Of course there are many G-D Fearing Rabbis and some Charedi Jews. But sometimes people on the service whom you would not expect to be so righteous pop out as ordinary Jews. It is not the clothing or area that makes one G-D Fearing. There are people like Rabbi Yona Gewirtz Shlita and myself that don’t wear the usual Rabbinical Apparel or women who don’t dress up like Ms./Mrs. Charedi of the Month. You too can put in an effort just have faith. The more people who do so, the faster the Moshiach comes! Think about this when you read of the Hebrew “slave” in our Parsha.
Parsha Behar
We finished the holiness
of family relationships, the average Ben Yisrael and Cohanim and now the
holiness of the land.
1:1 And the
LORD spoke unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying:
Rabbi Yosef Ben Porat Shlita discussing the current war in
Gaza and the North stated that the main reason for us to leave Egypt was to get
the Torah at Sinai. I wish to add the words of the Pesach Song “Dayaynu” “If
G-D had given us the Torah but not taken us to Eretz Yisrael, it would have
been enough.” But joyfully we have the land and were given it to live within
and work the land. However, the holiness of the land renders the right to live
here under conditions. Otherwise if we do not meet the conditions of following
the commandments, “The land will vomit you out!”
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them:
When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath
unto the LORD.
Not unlike the Holy Nation of Yisrael, the inanimate land in
Kabbalah has a frequency vibration from the L-RD and it has its own Holy
Shabbos for the Holy Land.
3 Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou
shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the produce thereof. 4 But in
the seventh year shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath unto
the LORD; thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.
Similar to the worldly Shabbos, every seven years, the
holiness of the land of Yisrael gets a Shabbos and not that of other nations.
This is the Shmita and now work at all except to save a tree from a disaster
such as mites or disease similar to Pekuach Nefesh for mankind.
5 That which grows of itself of thy harvest thou shalt
not reap, and the grapes of thy undressed vine thou shalt not gather; it shall
be a year of solemn rest for the land.
In modern Israel, it is ridiculous for somebody in a city
like Tel Aviv, Ashkelon, Ashdod to take a bus back and forth to Chevron or even
a vineyard on a Kibbutz. The time and bus fare are more expensive than
importing grapes. Rather, the farmer gives his land to Beis Din and Beis Din
via the farmer collects for distribution at cost of workers gathering for Beis
Din, Kashrus Supervisors, Truck Drivers and store clerks. Our society is no
longer agricultural like in the days of Ruth gathering the forgotten Sheath.
6 And the sabbath-produce of the land shall be for food
for you: for thee, and for thy servant and for thy maid, and for thy hired
servant and for the settler by thy side that sojourn with thee; 7 and
for thy cattle, and for the beasts that are in thy land, shall all the increase
thereof be for food.
Instead of keeping the cows in a pen or stable, they can roam
the farmer’s field. In normal years, cotton plants are pulled up and replanted
from seeds but during Shmita, they are not pulled up but kept alive only where
Beis Din supervises as those who rely on selling the land, they are in theory
working for a non-Jew on his land.
8 And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto
thee, seven times seven years; and there shall be unto thee the days of seven
sabbaths of years, even forty and nine years. 9 Then shalt thou make
proclamation with the blast of the horn on the tenth day of the seventh month;
in the day of atonement shall ye make proclamation with the horn throughout all
your land.
After seven Shmita Years, one observes an extra year called
the Yovel and on Yom Kippur the Shofar is blown to proclaim liberty for Jewish
Slaves.
10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim
liberty throughout the land unto all the inhabitants thereof; it shall be a
jubilee unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye
shall return every man unto his family.
The Liberty does not apply to non-Jewish slaves as they are
considered property of the master. How does a Jew become a slave? He has stolen
something or famine has made him sell himself. If he stole, Beis Din sells him
and if he is impovished, he sells himself or his daughter as even a Shiduch for
the Master or his Son. She goes out upon reaching maturity if the Master or his
Son does not marry her. He goes out after six years or if he married the
non-Jewish Slave goes out on the Yovel even if he had his ear drilled to the
door post as mentioned elsewhere.
Return to his family. Unlike modern Eretz Yisrael. The land
was parceled out to tribes and families. After Yom Kippur in the Yovel Year, a
man who sold his family inheritance would claim it back. If he was not alive
then his sons or like Tzalphad his daughters.
11 A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you; ye
shall not sow, neither reap that which grows of itself in it, nor gather the
grapes in it of the undressed vines. 12 For it is a jubilee; it shall
be holy unto you; ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the
field. 13 In this year of jubilee ye shall return every man unto his
possession. 14 And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbor, or buy of
thy neighbor's hand, ye shall not wrong one another. 15 According to
the number of years after the jubilee thou shalt buy of thy neighbor, and
according unto the number of years of the crops he shall sell unto
thee. 16 According to the multitude of the years thou shalt increase
the price thereof, and according to the fewness of the years thou shalt
diminish the price of it; for the number of crops doth he sell unto
thee. 17 And ye shall not wrong one another; but thou shalt fear thy
God; for I am the LORD your God.
Let us say, that I want to learn Torah and write my BlogSpot
instead of working my family land. At close to 77, I no longer want to plow the
field. I can give it to my sons to work the land or lease it out until the next
Yovel at so and so much percentage of crops and sales per year.
18 Wherefore ye shall do My statutes, and keep Mine
ordinances and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.
About an hour ago, to this writing, I finally met the Op-Ed
writer Diane Weber Bederman and her friend Carol. Her friend Carol mentioned
that the division that was sewn by the non-religious in Tel Aviv at the Nila
Prayer on Yom Kippur Sept. 25th scared the living daylights out of
Carol. She had a gut feeling that G-D would not let such Sinas Chinom
(groundless hatred) among Jews go unpunished. It did not take long; the book
was sealed and less than two weeks later we got our answer. Remember that the
Airforce was supposed to report to COS and Defense Minister on Oct. 15th
if with the striking reserve pilots we would be ready for war. They wanted a
form of military coup but got what G-D wanted. BUT WHAT A PRICE! Now they want
to disband the Yeshiva Prayer and Learning protection for the army. WHEN G-D
SAYS to follow the statutes and ordinances AND DO THEM. HE means business and
then you shall dwell in safety. I am for drafting the non-Yeshiva people like I
was or my son who could only learn a up to 8 hours a day and was in Hesder
Yeshiva fighting unit. But don’t play with fire!
