Parsha Shelach Lecha
Last week’s Parsha ended
with Miriam speaking in a private conversation to Aaron about Moshe abstaining
from relations with Tzipporah. Miriam felt sorry for the status of Tzipporah
and not out of jealousy. Still she was punished for Lashon HaRa (the evil
tongue) even though it was true, private and not vicious. The question that
arises this week is “When will they ever learn?”.
Moshe spoke bad about
his ability to convince the people “They will not listen to me.” And he was
told to put his hand in his chest for temporary Leprosy and then return it so
that the would get the disease and miraculously be cured in front of the
people.
This week it is not
Lashon HaRa about Moshe but about the land of Eretz Yisrael.
“A land that eats its
inhabitants.” Rather they were busy with funerals of various giants that they
would not notice the 12 spies.
Unlike Moshe, who did
not want his job, or Miriam, who was concerned about her sister-in-law, the
spies were concerned about their jobs as leaders. In the wilderness of Sinai,
Yehoshua and Calev were leaders along with the other ten spies. Outside of
Bamidbar in Eretz Yisrael could they maintain their sway and position when
everyman had his parcel of land and was dispersed? There was no good side to
their talking or innocence. There was only the selfish quest for power or to
remain in power.
13:1
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 2 'Send thou men, that
they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel;
of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, everyone a prince among
them.' 3 And Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran according
to the commandment of the LORD; all of them men who were heads of the children
of Israel. 4 And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben,
Shammua the son of Zaccur. 5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son
of Hori. 6 Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of
Jephunneh. 7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of
Joseph. 8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of
Nun. 9 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of
Raphu. 10 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of
Sodi. 11 Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh,
Gaddi the son of Susi. 12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of
Gemalli. 13 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael. 14 Of
the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi. 15 Of the tribe of
Gad, Geuel the son of Machi. 16 These are the names of the men that
Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.
These were not the chief
prince of the tribe like Nahshon ben Aminadab but of a secondary level. If we
were to take the modern UK it would be instead of William the son of Charles,
it would be Harry the son of Charles or perhaps a son of William.
17 And
Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them: 'Get you up
here into the South, and go up into the mountains; 18 and see the
land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they are strong
or weak, whether they are few or many;
Simple military spying of
the strength of the enemy and their numbers.
19 and
what the land is that they dwell in, whether it is good or bad; and what cities
they are that they dwell in, whether in camps, or in strongholds;
Again only the physical
properties of their cities and if they were walled.
20 and
what the land is, whether it is fat or lean, whether there is wood therein, or
not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land.'--Now the
time was the time of the first-ripe grapes.--
How is the land and the
produce. I had various grapes on my property. One produced in June another in
July and one in August. The Grapes of Chevron today can continue through
September and October. The cluster cut most likely was done in mid to late
August and was extremely large as shown in the standard pictures and that is
the tradition.
21 So
they went up, and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, at
the entrance to Hamath.
They spied close to the
Plishtim and the sea through Hamath in northern Syria.
22 And
they went up into the South, and came unto Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and
Talmai, the children of Anak, were there.--Now Hebron was built seven years
before Zoan in Egypt.—
Chevron was built right
after the Tower of Bavel and Egypt was built later than that as the people
moved on from Bavel after the dispersion of languages.
23 And
they came unto the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one
cluster of grapes, and they bore it upon a pole between two; they took also of
the pomegranates, and of the figs.--
The modern Eshcol is
close to Gaza but it could be the modern valley of Ayalon under Chevron.
24 That
place was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the
children of Israel cut down from thence.--
Eshcol is Hebrew for
cluster and they had this very heavy cluster of grapes.
25 And
they returned from spying out the land at the end of forty
days. 26 And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all
the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to
Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and
showed them the fruit of the land.
Paran is north of the
Kadesh and in modern times has Nahal Zin there. Kadesh is basically the border
of Israel and Egypt today. It is a good grazing land and there is water
underground for wells. The modern Nitzana area on the map.
27 And
they told him, and said: 'We came unto the land whither thou sent us, and
surely it flows with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.
If one is conspiring to
talk poorly of the land one cannot heap on in the beginning too much negativity
as one would not be believed rather they started with a positive note so that
the people were receptive and believed them.
28 Howbeit
the people that dwell in the land are fierce, and the cities are fortified, and
very great; and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
Now comes the conspired
report of a fierce people, large in numbers and giants.
29 Amalek
dwells in the land of the South; and the Hittite, and the Jebusite, and the
Amorite, dwell in the mountains; and the Canaanite dwells by the sea, and along
by the side of the Jordan.'
You had already defeated
Amalek once and also in Arad a second time. Why are you afraid?
30 And
Caleb stilled the people toward Moses, and said: 'We should go up at once, and
possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.'
A Torah Nation with G-D
by their side, we can do just about everything.
31 But
the men that went up with him said: 'We are not able to go up against the
people; for they are stronger than we.'
Tell me. did you learn
about slaves fleeing 600 chariots of Pharaoh and HASHEM drowning them all or
you are clueless?
32 And
they spread an evil report of the land which they had spied out unto the
children of Israel, saying: 'The land, through which we have passed to spy it
out, is a land that eats up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we
saw in it are men of great stature.
They viewed the funerals
of giants killed by HASHEM so that the spies would not be detected with all the
dignitaries coming the funerals. But instead of viewing the situation as a
miracle.
33 And
there we saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who come of the Nephilim; and we
were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.'
How did they know this –
their projection of their fears. Just opposite Dovid a five foot two inch fellow
vs. a near nine foot tall Goliard.
