Yisrael is guaranteed by HASHEM a helper and guardian is HE. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2sioksLAug
Quote of the week: Israel must
never again rely on America-or any other country for that matter. - Diane Weber Bederman
Parsha Pekeudei
Sefer Shemos is coming
to an end. We started the Sefer as being in Egypt. Slavery started
approximately at the time of Moshe’s Birth and HASHEM through a series of
miracles and wonders frees us and drowns the chariot force of the Egyptians in
the sea.
We are then wondering in
the Desert and Moshe learns from Yisro to delegate out his leadership. We
receive the 10 commandments and over 50 Mitzvos between man and his fellow. The
rest of the Sefer is description of building the Mishkan, collecting donations
for the Mishkan, interrupted by the incident of the Egel HaZahav, practical
workings of making the Mishkan and finally this week it all comes together with
the construction and the outfits of the Cohanim. This week we have everything
ready for the Korbanos and the dedication of the Mishkan.
38:21 These are the accounts of the tabernacle, even the
tabernacle of the testimony, as they were rendered according to the commandment
of Moses, through the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, the son
of Aaron the priest.-- 22 And Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses. 23 And
with him was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, a craftsman,
and a skillful workman, and a weaver in colors, in blue, and in purple, and in
scarlet, and fine linen.—
Kings and Ministers of other nations never made
an accounting for their people. Am Yisrael is run by HASHEM. Tehillim 19:9 the
ways of the L-RD are straight and rejoices the heart. So, an accounting is
displayed for all to see. Nobody has laid a finger or taken a thread of wool,
linen, gold, silver or copper.
24 All the gold that was used for the work
in all the work of the sanctuary, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and
nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the
sanctuary.
A talent is 34.2 kg. 29 talents are 991.8 kg. One
Shekel is 0.0114kg per Google or 730 is 8.322 kg or rounding it off a ton of
gold. Rounding everything off: Gold (mt), Date. $69.72
Million, Mar 08, 2024. Considering that this was a free will donation of freed
slaves in he desert that is a tremendous sum.
25 And the silver of them that were numbered
of the congregation was a hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and
three-score and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the
sanctuary: 26 a beka a head, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel
of the sanctuary, for every one that passed over to them that are numbered,
from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand
and five hundred and fifty men.
Unlike the gold, the silver was something that
princes of the tribes could afford and they though to make up missing
differences but it was not necessary hence the presents given in Parsha Naso. 100
Talents is 3420 kg and 1,775 x 0.0114 kg or 20.235 kg or 3440.235 kg or
$2,700,584.48 price of silver Mar. 12th.
27 And the hundred talents of silver were
for casting the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the veil: a
hundred sockets for the hundred talents, a talent for a
socket. 28 And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels
he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their capitals, and made fillets
for them.
Most of the silver went into the castings.
29 And the brass of the offering was seventy
talents and two thousand and four hundred shekels. 30 And therewith
he made the sockets to the door of the tent of meeting, and the brazen altar,
and the brazen grating for it, and all the vessels of the
altar, 31 and the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets
of the gate of the court, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins
of the court round about.
70 x 34.2 kg = 8,857.8 kg + 2,400 x 0.0114 kg = 27.36 kg or 8,885.16 kg
with a price of $13.07 per kg Mar. 12 or $116,129.04. Now ask me why I rounded
off the gold to a cubit metric ton because it appeared so perfect the work of
HASHEM. Hebrew date Bet Adar Bet 5784.
39:1 And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet,
they made plaited garments, for ministering in the holy place, and made the
holy garments for Aaron, as the LORD commanded Moses. 2 And he made the
ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined
linen. 3 And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into
threads, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in
the fine linen, the work of the skillful workman.
Gold is a very mailable metal. It can be beaten
very thin and made into threads. Mixing it together with threads for the
garment of the Cohain HaGadol.
4 They made shoulder-pieces for it, joined
together; at the two ends was it joined together. 5 And the skillfully
woven band, that was upon it, wherewith to gird it on, was of the same piece
and like the work thereof: of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine
twined linen, as the LORD commanded Moses.
As mentioned in the past, google ‘garment of the high priest’. The
work was that similar to a checker board of the four beautiful colors.
6 And they wrought the onyx stones, enclosed
in settings of gold, graven with the engravings of a signet, according to the
names of the children of Israel.
The Sifrei Torah and names on the Onyx Stone was
written in ancient Hebrew.
7 And he put them on the shoulder-pieces of the
ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel, as the LORD
commanded Moses. 8 And he made the breastplate, the work of the skillful
workman, like the work of the ephod: of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet,
and fine twined linen. 9 It was four-square; they made the
breastplate double; a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth
thereof, being double.
Doubled over for thickness and strength.
10 And they set in it four rows of stones: a
row of carnelian, topaz, and smaragd [Bereket in Hebrew which is Beryllium and more bluish hew ] was the first row. 11 And the second row, a
carbuncle, a sapphire, and an emerald.
There appears to be some sort of a variation
between the stone at the end of the first row and that at the end of the second
row for a Smaragd translation of the first row is an Emerald or Gardenia while
others use Beryllium in translation.
12 And the third row, a jacinth, an agate,
and an amethyst. 13 And the fourth row, a beryl [Tarshish], an onyx, and a
jasper; they were enclosed in fittings of gold in their settings.
Tarshish has a greener tint in it or aquamarine
in color.
