Parsha Vayishlach Part 2
Last week after having miraculously
escaped Lavan, Yacov sent a message to Esav more a less that he wants to return
home in peace. Esav gathers 400 men to have a final solution on Yacov. Yacov
goes back to pick up some things he as forgotten and ends up wrestling with
Esav’s Angel. Even though Yacov prevails, the Angel manages to hurt him in such
a way that he limps.
33:1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked, and,
behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children
unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. 2 And he put
the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and
Rachel and Joseph hindermost. 3 And he himself passed over before
them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his
brother.
Yacov is showing servitude to his
brother. As he comes towards Esav, he is no longer the 63 year old Esav knew.
He is a 97 year old limping and bowing before his brother. I can tell you from
my own life, I was at 62 bench pressing 100 lbs. aka 45 kg. A few months later
I developed a number of medical problems and by 63 years of age I was bench
pressing 25kg. and it only went down from there. So it finally dawned on Esav
that the old threat was no longer there.
4 And
Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him;
and they wept.
The Rabbis came out with two
different Midrashim. The first that Esav really had compassion upon Yacov. The
second that he embraced him and tried to bite his neck and his teeth broke and
he cried from dental pain. I choose to believe the first following the rest of
the narrative.
5 And
he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said: ‘Who are
these with thee?’ And he said: ‘The children whom God hath graciously given thy
servant.’ 6 Then the handmaids came near, they and their children,
and they bowed down. 7 And Leah also and her children came near, and
bowed down; and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed
down. 8 And he said: ‘What meanest thou by all this camp which I met?’
And he said: ‘To find favor in the sight of my lord.’
Remember that Esav got married at
40 and chances are that after 57years, he has grandchildren and even great grandchildren
so this measly bunch of 11 boys under Bar Mitzvah age does not pose military or
physical threat to Esav.
9 And
Esau said: ‘I have enough; my brother, let that which thou hast be thine.’ 10 And
Jacob said: ‘Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found favor in thy sight, then
receive my present at my hand; forasmuch as I have seen thy face, as one sees
the face of God, and thou were pleased with me.
Often we talk something from
current events and Yacov is no different having looked eye to eye with the
Angel of Esav.
11 Take,
I pray thee, my gift that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously
with me, and because I have enough.’ And he urged him, and he took
it. 12 And he said: ‘Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I
will go before thee.’ 13 And he said unto him: ‘My lord knows that
the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds giving suck are a care
to me; and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die.
He presses Esav to take the gifts
and makes up the excuse of not over-driving the animals.
14 Let
my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant; and I will journey on
gently, according to the pace of the cattle that are before me and according to
the pace of the children, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.’ 15 And
Esau said: ‘Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me.’ And
he said: ‘What needs it? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.’
I promise to come to Seir or
perhaps judge Seir with the advent of Moshiach. But for now the best thing is
that you go on your way and wait for me.
16 So
Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir. 17 And Jacob journeyed
to Succoth, and built him a house, and made booths for his cattle. Therefore
the name of the place is called Succoth.
This appears to be some grazing
land between modern Rosh Pina and Schem.
18 And
Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan,
when he came from Paddan-aram; and encamped before the city. 19 And
he bought the parcel of ground, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of
the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of
money. 20 And he erected there an altar, and called it
El-elohe-Israel.
All places that Israel conquered
there was no dispute in the land. Where Avraham, Yacov or Dovid bought became a
place for contention. Chevron, Schem and Har HaBeis.
34:1
And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne unto Jacob, went out to see
the daughters of the land. 2 And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite,
the prince of the land, saw her; and he took her, and lay with her, and humbled
her.
It appears at first that Dina was
between eight to nine years of age. In modern Gaza this is marriage age. I
assume that a first he tried to charm her and took her hand and talked
marriage. Then his hormones took over and he did what he did.
3 And
his soul did cleave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel,
and spoke comfortingly unto the damsel. 4 And Shechem spoke unto his
father Hamor, saying: ‘Get me this damsel to wife.’
Unlike Amnon and Tamar, Schem loved
Dina and desired her and spoke nicely to her to calm her down. He also went to
his father to arrange for a marriage perhaps with her so that she would feel
better.
5 Now
Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; and his sons were with his
cattle in the field; and Jacob held his peace until they came. 6 And
Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to speak with
him. 7 And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard
it; and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought
a vile deed in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter; which thing ought not to
be done. 8 And Hamor spoke with them, saying ‘The soul of my son
Shechem longs for your daughter. I pray you give her unto him to
wife. 9 And make ye marriages with us; give your daughters unto us,
and take our daughters unto you. 10 And ye shall dwell with us; and
the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions
therein.’
Hamor is a shrewd negotiator. The
family has good flocks and herds and will bring good trade and prosperity to
the city.
11 And
Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren: ‘Let me find favor in your
eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give. 12 Ask me never so
much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me; but
give me the damsel to wife.’
I shall listen unto to request for
a marriage contract.
13 And
the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with guile, and spoke,
because he had defiled Dinah their sister, 14 and said unto them: ‘We
cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that
were a reproach unto us. 15 Only on this condition will we consent
unto you: if ye will be as we are, that every male of you be
circumcised; 16 then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will
take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one
people. 17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised;
then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.’ 18 And their
words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor’s son. 19 And the young man
deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter. And
he was honored above all the house of his father. 20 And Hamor and
Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and spoke with the men of
their city, saying:
We shall go and make a Bris.
21 ‘These
men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade
therein; for, behold, the land is large enough for them; let us take their
daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
We shall assimilate with Yacov and
become one people.