14:1
And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept
that night. 2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses
and against Aaron; and the whole congregation said unto them: 'Would that we
had died in the land of Egypt! or would we had died in this wilderness!
This is the curse they
brought upon themselves. They would end up weeping this night for the first and second Mikdash. The
deportation of the Spanish Jews, out break of World War I than concluded with
Communism and the Holocaust.
3 And
wherefore doth the LORD bring us unto this land, to fall by the sword? Our
wives and our little ones will be a prey; were it not better for us to return
into Egypt?'
Are you out of your
minds? G-D took you out of Mitzrayim, defeated their mechanized army aka Chariots
and you have zero faith!
4 And
they said one to another: 'Let us make a captain, and let us return into
Egypt.' 5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the
assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel. 6 And Joshua
the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of them that spied out
the land, rent their clothes. 7 And they spoke unto all the
congregation of the children of Israel, saying: 'The land, which we passed
through to spy it out, is an exceeding good land. 8 If the LORD
delight in us, then He will bring us into this land, and give it unto us--a
land which flows with milk and honey. 9 Only rebel not against the
LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us; their defense
is removed from over them, and the LORD is with us; fear them not.'
Only rebel not against
the L-RD! I wrote in Inyanay Diyoma Day 266 with two headlines day after day
regarding the Yeshiva Draft and payments or lack thereof.
10 But
all the congregation bade stone them with stones, when the glory of the LORD
appeared in the tent of meeting unto all the children of Israel.
They were about to lynch
Moshe, Aaron and perhaps Joshua and Calev. But when the glory of the L-RD
appeared suddenly the fear of the L-RD became greater than the panic of the enemy.
11 And
the LORD said unto Moses: 'How long will this people despise Me? and how long
will they not believe in Me, for all the signs which I have wrought among
them?
Now you did it! You
managed to kindle the anger of the L-RD.
12 I
will smite them with the pestilence, and destroy them, and will make of thee a
nation greater and mightier than they.'
That’s it I’ve had
enough with them. I will do to them what they feared the enemy might do but
immediately and worse.
13 And
Moses said unto the LORD: 'When the Egyptians shall hear--for Thou brought up
this people in Thy might from among them-- 14 they will say to the
inhabitants of this land, who have heard that Thou LORD art in the midst of
this people; inasmuch as Thou LORD art seen face to face, and Thy cloud stands
over them, and Thou goes before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a
pillar of fire by night;
How can you do this? It
is a big Chillul HASHEM.
15 now
if Thou shalt kill this people as one man, then the nations which have heard
the fame of Thee will speak, saying: 16 Because the LORD was not able
to bring this people into the land which He swore unto them, therefore He hath
slain them in the wilderness. 17 And now, I pray Thee, let the power
of the LORD be great, according as Thou hast spoken, saying: 18 The
LORD is slow to anger, and plenteous in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity and
transgression, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity
of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth
generation. 19 Pardon, I pray Thee, the iniquity of this people
according unto the greatness of Thy lovingkindness, and according as Thou hast
forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.'
This is what the nations
of the world shall feel and desecrate your HOLY NAME!
20 And
the LORD said: 'I have pardoned according to thy word.
This is what we say right
after Kol Nidre on Yom Kippur I have pardoned according to thy word.
21 But
in very deed, as I live--and all the earth shall be filled with the glory of
the LORD-- 22 surely all those men that have seen My glory, and My
signs, which I wrought in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have put Me to proof
these ten times, and have not hearkened to My voice; 23 surely they
shall not see the land which I swore unto their fathers, neither shall any of
them that despised Me see it. 24 But My servant Caleb, because he had
another spirit with him, and hath followed Me fully, him will I bring into the
land where into he went; and his seed shall possess it.
The ten spies who wanted
to keep their power in the wilderness basically turned into a pile of flesh and
bones while Calev and Yoshua lived long productive lives.
25 Now
the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell in the Vale; tomorrow turn ye, and get
you into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.'
You are not to confront
these nations now as you will not enter the land.
26 And
the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying: 27 'How long shall
I bear with this evil congregation, that keep murmuring against Me? I have
heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they keep murmuring
against Me. 28 Say unto them: As I live, saith the LORD, surely as ye
have spoken in Mine ears, so will I do to you: 29 your carcasses
shall fall in this wilderness, and all that were numbered of you, according to
your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, ye that have murmured
against Me;
Your bones shall turn to
dust and sand in the wilderness.
30 surely
ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I lifted up My hand that I
would make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the
son of Nun. 31 But your little ones, that ye said would be a prey,
them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have
rejected. 32 But as for you, your carcasses shall fall in this
wilderness.
This was the whole
generation and not just the ten spies.
33 And
your children shall be wanderers in the wilderness forty years, and shall bear
your strayings, until your carcasses be consumed in the
wilderness. 34 After the number of the days in which ye spied out the
land, even forty days, for every day a year, shall ye bear your iniquities,
even forty years, and ye shall know My displeasure.
People would dig their
own graves every year on the 8th of Av. For
every day a year. And each year 15,000 would die on Tisha B’ Av and the rest
would awaken for another year. Until the last year. Thus some who were less
sinful and 59years old could live to 98-99 and those 20 at the time could live
to 59years of age.
35 I
the LORD have spoken, surely this will I do unto all this evil congregation,
that are gathered together against Me; in this wilderness they shall be
consumed, and there they shall die.' 36 And the men, whom Moses sent
to spy out the land, and who, when they returned, made all the congregation to
murmur against him, by bringing up an evil report against the
land, 37 even those men that did bring up an evil report of the land,
died by the plague before the LORD.