14 And the stones were according to the
names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the
engravings of a signet, every one according to his name, for the twelve
tribes. 15 And they made upon the breastplate plaited chains, of
wreathen work of pure gold. 16 And they made two settings of gold,
and two gold rings; and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. 17 And
they put the two wreathen chains of gold on the two rings at the ends of the
breastplate. 18 And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains
they put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod,
in the forepart thereof. 19 And they made two rings of gold, and put
them upon the two ends of the breastplate, upon the edge thereof, which was
toward the side of the ephod inward.
The various healing properties and one stone per
tribe have been mentioned. Together on the Ephod they had a spiritual healing
power of the Cohain Gadol.
20 And they made two rings of gold, and put
them on the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod underneath, in the forepart
thereof, close by the coupling thereof, above the skillfully woven band of the
ephod. 21 And they did bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto
the rings of the ephod with a thread of blue, that it might be upon the skillfully
woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the
ephod; as the LORD commanded Moses.
This gave the Cohain Gadol special crystal
vibrations for prayers for the healing of people. The whole combination of the Teva,
Table, Menorah and more, gave the Cohain Gadol conductive powers to the next
world.
22 And he made the robe of the ephod of
woven work, all of blue; 23 and the hole of the robe in the midst
thereof, as the hole of a coat of mail, with a binding round about the hole of
it, that it should not be rent. 24 And they made upon the skirts of
the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined
linen. 25 And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between
the pomegranates upon the skirts of the robe round about, between the
pomegranates: 26 a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate,
upon the skirts of the robe round about, to minister in; as the LORD commanded
Moses.
As I wrote, the bells acted as a door bell on Yom Kippur when the
Cohain Gadol entered the Holy of Holies.
27 And they made the tunics of fine linen of
woven work for Aaron, and for his sons, 28 and the mitre of fine
linen, and the goodly head-tires of fine linen, and the linen breeches of fine
twined linen, 29 and the girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and
purple, and scarlet, the work of the weaver in colors; as the LORD commanded
Moses. 30 And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold,
and wrote upon it a writing, like the engravings of a signet: HOLY TO THE
LORD.
The description in the Prophet Zachariah of the
horses, cars and perhaps military tanks of our days having HOLY UNTO HASHEM
written on them is similar to some signs I see on religious people’s cars. And
should be interpreted in this context.
31 And they tied unto it a thread of blue,
to fasten it upon the mitre above; as the LORD commanded Moses.
To place over the cap, from above: And by means of the threads, he would place them (sic) over
the cap like a sort of crown. It is impossible to say that the showplate was
over the cap, because in “Shechitath Kodashim” (Zevachim 19a) we learned: His
[the Kohen Gadol’s] hair was visible between the showplate and the cap, where
he would place the tefillin, and the showplate was placed on the [Kohen
Gadol’s] forehead. Hence, the cap was above, and the showplate was below, so
what is the meaning of: “over the cap, from above” ? Additionally, I found a
problem in this [matter, namely that] here the text states, “And they placed
upon it a cord of blue wool,” and in the section dealing with the command (Exod. 28:37) it says, “And you shall
place it upon a cord of blue wool.” Therefore, I say that this cord of blue
wool was composed of threads with which to tie it [the showplate] to the cap since
the showplate extended only from ear to ear. Thus, how should he [the Kohen
Gadol] tie it onto his forehead? Threads of blue wool were fastened to it [to
the showplate] at both its ends and at its center, with which he would tie it
[the showplate] and hang it upon the cap when it was on his head. Two threads
were at each end, one above [the showplate] and one below [it] toward his
forehead, and similarly at its center, for it is easy to tie it in this way,
and it is not customary to tie with fewer than two threads. Therefore, it says:
“upon a cord of blue wool,” and “upon it a cord of blue wool,” and he would tie
their [the threads’] two ends [one from above and one from below the
showplate], all of them together behind him, opposite his nape, and he would
place it [the showplate] upon the cap. Do not be astonished that it does not
say, “cords (פְּתִילֵי) of blue wool” [i.e., in the plural], since they were many
[threads, i.e., three threads], because we find in regard to the choshen and
the ephod: “And they shall fasten the choshen by its rings to the rings of the
ephod with a blue cord” (Exod.
28:28). [There] we are forced [to explain] that there were no fewer
than two [threads even though the text states “cord” in the singular] because
the two rings of the choshen were on the two ends of the choshen, and the two
rings of the ephod were on the two shoulder straps of the ephod opposite them,
and according to the [usual] way of tying [rings together], there were four
threads [one for every ring]. In any case, fewer than two [threads] is
impossible.
32 Thus was finished all the work of the
tabernacle of the tent of meeting; and the children of Israel did according to
all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.
The three stages of the Mishkan were now
complete. HASHEM’s plan, the collection and the building. As we say – the end
product is from the original thought. The next few sentences are a review of
everything that was commanded by HASHEM. It is like a troop review of the general.
“All present and accounted for!” So they were brought and laid out piece by
piece for review as to show that nothing was missing from the initial plan or
list.
33 And they brought the tabernacle unto
Moses, the Tent, and all its furniture, its clasps, its boards, its bars, and
its pillars, and its sockets; 34 and the covering of rams' skins dyed
red, and the covering of sealskins, and the veil of the
screen; 35 the ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the
ark-cover; 36 the table, all the vessels thereof, and the
showbread; 37 the pure candlestick, the lamps thereof, even the lamps
to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for the
light; 38 and the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet
incense, and the screen for the door of the Tent; 39 the brazen
altar, and its grating of brass, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver and
its base; 40 the hangings of the court, its pillars, and its sockets,
and the screen for the gate of the court, the cords thereof, and the pins
thereof, and all the instruments of the service of the tabernacle of the tent
of meeting; 41 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. 42 According to all that the LORD
commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did all the work. 43 And
Moses saw all the work, and, behold, they had done it; as the LORD had
commanded, even so had they done it. And Moses blessed them.
