Parsha Shemini
Last week, our Parsha
ended with the consecration of the Mishkan and the Cohanim. After a week, Moshe
turns over the reigns to Aaron and his sons. On the eight day they are on their
own. Our Parsha starts off with Vayehi which means bad things are about to
happen.
Without further ado or
commentary, I present the narrative of the Pasukim of Chapter 9 and then
comment.
9:1 And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called
Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel; 2 and he said unto
Aaron: 'Take thee a bull-calf for a sin-offering, and a ram for a
burnt-offering, without blemish, and offer them before the LORD. 3 And
unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying: Take ye a he-goat for a
sin-offering; and a calf and a lamb, both of the first year, without blemish,
for a burnt-offering; 4 and an ox and a ram for peace-offerings, to
sacrifice before the LORD; and a meal-offering mingled with oil; for to-day the
LORD appears unto you.' 5 And they brought that which Moses commanded
before the tent of meeting; and all the congregation drew near and stood before
the LORD. 6 And Moses said: 'This is the thing which the LORD
commanded that ye should do; that the glory of the LORD may appear unto
you.' 7 And Moses said unto Aaron: 'Draw near unto the altar, and
offer thy sin-offering, and thy burnt-offering, and make atonement for thyself,
and for the people; and present the offering of the people, and make atonement
for them; as the LORD commanded.' 8 So Aaron drew near unto the
altar, and slew the calf of the sin-offering, which was for
himself. 9 And the sons of Aaron presented the blood unto him; and he
dipped his finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, and
poured out the blood at the base of the altar. 10 But the fat, and
the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver of the sin-offering, he made smoke upon
the altar; as the LORD commanded Moses. 11 And the flesh and the skin
were burnt with fire without the camp. 12 And he slew the
burnt-offering; and Aaron's sons delivered unto him the blood, and he dashed it
against the altar round about. 13 And they delivered the
burnt-offering unto him, piece by piece, and the head; and he made them smoke
upon the altar. 14 And he washed the inwards and the legs, and made
them smoke upon the burnt-offering on the altar. 15 And the people's
offering was presented; and he took the goat of the sin-offering which was for
the people, and slew it, and offered it for sin, as the first. 16 And
the burnt-offering was presented; and he offered it according to the
ordinance. 17 And the meal-offering was presented; and he filled his
hand therefrom, and made it smoke upon the altar, besides the burnt-offering of
the morning. 18 He slew also the ox and the ram, the sacrifice of
peace-offerings, which was for the people; and Aaron's sons delivered unto him
the blood, and he dashed it against the altar roundabout, 19 and the
fat of the ox, and of the ram, the fat tail, and that which covers the inwards,
and the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver. 20 And they put the fat
upon the breasts, and he made the fat smoke upon the altar. 21 And
the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved for a wave-offering before the
LORD; as Moses commanded. 22 And Aaron lifted up his hands toward the
people, and blessed them; and he came down from offering the sin-offering, and
the burnt-offering, and the peace-offerings. 23 And Moses and Aaron
went into the tent of meeting, and came out, and blessed the people; and the
glory of the LORD appeared unto all the people. 24 And there came
forth fire from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the burnt-offering
and the fat; and when all the people saw it, they shouted, and fell on their
faces.
The Bnei Yisrael watched
the ceremony on the eight day of the dedication of the Mizbayach. They saw the
slaughter of the bull, the Billy-goat slaughtered, meal offering, ram etc. They
watched the gathering and sprinkling of the blood of the Korbanos and the
flaying of the animals and placing them on the Mizbayach. The Cohanim then
blessed the nation with the Berchas Cohanim (that will only be mentioned later
in Vayikra) but they knew it from Moshe. Suddenly fire comes down from heaven
or spontaneous combustion on the Mizbayach that the people immediately
recognized DIVINE Intervention and fell on their faces, “Blessed be the L-RD
from HIS Kingdom forever.”
This was the happiest
time for Am Yisrael.
10:1 And Nadab and Abihu,
the sons of Aaron, took each of them his censer, and put fire therein, and laid
incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which He had not
commanded them.
Because of the prohibition of drinking that follows, our
Sages of blessed memory deduct that these two sons of Aaron had been drinking
and too merry and then offered up the strange fire.
2 And
there came forth fire from before the LORD, and devoured them, and they died
before the LORD.
Like in the army, you are given certain orders. Straying to
the right or the left can result in your death or that of innocent civilians.
3 Then
Moses said unto Aaron: 'This is it that the LORD spoke, saying: Through them
that are nigh unto Me I will be sanctified, and before all the people I will be
glorified.' And Aaron held his peace.
I thought that HASHEM might take either you or I for HIS
Glory but instead, HE took your sons. Aaron was speechless. He could not
criticize nor praise HASHEM as HASHEM gave him sons and then took them close to
HIMSELF.
