Prayers for Men: Shalom Charles ben Gracia, Daniel ben Rivka, Ephraim ben Mazel, Zev ben Rachel, Yisrael Ben Dovid ben Drorah Rivka, Meir Melech ben Bracha, Nadav Chaim ben Iris Chaya, Avraham Noach ben Yehudit
Women: Karen Neshama bas Esther
Ruth, Chaya Melecha Rachel bas Baila Alta, Tsvia Simcha bas Devorah Yachad,
Miriam bas Irene Taita Malka, Drorah Rivka bas
Chana, Leah bas Sara, Esther Georgette bas Misooda, Mine’ Dulah bas
Maxine, Rachel Izel bas Sara, Devorah Rosa (row sa) bas Freyda Leah, re-added
temp. Miriam Esther bas Golda Chaya, Dina bas
Sara.
I want to thank everybody who said prayers for
me. The doctor tried twice to reboot the heart but the Fibrillations remain. It
is not that G-D did not pay attention to our prayers but the answer was a
resounding NO! So, the next time you try for the Mega Millions and miss out it
was not that G-D did not hear your prayers.
Parsha Vayikra
This week is a
continuation of last week. The Mishkan was erected and now of the first of
Nissan 2449 it was time to dedicate it. From now until and including Sefer
Bamidbar Behaalosecha is perhaps a month and a half crammed in is a lot of
Halachos and the Census.
On Rosh Chodesh Nissan,
Nachshon ben Amminadav, the price of Yehuda, began the dedication. Perhaps
because it was him who walked in the sea of reeds up to his nostrils to cause
on faith the sea to split.
The lighting of the
Menorah was the symbol of the light of the souls of Israel before G-D and fire
from heaven would come down to light the first Korban.
1:1 And
the LORD called unto Moses, and spoke unto him out of the tent of meeting,
saying: 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say
unto them: When any man of you brings an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring
your offering of the cattle, even of the herd or of the flock. 3 If
his offering be a burnt-offering of the herd, he shall offer it a male without
blemish; he shall bring it to the door of the tent of meeting, that he may be
accepted before the LORD.
The requirement for the
Korban Olah is that it be an unblemished male. It is not mentioned but a choice
plump bull or ram of superior quality.
4 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the
burnt-offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for
him.
The laying of the hands
called Semicha is appointing the animal. The same laying of the hands was once
done in choosing Rabbis until we lost it being sent to Gallus.
5 And he shall kill (ritually slaughter so
every time you see in the translation ‘kill’ it means ritually slaughter) the bullock before the LORD; and Aaron's sons, the
priests, shall present the blood, and dash the blood roundabout against the
altar that is at the door of the tent of meeting.
Since the blood is the
Nefesh of the Korban it is sprinkled around the Mizbayach.
6 And he shall flay the burnt-offering, and cut it
into its pieces.
Then the Cohain shall
flay the skin and cut into sections as specified below.
7 And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire
upon the altar, and lay wood in order upon the fire. 8 And
Aaron's sons, the priests, shall lay the pieces, and the head, and the suet, in
order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar;
The head of the internal
pieces and head on the Mizbayach.
9 but its inwards and its legs shall he wash with
water; and the priest shall make the whole smoke on the altar, for a
burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the
LORD.
He must clean off the
pieces as when the animal is slaughtered it falls on the ground.
10 And if his offering be of the flock, whether of
the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt-offering, he shall offer it a male
without blemish.
As with the bull, the
ram or Billy goat shall be without blemished, blood collected and dashed round
about the Mizbayach. Then flayed and cut into pieces and placed as above on the
fire.
… 13 But
the inwards and the legs shall he wash with water; and the priest shall offer
the whole, and make it smoke upon the altar; it is a burnt-offering, an
offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD. 14 And
if his offering to the LORD be a burnt-offering of fowls, then he shall bring
his offering of turtle-doves, or of young pigeons. 15 And
the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and pinch off its head, and make it
smoke on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be drained out on the side of
the altar.
The poor man’s Oleh is a
bird and birds are not ritually slaughtered but instead of the Shechita of
animals, Melicha or the cutting of the neck with a thumb nail is performed.
16 And he shall take away its crop with the
feathers thereof, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, in the place
of the ashes. 17 And he shall rend it by the wings
thereof, but shall not divide it asunder; and the priest shall make it smoke
upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire; it is a burnt-offering, an
offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD.
These are the physical
actions of the Korban. What we don’t see with our eyes iis the spiritual and
internal consequences of the Korban upon the souls of the nation oer an indivual.
2:1 And when any one brings a meal-offering unto the LORD, his
offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put
frankincense thereon. 2 And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the
priests; and he shall take thereout his handful of the fine flour thereof, and
of the oil thereof, together with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest
shall make the memorial-part thereof smoke upon the altar, an offering made by
fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD.
Who brings such a flour
offering? It is a person that might have to sell his shirt or shoes to buy
Matzos for Pesach or close to eating at the public soup kitchen daily.
3 But that which is left of the
meal-offering shall be Aaron's and his sons'; it is a thing most holy of the
offerings of the LORD made by fire. 4 And when thou bring a
meal-offering baked in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour
mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers spread with oil. 5 And if thy
offering be a meal-offering baked on a griddle, it shall be of fine flour
unleavened, mingled with oil. 6 Thou shalt break it in pieces, and
pour oil thereon; it is a meal-offering. 7 And if thy offering be a
meal-offering of the stewing-pan, it shall be made of fine flour with
oil. 8 And thou shalt bring the meal-offering that is made of these
things unto the LORD; and it shall be presented unto the priest, and he shall
bring it unto the altar. 9 And the priest shall take off from the
meal-offering the memorial-part thereof, and shall make it smoke upon the
altar--an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the
LORD. 10 But that which is left of the meal-offering shall be Aaron's
and his sons'; it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by
fire. 11 No meal-offering, which ye shall bring unto the LORD, shall
be made with leaven; for ye shall make no leaven, nor any honey, smoke as an
offering made by fire unto the LORD. 12 As an offering of
first-fruits ye may bring them unto the LORD; but they shall not come up for a
sweet savor on the altar. 13 And every meal-offering of thine shalt
thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of
thy God to be lacking from thy meal-offering; with all thy offerings thou shalt
offer salt. 14 And if thou bring a meal-offering of first-fruits unto
the LORD, thou shalt bring for the meal-offering of thy first-fruits corn in
the ear parched with fire, even groats of the fresh ear. 15 And thou
shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon; it is a
meal-offering. 16 And the priest shall make the memorial-part of it
smoke, even of the groats thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the
frankincense thereof; it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
By the use of sweet
savor before HASHEM in each case tells us that the wealthy man wo brings a
bull, the average person with a goat or sheep, the poor man with the bird and
the dirt poor man with the flour Korban Olah are equal.
