Parsha Ki Sisa Part 2
32:1 And when the people saw
that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, the people gathered themselves
together unto Aaron, and said unto him: 'Up, make us a god who shall go before
us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt,
we know not what is become of him.'
40 days after hearing “You shall not make images of objects
in heaven above or the earth below” the mixed multitude needs an image.
2 And
Aaron said unto them: 'Break off the golden rings, which are in the ears of
your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.'
This is the story of the Egel HaZahav (golden calf)
and I will bring it down next week. I took for myself a deserved vacation at
the Dead Sea and had to catch up on my Baba Kama learning for the soul of my
late father-in-law. To skip this section would make life easier for me next
week but I do have some things to say on the subject.
The water temperature in the Dead Sea was ideal. I did not go
on windy days so I was in twice once for 50minutes and once for 40minutes it
was a needed rest from all the tensions of the world but there were displaced
people also in the hotel and it is super hard to live weeks on end in a small
room with community and family.
3 And
all the people broke off the golden rings which were in their ears, and brought
them unto Aaron.
Similar to the collection for the Mishkan the 3,000 men and a
number of women did this for the Egel HaZahav. He wanted to delay this unruly
mob. He was a man of peace, pursued peace and was afraid of millions of people
without a leader if he died like Hur.
When I was 13.5years old in the Free Synagogue of Flushing,
NY (Reform). The assistant ‘Rabbi’ who was about to take over the Synagogue
taught my “Conformation” class. His lecture included a lot of Atheistic Ideas.
But one thing rang a bell and it perhaps describes the Reform Movement better
than he thought. The section that he covered was “Priest vs. Prophet”. The
Priest Aaron was to serve the spiritual needs of the people. Vs. Moshe, the
prophet, who was servant of HASHEM.
Before one gets upset by my argument against the Reform Movement,
some individual ‘Rabbis’ might be Reform like I was, from birth, and do not
know better. The argument in favor of some of the Reform ‘Rabbis’ both male and
females maybe 6th, 7th or even 8th generation
Reform like my family, their hearts may be in the right place; but educated on
propaganda like myself – 6th generation Reform that I was a pre-Woke
boor and Am HaAretz. Maybe educate them with Halacha and at least Mishnayos for
starters.
What he described with the “Priest” doing the will of the
people with the golden calf actually seemed to be describing Reform Judaism
with continuing Woke Agenda, Me-too even for Mrs. Potiphar, mixed Minyanim,
Kiddush on Yom Kippur, traveling on Shabbos. In short it looks like a Hetir for
all Nederim: Everything is permissible for you, there is no Neder, etc. etc. …
nothing exists now you can eat a pork cheese burger.
This along with the Organ on Shabbos and a mixed choir makes
the Reform closer to a church than a Synagogue. The Conservative movement took
a step backwards towards Judaism and even a very weak learning program for
ordination but they do have a mild resemblance to Torah Judaism. Still many of
the Congregants ride to Schul on Shabbos, don’t observe Kashrus outside of the
home, mixed prayers and their Kashrus inspection is closer to emergency
permissibility than forthright Kosher.
I have been working with potential Converts for many years
now. Many are sincere and want to be Jews. They fall for the Reform that call
themselves Judaism and “Rabbis” or the weak Conservative Judaism and not know
what they are doing. The organ and choir reminds them of where they came from.
Little do they know that their “Rabbis” never learned Halacha, Mishnah, Gemara
(Talmud), Medrash, Zohar, etc. What they did learn was how to make an appeal,
give a nice talk at a funeral, wedding, Bar or Bas Mitzvah, etc. They would be
more honest and have a bigger place in heaven being a Ben or Bas Noach aka
Noachide.
4 And
he received it at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, and made it
a molten calf; and they said: 'This is thy god, O Israel, which brought thee up
out of the land of Egypt.'
Why a calf? The answer is in Chapter 1 of Yechezkel. They had
seen the DIVINE CHARIOT by the Sea. The calf was part of Maaseh Merkava
(chariot).
5 And
when Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation,
and said: 'To-morrow shall be a feast to the LORD.'
He is delaying the calf hoping that Moshe will return before
they do this act.
6
And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt-offerings, and brought
peace-offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to
make merry.
One thing is to eat and drink by a Korban in sanctity like
the Pesach Seder and it is another thing to “Make Merry” which implies
rowdiness, bawdiness and more as Rashi writes on immorality.
7 And
the LORD spoke unto Moses: 'Go, get thee down; for thy people, that thou
brought up out of the land of Egypt, have dealt corruptly; 8 they
have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them; they have made
them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed unto it, and
said: This is thy god, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of
Egypt.'
Fortunately for Am Yisrael, Moshe does not know what G-D is
viewing so he can argue our case.
9 And
the LORD said unto Moses: 'I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a
stiffnecked people. 10 Now therefore let Me alone, that My wrath may
wax hot against them, and that I may consume them; and I will make of thee a
great nation.' 11 And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said:
'LORD, why doth Thy wrath wax hot against Thy people, that Thou hast brought
forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?
Moshe saw in the people what I wrote in Italics above about
the uneducated Reform who could be like I was, just plain boorish. The argument
would save the nation.
12 Wherefore
should the Egyptians speak, saying: For evil did He bring them forth, to slay
them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn
from Thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against Thy people.
Moshe does not fully realize the extent of the golden calf.
He therefore as the faithful shepherd of the nation takes up the position of
defense lawyer.
13 Remember
Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Thy servants, to whom Thou didst swear by Thine own
self, and said unto them: I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and
all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall
inherit it forever.'
How can you go against your promises to Avraham, Yitzchak and
Yacov?
14 And
the LORD repented of the evil which He said He would do unto His
people. 15 And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, with the
two tables of the testimony in his hand; tables that were written on both their
sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.
Moshe calmed down the L-RD with the promises made and
promises to be kept.
16 And
the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. 17 And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as
they shouted, he said unto Moses: 'There is a noise of war in the camp.'
Yoshua was waiting for Moshe as a Yeshiva Student for his
Rosh Yeshiva. He hears the uproar and awaits an order from Moshe about quelling
the war.
18 And
he said: 'It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the
voice of them that cry for being overcome, but the noise of them that sing do I
hear.'
It is not the cry of battle or the routing of an army but
singing and merriment.
