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Parsha Teruma
Moshe has gone up the
Mountain to receive the two tablets of sapphire with the Asera Dibros on them. We
had last week rules for the behavior of mankind. This week starts the collection
of materials for Mishkan and later Parshiyos will describe details of the
Mishkan and the clothing of the Cohanim especially Cohain Gadol.
25:1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses,
saying: 2 'Speak unto the children of Israel, that they take for Me
an offering; of every man whose heart make him willing ye shall take My
offering. 3 And this is the offering which ye shall take of them:
gold, and silver, and brass; 4 and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and
fine linen, and goats' hair; 5 and rams' skins dyed red, and giraffe skins, and
acacia-wood; 6 oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil, and
for the sweet incense; 7 onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the
ephod, and for the breastplate.
Only the most precious
material and dyes, hard wood, jewels were to be used in the construction of the
Mishkan. This theme of the best of the best is found later on in the Midncha
Korban or flour Korban ground to the finest particles. The Incense being
pounded to the finest of fine spices and ingredients. Finally, the olive oil
used is extra virgin oil.
8 And let them make Me a
sanctuary, that I may dwell among them. 9 According to all that I
show thee, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the furniture
thereof, even so shall ye make it.
Moshe will be shown the
pattern but it will take craftsmen that are skilled receiving a prophetic dream
who will be able to create the Mishkan and items within.
10 And they shall make an ark
of acacia-wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit
and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height
thereof. 11 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and
without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round
about.
These trees would have
to be tall and wide based on the dimension that are given later. The Midrash
tells us that Yacov had prophecy. He planted Acadia Trees on his way to Egypt
some 210 years previously.
12 And thou shalt cast four
rings of gold for it, and put them in the four feet thereof; and two rings
shall be on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of
it. 13 And thou shalt make staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them
with gold.
The Temple Institute
encountered problems in casting the Menorah. Casting string rings of gold with
such a width and strength for holding up the staves and t.hen the Aron Kodesh
would need precise thickness.
14 And thou shalt put the
staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, wherewith to bear the
ark. 15 The staves shall be in the rings of the ark; they shall not
be taken from it. 16 And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony
which I shall give thee.
Building a lathe or
spinning holder in the wilderness to make these staves as I picture them. As I
picture them round and strong Otherwise one could more easily make a two by two
smooth plank but that is not round.
17 And thou shalt make an
ark-cover of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and
a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. 18 And thou shalt make two
cherubim of gold; of beaten work shalt thou make them, at the two ends of the
ark-cover.
The Teva and cover have
to match precisely and be cast in one piece and a second precisely matching cover.
19 And make one cherub at the
one end, and one cherub at the other end; of one piece with the ark-cover shall
ye make the cherubim of the two ends thereof. 20 And the cherubim
shall spread out their wings on high, screening the ark-cover with their wings,
with their faces one to another; toward the ark-cover shall the faces of the
cherubim be.
Two molded Keruvim most
likely the lower area would have a screw a socket placed on the cover. Why do I
say this? For the Keruvim would face one another when Yisrael deserved it and
rotated apart when Yisrael was ready for a Gallus. (Gallus meaning dispersion
has a route in the word for France in Greek was Gaul.
21 And thou shalt put the
ark-cover above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that
I shall give thee. 22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will
speak with thee from above the ark-cover, from between the two cherubim which
are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in
commandment unto the children of Israel.
The dimensions formed a
precision communications device between mankind and the Divine.
23 And thou shalt make a table
of acacia-wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth
thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. 24 And thou shalt
overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round
about. 25 And thou shalt make unto it a border of a handbreadth round
about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.
Everything was molded
and filed down or soldered if there was a bubble hole from the mold unless a
miracle occurred and that the mold and gold were a perfect vacuum.
