Parsha Va’era
What’s in a name?
Obviously, the use of G-D ALMIGHTY is on one level and the use of the 4 letter
or 72 letter NAME of HASHEM. The advancement from the first name to that of
HASHEM is the difference between a simple understanding and prayers to
salvation and redemption.
6:2 And God spoke
unto Moses, and said unto him: 'I am the LORD; 3 and I appeared
unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name YHWH
I made Me not known to them.
The level of the world in the understanding of the L-RD G-D
as man matured. Adam walks hand and hand with G-D like a toddler. Noach goes
before G-D like a grade school child. Avraham walks with G-D and talks to the
Angels in pleading for Sodom like a teen and Moshe talks face to face like a
mature adult to his father. I ponder if in the days of Moshiach there will be
suggestions to G-D?
4 And I have also
established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of
their sojournings, wherein they sojourned. 5 And moreover I have heard the
groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I
have remembered My covenant. 6 Wherefore
say unto the children of Israel: I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from
under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their bondage,
and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments;
As with this redemption, in the future there will be
judgements. Do you think that the Nations sitting in the Hague at this very
moment about to Judge Israel will not be judged in this world by HASHEM? Boy will
they be judged and then some!
7 and I will take
you to Me for a people, and I will be to you a God; and ye shall know that I am
the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the burdens of the
Egyptians.
As was then and in the future from the nations of world. If
you have faith and are a righteous person, you shall prosper both in the
nations and in Israel as we see in the Novi Zachariah about Chag Sukkos. I don’t
know if they will be able to live in a Tabernacle (Sukkah) but they will come.
8 And I will bring
you in unto the land, concerning which I lifted up My hand to give it to
Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for a heritage: I am
the LORD.' 9 And
Moses spoke so unto the children of Israel; but they hearkened not unto Moses
for impatience of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
This is the ideal approach but they are practical and see
what goes on about them the burdens blinded them and stripped them of faith.
10 And the LORD
spoke unto Moses, saying: 11 'Go
in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out
of his land.' 12
And Moses spoke before the LORD, saying: 'Behold, the children of Israel have
not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised
lips?' 13 And
the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the
children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of
Israel out of the land of Egypt.
This appears like many items in the Torah to have occurred
earlier for the arguments were already argued. Now the next section of Reuven,
Shimon and Levi is brought here only to teach us who are Moshe and Aaron and
their foundation in Tzadikim from Levi.
14 These are the
heads of their fathers' houses: the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel: ...
These are the families of Simeon. 16 And
these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: ... And
the years of the life of Levi were a hundred thirty and seven years. … And the years of the
life of Kohath were a hundred thirty and three years. ... 20 And Amram took
him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses. And
the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty and seven years. … 23 And Aaron took
him Elisheba, the daughter of Aminadab, the sister of Nahshon, to wife; and she
bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. …
Elisheva, Aaron’s wife, comes from the Tzadik and prince of
Yehuda. Her brother will leader who jumps first into the sea causing it to
split. The sons of Korach are mentioned as they will not follow him and survive
and Novi Shmuel will come from one of the sons.
25 And Eleazar
Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bore him
Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites according
to their families. 26 These
are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said: 'Bring out the children of
Israel from the land of Egypt according to their hosts.'
All this was to give us the pedigree (Yechus) of Moshe and
Aaron. {I want to state an aside note here. All the Yechus of a person is good
if he follows in the foot steps of his illustrious ancestors like current grandson
Rav Aaron Yehuda Liab and Rav Chaim Kanievsky who is one of Roshei Yeshiva
Ponovez Rav Steinerman Shlita. But one has to attempt to be an honor to the
name of his ancestor.
27 These are they
that spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from
Egypt. These are that Moses and Aaron. 28 And it came to pass on the day when
the LORD spoke unto Moses in the land of Egypt, 29 that the LORD
spoke unto Moses, saying: 'I am the LORD; speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt
all that I speak unto thee.' 30 And
Moses said before the LORD: 'Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall
Pharaoh hearken unto me?' 7:1 And
the LORD said unto Moses: 'See, I have set thee in God's stead to Pharaoh; and
Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
All this repetition of Moshe’s speech defect teaches us a
lesson. For Yechezkel HaNovi was one of the most eloquent speaker but almost
nobody would listen to him while Moshe spoke to the nation and everybody would
listen to him
2 Thou
shalt speak all that I command thee; and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto
Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. 3 And
I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply My signs and My wonders in the land
of Egypt. 4 But Pharaoh will not hearken unto you, and I will lay My
hand upon Egypt, and bring forth My hosts, My people the children of Israel,
out of the land of Egypt, by great judgments.
For the first five plagues,
Pharaoh was given the chance to repent. The magicians could duplicate with
hydrochloric acid and phenolphalic solution that the ‘water’ turned to blood
and with the frog they used witchcraft. However, the lice were too small for
the Shaydim known in other religions as Demons, Genies, etc. to move them. Then
it was ‘the finger of G-D’.
A bas Noach named Colleen
asked me “Why did G-D harden Pharaoh’s heart?”
1) Because a normal human when he realizes that he is up against
G-D chances his ways. (2) To work more miracles to sanctify HIS NAME. (3) The
first 5 plagues were sufficient but each time Pharaoh hardened his own heart so
that G-D closed the gates of repentance to him.
It would be improper of me not
to bring down what Rashi says on the subject of hardening of Pharaoh’s heart:
But I will harden: Since he
[Pharaoh] behaved wickedly and defied Me, and I know full well that there is no
delight among the nations to make a wholehearted attempt to repent, it is
better for Me that his heart be hardened, so that [I can] increase My signs and
My wonders in him, and you will recognize My mighty deeds, and so is the custom
of the Holy One, blessed be He. He brings retribution on the nations so that
Israel should hear and fear, as it is said: “I have cut off nations; their
towers have become desolate… I said, ‘Surely you will fear Me, you will accept
reproof’” (Zeph. 3:6, 7). Nevertheless, in the first five plagues, it does not
say, “And the Lord strengthened Pharaoh’s heart,” but “Pharaoh’s heart remained
steadfast.” -[from Exod. Rabbah 13:3, 11:6; Tanchuma Buber, Va’era 22; Yeb.
63a]
5 And
the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch forth My hand upon
Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.' 6 And
Moses and Aaron did so; as the LORD commanded them, so did
they. 7 And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and
three years old, when they spoke unto Pharaoh. 8 And the LORD spoke
unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying: 9 'When Pharaoh shall speak unto
you, saying: Show a wonder for you; then thou shalt say unto Aaron: Take thy
rod, and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it become a
serpent.' 10 And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did
so, as the LORD had commanded; and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and
before his servants, and it became a serpent.