3:1 And
if his offering be a sacrifice of peace-offerings: if he offer of the herd,
whether male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the
LORD.
The best of choice
animals that are unblemished.
2 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his
offering, and kill it at the door of the tent of meeting; and Aaron's sons the
priests shall dash the blood against the altar round about. 3 And he
shall present of the sacrifice of peace-offerings an offering made by fire unto
the LORD: the fat that covers the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the
inwards, 4 and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is
by the loins, and the lobe above the liver, which he shall take away hard by
the kidneys.
The Chelev or fat on
these organs are forbidden to eat under the threat of Kares.
5 And Aaron's sons shall make it smoke on the
altar upon the burnt-offering, which is upon the wood that is on the fire; it
is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD.
This is the Korban
Shlomim or peace offering.
6 And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto
the LORD be of the flock, male or female, he shall offer it without
blemish. 7 If he brings a lamb for his offering, then shall he
present it before the LORD. 8 And he shall lay his hand upon the head
of his offering, and kill it before the tent of meeting; and Aaron's sons shall
dash the blood thereof against the altar round about. 9 And he shall
present of the sacrifice of peace-offerings an offering made by fire unto the
LORD: the fat thereof, the fat tail entire, which he shall take away hard by
the rump-bone; and the fat that covers the inwards, and all the fat that is
upon the inwards,
Tail Fat is called
Aliyah and is forbidden to eat under Kares.
Once upon a time in
Mikdash Sheni, a non-Jew came to eat the Pesach (Korban) and succeeded in
eating it. He bragged about it to a Rabbi. A non Ger Tzedek is forbidden to eat
the Korban under penalty of death for the Nations of the World never protested
to Pharaoh about enslaving us or not letting us go.
The Rabbi said to the
man – did you get the choicest fat of the Aliyah? He replied of course no. The
Rabbi said to the man, next time you go to Yerushalayim ask for the Aliyah. He
did so and the Cohanim enquired and found him guilty as posing as a Pilgram.
10 and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon
them, which is by the loins, and the lobe above the liver, which he shall take
away by the kidneys. 11 And the priest shall make it smoke upon the
altar; it is the food of the offering made by fire unto the LORD.
12 And if his offering be a goat, then he shall present it before the
LORD. 13 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it
before the tent of meeting; and the sons of Aaron shall dash the blood thereof
against the altar round about. 14 And he shall present thereof his
offering, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD: the fat that covers the
inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 15 and the two
kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the loins, and the lobe
above the liver, which he shall take away by the kidneys. 16 And the
priest shall make them smoke upon the altar; it is the food of the offering
made by fire, for a sweet savor; all the fat is the LORD'S. 17 It
shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings,
that ye shall eat neither fat nor blood.
4:1 And
the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 2 Speak unto the children of
Israel, saying: If any one shall sin through error, in any of the things which
the LORD hath commanded not to be done, and shall do any one of them:
This is guilt offering
Korban Asham.
3 if the anointed priest shall sin so as to bring
guilt on the people, then let him offer for his sin, which he hath sinned, a
young bullock without blemish unto the LORD for a sin-offering. 4 And
he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tent of meeting before the
LORD; and he shall lay his hand upon the head of the bullock, and kill the bullock
before the LORD. 5 And the anointed priest shall take of the blood of
the bullock, and bring it to the tent of meeting. 6 And the priest
shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before
the LORD, in front of the veil of the sanctuary. 7 And the priest
shall put of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the
LORD, which is in the tent of meeting; and all the remaining blood of the
bullock shall he pour out at the base of the altar of burnt-offering, which is
at the door of the tent of meeting.
The main difference with
this Korban is the sprinkling on the Mizbayach and the placing of the blood on
the horns or four corners of the Mizbayach.
… and the priest shall make them smoke upon the altar
of burnt-offering. 11 But the skin of the bullock, and all its flesh,
with its head, and with its legs, and its inwards, and its
dung, 12 even the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp
unto a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn it on wood with fire;
where the ashes are poured out shall it be burnt.
Ritually Tahor place and
everything burnt.
13 And if the whole congregation of Israel shall
err, the thing being hid from the eyes of the assembly, and do any of the
things which the LORD hath commanded not to be done, and are
guilty: 14 when the sin wherein they have sinned is known, then the
assembly shall offer a young bullock for a sin-offering, and bring it before
the tent of meeting. 15 And the elders of the congregation shall lay
their hands upon the head of the bullock before the LORD; and the bullock shall
be killed before the LORD. 16 And the anointed priest shall bring of
the blood of the bullock to the tent of meeting. 17 And the priest
shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD,
in front of the veil. 18 And he shall put of the blood
upon the horns of the altar which is before the LORD, that is in the tent of
meeting, and all the remaining blood shall he pour out at the base of the altar
of burnt-offering, which is at the door of the tent of meeting.
Korban Chatas Tzbur (a
sin offering for the whole congregation. Since the elders and the majority of
the congregation accidently sinned, the
Cohain Gadol had to lead the Avoda (service) of the Mishkan/Mikdash.
19 And all the fat thereof shall he take off from
it, and make it smoke upon the altar. 20 Thus shall he
do with the bullock; as he did with the bullock of the sin-offering, so shall
he do with this; and the priest shall make atonement for them, and they shall
be forgiven. 21 And he shall carry forth the bullock
without the camp, and burn it as he burned the first bullock; it is the
sin-offering for the assembly.
This is the sacrifice
for the whole congregation .