This is proof that the
Lashon HaRa caused a deadly plague and if had an affect both on the speaker of
and the listener to the Lashon HaRa died in the plague but others lived due to neutrality
or opposed to at the times.
38 But
Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, remained alive of those
men that went to spy out the land. 39 And Moses told these words unto
all the children of Israel; and the people mourned greatly.
The elders, women and
those under 20 watched the power and punishment of the L-RD.
40 And
they rose up early in the morning, and got them up to the top of the mountain,
saying: 'Lo, we are here, and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath
promised; for we have sinned.' 41 And Moses said: 'Wherefore now do
ye transgress the commandment of the LORD, seeing it shall not prosper? 42 Go
not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten down before your
enemies.
Some of the relatives
from Yoshua wanted to follow his advice that they could conquer. The land
physically. Except without the blessing and Hashgacha of HASHEM, nothing will
help and they will be smitten.
43 For
there the Amalekite and the Canaanite are before you, and ye shall fall by the
sword; forasmuch as ye are turned back from following the LORD, and the LORD
will not be with you.' 44 But they presumed to go up to the top of
the mountain; nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses,
departed not out of the camp. 45 Then the Amalekite and the
Canaanite, who dwelt in that hill-country, came down, and smote them and beat
them down, even unto Hormah.
You did not listen. You
forfeited your life by going against what HASHEM warned you.
15:1
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 2 Speak unto the children of
Israel, and say unto them: When ye are come into the land of your habitations,
which I give unto you, 3 and will make an offering by fire unto the
LORD, a burnt-offering, or a sacrifice, in fulfilment of a vow clearly uttered,
or as a freewill-offering, or in your appointed seasons, to make a sweet savor
unto the LORD, of the herd, or of the flock; 4 then shall he that
bringeth his offering present unto the LORD a meal-offering of a tenth part of
an ephah of fine flour mingled with the fourth part of a hin of oil; … 19 then
it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall set apart a
portion for a gift unto the LORD. 20 Of the first of your dough ye
shall set apart a cake for a gift; as that which is set apart of the
threshing-floor, so shall ye set it apart. 21 Of the first of your
dough ye shall give unto the LORD a portion for a gift throughout your
generations.
22 And
when ye shall err, and not observe all these commandments, which the LORD hath
spoken unto Moses, 23 even all that the LORD hath commanded you by
the hand of Moses, from the day that the LORD gave commandment, and onward
throughout your generations; 24 then it shall be, if it be done in
error by the congregation, it being hid from their eyes, that all the
congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt-offering, for a sweet savor
unto the LORD--with the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof,
according to the ordinance--and one he-goat for a
sin-offering. 25 And the priest shall make atonement for all the
congregation of the children of Israel, and they shall be forgiven; for it was
an error, and they have brought their offering, an offering made by fire unto
the LORD, and their sin-offering before the LORD, for their error.
The atonement is for an
error whether of an individual or the congregation.
26 And
all the congregation of the children of Israel shall be forgiven, and the
stranger that sojourns among them; for in respect of all the people it was done
in error. 27 And if one person sin through error, then he shall offer
a she-goat of the first year for a sin-offering. 28 And the priest
shall make atonement for the soul that errs, when he sins through error, before
the LORD, to make atonement for him; and he shall be
forgiven, 29 both he that is home-born among the children of Israel,
and the stranger that sojourns among them: ye shall have one law for him that
does aught in error.
This applies to all
living in Eretz Yisrael such as a non-Jew who took upon himself the 7 Mitzvos
of Noach. This is the Ger Toshav or resident who recognizes G-D and that the
land belongs to the Bnei Yisrael.
31 Because
he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken His commandment; that
soul shall utterly be cut off, his iniquity shall be upon him.
A willing violation (Mayzid)
will cause the soul to be cut off.
32 And
while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering
sticks upon the sabbath day.
Rabbi Akiva identifies him
as Zelophad who is described as “dying from his own sin”. Others say that
Zelophad was a Tzaddik who perhaps had the sin of not protesting the Lashon
HaRa of the spies.
33 And
they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto
all the congregation.
For trial before the Sanhedrin.
However, he could not be tried and killed on Shabbos.
34 And
they put him in ward, because it had not been declared what should be done to
him.
One who violates Shabbos
shall die it was written but they did this mean naturally like a disease or slipping
off a cliff or by trial.
35 And
the LORD said unto Moses: 'The man shall surely be put to death; all the
congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.'
So two witnesses laid
their hands upon him and threw him down from the height of about two meters and
then the two lifted up a heavy stone and threw it down to his chest cavity so
that he should die. But if not, the nation shall pelt him with stones until his
soul leaves his body. That is his physical atonement.
36 And
all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones,
and he died, as the LORD commanded Moses.
It was customary to hang
the body on gallows before the people from the time of death and taken down and
buried before sunset. Meaning – warning folks if you violate the Shabbos in
public this is your end!
37 And
the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 38 'Speak unto the children of
Israel, and bid them that they make them throughout their generations fringes
in the corners of their garments, and that they put with the fringe of each
corner a thread of blue.
The Tzitzis or fringed
garment is worn by Jews all over the world. The Karities do it like the ones
that have a thread of blue (Techeiles) but we are uncertain of the color today.
Since the main Torah Teachers remain uncertain if the Techeiles produced today
by scientists is the same as that of the Torah, they wear the standard Taleysm
with white strings and I do so too. Others of the younger generation and mine
too wear special blue.
39 And
it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all
the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye go not about after your
own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go astray;
You shall see your
garment when you might sin (undressing with a woman of ill repute or other sin)
and cease and decease. DON’T!