Aren’t Moshe and Aaron afraid to confront Pharaoh
who can order their death in a second. Tehillim 91:5 You will not fear the fright of night, the arrow that flies
by day; 6 Pestilence
that prowls in darkness, destruction that ravages at noon. 7 A thousand will be stationed at your side, and ten thousand
at your right hand; but it will not approach you. 8 You will but gaze
with your eyes, and you will see the annihilation of the wicked. Rabbi
Yosef Ben Porat Shlita says that if the families of the hostages in Gaza were to
repent, their loved ones would return in a day.
11 Then
Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers; and they also, the
magicians of Egypt, did in like manner with their secret arts. 12 For
they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents; but Aaron's rod
swallowed up their rods.
Pharaoh had seen snake charmers and they existed in his
kingdom but their snakes could not swallow other snakes and return to being
rods.
13 And
Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had
spoken.
Pharaoh viewed Moshe’s miracle as a magic trick and not from
HASHEM.
14 And
the LORD said unto Moses: 'Pharaoh's heart is stubborn, he refuses to let the
people go. 15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goes out
unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink to meet him; and the
rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thy hand. 16 And
thou shalt say unto him: The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, hath sent me unto
thee, saying: Let My people go, that they may serve Me in the wilderness; and,
behold, hitherto thou hast not hearkened;
The whole purpose of the Bnei Yisrael leaving Egypt is to
serve HASHEM. Political and economic freedom were not the reason as one had meat,
vegetables, housing and clothing in Egypt.
17 thus
saith the LORD: In this thou shalt know that I am the LORD--behold, I will
smite with the rod that is in my hand upon the waters which are in the river,
and they shall be turned to blood. 18 And the fish that are in the
river shall die, and the river shall become foul; and the Egyptians shall
loathe to drink water from the river.' 19 And
the LORD said unto Moses: 'Say unto Aaron: Take thy rod, and stretch out thy
hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over
their pools, and over all their ponds of water, that they may become blood; and
there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood
and in vessels of stone.'
Their ponds: Water that does not spring [from beneath the ground] and does
not flow [to any other place] but stands in one place. It is called estanc [in
Old French], pond. Throughout the entire land of Egypt, even in the bathhouses and in the bathtubs in the houses. Even in wood and in stone: Water in wooden vessels and in stone vessels. — [from
Onkelos, Jonathan, Exod. Rabbah 9:11]
I mentioned years ago that the Reform movement was trying to
tell me that red clay fell into the Nile and caused a fish kill. However, it
appears to me that this strange as this is not the rainy season and clay even
from an earth quake should not last 7 days and the river smells foul. Could it
have been red algae? But why would the water in wooden and stone vessels or
pools collected before the river turned to blood turn red as it was good
beforehand? The only conclusion that I can draw from this is a complete miracle
for clay would have settled to the bottom of these vessels which were standing
and water which was algae free the day before or longer would not form in these
vessels as the Nile is flowing. This would be equivalent to bottled water
turning suddenly red. I saw a program on National Geographic that the plague
appears to be a certain type of reddish bacteria that would stink and kill off
the fish in the water. What makes it a miracle is that it occurred when Moshe
went down and met Pharaoh and not a week, month, year or century later.
20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and
he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight
of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in
the river were turned to blood. 21 And the fish that were in the
river died; and the river became foul, and the Egyptians could not drink water
from the river; and the blood was throughout all the land of
Egypt. 22 And the magicians of Egypt did in like manner with their
secret arts; and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them;
as the LORD had spoken.
One can only speculate what would have happened if
after this plague that Pharaoh would have let the slaves go and worship. After
all Pharaoh had plenty of gods why shouldn’t he placate another one?
23 And Pharaoh turned and went into his house,
neither did he lay even this to heart. 24 And all the Egyptians dug
round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water
of the river. 25 And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD
had smitten the river.
It appears to me besides the Egyptians suffering,
some might have died from thrust so Pharaoh was being cruel also to his own
people. Of course, it is also possible that the Egyptians had some quantity of
beer and wine as I wrote in the past: “The Egyptians may have had wine and
other liquids that kept them from dying of thirst as no mention of man or beast
dying during this period although this might have happened and just was not
recorded as it was a relatively small percentage and insignificant for Pharaoh
and his advisors.”
26 And the LORD spoke unto Moses: 'Go in unto
Pharaoh, and say unto him: Thus says the LORD: Let My people go, that they may
serve Me. 27 And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite
all thy borders with frogs. 28 And the river shall swarm with frogs,
which shall go up and come into thy house, and into thy bed-chamber, and upon
thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into your
ovens, and into thy kneading-troughs. 29 And the frogs shall come up
both upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.'
The Rambam likes to show miracles as natural
occurring events. However, when the natural even defies probability or logic
one begins to thin, (Like the Grad rocket that fell in Ashdod and damaged a
house to the right and a house left of a house that had the sign: Guard the
Shabbos and the Shabbos will guard you. – as seen on the news of channel 2 in
Israel.) (Frog population is kept under control by the fish and the fish
died during the plague of blood that without natural enemies the frogs over
produced.) Because by witchcraft frogs could be made to appear and also because
by logic mentioned above, the frogs could have gone up or down stream and not
necessarily in front of Pharaoh and filled the land. Therefore, I still claim
it was a miracle considering that each and every miracle occurred according to
tradition precisely23 days after the previous one. This would give a date at
the full moon of each month.
8:1 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Say
unto Aaron: Stretch forth thy hand with thy rod over the rivers, over the
canals, and over the pools, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.' 2 And
Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up,
and covered the land of Egypt. 3 And the magicians did in like manner
with their secret arts, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt. 4 Then
Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said: 'Entreat the LORD, that He take
away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that
they may sacrifice unto the LORD.'
Even though the magicians could via use of demons bring
frogs sort of out of the air to Pharaoh, they were incapable of removing the
frogs. They would say an incantation and let us say got rid of 20 frogs and 40
new would hop in and take over the chamber of Pharaoh.
5 And Moses said unto Pharaoh: 'Have thou
this glory over me; against what time shall I entreat for thee, and for thy
servants, and for thy people, that the frogs be destroyed from thee and thy
houses, and remain in the river only?' 6 And he said: 'Against
to-morrow.' And he said: 'Be it according to thy word; that thou mayest know
that there is none like unto the LORD our God. 7 And the frogs shall
depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy
people; they shall remain in the river only.' 8 And Moses and Aaron
went out from Pharaoh; and Moses cried unto the LORD concerning the frogs,
which He had brought upon Pharaoh. 9 And the LORD did according to
the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the courts, and
out of the fields. 10 And they gathered them together in heaps; and
the land stank.
First the land stank from the river and now from
dead frogs.
11 But when Pharaoh saw that there was
respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had
spoken.
