Parsha Mishpatim
The Nation has just
received the decalogue and the first 5 Mitzvos deal with man and his Creator
and the second five between man and man. That is a nice start but there are all
sorts of things that one can damage his fellow man. That is where we find
ourselves this week. There are twenty three positive commands and thirty
negative commands.
21:1 Now these are the
ordinances which thou shalt set before them. 2 If thou buy a Hebrew
servant, six years he shall serve; and in the seventh he shall go out free for
nothing.
There are two reasons that a Ben Yisrael becomes a full-time
servant or slave. The first is to cover a debit or it is a famine outside and
the rich man can sustain him for work. The second is that the man was a thief
and the Beis Din sells him to pay off his thievery.
3 If
he come in by himself, he shall go out by himself; if he be married, then his
wife shall go out with him.
His wife goes with him and she is supported too.
4 If
his master gives him a wife, and she bear him sons or daughters; the wife and
her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.
This refers to a Canaanite female slave.
5 But
if the servant shall plainly say: I love my master, my wife, and my children; I
will not go out free; 6 then his master shall bring him unto God, and
shall bring him to the door, or unto the door-post; and his master shall bore
his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him forever.
He should be a free Ben Yisrael but if not, the ear that
heard “Thou shall have no others beside ME. In any event, whether after six
years he goes free or when the horn of the Yovel (Jubilee) proclaims liberty
throughout the land. The servant receives severance pay or compensation.
7 And
if a man sells his daughter to be a maid-servant, she shall not go out as the
men-servants do. 8 If she please not her master, who hath espoused
her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed; to sell her unto a foreign
people he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.
He sold her because he could not afford her or he thought
that maybe the rich man will take her for a wife or for his son a wife.
9 And
if he espouse her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of
daughters. 10 If he take him another wife, her food, her raiment, and
her conjugal rights, shall he not diminish.
All of a sudden the she is not the sole wife but she gets
what he gave her in the beginning regarding food, shelter and clothing.
11 And
if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out for nothing, without
money.
If she reaches 12.5 years old or sows child bearing signs,
she goes out free from the master with compensation for he did not marry her or
give her to his son.
12 He
that smites a man, so that he dies, shall surely be put to death.
The Pshat looks one way but if he has to have witnesses and a
warning to receive capital punishment it is not so easy. However, in those days
there was the avenger of blood and things could get out of hand as in Arab
families today.
13 And
if a man lies not in wait, but God cause it to come to hand; then I will
appoint thee a place whither he may flee.
Cities of refuge for an accidental manslayer. Example he was
carrying bricks up a ladder and is foot slipped and the brick(s) fell and hit
somebody underneath in the head or an axe handle fly off.
14 And
if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile; thou
shalt take him from Mine altar, that he may die.
Not a direct murder like with a knife, sword or other weapon
but to put a trap or poison before him.
15 And
he that smites his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
There is also a rule that when a child grows up to be 13years
or so, the father should not physically discipline him lest he put a stumbling
block before the blind rage of a teen.
16 And
he that steals a man, and sells him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall
surely be put to death.
For slavery.
17 And
he that curses his father or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
Every parent makes mistakes and sometimes punishes or does
things that hurt his child physically or mentally. The child must not curse the
parent for the parent has the power of education from HASHEM whether for good
or bad.
18 And
if men contend, and one smite the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he
die not, but keep his bed; 19 if he rises again, and walk abroad upon
his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit; only he shall pay for the loss
of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.
He has to pay damages for injury, healing, embarrassment and
time lost from employment.
20 And
if a man smite his bondman, or his bondwoman, with a rod, and he die under his
hand, he shall surely be punished. 21 Notwithstanding if he continues
a day or two, he shall not be punished; for he is his money.
If it is a Ben Yisrael bondman he is treated like any Ben
Yisrael and a trial has to take place. If a non-Jewish slave it is like
destroying his own possessions.
22 And
if men strive together, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart,
and yet no harm follow, he shall be surely fined, according as the woman's
husband shall lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
Since we do not know if the fetus would be a viable child or
a miscarriage anyway, we have him pay a fine.
23 But
if any harm follows, then thou shalt give life for life, 24 eye for
eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burning for
burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
If the woman dies from his action due to the miscarriage he
is put on trial and then the rest mention like eye, broken nose, making deaf,
etc. is monetary compensation
26 And
if a man smite the eye of his bondman, or the eye of his bondwoman, and destroy
it, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake. 27 And if he smites
out his bondman's tooth, or his bondwoman's tooth, he shall let him go free for
his tooth's sake.
For his non-Jewish slave and any other organ or limb.
28 And
if an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die, the ox shall be surely stoned,
and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.
He was not want to gore people and there was a fence in place
for a normal containment of an ox but something happened that the ox somehow
knocked down the fence or the wind or fire destroyed it and the ox came out and
gored the man.
29 But
if the ox was wont to gore in time past, and warning hath been given to its
owner, and he hath not kept it in, but it hath killed a man or a woman; the ox
shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put to death.
If the ox gored people or other oxen three times he should
have be sent to the slaughter house or behind stronger iron bars and now it is
if the man leaving the ox where he was it was like a death trap.
30 If
there be laid on him a ransom, then he shall give for the redemption of his
life whatsoever is laid upon him. 31 Whether it have gored a son, or
have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto
him. 32 If the ox gore a bondman or a bondwoman, he shall give unto
their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
This is the valuation of men specified in Bechukosai.
33 And
if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit and not cover it, and an
ox or an ass fall therein, 34 the owner of the pit shall make it
good; he shall give money unto the owner of them, and the dead beast shall be
his.
He should have put a fence around the pit (as the electrical
or water companies do I cities).
35 And
if one man's ox hurt another's, so that it dies; then they shall sell the live
ox, and divide the price of it; and the dead also they shall
divide. 36 Or if it be known that the ox was wont to gore in time
past, and its owner hath not kept it in; he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the
dead beast shall be his own.
Here we go exactly like the Pshat.
37 If
a man steals an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it, he shall pay five oxen
for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
This is a fine from the
Torah against thievery.
22:1 If a thief be found
breaking in, and be smitten so that he dies, there shall be no blood guiltiness
for him.
This is a case of self-defense from the thief.
