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Parshiyos Vayekhel-Pekeudi
Note: The first section
of our Parshiyos, I wrote this year. Due to Pesach and my poorer health, I cannibalized
the second half of what I wrote in 5779 with calculations of the price and
weight of gold and silver. I have given the updated price for those who want to
do their homework.
Last week in two places
it was mentioned Shabbos twice. The first the Bris between HASHEM and Yisrael
over Shabbos Observance. Even Gerim that might become Jews tomorrow until they
finish the Mikveh and per Bris Milah before Beis Din, they must still violate
one Melacha. That is usually lighting a match on Shabbos and that is where our
Parshiyos start. Rabbi Yosef Ben Porat HaCohain Shlita started off by reminding
us that the past few weeks we having been talking about the Melacha of building
the Mishkan and this double Parsha is its conclusion.
35:1 And
Moses assembled all the congregation of the children of Israel, and said unto
them: 'These are the words which the LORD hath commanded, that ye should do
them. 2 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there
shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of solemn rest to the LORD; whosoever does
any work therein shall be put to death.
You as a child of
Yisrael should be soaking in holiness. Shabbos is the holiest day of the year.
When the Cohain Gadol goes into the Holy of Holies on Yom Kippur, he is
expected to be worthy and due his job complete lest he die. We are not on the
level of holiness of the Cohain Gadol but if we profane the holiness of Shabbos
with intent we would be worthy of death despite the fact that we are not used
to being so holy.
3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your
habitations upon the sabbath day.'
Despite the fact that
plowing and sowing were mentioned in passing last week, the Sages saying that
only fire is given as a Melacha in the Torah out of the 39 Melachos.
4 And Moses spoke unto all the congregation of the
children of Israel, saying: ‘This is the thing which the LORD commanded,
saying: 5 Take ye from among you an offering unto the LORD, whosoever
is of a willing heart, let him bring it, the LORD’S offering: gold, and silver,
and brass; 6 and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and
goats’ hair; 7 and rams’ skins dyed red, and sealskins, and
acacia-wood; 8 and oil for the light, and spices for the anointing
oil, and for the sweet incense; 9 and onyx stones, and stones to be
set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate.
These items were very
valuable and given freely. The Nasi of each tribe (Prince) held off giving to
make up the missing items. Because the people gave so large in their donations,
the Princes had nothing to give. So in Parsha Naso, they were given a special donation.
10 And let every wise-hearted man among you come,
and make all that the LORD hath commanded: 11 the tabernacle, its
tent, and its covering, its clasps, and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and
its sockets; 12 the ark, and the staves thereof, the ark-cover, and
the veil of the screen;
Carpenters, gold &
silver smiths, foundry metal workers, tailors, weavers, engineers or
technicians contributing their talents for the Mishkan.
13 the table, and its staves, and all its vessels,
and the showbread; 14 the candlestick also for the light, and its
vessels, and its lamps, and the oil for the light; 15 and the altar
of incense, and its staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and
the screen for the door, at the door of the tabernacle;
And the screening dividing curtain: Heb. פָּרֹכֶת הַמָּסָ. The
dividing curtain, [which serves as a] screen. Anything that protects, whether
from above or from the front, is called a screen ( מָסָ) or a cover ( (סְכָךְ). Similarly, “You made a hedge (שַׂכְתָּ) about
him” (Job 1: 10); “behold I will close off) ) your
way” (Hos.
2:8) ).
16 the altar of burnt-offering, with its grating
of brass, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its
base; 17 the hangings of the court, the pillars thereof, and their
sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court;
Its pillars, and its sockets: Heb. אֶת-עַמֻּדָיו וְאֶת-אִדָנֶיהָ.
Thus “courtyard” (חָצֵר) is
referred to here both as masculine and feminine [since עַמֻּדָיו is
a masculine possessive and אִדָנֶיהָ is a feminine
possessive], and so are many [other] nouns. And
the screen of the gate of the courtyard: The
screen spread out on the eastern side, [covering] the middle twenty cubits of
the width of the courtyard, for it [the courtyard] was fifty cubits wide, and
fifteen cubits of it toward the northern side were closed off, and similarly
toward the south. As it is said: “The hangings on the shoulder [shall be]
fifteen cubits” (Exod. 27:14).
8 the pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the
court, and their cords; 19 the plaited garments, for ministering in
the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his
sons, to minister in the priest’s office.’
Plaiting metals like
today’s mirrors is a special skill.
20 And all the congregation of the children of
Israel departed from the presence of Moses.
Moshe, finished his
instructions, the congregation leaves to start working.
21 And they came, every one whose heart stirred
him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and brought the LORD’S
offering, for the work of the tent of meeting, and for all the service thereof,
and for the holy garments. 22 And they came, both men and women, as
many as were willing-hearted, and brought nose-rings, and ear-rings, and
signet-rings, and girdles, all jewels of gold; even every man that brought an
offering of gold unto the LORD. 23 And every man, with whom was found
blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair, and rams’ skins
dyed red, and sealskins, brought them.
G-D had caused them to
receive these items from the Egyptians now it was there turn to give part of
their wealth to the Mishkan.
24 Every one that did set apart an offering of
silver and brass brought the LORD’S offering; and every man, with whom was
found acacia-wood for any work of the service, brought it.
The Midrash says that Yacov
Avinu planted the seeds in places along the way and the Bnei Yisrael after 210
years were able to find these wide and high trees.
25 And all the women that were wise-hearted did
spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, the blue, and the
purple, the scarlet, and the fine linen.
This was a job that only
a woman could do. Women have patience which a man does not have. They did this spinning
for the Mishkan. Today female soldiers watch the border cameras for infiltrators.
It is a tedious job for hours and a man is less wired for doing it.
26 And all the women whose heart stirred them up
in wisdom spun the goats’ hair.
Unlike linen, goats hair had be spun by hand for each
individual hair end to hair end.