12 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Say unto Aaron:
Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the earth, that it may become lice
throughout all the land of Egypt.'
And the lice were: The swarming, pedoiliee in Old French, the swarming of lice.
[This accounts for the singular verb form.]
The pattern of two announced and a surprise plague will
continue with more plagues coming up.
13 And they did so; and Aaron stretched
out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and there were lice
upon man, and upon beast; all the dust of the earth became lice throughout all
the land of Egypt. 14 And the magicians did so with their secret arts
to bring forth gnats, but they could not; and there were gnats upon man, and
upon beast.
How this version had gnats in it
is beyond me unless if was from the King James Version and not corrected.
’Lice’ is the proper name for the plague. I purposely left gnats because many
people have the old JPS translation from 1917 after all I got my Holy
Scriptures at the age of 9 in 5716 and I don’t throw out Holy Books. The
magicians could not ward off the frogs or the lice. The frogs around Pharaoh could
be killed by 15 servants or more working full time but the lice jumped from one
to another and if the head was not shaved and perhaps the beard shaved, lice
would be all over everybody. When my daughter was 7.5 years old there was a
large amount of lice in the girls in the Beit Yacov school and women were
picking up lice in Bellinson Hospital too at the time the year was 5742 where
we had lice shampoos, running water and even sprays among educated clean
families and medical facilities so I can imagine what it was like in
Egypt.
15 Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh:
'This is the finger of God'; and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened
not unto them; as the LORD had spoken.
It is the finger of God: This plague is not through sorcery; it is from the
Omnipresent. — [from Exod. Rabbah 10:7]
The witch or sorcerer needs something the size of a barley
grain to have negative spiritual powers to move it and lice are smaller.
Therefore with this plague the Egyptians are stumped and they tell the truth
now to Pharaoh. Still he refuses to let the people go and pray.
16 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Rise up
early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he comes forth (we
would say goes out) to the water; and say unto him: Thus, says the
LORD: Let My people go, that they may serve Me.
Moshe keeps meeting this god-king that has to relieve
himself.
17 Else, if thou wilt not let My people go,
behold, I will send swarms of flies (wild beasts) upon
thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses; and the
houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground
whereon they are. Again I took the standard JPS which copied a lot form
the KJV of the English Bible without doing their homework. Chabad translates
this correct as it does not say flies - Zevuvim in Hebrew but Arove in
Hebrew. For if you do not let My people go, behold, I will
incite against you and against your servants and against your people and in
your houses a mixture of noxious creatures, and the houses of Egypt will be
filled with the mixture of noxious creatures, as well as the land upon which
they are.
Incite against you: Heb. מַשְׁלִיחַ
בְּ, incite against you. Similarly, “and the tooth of beasts I will
incite (אִשַׁלַּח) against them” (Deut.
32:24), an expression of inciting, antiziyer in Old French, to incite, to set
upon. — [from Jonathan] a mixture of noxious creatures: [which includes] all
species of wild beasts, snakes, and scorpions in a mixture, and they were
destroying among them [i.e., among the Egyptians]. There is a reason [given]
for this matter in the Aggadah, [i.e.,] for each plague, why this one and why
that one. Following a king’s war strategy did He come upon them [the
Egyptians], according to the order of a kingdom when it besieges a city. First
they [the King’s army] destroy its [the city’s] springs, and then they blow and
sound rams’ horns to frighten them and confuse them; thus did the frogs croak
and make noise, etc., as is stated in the Midrash of Rabbi Tanchuma (Bo 4).
18 And I will set apart in that day the land of
Goshen, in which My people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to
the end that thou may know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth.
And I will separate: Heb. וְהִפְלֵיתִי, and I will set apart. Similarly, “And the
Lord will set apart (וְהִפְלָה) ” (Exod. 9:4), and
similarly, “it is not separated (נִפְלֵאת)
from you” (Deut. 30:11); it is [not] set apart and separated from you. — [from
Onkelos] in order that you know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth:
Although My Shechinah is in heaven, My decree is fulfilled in the lower worlds.
— [from Onkelos]
19 And I will put a division between My
people and thy people--by to-morrow shall this sign be.'
And I will make a redemption: which will set apart My
people from your people.
The separation appears to me as follows: The
Egyptian soldiers would fight off the wild beasts and try to take a Ben Yisrael
as bait for the beasts. The beasts would ignore the Ben Yisrael and devour the
Egyptians but I have no Medrash or Aggadah to back me up but just from the
language and a thought on Pshat knowing our history from Avram in the furnace
through the death camps and fights of Jew against Jew to the death in the
Concentration Camp for Nazi entertainment.
20 And the LORD did so; and there came
grievous swarms of animals into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants'
houses; and in all the land of Egypt the land was ruined by reason of the
swarms of Arove. 21 And Pharaoh called for Moses and for
Aaron, and said: 'Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land.'
Go, sacrifice… in the land: in your place, and do not
go into the desert.
Go ahead under the watchful eye of my troops and task
masters and perhaps guard dogs.
22 And Moses said: 'It is not meet so to
do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our
God; lo, if we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes,
will they not stone us?
The
abomination of the Egyptians: Heb.
ךְתּוֹעִבַתמִצְרַיִם, the deity of the
Egyptians, like “and for Milcom, the abomination of the children of Ammon” (II Kings 23:13), but for the Jews,
[Scripture] calls it an abomination. It may also be explained in another
manner: The abomination of the
Egyptians: Our
slaughtering is a hateful thing to the Egyptians, for we are slaughtering their
deity. And they will not stone us? This is a question.
23 We will go three days' journey into the
wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as He shall command
us.' 24 And Pharaoh said: 'I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice
to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away;
entreat for me.' 25 And Moses said: 'Behold, I go out from thee, and
I will entreat the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from
his servants, and from his people, tomorrow; only let not Pharaoh deal
deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.'
Tease: Heb. הָתֵל,
[like] לְהָתֵל, to tease. [The literal translation is:
let Pharaoh stop teasing.]
26 And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and entreated
the LORD. 27 And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and He
removed the swarms of Arove from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people;
there remained not one. 28 And Pharaoh hardened his heart this time
also, and he did not let the people go.
Just when things began to look better, Pharaoh recants.
9:1 Then the LORD said unto Moses: 'Go in
unto Pharaoh, and tell him: Thus says the LORD, the God of the Hebrews: Let My
people go, that they may serve Me. 2 For if you refuse to let them
go, and wilt hold them still, 3 behold, the hand of the LORD is upon
thy cattle which are in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the
camels, upon the herds, and upon the flocks; there shall be a very grievous
murrain.
In Hebrew the word for Plagues is Makkos or being
hit/whipped as a punishment. This one was the Bubonic Plague on the animals
that a large number died.