22 When
a ruler sins, and does through error any one of all the things which the LORD
his God hath commanded not to be done, and is guilty: 23 if
his sin, wherein he has sinned, be known to him, he shall bring for his
offering a goat, a male without blemish. 24 And he
shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where
they kill the burnt-offering before the LORD; it is a sin-offering. 25 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin-offering
with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt-offering, and
the remaining blood thereof shall he pour out at the base of the altar of
burnt-offering. 26 And all the fat thereof shall he
make smoke upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace-offerings; and
the priest shall make atonement for him as concerning his sin, and he shall be
forgiven.
The King should have
been taught Halacha by the Elders but either he forgot or was a student with a
poor learning ability and made such an error.
27 And
if any one of the common people sin through error, in doing any of the things
which the LORD hath commanded not to be done, and be guilty: 28 if
his sin, which he hath sinned, be known to him, then he shall bring for his
offering a goat, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath
sinned.
The Korban Chatas of the
ordinary man is usually because he accidently violated a law that required
either the death penalty for Mysid (intentional sin) or Kares for Shogeg. This
could be an accidental violation of Shabbos or eating what he thought was fat
but it was Chelev or Aliyah. One of the biggest Tikkunim (repairs) made in
Judaism was that of Rabbi Yehuda HaLevi that forbade a man to marry a woman
with the same name as his mother or her a man with the same name as her father
for the families did not have many rooms or pajamas in those days. (Those who
understand will understand)
29 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the
sin-offering, and kill the sin-offering in the place of burnt-offering. 30 And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his
finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt-offering, and all the
remaining blood thereof shall he pour out at the base of the altar. 31 And all the fat thereof shall he take away, as the fat is
taken away from off the sacrifice of peace-offerings; and the priest shall make
it smoke upon the altar for a sweet savor unto the LORD; and the priest shall
make atonement for him, and he shall be forgiven.
Completely forgiven no
matter how bad the sin the Shogeg murders of Tuval Cain in Parsha Beresheis.
32 And if he bring a lamb as his offering for a
sin-offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish. 33 And
he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin-offering, and kill it for a
sin-offering in the place where they kill the burnt-offering.
We see here the richer
person to the poorer person and of course ritual slaughtering and not killing.
… 5:1 And if any one sin, in that he hears the voice of
adjuration, he being a witness, whether he hath seen or known, if he do not
utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity;
He accepts an oath: regarding some matter he had witnessed. I.e., they adjured him by oath, to
the effect that if he knew anything regarding the matter, that he would testify
for him.
2 or if any one touch any unclean thing, whether
it be the carcass of an unclean beast, or the carcass of unclean cattle, or the
carcass of unclean swarming things, and be guilty, it being hidden from him
that he is unclean;
He is Tumay and later thinking
himself pure and found he violated something Kadosh.
3 or if he touches the uncleanness of man,
whatsoever his uncleanness be wherewith he is unclean, and it be hid from him;
and, when he knows of it, be guilty;
As in the above case one
thought himself ritual pure.
4 or if any one swears clearly with his lips to do
evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall utter clearly with an
oath, and it be hidden from him; and, when he knows of it, be guilty in one of
these things;
He either forgot that he
made an oath or did not know that the oath meant precisely this and not that
and did by accident a violation of an oath.
5 and it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one
of these things, that he shall confess that wherein he hath
sinned; 6 and he shall bring his forfeit unto the LORD for his sin
which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a
sin-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him as concerning his
sin.
Repenting from his error,
he has to bring a Korban.
7 And if his means suffice not for a lamb, then he
shall bring his forfeit for that wherein he hath sinned, two turtle-doves, or
two young pigeons, unto the LORD: one for a sin-offering, and the other for a
burnt-offering. 8 And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall
offer that which is for the sin-offering first, and pinch off its head close by
its neck, but shall not divide it asunder.
This is a poor man’s
sacrifice. What we call at or below the poverty line.
… 11 But if his means suffice not for two
turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he shall bring his offering for that
wherein he hath sinned, the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a
sin-offering; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any
frankincense thereon; for it is a sin-offering. 12 And he shall bring
it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it as the memorial-part
thereof, and make it smoke on the altar, upon the offerings of the LORD made by
fire; it is a sin-offering.
This person is well
under the poverty level and has in modern terms food to live and some money for
Medicine but not enough to heat his home or fully.
13 And the priest shall make atonement for him as
touching his sin that he hath sinned in any of these things, and he shall be
forgiven; and the remnant shall be the priest's, as the
meal-offering. 14 And the LORD spoke unto Moses,
saying: 15 If any one commit a trespass, and sin through error, in
the holy things of the LORD, then he shall bring his forfeit unto the LORD, a
ram without blemish out of the flock, according to thy valuation in silver by
shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a
guilt-offering. 16 And he shall make restitution for that which he
hath done amiss in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and
give it unto the priest; and the priest shall make atonement for him with the
ram of the guilt-offering, and he shall be forgiven.
All Korbanos are through
error this is a Korban Asham.
17 And if any one sin, and do any of the things
which the LORD hath commanded not to be done, though he knows it not, yet is he
guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.
But he does not know, he is guilty
and…He shall bring: This section deals with one who has a doubt regarding a prohibition
punishable by excision, whereby he does not know whether he has transgressed it
[the prohibition] or not. For instance, [a piece of] prohibited animal fat (חֵלֶב) and [a
piece of] permissible animal fat (שׁוּמָן) are
placed before someone, and, thinking that both were permissible [fats], he ate
one. Then, people told him, “One of those pieces was חֵלֶב,
prohibited fat!” Now, the person did not know whether he had eaten the one
piece that was חֵלֶב In
this case, he must bring a sacrifice called an אָשָׁם תָלוּי [literally,
a “pending guilt-offering” (Ker. 17b), which protects him [against punishment] so long as
he does not know that he had indeed sinned. However, if afterwards, he did find
out [that he had indeed sinned], then he must bring a sin-offering. — [Ker. 26b, Torath Kohanim 5:367] But
he does not know, he is guilty, and he shall bear his transgression: Rabbi Yose the Galilean says: “Here, Scripture
punishes someone who did not [even] know [whether he had sinned or not]; how
much more so will Scripture punish someone who does indeed know [that he has
sinned]!” Rabbi Yose says: “If you wish to know the reward of the righteous, go
forth and learn it from Adam, the first man. He was given only [one] negative
commandment, and he transgressed it. Look how many deaths were decreed upon him
and his descendants! [Before his sin, Adam was to have lived forever. Since he
sinned, however, he and all mankind were punished with death.] Now, which
measure is greater-the [bestowing of] goodness, or [the meting out of]
punishment? One must say that the measure of goodness [is greater. See Rashi on Makk.
