Friday, October 11, 2024

Parshiyos Hazinu and Zos HaBracha, a miracle here and there in Israel and a story, swords of Iron updates and other news

 My head was still on the miracles of the Iranian Attack. In fact they tried to launch 201 missiles of which 181 got off the ground and most were shot down. Some landed near the sea and a few on the Hatzor and Nevatim Airforce Bases with no Israeli killed. WHAT A MIRACLE!

 

Simply I remember the reading of Rosh Hashanah was Avraham and it was Yishmael being judged to be a great nation at the time.

 

Yom Kippur we read in the morning: (Vayikra) Leviticus 16:1-34; afternoon 18:1-30

Sukkos in Israel. Leviticus 22:26 - 23:44; Numbers 29:12-16

 

 

 

Parsha Hazinu

 

 

This song was taught to the people. The only way to sing it today is by the Trop (Cantillation) of the Torah Reading. So the Yemenite, Sephardim and Ashkenazim will have different tunes. Add it to the various pronunciations from the diaspora and the sounds are different. The song is a warning to behave according to the Torah Teachings.

 

32:1 Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak; and let the earth hear the words of my mouth. 

 

As I have often stated that in Kabbalah the inanimate is alive. Physicists might call it frequency of vibration that we can measure. They are alive with the spirit of HASHEM as there is nothing without HIM. They are your witnesses.

 

2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew; as the small rain upon the tender grass, and as the showers upon the herb. 

 

The Torah and Mitzvos are pure, delicate and refreshingly sweet. May I add it is we who do not understand the combination of Lulav, Hadas, Arava and Esrog that represent the letters of Yud then Hey and Vav and Hey. Neither do I understand why these particular species the sanctification of THE NAME in this world and the next but they are the sweet things of Torah that prepare our soul for great holiness.

 

3 For I will proclaim the name of the LORD; ascribe ye greatness unto our God. 4 The Rock, His work is perfect; for all His ways are justice; a God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and right is He. 

 

Even if we don’t understand the reason why and what we call “Karma” today everything from HASHEM is for our good.

 

5 Is corruption His? No; His children's is the blemish; a generation crooked and perverse. 

 

If this was said of the generation of Moshe and those who heard him, learned Torah from him and saw all the miracles what can I say 3,336.5 years after leaving Mitzrayim to our weak generation? We are so far removed from the source, corrupted by all the news and nations around us with our great Sages gone and a few elders left.

 

6 Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not He thy father that hath gotten thee? hath He not made thee, and established thee? 

 

The L-RD is our father and creator.

 

7 Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations; ask thy father, and he will declare unto thee, thine elders, and they will tell thee. 

 

This refers to one’s father and elders.

 

8 When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when He separated the children of men, He set the borders of the peoples according to the number of the children of Israel. 9 For the portion of the LORD is His people, Jacob the lot of His inheritance. 10 He found him in a desert land, and in the waste, a howling wilderness; He compassed him about, He cared for him, He kept him as the apple of His eye. 11 As an eagle that stirs up her nest, hovers over her young, spreads abroad her wings, taketh them, bears them on her pinions-- 

 

The L-RD created Am Yisrael, watched over us, watches over us and will watch over us. Just as an Eagle brings food to her young in a high protected nest, so too it is HASHEM that can protect us from 201 attempted launched missile that were cut down to 181 and those not shot down landed it vacant areas. What was clear to the handmaiden at the splitting of the sea is hard for a modern professor to understand and comprehend.

 

12 The LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with Him. 13 He made him ride on the high places of the earth, and he did eat the fruitage of the field; and He made him to suck honey out of the crag, and oil out of the flinty rock; 

 

Even if in our eyes it appears bad, what HASHEM does for us is like handing out sweet treats to us.

 

14 Curd of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and he-goats, with the kidney-fat of wheat; and of the blood of the grape thou drank foaming wine. 

 

All good from HASHEM so even the “bad” or difficult is good.

 

15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked--thou didst wax fat, thou didst grow thick, thou didst become gross--and he forsook God who made him, and contemned the Rock of his salvation. 

 

This happened in the reign of King Menashe after his father, Hezkiyahu, brought out wealth and happiness with his following the Mitzvos that defeated Sancheriv. Later generations there were the Beotusim, Saddukim (Sadducees), here and there unto the so-called modernization to be like the Goyim of the Reform that provoked the German Hatred or Jews trying to replace them. So that even converted Jews who did not know Judaism from birth were sent to the Concentration Camps.

 

16 They roused Him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations did they provoke Him. 17 They sacrificed unto demons, no-gods, gods that they knew not, new gods that came up of late, which your fathers dreaded not. 

 

It does not matter how they did it through ancient gods, demons and atheism.

 

18 Of the Rock that begot thee thou were unmindful, and didst forget God that bore thee. 19 And the LORD saw, and spurned, because of the provoking of His sons and His daughters. 20 And He said: 'I will hide My face from them, I will see what their end shall be; for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faithfulness. 21 They have roused Me to jealousy with a no-god; they have provoked Me with their vanities; and I will rouse them to jealousy with a no-people; I will provoke them with a vile nation. 22 For a fire is kindled in My nostril, and burns unto the depths of the nether-world, and devours the earth with her produce, and sets ablaze the foundations of the mountains. 23 I will heap evils upon them; I will spend Mine arrows upon them; 

 

You say these gods or others even no-gods. OK, I will hide myself from you and not offer you the protection of an eagle hovering over her nest. You will get a heap of evils and not be able to deal with them.

 

24 The wasting of hunger, and the devouring of the fiery bolt, and bitter destruction; and the teeth of beasts will I send upon them, with the venom of crawling things of the dust. 25 Without shall the sword bereave, and in the chambers terror; slaying both young man and virgin, the suckling with the man of gray hairs. 

 

How potent is this. I am writing this on Oct. 7th a year after the statue of Buddha was in the middle of the Super-Nova Song Fest on a Yom Tov in Park Reem. Nobody wished these 328 youths that died bad or those injured or the fearful escapes. It was even announce that another died in captivity with a few alive. All this for not observing Yom Tov and the stupid statue that they did not worship. Perhaps a number lived because they had done some Mitzvos or had the potential of Teshuva or they grew up like a non-Jew complete devoid of the idea of Mitzvos. The Torah does not distinguish between having fun and crowd pressure causing violations of Shabbos and Yom Tov and the lack of education on the importance of observance. Perhaps HASHEM does but the Pshat (textual understanding) is that you should have been taught this song in your youth. [If I recall I was 20 or 21 when I first encountered this so I do have compassion for the uneducated Jews who never knew what Torah was.]

 

26 I thought I would make an end of them, I would make their memory cease from among men; 27 Were it not that I dreaded the enemy's provocation, lest their adversaries should misdeem, lest they should say: Our hand is exalted, and not the LORD hath wrought all this.' 

