Parsha Toldos
Last week the founders
or renewers of Monotheism pass away but Yitzchak is left and Yacov is 15 at the
time of the passing of Avraham.
25:19 And these are the generations of
Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begot Isaac. 20 And Isaac was forty
years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean, of
Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife.
While the main Midah
of Avraham was Chesed (mercy). Yitzchak was Gevora or severity/bravery. It was
Yitzchak who had this trait when he went on the Mizbayach on Har Moriah. Esav
had this trait too but did not use if for good.
21 And Isaac
entreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren; and the LORD let
Himself be entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. 22 And
the children struggled together within her; and she said: 'If it be so,
wherefore do I live?' And she went to inquire of the LORD.
When she passed by
the house of idols, Esav tried to get out and moved in her stomach and when she
passed by the Beis Medrash of Shem and Ever, Yacov tried to get out.
23 And the LORD
said unto her: Two nations are in thy womb, and two peoples shall be separated
from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people;
and the elder shall serve the younger.
Esav of Germany and
the USA shall help us fight the Amalek of Gaza and Lebanon. They will bring us
weapons and money.
24 And when her
days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her
womb. 25 And the first came forth ruddy, all over like a hairy
mantle; and they called his name Esau. 26 And after that came forth
his brother, and his hand had hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called
Jacob. And Isaac was threescore years old when she bore them.
Avraham was the age
of 160 and finally got to enjoy the grandchildren. Yacov learned the trait of
Chesed.
27 And the boys
grew; and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a quiet
man, dwelling in tents.
He learned from
Avraham the Midah of Chesed and also Emmes. While Esav went out in the world
lived in the field and learned the ways of the folks outside of the world of
Avraham and Yitzchak as he grew.
28 Now Isaac
loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison; and Rebekah loved Jacob.
Yitzchak loved Esav’s
external work of hunting and did not see his two-faced nature of praising and
honoring his father and then laugh it off. While Rivka knew the level of
honesty of her children and the real internal soul of each one.
29 And Jacob sod
pottage; and Esau came in from the field, and he was faint. 30 And
Esau said to Jacob: 'Let me swallow, I pray thee, some of this red, red
pottage; for I am faint.' Therefore, was his name called Edom.
He was exhausted. He
murdered Nimrod and stole his coat that was from the skins of animals and ate a
limb of a living animal, raped an engaged woman under marriage contract, and
performed idol worship. All this in the hours that Avraham had passed on. Yacov
made a pot of lentils for mourning. So, from all his mischief, Esav was hungry
and exhausted.
31 And Jacob
said: 'Sell me first thy birthright.' 32 And Esau said: 'Behold, I am
at the point to die; and what profit shall the birthright do to
me?' 33 And Jacob said: 'Swear to me first'; and he swore unto him;
and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
Sell me your portion
in the next world. Esav did not value it and found it worthless. Yacov knew
that everybody does some Mitzvos like honoring his parents and more.
34 And Jacob gave
Esau bread and pottage of lentils; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and
went this way. So Esav despised his birthright.
Esav did not think is
was worth anything if he kept his future portion like the female he raped, he
wanted this world now. The future and next world was a nice theory but he was a
practical man.
26:1 And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that
was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the
Philistines unto Gerar. 2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said: 'Go not
down unto Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of. 3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and
will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these lands,
and I will establish the oath which I swore unto Abraham thy father; 4 and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven,
and will give unto thy seed all these lands; and by thy seed shall all the
nations of the earth bless themselves; 5 because
that Abraham hearkened to My voice, and kept My charge, My commandments, My
statutes, and My laws.' 6 And Isaac
dwelt in Gerar. 7 And the men of the
place asked him of his wife; and he said: 'She is my sister'; for he feared to
say: 'My wife'; 'lest the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah, because
she is fair to look upon.' 8 And it
came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the
Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting
with Rebekah his wife.
Through the days of Saddam
Hussein, the killing of a man so as not commit adultery existed among leaders
and others in the Middle East. Probably in the days of Avraham and Yitzchak,
this pre-flood behavior was prevalent and mankind had learned nothing.
9 And Abimelech
called Isaac, and said: 'Behold, of a surety she is thy wife; and how said
thou: She is my sister?' And Isaac said unto him: 'Because I said: Lest I die
because of her.'