2 If
the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood guiltiness for him--he shall
make restitution; if he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
If the sun shone upon him: This is nothing but a metaphor [meaning] if the matter is
clear to you that he [the thief] is peaceably disposed toward you-similar to
the sun, which represents peace in the world-so it is obvious to you that he
has not come to kill [you]. Even if the owner of the money rises against him,
for instance, if a father breaks in to steal his son’s property, it is known that
the father has mercy on his son, and he has not come with the idea of murdering
[him]. -[From Sanh. 72a, Mechilta]. He has blood: He [the
thief] is considered as a live person, and it is [considered] murder if the
property owner kills him. he shall
surely pay: The thief
[shall pay] the money he stole, and he is not liable to death. [The thief is
considered to have been sentenced to death in cases where the property owner is
allowed kill him. In these cases, the thief is exempt from any monetary
obligation incurred when he dug into the house. In cases where the property
owner may not kill him, however, the thief is not considered liable to death,
and thus must pay for what he stole.] Onkelos, who rendered: “If the eye of
witnesses fell upon him,” adopted another view, saying that if witnesses
discovered him [the thief] before the property owner came, and when the
property owner came against him, they warned him not to kill him, [the thief is
considered as if] he has blood; i.e., he [the owner] is liable for him [the
thief] if he kills him, because since [he has committed his crime when] people
can see him, this thief has not come with the intention to murder, and he would
not kill the property owner.
3 If
the theft be found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep, he
shall pay double.
A fine.
4 If
a man causes a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall let his beast loose,
and it feed in another man's field; of the best of his own field, and of the
best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.
Measure for measure.
5 If
fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the shocks of corn, or the
standing corn, or the field are consumed; he that kindled the fire shall surely
make restitution.
One does not light a fire on a hot windy day. Or he purposely
destroyed his neighbor’s field or orchard.
6 If
a man delivers unto his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out
of the man's house; if the thief be found, he shall pay double.
A fine.
7 If
the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall come near unto God,
to see whether he have not put his hand unto his neighbor's
goods. 8 For every matter of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass,
for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, whereof one saith: 'This
is it,' the cause of both parties shall come before God; he whom God shall
condemn shall pay double unto his neighbor.
ELOKIM here means Beis Din Tehillim 82.
9 If
a man deliver unto his neighbor an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to
keep, and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing
it; 10 the oath of the LORD shall be between them both, to see
whether he have not put his hand unto his neighbor's goods; and the owner
thereof shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution.
He agreed to look after the item(s) and did so but due to
circumstances beyond his control the object is lost or destroyed.
11 But
if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner
thereof.
He should have chased the thief away.
12 If
it be torn in pieces, let him bring it for witness; he shall not make good that
which was torn. 13 And if a man borrows aught of his neighbor, and it
be hurt, or die, the owner thereof not being with it, he shall surely make
restitution. 14 If the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it
good; if it be a hireling, he loses his hire.
This is the normal case but if an elderly animal or old tool
in modern times it is a case of life expectancy of the animal or item assuming
that the working standards were reasonable.
15 And
if a man entices a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall
surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife. 16 If her father utterly
refuses to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of
virgins.
Until the age of 12, the father receives the money but older
than that, the female is considered a woman and the money goes to her and she
can marry him if she pleases.
17 Thou
shalt not suffer a sorceress to live.
Magic outside of the entertainment field is forbidden and
that includes males.
18 Whosoever
lies with a beast shall surely be put to death.
We come across this in Vayikra Chapter 18 about being
perverse and getting the death penalty.
19 He
that sacrifices unto the gods, save unto the LORD only, shall be utterly
destroyed.
This is treason against G-D and the beliefs of our
forefathers.
20 And
a stranger shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him; for ye were
strangers in the land of Egypt. 21 Ye shall not afflict any widow, or
fatherless child. 22 If thou afflict them in any wise--for if they
cry at all unto Me, I will surely hear their cry-- 23 My wrath shall wax
hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and
your children fatherless.
The three are under the Hashgacha of the Holy One Blessed Be
He. Therefore, be careful in dealing with them and honestly.
24 If
thou lend money to any of My people, even to the poor with thee, thou shalt not
be to him as a creditor; neither shall ye lay upon him interest. 25 If
thou at all take thy neighbor's garment to pledge, thou shalt restore it unto
him by that the sun goes down; 26 for that is his only covering, it
is his garment for his skin; wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass,
when he cries unto Me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
Most of the people who borrowed in the times of the Tanach
were especially poor. Nowadays, this does not apply to people with a number of
garments.
27 Thou
shalt not revile God, nor curse a ruler of thy people.
Nowadays we have the right to vote and therefore it is a
Mitzvah to vote and make your vote count. You have nobody to curse today but
stupidity or being fooled.
28 Thou
shalt not delay to offer of the fulness of thy harvest, and of the outflow of
thy presses. The first-born of thy sons shalt thou give unto
Me. 29 Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep;
seven days it shall be with its dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it
Me.
This is for the Bechor or Maaser Behayma.
30 And
ye shall be holy men unto Me; therefore, ye shall not eat any flesh that is
torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.
Trafe is forbidden.
Trafe includes meat that was not ritually slaughtered.
23:1 Thou shalt not utter a
false report; put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous
witness.
You should be a true loyal witness.
2 Thou
shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou bear witness in a
cause to turn aside after a multitude to pervert justice;
The Talmud brings down the story of Rabbi Eliezer HaGadol who
refused to change his belief even put in Cherem (spiritually boycotted) for
what he heard from his Rabbi and Teacher. Rabbi Akavia Ben Mahalalel gave up
being prince to Hillel, the elder, for not changing Halacha he heard from many.
3 neither
shalt thou favor a poor man in his cause.
Just because G-D has made somebody rich and the other poor
shall not grant him a right over another.
4 If
thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it
back to him again.
This type
of circumstance happened to me with other property and a certain neighbor.
5 If
thou see the ass of him that hates thee lying under its burden, thou shalt
forbear to pass by him; thou shalt surely release it with him.
You must over-come your hatred even for a wicked Jew and do
something similar if it happens.
6 Thou
shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. 7 Keep thee
far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not; for I
will not justify the wicked.
This is a double edge sword of judging properly the poor vs.
the rich. One cannot let the rich step on the poor man but then it is not our job
to improperly wrest money from the rich man to give to the poor but have a
righteous judgement.
8 And
thou shalt take no gift; for a gift blinds them that have sight, and perverts
the words of the righteous.
One who receives a present from somebody tends to have a favorable
opinion of somebody and therefore it is almost impossible to be neutral. I have
heard that there are cases that the son of a Rebbe vs. the daughter or Nephew
of a Rebbe ask the Rebbe to make a decision. But that is not the healthiest
situation.