19 And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat
until ye have enough, and dwell therein in safety.
You follow the saying of Perkei Avos: Chapter 3:17 Rabbi
Eleazar Ben Azariah said: If there is no flour, there is no Torah; if there is no
Torah, there is no flour. We do not know the full dynamics and safety net from
Heaven nor how our income comes about but we should not call those that study
Torah for next to no income “parasites”.
20 And if ye shall say: 'What shall we eat the seventh
year? behold, we may not sow, nor gather in our increase'; 21 then I
will command My blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth
produce for the three years. 22 And ye shall sow the eighth year, and
eat of the produce, the old store; until the ninth year, until her produce come
in, ye shall eat the old store. 23 And the land shall not be sold in
perpetuity; for the land is Mine; for ye are strangers and settlers with
Me. 24 And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption
for the land.
So it was in the sixth year and the Shmita Year was 5733 and
in 5734 on Yom Kippur in midday a siren roared throughout the land.
25 If thy brother be waxen poor, and sell some of his
possession, then shall his kinsman that is next unto him come, and shall redeem
that which his brother hath sold. 26 And if a man have no one to
redeem it, and he be waxen rich and find sufficient means to redeem
it; 27 then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore
the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; and he shall return unto his
possession. 28 But if he have not sufficient means to get it back for
himself, then that which he hath sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath
bought it until the year of jubilee; and in the jubilee it shall go out, and he
shall return unto his possession.
If one of your extended family is so down and out that he has
to sell his land, then a brother or cousin should try to redeem it for him.
However, if this repeats itself, one is exempt as one does not have to go above
and beyond the help asked for by the Torah.
29 And if a man sell a dwelling-house in a walled city,
then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; for a full year
shall he have the right of redemption. 30 And if it be not redeemed
within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city
shall be made sure in perpetuity to him that bought it, throughout his
generations; it shall not go out in the jubilee.
This goes for a private house or condominium. However, in
modern civil law once sold it cannot be redeemed.
31 But the houses of the villages which have no wall
round about them shall be reckoned with the fields of the country; they may be
redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubilee.
This would apply for a farming village but not small
non-agricultural villages.
32 But as for the cities of the Levites, the houses of
the cities of their possession, the Levites shall have a perpetual right of
redemption. 33 And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house
that was sold in the city of his possession, shall go out in the jubilee; for
the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children
of Israel. 34 But the fields of the open land about their cities may
not be sold; for that is their perpetual possession.
The Leviim had no portion in the land of Eretz Yisrael. Since
they were holy, they would serve in 24 shifts in the Mishkan and Mikdash with
holidays participating in song at the Korbanos. So they were given 24
villages-cities with the surrounding areas for growing crops or having their
own farm animals. They would also be teachers in the area.
35 And if thy brother be waxen poor, and his means fail
with thee; then thou shalt uphold him: as a stranger and a settler shall he
live with thee. 36 Take thou no interest of him or increase; but fear
thy God; that thy brother may live with thee. 37 Thou shalt not give
him thy money upon interest, nor give him thy victuals for increase.
You shall not charge interest on money lent out. (How will
you be rewarded for this? The answer is in the following Pasuk and HE is the
loan guarantor.)
38 I am the LORD your God, who brought you forth out of
the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, to be your
God. 39 And if thy brother be waxen poor with thee, and sell himself
unto thee, thou shalt not make him to serve as a bondservant. 40 As a
hired servant, and as a settler, he shall be with thee; he shall serve with
thee unto the year of jubilee.
The general practice is to sell oneself to be a slave/servant
until the Shmita Year. However, if he loves the slave girl (non-Jew who has
dipped in the Mikvah already pending her release as a full Jew. She is property
of her owner along with her children) he then can have his ear drilled to the door
post and remain up to the Yovel. He is then freed with worker’s compensation
for all his years of work.
41 Then shall he go out from thee, he and his children
with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his
fathers shall he return.
After six years maximum or the Yovel, the Jewish bondman
shall be freed and he returns to his ancestral land.
42 For they are My servants, whom I brought forth out of
the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold as bondmen.
The Beit Din might sell a person when it has cause or a
father a daughter for a Shiduch for a rich man or his son.
43 Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor; but shalt
fear thy God.
The Jewish ‘Slave’-bondman shall not be treated like one’s property
but rather like an employee. Remember Rabbi Akiva was an employee of Kalba-Savua.
Rachel the daughter of the rich man found Akiva the shepherd to be intelligent
and tried to convince him to learn Torah. After he saw the hole made in a stone
by dripping water, he realized that drop by drop he could learn Torah and the ultra-wealthy
girl married him and lost her inheritance for 24years of poverty. This is the attitude
an employer/master should have towards his Jewish employee or bondman. There is
no Simon Lagree in Israel pursuing runaway ‘slaves’.
44 And as for thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, whom thou
mayest have: of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy
bondmen and bondmaids. 45 Moreover of the children of the strangers
that do sojourn among you, of them may ye buy, and of their families that are
with you, which they have begotten in your land; and they may be your
possession. 46 And ye may make them an inheritance for your children
after you, to hold for a possession: of them may ye take your bondmen forever;
but over your brethren the children of Israel ye shall not rule, one over another,
with rigor.
Even non-Jewish slaves (property of the owner), whether from
the land of Canaan or conquered, were to be treated with dignity. They were not
to be strung up in a shed with chains and beaten but to be treated like any
domestic servant of the rich today such as a cook, maid or butler. One should
allow them their dignity in their work.
47 And if a stranger who is a settler with thee be waxen
rich, and thy brother be waxen poor beside him, and sell himself unto the
stranger who is a settler with thee, or to the offshoot of a stranger's
family, 48 after that he is sold he may be redeemed;
one of his brethren may redeem him; 49 or his uncle,
or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his
family may redeem him; or if he be waxen rich, he may redeem himself.
During years of famine a person might sell himself and his
relatives or produce from his land could help pay for his redemption.
50 And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the
year that he sold himself to him unto the year of jubilee; and the price of his
sale shall be according unto the number of years; according to the time of a
hired servant shall he be with him.
The Torah is telling you that you must give worker’s
compensation to your “Hebrew slave”. That is why I call him a servant. Eved
Ivri might be translated as slave but he is a Hebrew in all ways for you.
Sometimes, the “slave” was freed so that he could testify for the declaration
of the new moon and even a non-Jewish Slave, who had been to Mikvah, could be
freed to become a full Jew for this purpose. [The general consensus among the
Rabbis was that one should not lightly free non-Jewish Slaves.]
