Parsha Vayeitze
Last week, Esav
threatened to murder Yacov. Yacov is told by Rivka to flee to her family and my
Yitzchak to find a Shidduch with his mother’s family. Our Parsha starts as he
begins leaving Eretz Yisrael.
28:10
And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
Yacov was fleeing from
Esav. In hot pursuit of Yacov was Eliphaz, the son of Esav.
11 And
he lighted upon the place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was
set; and he took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and
lay down in that place to sleep.
It appears to me that
the distance between Beer Sheva and Har HaMoriah via Chevron is 70km or 44miles.
It is not a bad journey via donkey or camel that was probably the method of
transportation of Yacov. The sun set fast either a very short day or like the
time I flew from Fort Lauderdale to Eretz Yisrael. The flight left at a little
after 10AM, we got lunch at a bit after 12 noon. Since we were passing through
or beyond Atlantic Time, it was time for Mincha so I prayed before lunch. I
continued then to listen to the Gemara. I turned towards the window a short
time after lunch and realized that the sun had set. Going almost 950km or the
upper 500miles per hour eastward night was coming in fast. Yacov had a short
time to make camp with rocks for protection, probably a fire, prayer and off to
sleep.
12 And
he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached
to heaven; and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on
it. 13 And, behold, the LORD stood beside him, and said: 'I am the
LORD, the God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac. The land whereon
thou lie, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed.
The ladder at first
showed the exchange between the Angels of Eretz Yisrael and that of Chutz La
Aretz (diaspora or ‘outside’ of Yisrael). But then it turned into prophecy of
the next three to four thousand years. Almost 250 rungs Yacov’s Angel barely
ascended and then close to 950 rungs climbed up going down 70 rungs. Then close
to 420 rungs up and close to 1900rungs of climbing of Esav’s Angel. Yishmael’s
Angel was also in play but most of the prophetic dream concluded that when Esav
was up, Yacov was down and it could be vice versa.
14 And
thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the
west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. And in thee and in
thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Your religion shall
spread far and wide. Your people will be less than .5% of the population of the
earth but with about 30% of the Nobel Prizes. When the news goes on almost
every day one hears of Israel. Places like China, India, Africa, South America
or Russia barely make headlines.
15 And,
behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee whithersoever thou go, and will
bring thee back into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done
that which I have spoken to thee of.'
You will be in the
diaspora and it is harder to feel the holiness, but know I am in all places
from the tiniest part of an atom to a super galaxy cluster.
16 And
Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said: 'Surely the LORD is in this place;
and I knew it not.'
He was so shocked to
have been visited in his dream that he awoke.
17 And
he was afraid, and said: 'How full of awe is this place! this is none other
than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.'
He was in awe and shock
that G-D was in this place.
18 And
Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under
his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
He arose and declared the
place holy.
19 And
he called the name of that place Beth-el, but the name of the city was Luz at
the first.
“The house of G-D.” is
the name of the place.
20 And
Jacob vowed a vow, saying: 'If God will be with me, and will keep me in this
way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put
on, 21 so that I come back to my father's house in peace, then shall
the LORD be my God, 22 and this stone, which I have set up for a
pillar, shall be God's house; and of all that Thou shalt give me I will surely
give the tenth unto Thee.'
He asks for food and
clothing and not even shelter. If he gets this, he makes a pledge of 10% for charity.
29:1
Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the children of the
east. 2 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, three
flocks of sheep lying there by it.--For out of that well they watered the
flocks. And the stone upon the well's mouth was great.
What the Pasuk says is a
smooth transformation, the Midrash says that Eliphaz attacks Yacov. Yacov could
have killed Eliphaz but instead makes a deal. I will spare you and I will give
you the jewels that Papa Yitzchak gave me. You will tell your dad that you
murdered me and he will stop pursuing me. You will show in the jewels that will
become your wealth.
Yacov then goes to the “Torah”
Academy of Shem and Ever and was taught creation mysteries and the wisdom of
generations. So Yacov arrives at the well. The well is a symbol of Torah and life
itself.
3 And
thither were all the flocks gathered; and they rolled the stone from the well's
mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone back upon the well's mouth in
its place.-- 4 And Jacob said unto them: 'My brethren, whence are
ye?' And they said: 'Of Haran are we.'
The size of the stone is
described and Yacov is on the road to Haran and now the message is clear that
he has reached his destination.
5 And
he said unto them: 'Know ye Laban the son of Nahor?' And they said: 'We know
him.' 6 And he said unto them: 'Is it well with him?' And they said:
'It is well; and, behold, Rachel his daughter comes with the sheep.'
The men understand that
he is on his way to Lavan. So that when he sees Rachel they are not upset that
he comes and kisses her. Nobody views this as an attack upon her person.