 

G-D would have killed everybody outright if it were not that the Nations might think the Holy Land had special powers and not from G-D.

 

28 For they are a nation void of counsel, and there is no understanding in them. 29 If they were wise, they would understand this, they would discern their latter end. 

 

There are no wise people left to council them. After Rav Moshe Feinstein and Rav Yacov Kanjievsky died there was Rav Shach, Rav Eliyashiv and still others of that generation. But with the death of Rav Chaim Kanjievsky and Rav Gershon Edelstein a handful of lesser Rabbis have taken over and my generation is even weaker.

 

30 How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had given them over and the LORD had delivered them up? 31 For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges. 

 

The opposite of the Six Day and miracles of Arabs fleeing. Some saw Abu Ibraham fighting for Am Yisrael and they fled. (Avraham father of the Yishmaelim). But if the L-RD remove HIS Hashgacha from us then like a leaf the enemies shall chase us away.

 

32 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah; their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter; 33 Their wine is the venom of serpents, and the cruel poison of asps. 34 'Is not this laid up in store with Me, sealed up in My treasuries? 

 

The teachings of the Saddukim or Reform that are poison to the ways of Torah.

They bring about bitterness in this world and the next.

 

35 Vengeance is Mine, and recompense, against the time when their foot shall slip; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that are to come upon them shall make haste. 36 For the LORD will judge His people, and repent Himself for His servants; when He sees that their stay is gone, and there is none remaining, shut up or left at large. 

 

We say “Somayk Noflim” in the Shemona Esray. “When our foot slips your loving kindness upholds us”. But if you do not observe, then when your foot slips, you will lose your balance and face whatever dangers might lie in wait.

 

37 And it is said: Where are their gods, the rock in whom they trusted; 38 Who did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink-offering? let him rise up and help you, let him be your protection. 

 

So you chose Atheism, Woke Culture or Black Lives Matter and I don’t want to here anything else. OK in your hour of need let BLM or whatever fad or idol there is protect you since you gave up on following HASHEM.

 

39 See now that I, even I, am He, and there is no god with Me; I kill, and I make alive; I have wounded, and I heal; and there is none that can deliver out of My hand. 

 

It is I, the L-RD, that heals, destroys, kills or revive the dead.

 

40 For I lift up My hand to heaven, and say: As I live forever, 41 If I whet My glittering sword, and My hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to Mine adversaries, and will recompense them that hate Me. 42 I will make Mine arrows drunk with blood, and My sword shall devour flesh; with the blood of the slain and the captives, from the long-haired heads of the enemy.' 

 

If you put your trust in heaven, then you can reach salvation.

 

43 Sing aloud, O ye nations, of His people; for He doth avenge the blood of His servants, and doth render vengeance to His adversaries, and doth make expiation for the land of His people. 

 

Joe Jr. or perhaps Gog in Hebrew you want to withhold weapons, not to reply in force to an unprovoked attack by Iran. Well HASHEM has news for you! The same goes to UK, France, Germany, Russia and China. Billions of people but we have HASHEM Yisborach.

 

44 And Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun. 45 And when Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel, 46 he said unto them: 'Set your heart unto all the words wherewith I testify against you this day; that ye may charge your children therewith to observe to do all the words of this law. 

 

Instead of being tempted or lazy not to observe, be diligent, observe and all will go well for you.

 

47 For it is no vain thing for you; because it is your life, and through this thing ye shall prolong your days upon the land, whither ye go over the Jordan to possess it.' 

 

Soon you will pass over the Yarden and enter the land that your fathers dreamed about and will possess it.

 

48 And the LORD spoke unto Moses that selfsame day, saying: 49 'Get thee up into this mountain of Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession; 50 and die in the mount whither thou go up, and be gathered unto thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people. 51 Because ye trespassed against Me in the midst of the children of Israel at the waters of Meribath-kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified Me not in the midst of the children of Israel. 52 For thou shalt see the land afar off; but thou shalt not go thither into the land which I give the children of Israel.'

 

You will have the power to see the land. I have a gut feeling that HASHEM not only let Moshe see the land from a distance but HE game Moshe telescopic vision.

 

 

Zos HaBracha

 

 

 

33:1 And this is the blessing wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. 2 And he said: The LORD came from Sinai, and rose from Seir unto them; He shined forth from mount Paran, and He came from the myriads holy, at His right hand was a fiery law unto them. 3 Yea, He loveth the peoples, all His holy ones--they are in Thy hand; and they sit down at Thy feet, receiving of Thy words. 4 Moses commanded us a law, an inheritance of the congregation of Jacob. 5 And there was a king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people were gathered, all the tribes of Israel together. 

 

All the nation is gathered by Moshe for this farewell speech. G-D is King for them.

 

6 Let Reuben live, and not die in that his men become few. 

 

In the last census, Reuven had few in number so Moshe gave him a strengthening blessing.

 

7 And this for Judah, and he said: Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him in unto his people; his hands shall contend for him, and Thou shalt be a help against his adversaries. 

 

Gur Arieh a cub that goes into a lion the king of the beasts. From Yehuda will come out the kingship of Yisrael.

 

8 And of Levi he said: Thy Thummim and Thy Urim be with Thy holy one, whom Thou didst prove at Massah, with whom Thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah; 

 

You strove with the nation and G-D at Meribah.

 

9 Who said of his father, and of his mother: 'I have not seen him'; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew he his own children; for they have observed Thy word, and keep Thy covenant. 10 They shall teach Jacob Thine ordinances, and Israel Thy law; they shall put incense before Thee, and whole burnt-offering upon Thine altar. 11 Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands; smite through the loins of them that rise up against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again. 

 

The Leviim and Cohanim shall bless the nation and teach Torah. In the last two centuries the Soloveitchik Rabbanim and the Rav Kuk family have lead Torah throughout the land.

 

12 Of Benjamin he said: The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by Him; He covers him all the day, and He dwelleth between his shoulders. 

 

Shoulders refer to the Mikdash that was not built on the highest mountain in Benyamin but Har HaBeis is lower than Givat Shmuel and other mountains of Talpiot and Gilo.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

 

13 And of Joseph he said: Blessed of the LORD be his land; for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that couches beneath, 14 And for the precious things of the fruits of the sun, and for the precious things of the yield of the moons, 

 

Soon Yoshua ben Ephraim from would have the sun and moon stand still for the army in battle prior to Shabbos.

 

15 And for the tops of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the everlasting hills, 16 And for the precious things of the earth and the fulness thereof, and the good will of Him that dwelt in the bush; let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the crown of the head of him that is prince among his brethren. 17 His firstling bullock, majesty is his; and his horns are the horns of the wild-ox; with them he shall gore the peoples all of them, even the ends of the earth; and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh. 

 

The mountains of Schem and the two sections of Menashe on the Golan and in Shomron.