51 If there be yet many years, according unto them he
shall give back the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought
for.
The cost of redemption early in the redemption process.
52 And if there remain but few years unto the year of
jubilee, then he shall reckon with him; according unto his years shall he give
back the price of his redemption. 53 As a servant
hired year by year shall he be with him; he shall not rule with rigor over him
in thy sight. 54 And if he be not redeemed by any of
these means, then he shall go out in the year of jubilee, he, and his children
with him. 55 For unto Me the children of Israel are
servants; they are My servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I
am the LORD your God.
The ending according to Rashi implies that perhaps the L-RD
has made him poor and you rich, but remember it is I, the L-RD your G-D, that
took you out of Mitzrayim and have made you wealth so behave yourself and serve
ME in awe and treat your servants correctly.
2:1 Ye shall make you no idols, neither shall ye rear you up
a graven image, or a pillar, neither shall ye place any figured stone in your
land, to bow down unto it; for I am the LORD your God. 2 Ye shall keep My sabbaths, and reverence My sanctuary: I
am the LORD.
My Shabbosos in including
Shabbos, Shmita and Yovel.
I am the L-RD meaning
I will give reward [to those who fulfill my Shabbos].
The following is from
Chabad Magazine since it has a copywrite and I did not get permission to copy
and paste I only supply the link. Rabbi Tilles and Torah.Org permit. https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/6437452/jewish/My-Husband-Was-in-a-Coma-and-I-Turned-Our-Lives-Around.htm#utm_medium=email&utm_source=1_chabad.org_magazine_en&utm_campaign=en&utm_content=content
The Jolted
German Jew by Rabbi Yerachmiel Tilles
https://ascentofsafed.com/Stories/Stories/5784/1378-35.html
Two hundred years ago, Germany was a place of flourishing Judaism. Despite
the inroads of the Reform movement, hundreds of thousands of G-d fearing Jews
faithfully learned and kept the Torah of their fathers.
One of these Jews, who we will call Mr. Deutch (even though his name is
not known anymore), had big problems. His 12-year-old son was deaf and mute; he
had not spoken or heard a word since birth, could not read or write, and
apparently was doomed to a life of ignorance and silence.
But Mr. Deutch did not give up easily; he brought the boy to the greatest
specialists and professors in the world. However, they all concluded that
although the lad seemed to be intelligent and could perhaps be taught to
perform simple tasks, he would certainly never be able to actually function
normally.
Sometime later, a strange rumor reached Mr. Deutch's ears. Someone told
him that in Poland there were Jews called 'Chasidim' who stressed joy and
boundless enthusiasm and had leaders called 'Rebbes' that did miracles such
as…healing the sick.
At first, he didn't believe it; Jews? Miracles? Things like that only
happened thousands of years ago, by people like Elijah the prophet. But now? In
the 18th century? Out of the question!
And what was this business about joy and excitement? In Germany this was
totally unheard of. German Judaism was, above all, normal, balanced, and
formal. Miracles, rarely, if ever entered the picture and even joy was
restricted to certain occasions and holidays.
But as he made more inquires and heard more details, he began to pay
attention. People were saying that there was a Jew called Rabbi
Yissachar-DovBer of Radoshitz, nicknamed the 'Sabba Kadisha' ('holy
grandfather'), who was a genius in Torah, knew all the books, had thousands of
pupils, and people came to him with their problems from all over Europe for
whom he did miracles!
Mr. Deutch thought it over for a few weeks and finally decided to give it
a try. He took a briefcase filled it with money, packed his bags, got into his
fancy carriage with his son, and a few days later they were standing in the
Synagogue of the "Holy Sabba of Radoshitz," waiting to be called for
an audience.
The Rebbe's door opened. A strikingly impressive Jew exited who introduced
himself as [Rabbi] Shlomo of Radomsk, a pupil of the holy Rabbi (who in
time would also become a holy Rebbe with thousands of followers of his own) and
invited them to enter.
Mr. Deutch entered with his son and was immediately struck by the holiness
of the old Rabbi sitting before him. The Rabbi asked what he wanted and Mr.
Deutch, knowing that this was his last hope, began weeping as he explained his
problem and finished, tears running down his face, with a promise from the
depths of his broken heart:
"Rebbe, if you can heal my son I'm willing to give you everything I
own, Everything! To start with, here is a briefcase full of money. Take it! And
if you cure my son, I'll sign over to you all the rest!"
With this he burst out into uncontrollable weeping, while his son just
looked on from his world of silence with a blank, slightly perplexed look on
his face.
The Rebbe of Radoshitz looked at him for a few seconds, nodded his head in
agreement and calmly said, "Listen, my friend. I will make you a deal.
Keep your money. All your riches can remain in your hands. You don't have to
give me even one penny. You can continue being a businessman, invest your money
and continue doing good deeds. Your money won't help. All I want is a
promise."
Mr. Deutch was all ears. He leaned forward expecting to hear a complicated
message. The Rebbe continued.
"I want you to promise that you won't cut your beard, not even trim
it, and let your peyos (hair hanging from the sides of the
head adjacent to the ears) grow from now on."
At first Mr. Deutch didn't understand. The Rebbe didn't want his money?
How could that be? He was ready to pay a lot of money... even all his
money. Besides, what possible good could come from a beard? Exactly the
opposite was the case! In Germany, top priority was given to being clean and
neat. A full beard (and especially with peyos) was sort of primitive and…ugly!!
He would be ostracized!
"Please, Rabbi," gasped Mr. Deutch as he leaned forward and
almost whispered to the Rebbe. "Anything but that! I'm prepared to give
you all my belongings; everything I have in the world. Dear Rabbi, think of the
charity and good deeds you could do with all that money.
"It's more than you think, Rabbi. I'm talking about millions of
marks! Please reconsider. People will understand. But a beard I cannot do! How
could I show my face before my family and friends? I am the head of the Jewish
community of my city! I would be looked at as if a madman."
The Rabbi gazed at him with soft eyes and answered, "If you truly
want your son to be healed then you must do as I say. The decision is in your hands."
After a few moments of painful contemplation, Mr. Deutch nodded his head
in agreement. He lovingly stroked his son's hair, and announced emotionally
that he was prepared to follow the Rebbe's orders.