Everything requested was there with not a thing
missing.
40:1 And
the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 2 'On the first day of the first
month shalt thou rear up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
On the day that I declared unto you last year:
Shemos 12:2 'This
month shall be unto you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of
the year to you. Now this month, will be the month of the dedication of
the Mishkan too.
3 And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony,
and thou shalt screen the ark with the veil. 4 And thou shalt bring
in the table, and set in order the bread that is upon it; and thou shalt bring
in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof. 5 And thou shalt set
the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the
screen of the door to the tabernacle. 6 And thou shalt set the altar
of burnt-offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of
meeting.
All this shall go inside the Mishkan. There will be
outside, the brass laver for the Cohanim to wash their hands and feet before
the Avoda of, to and for HASHEM as commanded.
7 And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of
meeting and the altar, and shalt put water therein. 8 And thou shalt
set up the court round about, and hang up the screen of the gate of the
court. 9 And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the
tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the furniture
thereof; and it shall be holy. 10 And thou shalt anoint the altar of burnt-offering,
and all its vessels, and sanctify the altar; and the altar shall be most
holy. 11 And thou shalt anoint the laver and its base, and sanctify
it.
Once everything is in place, Aaron would anoint them
with oil.
12 And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door
of the tent of meeting, and shalt wash them with water. 13 And thou
shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments; and thou shalt anoint him, and sanctify
him, that he may minister unto Me in the priest's office. 14 And thou
shalt bring his sons, and put tunics upon them. 15 And thou shalt
anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto Me
in the priest's office; and their anointing shall be to them for an everlasting
priesthood throughout their generations.'
Thus, both the Mishkan and Kahuna are going to be
established on Rosh Chodesh Nisan 2449.
16 Thus did Moses; according to all that the LORD
commanded him, so did he.
Moshe most likely had the Leviim practicing
assembling sections of the Mishkan as to be ready with the assembly of everything.
Moshe did not sit idly by.
I Googled when was it that the Mishkan was
complete. The answer came from Rabbi Pinchas Winston of the Torah Org. https://torah.org/torah-portion/perceptions-5770-vayikra/
in what he wrote 14years ago. It was Chaf Hay
Kislev 2448 and that date would later serve for a renewed dedication in the
times of the Maccabees.
17 And it came to pass in the first month in the second
year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.
Rashi quotes Chazal as explaining that the Mishkan
was put up on the 23rd of Adar and the seven days began at that point, making
the eighth day Rosh Chodesh Nissan. (See Rashi on our Parsha Shemos 40:2 and
Rashi at the beginning of Shemini) This was followed by a twelve-day period of
the offerings of the Nasim as recorded in Parsha Naso. https://mizrachi.org/uncategorized/mishkans-final-touches/
The Ibn Ezra on the other hand claims that the Milluim
began on Rosh Chodesh Nissan and were completed by the “Yom HaShemini” which
was the eighth of Nissan and only at that stage did the Nisan begin to make
their daily offerings. According to his calculations the entire process was
completed by the 19th of Nissan. (I encourage you to take a look in the Ibn
Ezra to see how he deals with the problem of Pesach of that year that took
place during the whole inauguration process).
This is our link from Shemos to Vayikra where we
shall continue next week. It also makes sense for Moshe and the Cohanim to familiarize
themselves with the area and where everything was.
18 And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and laid its
sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared
up its pillars. 19 And he spread the tent over the tabernacle, and
put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses.
The sides of the Mishkan went up then the tent.
20 And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and
set the staves on the ark, and put the ark-cover above upon the
ark. 21 And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the
veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the testimony; as the LORD
commanded Moses.
Then the items starting with the Teva, Shulchan,
Menorah, etc. went into the Mishkan. The next few lines we see step by step how
each item went inside. They were placed inside as the Nation watched.
22 And he put the table in the tent of meeting, upon the
side of the tabernacle northward, without the veil. 23 And he set a
row of bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
This shewbread was baked fresh that morning.
24 And he put the candlestick in the tent of meeting,
over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle
southward. 25 And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD
commanded Moses. 26 And he put the golden altar in the tent of
meeting before the veil; 27 and he burnt thereon incense of sweet
spices; as the LORD commanded Moses.
This was to be on the first of Nisan
28 And he put the screen of the door to the
tabernacle. 29 And the altar of burnt-offering he set at the door of
the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and offered upon it the burnt-offering
and the meal-offering; as the LORD commanded Moses.
This was put up and the working checked over by
Moshe.
30 And he set the laver between the tent of meeting and
the altar, and put water therein, wherewith to wash; 31 that Moses
and Aaron and his sons might wash their hands and their feet
thereat; 32 when they went into the tent of meeting, and when they
came near unto the altar, they should wash; as the LORD commanded Moses. 33 And
he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the
screen of the gate of the court. So, Moses finished the work.
It was constructed and ready for you.
34 Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the
glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. 35 And Moses was not able to
enter into the tent of meeting, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory
of the LORD filled the tabernacle.—
There were periods that no one could enter the
enclosed area of the Mishkan.
36 And whenever the cloud was taken up from over the
tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward, throughout all their journeys. 37 But
if the cloud was not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was
taken up. 38 For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by
day, and there was fire therein by night, in the sight of all the house of
Israel, throughout all their journeys.
This appears to me only during the journeys unto
Eretz Yisrael. Once there was a Mikdash the fire on the Altar (Mizbayach) went
straight up.
Chazak – Chazak v’ nit Chazak
Getting on in years.