 

18 And of Zebulun he said: Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out, and, Issachar, in thy tents. 19 They shall call peoples unto the mountain; there shall they offer sacrifices of righteousness; for they shall suck the abundance of the seas, and the hidden treasures of the sand.

 

Zevulun would get the area around Haifa-Acco for trade and support Yissachar in Torah Learning.

 

20 And of Gad he said: Blessed be He that enlarges Gad; he dwelleth as a lioness, and tears the arm, yea, the crown of the head. 21 And he chose a first part for himself, for there a portion of a ruler was reserved; and there came the heads of the people, he executed the righteousness of the LORD, and His ordinances with Israel. 

 

Rashi states that Gad was on the Border and they were fierce like lion they would slay in battle the enemy chopping off in one blow the head and arm.

 

22 And of Dan he said: Dan is a lion's whelp, that leaps forth from Bashan. 

 

He also had to fight like a lion he lived in the eastern Galil what we call today Tel Dan, Metula, Beit Hillel, Kiriat Shemona and close by.

 

23 And of Naphtali he said: O Naphtali, satisfied with favor, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the sea and the south. 

 

Possess the sea and the south The sea of Kinnereth fell within Naphtali’s portion; moreover, he took a rope’s length of fishing-coast on its south[ern shore] for spreading out his nets and trawls. — [Baba Kama 81b]

 

24 And of Asher he said: Blessed be Asher above sons; let him be the favored of his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil. 25 Iron and brass shall be thy bars; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be. 

 

He will be pleasing to his brothers Asher pleased his brothers with “Onpakinon oil” [oil of unripe olives, used for anointing one’s skin] and tasty foods, and they please him [by repaying him] with grain. Another explanation of “He will be pleasing to his brothers” : Because the women who came from Asher were beautiful [and were sought after for marriage]. This is the meaning of what is stated in Chronicles (I Chron. 7:31). [when it speaks of Malchiel, Asher’s grandson] “he was the father בִּרְזָיִת [literally, olive-child]” that is to say, his daughters were married to Kohanim Gedolim [and kings], who were anointed with olive oil (זַיִת) . - [Gen. Rabbah 71:10]

 

And immerse his foot in oil for his land flowed like a spring with oil. It once happened, that the people of Laodicea were in need of oil, and they appointed an agent [who was sent from place to place, until he found an olive farmer. The latter brought this agent to his home, and there, the olive farmer washed himself and then dipped his hands and feet, thereby fulfilling our verse here: “And dip his foot in oil.” Then, he supplied the agent from Laodicea with one million, one hundred and eighteen thousand maneh worth of olive oil!]. — [Tractate Men. 85b]

 

26 There is none like unto God, O Jeshurun, who rides upon the heaven as thy help, and in His excellency on the skies. 27 The eternal God is a dwelling-place, and underneath are the everlasting arms; and He thrust out the enemy from before thee, and said: 'Destroy.' 28 And Israel dwelleth in safety, the fountain of Jacob alone, in a land of corn and wine; yea, his heavens drop down dew. 29 Happy art thou, O Israel, who is like unto thee? a people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and that is the sword of thy excellency! And thine enemies shall dwindle away before thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places. 

 

Israel will conquer and possess the land.

 

34:1  And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD showed him all the land, even Gilead as far as Dan; 

 

Rashi says he showed him Shimshon. However, the Pshat is that either he showed him the area of Dan what is Banias in the north or Dan as in Gush Dan north of Tel Aviv today.

 

2 and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah as far as the hinder sea; 

 

The Sea of Galilee aka Kinneret.

 

3 and the South, and the Plain, even the valley of Jericho the city of palm-trees, as far as Zoar. 

 

Zoar is where road 90 today turns left towards Eilat and the road goes into route 31 heading right Arad and the location is near the end of the tongue of the Dead Sea.

 

4 And the LORD said unto him: 'This is the land which I swore unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying: I will give it unto thy seed; I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.' 

 

You shall see the good land but shall not enter it.

 

5 So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD. 

 

The Midrash tells of a kiss from HASHEM to Aaron and the same to Moshe.

 

6 And he was buried in the valley in the land of Moab over against Beth-peor; and no man knows of his sepulcher unto this day. 

 

When the Torah writes this it means to the best guess that I can make that he went into a cave along the Syrian-African fault on the Jordanian side and a massive earthquake cause the ground to move in such a manner that nobody could ever find it. I recently saw on Youtube “they found Moses grave” it is some falsified nonsense to propagandize stuff foreign to Torah and Judaism.

 

7 And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. 8 And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days; so the days of weeping in the mourning for Moses were ended. 

 

During this time, one can assume that the leaders reviewed Torah in each tribe.

 

9 And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him; and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses. 

 

The laying of the hands is called Semicha or Ordination not only as Rabbi-Leader-King but also prophet.

 

10 And there hath not arisen a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face; 11 in all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land; 12 and in all the mighty hand, and in all the great terror, which Moses wrought in the sight of all Israel.

 

Avos calls Moshe like the Sun and Yoshua like the moon. That was a waning of prophecy and leadership but enough to carry a nation willing to fight to conquer the land. At this point the people under 40 had been born free and those under 45 had been too young to really taste slavery in Egypt. The others had seen the miracles in their youth and it had penetrated their being.

 

 

Chazak – Chazak v’ nit Chazak

 

 

This article on 13 heroes of the war is worth the read. https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/6609835/jewish/13-Heroes-of-October-7th-and-the-Aftermath.htm

Two Rabbis & a righteous woman discuss one year later after Oct. 7th. 1 hr. 13min  https://www.chabad.org/multimedia/video_cdo/aid/6606542/jewish/One-Year-Stronger.htm

 

 

Workaholic and Prayer Failure

 

 

Ok, I finally have to admit that “If you try to grab the majority of things – you grabbed nothing” – the Talmud. I tried to put out the whole weekly Drasha with quality but a Houthi attack the previous Shabbos and 40minutes in the shelter from Iran and the deadline to publish had a toll on me. I am also working on converting my house to Solar Energy. If we had one or two blackouts a year during high power consumption in the past years, Israel without rocket attacks is experiencing a few hours sometimes a few times almost every month. With a lot of food in the refrigerator – deep freezer, it started to be a concern. Then the need for at least a fan or air conditioner with my heart problems in the summer it became more imperative. However, that meant finding a roofer to reinforce the roof and some repairs to the home electric system. In short, a project in itself which might have been easy when I was 40 building this house but not so easy as a senior citizen.

 

Then combined with all that clogging my mind, on Rosh Hashanah, I stood before the True Judge and mumbled and jumbled words. A word salad as empty as a political speech before the L-RD when my life, my family, my fortune is at stake. I came out of the 8 prayers of Rosh Hashanah with not much feeling – my head was somewhere in the tunnels of Gaza with hostages alive or dead or with the refugees of the northern border but not with Rabbi Pauli.

