Nadav Chaim ben Irit Chaya (soldier injured on Shabbos over a week ago)
Parsha Yisro is always
before my Father’s Yahrzeit 23rd of Shevat. While we were waiting
for the snow to clear for the hearse to take my father to the funeral home, I
visited my grandmother as he was her only child. She wanted to ask dad to say
Kaddish for her father who died Feb. 10th 1929 which was Rosh
Chodesh Lamed Shevat. 40 years to the date on the English Calendar she lost
him. While still both of us were in the state of Onan before the funeral, I
told that as bad as it was he will continue through my brother and I. That was
54years ago. He had married late due to the war and had children later. He
never saw me married or his grandchildren. LET ME TELL YOU DON’T STALL GET
MARRIED AS YOUNG AS FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE SO THAT YOU DON’T MISS OUT ON THE
FRUITS OF GRANDCHILDREN AND GREATGRANDCHILDREN.
What happened to Tu B’
Shevat and last week’s Blogspot?
While Israel is trying
to piece together a Just Justice System, I was hit by Murphy’s Law. Anything
bound to go wrong will go wrong and that is what hit me between Thursday and
Friday last week. I had a handyman come and put in three safety bars in the baths
and showers. We also had a repair here and there and on Friday as I was about
to finish up the Blogspot, a cheap plastic connection from China broke and my
bathroom flooded. This in addition to extra shopping and helping my wife here
and there.
I guess a man never
appreciates a woman’s work. Everything is taken for granted until she can’t
work. When I used to go to the States by myself, I planned for shopping,
washing and cooking but in my routine in Israel I am lost without my wife’s
help and may I say she does the wash and has a cleaner but still some other
things like having to drive the maid back and forth to Ben Gurion or my wife
for a CT takes time and then there is the new diet which helps me lose weight
but more shopping and a bit here and there to help the wife.
Parsha Bo Part 2
12:1 And
the LORD spoke unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,
saying: 2 'This month shall be unto you the beginning of months; it
shall be the first month of the year to you.
If you recall the first
Rashi in Beresheis this is the real point where the Torah starts for Am Yisrael
for now we are a nation. G-D teaches Moshe to calculate the calendar with leap
months.
3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel,
saying: In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a
lamb, according to their fathers' houses, a lamb for a household;
Although the Ram was one
of the gods of Egypt, the Bnei Yisrael tied the lambs up.
4 and if the household be too little for a lamb,
then shall he and his neighbor next unto his house take one according to the
number of the souls; according to every man's eating ye shall make your count
for the lamb. 5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the
first year; ye shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats;
Unblemished meaning
perfect for a Korban and a male for males are larger than females.
6 and ye shall keep it unto the fourteenth day of
the same month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall slaughter it
at dusk.
From 7.5 hours out of a
12 hour Halachic Day is considered closer to dusk.
7 And they shall take of the blood, and put
it on the two side-posts and on the lintel, upon the houses wherein they shall
eat it. 8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with
fire, and unleavened bread; with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
The blood on the Lintel
was a one-time affair but the Matza and Maror was to be observed for all time.
9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water,
but roast with fire; its head with its legs and with the inwards
thereof. 10 And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning;
but that which remains of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.
One of the 4 questions
was on all other nights we eat cooked, fried, baked but on this night only
roasted – the question was to teach the children that the Korban Pesach had to
be roasted. Nothing should be left over.
11 And thus shall ye eat it: with your loins
girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat
it in haste--it is the LORD'S Passover. 12 For I will go through the
land of Egypt in that night, and will smite all the first-born in the land of
Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute
judgments: I am the LORD.
Like the blood on the
Lintel this was only for Pesach Mitzrayim and not for generations to come.
13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon
the houses where ye are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and
there shall no plague be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of
Egypt.
I am coming not an angel
but Your L-RD G-D and when I see the blood I will skip over your house and leave
you alone.
14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial,
and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD; throughout your generations ye shall
keep it a feast by an ordinance forever. 15 Seven days shall ye eat
unleavened bread; howbeit the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your
houses; for whosoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh
day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel. 16 And in the first day
there shall be to you a holy convocation, and in the seventh day a holy convocation;
no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat,
that only may be done by you.
This everlasting Yom Tov
Pesach shall start at dust on the evening of the 15th and the Korban
should be slaughtered in the afternoon of the 14th day. The holiday
is 7 full days and the 15th and 21th are Yom Tovim. Eating leaven
will result in Kares from Am Yisrael in this world and the next. Once can cook,
slaughter and kosher meat, removing bugs on Yom Tov for food that is needed on
Yom Tov all other Melacha is forbidden.
17 And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened
bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your hosts out of the land of
Egypt; therefore, shall ye observe this day throughout your generations by an
ordinance forever.
Pesach should be
observed forever.
18 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of
the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth
day of the month at even. 19 Seven days shall there be no leaven
found in your houses; for whosoever eats that which is leavened, that soul
shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a sojourner, or
one that is born in the land. 20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in
all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.'
This implies that a Ger
Tzedek is forbidden to eat leaven and a Ger Tzedek to avoid eating Chametz in
public areas.
21 Then
Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them: 'Draw out, and
take you lambs according to your families, and kill the Passover
lamb. 22 And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood
that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two side-posts with the
blood that is in the basin; and none of you shall go out of the door of his
house until the morning.
Ayzov aka Hyssop grows
at times up to close to 2 feet long and these longer pieces are used for the
lintel and other sprinklings.
23 For
the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood
upon the lintel, and on the two side-posts, the LORD will pass over the door,
and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite
you.
The houses with the
blood of Korban Pesach the L-RD will skip so stay inside.
24 And
ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons
forever. 25 And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land
which the LORD will give you, according as He hath promised, that ye shall keep
this service. 26 And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say
unto you: What mean ye by this service?
Although Pesach
Mitzrayim is a one-time affair with the blood on the door posts, the eating of
unleavened bread, bitter herbs and the Korban Pesach is for all generations.
Rabban Gamliel said,
“Anybody who does not mention three things has not fulfilled the Mitzvah of the
Seder Night. And they are Pesach, Matza and Maror.”
27 that
ye shall say: It is the sacrifice of the LORD'S Passover, for that He passed
over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when He smote the Egyptians,
and delivered our houses.' And the people bowed the head and worshipped.
First they took upon
themselves the Shema Prayer and other traditional prayers and then went out to
do as they were commanded.
28 And
the children of Israel went and did so; as the LORD had commanded Moses and
Aaron, so did they. 29 And it came to pass at midnight, that the LORD
smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh
that sat on his throne unto the first-born of the captive that was in the dungeon;
and all the first-born of cattle.
No Bechor Egyptian
escaped from the high or the low. Remember the son of Pharaoh is a god the son
of a god but he died.
30 And
Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians;
and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was
not one dead. 31 And he called for Moses and Aaron by night and said:
'Rise up, get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of
Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as ye have said. 32 Take both your
flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also.'
This time they were
ordered by Pharaoh to leave immediately.
33 And
the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, to send them out of the land in
haste; for they said: 'We are all dead men.' 34 And the people took
their dough before it was leavened, their kneading-troughs being bound up in
their clothes upon their shoulders. 35 And the children of Israel did
according to the word of Moses; and they asked of the Egyptians jewels of
silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment.
Done with so much haste
the baking process was so speedy that the dough could not rise. They took the
spoils of Egypt to worship G-D.
36 And
the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let
them have what they asked. And they despoiled the Egyptians. 37 And
the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred
thousand men on foot, beside children.
Note it is usual that
the population under 20 is semi-equal to the men over twenty. Since our census
is only men and boys, females must be about the same making a number of
2,400,000 people.
38 And
a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much
cattle.
Mixed multitude are
intermarried couples like in the case of the man who curse the L-RD and all
sorts of assorted slaves from Egypt. (Population unknown but not on the level
of Bnei Yisrael.)
39 And
they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt,
for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not
tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual. 40 Now
the time that the children of Israel dwelt in Egypt was four hundred and thirty
years. 41 And it came to pass at the end of four hundred and thirty
years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the host of the LORD
went out from the land of Egypt.
430 years after the Bris
between the pieces of Avraham, 400 years after the birth of Yitzchak and 210
years after Yacov came to Egypt.
42 It
was a night of watching unto the LORD for bringing them out from the land of
Egypt; this same night is a night of watching unto the LORD for all the
children of Israel throughout their generations.
The night of the 15th
of Nissan will be a night for a Korban Pesach and/or the Aggadah forever.
43 And
the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron: 'This is the ordinance of the Passover:
there shall no alien eat thereof; 44 but every man's servant that is
bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat
thereof.