5b, Rivan on Makk. 23a]. So [if, through] the measure of punishment, which is
less [than that of goodness] look how many deaths were decreed upon himself and
his descendants, [through] the measure of goodness, which is greater, if
someone [who does the opposite of Adam, i.e.,] refrains from eating [forbidden
foods, like, for instance] פִּגּוּל [a
sacrifice rendered invalid by improper intentions at the time of the
performance of the ritual] or נוֹתָר [a portion
of a sacrifice left over after its prescribed time], or if he fasts on Yom
Kippur, then how much more so will he earn merit for himself, for his
descendants, and for his descendants’ descendants, until the very end of all
generations?!” Rabbi Akiva says: “Scripture states (Deut. 17:6 and 19:15), ‘By the mouth of
two witnesses, or three witnesses…’ Now, if the testimony can be established
through two witnesses, why does Scripture specify: ‘Or three witnesses’? But to
include the third one, to be stringent with him, [as if he had accomplished
something with his testomony] and to make his sentence just like these [two
witnesses] with regard to punishment for plotting [if the witnesses are
discovered to have plotted against the defendant] (Deut. 19:16-21). [This translation follows the
Reggio edition of Rashi, which reads עֹנֶשׁ זְמָמָה All
other editions read עֹנֶשׁ וַהִזָמָה, punishment and refutation , which contemporary scholars have difficulty in
clarifying. See Chavel, Leket
Bahir, Yosef
Hallel.] Now, if Scripture punishes someone who is an
accessory to those who commit a sin, just like those who commit the sin, how
much more so does Scripture bestow ample reward upon someone who is an
accessory to those who fulfill a commandment, like those who fulfill a
commandment!” Rabbi Eleazar Ben Azariah says: “‘When you reap your harvest in
your field and forget a sheaf in the field…,” Scripture continues, ‘so that
[the Lord your God] will bless you…’ (Deut. 24: 19). Here, Scripture has
affixed a blessing for someone to whom a meritorious deed came without his
knowing it. We must conclude from this, that if one had a sela [a
coin] bound in the borders of his garment, and it falls out, and a poor man
finds this coin and buys provisions with it, the Holy One, Blessed is He,
affixes a blessing to him." - [Torath
Kohanim 5:363]
18 And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of
the flock, according to thy valuation, for a guilt-offering, unto the priest;
and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning the error which he
committed, though he knew it not, and he shall be forgiven.
This is an Asham Talouie.
Meaning suspended offer depending whether he sinned or did not but it was
through error.
19 It is a guilt-offering--he is certainly guilty
before the LORD.
If one forgot that he sinned
and later remembered it becomes an Asham Vadai.
20 And the LORD spoke unto Moses,
saying: 21 If any one sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD,
and deal falsely with his neighbor in a matter of deposit, or of pledge, or of
robbery, or have oppressed his neighbor;
If a person sins, [betraying the Lord]: [In verse 15 above, the verse is referring to misappropriating sacred
articles. Thus, the sin is against God. However, here in our verse, Scripture
says “betraying the Lord,” and then continues to discuss an item left by one’s
fellow as a deposit. So what is the relevance of the verse saying, “betraying
the Lord” ?] Rabbi Akiva said: What is Scripture teaching us, when it says,
“betraying the Lord” ? Since every lender and borrower, buyer and seller, perform
their transactions with witnesses and by documentation, therefore, if one
denies a monetary claim, he would find himself contradicting witnesses and a
document. However, when someone deposits an article with his fellow, he does
not want anyone to know about it, except the Third Party between them [namely,
God]. Therefore, when he denies, he is denying against the Third Party between
them. — [Torath Kohanim
5:372] Money given in hand: that he placed money into his hand, to do business with it or
[as] a loan. — [Torath Kohanim 5:373] Or an article taken by
robbery: that he robbed him of something.
22 or have found that which was lost, and deal
falsely therein, and swear to a lie; in any of all these that a man does,
sinning therein; 23 then it shall be, if he hath sinned, and is
guilty, that he shall restore that which he took by robbery, or the thing which
he hath gotten by oppression, or the deposit which was deposited with him, or
the lost thing which he found, 24 or anything about which he hath
sworn falsely, he shall even restore it in full, and shall add the fifth part
more thereto; unto him to whom it appertains shall he give it, in the day of
his being guilty.
He has to pay a fine for
stealing but if one has not sworn falsely but forgot the misplaced item he has
to bring a Korban.
25 And he shall bring his forfeit unto the LORD, a ram
without blemish out of the flock, according to thy valuation, for a
guilt-offering, unto the priest. 26 And the priest shall make
atonement for him before the LORD, and he shall be forgiven, concerning
whatsoever he doeth so as to be guilty thereby.
Don’t go crazy with Pesach or Spring Cleaning
Perhaps my wife realized
after her mother passed on and she had to clean out mostly for charity the old
garments and sweaters left behind. Still before Rosh Chodesh one morning she
woke up at 3:58 A.M. and I rolled over in bed until 4:40. When I headed towards
the parent’s bath to wash my hands after Modeh Ani. I found her checking out
her sock and nylon draw. Of course, no Chametz but a lot of hosiery from
younger and thinner days. Less for our kids to clear out after 120years. She of
course did not stop there but went to the next drawer.
On the other hand, we
had jointly cleaned out a cabinet for Pesach. My wife had to be by a doctor
after my failed cardio-inversion so I had “time on my hands” and bought Shmura
Matzos for the whole Chag for my wife and Menashe while I bought Spelt Matzos
aka less gluten and easier to digest for myself but for diet and health. They
come from the same factory-Rabbanim-less than 18minutes but not as glorified.