19 And
it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf
and the dancing; and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his
hands, and broke them beneath the mount.
Our Sages tell us that if Moshe had not lost his temper an
the two Luchos had remained intact, the whole world would be better for all
today.
20 And
he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it with fire, and ground it to
powder, and strewed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of
it.
Anybody who has drunk some water from a rusty pipe or have
had to take liquid iron will tell you how unpleasant it is to drink a metallic
taste.
21 And
Moses said unto Aaron: 'What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought
a great sin upon them?'
Aaron what have you done here? In an angry tone.
22 And
Aaron said: 'Let not the anger of my lord wax hot; thou know the people, that
they are set on evil. 23 So they said unto me: Make us a god, which
shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of
the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him. 24 And I said
unto them: Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off; so, they gave it me;
and I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.'
I was stalling for time until you would return. This mob had
taken control as soon as Hur was murdered and they only way to control them was
casting gold into a fire and this calf was the result.
25 And
when Moses saw that the people were broken loose--for Aaron had let them loose
for a derision among their enemies-- 26 then Moses stood in the gate
of the camp, and said: 'Whoso is on the LORD'S side, let him come unto me.' And
all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him. 27 And he
said unto them: 'Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Put ye every man his
sword upon his thigh, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp,
and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his
neighbor.' 28 And the sons of Levi did according to the word of
Moses; and there fell of the people that day about three thousand
men. 29 And Moses said: 'Consecrate yourselves to-day to the LORD,
for every man hath been against his son and against his brother; that He may
also bestow upon you a blessing this day.'
Going against your brother who came out of Egypt with you and/or
even your brother-in-law if he participated in this sin.
30 And
it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people: 'Ye have sinned
a great sin; and now I will go up unto the LORD, peradventure I shall make
atonement for your sin.' 31 And Moses returned unto the LORD, and
said: 'Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them a god of
gold. 32 Yet now, if Thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot
me, I pray Thee, out of Thy book which Thou hast written.' 33 And the
LORD said unto Moses: 'Whosoever hath sinned against Me, him will I blot out of
My book.
Kares in the next world.
34 And
now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee;
behold, Mine angel shall go before thee; nevertheless in the day when I visit,
I will visit their sin upon them.' 35 And the LORD smote the people,
because they made the calf, which Aaron made. 33:1 And the LORD spoke unto
Moses: 'Depart, go up hence, thou and the people that thou hast brought up out
of the land of Egypt, unto the land of which I swore unto Abraham, to Isaac,
and to Jacob, saying: Unto thy seed will I give it-- 2 and I will
send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and
the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite-- 3 unto
a land flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up in the midst of thee;
for thou art a stiffnecked people; lest I consume thee in the way.' 4 And
when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned; and no man did put on
him his ornaments. 5 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Say unto the
children of Israel: Ye are a stiffnecked people; if I go up into the midst of
thee for one moment, I shall consume thee; therefore, now put off thy ornaments
from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.' 6 And the children
of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments from mount Horeb onward.
Everybody had to atone. The good folk should have organized
themselves and opposed the mob as a sheriff organizes a posy after a criminal.
7 Now
Moses used to take the tent and to pitch it without the camp, afar off from the
camp; and he called it the tent of meeting. And it came to pass, that every one
that sought the LORD went out unto the tent of meeting, which was without the
camp. 8 And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the Tent, that
all the people rose up, and stood, every man at his tent door, and looked after
Moses, until he was gone into the Tent. 9 And it came to pass, when
Moses entered into the Tent, the pillar of cloud descended, and stood at the
door of the Tent; and [the LORD] spoke with Moses. 10 And when all
the people saw the pillar of cloud stand at the door of the Tent, all the
people rose up and worshipped, every man at his tent door.
They released their lack of action against the golden calf
and truly repented.
11 And
the LORD spoke unto Moses face to face, as a man speaks unto his friend. And he
would return into the camp; but his minister Joshua, the son of Nun, a young
man, departed not out of the Tent. 12 And Moses said unto the LORD:
'See, Thou say unto me: Bring up this people; and Thou hast not let me know
whom Thou wilt send with me. Yet Thou hast said: I know thee by name, and thou
hast also found grace in My sight. 13 Now therefore, I pray Thee, if
I have found grace in Thy sight, show me now Thy ways, that I may know Thee, to
the end that I may find grace in Thy sight; and consider that this nation is
Thy people.'
Please show me YOUR ways so that I can teach the people.
14 And
He said: 'My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee
rest.' 15 And he said unto Him: 'If Thy presence go not with me,
carry us not up hence. 16 For wherein now shall it be known that I have
found grace in Thy sight, I and Thy people? is it not in that Thou go with us,
so that we are distinguished, I and Thy people, from all the people that are
upon the face of the earth?' 17 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'I will do
this thing also that thou hast spoken, for thou hast found grace in My sight,
and I know thee by name.' 18 And he said: 'Show me, I pray Thee, Thy
glory.' 19 And He said: 'I will make all My goodness pass before
thee, and will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and I will be
gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show
mercy.'
This will pass by you and you shall feel and experience it.
20 And
He said: 'Thou canst not see My face, for man shall not see Me and live.'
For the soul could not remain in the body if one saw G-D. It
is a matter of being a part of the DIVINE SPARK within man’s soul leaving to
unite with the CREATOR.
21 And
the LORD said: 'Behold, there is a place by Me, and thou shalt stand upon the
rock. 22 And it shall come to pass, while My glory passes by, that I
will put thee in a cleft of the rock, and will cover thee with My hand until I
have passed by. 23 And I will take away My hand, and thou shalt see
My back; but My face shall not be seen.'
The place of the
Tephillin on the nape of the neck.
34:1 And the LORD said
unto Moses: 'Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first; and I will write
upon the tables the words that were on the first tables, which thou didst
break. 2 And be ready by the morning, and come up in the morning unto
mount Sinai, and present thyself there to Me on the top of the mount.
You broke the Luchos, now you must remake the Luchos as they
were given to you.
3 And
no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the
mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount.'
As with the first days, you shall come up the mount for
another 40days.
4 And
he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the
morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took
in his hand two tables of stone. 5 And the LORD descended in the
cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the
LORD. 6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed: 'The LORD,
the LORD, God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness
and truth; 7 keeping mercy unto the thousandth generation, forgiving
iniquity and transgression and sin; and that will by no means clear the guilty;
visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's
children, unto the third and unto the fourth generation.'
