Stabbing Attack moderate +
Shachid. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365760
FAA outage, though asserting that there’s no
evidence it was caused by any cyberattack. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/faa-outage-white-house-says-no-evidence-cyber-attack-biden-briefed-grounded-flights said the Roswell NM weather balloon.
Transportation Ministry to formulate a plan to reduce railway
construction on Shabbat following complaints from the Haredi parties over such
work. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365758
Leftist law makers screaming ejected
from law committee meeting. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365744
UN remembers displaced person’s camp
and WWII. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365741
Arab explosive thrower wounded. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365739
300-something “rabbis,” they turn out to be affiliated with the extremist
anti-Israel J Street. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365738
University insecurely stored - China
paid for Biden Center had classified documents. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365726
Body of 56year old missing person
found near Egypt. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365704
Forged Doctor: Manchester Crown Court heard
how Iranian-born Alemi, believed to be 60, claims to have obtained her
doctor’s qualification from the University of Auckland in 1992. https://www.foxnews.com/world/bogus-british-psychiatrist-was-paid-more-than-1m-by-govt-health-service-after-faking-her-doctors-degree
Israel President calls to turn down
rhetoric. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365712
Civil Administration inspectors today (Tuesday) destroyed an
illegal structure built by Arabs in Area C near the settlement of Peduel in
Samaria. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365710
IAF extending training area for F-15,
16. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-728103
Ukraine sinks Russian Ship. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-728103
Russia may use Nukes if it
sees that it is losing. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-728247
Biden has no clue who is the head of
Al Qaeda. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365735
The Pentagon on Tuesday formally rescinded its COVID-19
vaccination mandate, dropping the requirement for the vaccine across the US
military over a year after it was first put in place. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365731
All agree except the Arab Parties no
citizenship for terrorists. https://www.timesofisrael.com/bid-to-revoke-citizenship-of-pa-paid-terror-convicts-advances-with-oppositions-help/
New Turkish Ambassador after 4
years. https://www.timesofisrael.com/turkeys-envoy-to-israel-presents-credentials-after-four-years-of-suspended-ties/
Iran steps up air defense in Syria. https://www.timesofisrael.com/report-iran-steps-up-air-defense-deployment-in-syria-in-bid-to-curb-israeli-strikes/
UK MP booted for comparing Covid Vax
to Shoah. https://www.timesofisrael.com/uk-conservative-party-mp-booted-out-for-comparing-covid-vaccines-to-the-holocaust/
Israel Bonds surpass $2 Billion. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-raises-2-billion-in-its-first-ever-issuance-of-10-year-green-bonds/
Uranium Package found at Heathrow. https://www.timesofisrael.com/british-police-probe-uranium-package-seized-at-heathrow-airport/
Russian Jewish Population down even
be pre-War. https://www.timesofisrael.com/russian-jewish-population-down-sharply-in-last-decade-pre-ukraine-war-census-shows/
Thank you, Lieberman for your
policies, more that 20% of population classified as below poverty. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365792
Salary increase of Judges should be
like Knesset. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365795
Hatred in Israel by left & reply
rt. Dangerous. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365788
Galant approves meeting of incoming
COS. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365789
Lula kicks out Israeli Ambassador. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hjfvqi3cj
MI Muslims get to sacrifice animals.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/01/michigan-hamtramck-city-council-oks-islamic-animal-sacrifices-home-appease-muslim-community/
AA drops MIA-TLV FLTS. https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/b1j3hohqj
Egyptian man beheads wife. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/s1t0fhicj
Netanyahu should reinstate driver. https://www.timesofisrael.com/deputy-ag-orders-reinstatement-of-drivers-who-are-witnesses-in-netanyahus-trial/
Oops the
universe may be younger. https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/the-james-webb-space-telescope-is-finding-too-many-early-galaxies/
Training accident soldier moderately
injured by bullet. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365782
Jewish man stabbed to death in
Brooklyn. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365772
Esther Horgen HY”D’s husband Benyamin
(my 2nd Cousin’s son) and daughters Odelya (looks like Esther) and Avigail
speak out against EU financing terror. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365807
2 Shachidim near Jenin. https://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinian-man-shot-dead-amid-clashes-with-israeli-forces-near-jenin/
IDF to punish several officers after
Ammo Theft in the North. https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-to-punish-several-officers-for-negligence-after-mass-theft-of-ammo-from-base/
Kibbutz Member walking his dog and talking
on the cellphone is struck and killed by lightning. https://www.timesofisrael.com/kibbutz-member-killed-by-suspected-lightning-strike-while-out-walking-dog/
Gun Robbery suspects arrested. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-728459
Russia releases US Backpacker who
strayed across the Polish Border into Russia last February. https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/article-728412
ISIS man disappears from US Prison
Records! https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365851
Justice Minister replies to Chief Justice. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365837
Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of Elvis Presley, died on
Thursday at the age of 54. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365849
Finance Min. withholds PLO money to
pay terror victims according to the courts. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365831
Antizionist Jew arrested for
visiting with Jihad. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365820
US AG appoints leftwing special council
in Biden Document Case. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365838
Have a healthy and
wonderful Shabbos,
Rachamim Pauli