4 And
Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and
said unto them: 'Draw near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out
of the camp.' 5 So they drew near, and carried them in their tunics
out of the camp, as Moses had said.
These Leviim were first cousins and called to help for Moshe,
Aaron and the two other Cohanim might have to serve HASHEM at any moment and
could not be Tumay.
6 And
Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons: 'Let not
the hair of your heads go loose, neither rend your clothes, that ye die not,
and that He be not wroth with all the congregation; but let your brethren, the
whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled. 7
And ye shall not go out from the door of the tent of meeting, lest ye die; for
the anointing oil of the LORD is upon you.' And they did according to the word
of Moses.
Because you have to serve HASHEM, you cannot mourn and
therefore the Nation will mourn in your place.
8 And
the LORD spoke unto Aaron, saying: 9 'Drink no wine nor strong drink,
thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tent of meeting, that ye die
not; it shall be a statute forever throughout your
generations. 10 And that ye may put difference between the holy and
the common, and between the unclean and the clean; 11 and that ye may
teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto
them by the hand of Moses.'
Service (Avoda) of HASHEM has to be sober and ritually Tahor.
12 And
Moses spoke unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were
left: 'Take the meal-offering that remains of the offerings of the LORD made by
fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar; for it is most
holy. 13 And ye shall eat it in a holy place, because it is thy due,
and thy sons' due, of the offerings of the LORD made by fire; for so I am commanded. 14 And
the breast of waving and the thigh of heaving shall ye eat in a clean place;
thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee; for they are given as thy due,
and thy sons' due, out of the sacrifices of the peace-offerings of the children
of Israel.
The Korbanos must be done as commanded without room to
maneuver to the right or the left in purity and eaten in a ritually pure place.
15 The
thigh of heaving and the breast of waving shall they bring with the offerings
of the fat made by fire, to wave it for a wave-offering before the LORD; and it
shall be thine, and thy sons' with thee, as a due for ever; as the LORD hath
commanded.'
There are 24 gifts given to the Kahuna. The breast and right
thigh are two of them.
16 And
Moses diligently inquired for the goat of the sin-offering, and, behold, it was
burnt; and he was angry with Eleazar and with Ithamar, the sons of Aaron that
were left, saying: 17 'Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin-offering
in the place of the sanctuary, seeing it is most holy, and He hath given it you
to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the
LORD? 18 Behold, the blood of it was not brought into the sanctuary
within; ye should certainly have eaten it in the sanctuary, as I commanded.' 19 And
Aaron spoke unto Moses: 'Behold, this day have they offered their sin-offering
and their burnt-offering before the LORD, and there have befallen me such
things as these; and if I had eaten the sin-offering to-day, would it have been
well-pleasing in the sight of the LORD? 20 And when Moses heard that,
it was well-pleasing in his sight.
Is it fitting for me to eat meat after what has happened
today? The death of two sons of Aaron after the joy of having fire come down
from heaven to the Mizbayach was a shock equivalent or worse than what happened
recently with the Hamas attack on Simchas Torah.
11:1 And the
LORD spoke unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them: 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying: These are
the living things which ye may eat among all the beasts that are on the
earth. 3 Whatsoever parts the hoof,
and is wholly cloven-footed, and chews the cud, among the beasts, that may ye
eat.
Any animals that possess both properties, one can eat. But having
only one excludes that animal.
4 Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that only
chew the cud, or of them that only part the hoof: the camel, because he chews
the cud but parts not the hoof, he is unclean unto you. 5 And the rock-badger, because he chews the cud but
parts not the hoof, he is unclean unto you. 6 And the hare, because she chews the cud but parts not
the hoof, she is unclean unto you.
Out of all the animals in the world in all the continents, some
were unknown at the time of Moshe, only these three ruminate and not have
cloven hooves.
7 And the swine, because he parts the hoof, and is
cloven-footed, but chews not the cud, he is unclean unto you.
Out of all the animals in the world that do not chew the cud
such as the horse, donkey, bear, etc. only the pig/boar has cloven feet. There
is a physical animal in the South Seas called a Tapir that is similar in shape
to the pig but chews its cud. Many Rabbis say that since we have no tradition
of eating this animal, we would forbid it. However, in my humble opinion the
Torah seems to approve eating it by definition.
8 Of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses
ye shall not touch; they are unclean unto you.
If you have a US Football known as the pigskin, if it is made
that way, it is Tumay and also would be forbidden to play with on Shabbos or
Yom Tov.
9 These may ye eat of all that are in the waters:
whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers,
them may ye eat.
I heard from my Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Yacov London ZTZAL, that
if the fish has scales, it will have fins. There is one Eel maybe the Moray Eel
that has scales in the water but fall off when removed from the water. This
time we look at it out of the water it is not kosher. Certainly, we have no
traditions regarding eating this eel.
10 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas,
and in the rivers, of all that swarm in the waters, and of all the living
creatures that are in the waters, they are a detestable thing unto you,
This applies to sharks, sturgeons, sting-rays, eels, crabs,
sea horses, squid, etc.