 

I did have one virtue left, my wife and I had a widow over for a Rosh Hashanah meal. The first day she barely came to hear a few minutes of Shofar in the Schul and the second day she felt better and the pressure of the week I had gotten off my chest. So, we racked up a bit of a Mitzvah to help the scale of justice.

 

Now, I still have a chance before HASHEM. I have to repent my sins. One of them listed is praying without feeling. In Kabbalah that is producing shells or like skins of fruit called Kilipos. With my prayers, Rabbi Yehuda Yosefi Shlita would say Mussar to me that you need a garbage truck or two to haul all your Kilipos away. I can’t really argue with that.

 

So I need rest before Yom Kippur. I have to work on my concentration of words. As I sit here and write, I wonder that if I cannot improve myself, how can I ask my readers beg for forgiveness from HASHEM?

 

It is true the life of a man and his strength is like a passing shadow. Just as we have seen in Beirut the wicked go up and vanish like smoke. As I become older and older the words “Shema Kolanu” {hear our voices} – “In our old age and our strength fails us – don’t leave us.” I asked Menashe and one of my grandsons to pray that I have Kavana and that the intent of my prayers be acceptable in my weaken state.

 

Kaporos

 

The “atonement” ceremony: Our Machzor/Siddur has the pre-Yom Kippur prayer ceremony of Kaporos. It was such a holding of chicken over one’s head and twirling it around three times then slaughtering it to give to the poor for a meal or if one was poor to eat that turned off my grandfather to Judaism. The chicken is slaughtered and from nerves runs around. But the gentiles completely chop off the heads of their chickens “And they run around like a chicken with its head chopped off”. He never witnessed that only the kosher way.

 

I am sensitive too. I have seen kosher slaughter. But there is a modern preferred method of Kaporos. Taking the equivalent to the cost of a chicken or more. Putting the money over one’s head and twirling it around three times as one says the words about “A child of man sits in darkness …”. I then take a check from my check book and redeem the cash on that check. “Ani podeh HaKesef HaZeh al Ha Check HaZeh.” I redeem this money on this check.

 

I then donate if I can even more money to a charity.

 

Hopefully, my prayers will be more acceptable from my standpoint and acceptable from G-D’s standpoint for a healthy, happy, successful and tranquil year for me. And I hope all of you make it into Sefer HaChaim (book of life).

 

A productive fast to all those capable of fasting. Soldiers on duty: https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-top-sephardic-rabbi-backs-rulings-that-soldiers-in-combat-must-eat-on-yom-kippur/

Gmar Chatima Tova – a good signing in the book of life.

 

 

Prison + Yom Kippur + Talmud = Freedom by R. Y. Tilles

https://ascentofsafed.com/Stories/Stories/5785/1400-02.html

 

 

During my seven years of shalichus in Alabama, I [Rabbi Yitzchak-Meyer Lipszyc] was the official Contract Rabbi of Maxwell Federal Prison Camp,[1] a large minimum security facility primarily for 'white-collar' convicts, in Montgomery, On the High Holy Days [two days of Rosh Hashanah and one more on Yom Kippur], my whole family would drive the 90 miles from our home in Birmingham, and spend the entire holidays on prison grounds.

 

For the duration of the holidays, the fifteen or so prisoners were left under our jurisdiction. We prayed together, learned together, rapped together, walked together and ate together. The effect was three days of pure holiness, felt by prisoners and visitors alike.

 

I always had to lead all the services, including the long Rosh Hashana Musaf prayers and all five prayer services on Yom Kippur. After all, I was the only one who could read Hebrew, never mind actually lead the prayers.

 

Towards the end of Yom Kippur of 1988, as we were about to begin the Ne'ilah (closing) services, I turned around to face the worshippers and said: "We are now about to begin the closing prayers of Yom Kippur. This is our last ditch effort to ask G-d to forgive our past sins, before the gates of mercy close. But, with what justification are we requesting G-d to forgive our past?

 

"Well, I have a proposal. before we begin Ne'ilah, let us all take just two minutes and choose one mitzvah (of the 613 commandments in the Torah) that each one of us will undertake to keep for the coming year. Then that mitzvah will be our defense argument, so that G-d forgives our past and seals the verdict for a good year."

 

I could see on their faces that my proposal was accepted. So I turned back to my siddur, spent the next two minutes thinking about my personal commitment, and then, without further hesitation, began Ne'ilah.

 

After services were over, as everyone broke their fast, one inmate, a newcomer, approached me and asked if he could speak to me. When I answered in the affirmative, he told me his name is Carl and requested my help in fulfilling the commitment he undertook before Ne'ilah.

 

"Which mitzvah did you undertake," I asked? "To keep the Sabbath," he replied.

 

"Wow!" I thought to myself. "I don't think he could have picked a more difficult one." "If you don't mind my asking," I decided to question him further, "What made you choose that particular Mitzvah?"

 

"To be quite honest," he explained, "I didn't know any other of the Commandments and I remembered once hearing that G-d set up the Sabbath as a day of rest."

 

I explained that Shabbos was quite a difficult mitzvah to begin with, and that if he wished I could list for him other Mitzvos which would be much easier to do.

 

His response was, "No thanks, Rabbi. I committed myself to Shabbos and I plan to stick with it."

 

Far be it for me to discourage a Jew from keeping Shabbos, so I simply asked, "and how can I help?"

 

"Well you see," he explained "I don't know the laws of Shabbos and I can't read Hebrew, so I need a list of the do's and the don'ts of Shabbos, in English. I don't need to hear the philosophy of it, just instructions." I told him that if he will come the next Tuesday to my weekly class, I would bring him the necessary books.

 

Those days there was only one book that set out all the laws in detail. The next Tuesday I brought him the two volume set titled "The Laws of Shabbos" by Rabbi Shimon Eider, a Lakewood NJ rabbinical scholar. Every Tuesday thereafter he came to my class and would tell me of his progress in regards to his Shabbos observance.

 

About six weeks later, I noticed that he was absent from the Tuesday class, so I asked one of the other inmates, "why didn't he come?"

 

"Rabbi, you are not going to believe this," he answered excitedly. "You know those two books you gave him to study? Well he read in one of them that if the Jews keep just two consecutive Shabbats, G-d would immediately set them free from exile. You also taught us that everything that applies to all Jews, surely applies to each one of us as individuals as well. "'So' this fellow deduced, 'If I will be careful to keep all the laws of Shabbos for just two weeks, then G-d will send me home!'"

 

With this thought in mind, Carl stayed up four full nights and finished learning the rest of the two books, memorizing everything, in order for him to know what to do, and throughout the next two Shabbats he was very careful to follow the laws of Shabbos to a tee.

 

That very week after the second Shabbos, the federal prisons initiated a new program allowing people who have committed white collar crimes to be released under house arrest. Carl was the first one the prison authorities let out under that program.

 

"When we had our little minyan last Friday night we all danced and sang with him in celebration. And just the other day he actually left!"