I have heard the stories of
Saddam’s general who either divorced their wives or perished, his fear was genuine
and concrete. “Because there is no fear of G-D in this place.”
10 And Abimelech
said: 'What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might easily have
lain with thy wife, and thou would have brought guiltiness upon us.' 11 And Abimelech charged all the people, saying: 'He
that touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.'
The king had to command it others
it might not have helped.
12 And Isaac sowed
in that land, and found in the same year a hundredfold; and the LORD blessed
him. 13 And the man waxed great, and
grew more and more until he became very great. 14 And he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of
herds, and a great household; and the Philistines envied him.
HASHEM gave Yitzchak such a blessing.
For whatever he sowed came back 100 fold the average per such a lot.
15 Now all the
wells which his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father,
the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth. 16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac: 'Go from us; for thou art
much mightier than we.'
The trait of Yitzchak was Gevora
(severity but there is another word rooted here Gebor or hero. Shimshon is
called Shimshon Ha Gebor}. One man and a few servants mightier than the whole
Plishtim people? Rather because the Shechina was upon him, they feared him as
most likely their idols would burst if he entered a room.
17 And Isaac
departed thence, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. 18 And Isaac dug again the wells of water, which they
had dug in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them
after the death of Abraham; and he called their names after the names by which
his father had called them. 19 And
Isaac's servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of living
water. 20 And the herdsmen of Gerar
strove with Isaac's herdsmen, saying: 'The water is ours.' And he called the
name of the well Esek; because they contended with him. 21 And they dug another well, and they stroveM for that
also. And he called the name of it Sitnah.
Name of the well is based on
strife and hatred.
22 And he removed
from thence, and dug another well; and for that they strove not. And he called
the name of it Rehoboth; and he said: 'For now the LORD hath made room for us,
and we shall be fruitful in the land.'
The name meaning it is wide
enough for all.
23 And he went up
from thence to Beersheva. 24 And the
LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said: 'I am the God of Abraham thy
father. Fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy
seed for My servant Abraham's sake.'
Yitzchak despite being a perfect
Korban is being blessed on the merits of Avraham.
25 And he built an
altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there;
and there Isaac's servants dug a well. 26 Then
Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the
captain of his host. 27 And Isaac
said unto them: 'Wherefore are ye come unto me, seeing ye hate me, and have
sent me away from you?'
Your people hate me and stolen from
me the wells I dug up.
28 And they said:
'We saw plainly that the LORD was with thee; and we said: Let there now be an
oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with
thee; 29 that thou wilt do us no
hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but
good, and have sent thee away in peace; thou art now the blessed of the
LORD.' 30 And he made them a feast,
and they did eat and drink.
Like the people of England,
Prague, France and elsewhere, then the
Jews were driven out, their commerce and civilization began falling apart. So
now they want a covenant and a blessing.
31 And they rose up
betimes in the morning, and swore one to another; and Isaac sent them away, and
they departed from him in peace. 32 And
it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him
concerning the well which they had dug, and said unto him: 'We have found
water.' 33 And he called it Shibah.
Therefore, the name of the city is Beersheva unto this day.
The well of the oath is the name
of the place.
34 And when Esau
was forty years old, he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite,
and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite. 35 And they were a bitterness of spirit unto Isaac and
to Rebekah. 27:1 . And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes
were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said unto
him: 'My son'; and he said unto him: 'Here am I.' 2 And he said: 'Behold now, I am old, I know not the
day of my death. 3 Now therefore
take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the
field, and take me venison; 4 and
make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that
my soul may bless thee before I die.'
It appears to me that Yitzchak
has a cataract and according to Rashi was 5years younger than his mother when
she died and he wanted to make sure to bless his children lest he die suddenly
like his mother.
5 And Rebekah heard
when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for
venison, and to bring it. 6 And
Rebekah spoke unto Jacob her son, saying: 'Behold, I heard thy father speak
unto Esau thy brother, saying: 7 Bring
me venison, and make me savory food, that I may eat, and bless thee before the
LORD before my death. 8 Now
therefore, my son, hearken to my voice according to that which I command
thee. 9 Go now to the flock, and
fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savory
food for thy father, such as he loves; 10 and
thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, so that he may bless thee
before his death.' 11 And Jacob said
to Rebekah his mother: 'Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a
smooth man. 12 My father
peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a mocker; and I shall
bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.'