11 and they shall be a detestable thing unto you; ye
shall not eat of their flesh, and their carcasses ye shall have in
detestation. 12 Whatsoever hath no
fins nor scales in the waters, that is a detestable thing unto you. 13 And these ye shall have in detestation among the
fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are a detestable thing: the great vulture,
and the bearded vulture, and the ospray;
The Torah goes on to describe birds of prey.
14 and the kite, and the falcon after its kinds; 15 every raven after its kinds; 16 and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew,
and the hawk after its kinds; 17 and
the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl; 18 and the horned owl, and the pelican, and the
carrion-vulture; 19 and the stork,
and the heron after its kinds, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
The bat is a mammal but due to the classification of flying like a bird. The flying squirrel is a glider and not like the bat that flies on its own. Both the squirrel and mouse are considered detestable things similar to what we say creepy crawlers.
Kosher Birds:
20 All winged swarming things that go upon all fours are
a detestable thing unto you. 21 Yet
these may ye eat of all winged swarming things that go upon all fours, which
have jointed legs above their feet, wherewith to leap upon the earth; 22 even these of them ye may eat: the locust after its
kinds, and the bald locust after its kinds, and the cricket after its kinds,
and the grasshopper after its kinds.
A few times locusts came to Israel. The Yemenites had a tradition
and the Ashkenazim from Europe not and they refused to eat them. However, I personally
feel that the Ashkenazim should have relied upon the Yemenite Jews as they are
Shomer Shabbos GD fearing people.
23 But all winged swarming things, which have four feet,
are a detestable thing unto you. 24 And
by these ye shall become unclean; whosoever touches the carcass of them shall
be unclean until even. 25 And
whosoever bears aught of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be
unclean until the even.
All other insects are forbidden to eat from the ant, fly, spider,
etc.
26 Every beast which parts the hoof, but is not cloven
footed, nor chews the cud, is unclean unto you; every one that touches them
shall be unclean. 27 And whatsoever
goes upon its paws, among all beasts that go on all fours, they are unclean unto
you; whoso touches their carcass shall be unclean until the even.
There are many mammals that have paws or hooves that are not
split that are forbidden unto us to eat and Tumay to the touch.
28 And he that bears the carcass of them shall wash his
clothes, and be unclean until the even; they are unclean unto you. 29 And these are they which are unclean unto you among
the swarming things that swarm upon the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and
the great lizard after its kinds, 30 and
the gecko, and the land-crocodile, and the lizard, and the sand-lizard, and the
chameleon.
Chipmunks also fall under the category here of detestable
animals.
31 These are they which are unclean to you among all that
swarm; whosoever doth touch them, when they are dead, shall be unclean until
the even.
I assume that this covers reptiles and amphibians.
32 And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead,
doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment,
or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherewith any work is done, it must
be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; then shall it be
clean. 33 And every earthen vessel
where into any of them falls, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean, and it ye
shall break. 34 All food therein
which may be eaten, that on which water cometh, shall be unclean; and all drink
in every such vessel that may be drunk shall be unclean. 35 And everything whereupon any part of their carcass
falls shall be unclean; whether oven, or range for pots, it shall be broken in
pieces; they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you. 36 Nevertheless a fountain or a
cistern wherein is a gathering of water shall be clean; but he who touches
their carcass shall be unclean.
The dead detestable things render your utensils Tumay and non-metallic
objects that cannot be koshered by fire have to be broken.
37 And if aught of their carcass fall upon any sowing
seed which is to be sown, it is clean. 38 But if water be put upon the seed, and aught of their
carcass fall thereon, it is unclean unto you. 39 And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die, he that
touches the carcass thereof shall be unclean until the even. 40 And he that eats of the carcass
of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even; he also that bears
the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
The Tikun (repair) from Tuma of clothing is washing.
41 And every swarming thing that swarms upon the earth
is a detestable thing; it shall not be eaten. 42 Whatsoever goes upon the belly, and whatsoever goes
upon all fours, or whatsoever hath many feet, even all swarming things that
swarm upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are a detestable
thing. 43 Ye shall
not make yourselves detestable with any swarming thing that swarms, neither
shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled
thereby.
One should always try to be in a state of ritual purity. If
you ask why the answer is in the next Pasuk.
44 For I am the LORD your God; sanctify yourselves
therefore, and be ye holy; for I am holy; neither shall ye defile yourselves
with any manner of swarming thing that moves upon the earth.
Therefore since G-D is Holy keep yourselves Holy!
45 For I am the LORD that brought you up out of the land
of Egypt, to be your God; ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. 46 This is the law of the beast, and
of the fowl, and of every living creature that moves in the waters, and of
every creature that swarms upon the earth; 47 to make a difference between the unclean and the clean,
and between the living thing that may be eaten and the living thing that may
not be eaten.