These are the 13 DIVINE ATTRIBUTES.
8 And
Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and
worshipped. 9 And he said: 'If now I have found grace in Thy sight, O
Lord, let the Lord, I pray Thee, go in the midst of us; for it is a stiffnecked
people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for Thine
inheritance.'
Translated into current terms: A leader must lead the
confused and bewildered public. He should not run after the latest fad or
public opinion poll but do what the L-RD wants him to do. Doing the correct
thing is not necessarily what the stiffnecked public opinion poll wants.
10 And
He said: 'Behold, I make a covenant; before all thy people I will do marvels,
such as have not been wrought in all the earth, nor in any nation; and all the
people among which thou art shall see the work of the LORD that I am about to
do with thee, that it is tremendous.
Still I will keep my promise to the forefathers and make
miracles for your nation.
11 Observe
thou that which I am commanding thee this day; behold, I am driving out before
thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and
the Hivite, and the Jebusite. 12 Take heed to thyself, lest thou make
a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou go, lest they be for a
snare in the midst of thee.
Tragically today the Erev Rav is running this country both
from the right and from the left. The whole conception of bribing Hamas for
quiet brought upon us our current war by misconception.
13 But
ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and ye
shall cut down their Asherim. 14 For thou shalt bow down to no other
god; for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God; 15 lest
thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go astray after
their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and they call thee, and thou eat
of their sacrifice; 16 and thou take of their daughters unto thy
sons, and their daughters go astray after their gods, and make thy sons go
astray after their gods. 17 Thou shalt make thee no molten
gods.
Again the prohibition of idolatry.
18 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 the
month Abib thou came out from Egypt.
A reminder of observing Pesach.
19 All
that opens the womb is Mine; and of all thy cattle thou shalt sanctify the
males, the firstlings of ox and sheep. 20 And the firstling of an ass
thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt
break its neck. All the first-born of thy sons you shalt redeem. And none shall
appear before Me empty.
A memory of the killing of the first born and redeeming ours.
21 Six
days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest; in plowing time
and in harvest thou shalt rest.
There is no excuse for violating Shabbos even in the most
urgent of times like plowing or harvesting. Shabbos must be observed.
22 And
thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, even of the first-fruits of wheat
harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the turn of the year.
Reminder of Shavuos.
23 Three
times in the year shall all thy males appear before the Lord GOD, the God of
Israel. 24 For I will cast out nations before thee, and enlarge thy
borders; neither shall any man covet thy land, when thou go up to appear before
the LORD thy God three times in the year.
The three Regelim are mentioned but Sukkos is only hinted at
here.
25 Thou
shalt not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall
the sacrifice of the feast of the Passover be left unto the
morning. 26 The choicest first-fruits of thy land thou shalt bring
unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's
milk.'
This is the third and last time the prohibition of milk and
meat are mentioned.
27 And
the LORD said unto Moses: 'Write thou these words, for after the tenor of these
words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.' 28 And he
was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread,
nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the
ten words. 29 And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount
Sinai with the two tables of the testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down
from the mount, that Moses knew not that the skin of his face sent forth beams
while He talked with him.
This time when Moshe came down, he was more like an Angel
than human as he shone from the DIVINE Light.
30 And
when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his
face sent forth beams; and they were afraid to come nigh him. 31 And
Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation
returned unto him; and Moses spoke to them. 32 And afterward all the
children of Israel came nigh, and he gave them in commandment all that the LORD
had spoken with him in mount Sinai. 33 And when Moses had done
speaking with them, he put a veil on his face.
Moshe spoke to the Bnei Yisrael via a veil.
34 But
when Moses went in before the LORD that He might speak with him, he took the
veil off, until he came out; and he came out; and spoke unto the children of
Israel that which he was commanded. 35 And the children of Israel saw
the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face sent forth beams; and Moses put
the veil back upon his face, until he went in to speak with Him.
Moshe did not know that
he shone, but since the whole nation could see it, he learned of it and put on
a veil.
Parsha Vayachel
This week’s Torah
Portion opens up where I left off from last week on the holiness of
Shabbos. The only
Melacha specifically mention in the Torah that of kindling fire appears
immediately below. There will be other times when Shabbos and Yom Tov is
mentioned but here the death penalty for violation is mentioned specifically. I
don’t suggest that one heaven forbid eat non-kosher or not take tithes, but the
death penalty is not there for such violations. It is there for various acts
such as incest, murder, adultery, idol worship and various promiscuity crimes
many of whom are endorsed by the Woke Culture and in previous generations
idolatry cults.
There are two Hebrew
words this week that have similar letters. Paroches and Kapores.
The Paroches is the
curtain covering the Teva where the blood was sometimes sprinkled. The Kapores
is the area of atonement between the two Keruvim of the Teva. Similar in many
ways but different so when one hears the words being read you have an idea of
what and where things are to be in the working of the Miskan/Mikdash.
35:1 And Moses assembled all
the congregation of the children of Israel, and said unto them: 'These are the
words which the LORD hath commanded, that ye should do them. 2 Six
days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy
day, a sabbath of solemn rest to the LORD; whosoever does any work therein
shall be put to death.
I feel sorry for the millions of Jews who have grown up like
myself and had no realization of the importance of Shabbos. Last week, I
explained the wording of “And the people of Israel should guard/observe the
Shabbos” that it was between “ME and the children of Israel.” This week I
intend to explain why the death penalty for violating the Shabbos purposely or
being cut off from the people in the next world. Accidently, one has to bring a
Sin Offering known in Hebrew Korban Chatas.
To understand the Chumra or seriousness of the death penalty,
we have to see in other cases where it is applied. Death Sentences are given
for idol worship, murder, adultery, selling somebody who should be free into
slavery, bestiality, male homosexual relationship, violation or trespass of the
Mikdash/Mishkan, witchcraft-divination and purposely violating the Shabbos.
