Slight change of wording to my
comments last week: 11 And the birds of prey came
down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
He made the requested and had to protect the meat from
vultures, and besides or behind them eagles, crows, ravens, hawks and other
birds of prey. This exhausted him.
Parsha Vayeira
Parsha Lech Lecha ended
with Avraham at the age of 99 having a Bris. He was hurting and needed healing.
18:1 And the LORD appeared unto him by the terebinths of Mamre, as
he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
It was one of those hot days where the
Temperature could be 44-47C or 111-117F in Beersheva or Chevron. Hot like the
Hoover Dam and Las Vegas on a sunny day. HASHEM is visiting Avraham on the
third and most painful day after the Bris. But HASHEM senses that Avraham wants
guests to host for a Kiddush HASHEM so while most travelers refrained from
traveling on such a hot day.
2 and he lifted up his eyes and looked, and,
lo, three men stood over against him; and when he saw them, he ran to meet them
from the tent door, and bowed down to the earth,
He takes his leave from HASHEM in order to bring
the three travelers under the Shechina and understand the love of HASHEM.
3 and said: 'My lord, if now I have found
favor in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy
servant. 4 Let now a little water be fetched, and wash your feet, and
recline yourselves under the tree. 5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread,
and stay ye your heart; after that ye shall pass on; forasmuch as ye are come
to your servant.' And they said: 'So do, as thou hast said.'
Rabbi Yosef Ben Porat Shlita mentioned a Medrash
that Tzadikim say a little and do much and the wicked say a lot and do little. See
what type of Genes our forefathers gave us. Rabbaynu Nissim 650 years ago
stated that these traits are inherited. Rabbi Ben Porat concludes that the
deeds of the fathers is a sign for action from the children.
RP: This
is what Avraham said a morsel of bread and that meant coarse grain. But we see
what he brings the finest cake flour of semolina with butter, yoghurt, etc.
while waiting for a whole tongue for each guest. Probably there was honey in
the bread as cakes was mentioned.
6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto
Sarah, and said: 'Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and
make cakes.' 7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf
tender and good, and gave it unto the servant; and he hastened to dress
it. 8 And he took curd, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed,
and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did
eat.
Avraham was one of the
most hospitable men. He would slaughter a beast to give its tongue to the
guest. Not a few slices of tongue but a whole tongue.
9 And they said unto him: 'Where is Sarah
thy wife?' And he said: 'Behold, in the tent.'
In Arab countries in the Middle East and even
Jewish Halacha one does not usually mention a man’s wife or especially enquires
about her or strangers calling her by name.
10 And He said: 'I will certainly return
unto thee when the season cometh round; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a
son.' And Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.—
She was modest but ease dropping in on the
conversation.
11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, and well
stricken in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.—
She was after Menopause, aged 90 even though
before the flood there was probably no menopause due to stronger fruits,
vegetables and life spans where the body did not degenerate until after 900
plus years under normal circumstances.
12 And Sarah laughed within herself, saying:
'After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?'
Ridiculous, I am past child bearing my husband is
an old man.
13 And the LORD said unto Abraham:
'Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying: Shall I of a surety bear a child, who am
old?
She said, “My husband is old” but for Shalom Beit,
the words were to changed to “I am old.” That is one of our problems we see the
faults and weakness of others and never our own.
14 Is anything too hard for the LORD. At the
set time I will return unto thee, when the season cometh round, and Sarah shall
have a son.'
For the CREATOR of heaven and earth is anything
too hard. Meaning that if HASHEM desired within an instant an egg from Sara and
sperm from Avraham could combine to form a fully developed baby Yitzchak but
preferred the normal 9 month route even if it too was miraculous.
15 Then Sarah denied, saying: 'I laughed
not'; for she was afraid. And He said: 'Nay; but thou didst laugh.'
Similar to Adam trying to hide in Gan Eden from G-D
but this time from an Angel.
16 And the men rose up from thence, and
looked out toward Sodom; and Abraham went with them to bring them on the
way.
The three have now established themselves as men
of G-D or Angels before Avraham but still he accompanies his guests to protect
their welfare within his boundaries. Once on the road a different story.
17 And the LORD said: 'Shall I hide from
Abraham that which I am doing; 18 seeing that Abraham shall surely
become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be
blessed in him? 19 For I have known him, to the end that he may
command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of
the LORD, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that the LORD may bring
upon Abraham that which He hath spoken of him.'
Essentially, Lot is being kept alive for two
reasons. The first is the merit of being a relative and Torah Student of
Avraham and the second is because his father, Haran, died on a Kiddush HASHEM.
20 And the LORD said: 'Verily, the cry of
Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and, verily, their sin is exceeding
grievous. 21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done
altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto Me; and if not, I will
know.'
After you rescued the people of Sodom and set an
example for them, they turned back to their evil ways but with more evil.
22 And the men turned from thence, and went
toward Sodom; but Abraham stood yet before the LORD. 23 And Abraham
drew near, and said: 'Wilt Thou indeed sweep away the righteous with the
wicked? 24 Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city; wilt
Thou indeed sweep away and not forgive the place for the fifty righteous that
are therein?