 

As soon as Carl got out of jail he called us in Alabama. He asked us a number of questions, including a few about Shabbat.

 

I kept in touch with him for several years. He is married and has children. He keeps Shabbos and kosher, and puts on tefillin daily. Every year on Yom Kippur he takes upon himself an additional mitzvah.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Source: Adapted by Yerachmiel Tilles after hearing it twice live from Rabbi Lipszyc and from the transcript of the story he kindly sent me. I also interspersed several sentences borrowed from his wife Leah's written version of the same episode.

Biographic note:
Rabbi Yitzchak-Meyer Lipszyc was appointed by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1970 to be an official Chabad emissary and help establish Jewish communities and spread Chassidus throughout the world. He and his wife Leah were successful shluchim in Michigan (1970-1982), Alabama (1982-1989), Florida (1989-1991) Brooklyn-the Rebbe's Kollel in Crown Heights (just him: 1991-1992), Crimea, Ukraine (1992-2019, but in the last five years running it from his office in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn).
From 2019 and still going strong, here in Tsfat, Israel. Rabbi Lipszyc has amazing personal stories; the wildest ones sound like they could be scripts for a movie or a novel!

Footnote:
[1] Montgomery and Birmingham are the two largest cities in Alabama. Montgomery is the state capital.

 

Shimon D. Eider (December 2, 1938 - September 28, 2007) was an Orthodox rabbi and a Posek (decider of Jewish law). R. Eider, a graduate of Yeshiva University High School for Boys, was a pioneer in the field of Jewish law in English. He authored several texts. He received his rabbinic ordination from Rabbi Moshe Feinstein. He was a longtime resident of Lakewood Township, New Jersey and an esteemed member of the advanced Kollel of Beth Medrash Govoha where he was a student of Rabbi Aharon Kotler. He was frequently consulted as an expert on the construction of Eruvin and he was also a trailblazer in kashrut. Eider died on September 28, 2007.

 

Eider was best known for his pioneering works in Jewish law. He was among the first to write handbooks of practical Halacha for the English speaking public. Many of the conventions he instituted - for example, writing the main text in English with Hebrew footnotes on the same page - became standard in the field of English works of Jewish law. Eider developed a style of writing intended to be clear for the new student while still useful for the scholar. Eider frequently consulted with major rabbinic authorities in the writing of his books, as seen from the countless footnotes. His style of writing is the foundation of most English works of Halacha published today.

 

A Rosh Yeshiva of one of the many Draft Dodging Yeshivas that sprung up during the Viet Nam War invited Rabbi Eider to lecture there in 1970 aka 5730. Rabbi Rachamim Pauli was at that time a new Baal Teshuva working in the US Post Office at night and learning during the day. Rachamim had only learned only a little amount of Talmud. Rabbi Eider sold at that time a pamphlet or two that became the foundation for his two volumes on the laws of Shabbos. Rabbi Pauli learned with him until he made Aliyah and then purchased the two volumes after they were printed and his volumes on the laws of the Three Weeks. The other books had not been printed yet. – may his righteous memory be blessed.

 

 

Rabbi Ronen Dahan’s Miracle

 

 

The Principal of the Talmud Torah called Rabbi Dahan and said that his son is in lock down in Hadera due to a terrorist on the loose. Suddenly a motor cycle goes on the sidewalk and barrels towards Rabbi Dahan. The motor cyclist brushes against a Rabbi Dahan who jumped aside. He goes for his shirt pocket. Rabbi Dahan hears Arabic from the cyclist. He runs. The cyclist does not follow but continues onwards.

 

 

Guard your health: https://www.aol.com/news/im-heart-surgeon-6-things-003637682.html

 

Milestone: Elchanon Tannenbaum, 78, businessman lured into Lebanon. Turned traitor. https://www.timesofisrael.com/former-hezbollah-hostage-elhanan-tannenbaum-dies-at-78/

 

Milestone: Lily Ebert, 100, https://www.timesofisrael.com/lily-ebert-holocaust-survivor-who-reached-millions-on-social-media-dies-at-100/

 

 

Inyanay Diyoma

 

 

Oct. 3 – 6th

 

Day 363 – 366 last day of first year of war start of week 53

 

900 rockets from the start of the holiday until this hour. Still uncertain if new Hezballah Leader died in strike or he was seriously wounded and flown to Iran. Hamas planned rockets from the north on Oct. 7th.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-launches-new-ground-op-in-north-gazas-jabaliya-to-foil-hamas-efforts-to-regroup/ https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397148

 

3 UAV’s from Iraq shot down before fast. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397135

https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397147

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-israel-has-a-duty-and-right-to-hit-back-at-iran-over-missile-attack/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-says-at-least-12-of-those-killed-in-tulkarem-airstrike-were-terror-operatives/

 

Finally Justice after 24years. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397124

 

Hezballah leader who murdered chicken farmers – mother and son in the north has now bit the dust. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/396639

 

8 soldiers killed before Rosh Hashanah. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397091

 

9th soldier fell as holiday entered. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397107

 

2 soldiers on the Golan killed by drone. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397106

 

Not only he fell but his father was murdered by terrorist. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397155

 

He was not born a hero but made himself one. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397156

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/macron-calls-to-stop-sending-israel-weapons-that-can-be-used-in-gaza-fighting/

 

New Neanderthal Lineage found in France. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-820330

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-says-400-hezbollah-men-killed-since-start-of-ground-op-as-it-pummels-terror-group/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/scaled-down-rallies-for-hostage-deal-held-nationwide-a-year-into-loved-ones-captivity/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/hezbollah-operatives-were-duped-into-holding-pagers-with-2-hands-causing-worse-injuries/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/nasrallahs-possible-successor-out-of-contact-since-israeli-strike-said-to-target-him/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/thousands-join-anti-israel-rallies-across-globe-as-anniversary-of-oct-7-massacres-nears/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/35000-jewish-pilgrims-come-to-ukraine-for-rosh-hashana-despite-official-warnings/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/who-hopes-to-start-2nd-round-of-gaza-polio-vaccination-on-october-14/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/shutdown-of-public-transport-saddles-reservists-called-up-over-long-holiday-weekend/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/gunman-breaks-into-rabbis-home-during-rosh-hashanah-meal-for-u-of-michigan-students/

 

Milton to me a major hurricane on route to south FL. https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/085051.shtml

 

Trump returns to Butler, PA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wp0S-4adIk

 

UN Chief Persona Non-Grata. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397103

 

Prior to Rosh Hashanah after the Iranian Attack the US Issued this advisory: The threat of missile barrages has diminished.  Consistent with current guidance from Israel’s Homefront Command, the shelter in place order for U.S. government employees and their family members has been lifted.  The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem is continuously and closely monitoring the security situation. 

