Parsha Balak
In all the years in the
wilderness and even in Egypt, the attacks on Moshe were physical in nature. I
will not let you go, up against the sea and the Egyptians, no water, no bread,
no meat, etc. Perhaps you might say that Korach was not so much physical in
nature but spiritual challenge. The challenge was from within and not an
existential theat. Now came Balak and Bilaam come with a spiritual attack that
was a threat.
Some Rabbis are worried
about smart phones and the internet and yes they do waste Torah Time. But fighting
technology is like trying to push a horse and buggy vs. a motorcar. There
should be certain guidelines and limits but one cannot fight everything.
Today we are fighting
perhaps pure evil of socialist atheists pushing ban the police producing chaos
vs. law and order. Pushing a WOKE and crazy sexuality agenda. They are the real
Bilaams and Balaks of today. We have plenty of licentious behavior but no
Pinchas today. We are in bad straits. The Avoda Zara today is not Baal Peor but
by another name. There is one group of islands in the sea of corruption it is
Torah and the Jewish Home. There is a spiritual storm outside.
Oh yes, Greta Thunberg
predicted the end of the world last week. I am not certain about it but to all
appearances, we seem to be in Olam HaZeh and not Olam HaBa.
22:2
And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the
Amorites. 3 And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were
many; and Moab was overcome with dread because of the children of Israel.
Balak saw what happened to the Amorites who had defeat Ammon
and was scared. At least 2,000,000 Bnei Yisrael were on his border. He used
magic to see his future that Yisrael will defeat him. But had he been smart, he
would have negotiated a peaceful alliance. Relying on divination based on the
power of Tuma was not a good idea.
4 And
Moab said unto the elders of Midian: 'Now will this multitude lick up all that
is round about us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field.'--And Balak the
son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.—
He had an alliance with Midian. Now Yisro was from a
different part of Midian so they must have been a series of nomadic families
and this Midian was filled with idols.
5 And
he sent messengers unto Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the
River, to the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying: 'Behold,
there is a people come out from Egypt; behold, they cover the face of the
earth, and they abide over against me.
Rabbi Pinchas Winston
Shlita torah.org and pinchasw@thirtysix.org THE ZOHAR EXPLAINS that the combination of the names
of Balak and Bilaam provide the letters for two other words: Bavel (Babylonia)
and Amalek. This of course is not random gematria, but a hint to the
spiritual origin of both characters, and how their unholy alliance actualized
the reality of Amalek.
It’s like taking two
inert chemicals and combining them to make an explosive. Balak and Bilaam on
their own were bad enough. But together, they could have destroyed the entire
Jewish people had God not neutralized them. We thank God to this very day for
that great miracle.
But then again, who
brought Balak and Bilaam together in the first place if not God Himself? That
took a different kind of “miracle”:
“But did they not
always hate each other, as it says, ‘who
defeated Midian in the field of Moav’ (Beresheis 36:35), when
Midian came against Moav in battle? However, because of their mutual fear of
the Jewish people they made peace with each other.” (Rashi, Bamidbar 22:4)
6 Come
now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for
me; peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive
them out of the land; for I know that he whom thou blesses is blessed, and he
whom thou curse is cursed.'
Bilaam was one of the advisors of Pharaoh along with Iyob and
Yisro. He had advised to drown the babies as he saw the waters of Meribah.
Yisro advised Pharaoh to be kind to Yisrael and Iyob fearing Bilaam and Pharaoh
upon seeing the two together fled. He got punished as written in Sefer Iyob for
if he had advised like Yisro it is likely that Pharaoh would never have thrown
the babies in the Nile and in the future another Pharaoh would lose his horses
and riders in the sea.
7 And
the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of
divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spoke unto him the
words of Balak. 8 And he said unto them: 'Lodge here this night, and
I will bring you back word, as the LORD may speak unto me'; and the princes of
Moab abode with Balaam.
It appears to me, Bilaam was on a level of having an ‘out of
body’ experience and communicating with G-D almost at will. Similar to the
documented stories of Edgar Cayce in the World War II era.