Avraham tries to find merit to save the large
town or city of Sodom and the environs. He starts out with 50 righteous men in
the city.
25 That be far from Thee to do after this
manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be
as the wicked; that be far from Thee; shall not the Judge of all the earth do
justly?' 26 And the LORD said: 'If I find in Sodom fifty righteous
within the city, then I will forgive all the place for their sake.'
HASHEM through the Angels tell Avraham that for
50righteous men, he will not destroy the city.
27 And Abraham answered and said: 'Behold
now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, who am but dust and
ashes. 28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous;
wilt Thou destroy all the city for lack of five?' And He said: 'I will not
destroy it, if I find there forty and five.'
Although Avraham knows that it is not right to bargain
with HASHEM like in a bazaar but pleading and praying for mercy even for a wicked
town that might do Teshuva it is worth it.
29 And he spoke unto Him yet again, and
said: 'Peradventure there shall be forty found there.' And He said: 'I will not
do it for the forty's sake.'
Avraham pleads for Sodom again and again.
30 … 'I will not do it, if I find thirty
there.' 31 … 'I will not destroy it for the twenty's
sake.' 32 And he said: 'Oh, let not the LORD be angry, and I will
speak yet but this once. Peradventure ten shall be found there.' And He said:
'I will not destroy it for the ten's sake.'
Unlike what we see of Noach making the Teva and
not begging for his generation, Avraham begged for the many lives of the wicked
Sodom for they were in the image of the L-RD. Avraham pleaded for the number of
righteous until a Minyan. For if a town does not have a minimum of ten righteous
people then its very existence is questionable.
33 And the LORD went His way, as soon as He
had left off speaking to Abraham; and Abraham returned unto his place.
He left with the hope
that perhaps there was a righteous Minyan in Sodom.
19:1 And the two
angels came to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom; and Lot saw
them, and rose up to meet them; and he fell down on his face to the
earth; 2 and he said: 'Behold now, my
lords, turn aside, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night,
and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your way.'
He learned well from Avraham’s hospitality.
And they said: 'Nay; but we will abide in the broad place all
night.' 3 And he urged them greatly;
and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a
feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
To this day, as with Lot, if an Arab gives you hospitality
from Avraham, he will defend you with his life. “But once out of his house, he
could stab you in the back” – Rabbi Yosef Ben Porat.
4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even
the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both young and old, all the people
from every quarter. 5 And they
called unto Lot, and said unto him: 'Where are the men that came in to thee
this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.' 6 And Lot went out unto them to the door, and shut the
door after him. 7 And he said: 'I
pray you, my brethren, do not so wickedly.
Please do not “know” these men, they are under my roof and
protection. The Hebrew is Anshe HaEl but not to be interpreted as men of G-D
but El here means Eleh or these men. But the use of the words is interesting.
8 Behold now, I have two daughters that have not known
man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good
in your eyes; only unto these men do nothing; forasmuch as they are come under
the shadow of my roof.'
Rather take my daughters if you want.
9 And they said: 'Stand back.' And they said: 'This one
fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs play the judge; now will we deal
worse with thee, than with them.' And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot,
and drew near to break the door. 10 But
the men put forth their hand, and brought Lot into the house to them, and the
door they shut. 11 And they smote
the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and
great; so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
The Angels
12 And the men said unto Lot: 'Hast thou here any
besides? son-in-law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whomsoever thou hast
in the city; bring them out of the place; 13 for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxed
great before the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.'
In a few hours, Sodom is going to be destroyed. He tries to
save his family.
14 And Lot went out, and spoke unto his sons-in-law, who
married his daughters, and said: 'Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD
will destroy the city.' But he seemed unto his sons-in-law as one that
jested.
They look at him as if he has gone stark raving mad.
15 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened
Lot, saying: 'Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters that are here; lest
thou be swept away in the iniquity of the city.' 16 But he lingered; and the men laid hold upon his hand,
and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD
being merciful unto him. And they brought him forth, and set him without the
city.
G-D was merciful to him as he had learned good traits from
Avraham even though he was in a bad place.
17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth
abroad, that he said: 'Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay
thou in all the Plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be swept away.' 18 And Lot said unto them: 'Oh, not so, my lord; 19 behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy
sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shown unto me in
saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest the evil overtake me,
and I die. 20 Behold now, this city
is near to flee unto, and it is a little one; oh, let me escape thither--is it
not a little one?--and my soul shall live.' 21 And he said unto him: 'See, I have accepted thee
concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which thou
hast spoken. 22 Hasten thou, escape
thither; for I cannot do anything till thou become thither.'—
My lot fleeing to Zoar, he saved it as the Angel could not
destroy until Lot was safe. Why was Zoar saved. Avraham was 99 and close to
100. When Avraham aka Avram at that time was 48years old, the Tower of Bavel
dispersed the nations. Sodom was in their 52nd year. But Lot uses
Nun Aleph aka Na let me flee to Zoar. The Gematria of Nun is 50 and Aleph is one.
Zoar has less sins they are in their 51st year and therefore when
Lot goes there, they can be saved.
Therefore, the name of the city was called Zoar.-- 23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot came unto
Zoar.