But, he begged to be given just two more weeks. In two weeks would be the
wedding of his niece. After the wedding he could grow the beard and peyos, and
before the wedding he would get all his family ready for the change.
The 'tzadik' (holy Jew) gave him a sympathetic look that seemed to suggest
perhaps he would agree to such a reasonable request…but no. The Rebbe's
response was:
"No my friend, you must begin today. If you don't, I cannot help
you."
Mr. Deutch closed his eyes; it was obvious that an inner battle was raging
in his heart. Tears dripped down his cheeks. He wiped them off, then took out a
handkerchief, blew his nose, and stood straight. Quietly but assertively, he
exclaimed:
"Yes Rabbi, I shall do as you say. From now on, beginning today, I'll
grow a beard and side locks."
The Rebbe smiled and nodded firmly, shook Mr. Deutch's hand, and invited
him to join him and his chasidim (followers) at his Shabbat table the next
evening.
The word spread like fire, and on Shabbat evening (Shabbat and the
holidays begin at sunset) every Jewish male in Radoshitz was crowded in the
large room surrounding the hundred or so chasidim sitting along three sides of
the well-supplied and decorated long table.
The Rebbe sat at the head of the table, his pupil Rabbi Shlomo of Radomsk
at his right, with a slightly unshaven Mr. Deutch and son sat next to him. Tens
of other senior chasidim took cramped places around the table waiting for the
Rebbe to fill his cup with wine and make the Kiddush prayer
over a cup of wine to begin the meal.
The Rebbe closed his eyes while the hundreds of chasidim sang an
exceptionally beautiful, soulful song. It was as though the room had been transported
to another world.
Suddenly the Rebbe opened his eyes and motioned for one of the chassidim
to pour him wine. He then proceeded to stand, lift the full silver cup slowly,
and recited the 'Kiddush' (which praises G-d for giving the Holy
Shabbat). After, he sat and drank half of its contents.
The Rebbe motioned to the boy to come to him. The crowd suddenly was
absolutely silent. When the boy stood slowly and approached the Rebbe you could
hear a pin drop.
The Rebbe extended his sanctified cup of wine, and told Shlomo of Radomsk
to hold it with him. Together, they put it up to the child's lips, whereupon
the Rebbe instructed quietly: "Now my son, say the blessing on the
wine!"
The boy hesitated for a moment, looked intently at the wine in the cup, cleared
his throat, and pronounced word-by-word in a shaky high-pitched voice, "Boruch-ataw
... Melech-HaOlom-Borei-Pri-HaGefen," and took a sip.
Mr. Deutch began to laugh and cry alternately. He stood, then sat, shook
hands and hugged everyone around him, especially his son--everyone except, of
course, the Rebbe. The chasidim broke into joyous song and Mr. Deutch danced
before all of them, raising his hands to the heavens and alternately yelling
"Danks Got," and kissing his son over and over again.
Finally, when the confusion died down and Mr. Deutch caught his breath he
stood on a chair and announced, "Today everyone made a big profit. I kept
my money and got a talking son."
One of the chasidim added, "and also a beard with peyos!"
Everyone laughed.
Mr. Deutch continued, "My son got his hearing and speaking!"
Everyone clapped.
"But the Rebbe also got something. He now has a new chasid...
me!" Loud applause.
"Until today I was deaf too. I was deaf to the joy and wonder of
being a chasid. But it's never too late to start hearing!"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Source: Excepted and adapted by Yerachmiel Tilles from an article by Rabbi
Tuvia Bolton in a 2013 email from his Yeshiva, Ohr Tmimim, in Kfar Chabad,
Israel.
Biographic notes:
Rabbi Yissachar-DovBer of Radoshitz [1765-18 Sivan 1843], the 'Saba
Kadisha' ('holy grandfather'), was a disciple of the Seer of Lublin and
of the Holy Yid of Peshischa. Famed as a miracle maker, he lived in
poverty as a simple tutor.
Rabbi Shlomo HaKohen Rabinowitz of Radomsk [1803 - 29 Adar 1866] was the
chief rabbi and then the Rebbe in his town. He is the author of the Chasidic
tome, "Tiferet Shlomo." His concern for the poor,
his manner of speech and inspired melodious singing attracted thousands of
followers.
Why This Week? The weekly Reading of Kedoshim: first and last verses 19:1,
20:26 ["Be holy"], and verses 19:27-28 [not to shave beard or peyos].
There is one more miracle(s) story that I have this
week. Rachamim Pauli
An Iranian Jew was
attacked and he killed his assailant in self-defense. He was ordered to pay
some sort of a redemption fine in Islamic Law. The Jewish Community refused to
pay it. He was supposed to be executed last Shabbos. The execution was
postponed to Monday. Raisi, the butcher of Teheran, was the only one who could
commute his sentence. On Sunday, the man who ordered 300 drones and missiles to
attack Israel in one night was taken into the world of spirits. He will be
judged after burial if evil spirits do not snatch his soul first.
Right now the Iranian
Jew with international help has been given a month’s reprieve.
The Crashing Wheelchair by Rabbi Yerachmiel Tilles
https://ascentofsafed.com/Stories/Stories/5784/1380-37.html
Rabbi Chaim-Moshe Mendel was
known to be one of the leading Ashkenazic Kabbalists of the previous
generation. Born in the town Bistrita in Romania in the year 5662 (1902), he
was ordained as a rabbi in Hungary. Before World War II he served as Dayan (a
judge in a religious court) in Timisvar, Western Romania. During World War II
he was sent to a labor camp in Romania, where due to the harsh living
conditions and forced labor, he became disabled and suffered terrible
tribulations all his life.
In the beginning of the Jewish
month of Elul in 5709 (1949), he emigrated to Israel with his family. It seemed
that the words of our Sages, "One of the three things that can only be
acquired if accompanied by suffering is the Land of Israel," was proven by
the hardship his family experienced. After descending from the ship in Haifa,
they were housed in a camp for new immigrants. They were allocated a small and
dilapidated tent. They shared the tent with mice and the strong sea wind shook
their shelter.
Also, the heat and humidity in
the middle of the summer were too hard to bear. Pearl, Rabbi Chaim-Moshe's
wife, decided to go to Haifa to ask for help from the Admor (Rebbe)
of Seret-Vizhnitz, Rabbi Eliezer Hagar, son of the Admor known as
the "Makor Baruch" whom her father had been a follower of.