7 And
he said: 'Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be
gathered together; water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.' 8 And
they said: 'We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and they roll
the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.' 9 While he
was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep; for she tended
them. 10 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of
Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that
Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the
flock of Laban his mother's brother. 11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and
lifted up his voice, and wept.
Can anybody imagine a
Yeshiva looking student my age coming over and kissing a maiden? Yacov was 63
when the blessing was made and 14years with Shem and Ever, thus 77years old.
12 And
Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's
son; and she ran and told her father.
Rachel has been kissed
by this man but realizes that he has come to marry her.
13 And
it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that
he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his
house. And he told Laban all these things.
Lavan’s age is not
mentioned but the meeting but he met Eliezer 97years previously. He must have
been an adult son to speak in place of Nahor. The Midrash says that he gave
Yacov a fresh kiss and a hug – pat down to search for jewels.
14 And
Laban said to him: 'Surely thou art my bone and my flesh.' And he abode with
him the space of a month.
So he hosts Yacov and
Yacov helps around the house, garden and with the animals.
15 And
Laban said unto Jacob: 'Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore
serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?'
Yacov is working for
free but Lavan realizes the Shidduch value and open up the conversation this
way.
16 Now
Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the
younger was Rachel.
The Midrash implies that
at this time, he had no sons. So his daughters would inherit everything from
him.
17 And
Leah's eyes were weak; but Rachel was of beautiful form and fair to look
upon.
Weak eyes for she was
crying and praying that she would not have to marry Esav.
18 And
Jacob loved Rachel; and he said: 'I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy
younger daughter.'
He was the younger and
she was the younger and they were destined for each other.
19 And
Laban said: 'It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her
to another man; abide with me.' 20 And Jacob served seven years for
Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to
her. 21 And Jacob said unto Laban: 'Give me my wife, for my days are
filled, that I may go in unto her.'
Yacov is now 84 years
old and wants to become a father.
22 And
Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a
feast. 23 And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his
daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.
Lavan pulled a switch on
Yacov and he ends up with Leah and her handmaid.
24 And
Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid unto his daughter Leah for a
handmaid. 25 And it came to pass in the morning that, behold, it was
Leah; and he said to Laban: 'What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I
serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?'
In the Talmud this is
called a mistaken transaction and the goods can be returned. I paid/worked for
Rachel not Leah.
26 And
Laban said: 'It is not so done in our place, to give the younger before the
first-born. 27 Fulfil the week of this one, and we will give thee the
other also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other
years.'
It is before Matan Torah
and two sisters are still permitted to marry the same man. So Lavan makes up a
lame excuse that Leah is the elder and must be married first. Wait one week
only and you will have Rachel after Sheva Brachos but serve me another seven
years for her.
28 And
Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week; and he gave him Rachel his daughter to
wife. 29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to
be her handmaid. 30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved
Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
He is tricked into
having to work another seven years and Lavan has married off his daughters.
31 And
the LORD saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb; but Rachel was
barren. 32 And Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she called his
name Reuben; for she said: 'Because the LORD hath looked upon my affliction;
for now my husband will love me.'
G-D has pity of the ‘despised’
Leah and she says “see I have born a son”.
33 And
she conceived again, and bore a son; and said: 'Because the LORD hath heard
that I am hated, He hath therefore given me this son also.' And she called his
name Simeon.
G-D has heard me.
34 And
she conceived again, and bore a son; and said: 'Now this time will my husband
be joined unto me, because I have borne him three sons.' Therefore was his name
called Levi.
“I will now get Yacov’s
heart (Lev).”
35 And
she conceived again, and bore a son; and she said: 'This time will I praise the
LORD.' Therefore she called his name Judah; and she left off bearing.
Yehuda has elements of
the oneness of the L-RD in his name.
30:1
And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister;
and she said unto Jacob: 'Give me children, or else I die.' 2 And
Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel; and he said: 'Am I in God's stead,
who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?'
Yacov has no problem
being a father and he is praying for her but does not feel like a miracle
worker and he gets angry.
3 And
she said: 'Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; that she may bear upon my
knees, and I also may be built up through her.' 4 And she gave him
Bilhah her handmaid to wife; and Jacob went in unto her. 5 And Bilhah
conceived, and bore Jacob a son. 6 And Rachel said: 'God hath judged
me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son.' Therefore called
she his name Dan.
So she becomes a
surrogate mother and the Din (law) has swayed in Rachel’s favor and hence Dan.
7 And
Bilhah Rachel's handmaid conceived again, and bore Jacob a second
son. 8 And Rachel said: 'With mighty wrestling have I wrestled with
my sister, and have prevailed.' And she called his name Naphtali.
I have wrestled with my
sister and now have a second surrogate.