40 that
ye may remember and do all My commandments, and be holy unto your God.
Like a string tied on
the finger of a child to remember that his father (in this case in heaven) is
watching over him.
41 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of
Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD your God.'
Besides the promises to Avraham, Yitzchak and Yacov; I
took you out of Mitzrayim to be your G-D!
The four stories below are medical miracles of
recovering soldiers
All stories retold from Arutz (channel) 12 in English
by R. Pauli
When Yehuda
Ben Shabbat met Tamar then the miracle.
Tamar was driving home to the center of the country from
the Givati Base on the outskirts of Gaza. She was a 29year old reservist with a
boy friend but not serious. Yehuda, a former Charedi from Yerushalayim, left
the Charedi world to become a Givati Soldier. He also had a non-serious
relationship.
He was asking for a ride to Beer Sheva from the base. Tamar
passed him by but backed up to take him. She asked him where he really needed
to go? He answered that he lived in Givatayim. She said that was right near me.
Tamar is cute looking and Yehuda is tall dark and handsome. They exchanged
phone numbers if nothing more for the possibility of a ride north on his next
leave from Gaza.
The next leave did not come so quickly. Yehuda was on
patrol and an RPG exploded near him filling his body with shrapnel. When he
appeared on TV, his left shoulder and upper arm had some medical cover on it.
When Yehuda awoke in the hospital, the first thing he did
was contact Tamar. She came as soon as possible and stayed with him almost
daily. He also had started a business and bought her some 14 carat gold
bracelet and necklace from the profits. From their appearance on TV she was
sort of smothering him with care and arm in arm. It looks like they are in a
serious relationship.
He still has a way to go towards recovery and by this time,
Tamar must be out of the reserves but appears to be regular with Yehuda.
Rafael Diskin can run again
Rafael was a bulldozer
driver for the engineering division. The film from the helmet of a terrorist
shows him clearing a path in either northern or central Gaza for tanks. The
terrorist runs into one of the empty buildings with an RPG on the end of his
rifle. He aims for a weak spot by the door and shoots.
The battalion head comes
and pulls him out with another soldier and to safety while others search for
the terrorist. Rafael remembers who rescued him from the bulldozer but soon
loses consciousness. The injuries are so serious that the evacuation to safety
and the helicopter takes 40 minutes with a small operation on the spot to save
his life.
Rafael wakes up three
weeks later in the hospital having undergone a number of operations which will
end up 14 in total.
Rafael is working out in
Beit Leavenstein and has started the first steps of walking and on the
treadmill running again. He has to relearn his physical functions but mentally
is OK.
Wounded in Gaza so badly his own staff at hospital
did not recognize him.
Rachamim Pauli and
When the ICU team at
Soroka Hospital admitted a reservist seriously wounded and unconscious they
took his finger print for ID. Shot with shrapnel with a life threatening head
injury, the 46year old doctor with a sense of humor was unrecognizable. Instead
of rescuing others in Khan Younis it was he who was rescue. The anesthetists
who worked daily with Dr. Yoav Birchovsky administered the dosage to Ploni. It
was his best friend that came from the other side, Dr. Adam who recognized him
while aiding in the anesthesia that recognized Yoav. The female Dr. could not
believe Dr. Adam but as she lifted his eyelids, she saw his special green
colored eyes. Along with Dr. Yoav, another doctor from Soroka sustained
relatively minor injuries.
Dr. Yoav was
interviewed twice and has a damaged trachea. He speaks very softly.
The first interview
was Motzei Shabbos and the second on Tuesday June 25th.
Yoav Bichovsky, a senior doctor at the intensive care unit at
Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, wasn’t recognizable to his own colleagues
when he returned to the hospital from reserve duty as a combat medic — this
time, as a patient, unconscious and seriously wounded.
Bichovsky, 47, volunteered on October 7, after the Hamas terror
group’s deadly attack on southern Israel, when thousands of terrorists invaded
the country from Gaza, killing 1,200 people, taking 251 hostages, and sparking
the ongoing war in the Strip.
Bichovsky was sent to Gaza intermittently, returning to his work
at the hospital in between. But on March 31, after he had been serving for
three days in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis, an RPG struck his vehicle, seriously
wounding him and two other soldiers.
When Bichovsky, along with the other two injured soldiers,
arrived at the hospital, he was unconscious and suffering from a head injury.
Staff took his fingerprints and entered them into the military identification
database, but he wasn’t identified.
Strikingly, none of those treating Bichovsky, many of whom knew
him well, recognized him either at first, until Adam Saparov, an intensive care
doctor and close friend of Bichovsky, realized the patient’s identity. “From
the outside it sounds very strange, but you must understand, when a wounded
person arrives, in the first few minutes or even the first few hours, sometimes
it’s very hard to identify him. I won’t get into the graphic details, but it’s
hard sometimes,” Amit Frenkel, one of Bichovsky’s colleagues, told Channel 12 news
in a report broadcast on Saturday night.
Professor Alexander Zlotnik, of the anesthesiology division at
Soroka, attributed his own failure to recognize Bichovsky not to his
colleague’s physical state, but to an inner psychological block: “It was some
kind of blackout in my brain— I wasn’t ready to accept it,” he told Channel 12.
“[Dr. Saparov] told me,
‘Shachar, it’s Bichovsky, look at his fingers, his jaw, his nose,'” recounted
anesthesiologist Shachar Negev. “I told him: It’s not him. I just don’t see
it.”
Then Negev opened the patient’s eyes. “Yoel has a very special
color to his eyes, a green that not a lot of people have, and they were that
same green,” she recounted. “Little by little, the understanding seeped in.”