She was received warmly. The
Rebbe listed to her attentively. When she finished, he advised her that the
family should move to Tsfat. The dry and cool climate of that city was a great
improvement and they started to feel more at ease.
That Rosh Hashanah, they heard
knocking on the door of their shack, and Pearl went to open it. In the doorway
stood a man and a woman. Without introduction the woman asked, "Are there
Jews here from the city of Grosswardein?"[1]
"I am from Grosswardein,"
answered Pearl.
"You are Pearl
Goodman!" exclaimed the woman. "I don't believe it!"
Deeply moved, the women embraced.
The woman's name was Sabo.
Pearl's grandfather was Rabbi Meir- Zeev Roshnak, a great scholar who lived in
the city of Grosswardein close to the Sabos, who were a wealthy family. When
the Sabo family immigrated to Israel they went to live in Tel Aviv. However,
when it became close to Rosh Hashana, they decided to celebrate the holy
festival in the "City of Kabbalah," Tsfat.
On the first night of the
holiday, after the prayers, they decided to visit the neighborhood where the
newly arrived immigrants lived, in the hope of encountering relatives or
acquaintances. While walking through the street, something attracted their
attention. Through the window of one of the shacks they saw a woman lighting
Yom Tov (festival) candles. They noticed that next to her a man with a radiant,
joyful face was lying in a bed.
"We saw the presence of G-d
hovering over their house," they would say later. This was the reason they
decided to knock on the door.
When the strong emotions of the
reunion had calmed, Mrs. Sabo turned to Rabbi Chaim-Moshe. "Why didn't the
rabbi go to the synagogue on the night of Rosh Hashana?"
"To my great regret I cannot
walk," answered the rabbi softly, with quiet acceptance of the bitterness
of his fate. "I do not have the means to hire people to carry me to
the shul."
Seeing Rabbi Chaim-Moshe laying
on his sickbed broke Mrs. Sabo's heart. She immediately decided she would do
all in her power to help him and cheer him up.
The couple's faces became somber.
"What can we do for you?" Mrs. Sabo asked generously. The rabbi's
answered surprised her.
"I know that if I can go to
Meron to pray at the tziyun (burial place) of Rabbi Shimon
bar Yochai, I will be healed."
The decisiveness with which these
words were said convinced Mrs. Sabo to fulfill his request. She asked her
husband to pay for the ride to nearby Meron [15-minute drive]. "We will
make every effort, even if it is only to make the rabbi feel better!" she
stated assertively.
The couple arranged the trip with
alacrity. The day after Rosh Hashana, on the Fast of Gedaliah, they hired an
ambulance with four male nurses who would assist the Rabbi in reaching
the tziyun.
When Mr. and Mrs. Sabo together
with Rabbi Chaim-Moshe, Pearl and the others arrived in Meron, emotions were
high. "Please bring me to the holy tziyun and leave me
there by myself," requested the Rabbi.
He spent a long time there,
praying to the Creator of the world. He spilled out his heart and begged G-d to
send him a speedy recovery. At a certain point he felt sure that his prayers
had been answered! He called the nurses and asked them to lift him out to the
wheelchair. "I don't need this anymore," he said to the incredulous
men.
His second request struck them
with utter astonishment. "As soon as I get up, take the chair and throw it
down the mountain."
His determined instruction amazed
everyone. And when Rabbi Chaim-Moshe stood up on his own, they were even more
amazed.
All present watched as the
wheelchair was pushed off the mountain, breaking into pieces along the way to
the bottom. They stood in wonder as the rabbi took several steps. None of them
had ever seen such a miracle.
"In your merit I was healed,"
Rabbi Chaim-Moshe said to Mr. Sabo, his voice shaking with emotion. "I
bless you with long life till ripe old age."
To Mrs. Sabo he said, "I
know that all this is because of you. I bless you that you will live as long as
the numerical value of "l'chaim" [98], and that you
will have the strength and health to practice kindness with G-d's creations
till your last day, with a clear mind."
This heart-felt blessing was
fulfilled in its entirety. Mrs. Sabo died on her 98th birthday. Several years
before that she became very ill. It seemed that her end was near. Her son, who
was taking care of her, heard her whisper, "Master of the world, I'm not
giving up on the blessing of the tzadik (pure, righteous
person)."
Immediately after that her health
improved. She recovered and lived out her years according to the wondrous
blessing of Rabbi Chaim-Moshe Mendel. Till her last day she occupied herself
with charity and helping others, among them many elderly and lonely people.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Source:
Translated by Mrs. C.R. Benami, long-time editorial assistant for
AscentOfSafed.com, and revised and supplemented by R. Yerachmiel Tilles from
the popular Hebrew weekly, Sichat HaShavua #1896 (5-5-2023).
Biographical
notes:
Rabbi Chaim-Moshe ben Meir-Yosef Mendel [1902 - 4 Tammuz 1996] was born in
the town Bistrita in Romania. He was ordained as a rabbi in Hungary, and before
World War II he served as Dayan (a judge in a religious court)
in Timisvar, Western Romania.
He tried hard to conceal his deeds and holiness, but after R' Yisrael Abuchatzera
[the "Baba Sali"] and the Kabbalist Rabbi Moshe Yakov Rabikov
["the shoemaker"] sent him people to be blessed, and even Admorim
came to receive his blessing, he became renowned as one of the leading
Ashkenazic Kabbalists of his generation, a performer of salvations and a great
lover of Israel. Many thronged to him for his advice and blessings. He is
buried in Bnei Brak. [This paragraph is excerpted from mytzadik.com]
Rabbi
Baruch Hager, the Seret-Viznitz Rebbe [1895-1963], known as the Makor
Baruch, was the son of the Ahavas Yisrael of Vizhnitz
[1860-1936]. He became the Admor of Seret-Vizhnitz after his father passed
away. In Sivan 1947 he emigrated to Eretz Yisrael, eventually settling in Haifa
where he established a yeshivah, a Talmud Torah and other Torah institutions.
This laid the ground for the establishment of the famous community of Ramat
Vizhnitz, built on the side of Haifa's Mount Carmel, laying its foundation
stone on the 3rd day of Tammuz (!), 1954. [excerpted from dailyzohar.com]
[His brother, Rabbi Chaim-Meir Hager, settled in Bnei Brak after the
Holocaust and started a large Vizhnitz community there. A son-in-law of Rabbi
Chaim-Meir, Rabbi Moshe Ernster, founded and leads the Maor Chaim
community in the southernmost district of Tsfat (Safed).]