9 And
a stranger shalt thou not oppress; for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing
ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
One thing is not to oppress the stranger but if you look at
day 125 below, illegal infiltrators have robbed or caused damage to public
shelters in Tel Aviv. Both sides have to behave properly.
10 And
six years thou shalt sow thy land, and gather in the increase
thereof; 11 but the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie
fallow, that the poor of thy people may eat; and what they leave the beast of
the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with
thy olive yard.
Observe the Shmita year.
12 Six
days thou shalt do thy work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest; that thine
ox and thine ass may have rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger,
may be refreshed.
Observing and resting on Shabbos is good for you Neshama. Not
only you but your servants shall refresh themselves. Sad indeed is the servant
that has to be completely on call 24/7. Non-Jews helping the infirm and elderly
only do the minimum on Shabbos or they get fully off.
13 And
in all things that I have said unto you take ye heed; and make no mention of
the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
Nowadays we can mention the names of the planets which were
once gods as the Goyim have cancelled them as a deity. Buddha and Confucius neither
are considered a deity but ancient philosophers or founders of a religion.
14 Three
times thou shalt keep a feast unto Me in the year.
These are the three Regelim and listed below.
15 The
feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep; seven days thou shalt eat unleavened
bread, as I commanded thee, at the time appointed in the month Abib--for in it
thou came out from Egypt; and none shall appear before Me
empty; 16 and the feast of harvest, the first-fruits of thy labors,
which thou sow in the field; and the feast of ingathering, at the end of the
year, when thou gather in thy labors out of the field. 17 Three times
in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD. 18 Thou
shalt not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall
the fat of My feast remain all night until the morning. 19 The
choicest first-fruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD
thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk.
The names of the Chaggim are not mentioned but the times are.
You shall not cook a kid: Heb. גְּדִי. A
calf and a lamb are also included in [the term] גְּדִי, for גְּדִי is only an expression of a tender young animal. [This you
know] from what you find in many places in the Torah where גְּדִי is written, and it was necessary to write after it עִזִים [to qualify it as a kid], for example, “I
will send you a kid גְּדִי עִזִים ” (Gen. 38:17); “the kid גְּדִי הָעִזִים ” (Gen. 38:20); “two kids עִזִים גְּדָיֵי ” (Gen. 27:9); to teach you that wherever גְּדִי is mentioned unqualified, it also means a calf and a lamb.
This [prohibition] is written in three places in the Torah, one for the
prohibition of eating [meat with milk], one for the prohibition of deriving any
benefit [from meat with milk], and one for the prohibition of cooking [meat
with milk]. -[From Chul. 113b, 115b]
The only reason that this appears to me to be mentioned in
conjunction with the three Regelim is that the Goyim almost everyday and on
their festivals have meat cooked with cheese.
20 Behold,
I send an angel before thee, to keep thee by the way, and to bring thee into
the place which I have prepared. 21 Take heed of him, and hearken
unto his voice; be not rebellious against him; for he will not pardon your
transgression; for My name is in him. 22 But if thou shalt indeed
hearken unto his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto
thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.
You have a personal Guardian Angel as mentioned if Sefer Yoshua
Chapter 1.
23 For
Mine angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorite, and the
Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite;
and I will cut them off. 24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods,
nor serve them, nor do after their doings; but thou shalt utterly overthrow
them, and break in pieces their pillars. 25 And ye shall serve the
LORD your God, and He will bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take
sickness away from the midst of thee.
Ignore the other gods and trust in your G-D.
26 None
shall miscarry, nor be barren, in thy land; the number of thy days I will
fulfil.
This is a great miracle both not to miscarry or be barren.
Today, unfortunately, both occur even unto the righteous.
27 I
will send My terror before thee, and will discomfit all the people to whom thou
shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto
thee. 28 And I will send the hornet before thee, which shall drive
out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before
thee. 29 I will not drive them out from before thee in one year, lest
the land become desolate, and the beasts of the field multiply against
thee.
I will remove them slowly. Lest the wild beasts come in. During
Covid, wild boars took over Haifa and Coyotes came into Ramat Gan or the greater
Tel Aviv area and foxes, weasels and more entered some populated areas. So one
can understand ancient times all the more so.
30 By
little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be
increased, and inherit the land. 31 And I will set thy border from
the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto
the River; for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and
thou shalt drive them out before thee.
From the river to the sea, Eretz Yisrael belongs to you and
me.
32 Thou
shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. 33 They shall
not dwell in thy land--lest they make thee sin against Me, for thou wilt serve
their gods--for they will be a snare unto thee.
They don’t belong here
and neither does their gods.
24:1 And unto
Moses He said: 'Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and
seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off; 2 and Moses alone shall come near unto the LORD; but
they shall not come near; neither shall the people go up with him.' 3 And Moses came and told the people all the words of
the LORD, and all the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice,
and said: 'All the words which the LORD hath spoken will we do.' 4 And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose
up early in the morning, and built an altar under the mount, and twelve
pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. 5 And he sent the young men of the children of Israel,
who offered burnt-offerings, and sacrificed peace-offerings of oxen unto the
LORD. 6 And Moses took half of the
blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he dashed against the
altar. 7 And he took the book of the
covenant, and read in the hearing of the people; and they said: 'All that the
LORD hath spoken will we do, and obey.' 8 And
Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said: 'Behold the
blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you in agreement with all
these words.' 9 Then went up Moses,
and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; 10 and they saw the God of Israel; and there was under
His feet the like of a paved work of sapphire stone, and the like of the very
heaven for clearness. 11 And upon
the nobles of the children of Israel He laid not His hand; and they beheld God,
and did eat and drink.
They did not see G-D but perhaps the Divine Chariot my
opinion vs. Rashi below.
And they perceived the God of Israel: They gazed and peered and [because of this]
were doomed to die, but the Holy One, blessed is He, did not want to disturb
the rejoicing of [this moment of the giving of] the Torah. So He waited for
Nadab and Abihu [i.e., to kill them,] until the day of the dedication of the
Mishkan, and for [destroying] the elders until [the following incident:] “And
the people were as if seeking complaints… and a fire of the Lord broke out
against them and devoured at the edge (בִּקְצֵה) of the camp” (Num.
11:1). [בִקְצֵה denotes] the officers (בִקְצִינִים) of the camp [i.e., the elders]. -[From Midrash Tanchuma Behaalosecha
16] Like the
forming of a sapphire brick: that was before Him at the time of the bondage, to remember
Israel’s straits [i.e.,] that they were enslaved in the making of bricks.