9 When
Leah saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid, and gave
her to Jacob to wife. 10 And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bore Jacob a
son. 11 And Leah said: 'Fortune is come!' And she called his name
Gad.
I am lucky now.
12 And
Zilpah Leah's handmaid bore Jacob a second son. 13 And Leah said:
'Happy am I! for the daughters will call me happy.' And she called his name
Asher.
I am happy now.
14 And
Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and
brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah: 'Give me, I pray
thee, of thy son's mandrakes.' 15 And she said unto her: 'Is it a
small matter that thou hast taken away my husband? and would thou take away my
son's mandrakes also?' And Rachel said: 'Therefore he shall lie with thee
to-night for thy son's mandrakes.'
Mandrakes are an aphrodisiac.
16 And
Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and
said: 'Thou must come in unto me; for I have surely hired thee with my son's
mandrakes.' And he lay with her that night.
I hired you for tonight
from my sister.
17 And
God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth
son. 18 And Leah said: 'God hath given me my hire, because I gave my
handmaid to my husband. And she called his name Issachar.
The name comes from
wages.
19 And
Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son to Jacob. 20 And Leah
said: 'God hath endowed me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with
me, because I have borne him six sons.' And she called his name Zebulun.
I am making a celebratory
dinner now.
21 And
afterwards she bore a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
I have accepted the Din
that she is a daughter.
22 And
God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her
womb. 23 And she conceived, and bore a son, and said: 'God hath taken
away my reproach.' 24 And she called his name Joseph, saying: 'The
LORD add to me another son.'
Please add another son.
25 And
it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban:
'Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my
country. 26 Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served
thee, and let me go; for thou know my service wherewith I have served
thee.'
Yosef was born 14 years
after Yacov is with Lavan and is at least 91years old.
27 And
Laban said unto him: 'If now I have found favor in thine eyes--I have observed
the signs, and the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.' 28 And he
said: 'Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.' 29 And he said unto
him: 'Thou know how I have served thee, and how thy cattle have fared with
me. 30 For it was little which thou had before I came, and it hath
increased abundantly; and the LORD hath blessed thee whithersoever I turned.
And now when shall I provide for mine own house also?' 31 And he
said: 'What shall I give thee?' And Jacob said: 'Thou shalt not give me aught;
if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed thy flock and keep
it. 32 I will pass through all thy flock to-day, removing from thence
every speckled and spotted one, and every dark one among the sheep, and the
spotted and speckled among the goats; and of such shall be my hire.
These shall be my wages.
33 So
shall my righteousness witness against me hereafter, when thou shalt come to
look over my hire that is before thee: every one that is not speckled and
spotted among the goats, and dark among the sheep, that if found with me shall
be counted stolen.'
Any sheep or goats that
do not meet these conditions consider stolen from you.
34 And
Laban said: 'Behold, would it might be according to thy word.' 35 And
he removed that day the he-goats that were streaked and spotted, and all the
she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and
all the dark ones among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his
sons.
So the sons of Yacov and
his wives took care of his sheep and goats while he watched Lavan’s flocks.
36 And
he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob. And Jacob fed the rest of
Laban's flocks. 37 And Jacob took him rods of fresh poplar, and of
the almond and of the plane-tree; and peeled white streaks in them, making the
white appear which was in the rods. …
31:1 And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying: 'Jacob hath taken
away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he
gotten all this wealth.' 2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban,
and, behold, it was not toward him as beforetime.
Because of a blessing
from Yacov, Lavan now had sons but they were jealous of the fact that their
sisters would have such a large inheritance.
3 And
the LORD said unto Jacob: 'Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy
kindred; and I will be with thee.' 4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel
and Leah to the field unto his flock, 5 and said unto them: 'I see
your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as beforetime; but the God
of my father hath been with me. 6 And ye know that with all my power
I have served your father. 7 And your father hath mocked me, and
changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me. 8 If
he said thus: The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the flock bore
speckled; and if he said thus: The streaked shall be thy wages; then bore all
the flock streaked. 9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your
father, and given them to me.
Even though G-D has spoken to him, it is proper for him to consult
with his wives.
10 And
it came to pass at the time that the flock conceived, that I lifted up mine
eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the he-goats which leaped upon the flock
were streaked, speckled, and grizzled. 11 And the angel of God said
unto me in the dream: Jacob; and I said: Here am I. 12 And he said:
Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the he-goats which leap upon the flock are
streaked, speckled, and grizzled; for I have seen all that Laban does unto
thee.
Now the Angel comes to
instruct Yacov.
13 I
am the God of Beth-el, where thou didst anoint a pillar, where thou didst vow a
vow unto Me. Now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land
of thy nativity.'