Lot and family packed quickly and moved quickly. The Angels
speeded up their spacial movement or slowed down time in such a way that their
escape occurred with time enough that kept with Netz (sunrise) when the Angels
sing praise unto the L-RD.
24 Then the LORD caused to rain upon Sodom and upon
Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; 25 and He overthrow those cities, and all the Plain, and
all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
The Angels carried out their mission and managed even to
catch the heavenly Shachris Davening.
26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she
became a pillar of salt.
Felix, my father, of blessed memory speculated that perhaps
Sodom was collecting some radioactive material that glowed at night. The night
before the destruction there was a blinding light as the material was getting
close to Critical Mass. What happened at Sodom was an atomic blast and Lot and
his daughters were in the cave. But the only thing left where Lot’s Wife had
been was a pillar of salt and perhaps a shadow photo image of a woman as in the
wake of Hiroshima.
27 And Abraham got up early in the morning to the place
where he had stood before the LORD. 28 And
he looked out toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the Plain,
and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a
furnace.
And he realized that despite the size or the city, there were
not even 10 righteous men.
29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of
the Plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the
overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt. 30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the
mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar; and
he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. 31 And the first-born said unto the younger: 'Our father
is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner
of all the earth. 32 Come, let us
make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed
of our father.'
Where is the logic here? There must be men is Zoar. Great
Uncle Avraham is alive, Eliezer is Alive aren’t there other men in the world?
But Lot, what do you expect from the public-school system in Sodom? Instead of
a Beit Yacov or Beit Rivka etc. you sent them to either the Vashti or Zeresh prep
school (names of wicked women in Sefer Esther).
33 And they made their father drink wine that night. And
the first-born went in, and lay with her father; and he knew not when she lay
down, nor when she arose.
Lot might have been influenced enough by his wife to live in
Sodom, but not wicked enough to perform incest. He was so drunk and perhaps his
daughter disguised herself that he did not know what was going on.
34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the
first-born said unto the younger: 'Behold, I lay yesternight with my father.
Let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him,
that we may preserve seed of our father.' 35 And they made their father drink wine that night
also. And the younger arose, and lay with him; and he knew not when she lay
down, nor when she arose. 36 Thus
were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. 37 And the first-born bore a son,
and called his name Moab--the same is the father of the Moabites unto this
day.
One day, HASHEM will grant us knowledge why Ruth, Dovid and
the Moshiach have to come into the world this way. Maybe a Tikkun?
38 And the younger, she also bore a son, and called his
name Ben-ammi--the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
The capitol of Yarden is
Rabat Ammon so they left their influence in the area.
20:1 And Abraham
journeyed from thence toward the land of the South, and dwelt between Kadesh
and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar. 2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife: 'She is my
sister.' And Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. 3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night,
and said to him: 'Behold, thou shalt die, because of the woman whom thou hast
taken; for she is a man's wife.'
Another place with no fear of G-D and Avraham becomes afraid
just as some of Saddam Hussein’s generals learned that if he looked at your wife
– divorce her if you want to keep your head about you.
4 Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said:
'LORD, wilt Thou slay even a righteous nation? 5 Said he not himself unto me: She is my sister? and
she, even she herself said: He is my brother. In the simplicity of my heart and
the innocence of my hands have I done this.' 6 And God said unto him in the dream: 'Yea, I know that
in the simplicity of thy heart thou hast done this, and I also withheld thee
from sinning against Me. Therefore, suffered I thee not to touch her. 7 Now therefore restore the man's wife; for he is a
prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live; and if thou restore
her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are
thine.' 8 And Abimelech rose early
in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their
ears; and the men were sore afraid. 9 Then
Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him: 'What hast thou done unto us? … 10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham: 'What saw thou, that
thou hast done this thing?' 11 And
Abraham said: 'Because I thought: Surely the fear of God is not in this place;
and they will slay me for my wife's sake. … 18 For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the
house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife. 21:1 And the LORD remembered
Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as He had
spoken. 2 And Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age,
at the set time of which God had spoken to him. 3 And Abraham called
the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bore to him,
Isaac. 4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days
old, as God had commanded him. 5 And Abraham was a hundred years old,
when his son Isaac was born unto him. 6 And Sarah said: 'God hath
made laughter for me; every one that heareth will laugh on account of
me.' 7 And she said: 'Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah
should give children suck? for I have borne him a son in his old
age.' 8 And the child grew, and was weaned. And Abraham made a great
feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
On that day in front the other women, Sara let other babies
suckle to show that the child was hers and not through a surrogate.
9 And
Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne unto Abraham,
making sport. 10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham: 'Cast out this
bondwoman and her son; for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my
son, even with Isaac.'
Big brother or not, he was giving over idols for Yitzchak to
play with so that Yitzchak would not inherit Avraham.
11 And
the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight on account of his
son. 12 And God said unto Abraham: 'Let it not be grievous in thy
sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah saith
unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall seed be called to
thee. 13 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation,
because he is thy seed.' 14 And Abraham arose up early in the
morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting
it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away; and she departed, and
strayed in the wilderness of Beersheba. 15 And the water in the
bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the
shrubs. 16 And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way
off, as it were a bow-shot; for she said: 'Let me not look upon the death of
the child.' And she sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and
wept.