Women are wiser than their
husbands regarding the personality traits of their children. They see it
immediately. They spend more time with the children. Men are busy earning
money, learning Torah (some talk war and sports) but the main emphasis for a
mother is her child or children. Rivka has seen her “Tzadik son” Esav being
polite to his father to Yitzchak’s face and as soon as he leaves the tent
either sticking out his tongue or making a gesture. If you want you can say
that he honored his father properly but his actions with the local women and business
was far from that of a Tzadik. Yacov was an out and out all around 24/7 Tzadik
and Rivka saw this.
13 And his mother
said unto him: 'Upon me be thy curse, my son; only hearken to my voice, and go
fetch me them.' 14 And he went, and
fetched, and brought them to his mother; and his mother made savory food, such
as his father loved. 15 And Rebekah
took the choicest garments of Esau her elder son, which were with her in the
house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son. 16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon
his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck. 17 And she gave the savory food and the bread, which she
had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob. 18 And he came unto his father, and said: 'My father';
and he said: 'Here am I; who art thou, my son?' 19 And Jacob said unto his father: 'I am Esau thy
first-born; I have done according as thou bade me. Arise, I pray thee, sit and
eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.' 20 And Isaac said unto his son: 'How is it that thou
hast found it so quickly, my son?' And he said: 'Because the LORD thy God sent
me good speed.' 21 And Isaac said
unto Jacob: 'Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou
be my very son Esau or not.'
Oh-oh Yacov is deceiving his
father with a goat. Measure for measure ten of his sons will deceive him with
the blood of a goat.
22 And Jacob went
near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said: 'The voice is the voice
of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.'
The voice (prayers) are of Yacov
but the hands (for war) are Esav’s.
23 And he discerned
him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands; so. he
blessed him. 24 And he said: 'Art
thou my very son Esau?' And he said: 'I am.'
He was suspicious from the voice
it might be Yacov. The hands and neck were those of a hairy man.
25 And he said:
'Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may
bless thee.' And he brought it near to him, and he did eat; and he brought him
wine, and he drank. 26 And his
father Isaac said unto him: 'Come near now, and kiss me, my son.' 27 And he came near, and kissed him. And he smelled the
smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said: See, the smell of my son is as
the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed.
He smelled Esav’s garment and it had
the smell of a field and did not smell like a garment of a shepherd as sheep
and goats produce a small that is distictive.
28 So God give thee
of the dew of heaven, and of the fat places of the earth, and plenty of corn
and wine. 29 Let peoples serve thee,
and nations bow down to thee. Be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's
sons bow down to thee. Cursed be every one that curses thee, and blessed be
every one that blesses thee. 30 And
it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob
was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his
brother came in from his hunting.
The blessing starts with the dew
of heaven. Heavenly things for Yacov.
31 And he also made
savory food, and brought it unto his father; and he said unto his father: 'Let
my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless
me.' 32 And Isaac his father said
unto him: 'Who art thou?' And he said: 'I am thy son, thy first-born,
Esau.'
Something went behind Yitzchak’s
back.
33 And Isaac
trembled very exceedingly, and said: 'Who then is he that hath taken venison,
and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou came, and have blessed
him? yea, and he shall be blessed.'
Rashi says he trembled because he
saw Esav was associated with Gehennom. Pshat is the fact that he was deceived
and he realizes that Yacov is not he type but Rivka must have been part of the
plot making his favorite food.
34 When Esau heard
the words of his father, he cried with an exceeding great and bitter cry, and
said unto his father: 'Bless me, even me also, O my father.' 35 And he said: 'Thy brother came with guile, and hath
taken away thy blessing.' 36 And he
said: 'Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two
times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my
blessing.' And he said: 'Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?'
Yitzchak did not know of the birthright
but it came out now.
37 And Isaac
answered and said unto Esau: 'Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his
brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I
sustained him; and what then shall I do for thee, my son?' 38 And Esau said unto his father: 'Hast thou but one
blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father.' And Esau lifted up
his voice, and wept.
Esav was angry at Yacov but begging
for a Bracha.
39 And Isaac his
father answered and said unto him: Behold, of the fat places of the earth shall
be thy dwelling, and of the dew of heaven from above; 40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and thou shalt
serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt break loose, that
thou shalt shake his yoke from off thy neck.