-[From Lev. Rabbah 23:8] And like the appearance of the heavens for clarity: Since they were [finally] redeemed, there was
light and joy before Him. -[From Lev. Rabbah 23:8] And like the appearance: Heb. וּכְעֶצֶם, as the Targum (Onkelos) renders וּכְמֶחֱזֵי : an expression
meaning appearance. F or
clarity: Heb. לָטֹהַר, an expression
meaning clear and unclouded. -[From Lev. Rabbah 23:8] I.e., during the bondage
of the Israelites, the sapphire brick clouded the heavens, but after the
Exodus, the heavens became clear and not a cloud was in sight. -[Lev. Rabbah
23:8]
12 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Come up to Me into the
mount and be there; and I will give thee the tables of stone, and the law and
the commandment, which I have written, that thou mayest teach them.' 13 And Moses rose up, and Joshua his minister; and Moses
went up into the mount of God. 14 And
unto the elders he said: 'Tarry ye here for us, until we come back unto you;
and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you; whosoever hath a cause, let him come
near unto them.'
Moshe will go up the mount but Hur will die opposing the
Golden Calf of the mob.
15 And Moses went up into the mount, and the cloud
covered the mount. 16 And the glory
of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days; and the
seventh day He called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.
Sort of inviting Moshe as a Shabbos guest.
17 And the appearance of the glory of the LORD was like
devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of
Israel. 18 And Moses entered into the
midst of the cloud, and went up into the mount; and Moses was in the mount
forty days and forty nights.
Guard the Shabbos and
the Shabbos will guard you. Story of a Shomer (guardian of) Shabbos woman on a
Kibbutz told in Hebrew by Rabbi Zamir Cohen using AI to translate and speak in
English. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RffcqQlQDcE
We must try our best even if we don’t succeed. By
Rachamim Pauli
Captain Hanan Drori Zal
should not have been in Gaza. He had disabilities that should have exempted him
from front line service. He fought tooth and nail to get in and into an
officer’s course. He was working as a medical staff member when he was
seriously wounded in Gaza. He picked up a fungal infection. The main injury was
not his main problem but the fungus and he became to a state of serious life –
threatening. Already the IDF lost one soldier to fungus.
His doctors recommended
the experimental drug Fosmanogepix from Pfizer. As his
condition deteriorated on Friday-Shabbos, the Prime Minister called up the
President of Pfizer and he worked hard to open up on a holiday the Pfizer plant
in Shannon Ireland and special planes with ability to cool the medication
transferred it to Dublin and then to Frankfort ending up in Tel Aviv completely
refrigerated. The medicine arrived but by the time it got to the hospital Hanan
was dying on a Kiddush HASHEM and passed away.
The effort, prayers and
expenses were not in vain. For we do not know the effects of unbounding love
have upon heaven to save other lives. Tennyson wrote in The Charge of the
Light Brigade “Not for us to ask the reason why but for us to do and die.”
It is good for to try our best. We can try to be like Moshe Rabbaynu but will
not get either his prophecy or ability to split the sea. However, we must
emulate and try what we can. My worry is not being like Moshe but did I do what
Rachamim Pauli could have done if he really tried!
The
Bankrupting Shabbos Break-in by Rabbi Yerachmiel Tilles
https://ascentofsafed.com/cgi-bin/ascent.cgi?Name=1365-22
It was Autumn
2018/5779, the Shabbos of the Torah reading, Chaya Sarah. I (R. Yosef
Shidler) at the time, was enjoying a Friday night meal with my family at
our home in Lakewood, New Jersey. It felt like any other Shabbos in our home.
We finished our meal at the usual time, and went to sleep after reading a very
interesting Baal Shem Tov story.
Until…KNOCK, KNOCK,
KNOCK!
It was early Shabbos
morning, and we were woken up by the loud banging at the front door.
'Who could
it be?' I thought
to myself.
It was my next-door
neighbor, who looked very worried. "R' Yosef, you better come out right
away! It looks like someone broke into your car. It doesn't look good, R'
Yosef. It actually looks really bad!"
I couldn't believe
what I was hearing. My wife and I quickly got dressed and made our way out to
the car.
My neighbor was right.
The car was a mess. Someone had broken the car window in order to get in, but
that wasn't the worst part.
You see, my wife and I
run a photography business. We take pictures and videos for people on their
most special days. Before Shabbos, I'd left well over $10,000 in cameras and
gear for taking pictures in that car. When my neighbor told me about the break
in, I was very worried, and when I got to my car, my worst fears quickly came
true.
Everything was gone.
All I could see was broken glass everywhere, all over the seats and the floors,
and not a single camera in sight. It was terrible. I knew right away that this
was truly a bad situation.
We needed help, but it
was Shabbos; we couldn't just phone the police., My wife volunteered to find a
non-Jewish person to call the police for us. Thank G-d, she succeeded, and a
group of policemen came a short time later.
"It's definitely
a break-in, all right," the police officer said, looking at our poor car.
"It's very nice
that you figured that out," I replied, a little annoyed he would say
something so obvious and unhelpful. "What do we do now? I need those
cameras back - they're important and expensive, and I can't do my job without
them!"
"You'll meet with
someone at the police station tonight. Hopefully, they'll help you get this
worked out."
The police left the
house, and that's when all of the sadness and anger came crashing down for my
wife and I. We'd just lost a lot of money. How were we supposed to run a
photography business now, with no cameras and no money to buy more?
My wife turned to me
and said, "You know, I was speaking with some of the neighbors down the
street, and they saw the robber break into our car, but they decided not to
call the police. They didn't think it was the right thing to do on Shabbos. But
they totally could have called and saved the situation! Why should that be
considered Chillul [profanation of] Shabbos? Instead, they
just… watched it happen!"
She was clearly upset.
I was too, but I tried to calm myself, realizing that I needed to think about
the situation like a Chasid.
"I hear
you," I answered her, "but let's do our best to be Chasidim. The
Alter Rebbe says in Tanya that we shouldn't even think a bad
thought about another Jew! They were trying to do the right thing. This was how
they wanted to please G-d. We should not judge them negatively; they didn't
steal anything."
"You're
right," she agreed. "It wasn't their fault. It's all Hashgacha
Pratis ('divine supervision of the individual'). Anyway, surely our
insurance will pay us back, G-d willing."