Although a mixed
multitude went up, only a circumcised Ben Yisrael could eat.
45 A
sojourner and a hired servant shall not eat thereof. 46 In one house
shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth aught of the flesh abroad out of
the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof. 47 All the
congregation of Israel shall keep it.
A Ger Toshav and an Eved
Canaanite or plain non-Jew cannot eat the Korban Pesach but a Shifcha Evri
(Jewish female slave/servant until age of 12) or Eved Evri (male Jew) must have
a portion in the Seder the first might be exempt from the Korban but the second
is like a waiter and MUST participate.
48 And
when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the Passover to the
LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it;
and he shall be as one that is born in the land; but no uncircumcised person
shall eat thereof.
This is a Ger Tzedek who
essentially is a full Jew or Jewess and is permissible to marry with a Levi or
Jew (or Ben/Bas Yisrael)
49 One
law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourns among
you.' 50 Thus did all the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded
Moses and Aaron, so did they.
Gerei Tzedekim are from
the Time of Moshe and an integral part of Yisrael.
51 And
it came to pass the selfsame day that the LORD did bring the children of Israel
out of the land of Egypt by their hosts. 13:1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 2 'Sanctify
unto Me all the first-born, whatsoever opens the womb among the children of
Israel, both of man and of beast, it is Mine.'
The first born of
Mitzrayim died and the first born of Yisrael lived and therefore they were
sanctified.
3 And Moses said unto the people: 'Remember this
day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by
strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place; there shall no
leavened bread be eaten. 4 This day ye go forth in the month Abib. 5 And
it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanite, and
the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, which He swore
unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou
shalt keep this service in this month. 6 Seven days thou shalt eat
unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD.
You shall observe the
laws of Pesach and then you shall inherit the land of the seven Nations.
7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten throughout the
seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall
there be leaven seen with thee, in all thy borders. 8 And thou shalt
tell thy son in that day, saying: It is because of that which the LORD did for
me when I came forth out of Egypt.
One cannot own or see
his Chametz in his possession but that of G-D or a non-Jew does not bother or
concern us.
9 And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thy
hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the law of the LORD may be in
thy mouth; for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of
Egypt. 10 Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in its season from
year to year.
The Parsha of the Bechor
shall be placed into the Tephillin wore on one’s head.
11 And
it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanite, as
He swore unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it
thee, 12 that thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that opens the
womb; every firstling that is a male, which thou hast coming of a beast, shall
be the LORD'S. 13 And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem
with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break its neck;
and all the first-born of man among thy sons shalt thou redeem.
This is the specific
Mitzvah of redeeming the first-born donkey with a lamb.
14 And
it shall be when thy son askes thee in time to come, saying: What is this? that
thou shalt say unto him: By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from
Egypt, from the house of bondage; 15 and it came to pass, when
Pharaoh would hardly let us go that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land
of Egypt, both the first-born of man, and the first-born of beast; therefore I
sacrifice to the LORD all that opens the womb, being males; but all the
first-born of my sons I redeem.
This is the questioned
asked by the simple son at the Seder.
16 And
it shall be for a sign upon thy hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes; for
by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt.'
Written in the
Tephillin.
Parsha Beshalach
When Pharaoh’s son died,
he sent the Bnei Yisrael away and they fled.
13:17 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people
go, that God led them not by the way of the land of the Philistines, although
that was near; for God said: 'Lest peradventure the people repent when they see
war, and they return to Egypt.' 18 But God led the people about, by
the way of the wilderness by the Red Sea; and the children of Israel went up
armed out of the land of Egypt.
You cannot expect a slave
or in the last generation somebody just liberated from a Concentration Camp to
be a soldier to fight the Plishtim. But they need training that cannot come
over night. In fact, as we shall see later on in this Parsha about bread and
meat that the people are not used to supply and work for themselves.
19 And Moses took the bones of
Joseph with him; for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying: 'God
will surely remember you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with
you.'
Moshe had money and
sheep from Tzipporah. He had is fortune outside of Mitzrayim and was free to
take bones of Yosef. The Egyptians had placed a river to run over the bones of
Yosef and Moshe had to use the Divine NAME on a piece of paper to get the
cement coffin to float. – Midrash.
20 And they took their journey
from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the
wilderness. 21 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of
cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them
light; that they might go by day and by night: 22 the pillar of cloud
by day, and the pillar of fire by night, departed not from before the
people.
As soon as they left,
HASHEM directed them by a cloud during the day and light of fire by night.
14:1 And
the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 2 'Speak unto the children of
Israel, that they turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and
the sea, before Baal-zephon, over against it shall ye encamp by the
sea. 3 And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel: They are
entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in. 4 And I will
harden Pharaoh's heart, and he shall follow after them; and I will get Me honor
upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; and the Egyptians shall know that I am the
LORD.' And they did so.
This is an enclosed area
known as Nuweiba today.
5 And it was told the king of Egypt that the
people were fled; and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned
towards the people, and they said: 'What is this we have done, that we have let
Israel go from serving us? 6 And he made ready his chariots, and took
his people with him. 7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and
all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over all of them. 8 And the
LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the
children of Israel; for the children of Israel went out with a high hand.
When Pharaoh threw out
the Bnei Yisrael on the morning of Yom Tov Pesach he had agreed to three days
in the wilderness and no more. Now on the 4th day one of his spies
came back to tell Pharaoh that the people are fleeing so he called up his
Chariot Force to pursue and bring back the slaves.
9 And the Egyptians pursued after them, all the
horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook
them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, in front of
Baal-zephon. 10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel
lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians were marching after them; and
they were sore afraid; and the children of Israel cried out unto the
LORD.
From the various
Chariots found on the sea floor, it appears that this is Nuweiba in Egypt.
11 And they said unto Moses: 'Because there were
no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore
hast thou dealt thus with us, to bring us forth out of Egypt? 12 Is
not this the word that we spoke unto thee in Egypt, saying: Let us alone, that
we may serve the Egyptians? For it were better for us to serve the Egyptians,
than that we should die in the wilderness.'
People in families that
were slaves for 210years have a different mentality than a free person. They
assume that they were born to be slaves and depend entirely on Pharaoh for
food, clothing, housing and work assignments.
13 And Moses said unto the people: 'Fear ye not,
stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which He will work for you
to-day; for whereas ye have seen the Egyptians to-day, ye shall see them again
no more forever. 14 The LORD will fight for you, and ye shall hold your
peace.'
Today is the last time
you shall see the Egyptians as tomorrow any Egyptian that you see shall be a
body.
15 And
the LORD said unto Moses: 'Wherefore do you cry unto Me? speak unto the
children of Israel, that they go forward. 16 And lift thou up thy
rod, and stretch out thy hand over the sea, and divide it; and the children of
Israel shall go into the midst of the sea on dry ground. 17 And I,
behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall go in after
them; and I will get Me honor upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his
chariots, and upon his horsemen. 18 And the Egyptians shall know that
I am the LORD, when I have gotten Me honor upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and
upon his horsemen.'
Don’t cry walk into the
water and witness the miracle.
19 And
the angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind
them; and the pillar of cloud removed from before them, and stood behind
them; 20 and it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of
Israel; and there was the cloud and the darkness here, yet gave it light by
night there; and the one came not near the other all the night.
Pharaoh wanted the
Egyptians to attack but they were held back by the cloud which threw their own
arrows back upon the sender. The Bnei Yisrael on the other hand went over the
sea bed as on dry land.
21 And
Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go
back by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land, and the
waters were divided.
Only as the leading
soldiers of the Bnei Yehuda went into the sea up to their nostrils did it
divide.
22 And
the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground; and
the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their
left. 23 And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them into the
midst of the sea, all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
600 Chariots each with
at least a driver and arrow sharp-shooter and maybe a swordsman or two. In modern
terms it is like 600 tanks and crews being destroyed in front of runaway slaves.
24 And
it came to pass in the morning watch, that the LORD looked forth upon the host
of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of cloud, and discomfited the
host of the Egyptians. 25 And He took off their chariot wheels, and
made them to drive heavily; so that the Egyptians said: 'Let us flee from the
face of Israel; for the LORD fights
for them against the Egyptians.'
The sand that was frozen
then became mushy like quicksand. They were with heavy armor and not trained to
swim.
26 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Stretch out thy
hand over the sea, that the waters may come back upon the Egyptians, upon their
chariots, and upon their horsemen.' 27 And Moses stretched forth his
hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength when the morning
appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the
Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
As brave, trained and
well discipled, they were not super swimmers with metal weights and they all
drowned.