Robert Burns wrote in
Scottish: “O wad some Power the giftie gie us,
To see oursels as others
see us,
It wad frae monie a
blunder free us,
An’ foolish notion”
Translation: Oh, would
some Power the gift to give us to see ourselves as others see us, It would fray
many a blunder free us, and foolish notion.” The version I remember ended with:
“And leave us with an air of devotion.”
There is a big
difference between a nursing home for the elderly in the USA vs. Israel. When
my mother got Alzheimer, in the States they wanted not only more money but
help. In Israel, they were happy for extra help but it was not required like in
the States. My mother was treated in Israel as a human being. I can’t say the
same treatment from the Jewish Home in the States.
On my recent hotel stay
in Israel, I had shaky hands from an old traffic accident when it was time to
eat. The people in the dining room wanted to help me. In the States, nobody
would get involved. The other day two strangers coming from gym asked me if I
needed help putting my walker into the back seat of my car. I did not need it
but the gesture was nice. Israelis are always willing to help and honor the
elderly. My former co-worker is three years older than I and was happy that
somebody picked up his walker to the top of the stairs and helped him up them.
Fast or Feast by
Rabbi Yerachmiel Tilles
https://ascentofsafed.com/cgi-bin/ascent.cgi?Name=1370s385-27
Rabbi Elazar
Rokeach of Amsterdam sat at the head of the long table crowded with
relatives and prominent members of the community. It was Purim, and the great
Rabbi was about to begin the festive Purim meal.
The huge table was laden with enormous platters of meat, stuffed fish and other
delicacies that had been sent to Rabbi Elazar as meshloach manot (the
special gifts of food that are one of the mitzvot of Purim). Fine wines and
other beverages were also available in abundance. In between the many courses,
Rabbi Elazar held forth on the meaning and significance of the Purim holiday.
The celebration was well underway when a knock was heard at the door. Standing
on the threshold were three emissaries of the Prince on an urgent mission.
After apologizing profusely for interrupting, they asked to speak to the
elderly Rabbi. Rabbi Elazar motioned for them to approach the table and deliver
their message. They told him that in a certain district of Holland a dike had
burst, and that thousands of innocent people were in danger of drowning.
[Much of the Netherlands ("Low lands") lies below sea level. Over the
centuries, a series of dikes were built to protect the Dutch people from being
inundated by the ocean. One of these dikes had now given way, and a sizeable
portion of the country was in the direct path of the water.] The Prince wanted
that the great rabbi should pray for the safety of the threatened citizens.
The Prince's emissaries had heard much about the piety of the saintly Rabbi.
Thus, after delivering their message, they fully expected him go off into a
corner and pray. Surprisingly, however, they were invited to sit down and join
in the festivities.
It was even more curious when Rabbi Elazar ordered every bottle of wine and
whiskey remaining in the house to be placed on the table. Within minutes it was
covered with an assortment of bottles and decanters. "Now,
gentlemen," he continued, "let us fulfill the mitzvah of the day to
the best of our abilities. We will drink until we cannot distinguish between
'cursed is Haman' and 'blessed is Mordechai.' "
The dozens of guests, including the venerable Rabbi, quickly drained all of the
assorted bottles of liquor. Before the astonished eyes of the Prince's
emissaries, the elderly Rabbi jumped up to conduct the revelry, whereupon
everyone began dancing around the table.
The emissaries could not believe what they were seeing. The scene in the
Rabbi's house was starting to resemble an unruly tavern. Without anyone
noticing, the three men crept outside and returned to the royal palace.
The Prince was overjoyed to see them. He told them that their mission had been
successful, and that the breach in the dike had been repaired. Instead of death
and destruction, the damage had actually been quite minimal.
The emissaries were shocked, especially when they learned that the dike had
been fixed at the exact time Rabbi Elazar and his guests were at the height of
their carousing!
They proceeded to describe to the Prince everything they had witnessed in the
Rabbi's house. Now it was the Prince's turn to be surprised, and on two
accounts: How could such an esteemed Rabbi have behaved in such a manner? And
more importantly, why was it that the workers had suddenly been able to fix the
dike at that exact moment?
A few days later Rabbi Elazar was summoned before the Prince. Officially, it
was to be thanked on behalf of the nation. Privately, however, the Prince hoped
to clarify exactly what had happened that day.
When the right moment presented itself, the Prince asked him directly. Rabbi
Elazar smiled, his countenance exuding an ancient wisdom. "We Jews act in
a unique manner," he replied. "Whenever it seems as if G-d is angry,
we try to appease Him by fulfilling His will.
"The day the dike broke was Purim," he continued, "when we are
commanded to be happy to the point of intoxication. Had I responded by praying
and imploring G-d amidst tears, not only would I have failed to fulfill His
wishes, but actually transgressed one of His commandments. It was precisely
because I recognized the magnitude of the danger that I encouraged everyone to
be even more joyful, in the hope it would arouse G-d's mercy."
The Prince was very pleased by Rabbi Elazar's explanation, and sent him home
accompanied by a royal entourage.
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Source: Adapted by Yerachmiel Tilles from lchaimweekly.org, with permission.
Biographical note:
Rabbi Elazar Rokeach of Amsterdam (? - 27 Tishrei 1741), author of 'Maaseh
Rokeach,' was an outstanding Torah scholar and authority on Jewish law, and
also a noted Kabbalist. Before coming to Amsterdam in 1735, Rabbi Elazar served
as chief rabbi in several important cities in Poland, among them Brody and
Cracow. The non-Jews of Holland also recognized and respected him for his piety
and holiness, and the Dutch royal palace even minted a special coin with his
likeness in honor of his arrival.