22 Only
on this condition will the men consent unto us to dwell with us, to become one
people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are
circumcised. 23 Shall not their cattle and their substance and all
their beasts be ours? Only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with
us.’ 24 And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that
went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went
out of the gate of his city.
Who would not mind to have his
daughter married to one of the heirs to millions or billions.
25 And
it came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, that two of the sons
of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brethren, took each man his sword, and came
upon the city unawares, and slew all the males. 26 And they slew
Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of
Shechem’s house, and went forth. 27 The sons of Jacob came upon the
slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
I assume they slaughtered all the males and took the females and
booty. This is the source for the idols mentioned when Yacov reaches Bethel.
28 They
took their flocks and their herds and their asses, and that which was in the
city and that which was in the field; 29 and all their wealth, and
all their little ones and their wives, took they captive and spoiled, even all
that was in the house. 30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi: ‘Ye have
troubled me, to make me odious unto the inhabitants of the land, even unto the
Canaanites and the Perizzites; and, I being few in number, they will gather
themselves together against me and smite me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my
house.’ 31 And they said: ‘Should one deal with our sister as with a
harlot?’
What happened and the wars the pursued are all written in Sefer
Yashar. There are hints in the Midrash.
35:1
And God said unto Jacob: ‘Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there; and make
there an altar unto God, who appeared unto thee when thou didst flee from the
face of Esau thy brother.’ 2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and
to all that were with him: ‘Put away the strange gods that are among you, and
purify yourselves, and change your garments;
Where did these gods come from? From the captives of the people of
Schem.
3 and
let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God,
who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I
went.’ 4 And they gave unto Jacob all the foreign gods which were in
their hand, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under
the terebinth which was by Shechem. 5 And they journeyed; and a
terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not
pursue after the sons of Jacob. 6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in
the land of Canaan—the same is Beth-el—he and all the people that were with
him. 7 And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el,
because there God was revealed unto him, when he fled from the face of his
brother. 8 And Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried below
Beth-el under the oak; and the name of it was called Allon-bacuth.
This is interesting as she basically was like a surrogate mother
to Yacov all these 34 to 36 years. Now Rivka was between 23 to 34 years old
when Yacov was born according to either Rashi or Ibn Ezra. Yacov is now 99years
old so Devorah as Rivka’s Nurse must have been some years older!
9 And
God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed
him. 10 And God said unto him: ‘Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not
be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name’; and He called his name
Israel. 11 And God said unto him: ‘I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and
multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall
come out of thy loins; 12 and the land which I gave unto Abraham and
Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.’ 13 And
God went up from him in the place where He spoke with him. 14 And
Jacob set up a pillar in the place where He spoke with him, a pillar of stone,
and he poured out a drink-offering thereon, and poured oil
thereon. 15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke
with him, Beth-el.
G-D has returned Yacov safely to Bethel and he is promise that he
is the spiritual and physical inheritor of the Land.
16 And
they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was still some way to come to Ephrath;
and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor. 17 And it came to pass,
when she was in hard labor, that the mid-wife said unto her: ‘Fear not; for
this also is a son for thee.’ 18 And it came to pass, as her soul was
in departing—for she died—that she called his name Ben-oni; but his father
called him Benjamin.
The name of my poor-son (orphan) becomes “my right hand son”,
Benyamin.
19 And
Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath—the same is
Beth-lehem. 20 And Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave; the same is
the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.
The distance between Bethlehem and Chevron is not that great to
bring the coffin there. So why the burial there? The answer is that when the children
of Yisrael went into the first exile, they prayed by Rachel’s Gave and it is
holy site for prayer unto this day.
21 And
Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond Migdal-eder. 22 And it
came to pass, while Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with
Bilhah his father’s concubine; and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of
Jacob were twelve: 23 the sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob’s first-born,
and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun; 24 the
sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin; 25 and the sons of Bilhah,
Rachel’s handmaid: Dan and Naphtali; 26 and the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s
handmaid: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, that were born to him in
Paddan-aram. 27 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father to Mamre, to
Kiriat Arba—the same is Hebron—where Abraham and Isaac
sojourned. 28 And the days of Isaac were a hundred and fourscore
years. 29 And Isaac expired, and died, and was gathered unto his
people, old and full of days; and Esau and Jacob his sons buried him.
Yacov lived next to his aged father
and obtained more wisdom for the next 21 years until his passing. There was now
peace between Yacov and Esav and they buried Yitzchak. One can assume that a
fast camel could take one from Beer Sheva to Har Seir and back within less than
a day. [The drive by car is about 2.5 hours with a stop or two on the way.]
36:1
Now these are the generations of Esau—the same is Edom. 2 Esau took
his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite,
and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the
Hivite, 3 and Basemath Ishmael’s daughter, sister of
Nebaioth. 4 And Adah bore to Esau Eliphaz; and Basemath bore
Reuel; 5 and Oholibamah bore Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah. These are
the sons of Esau, that were born unto him in the land of
Canaan. 6 And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters,
and all the souls of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his
possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Canaan; and went into a land
away from his brother Jacob. 7 For their substance was too great for
them to dwell together; and the land of their sojournings could not bear them
because of their cattle. 8 And Esau dwelt in the mountain-land of
Seir—Esau is Edom. 9 And these are the generations of Esau the father
of the Edomites in the mountain-land of Seir. 10 These are the names
of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of
Basemath the wife of Esau. 11 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman,
Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz. 12 And Timna was concubine to
Eliphaz Esau’s son; and she bore to Eliphaz Amalek. These are the sons of Adah
Esau’s wife. 13 And these are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, and Zerah,
Shammah, and Mizzah. These were the sons of Basemath Esau’s
wife. 14 And these were the sons of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah,
the daughter of Zibeon, Esau’s wife; and she bore to Esau Jeush, and Jalam, and
Korah. 15 These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau: the sons of
Eliphaz the first-born of Esau: the chief of Teman, the chief of Omar, the
chief of Zepho, the chief of Kenaz, 16 the chief of Korah, the chief
of Gatam, the chief of Amalek. These are the chiefs that came of Eliphaz in the
land of Edom. These are the sons of Adah. 17 And these are the sons
of Reuel Esau’s son: the chief of Nahath, the chief of Zerah, the chief of
Shammah, the chief of Mizzah. These are the chiefs that came of Reuel in the
land of Edom. These are the sons of Basemath Esau’s wife. 18 And
these are the sons of Oholibamah Esau’s wife: the chief of Jeush, the chief of
Jalam, the chief of Korah. These are the chiefs that came of Oholibamah the
daughter of Anah, Esau’s wife. 19 These are the sons of Esau, and
these are their chiefs; the same is Edom.