28 And the waters returned, and covered the
chariots, and the horsemen, even all the host of Pharaoh that went in after
them into the sea; there remained not so much as one of them. 29 But
the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the
waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
Every last one of them
drowned.
30 Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the
hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the
sea-shore. 31 And Israel saw the great work which the LORD did upon
the Egyptians, and the people feared the LORD; and they believed in the LORD,
and in His servant Moshe.
Finally the nation
really believed in HASHEM and Moshe.
15:1 Then
sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spoke,
saying: I will sing unto the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and his
rider hath He thrown into the sea.
Moshe will sing – in the
future at the resurrection of the dead in the days of Moshiach and will finally
enter the land. This is the song we say daily in Shachris Prayers.
20 And
Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all
the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. 21 And
Miriam sang unto them: Sing ye to the LORD, for He is highly exalted: the horse
and his rider hath He thrown into the sea.
As the men learned by
heart to sing the song, so did the women.
22 And
Moses led Israel onward from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness
of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no
water. 23 And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the
waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore, the name of it was called
Marah. 24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying: 'What shall
we drink?' 25 And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD showed him a
tree, and he cast it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There He
made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He proved them;
So Moshe brought plant
that neutralized the bad taste and the people were able to drink.
26 and
He said: 'If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and
wilt do that which is right in His eyes, and wilt give ear to His commandments,
and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases u on thee, which I have put upon the
Egyptians; for I am the LORD that heals thee.' 27 And they came to
Elim, where were twelve springs of water, and three score and ten palm-trees;
and they encamped there by the waters.
Now with the Palms provided
some shade and the water was spring water.
16:1 And
they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of
Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the
fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of
Egypt. 2 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel
murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness; 3 and the
children of Israel said unto them: 'Would that we had died by the hand of the
LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, when we did eat bread
to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this
whole assembly with hunger.'
Moshe’s first problem
was thirst and now hunger and the people are willing to return to slavery vs.
free, thirsty and hungry.
4 Then said the LORD unto Moses: 'Behold, I will
cause to rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather
a day's portion every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in My
law, or not. 5 And it shall come to pass on the sixth day that they
shall prepare that which they bring in, and it shall be twice as much as they
gather daily.' 6 And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of
Israel: 'At even, then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you out from
the land of Egypt; 7 and in the morning, then ye shall see the glory
of the LORD; for that He hath heard your murmurings against the LORD; and what
are we, that ye murmur against us?'
The Mann came every
morning with the dew.
8 And Moses said: 'This shall be, when the LORD
shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the
full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against Him;
and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the
LORD.' 9 And Moses said unto Aaron: 'Say unto all the congregation of
the children of Israel: Come near before the LORD; for He hath heard your
murmurings.' 10 And it came to pass, as Aaron spoke unto the whole
congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness,
and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.
And the quails would fly
in for a month’s worth of meat.
11 And the LORD spoke unto Moses,
saying: 12 'I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel.
Speak unto them, saying: At dusk ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye
shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your
God.' 13 And it came to pass at even, that the quails came up, and
covered the camp; and in the morning there was a layer of dew round about the
camp. 14 And when the layer of dew was gone up, behold upon the face
of the wilderness a fine, scale-like thing, fine as the hoar-frost on the
ground. 15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to
another: 'What is it?'--for they knew not what it was. And Moses said unto
them: 'It is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat. 16 This
is the thing which the LORD hath commanded: Gather ye of it every man according
to his eating; an omer a head, according to the number of your persons, shall
ye take it, every man for them that are in his tent.' 17 And the
children of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some less. 18 And
when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and
he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his
eating.
You will get daily what
you need and if you are a glutton it will rot on youi.
19 And Moses said unto them: 'Let no man leave of
it till the morning.' 20 Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto
Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and
rotted; and Moses was wroth with them.
But the non-believers
left over and the Mann was full of worms and stunk.
21 And they gathered it morning by morning, every
man according to his eating; and as the sun waxed hot, it melted.
One had to gather early
in the morning for otherwise it would dissolve in the sun.
22 And it came to pass that on the sixth day they
gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one; and all the rulers of the
congregation came and told Moses. 23 And he said unto them: 'This is
that which the LORD hath spoken: To-morrow is a solemn rest, a holy sabbath
unto the LORD. Bake that which ye will bake, and seethe that which ye will seethe;
and all that remains over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.'
This would help educate
the Am of the holiness of Shabbos.
24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses
bade; and it did not rot, neither was there any worm therein. 25 And
Moses said: 'Eat that to-day; for to-day is a sabbath unto the LORD; to-day ye
shall not find it in the field. 26 Six days ye shall gather it; but
on the seventh day is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.'
G-D loves the Shabbos.
Tehillim 92:1 and 7: 1 A Psalm, a Song. For the sabbath day. …
7 A brutish man knows not, neither does a fool
understand this. So, if one was not educated properly they were boorish
and foolish.
27 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that
there went out some of the people to gather, and they found none.
No matter what Moshe
would say or do, there were wise guys (Chochmalogim in modern Hebrew) who would
do things like this. Or those who try logic tautologies trying to limit G-D’s infinity
or ability to do something.
28 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'How long refuse
ye to keep My commandments and My laws? 29 See that the LORD hath
given you the sabbath; therefore, He gives you on the sixth day the bread of
two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on
the seventh day.' 30 So the people rested on the seventh day.
The IDF has a saying if
it does not enter into your Rosh (head) it will enter into your Regelim. (Feet
- and the three Regelim are called so because the people would walk to Mishkan
or Mikdash on Pesach, Shavuos and Sukkos.) So if the people would not accept
Shabbos on faith they would either go hungry or gather enough Mann on Friday
for Shabbos.
31 And the house of Israel called the name thereof
Manna; and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like
wafers made with honey. 32 And Moses said: 'This is the thing which
the LORD hath commanded: Let an omerful of it be kept throughout your
generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I fed you in the wilderness,
when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.' 33 And Moses said
unto Aaron: 'Take a jar, and put an omerful of manna therein, and lay it up
before the LORD, to be kept throughout your generations.' 34 As the
LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be
kept. 35 And the children of Israel did eat the manna forty years,
until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat the manna, until they came
unto the borders of the land of Canaan. 36 Now an omer
is the tenth part of an ephah.
We learn here the preservation
of proofs of history and what the measurements were.
17:1 And
all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of
Sin, by their stages, according to the commandment of the LORD, and encamped in
Rephidim; and there was no water for the people to drink. 2 Wherefore
the people strove with Moses, and said: 'Give us water that we may drink.' And
Moses said unto them: 'Why strive ye with me? wherefore do ye try the
LORD?' 3 And the people thirsted there for water; and the people
murmured against Moses, and said: 'Wherefore hast thou brought us up out of
Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?' 4 And
Moses cried unto the LORD, saying: 'What shall I do unto this people? they are
almost ready to stone me.' 5 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Pass on
before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod,
wherewith thou smote the river, take in thy hand, and go. 6 Behold, I
will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the
rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink.' And
Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. 7 And the name of
the place was called Massah, and Meribah, because of the striving of the
children of Israel, and because they tried the LORD, saying: 'Is the LORD among
us, or not?'
Again, the people
complaining instead of pleading via prayer for HASHEM to provide. This time
Moshe has to strike the rock for the water.
8 Then
came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim. 9 And Moses said
unto Joshua: 'Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek; tomorrow I will
stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.' 10 So
Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek; and Moses, Aaron,
and Hur went up to the top of the hill. 11 And it came to pass, when
Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand,
Amalek prevailed.
Does the hands of Moshe
make a war or win a war? Rather that when the people looked heavenly up towards
Moshe did their father in heaven help.
12 But
Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he
sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side,
and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down
of the sun. 13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the
edge of the sword. 14 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Write this for a
memorial in the book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly
blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.'
Because Amalek were so
wicked in the Messianic Times, they will be blotted out.
15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it
Adonai-nissi. 16 And he said: 'The hand upon the throne of the LORD:
the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
Amalek an offspring of Esav
who hated Am Yisrael with an annihilation in mind. Rabbi Pinchas Winston Shlita a direct post wrote on Yisro: The question has been asked countless times since the Holocaust
was over. What turns an anti-Semite into a mass murderer, a pogrom into
genocide?
There have always been
anti-Semites and there will always be until the Messianic Era, and the end of
the yetzer hara. But many have had their limits as to how far they were willing
to go, to express their hatred of Jews. Some anti-Semites could handle a pogrom
or two, but drew the line at genocide.
Parsha Yisro
This Parsha always falls
before my father’s Yahrzeit and in keeping with honoring my parents this
learning is dedicated to his memory 54years after his passing.