Connection: The
importance of increasing simcha joy this entire month of Adar
Sheini that started today, + Happy Purim!
The following I cut
short the introduction. I received this from Thomas B. It is a harsh read. For
those who can’t read Holocaust Books to the end, I suggest read what you can if
the one paragraph on Oct. 7th is too harsh. Some of the atrocities
happened in the war of independence with mutilation of human organs during the
British Administration - what happened to the 35 fighters going to Gush Etzion.
I read that in Genesis 1948 by Dan Kuzman.
It is harsher perhaps
because like the Nazi Professors our modern Academia and ‘Intellectuals’ are
teaching and condoning antisemitism. The only person I ever saw with a button
on “People are starving in Biafra” during a tribal genocide in Africa was Rabbi
Meir Kahane HY”D. My Rosh Yeshiva and I opposed many of his actions but his
concern about genocide in Africa meant that he wanted to stop genocide before
it moved on to Jews.
The only thing not different
is that after 76 or 77years from the original brutality, the enemy has not
changed. What a wicked people and how can a religion sanctify such a thing!
I received this without
paragraphs and am editing it both to make the introduction shorter and more
readable. This way if the horrors are too much for a sensitive civilized person
to bare, they can stop reading. Be prepared for the uncensored maybe even
watered-down truth as this happened to 1200 men, women and even infants. In is
not like “The five ovens” on Auschwitz. Even only a paragraph of the
horrors that Rabbis don’t want to mention. But people should know what these
characters did to us. There are places and hints of some things like this in
the Medrash Echah read on Tisha B’Av by a few learned people of the
destruction of the second Temple and the aftermath.
Dear
friends and colleagues,
Hello,
Dina! The Pushkin House announced our upcoming conference on social media and
immediately received critical messages regarding your position on the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict. They wanted to understand your position on this
issue before responding. Could you formulate your position and send it to me as
soon as possible? Please accept, Madam, the expression of my distinguished
greetings, Natasha
By:
Dina Rubina Dear Natalia! You've written beautifully about my novels, and I'm
so sorry for the time you've wasted, because apparently, we have to cancel our
meeting. The universities of Warsaw and Torun have just canceled lectures by
the wonderful Russian-speaking Israeli writer Yakov Shechter on the life of
Galicia's Jews in the 17th and 19th centuries - "to avoid making the
situation worse." I suspected that this would affect me too, since
academia is now the main breeding ground for the most disgusting and virulent
anti-Semitism, disguised as so-called "criticism of Israel." . I was
expecting something like this, and I even decided to write you an email about
it... but I put it aside. It's time for me to publish it.
This
is what I want to say to all those who expect from me a quick and obsequious
report on my position regarding my beloved country, which currently lives (and
always has) surrounded by ferocious enemies who seek to destroy it . My country
which is waging a just war today against a rabid, ruthless, deceptive and
cunning enemy. The last time I apologized was in elementary school, in the
principal's office, I was 9 years old. Since then, I have been doing what I
think is right, listening only to my conscience and expressing exclusively my
understanding of the world order and human laws of justice. Natalia, thank you
for your efforts, and I personally ask you to send my answer to all those who
are wondering:
"On
October 7, Saturday, the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, the ruthless,
well-trained, well-prepared and well-equipped Hamas terrorist regime of Iran,
Hamas, which rules in the Gaza enclave (which Israel left around twenty years
ago), attacked dozens of peaceful kibbutzim, and bombarded my country with tens
of thousands of rockets. Hamas has committed atrocities that even the Bible
cannot describe, atrocities that rival the crimes of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Atrocities filmed by the way, by GoPro cameras, the murderers having taken the
horror to the point of sending the images to their families or on social
networks in real time.
For
hours, thousands of happy, blood-drunk beasts raped women, children and men,
shooting their victims in the crotch and heads, cutting off the women's breasts
and playing football with them, cutting off the babies from the wombs of
pregnant women and immediately decapitating them, tying up and burning the
small children. There were so many charred bodies that, for many weeks,
forensic pathologists could not cope with the enormous workload of identifying
individuals.
A
friend of mine, who worked in the emergency room of a New York hospital for 20
years, then in Israel for 15 years, was one of the first to arrive in the
kibbutzim, as part of a team of rescuers and of doctors. She still hasn't been
able to sleep since. While she is an emergency specialist, accustomed to
dissected bodies and at the corpses, she fainted when she saw the macabre sight
and vomited all the way back in the car.
Among
the Hamas militants, Palestinian civilians rushed in, participating in pogroms
of unprecedented scale, pillaging, killing, dragging everything they could get
their hands on. Among these "Palestinian civilians" were 450 members
of this highly regarded organization UNRWA (United Nations Relief Agency for
Palestine Refugees in the Near East). Judging by the utter joy of the
population (also captured by thousands of mobile cameras), Hamas is supported
by almost the entire population of Gaza. But the essential is there for us:
More than two hundred Israelis, including women, children, the elderly and
foreign workers, were dragged into the beast's den. A hundred of them are still
rotting and dying in Hamas dungeons. It goes without saying that these victims,
who continue to be mocked, are of little concern to the “academic community”.
But that's not what I'm talking about right now. I am not writing.
But
that's not what I'm talking about right now. I am not writing this so that
anyone will sympathize with the tragedy of my people. During all these years,
while the international community has literally poured hundreds of millions of
dollars into this piece of land (the Gaza Strip)l - and UNRWA's annual budget
alone is equivalent to a BILLION dollars! - During all these years, Hamas used
this money to build an empire with a complex system of underground tunnels,
stockpile weapons, teach schoolchildren from primary school to disassemble and
assemble a Kalashnikov assault rifle, print textbooks in which hatred of Israel
is indescribable, in which even math problems look like this: "There were
ten Jews, the shahid killed four, how many are left...", calling for the
murder of Jews with every word.