26 And thou shalt make
for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on
the four feet thereof. 27 Close by the border shall the rings be, for
places for the staves to bear the table. 28 And thou shalt make the
staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne
with them. 29 And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and the pans
thereof, and the jars thereof, and the bowls thereof, wherewith to pour out; of
pure gold shalt thou make them. 30 And thou shalt set upon the table
showbread before Me always.
No expense was spared
for the Mishkan for gold, silver or brass as these items were for HASHEM.
31 And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten
work shall the candlestick be made, even its base, and its shaft; its cups, its
knops, and its flowers, shall be of one piece with it. 32 And there
shall be six branches going out of the sides thereof: three branches of the
candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candle-stick
out of the other side thereof; 33 three cups made like
almond-blossoms in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three cups made like
almond-blossoms in the other branch, a knop and a flower; so for the six
branches going out of the candlestick.
The Temple Institute
cast theirs as one piece of gold which was most difficult with our current
technology and then the flowers and blossoms beaten.
34 And in the candlestick four cups made like
almond-blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof. 35 And a
knop under two branches of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches of
one piece with it, and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, for the
six branches going out of the candlestick.
Molded with a center
piece and three branches on each side.
36 Their knops and their branches shall be of one piece with
it; the whole of it one beaten work of pure gold. 37 And thou shalt
make the lamps thereof, seven; and they shall light the lamps thereof, to give
light over against it.
Lamp holders were
included in the Menorah one would place the lamp upon them.
38 And the tongs thereof, and the snuff dishes thereof, shall
be of pure gold. 39 Of a talent of pure gold shall it be made, with
all these vessels. 40 And see that thou make them after their
pattern, which is being shown thee in the mount.
To hold the smoking
incense.
26:1 Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten
curtains: of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with
cherubim the work of the skillful workman shalt thou make them. 2 The
length of each curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of
each curtain four cubits; all the curtains shall have one measure.
Each dye of each of the
fine linen cloths had to be dyed in a standard uniform color.
3 Five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and
the other five curtains shall be coupled one to another. 4 And thou
shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in
the first set; and likewise shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is
outmost in the second set.
These curtains were very
heavy and took quite a number of Cohanim or Cohanim and Leviim with pulleys to
lift them.
5 Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty
loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the second set; the
loops shall be opposite one to another. 6 And thou shalt make fifty
clasps of gold, and couple the curtains one to another with the clasps, that
the tabernacle may be one whole.
Because of the tremendous weight, 50 clamps were needed.
7 And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair for a tent over
the tabernacle; eleven curtains shalt thou make them. 8 The length of
each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four
cubits; the eleven curtains shall have one measure.
Women spun the goat’s
hair end to end to make a long strong thread.
9 And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves,
and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double over the sixth curtain in the
forefront of the tent. 10 And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge
of the one curtain that is outmost in the first set, and fifty loops upon the
edge of the curtain which is outmost in the second set.
The thickness became a
hand’s width and taking into the area of the curtains and the density of water it
took 300 Cohanim to Tovel the curtains of the Mikdash.
11 And thou shalt make fifty clasps of brass, and put the
clasps into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be
one. 12 And as for the overhanging part that remains of the curtains
of the tent, the half curtain that remains over shall hang over the back of the
tabernacle.
Now we get into the
dimensions of the Mishkan.
13 And the cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other
side, of that which remain over in the length of the curtains of the tent,
shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to
cover it. 14 And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams'
skins dyed red and a covering of giraffe skins above.
The boards held all this
weight.
15 And thou shalt make the
boards for the tabernacle of acacia-wood, standing up. 16 Ten cubits
shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each
board. 17 Two tenons shall there be in each board, joined one to
another; thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
The boards were moveable
columns think on the bottom tapered to the top and joined together and held in
place by staves that th ey supported the tremendous weight of the curtains and covering
skins.
18 And thou shalt make the
boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side
southward: 19 And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the
twenty boards: two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets
under another board for its two tenons; 20 and for the second side of
the tabernacle, on the north side, twenty boards. 21 And their forty
sockets of silver: two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another
board. 22 And for the hinder part of the tabernacle westward thou
shalt make six boards.