27 And the rulers brought the onyx stones, and the
stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate;
The two large onyx stones
And the princes brought: Heb. וְהַנְשִׂיאִם. Rabbi Nathan said:
What prompted the princes [lit., what did the princes see] to donate for the
dedication of the altar first [before the rest of the Israelites] while [in
contrast] they did not donate first for the work of the Mishkan? This is what
the princes said, “Let the community donate what they will donate, and
what[ever] they are missing [i.e., whatever is left to be donated] we will
complete.” Since the community completed everything, as it is said: “And the
work was sufficient” (Exod.
36:7), the princes said, “What are we to do?” So they brought the
shoham stones, etc. Therefore, they brought [donations] first for the
dedication of the altar. Since at first they were lazy [i.e., they did not immediately
donate], a letter is missing from their name, and וְהַנְשִׂיאִם is
written [instead of וְהַנְשִׂיאִים, with additional “Yud”
s]. [from Num. Rabbah 12:16, Sifrei Num. 7:2, Midrash Chaseroth V’Yetheroth p.
268, Midrash Tanchuma Pekudei 11]
28 and the spice, and the oil, for the light, and
for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense. 29 The children of Israel brought a freewill-offering unto the
LORD; every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all the
work, which the LORD had commanded by the hand of Moses to be made.
All
this through Parsha Naso is the implementation and creation of the Mishkan and
the work of the Leviim continue on even in Parsha Behaalosecha.
30 And Moses said unto the children of Israel:
'See, the LORD hath called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of
the tribe of Judah. 31 And He
hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship.
They had Ruach HaKodesh or a holy spirit within guiding them
32 And to devise skillful works, to work in gold,
and in silver, and in brass, 33
and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all
manner of skillful workmanship. 34
And He hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Oholiav, the son
of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. 35
Them hath He filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of workmanship, of
the craftsman, and of the skillful workman, and of the weaver in colors, in
blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of
them that do any workmanship, and of those that devise skillful works.
We had a giant project to complete.
Betzalel was the grandson of Miriam and by the merit of Hur sacrificing his
life by the golden calf had obtained Ruach HaKodesh. He would be chief designer
and inspector of the project of building the complete Mishkan. Oholiav was the
master weaver who would incorporate the curtains, roof, colors and the garments
for the Cohanim. This also meant that the jewels would have to be set into the
garments.
36:1 And Bezalel and Oholiav shall work, and every
wise-hearted man, in whom the LORD hath put wisdom and understanding to know
how to work all the work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all
that the LORD hath commanded.'
They were master craftsmen but
needed Ruach HaKodesh in order to put the Mishkan together properly.
2 And Moses called Bezalel and Oholiav, and
every wise-hearted man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even every one
whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it.
By Ruach HaKodesh, they chose the
members of their project. For it was not only a matter of carpentry and metal
work or sewing, knitting and weaving but the building needed heart and soul
commitment.
3 And they received of Moses all the offering,
which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the
sanctuary, wherewith to make it. And they brought yet unto him
freewill-offerings every morning. 4
And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every
man from his work which they wrought. 5
And they spoke unto Moses, saying: 'The people bring much more than enough for
the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to make.' 6 And Moses gave commandment, and they
caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying: 'Let neither man nor
woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary.' So the people were
restrained from bringing. 7 For
the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.
The people gave above and beyond
what was needed.
14 And he made curtains of goats' hair for a tent
over the tabernacle; eleven curtains he made them. 15 The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits
the breadth of each curtain; the eleven curtains had one measure. 16 And he coupled five curtains by
themselves, and six curtains by themselves. …20 And he made the boards for the tabernacle of acacia-wood,
standing up. 21 Ten cubits was
the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each board. 22 Each board had two tenons, joined
one to another. Thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle. 23 And he made the boards for the
tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward. …34 And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of
gold for holders for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold. 35 And he made the veil of blue, and
purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; with the cherubim the work of the skillful
workman made he it. 36 And he
made thereunto four pillars of acacia, and overlaid them with gold, their hooks
being of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver. 37 And he made a screen for the door
of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work
of the weaver in colors; 38 and
the five pillars of it with their hooks; and he overlaid their capitals and
their fillets with gold; and their five sockets were of brass.
We had previously the description
of the Mishkan and the various parts and Altars and the Teva with the Cheruvim
facing one another. All was in theory, now at this point Moshe and the people
are in a similar spot to us regarding the Temple Institute today where people
have produced clothing for he Cohanim, snuff dishes and everything is ready in
case we can’t find the original. I wrote the story about the man who was
traveling near the Dead Sea and came upon a cave with an Arab Guide with all
the utensils and Teva of the Mikdash/Mishkan. He ended up killing the Arab as
he was afraid that the Arab would murder him and take the articles. He covered
up the cave but knew of the entrance and where it was. He wrote about his find
to the Chofetz Chaim and at that point two people knew of it. The Torah Gaon
passed away in 1933 (after his passing, Europe no longer had a Tzaddik on a
scale large enough to prevent the Holocaust. One person once wrote me
confirming the story above but for some reason I never got back to him and I
assume that he is no longer among my readers.)
The full description is below and I
am condensing it. It is worthy to listen to and read the full description and I
bring down here some smuggest of the items Betzalel made with his craftsmen. He
was mentioned for he was the chief designer and architect of the Mishkan and
acted as project manager.
37:1 And Bezalel made the ark of acacia-wood: two
cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of
it, and a cubit and a half the height of it. 2 And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a
crown of gold to it round about. 3
And he cast for it four rings of gold, in the four feet thereof: even two rings
on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it. …7 And he made two cherubim of gold:
of beaten work made he them, at the two ends of the ark-cover: …10 And he made the table of
acacia-wood: two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth
thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. 11 And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereto a crown of
gold round about. …15 And he
made the staves of acacia-wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table.