I have no water for my son and he will die of thurst. She did
not even think of herself.
17 And
God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of
heaven, and said unto her: 'What ails thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard
the voice of the lad where he is. 18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold
him fast by thy hand; for I will make him a great nation.' 19 And God
opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the
bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. 20 And God was with the
lad, and he grew; and he dwelt in the wilderness, and became an
archer. 21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran; and his mother
took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
Since he was 14 when Yitzchak was born, he was mature enough
to marry. I am sure that Avraham gave Hagar plenty of money and she could
afford a nice dowry for a wife for him.
22 And
it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his host
spoke unto Abraham, saying: 'God is with thee in all that thou do.
Like in many countries that kicked out their Jews and their
economy began to collapse, the Plishtim were no different.
23 Now
therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me,
nor with my son, nor with my son's son; but according to the kindness that I
have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast
sojourned.' 24 And Abraham said: 'I will swear.' … 28 And
Abraham set seven ewe-lambs of the flock by themselves. 29 And
Abimelech said unto Abraham: 'What mean these seven ewe-lambs which thou hast
set by themselves?' 30 And he said: 'Verily, these seven ewe-lambs
shalt thou take of my hand, that it may be a witness unto me, that I have dug
this well.' 31 Wherefore that place was called Beersheva; because
there they swore both of them.
Beer is well and Beersheva is the well of the oath or
swearing.
32 So
they made a covenant at Beersheva; and Abimelech rose up, and Phicol the
captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the
Philistines. 33 And Abraham planted a tamarisk-tree in Beersheva, and
called there on the name of the LORD, the Everlasting God. 34 And
Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.
According to the Midrash
37years as a minimum.
22:1 And it came to pass
after these things, that God did prove Abraham, and said unto him: 'Abraham'; and
he said: 'Here am I.' 2 And He said: 'Take now thy son, thine only
son,
This could be either Yishmael or Yitzchak.
whom
thou love,
This could be either Yishmael or Yitzchak.
even
Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a
burnt-offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee
of.' 3 And Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his ass,
and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he cleaved the
wood for the burnt-offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God
had told him.
He arose quickly and left in a hurry so as not to let Sara
know where he was heading.
4 On
the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar
off. 5 And Abraham said unto his young men: 'Abide ye here with the
ass, and I and the lad will go yonder; and we will worship, and come back to
you.' 6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offering, and laid it
upon Isaac his son; and he took in his hand the fire and the knife; and they
went both of them together. 7 And Isaac spoke unto Abraham his
father, and said: 'My father.' And he said: 'Here am I, my son.' And he said:
'Behold the fire and the wood; but where is the lamb for a
burnt-offering?' 8 And Abraham said: 'God will provide Himself the
lamb for a burnt-offering, my son.'
Yitzchak sensed something was wrong. However, since Avraham
was a Novi, he believedhim and they continued on.
So
they went both of them together. … 13 And Abraham lifted up his
eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his
horns. And Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a
burnt-offering in the stead of his son.
So in the end, and view the word of the Tzadik came true.
14 And
Abraham called the name of that place Adonai-Yireh; as it is said to this day:
'In the mount where the LORD is seen.' 15 And the angel of the LORD
called unto Abraham a second time out of heaven, 16 and said: 'By
Myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, because thou hast done this thing, and
hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, 17 that in blessing I will
bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the
heaven, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and thy seed shall possess
the gate of his enemies; 18 and in thy seed shall all the nations of
the earth be blessed; because thou hast hearkened to My voice.' 19 So
Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to
Beersheva; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.
He returned to Beersheva from whence he left. Sara upon the
advice of the Satan was trying to stop the Akedah and was on her way via Sodom
towards Har Moriah. Avraham was so quick in fulfilling the Akedah that she did
not have time to catch up to him.
20 And
it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying: 'Behold,
Milcah, she also hath borne children unto thy brother Nahor: 21 Uz
his first-born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of
Aram; 22 and Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and
Bethuel.' 23 And Bethuel begot Rebekah; these eight did Milcah bear
to Nahor, Abraham's brother. 24 And his concubine, whose name was
Reumah, she also bore Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah.
All these Pasukim are
for the birth of Rivka.
Yasmin
Porat’s Story 10 minutes on Arutz 12 TV
Yasmin is an attractive accountant from a northern Kibbutz.
It is unclear if she was going to visit another Kibbutz or was at the Rage
Party. She heard the sirens and tried to flee north saw the terrorists and the
RPG’s turned around towards Kibbutz Beri. The gate originally was locked and
tried to flee. Saw terrorists and now the gate was open and she and her friend
drove in.
She hid in one place and then in and then another where she
hid well. Even after a man holding the door down for over an hour was injured
or captured, she hid. Eventually, the terrorist found her hiding place and she
was brought together with others captured.
Somehow, on the road to Beersheva, help was slowly coming.
About 40 in number wanted to go to Gaza with the 13 hostages. She began to
speak to telephone 100 with the police. Miraculously, the terrorist thought that they were
being ambushed by the police.