Why
this week? LAG B'OMER - Rabbi Shimon bar-Yochai, Meron
Footnote:
[1] Oradea (in Hebrew and Yiddish texts the German name Grosswardein is used),
is a city in Transylvania, West Romania, about 10 kilometers from the border with
Hungary. (jewishvirtuallibrary.org)
OUR JOB IN THIS WORLD IS
LEARNING AND SPREADING TORAH NOT TRYING TO BECOME WEALTHY IN MONEY. IF IT
HAPPENS WE CAN BE HAPPY AS AVRAHAM AND YACOV WERE BUT THAT IS NOT OUR PURPOSE.
LOOK WHAT A GOAL IN THIS WORLD CAN DO FOR YOU 35 AND 25 YEARS OLD: https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/bank-america-employee-dies-suddenly-weeks-after-35-year-old-colleagues-death
Milestone: Yael Dayan, 85, Daughter
of General Moshe Dayan. Was a member of the Knesset publicly went to the beach
on Yom Kippur to fight religion. https://www.timesofisrael.com/former-mk-yael-dayan-trailblazing-feminist-and-peace-activist-dies-at-85/
Milestone: Ivan Boesky, 87, stock
trader used insider info. https://www.timesofisrael.com/ivan-boesky-convicted-in-1980s-insider-trading-scandal-dies-at-87/
Inyanay Diyoma
Just before shutting down the
computer Erev Shabbos it was announced that the bodies of three of the 40 dead
captives were recovered. 129 still in captivity. IDF Spokesman
Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari in a press statement says the military has recovered
the bodies of three hostages from the Gaza Strip. He names them as Itzhak
Gelernter, Amit Buskila, and Shani Louk. https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-801582
May 18th & May 19thDay
225 and Day 226 start of week 33 Part 1
So much for Egypt blocking off
tunnels:https://www.dailywire.com/news/idf-discovers-700-tunnel-shafts-in-rafah-including-50-that-cross-into-egypt
https://www.timesofisrael.com/iranian-nobel-laureate-narges-mohammadi-faces-new-trial-family-says/
US Government Advises: Location:
Worldwide: Event: Due to the potential for terrorist attacks,
demonstrations, or violent actions against U.S. citizens and interests, the
Department of State advises U.S. citizens overseas to exercise increased
caution. The Department of State is aware of the increased potential
for foreign terrorist organization-inspired violence against
LGBTQI+ persons and events and advises U.S. citizens overseas to exercise
increased caution. U.S. citizens should:
Calling for an Inquisition into
this: https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/05/17/spain-says-wont-allow-israel-bound-ships-carrying-weapons-dock-pm-plans-recognize-palestine/
KKK award goes to: https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/05/17/critics-denounce-outgoing-cornell-university-president-praise-pro-hamas-demonstrators/
Day 225 and Day 226 Part 2
For some reason FB blocked the main
headline of 700 tunnel entrances found of which 50 lead into Egypt. Some of
them put Lamarche, Lincoln, Holland, Baltimore, the Carmel Mountains and a few
more to shame.
Breaking: Iranian President’s
Helicopter involved in crash. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390195
I also left out the headlines from
Friday just shutting down the computer Erev Shabbos it was announced that the
bodies of three of the 40 dead captives were recovered. 129 still in captivity.
IDF
Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari in a press statement says the military has
recovered the bodies of three hostages from the Gaza Strip. He names them as
Itzhak Gelernter, Amit Buskila, and Shani Louk. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390135
On
Shabbos, it was announced that the body of Ron Benyamin was recovered: https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-announces-recovery-of-body-of-ron-benjamin-from-gaza-says-he-was-killed-on-oct-7/
IDF intelligence, the IAF struck and eliminated
the terrorist Azmi Abu Daqqa, an operative in Hamas’ Procurement Department who
was actively involved in the smuggling of weapons and terror funds in the Gaza
Strip. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390190
Arabs set fires to Jewish Grazing Land twice. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390194
A temporary IDF position close to the Gaza border
has been standing for a week without any sentries, day and night. 20 tanks,
bulldozers, APC, shells etc. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390187
House Republican Conference Chair Rep. Elise
Stefanik (R-NY) addressed the Israeli Knesset today (Sunday) in a speech
condemning the Biden Administration's recent decision to halt certain military
aid to Israel over the IDF's operation in Rafah. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390188
Truck overturns spill tons of Potatoes on Rt.
4. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390191
Jabaliya: Soldiers have located large quantities of weapons, including
explosives, anti-tank missiles, AK-47s, drones and grenades. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390189
Story of the Higgs Boson: https://www.ynetnews.com/health_science/article/skcnakexc
El Al Security humiliates hero of
Oct. 7th Police Officer on a mission for Israeli Government. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-801525
Op-Ed Col. Richard Kemp: Biden’s
Rafah obsession strengthens Hamas. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/skknxsb70
Op-Ed Biden’s Doctrine vs. Israel’s
Defense. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/skknxsb70
Attempted Stabbing: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390183
The Beit Shemesh Magistrate's Court ordered the
left-wing organization 'Kerem Navot' to compensate Tzvi Bar-Yosef, an owner of
an agricultural farm near Neve Tzuf, after claiming that he is a "violent
person". https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390175
Missing man found by Rabbi’s son and
dog unit on Shabbos.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390181
Dr. Phil on awareness for return of
hostages. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390155
Antiaircraft weapons another 50
terrorists eliminated by 401st Brigade. During operations conducted by the Givati Brigade, the
soldiers have eliminated more than 80 terrorists in the area. In targeted
raids, soldiers of the Tzabar Battalion located large quantities of weapons,
including dozens of rifles, grenades, and ammunition. The Givati
Reconnaissance Unit also located significant underground tunnel
infrastructure in the area. Right now in Gaza 9 Brigades operating that is the
equivalent of 4 divisions or two armies. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390154
Soldiers of the 101st battalion located a weapons
warehouse with dozens of long-range rockets ready for use, dozens of rocket
parts, explosives, and other weapons. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390128
Why risk ground forces use air on
Jenin. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390151
Another take-out in Lebanon. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390141
Terrorist’s brother arrested: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390120
Investigation why plane lost bomb: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390127
May 20th
Day 227
The hangman of Iran is gone: https://www.timesofisrael.com/irans-raisi-confirmed-dead-in-helicopter-crash-near-azerbaijan-border/
Rocket statistics as or yesterday,
there were close to 3,300 rockets shot from the south by Hamas and close to 3,600
shot by Hezballah.