As I mentioned these chiefs existed
before the sons of Yacov could grow up.
20 These
are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan and Shobal
and Zibeon and Anah, 21 and Dishon and Ezer and Dishan. These are the
chiefs that came of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of
Edom. 22 And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan’s
sister was Timna. 23 And these are the children of Shobal: Alvan and
Manahath and Ebal, Shepho and Onam. 24 And these are the children of
Zibeon: Aiah and Anah—this is Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness,
as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father. 25 And these are the
children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah. 26 And
these are the children of Dishon: Hemdan and Eshban and Ithran and
Cheran. 27 These are the children of Ezer: Bilhan and Zaavan and
Akan. 28 These are the children of Dishan: Uz and
Aran. 29 These are the chiefs that came of the Horites: the chief of
Lotan, the chief of Shobal, the chief of Zibeon, the chief of
Anah, 30 the chief of Dishon, the chief of Ezer, the chief of Dishan.
These are the chiefs that came of the Horites, according to their chiefs in the
land of Seir. 31 And these are the kings that reigned in the land of
Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of
Israel. 32 And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom; and the name of
his city was Dinhabah. 33 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah
of Bozrah reigned in his stead. 34 And Jobab died, and Husham of the
land of the Temanites reigned in his stead. 35 And Husham died, and
Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his
stead; and the name of his city was Avith. 36 And Hadad died, and
Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. 37 And Samlah died, and
Shaul of Rehoboth by the River reigned in his stead. 38 And Shaul
died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead. 39 And
Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead; and the name
of the city was Pau; and his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred,
the daughter of Me-zahab. 40 And these are the names of the chiefs
that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their
names: the chief of Timna, the chief of Alvah, the chief of
Jetheth; 41 the chief of Oholibamah, the chief of Elah, the chief of
Pinon; 42 the chief of Kenaz, the chief of Teman, the chief of
Mibzar; 43 the chief of Magdiel, the chief of Iram. These are the
chiefs of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession.
This is Esau the father of the Edomites.
Parsha Vayeshev Part 1
I usually mention in the name of Rabbi Simcha HaCohain Kuk Ztzal
that this Parsha is one where HASHEM is not mentioned. Angels yes so where was
HASHEM? Making the Moshiach ben Dovid and the Moshiach Ben Yosef.
37:1
And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father's sojournings, in the land of
Canaan. 2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen
years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren, being still a lad even with
the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives; and Joseph
brought evil report of them unto their father.
Sometimes you can be right but also
dead right. Yosef saw the mistake of his brothers. He should have rebuked them
outright or via Reuven if they claimed seniority but going to their father and
being a tattle-tale he brought hatred upon himself and finally groundless
hatred.
3 Now
Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his
old age; and he made him a coat of many colors.
Learn from this and never show
favoritism to any of your children.
4 And
when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren,
they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him. 5 And Joseph
dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brethren; and they hated him yet the
more. 6 And he said unto them: 'Hear, I pray you, this dream which I
have dreamed: 7 for, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field,
and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves came
round about, and bowed down to my sheaf.'
It does not matter if the dream was
going to come true someday. In the here and now, it was enough to make his
brothers jealous.
8 And
his brethren said to him: 'Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou
indeed have dominion over us?' And they hated him yet the more for his dreams,
and for his words. 9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it to
his brethren, and said: 'Behold, I have dreamed yet a dream: and, behold, the
sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me.'
There is a rule with dreams that
some nonsense appears in them. Even this premonition, the moon (Rachel) was
buried near Bethlehem.
10 And
he told it to his father, and to his brethren; and his father rebuked him, and
said unto him: 'What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy
mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down to thee to the earth?'
He had to appear angry for he saw
what was happening with his other sons outside of Benyamin.
11 And
his brethren envied him; but his father kept the saying in mind.
Yacov kept this in the back of his mind, but after 22years it
would be buried too deep in his memory.
12 And
his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem. 13 And
Israel said unto Joseph: 'Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come,
and I will send thee unto them.' And he said to him: 'Here am I.'
Unlike many of the 17year old
children today, Yosef was obedient to his father. Honoring a parent was on a
high level up until a generation or two ago when the communist-socialists put
the State above the parent in education.
14 And
he said to him: 'Go now, see whether it is well with thy brethren, and well
with the flock; and bring me back word.' So he sent him out of the vale of
Hebron, and he came to Shechem. 15 And a certain man found him, and,
behold, he was wandering in the field. And the man asked him, saying: 'What
seek thou?'
Rashi identifies the man as the Angel
Gavriel who is called “a man”.
16 And
he said: 'I seek my brethren. Tell me, I pray thee, where they are feeding the
flock.'