9 And
God came unto Balaam, and said: 'What men are these with
thee?' 10 And Balaam said unto God: 'Balak the son of Zippor, king of
Moab, hath sent unto me [saying]: 11 Behold the people that is come
out of Egypt, it covers the face of the earth; now, come curse me them;
peradventure I shall be able to fight against them, and shall drive them
out.' 12 And God said unto Balaam: 'Thou shalt not go with them; thou
shalt not curse the people; for they are blessed.'
The truth will set you free and save your life. Why the airs
of not going and then later go? Simply tell the delegation make a peace treaty
with them for the L-RD said: 'Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse
the people; for they are blessed.' But his blind antisemitism from
121years before when the astrologers predicted Moshe’s birth closed his eyes
and logic channels.
13 And
Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak: 'Get you
into your land; for the LORD refuses to give me leave to go with you.'
He failed to indicate the full extent of a capital NO but
made is so that not just now.
14 And
the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said: 'Balaam refuses
to come with us.' 15 And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more
honorable than they. 16 And they came to Balaam, and said to him:
'Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor: Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from
coming unto me; 17 for I will promote thee unto very great honor, and
whatsoever thou say unto me I will do; come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this
people.' 18 And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak:
'If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond
the word of the LORD my God, to do anything, small or great.
This was his last chance to make a peace treaty with Israel
for them. It would have saved many dead from the tribe of Shimon and perhaps
others on idolatry of Baal Peor. It would have saved his own life, Balak’s life
and thousands from Midian and some from Moav.
19 Now
therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the
LORD will speak unto me more.' 20 And God came unto Balaam at night,
and said unto him: 'If the men are come to call thee, rise up, go with them;
but only the word which I speak unto thee, that shalt thou do.'
G-D wants to teach Bilaam a lesson that it is not his power
that does anything but the will of G-D. Ok you want to sin, then go but I will
limit you but good.
21 And
Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes
of Moab. 22 And God's anger was kindled because he went; and the
angel of the LORD placed himself in the way for an adversary against him.--Now
he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.—
I am wondering if the princes were riding Arabian Steeds? Why
with all their presents is he riding a female donkey? The answer appears to be
two-fold. First, he wanted a Messianic Appearance of riding a white female
donkey. Secondly, according to the Midrash and conversation of the donkey to
Bilaam, she acted with him like a wife all these years.
23 And
the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, with his sword drawn in
his hand; and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field; and
Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.
She could see the Angel but not the ‘prophet’.
24 Then
the angel of the LORD stood in a hollow way between the vineyards, a fence
being on this side, and a fence on that side.
This fence on the path was made from Gal-Ed of Yacov and
Lavan. This was the border of Lavan towards Eretz Yisrael and crossing that
area constituted a violation of the treaty.
25 And
the ass saw the angel of the LORD, and she thrust herself unto the wall, and
crushed Balaam's foot against the wall; and he smote her again.
Again he did not see that the Angel was there.
26 And
the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no
way to turn either to the right hand or to the left. 27 And the ass
saw the angel of the LORD, and she lay down under Balaam; and Balaam's anger
was kindled, and he smote the ass with his staff.
This time he smote her with his staff as he was furious.
28 And
the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam: 'What have I
done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?'
These three Regelim a hit to the three festivals of Yisrael.
29 And
Balaam said unto the ass: 'Because thou hast mocked me; I would there were a
sword in my hand, for now I had killed thee.' 30 And the ass said
unto Balaam: 'Am not I your ass, upon which thou hast ridden all thy lifelong
unto this day? was I ever want to do so unto thee?'
The previous sentence is a hint of bestiality encounter. In
all our years together have I ever done something like this?
And
he said: 'Nay.' 31 Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he
saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his
hand; and he bowed his head, and fell on his face.
You are the big to do ‘prophet’ coming to curse a people that
did nothing to you and you cannot even come up with an answer to a jackass!
32 And
the angel of the LORD said unto him: 'Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass
these three times? behold, I am come forth for an adversary, because thy way is
contrary unto me;
You are going against the L-RD and HIS PEOPLE.