Yasmin was on the phone with the police negotiating safe
passage for the terrorist. Had they walked or ran, the path to Gaza was clear. The terrorist conducting the negotiating told her call the
police again and again.
Eventually, after about two hours, Border Police arrived in
full assault gear. They started shooting. The terrorist negotiating took Yasmin
as a shield as he started stripping off his clothing to surrender. In the end
he was only in his birthday suit and he pushed her to the cops and got hand
cuffed. As for the others if I am not mistaken a hostage survived with wounds
the massive gunfight with the other terrorist who are now with 72 pigs in the
next world.
Achdus – Brotherhood or Unity by Rabbi Pinchas
Winston Shlita
WHY HAVE I put a request
for achdus before a victory over our enemies? Because I know
that the latter depends upon the former. That’s the reason, isn’t it, why
division in this country is usually followed by some kind of unifying war?
During the Yom Kippur War
in 1973, I was told, many thought it was the end of the Jewish State, God
forbid. But when some asked Rav Abramsky, zt”l, one of
the Gedolim of that generation, why he wasn’t as concerned as
others about the outcome he told them, “With this much achdus the
Jewish people will not lose the war!” He was right, Boruch Hashem.
After all, you didn’t bring us
back to Eretz Yisroel to divide us. We are a nation that knows
exile only too well. We are the only people to have been spread to the four
corners of the earth, and the only one to have been ingathered from there
afterwards. To do what? To fight against each other? To build walls between
groups? We are supposed to be a single people with a single God living on a
single land. It’s in our davening, in Shabbos Mincha.
Granted, national unity has not
been our history. Moshe Rabbaynu had to fight off dissenters
and breakaways in his day, and that was right under the auspices of God. After
getting to the land and building a kingdom, it later divided into two parts
during Rechavam’s reign, remaining that way until foreign powers eventually
attacked and exiled all of us.
Even after we came back to the
land, we had a difficult time being unified. The joke about “two Jews, three
opinions” is no joke, just a sad reality. You would think that a nation that
suffered the Holocaust would never want to fight one another ever again. We
have enough enemies in the world. We don’t need to become our own worst enemies
as well.
Condensed from “Perceptions” @torah.org and directly from the Rabbi to
me
Five Motorcycle Cops with Pistols vs. Armed to the
Teeth Terrorists
Advanced Sgt. Benny?
Blumenkraus or Blumenkrantz and his motor cyclists got a report of terrorist
attacking. The 5 hid behind cars and somebody from a nearby army base had
placed an empty tank in the path of the terrorists’ trucks.
Using pistols he and his
back-up managed to take out two terrors all 5 took positions behind the tank
and a gunfight ensued. A few less terrorists part of the south was secured and
the five are with us today.
Nurse Michal Alon takes 3 bullets at the Zikim
Training Base 8 kids in shelter.
Michal is the wife of
either the military Rabbi of the base or a reserve Rabbi. Since it was Shabbos
Simchas Torah, she joined her husband at the base.
The sirens went off
and they sheltered in an up protected barracks where they slept. There was a
break and she took the children and with some soldiers they sheltered in place.
In the meantime, there
was a firefight between the guard towers and a large number of Hamas trying to
overwhelm the base. A soldier girl named Noa took whatever to her head and she
was half-alert and in pain. The nurse in Michal brought her from the safe room
to the area where Noa was and she dealt with her injury.
There was a guard at
the door and he was hit fatally in the head defending the infirmary. Then
appeared at the door somebody with a rifle who shot Michal in the arm chest and
elsewhere. Miraculously, with one bullet still in her today, no
internal organs were damaged and she took off her head scarf to make a
tourniquet.
After her injury, she
returned to the saferoom. The soldier guarding the saferoom was one of the
injured. He was shot but managed to injure the terrorist who shot him and other
soldiers took down the terrorist. There was now three injured on the base. She
and two others awaited three hours for evacuation and finally the help came.
She was one of the lucky ones.
Mother of Tamar Hadad (male soldier) to the rescue.
Oct. 7th in
Ofakim Tamar heard the sirens and the booms. He was on leave from his base. He
did not wait to be called up. He went to his unit with a few other soldiers.
When they got either the junction or the 232 road, the three confronted
terrorist.
Tamar’s mother heard
that there were wounded. She took her car to bring the wounded to the Magen
Dovid. The soldiers were fighting and finally regained the upper hand. The most
seriously wounded were to be evacuated first.
The first wounded
person was Tamar. She told him that be strong and wait for her at the hospital
as she had more injured to evacuate. And so it was she went back and forth a
number of times saving lives.
Igor Pobbov on his way to protect family eliminates
13 terrorists.
Igor is a policeman or
border policeman in Chevron. When he got a message from his wife that she and
the children were trapped in a shelter, he asked his commander if he could go
home.
He was granted
permission. On the way home, on road 232, he saw in front of him Terrorist
shooting at cars. He parked his car at a far away bus stop and walked on the
side of the road through the bushes until he was close to the terrorist. Unseen,
he attacked them killing two. As he left the scene, two more came to see their
colleagues. They too became Shachidim. This went on and on with him sneaking in
the under-bush time after time until 13 terrorist were eliminated, his path
home opened and where he could defend his family.