To Yosef they are brothers but the
reverse is not necessarily so.
17 And
the man said: 'They are departed hence; for I heard them say: Let us go to
Dothan.' And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in
Dothan. 18 And they saw him afar off, and before he came near unto
them, they conspired against him to slay him.
Shimon and Levi, the hot heads and
the sons of the concubines that he brought a bad report about, were really
through with him.
19 And
they said one to another: 'Behold, this dreamer cometh. 20 Come now
therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will
say: An evil beast hath devoured him; and we shall see what will become of his
dreams.'
They literally wanted to kill him.
Shimon and Levi had already killed so the sin of murder had become lessened in
their eyes.
21 And
Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand; and said: 'Let us not
take his life.' 22 And Reuben said unto them: 'Shed no blood; cast
him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand upon him'--that he
might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.
Don’t murder. Being the elder brother,
he had authority and respect in their eyes.
23 And
it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stripped
Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colors that was on him; 24 and
they took him, and cast him into the pit--and the pit was empty, there was no
water in it.
But it was a place for snakes and scorpions
– Rashi.
25 And
they sat down to eat bread; and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and,
behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites came from Gilead, with their camels bearing
spicery and balm and ladanum, going to carry it down to Egypt. 26 And
Judah said unto his brethren: 'What profit is it if we slay our brother and
conceal his blood?
Yehuda wants to save Yosef but in a
cockeyed way not like Reuven’s idea.
27 Come,
and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for
he is our brother, our flesh.' And his brethren hearkened unto
him. 28 And there passed by Midianites, merchantmen; and they drew
and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for
twenty shekels of silver. And they brought Joseph into Egypt.
2 Shekels for each brother as Benyamin,
the child, was still at home.
29 And
Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he
rent his clothes. 30 And he returned unto his brethren, and said:
'The child is not; and as for me, whither shall I go?'
Reuven’s plan to save Yosef failed
and now he is besides himself.
31 And
they took Joseph's coat, and killed a he-goat, and dipped the coat in the
blood; 32 and they sent the coat of many colors, and they brought it
to their father; and said: 'This have we found. Know now whether it is thy
son's coat or not.'
Yacov deceived his father with a
goat and now Mida Knegged Mida (measure for measure) he was being deceived by
his children through a goat.
33 And
he knew it, and said: 'It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him;
Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces.' 34 And Jacob rent his
garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many
days.
You deceived your father with a
skin of a goat now measure for measure it comes back that your children will
deceive you.
35 And
all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be
comforted; and he said: 'Nay, but I will go down to the grave to my son
mourning.' And his father wept for him.
Usually over a year, the dead is
forgotten to some extent and life goes on. However, Yosef was alive and
therefore not forgotten.
36 And
the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the
captain of the guard.
So the pathway was laid for the children
of Avraham to go down to Egypt.
To be continued next week.
Elyon sent me a video
clip of Itamar of Netivot’s Hashgacha
The clip shows Itamar on Oct. 7th
‘23, unarmed, walking towards two people he sees. He thinks that they are
Thailand Workers that fled the Nova or Farms into Netivot. He calls to them. As
he approaches them, he sees that they are armed terrorists. He puts one hand
behind his back as if he has a gun.
He wanted to run away but he knew
that if he did so, they would be in his apartment complex with his family and
neighbors within a matter of minutes.
He calls on them to surrender. In
the meantime, armed men arrive. He orders the terrorist to take of their shirts
and pull off their pants. He then collects their phones as the armed people
take them away.
Oh yes, Itamar looks like a
Charedi or very religious Sephardic Jews. All I can tell you is that guard the
Shabbos and the Shabbos will guard you. A real miracle on film.
Maybe I brought down Lt.
Yinon Granot’s story previously
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400996
Armored Officer thought that he
would die. He felt sorry for his friends and family.
He was wounded in Jabaliya and his
journey to recovery and determination to get back to lead his men.
Lieutenant Yinon Granot, a tank officer critically injured in
Jabalia and currently undergoing rehabilitation at Sheba Medical Center, spoke
to Arutz Sheva - Israel National News in honor of the IDF Casualties
Appreciation Day. He recounted the moment of his injury and expressed his
desire to return to active duty after recovery.
At the beginning of the interview, he describes the injury in
Gaza: "I raised my head from the tank to direct where to attack. An
explosive device placed in the window was triggered. I was hit in the neck, my carotid
artery was cut, I was injured in the face and chest, and I took a shrapnel that
pierced my lung and is now lodged in the diaphragm, requiring surgery."
"I remember everything," he adds. "I was conscious
for about two minutes after the event. I stopped the bleeding from my main
artery but felt difficulty breathing. I evacuated myself to the back door,
asked the team to evacuate me backward, and just in the last words before I
lost consciousness, I told them to throw all their bandages into the corridor,
and I started bandaging myself with another soldier until I lost
consciousness."
He describes his thoughts in those critical moments. "I
thought to myself that I was about to die and just felt bad because I thought
about my parents and my girlfriend. I mainly thought about them. When I woke
up, the first thing I asked was 'Am I alive?' They told me I would survive, and
then I asked if the team was okay and was relieved when the answer was
positive."
Before he was injured, Granot spent a whole year deeply involved
in the war. "It was a very intense year. The war became a way of life, and
nothing really calmed down there. Every entry is no less stressful than the
previous one, and you feel like it's your first day in Gaza. There is no
complacency there; it's the most booby-trapped place I've seen, and I’ve been
to every side of Gaza. There are still many terrorists, and that's the message
that needs to be conveyed to those who think we're done there."