33 and
the ass saw me, and turned aside before me these three times; unless she had
turned aside from me, surely now I had even slain thee, and saved her
alive.'
Because the donkey spoke, she died on the spot as that was
not the nature of the donkey.
34 And
Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD: 'I have sinned; for I knew not that
thou stood in the way against me; now therefore, if it displease thee, I will
get me back.'
You were told in the beginning that the people were blessed
and had you told this to Balak, this whole Parsha could have been avoided.
35 And
the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam: 'Go with the men; but only the word
that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak.' So, Balaam went with the
princes of Balak.
I have a funny feeling that these people neither heard the
donkey or saw the Angel for they might have gotten a hint of what G-D wanted.
36 And
when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto Ir-moab,
which is on the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost part of the
border. 37 And Balak said unto Balaam: 'Did I not earnestly send unto
thee to call thee? wherefore came thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to
promote thee to honor?'
Why didn’t you come the first time?
38 And
Balaam said unto Balak: 'Lo, I am come unto thee; have I now any power at all
to speak anything? the word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I
speak.'
After seeing the Angel he pulls no punches and speaks the
truth but will do his best to find the minutes when G-D gets angry to curse the
Bnei Yisrael. But surprise-surprise no anger.
39 And
Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kiriath-huzoth. 40 And
Balak sacrificed oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that
were with him. 41 And it came to pass in the morning that Balak took
Balaam, and brought him up into Bamoth-baal, and he saw from thence the utmost
part of the people. 23:1 And Balaam said unto Balak:
'Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.' 2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and
Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. 3 And Balaam said unto Balak: 'Stand by thy
burnt-offering, and I will go; peradventure the LORD will come to meet me; and
whatsoever He shows me I will tell thee.' And he went to a bare height. 4 And God met Balaam; and he said unto Him: 'I have
prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bullock and a ram on every
altar.' 5 And the LORD put a word in
Balaam's mouth, and said: 'Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.' 6 And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his
burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab. 7 And he took up his parable, and said: From Aram Balak
bringeth me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East: 'Come, curse me
Jacob, and come, execrate Israel.' 8 How
shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I execrate, whom the
LORD hath not execrated? … 11 And
Balak said unto Balaam: 'What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine
enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.' 12 And he answered and said: 'Must I not take heed to
speak that which the LORD puts in my mouth?' 13 And Balak said unto him: 'Come, I pray thee, with me
unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them; thou shalt see but the
utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all; and curse me them from
thence.' 14 And he took him into the
field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a
bullock and a ram on every altar. 15 And
he said unto Balak: 'Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I go toward a
meeting yonder.' 16 And the LORD met
Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said: 'Return unto Balak, and thus
shalt thou speak.' 17 And he came to
him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him.
And Balak said unto him: 'What hath the LORD spoken?' 18 And he took up his parable, and said: Arise, Balak,
and hear; give ear unto me, thou son of Zippor: 19 God is not a man, that He should lie; neither the son
of man, that He should repent: when He hath said, will He not do it? or when He
hath spoken, will He not make it good? 20 Behold,
I am bidden to bless; and when He hath blessed, I cannot call it back. … 25 And Balak said unto Balaam: 'Neither curse them at
all, nor bless them at all.' 26 But
Balaam answered and said unto Balak: 'Told not I thee, saying: All that the
LORD speak, that I must do?' 27 And
Balak said unto Balaam: 'Come now, I will take thee unto another place;
peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from
thence.'
Balak after two blessings and hearing that the people are
blessed, isn’t it time to stop being like this?
28 And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looks
down upon the desert. 29 And Balaam
said unto Balak: 'Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven
bullocks and seven rams.' 30 And
Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every
altar. 24:1 And when Balaam saw that it
pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at the other times, to meet
with enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
As smart as Balak was, his hatred blinded him. Now Bilaam
released where G-D was taking him and did not even try to think about cursing
this time.
2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel
dwelling tribe by tribe; and the spirit of God came upon him. … 5 How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, thy dwellings, O
Israel! … Blessed be every one that
blesses thee, and cursed be every one that curses thee. 10 And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he
smote his hands together; and Balak said unto Balaam: 'I called thee to curse
mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three
times.