My wife was right. We
had insurance that was supposed to help out if, G-D forbid, something like this
ever happened. However, I also knew insurance companies would only pay you back
for lost or broken things if you gave them serial numbers for each item. (A
serial number is a number given to each item in the factory once it's made.
It's like each camera's own unique i.d.)
I'd given the
insurance company serial numbers for most of my cameras and
gear, but I hadn't given them numbers for many of the newer and more expensive
items. This made me very nervous. 'Would they still pay me back for the
stolen things?' I worried. I wasn't sure. We could end up losing all of it.
It would cost me thousands of dollars to buy everything again.
Deep down, I knew all
of this was the will of G-d, just as my wife had said, but it was hard to feel
better about it. I went on with my day, trying to have strong Emunah (faith)
and Bitachon (trust) in G-d, that He would make everything
work out well for us, but I have to admit, it was very, very, very hard for me.
My whole business relied on those cameras. Without it, I had no way to earn enough
money to support my family!
Shabbos continued as
usual, but after the meal, my nervous thoughts became too hard to handle. So, I
did what any Chassid would do. I stood in front of a picture of the
Lubavitcher Rebbe and said, "Rebbe, I know that Hashem made this
happen, but it's getting to be too hard for me. Please let me know everything
will work out okay!"
And with that, I
pulled out at random one book of Igros Kodesh, the multi-volume set
of the Lubavitcher Rebbe's holy correspondence. I opened the book to a random
page and read the letter printed on it.
In it, the Rebbe was
responding to someone who had written to him about how he was having a hard
time making a living. The Rebbe responded that if it were someone else, he
could understand why they were complaining. "But you," the Rebbe said
in the letter, "you believe in G-d!" The Rebbe then went on to write
that it would soon be clear that the whole problem was just a test, and that
"you will see Brachos (blessings) for you, your family,
and your business."
'Wow. What
an amazingly clear answer!' I thought to myself. I couldn't believe it! 'It's
like this was written just for me!'
At that point, I felt
so much joy! My wife and kids were at the park, so in high spirits I danced my
way there to share the good news!
"What
happened?" asked my wife, laughing. "Did they find the cameras?"
"No!" I
continued dancing, while other parents and their kids kept staring. I didn't
care. I was too excited!
"So, what's with
the dancing?"
"The Rebbe gave
us a blessing! I'm sure we'll get our cameras back - and everything else,
too!" That was all I said, and I believed it completely.
I sat in shul that
afternoon, participating with another 15 or 20 men in the Third Shabbat Meal,
telling everyone about the incredible letter I received.
"Yeah, okay. Very
nice, Yosef. Let's see what happens," one man said.
It was easy for me to
tell that people didn't accept my conclusions. But I believed in the Rebbe's
blessings more strongly than ever.
"Sir.
Ma'am." The detective looked my wife and I in the eyes at the police
station. It was after Shabbos, and our appointment had finally come around.
"I'm afraid it's
highly unlikely that we'll find your cameras. We see these types of break-ins
and robberies often, and I'll tell ya, there's a 98% chance we won't find
it." He shook his head back and forth while he spoke, as if he felt sorry
for us. "But we'll try. When we make our rounds, we'll keep an eye out for
your stuff."
It wasn't the most
helpful meeting, but I still had faith in the Rebbe's blessing that everything
would work out. I wasn't going to let anything get me down.
* * *
A few months earlier,
the airlines had advertised a special price for plane tickets to Europe. I'd
bought tickets to go to Ukraine with my wife to visit the burial sites of the
first and second Chabad Rebbes - the Alter Rebbe in Hadditch,
the Mitteler Rebbe in Niezhyn, and [the founder of Chassidism,]
the Baal Shem Tov in Mezibuz. As it turned out, Heaven had
planned for this trip to happen just two weeks after the robbery.
We arrived safely in
Ukraine, B"H, after a long plane ride across the world.
After a restful night
in the city of Kiev, we made the journey to Nezhin and the ohel (enclosed
area) of the Mitteler Rebbe. It was a cold Ukrainian winter, and snow was all
over the ground. The grave was in a field outside a city. It was dark and
quiet, in a very empty cemetery. Inside the ohel, it was freezing. After 30
minutes of davening (prayer), we continued - traveling for the
next 4 hours to Hadditch. We were really looking forward to the chance to daven
in another holy place.
When we got to the
city of Hadditch, we were surprised to see that the Alter Rebbe's ohel was
completely empty, just like the Mitteler Rebbe's ohel had been. So, we began
our prayers right away. We stood there together, reading aloud Tehillim (Psalms)
for hours on end. It was such a special feeling, being able to connect with
a Tzadik (pure, holy person) as great as the Alter Rebbe while
standing next to his grave.
There's a really nice
guesthouse next to the Alter Rebbe's grave in Hadditch, and that was where we
were staying. So, after finishing to recite Tehillim, we headed back to the
hotel in the early hours of the morning.
My wife began getting
ready for bed, while I took out my laptop to write an email to my insurance
company, asking for an update on whether or not they were going to give us
money to replace the stolen items.
All of a sudden, at
around 3:00 AM, my wife's cell phone rang.
"Hello? Mrs.
Shidler?" My wife didn't recognize the voice on the other line.
"This is
detective Eric from the Lakewood police," he quickly identified himself.
"We think we found the gear! We're pretty sure we found your husband's
camera equipment!"
She was too shocked to
say anything. Overhearing, I was too! (I wondered if he knew it was 3 in the
morning here - it was still only 8pm there.)
The policeman
continued. "We found it in a pawn shop in Tom's River, not far from your
home."
This was where the
miracle got a whole lot bigger. Let me explain.
You may never have
heard of a pawn shop before. It's basically a store that lends money to people,
in return for something worth more money than they're taking from the shop.
This way, if they don't come back in time to pay the money back, the store
owner can sell whatever the person left them, making back the money they lent,
plus a lot more.
"And you people
are really lucky," said the detective. "We got to it just in time! If
we'd found it tomorrow, the shop owner would've already sold it, and we
wouldn't have been able to do a thing about it!"
"Wait! What do
you mean by that?" I asked.
"We have a law
here in New Jersey that, when someone comes to the police claiming they've had
items stolen from them, the police have 10 days to check pawn shops to see if
the missing items ended up there. But 10 days after the claim is made, the pawn
shop owner is legally allowed to sell the items. So, if we'd gotten here even a
day later, we wouldn't have been able to take your gear from the pawn shop. It
would have belonged to the store owner."