He describes the rehabilitation process as particularly
empowering. "The rehabilitation here is amazing. Just being here with all
the guys is truly the best mental treatment. When everyone talks, everyone has
similar issues, experiencing similar hardships, it's amazing, and there's huge
support from citizens who volunteer and donate. It's encouraging. There's no
doubt that if I were in a difficult place, I'd be in a different state. This
warm embrace lifts me up."
In the meantime, he's counting the days until he returns to fight.
"After all the surgeries and rehabilitation, I will return to
service."
Rumors of Master Sgt. Yoav Tivoni’s death are exaggerated.
Oct. 7th ’23 Yoav Tivoni was not celebrating Simchas Torah. No,
he was enjoying himself along the Sinai Red Sea Coast. When the news broke, he
and his friends rushed back into Israel. He went home to get his Reserve Duty
kit. It is similar to a pregnant woman’s 9th month pack for a
hospital visit.
He arrived at his base and underwent military and paramedic retraining.
His unit enter Gaza on Oct. 28th. After about two months in Gaza he
was outside of a house with his first Sgt. as a rescue unit. Suddenly, both
were hit with an antitank missile. His first Sgt. fought for his life for a
month but died from his wounds.
Yoav has a tourniquet put on him. His jaw is broken and an ‘airway’ is
placed in his mouth. His lungs are compressing due to air or blood from the
shrapnel. He begins drifting in or out of consciousness. A minor operation is
preformed to relieve the pressure. It takes a while and he is in a helicopter
on his way to Tel HaShomer hospital but the doctor tells the pilot bring him to
Ashkelon as he could die on the extra 5minutes to Tel HaShomer.
He undergoes over time 30
operations. He is now recovering enough to get into the TV studio.
Family of Le’av Lemo
was told say good bye to their dying soldier but he heard it.
His family are Ethiopian
Immigrants. Le’av has a noise pin and a few pins in one ear. So he is an
assimilated Israeli. Yet he is a paratrooper with a good heart and unites his
unit with his jovial attitude. But now he is in a light coma and cannot speak.
Shrapnel in his lungs, arms and legs and barely breathing.
The doctors pull off a medical
miracle and stabilize him. He undergoes many operations and needs at least one
more so that he can walk. He is undergoing physical therapy and with crutches
or braces his toes or feet can touch the ground but will need another operation
minimum to be able to walk.
NEXT WEEK: War
is hell the story of two soldiers
Captain Itai Schwartz tank
commander’s story of injury and recovery.
Yitzchak Bar - Givati story.
Shalom Shitrit you can be a
criminal or a hero – your choice.
Milestone: Isak Andic, 71,
the founder of Spanish fashion brand Mango, has died after suffering an
accident, the company said on Saturday. https://www.timesofisrael.com/isak-andic-founder-of-spanish-fashion-brand-mango-dies-in-hiking-accident-aged-71/
Milestone: Jill Jacobson, 70, Star Trek the
next Generation, Soap Operas, https://www.aol.com/lifestyle/jill-jacobson-prolific-actress-known-032059428.html
Milestone: Rabbi Asher Deutsch, 79, https://www.timesofisrael.com/rabbi-asher-deutsch-leader-of-hardline-jerusalem-faction-dies-at-79/
Milestone: Lou Conter, 102, https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/04/02/last-uss-arizona-sailor-who-survived-pearl-harbor-attack-passes-away-at-102/
Milestone: Eliezer Botzer, 43, Popular Singer. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/401032
Inyanay Diyoma
Dec. 14
Day 345 start of week 62
https://www.aol.com/news/russian-scientist-designed-cruise-missiles-170354822.html
The
Lebanese Al-Akhbar newspaper has reported that Israel is holding
negotiations with Syrian and international bodies, in an attempt to locate the
body of legendary Israeli spy Eli Cohen. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400711
The
IAF, with the precise intelligence of the ISA and the Intelligence Directorate,
struck the terrorist Imad Jaro, an operative in Hamas' military wing. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400712
The IDF is revealing the identities of two Hamas operatives seen in
the footage brutally beating a prisoner and throwing him down a staircase:
Mohammed-Mohammed Shaaban Shubaki and Mahmoud Saber Mahmoud Abd Al-Al. Both
terrorists work under Hamas’ Internal Security apparatus, which is responsible
for the detention and imprisonment of Gaza residents. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400710
Suicide or very professional to make it look
like??? https://www.foxnews.com/us/openai-whistleblower-found-dead-san-francisco-apartment-from-apparent-suicide-attempt
A
sixty-year-old man was severely injured Friday morning when a fire broke out on
the third floor of a Pardes Hanna apartment building.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400696
Syrian Druze want to be with Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400688
Greece
is in advanced negotiations to purchase 36 PULS rocket artillery systems from
Israel, part of its ongoing efforts to modernize its military, Reuters reported
on Friday, citing two officials. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400705
Dec. 15th
Day 436
Behind the news: With the fall of
Syria now a slight danger to Egypt but a tremendous danger to the Jordanian
Kingdom. The end of the Shin Bet went to Jordan a day or two ago to update
their security forces and the king. The radical ‘Palestinians’ Arabs are part
of the majority in the country. He, like Assad, comes from a minority. Their
border with Syria is open. They are a target for Iran for smuggling. Israel’s
longest border is with Yarden and has too many openings. Right now, Israel is
working to strengthen the old and put in a new fence.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/georgia-lawmakers-elect-hardline-critic-of-west-as-new-president/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-arrests-female-singer-who-performed-on-youtube-without-hijab/
https://www.aol.com/news/former-house-speaker-nancy-pelosi-172512366.html
https://www.aol.com/news/mystery-drones-maryland-jersey-draw-010357965.html
Former Chief Sephardic Rabbi against military
service contrary to Ashkenazi Standard Ruling. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-833476
A
fire broke out in a Bnei Brak synagogue, but quick action prevented damage and
danger to lives. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400734
Tik-Tok must sell or close down. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400736
COS we are here to stop terrorist elements not
run Syria. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400721
A nightmare for Netanyahu. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400737
Gazan civilian death toll manipulated. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400739
ABC loses to Trump in court. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400738
US-Syrian Rebels in contact. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400744
Swiss to ban Nazi Symbols. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400740
84
haredi soldiers completed their combat training under the Home Front Command
earlier this week. They will be stationed in towns throughout Judea and Samaria
to reinforce local security squads. For some of them, this will mean being
stationed in their hometown. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400728
Syrian Druze want Israel. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-833318
Dec. 16th
Day 437
Yesterday, I wrote how the Jordanian Regime was
threatened by what happened in Syria. I am sure Egypt too. In the news
yesterday, there was an article how Abu Mazan is going about rescuing Jenin and
soon Tulkarm.