When I work with potential converts, I am always wary when I read
messages from them that they want to be Reform or Conservative Jews. It is not
because of their politics or how they have changed the prayer books. [When I
was a youth, the Conservative and Orthodox Siddurim had next to no differences
but over the years of women equality and ‘modernization’ (a derivative of
idolatry call ‘moving along with the times’ but not necessarily moving along
with the times with the Halachic Laws).] These “converts” are entering into a
congregation where the majority of members don’t observe Shabbos, Family Purity
or perhaps Kashrus ‘for the health reasons of not eating pork or shell fish no
longer exist’. Who in tarnation mentioned that the laws were given for health
reasons? Arabs eat camels and drink camel’s milk and are healthy. The French Colleges
still serve Horsemeat and Frogs but we don’t eat these animals because G-D told
us not too! Finished, end of story we are following a DIVINE Command. When some
devil is shooting anti-Kodesh Missiles at you – you have to shoot back with
observance of the Torah to defend yourself.
For the Sanhedrin to impose a death penalty it had to have
two witnesses that warned the person that for example: Chopping Wood on Shabbos
is forbidden or Chopping off the head of your neighbor is murder, sacrificing a
cat or dog to the devil is idolatry or going into seclusion with Mrs. So, and
So would be considered adultery, etc.
At this point the two witnesses come and said this man/woman
was warned this and that and still did the same. The witnesses upon the verdict
that are the first to lay their hands on the violator and then the nation
continues the execution.
When the person violates the Shabbos he/she is breaking the
contract between “ME and the children of Israel.” But it is more than that as
we have to return back to conclusion of the evening and the morning on the
sixth day of creation. Shabbos and rest was a new creation or concept.
The end of the passage last week was about the renewal of the
soul. Violating the Shabbos goes against the DIVINE Soul Sparks within mankind.
Last but not least one car owner would not put sugar into his
gasoline tank if the manufacture would tell you that it could clog-up or damage
your engine. Your manufacturer aka CREATOR told you that your Neshama won the
lottery to be Jewish and you must observe Shabbos, Kashrus, Family Purity, etc.
3 Ye
shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.'
This is the only Melacha of the 39 that is stated. Perhaps it
was the foresight of the L-RD who would see that lighting a match or a switch
lighting a spark in a car would be such a simple form of work/Melacha that it might
be brushed aside; therefore, the Torah uses fire as it is a wake up call for
modern man.
4 And
Moses spoke unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying: 'This
is the thing which the LORD commanded, saying:
Six days a week, one could donate to the Mishkan. This is
what the appeal is for you to donate from your heart.
5 Take
ye from among you an offering unto the LORD, whosoever is of a willing heart,
let him bring it, the LORD'S offering: gold, and silver, and
brass; 6 and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and
goats' hair; 7 and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, and
acacia-wood; 8 and oil for the light, and spices for the anointing
oil, and for the sweet incense; 9 and onyx stones, and stones to be
set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate. 10 And let every
wise-hearted man among you come, and make all that the LORD hath
commanded: 11 the tabernacle, its tent, and its covering, its clasps,
and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets; 12 the ark,
and the staves thereof, the ark-cover, and the veil of the
screen; 13 the table, and its staves, and all its vessels, and the
showbread; 14 the candlestick also for the light, and its vessels,
and its lamps, and the oil for the light; 15 and the altar of
incense, and its staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the
screen for the door, at the door of the tabernacle; 16 the altar of
burnt-offering, with its grating of brass, its staves, and all its vessels, the
laver and its base; 17 the hangings of the court, the pillars
thereof, and their sockets, and the screen for the gate of the
court; 18 the pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and
their cords; 19 the plaited garments, for ministering in the holy
place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to
minister in the priest's office.' 20 And all the congregation of the
children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses. 21 And they
came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made
willing, and brought the LORD'S offering, for the work of the tent of meeting,
and for all the service thereof, and for the holy garments.
Their hearts were aroused.
22 And
they came, both men and women, as many as were willing-hearted, and brought
nose-rings, and ear-rings, and signet-rings, and girdles, all jewels of gold;
even every man that brought an offering of gold unto the LORD. 23 And
every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen,
and goats' hair, and rams' skins dyed red, and girafeskins,
brought them. 24 Every one that did set apart an offering of silver
and brass brought the LORD'S offering; and every man, with whom was found
acacia-wood for any work of the service, brought it. 25 And all the
women that were wise-hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which
they had spun, the blue, and the purple, the scarlet, and the fine
linen. 26 And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom
spun the goats' hair. 27 And the rulers brought the onyx stones, and
the stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate; 28 and
the spice, and the oil, for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the
sweet incense. 29 The children of Israel brought a freewill-offering
unto the LORD; every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for
all the work, which the LORD had commanded by the hand of Moses to be
made.
They did so with free will.
30 And
Moses said unto the children of Israel: 'See, the LORD hath called by name
Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. 31 And
He hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship.
They had more that apprentice training and a few years of
work, but they had the DIVINE SPIRIT aka Shechina and prophecy upon them.
32 And
to devise skillful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in
brass, 33 and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of
wood, to work in all manner of skilful workmanship. 34 And He hath
put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach,
of the tribe of Dan. 35 Them hath He filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of workmanship, of the craftsman, and of the skilful workman,
and of the weaver in colors, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any workmanship, and of those
that devise skilful works.
Even if you or I were
the worse unskilled designers, carpenters, metal casters, weavers; there would
be people like Betzalel and Oholiav that would take our donations and turn them
into the Mishkan.
36:1 And Bezalel and Oholiab
shall work, and every wise-hearted man, in whom the LORD hath put wisdom and
understanding to know how to work all the work for the service of the
sanctuary, according to all that the LORD hath commanded.' 2 And
Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whose heart
the LORD had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto
the work to do it. 3 And they received of Moses all the offering,
which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the
sanctuary, wherewith to make it. And they brought yet unto him
freewill-offerings every morning. 4 And all the wise men, that
wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they
wrought. 5 And they spoke unto Moses, saying: 'The people bring much
more than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to
make.' 6 And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be
proclaimed throughout the camp, saying: 'Let neither man nor woman make any
more work for the offering of the sanctuary.' So the people were restrained
from bringing. 7 For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the
work to make it, and too much.
It turned out that the people had such charitable hearts and
free-will donations/offerings that a stop had to be put upon any more
donations!