This whole section and
the next few Parshiyos are a distraction from the calamity of the death of the
two sons of Aaron.
Parsha HaChodesh (Shemos {Ex.} 12:1-20)
This Parsha signifies
the real start of the Torah for Am Yisrael as a nation. Prior to Rosh Chodesh
Nisan 2448, we were Bnei Adam, Bnei Noach, Bnei Avos but not yet a nation.
Until this time, we are just part of all the Goyim of the world. We are part of
Nimrod’s Citizens, Canaan’s Citizens, Egyptian Citizens but not Yisraelim.
Molad for Nisan: Will occur (April 8) Monday Evening 57 Minutes and
7Chalakim After 10 O’clock Jerusalem Time.
Between Purim and
Pesach, I like to give a pep talk and some Halachos for the Seder. This year is
different from all other years. Gog and Magog is so much closer and so is
Moshiach. But getting down to the practical. My wife basically has a good deal
of the pantry cleaned and ready. Sugar, salt, tea, pudding, spices, jam,
ketchup, mouth wash, coffee, tea, cleaners, dates, wine, and other things
kosher LePesach.
My house is basically
cleaned for Pesach minus a corner with cat food, Menashe, forester son’s room,
parts of the Kitchen and dining rooms. Since Rosh Chodesh is quickly
approaching one does not have much time. Our goal is to have a kosher kitchen
minus the microwave oven and dining room by Thursday April 18th Yud
Nisan. Have you started cleaning, clearing, shopping making plans? Don’t be a
slacker!
On the personal front.
Rosh Chodesh Nisan is the day that I vacuum the carpet both sides, turn over
and spray and scrap the carpet with carpet cleaner.
Getting older. When my
kids were three they never would dare take Chametz out of the kitchen-dinette
area. Wednesday, my three year old great grandson, Aharon Yehuda Liab, brought
a bagel he was eating into my office. I looked at his sweet innocent face and
could not get even frustrated. My pleasure was buying a children’s Haggadah for
five year old, Yair Avraham. I pointed out to him the letters of the words of
the 4 questions and the song in Hebrew.
He looked at the numbers of “Who knows one”? song. This is the real reason we
have a Seder. “On that day you shall say (to your son) this is what HASHEM did
to me when I left Mitzrayim.” I will not be by my children this year for the
Seder. I have to show Menashe, forester song, how I conduct a Seder as he has
never seen it conducted by me.
Lt. David Yiftah sees you clearly. English Rachamim
Pauli
Last week, I left both
you and I with a cliff hanger that was rebroadcasted on the morning show
Sunday: There is one story that has not been shown on the Israeli TV but
advertised for the time of Kabbalas Shabbos (taking upon us Shabbos). It is
about a soldier that entered a building, got caught in a firefight. He fell
wounded to the floor and could not see. He kept saying Shema Yisrael in his
head. He prayed that his unit would not first throw a grenade into the room.
THIS DETAIL MAY BE A STORY FROM SGT. FIRST CLASS YANUN BELOW AND CONFUSED
WITHIN MY MEMORY.
The story is …
Dovid was leading a
group of soldiers into a building. They were spotted by an enemy with an RPG.
The RPG was launched into the building and two soldiers died on the spot. Dovid
was wounded badly and lost completely his eyesight.
Dovid is brought to the
hospital unconscious. Everything seems to be healing. But his eyesight is gone.
He has his eyes wide open but cannot see. There was nothing wrong with his
optic nerve but it seemed a trauma similar to Ray Charles becoming blind.
The doctors did what
they could. Then one day, he could see again. The doctors gave him an eye test.
I see the big Three. Then he saw the two and an eight until bingo he was back
to being 20/20 or 6/6 in Israel.
His parents were in the
room and first his father breaks down in tears and then his mother. The L-RD
gave, took away and returned the eyesight.
Another soldier lost sight in one eye and regained it, a miracle
in itself but not like David’s.
Another story of a soldier hit with his brothers in arms from a grenade
tossed from a paraglider with shrapnel in his chest going on to compete in a
triathlon.
Koach Bar
and tank number 3 retold in English and condensed R. Pauli
Perhaps a miracle that they survived a prolonged
battle against many.
HASHEM gives us miracles daily. Some are simple. I woke up,
got up, lost my balance almost fell through the glass pain of the window but
caught the window sill in time. It is as simple as that. But had I gone through
the window pane what injury could I have lost my life or been crippled. I was
saved from danger in a split second.
Bar was the commander of a tank company. On Oct. 7th
he and tank number 3 were in charge of 15 square kilometers of turf to defend.
Two tanks defending 10 square miles approximately. Like in my days, the
maintenance of vehicles was lax. Tank 3 was missing a small cheap part that
would have made it work. Instead, it could only travel at 10 km an hour or a
crawl. The terrorists easily hit it. It was the burning tank filmed on Oct. 7th.
One or two men died and two or three are captive in Gaza.