Navy
Vice Admiral (res.) Eliezer Marom announced his resignation Sunday from his
position overseeing the rehabilitation of the communities of northern Israel
that have been damaged in the constant attacks carried out by the Hezbollah
terrorist organization in the year following the October 7 massacre. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400763
Over
the past three months, the 98th Division, including the combat teams of the
7th, Commando, and Paratroopers brigades, conducted several division-level operations
in different areas in southern Lebanon, including Kfarkela, Al-Aadaissah, Rab
El Thalathine, Markaba, Taybeh, and Khiam. Now preparing for next missions. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400765
The
most advanced surveillance aircraft in the world, the Oron, arrived on Sunday
at the Nevatim air base. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400770
Embassy in Ireland closed. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400768
A
rabbi in Melbourne, Australia said that his baby was nearly killed when an
explosive device was thrown at him as he was pushing a stroller carrying his
child, the Herald Sun reported. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400766
The
Ministry of Labor has added budgetary support for parents using daycare
centers, increasing the maximum income threshold while leaving the minimum as
it was. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400753
An
Israeli Navy missile boat intercepted a UAV that was launched from Yemen on Monday
morning over the Mediterranean Sea. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400800
Yesterday during evening rush hour a terrorist
was caught on a road 1 road block. This morning a grenade was found on road 2
by the side. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/byiaurpnkl#autoplay
Moldova Chief Rabbi congratulates Gideon Saar. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400788
A
plane that flew over Israel on Monday morning "drew" a ribbon in
solidarity with the hostages in Gaza. The ribbon-shaped trail was seen in
several locations in Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400803
Michael
Freilich, a haredi member of the Belgian parliament and a member of the Antwerp
City Council, has been appointed as the diplomatic envoy of the European Jewish
Association (EJA) for issues of antisemitism and Holocaust remembrance. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400791
The
Lebanese army began deploying to the south of the country, nearly three weeks
after the cease-fire
in the war between Israel and Hezbollah came into effect. IDF troops were still
operating in the areas close to the border and planned to remain there until
their scheduled withdrawal four weeks away. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hjdj115241e#autoplay
A
Columbia University professor who called the October
7 massacre "astounding," "awesome," and
"incredible" will be teaching a Spring course on Zionism. https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-833590
I can place a bet with anybody that
today’s history students don’t know who was in charge of the Nina, Pina and
Santa Maria. What were they? Where did they start out from? What country, king
& queen did they represent? What year was it? It could be that people who
grew up in Europe or went through the Holocaust did not learn this?
Now if you ask an Orthodox Jewish
Child to guess what happened on Tisha B’Av 5242 which happens to be the date
involved with the Nina etc. There is a good chance he will say the Spanish
Inquisition.
This brings us back to Pasha Vayeitze
where Esav (Spain and the Roman Catholic Church) vs. Yacov (Spanish Jewry).
Bonus Question: The left in the
last election came after Trump as Donald Duck. What Drake stopped the most
powerful Navy in the world at that time? Answer below the other answers from
the first part you have to google.
Israeli
air strikes in Tartus, Aleppo and Hama in Syria overnight, caused an
earthquake, the Russian Sputnik news agency said early on Monday. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/s11frva4jg#autoplay
https://www.timesofisrael.com/man-shot-to-death-in-haifa-in-suspected-gangland-killing/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/jerusalem-officials-divided-over-ambitious-begin-rooftop-plan/
Drive by shooting. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400784
On
Sunday, with the direction of IDF and ISA intelligence, the IAF conducted a
precise strike on Hamas terrorists who were operating inside a command and
control center embedded within a compound that previously served as the UNRWA
"Sheikh Jamil School" also known as the "Ahmed Abdul Aziz
School" in the humanitarian area in Khan Yunis. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400801
In NY for a limited time: The Tel Dan
Stele, a stone fragment long held exclusively by the Israel Museum, is on view
at the Jewish Museum on the Upper East Side until Jan. 5. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400799
IDF Spokesman on Israel-Syrian Border: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400774
The American private equity fund Euro-Equity
will acquire the offensive cyber company Paragon, co-founded by former Prime
Minister Ehud Barak and former Unit 8200 commander Brigadier General (res.)