Thus, a four-sided
rectangle held together by staves and having a space of 6 Amos for entrance and
exits of the Cohanim.
23 And two boards shalt thou
make for the corners of the tabernacle in the hinder part. 24 And
they shall be double beneath, and in like manner they shall be complete unto
the top thereof unto the first ring; thus shall it be for them both; they shall
be for the two corners.
The dimensions of the
Tabernacle is mentioned for the Cohanim and us today to picture it.
25 Thus there shall be eight
boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets: two sockets under one
board, and two sockets under another board. 26 And thou shalt make
bars of acacia-wood: five for the boards of the one side of the
tabernacle, 27 and five bars for the boards of the other side of the
tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the
hinder part westward; 28 and the middle bar in the midst of the
boards, which shall pass through from end to end. 29 And thou shalt
overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for holders for the
bars; and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold. 30 And thou shalt
rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which hath been shown
thee in the mount.
Up until now we have the
main tent of meeting.
31 And thou shalt make a veil
of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; with cherubim the work
of the skillful workman shall it be made. 32 And thou shalt hang it
upon four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold, their hooks being of gold, upon
four sockets of silver. 33 And thou shalt hang up the veil under the
clasps, and shalt bring in thither within the veil the ark of the testimony;
and the veil shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.
Now we are told to have
an inner tent to protect the average Cohain from the Cohain Gadol on Yom
Kippur.
34 And thou shalt put the
ark-cover upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.
This will later be
called the Holy of Holies.
35 And thou shalt set the
table without the veil, and the candlestick over against the table on the side
of the tabernacle toward the south; and thou shalt put the table on the north
side.
Now we are given the
interior arrangements.
36 And thou shalt make a
screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine
twined linen, the work of the weaver in colors. 37 And thou shalt
make for the screen five pillars of acacia, and overlay them with gold; their
hooks shall be of gold; and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for
them.
Here ends the
description of the building a instruments therein.
27:1 And thou shalt make the altar of acacia-wood, five cubits
long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be four-square; and the height
thereof shall be three cubits. 2 And thou shalt make the horns of it
upon the four corners thereof; the horns thereof shall be of one piece with it;
and thou shalt overlay it with brass.
Now the various
Mizbayachim of gold-plated wood and onwards.
3 And thou shalt make its pots to take away
its ashes, and its shovels, and its basins, and its flesh-hooks, and its
fire-pans; all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass. 4 And
thou shalt make for it a grating of network of brass; and upon the net shalt
thou make four brazen rings in the four corners thereof.
The design shall include
ash gathering.
5 And thou shalt put it under the ledge
round the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the
altar. 6 And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of
acacia-wood, and overlay them with brass.
For transportation in
the Midbar.
7 And the staves thereof shall be put
into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, in
bearing it. 8 Hollow with planks shalt thou make it; as it hath been
shown thee in the mount, so shall they make it. 9 And thou shalt make
the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be
hangings for the court of fine twined linen a hundred cubits long for one
side. 10 And the pillars thereof shall be twenty, and their sockets
twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of
silver.
The Leviim needed to
know which boards were north or south etc. for reconstructions.
11 And likewise for the north side in length
there shall be hangings a hundred cubits long, and the pillars thereof twenty,
and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets
of silver. 12 And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall
be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. 13 And
the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty
cubits. 14 The hangings for the one side [of the gate] shall be
fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three. 15 And
for the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits: their pillars three,
and their sockets three. 16 And for the gate of the court shall be a
screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined
linen, the work of the weaver in colors: their pillars four, and their sockets
four. 17 All the pillars of the court round about shall be filleted
with silver; their hooks of silver, and their sockets of
brass. 18 The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, and the
breadth fifty everywhere, and the height five cubits, of fine twined linen, and
their sockets of brass. 19 All the instruments of the tabernacle in
all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the
court, shall be of brass.