The Soroka team then decided to inform Bichovsky’s wife, Esther,
that he had been admitted, rather than wait for the military to tell her what
had happened.
“We really hesitated
about whether to do that,” Frenkel said. “The Israeli expression, ‘A knock on
the door’ [from the IDF with bad news] — that’s become an awful, chilling
expression… It was clear to us that we had to [inform the family, rather than
have them hear from the army].”
Frenkel and a few other colleagues of Bichovsky went to his
home, first calling his wife Esther from outside, and told her of the
situation, emphasizing that they didn’t consider Bichovsky’s condition
life-threatening.
There was also some deliberation about whether the Soroka team
should provide ongoing treatment or transfer Bichovsky elsewhere, to a team
that did not have a personal connection to the patient.
“That night, there was a
question about whether we should treat him ourselves,” Professor Moti Klein, of
Bichovsky’s unit, told Channel 12. But “the thought that he would be treated somewhere
else was harder to stomach than that we would treat him.”
Yoav Bichovsky, a senior doctor at the
intensive care unit at Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, wasn’t recognizable
to his own colleagues when he returned to the hospital from reserve duty as a
combat medic — this time, as a patient, unconscious and seriously wounded.
Bichovsky is now in an intensive six-month process of
rehabilitation at the Loewenstein Hospital Rehabilitation Center in Raanana,
working on speech, motor skills, and other basic functions, and has been making
rapid progress.
He speaks in something of a whisper now — one of his vocal cords
was half-paralyzed by the RPG attack. But he spoke of hope for the future,
saying he expects “to return home, to eat like a human being, regular things.
To be a dad.”
Asked whether he intends to return to the intensive care unit —
as a doctor again this time — Bichovsky was unequivocal: “Yes,” he said. “It’s
amazing work. It’s an amazing life.”
“Everything that’s
happened since the 7th [of October], it comes home to us. And here, it came
home to us, to our family,” said Alex Fichman, another of Bichovsky’s
colleagues at Soroka. “Our problem was, we know too much.”
“We know how severe a
head injury is, how serious the consequences can be afterward,” elaborated
Michal Zada, a nurse in the ward. “And Yoav is someone that you can’t imagine
[as a patient] in the unit; you can’t imagine him lying in a bed,” Zada said.
“I asked who would be
able — mentally — to treat him, without breaking down. There were nurses who
said it was too hard, that they were afraid they wouldn’t stop crying,” she
told Channel 12.
Over the weeks after he was admitted and placed on life-support,
Bichovsky gradually responded to treatment.
On May 5, he responded to a WhatsApp message from Saparov, a
landmark moment. At that point, said Saparov, “I understood that he was himself
again, 35 days after he was helicoptered in” from Gaza.
His colleagues had worried whether Bichovsky would be the same
man they knew before, but joked among themselves that “Yoav, as someone
super-intelligent, has a lot to spare, so it’s okay if he goes down a few
levels,” Frenkel said.
“It was very strange at
first,” Bichovsky told Channel 12, reflecting on his return to consciousness
and subsequent progress. “You’re a little like a doll,” he said, being handled
by others with little input of your own.
“It’s really a great
team,” he said of his colleagues. “They were always saying, ‘Don’t forget, I’m
the nurse, I’m the doctor, I’m the therapist, it’ll be fine.’”
The article did not tell how Dr. Yoav asked to look at the MRI
of his brain injury. He will have a fluid drain tube from his brain going into
his stomach for the rest of his life.
Oz (pronounced oh-z) Ackerman has brain damage
Oz was hit so badly all
over the body and in his head that he was in the most critical condition with
not much hope of survival. He was unconscious for weeks hovering between life
and death.
In fact Oz and his fellow
soldiers were being trained to be sergeants. They were supposed to learn basic
command and some more war skills prior to entrance into Gaza. Instead they
entered a building to take cover from all sorts of RPG’s and bullets around
them.
Unfortunately, the
building was wired with explosives. Three soldiers died outright on the spot.
Oz was teetering between life and death. He had shrapnel all over but he had a
terrible head wound.
A few months later, his
unit received their three stripes. Oz is now able to walk and even run but he
speaks slowly with his brain damage. He is more alert than a certain
politically leader and very aware but can only reply to questions slowly. In a
ceremony with the head of the brigade and battalion, Oz got his deserved
stripes. He has a long way to recovery to function properly and most likely
will speak slowly for the rest of his life.
Isaac Nadoff from Pittsburgh PA I am here as long as they need me.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392035
Milestone: Rafi Edri, 86, former
Labor Party Minister. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/391948
Milestone: Omer Adam, 64, popular
Israeli Singer. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-807979
Inyanay Diyoma
June 22 & 23rd
Day 260 & 261 starting week 38
There is a consensus that Hamas is
holding the hostages hoping for a war in Lebanon for more demands. In the
meantime, it appears that Israel managed to take out their number 4. Also their
logistics commander of Lebanon was taken out.
Another soldier fell in Gaza. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/391941
https://www.timesofisrael.com/jordanian-police-discover-detonate-explosives-in-amman-area-apartment/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/irans-top-court-overturns-rappers-death-sentence-lawyer-says/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/two-french-teens-charged-over-plot-to-attack-jewish-targets/
The Hezbollah terrorist organization released a
psychological warfare video overnight in which terrorist leader Hassan
Nasrallah threatened to bring destruction upon the State of Israel in the event
of a war in Lebanon.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/391958
A group of anti-Israel protesters
staged a demonstration outside a synagogue and Jewish school in California on
Thursday evening, the local news station KTTV-11 reported. Conservative
Jewish commentator Ben Shapiro said "BTW, if people protested Hamas by
going to a random mosque and shouting at the constituents, it would be national
news and Joe Biden would make a statement about the evils of Islamophobia,".