Ehud Schneerson, Globes reported on Sunday. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400786
US
Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on Sunday that the USS Harry S. Truman
carrier strike group had entered its area of responsibility in the Middle East.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400792
Top Priority Politics the People come Last: Navy Vice
Admiral (res.) Eliezer Marom announced his resignation Sunday from his position
overseeing the rehabilitation of the communities of northern Israel that have
been damaged in the constant attacks carried out by the Hezbollah terrorist
organization in the year following the October 7 massacre. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400763
The
IDF announced on Sunday that with the direction of IDF and ISA intelligence,
the IAF conducted a precise strike on Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists who
were operating in a command and control center embedded in the offices of the
“Civil Defense” organization in Nuseirat. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400783
A
man of about 40 was killed Monday morning when a truck collided with a private
vehicle in central Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400798
Answer: Sir Francis Drake defeated
the Spanish Amada.
Dec. 17th
Day 438
Last night, the Israeli TV showed the local Syrian Rebels on the Golan
[you know, the ones we gave medical treatment too during their war against
Assad] bring truck load after truck load of chemical weapons. Grenades with
various chemicals, things that looked like giant fire crackers-dynamite filled
with chemicals. They know that we will destroy these weapons and not use it
against them. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-833743
The above may be linked with the search for the bodies of Eli Cohen, Katz,
Feldman and Ron Arad.
Two soldiers fell in Gaza: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400871
Monday millions ran to shelter from Houthi
Missile that was shot down far from Israel. www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400823
https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-says-airstrike-hit-houthi-command-and-control-facility-in-yemen/
Turkey
has been recently building up troops on its border with Syria, causing US
officials to fear that Ankara is planning a major invasion into territories
controlled by the US-backed Kurds. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400865
The
Israeli Supreme Court granted a petition by Arabs and the leftist organization
'Yesh Din' and ruled that the 'Ein Anar' complex in western Binyamin must be
demolished. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400874
Daniel
Hagari, currently the IDF spokesman in English and Hebrew, is contending for
two other roles within the General Staff. In the coming months, the IDF Chief
of Staff is expected to make a decision on his future. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400872
Criminal was willing to be an Iranian Spy and
was arrested before he even started. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400875
Wounded
IDF Veterans: 13,500 were wounded in the Swords of Iron War, and 1,500 of them
were wounded twice. 51% of them are between the ages of 18 and 30, and 66% are
reservists. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400870
Routine route: https://www.timesofisrael.com/iaf-planes-paint-ribbons-in-skies-in-apparent-nod-to-hostages/
LA antisemitism rise: https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-833836
The
Givati Brigade Combat Team continues to operate in the Jabaliya area as part of
the 162nd Division’s operation against terrorist infrastructure and operatives
in the area. The Givati Brigade located an underground tunnel shaft where a
terrorist cell had barricaded itself inside and the terrorists were eliminated.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400878
Shabbos
for Hostages: Zvi Zussman, father of Ben who fell in battle in the Gaza Strip
during this war, speaks to Israel National News about his son, and about
the project he has initiated to support a deal for the return of the hostages
from Gaza. https://prayforthem.co.il/hashavat/ https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400831
https://www.foxnews.com/world/chief-russias-nuclear-defense-forces-killed-explosive-device-moscow
Oct. 7th Victim gets his wish: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400883
Fake News: Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu's office denied a report by Reuters that he is
heading to Cairo today (Tuesday) in what would have been a dramatic development
in talks on a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400881
Disgraced conservative commentator Candace Owens has been named
the 2024 "Antisemite of the Year," an ignominious title awarded by
StopAntisemitism, a leading non-partisan U.S.-based organization dedicated to
combating antisemitism. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sy9xjq04ye
Dec. 18th
Day 439
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-researchers-decode-mechanism-of-rare-neurological-disease/
Fire opened on bus carrying Chassidim to
Yosef’s Tomb w/o army permission. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400917
https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/12/16/uva-settles-antisemitism-lawsuit-confidential-agreement/
I had bad vibes about him from the get-go. He
was too smug and snobbish. https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/12/17/tucker-carlson-providing-leading-platform-jew-hatred-says-israels-minister-combating-antisemitism/
Not the brightest partner to have hunting. https://www.aol.com/news/grandfather-dead-bear-shot-tree-205109591.html
From Thomas: California Teacher’s Union
sponsoring anti-Israel narrative for children: https://www.facebook.com/FreedomFoundationUSA/videos/519647524340884/
The military leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS),
the Islamist group controlling parts of Syria, announced on Tuesday that they
would be "the first" to disband their armed wing and merge with the
Syrian national forces. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400916
Following the passing two days ago of the leader of the Bnei Torah
Jerusalem Faction (Peleg Yerushalmi), Rabbi Asher Deutsch, 88-year-old Rabbi Azriel
Auerbach has been appointed in his place. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400920
Breakthrough with the Saudis? https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400898
Eight Republican senators are expressing reservations about
supporting former Democratic congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, President-elect
Donald Trump’s nominee for the role of America's top spy, casting doubt on her Senate
confirmation, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing a source from the
Trump transition team and another with knowledge of the situation. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400908
https://www.foxnews.com/us/mass-shooting-near-maryland-funeral-home-leaves-dead-others-injured
The
IDF dismissed Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Dr. Tuly Flint, the former commander of
the Alexandroni Brigade and mental health officer of Division 98, from reserve
duty, after he signed a letter supporting refusal to serve. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400899
Dec. 19th
Day 440
The Houthis sent a rocket towards Yisrael. It
was hit but the warhead remained in tact and destroyed a school at 2:50 AM if
it had been during school hours that would have been something else. Unbeknown
to the Houthis there were 14 planes on their way to bomb two small power plants
and not the large turbines yet. More damage to their port and oil depots. Of
course there are refueling planes, intelligence planes and rescue planes that
took part. https://www.timesofisrael.com/lucky-there-were-no-children-school-near-tel-aviv-ravaged-by-houthi-missile-attack/
Troops
from the IDF Combat Engineering Brigade in southern Lebanon located a tunnel
route a few dozen meters in length leading to a Hezbollah headquarters from
which terror activities and launches on Israeli communities were directed over
the past year. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400945
Hostage Deal could be week’s away. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-834025
At least two issues remain outstanding: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400986
Every
time we made a treaty we failed. "So long as the Maccabees fought the
Greeks - Judah the Maccabee fought seven wars - in all of them he came out
victorious, until the eighth war," he began. "Before the eighth war,
he made a treaty with the Romans. With the Romans, you make a treaty?! He made
a treaty, what can you do? And after that, in the next war, Judah the Maccabee
himself fell." https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400921
Minister
Zohar wants to revoke the budget of the Batsheva Dance Company, which is
supported by the Ministry of Culture and Sports. The request comes after a
number of complaints he received about the final segment in the company's new
dance show, in which the dancers raised Palestinian flags in a blatant act of
protest and insulted the audience at the show, https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400933
Minister
Bezalel Smotrich: "Hamas is at its lowest point since the start of the
war," Smotrich told Kol Barama Radio. "This is not the time to
throw it a lifeline, this is the time to continue to crush it and pressure it
so that they will give back the hostages - but with a deal that shows its
surrender and not ours."