16 And he made the vessels which
were upon the table, the dishes thereof, and the pans thereof, and the bowls
thereof, and the jars thereof, wherewith to pour out, of pure gold. …17 And he made the candlestick of pure
gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick, even its base, and its shaft; its
cups, its knops, and its flowers, were of one piece with it. …20 And in the candlestick were four
cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof; …25 And he made the altar of incense
of acacia-wood: a cubit was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth
thereof, four-square; and two cubits was the height thereof; the horns thereof
were of one piece with it. 26
And he overlaid it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round
about, and the horns of it; and he made unto it a crown of gold round about. …29 And he made the holy anointing oil,
and the pure incense of sweet spices, after the art of the perfumer. 38:1 And he made the altar of
burnt-offering of acacia-wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five
cubits the breadth thereof, four-square, and three cubits the height thereof. 2 And he made the horns thereof
upon the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of one piece with it; and
he overlaid it with brass. …7 And he put the staves into the rings on the
sides of the altar, wherewith to bear it; he made it hollow with planks. 8 And he made the laver of
brass, and the base thereof of brass, of the mirrors of the serving women that
did service at the door of the tent of meeting. 9 And he made the court; for
the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, a
hundred cubits. 10 Their pillars were twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the
hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. 11 And for the north side a
hundred cubits, their pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the
hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. 12 And for the west side were
hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks
of the pillars and their fillets of silver. 13 And for the east side
eastward fifty cubits. …18 And the screen for the gate of the court was the
work of the weaver in colors, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined
linen; and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five
cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court. 19 And their pillars were four,
and their sockets four, of brass; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of
their capitals and their fillets of silver. 20 And all the pins of the
tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass.
Now the work on the structure
of the Mishkan was complete. All that remained is the assembly and the
completion of the garments of the Cohanim and Cohain Gadol and all the various
changes that had to be made on Yom Kippur. This was done simultaneously but
will be mentioned in next week’s Parsha. It was now awaiting a command to
assemble the Mishkan.
20 And all the pins of the
tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass. 21 These
are the accounts of the tabernacle, even the tabernacle of the testimony, as
they were rendered according to the commandment of Moses, through the service
of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.
We learn a great deal here. Since the Cohain HaGadol was in
charge, it was time for an accounting. The Mishkan or in the future Mikdash was
where the Cohanim would be working and staying from before sunrise cleaning the
ashes to sunset and the lighting of the Menorah for the next day. It was
natural for the head of the Cohanim to check up on the builders and how the
work was coming along. The reason was that nobody could
say that Moshe etc. became rich on account of the public. For certain
politicians are know to have their brothers, sons, cousins, husbands and wives
make a small fortune by insider knowledge nowadays that that is without selling
access and other underhanded things. Just as Avraham Avinu did not take as much
as a shoelace from the spoils of the war of the 4 Kings or Moshe anything.
22 And Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of
the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses.
Since Hur died on
a Kiddush HASHEM he receives mention. Oholiav’s grandfather might have still
been alive and he would receive Nachas in this world.
23 And with him was Oholiav, the son of Ahisamach,
of the tribe of Dan, a craftsman, and a skillful workman, and a weaver in colors,
in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.
This is the way of
the world the skilled weavers were not necessarily skilled engineers,
carpenters and metal workers and vice versa. On Shabbos we sing the son Ish Al
Machane Hu V’ Ish Al Deglo (A man under/on his camp and under his
standard/flag). The Tribe of Yehuda was the tribe destined for kingship
(Yacov’s blessing). The Tribe of Dan was from a servant or lesser wife and a
smaller tribe, but here before HASHEM they become equal in their work on the
Mishkan.
The section below, the calculations were based on prices a
number of years ago. Today the price of gold is $1954.20 silver $22.00 so the
value is much higher than given if you have the time to calculate.
24 All the gold that was used for the work in all
the work of the sanctuary, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine
talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the
sanctuary.
I searched on line
for the weight of a talent of gold and came up with 75 lbs. or approx. 35kg. So,
what is the value of 29 x 75 x 16 oz/lb x $1289.20 price on Monday this week.
Not playing around between troy oz and the standard I get a higher value of
$44,864,160 which is probably closer to $44,000,000 adjusted. Coins that were
found were measured. Its weight is 2.49 grams, making a shekel 9.56
grams. Another weight from Samaria is marked on one side "one-quarter
shekel," and its weight is 2.54 grams. That would make the shekel 10.16
grams. $15.17 x 16 x 730 x 75 is $13.288.920. Again these are rough
numbers
25 And the silver of them that were numbered of the
congregation was a hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and
three-score and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
$15.17 x 1600 x 75
plus $15.17 x 1,775 x 10/16n or $1,820,400 plus $16,829.22 = $1,839,229.22
which makes the total value of silver approximately $15,000,000. Since I am not
using troy ounces enjoy the estimate.
26 a beka a head, that is, half a shekel, after the
shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that passed over to them that are
numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three
thousand and five hundred and fifty men.
This gave everybody
a small portion of silver in the Mishkan so there was internal national and
religious joining together of the whole nation and even the poor man could have
some pride.
27 And the hundred talents of silver were used for
casting the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the veil: a hundred
sockets for the hundred talents, a talent for a socket.
The total amount
of silver as stated above in today’s terms were close to $15,000,000. Now the
accounting is given to where the money/silver went.
28 And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and
five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their capitals, and
made fillets for them.
This is about all
but there were silver trumpets also.
29 And the brass of the offering was seventy
talents and two thousand and four hundred shekels.
2470 x 75 x
$2.93/lb (FYI futures say $3.05) = $542,782.50 this is copper and not brass or
bronze but we have an idea.
30 And therewith he made the sockets to the door of
the tent of meeting, and the brazen altar, and the brazen grating for it, and
all the vessels of the altar, 31 and the sockets
of the court round about, and the sockets of the gate of the court, and all the
pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.
This is where your
copper donations went plus of course the brass laver for washing the hands and
feet of the Cohanim.
Rabbi Wein this
week wrote: https://torah.org/torah-portion/rabbiwein-5779-pekudei/
Transparency and Money by Rabbi Wein
Shlita
One of
the more popular buzzwords bandied about in current society is transparency.