4 And the LORD shall make a division between the
cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt; and there shall nothing die of all
that belongs to the children of Israel.' 5 And the LORD appointed a
set time, saying: 'Tomorrow the LORD shall do this thing in the
land.' 6 And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the
cattle of Egypt died; but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not
one. 7 And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not so much as one of
the cattle of the Israelites dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was stubborn, and
he did not let the people go.
The scenario repeats itself and like plague 3,
plague 6 will come unannounced.
8 And the LORD said unto Moses and unto
Aaron: 'Take to you handfuls of soot of the furnace, and let Moses throw it
heavenward in the sight of Pharaoh.
Handfuls-: Jaloynes in Old French, double handfuls.
Furnace soot: Heb. פִּיחַ, a substance blown (נִפָּח) from dying embers that were burned in a
furnace, and in Old French [it is called] olbes, cinders from a furnace. פִּיחַ is an expression of blowing (הֲפָחָה), that the wind blows them (מְפִיחָן) and makes them fly. And Moses shall cast it: And anything cast
with strength can be cast only with one hand. Hence there are many miracles
[here], one that Moses [single] handful held his own double handfuls and those
of Aaron, and [another miracle was] that the dust went over the entire land of
Egypt. — [from Tanchuma Va’era 14]
The dust spread out like the radiation that leaked from
the Japanese Reactor that has now reached the Western United States.
9 And it shall become small dust over all
the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and
upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.' 10 And they took soot
of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses threw it up heavenward; and
it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast.
Upon man and upon beast: Now if you ask, “From
where did they have beasts? Does it not say already, ‘and all the livestock of
the Egyptians died’ (above, verse 6) ?” [I will answer that] the decree was
leveled only upon those in the field, as it is said: “upon your livestock that
is in the field” (above, verse 3), but he who feared the word of the Lord
brought all his livestock into the houses, and so it is taught in the Mechilta
(Beshallach 1) regarding “He took six hundred chosen chariots” (Exod. 14:7). —
[See Rashi on that verse.]
11 And the magicians could not stand before
Moses because of the boils; for the boils were upon the magicians, and upon all
the Egyptians.
I wonder if Pharaoh was also affected or just the
people around him so that he could harden his heart?
12 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh,
and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto
Moses. 13 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Rise up early in the
morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him:
Caught again acting human with normal body functions
boy is he looking foolish and embarrassed each time.
Thus, says the LORD, the God of the Hebrews: Let My
people go, that they may serve Me. 14 For I will this time send all
My plagues upon thy person, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that
thou may know that there is none like Me in all the earth. 15 Surely
now I had put forth My hand, and smitten thee and thy people with pestilence,
and thou had been cut off from the earth. 16 But in very deed for
this cause have I made thee to stand, to show thee My power, and that My name
may be declared throughout all the earth. 17 As yet exalts thou
thyself against My people, that thou wilt not let them go?
If you still tread upon My people: Heb. מִסְךְתּוֹלֵל, as the Targum [Onkelos] renders: כְּבִישַׁתבֵּיהּ בְּעַמִי. This is an
expression of a highway (מְסִלָה) (Num. 20:19),
rendered by the Targum אֹרַח כְּבִישָׁא,
a trodden road, and in Old French, calcher, to trample underfoot. I already
explained at the end of [the section entitled] וַיְהִי
מִקֵץ (Gen. 44:16) that in every word of which the first root letter
is “sammech,” when used in the “hithpa’el” form, the “tav” of the prefix is
placed in the middle of the root letters, such as here, and such as “and the
grasshopper will drag itself along (וְיִסְךְתַּבֵל)
” (Eccl. 12:5) from the root סבל “that you rule (תִשְךְתָּרֵר) over us” (Num. 16:13), an expression of a
prince (שַֹר) and a ruler; “I looked (מִסְךְתַּכַּל)” (Dan. 7:8). [Actually, the word is מִשְֹךְתַּכַּל, but the same rule applies for a “sin” as
for a “sammech.”]
18 Behold, tomorrow about this time I will
cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the
day it was founded even until now. 19 Now therefore send, hasten in
thy cattle and all that thou hast in the field; for every man and beast that shall
be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down
upon them, and they shall die.' 20 He that feared the word of the
LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into
the houses; 21 and he that regarded not the word of the LORD left his
servants and his cattle in the field.
This time it would affect some personal servants,
prize horses of war and Pharaoh’s personal livestock as well as that of the
people and his favorite plants, flowers and botanical gardens would be ruined.
22 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Stretch forth
thy hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon
man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of
Egypt.' 23 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven; and the
LORD sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down unto the earth; and the LORD
caused to hail upon the land of Egypt. 24 So there was hail, and fire
flashing up amidst the hail, very grievous, such as had not been in all the
land of Egypt since it became a nation.
Flaming within the hail: [This was] a miracle within
a miracle. The fire and hail intermingled. Although hail is water, to perform
the will of their Maker they made peace between themselves [that the hail did
not extinguish the fire nor did the fire melt the hail]. — [from Tanchuma,
Va’era 14]
Despite the hail there were lightning strikes
causing electrical fires within the area where the coconut size hail fell.
(Note it is not uncommon in States like Texas that during the change of seasons
that baseball size hail falls breaking car windshields and here this was an
extraordinary hail. There is a theory that states that the hail here and the
plague of darkness were caused by a super volcano called Stromboli and the
ashes spewed out on Egypt. Natural hair or volcanic hail it came announced by
Moshe before it came and was needed at that time to redeem the Bnei Yisrael.
25 And the hail smote throughout all the land of
Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every
herb of the field, and broke every tree of the field. 26 Only in the
land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no
hail. 27 And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said
unto them: 'I have sinned this time; the LORD is righteous, and I and my people
are wicked.
Even though Pharaoh is considered a god by his believe,
HASHEM is more powerful and he confesses until he retracts. It is sort of like
an Israeli-Arab agreement we agree for a truce or peace until retracted.
28 Entreat the LORD, and let there be
enough of these mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye
shall stay no longer.' 29 And Moses said unto him: 'As soon as I am
gone out of the city, I will spread forth my hands unto the LORD; the thunders
shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that you may know that the
earth is the LORD'S.
When I leave the city: Heb. כְּצֵאתִי
אֶת-הָעִיר, [equivalent to] מִן-הָעִיר,
[lit., when I go out] from the city, but within the city he did not pray,
because it was full of idols. — [from Exod. Rabbah 12:5]
30 But as for thee and thy servants, I
know that ye will not yet fear the LORD God.'-- 31 And the flax and
the barley were smitten; for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in
bloom.
Though the flax and the
barley have been broken: Heb.