Nazi Plot to take over the USA
Rachael Maddow’s podcast how white nationalists
planned to bomb Jewish Institutions.
By the time William Dudley
Pelley called for the forced sterilization of all Jewish males in 1939, the
American white supremacist’s “Brown Shirts”-inspired militia claimed more than
100,000 members.
Dubbed the United States’
first “native fascist,” Pelley led one of several loosely connected plots to
overthrow US president Franklin Roosevelt and install a pro-Nazi government
with emergency powers.
“A wave of race vengeance
approximating the aspects of a coast-to-coast pogrom is inevitably ahead for
the Jews of America as more millions of them crowd in with immigration barriers
lifted,” predicted Pelley in his Liberation magazine.
By the time William Dudley
Pelley called for the forced sterilization of all Jewish males in 1939, the
American white supremacist’s “Brown Shirts”-inspired militia claimed more than
100,000 members.
Dubbed the United States’
first “native fascist,” Pelley led one of several loosely connected plots to
overthrow US president Franklin Roosevelt and install a pro-Nazi government
with emergency powers.
“A wave of race vengeance
approximating the aspects of a coast-to-coast pogrom is inevitably ahead for
the Jews of America as more millions of them crowd in with immigration barriers
lifted,” predicted Pelley in his Liberation magazine.
“And the final episode came out on the day before
the verdicts. So, I didn’t mean for it to be that tightly sort of correlated
over time with the history, but the cases have a lot in common,” said Maddow.
As for Pelley’s elaborate
vision of igniting racial warfare, the catalyst would be the planned kidnapping
and execution of 20 prominent Hollywood figures, including several Jews. The
hit list included Louis B. Mayer, Al Jolson, Charlie Chaplin and James Cagney.
Originally planned in
1936, the public spectacle would involve marching the victims to a park,
hanging them, and “shooting them full with lead,” after which Jews throughout
the country would begin to flee.
As outlandish as the plan appears, Nazi Germany
invested heavily in southern California “assets” beginning in 1933. Alongside a
network of pro-German spies who regularly used Los Angeles port facilities,
thousands of Ku Klux Klan members expected some of the region’s 50
German-American organizations — with their 150,000 members — to unite around
common goals.
East of California, in the
American heartland, right-wing militant infrastructure grew under the direction
of Father Charles Coughlin’s Christian Front. In Coughlin’s heyday as radio’s
leading anti-Jewish personality, one in every four Americans listened to his
weekly sermons.
Off the air, thousands of
Coughlin’s followers were dividing themselves into “cell” teams, each preparing
to attack one or more of several hundred targets simultaneously.
“The group was planning on
[murdering] a number of congressmen, blowing up both Jewish businesses and
other notable targets in the New York area and in the northeast, and then
hopefully causing such panic that it would create a state of emergency,” said
Maddow.
East of California, in the
American heartland, right-wing militant infrastructure grew under the direction
of Father Charles Coughlin’s Christian Front. In Coughlin’s heyday as radio’s
leading anti-Jewish personality, one in every four Americans listened to his
weekly sermons.
Off the air, thousands of
Coughlin’s followers were dividing themselves into “cell” teams, each preparing
to attack one or more of several hundred targets simultaneously.
“The group was planning on
[murdering] a number of congressmen, blowing up both Jewish businesses and
other notable targets in the New York area and in the northeast, and then
hopefully causing such panic that it would create a state of emergency,” said
Maddow.
Berlin’s key agent
liaising with the Nazi-sympathizing congressmen was George Sylvester Viereck,
who partnered with the Christian Front and other fascist groups to stage
massive “America First” rallies with antisemitic content.
Born in Munich, Viereck
met with Hitler in 1933. The next year, he addressed 20,000 pro-Nazi supporters
at New York City’s Madison Garden, making comparisons between Hitler and
Roosevelt.
Operating throughout the
US, Viereck masterminded the mass mailings of Nazi-sympathetic speeches
delivered in Congress. Content included defenses of Germany’s hostility toward
Czechoslovakia and its conquest of Poland in 1939.