There were also whole wheat Matzos and some places have oat Matzos as rolled
oats are supposed to be gluten free. The clean cabinet is filling up.
As this version of the
Blogspot comes out 12 days before Pesach, we should seriously ask ourselves
where could Chametz be in the house? Assuming that some crumbs our on our shows
or clothes and we carried them into our bedroom or bath, a normal cleaning will
remove them or if you have wall-to-wall carpeting then a rug cleaning spray
would nullify Chametz for even a dog to eat. So, we can just check
superficially for Chametz.
While we are on the
subject of checking for Chametz. I was learning the Halacha with Rabbi Mimran
this week of what happens if somebody put out 10 bread crumbs and only found 9.
I laughed and told him what happened to me 54 years ago. I wrapped up in
Aluminum foil what I thought was 10 pieces of Chametz (I could have miscounted
and it was 9 for starters) Well I made the search (in the days when I would
crawl on the floor and poke the candle closer to the bed for the search). Well
I only found 9 then put on the lights and searched for another hour and then I
nullified if there had been a 10th one.
Solution put out the
crumbs a few hours earlier and then write down each spot if you are alone.
Otherwise have somebody else put out the Chametz and not the spots before you search
and count and recount that there is precisely 10 pieces.
Just for a little humor
for the Pesach cleaning. I continued to live in the apartment until I married
and some weekends before leaving for Israel and until this day nobody has found
the 10th rolled up Chametz in Aluminum Foil.
Seriously, one should
have plans to clean up his rooms and a place to put aside Pesach Purchases.
Most likely next Motzei Shabbos, my wife and I will start the process of
Koshering the Kitchen. It is called the “light” (Ohr/night of) the 11th
of Nissan. Time flies so get cracking.
Finally, I would like to
recommend what Rabbi Mimran Shlita and I am doing as lea4rning partners. We
just finished the laws of learning the checking for Chametz. What happens when
a child, mouse, dog get hold of bread and bring it into an area you checked?
What happens when you put out 10 pieces of bread in aluminum foil and only find
now? I will bring down answers to this and more about the Seder. The best thing
to do is learn the Mishnah Berurah or Kitzur Shulchan Aruch aka Code of Jewish Law on this Shabbos
and the next. Soon the Rabbis will open up the selling of Chametz.
The Death
Camp Matzah Squad by R’ Yerachmiel Tilles
http://ascentofsafed.com/cgi-bin/ascent.cgi?Name=1319-26
In the days preceding Passover, the war was nearing its end. The
relentless droning of American aircraft filled the German skies, followed by
the whistling hail of bombs that pounded the Mühldorf railway complex into
rubble.
Spared of destruction were the nearby forced labor camps where we toiled
under the harshest conditions. We prisoners celebrated this mighty display of
Allied destruction, but the anxiety of our German overseers ran high. The
railway was vital to the war efforts, and orders were issued to immediately
repair the damage. The Germans decided to send a group of 12 Jewish slaves to
begin the cleanup.
I [Moshe Goldstein] volunteered to go. I knew the work would be
excruciating but I hoped that perhaps I would find some food amidst the rubble.
We arrived at a scene of utter devastation. Freight cars lay on their
sides, smoke rising from gaping holes. Stretches of railing were ripped off the
ground and tossed aside in twisted heaps. Nearly every building suffered
extensive damage. It was clear some of the cars were unrepairable.
I managed to disappear between the rows of trains that were still upright.
It took a while, but I eventually found a boxcar from Hungary loaded with wheat
in burlap sacks. Wheat! And so close to Pesach! G d had granted us a good
start, but how could I possibly smuggle the wheat into the camp?
A faint groan from amid the wheat sacks caught my attention. There, in a
dark corner of the boxcar, lay a man, crushed by the enormous weight of the
grain. The man mumbled something more, which I recognized as Hungarian, my
native tongue. I saw he wore the gray uniform of an SS officer.
"What happened?" I asked.
The SS officer moaned weakly about being pinned under the sacks.
"I understand. Let me help you."
As I approached, I noticed the officer's boots, deep black in color and
luxurious in appearance. On my own were bits of tattered leather, barely held
together.
"I'm going to take off your shoes," I said. "That way,
you'll feel less restrained, and then we'll see what we can do."
Once I had undone the laces, I slipped the heavy boots off. Then, wielding
whatever strength and hate I could muster, I swung at the man's head. I took
the boots and continued my search.
I knew I did not have much time and I needed to think of a way to bring in
as much wheat as possible without the guards knowing. Lugging the sacks through
the main gates didn't even occur to me; the wheat would be confiscated and I
would be shot without a second thought.
I rummaged around some more, and discovered two pairs of pants. I put them
on and cinched the bottoms around my ankles with some rope. I was then able to
pour a small quantity of wheat into the space between the two pairs of pants.
Once my legs were filled with as much wheat as I dared carry, I began the long
walk back to the camp.
The bombings left the Germans rattled and fearful, and for the initial
days following the air raid, the inspection of prisoners at camp gates was
enforced almost half-heartedly. I was thus able to smuggle in a fairly large
amount of wheat.
We had wheat, but now what?
Reb Sender Direnfeld, a fellow inmate and a Belzer Chassid,
offered to hide the wheat, and amazingly, he managed to keep it away from
prying German eyes.
Later, an old mill was procured from somewhere. The three of us
-- Reb Yekusiel Halberstam (the Klausenburger Rebbe), Yaakov
Friedman and I (Moshe Goldstein) -- ground the wheat in the dead of night,
and using a clean piece of cloth, sifted the flour from grit.
Next, we needed fuel for a fire.
During one stint in the field, I asked everyone to find a stick and carry
it back to the camp. The branches were conspicuous and caught the attention of
a German guard. He motioned me over.
"Why is everyone with a stick?"
"What difference does it make? People want to walk around with a
stick," I answered.
We had flour and we had fuel. We were ready to bake matzah.
One night just before Passover, we set about baking matzah. Near the
barrack door stood a prisoner, standing guard with fearful eyes.