נֻכָּתָה, has been broken, an expression similar to
“Pharaoh-Neco (פַּרְעֹה נְכֹה) ” [the lame Pharaoh]
(II Kings 23: 29); “broken-hearted (נְכָאִים)
” (Isa. 16:7); and likewise, “have not been broken (נֵכּוּ)”
(below, verse 32). It is incorrect to interpret it as an expression of smiting
(הַכָּאָה), because a “nun” does not come in place
of a “hey,” that נֻכָּתָה should be explained
like הֻכָּתָה, smitten, and נֻכּוּ
like הֻכּוּ, smitten. The “nun” is, however, a root
letter in the word, and it is of the same form as “and his bones are dislocated
(ֹשֻפּוּ) ” (Job 33:21). For the barley is in the ear: It has already ripened and is standing in its stalks, and they
have been broken and have fallen. Likewise, the flax has already grown and has
become hardened [enough] to stand in its stalks. The barley is in the ear: Heb. אָבִיב, it has stood in its
stalks, an expression like “the green plants of (בְּאִבֵּי)
the valley ” (Song of Songs 6:11).
32 But the wheat and the spelt were not smitten;
for they ripen late.—
Because they ripen late: Heb. אִפִילֹת, late, and they were still tender and were able to withstand
the hard [hail]. Although it says: “and the hail struck all the vegetation of
the field” (verse 25), the simple meaning of the verse may be explained as referring
to the herbs that were standing in their stalks, which could be smitten by the
hail. In the Midrash of Rabbi Tanchuma (Va’era 16), some of our Rabbis differed
with this and interpreted כִּי אִפִילֹת
to mean that “wonders of wonders (פִּלְאֵי פְלָאוֹת)
” were wrought for them, that they were not smitten.
33 And Moses went out of the city from
Pharaoh, and spread forth his hands unto the LORD; and the thunders and hail
ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth. 34 And when
Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned
yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants. 35 And the
heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the children of Israel go; as
the LORD had spoken by Moses
Sivan Rahav (she spells
Rachav without the guttural CH but only H) Meir is a Broadcaster for the 2nd
Channel aka Arutz 12 in Hebrew. She speaks English fluently but uses a
translator Jeshoshua Susskind for her English Writing. She received an e-mail
from the actor wounded this week about his inspiration by Rabbi Yisrael Meir
Lau’s book before going to war. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383336
Recognized as an
enormously creative talent, singer, and actor, *Idan Amedi* — who is a soldier,
too — is now referred to as Idan ben Tova. This is his name for those who are
praying for his complete and speedy recovery after he was wounded in
Gaza.
I checked WhatsApp for
the last message Idan sent me and was amazed by what I found. He had sent a
link to his song “Keep Marching.” It is a song he wrote about *Rabbi Yisrael
Meir Lau*. He wrote about the inspiration for this song as follows:
“In 1942 at the age of
five, Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, a small and frightened little boy they called
‘Lulak,’ stood with his family in the city of Piotrkow, Poland, awaiting
transport to the concentration camps. There he saw a Gestapo officer strike his
father with a baton since he refused to shave his beard and his sidelocks.
During the next few years, the rabbi lost almost all of his family to the
murder apparatus of the evil Nazi regime. The rabbi was the youngest of those
liberated from the Buchenwald concentration camp.
"I read the rabbi’s
book just before I was drafted into the IDF. It changed my life and profoundly
influenced every choice I have made since then. I remember myself as a young
officer reading excerpts from this book to my soldiers, especially the
following passage. It is found at the beginning of the book in a speech the
rabbi delivered upon receiving the Israel Prize on the 57th anniversary of the
founding of the state:
“My brother who is
sitting here today, when he was separated from me in Buchenwald, told me this:
‘You are now a big boy, almost 8. I must tell you the truth. We do not have a
father, we do not have a mother, and I also have to go away. You will be left
alone. I do not believe that this hell will end. But if this inferno does
somehow come to a close and you remain alive, remember that there is a place in
the world called Eretz Yisrael (Land of Israel). Repeat after me: Eretz
Yisrael. Go there. This is our home. There they do not kill Jews. This is our
home. In our home, in Eretz Yisrael, ‘all Jews are guarantors of one another.’
The nation of Israel lives. Amedi.”
May Idan and all the
wounded enjoy a complete and speedy recovery and may everyone hear good news.
Wounded Major Tal L.,
Noy and the new born Golan Gilead. From Arutz 12 TV News translated into
English by Rachamim Pauli
A month or two ago
Danny Kutchmarov interviewed the Major about his role in bringing up tanks to
the gates of overrun Kibbutz(im). It was a search, rescue and recovery
operation.
A few days ago, Tal
was engaged in a battle. Ground forces were being shot at and he sent one of
the members of his company into the battle. They were hit by an RPG and
searching for the shooters. His tank then went in. He backed up into something
that prevented the reverse of his tank. He then sent out a reserve captain to
deal with the problem. A sniper shot and killed the captain. Tal went out to
see what happened to the captain and was himself shot in the back by the
sniper. His gunner or driver pulled him and the dead captain into the tank.
At the same time that
the battle was happening, Noy began having end of pregnancy contractions. After
about an hour, Noy calls an ambulance to take her to Hadassah Har Tzophim.
At this point Tal is
without a telephone in Beilinson Hospital and given a phone to call up Noy. He
wants her to come to him. In the end, the bullet must be removed. He insists of
going by Ambulance and bed to be next to Noy for the birth. From the pain
killers and hours of battle poor Tal dozes off next to Noy as Golan Gilead is
born.
Tal explains the root
of the name for the child. The couple had picked the name Golan for it is part
of Eretz Yisrael. But Gilead is part of the Golan in the section of Menashe and
Eliyahu the prophet came from there. But that is not the source of the baby’s
second name. He is named after Tal’s first soldier under his command that fell.
Gilead was his paramedic treating wounded when he was cut down by the enemy.
Remember the story of Rami who rescued about 45
people on Oct. 7th
Poor Rami weeks later
developed PTSD from the experience and is now being treated for it in the
regular clinic and privately. The government does not have enough psychiatric
help for people.
Air Mechanic’s story of Oct. 7th: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383319
Sergeant Major D., an air mechanic in the “Dorsey Halayla”
squadron, talks to Arutz Sheva - Israel National News about
the day of battle on October 7th in which he and his team were able to
successfully land 50 paratroopers in the battlefield despite the severe damage
they suffered.
"We are actually the first aircraft that came to transport
paratroopers," explains D. on the chain of events of the first day of
combat. "We were given a mission to land them near one of the towns
surrounding Gaza. When you are within the borders of your country, you don't
feel threatened, but as we advanced and saw the clouds of smoke, we realized
that we were under threat, and that's how we treated it - a 360degree
threat."