As authorities worked to
unravel several ultra-right-wing conspiracies, antisemitism remained in the
foreground.
In Brooklyn, 17 Christian Front members were indicted for
stockpiling bombs and guns for use on Jewish targets. The local jury, however,
had deep affection for the borough’s so-called “Brooklyn Boys,” and no one was convicted in that 1940 trial. Beginning in 1942, Jews in New York City and Boston
“were attacked and beaten on the streets, in parks, with some victims stabbed
or disfigured, and some girls having had their clothes ripped off,” said
historian David Greenberg.
“Gangs robbed Jewish merchants, defiled synagogues and
cemeteries, and committed other acts of vandalism. Jewish
Girl Scout troops and other clubs had to stop meeting,” said Greenberg of the
Christian Front’s campaign of assaults on Jews.
Back in Washington,
antisemitism permeated the 1944 sedition trial even before proceedings began,
when Judge Edward Eicher allowed potential jurors to be asked questions
including their definition of “international bankers,” “Mongolian Jews,” and if
they themselves were Jewish or had a Jewish relative.
“This is flummoxing in
some ways,” said Maddow, who has said there are “strong similarities” between
the seditious plots of “Ultra” and recent American history.
“For Judge Eicher to have
allowed some of these questions specifically designed to keep Jews off the
jury, and also to sort of push-pull the jury on being disinclined toward any
Jewish perspective, is a remarkable thing. And indeed, there were no Jewish
people on the jury,” said Maddow.
According to Time
magazine, the proceedings were “the biggest and noisiest sedition trial in U.S.
history.” The unexpected death of Judge Eicher in November 1944 forced a
mistrial, and none of the co-conspirators faced justice.
“On the evening of the
102nd day, U.S. District Judge Edward Clayton Eicher, 65, went home, [and] died
of a heart attack. No one in Washington doubted that a ludicrously undignified
trial had hastened the death of a scrupulously dignified judge,” reported Time.
Although none of the seditious officials faced
punishment, the US media and pressure groups extensively investigated the
interconnected plots, convincing voters to block nearly all of the
co-conspirators from reelection. America First and the Christian Front
dissolved after the Pearl Harbor attacks, hastened by the FBI’s belated action
against pro-Nazi infrastructure throughout the country.
The above article has
pictures of the Nazi Rallies.
Carrying A
Beard by Yerachmiel Tilles
http://ascentofsafed.com/cgi-bin/ascent.cgi?Name=1315-22
The time for the
lighting of the candles is near. The city of Jerusalem is finishing the last
preparations for the Shabbat. The latecomers hurry to immerse in the mikvah (ritual
bath). People are running to find time for the last tasks. Suddenly the voice
of the town crier is heard.
Every Jerusalemite is
familiar with the phenomenon. When the crier passes by everyone listens
intently. This time he doesn't announce a death (May we not experience
misfortune); instead he called out information that affected the lives of all
the residents.
"An important
message from the Beit Din (Rabbinical Court)," he
exclaimed loudly. "The Eruv[1] of our city is Pasul (faulty).
The coming Shabbat it will be forbidden to carry in the city!"
It turned out that not
long before Shabbat was to begin a defect was found in the Eruv which surrounds
the city. There was no time before the entry of Shabbat to fix it.
The announcement
immediately changed the regular patterns of behavior in the city. Those people
who arranged kidushim quickly transferred all the equipment
and edibles to the shul (synagogue). Seniors sent their
grandchildren to shul to put their reading glasses by the place where they were
accustomed to pray. Everyone carefully checked the pockets of their clothes to
make sure they were completely empty, no handkerchief, folded note or box
of tabak (tobacco for smelling) should be left in them.
Fathers explained what
was happening to their children, although the smaller ones couldn't understand
what the fuss was about.