Loosely, this means that governments and financial institutions should have no
secrets and that the public be allowed to know everything that occurs and to be
able to see how money is being spent and allocated. This is a noble goal but
like many goals it runs contrary to human nature and the goal is rarely if ever
achieved.
In this week's Torah reading we have an example of
complete transparency regarding the materials donated by the Jewish people for
the construction of the Tabernacle. Additionally, it discusses the priestly
vestments during the encampment of the Jewish people in the Sinai desert, after
their exodus from Egyptian slavery. Moshe accounts for every piece of material
that was collected for this holy and noble project.
Jewish tradition tells us that Moshe was unable to
account for 1000 measures of silver that were donated but he did not remember
for what they were used. Then, almost miraculously, the silver identified
itself as being used for the hooks for the tapestries of the Tabernacle and
Moshe’s accounting was proven to be accurate to the final degree and coin. Such
transparency is necessary for people are by nature suspicious of others and
especially of government when it comes to handling money or other precious
materials. There was always the suspicion – many times proven to be a correct –
that somehow money was mishandled or worse, appropriated into private pockets
instead of for the public good. Therefore, the accounting by Moshe to the
Jewish people regarding the donations for the building of the Tabernacle is not
to be viewed as an act of piety but rather one of absolute necessity.
To emphasize this point and to make clear where the
Torah stands on issues of financial transparency is perhaps the reason that
such space and detail is devoted in the Torah to this accounting of the funds
and material used and donated in the building process of the Tabernacle. The
Torah could have allowed itself to merely state that after all the donations
were collected and tallied and the work of the artisans and builders of the
Tabernacle was completed, then Moshe gave a full accounting of this matter to
the Jewish people. But such a statement, even from Moshe, would not have
sufficed to allay the suspicious nature of the public, a nature that always
judges its leaders harshly and suspiciously.
The rabbis point out to us that none of the garments
that the priests wore while performing their holy duties in the Temple had
pockets. This was the case so no one could suspect them of taking any of the
property of the Temple or any public donations. Transparency therefore is a
proactive undertaking and should be performed willingly and thoroughly without
being given grudgingly as an answer to public demand. The standard is a high one,
but the Torah never shirks from making lofty goals. The Torah reading of this
week reminds us of this constant challenge.
Shabbat shalom
Rabbi Berel Wein
39:1 And of the blue, and purple, and
scarlet, they made plaited garments, for ministering in the holy place, and
made the holy garments for Aaron, as the LORD commanded Moses.
This
is where the colors were used.
2 And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and
fine twined linen. 3 And they
did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into threads, to work it in the
blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, the work of
the skillful workman.
Fine pure gold threads
were used with the other materials in the garments of the Cohain Gadol.
They hammered out: Heb. וַיְרַקְּעוּ, like “To Him Who spread out (לְרוֹקַע) the
earth over the water” (Ps. 136:6), as the Targum
[Onkelos] renders: וְרַדִידוּ, they hammered thin plates out of the gold,
estendre in Old French [etendre in modern French, meaning] to extend into thin
sheets. Here [the text] teaches you how they spun the gold [together] with the
[wool] threads. They would hammer [the gold into] thin sheets and cut threads
out of them along the length of the sheet, [in order] to work those threads by
combining them with each kind [of colored material] in the Choshen and in the
ephod, about which gold is mentioned [to be included with them [i.e.,] one
thread of gold [was intertwined] with six threads of blue wool, and similarly
with each kind [of wool], for each kind had threads of six strands, and the
gold was the seventh thread with each one. -[from Yoma 72a]
4 They made shoulder-pieces for it, joined together; at the two
ends was it joined together.
I think Betzalel and his workers
engraved the names on the Onyx Stones of the shoulder pieces and Oholiav sewed
or weaved them together with the garment.
5 And the skillfully woven band, that was upon it, wherewith to
gird it on, was of the same piece and like the work thereof: of gold, of blue,
and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, as the LORD commanded Moses.
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The Temple Institute
Garment. https://www.templeinstitute.org/vessels_gallery_16.htm
6 And they wrought the onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold,
graven with the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the children
of Israel. 7 And he put them on
the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of
Israel, as the LORD commanded Moses.
The stones had to be
mounted and woven into the garment. Just as we have silver plating for the
Tallis that is mounted on a cloth that is sewn to the Tallis.
8 And he made the breastplate, the work of the skillful workman,
like the work of the ephod: of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine
twined linen. 9 It was
four-square; they made the breastplate double; a span was the length thereof,
and a span the breadth thereof, being double. 10 And they set in it four rows of stones: a row of carnelian, topaz,
and smaragd was the first row. 11
And the second row, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and an emerald. 12 And the third row, a jacinth, an
agate, and an amethyst. 13 And
the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper; they were enclosed in fittings
of gold in their settings. 14
And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve,
according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, every one according
to his name, for the twelve tribes.
I did research on this
year’s back. I wrote about the four rows and the tribes and the stones and
their colors. However, I went back on the blogspot to 10 years ago and could
not find it. Ble Neder next year I will republish this. Usually at the OU Torah
Tidbits this week should have the tribes in the rows. I have it in my archives
but spent a lot of time going backwards. I hope to come up with it or will have
to relearn this from scratch ble Neder for next year.
15 And they made upon the breastplate plaited chains, of wreathen
work of pure gold. …28 and the
mitre of fine linen, and the goodly head-tires of fine linen, and the linen
breeches of fine twined linen, 29
and the girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, the
work of the weaver in colors; as the LORD commanded Moses. 30 And they made the plate of the holy
crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like the engravings of a
signet: HOLY TO THE LORD. 31 And
they tied unto it a thread of blue, to fasten it upon the mitre above; as the LORD
commanded Moses. 32 Thus was
finished all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting; and the
children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did
they.
Now the tent was ready
for construction.
...43 And Moses saw all the work, and, behold, they had done it; as the
LORD had commanded, even so had they done it. And Moses blessed them.
40:1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 2 'On the first day of the first month shalt thou rear up the
tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
On the first of Nissan
2449 you will dedicate the Mishkan.