We lit a fire under a metal can which functioned as our oven, and the
matzah baking-under Nazi noses-began. We three mixed the flour and kneaded the
dough. We worked quickly, not only because of the strict 18-minute limit, but
also because of the ever-present danger of being caught. We ended up with 20
small matzahs.
On Pesach eve, after returning from work, our small group sat down for the
Seder. On wooden slats around us lay sleeping bodies, exhausted from the
relentless work. For those celebrating, the hardships of the Holocaust and
daily camp life melted away as we experienced the Biblical redemption from
Egypt. Unable to sit for long, we each ate an olive-sized piece of matzah, the
taste of tears mingling with the matzah crumbs in our mouths.
We could not sit leisurely and recite the Haggadah, but in those moments
we each prayed-more fervently than ever before or ever since-the words that
still ring in my ears: "Next year in Jerusalem."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Source: Edited by Yerachmiel Tilles
from a report by Asharon Baltazar on Chabad.org, based on and
translated from Yaakov Friedman's memoirs, Tiferet Yaakov (Hebrew),
written by his son-in-law, Rabbi Sholom Horowitz.
Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam (January 10, 1905 – June 18, 1994) was
a Rebbe of
the Hasidic dynasty of Sanz-Klausenburg.
Halberstam was born in
1905 in Rudnik, Poland. He was a great-grandson (in the
direct male line) of Chaim Halberstam, founder of the Sanz hasidic
dynasty. When he was 13 his father, Tzvi Hirsch Halberstam, the rabbi of Rudnik, died.
In 1921, Halberstam
married his second cousin, Chana Teitelbaum, the daughter of Chaim
Tzvi Teitelbaum.
In 1927, he became
rabbi of a Nusach Sefard congregation in Klausenburg, Romania.
In 1941, a new law
required all Jews living in Hungary to prove that their family had lived in and
paid taxes in Hungary back to 1851. Halberstam, his wife, and their eleven
children were arrested and brought to Budapest, where the family was separated. He
was jailed with a group of leaders who were later sent to Auschwitz, but he was released and the family
returned to Kolozsvár.[why?]
On 19 March 1944, the
Germans invaded Hungary and Hungarian Jews were confined to ghettos and then deported to the Auschwitz death camp. The Klausenburg
ghetto was established on 1 May 1944, and was liquidated via six transports to
Auschwitz between late May and early June.
Halberstam fled to the
town of Nagybánya,
where he was conscripted into a forced-labor
camp along with 5,000
other Hungarian Jews.
About a month after
his arrival the Arrow Cross took over Hungary. He was sent
to Auschwitz, where his wife and nine of their children who remained with her
in Klausenburg had been sent several months earlier. They did not survive.
Halberstam was assigned to a work unit in the Warsaw Ghetto and later was sent to
the Dachau
concentration camp as
a slave laborer, and then to the Muldorf Forest, where the Nazis were building
an underground airport and missile batteries. In the spring of 1945 the Germans
disbanded the Muldorf camp and sent the inmates on a death march from which the survivers,
including Halberstam, were liberated by Allied troops in late April.
Halberstam's wife and
ten of his children were murdered by the Nazis during World War II. His eldest
son survived the war but died of illness in a refugee camp soon after.
In spring 1946 he came
to the United States, where he established his court in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, New York, in 1947.
On Friday, August 22, 1947, he married his second wife, Chaya
Nechama Ungar, the daughter of Rabbi Shmuel Dovid Ungar. They had five daughters and two
sons.
In 1958
Halberstam established the Kiryat Sanz neighborhood in Netanya, Israel, [1] and moved there
from Brooklyn in 1960. He also established the Kiryat Sanz neighborhood of Jerusalem.[when?]
In 1968,
he founded another Sanz community in Union City, New Jersey, and afterwards
divided his time between that community and Netanya.
Halberstam
established Laniado Hospital, a voluntary, not-for-profit
484-bed hospital in Kiryat Sanz, Netanya.
The
hospital's first building, an outpatient clinic, opened in
1975. The hospital includes two medical centers, a children’s hospital, a
geriatric center and a nursing school, serving a regional population of over
450,000.
Halberstam died
on 18 June 1994, and was buried in Netanya. In his will, he divided leadership
of the Sanzer Hasidim between his two sons: his elder son, Zvi Elimelech
Halberstam, became the Rebbe of Netanya; Samuel David Halberstam became the
rebbe of Brooklyn. - Wikipedia
From Bleached Blond Princess to Queen Mother by R’ Y.
Tilles
http://ascentofsafed.com/cgi-bin/ascent.cgi?Name=1318-25
From beauty pageants to the
silver screen, I ultimately hit the jackpot.
Kaila Lasky wasn't always my
name. I came into the world as Kelly Dianne Scott - double-L, double-N,
double-T. This name was not only designed to sound as non-Jewish as possible,
but was carefully calibrated to look symmetrical up on the marquee. I kid you
not.
Even before I was born, the plan
was for me to be a star.
By age 3, I was having my hair
bleached blonder and competing in beauty pageants: Little Miss America, Little
Miss Half Pint. At age 9, I was performing in local theater, and at 12 I gained
early admission to the High School for Performing Arts in Manhattan (of
the Fame movies and TV series).
Throughout my childhood, I
absorbed the message that everything important about me was on the outside and
everything I could possibly want in life was somewhere "out there."
This ideology was reinforced at
Performing Arts, where all of us aspiring actors, dancers and musicians shared
the dream of being rich, famous, talented, powerful and gorgeous. What mattered
was how we looked, how we performed, and how loud the applause.
At 14, I costarred with Mildred
Dunnock in a groundbreaking film about homelessness and kindness called
"The Shopping Bag Lady," directed by Academy Award winner Bert
Salzman. By then my stage name was Holly Scott. (Kelly was a little too Irish
Catholic, even for me.) The movie gave me the golden ticket to show business
with membership in the Screen Actors Guild and all other theatrical unions.
I continued working in film, TV
and theater in New York for the next 13 years, yet it remained for me a
sideline. My mantra was "money can buy happiness" and the starving
actors' life was just not for me. I didn't want to be wait on tables and live
in a shabby, walk-up apartment in the Bronx. I wanted a first-class life in
Manhattan, with a doorman and concierge, on the Upper East Side.