A guest, the rabbi of
an esteemed community in New York, who was visiting at the home of an
acquaintance in Jerusalem, wasn't disturbed by the announcement. He was used to
not carrying on Shabbat because outside of Israel many Jewish communities do
not use or are unable to establish an Eruv.
He asked his host
about the amazing sites that one can see in Jerusalem. His host advised him to
first of all see the city at dusk, when the sun sets and Shabbat spreads her
wings over the houses of the city.
After that, he
suggested, the place to go is the "tisch' (table) of the "Beis
Yisroel", Rabbi Yisrael Alter, the fifth Admor (Rebbe)
of the Gurer dynasty. He promised him that whoever was present at such an
occasion would never forget it.
The host came from a
Chasidic family, but the changes in the world had influenced him away from a
chasidic life style. He was clean shaven and wore modern clothes, although he
still was a G-d fearing Jew who kept the mitzvot and the
Torah.
He decided with his
host that they would finish the Shabbat night meal quickly, thus enabling them
to set out immediately to the Gurer beit midrash (synagogue/study
hall) in the Geulah neighborhood, and find a place close to where the Rebbe
sat.
After the lighting of
the Shabbat candles the host and his guest walked to shul to pray Kabbalat
Shabbat (the prayer greeting the Shabbat). From there they returned
home to hurriedly eat the Shabbat evening meal. The host apologized that he
cannot honor his guest as is usual on Shabbat, with words of Torah and songs,
because they have to hasten to the beit midrash of the Beit Yisroel, so that
the guest would be able to have this extraordinary experience.
Arriving at Ralbach
Street they found the beit midrash crowded with people, despite its large size.
It was not easy to make their way inside. They pushed themselves among the
throng, trying to get to the rows closest to the Rebbe.
They didn't even
consider finding a place to sit. They pushed in between the excited boys and
young men and watched what was happening.
Even just standing
wasn't simple. Here and there they would be shoved when more people tried to
enter. They were willing though to suffer the discomfort with love as long as
they could experience this special occasion.
Silence fell in the
hall as the Rebbe entered. His routine was to scan those present with a
penetrating glance, after which he would focus on a certain spot. Immediately a
path would be formed in the midst of the crush of people through which the
Rebbe would pass. Sometimes he would make a sharp remark to one of the people
near where he walked.
That Shabbat evening
the glance of the Rebbe went straight to the place where the two guests were
standing, so the opening that formed left them standing exactly in the path of
the Rebbe. The Rebbe paused close to the host and said to him directly,
"Even if there is no Eruv, one is allowed to carry a beard!" (In
Yiddish the word tragen, which means 'carrying,' is also the verb
used for 'wearing' a beard.)
The Rebbe continued
on, leaving the Jew in shock. He was trembling all over. The Rebbe doesn't know
him, how does he know about his chasidic roots and the beard that he used to
wear?
The Rebbe's words
pierced his heart, and he accepted the rebuke with love. Nevertheless, seven
years passed and he was still continuing with his same life style, including
his outer appearance.
One Friday he felt a
strong desire to go to the Gurer Rebbe's tisch once more. He decided to go that
evening.
He finished the
Shabbat meal quickly and hurried to find himself a place in the hall of the
beit midrash. Again he 'merited' to receive some shoves from the crowd. Like
everyone else, he waited in excited anticipation for the entrance of the Rebbe.
The noise and pushing
ended the instant the Rebbe entered. His penetrating eyes immediately found the
clean-shaven Jew. A path opened up instantly to where the Jew was standing.
Upon reaching him, the Rebbe asked, "Did I hurt your feelings?"
Seven years had gone
by. Thousands of Jews had come to see him, yet the Rebbe still remembered
clearly this man and worried that he might have caused him pain!
This time the Rebbe
didn't continue on his way. He didn't move from there till he heard the man
say, embarrassed, that he wasn't insulted at all; he had accepted the rebuke
with love and appreciation.
This encounter made an
even deeper impression on him than the sharp remark from seven years ago. It
didn't take long for him to return to the chasidic appearance of his youth. A
full beard again adorned his face, till the end of his days.