3 And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and thou
shalt screen the ark with the veil.
Here are the plans for
building the Kodesh Kodeshim (Holy of Holies) and what is in it. We start with
the ark. Then outside the inner section will be the place for the internal
workings of the Cohanim and that too is shielded from the public but if the
curtain is open one might glance inside but not so the Kodesh Kodeshim.
4 And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the bread
that is upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps
thereof. 5 And thou shalt set
the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the
screen of the door to the tabernacle.
All this was enclosed.
6 And thou shalt set the altar of burnt-offering before the door of
the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. 7
And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and
shalt put water therein. 8 And
thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the screen of the gate of
the court.
For Public view outside
the Mishkan shall be Mizbayach and Kiyour (brass laver).
9 And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle,
and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the furniture thereof;
and it shall be holy. 10 And
thou shalt anoint the altar of burnt-offering, and all its vessels, and
sanctify the altar; and the altar shall be most holy. 11 And thou shalt anoint the laver and its base, and sanctify it.
This oil that was used
in the anointing was more than extra fine virgin olive oil but the first few
drops that run off from the weight of the olives on themselves before pressing.
This is Shemen Katit in Hebrew and was used for sanctifying all the Kelim
(utensils or items) of the Mishkan. For holiness we used the finest of fine. It
is the general rule for Cohanim to be extra cautious and zealous. For example:
Tuma is classified as the father of all fathers of Tuma is a corpse (Avi Avos
HaTuma). HaTuma is a dead creeping thing or a mouse, a person with Tsoras
(Leprosy) or one who had Gonorrhea. A fruit or person coming in contact with them
becomes Rishon Le Tuma and if one has not washed his hands and touches fruit,
the fruit becomes Shayni (2nd degree) Le Tuma. For eating Teruma,
one could not be even Shlishi (3rd degree) and for a regular Korban
of a Cohain would be Revi’ie (4th degree) so the exactness of
everything was special in the Mishkan and Mikdash and not for ordinary
people.
12 And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tent
of meeting, and shalt wash them with water. 13 And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments; and thou shalt
anoint him, and sanctify him, that he may minister unto Me in the priest's
office. 14 And thou shalt bring
his sons, and put tunics upon them. 15
And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may
minister unto Me in the priest's office; and their anointing shall be to them
for an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.'
They all went to the
Mikvah and were ritually Tahor. Upon this point behind a curtain they disrobed
and Moshe poured the oil of anointing upon them. At this point they put on
their pants and Cohanic tunics (Bigdei Kahuna) and from this point on like
David being anointed Melech, the Kahuna or Malchus would go from father to son
provided that the mother was from Yisrael.
16 Thus did Moses; according to all that the LORD commanded him, so
did he. 17 And it came to pass
in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the
tabernacle was reared up. 18 And
Moses reared up the tabernacle, and laid its sockets, and set up the boards
thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up its pillars. 19 And he spread the tent over the
tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD
commanded Moses.
From this passage on
until Parsha Behaalosecha is one very long section which consists of various
actions that occurred between Rosh Chodesh and Pesach 2449.
20 And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the
staves on the ark, and put the ark-cover above upon the ark. 21 And he brought the ark into the
tabernacle, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the
testimony; as the LORD commanded Moses. …33 And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the
altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So Moses finished the
work.
Why the finishing
touches in order to get the merit of completion of the work.
34 Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the
LORD filled the tabernacle. 35
And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of meeting, because the cloud
abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
When the cloud filled
Mishkan only Korbanos could be done in the outer area. Even Moshe or Aaron were
forbidden inside.
36 And whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the
children of Israel went onward, throughout all their journeys. 37 But if the cloud was not taken up,
then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up. 38 For the cloud of the LORD was upon
the tabernacle by day, and there was fire therein by night, in the sight of all
the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
Special guidance from
HASHEM Yisborach were over the Nation.
Chazak – Chazak v’ nit Chazak
Parsha HaChodesh Shemos 12:1-20
Read before or on Rosh Chodesh Nissan for the
coming of Pesach and memory of the first Pesach with the danger of tying up the
sheep god of Mitzrayim for the first Seder.
Shemos: 11:7 But against any of
the children of Israel shall not a dog whet his tongue, against man or
beast;
Holocaust Survivor owes her life to a Nazi Officer’s
Great Dane
Nina Dinar, 93, has loved dogs since childhood
and that saved her in a Nazi labor camp in Poland
Nina
Dinar from Kiriat Ono fulfilled a dream this week, a strange-sounding one to
anyone not familiar with her amazing story. Dinar, who turns 94 next month,
wished to hug a Great Dane, “like the one that saved me during the Holocaust.”
For two hours she stroked, hugged and patted the backs of two dogs that were that were brought especially to her house.
The moving encounter
was orchestrated by Tammy Bar-Joseph, who in recent years has been
investigating an unusual branch of history: dogs in the Holocaust. Along with many
testimonies of Nazis using dogs to attack Jews, she is documenting less-known
stories having to do with Nazi-owned dogs saving Jews. This is how she reached
Dinar, hearing for the first time her rescue story.
Dinar was born in Warsaw in 1926. Ever since
she was a child she loved and raised dogs. “Even though it was said that Jews
don’t have dogs, I grew up with some,” says Dinar, speaking to Haaretz this
week. “Even my grandmother had dogs.”
Her first memories are
from when she was three, sitting happily on a sofa with a German Shepherd at
her side. Eighty years ago, when World War II broke out and Warsaw was bombed,
her dog “went crazy with fear,” she recalls. Her mother asked some soldiers in
their yard to shoot it, thinking the dog would be dangerous to the public. “I
buried it with a neighbor in a bomb crater on Jerosolimskie (Jerusalem)
Street,” she says.
Even later, when her
family was deported to the ghetto, she continued
raising dogs. “I took a dog from a neighbor who had two. It was really hard to
raise them,” she says. She doesn’t know what happened to it in the end.