Rabbi B. Wein Shlita
wrote this week of the welcoming of the elder non-Israeli Sage who recognized
G-D and had been a spiritual advisor to world leaders. That is how our Parsha
starts but like all the other nations of the world Yisro is not quite ready to
be part of Am Yisrael and accept the full list of Commandments. That is not a
tragedy but the fact is that some Jews cannot stop murdering, stealing,
committing adultery or violating Shabbos is tragic and delays Moshiach.
18:1 Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard
of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel His people, how that the
LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt. 2 And Jethro, Moses'
father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her
away, 3 and her two sons; of whom the name of the one was Gershom;
for he said: 'I have been a stranger in a strange land'; 4 and the
name of the other was Eliezer: 'for the God of my father was my help, and
delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.' 5 And Jethro, Moses'
father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness
where he was encamped, at the mount of God;
Moshe’s wife and young children
are of course part of Am Yisrael and now they are returning the nation.
6 and he said unto Moses: 'I thy
father-in-law Jethro am coming unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with
her.' 7 And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed down
and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into
the tent. 8 And Moses told his father-in-law all that the LORD had
done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, all the travail that
had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them. 9 And
Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel, in that
He had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians. 10 And Jethro
said: 'Blessed be the LORD, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians,
and out of the hand of Pharaoh; who hath delivered the people from under the
hand of the Egyptians. 11 Now I know that the LORD is greater than
all gods; yea, for that they dealt proudly against them.'
Our Sages learned that
Yisro wanted to be religious and worshipped all gods. But when he learned what
HASHEM did, he learned out that HASHEM is the only true G-D.
12 And Jethro, Moses'
father-in-law, took a burnt-offering and sacrifices for God; and Aaron came,
and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law before
God.
So he brought a burned
offering for HASHEM.
13 And it came to pass on the
morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people; and the people stood about Moses
from the morning unto the evening. 14 And when Moses' father-in-law
saw all that he did to the people, he said: 'What is this thing that thou do to
the people? why sit thou thyself alone, and all the people stand about thee
from morning unto even?'
Yisro saw that Moshe was
wearing himself out and the people were waiting so long in line for a settlement
to a dispute, an advice on a Shidduch, peace between husband and wife, education
of the children, etc.
15 And Moses said unto his father-in-law:
'Because the people come unto me to inquire of God; 16 when they have
a matter, it cometh unto me; and I judge between a man and his neighbor, and I
make them know the statutes of God, and His laws.' 17 And Moses'
father-in-law said unto him: 'The thing that thou do is not
good. 18 Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that
is with thee; for the thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform
it thyself alone.
Both you and he people
will collapse if this continues everyday.
19 Hearken now unto my voice, I
will give thee counsel, and God be with thee: be thou for the people before
God, and bring thou the causes unto God. 20 And thou shalt teach them
the statutes and the laws, and shalt show them the way wherein they must walk,
and the work that they must do. 21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of
all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating unjust gain;
and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers
of fifties, and rulers of tens. 22 And let them judge the people at
all seasons; and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto
thee, but every small matter they shall judge themselves; so shall they make it
easier for thee and bear the burden with thee. 23 If thou shalt do
this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all
this people also shall go to their place in peace.'
So, Moshe delegated his
power to lesser judges and only in a rare case like the daughters of Zelaphad did
the case reach him.
24 So Moses hearkened to the
voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said. 25 And
Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people,
rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of
tens. 26 And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes
they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged
themselves. 27 And Moses let his father-in-law depart; and he went
his way into his own land.
He wanted for himself
and his people to be Bnei Noach but not Gerei Tzedek.
19:1
In the third month after the children of Israel were gone
forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of
Sinai. 2 And when they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to
the wilderness of Sinai, they encamped in the wilderness; and there Israel
encamped before the mount. 3 And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD
called unto him out of the mountain, saying: 'Thus shalt thou say to the house
of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel: 4 Ye have seen what I did
unto the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto
Myself. 5 Now therefore, if ye will hearken unto My voice indeed, and
keep My covenant, then ye shall be Mine own treasure from among all peoples;
for all the earth is Mine; 6 and ye shall be unto Me a kingdom of
priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the
children of Israel.'
Rephidim comes from the
word weak or loosened in strength from the battle with Amalek from the last
Parsha. Now they would be strengthened with observing the Asera Dibros (10
Commandments) and become a holy people. Even more G-D will treasure his people.
(Disclaimer those who violate the terms of holiness in the agreement such as
Shabbos, Stealing, Adultery, Belief in G-D, Murder, etc. could completely lose
their treasured status and only be saved by a merit of a forefather.)
7 And Moses came and called for
the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which the LORD
commanded him. 8 And all the people answered together, and said: 'All
that the LORD hath spoken we will do.' And Moses reported the words of the
people unto the LORD. 9 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Lo, I come
unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee,
and may also believe thee forever.' And Moses told the words of the people unto
the LORD.
Moshe goes up the mountain
three times to instruct the people prior to Matan Torah (giving of Torah).
10 And the LORD said unto Moses:
'Go unto the people, and sanctify them to-day and to-morrow, and let them wash
their garments, 11 and be ready against the third day; for the third
day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount
Sinai. 12 And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about,
saying: Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the
border of it; whosoever touches the mount shall be surely put to
death; 13 no hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned, or
shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live; when the ram's horn
sound long, they shall come up to the mount.'
One must stay away from
the mount including the Cohanim except Moshe.
14 And Moses went down from the
mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their
garments. 15 And he said unto the people: 'Be ready against the third
day; come not near a woman.'
Because a man’s seed
could be in a woman and be ejected staining her purity until the third day both
men and woman were told to separate themselves.
16 And it came to pass on the
third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings and a
thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of a horn exceeding loud; and all the
people that were in the camp trembled. 17 And Moses brought forth the
people out of the camp to meet God; and they stood at the nether part of the
mount. 18 Now mount Sinai was altogether on smoke, because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a
furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. 19 And when the voice of
the horn waxed louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by a
voice. 20 And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, to the top of the
mount; and the LORD called Moses to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
Was this a volcano or a
mount on fire that would consume all.
21 And the LORD said unto Moses:
'Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and
many of them perish. 22 And let the priests also, that come near to
the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.'
I assume that there was
a Mikveh or rain pool that aided in purifying themselves as well
As the Cohanim leading
them in prayer.
23 And Moses said unto the LORD:
'The people cannot come up to mount Sinai; for thou didst charge us, saying:
Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.' 24 And the LORD said
unto him: 'Go, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with
thee; but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the
LORD, lest He break forth upon them.' 25 So Moses went down unto the
people, and told them.
The power and glory of HASHEM will
make them lose their souls from within and not return to their bodies.
20:1 And God spoke all these words, saying: 2 I am
the LORD thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house
of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before Me.
I AM THE Lord your God…It does get any more ain od Milvado (Nothing exist but for HIM) than that. The first of the Ten
Commandments is not only telling us that God “owns” us. It is also telling us
that God “works” for us, which seems to be just the opposite of the first
statement.
This resolves the contradiction. As mentioned above, Adam’s sin
caused God to take steps back from mankind, by introducing intermediaries to
deliver His light to us. The overall impact of this has been obvious: mankind
thinking that God doesn’t exist, or at least run the world. By the time mankind
receives God’s bounty, it seems like nature delivering the goods, not God.
Torah is supposed to change that for a Jew, somewhat. God is
telling us with this first mitzvah that He is our God, meaning that He is
prepared to come closer and be more “visible” to the Jew who keeps His Torah.
Living a Torah life rectifies some of the damage Adam HaRishon did with his
sin, reducing the need for angel intermediaries, and making the involvement of
God in life more tangible.
This means that ain od Milvado is not just a mitzvah to be real
with the fact that God runs the entire show. It is also a gift for having
accepted Torah. It is Torah that makes it possible to perceive ain od Milvado,
greatly enhancing our quality of life in this world, and eternal reward in the
World to Come.
3 Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any manner
of likeness, of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth
beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; 4 thou shalt not
bow down unto them, nor serve them; for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God,
visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and
fourth generation of them that hate Me; 5 and showing mercy unto the
thousandth generation of them that love Me and keep My commandments. 6 Thou
shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold
him guiltless that taketh His name in vain. 7 Remember the sabbath
day, to keep it holy.
52 times a solar year we
have Shabbos. Not every Shabbos will we have guests or the same kugels or Chutney,
meat, fish, vegetables and nuts with the family singing songs.
The table, tablecloth,
candles are different from the weekday. So, with the wine for Kiddush it
becomes a separate day from the mundane of the weekly routine.