Esav’s blessing does not start
with heaven but the fat places of the earth. Showing that Yacov gets mainly the
world to come and Esav, the here and the now world.
41 And Esau hated
Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him. And Esau said
in his heart: 'Let the days of mourning for my father be at hand; then will I
slay my brother Jacob.' 42 And the
words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah; and she sent and called Jacob
her younger son, and said unto him: 'Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching
thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.
Rabbi Shimon (Bar Yochai) says, “It
is a known HALACHA (law of nature) that Esav hates Yacov.”
43 Now therefore,
my son, hearken to my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to
Haran; 44 and tarry
with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away; 45 until thy brother's anger turn
away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him; then I will
send, and fetch thee from thence; why should I be bereaved of you both in one
day?'
Rivka has heard during the washing
of clothes from the other ladies how Esav raped the betrothed woman and
murdered Nimrod. He is capable in a fit of passion of murdering Yacov. She is
also worried about Yitzchak’s health although he will live another 57years.
46 And Rebekah said
to Isaac: 'I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob
take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the
land, what good shall my life do me?'
Another plot by Rivka against
Esav by getting Yacov away from his anger and another blessing from Yitzchak for
fruitful marriage.
28:1 And Isaac called Jacob, and
blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him: 'Thou shalt not take a wife of
the daughters of Canaan. 2 Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy
mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy
mother's brother. 3 And God Almighty
bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a
congregation of peoples; 4 and give
thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou
mayest inherit the land of thy sojournings, which God gave unto Abraham.'
Yacov is given the blessing of
Avraham before leaving.
5 And Isaac sent
away Jacob; and he went to Paddan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramean,
the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
So what Rivka plotted became Yitzchak’s
idea to send Yacov away.
6 Now Esau saw that
Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram, to take him a wife
from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying: 'Thou
shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan';
Finally Esav woke up from the Las
Vegas show girls of Canaan to a woman of better stock.
7 and that Jacob
hearkened to his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan-aram; 8 and Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan pleased not
Isaac his father; 9 so Esau went
unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives that he had Mahalath the daughter of
Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.
After marrying women
from the Hittite Kingdom, he wakes up to marry a girl of “better” upbringing, a
daughter of Yishmael.
The multi-miracles of Sergeant First Class Tamar who
handle Golani 51 on Oct. 7th
Tamar was with other
female soldiers of Golani on Oct. 7th. The base was attacked they
grabbed their guns but the girls hid in a safe area. A grenade was thrown in
and she threw it back out. Bullets came in and a second grenade by her legs. He
threw it back out killing the terrorist and the grenades stopped.
She was wounded losing a
few toes and her friends were wounded but they lived to tell the story.
Sergeant First Class Yisrael and the Miracle Tanks of
Oct. 7
As the war started,
something hit his tank rendering it useless. His Platoon Lt. jumped on his tank
and extracted Yisrael and his men. He was given another tank.
Suddenly, he sees 50
Hamas motorcycles with terrorist on them. He drives his tank at full speed to
run them over. RPG’s are shot at the Merkava IV but it takes and deflects the
hits. He continues to chase after the bikes at full speed through a grove of
trees. His men are also shooting at the terrorists. He tells is main gunner
turn the turret to 3 O’clock fire!
The Platoon Lt.
rescues another tank that was hit and has to bring the wounded to safety. In
the meantime, after 9 hrs. of fighting Yisrael is assigned to enter Kibbutz
Reim. We are shooting along the fence and finish off our 2000 rounds of rifle
bullets.
At 3PM the motor of
the tank is damages and the fuel line leaking as terrorist try to storm the
tank. Yisrael orders the tank to reverse position and keep from being static. I
jump out of the tank drawing fire upon myself and grabbing a machine gun from a
dead terrorist and use it against them.
Back in the tank now,
he sees the pick-up trucks behind the tank and guides the turret man to shoot
them.
Finally, the tank
arrives at Reim and Yisrael continues with his men to fight as they line on the
ground with rifles like infantry and somebody reloads the magazine cartridges
and hand them to Yisrael and his men.
Another Miracle story
is that of Oz Davidian. He heard of injured at the party and went on highway
232 to rescue. He drove slowly to what he thought was an army check post and
then spoke to the “soldier” in Hebrew that was not understandable so he spoke
Arabic. He then gunned the gas and later drove into a field where he made 15
trips on roads not roads and brought 120 people to safety. As it is written in
Hebrew: He who saves one life as if he saved a world. All the more so 120
lives.