8 And
every wise-hearted man among them that wrought the work made the tabernacle
with ten curtains: of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet,
with cherubim the work of the skilful workman made he them. 9 The
length of each curtain was eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of each
curtain four cubits; all the curtains had one measure. 10 And he
coupled five curtains one to another; and the other five curtains he coupled
one to another. 11 And he made loops of blue upon the edge of the one
curtain that was outmost in the first set; likewise, he made in the edge of the
curtain that was outmost in the second set. … 38 and the five pillars
of it with their hooks; and he overlaid their capitals and their fillets with
gold; and their five sockets were of brass.
They may have initiated
the Mishkan with an example of what work was to be done and the workers
followed precisely with quality control inspection.
37:1 And Bezalel made the
ark of acacia-wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and
a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of
it. 2 And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made
a crown of gold to it round about. 3 And he cast for it four rings of
gold, in the four feet thereof: even two rings on the one side of it, and two
rings on the other side of it. 4 And he made staves of acacia-wood,
and overlaid them with gold. 5 And he put the staves into the rings
on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark. 6 And he made an ark-cover
of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and a cubit and a
half the breadth thereof. 7 And he made two cherubim of gold: of
beaten work made he them, at the two ends of the ark-cover: 8 one
cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end; of one piece with the
ark-cover made he the cherubim at the two ends thereof. 9 And the
cherubim spread out their wings on high, screening the ark-cover with their
wings, with their faces one to another; toward the ark-cover were the faces of
the cherubim.
He saw the same vision that Moshe saw. Moshe hadn’t the
foggiest idea how to do it and Betzalel understood immediately and succeeded.
So, when we sing on Shabbos the song, “Every one in his camp and every one
under his flag.” We should remember, we do for Am Yisrael what we are
capable of doing and others pitch in their share.
10 And
he made the table of acacia-wood: two cubits was the length thereof, and a
cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height
thereof. 11 And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereto a
crown of gold round about. … 29 And he made the holy anointing
oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, after the art of the perfumer. 38:1 And he made
the altar of burnt-offering of acacia-wood: five cubits was the length thereof,
and five cubits the breadth thereof, four-square, and three cubits the height
thereof. 2 And he made the horns
thereof upon the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of one piece with
it; and he overlaid it with brass. … 19 And
their pillars were four, and their sockets four, of brass; their hooks of
silver, and the overlaying of their capitals and their fillets of silver. 20 And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court
round about, were of brass.
It is a big Mitzvah to
listen to the Torah Reading on this section and hear about every item, but as a
commentator, I have nothing to add to this.
Parsha Shekelim Ki Sisa again Shemos 30:11 - 16
This week we start
reading the four Parshiyos before Pesach. Next one is Zachor before Purim
regarding Amalek and then the theme turns to the purification of the Para Aduma
or Red Heifer. And last but not least Parsha the Chodesh where the Korban
Pesach is mentioned. NOTE: Rosh Chodesh Adar Bet is on Sunday and Monday this
coming week. Pesach is six weeks from now.
Diane Weber Bederman
wrote an Op-Ed on parenting. It is more than just a broken educational system
that children become a sexual mess or worse. It is also a broken parenting
system. In my day “spare the rod and spoil the child” was the norm. The problem
was that often I got strapped for humming when my father was doing the income
tax. Okay I have a nasty habit of humming to myself. The solution today is
listening to a shiur or music (back in the day).
My daughter is firm
with my grandchildren and they turned out all right without the rod or strap.
But somebody who begs his children to listen to him/her
will end up with spoiled self-centered and maybe woke creatures in human
bodies. Who is the boss, the parent, the Woke Agenda Teacher, or at least the
Torah as our guide?
https://dianebederman.com/where-have-all-the-parents-gone/
A Birthday Surprise
for Reuven Ben Porash by Rabbi Rachamim Pauli
When you see me writing a story
in Red, by now you must know some miraculous happened 95% of the time. This
week I bring down three stories.
This was an expansion
of a news item of the police commanders giving officer Reuven an advancement to
Sargent Major this week in the hospital. Nes-Li expanded upon this news item
into the miraculous survival of a hero.
Somewhere between 7
and 7:25 AM on Oct. 7th, Reuven was at his parent’s home in Ashkelon
when he gets a call from his command. “Terrorist have infiltrated Israel and we
are heading for junction so and so.
Reuven only has his
pistol and he drives off into the fray. He meets a civilian blocking traffic
going south warning that there are terrorists on the road. He meets up with his
commander and another higher-ranking policeman. They head south. They come to a
white pick-up truck that opens fire upon them. Reuven shots back with his
pistol. He is shot three times in his right arm that is pretty badly shredded.
More shots and he is
shot a few times in his leg as he turns around the car and receives three
bullets in his back. He manages to drive to a medical office on a Kibbutz. They
put a tourniquet upon his leg as he warns the border police there of the white
pick-up of the terrorists. Somebody who picked up supernova party goers and
rushes him to Soroka Hospital.
While on the way to
the hospital, Reuven sends a text message to his wife of his love and to his
parents as he is afraid that these are his last moments and he wants to say
“good-bye”.
In the hospital, the
doctors manage to save Reuven’s life. He is in intensive care for a while.
Reuven is relearning to walk on his leg that was banged up with bullets.
Earlier this week,
Reuven was wheeled by his wife with a friend was walking and talking to him.
One of the heads of the southern police district pulls out a rank of Sergeant
Major for Reuven and along with his wife puts it on his tee shirt as he sits in
a wheel chair.
Reuven felt bad for
his two commanding officers who made the ultimate sacrifice that day but he is
grateful for the miracles that kept him going through his birthday and beyond.
At the ceremony, the
police district chief said that “we need more officers like you.”
Run boy Run by Rabbi Rachamim Pauli
My Atheist Reform
‘Rabbi’ mentioned above in the Golden Calf Commentary above was teaching me
that miracles are natural events that occur. It might be true that red clay or
algae pollutes the Nile River once every 6,000 years but it is that split
second or minute that Moshe is talking to Pharaoh that it occurs that makes it
into a miracle and beyond nature. [Remember Nature, Teva, and ELOKIM has the
same Gematria in Hebrew.]
I did not get the name
of the boy who was (I believe on Kibbutz Nir Oz) out for a run Oct. 7th.
He had started either a few seconds before or after the sirens that day. Had he
stared out for his run too early he might have run back to home or too late
stayed at him.