My wife and I looked
at each other, our mouths open wide in surprise. We simply couldn't believe our
ears! Right after we came out of the ohel of the Alter Rebbe, after hours of
davening in that holy place, after working so hard on ourselves to have full Emunah
and Bitachon, and while I was in the middle of writing to the insurance
company!...we were given a miracle.
The police also found
the robber who broke into my car. Thank G-d, he won't be bothering anyone else
in Lakewood!
* * *
Sounds like a nice
miracle, right? But it doesn't end there.
The funny part is, I
only realized the extent to which it was a miracle after it
happened.
At the time of the
theft, my wife and I had two beautiful girls. The following autumn, we were
blessed thanks to G-d's kindness, with our first baby boy. We were on our way
home from the hospital with our wonderful new baby when a picture popped up on
my phone, along with the words "One year ago today."
In the photo, I was
standing next to my wife outside the ohel of the Alter Rebbe in Hadditch, the
very night we'd prayed so hard that my gear would be found.
Can you believe it?
Exactly one year later, on the same date, our first baby boy came into the
world. That's when I remembered the end of the letter, when the Rebbe wrote
that "you will see Brachos, for you, your family, and your business."
I thought that we'd
gone through a serious challenge - a real test! I was beyond excited when our
stolen things were returned to us. But I never would have thought such a big
blessing would come from this challenge -- that every part of the Rebbe's
letter would come true in such a clear way! To me, this was such an amazing
miracle, and I was so thankful!
So yeah, I guess you
could say that I'm lucky enough to see miracles. But believe me - you can, too!
I think if we open our eyes to what is going on around us, and we strengthen
our Emunah and Bitachon and believe G-d will take care of us, we'd see His
miracles all the time!
May we all be blessed
with revealed miracles - many revealed miracles! And, most importantly, may we
be blessed with the coming of Moshiach right now. As it says in Micha, "As
in the days of your going out of Egypt, I will show you wonders."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
R. Yosef
Shindler is the director of DollarDaily.org and TzaddikStory.org, and also
the manager and editor of the project, "Amazing Miracle Stories for
Kids" series of books, for which he is now raising money in order to
publish the third. He lives with his wife and children in Lakewood, New Jersey.
Source: I first heard
this story from R' Yosef Shidler a few years ago, when he told it to my wife
and I during Melaveh Malka (The Saturday night "Fourth
Meal") at our home in Tsfat during one of his visits to Israel. I begged
him to write it down. Finally, he did. I spent some time editing it and sent it
to him to check, and here it is "set out before you" (see Rashi's commentary
on the first verse of this week's reading, Mishpatim). It's one of
my longest stories yet, so I hope you too will find it worth it.
Why this week? The
Torah reading of Mishpatim contains most of the civil law commandments about
money and theft.
The author adds:
I try to learn "chitas"(the daily portion of Chumash,
Tehillim, and Tanya, as well as the daily Rambam chapter,
every single day! I believe this study fills my life with blessings. Learning
Torah is truly the best thing you can do! And always remember to have Emunah and Bitachon (faith
and trust in G-d) -- both when things are going well, and when
things are not going so well. Always believing in G-d, and believing everything
He does is for our good, opens our eyes to the miracles around us every day!
Milestone: HaRav Baruch Weisbecker,
83, Rosh Yeshiva Beit Matisyahu member of Moetzet Agudas Yisrael. BD"E
— Hagaon Harav Baruch Weisbecker, Zt"l - Hamodia.com
Milestone: Rabbi Alter Tzvi Aryeh Yachnes, 75,
song Pharaoh in Pajamas. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384629
Milestone: Nina Gottlieb, 91,
Holocaust Survivor starred in documentary. Nina
Gottlieb, Holocaust survivor featured in award-winning documentary, dies at 91
| The Times of Israel
Inyanay Diyoma
Feb. 2nd
Day 119 the end of the 17th
week it will be seen in Israel Day 120 start of the 18th week.
Extreme cold and flooding predicted
for Israel. The temperature by my home fell to 4C and it said feels like 3C on
wind chill index. We have had in the past a dusting of snow a number of years
ago when my children were teens and old grandchildren built a small snowman
over the hill where they live. Gaza is by the coast but flooding and cold could
hit both our boys and the enemy. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-784646
Hamas Hostage Release must include
end to the war. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hj11m4nqc6
Op-Ed: Azoulay: Netanyahu is waiting
for Trump. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rks7yypct
The Turkish news agency
Anadolu reported on Friday that authorities in Turkey have arrested seven
individuals suspected of having ties to Mossad. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/s1ab8v9q6
The far-right social media platform Gab,
known for its numerous neo-Nazi users and antisemitic statements made by its
owner Andrew
Torba, has blocked all of its Israeli users
from accessing it, including entering their pages. https://www.ynetnews.com/business/article/r1bwy5k96
Bennett to CNN if Bin Laden was in
the hospital you would go after him. https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-784885
Lieberman: Give Gaza to Egypt and
split Yehuda and Shomron with Yarden. https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-784806
Pressure on Hamas helps hostage
return. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384551
B”H UNWRA will be forced to shut
down by end of Feb. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384564
After 9 hours Turkish hostages
freed. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384559
Despite the fact that the Home Front Command on
Thursday eased the guidelines for residents of communities located near the
border with the Gaza Strip, the Ministry of Education clarified that, even
though the guidelines allow for a return to schools on Sunday of next week,
this will not happen anytime soon. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384560
Terrorists returned to Gaza City. "Our ability to operate once again in the heart of Gaza
City, while eliminating many dozens of terrorists, is important- and we will
continue to do it," Gen. Finkelman stated. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384548
Photo essay on 55th Paratrooper
Brigade. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384542
US Attorney for the District of New Jersey Philip
R. Sellinger and Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice
Department’s Civil Rights Division announced on Thursday that Dion Marsh
admitted committing a series of violent assaults on members of the Orthodox
Jewish community in and around Lakewood. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384554
No plans to sanction Israeli
Officials. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384565
Canada: https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-784912
Iran exposes dozens of Israeli Spies
in 28 countries. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-784870
Poll Netanyahu makes a slight gain. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-784888
Technion new cancer fighting way. https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/article-784860
10,000 terrorists died 10,000
wounded since the war started. https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-784787
Sanctions against UNWRA must become
permanent. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384586
Gen. Fox goes after Y. Cohen because
of Biden Sanctions. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384592
Since the beginning of the war, the Central
Command has adopted a more aggressive policy, which has led to the arrests of
more than 3,000 suspects in slightly less than four months. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384595
Biden
attends dignified transfer of US troops killed in Jordan | Fox News
Biden
repeatedly assailed 'f---ing a--hole' Trump in private to aides: report | Fox
News
Did
Punxsutawney Phil see his shadow or is an early spring on the way? | Fox
Weather
Feb. 3 – 4
Days 120 – the night which starts
122 as there was and evening and a morning in Creation.