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/391957
The masked anti-Israel protester who took over a
New York City subway car and demanded that Zionists identify themselves has
been identified as Christopher Khamis Victor Husary. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/391952
Non-combat soldiers no experience to guard
Hamas Prisoners. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/391956
Due to overcrowding, lower
risk Arabs not arrested. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/391959
Thousands of people demonstrated on Kaplan Street
in Tel Aviv on Saturday night. The organizers of the protest said it was the
largest since October 7.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/391947
ID of Petach Tikva man murdered by
terrorists Erev Shabbos. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/391936
IDF expand corridor in Gaza. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/391914
US Border Security: Hezballah flag
in NY. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/391943
Hostage turns 20: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/391940
Central and Southern Gaza IDF
Continues. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/391932
Quiet Conversation with US did not
solve the problem. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/391925
Chief Sephardi Rabbi went to
hospital and released. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/391935
June 24th
Day 262
Rockets again on Ashkelon. I have
been slowing down lately. My diet is going basically in the wrong direction. I
am not really doing aerobics. It could be the heat and humidity or my age. Or
just the lack of doing anything in the north and the captive situation in the
south has gotten me down. The TV suggested that we stock up on Pasta, Tehina
for mixing, water, canned fish, etc. So I came home with 4 packages of
spaghetti and another Tehina from my shopping.
I am still getting in my spam box
about my Netflix subscription is about to expire, my UPS Parcel is in Nigeria,
My FedEx, my pharmacy, etc. So life goes on the way it was.
Sinwar is probably avoiding
electronics. Earlier this month, the Wall
Street Journal revealed damning correspondence between Sinwar and his
closest associates in Hamas showing that Sinwar wants to see more Gazan
civilians killed because he believes it serves Hamas's interests. He is
surrounded by hostages. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392025
50% of Metula residents will not
return. Coordinator of Security injured today by RPG. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392021
Anti-Israel vandals defaced the Queens home of
Congressman Gregory Meeks’ (D-NY). https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392022
US Top General “We won’t help with Lebanon”.
[So why send the Eisenhower Force here?] https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392019
The submarine, INS Drakon, will be on sea trials
following its construction in Germany. According to the report, Russia's
Sibiryakov and Wassili Tatischtschew may be gathering intelligence on these
trials. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392017
https://www.timesofisrael.com/public-diplomacy-directorate-said-crumbling-after-departure-of-chief-and-most-staff/ You can thank Sara
Netanyahu for this failure.
He tells one thing to
the relatives of hostages and another to Arutz 14.
US Arm Shipments slowed down by 50%.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/391994
Project Managers for the North and
South. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/391970
IAF fighter jets this morning (Sunday), directed
by IDF and ISA intelligence, struck terrorist infrastructure in which Hamas and
Islamic Jihad terrorists were operating. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/391989
Seinfeld heckled again down under. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/391969
Israelis to sue UNWRA. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392011
An F-16 fighter crew from the Ramon Airbase was
grounded for three weeks following two serious incidents of strikes on
incorrect targets in Gaza, Kan Reshet Bet reported on Monday. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392012
Two members of a rapid-response squad were
injured on Sunday evening by an anti-tank missile that hit the city of Metula in
northern Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392009
Arab shooting suspect arrested on airplane before
departure. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392013
Following IDF intelligence, on Sunday night, IAF
aircraft eliminated the terrorist Muhammad Salah, who was responsible for
projects and development in Hamas' Weapons Manufacturing Headquarters. Salah
was part of a project to develop strategic weaponry for the Hamas terrorist
organization, and he commanded a number of Hamas terrorist squads that worked
on developing weapons. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392015
From a debate last week. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/391871
Pepsi new Logo banned in Lebanon. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/391877
June 25th
Day 263
This week the TV produced 4
interviews of 4 miraculous recoveries during the war. Dr. Yoav when he
recovered looked at the MRI of his brain on the day of the injury. He knows
better than I what a miracle happened to him. Each one interviewed has not
fully recovered in the rabbipauli.blogspot. com this week.
Supreme Court declares an end to
financing Yeshivas and the drafting of the Charedi Students immediately.
Chances are good that the funding to the courts will dry up too. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392080
https://www.timesofisrael.com/death-toll-rises-to-20-in-shooting-attack-in-russias-dagestan/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/six-jewish-minors-attacked-outside-movie-theater-in-paris-suburb/
Sister of Hamas leader and 8 others
die in attack. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392071
Antisemitism is prevalent at Stanford University
and action on several fronts is needed to combat it, a committee charged with
analyzing its presence on campus since Oct. 7 has concluded. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392070
Trump calls on people to watch Oct. 7th
atrocities film. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392076
Senator Graham Iran is responsible
for Hezballah. https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-807559
Israel going to war in the north but
no budget. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-807520
Clinical trials against West Nile
Virus. https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/article-807593
June 26th
Day 264
A UAV
from Iraq shot down before reaching Eilat. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392119
Do you think it is wrong that the Charedi to be draft
? It is war and Israel need all the man power that they can get ?
I have three answers regarding
this. First of all, my son and I served on the front lines sometimes both of us
on two fronts at once. Our belief is that if one is not learning, he should be
helping in the army. There are too many false Charedim and too many working
under the table instead of serving in the army.