No, the miracle was
that started his run just before the rocket attack. He ran from his home to the
back gate of the Kibbutz. He had to jog to security to ask the head to open the
gate.
The sirens had sounded
there was no way he would let a young fellow run or open up the back gate. He
placed the boy in the shelter at the far end of the Kibbutz.
Tragically, his mother,
father and two sisters were murdered in cold blood that day. His aunt and uncle
are raising him.
Lucky singer and Broadway Star had her visit to
Kibbutz Beeri Cancelled
by Rabbi Rachamim Pauli
Two weeks ago, in the entertainment
section of Yediot Achronot, there was an interview with Miri Mesika. She
is a judge on the Israeli Equivalent of American Idol. She is from humble
origins in Israel and has a very close friend on Kibbutz Beeri despite her
fame.
She was supposed to be
visiting Beeri by her friend on Simchas Torah aka Oct. 7th.
A short time before
the planned trip, the daughter of her friend obtained two tickets to Europe and
surprised her mother. Miri got a phone call from her friend who flew out on
Thursday for a short trip and promised Miri a later invitation.
Miri’s friend lived in
the house closed to Gaza. It was the first house complete burned down and
destroyed on Oct. 7th. B”H both Miri and her displaced friend are
still alive and well.
Davening Shemona Esray saves the day.
During one battle, IDF
advanced spotters saw a bunch of soldiers in between their positions. To the
east of these fighters the units were identified same to the west and both
north and south. There was a second check that went through the command to make
sure that we do not hit ours with friendly fire.
It appeared to the
ground units that these soldiers were enemy. An air strike was called in. Just
as they were about to be hit. The unit took a prayer break as there was a lull
in the fighting. They were davening Shemona Esray. At the last minute or two
the air strike was called off.
The Story this week
from Chabad, I posted a number of years ago.
It is a well-known
story about a Tzadik that might have been embarrassed.
The Precious Coin by
Rabbi Yerachmiel Tilles
https://ascentofsafed.com/cgi-bin/ascent.cgi?Name=1369s125-26
Another Story for this week.
https://aish.com/schindlers-right-hand-man-became-israels-walt-disney/
Milestone: Iris Apfel, 102, designer
for presidents and movie stars. Iris
Apfel, fashion icon known for her eye-catching style, dies at 102 | The Times
of Israel
Inyanay Diyoma
Mar. 2nd
Day 148 start of week 22.
Three soldiers die and 14 wounded in
booby-trapped building.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386104
Jew stabbed in Arab City near
Chevron. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386100
Erdogan accuses Israel of Genocide. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386087
Commando Brigade’s soldiers are engaged in
intense combat in western Khan Yunis, during which they are eliminating dozens
of terrorists and conducting operations in terrorist infrastructures following
precise intelligence. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386098
Following the launches that were carried out on
Friday from the Gaza Strip into Zikim in Israel, IDF aircraft struck in the
location from which the launches were carried out in the northern Gaza Strip. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386099
US elections it is good to stand
firm against Iran. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386084
IDF needs more men and officers. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386084
El
Al reports record profits amid war, as Israeli public decries high prices | The
Times of Israel
At
11th hour, government okays funds for continued evacuee hotel housing | The
Times of Israel
Terrorist found hiding in school. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386076
Squad visits Cuba. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386079
Ganz to visit Washington. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386096
Three soldiers die and 14 wounded in
booby-trapped building.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386104
Op-Ed Ron Ben Yishai Lebanon could
turn into a war. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/ryyfb00s26#autoplay
Fertilizer Ship Hit by Houthis sinks.
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rjqoatxpa
Jewish Dentist murdered in CA. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386093
Israel attacks pro-Iranian militia. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bynn82eat#autoplay
Hostage Negotiations Resume in
Cairo. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sjsyusg6p
Mar. 3rd
Day 149
Orthodox Jew stabbed in Zurich. https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-789907
Israel agrees to ceasefire deal up
to Hamas. https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/2024-03-03/live-updates-789911
IDF attacks near Philadelphia
Corridor. https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-789903
Biden is physically fit for duty. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-789492
Antisemitism down under not easy to
fix. https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-789711
Hunter College Jews targeted. https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-789827
Antisemitic fliers in Fresno. https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-789860
Boeing sponsors science projects. https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-789860
Second Israeli Song for Eurovision
disqualified. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/385983
Anti-Israel protestors block police
in Times Square Bomb Threat. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386126
Israel's Ambassador to the US, Michael Herzog,
has been instructed not to involve himself in Minister Benny Ganz's visit to
Washington this week or even to attend Ganz's meetings with American leaders. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386129
Dithering in Gaza is dangerous. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386128
US drops aid to Gaza. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386121
First lady Jill Biden was interrupted four times
by pro-Palestinian Arab protesters as she spoke at an event in Tucson, Arizona,
on Saturday. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386122
Former US President Donald Trump has a 4 percent
advantage over current President Joe Biden, (48% to 44%) according to a New
York Times/Siena College poll published on Saturday. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386123
Fatah blames the Holocaust on the Jews. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386125
Regev: “Gallant’s statement, at this time, was a mistake. He knows
that there are extensive clandestine negotiations underway with the Haredi
parties. They already agreed to the plan proposed by Ganz and Liberman, and
know that the plan must be approached together. There are attempts to reach a
further compromise,” https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386115
War Widow gives birth to boy. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386103
Israel made it clear to Egypt and Qatar that it
will not hold another round of talks on a hostage release deal until Hamas
presents a list of the hostages who are alive and provides a serious response
to the number of prisoners that the mediators proposed to be released as part
of the deal. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386091
No more terror = close down joint
roads. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386077
Security Services think we are in
Switzerland. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386107
According to a Wall Street Journal report
on Thursday, Yahya Sinwar sent a message to his concerned counterparts hiding
out in Qatar that they need not worry about Hamas losses in the war. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386110
Op-Ed Ruthie Blum a wake-up call for Jewish
Progressives. They've been doing it since they
disembarked at Ellis island and started working as loyal Socialist/Communist
labor union members. Nothing has changed even though there are no more Jewish
shipping clerks, taxi drivers or garment workers living in the
"projects". They are now upper middle class but 70% are still
thinking like their immigrant forebearers. Political stagnation. Or is it
stupidity? https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386127
Mar. 4th
Day 150
Yesterday an aid truck drove into
Northern Gaza. The hapless Arab Driver was murdered by the swam.