Bar passed by tank 3. His object was to take out the
pick-up trucks entering Israel. It was not easy, hard to aim the tank when one
is ducking RPGs. Sometimes trucks were hit. Other times terrorist ran at the tank
with grenades and the driver had to crush them under the treads to stay alive.
The battle raged for an hour and Bar took up a position defending and saving at
least in part one Kibbutz.
The Tank was hit and knocked out of commission. Bar and
company commandeered a police vehicle or two and returned back to get another
tank out of the garage. Had the tank garrison been fully manned, most of the
attack in his area could have been put down instead of two decommissioned
tanks.
Amit Bar Zev with a heart of Shrapnel for you. Eng.
R. Pauli
Sgt. Amit was a handsome
Golani Soldier. His unit was in Gaza. They were taking a break from the fierce
fighting that was going on. Unknown to him and his friends, Arab spotters had
pin pointed his whereabouts for Mortar fire. The Mortar shell landed square
next to him sending a piece of shrapnel into his heart. He was still breathing
on his own and conscious when he was brought into a Namer APC where the doctor
was. The Namer drove away from the shelling but he had to be operated outside
as there was no space for the doctor to properly save him.
Then he lost
consciousness and stopped breathing. The doctor and the evacuation medical
helicopter kept him going to the hospital. It was decided in the hospital that
removing the shrapnel would be more dangerous than leaving it in place. Amit is
now humble but he cannot walk much better than I a 76 year old with
disabilities. But he is alive a walking. He misses being with his Golani
buddies now near Lebanon.
So girls, if you are
looking for a man with a heart full of shrapnel just for you, he’s it.
Aytan Tessler and Shalom the paramedic from Givati.
It’s good to be alive told by both on TV. English
Rachamim Pauli
Sgt. First Class Yanun and the severely injured
engineering soldier.
These two miracle
stories will have to be next week.
Chilul HASHEM is
unsettling. https://www.meaningfullife.com/mlc-tv/can-a-truly-religious-person-be-immoral/
Milestone: Judith Hemmendinger, 100, Judith
Hemmendinger has passed away. She was an author, social worker, and recipient
of the Legion of Honor award. Previously she managed the Jewish Orphanage for
Buchenwald Concentration Camp survivors in France. She is the author of The
Children of Buchenwald: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387596
Milestone: David Halfon, 73, song
writer. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387355
Milestone: Sami Michael, 97,
novelist, minority rights fighter. Sami
Michael, Iraqi-born and award-winning Israeli author and activist, dies at 97 |
The Times of Israel
Milestone: Camil Fuchs, 78, main pollster for
Arutz 13 and often quoted in Inyanay Diyoma dies. Israeli pollster
Camil Fuchs dies aged 78 - The Jerusalem Post (jpost.com)
Inyanay Diyoma
Mar. 30 – 31
Days 176 – 177 26th week
starts as we approach half a year of war and captives.
US
approves transfer of over 2,000 bombs, 25 F-35s to Israel -- report | The Times
of Israel
2stabbed in Beer Sheva. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387655
Wednesday, we lost a soldier like the item above
it got buried in the vast amount of news. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387471
Sunday, 12:08 p.m.: Sirens sounded in northern Israel.
Targeted terror cell transporting arms.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387622
IDF fighter jets on Saturday struck Hezbollah
terrorist infrastructure in the areas of Taybeh, Naqoura, and Hanine. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387625
Shira Elbag, mother of hostage Liri Elbag, spoke
Saturday night at a rally aimed at pressuring Israel's government to cave to
Hamas' demands and agree to a hostage swap deal, no matter what the terms. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387628
UNIFIL and Israel in Lebanon. Their
claim. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387624
Lev Tahor abduction case conviction.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387631
Pay for Slay. PA
in final stages of talks with US to reform 'pay-to-slay' policy - sources | The
Times of Israel
From
Monique B. Israel and Hezballah/ Iran: https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?mibextid=WC7FNe&rdid=oJVqCrNn0v4D49O9&ref=watch_permalink&v=1107319207080034
Op-Ed Biden turns his back on us. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387398
Terrorist hide as civilians in
hospitals store their weapons nearby. Gun and Grenades found. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387530
Diane Bederman in an e-mail to me
expressed her concern for American (and Canadian) Jewry. Democrats such as
Spielberg, Lieberman and Dershowitz are worried.
Public service note: Learning that Joe Lieberman had died after a fall
wasn’t all that surprising. Every year 1 in 4 people older than 65 in
this country suffer a fall, making it the leading cause of injury for
this demographic.