Balak at this point is wringing his hands.
11 Therefore now flee thou to thy place; I thought to
promote thee unto great honor; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from
honor.' 12 And Balaam said unto
Balak: 'Spoke I not also to thy messengers that thou didst send unto me,
saying: 13 If Balak would give me
his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD, to
do either good or bad of mine own mind; what the LORD speaks, that will I
speak?
I did not deceive you but warned you at the start that what
G-D tells me to prophesize, I prophesize.
14 And now, behold, I go unto my people; come, and I
will announce to thee what this people shall do to thy people in the end of
days.'
This is what you can do to them. The L-RD hates lewdness and
idolatry. If you get them to do both, then they are vulnerable.
…
25 And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to
his place; and Balak also went his way.
25:1 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to
commit harlotry with the daughters of Moab. 2 And they called the people unto the sacrifices of
their gods; and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods. 3 And Israel joined himself unto the Baal of Peor; and
the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel. 4 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Take all the chiefs of
the people, and hang them up unto the LORD in face of the sun, that the fierce
anger of the LORD may turn away from Israel.' 5 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel: 'Slay ye
everyone his men that have joined themselves unto the Baal of Peor.'
The cult of Baal Peor was a fertility cult and the worship
was to defecate and to wet the area in front of the idol basically a public
toilet without privacy.
6 And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and
brought unto his brethren a Midian woman in the sight of Moses, and in the
sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, while they were
weeping at the door of the tent of meeting.
Zimri was so delighted in the pleasure he got, without conversion
or repentance, took Cozbi into his tent to continue onwards his lust in front
to all. He told Moshe you married a Midian Woman, I too am taking one.
Suddenly, humble Moshe had no answer. But Pinchas did.
7 And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of
Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the midst of the congregation, and
took a spear in his hand. 8 And he
went after the man of Israel into the chamber, and thrust both of them through,
the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So, the plague was stayed
from the children of Israel. 9 And those
that died by the plague were twenty and four thousand.
Where oh
where is exit 5? By Yerachmiel Tilles
http://ascentofsafed.com/Stories/Stories/5783/1333-40.html
Renowned as
much for his scholarship as for his holiness, the leader and spiritual head of
tens of thousands of Jews in the United States, Israel, and around the world,
the Sanzer Rebbe [Rabbi Yekutiel-Yehuda Halberstam], was a unique figure in his
generation. People from around the world came to him for advice and blessings,
which always proved effective.
I [Rabbi
David Pinto] am not a Sanzer Chasid. I simply believe in each Tzadik who
has worked for Judaism. Even if a regular individual helps people to do teshuvah by
showing them the true and right path to follow, he has my respect and
admiration.
Yet if
truth be known, I am attached to the Sanzer Tzadik, and this has to do with
what happened to me in 1984 in New York City.
It was a
Tuesday during the winter. On that day I was supposed to meet the Sanzer Rebbe
at his office in Union City, New Jersey, at 9 pm, after the evening prayer.
However, during the afternoon, I was told that a famous singer, Bob Dylan,
wanted to see me at around 8 pm, just before his scheduled departure for Germany,
where thousands of fans awaited him at a concert. He had heard of me from an
important figure who often came to see me.
I had been
planning on leaving to see the Sanzer Rebbe at around 7:30 pm (taking into
account the distance from where I was staying and also the traffic), hence my
dilemma and uncertainty over this turn of events. If I missed my meeting with
the Sanzer Rebbe, who knew when another such occasion would arise?
On the
other hand, if I refused to meet Bob Dylan, a [non-observant] Jewish singer
capable of attracting hundreds of thousands of people by his music, he would
feel offended. Instead of doing teshuvah, he would be angry with a rabbi who
had brushed him aside. After thinking it over carefully, I decided to forgo my
meeting with the Sanzer Rebbe.
Thus, on that night I met Bob Dylan, followed by a crowd of curious onlookers.