One man escaped and went back three times to save.
On the 4th escape attempt, he died on a
Kiddush HASHEM HY”D
Stories of heroes are too many but happy to be part of
this nation.
So, the next time you hear somebody saying, “you can
tell a
Jew by the yellow streak running down his back”.
From the beaches of Normandy June 6, ’44 we have heroes.
Wonder of wonders miracles of miracles
One woman was at the
party with her 49year old girlfriend, mother of three.
When the sirens went
off and the party ended instead of going home with her male neighbor, she went
with her friend.
As the rockets fell on
the way, the two stopped the car by a secure place and jumped in as a rocket
hit and set the car on fire a few seconds later. Later two men joined the two.
They hear shots and Arabic outside and knew either the Arabs or them so they
pulled-off a flight 93 and rushed the Arabs. Unfortunately, they did not
succeed HY”D.
The two women were
left alone. An Arab clean up squad came and sprayed them with bullets. The
woman was shot in the back and head grazed lost consciousness. She thought that
she died. Her friend was on top of her hugging her and texting that she had
died and the 49year old was bleeding to death.
The Arabs came back
another time and threw a grenade. The forth time they came she lay still with
her eyes open and they assumed her dead.
Finally, she heard
Hebrew anybody a live here? Some soldiers came under fire and rescued her with
her faint voice answer. If that was not a series of miracles to keep her alive
I don’t know what is. Tehillim 127:1 EXCEPT THAT G-D GUARDS THE CITY, THE CRIES
OF A WATCHMAN ARE IN VAIN.
Rabbi Simon Jacobson Shlita: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX9CPJ8O0Mw
Orthodox mother of 10
rescued party goers on Oct. 7th.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/orthodox-mother-of-10-worked-for-12-hours-to-rescue-revelers-from-party-of-death/
Inyanay Diyoma
Oct. 28/29 starting the 4th
week. Day 23
I noted on Friday that the terrorist
did not hit the religious areas of Ashdod or Modiin. So they must have heard me
and attacked Ashdod Friday afternoon and us and Modiin Illit on Friday night.
Friday afternoon three injured in a
hit on a building in Tel Aviv and another fall in a public area. Shabbos a fire
from a fall and a hit on a building and as I write Ramat Gan is under a rocket
attack.
On Friday night, a division of
soldiers entered Gaza and destroyed 150 tunnels. They consisted of Golani 51
and 13, engineering and armor. Motzei Shabbos more troops entered Gaza on a
wider front.
In the north, a mini-war is going
on. Shabbos was full of attempts by Hezballah, artillery and Motzei Shabbos
penetration attempts at Margaliot. Soldiers who died, the number rises to 311.
Hit on Friday: https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-770460
After Hezballah Rocket Attack: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-770588
Upon interrogation, Hamas soldiers told of a plan to attack simultaneous with
Hezballah on a different date. Hezballah is disciplined and well trained by
Iran. Hamas is a band of murderers and saw the opportunity to kill the party
goers. It was not a miracle for them but a miracle for the survivors.
Again, today around noon an attack
followed by a second attack of rockets from Rishon to Hod HaSharon and there
one fell. Rocket parts fell in Rishon.
80% of Israeli Arabs are with us but
some have been arrested. East Yerushalayim Arabs and Imams is a different story
and more arrests. As of now 194 or more arrested.
The IDF struck over 450 terror targets during the
past day. IDF forces continue to expand ground activities. Only 100 IAF planes
are in use most are kept for the north.
IDF officer seriously injured by a mortar shell. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379331
A neighbor of mine was seriously injured in the
Gaza incursion. Iliya ben Mairav.
Updates. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379346
Friday a second threat from the Red Sea, IAF
fighters deployed. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379260
Also Friday Naval raid on Hamas Port. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379273
Shabbos: At about 6:45 a.m., the words “Jews for
Palestinian Resistance” were found spray painted on the sidewalk outside of a
reform synagogue in Park Slope. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379317
Supermarket orders with Hamas
symbols on them. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379275
Hamas HDQT under hospital. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379276
Terrorist admits it. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379287
Beloved Beri bus driver dies of
cardiac arrest. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379258
Swastika on wall. One of the buildings defaced was the home of a Holocaust
survivor. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379272
Modern Blood Libel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379268
Ariel commander eliminated. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379289
Best troops operating in Gaza. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379288
Trump. Spill a drop of American
Blood and gallons of yours. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379312
Soldier on leave saves family from
stoning. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379301
Hamas using psychological warfare. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379314
Bennett Gaza Plan. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379297
Watch tanks and infantry in action. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379342
Israel to open up a second water
line. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379348
Oct. 30
I am in the middle of writing two
tales of heroism of Jews during the first day of the surprise attack. This
week’s rabbipauli.blogspot dot com.
Yesterday, in his regular blame
game, Netanyahu attacked the Shin Bet and army Intelligence. Opposition Leader
went to the radio and asked them to play a tape he made a few weeks before the
war in which he stated that he has intelligence that Gaza is going to heat-up
in spite of the Qatar money and present calm.