My son was in a Hesder Yeshiva Unit
and always with religious people. I cannot say the same for myself. The Kashrus
in the army was a constant battle. Sometimes I had to destroy plates and
routinely kosher metal utensils. Other times since in the field the soldiers
cooked their coffee or chocolate with milk. I could not use tea or coffee if I
wanted after a meat meal. The last thing you want to do if each one’s life
depends on the other is to be a snitch (not to mention Lashon HaRa of this
week’s Parsha).
The army has no accommodations for
prayers, often an Eruv and other items. The religious especially Charedim are
an added burden upon the army.
Last, but not least, is
the protection of the soldiers due to prayers and Torah Learning. This is the
real protection of the army. It is these prayers and angels built by Torah
learning that save lives and protects others from injury.
Ganz: “We can put Lebanon completely into the dark, and take apart
Hezbollah’s power in days,” he said, adding that the price to Israel “will be
heavy. We need to back up our institutions. We need to be ready for major
incidents of harm. We should try to avoid it, but if we need to do it, we
cannot be deterred from it.”
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392107
THIS IS KNOWN TO HEZBALLAH AND IRAN AS THE BIDEN NAMBY-PAMBY
DIPLOMACY.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/un-warns-israel-aid-operations-in-gaza-to-halt-unless-safety-improved/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-leader-says-a-deal-with-no-end-to-war-is-not-an-agreement/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/icc-issues-arrest-warrants-for-russian-army-chief-ex-defense-minister/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-carries-out-rocket-engine-test-over-mediterranean/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-man-and-his-partner-missing-in-philippines/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/man-shot-dead-in-bat-yam/
New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman, a notorious critic
of Israel, will lose his Democratic primary to Westchester County Executive
George Latimer. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392123
Canada on Tuesday imposed additional sanctions on
those who have supported Hamas, including through funding the October 7 attack
on Israel, its Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly announced. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392124
Yemen's Houthi rebels said on Tuesday that they
had used a new ballistic missile to hit the MSC Sarah V vessel in the Arabian
Sea. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392118
An IAF aircraft, directed by IDF intelligence, on Tuesday
struck and eliminated the terrorist Fadi Al-Wadiya, who served as a significant
operative in the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392116
Trump could announce his running
mate this week. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392126
The US Treasury announced new sanctions today on
the '"shadow banking" network used by Iran's Defense Ministry and the
Revolutionary Guard Corps. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392111
An indictment was filed today (Wednesday) against
a 19-year-old soldier from Ramle and her partner, a 21-year-old resident of
Karne Shomron, after they smuggled dozens of illegal infiltrators into Israeli
territory. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392136
Double murder of two children in
Lakewood. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392134
LA becoming the antisemitic capitol
of USA. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392113
"The evildoers there and the government have
taken the budgets that the yeshivas and Kollelim (yeshivas for married students
- ed.) had, and the yeshivas are in a situation where they do not have the
ability to continue," he said during a fundraising trip to the US.
"There are already Kollelim which have closed. The yeshiva deans are
saying that they cannot continue anymore, and it is all because of the wickedness
of the government there. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392138
Israel and the US have agreed to reconvene a
joint meeting on Iran in July that was cancelled by the White House last week. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392120
Now is the time to stop Iranian Nukes. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392110
A fire broke out on Tuesday evening, around 10:00
p.m. in the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya and quickly spread
towards the Ofrit base and Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital. Arson. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392117
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu paid a
condolence visit on Tuesday to the family of the fallen soldier SFC (Res.)
Saadia Yaakov Deri in the Binyamin Region town of Eli. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392098
Booby trapped tunnel and fridge. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392103
“Hersh is a dual American-Israeli citizen who is
23 years old. Before being stolen and kidnapped into Gaza from a music
festival, Hersh’s left, dominant arm was blown off. And since then, we live in
a parallel universe of unadulterated torment,” Rachel Goldberg. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392101
Senator John Fetterman visits
Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392099
"Iran, as Cyber-Attacking nation, is
attacking many countries around the world, some of them consider themselves its
allies," Portnoy said.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392097
No famine in Gaza. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392097
Terrorists who took part in massacre
eliminated. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392078
Comptroller checking if UAV’s can be
cyberattacked.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392082
June 27th
Day 265
Jenin had deep and powerful explosive devices
near entry points. 1 dead several wounded. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392194
School was the communications, command and
control center in Khan Unis. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392191
"Now is the time to materialize the
commitment of American administrations over the years - the promise to prevent
Iran from possessing nuclear weapons," said Gallant. We can take Lebanon back to the
stone age but prefer diplomacy.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392183
Strikes on the outskirts of Damascus and
Nabatiya. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392175
Replacing Hezballah in Gaza: https://www.timesofisrael.com/egypt-uae-prepared-to-participate-in-post-war-gaza-security-force-officials/
Wednesday evening, Bedouin crash
through Chashmonayim check-post causing a security lock-down for an hour and
troops entering the Yishuv.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/nazi-grandma-convicted-again-of-holocaust-denial-in-germany/
16% of the buildings in Gaza
destroyed. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/s199ndcir
Orthodox mother murdered her two
daughters. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/s1xs2akic
A five-week-old baby has
died from whooping cough after his mother refused to get vaccinated during her
pregnancy, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday. https://www.ynetnews.com/health_science/article/sk5kyvplc
Germany and Netherlands evacuate
citizens from Lebanon. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392182
Israel and the US are concerned Iran will try to
advance its nuclear technology, including weaponization efforts, in the weeks
leading to the US presidential elections, according to two Israeli and two US
officials. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392180
Most TX campus arrests dropped. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392184
Failed Coup in Bolivia. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392174
Shabbos reaches peak length in N.