They were in disbelief at the thought that a rabbi and a singer such as Bob
Dylan could have a private talk. We spoke about Judaism for about two hours,
and since that time, thank G-d, we have remained good friends and in close
contact. In fact, during his next trip to Paris, he paid a visit to our yeshiva.
Bob Dylan
left at around 10 pm. At that point I wondered if I was going to completely
miss meeting with the Sanzer Rebbe or perhaps, seeing that I had not yet
arrived, the Tzadik was still waiting for me.
I said to
my four friends who were with me at the time, "Let's go to Union City
where the Sanzer Rebbe lives. If we manage to see him, so much the better. If
not, the Al-mighty will remember the journey we undertook in honor of the Tzadik.
As for the Tzadik himself, I think he won't be upset at us or offended when his
secretary tells him that we were late because of special circumstances."
We got into
a car and left. The shortest way to Union City was to get off the Jersey
Turnpike at Exit 5. We saw Exit 1, then Exit 2, Exit 3, and finally Exit 4. But
then we saw Exit 6!
At first,
we thought that this was just a simple mistake, so we hastily turned back. I told
the driver to drive slowly this time and to pay special attention to the exits.
Yet, as if
G-d had decided to testing us by enclosing us on this highway, the same thing
happened once again: We could not find Exit 5! We asked for directions from
someone working in a tollbooth, and he said sharply, "Are you blind or
what? Exit 5 is written in huge letters!"
After the
third unsuccessful try, I said to the driver: "We'll try a last attempt to
make it to Union City. If, out of respect for the Sanzer Rebbe, the holy One
opens our eyes and we manage to find Exit 5, good. If not, this will mean that
the Tzadik is upset at us and G-d does not want such a meeting to take place.
In that case, we won't have the merit of seeing the face of the Tzadik or
taking hold of his saintly hands and kissing them," as we Sephardim do
when in the presence of a Rebbe or Tzadik.
Once again,
we turned back and began counting each exit, with the hope of spotting Exit 5.
After having passed Exit 4, I said to my friends: "Now let's all say
aloud: 'May Rabbi Chaim of Sanz, the Sanz-Klausenberg Rebbe, forgive us and
open our eyes - all five of us - so we can see Exit 5!'"
At that
exact moment, a miracle happened there; from afar we saw the sign indicating
Exit 5! As soon as we saw it, we gave free reign to our joy - as if blind men
had regained their sight - and we began to sing with all our hearts.
From then
on, it did not take long to reach the great Sanz Synagogue in Union City. We
were welcomed at the entrance by the Rebbe's special secretary, who informed us
that the Rebbe was waiting for us in his office, at which point our joy
multiplied immensely! Thank G-d, the Rebbe was not upset with us in the least
for being three and a half hours late.
We quickly
ascended to the second floor, where hundreds of chasidim were awaiting our
arrival, intrigued and curious to know why their Rebbe was waiting in his
office for so long.
It is not
difficult to imagine the emotion that I felt when I finally found myself before
the Tzadik. With his face like that of an angel, illuminated as it was by
the Shechina [the Divine Presence], and the majesty that
emanated from his persona, he completely radiated a sacred splendor.
When I
kissed his sacred hands, the memory of my holy ancestors - with Rabbi Haim
Pinto ["the Great" 1749-1845], at their head - came to mind, and
I had the feeling that I was with my saintly grandfather Rabbi Hayyim Pinto
["the Small" 1855 -1937].
The Sanzer
Rebbe proceeded to ask me many questions about Rabbi Haim Pinto, which I
answered by relating various stories concerning my holy ancestors. I quickly
realized that the Sanzer Rebbe was perfectly familiar with the life and great
deeds of the illustrious Rabbi Haim Pinto. In fact, one of the Sanzer Rebbe's
disciples was originally from Morocco, specifically Mogador - the city of my
great-great-grandfather, and each Shabbat he told his Rebbe of the miracles
that Rabbi Haim Pinto had performed.
When it
came time to leave, I once again kissed the sacred hands of the Rebbe, and then
we left, as happy as if we had been at the foot of Mount Sinai to receive the
Torah and gaze at the face of the Shechina.