Major D. continues to describe: "Then we arrive at a point
and saw motorcycles and some people on our runway. We make a decision to turn
right and land somewhere else, and as we turned we felt the impact. We were
without an engine and loaded with the heavy weight of 50 soldiers, and the
pilot team is doing the right things to help bring us to land."
"When I realized that we had been hit, I turned to the
soldiers and told them to “hold on tight.” I felt something splashing on my
face. Bullets passed by the helicopter from both sides and fortunately no one
in the helicopter was hurt."
"We managed to land safely and save them. All I can think
of as the father of a paratrooper is, “I have to save these children.” When we
arrived at the landing field, I tried to open the electric ramp and failed.
There is a more complex malfunction here that occurred from the impact and I
managed to release two locks and the ramp fell from the weight," explains
Major D. about the nerve-wrecking moments of drama.
"After the soldiers left, I scanned the trunk and
identified a soldier stuck there," D. describes the situation when most of
the soldiers had already left the helicopter and entered the fighting zone.
"The co-pilot and I were the last to leave and ran to the second helicopter
that had just landed with more power and is our rescue helicopter. At this
point we heard the whistles of bullets and grenades falling near us, and we
realized that we needed to run quickly to the second helicopter. While running
there we heard a boom behind us. This was the second missile that hit the
helicopter."
He also spoke about the course of the war and
his family's mobilization for the war effort: "We are in an unequivocal
war, from the first day we understood that. Every day we are busy evacuating the
wounded and every landing anywhere is accompanied by difficult sights for all
of us."
"I want to say that I am also proud of my
paratrooper son, who is in Gaza and since the beginning of the fighting I only
got to see him once. But I have so much pride, also for my wife who has been in
the reserves since the beginning of the fighting and is doing a wonderful
job."
Inyanay Diyoma
Jan. 6th
Day 92 start of 14th
week.
Over 40 rockets and three drones in
the north. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383140
Walter Bingham, a Jewish man who holds two
Guiness world records for being the oldest journalist in the world, celebrated
his 100th birthday today.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383142
South African President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa,
whose country is leading a suit against Israel in the International Court of Justice at Hague, is
hosting a mass murderer in his country - and held a meeting with him. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383143
Friday Sderot hit by rockets. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/382820
Pence visits Northern Command. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383136
Ganz against Netanyahu on COS. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383133
Weapons look no further than the
UNWRA clinic. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383138
A soldier in the IDF's Shayetet 13
naval commando unit from Mevo Horon is fighting in Gaza despite an injury to
his knee. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383126
Egoz forces in the Commando Brigade operated in
the Khan Yunis area, eliminated terrorists in close-quarters combat, struck
terrorist targets and weapon depots. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383139
IDF Chief of the General Staff Herzi Halevi, head
of the ISA Ronen Bar, the Commander of the IDF's Southern Command and the Head
of the Intelligence Directorate held a situational assessment Friday in the
heart of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip with special forces. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383141
Indian
Navy rescues ship crew from hijack attempt in Arabian Sea | The Times of Israel
Woman
found dead in north, man shot in Baqa al-Gharbiya | The Times of Israel
Jan. 7th
Terrorist ram’s female security
person with his 3year old in the car. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383205
Iran taught Hamas how to make more
precise rockets. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383195
Neo-Nazis in Armenia. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383196
No great loss to mankind: According to news
sources in the Gaza Strip, Ali Salem Abu Ajawa, the grandson of Hamas founder
Sheikh Ahmad Yassin, was killed on Sunday. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383198
After a series of attacks, the IDF struck a terrorist cell that
was identified in the area of Marwahin in Lebanon. In addition, IAF fighter
jets struck a number of Hezbollah military targets in the areas of Labbouneh,
Majdal Zoun, and Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383192
The commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards,
Hossein Salami, vowed on Saturday to reach "the enemy" far and near. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383168
Lt. Col. and Policewoman fall. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383148
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383177
Israeli Arab murdered on road 465 in
the Shomron. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383174
The investigation against MK Ayman Odeh (Joint
List) has been closed after 2 years after he called for Arab members of
security forces to lay down their arms. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383188
Rocket Launchers towards Ashkelon
dismantled. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383181
Former Mossad Chief encourages
families protesting for their loved ones.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383167
Journalist tried to extort me -Regev. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383155
BDE: Meir Weiner, founder of "Yedidim,"
an organization which helps people who are stranded on the road, died Saturday
at the age of 43. Weiner recently collapsed, and was hospitalized at Shaare
Zedek Medical Center in serious condition. On Saturday he passed away. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383156
No acknowledgement of miracles = no
rain. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383154
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir spoke
with Kan
News about the day after the war and the possibility of
voluntarily relocating Gazans. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383185
Tzefat: Infant rescued from fire. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383179
Hezballah dragging Lebanon into a
war. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383163
No immunity to Hamas. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383164
Jan. 8th
94 days in captivity and the
families are planning a big demonstration for the 100th day and a
march from the south to the place of the demonstration. I truly feel sorry for
them but it is not the fault of the Government of Israel or the IDF. We are
dealing with Amalek and they have to realize that the cruelty knows no bounds.
The Nazis raped and abuse Jewish women but did not break pelvis chop off parts
of the chest and slice up other feminine body parts. I cannot even think of
watching the abuse movie. A short distance from us are Arab villages and they
might be capable of doing the same unthinkable horrors.
COS we will be at war for a year. "The year 2024 will be
challenging; we will be at war in Gaza. I don't know if it will be all year
long; we will be fighting in Gaza all year, that's for sure, and this will also
hold the other arenas, certainly in Judea and Samaria, to a certain state of
alertness," Halevi stated. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383216
Meron IAF Air Traffic Control Base
hit by long range RPGs. Damages being repaired. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383211
Many rockets in the north such that
the concept that Nasrallah does not want war may go the way of Hamas does not
want war of Oct. 6th.
Trudeau should be embarrassed. Anti-Israel protesters blocking a bridge within the largest
Jewish community of Toronto, the capital of Canada's province of Ontario, were
served hot coffee by the local police. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383208
Defense Minister vs. Axis of Evil. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383238
Due to public pressure: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering closing
several small government ministries. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383235
Terrorists planning to launch
rockets and attack troops eliminated. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383237
Two doctors and a male nurse are the
terrorist suspects. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383221
J. Smith-Cameron wore a yellow ribbon pin in solidarity
with the hostages still being held in Gaza at Sunday’s Golden Globes awards
ceremony. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383226
Poll Ganz 33, Likud 20. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383222
“It is a disgrace the Biden Admin is funding and
empowering the terror-supporting PA that has praised the heinous Hamas attack
on Oct. 7. The PA and Hamas share the same goal of destroying Israel,”
DeSantis. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383220
Tunnel under the Jihadi’s House. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383213
“It is a disgrace the Biden Admin is funding and
empowering the terror-supporting PA that has praised the heinous Hamas attack
on Oct. 7. The PA and Hamas share the same goal of destroying Israel,” DeSantis.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383220
The Chinese Cosco Shipping Lines, the world's
fourth largest transporter of containers, said on Sunday it would no longer be
sailing to Israeli ports in order to avoid attack from the Houthi rebels in the
Red Sea, Ynet reported.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383229
Approximately a year before the Hamas surprise
attack on October 7th, IDF Southern Command Commanding Officer Maj. Gen.