Updates to 6AM https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379346
BDE Tank overturns in the north
killing soldier. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379378
There is an organization called Ohev Yisrael (Love Israel) that is
asking for names of Israeli soldiers so they can pray for them. DO NOT give
them any information or names. This is a Palestinian organization. They are
actually mapping the IDF and asking what equipment they need. This is a threat
to the security of Israel and the IDF. Please forward this.
The L-RD is good to me. I managed to
change my flight to the States to Jan. 22 and hopefully things will settle down
by then. To leave my wife during this time would not be proper and she refused
to fly now for a number of reasons. Maybe or maybe not she will join me then.
4 Shachidim in Jenin. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379383
11 arrested previously. https://twitter.com/Jerusalem_Post/status/1718220957066600608
Police officer stabbed seriously. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-770795
BBC and anti-Israel propaganda. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-770534
Starlink internet to Gaza. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-770534
2016 document spoke of Hamas’s
intention to take over settlements. Netanyahu cannot escape what will happen. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379386
As previously reported, Netanyahu
was force to apologize to the Shin Bet and Army Intelligence. https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-sharply-criticized-for-post-blaming-intelligence-chiefs-for-oct-7-failure/
More commanders and weapons depots
taken out. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379384
Abbas supports Hamas as Fin. Min.
says stop funds. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379394
You remember the picture of the back of a dead or unconscious female
not well dressed being loaded on a truck for Gaza. They found the bone from the
base of her neck/skull and identified the DNA so she did not suffer long. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379395
We will chase Sinwar until we catch
him. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379365
Airport lynch attempt. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379362
A number of rabbis have expressed support for a
initiative to bolster security in Haredi cities amid the war and the security
situation. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379355
We are focused on victory. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379363
Cornell Kosher Dining Hall closed. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379371
US Marine 26th
Expeditionary Force near. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379377
Syrian Rockets and reply. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379369
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the
naval base of the southern front in Ashdod. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379357
Hamas releases Propaganda film. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379357
Brazil Pres. Pro-Hamas Parliament
sings Hatikvah. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379356
Walmart donates $1million for first
aid. https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/article-770698
Anonymous partner helps Elbit build a munitions plant. https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/all-news/article-770678
Oct. 31
Monday evening there was a military
homeland defense drill in my Yishuv soldiers from the home front. A few dozen
soldiers ran down my block and took defense positions and checked out
buildings. I watched them as they got as far as my house.
Since my wife and I are getting on
and our hearing impaired a bit by age, I asked my neighbor if he heard the
siren and he too said only through his phone. I guess the Yishuv is going to
repair the capability and the same with my daughter who in Modiin Illit heard
only a faint siren.
I don’t follow What’s App like a
teenager and opened up mine too late to see a notice that in the G. Synagogue
near the town’s entrance there was I guess an army speedy wedding and people
were invited to bring joy to the bride and groom.
When I see day 25 of the war it
reminds me of a silly childish song we sang during the cold war and I was about
10 at the time. It was like the Xmas song but 12 days of war. It started out
with a cartridge in a 33. It had tanks, planes and not upon the world atomic
bombs. But as the war progresses, the childish song seems to be too real.
The Shin Bet found where a female
Sargent was in captivity. Other girls who were captured the blouse and pants buttons of their
uniforms were left behind at the headquarters those who understand will
understand. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-770879
In the middle of writing this, our
power fell after a rocket attack in the south. It must have hit a high-tension
line. One or two of the three phases was out and fortunately we managed to put
the Fridge, A/C and deep freezer on line along with the news channel. The power
was restored after two hours.
The TV discussed that Germany,
Belgium, France and the UK are facing the danger of an Islamic Takeover.
Everyday between noon and three
there are one or two attacks against the center of the country.