Her father was
murdered in April 1942. A year later, when the ghetto uprising began, Nina and
her mother moved from cellar to cellar, “thanks to our Jewish underground,” she
says.
Later, when the
Germans attacked the bunker they were in, Nina and her mother were caught and
deported to the Majdanek death camp. They took with them a suitcase full of
photos, jewels and whatever else they could, but the Germans later stole these.
They were in the camp for four months, lifting heavy rocks. One day Nina was
injured by gunfire while working. From there, the two were taken to the
Skarzysko-Kamienna labor camp in Nazi-occupied Poland, in which Jews worked as
slave laborers in a German armaments’ factory.
Her father was
murdered in April 1942. A year later, when the ghetto uprising began, Nina and
her mother moved from cellar to cellar, “thanks to our Jewish underground,” she
says.
Later, when the
Germans attacked the bunker they were in, Nina and her mother were caught and
deported to the Majdanek death camp. They took with them a suitcase full of
photos, jewels and whatever else they could, but the Germans later stole these.
They were in the camp for four months, lifting heavy rocks. One day Nina was
injured by gunfire while working. From there, the two were taken to the
Skarzysko-Kamienna labor camp in Nazi-occupied Poland, in which Jews worked as
slave laborers in a German armaments’ factory.
Over the following months Nina had to do hard
labor. There too, “the dog would always find me wherever I was,” she says. When
it came close, she petted it. The special tie between her and the dog, whose
name she didn’t know, caught the attention of its owner, the Nazi officer. Nina
says he gave her some of the dog’s food as a supplement. Perhaps that is how
she survived there despite the inhuman conditions, while her mother died of
hunger.
In August 1944, as the
Russians were approaching, the Germans decided to evacuate the camp and kill
the weakened workers. Nina was sent to a group marked for death. Weighing only
32 kilograms, she was swollen from hunger, hairless and suffering from several
maladies.
And then, like in a
fairy tale, the Nazi officer arrived with his dog. Rost checked to see if there
were enough people in the group marked for death. He didn’t identify Nina. “It
was impossible to recognize me,” she says. However, the dog recognized her
immediately and went to her. Rost took her out of the condemned group and put
her in another one, of those destined to live. “Come here, you’re going this
way,” he ordered.
Thus, because of a
Nazi officer’s dog, Nina survived. She was later sent to Buchenwald camp in Germany,
subsequently escaping a death march. In 1948 she came to Israel. After marrying
and having two children, she returned to raising dogs. “I never feared dogs;
they sense it when someone loves them,” she says.
In August 1944, as the
Russians were approaching, the Germans decided to evacuate the camp and kill
the weakened workers. Nina was sent to a group marked for death. Weighing only
32 kilograms, she was swollen from hunger, hairless and suffering from several
maladies.
And then, like in a
fairy tale, the Nazi officer arrived with his dog. Rost checked to see if there
were enough people in the group marked for death. He didn’t identify Nina. “It
was impossible to recognize me,” she says. However, the dog recognized her
immediately and went to her. Rost took her out of the condemned group and put
her in another one, of those destined to live. “Come here, you’re going this
way,” he ordered.
Thus, because of a
Nazi officer’s dog, Nina survived. She was later sent to Buchenwald camp in Germany,
subsequently escaping a death march. In 1948 she came to Israel. After marrying
and having two children, she returned to raising dogs. “I never feared dogs;
they sense it when someone loves them,” she says.
Dinar had never told
her story before outside her family. Bar-Joseph, who met her as part of her historical
research, posted the main parts of the story on Facebook, the post going viral
this week. Bar-Joseph, a dog-lover herself, turned her love of canines into the
subject of a unique academic study – dogs in the Holocaust – which will be the
main part of her thesis in pursuing a degree in cultural studies at the Open
University.
“The Nazis used
200,000 dogs during the war, for policing, deterrence and guarding, but also as
attack dogs, tormenting and killing Jews,” Bar-Joseph says. “Many survivors
have described how Nazi dogs were present at many waystations of the Holocaust,
as well as describing the traumas inflicted on them by Nazi dogs.”
These testimonies,
backed by photographs, films and terrifying drawings, enlarged the image of the
vicious dog during the Holocaust. Among the more “famous” ones was Rolf, the
dog belonging to Amon Goeth, commander of the Plaszow concentration camp,
memorialized in Schindler’s List, and Barry, a dog belonging to Kurt Franz,
commander of Treblinka, which was also trained to attack inmates.
Nevertheless, by
analyzing and documenting memories of survivors Bar-Joseph has found that there
are other stories as well. “These describe dogs that helped Jews, sharing their
kennels, or food, or even protecting them and saving them,” she says. Nina’s
story, in this context, “allows us to move beyond the standard image of Nazi
dogs and relate to dogs as man’s loyal friend.”
This is a rare story,
but not unique. Bar-Joseph found 10 more cases of dogs saving Jews. “All the
children who were saved by dogs were dog-lovers who raised dogs before and
after the Holocaust, and their ability to relate to dogs helped them
communicate with Nazi-owned dogs, helping the dogs save them and survive.”
Another story
Bar-Joseph discovered was of Roman Schwartz, also a survivor. Amon Goeth set
his dog on Schwartz, who was caught stealing potato peels. Schwartz, a
dog-lover, ordered the dog to halt and sit. Goeth was impressed and spared his
life. “These stories are another facet of survival stories,” she says,
“affording a different kind of memory, stretching the boundaries of the more
established and known memories.”
Story 2: https://mishpacha.com/paid-forward/ My neighbor Denise C. received the story on What’s
App from her sister and I had to search the web via Rabbi Ron Yitzchok Eisenman
Shlita for the source. Published Feb. 28, ‘23
Only after he made the deposit did he read the fine
print: no pets
Bernie Hillstein (name
changed) had finally conceded he could no longer live alone and had to enter an
assisted living facility.
He’d always craved
warmer weather. So when Bernie found an assisted living complex in southern
Florida, he hurriedly signed the lease. Only after his deposit was cashed did
he notice the fine print: no pets, including service animals, were allowed in
the assisted living facility.