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400938
B'nai
Brit Canada stated that it is "outraged and seeking accountability"
after Congregation Beth Tikvah in Montreal was attacked for the second time
early this morning (Wednesday). https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400943
Representatives
of Syria's transitional government visited the town of Sweida in the south of
the country and met with local leaders including the area's Druze spiritual
leader Hikmat al-Hijri, Al Hadath reported on Wednesday. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400942
According
to the sources, "the prisoners with heavier [sentences] will be exiled to
Turkey and Iran, while the rest will be released to Judea, Samaria, and the
Gaza Strip." https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400934
Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assured Debra Tice, the mother of American
journalist Austin Tice, who has been imprisoned in Syria since 2012, that
Israel's airstrikes in Syria are not being conducted in areas where Tice might
be held, Axios correspondent Barak Ravid reported. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400941
Fake News of no water for Gaza. We just put in
a 3 or 4 foot water main.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400987
Illegal Arabs that infiltrated. A total of 27
Arabs were arrested, 22 of them in Bnei Brak. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400994
Israeli Hacker ransomware my face US jail. https://www.ynetnews.com/business/article/bksplo11skg
The
Pentagon has identified significant challenges with the F-35 stealth strike
fighter jets, critical to Israel’s Air Force operations, according to a
classified 382-page report. The F-35, known as "Adir" in Israel, faces issues with stealth
reliability, maintenance systems and operational efficiency, raising questions
about the world’s most expensive weapons system, which has cost $1.8 trillion
to develop. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hj00h33z7ye
Op-Ed Ron Ben Yishai: Israel's
strike on Houthi targets in Yemen early on Thursday exacted a heavy
economic price on the rebel forces but also impacted their ability to lead. The
attack was a humiliating blow after critical electrical power infrastructure
was hit in Sanaa, Yemen's capital and the Iran-Proxy's stronghold. Unfortunately, this would not deter the Houthis from
continuing their missile and drone strikes on Israel or on maritime routes that
has caused financial damage to world trade. … https://www.ynetnews.com/article/r1lg6dzsyl#autoplay
AND HAMLET SAID THERE WAS SOMETHING
ROTTEN IN DENMARK BUT: https://www.timesofisrael.com/gallants-daughter-was-first-to-notify-him-of-unfolding-oct-7-assault-wife-says/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/judges-express-skepticism-over-dozens-of-incidents-cited-in-netanyahu-indictment/
- Like the guys who asked directions in the big black Chevrolet, they were the
gang from brinks and I helped them make their get-away it was just a teeny
weeny honest mistake.
2025 with the higher value added
tax and National Insurance will probably make for a 25% of the population under
poverty level.
Diaspora Minister on X: "Kurdistan
must be granted independence, while Erdogan should be expelled from NATO and
left to crown himself as the caliph of an Islamic state, ruling alongside his
friends in ISIS and Al-Qaeda," Chikli wrote on X. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400953
Musk helped lead
a revolt Wednesday to try to stop a bipartisan funding bill in a direct challenge
to the authority of House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and others in Republican
leadership who helped craft the measure. https://www.aol.com/news/elon-musk-leads-charge-kill-011212220.html
Dec. 20th
Day 441 end of week 62
An
active-duty IDF soldier was forced to leave Sri Lanka quickly after being
identified in its capital city by a pro-Palestinian Arab organization. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/401028
Suspected terror attack on 74year old woman
stabbed 20times.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/401007
Blinken
replied, “Hamas knows that the Calvary’s not coming to the rescue. For months
and months and months, it hoped it would get a wider war with Hezbollah, with
Iran, with Iranian-aligned groups coming in and creating more problems for
Israel on more fronts and helping Hamas endure. We now know that’s not
happening, they know it’s not happening because of the very important work that
was done with us and with others dealing with the unprecedented Iranian attacks
on Israel, dealing with Hezbollah. So I think that’s concentrated minds among
Hamas on the need to complete this deal.” https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/401032
The United States has quietly more than doubled
its troop presence in Syria to combat the Islamic State (ISIS) group, with the
Pentagon revealing Thursday that approximately 2,000 US forces are now
stationed there—up from the long-reported figure of 900, The Associated
Press reports. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/401040
AZ man indicted for antisemitic threats. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/401038
Shabbos
times. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/shabat
A healthy, restful and peaceful
Shabbos,
Rachamim Pauli