And
now, when, finally shocked by the monstrous crime of these bastards, Israel is
waging a war of annihilation against the Hamas terrorists, who so carefully
prepared this war, who placed thousands of shells in all the hospitals, the
schools, kindergartens... - this is where academia around the world is on the
defensive, concerned about the "genocide of the Palestinian people" -
based, of course, on data provided by... . Who ? The academic community, which
was not concerned about the massacres in Syria, nor the massacre in Somalia,
nor the mistreatment inflicted on the Uighurs, nor the millions of Kurds
persecuted by the Turkish regime for decades, this very worried community,
which wears "arafatkas" - the trademark of murderers - around their
necks and rallies under the slogan "Liberate Palestine from the river to
the sea", which means the total destruction of Israel (and Israelis).
"academics",
as polls show, have no idea where this river is, what it is called, where
certain borders are located. And it is this same public which asks me "to
express a position clear on the issue. Are you really serious? As you know, I
have been a professional writer for over fifty years. My novels have been
translated into forty languages, including Albanian, Turkish, Chinese,
Esperanto... and many more. Now, with great pleasure, without choosing my
expressions too much, I sincerely and with all the strength of my soul send to
all the brainless "intellectuals" who are interested in my position
to go F themselves. In fact, you'll all be going without me soon.
Dina
Rubina
From M.C. RFK jr. on RFK
assassination this is scary. https://www.facebook.com/reel/782735947040609
Milestone: Steve Lawrence, 88, born
Sidney Liebowitz singer with wife Eydie Gorme. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386418
Milestone: Eric Carmen, 74, singer. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386602
Inyanay Diyoma
Mar. 9th
Day 155 start of 23rd
week
On Shabbos morning, the patrol car
pulled up to our Minyan during the Shema Prayer. Out jumped 3 religious
soldiers and a driver stayed in the patrol vehicle. They prayed with us to the
end. One or two got Aliyah to Torah and the non-praying driver was given the
wrapping up of the second Torah Scroll. Then they were invited by a neighbor to
Kiddush.
I told the Officer holding the light
compact walkie-talkie that my son used to carry a 40 or more pounder on his
back. The ceramic flack jackets look small but are more bullet proof. I told
the paramedic that what he carries now looks like the stomach bandage from my
old kit. Wow a lighter and more compact army!
Erev Shabbos there was an attack
with weapons on an army outpost and then when the soldiers looked for the
attackers an explosive device went off. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386460
15 terrorists taken out in Khan Unis
Tunnel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386438
Hamas uninterested in a deal. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386471
You have 30minutes to leave. 12
story Rafah wealthy residence bye-bye. https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-791043
Could Arab Clans control Gaza after
Hamas? https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-790867
Iranian assassination of Israeli
Business foiled. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sjfmk11tt6
Survivors of the October 7
Hamas massacre and families of hostages abducted to Gaza by the terrorist group
filed a lawsuit with a U.S. court against a major UNRWA donor, claiming its contributions
indirectly supported the murderous attack. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/b16svz96p
Erdogan’s last election. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-790999
Turkey accuses 6 of spying for the
Mossad. https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/article-791003
Instead of investigating antisemitism,
Columbia investigates Israeli Professor. https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-791020
White Power hate crime in Oregon. https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-791045
Scientist witness Planetary
Formation and leak of gas. https://www.jpost.com/science/space/article-790573
Minister Gallant briefed the Secretary on
developments in the war against the Hamas terrorist organization in Gaza, and
the progress made in reaching the goals of the war: the destruction of Hamas as
a military and governing authority, and the return of hostages to their homes. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386448
Latest poll with Hendel, Bennett and Cohen. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386417
5 die from aid packages in Gaza. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386449
Mar. 10th
Day 156 Rosh Chodesh Adar Bet Aleph
Ramadan
Sinwar does not want a hostage deal.
He wants to awaken Arab Hatred in Ramadan. In the meantime, Ganz along with
Gallant, Katz and maybe others are trying to oust Netanyahu.
Last night a woman died near a night
club probably from Arab Mafia Wars and today 5 more men murdered by the Mafia.
36 bodies de
18th student from Eli
Yeshiva to fall in the war. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386475
Murderer of Major who fell eliminate
with others. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/flashes/627217
It is not about the hostages it
returns to the left vs. Netanyahu and the hostages are where they gather. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386494
Draft us and we will leave the
country. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386490
Ok I make no secret that I am from
the right side of the political spectrum but if one is from the left why not be
that way and Jewish too?