When Ethel, his wife
of 56 years, had passed away six years prior, Bernie welcomed Oakland into his
home on the advice of his doctors. Oakland was Bernie’s German shepherd
service-guide dog, and constant companion. Without Oakland, Bernie doesn’t know
how he would have survived Covid. As he and Ethel had no children and his own
eyesight was failing, without Oakland in the apartment, Bernie would have
suffered the greatest pain of all: complete loneliness.
Bernie came to my
office and begged me to help him get some waiver or exception to the no-pets
rule.
I called the CEO of
the facility. He listened to me politely, yet was firm in explaining that the
rule of no pets meant no pets, period. Bernie was beside himself with grief.
The thought of abandoning Oakland, which meant living alone, felt like a death
sentence to Bernie. Finally, the exasperated CEO said, “Call Mr. Hertzler. He
owns the facility and is the only one who can give you permission.”
Mr. Hertzler was going
to be in New York for a family simchah, and I was able to arrange a meeting
with him for that Sunday evening.
When I arrived at the
house in Boro Park, my expectations were not high for success. Mr. Hertzler was
a chassidish Yid with blue numbers on his forearm. What 94-year-old Holocaust
survivor would allow a German shepherd to live as a guest in his facility? I
realized this would be a mission in futility.
Mr. Hertzler was extremely
hospitable, offering me kokosh cake.
I explained the
situation and why Bernie needed to have Oakland live with him. I stressed how
Oakland was all Bernie had in his life.
Mr. Hertzler listened
patiently and then responded by quoting a Pasuk: “U’l’chol Bnei Yisrael lo yecheratz kelev leshono — But to all Bnei Yisrael, not one dog will whet its
tongue” (Shemos 11:7).
I thought perhaps Mr.
Hertzler wasn’t focusing on what I said.
I repeated my plea,
and he repeated the Pasuk.
Then Mr. Hertzler
said, “I have been waiting for you for 77 years. Of course, your friend can
bring his dog. In fact, I will personally pay for all of the dog’s needs.” He
looked at me. “In 1945, toward the end of the war, the Nazis were evacuating
the camp. I decided to hide in a crawl space under the barracks. The Nazis used
their German shepherds to sniff out any Jews. Anytime the dog smelled a Jew, it
began barking. As a Nazi and his dog neared my crawl space, I repeatedly
davened with all my heart, ‘U’l’chol Bnei Yisrael
lo yecheratz kelev leshono.’
“To my amazement, the
dog passed right by me. He made no sound and kept walking. It was then I made a
promise: just as Hashem paid back the dogs for not barking during Yetzias
Mitzrayim, one day I would pay back a German shepherd for not barking, and
saving my life. And now, the day I have been waiting for has arrived. Your
friend and his dog will be my honored guests.”
I sat there stunned.
“You thought you came
to ask me for a favor,” Mr. Hertzler said with a twinkle in his eye. “However,
Hashem sent you to allow me to pay a 77-year-old debt.”
(Originally featured in Mishpacha, Issue 951) – available in most
Jewish Book Stores
Story 3: I heard 51 years
ago of a man who had a German Shepard that was taken away by the Nazis and
trained to kill escaped prisoners. He managed to flee a Concentration Camp and
slipped into the forest.
Three Nazi Dogs had
spotted the escapee and were after him. His only hope was to call his dog by
name and trust in HASHEM. With Chashgacha from heaven it was his dog who turned
on and killed the two other Nazi Dogs and gave him a chance to escape. The
Nazis shot the dog dead but the man lived to tell my friend who in turn told
me.
Christianity views Libido as
profane, Judaism views it as a holy act with the Shechina hovering over the
couple. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rkva3avk2
Milestone: Abraham Zarem, 106,
helped develop high speed cameras. https://www.timesofisrael.com/abraham-zarem-one-of-the-last-surviving-manhattan-project-scientists-dies-at-106/
Milestone: Raphael Mechoulam, 92,
Researcher. https://www.timesofisrael.com/raphael-mechoulam-israels-father-of-cannabis-research-dies-at-92/
Milestone: Prof. Aryeh Levin, 85,
Linguist. https://www.timesofisrael.com/prof-aryeh-levin-linguist-and-father-of-justice-minister-dies-at-85/
Milestone: Traute Lafrenz, 103, the
last of the White Rose resistance to Hitler. One of the few who, in the face of the crimes of National
Socialism, had the courage to listen to her conscience and stand up to
dictatorship, fascism and war. https://www.timesofisrael.com/last-known-survivor-of-wwii-white-rose-nazi-resistance-group-dies-at-103/
Inyanay Diyoma
Armageddon and the
news: For some reason there was a belief towards the end of the second Temple
of three places in the War of Gog and Magog. Yerushalayim and the earthquake
from Yechezkel 37-38, a heavenly light pillar in Tiberius and by the ancient
fort of Megiddo making for the war in valley near the town of Afula. The
Hezballah explosion earlier this week occurred in Megiddo Junction – just
taking note.