Hemisphere. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/shabat
One of the anti-Israel protestors who took over a New York City subway car two weeks ago and led chants demanding to know if there
were any Zionists on board has turned himself in to the police, the New
York Post reported. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392157
The Military Police opened an investigation on
Wednesday into an individual who is suspected of impersonating a doctor and
accompanying a battalion into the Gaza Strip. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392150
June 28th
Day 266 the end of week 38
Yesterday late afternoon to mid-evening, I
traveled to Ramat HaGolan with my family for a Bas Mitzvah of a grandniece. I
travelled under the mountains of Tsfat that was bombarded with 40 rockets
yesterday. Fortunately for me, I knew most of the way and at the very moment for
a turn that I needed to make, the GPS got reception. I have become spoiled that
most of the roads are lit up well at night and ended up driving on a main 4
lane highway that was unlit. The IDF is knocking out the GPS for miles around. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392222
Today, the western Galil got hit with rockets.
Yesterday, the electricity near Tsfat was knocked out and Modiin and
settlements had a blackout first in one of the three phases and then a total
blackout.
The IDF Spokesperson's Unit cleared for
publication on Friday morning that Sergeant Eyal Shynes, 19, from Kibbutz Afik
fell in battle in southern Gaza. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392247
Yesterday 4 Arabs died from their Mafia. Today
an explosion in Herzliya .
Rabbi Yehuda ben Esther Deri of Beer
Sheva in hospital. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392251
Israeli Poll. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392250
Watch debate: Trump vs. Biden. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392243
Donald J Trump I would like to see Biden
take a cognitive test. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/raspy-biden-gets-off-to-halting-start-against-trump-first-2024-presidential-election-debate
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bidens-hit-trump-over-suckers-losers-report-backfires-focus-group
The
CNN poll posted on air showed that 67% of debate watchers felt that Trump won
the debate compared to 33% who believe Biden won the debate. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cnn-flash-poll-shows-trump-clear-winner-first-presidential-debate-stunning-number
Biden was incoherent, mumbling and
stumbling during the debate. https://www.foxnews.com/video/6355803756112
More
important than ever to read the Op-Ed censored by Facebook.
Diane Bederman: Dear Jewish
organizations: What have you done for us lately?
We read
that the world is much like 1939, except on steroids. It seems all the effort
to teach about the Holocaust has failed...
https://dianebederman.com/dear-jewish-organizations-what-have-you-done-for-us-lately/
Why is the rabbipauli.blogspot. com on this week’s Portion Numbers or
Bamidbar 13:1 – 15:41 with 4 medical miracles of recovering soldiers and this
Sword’s of Iron Bulletin too dangerous for Facebook. Torah = Emmes=Truth and
all the forces of evil shall have no power over it.
DOES MANKIND WANT TO AGGRAVATE
THE L-RD G-D LIKE BEFORE THE FLOOD OR TOWER OF BAVEL?
Headlines on Wednesday
Yediot translated from the Hebrew:
Supreme Court requires
drafting of all funding for the Yeshiva People (treating the families worse
than Israeli Arabs) cutting off all funding for working mothers of Kollel
members. [Translated into their feelings – ha, ha you have been shafted.]
Headlines on Thursday –
Israel is expecting 15,000 dead and (tens times that wounded) electrical
blackouts of 72hours if there is a war in the north.
Google the archives for
the truth.
CAN ANYBODY SEE THE
RELATIONSHIP. Go ahead shaft the people doing the work of the CREATOR who put you
on the earth (for the sole or soul purpose of raising the mundane into holiness)
and then you wonder why Newton’s Law of Physics: For every reaction there is an
equal and opposite reaction.
Bethlehem,
including Beit Jala and Beit Sahour: The U.S.
Embassy in Jerusalem reminds U.S. citizens of the continued need for caution
and increased personal security awareness as security incidents often take
place without warning. The security environment remains complex and can
change quickly. Effective June 24, 2024, personal travel is
permitted for all U.S. government employees and their family members to
Bethlehem, including Beit Jala and Beit Sahour during daylight hours. Given
continued closures of checkpoints throughout the West Bank, the only permitted
and accessible route into Bethlehem for U.S. government employees and their
family members is through Checkpoint 300. This is provided for your information
as you make your own security plans.
Hamas kidnapped the dog with all its equipment on
it, boobytrapping it with explosives to injure the IDF forces. While the dog
was held by Hamas, he was recorded attacking a Gazan woman. The report was
published on the Qatari Al-Jazeera channel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392215
The boy, a resident of the northern city of
Netanya, is in the intensive care unit (ICU) at Laniado Hospital. He contracted
tetanus after falling and suffering an injury. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392252
Evacuation orders in Arabic issued to civilians.
Over the past day, following intelligence
indicating the presence of terrorists and terrorist infrastructure in the area
of Shejaiya in the northern Gaza Strip, IDF troops began activity in the area,
both above and below ground. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392255
Violent Protests against Netanyahu
in Israel. Same people from a few years ago long before the hostages or Justice
Reform. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392235
Op-Ed Ruthie Blum on last item. George Orwell couldn’t make this up. But he might be
chuckling in his grave over Tel Aviv University’s latest research institute:
The Ehud Barak Center for Leadership—built around, heavily funded by and named
after one of the worst prime ministers in Israel’s history. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392224
Military Intel. Brig Gen. Y. has assumed the role of the Commanding Officer
of the Special Operations Unit in the Intelligence Directorate (J2), replacing
BG O., who served in the position for the past two and a half years. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392156
Have a wonderful healthy
and peaceful Shabbos,
Rachamim Pauli