He did not survive, Aner
Shapiro, HY”D but saved others. 7 times grenades were thrown at him and the
caught and threw back. But the 8th time he perished but in doing so
saved the rest of the people in the shelter. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380343
Dvir Fisher has a miracle
Dvir is a typical
non-religious Israeli Jew. He had finished the army and was on his end of
service tour in Thailand. He heard that the war had broken out. By hook or by
crook he had to come back to his old unit to fight. Like many others stranded without
normal return flights, it took him a week and expenses to return to Israel.
Fast forward, he is in
Gaza and advancing with his fellow soldiers. There is the constant ratter-tat-tat
of machine guns as they carefully advance. Suddenly, there is a pop of a single
snipper shot. He is shot in the neck.
Luck is on his side
just behind him is a paramedic and a doctor. There is an entrance and exit hole
of a bullet that missed his veins, arteries and spinal cord. His miracle is
similar to my acquaintance Eliyahu from Ashdod who had a bullet go through his
abdomen during the Yom Kippur War. Eliyahu
was a typical G-D fearing Jew, who studied Torah and Gemara in his free
time. My only conclusion is that Dvir must have done something to deserve a
miracle or it has been ordained that he is to become a Talmud Chacham or sire
one or all three.
The following piece could have been written better even
if it is a charity advertisement.
Near Death
Experience of a soldier.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380434
Soldier: “I saw the Beit Din shell Maalah”.
An
incredible true story spread like wildfire among the Jewish People last week
after one very brave soldier opened up after nearly dying.
The
soldier, a secular and tattooed young traditional Jew fighting in Gaza, was
hanging between life and death. For a short time, he was clinically dead. Then,
he miraculously gained consciousness. And when he came back, he had a message.
While he
was dead, the soldier says he saw the "Beit Din Shel Maalah." He says
that the Malachim were trying to bring him up to the next world but that he was
tied to this one by a long string of Torah learning scholars, pulling him down
toward his life. When he awoke, it was clear to him: It was the mitzvah of
Torah learning that saved his life.
It is a
story that has sent chills down the spines of all who have heard it, especially
those who know the previous painful history of division between sects of the
Jewish People.
It may be an incredible story if heard first hand that
you could get chills but not written well.
These are
the kinds of incredible stories of unity going on now in the Jewish homeland.
One project that keeps in mind that this is both a physical and a spiritual war
is Lashon Hara Lo Medaber
Elai, (idle gossip does not speak to me) who are on the scene bringing
exhausted soldiers hot food. While they are nourished and treated to a hot
meal, a rarity in their desert base, they are also encouraged not to speak lashon
hara.
As Jews, we
know that Shemiras HaLashon is a powerful form of protection. The most
beautiful part is that the soldiers have connected to the mitzvah and happily
taken it on. They now even have sections of Gaza that are marked off, “No lashon
hara in this area.” It is truly an amazing and momentous kiddush Hashem that
our soldiers continue to embrace and welcome the mitzvot in this way.
Sponsored
by Lashon Hara Lo Medaber
Elai https://chesedtoday.com/campaigns/lashonhara/
Milestone: Raanana Meridor, 100, Matriarch of political
family. Ra’anana Meridor, matriarch of influential
right-wing family, dies at 100 | The Times of Israel
Inyanay Diyoma
Nov. 11th
36 days into the war.
Weapons cache in kindergarten. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380105
Updates Friday after and Shabbos. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379734
Five more soldiers die in action. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380110
IDF strikes RPG launchers in the
north. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380102
IDF eliminates terrorist who took
1000 hostage in a hospital. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380104
6 minutes IAF replies to call. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380103
Iran's Foreign Minister, Hossein
Amir-Abdollahian, warned on Friday that expansion of the Israel-Hamas war has
become "inevitable". https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380101
Veteran’s Day in the USA. NYC’s Grand Central Terminal reopens after mob
of pro-Palestinian demonstrators swarm, vandalize entrance | Fox News
North Korea closing embassies around the world
amid suspected financial crisis | Fox News
Bill Maher scolds Obama’s ‘moral equivalency’
on Israel-Hamas: He ‘disappointed me’ | Fox News
300,000 march against Israel in London on
Armistice Day, demand Gaza ceasefire | The Times of Israel
4 IDF soldiers seriously wounded by Hezbollah
anti-tank missile, drone strike | The Times of Israel
Nov. 12th
Yesterday, Beersheva was the target. Today it could be the center
of the country.