Police Commissioner I made a mistake
in my timing. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368568
Attorney General interfered in
internal police matter. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368556
IDF, ISA apprehend bus bomb
terrorist. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368564
Two of the three victims are
improving nicely. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368565
Coalition to water down Judicial
Reform. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368562
Arab driver was a terrorist who
murdered. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368544
Italy expanding bi-national
cooperation. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368558
Ed-Op Sen. Cotton. Democrats should
stop interfering in Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368532
Ed-Op Guilio Meotti First they came
for the Jews then for the Nuns. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368432
Protest rallies gain strength as
government compromises more. https://www.timesofisrael.com/anti-overhaul-protesters-call-to-turn-up-heat-as-over-300000-estimated-at-rallies/
Three more shooters neutralized. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368585
Over-ride clause only 61 MK’s. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368581
Iran to buy Russia SU35 plane. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368583
https://www.timesofisrael.com/man-killed-others-hurt-in-tel-aviv-apartment-fire/
Another left of center financial
expert. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368582
Leftist using two vacation days this
week. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368572
Stupid Hi-Tech Folks who pulled
their money out of Israel and put it here: https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/after-svb-collapse-netanyahu-pledges-steps-to-help-israeli-tech-firms-if-needed/
Somebody attacked Syria. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368588
Bloomberg - What is the best
currency for long term investment as High Tech removes dollars from Israel? https://www.ynetnews.com/business/article/bk9m4rwj3
To ease some of the Judicial Reform.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368589
Ed-Op Melanie Philips: Judicial
Reform badly needed. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368507
Dead Sea drying up. https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/energy-and-infrastructure/article-733798
Could the Arava become an
agricultural silicon valley. https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/energy-and-infrastructure/article-733810
After the Saudis sign a pact with
Iran Hezballah very happy. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-733954
$10 Billion needed for buildings to
prevent earthquake damage to buildings vs. much more after collapse. https://www.ynetnews.com/environment/article/hkgnsv4jn
Studying the earth to prevent
quakes. https://www.ynetnews.com/environment/article/bkqgkmd1h
What is the best currency for long
term investment as High Tech removes dollars from Israel? https://www.ynetnews.com/business/article/bk9m4rwj3
2
missioning people from dock-crane collapse in Ashkelon. Winds of 255kph or
between 159-160 mph toppled the crane and the dock broke. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-734237
Car explosive device explodes with
signs of Lebanese Hezballah at work. This took Galant away from the vote in the
Knesset and a security and from Knesset vote censor withholding full story
here. https://www.timesofisrael.com/man-seriously-wounded-in-car-explosion-in-north-motive-unclear/
Russia shoots down US Drone in Intl.
Waters. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368734
Ben Gvir interfering too much with
police. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368735
EU still gives Nazis a platform. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sjuqgmryh#autoplay
Arab Victim 30 or 31 this year. https://www.timesofisrael.com/woman-shot-dead-at-home-in-front-of-her-children-in-northern-village/
Trying to produce Oxygen on the moon
leads to environmentally cleaner steel. https://www.timesofisrael.com/company-aiming-to-create-oxygen-on-moon-finds-process-to-make-steel-plants-cleaner/
NJ Knife welding man attacked Jews. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368714
Police fine with leftist
demonstrators but go after Charadim. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368724
One more Israel-PLO meeting before
Ramadan. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368731
Too far to the right ministers cool
off UAE-Israel relations. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bygd3nj12
Israel wants to rebuild former
Shomron towns. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368693
Shin Bet Torture continues under
Galant. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368655
Tinder Swindler faces indictment. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sk2xacaj3
Germany wants Arrow 3 defense
system. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-734326
USAF-IAF Red-Flag drill. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-734094
Body of one of the crane collapse
found on Ashdod Beach. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-734373
Could vaccines cure antibiotic
resistant viruses. https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/article-733994
Ed-Op Diane Bederman on
self-defense. https://dianebederman.com/what-is-the-legal-origin-of-self-defence/
Ed-Op Diane Bederman Nazis to the left of me Muslim
to the right. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368329
Ed-Op Barry Shaw – Haman is alive
and well today. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368425
Judicial Reform explained. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368700
Arabs destroy ancient burial site. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368699
DeSantis wonders why is the US in
Ukraine? https://www.jpost.com/international/article-734253
Smotrich to Lapid we’ll keep you in
opposition. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368728
N. Korean threats. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368732
Think Tank was blocked with barbed
wire with secretary imprisoned last Thursday. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368479
Last Thursday, meeting of Sec.
Austin and Israeli Security on Iran. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368488
US sanctions Iran’s China Purchases
for Drones. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-733856
Iran’s new warships. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-733807
Nothing new by Arabs pro-child murder.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368631
Did the teachers call themselves
blacks that have to deal with kids or insult black kids? https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-734100 There is a saying in Israel the
black did his work (I finished my work) now he (meaning I) can go home.
https://www.debka.com/does-israel-face-a-new-iran-hizballah-prompted-strategy-of-roadside-bombs/
Released just now Hezballah
infiltrator with the roadside bomb and homicide vest. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368760
Jenin 4 Shachidim. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368816 Expect Rockets.
Dershowitz: Judicial Reforms do not
hurt Democracies. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368804
Port of Haifa blocked for a second
week. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368791
Ben Gvir forbidden to give specific
orders only general orders. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368782
Ministers visit Josef’s Tomb. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368793
Last night protesting woman exposed
to Yeshiva Boys her bare chest. Protest and counter protests in Bnei Brak it is
like going into Harlem NY yelling the N word. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368795
Israel recently approved the export licenses for the possible sale
of anti-drone jamming systems that could help Ukraine counter Iranian drones. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368786
Likud MK Boaz Bismuth tells Israel National News that
opposition to judicial reform is to bring down
the government. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368763
Iran and sale of Arrow 3 in German
Talks. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368778
A very evil Axis: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368784
Sanctions against Jewish Communist
MK for misbehaving. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368779
After Hezballah bomb somebody will
pay the piper even at risk of full-scale war. https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-suspected-hezbollah-bombing-gallant-warns-those-responsible-will-regret-it/
As Woke Education throw religion
into the trash bin of history and treat learning world history as rubbish this
is what results. https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/03/16/democrats-more-sympathetic-to-palestinians-than-israelis-for-first-time-report/
Every time a Justice Minister has
tried a reform, Chaim Ramon, Prof. Daniel Freedman, Yacov Neeman, etc. they
have trumped up charges hurled at them. Levin is moving legislation along
before this happens. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368840
Turkish Jewish leaders said they are taking action after students
at Istanbul’s Üsküdar American Academy reportedly performed the Nazi salute
during a soccer game against Istanbul’s sole Jewish day school, JTA reports. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368839
Jerusalem Marathon: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368856
NOTE NEXT THURSDAY NIGHT
FRIDAY WE PUSH THE CLOCKS AN HOUR FORWARD IN ISRAEL.
Have a wonderful,
peaceful and healthy Shabbos and a Chodesh Tov.
Rachamim Pauli