The north is heating up. In a brief
statement on Friday, the head of northern command stated that the IDF is ready
for a full scale war at any moment. While
diplomatic efforts go on, IDF is bracing for short but devastating war in
Lebanon | The Times of Israel
IDF:
Drone launched by Hezbollah from Lebanon hit open area in Mount Dov | The Times
of Israel
We are prepared: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387603
Gallant ordered expansion of military in north. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rjcssle1r
Target from Syria downed. https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/2024-03-31/live-updates-794477
https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-gasoline-prices-to-rise-for-fourth-straight-month-1001475162
Hostages not returning blame Sinwar.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387663
United Protests after families of
hostages are tired of the procrastination of Netanyahu. After
nearly six months of war, hostages' families join with anti-government rallies
| The Times of Israel
Israeli
couple dies in small airplane crash in California | The Times of Israel
Arab
Maria: Man
shot dead in northern town of Abu Snan | The Times of Israel
London-based
Iranian journalist in stable condition after stabbing attack | The Times of
Israel
Terrorist who spied on soldiers
taken out. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387461
On the Draft. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387468
From Thomas: If you have time, the
best of Mark Levin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrprP4ragm0
Head of Porat Yosef Yeshiva on draft
vs. Torah. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387468
The officials hinted that a military operation in Rafah is expected to
begin around the holiday of Eid al-Fitr, which falls in the middle of April
this year.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387462
IAF goes back to training exercises.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387462
Actor-singer-hero turns down Israel
Prize this year while his buddies are being shot at in Gaza. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387452
MK Ariel Kallner initiated a Knesset session aimed
at promoting the construction industry in order to obviate the need for using
Palestinian workers in the future. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387443
From Wednesday: In a counterterror operation in Jenin, IAF aircraft
eliminated two armed terrorists in an airstrike. The engineering corps
destroyed a vehicle in which pre-prepared explosives were located, and arrested
two suspects who were in the vehicle prior to its destruction. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387453
Devil went down to Gaza – rapists. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387540
Crown Heights Rabbis against secular
studies. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387534
Chief Rabbi to Yeshiva Students
learn more. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387539
From Thursday a target taken down
Tsfat. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387531
Next election what info is needed. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387508
New Born dies after home birth. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387597
Victory against US Sanctions. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387600
CIA understands Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387601
Israel and India advancing aircraft
industry. https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/article-794351
More arrests over terror in Russia. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-794339
Blood Bank shortage. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-794106
Source of Methane Gas. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-794246
Hostages not returning blame Sinwar.
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-794246
Molotov Cocktail throwers caught. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387680
Over the past day, the IAF struck approximately
80 terror targets across the Gaza Strip, including military compounds,
compounds in which Hamas terrorists were located, and additional terrorist
infrastructure. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387657
Singing Terrorists. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387656
Central Command commander Major General Yehuda
Fuchs has compiled a plan for protecting towns in Judea and Samaria with teams
of Charedi yeshiva students who will not need to be formally enlisted into the
IDF. The network will be mainly staffed by Charedim otherwise intended for IDF
service, and be considered an alternative to IDF service. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387654
New off-road military vehicles en
route. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-794458
GPS hacking a threat. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-794443
Yair Netanyahu in FL costs a lot. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/benjamin-netanyahu/article-794432
Apr. 1st
Day 178
With two more soldiers lost and
another attack at a gym in Gan Yavne with three injured two seriously it is not
a April Fools day joke. In fact the one making the joke is the fool.
Three
seriously wounded in terror stabbing spree at Gan Yavne mall | The Times of
Israel
When we get an Aliyah to Torah we
call the Cohain first but here unfortunately are the words “Ayn Kan Cohain” as
Nadav fell. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387706
Earlier it was announced that a
second commando hit by the Friday RPG had passed away from his wounds. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387694
Updates North and South. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387664
Suspicious aero device from Yarden. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387700
Gallant, "In the last week or two, hundreds of terrorists have
been captured and what they say about what happened to them tells the whole
story. They say that Hamas is collapsing from within, the prices they are
paying are very heavy, the terrorists themselves testify that they can no
longer bear this burden." https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387701
The Hamas terrorist organization on Sunday
accused rivals with the Palestinian Authority of sending security officers into
northern Gaza under cover of securing aid trucks. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387705
The US and Israel are expected to hold a virtual
meeting on Monday to discuss the Biden administration's alternative proposals
to an Israeli military invasion of Rafah, four Israeli and US officials told
Barak Ravid of Axios on Sunday. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387704
Day 178 Part 2
Sister of Hamas Leader arrested. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387714
Car thief hits Police Officer. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387728
Film of Terrorist elimination in Gan Yavne. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387717
Leading Rabbi calls for more donations from
Abroad. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387711
Shifa Hospital battle over. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387716
Col. commanding the Brigade talks. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387731
Protecting Qatari Buildings endanger soldiers. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387727
Finance Min. Ignore Americans go into Rafah. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387735
Wants elections next January. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387732
Israel attacks 10 Hezballah terror targets. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387724
Apr. 2
Day 179
The 600th soldier since Oct.
7th fell yesterday. I started Pesach Shopping today. Lot more things
to buy but it delayed the news output. Shop slowly and surely clean slowly and
surely with a plan.