Key Hamas positions conquered. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380094
Photos of the war. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380140
MIT Jewish Students prevented from
attending class. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380147
Biden Administration demands
clarifications on Netanyahu Comments. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380148
4 Yehuda and Shomron terrorist eliminated.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380132
Iran wants from the river to the
sea. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380143
Months ago Ben Gvir wanted the
elimination of terrors but Bibi would not even talk to him. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380136
As of Friday, 15000 targets were hit
in Gaza. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380092
IDF soldiers injured in the north. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380093
Toronto Book Store attacked. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380099
A suspect is in custody in connection
with the murder of Detroit synagogue president Samantha Woll, police said on
Wednesday. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379978
US Senator John Fetterman (D-PA)
continues to vocally support Israel despite opposition from many of his
constituents and former supporters. May help pass the aid bill. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380083
Assad cannot continue if attacks go
on. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380095
Hezballah very close to a serious
mistake. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380106
Hezballah targets in Lebanon.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380097
The IDF 36th Division is
attacking Shati at this moment. Rantisi Hospital has been evacuated and two
more are being evacuated. Only about 150,000 civilians left. The IDF is giving
water to the evacuees. We left 300 gallons of Diesel for Shifa Hospital but
Hamas will not let them take it.
In the north it is not a full far
but many skirmishes and we are on the border of a full war.
The IDF is pressing the Cabinet
Members for permission to open up. Contrary to what I wrote below the update is
now 7 soldiers and 10 civilians injured on the Lebanese Border Area.
13 injured by anti-tank missile and
rockets in the north. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380161 https://www.ynetnews.com/article/ry4pryr76#autoplay
Bereaved father to Biden “Let us do
what we know how to do.” https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380178
A large display with a hanging rope
was set up this morning (Sunday) in Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, demanding the
death penalty for the terrorists who carried out the massacre on October 7th. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380173
6500 Chabad Emissaries Sing “I
Believe = Ani Maamin”. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380177
Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett
commented to TBN about
the war in Gaza and rebuked those calling for a halt to the war. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380163
Op-Eds Ron Ben Yishai How a drone
fooled the IDF. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bjwzzjom6#autoplay
Also: Slow and methodical. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/byyk0g376#autoplay
And: During
Operation "Protective Edge" in 2014, the UN Secretary General called
for a cease-fire. An hour after the cease-fire came into effect, terrorists
came out of a tunnel shaft near the city of Rafah and killed the Major Bnaya
Sarel, Lieutenant Hadar Goldin and Staff Sergeant Liel Gideoni. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hjot02cx6
What’s in a name. During
“Protective Edge”, the bodies of Oren Shaul and Hadar Goldin were captured and
never returned by Hamas. Last week, a soldier named Oren Goldin was killed by
Hamas.
Saving the eagles from Hezballah. https://www.jpost.com/environment-and-climate-change/article-771769
Nov. 13th
Day 38 it was announced that two
commandos fell in Gaza. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380209
Minister Benny Ganz, chairman of the
National Unity party, has spoken out against the calls to replace Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu while the war is still ongoing. Dr. Chaggai
Ben-Artzi, Netanyahu's brother-in-law, told Arutz Sheva-Israel National News, that,
"At least five leaders are to blame for the terrible attack that occurred
on Simchat Torah 2023," namely, former prime ministers Yitzchak Rabin,
Shimon Peres, Ariel Sharon, Ehud Barak, and Benjamin Netanyahu. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380216
Updates: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380155
Dershowitz rips Obama as lying
through his teeth. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380212
Cemetery in Cleveland Defaced. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380205
United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi
Sunak decided on Monday to remove Suella Braverman from her post as Home
Secretary. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380225
Chabad-Lubavitch singer Avraham Fried
came to Israel from New York, to support the evacuees and the families of those
murdered in the October 7 massacre. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380224
Arrow missile intercept. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380222
The IDF on Monday morning confirmed
that two mortars were launched from Lebanon into Israeli territory, and fell in
open areas. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380221
Hamas planned to get into the large
cities and Yehuda and Shomron. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380191
A protester on Sunday briefly grabbed
the microphone from climate activist Greta Thunberg during a rally in Amsterdam
and criticized her over her pro-Palestinian Arab comments. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380199
Republican presidential contender Sen.