Today, I
still don't know why G-d blocked our way on that night, yet there is one thing
I do know: the holy One has the power to close anyone's eyes, even if he has
perfect sight.
To
conclude, I can only highly recommend that all those traveling to Netanya
should go and pray - dressed modestly of course, not wearing mini-skirts nor
pants (women), nor shorts (men) - by the grave of the Tzadik of Sanz, may his
merit protect us all. Amen.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Source: Adapted and supplemented by Yerachmiel Tilles from
HevratPinto.org.
Connection: The 9th of the Jewish month of Tammuz is the 29th yahrzeit of the
Sanz-Klausenberg Rebbe.
Editor's note:
The Lubavitcher Rebbe passed on 3 Tammuz 5754 [1994] on Saturday night, the
beginning of the week. The Sanzer departed on 9 Tammuz, on Shabbat Day, the
conclusion of the same week. Coincidence? (It is known they had a close
relationship.)
Biographical notes:
Rabbi Yekusiel-Yehudah Halberstam, the Klausenberger Rebbe, [Shabbat, 10 Shvat
5665 - Shabbat, 9 Tammuz 5754 (January 10, 1905 - June 18, 1994)], was a
Holocaust survivor who also became the post-war Rebbe of the Sanz Chassidim.
One of the foremost Chasidic leaders of his generation, he is best known for
his revitalization of the study of Talmud through "Mifal HaShas"
and the building of a hospital, Laniado, in Netanya, that functions at the
highest standards of Jewish law and medical practice.
Rabbi
David-Chananya Pinto (b. 1950) is the scion of a well-known rabbinical
family, whose roots reach back 450+ years to Rabbi Chaim Vital, the main
disciple of the "Holy Ari," Rabbi Yitzchak Luria, in 16th-century
Safed. His father, Rabbi Moshe-Aharon Pinto (1912-1985), immigrated from
Morocco to Israel (where is name became associated with miracles and thousands
of Jews flocked to his home in Ashdod for blessings). Rabbi David remained in
France, where he still lives. He currently has a large following and has
established dozens of educational institutions throughout the Jewish world,
named after his holy ancestors.
Sometimes one is
surprised. In Kismet there is a song “night of my nights” about the young Calif
that wants to marry his love. My third oldest grandchild is 23. He is a Yeshiva
Type pretty quiet. He is like a young version of Rav Gershon Edelstein quit,
serious with his head it a book with the exception that he has a driver’s
license.
Yesterday evening before
sunset, 10th of Tammuz, he married. I told him that he needs a big
smile. Guess what he was in Euphoria looked like the Lubavitcher Rebbe at a
Farbrengen (German spelling is Ver instead of Far). He was conducting the
singing standing on chairs and jumping. It was such fun. This reminded me of
Gemara Sukkos of the Sages dancing during the drawing of water on Sukkos about
the tremendous joy and euphoria.
Milestone: Pinchas Dovid Horowitz,
the Rosh Yeshiva of Flatbush with the same name has his late cousin, the
Chuster Ruv.