Eliezer Toledano held a classified meeting during which he warned that Israel
would have to launch a preemptive strike. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383218
Jordan wants Gaza ceasefire. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383225
Netanyahu wants Aharon Barak for
Hague. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383206
As the Huwara bypass highway is being completed,
work began today on the first lane of the Funduq bypass highway. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383193
Def. Min. meets former V.P. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383219
Daily Mail publishes hostage photos.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383244
Besides ammunition for M16 assault rifles and
telescopic scopes, the IDF found eavesdropping and tactical communications devices,
all made in China. Forces also located QBZ assault rifles, which are used
by the Chinese military, as well as QLZ87 grenade launchers, which are also
used by the Chinese military. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383214
Jan. 9th
Last night I was beginning to wonder
if I was a bit jumpy as I heard popping like a faraway Iron Dome anti-rocket or
two. Then I heard that 5 rockets were launched to Israel with a foot-long piece
falling close to the Arab Mafia area in Ramla. B”H not a mini-PTSD just alert.
Today a chubby couple was
interviewed in Kfar Aza. They are the first people to return to the Kibbutz.
Their house was not destroyed like their neighbor’s houses. As soon as the
electricity returned and running water restored, their nephews helped them with
repairs and they returned. There is a home-alert group there and soldiers in
the area.
Soldiers of the 188th and Golani brigades
uncovered several tunnel shafts reaching a depth of approximately 30 meters
and, following precise intelligence, exposed a terrorist stronghold used to
manufacture weapons. The soldiers also located many other underground
production facilities used for the manufacturing of long-range rockets,
explosives and accuracy enhancers for Hamas's mortar shells, light weapons and
UAVs. Additionally, the forces killed dozens of terrorists in the area. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383262 [a little bit of pride for myself having served in 1977 as
a paramedic with Golani 51 and in 1980 on loan to 188 armor two different
companies.]
Israeli singer and actor Idan Amedi, best known
for his role in the hit series 'Fauda,' was seriously wounded in combat in the
Gaza Strip today (Monday). He is hospitalized in a serious condition at
the Sheba Tel Hashomer Medical Center under sedation and on a respirator. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383267 He plays a tough and rugged guy in the
TV series (that due to Torah learning I don’t watch it).
Hamas Rocket director of the Syrian
Front is now a Shachid. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383264
Head of Hezballah Elite Unit becomes
a Shachid. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383250
9 soldiers die in Gaza six from
engineering when an explosive truck exploded. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383302 https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383280
Hostile aircraft falls on IDF base. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383301
Communist Jew signs South Africa’s
Hague law-suit and may face Knesset Approval. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383245
Hamas murdered civilian who sort
help from UNWRA. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383254
Yerushalayim: Suspects steal
Mezuzos. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383240
Undercover Border Police entered the town of
Iktaba in the Menashe region to arrest armed terrorists and filmed a gunfight
that developed during the operation. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383296
Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT) plans to target Austin
on Tuesday as fallout continues over the Pentagon’s delayed disclosure about
Austin being hospitalized last week, according to the report. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383282
Gallant hints on not approving IDF
Committee. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383275
Two Israeli owned ships attacked. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383283
Yehuda and Shomron on the brink.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383279
UN – Oct. 7th Hamas
committed sexual harassment war crimes. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383278
Now, ahead
of marking 100 days since that horrific Saturday, the Families Headquarters is
publishing a comprehensive medical report on the health risks of the hostages
held captive by Hamas. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383286
Normalization with the Saudis still
possible. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383276
Australia
bans Nazi salute and public display of terror group symbols | The Times of
Israel
Jan. 10th
The popular actor-singer is now in
moderate to close to difficulty wounded. The six engineering soldiers died when
a tank shell shot at the enemy hit an electric poll near the munitions truck
setting off a wire or spark that hit the explosives killing six and wounding
the actor-soldier and others. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383332
While Rabbi Rachamim Pauli is
enjoying his new S. Korean made car, Hamas is trying to murder with N. Korean
made weapons. (see below)
This week, my friend, Albert sent me
a message from a comedian about the Soros paid protestors who have signs “end
the occupation” about the protestors going to work and find an occupation.
The Prime Minister's Office stated that in order
to prevent a recurrence of incidents like today in Gush Etzion, Prime Minister
Netanyahu ordered that as long as the war continues, the evacuation and
demolition of the homes of soldiers and reservists of settlers in Judea and
Samaria must be stopped. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383333
Another Paramedic falls in Gaza. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383328
US and Britain shoot down 21 Houthi
Drones. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383342
Yishuv Alert guards to get weapons. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383310
Soldier with Kenyan roots released
from the IDF dies of a heart attack. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383293
Op-Ed Diane Weber Bederman Two flags
same evil only one condemned.
https://dianebederman.com/two-flags-same-evil-only-one-is-condemned/
https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/01/09/rashida-tlaib-named-antisemite-year-2023-by-watchdog-group/
Seven and half minutes to go through
all the blockage fences from Gaza. New
GoPro footage shows Hamas terrorists infiltrating Israel unopposed on Oct. 7 |
The Times of Israel
US
Palantir CEO flies company board to Israel in show of solidarity | The Times of
Israel
Not in the Printed News from the
morning. This story sounds like a reincarnation for vengeance or call it
Karma-Kickback. A strange man had an obsession on a particular woman for a
number of years such that she got a court-order/police order to keep him away
and she fled the area. He somehow obtained a gun and tracked her down, murdered
her and tried to take his own life. It appears that this is a reincarnation
case and perhaps in the past life, the past woman was the current man and vice
versa to clear the record of a past murder. For this was not a husband-wife but
a complete stranger obsessed.
There was an explosives lab
manufacturing facility captured in the Shomron.
The leader of the Christian Militia,
Samir Geagea in Lebanon is ready to battle Hamas if they cause Israel to
destroy sections of Beirut.