1 dead 7 injured from anti-tank
missile. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386196
Sgt. Maj. Falls leaving behind a
young daughter. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/syzcsxz6p
Arming Hamas. https://www.ynetnews.com/magazine/article/hjfhjazat
Gaza Truce is dead and buried except
for Biden. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/by5ivog6a
House of the murderer of Dee Women
destroyed. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386179
Iran executes “Spy Mossad agent”. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386177
Haley wins Washington DC. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386174
Celebs and news couple in double
date. https://www.ynetnews.com/culture/article/hyrbeh11pa
Perhaps the grandson of Nasrallah
killed with terrorist buddies. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/by10zgfp6
Pays to vote while waiting on line
bought lotto. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sjklzwmpp
Two
women found killed within hours in north | The Times of Israel
'We
will die and not enlist': Extremist Haredim block major highway for hours | The
Times of Israel
Expansion of the fight in Khan Unis:
The first is the city of Al Qarara east of Khan
Yunis, and the second an upscale neighborhood in the west of the city. An
exceptional series of airstrikes was carried out to create an initial perimeter
ahead of the offensive. This morning, IDF tanks began encircling the
neighborhood in the west of the city. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386130
Rare coin from Bar Kochbar Revolt. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386192
Breslov Chassidim enter Yosef’s
Tomb. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386194
ISIS IED attack near Chevron foiled.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386206
Brigadier General (res.) Yehuda Duvdevani,
founder of the Nahal Haredi and Netzach Yehuda Battalions, says that currently
it is impossible to give in any longer and that recruitment by the Haredi
public must be increased. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386193
Nikki Haley wins DC Primary. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386174
A man was on Sunday arrested after allegedly
bringing a nail gun to a demonstration in Thornhill, a suburb of Toronto, local
police said, according to CP24. Near Synagogue. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386176
Poll if Gallant opened up own Party. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386172
Yemen's Houthis vowed on Sunday to continue
targeting British ships in the Gulf of Aden following the sinking of UK-owned
vessel Rubymar, Reuters reported. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386178
Hamas collects about $100 million a year from
Iran and roughly $600 million a year in taxes in Gaza, The Wall Street
Journal reported on Sunday. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386171
VP Harris wants immediate ceasefire:
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386170
Updates: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386132
Head of CENTCOM head visited Israel.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386173
Former US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta claimed
that Russia intends to invade another country if it manages to defeat Ukraine. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386138
The eldest member of Degel Hatorah's Council of
Torah Sages, Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Meir Zvi Bergman, addressed the issue of
recruiting yeshiva students to the IDF and made it clear that he opposes any
legislation that would force yeshiva students to enlist. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386164
In a joint intelligence-based IDF and Israel
Security Agency (Shin Bet) operation, Hamas terrorist Mahmoud Muhammad Abd Khad
was eliminated in an aerial strike in the central Gaza Strip on Sunday morning.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386169
Op-Ed Caroline Glick. Democratic Rhetoric
Dangerous for the Jews. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386168
Terrorist hiding in Ambulance
eliminated. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386151
Mar. 5th
Day 151
Downplaying
rape and breaking women’s pelvises Israel’s UN Ambassador recalled for
consultations.
Op-Ed Diane Bederman: Interesting that the same call to
eradicate Israel is allowed, today, but Nazi calls to kill Jews are not.
https://dianebederman.com/why-do-we-condemn-nazis-but-coddle-muslims/
In case you don’t read
all of the Op-Ed read this: Remember Charlottesville? A group of white
supremacist Nazis walked through the town during Trump’s speech and the media
went crazy. They attacked Trump for being a white supremacist/Nazi as
protesters screamed “The Jews will not replace us.” Main stream media was
disgusted by the hate. But, after all the strum and drang –
the storm and distress – we learned that Trump did not stand with them. And
we soon learned that KKK lover David
Duke endorsed Muslim Ilhan Omar.
States have no legal right to remove
Presidential Candidates from the Ballot. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386212
The rabbi of the Gur Hasidic community in Ashdod,
Rabbi Shmuel David Gross, has stated that members of the community must be
careful not to purchase wigs originating from idol worship. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386117
The Chief Rabbinate of Israel ruled
years ago that even if the hair was donated to an Indian Temple was not a
Korban and therefore not forbidden.
Indian Worker who was murdered
identified. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386262
Meeting 21countries with FM. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386264
Hamas threated the women as slaves. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386222
806 civilians murdered since Oct. 7th.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386208
First Female IAF Base Commander. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386215
Unlike the States, child abduction
is rare. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386231
Netanyahu’s flu – received a
check-up. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386238
Spain sanctions 12 Yehuda and Shomron
residents. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386233
US President Joe Biden on Monday pledged to
continue pushing for a deal that would see Hamas releasing the hostages it is
holding in exchange for a six-week ceasefire in the fighting in Gaza. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386240
US Airman leaked classified Documents including
interference in Israeli Judicial Reform. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386243
US special envoy Amos Hochstein said on Monday
that a diplomatic solution was key to ending nearly five months of intensifying
hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386244
Updates last night 10 rockets
barrage, today more but sparse. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386132
Mar. 6th
Day 152
The other side of the war. Chabad
arranged for a marriage of 10 soldier couples many both in the army. One couple
both had been Charedi and turned non-religious. She was divorced with four
children and he divorced with three. They seemed happy together.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4KHyTTtUyq
Intelligence shows that Iran is
trying to send in infiltrator suicide soldiers from Yarden. Other intelligence
shows Ramadan rumblings in Yehuda, Shomron, Syria and Lebanon.
IDF worried about career soldiers
leaving after the war. Of particular concern is the Intelligence Corps, where there
is a widespread feeling of responsibility for the October 7th massacre. IDF
officials fear mass resignations from the corps, leading to a severe dearth of
manpower in a corps that had been struggling to find suitable soldiers before
the war as well. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386251
General Brik – the IDF is not
following safety procedures. https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-789996
Trying to keep the Israeli Arabs
calm and deny Hamas an excuse, no restrictions on Muslim Prayers on the Temple
Mount unless there is a riot. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386284
Chile
cancels Israeli participation in Latin America's largest aerospace fair | The
Times of Israel
Facebook,
Instagram suffer over-2-hour outage | The Times of Israel
Mideast
Starbucks franchisee firing 2,000 employees due to Gaza war boycott | The Times
of Israel
Women run this town. https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/03/04/700649/
For my readers in the USA:
This is a reminder to set your
clocks one hour ahead to support change to DST that will take place on March
10, 2024, 3:00 am. DST will end November 5, 2024 at 2:00 am.