Milestone: Sheldon Harnick, 99,
Broadway Lyrics for Musicals. https://www.timesofisrael.com/sheldon-harnick-award-winning-lyricist-of-fiddler-on-the-roof-dies-aged-99/
Milestone: James Crown, 70,
billionaire philanthropist. https://www.timesofisrael.com/leading-chicago-jewish-philanthropist-james-crown-dies-in-racetrack-crash/
Milestone: Reuven Baron, 86, https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-co-author-of-most-widely-cited-paper-in-the-history-of-psychology-dies-at-86/
Inyanay Diyoma
Terrorist shoot up soldier check point
no injuries. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/373229
Former MK Roman Bronfman was
interviewed this morning on Israel Radio about Yevgeny Prigozhin. It seems that besides being the leader of
the Wagner Group, he is a childhood friend of Vladimir Putin. He also is the
banker for the Kremlin Leaders to secret holdings in Africa. It is unknown if
the ‘fled’ to Belarus is with the Wagner Group or on his way to Africa or some
other destination. Nor it is known if he one day will fall from a building or
get radiation poisoning? One thing for sure both the Russian Defense Minister
and Chief of Staff have disappeared. Will they be replaced? Fall from
buildings? Etc. https://www.debka.com/mutinous-wagner-troops-halt-advance-on-moscow-after-russian-capital-placed-on-anti-terror-alert/
Shomron head demands apology from Security
Forces. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/373242
Ehud Barak leader of Judicial
Protest did not want anything to do with holy sites in Yerushalayim. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/culture/article-747021
Netanyahu on Reform. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-747120
2-tiered Justice System more
dangerous than Arabs. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/373237
Threatened Charedim with knife.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/373243
Airport Employ smuggled in foreign
workers. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/373238
Iranian attack foiled. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/373233
Meta-Tweeter nothing better to do. https://www.jpost.com/omg/article-747192
Gaza Gas. https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/energy-and-infrastructure/article-747139
Jewish Violence creates darkness. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/373235
Milchan provided the Prime Minister with
kickbacks worth hundreds of thousands of Shekels in exchange for advancing
personal interests, while Netanyahu was in a conflict of interest. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/373241
Missionaries after Jewish Neshamos.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-extremists-try-to-interrupt-messianic-jewish-event-in-jerusalem/
Romans brought Jewish coins to
Georgia. https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/rye4zkbu3
Arab Mafia protection fire. Seven boats
docked in the Migdal Beach area of the Sea of Galilee caught fire overnight
between Saturday and Sunday. Five of the boats were completely burned, and
there were no casualties. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hjtzmubo3#autoplay
Senators urge for Israel no need for
Visa. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/373114
Trauma victims and animal therapy. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/373122
MK to run for Tel Aviv Mayor. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/373108
Deri giving up return to government???
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/373095
They
went WOKE are going broke. https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2023/06/24/box-office-analyst-estimates-disney-lost-890-million-on-last-eight-theatrical-releases/
June 26th
Last night on his farewell tour
Elton John sang “Rocket Man” guess that got to the terrorist in Jenin who fired
one. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/373289
On Yom Yerushalayim, a rocket was
found in Yerushalayim. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/373249
Likud files sedition charges against
Ehud Barak. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/373257
No land of Palestine. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/373267
Most Israelis support plea deal but
Netanyahu falls in polls. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/373261
Dershowitz – law is too vague to
convict Netanyahu. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/373265
Reasonability will no longer be a
factor in court decisions. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/373272
NBC poll Trump 51%, DeSantis 22% and
the rest far behind. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/373264
New Micro rifles for urban fighting
ordered. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/373255
Netanyahu condemns Struck for
comparing Shin Bet to Wagner. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-747693
Russia-Ukraine-Iran in lieu of
Wagner. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-747635
Ukraine reclaims more territory. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-747686
https://www.timesofisrael.com/two-men-shot-dead-in-arab-town-nahf-amid-feud-between-criminals/
June 27-28th
https://www.debka.com/egypts-president-el-sisi-seriously-challenged-by-army-chief-gen-askar/
https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/06/26/neo-nazi-leader-of-goyim-defense-league-arrested/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/dutch-arrest-father-daughter-for-sending-millions-of-dollars-to-hamas/
Dumber than stupid perhaps an idiot.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-reportedly-detained-in-beirut-during-stopover-released-after-48-hours/
Israel seizes Hezballah millions at
the money laundry. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/373347
Soldier dies from friendly fire. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/373333
Joe Biden continues to boycott Netanyahu.
Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday met with members of the US Congress,
informing them that he has been invited to visit China. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/373338
Protesting ministers too close https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/373328
Charges against Ivanka dropped. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/373362
June 30th
Charedim may leave government within
a number of months. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/373431
No plea bargain. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/373421
Human Remains from submersible. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/373417
Arabs humiliate female soldiers. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/373492
Poll Center Left 61 to 53. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/373489
Anti-Zionist Charedim attack
Military Jail. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/373472
Animal study: https://www.ynetnews.com/environment/article/by67oayo3#autoplay
Have a wonderful Shabbos
and stay healthy,
Rachamim Pauli