8 Six
days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work;
The Rabbis have declared
the 39 Melachos and their Toldos (derivatives)
9 but
the seventh day is a sabbath unto the LORD thy God, in it thou shalt not do any
manner of work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor
thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy
gates;
Your male or female
servant can bring and serve food and after the meal and wash the dishes or
sweep a stone floor. They are forbidden to travel to purchase something or turn
on an off a light unless they are non-Jews and then they can do certain Melachos
by hints. (example: Aren’t you cold and wet? This is a hint to light or raise
the fire.)
10 for
in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is,
and rested on the seventh day; wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and
hallowed it.
Your Shabbos shall be
Holy for I the L-RD your G-D is Holy. (Lev. 19) Just as G-D hallowed the
Shabbos from the first days of creation so shall we hallow the Shabbos.
11 Honor
thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which the
LORD thy God gives thee.
Your days may be lengthened
in this world and the next.
12 Thou
shalt not murder.
A soldier may kill an
enemy to protect Am Yisrael but to murder somebody you hate or a politician
etc. only in the case of saving the Nation aka the Judges and current politician
may be against the Torah way but not
justify an assassination neither by the Right or the
Left in our current
events.
Thou
shalt not commit adultery.
You are destroying a
family and perhaps creating Maumzerim. A child should be able to learn who is
his birth mother and father. Note a man can have more than one wife in the
Torah and is bound by forbidden
relationships of the Torah while a woman can only have one husband at a time if
widowed or divorced she of course can remarry.
Thou
shalt not steal.
As apposed to a Robber
(hold up) or a sneak thief that are forbidden in the Torah in two other
Mitzvos. This Mitzvah is capturing a man (perhaps one’s enemy so that instead
of murdering him) sells him into bondage.
Thou
shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
One must testify what he
knows 100% to be true otherwise he will get what I call Karma Kickback either
in a reincarnation or the world to come.
13 Thou
shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house;
The truth is that Bill
Gates and Donald Trump are among the people that have a much more luxurious
house than I but neither my wife (in charge of making sure that it clean and
looks nice – maids or not) nor I have the desire for such a place to live in.
Yacov Avinu did not pray for a house but clothing to wear and food to eat.
thou
shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant,
nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor’s.
This section might be
harder for some people driving the smallest KIA Ox vs. the neighbor’s BMW Ox.
But there is always something that somebody will have that we cannot get or
achieve. We have to say “That G-D they are blessed and count our own blessings.”
14 And
all the people perceived the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the voice of
the horn, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled,
and stood afar off. 15 And they said unto Moses: 'Speak thou with us,
and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.' 16 And
Moses said unto the people: 'Fear not; for God is come to prove you, and that
His fear may be before you, that ye sin not.' 17 And the people stood
afar off; but Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was. 18 And
the LORD said unto Moses: Thus, thou shalt say unto the children of Israel: Ye
yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. 19 Ye
shall not make with Me--gods of silver, or gods of gold, ye shall not make unto
you. 20 An altar of earth thou shalt make unto Me, and shalt
sacrifice thereon thy burnt-offerings, and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep, and
thine oxen; in every place where I cause My name to be mentioned I will come
unto thee and bless thee. 21 And if thou make Me an altar of stone,
thou shalt not build it of hewn stones; for if thou lift up thy tool upon it,
thou hast profaned it. 22 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto Mine
altar, that thy nakedness be not uncovered thereon.
The Cohanim must wear
pants not just a robe.
This should have been last week:
'Kabbalistic Tu B’ Shevat Seder (too long
to copy and paste). https://aish.com/48965616/
Summons for
a Spiritual War by Rabbi Yerachmiel Tilles
http://ascentofsafed.com/cgi-bin/ascent.cgi?Name=1312-19
In a letter to his family, a famed Chasid,
Rabbi Eliyahu-Chayim Altheus, writes:
It was midnight, Purim 5687/1927 [after the festive meal, during the long farbrengen,
while we were singing a wordless Chasidic tune]. Tears were falling from the
eyes of the [sixth Lubavitcher] Rebbe [Rabbi Yosef-Yitzchak
Schneersohn] and moistened the white tablecloth.
Those of us seated before him in that cavernous hall noticed the Rebbe's
turmoil and easily guessed the reason. Until then we had made gallant attempts
to lose ourselves and celebrate the holiday and the historic rescue of our
people. But now, more than ever, we were in need of deliverance. With the
Communists at our heels, in particular that odious Jewish branch, the Yevsektzia,
we were not merely concerned with physical survival. We were fighting for our
souls.
We intensified our communal melody, along with the undertone of
bitterness.
Suddenly the Rebbe rose.
Both face and eyes were aflame. His whole body trembled. "Brothers!
Jews in general and my congregants in particular!
"All of us in Russia find ourselves in the same situation as our
ancestors who left Egypt - the desert on two sides, the sea in front, and Pharaoh
and his army behind.
"Every Jew must know, and every one must convey this in my name to
his fellow: Every Jew is allowed, according to government law, to fulfill all
the commandments without interference. Everyone can have his son learn with a
[Torah] teacher.
"Brother Jews! The desolate desert is on two sides and the Egyptians
- the Yevsektzia - are pressing from behind. It is very bitter
for us; we have no way and no choice except to fling ourselves into the sea of
self-sacrifice, into the sea of faith and trust!
"Every Jew in Russia, no matter his age, position, or affiliation -
middle class or intelligentsia - must remember the period of the Inquisition in
which we were burned and slaughtered for Torah and mitzvot. Every
Jew must say just this: He is a Jew, and he should display this with his
participation in the founding of a Jewish school. Every Jew should remember
this moment: Come and let us fling ourselves into the fire of self-sacrifice!
"All should remember - they are taking our children away from us.
They want to make us all childless, Heaven forbid. All of us - rabbis,
teachers, scholars, men and women alike - together we must prepare to be
burned, Heaven forbid, for Torah and mitzvot, in order to merit
children and grandchildren.
"Jews! Explain to one another this terrible situation and where we
have been led by the riffraff, the Yevsektzia, may their names be
erased. Remember who your enemies are. Each of you should arouse the G-dly
feeling within and fight this bitter enemy. We have suffered greatly; in every
generation they rise up against us to destroy us, and in every generation G-d
saves us.
"They want, Heaven forbid, to apostatize Jews. Remember, and saves
yourselves while you still can. Make schools and classrooms, go to synagogues,
and learn in them each day. Strengthen the path of your fathers. And may G-d
give you children and grandchildren."
The Rebbe ripped open his shirt and uncovered the area near his heart.
With clenched fist he beat on his chest. His audience recoiled, but the Rebbe
paid them no attention.
He turned to me, standing nearby, and thundered, "Eliyahu Chayim!
Eliyahu Chayim! Last year I told you to write, and you did not listen!
Therefore, you've been suffering the entire year.
"Now I am ordering you to write to all the cities and towns as
follows: We had a Rebbe, and he left us a son. What kind of fruit is he?"
The crowd of devotees remained speechless, not daring to utter a word. The
Rebbe continued, "I order you to write in my name - that whoever has a son
and sends him to the schools of the Soviets and Yevseksim will not live out the
year! Will you write that?"
The Rebbe repeated this, over and over, pounding his chest. "When you
see the body burn, do not have mercy. Watch out for the head!"
The Rebbe sank into his seat, body wracked with sobs.
* * *
We chasidim had had enough. Fear and dread fell upon us all. We could no
longer hear such piercing and fiery words. Our fear was twice what it was
before.
At the end of the table, facing the Rebbe, stood members of the Yevsektzia.
They came, as they did to all the special farbrengens, and brazenly stood
there, listening. In the past, however, the Rebbe, aware of their presence, had
cloaked his speech to avoid giving them any pretext. This time, however, he ignored
them completely. To him, they were nothing, simply the dust of the earth. Even
when many chasidim shot nervous glances their way, he continued his harangue
while opening mentioning them.
The agents themselves appeared discomfited as if aware they were caught
spying. Soon, however, their expressions turned to rage, and their eyes burned
with murder and madness. All knew that the threat hanging over the Rebbe's head
had grown stronger.
I [Rabbi Altheus] slipped out of the room and hurried to the nearby
alcove, where Rebbetzin Shterna Sara, the Rebbe's mother, placidly sat. I knew
that only she had the ability to stop this dangerous farbrengen.
Indeed, little was needed to convince her.
As she swept into the full hall, the Chassidim parted way for her in
anticipation and the Rebbe rose in honor.
"Mother," he announced, before she could utter a word,
"please go to your room, read a chapter of Psalms, and weep. This will
help us greatly." He himself wept as he spoke.
At the sight of her anguished son, the Rebbetzin burst into tears. Soon
the Chassidim there joined them in grief and bitterness. The only ones not in
tears were the wicked ones, who scanned the crowd.