25 TARGETS hit in Gaza. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387778
Apr. 5th
University, estimates that the assassination of
the senior IRGC officer Mohammad Reza Zahedi in Syria will not lead Hezbollah to
intensify the attacks against Israel on the Lebanon border. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387777
Defense Min. does not let intelligence
committee visit Gaza. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387771
https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/04/01/exhibit-nova-music-festival-massacre-coming-new-york-spring/
https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/04/01/smith-college-building-occupied-anti-zionist-group/
Despite the war, PTSD and more some idiot sold
fireworks to just as stupid kids on Purim. No
fireworks this year as Israel plans for subdued Independence Day celebrations |
The Times of Israel
Arabs: Two
arrested on suspicion of kidnapping, raping 15-year-old girl | The Times of
Israel
CDC
warns of invasive bacterial outbreak amid spike in cases and fatality rates |
Fox News
RFK
Jr. says Biden 'much worse' threat to democracy than Trump | Fox News
Suspect
arrested after school shooting in Finland, multiple wounded | Fox News
Women was offered another job same
status in a different office: Minister's
aide fired shortly after maternity leave, while husband serving in Gaza | The
Times of Israel
Hundreds
of ultra-Orthodox block Route 4 in protest against IDF conscription | The Times
of Israel
Spain
to recognize Palestinian statehood by July, its PM says | The Times of Israel
Drone
strikes open area in Jordan, 200 meters from border with Israel | The Times of
Israel
Apr. 3rd
Day 180
Fighting in close quarters in Khan
Unis. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387845
4 policemen injured by Arab ramming.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387829
Biden angry that aid workers were
not protected. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387830
COS on 7 aid workers killed by
accident. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387828
Iran threatens Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387854
Earth was created 5782 years ago
somebody thinks there is a 7,000 year old canoe. https://www.ynetnews.com/health_science/article/s1gqsy9jr
European Badger is touring the
Negev. https://www.ynetnews.com/environment/article/r1sxokcyr#autoplay
Unlike Israel, Iran is preparing for
the day after. While negotiations for a hostage deal
are at a standstill and Israel feels hints of a "quagmire" in the
Gaza Strip, it seems that in Iran preparations are already underway for the
post-war period.
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/s1lntqv1a
Trump calls
undocumented immigrants 'animals' liable to violence | The Times of Israel
At least 29 dead as
blaze rips through apartment block in Istanbul | The Times of Israel
Drone explodes in
Jordan near southern Israel's Ramon Airport | The Times of Israel
US congressman denies
calling to nuke Gaza after urging Hiroshima-like tactics | The Times of Israel
Op-Ed Protests in Israel a
particular joy for our adversaries. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/h13cllvyc#autoplay
Op-Ed on integrating Charedim. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rjn1ndtyc
N. Korea and hypersonic missile. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387832
“I saw publications according to which the IDF ordered young
female cadets in an officers' course to guard the Nukhba terrorists that were
captured," he said. "This is contrary to the report on the protection
of female soldiers that we published a little over a year ago and teaches that
the lessons from the poignant report were not learned." https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387794
A number of Arabs on Tuesday attacked Yedidya Talia, a Jewish shepherd from the Talia
farm on Mount Hebron, near the town of Yatir. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387803
Charedim: Rabbi Hirsch explained, "This is
not the time, and we must not bring about the breakdown of the coalition before
we have exhausted every effort to pass a Draft Law by consensus." https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387801
Dangerous demonstrations: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387821
"Just last week I warned the
head of the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) about the disregard for the Prime
Minister's security and was dismissed. I demand that the Shin Bet wake up
immediately and take seriously the security of the Prime Minister of Israel and
his family. A situation where thousands of people break into the area of the
Prime Minister's Residence and the Shin Bet turns a blind eye is
unacceptable." https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387823
Death is at 9 or more in 7.6 quake. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387833
Egypt-Yarden thwarting Israeli
temporary peace efforts. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387846
April 4th
Day 181
From Monique B. IDF Home Front Command to launch media campaign within days to prep
Israelis for war vs. Hezbollah; Bank of Israel tells local banks to prepare for
high demand for cash, as public may rush to withdraw funds in case of wartime
state of emergency.
Thomas B. sent me a news item that I
missed: An interview with the expert Dr. Mordechai Kedar on how demonstrations
exact a higher price for hostages. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387804
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on
Wednesday issued a threat to Israel and said it would “be slapped” after an air
strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus which killed seven Revolutionary
Guards, two of them generals, and which was blamed on Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387898
The United States, Britain and France on
Wednesday opposed a Russian-drafted UN Security Council statement that would
have condemned an attack on Iran's embassy compound in Syria. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387896
I don’t believe in rewarding bad
childish behavior. Demanding
action, relatives of hostages smear yellow paint on Knesset gallery windows |
The Times of Israel
After aid workers die, US pressure
rises. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387904
Ganz calls for new elections before a committee
investigates former IDF Chiefs and the misconception that lead to Oct. 7th.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387882
Chuck him out of the Senate: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387894
“Dear Senator Schumer, with your tremendous
enthusiasm for Israeli politics, don't forget that the gates of Israel are open
to you. You are more than welcome to immigrate and vote in the next elections.