 

However, the previous travel restrictions on U.S. government employees and their family members remain in place.  U.S. government employees and their family members are restricted from personal travel outside the greater Tel Aviv (including Herzliya, Netanya, and Even Yehuda), Jerusalem, and Be’er Sheva areas until further notice.  U.S. government personnel are authorized to transit between these three areas for personal travel, and to Ben Gurion Airport and Allenby Bridge. 

 

I cannot lie, the tension of last week from the Houthi Attack on Shabbos through 40 minutes in the shelter had its toll on me. I had tension pressure in my chest on the first night and day of Rosh Hashanah besides the usual Judgement Pressure. My prayer concentration was gone. Out of the 8 prayers of Rosh Hashanah perhaps 2 there were some semblance of concentration. Musaf used to take me 45 minutes in my youth to pray and the better prayer day 12.5minutes. 20 to 25minutes is better for reading fast and with Kavana.

 

Biden and she wasted a Billion Dollars on illegal immigrants meant for FEMA and no visible hurricane relief for TN, NC, GA and other places. Money for the Ukraine and now $157,000,000 for Lebanon. Your tax dollars at work but not for you. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397163

 

Over Shabbat, the Israel Dog Unit, a nonprofit specializing in working dogs, located a missing woman in the Rosh HaAyin region. Ahuva Zaharani, 71, suffered from dementia. She had been missing for 36 hours before being found. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397146

 

Yafo terror was because of gap in seam. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397148

Hamas claims attack. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397099

 

Son-in-law of Nasrallah dies in Damascus. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397098

 

Down under a woman charged with Hezballah Flags at demonstration. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397105

 

Biden fears Israel going too far against Iran. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/s13veaccc#autoplay

 

Lindsey Graham slams Biden on Israel. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-823137

 

Trump: Bomb their atomic facilities. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-823243

 

Hezballah rocket hits Karmiel Home. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/byoax000r#autoplay

 

West’s status quo is collapsing. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/s1jtcxnac

 

Health Ministry to phase out Oral Polio Vaccine. https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/article-823149

 

Terror attack in Beer Sheva: Israel Bedouin criminal from Chura cousin of a previous terrorist. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hjsphll1jl

 

Oct. 7th

 

Day 367 a year and a day

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/border-cop-killed-10-wounded-in-terror-shooting-attack-at-beersheba-central-bus-station/ https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397174

 

Sgt. Major killed in Lebanon. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397207

 

Wounded on June 15th succumbs. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397170

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-iranian-missiles-hit-base-gallant-says-attack-didnt-even-scratch-air-force/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/officials-said-to-warn-pm-that-intel-on-hostages-drying-up-conditions-are-dire/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/iranian-quds-force-chief-said-missing-after-visit-to-bombarded-beirut-suburb/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-effective-was-irans-attack-the-israeli-public-doesnt-have-the-full-picture/

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/23-missiles-reportedly-hit-nevatim-and-tel-nof-military-bases-during-iran-attack/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/customs-officers-foil-attempt-to-smuggle-toy-poodle-puppies-into-israel/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-year-of-war-idf-data-shows-726-troops-killed-over-26000-rockets-fired-at-israel/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/we-are-all-still-in-pain-oct-7-anniversary-looms-as-new-footage-of-attack-emerges/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-strikes-some-150-hezbollah-targets-in-24h-rocket-attack-wounds-man-in-north/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/survey-62-of-israelis-believe-internal-divisions-worse-threat-than-external-dangers/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/man-charged-over-hamas-is-coming-graffiti-during-july-anti-netanyahu-protests-in-dc/

 

https://www.aol.com/news/tennessee-factory-says-workers-had-154125455.html

 

Op-Ed Diane Bederman: https://dianebederman.com/what-is-the-meaning-of-freedom/

 

Hezballah (invasion tunnel?) hide out base. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397189

 

On Rosh Hashanah we learned that the political leadership of Hamas disappeared like smoke. The IDF and ISA on Thursday announced that approximately three months ago, in a joint IDF and ISA strike in the Gaza Strip, several top Hamas politicians were eliminated. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397111

 

Ten people were seriously, moderately and lightly injured on Sunday evening from shrapnel at several locations in the city of Haifa and Tiberias as a result of a barrage launched from Lebanon. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397198

 

DESPITE THE “DON’T” AND “NO” everything is on the table. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397201

 

Thousands gathered in Central Park and other places. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397200

 

In Morocco, thousands gather against Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397210

 

According to the report, which is based on Palestinian Arab sources, the senior officials have fled to other countries that are friendly to the terrorist organization, including Qatar and Turkey. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397206

 

Oct. 8

 

Day 368

 

It was late in the afternoon. The Electrical Solar Panel installation man had shown the roofer the weak spots that needed reinforcing. And we discussed a different grounding system using rods instead of the water pipes. My wife and I were relaxing about to call my daughter and had no sound on the TV when suddenly Lod, Ramla, Rehovot, Beit Gamliel … pop up. Close but we up the sound to hear it is a Houthi UAV most likely. We relax until a siren goes off in my phone then beep-beep and the outdoor siren sounds. No it is a lone rocket.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/missile-fired-from-yemen-shot-down-after-triggering-sirens-across-central-israel/

 

Updates: Haifa and south of Acco get 120 rockets in less than half an hour. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/396639

 

The IDF is increasing its activities in southern Lebanon: In a ground operation by the Golani Brigade, IDF forces located a Hezbollah combat compound overlooking border communities in northern Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397293

 

Also terrorists captured in Yehuda and Shomron.

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-speculation-he-was-killed-sinwar-reportedly-renews-contact-with-qatar/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/2-reservists-killed-as-idf-sends-more-troops-into-southern-lebanon/

 

Another Golani Soldier falls. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-823679

 

Today Golani Reserve 13 aka Carmeli is engaging in western Lebanon. The regular 13 is on the eastern side. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hygjzdmyje

First Reserve Division enters Lebanon. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397274

 

https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/10/07/kamala-harris-refuses-affirm-netanyahu-ally-united-states/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/deputy-denies-irans-quds-force-chief-is-missing-says-hes-in-good-health/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/reservists-suspended-for-staging-mock-talmud-lesson-with-detained-palestinians/

 

Hezballah logics chief dies. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hkrrisfy1l#autoplay

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/poll-finds-deep-divisions-on-gaza-war-goals-as-post-october-7-solidarity-dissipates/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/gps-jamming-amid-wars-playing-havoc-with-airline-navigation-report/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/3-5-million-us-jews-experienced-antisemitism-since-oct-7-hamas-attack-survey-finds/

 

https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/10/07/us-treasury-department-targets-international-charities-individuals-fundraising-hamas/

 

https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/10/07/they-can-never-defeat-us-jewish-students-commemorate-oct-7-victims-george-washington-university/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/americans-victor-ambros-gary-ruvkun-win-nobel-prize-in-medicine-for-microrna-discovery/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/biden-and-potential-successors-mark-oct-7-as-us-election-nears-mideast-war-rages/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/chevron-suspends-work-on-expansion-of-leviathan-gas-field-due-to-the-escalating-war/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/at-separate-memorials-families-demand-accountability-as-pm-touts-israeli-strength/