"Mother," the Rebbe sobbed, "I do nothing on my own. All
this I worked out with Father." He stopped, unable to finish.
The air was tense and still. Suddenly the Rebbetzin broke the silence.
"Yosef Yitzchak," she said, "please stop. Have mercy on
your health - for your sake, for my sake, and for the chasidim. Please, go to
the nearby room and rest. You must preserve your health, I beg you." She
was already well aware of the Rebbe's weakened condition.
The Rebbe, however, remained planted to the floor. Suddenly, he fainted.
His body was carried into the adjacent room where efforts were made to
revive him. One Chasid even poured cold water on him! Ten minutes later, which
seemed like an eternity, the Rebbe regained consciousness.
Outside, in the hall, the chasidim stirred about in despair, each one
feeling resigned to his fate. Each one envisioned his house going up in flames,
the proverbial ship sinking, leaving everyone to drown in utter helplessness.
About two hours later, the Rebbe returned to the table. As if the midnight
madness had simply gotten up and walked out the door, the Rebbe resumed his
normal farbrengen patterns. He gave over inspiring words and
we sang our songs the usual way, until half past seven in the morning.
We left, refreshed and invigorated by the Rebbe's guidance. But what had
unfolded earlier prepared us for the holiday ahead, where we would leave our
oppressors and plunge into the waters of Torah and Jewish nationhood. It was
truly a night of inspiration.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Source: Excerpted and supplemented by Yerachmiel Tilles from an emailing of the
Avner Institute (Rebbebook@ gmail.com) on July 5, 2017.
Biographical note:
Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn [of blessed memory: 12 Tammuz 5640 - 10 Shvat
5710 (Jan. 1880-June 1950)], known as the Rebbe Rayatz, was the sixth
Lubavitcher Rebbe, from 1920 to 1950. He established a network of Jewish
educational institutions and Chassidim that was the single most significant
factor for the preservation of Judaism during the dread reign of the communist
Soviets. In 1940 he moved to the USA, established Chabad world-wide headquarters
in Brooklyn and launched the global campaign to renew and spread Judaism in all
languages and in every corner of the world, the campaign continued and expanded
so remarkably successfully by his son-in-law and successor, Rabbi
Menachem-Mendel Schneerson.
Connection: Yud Shvat on the Jewish calendar [this year: Feb. 1] is the 73rd
yahrzeit of the Rebbe Rayatz (and the 72nd anniversary of his son-in-law
officially ascending to the Leadership of Chabad).
From Nechemiah to Nechemiah by Rabbi Y. Tilles
http://ascentofsafed.com/cgi-bin/ascent.cgi?Name=1313-20
Rabbi Nechemiah of Dubrovna was
born on the 15th of Shevat, 1788, and passed away on the 15th of Shevat 1852.
He was a prominent chassid of the Alter Rebbe, the Mittler Rebbe and the
Tzemach Tzedek. His second wife, Gitta Rachel, was the Alter Rebbe's
granddaughter. Rebbe Nechemiah was known as a great scholar in the revealed
parts of the Torah and was the study partner of the third rebbe of Chabad, the Tzemach
Tzedek.
* * *
When the third Lubavitcher Rebbe,
the Tzemach Tzedek, married at the age of 14, he received a dowry of 300
rubles. His friend, the 15-year-old Nechemiah, also had money to invest. They
both wanted to fulfill the Rambam's guidance of not making their livelihood
from Torah learning and so, they decided to build a workshop for the production
of wax seals. While the two scholars were working in their shop, they would
continue to learn Torah.
Once, they were so involved in
their learning that they did not notice that a pot of wax had boiled and had
started overflowing. A fire broke out and the entire shop was destroyed. That
was the end of the wax seal workshop and all of their dowry money was lost.
Later, Rabbi Nechemiah built a tallis-manufacturing workshop, from which he
earned a comfortable living his entire life.
The first impression from this
story is that the two friends were oblivious to their surroundings. This is
actually what we would expect from Torah scholars, who are totally immersed in
their study, with love. Nonetheless, we can see that Rabbi Nechemiah also has a
practical side. First of all, he is an adjudicator of Jewish law. Second, while
his friend the Tzemach Tzedek became a Rebbe and apparently was financially
supported by his chassidim, Rabbi Nechemiah did not give up on his aspiration
to work for his living, establishing a business that was both holy and
profitable.
Further, he also liked to be identified with his profession and not with his
rabbinical position. It is told that he once signed a halachic ruling he had
issued with, "Nechemiah the craftsman."
In addition, Rabbi Nechemiah
would not allow his son to publish his writings. They were published only after
his death by his son, following strong encouragement by the Tzemach Tzedek, as
the collection of responsa, Divrei Nechemiah. He also wrote commentary on the
Alter Rebbe's Shulchan Aruch.
We can find parallels between
Rabbi Nechemiah the craftsman and another artisan named Nechemiah from an
earlier epoch. Nechemiah ben Chachalyah was one of the leaders of the return to
Zion in the Second Temple period. While his partner, Ezra the Scribe [1], was a
man of the book, Nechemiah was distinctly a man of action. Upon arriving in
Jerusalem he ensured that the wall surrounding the city would be built, at the
same time, dealing with attacks from the different peoples who had immigrated
to Jerusalem during the Babylonian exile.
Despite his name, which means
"God's comfort," the biblical Nechemiah's actions were intense and
goal-oriented. Perhaps because of these attributes, Ezra is identified in the
writings of the Arizal, Rabbi Isaac Luria, with Moses, the giver of the Torah,
while Nechemiah is identified with the Mashiach, who rectifies the world.
* * *
After the second Lubavitcher
Rebbe, the Mittler Rebbe, passed away, Rabbi Nechemiah did not want to accept
his dear friend and former study-partner, the Tzemach Tzedek as his Rebbe.
However, after some time, he dreamed that the Alter Rebbe came to him and asked
him, "Nechemiah, why don't you have a Rebbe?"
"Who should I make my
Rebbe?" asked Rabbi Nechemiah.
"Menachem (which means,
"comforter") will comfort us in the present and in the future,"
the Alter Rebbe replied.
Rabbi Nechemiah understood that
the Alter Rebbe was referring to the Tzemach Tzedek, whose name was Menachem.
He rose in the morning, hitched his horse to his wagon and made the journey to
Lubavitch, where he became a chassid of the Tzemach Tzedek with total
self-nullification.
The words spoken by the Alter
Rebbe in the dream were publicized in Chabad, particularly after Rabbi
Menachem-Mendel Schneersohn, the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe [who was named after
the Tzemach Tzedek], assumed the mantle of leadership. The interpretation was
that "Menachem will comfort us in the present" referred to the
Tzemach Tzedek, and that "and in the future" was a reference to the
seventh Rebbe.
Even though Rabbi Nechemiah
ultimately accepted the Tzemach Tzedek as his Rebbe, their relationship
remained one of sincere and egalitarian friendship.
* * *
Rabbi Nechemiah of Dubrovna's
connection to Mashiach and to the messianic biblical Nechemiah is particularly
highlighted in the story of his passing:
The entire night of Rabbi
Nechemiah's sixty-fourth birthday, he sat up, as was his custom, writing
responsa. He was completely healthy. He awoke as usual in the morning and went
to the synagogue, participated in the service and then prayed alone at length.
When he finished praying, he suddenly died.
Like the practicality described
in the first story, surprise is another messianic trait. One of the seminal
verses describing the redemption is, "Suddenly, the master who you are
requesting will enter his chamber" (Malachi 3:1).
Like the swing of a pendulum from
side to side, Rabbi Nechemiah's sudden death caused new light to be drawn down
into the world, with the same suddenness. This is the movement of "run and
return," which alternates between the will to leave this world and to
relate only to God and the understanding that our present reality is a part of
the Divine truth.
In the merit of Rabbi Nechemiah,
who died suddenly, may the light of Mashiach suddenly appear.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Source: Excerpted and adapted-simplified by Yerachmiel Tilles from
an article by American-born kabbalah master, Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh, on his
English-language website, Inner.org.
Connection: TU B'SHVAT
Biographical notes:
Rabbi Nechemiah Halevi Ginzburgh of Dubrovna [15 Shevat 1788 - 15 Shevat
1852]. His father, Rabbi Avraham Beirach, was a Chassid of the Alter Rebbe of
Chabad, Rabbi Schneur Zalman. He himself was a prominent Chassid of the first
three Rebbes. His second wife, Gitta Rachel, was the Alter Rebbe's
granddaughter. Rebbe Nechemiah was known as a great scholar in the revealed
parts of the Torah and was the study partner of the Tzemach Tzedek. His
responsa were printed in his book, "Divrei Nechemiah." He also wrote
commentary on the Alter Rebbe's Shulchan Aruch.