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Source: Freely adapted and supplemented by Yerachmiel Tilles from
the excellent first-draft translation by C. R. Benami, long-time editorial
assistant for www.AscentOfSafed.com, of an article in Sichat HaShavua #1779,
based on the rendition in "Hamevaser"
Biographical
note:
Rabbi Yisrael Alter of Ger (1894 - 2 Adar 1977), known as the Bais
Yisroel, was the fourth Rebbe in the Gur dynasty. Following the death of
his father in 1948, Ger grew under his leadership to be the largest chasidic
group in Israel. He lost his wife, children and grandchildren in the Holocaust,
and although he married a second time, had no further children. He was
succeeded by his brother, Rabbi Simcha-Bunim Alter, and then his youngest
brother, Rabbi Pinchas-Menachem Alter. (The son of the latter, Rabbi Yaakov
Alter, is the current Rebbe.
Connection: The 2nd
day of the Jewish month of Adar (2023: Feb. 23)
Footnote: [1] Which
makes carrying permissible outside of one's domain.
Ed-Op by Rabbi Rachamim Pauli
Laura Ingraham brought
down a story this week about AI (artificial intelligence). Two deans in MI
wrote about the recent shooting to comfort the College Youth. They used ChatCPA
but they forgot to edit the msg. These lazy Deans printed it out to show that
AI wrote the message. I as who needs them.
When I took a course in
Programming in Israel in 1971, I learned the importance of input (Hebrew
Kellet) which influences the output (Pellet). In Engineering we had a saying
Garbage in Garbage out. That is exactly what is happening with Google and other
sources. We are at Orwell’s 1984.
It seems that Laura
asked the program to write a poem about Joe Bidden. It was so well written it
might have convinced you or I to vote for him in 2024. But it was based on
information fed to it. Then she asked the program to write a poem about Donald
J. Trump. Answer: “I do not have sufficient information.” This could go on and
on. So much so that being lazy and depending on AI our minds could be
controlled.
Proper use of AI put
unbiased data in and find 200 targets of Hamas to strike
So be careful and be
aware of this.
Milestone: Hugh Hudson, 96, Directed
Chariots of Fire about antisemitism in sports.
https://www.goldenglobes.com/articles/memoriam-hugh-hudson-1936-2023-chariots-fire-director
Milestone: Richard Belzer, 78, comic
played in the X-files. https://www.timesofisrael.com/richard-belzer-stand-up-comic-and-tv-detective-dies-at-78/
Inyanay Diyoma
IN ORDER TO SAVE TIME ALL ARTICLES
THAT EXPLAIN HEADLINES WILL APPEAR BY THEMSELVES WITHOUT MY COMMENTS.
No coup against Democracy read the
bill. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/367755
First reading of the Judicial Reform
passes 63-47 as Elkin and Edelstein traveled to the Ukraine. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/367754
Netanyahu wants top brass to reign
in extreme ministers. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/367766
Yulia Katz, 44, disappeared dog unit
finds live grenade. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/367702
Last Jew of Antakya aka Antioch from
the Talmud. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/367721
US Amb. None of your business. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/367720
Contrary to Israel Law, protestors
try to block MK’s from leaving their houses. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/367715
https://www.timesofisrael.com/north-korea-launches-two-missiles-into-water-threatens-us-over-drill/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-owned-tanker-attacked-by-iranian-drones-in-arabian-sea-report/
Iran looking to attack Diaspora
Jews. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/367648
Remains found in area where teen and
two others vanished. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/367579
Jewish – Catholic game ends with a
brawl. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/367605
Netanyahu may plea bargain to end
Judicial War. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/367615
https://www.timesofisrael.com/man-shot-dead-in-lod-hours-after-suspected-car-bombing/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/one-of-12-boys-rescued-from-thai-cave-in-2018-dies-at-british-school/
China’s stealth fighters to eclipse
F-22’s. Defense/China-s-stealth-fighter-inventory-set-to-eclipse-America-s-F-22s
Congresswoman who claimed to be
Jewish is granddaughter of Nazi. https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/article-731310
Dutch F-35 chases away Russian
Fighter near Poland. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-731535
Arrest in LA of shooting suspect. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/367620
AI and ET radio signals? https://www.jpost.com/science/article-732051
Adopted woman claims do be Madeline
McCann. https://www.jpost.com/omg/article-732023
Social Worker finds women abuser had
two abused wives. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/367693
Alzheimer prevention via Metabolism.