Biden wants Israel to provide secure
aid. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386464
Jewish Heritage Foundation want VP
correction. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386465
Canada to resume UNWRA funding. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386468
Hezballah command centers hit. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386472
Pro-Palestinian Arab protesters on Friday defaced
a painting of Lord Balfour at Trinity College Cambridge. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386466
IDF strikes rocket launch sites. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386470
Updates: Sirens in the north. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386503
The IDF’s Home Front Command has undertaken an
operation over the last few weeks to install protective measures for tens of
thousands of Israelis in the north who do not otherwise have access to a bomb
shelter. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386499
Biden’s red line to Israel on Aid
and Rafah. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386491
Bennett responds to Biden the real
problem to aid is Hamas not Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/flashes/627214
Hamas has published a statement
claiming that seven hostages were killed by IDF fire. The alleged victims were
Yoram Metzger, Haim Peri, Amiram Cooper, Yitzchak Algerant, Alexander Danzig,
Ronen Tumi Angel, and Eliyahu Margolit.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386476
Mossad: Hamas toughening demands for hostage deal,
seeks Ramadan escalation | The Times of Israel
Mother-of-5 dies of wounds from shooting outside Haifa
nightclub | The Times of Israel
Mar. 11th
Day 157
A smile and a heart of gold lost. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386518
Practice supply drops in the north. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386517
JINO in Hollywood. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386551
Zvi Yehezkeli, Arab affairs correspondent and
head of the Arab desk at Israeli News 13, spoke to Arutz
Sheva - Israel National News on his new documentary, “Those who come
to kill you,” which includes in-depth interviews with Nukhba and other
terrorists who participated in the October 7th massacre, exposing the intensity
and magnitude of the cruelty towards the victims of the attack.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386538
The Tikva Forum, an organization of families of
the hostages held by the Hamas terrorist organization in Gaza, is demanding an
immediate meeting with the Prime Minister and the Chief of Staff. According to
them, the negotiations with the enemy must be stopped and the IDF must now
enter Rafah to complete the destruction of Hamas and to rescue their loved
ones. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386510
Arabs mar opening of Holocaust
Museum. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386521
35 rockets towards Meron and 25-30
towards the Golan in total 11 air raids including aircraft. Hezbollah bombards north with rockets after deadly IDF
strike in Lebanon | The Times of Israel
Arab Mafia Wars: Ex-politician
shot dead in Baqa al-Gharbiya, capping off bloody weekend | The Times of Israel
Gallant says sea corridor plan for Gaza aid will help bring
Hamas down | The Times of Israel
Ask for Lebanese to contact the
Mossad. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386514
A Haruv Unit soldier, who was wounded in Gaza
after volunteering to join the war, has been detained for about a month in a
military prison, after being arrested by the military police on suspicion of
possessing weapons that he took from Gaza.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386515
Municipal Politics: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386545
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386546
Day 157 part 2
Did the IDF eliminate the Hamas
Deputy Chief of Staff? https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386560
IDF destroys tunnel shaft with
cement factory. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386566
According to the source, Burns visited Egypt on
Friday, discussing the possibility of achieving a short humanitarian ceasefire
which would last two to four days; during this ceasefire, negotiations on a
hostage deal would continue. The source also said that the US is pressing for a
quick ceasefire during Ramadan, and estimated that the Biden administration is
eager not avoid hurting the Muslims' feelings.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386558
Police demolish Hill Top Girls’ settlement.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386565
A protester bit a policewoman during a
demonstration near the Knesset building in Jerusalem on Sunday. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386547
Following intelligence and operational activity
by the Central Unit of the Border Police in southern Israel, together with the
Border Police Tactical Unit, the investigation into the trafficking of illegal Arab
infiltrators over the eastern security fence has come to a close, and four
suspects have been indicted. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386570
Mar. 12
Day 158
Over 100 rockets from Hezballah.
Op-Ed Jonatan Pollard. One Pier too
many. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386567
Terrorist in planned attack is
killed on the way. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386588
"The President and I have agreed that we
have to destroy Hamas," Netanyahu told Fox News. "We can't leave a
quarter of the Hamas terror army in place. They're there, in Rafah. This would
be equivalent to saying that after the Allies fought back, gone through
Normandy, went through Germany and you'd say, 'Well we'll leave a quarter of
the Nazi army in place and we won't go into Berlin, the last stronghold.'"
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386574
Sites targeted in Lebanon. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386594
The US intelligence community assesses in its
annual report that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “viability as a leader”
to be “in jeopardy” and that Israel will fight Hamas for years to come, CNN reported.
US intel also expected thousands of dead soldiers
in the Gaza tunnel system each week. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386604
Mar. 13th
Day 159
A lot of news today. Two Ramadan
attacks by teens in the Yerushalayim Area and a stabbing at a check post. Two
Hamas big wigs in Lebanon eliminate.
Two killed in
Israeli drone strike on Hamas target in southern Lebanon | The Times of Israel
Sa'ar
splits from Gantz's National Unity party, demands seat in war cabinet | The
Times of Israel
By
44% to 30%, Israelis prefer Trump to Biden as next US president | The Times of
Israel
https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/03/12/devastated-biden-mourns-death-israeli-american-hostage/
The IDF has cleared for publication that Sergeant
Itay Chen from Netanya, was murdered on October 7th and his body is being held
by Hamas. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386622
Explosive device thrown at soldiers.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386596
Trump’s former White House chief of staff, John Kelly, as well as
other former White House officials reveal statements that the former President
supposedly said off the record. “He thought Putin was an OK guy and Kim was an
OK guy — that we had pushed North Korea into a corner. To him, it was like we
were goading these guys. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386611
4500 attacks in Lebanon and 300
Hezballah Shachidim. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/by6buxapp
Swiss to try Assad’s uncle. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rjt9vt666
Hamas’s disinformation and lack of
western fact checking. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hywumrhpa
Left-wing violence under
investigation. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386623
The United Nations (UN) has for the first time
used a road paved by the IDF to pass humanitarian aid to the northern Gaza
Strip. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386675
NY Police cancel Israeli Real Estate
event. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386671
Biden vs. Begin vs. Bibi. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386666
During IAF strikes in the Gaza Strip, a Hamas
terrorist responsible for numerous rocket launches toward Israeli territory,
including on October 7th, was eliminated. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386673
IDF clearing Golan Mine Fields. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386672
12year old Molotov Cocktail thrower,
Shachid. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386654
5 teen terrorists = 3 injured 2 Shachidim.