 

Jewish Congressman targeted: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397269

 

Hostage was murdered. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397216

 

UK hypocrite who suspended arms shipments plays friend. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397220

 

Hamas fires 5 rockets at country’s center. Among the cities where sirens sounded were Holon, Rishon LeTzion, Gedera's industrial zone, Kfar Chabad, Tel Aviv, and Bat Yam. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397223

 

Trump visits the Rebbe’s Ohel. President Trump was accompanied by Yael, Adi and Roy Alexander, parents and brother of Edan Alexander, who is currently being held hostage by terrorists in the Gaza Strip; Jerry Wartski, a survivor of the Auschwitz death camp; and two Jewish college students facing antisemitism on campus. Chabad-Lubavitch leaders greeted the President, who placed some money into the large charity box near the Ohel entrance before entering the mausoleum to pray. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397247

 

Oct 7th in FL: Recalling some of the horrors carried out by Hamas on that day, Trump said, “Today, we reaffirm for the entire world to hear: there can be no acceptance, no excuses, and no understanding of such evil. Nothing can justify it. Nothing can rationalize it. And any person who sympathizes with these atrocities has a sickness in their soul and darkness in their heart.” https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397262

 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested at the cabinet meeting on Monday to change the name of the war "The Revival [Tekuma] War”. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397237

 

Todd Richman, co-founder of Democratic Majority of Israel, was attacked and beaten by pro-Hamas protesters in Manhattan on Monday. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397257

 

Washington no longer demanding we cease and they fire with Hezballah. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397260

 

Erdogan again with antisemitism. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397259

 

A house in suburban Detroit, owned by the president of the University of Michigan, was vandalized on Monday with the words “intifada” and “coward” spray-painted on the property, coinciding with the first anniversary of Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel, reports The Associated Press. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397265

 

IAF eliminates Gazan Ambushers. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397194

 

Nasrallah said, “Bring it on” and so we brought it on. The 188th Brigade, under the command of the 36th Division, has located and dismantled weapons caches, underground infrastructure, and eliminated Radwan Forces anti-tank missile squads of the Radwan Forces in southern Lebanon. The 188th Brigade, under the command of the 36th Division, has located and dismantled weapons caches, underground infrastructure, and eliminated Radwan Forces anti-tank missile squads of the Radwan Forces in southern Lebanon. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397183

 

Monday, following precise IDF intelligence, the IAF conducted an extensive aerial operation and struck over 120 terror targets in southern Lebanon within an hour. These targets belonged to different units of the Hezbollah terrorist organization, including regional units of Hezbollah’s Southern Front, the Radwan Forces, the Missiles and Rockets Force, and the Intelligence Directorate. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397240

 

Netanyahu in 1978 about the “Palestinians”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0X5HWaYLMY

 

Hurricane Milton: https://www.aol.com/news/roar-inside-747-jet-engine-011322507.html

 

Oct. 9th

 

Day 369

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-and-arab-states-reportedly-in-talks-with-iran-for-ceasefire-on-all-war-fronts/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-destroys-hezbollah-tunnel-that-crossed-into-israel-steps-up-airstrikes/

 

Last night somebody sent three rockets into a building in Damascus and eliminated a Hezballah logistics man. 185 sorties in Lebanon last night. 300 rockets yesterday and rockets galore up to Caesarea. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-823800

 

Attack in Hadera at first thought to be criminal but six stabbed is terror. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397357

 

At least 50 terrorists die in Headquarters. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-823804

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/10/08/oklahoma-isis-afghan-election-day-plot-fbi/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-apparent-u-turn-several-leading-religious-zionist-rabbis-call-for-hostage-deal/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/microsoft-launches-ai-platform-to-preserve-october-7-testimonies/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/following-inconclusive-vote-ag-demands-second-round-in-chief-rabbi-election/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/self-described-nazi-set-to-become-first-australian-jailed-for-banned-salute/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/police-arrest-2-east-jerusalem-men-over-tel-aviv-gang-rape-of-foreign-citizen/

East Jerusalem = Arab men.

 

Thousands of Israeli Breslov Hasidim returning from Uman, who were stranded at the Ukraine and Romania borders, have managed to return home thanks to efforts by Transportation Minister Miri Regev. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397355

 

This has nothing to do with Israel. But we are “A light unto the Nations” – Tehillim. So we pray for people in danger. Hurricane Milton: A Hurricane Warning is in effect for...* Florida west coast from Bonita Beach northward to Suwannee River, including Tampa Bay

* Florida east coast from the St. Lucie/Martin County Line northward

to Ponte Vedra Beach

A Storm Surge Watch is in effect for...

* North of Altamaha Sound Georgia to Edisto Beach South Carolina

A Hurricane Watch is in effect for...

* Dry Tortugas

* Lake Okeechobee

* Florida west coast from Chokoloskee to south of Bonita Beach

* Florida east coast north of Ponte Vedra Beach to the mouth of the

St. Marys River

* Florida east coast from the St. Lucie/Martin County Line to the

Palm Beach/Martin County Line

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/032332.shtml

WHEN THE GOVERNOR OF FL SAYS EVACUATE OR RIGHT YOUR NAME WITH A MARKER ON YOUR EXTERIOR IN CASE WE FIND YOUR BODY THEN IT IS TIME TO PUT BRAIN IN GEAR.

 

Norway raises threat to the second highest level. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397333

 

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2024/press-release/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/megalomaniac-sinwar-ordered-renewal-of-suicide-bombings-after-taking-power-report/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-israel-killed-nasrallahs-replacement-and-his-replacements-replacement/

 

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. Announced on Tuesday that it will be showcasing its latest defense capabilities at the defense AUSA exhibition October 14-16 in Washington D.C., including a new Lite Beam laser-based interception system integrated into the Trophy multitasking defense platform.