Motzei Shabbos I was busy repacking
to take my belongings back to Florida from Baltimore. I was not used to the
cold but in my neighborhood my wife looked at the weather feels like 3C or the
upper 30’s F and Yerushalayim, Chevron colder. The rains in Eretz Yisrael are
quieting down in a day or so.
Terrorist fires at tank is a
Shachid. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384609
Hamas delaying reply on hostages. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384612
Prisoner swap only if all of them
released. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384615
Teen Shachid knife vs. soldiers. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384613
Large tunnel complex. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384607
US -
UK strike Houthi territory. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384632
Extended cease-fire for Saudi Deal? https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384680
Three missiles from Lebanon land in
N. Yisrael. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384610
We are ready with planes pointed
north. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/flashes/625137
We will reshape northern Yisrael. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384625
Lahav Shapira, the grandson of Amitzur Shapira,
who was murdered in the Munich Olympics Massacre and was the coach of former
Israeli track and field athlete Esther Roth-Shahamorov, was attacked on Friday
in Berlin by a pro-Palestinian student and was hospitalized with fractures in
his face. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384682
Wounded
soldier chased protester out of hospital | Israel National News - Arutz Sheva
Sergeant
first class (res.) Shimon Yehoshua Asulin fell in Gaza | Israel National News -
Arutz Sheva
IDF
soldiers leave behind live ammunition in Gaza | Israel National News - Arutz
Sheva
A few days ago, a radio station held an interview
with left-wing activist Aybee Binyamin regarding the developing prisoner
exchange agreement. Throughout the interview, he insisted that the hostages
must all be recovered at any price. Who wants elections now? https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384633
Stolen Sheep found in the possession
of Bedouin. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384623
Houthis practice invasion of Israeli
town. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384619
Israel, Egypt consider moving Rafah
Crossing towards Keren Shalom. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384626
Omri Ronen returned to this weekend to his
grandmother's home in Kfar Aza, for the first time since the Hamas massacre on
October 7, 2023. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384618
Hamas beats Gaza Civilians. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384620
Feb. 5
Day 122 early morning 123.
Senior
Likud minister: We are only 'at start of journey' on hostage deal talks | The
Times of Israel
UN
chief taps panel to probe UNRWA 'neutrality' after Israeli allegations | The
Times of Israel
At
Grammys, Montana Tucker highlights Hamas hostages with large yellow ribbon |
The Times of Israel
Following
US Sanctions two settlers have their bank accounts closed down.
Israeli
bank freezes account of settler Yinon Levi sanctioned by US | The Times of
Israel
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384716
Head
of police major crimes unit resigns after four years on job | The Times of
Israel
Israel
sees 14 straight days of rainfall for first time in over 30 years | The Times
of Israel
IDF
Estimates That Hamas Still Has About 1,000 Rockets – The Yeshiva World
King
Charles III Diagnosed With Cancer, Receiving Treatment – The Yeshiva World
The IDF held a divisional exercise in the Ephraim
Brigade in which soldiers simulated the response to the kidnapping of a
Palestinian Arab by Jewish Israeli settlers. "At a time when 136 Israeli
hostages are being held captive by the Hamas Nazis, the commander orders an
exercise centered on demonizing the settlers. The settlers are not kidnapping
Arabs. They are not even suspected of planning anything close to that. The
opposite is true: Arabs are walking around in the settlements in Judea and
Samaria without any fear. The existence of such an exercise constitutes full
cooperation in the 'settler violence' blood libel," Ben-Gvir said. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384735
We should have wiped out Hamas long
ago. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384741
The Lebanese newspaper Elnashra reported
today (Monday) that in the coming days, a cease-fire agreement will be reached
in southern Lebanon, ending the attacks the Hezbollah terrorist organization
has made against northern Israel since October. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384722
Shema Prayer and boom went the
Mosque: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384715
Attempted stabbing Maaleh Adumim. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384712
Hamas = Amalek orders to kill men,
women and children. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sylv1crq6
First Advertisement in Super Bowl
against antisemitism. Robert Kraft speaks written by the Dr. Martin Luther King
speechwriter. https://www.ynetnews.com/culture/article/bkrjoca5t
Feb. 6th
Day 123 afternoon
An IDF reservist was seriously wounded in Gaza
and was infected by a dangerous fungus that entered his system. He is currently
hospitalized at Sheba Medical Center in very severe condition. His family,
together with the hospital, reached out to Pfizer to request the experimental
drug Fosmanogepix from Ireland to Israel, and after several civilians enlisted
to help, the medication is on its way. President of Pfizer called Irish
Director to open up Plant on Shabbos for the medication and three special
refrigerated planes flew from Shannon to Dublin to Frankfort before arriving in
Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384774
Biden threatens to veto house aid bill to
Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384746
Reserve soldiers from the Hod Battalion 9221
serving in Judea and Samaria wrote a harsh letter to Chief of Staff Herzi
Halevi following the exercise in which the IDF treated settlers as 'enemies.’ https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384781
What do we want? VICTORY! When do we
want it? NOW! https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384771
Ben Gvir apologizes to Biden for his
son’s tweet. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384764
Arab Mafia: 38-year-old
municipal engineer killed in Jadeidi-Makr shooting | The Times of Israel
Blinken
meets Sissi in Cairo to discuss Gaza humanitarian pause, hostage deal | The
Times of Israel
Threatening letters left at the
houses of Likud MK’s threatening their children. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384769
Argentine Pres. Pledges to move
Embassy to Yerushalayim. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384780
El Al to offer Torah Classes to
Passengers. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384767
Netanyahu: The war cannot end until
we kill all the Hamas Leaders. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384725
Op-Ed Caroline Glick: 360 Degree
opposition of Biden. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384745
United Nations Goebbels Maneuver. Blame shifting is defined in psychological terms as a
manipulation technique wherein, to discredit a victim an abuser will often
blame the victim for abuser’s actions, even going so far as to say the victim
is really the one who committed the abuse. This may cause the victim to feel
defeated or that they are losing their mind. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384733
Terrorist with UN Vest spotting IDF
had 5 RPGs, guns plus. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384733
Finance Minister you have forgotten
the reservists.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384766
32 of the hostages may be dead. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384786
https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/02/05/el-al-not-returning-flights-to-ireland-morocco-due-to-war/
5years of Iranian sleeper cell in
Sweden. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384779
Terrorist(s) opened fire on Tuesday from the
direction of the village of Jalbun at a home in Kibbutz Meirav in the Gilboa