A squad of five terrorists arrived at the route
between the Ramot neighborhood of Jerusalem and the town of Givat Ze’ev, and
threw firebombs over the security fence towards Route 436. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386656
Mar. 14th
Day 160
Beit Kama stabbing: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386743
Stabber’s cousin was an IDF Soldier
who fell in battle. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/flashes/627520
From Monique: South Africa to arrest
citizens who serve in the Israeli Army. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-03-13/ty-article/.premium/south-africa-to-arrest-israeli-soldiers-holding-dual-citizenship-foreign-minister-says/
Draft Law proposal. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386689
Biden’s policy is a fantasy world. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386737
Poll opponents of current government
would win an election held today. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386742
The commander of the 98th Division, Brigadier
General Dan Goldfus, spoke to the press on Wednesday about the division's
operations in Khan Yunis and took advantage of the press conference to send a
message to the government. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386703
On March 12, 2024 Arutz 7reported "Queen Rania of Jordan once again criticized Israel in an interview
last night with CNN. “As devastating and as traumatic as October 7th was, it
doesn't give Israel license to commit atrocity after atrocity. Israel
experienced one October 7th - since then the Palestinians have experienced 156
October 7ths,” she accused. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386728
15 terrorists eliminated. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386702
The head of the IDF Intelligence Directorate's
Research Department, 8200, Brig. Gen. Amit Saar, announced his intentions to
resign, Kan 11 reported on Wednesday. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386704
Opinion Poll. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386712
Hamas commander of Gaza becomes a
Shachid. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386705
Judith Raanan, a Chicago-area resident who was
kidnapped together with her daughter, Natalie, by Hamas during its October 7
attack on Israel, said her captors were greeted as heroes when she and her
daughter arrived at a Gaza hospital. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386718
The US has held secret talks with Iran this year
in a bid to convince Tehran to use its influence over Yemen’s Houthi movement
to end attacks on ships in the Red Sea, The Financial Times reported
on Wednesday, citing US and Iranian officials. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386714
Rise in Austrian antisemitism. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386727
Pro-Palestinian Arab protesters graffitied
Gaza-related slogans on signs promoting the Eurovision Song Contest around the
city of Malmo, Sweden, which is hosting the song contest in May. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386721
Senior US officials have told their Israeli
counterparts the Biden administration would support Israel going after
high-value Hamas targets in and underneath Rafah, as long as Israel avoids a
large-scale invasion that could fracture the alliance, Politico reported
on Wednesday. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386717
The Biden administration is expected to impose
new sanctions on two outposts in Judea and Samaria that were supposedly used as
a base for attacks by Israelis against Palestinian Arabs, Axios reported
on Thursday citing three US officials. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386729
Chief Sephardic Rabbi explains his
position on the Draft = non-Torah students should go. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386682
https://www.timesofisrael.com/3-8-magnitude-quake-jostles-north-no-injuries-or-damage-reported/
Mar. 15th
Day 161
According to the report, the first phase will
include the release of women (including those Hamas defined as 'soldiers'),
children, the elderly, and male hostages who are ill. This is in exchange for
between 700-1,000 Arab terrorists. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386791
This is not as optimistic as the above article.
Hamas
proposal: Female soldiers to be freed in 1st stage in exchange for 100 life
prisoners | The Times of Israel
Chief Warrant Officer dies of wounds
from the stabbing attack. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386763
Gideon Saar is right wing while Ganz
is left. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386777
Bennett: The US lost 2400 at Pearl
Harbor and killed 3,000,000. Maybe it is time to
stop telling Israel Mussar. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386735
Fed. Judge denies Trump case for dismissal
on Classified Docs. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/flashes/627559
Aid
from Cyprus to enter Gaza via new pier; EU warns of pockets of famine | The
Times of Israel
SpaceX
nearly completes test flight of mega rocket, loses spacecraft near end | The Times
of Israel
Netanyahu – Qatar’s pressure on
Hamas starting to work. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386756
Ripe Banana Republic: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Thursday
sought to clarify his remarks against the Israeli government which caused a firestorm. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386773
Op-Ed Barry Shaw: Schumer betrayed
the Jewish People. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386762
The Coalition for Jewish Values (CJV),
representing over 2,500 traditional, Orthodox rabbis in American public policy,
today rebuked Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) for his
"counterproductive interference" in Israel's democratic government.
"Leader McConnell is right to call Sen. Schumer's statement hypocritical,
but it goes further: Mr. Schumer can best remind us that his name comes from
Shomer, Hebrew for guardian, by calling out members of his own party
trafficking in classically antisemitic tropes, like Reps. Omar and Tlaib. He
should apologize for his counterproductive interference in Israel's democratic
governance and self-defense." https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386757
Amb. Friedman: Biden is saving Hamas by trying
to stop Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386766
Shabbos lighting time. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/shabat
Two Palestinian Arab terrorists
approximately 18 years of age were arrested on Thursday night on suspicion of
planning to carry out an attack against Jews in the community of Kfar Eldad in
Gush Etzion. The community’s security patrol identified the two and arrested
them. The two were armed with a large knife and a sword. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386775
Pallywood Productions Presents: Israel fired on
Gazans waiting for aid. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386776
Lebanese Paper Reports that Israel to launch
pinpoint raids into Rafah. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386794
2024 antisemitism 124% higher than
2023. https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-792083
Want peace be prepared for war. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-792060
I feel the earth move under my feet.
https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-791727
Vancouver man arrested for
antisemitism. https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-791972
https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/03/14/delta-air-resume-flights-israel-june-7/
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386791
Have a healthy, happy,
peaceful and restful Shabbos,
Rachamim Pauli