To get these big bucks I used my
charm and went into sales - first selling ridiculously expensive clothing and
then real estate. By age 22, I was leasing director for River Tower in Sutton
Place, "the most expensive rental building in Manhattan."
Tenants included Robert Redford,
Saudi royalty and boldface names in international society, entertainment and
finance. Finally, I thought, this is where I belong. If I can sit at Vera
Wang's table in Southampton, hang out with Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia, walk
the red carpet at the Costume Institute Ball at the Met, and vacation in
Marrakech, Paris and London, then I'll have truly made it.
I did all these things and more.
I got the Upper East Side apartment with a swimming pool on the roof and an
enormous wrap-around terrace where I threw champagne-fueled soirees for the
beautiful crowd. There were black tie events, VIP rooms, seaplanes, cigarette
boats, and a presidential inaugural ball. It was glamorous, fun and exciting.
Looking from the outside, one could say I had it all.
So why, when the last guest had
left the terrace, or the club closed, or the vacation ended, did I feel so
empty inside? Where was the satisfaction and peace? When the music stopped, I was
alone with myself. The emptiness and void was unbearable at times. Something
huge was missing in my life, but I didn't know what it was or where to find it.
So I kept pushing forward, hoping that the next vacation, relationship or
luxury purchase would be the answer.
It was during this whirlwind that
I made my first fragile connection with Judaism.
*
* *
Growing up, Judaism simply wasn't
relevant. After my grandfather died when I was five, it was "out with
almost everything Jewish. We'd light Chanukah candles and then
go to our Christian friends' house for gifts around the tree. We attended a
Passover Seder (the kind that gets shorter every year: Dayenu!)
and ate bagels. For most of my life, that was the sum total of my Jewish
connection.
And yet, my non-Jewish name
notwithstanding, I had always felt Jewish in my heart. So, at age 20, when I
first heard about the High Holidays, I had a fleeting thought of attending
services. But none of my friends were going and I heard you had to have
tickets, so… it would be another five years till I made it to a Rosh
Hashana service.
That experience went on for hours
and was entirely in a foreign language, yet something struck a chord. Memories
of going to synagogue with my grandfather brought me back to a time when I felt
safe and part of something important and special.
I had been living half a life,
disconnected from the essential part of myself, and it was failing me. I knew
in precise detail what kind of house I wanted to live in, what kind of car I
wanted to drive, and what kind of salary I wanted to earn. But what kind of
person did I want to be? What did I stand for? What did I believe in? These
were questions I'd never much considered.
I began attending some evening
classes in Manhattan, and as I learned more about my Judaism, I slowly
dispelled the stereotypes and misconceptions I was holding onto, like the
belief that Judaism regards women as second-class citizens. Although I didn't
know any religious Jewish women, I was certain they were all barefoot, pregnant
and chained to the stove. Someone needed to rescue them, educate them, liberate
them. It turns out I was dead wrong about that (I met observant Jewish women
who were doctors, lawyers, corporate execs) and about many other things.
I began to study Torah in depth,
one verse at a time. It was an intellectual adventure unlike any I had ever
experienced. I found out about many Jewish holidays that I'd never heard of. I
discovered Shabbat, the weekly dinner party with fine china, gourmet food and
wine. I loved the conversation that moved beyond gossip, fashion and politics.
Above all, I found an atmosphere
in these homes that was so much more peaceful than the frenetic lifestyle I was
leading. Husbands and wives interacted with love and respect. The children were
intelligent, respectful and refined. They were unlike any kids I'd ever met.
I will never forget turning to my
mother at the Passover Seder we attended at the rabbi's house and saying,
"Someday, I want to have kids like these." If you had known me then,
you'd have laughed out loud. My life was so far removed from this family's
reality that there was no possible way I would ever have children like these
(if I'd even have kids at all).
This was all incredibly
compelling - but I was like a "Judaism tourist": a nice place to
visit, but I don't want to live there. I had been focused on externalities for
25 years, and just because I discovered my inner dimension, a soul that longed
for truth and beauty and meaning, didn't mean it had any muscle whatsoever.
My attitude was more like the
Billy Joel song: "I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the
saints - the sinners are much more fun!"
The pull in my old direction was
just too strong. One Friday night I was invited to a rabbi's magical Shabbos table
and got a call to attend the Saudi princess's birthday party in Miami. It was
no contest and I was on the next plane.
Who knows what kind of life I
would have today if the two parallel worlds I was straddling hadn't come
crashing together.
*
* *
My friend tried to set me up on a
blind date with a guy who was not only "orthodox" but lived in -
gulp! - Buffalo. I had zero interest. I put it off for four months and then
finally agreed to a mercy date just to satisfy this friend who kept pushing the
match.
When I came down to my lobby
expecting to meet the pasty-faced, clammy-handed, hunched-over religious guy,
imagine my astonishment when I saw an Adonis in blue jeans and a white jacket
posed like Rodin's "The Thinker" on my lobby chair. OMG, that can't be
him.} But it was! From the start I was amazed that he really wanted to get to
know me, inside and out.
But orthodox?! I was totally
irreligious when we met and he had been keeping Shabbat and kosher for many
years. At the same time, he had been on tour with the Rolling Stones, acted in
a few movies, and was a successful businessman. He had it all: the flash and
the substance, the physical and spiritual, body and soul. Who could resist such
a package? Not me.
Three months later, we were
engaged, and four months later I was on a yacht, circling Manhattan, starring
in the role of my life at my own big fat Jewish wedding. I was sailing off into
the sunset to begin on-the-job training as an observant Jewish woman.
My first real hurdle to clear was
this vague sense that living a Torah life was all about obligations and
responsibilities. I'm not so altruistic and I wanted to know: What's in it for
me?
Once I got into it, being
observant wasn't at all what I expected. I thought it would be an interesting,
if perhaps burdensome addition to my "real" life. But I discovered
that Torah all those "rules and regulations" turned out to be
time-tested tools for success in the most important areas of my life:
relationships, parenting, and handling all kinds of challenges. Torah gave me
tools for attaining true inner peace, balancing home and career, and for
keeping the romance alive in marriage, decade after decade.