 

While not as much of a watershed moment as when Israel can finally deploy its Iron Beam laser defense system, the Lite Beam is still a powerful example of Israel succeeding in using layers, at least for short-range defense.  https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/article-823780

 

Netanyahu forces Biden to talk to him later today. https://www.timesofisrael.com/gallants-trip-to-us-delayed-reportedly-after-netanyahu-sets-last-minute-obstacles/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/80-years-ago-on-oct-7-jewish-sonderkommando-workers-staged-a-failed-revolt-at-auschwitz/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/columbia-student-group-retracts-apology-of-member-who-said-zionists-deserve-to-die/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/minneapolis-man-arrested-for-threats-to-shoot-up-local-synagogue/

 

https://www.foxnews.com/media/kamala-harris-dodges-colberts-question-what-major-changes-shed-bring-versus-biden-presidency

 

A couple walking their dogs were killed in a sudden barrage in Kiriat Shemona.

https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hkgqtkv1kx#autoplay

 

Six people were wounded in a rocket barrage on the Haifa area Wednesday afternoon. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397372

 

Revenge of the female unit. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397322

 

Top General sings Selichos Prayers. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397342

 

The Assyrian Campaign on Yerushalayim. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397336

 

A shocking antisemitic event occurred on Monday evening in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, on the anniversary of the October 7 massacre, when a Jewish woman fell victim to a brutal attack at the entrance to her home. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397335

 

German Journalist held in Lebanon because of interview with Israeli TV but released.  https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397338

 

Warning to Sinwar no tunnel is too deep. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397351

 

The Manhattan district office of Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) was vandalized on Tuesday for the second time in recent weeks. Photos posted to social media showed red paint and the words “Free Gaza” painted on the outer section of the office. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397320

 

Soldiers seriously injured in combat. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397331

 

Canadian Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre reaffirmed his stance on Tuesday, advocating for Israel to preemptively strike Iran's nuclear facilities and describing such an action as “a gift by the Jewish state to humanity”, Global News reported. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397330

 

https://www.foxnews.com/media/university-virginia-hit-civil-rights-complaint-accused-racial-discrimination-against-whites

 

In a conversation with i24NEWS, the soldiers provided disturbing testimonies according to which tunnels that the IDF marked as being dealt with more than half a year ago in Jabaliya have returned to being active. The soldiers also testified that Hamas terrorists were well-organized for the forces' entry, installed cameras, booby-trapped houses, and locked doors. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397316

 

Oct. 10th

 

Day 370

 

After the 20 rockets on Kiriat Shemona about 90 were aimed at Safed. In Syria a mysterious power took out two Hezballah operations areas one with the chief of Syria Golan Heights spying. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397388

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/biden-and-netanyahu-hold-direct-and-productive-call-in-wake-of-iranian-attack/ https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397399

 

Sgt. Major a religious Zionist who immigrated from France and proud to serve in the IDF fell in battle. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397401

 

Rabbi dies in Hadera from terrorism. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397419

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/3-idf-soldiers-seriously-wounded-in-south-lebanon-40-rockets-fired-at-haifa-area/

 

Op-Ed Moshe Philips: J Street prefers a Palestinian State to the hostages. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397344

 

5 Israeli Arabs wanted to blow up Azrieli Mall. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-824070

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/undercover-israeli-commandos-kill-terror-leader-four-others-on-nablus-street/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-arrested-in-beirut-after-entering-lebanon-as-journalist-on-foreign-passport/

 

So you think Bibi is a liar but read this: https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-denies-israeli-report-claiming-secret-talks-with-iran-for-axis-wide-ceasefire/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/supreme-court-orders-tel-aviv-to-allow-public-yom-kipper-prayers-with-gender-partition/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/air-france-investigating-why-jet-flew-over-iraq-amid-iranian-missile-attack-on-israel/

 

Iran has wasted 1/3rd of its missiles. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397397

 

Toronto Mayor did not attend Oct. 7th Memorial. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397402

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/unfazed-by-idf-evacuation-order-bedouin-villagers-on-lebanese-border-cling-to-home/

 

Milton hits FL. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397396

 

Updates today: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/396639

 

https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/10/08/irish-official-apologizes-claiming-jews-israel-control-us-economy-jewish-leaders-demand-action/

 

https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/10/08/bring-war-home-anti-israel-ivy-league-students-vandalize-campuses-oct-7-anniversary/

 

https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/10/08/ilhan-omars-daughter-posts-resistance-will-be-glorious-anniversary-oct-7-hamas-massacre/

 

https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/10/08/regional-war-escalation-and-stability-are-all-myths/

 

https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/10/09/iran-warns-israel-not-test-resolve-says-unacceptable-gulf-arabs-assist-jewish-state/

 

https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/10/09/nfls-new-york-jets-falsely-accused-firing-muslim-head-coach-robert-saleh-wearing-lebanon-flag-patch/

 

https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/10/09/columbia-university-kicks-off-campus-tour-oct-7-hamas-sexual-abuse-doc-hosted-former-meta-coo-sheryl-sandberg/

 

Farmer attacked after his gun was confiscated. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397387

 

Oct. 11th

 

Day 371 end of week 53

 

BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE LIFE SAVING ACTION, THE RABBIS RECOMMEND EITHER AN OPEN RADIO AT HOME OR AN OPEN CELLPHONE CLOSE TO ONE IN CASE OF AN ENEMY ATTACK IN ISRAEL. This is also good for heart attack, stroke and other things that can occur on Yom Kippur.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-top-sephardic-rabbi-backs-rulings-that-soldiers-in-combat-must-eat-on-yom-kippur/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-says-it-hit-hamas-command-post-at-former-gaza-school-troops-press-jabaliya-op/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/nypd-probing-attack-on-pro-israel-groups-chairman-at-anti-israel-oct-7-protest/

 

Wafiq Safa, Hezbollah’s Liaison and Coordination Unit chief, was thought to be the target of one of the strikes, but managed to elude the attack on a third-floor apartment near central Beirut, three security sources told Reuters.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/senior-hezbollah-figure-appears-to-escape-as-israeli-strikes-rock-central-beirut/

 

The IAF struck and eliminated the terrorist Araeb el Shoga, a commander in the Hezbollah Radwan Forces’ Anti-tank Missile Unit in the Area of Meiss El Jabal in southern Lebanon. El Araeb was responsible for numerous anti-tank missile attacks on the area of Ramot Naftali in northern Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397480

 

It is forbidden to employ foreign workers in danger areas since Oct. 7th. One killed by antitank weapon. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397478

 

UN Report blames Israel for starvation of hostages not Hamas. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397474

 

Did he spy for Israel? https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397433

 

Dead Baby found near trash in Tel Aviv. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397472

 

Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, addressed the UN Security Council on Thursday, where he turned to the citizens of Lebanon and told them in Arabic that “the land of Lebanon belongs to the Lebanese people, not to Iran!” Actually, in the days of the Moshiach to Am Yisrael - R.P. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397460

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/un-says-some-peacekeepers-moving-as-israel-blasted-over-fire-on-unifil-posts/

 

https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/10/10/senator-tom-cotton-alleges-un-agency-has-misused-over-1-billion-in-funds/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/rallies-in-tel-aviv-jerusalem-demand-cabinet-of-death-reach-hostage-deal/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/tekuma-administration-reports-spending-nis-6-4b-on-gaza-border-reconstruction-this-year/

 

https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/10/10/10000-antisemitic-incidents-targeted-jews-after-oct-7-adl-report-says/

 

Jihadi dies in Lebanon. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397465

 

MDA ceremony for Oct. 7th https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397476

 

Shabbos Yom Kippur Times. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/en/shabat

 

 

Good Shabbos Yom Kippur Gmar Chatima Tova,

Rachamim Pauli