https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/mind-and-spirit/article-732059
Protestors in MK’s hallway. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-732229
Meteor hits TX. https://www.jpost.com/science/article-732223
Small Asteroid the size of a Stadium
falls in France. https://www.jpost.com/science/article-731426
Never too old to fall in love
100year old marries. https://www.ynetnews.com/magazine/article/bjuadxfco
Nikki Halley launches Campaign. https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/article-731695
Bolton may run. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/367543
Hubble capture 3 Galaxies colliding
forming a new one. https://www.jpost.com/science/article-731585
Fight over Civil Admin. https://www.jpost.com/science/article-731585 https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-731638
US shot down Iranian Drone in Syria.
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-731729
Russians fly Bombers close to
Alaska. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-731649
Russian Northern Fleet deploys with
Nukes. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-731730
Disengagement law to be recalled. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/367512
AI-cyber unit reveals 200 Hamas
Targets. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-731443
Green Laser from Chines Satellite. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-731506
Worker Shortage at Ben Gurion. https://www.timesofisrael.com/ben-gurion-passport-control-backed-up-as-foreign-travelers-forced-to-wait-2-hours/
Why does the Elites want Dialog?
There was none during the Oslo Agreements. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/367424
Left-wingers are deceitful thugs. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/367430
IDF troops and Arabs in Shechem have a battle 2 Shachidim 30
enemies injured.
https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-732352
4.4Quake in Lebanese Coast. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-732344
Elgarian “Women of the wall” cause
riot. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-732347
Ultra-Orthodox riot over light rail.
https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-732321
Russia, SA and China drill with
hypersonic missiles. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-732336
Bedouin Policeman arrested over
armed brawled. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-732334
What causes Alzheimer: https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/mind-and-spirit/article-732059
Claim to cure: https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-scientists-say-they-cured-mice-of-alzheimers-using-newly-developed-molecule/
Judicial Reform Continues: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/367807
Catholic high school in Miami forfeited its semifinal game in a
state soccer tournament over the weekend. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/367811
Nikki Halley teaches Bernie Sanders
Rabbi Pauli’s rule: You can telephone, television even Tell HaShomer but never
ever tell a woman. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/367806
IDF and US Marines hold a 10day
drill. https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-marines-hold-joint-10-day-long-drill-with-israeli-military/
Iranian court on Tuesday sentenced
to death on terror charges an Iranian-German national who supporters say was
abducted in the Gulf and forcibly returned to Iran for a show trial. https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-sentences-to-death-german-citizen-whose-family-says-he-was-abducted-in-dubai/
Last week:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/could-a-solar-shield-made-of-moon-dust-keep-earth-cool/
42 years later body of missing hiker
found and recovered. https://www.jpost.com/omg/article-731204
Gold Beads from 1600 years ago
found. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-730923
Prepare for rockets 10Shachidim
102injured. https://www.timesofisrael.com/5-palestinians-said-killed-in-nablus-amid-clashes-between-gunmen-israeli-forces/
There is a child behind the
terrorist I am not shooting. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/367825
Ed-Op Diane Weber Bederman. What is
the meaning of the rule of law. https://dianebederman.com/what-is-the-meaning-of-the-rule-of-law/
Rockets and reply: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/367851
Attempted stabbing by female
terrorist she was injured in her legs to neutralize her.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/367857
Have a wonderful and
peaceful Shabbos rest.
Rachamim Pauli