Thousands at Kotel pray for the
return of captives. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383375
Groundless self-hatred of Jews. Students at the Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium High School in Tel
Aviv demonstrated at the entrance of the school on Wednesday after the
principal, Dr. Ze'ev Degani was filmed the day prior preventing students from
laying Tefillin (phylacteries). https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383372
An IDF fighter jet on Wednesday morning struck
terrorist infrastructure and a military compound in the area of Labbouneh in
southern Lebanon. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383356
Blinken visits PA and is met with
Arab protests. During the meeting, dozens of Palestinian Arabs protested the
Secretary of State nearby, chanting: "You are not welcome here." https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383371
The United Nations Security Council is set to
vote Wednesday on a resolution that would condemn and demand an immediate halt
to attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on merchant and commercial ships in the Red
Sea area. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383369
26% want to rebuild Gush Katif. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383370
Home of terrorist who murdered
Israeli Arab is being mapped. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383368
An indictment has been filed with the Beer Sheva
District Court against an Israeli citizen who impersonated a reserves commander
on October 7, and gained access to classified information. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383373
Special IDF forces are operating intelligence in
Sudan, Sinai, and Libya, due to concerns that the hostages may be transferred
to Egypt, and from there to other Arab countries, the Al-Akhbar newspaper
reported Wednesday. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383355
Laser cannon almost ready. Defense technology company Advanced Defense Systems RAFAEL
announced today (Wednesday) the successful completion of a test for its
advanced SPYDER air defense system in its newest configuration – All in One
which was conducted by RAFAEL with the Israeli Ministry of Defense Directorate
of Defense Research & Development. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383376
The entrance to Los Angeles National Cemetery
was vandalized as a pro-Palestine protest in West Los Angeles shut down. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383377
AK-47 found at Islamic U. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383318
Need pressure on Iran. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383322
He wants no place in the next world.
Former British
Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn will join the South African delegation to The
International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, which will hear South Africa’s genocide case against Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383335
White House National Security Spokesperson John
Kirby on Tuesday clarified that the US is not currently in favor of a ceasefire
in Gaza.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383344
FL will allow Jewish Students to
transfer to higher education. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383339
A live television broadcast in
Ecuador was interrupted by hooded and armed men on Tuesday as the
Guayaquil-based network was on air amid a spate of kidnappings and violence in
the country after the president declared a state of emergency, CNN reported.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383337
Unemployment since Oct. 7th. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383309
A man has been arrested in what police are
calling a suspected hate-motivated assault in Vaughan, located just north of
Toronto. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383343
Jan. 11th
Day 97 as of 4 PM no announcement of
any soldiers that fell. Very few rockets or mortars from Gaza. In the north
especially from Ramat Naphtali to the snowy Hermon there have been rockets. The
fighting in Gaza continues and the blood libel against Israel in the Hague is
going into the trial. Remember that they said Russia must leave the Ukraine.
Don’t hold your breathe waiting.
I had a lot of chores today and time
just flew. Hopefully, tomorrow a more detailed report but as of now happy to
say that no news is good news.
Jan. 12th
Rabbi Yosef Ben Porat Shlita
explains in this week’s Parsha that there is no peace for the wicked. The original
Zionists were Chassidim of Herzl, Uganda, or Carl Marx and that is why for
120years there has not been a day of peace in the land. But there were a few
men that had faith and peace in their hearts like the Chazon Ish, Steipler, Rav
Chaim Kanievsky, Rav Eliezer Menachem Mann Shach, Rav Aharon Yehuda Liab
Steinerman, Rabbi Arieh Levine, who would walk between shells in the war of
independence, and others but not one of the political leaders.
Quote of the week: It sickens me when Jews confront
Jews. That teacher would stop a student from putting on Tefillin is evil.
- Diane Weber Bederman
The fighting in Gaza is different
from all other wars. Besides house to house there is tunnel to tunnel and
shaft/pier to shaft/pier fighting.
US, UK, Aussies, Canada, Holland,
Bahrain, etc. strike Houthi terrorists. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383466
Dozens of terrorists and Nukhba
commanders killed. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383484
New Public Opinion Poll. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383469
Son of Aliyah Minister is injured. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383449
Minister Sofer himself was severely
wounded during his military service in 1996 when he served as an officer in the
Haruv Battalion. For his actions and bravery, he was awarded a commendation.
Belgistan police stop suspected
terrorist. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383477
No intention of occupying Gaza. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383399
An elementary school in Brooklyn has been accused
of "Jewish erasure" for a map of the Middle East that replaces Israel
with "Palestine," the New York Post reported. PS
261. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383444
Republican presidential candidates Ron DeSantis
and Nikki Haley debated one another in Des Moines, Iowa, on Wednesday night. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383407
Bye-bye Christie. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383400
Ganz we cannot stop now: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383403
In a conversation with the soldiers, Halevi said
that "this fighting is in a very, very complex space. There is
underground, there is on ground, there is an enemy who has been preparing for a
long, long time to defend itself in a very orderly manner. There is a
population here, with many, many houses – it is a very, very complicated zone
for fighting.”
The Chief of Staff also sent a message to
Hezbollah when he told his soldiers: “After what you have done, there is no
village in Lebanon that you cannot enter and destroy. We will put you where it
is needed. You will do what is needed there. There is going to be a long war on
the other side, we will leave with good results.”
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383397
The IDF stated this evening that two journalists
who were reportedly killed in Gaza yesterday were in fact operatives of the
Hamas terrorist organization who were active combatants in the ongoing war. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383390
Sources in Iran also said that Iran’s Supreme
Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has taken a personal role in the Houthis’ Red
Sea blockade. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383402
Op-Ed Glick Victory is more
important than US Support Israel is not a vassal state.
THIS IS A NICE IDEAL
SITUATION IN THE TIME OF MOSHIACH BUT NOW IS NOT PRACTICAL.
Weapons under children’s beds not
your usual “Hamapil” prayer or the Christian “All through the night” prayer. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383364
The National Information System in the Prime
Minister's Office today (Wednesday) launched the international website which
presents to the world Hamas' crimes against humanity, with photos and videos
from the scenes of the October 7th massacre. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383384
An officer in an elite unit who was fighting in
Gaza noticed the sign of the Yarhi family’s house and contacted them. They were
delighted to receive a sign of life from their former home in Netzarim. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383380
The police on Wednesday evening arrested three
residents of Ramat Gan on suspicion of threatening Mayor Carmel Shama-Hacohen.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383410
https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/01/10/israel-extends-stay-ukrainian-refugees-end-2024/
Iran says it seized
tanker in the Gulf of Oman over year-long dispute with US | The Times of Israel
Fracas over tunnel at
Chabad HQ the result of push to expand Brooklyn compound | The Times of Israel
Eyal Shani’s fast-casual
Times Square restaurant Miznon is going kosher | The Times of Israel
https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/01/10/photo-essay-50000-people-gather-western-wall-pray-safe-return-hostages-gaza/
https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/01/11/double-speak-double-standards-south-african-jews-excoriate-government-icj-case-charging-israel-genocide/
Have a healthy, peaceful
and restful Shabbos,
Rachamim Pauli