Until then, please respect our democracy,” Diaspora Min. Chikli wrote on social
media. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387901
Joe and Jill went up the hill. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387899
Statehood through talks not at UN. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387906
Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh said on Wednesday that
the terrorist group was sticking to its conditions for a ceasefire in the Gaza
Strip, including an Israeli military withdrawal. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387900
Shabbos times Israel and major cities. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/shabat
Unfortunately, in response to the ongoing bloody struggle in Gaza, a
group of 450 North Americans who claim to be “rabbis and cantors” have now
signed a letter calling for an immediate ceasefire and surrender to the Arab
barbarians who started this war. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387907
According to Kan News, the decision
will authorize the Prime Minister and Defense Minister to make decisions, in a
very narrow forum, on the matter of expanding humanitarian aid. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387910
My death by Hamas exaggerated. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387873
https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/04/03/why-gaza-fatality-data-has-become-completely-unreliable/
Bus driver who caused the death of 3 charged. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387867
Rocket launcher found. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387879
UK poll conservatives down labor up. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387911
Howard Univ. in Harvard out. https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/04/03/campus-antisemitism-affecting-jewish-high-school-students-college-enrollment-decisions-new-poll-finds/
https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/04/03/drexel-university-jewish-center-vandalized-masked-culprits/
Since the slaying of the Iranian General, the
cities in Israel have been preparing food, water and underground parking lots
for shelters, chemical toilets, etc. The main government and army are far
behind in preparation. Signs are that things are getting over-heated in the
north. There was a larger Thursday crowd shopping for Shabbos and Pesach than
usual. People are starting to hoard bottled water and toilet paper. The banks
are preparing for a cash run on the automatic machines. This includes the
central bank of Israel and the stock market fell by 1.5% and people are purchasing
dollars. Air Defense units called up and all combat troops have leaves
cancelled.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387918
War in north will be difficult for Israel but a
catastrophe of Lebanon. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-7952212
Lidor Levi, injured in the Gan Yavne stabbing
attack last week, has died of his wounds, Tel Aviv's Ichilov Hospital announced
Thursday. Levi, a 34-year-old software engineer, is survived by his pregnant
wife and a six-month-old daughter. He is also survived by his parents, a
brother, and a sister. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387928
Terrorists planned to murder Police Minister
Ithamar Ben Gvir. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387927
ISIS planned an attack on stadium. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387920
The Hamas Propaganda vs. Dr. Phil. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387917
Hundreds of evacuees from southern Israel were
evacuated Thursday from the Cassia Hotel in Jerusalem, after a fire broke out
at the scene. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387922
IDF military intelligence chief
diagnosed with cancer – resigns. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-795292
3D 360 degree picture high-tech
woman leader. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-795292
Apr. 5th
Day 182
Health Ministry Director-General Moshe Bar Siman
Tov asked hospital directors and the heads of the health system to continue
preparing for a scenario of a mass-casualty incident and to hold drills for
medical staff to be prepared to treat patients and reinforce medical staff. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387953
"For the past half year, we have been in a
multi-front war and on high alert on all fronts. We look at the threats and
foil them all the time. We are constantly assessing the situation and take
everything that the enemy says seriously," Hagari stated. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387945
IDF Spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari
clarified that there has been no change to the instructions for civilians after
it was announced that the military is on heightened alert following the
assassination of a senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander in Syria this
week and leave for all combat soldiers was canceled. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387938
After talking with Biden: The statement said that the Cabinet authorized Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Minister Benny Ganz to
take immediate steps to increase humanitarian aid to the civilian population in
the Gaza Strip.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387957
Also CIA director to arrive. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387964
IDF soldiers and Border Police officers operated
on Thursday to arrest wanted suspects in the jurisdiction of the Etzion
Regional Brigade. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387954
"We interrogated terrorists who dealt in the
body parts of the victims of October 7th. They cut off limbs, took them with
them to Gaza, and planned to trade them in future negotiations for hostages. We
interrogated terrorists who were awash with hate, who took knives and murdered
anything they got their hands on," Binyamin recounted. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387939
Despite war, Israel looking for
normalization with the Saudis. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387971
They are too stubborn and will not
get anything. Hamas
official seems to reject latest hostage deal offer, demands full Israeli
pullout | The Times of Israel
Qatar and Barkat verbal duel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387964
New
national park centered on prehistoric site officially opens to public | The
Times of Israel
https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/04/04/israeli-favorite-ryanair-set-resume-flights-israel/
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387953
A healthy, happy, peaceful
and restful Shabbos,
Rachamim Pauli