I took my time growing into
Jewish observance, moving at my own pace. Judaism is not an all-or-nothing proposition.
And the more I observed, the more
I came to appreciate the many layers of depth behind it all. Now [5773/2013] my
husband jokes that I'm too religious for him!
It turns out that the fulfillment
I was looking for all those years wasn't somewhere "out there." It
was right inside me all the time.
As for those children I wished
for at the Seder? Believe it or not, I have four just like them. I feel like a
real queen and am incredibly grateful for it all.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Source:
Excerpted by Yerachmiel Tilles from "Shabbos Stories for Parshas Vieira
5773" (January 12, 2012) based on an article on Aish.com.
Connection:
This week we read the last sections of Shemos (Book of
Exodus), which concludes with a reckoning and detailed accounting of all that
was invested in fulfilling G-d's commandment to build the Sanctuary, the
predecessor to the First Holy Temple in Jerusalem nearly one thousand years
later. Similarly, G-d expects each of us to do a periodic spiritual account and
reckoning, such as described in this story.
Miracle at Entebbe as told by Rabbi Yosef Ben Porat
Shlita
Translated from the Hebrew by Rabbi Rachamim Pauli
This story was told in
an interview with Omer Bar Lev who was a former commander of the Chief of Staff
soldiers.
The biggest success of
the IDF was the short term putting together a force to rescue civilians at
Entebbe far away in Uganda. The raid was so success on July 4, 1976 that it
eclipsed the bi-centennial fourth of July Celebrations in the USA.
The raid was put
together piece-meal at a rapid pace. We would either have to give into the
demands of the terrorists or lose many Jewish Civilians. So with a little map
of the Entebbe Terminal from the Israeli Architecture Firm that designed it, we
could plan an attack. What was unknown to us was how many terrorists and
soldiers and in which room they were.
4 Hercules Transports
took off from Sharm-el-Sheik. As they reached the area of Entebbe they could
not contact ground control or ask for lights. The sky above was cloudy and the
airport invisible. The planes circled and circled looking for a break in the
clouds as their fuel tanks got lower and lower. Finally, at the very last
possible moment, the skies cleared and they landed.
Yoni Netanyahu in a
Mercedes that looked like Idi Amin’s Car
went first followed by troops and paramedics.
They managed to rush
into the airport and over-come the terrorists. All of the civilians got out
safely except for Yoni as he directed the operation in full view of the Ugandan
Guards and was fatally shot.
Now came the hardest
part to get all four aircraft safely off the ground with little fuel and extra
weight of the civilians. HAD THE UGANDAN SOLDIERS PUNCTURED A TIRE OF ANY OF
THE PLANES ESPECIALLY THE FOURTH NOBODY IN THE LAST PLANE WOULD RETURN ALIVE
AND THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE END OF YITZCHAK RABIN’S CAREER.
The unplanned mission
managed to find a friendly airport to land in (Kenya). The Kenyans were not
happy that they were kept out of the picture but helped the Israelis to return
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agricultural plots found in the sands of Caesarea are the first development of
sand farming in human history. https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/skrxvl8eh#autoplay
Ohr, the iron man, succumbs. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368974
Red Line on Court appointments. https://www.timesofisrael.com/levin-warns-high-court-against-striking-down-judicial-appointments-bill/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/or-akiva-mayor-hit-with-raft-of-charges-including-for-bribery-assault/
Child Labor: https://www.timesofisrael.com/hypocritical-ben-jerrys-sued-over-child-labor-after-attempted-israel-boycott/
Russian Navy off Crimea. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-734795
Scientists from the University of Cambridge
have discovered a method to calculate the amount of water that a rocky
planet can hold in its underground reserves. https://www.jpost.com/science/article-734945
The first stars in the cosmos were 10,000
times larger than the sun, a new study published this month found. https://www.jpost.com/science/article-734902
An Israeli army vehicle was damaged Tuesday afternoon after it hit
a mine along the Israel-Lebanon border. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/369030
Biden’s Banana Republic angers him. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/369058
Bibi replies on behalf of the
Banana. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/369072
Attack on Aleppo Airport. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/369057
Attackers of Karmei Tzur arrested. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/369043
New Editor of Jerusalem Post. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/369065
Judges will be appointed no matter
what. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/369059
Left is ruining our deterrent. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/b11bikdlh
A shipment of Russian
Kalibr naval cruise missiles was destroyed while being
transported in Crimea on Monday night. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-734978
Kyiv attacked again. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-735056
Rabbi silenced by Left Wing
Protestors. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-735047
Meta to be sued over child
trafficking. https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/article-735027
Earthquake in Equator and one in
Pakistan. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-735056
Miraculously, I fired despite
injuries in hands. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/369033
Jordan has Israel as part of Jordan. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/369079
https://www.timesofisrael.com/green-tea-can-be-dangerous-for-some-people-israeli-study-concludes/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/paul-newmans-camp-for-sick-kids-rises-from-the-ashes/
For Children??? https://www.timesofisrael.com/mysterious-mikveh-fish-helps-educate-kids-about-ritual-bath/
After contractor killed and 5
servicemen injured, US attacks Iranian Positions in Syria. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/369169
Why someone struck Aleppo Syria. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-735139
Arabs purposely wasting precious water. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/369166
Bederman on disinformation what
about China? https://dianebederman.com/prime-minister-justin-trudeau-announces-5-5-million-to-fight-disinformation-bill-martinez-interview/
After the A-G threatened Netanyahu
new law on the books. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/369111
Shooting attack. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/369108
Iranian Enrichment my trigger
attack. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/369103
Denver Student shoots two school
administrators. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/369106
More than
half of all 7,700 lone soldiers in the IDF, 4,372, have submitted requests for grants from the army due
to financial debts. https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/banking-and-finance/article-735133
Pancreatic Cancer a possible cure? https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/article-735101
https://www.timesofisrael.com/police-called-in-as-protesters-hem-in-overhaul-architect-rothman/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/fda-okays-israel-developed-brain-modulation-device-to-treat-ptsd/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/nyc-public-college-under-fire-for-organizing-anti-israel-activities/
Have a healthy, peaceful
Shabbos and if you have time learn Hichos Pesach.
Rachamim Pauli