On September 7th, 2023, precisely one month
before the Hamas massacre, the IDF Northern Command held a seminar that
discussed preparations for the next war, during which a dismal intelligence
assessment of Hezbollah's capabilities was shared.
… According to the brigade commander, a dedicated
force would have to arrive and save the forces until the "big army"
arrived. The working assumption in the IDF was that if Hezbollah launched a
surprise attack, IDF forces on the northern border would not be able to repel
it. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390234
Bring Saar and Lieberman into the Cabinet. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390222
UK Ambassador Hotovely "The young students are feeling it
on the campuses here and some people feel it where they work or live.” https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390213
Damage control from the White House
but actions speak louder than words. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390227
British author Salman Rushdie warned that a
Palestinian state would be a “Taliban-like state,” The Telegraph reported.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390223
Cut funds to Harvard. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390229
Toronto Jew bullying. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390218
DID NOT LEARN FEAR OF HEAVEN OR LOVE OF G-D. Dozens of graduates of George Washington University on Sunday
walked out of commencement ceremonies, disrupting university President Ellen
Granberg’s speech, in protest over the war in Gaza and last week’s clearing of
an on-campus protest encampment that involved police use of pepper spray and
dozens of arrests. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390224
US Natl Security Advisor visits Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390219
Hamas abused captured children: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390211
FM to Congress Woman we need
bipartisan support. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390207
May 21st
Day 228
Behind the written news today,
Israel is physically fighting on four fronts. Lebanon is mostly from the air or
via artillery shells. Syria made the news today. Iran, Iraq and the Houthis are
all under cover so there will be nothing to report. Jenin is the scene of a
major fight with terrorists. In the morning, in daylight, the IDF entered
Jenin. It seems that there was a major gathering of terrorists in a small area.
At the beginning of the operation it was announced that 11 terrorists had been
hit. One may ask the question: Why not a few 500pound bombs? The answer must be
that it is worth capturing ten to twenty rats alive as each one has a few sponsors
or friends behind their weapons purchases and lathes or machine shops to be
dealt with. With a group this size about 50 to 100 logistic supporters also go
to jail. Killing them outright would leave the infrastructure intact. Of course
the main battles are with the 11 divisions fighting in Gaza. We have been
warned that the enemy has long range (center of the country) rockets that they
will use if needed.
Let’s also call a spade a spade. The
underground tunnels into Egypt are a good source of income for Sinai Bedouins
and Egyptian high-ranking officers to turn a blind eye as we are told in Parsha
Shoftim that bribes blind the eyes of judges.
The antisemites in the world
disguise themselves as Judges, Students, etc.
I am starting out today with the
headlines that speak for themselves before going into other sites.
Biden caves in on Rafah through Jake
Sullivan and understands that we have to use the Philadelphia Route to cut off
Hamas’s weapon supplies and we have to work on freeing the hostages. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-moves-to-more-limited-rafah-assault-plan-to-which-us-will-not-object-report/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/gallant-blasts-iccs-khan-for-despicable-israel-hamas-parallel-in-warrant-bid/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-absurd-icc-bid-to-arrest-israeli-leaders-is-the-new-antisemitism/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/legal-earthquake-icc-charges-against-netanyahu-would-be-unprecedented-in-courts-history/
Herzog this is unprecedented. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390253
Karim Kahn sounds like a
Pakistani Name aka the prosecutor.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-says-hezbollahs-coastal-rocket-commander-killed-in-drone-strike/
US Inflation wake-up call: https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/conservative-group-partner-gas-stations-highlight-bidens-war-american-energy-heres-how
https://www.timesofisrael.com/bazan-group-subsidiaries-fined-almost-1-million-for-pollution/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/six-pro-iran-fighters-reported-killed-in-israeli-strikes-in-syria/
When a Conservative like myself says
“Vote for Amy the Democrat” you know it’s bad.
https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/05/20/pro-hamas-encampment-drexel-university-pushes-school-lockdown/
AI abuse: https://www.aol.com/news/scarlett-johansson-says-she-shocked-224113238.html
Gold and Silver rally. https://www.aol.com/finance/gold-copper-hit-records-silver-160527666.html
Assad’s wife has Leukemia besides
cancer. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390300
Hotel Security Officer stole money
from evacuees. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390302
Rockets, Mag, grenades found in
Mosque. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390305
100’s Cannon Fodder for Sinwar: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390258
The elite SIGINT Unit 8200 commander recently
decided to promote and honor two officers in the unit, who were responsible
until recently for intelligence collection in the Gaza Strip, and commanded
units that failed in their task to provide an early warning of the impending
Hamas invasion. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390292
Twins, a boy and a girl, were born to the
Ginzburg family of Beitar Illit, five years after two of their children perished in a house fire. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390299
Tulkarem: Drone vs. terrorists. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390298
The IDF Spokesperson's Unit cleared for
publication on Tuesday morning that a reservist from the Rotem Battalion of the
Givati Brigade was seriously injured on Monday in a battle in the southern Gaza
Strip. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390281
Sergeant First Class Omer Kabilio, an alumnus of
the Nechalim Yeshiva, was killed while en route to operational activity in
northern Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390246
UAV’s from the east: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390272
Holocaust survivor and Honorary President of the
Israel Heritage Foundation Jerry Wartski joined Arutz Sheva - Israel National
News to discuss an issue that has drawn significant controversy in
Israel - a trend of comparing the October 7th massacre to the Holocaust. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390111
Baby fighting cancer miraculously
wakes up. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390255
May 22nd
Day 229
Thomas B. sent me this Op-Ed by Sara
Stein: https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/diaspora-jewry-winds-of-change-or-complacency/
Only 3 Lag B’Omer fires allowed with
10 people each. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390297
30 terrorists in fight initial reports.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinians-say-7-killed-9-wounded-as-idf-launches-counter-terror-op-in-jenin/
I suspect there is something more to
this: APC hit in Jenin. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390344
What garbage was injected in me 4
times? https://www.timesofisrael.com/ombudsman-health-ministry-didnt-check-82-of-reports-on-covid-vaccine-side-effects/
Shooting at firefighters by
terrorists. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390314
COS we are ready to take risks
retrieve bodies or captives. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390323
Some terrorists’ commanders
eliminated in Gaza. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390345
The parents of the five female observers
kidnapped from the Nahal Oz base, who remain in Hamas captivity, decided today
(Wednesday), to release the video footage of their daughters' abduction to the
public and media. Still pictures show the girls in summer pajamas the brutal
sections of the film not to be released. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390347
Only one third of Hamas eliminated. 65% still
intact. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390346
I Like this man – he tells it