Tim Scott (R-SC) announced on Sunday night that he has dropped out of the 2024
GOP primary. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380206
Minneapolis Mayor to ouster after
Omar. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380208
Cowboy volunteer interview. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380208
Other wars:
https://www.msn.com/he-il/news/other/myanmar-fighter-jet-crashes-rebels-claim-responsibility/
Terrorist use Al Quds Hospital to
shoot at the IDF. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380239
Maryanne Trump Barry passes away. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380248
Police arrested two youths from Umm
al-Fahm who were plotting to carry out a terrorist stabbing attack at the
Savidor train station in Tel Aviv. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380244
Father of two died by Hezballah
fire. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380236
Ministries agree on immediate NIS 275 million
to fortify hospitals | The Times of Israel
Suspect released in fatal stabbing of Detroit
synagogue leader Samantha Woll | The Times of Israel
Jewish school in Montreal is fired upon for
second time in days | The Times of Israel
Drone infiltration alerts sound in northern
Israel | The Times of Israel
Nov. 14th
The Rantisi Hospital was used to
house infant and baby captives and served as a command center. Golani battalion
13 took over the Gaza-Palestinian Parliament. In Yehuda and Shomron, the IDF
battled terrorists in Tulkarm. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380155
Two more soldiers fell in battle. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380273
4 died in her family still trusts in
G-D. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380258
Biden’s awkward statement on
hospital clarified. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380270
Following the IDF's offer of
humanitarian assistance to the director general of the Shifa Hospital in Gaza,
the IDF initiated a humanitarian effort to coordinate transfer of incubators
from a hospital in Israel to the Shifa Hospital. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380269
Benyamin region needs supplies for
security. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380192
Hamas Anti-tank force commander
killed. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380250
Golani Brigade photo-op in Gaza
Parliament. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380254
Elsewhere in the world:
She appeared in Hamas Proganada
video and then was murdered. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380291
West should resettle Gazan refugees.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380281
IDF troops uncovered a terror tunnel
shaft located in a mosque in Gaza. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380285
Vivian Silver, 74, a Canadian Peace
Activist’s body was found and finally identified yesterday. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380288
The Achisamach organization is currently raising
money to purchase winterized equipment and clothing for our soldiers which will be given out at
the army bases in the South & North fronts, including: thermal
undergarments, military-grade softshell jackets, tactical-rated gloves and IDF
approved sweaters. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380265
“On Shabbat morning, on the holiday of
Simchat Torah. The Military Intelligence Directorate, under my direction,
failed at its primary objective of providing an early warning of war.” https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380289
Helicopter rescue under fire. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380294
Two weddings two brides dance
together in a shelter. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380292
A
number of Knesset members and ministers from the Likud have discussed the
possibility of recruiting 61 MKs for a constructive vote of no confidence and
establishing a government without going to elections, Channel 13 News reported
on Monday.
The
move, according to the report, will be launched towards the end of the ground
operation in Gaza and ahead of Benny Ganz leaving the coalition, as he has
promised to do once the war ends. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380272
Rosh Chodesh Prayers in Be’eri. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380283
Gazans are looting Hamas Bases. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380253
Children’s hospital turned into a
terror base. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380255
View movie about 2 minutes into
feature.
Abbas returns funding. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380267
S&P rating. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380268
https://www.timesofisrael.com/ethiopian-israelis-mark-muted-sigd-as-holiday-overshadowed-by-war/
Nov. 15th
Day 40. Yesterday at about 4PM, I
got a call from forester son Menashe. Elchanan ben Mairav, the commando, who
prayers next to Menashe or I was seriously injured in Gaza. Healing prayers
needed. B”H it turned out to be a shrapnel wound to the leg and he was released
home last night but still needs healing prayers.