Rabbi Menachem-Mendel Schneersohn,
the 3rd Lubavitcher Rebbe [29 Elul 1789 - 13 Nissan 1866)], the third Rebbe of
Chabad, was known as the Tzemach Tzedek, after his books of Jewish Law responsa
and Talmudic commentary called by that name. He was renowned not only as the
Rebbe of tens of thousands of chasidim, but also as a leading scholar in his
generation in both the revealed and secret aspects of Torah.
[1] "Ezra-Nechemiah" is the name of the 23rd of the 24
books of Tanach, the Holy Scriptures.
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Milestone: Shevach Weiss, 87,
Holocaust Survivor and former Knesset Speaker. https://www.timesofisrael.com/former-knesset-speaker-ambassador-to-poland-shevach-weiss-dies-at-87/
Milestone: Avraham Lempel, 86,
father of MP3 Technology. https://www.ynetnews.com/business/article/hjdfzoa2o
Inyanay Diyoma
Breaking: Rocket explodes near Sderot
as Iron Dome takes it down. https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-iron-dome-intercepts-drone-over-gaza-strip/
Rape as a national attack. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366937
Shooting terrorist arrested. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366934
Smuggling attempt foiled. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366935
Chinese Spy Balloon Shot Down.
Preliminary for an Attack via EMP to shut down US Power Grid. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-730595
Former IDF Fighter Pilot calls for
armed insurrection. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-730597
Protest 40,000 down from 100,000. https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-february-4-2023/
8month baby got from last week’s
broken hip from rocket attack as sister drops him. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366865
Latest Pubic Opinion Poll. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366931
Israel-Sudan relations thaw. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366930
19year old US Student killed when
car loses control. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366910
Terrorist reach an agreement with
prison authorities. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366938
PM wants new building instead of
Balfour. https://www.timesofisrael.com/pms-office-said-mulling-halt-to-work-on-official-residence-in-favor-of-new-building/
Police shoot at driver who ran
check-point. https://www.timesofisrael.com/police-shoot-at-driver-who-wouldnt-stop-at-jerusalem-car-theft-checkpoint/
Suspects in suspected terror attack
rounded up. https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-palestinian-gunmen-clash-in-west-bank-raid-targeting-restaurant-attack-suspects/
Alarm grows over Iranian Hunger
Striker. https://www.timesofisrael.com/alarm-grows-over-health-of-hunger-striking-dissident-jailed-by-iran/
Arab Mafia Wars. https://www.timesofisrael.com/man-shot-dead-in-umm-al-fahm-hours-after-brothers-killed-in-nazareth/
It was not a missile but an aircraft
from Gaza. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366945
Gen. Pervez Musharraf, 79, who seized power in
a bloodless coup and later led a reluctant Pakistan into aiding the US in Afghanistan. https://www.timesofisrael.com/pervez-musharraf-pakistan-martial-ruler-who-backed-us-in-afghanistan-dies-at-79/
Senior Jihadi arrested. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-forces-said-to-arrest-senior-islamic-jihad-member-in-the-west-bank/
Ben-Gvir claimed that if within eight months he won't manage to
change the response to the attacks from Gaza, which he calls weak, and the
postponement of the evacuation of Khan al-Ahmar significantly, he will not hold
on to his seat and will consider resigning. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366947
Judicial Reform in stages. Coalition
to promote parts of the bill and
vote on those parts rather than the entire bill at once, so that a vote can be
held soon.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366960
Head of Bar Association who
recommends Judges against the Reform must resign after sexual Harassment Tape
surfaces. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366732
Netanyahu awaits counter proposal
Justice Reform. https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-says-he-wants-to-hear-counteroffers-to-proposed-judicial-overhaul/
Putin warns Israel that if you
supply Ukraine weapons you become a target. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366967
An IDF soldier is accused of pepper spraying staff at a Tel Aviv
medical clinic on Saturday night after his request for medical leave was
refused. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366965
PLO is collapsing only Operation
Breaking Wave holds terror back. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366962
San Francisco Synagogue Attack. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366968
Israelis will no longer need US Visas. https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/01/30/israelis-to-qualify-for-visa-free-travel-to-us-this-year-israeli-fm-says/
Iran hacks French Magazine. https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/02/03/microsoft-iran-hacked-charlie-hebdo-over-mullahsgetout-cartoon-contest/
Israeli drones can deliver a ton of
ordinance. https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/02/03/israels-pioneering-drones-use-free-falling-bombs-can-carry-a-ton/
33% of Amazon Rain Forest damaged by
Humans. https://www.timesofisrael.com/one-third-of-amazon-rainforest-damaged-by-human-activity-and-drought-study-finds/
Antiquities items stolen and nabbed
damaged. https://www.timesofisrael.com/nabbed-antiquities-robbers-cause-heart-breaking-damage-to-ancient-wine-press/
Bennett thinks he’s the terminator
and will be back. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366723
Sweden: Muslim postpones Torah
Burning. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366727
Terrorist expulsion bill passes
first reading. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366721
OH Nazi homeschooling classes. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366720
ADL warns of crowd funding of
antisemitism. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366736
Last week couple leaves baby in Ben
Gurion. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366734
Arab father who ordered wife’s
murder gets custody. https://www.timesofisrael.com/father-suspected-of-ordering-ex-wifes-killing-gets-custody-of-their-daughter/
Russian missile hit a Ukrainian
Schul last week. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366769
Machine Gun Fire causes siren alert. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366983
Earthquake of 7.7 in S. Turkey – N.
Syria a secondary of 4.5 felt in Israel. Number of bodies passing 1000. IDF
sending paramedics and equipment. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/367009
Another Earthquake article Syria 284
dead. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366998
Remember the restaurant shooting
Motzei Shabbos Bo well the Shin Bet found the hideout and now 5 Shachidim
2injured. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/367005
Remember the girl arrested for not
reporting Yigal Amir. But the Left thinks it OK now. Ed-Op Ruthie Blum The
Left’s violent rhetoric and phony apologies. Or like a Limbo Bar how low can
they go? https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/367011
Justice Min. Levin: "There
will not be a freeze in the legislation process, even for a minute." https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366995
Jewish Lyft Driver murdered in FL. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366969
Second time in a week an Israeli
Arab crosses into Lebanon. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366993
Will a pro-Israel legal advocacy group manage to defeat one of the
world's biggest tech giants? We sat down with Nitsana Darshan Leitner, the
chairwoman of Shurat Hadin, a pro-Israel legal advocacy group that will soon
face Google in the United States Supreme Court over allegations claiming the
tech company aided and abetted terrorism. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366943
Sometimes a left
leaning group goes so far that it pushes itself out of Israel or Judaism. This
happened to the grandchildren of Herzl all left Israel and through
intermarriage no Jews left. The Reform Movement is now ready for Rabbis not
married to Jews with 100% non-Jewish Children. https://www.timesofisrael.com/bostons-hebrew-college-will-now-ordain-rabbinical-students-with-non-jewish-partners/
Cancer study by area, sex and
nation. https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/article-730662
Ed-Op Diane Bederman G-D said choose
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queens are hard for adults to watch so I suggest just read: https://dianebederman.com/and-god-saidchoose-life-for-you-and-your-children/
Man dies of Carbon Monoxide
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After 25years the IDF reopens search
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Dermer sent to explain Israeli
Financial Stability. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-730642
Russian Artic Air Defense System
destroyed by Ukraine. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-730624
Chinese Balloon first kill by an
F22. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-730622
Former Pilot released after
threatening Netanyahu. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-730597
Ukraine still hangs onto a piece of
territory. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-730619
Some former Ukrainian Politicians
lose citizenship. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-730613
Miracle Alert:
Explosive Car blows up in Jenin before terrorist could attack Israel.