straight forward. Economy Minister Nir Barkat (Likud) today (Tuesday) sharply
criticized members of his party, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense
Minister Yoav Gallant, calling them "cowards" in their handling of
the war against the Hamas terrorist organization. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390319
Soldier seriously injured. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390336
Duped by Egypt on hostages. Egyptian intelligence quietly changed
the terms of a ceasefire proposal that Israel had already signed off on earlier
this month.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390328
Captured coming out of tunnels. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390311
May 23rd
Day 230
I started writing the news update
with the story of the Attorney General vs. the ICC but then it was announced
that three soldiers died int Beit Hanoun where we have returned for the third
time. One soldier was seriously injured. Later in the day 30 rockets were sent
on Kibbutz Ayelet HaShachar. Most shot down or let to land on a mountain with
some shrubbery. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390378
Footage of the capture of female
soldiers in pajamas by dozens of terrorist over hours. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390371
Commander before going into Rafah: "Here, we stand again moments
before entering battle," the commander started. "This time, we were
called to duty in the Rafah area. Today, we are in the days of the Omer
(mourning period). The days we take on customs of mourning for the deaths of 24
thousand disciples of Rabbi Akiva who did not respect each other. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390442
Oct. 7th: British paper
publishes confessions of terrorists: The father and son duo went on to
describe how they, together with their cousin, took turns violating a female
victim, before murdering her. The son, Abdallah,
then remorselessly confessed to raping several other women and murdering
others. "Before this woman, we had raped another girl as well, I killed
two people, I raped two people, and I broke into five houses." https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390440
Attorney General the ICC has no
authority. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hyvltljxc
Op-Ed Yossi Yehoshua Israel cannot
postpone decision on Northern Israel. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sjzomhdx0
The video of the abduction of 5
soldier girls. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390371
The Supreme Court has issued a conditional order
calling on the Environmental Protection Ministry, Public Security Ministry, and
Health Ministry to take action on the issue of environmental disturbances
caused by a person smoking in his home, when the smoke enters the neighbors'
homes, Israel Hayom reported. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390366
Cuban American Congresswoman tells
it like it is over Hispanic Judge in NY who is a Biden Donor. x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1792996594364612797
The IDF in Jabaliya photos: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390369
Rocket launcher w/rockets in Rafah
found. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390368
Hamas has captives in Rafah: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390444
2year old forgotten in car Zal. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390364
Disengagement Law in Northern
Samaria ended. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390358
Goat smothered to death in attempted
Pesach Sheni Korban. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390373 THE TIME
HAS NOT COME!
The IDF published video from Jenin showing a
terrorist fleeing into a hospital and barricading himself inside the building. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390362
House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Wednesday he
spoke to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and they are working to coordinate a
date for Netanyahu to give a joint address to Congress. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390405
White House to oppose unilateral recognition of
“Palestinian State”. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390407
PM received four warning letters
about Hamas. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390443
Op-Ed Dr. M. Sherman Surging
antisemitism blaming the victim instead of the victimizer. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390389
Columbia cutting ties but cannot
enter Ramallah without Israeli Approval. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390397
Wife of fallen soldier gives birth
to boy. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390435
During the Obama Administration, the US State
Department prevented the FBI from arresting people connected to Iran's illicit
nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs, including "known
terrorists," two Republican Senators said in a bombshell accusation. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390439
This week’s Shabbos Times: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/shabat
Gal Arad, a sprinter and third-year student
University of New Mexico (UNM) studying computer science, returned to Israel
this week after school officials told him that they were concerned for his
safety. The school even purchased a plane ticket for Arad. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390441
Pray for Soldier: Aharon ben Sara
Hendl. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390431
IDF eliminates terrorists in Rafah
and Central Gaza. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390430
Germany will obey arrest warrant if
issued. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-802275
CHINA VS. TAIWAN: https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-802323
26minutes Piers Morgan interview
with Pres. Herzog. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-802308
Newborns from the womb recognize
their mother’s voice and bilingual mothers give babies different nerve endings.
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-802308
May 24th
Day 231
We have detailed plans for the north. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390452
There is a report that Sara
Netanyahu is pressing Bibi to release the girl soldiers. https://www.timesofisrael.com/cia-head-to-meet-mossad-chief-and-qatari-pm-in-europe-aiming-to-revive-hostage-talks/
IDF recovers three more bodies lowering
hostage count to 129. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390490
ICC how antisemitic? https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390481
US to be involved in Administration
of Gaza after the war. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390488
https://www.timesofisrael.com/1500-year-old-byzantine-era-ship-etchings-revealed-at-negev-church/
June 1st starts hurricane
season. Prediction of 17 to 25 names storms. 8-13 Hurricanes: https://www.aol.com/noaas-2024-atlantic-hurricane-season-090450747.html
Police stop robot delivery to
antisemitic protest. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390480
German police cleared about 150 pro-Palestinian
Arab demonstrators from a Berlin university on Thursday. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390479
Father of captive girl talks. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390472
I have to cut down on my Omega 3. https://www.foxnews.com/health/fish-oil-supplements-linked-greater-first-time-heart-attack-risk-not-universally-good-bad
Expected 3,500 got 25,000. https://www.aol.com/news/trump-hold-rally-south-bronx-161307727.html
Libertarian Convention. https://www.aol.com/news/trump-rfk-jr-feud-comes-215013402.html
Only 40 light years away an earth
like planet. https://www.aol.com/news/scientists-earth-planet-could-home-140010519.html
UAV in north. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390476
US Service man on Gaza Pier
critically injured. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390470
Pentagon no decision on weapons
shipment. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390466
IDF refused to supply a canine. The soldiers went
on the raid anyway and were hit by an IED planted by Hamas, which killed
several. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390463
The Republican National Committee (RNC) has
appointed Elizabeth Pipko, a young, Jewish New Yorker with Ivy League
credentials, as its newest spokesperson. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390469
Dozens of extremist Haredim blocked the
intersection of Sarei Israel Street and Jaffa Road in central Jerusalem on
Thursday afternoon in protest of the Draft Law. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390462
Have a healthy, peaceful and
restful Shabbos,
Rachamim Pauli