Updates: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380155
And https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/2023-11-15/live-updates-773297
Command control pit under hospital. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-773237
Pentagon reveals 56 attacks on the
US Forces. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380347
5 terrorists die before IDF enters
hospital. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380351
Foreign Ministry can do a lot more. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380317
As part of a broad raid operation on Hamas's
government buildings, soldiers from the Golani Brigade’s 13th Battalion raided
the Governor's House, which is used as a Hamas terror facility containing
offices of the military, police, intelligence and headquarters. Stolen Golani
Equipment of Oct. 7th found. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380322
IDF forces today (Tuesday) bulldozed a monument
to former PLO leader and arch-terrorist Yasser Arafat in Tulkarm in Judea and
Samaria. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380308
Missing girl’s body IDed. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380304
Biden and Netanyahu discuss hostage
release. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380342
Canadian PM non-compos Mentos. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380340
From Margarietha A Survivor talks. https://www.facebook.com/myrna.cayetano/videos/866152431507005/
US lawmakers horrified of video
footage of Hamas atrocities. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380332
Two IDF Captains fell. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380345
True BBC misreporting error. https://www.ynetnews.com/culture/article/hygso4mn6#autoplay
Satire on the BBC. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380366
Jewish Students sue NYU over
antisemitism. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380346
Number of hostages for a deal goes
lower and lower now down to 50. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380370
Palestine Rep. Israel has no right
to exist. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380363
Erdogan does not teach us morality. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380368
Terror training base captured. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380375
About 300 Jews were stranded at Dulles Airport
for 11 hours on Tuesday when a contingent of bus drivers staged a walkout so as
not to drive them to the March for Israel rally at the National Mall in Washington DC held in the
aftermath of the Hamas massacre of over 1,200 people on October 7. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380353
The Qatari-based Al Jazeera network cut
off an interview with a resident of Gaza when the resident began blaming the
Hamas terrorist organization for hiding in and underneath hospitals. "What
is happening is a crime!" said the man. "Why is the resistance
(Hamas) hiding among us? Why don't they go to hell and hide there? They are not
the resistance." https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380357
Nov. 16
Happy to report that Elchanan made
it to Schul to pray the Gomel Prayer. I reminded him to say Psalm 91 twice a
day. Continue prayers for him for a few more days.
Updates from both the north and the
south. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380155
Two captains die in battle. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380407
Biden Hamas will no longer be a
threat if it cannot attack Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380403
Dash cam of Oct. 7th
taken from a dead Hamas terrorist. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380397
George Washington U. suspends SJP. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380404
Anti-Israel Protestors storm
Canadian PM. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380408
Oct. 7th special
defensive units had not enough weapons. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380399
France has issued an arrest warrant for Syrian
President Bashar Al-Assad over his regime’s alleged use of banned chemical
weapons against civilians in Syria. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380411
Time to ban Tik Tok. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380409
Most Americans blame Hamas. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380406
Lapid proposes for Likud led
government without Netanyahu. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380400
In the north Hezballah continues to shoot at Yishuvim. Some days
it is uncertain of drones have entered Israeli Airspace. Today a few areas on
the western side of the northern border was hit. Last night it was the eastern
side.
From Chevron they came with 450 rounds of munition, dates and
explosive devices.
Three terrorists attack check post. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380431
IDF takes Gaza Harbor. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380424
Car ramming attempt at Israeli
Japanese Embassy. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380420
Paratrooper Capt. from Modiin dies
in battle. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380428
Nov. 17
Updates almost to noon day 42. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380155
Itai, our Yishuv’s first wounded soldier,
is recovering nicely according to his dad.
Public Opinion poll after almost six
complete weeks of war. Ganz wins Bibi out. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380463
IDF strikes again in Syria. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380467
Op-Ed Glick Israel’s Strategic Imperative. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380483
The body of IDF soldier Corporal Noa Marciano,
who was abducted by the Hamas terrorist organization, was found near the Shifa
Hospital in Gaza. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380477
IDF raid Jihad forces, troops located heavy-weight rockets, UAVs, and additional
weapons. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380484
The Kfir Brigade, as well as undercover units and
Border Police officers, on Thursday night carried out counterterror operations
in Jenin. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380481
Iran will do “whatever it takes” to help Hamas in
its war with Israel, the commander of the Quds Force Esmail Ghaani said on
Thursday. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380471
South Africa is making
a big mistake. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380473
Minimum civilian casualties.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380470
Tanja: Perkei Miami We Stand With
Israel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JBMG5mkg_s
Nazis and other anti-Semites in Hollywood.
https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/11/16/actress-susan-sarandon-bashes-israels-military-campaign-hamas/
Teens planning to murder soldiers
arrested. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380495
Have a healthy, peaceful,
restful and Torah filled Shabbos,
Rachamim Pauli