https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-730779
Miracle Alert: "It's a total miracle that I survived," he
told Radio 103FM. "I was in Gaziantep, the epicenter of both quakes, and
I'm used to minor tremors, being that I live in Turkey;” https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/367061
Israel Supreme Court upholds torture
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Death toll could surpass 20,000. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/367067
ISIS prisoners in Syria make a
jailbreak. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/367054
Bad weather, bad accidents: An IDF officer in her 20s and Odelia Taitz Rodriguez, a
mother of four children from Rehovot, were killed on Monday in a fatal accident
near the Tel Nof Airbase in central Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/367047
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Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and National Security Minister
Itamar Ben-Gvir have agreed on the termination of the service of IDF conscripts
in the security wings of Israeli prisons. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366970
After last US-Israel IAF Drill Iran
thinking of talks. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/367058
American Nazi Plot to down Baltimore
Power Grid. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/367049
AI helps piece together ancient
texts. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-730612
While your attention was diverted a
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5000year old tavern found intact. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-730454
ISIS threatens Chabad. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/367039
Brooklyn Community Center holds jobs
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Congressman Ronny Jackson and Taylor
Force’s parents sue the Biden Administration over funding to terrorism. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/367059
Iran’s underground Air Force Base. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/367070
President of Antakya Synagogue and
wife feared dead. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sj4xjiyto
33year old woman murdered in Lod. https://www.timesofisrael.com/woman-found-dead-outside-her-home-in-lod-neighbor-arrested-on-suspicion-of-murder/
80th Anniversary of the 4
Chaplains that went down with their ship. https://www.timesofisrael.com/honoring-a-us-rabbi-who-went-down-with-his-torpedoed-warship-80-years-ago-this-month/
Fire Breaks out in a factory that
supplies Ukraine with Drones. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-730870
Ukraine films Russian Convict in
Wagner mercenaries beating their commanders. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/367130
LeBron James breaks old NVA
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Archeologist uncover pre-Inquisition
Synagogue. https://www.timesofisrael.com/archaeologists-uncover-rare-remains-of-14th-century-spanish-synagogue/
Another 3.5 quake in Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/367105
Republicans introduce bill to defund
the ICC. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/367114
Biden states taking on China if need be. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/367111
A large number of wild animals to
die out soon. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-730761
After 29years sea butterflies seen
in Eilat. https://www.jpost.com/omg/article-730742
All the news below is
from the previous week.
7 dead in terrorist attack on Neve
Yacov. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366570
The victims: Asher Natan (14) and as
listed. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366581
A father and son were injured in a shooting terror attack near the
City of David archaeological site in Jerusalem. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366578
Bones found in Meron cave one of the
three missing? Moishe Kleinerman, a 16-year-old boy from Modiin Illit,
was last seen in the Mount Meron area before he vanished on March 25th, 2022. Thirty-seven-year-old
Moshe Eliezer Ilovitch, who disappeared in May 2019, was also last seen at
Mount Meron. Last November, 60-year-old Rafael Haim Haddad, a resident of the
city of Tzfat was declared missing. He was last seen some five miles east of
Mount Meron. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366556/
NYPD increases patrols because of
terror attack. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366576
3 more battalions deployed to Yehuda
& Shomron. https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-january-28-2023/
5 Memphis Cops beat black man to
death. https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-authorities-release-footage-of-deadly-beating-of-tyre-nichols-by-5-memphis-cops/
The US Justice Department has charged three men
as part of an Iran-backed plot to kill an Iranian American author and activist
who has spoken out against human rights abuses, officials said Friday. https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-charges-3-in-plot-to-kill-iranian-dissident-on-american-soil/
A man armed with a Kalashnikov-style rifle
stormed the Azerbaijan Embassy in Iran’s capital Friday, killing the head of
security. https://www.timesofisrael.com/gunman-kills-security-chief-at-azerbaijan-embassy-in-iran/
Desalinated water to the sea of
galilee and the dead sea. https://www.ynetnews.com/business/article/syoaupdki
Left Protest begins with a minute of
silence. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-729888
Ben Gvir blames attorney general for
not destroying terrorist home. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-729917
2 more terror attacks one near where
my niece (Menashe’s sister) lives on the way to Yericho-Dead Sea (article) the
other a ramming attempt wasn’t but youth with knife next to Kedumim shot. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366584
Iranian Munitions Plant attacked. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-729949
Also, refinery attacked and they had
an earthquake of 5.9 near Turkey.
All 7 victims named. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366594
Gog and Magog Russia simulates hypersonic missile
in the Atlantic. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-729600
Home of terrorist sealed. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366609
Israel prepares for escalation after
attacks. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366614
Milky Way has a massive wall around.
https://www.jpost.com/science/article-729535
E.D. cure found for 80% of men using
vein repair. https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/article-729602
Pompeo writes CIA helped extract
Israelis from Iran. Next,
Pompeo says, "The voice on the other end was calm but serious: 'Mike, we
just had a team complete a very important mission, and now I'm having a bit of
trouble extracting some of them. Can I get your help?'" https://www.jpost.com/international/article-729447
Drone attack on US Base in Syria. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-729599
Oldest complete Mummy found. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-729935T
IT People say that cyberwarfare a
greater danger after Ukraine. https://www.jpost.com/jpost-tech/article-729605
Hand Prints found in ancient moat. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-729562
Too much salt can cut years from
your life. https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/nutrition/article-729549
Half of US mass killings related to
workplace. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-729584
15year old took car for a joyride. https://www.timesofisrael.com/boy-15-takes-fathers-car-out-for-joyride-smashes-it-into-eight-parked-vehicles/
Flasher crashing on-line Jewish
Women Shuirim will be caught sooner or later. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366422
Last week’s knife attack foiled near
Kedumim. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366431
Scientists find out why both
hemispheres of the earth are the same brightness. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366437
Last week a Greek Quake was felt in
Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366443
After biological female kicked out
of a Yeshiva for boys, Labor party cries foul. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366440
Proposal “In G-D we trust” on
Israeli Money. https://www.ynetnews.com/business/article/bja9hupjj
Russia sends drug addicts to fight. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-729122
Last week during drill Israel
requested 25 F15X fights. https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/article-729189
Poll shows Trump leads Biden. https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/article-729189
Ukraine to get Leopard and Abrams Tanks.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366409
MK Dan Illouz, a 36-year-old Likud MK sworn into office
just two weeks ago after Likud members resigned from the Knesset under the
Norwegian Law, spoke with Israel National News in the Knesset. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366368
Rescued 17-year-old boy entered a minefield this evening (Tuesday)
near the Kibbutz Metzar in the southern Golan Heights. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366405
Guardian of the walls 2 is possible. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366394
Status Quo on temple mount to remain. https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-vows-to-maintain-temple-mount-status-quo-in-meeting-with-jordanian-king/
Infiltrators from Syria were armed
hunters. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366665
Going to the Knesset Floor removal
of terrorist citizenship. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366669
Sunday about 15:20 there was heard
sonic booms of the IAF in Ashdod and Ashkelon. Residents of Ashkelon thought
that they were rockets and panicked.
Condition of Nadav Chaim ben Irit
Chaya deteriorates. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366759
Despite the bad weather, another
rocket from Gaza. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366800
FBI arrives for document search in 5th
Biden Place. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366796
Tuesday night ramming attack at
Tapuach Junction. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366755
Why we need Judicial Reform or
intimate relationship and female Judges. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366753
US professor why Israel needs
Judicial Reform to restore democracy. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366756
4th victim from terrorist
ax murders dies. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366824
After Rocket attack, rocket depot
and rocket mfg. attacked. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366817
Coalition tensions. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366825
MBE award to a 99year old holocaust
survivor. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366839
Gun Licenses to be approved quicker.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366828
Half a million Russian Soldiers
poised to attack Ukraine. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366831
Man, who attacked Synagogue in NJ
arrested. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366816
Man charged in Synagogue attack Plan
was a NYC Government Official. https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/01/31/man-charged-in-ny-synagogue-attack-plot-is-new-york-city-government-employee/
China vs. Taiwan. https://www.foxnews.com/world/us-philippines-announce-new-agreement-ramp-up-military-presence-amid-china-taiwan-tensions
AOC gave money to Chinese Agent. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/aoc-politicians-paid-thousands-campaign-cash-chinese-foreign-agent
US finds ammo for Yemenite Rebels. https://www.foxnews.com/world/us-forces-intercept-thousands-assault-rifles-ammo-anti-tank-missiles-iran
Down Under the bank notes will not have King Charles III on them. https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/australia-will-not-print-king-charles-iii-5-bill-removing-monarchy-banknotes
A high-profile former lawyer who donated big money
to Democrats and hosted a fundraiser for President Biden was indicted by
federal grand juries on Wednesday in two states for allegedly embezzling more
than $18 million from legal clients. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrat-donor-tied-biden-indicted-allegedly-embezzling-millions-suffering-clients
Ronny
Jackson and the family of Taylor Force hold the Biden Admin. to the fire. https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/02/06/republican-congressman-slams-biden-administration-for-giving-palestinians-more-money-in-wake-of-terror-attacks/
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP)
— An international team of investigators said Wednesday it found “strong
indications” that Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the supply of heavy
anti-aircraft weapons to Ukrainian separatists who shot down Malaysia Airlines
flight MH17 in 2014 with a Russian missile. https://www.aol.com/news/international-team-present-mh17-investigation-011110521.html
A healthy, happy and
restful Shabbos,
Rachamim Pauli