NC Governor Race a Republican that
might be antisemitic vs. a Democrat who is a Jew. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-790411
After eliminating 3 Shachidim, 30
rockets fired at Kiriat Shemona. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-790380
UAV from Syria shot down by F15. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386277
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad
Erdan, on Tuesday wrote a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres,
calling on him to immediately convene the Security Council to discuss the UN report which acknowledged the sexual
crimes committed by Hamas during and after its attack on Israel on October 7. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386304
Except for DC and Vermont, Trump takes
all. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386297
Starbucks Middle East hit by
Boycott. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386303
Hillary Clinton, 76, says Biden too
old. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386300
According to a statement from US Central Command
(CENTCOM), US C-130s dropped over 36,800 US and Jordanian meal equivalents in
northern Gaza. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386302
Blinken-Ganz Meeting. Blinken “underscored the need for a
credible and implementable humanitarian plan prior to any major military
operation in Rafah, given the risks to civilians. Secretary Blinken stressed
that the United States supports steps to advance enduring peace and security
for Israelis and Palestinians alike,” the statement concluded. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386296
On Monday, Chabad of Miami held a dinner for IDF
soldiers, with the participation of singers Avraham Fried, Yonatan Razel, and
IDF cantor Shai Abramson. Nearly 150 children from the community were present
as well. Parents of an IDF soldier were honorees. In the middle of the song,
Razel was stopped by the director of Chabad of Florida, who invited the soldier
to get on stage as well. The committee has listed several individuals as being
personally responsible for the incident, including Prime Minister Netanyahu,
Public Security Minister Amir Ohana, and Police Commissioner Kobi Shabbtai. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386326
Singer Kobi Peretz claims that he was ordered to
leave an IDF base in northern Israel because he had intended to sing ‘May Your
Village Burn Down’, a song associated with extreme right-wing groups in Israel.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386318
The Supreme Planning Council in Judea and Samaria
on Wednesday approved the construction of
approximately 3,500 new housing units in Maaleh Adumim, Efrat, and Kedar. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386323
Stabbing in Shomron. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386272
During the current operation in the Gaza Strip,
the IDF found a document in which Hamas admits to the failed rocket fire by the
Islamic Jihad during Operation Breaking Dawn.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386271
Mar. 7th
Day 153
I wonder if Nasrallah ever learned
in school Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar? It seems that he has been warned to
beware of the Ides of March. https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/middle-east/levant-turkey/1709798264-israel-sets-march-15-as-deadline-for-diplomatic-talks-with-hezbollah-report
Biden trying to prevent a Rafah
attack. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386372
It won’t help Biden but will
increase Arab Death Toll. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/h1dk1xv6p
Hamas wants to destroy Israel as
they want to destroy the Jewish People. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386385
Tomorrow’s Shabbos Times. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386385
ISIS planned attack on Moscow
Synagogue. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/flashes/627089
As tensions rise between the two countries, North
Korean dictator Kim Jong Un participated in a military exercise that included
conquering South Korean military outposts. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386378
Hamas unwilling to compromise. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386333
Khalil al-Hayya, deputy to Hamas leader Yahya
Sinwar, has sent a message that Hamas will not compromise on the release of
arch terrorist Marwan Barghouti, the Jordanian Al Ra'i al-Youm reported.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386333
Dog handler falls in Gaza. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386350
IDF warning letter that was prepared
Oct. 6th for release on Oct. 8th. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386308
14year old Arab stabs 64year old Jew
in Yerushalayim. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386342
Mazel Tov to Gal Gadot on daughter
number 4. https://www.ynetnews.com/culture/article/hyrgoyvp6
Biden is not Trump. The United States on Wednesday called
on Iran to dilute all of the uranium it has enriched to up to 60% purity, close
to the weapons-grade level of roughly 90%, Reuters reported. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386366
$1,000,000 prize to fight
antisemitism. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386367
IDF troops carrying out targeted raids on
terrorist infrastructure in the Hamad area of Khan Yunis located a weapons
manufacturing facility, explosive devices and military equipment. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386373
Communist and Arab List publishes
antisemitic cartoon against Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386360
Mar. 8th
Day 154
Yesterday, the first five months of
the war ended and the sixth month started. But don’t hold your breath until
April 7th for the release of the hostages. It isn’t over until it is
over.
State of the Union: “We will not
rest until the hostages are home.” https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386424
Spain will give UNRWA, the United Nations'
“Palestinian refugee” agency, an additional 20 million euros in aid, Foreign
Minister Jose Manuel Albares said on Thursday, according to Reuters.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386432
White House asks for a list of
Israel Bound Weapons. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386426
Humanitarian Pier in northern Gaza. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/flashes/627137
Israel will go on to the Eurovision
Song Contest. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386423
Utah investigates: Michael Valentine, owner of Six Sailor
Cider and Weathered Waves Bar, also targeted a local Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi and
kosher food truck operator who publicly criticized the business owner’s stance.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386434
Brutal Israeli Soldiers find Gazan
Girl in the rubble and rescue her. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386425
Hezbollah
fires rocket volleys at north, hits home with anti-tank missile | The Times of
Israel
Second
round of municipal elections set for Sunday in 35 locales | The Times of Israel
Parents
of baby born in 2022 IVF mix-up found through testing | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-comedian-adam-sandler-was-hollywoods-highest-earner-in-2023/
Parody on the Oscars:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/michael-rapaport-skewers-hollywood-in-eretz-nehederet-skit/
Regarding the NC gubernatorial race
reported earlier this week. I received the following msg that I shall keep the
source confidential for the time being: When
North Carolina voters go to the polls in November to elect their next governor,
they will choose between a Jewish Democrat and a Republican who has been accused of antisemitism but
said he apologized. = Two sides of the same coin!
Have a healthy, happy
and peaceful Shabbos,
Rachamim Pauli