region. No one was hurt but the structure was damaged. Shachid in Schem. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384772
The IDF will launch an investigation into an
incident in which 13 hostages were killed in a house that was shelled on
October 7th in Beeri after 99th Division Commander Brigadier General Barak
Hiram ordered to do so, Haaretz revealed on Tuesday. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384778
Feb. 7
Day 124 evening
Syria claims attacked. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384804
Netanyahu right, IDF made a blunder.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384793
Hamas received millions upon
millions from Iran. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384806
US House fails to have a 2/3rds vote
for $17.6 for Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384807
BDE the seriously injured soldier
who got the Pfizer Medication too little and too late. He is the second soldier
to die from a fungal infection of his would in Gaza. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384820
“Hanan was not supposed to be in the IDF at all,
but decided that he would be a combat soldier and moved heaven and earth to do
so. Even so, he was originally assigned a non-combat role, but through various
connections he was assigned combat service.” https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384835
Battalion 7421's Torah scroll departed the Gaza
Strip together with the battalion after it accompanied it through its battles. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384846
We lost valuable time dismantling
Hamas. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384796
Hamas finally responds to hostage
deal. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384794
Yesterday evening, another fallen soldier was identified as Major David Shakuri
(30) a resident of Rehovot, deputy commander of the 601st Battalion, 401st
Brigade, of the Combat Engineering Corps. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384795
New Hope Party chairman Gideon Saar told his
party's activists on Tuesday evening that he thinks it is necessary to
immediately stop the transfer of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384815
The IDF Spokesperson's Unit reported this morning (Wednesday) ground
troops are continuing to coordinate with the IAF and Israeli Navy in targeted raids
on terrorist sites and strikes against terrorist targets throughout the Gaza
Strip. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384827
President of France Emmanuel Macron participated
on Wednesday in a memorial ceremony at the Les Invalides Palace in Paris in
memory of the French citizens who were murdered during the October 7th massacre
and mentioned the three citizens who are still being held hostage by Hamas. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384844
Tel Aviv Beit Din Rabbi, Avraham
Zarbiv (52), a combat soldier in the Givati Reconnaissance
Unit, threw a grenade at terrorists in Khan Yunis and eliminated them. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384843
Intergenerational trauma is something doctors
have studied for years. One person's trauma can affect how their descendants
think, act, and feel, even 7 generations later. Many of us can relate, as we
have traumas surrounding money, scarcity, food, and safety, based only on our
grandparents’ trauma. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384836
The tunnel was used to hide high-ranking members
of the Hamas terrorist organization and to hold hostages. The forces fought in
the tunnel against terrorists, breached metal doors, and neutralized
explosives. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384838
Son of Hamas joins Israel diplomacy. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384851
Feb. 8
Day 125
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a press
conference on Wednesday, during which he criticized the executive order signed
by US President Joe Biden to impose sanctions on four residents of Judea and
Samaria accused of violence against Palestinian Arabs. "This order is a very
severe and inappropriate thing which harms an entire population of law-abiding
citizens, among whom are soldiers who fell in the fight to eliminate Hamas. If
they were using it equally- they would have imposed sanctions on Palestinians
as well," the Prime Minister said when asked on the matter. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384855
Sec. Blinken holds a press
conference. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384856
Canada sanctions 11 Hamas Leaders. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-785504
High Pro-Iranian official dies in
airstrike in Iraq. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384860
Feb. 8th
Day 125 most likely day 126 will be
published close to or after Shabbos in Israel. I want to call up my
grandchildren before Shabbos.
Security personnel on an EL AL flight from Prague
to Tel Aviv on Thursday apprehended a passenger who attempted to break into the
cockpit and the plane had to land in Greece.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384915
Contact with Sinwar appears to be cut off. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384913
Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom Sir Ephraim
Mirvis, has composed a special prayer for the full recovery of King Charles III
after the latter was diagnosed with cancer earlier this week. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384912
Satire on UNWRA. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384435
Senior Hezballah Commander
eliminated but the General survived. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384917
The senior Hezballah Commander that
died had ordered an attack injuring three soldiers. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384883
31 antisemitic instances in NY. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384866
UNWRA was founded to keep the war of
independence (1948 = 5708) going.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384916
META blocks Khamenei accounts. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/flashes/625420
After
leaving Gaza the 188th (which I served with in 1980
my company commander later died on a Kiddush HASHEM in Lebanon war of
attrition.) prepares for war with Hezballah. As part of the process
to enhance readiness on the northern border, this week, the 188th Brigade began
a series of intensive exercises to strengthen the skills and preparedness of
the brigade's soldiers. The brigade's soldiers conducted combat exercises in
dense and built-up areas, in winter weather conditions, while training skills
and techniques from the platoon level up to the level of the battalion combat
teams. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384905
Argentine President horrified what
happened Oct. 7th on Kibbutz Kfar Aza. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384897
"Since the beginning of the war, we have
been dealing with vandalism and destruction in the shelters, which we have to
leave open for any trouble that may come," Goren said. He noted that the
problem is most acute in southern Tel Aviv, which has a large population of
illegal infiltrators. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384903
Terrorist in Khan Unis eliminate in
face to face combat. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384904
The three largest hamburger chains in Israel,
McDonald's, Burgeranch, and Burgerim will all switch to entirely the stricter
"mehadrin"-level glatt kosher meat, it was announced today (Thursday).
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384909
Hamas police commander bites the
dust.
Amended
wartime budget clears first of three Knesset plenum votes | The Times of Israel
Unilever
reports diving sales in Southeast Asia amid anti-Israel boycotts | The Times of
Israel
US
drone strike in Baghdad kills senior commander of Iran-backed militia | The
Times of Israel
Galilee
hiker stumbles upon 2,800-year-old Assyrian scarab seal | The Times of Israel
Vege-plant that is laying off
workers on strike. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384898
Rabbi exposes Hamas’s plans to
murder Jews. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384914
Good Shabbos and Rosh Chodesh Tov
stay healthy in peace and happiness,
Rachamim Pauli