Houthi Missile shot down over Red
Sea. Using an Arrow Missile outside of the atmosphere. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379458
Review of day 24 and rockets on day
25 to now. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379346
PLO “We will drink your blood.” https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379460
Satire on the BBC an the Hospital
Bombing Claim - watch.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-satirical-show-ridicules-alleged-bbc-bias/
Danger of being Iranian Hostages
force El Al to increase flight time by three hours. https://www.timesofisrael.com/el-al-stops-flying-over-oman-as-war-time-precaution-prolonging-journey-to-east-asia/
8000 workers from the Yehuda and the
Shomron allowed back into Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379430
A Nevada man has been charged and accused of
leaving a series of antisemitic, profanity-laced voicemails at the office
of Jewish Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV). https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379436
MK Cohen speaks Arabic in Knesset to
Sinwar. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379434
Film of three captives
Psychological. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379424
Mossad chief visits Qatar. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379428
Amb. Erdan wears a yellow star. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379427
Shurat HaDin we must isolate Qatar. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379453
Only 50-50 chance of hostage
release. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379448
3 Miracles on Simchas
Torah. Yair Ansbacher, an IDF reservist and a research
fellow at the Misgav Institute, tells Israel National News - Arutz Sheva that the war
Israel embarked on is not against Hamas in Gaza, but against Iran and all its
branches in the region. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379443
Nov. 1
Senior Hamas Official Tunnels are to
protect us not the people of Gaza. Arabic film with English Subtitles. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379469
https://www.timesofisrael.com/pro-palestinian-protester-releases-mice-in-uk-mcdonalds/
Summary of the last day. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379346
Houthis declare war on Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379493
Officially 10 soldiers lost
yesterday unofficially from Fox News 12. One from Modiin another from Nili a
few miles away and a fellow Erez from Oranit over the hill in the direction in
which we pray. Less than half a Kilometer from my house. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379499
I found his sister’s Facebook Page
and sent Baruch Dayan Emmes HY”D. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379511
South America is a problem with oil
and also Iranian Money. Columbia, Bolivia and Chile seem to have forgotten
“That the earth is the L-RD’s” Tehillim 24:1 and choose the wrong side. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379494
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379507
US-Israel discussing the future of
the Gaza Strip. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379498
Saudis still interested in
normalization with Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379501
Dr. Reinhold Lopatka, a member of the Austrian
parliament, vice-president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of
Europe, and vice-president of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in
Europe – Israeli Refugees changed our thinking. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379487
A student who allegedly made threats of a mass
shooting and antisemitic violence at Cornell University has been criminally
charged, Fox
News reported on Tuesday.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379497
Egypt opens crossing for the
wounded. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379500
European Jewish Council – Israel was
our safe haven. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379484
Blinken’s support for Israeli’s
defense. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379496
Anti-missile boats on the Red Sea. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379505
When Hamas terrorists invaded the small and
peaceful communities, Kibbutzim, and Moshavim adjacent to the border between
Israel and the Gaza Strip, many of which advocated relations with Hamas and
employed Gazans, they shattered long-held delusions dearly held by Progressive
Jews. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379517
Nov. 2nd
Last night, I watched Channel 13th
Tzvi Yechezkeli was with a map of Gaza. He showed the entrance of Israeli
Troops. From the North near Yad Mordechai along the coastal road tanks entered in a wide area and moved
south. From the Northeast along a wide front as far south as the Gaza River
area, a column was cut to coast road from the east. Other areas in between were
caught between the two.
As the IAF takes out more and more
rocket staging areas the number of rocket attacks have gone down but still too
many.
Lately, my wife wakes up before 4AM
and today she woke me up so I watched Hannity as I prepared my medications and
vitamins for the coming week. Went back to bed, shopped, worked out in the gym
and napped so this msg. got delayed.
Druze Hero of Kibbutz Beri Dies in
battle. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379589
In my reserve service, I
was assigned to the 188th squad 7.
Reservist Lt. Yuval Silver HY”D. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379567
Combined rifle and explosive attack
foiled. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379579
F35 intercepts Cruise Missile. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379598
Update summary. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379346
Nov. 3rd
Northern Gaza is now fully
surrounded by Israel. Russia attacks Ukrainian Civilians while the world
worries about “poor Gaza”.
Assad to give Hezballah SA22. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379633
Shooting attack kills reservist on
leave. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379583
Psychological Warfare on behalf of
Hamas. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379637
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israels-home-qualifying-soccer-matches-for-euro-2024-moved-to-hungary/
Sun features faces of hostage children. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/r1jhzzzx6
Op-Ed: Ben Ari. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hkia11dj76#autoplay
Ron Ben Yishai. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hkehk00kxt
Blinken arrives 4 soldiers lost
their lives last night. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rjzycbmqp
Watch Golani 13 describe their
battle close up to the enemy. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379641
On October 7, along with armored corps
troops from the 53rd Battalion, engaged with terror squads launching anti-tank
missiles and detonating IEDs. Golani 13 lost 41 members but is in the Fray
again. https://www.ynetnews.com/magazine/article/h1bw119wqa#autoplay
FL man from ‘religion of peace'
wanted to kill Jews. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379641
Hamas Battalion Commander blasted. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379641
4000 legal Gazan workers to return
to Gaza. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379645
4 more names-photos of soldiers HY”D.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379639
Ben Gvir freezes terror payments to
prisoners. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379626
Hamas/Amalek will repeat Oct. 7
again & again. https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/article-771199
Netanyahu wants political survival
not focused on war. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-771298
Germany bans extreme Muslim
activities. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379587
During
a BBC broadcast, a Gazan woman was filmed crying as those
injured by Israeli airstrikes are evacuated. "It's all because of the
Hamas dogs," she wailed.
In
response, those around the woman rushed to hush her, placing their hands on her
mouth so that she would no longer be able to speak against Hamas. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379590
Members of the security squad in the southern
Israeli town of Shlomit, near the Egyptian border, received an alert on the
morning of October 7 that terrorists had invaded the town of Pri Gan, just 10
kilometers from their own. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379588
MK’s see uncensored footage of the
Oct. 7th attack. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379584
MLK FAMILY SUPPORT. https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/11/02/martin-luther-king-jr-s-daughter-responds-after-amy-schumer-notes-his-support-for-israel-in-social-media-post/
Another soldier HY”D died on a
Kiddush HASHEM. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/379659
A healthy, restful and
peaceful Shabbos,
Rachamim Pauli