G-D speaks to Yacov
directly to return home.
14 And
Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him: 'Is there yet any portion or
inheritance for us in our father's house? 15 Are we not accounted by
him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath also quite devoured our
price.
What does our father
take us for?
16 For
all the riches which God hath taken away from our father, that is ours and our
children's. Now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.'
We deserve a dowry.
17 Then
Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon the camels; 18 and
he carried away all his cattle, and all his substance which he had gathered,
the cattle of his getting, which he had gathered in Paddan-aram, to go to Isaac
his father unto the land of Canaan.
It is time to get away
while the going is good before the sons and Lavan plan to kill him.
19 Now
Laban was gone to shear his sheep. And Rachel stole the teraphim that were her
father's.
Yacov did not know this.
20 And
Jacob outwitted Laban the Aramean, in that he told him not that he
fled. 21 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed
over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead. 22 And
it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled. 23 And he
took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and he
overtook him in the mountain of Gilead.
Having flocks, a herd
and camels with young children; movement forward is limited. He formed a posy with
steeds and caught up with Yacov.
24 And
God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream of the night, and said unto him: 'Take
heed to thyself that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.'
25 And
Laban came up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain; and
Laban with his brethren pitched in the mountain of Gilead.
26 And
Laban said to Jacob: 'What hast thou done, that thou hast outwitted me, and
carried away my daughters as though captives of the
sword? 27 Wherefore didst thou flee secretly, and outwit me; and
didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth and with songs,
with tabret and with harp;
It took intervention by
HASHEM to save Yacov.
28 and
didst not suffer me to kiss my sons and my daughters? now hast thou done
foolishly. 29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt; but the
God of your father spoke unto me yesternight, saying: Take heed to thyself that
thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. 30 And now that thou art
surely gone, because thou sore longest after thy father's house, wherefore hast
thou stolen my gods?'
31 And
Jacob answered and said to Laban: 'Because I was afraid; for I said: Lest thou
shouldest take thy daughters from me by force.
Yacov has no idea that
Rachel has stolen the idols and is about to curse her.
32 With
whomsoever thou find thy gods, he shall not live; before our brethren discern
thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee.'--For Jacob knew not that
Rachel had stolen them.--
Because of this, she
will die in child birth.
33 And
Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the tent of the
two maid-servants; but he found them not. And he went out of Leah's tent, and
entered into Rachel's tent. 34 Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, and
put them in the saddle of the camel, and sat upon them. And Laban felt about
all the tent, but found them not. 35 And she said to her father: 'Let
not my lord be angry that I cannot rise up before thee; for the manner of women
is upon me.' And he searched, but found not the teraphim. 36 And
Jacob was wroth, and strove with Laban. And Jacob answered and said to Laban:
'What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast hotly pursued after me? 37 Whereas
thou hast felt about all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household
stuff? Set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge
betwixt us two.
Now Yacov speaks up for
the first time in 22years.
38 These
twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast
their young, and the rams of thy flocks have I not eaten. 39 That
which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bore the loss of it; of my
hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night. 40 Thus
I was: in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep
fled from mine eyes.
He has just let the load
off his shoulders.
41 These
twenty years have I been in thy house: I served thee fourteen years for thy two
daughters, and six years for thy flock; and thou hast changed my wages ten times. 42 Except
the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been on my
side, surely now had thou sent me away empty. God hath seen mine affliction and
the labor of my hands, and gave judgment yesternight.'
If it were not for G-D I
would have been without nothing maybe forfeiting my life.
43 And
Laban answered and said unto Jacob: 'The daughters are my daughters, and the
children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks, and all that thou see
is mine; and what can I do this day for these my daughters, or for their
children whom they have borne?
Suddenly, he realizes
that that these are his and his daughters and grandchildren.
44 And
now come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness
between me and thee.' 45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a
pillar. 46 And Jacob said unto his brethren: 'Gather stones'; and
they took stones, and made a heap. And they did eat there by the heap.
So the strong forces a covenant
on the weak.
47 And
Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha; but Jacob called it Galeed.
Pile for attesting
witness that nobody will cross this line to harm the other.
48 And
Laban said: 'This heap is witness between me and thee this day.' Therefore was
the name of it called Galeed; 49 and Mizpah, for he said: 'The LORD
watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another. 50 If
thou shalt afflict my daughters, and if thou shalt take wives beside my
daughters, no man being with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and
thee.'
All of a sudden, Lavan
plays the loving father and grandfather. It is hinted that this was not the
case for the 22years that Yacov was by him. A false superficial man.
51 And
Laban said to Jacob: 'Behold this heap, and behold the pillar, which I have set
up betwixt me and thee. 52 This heap be witness, and the pillar be
witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not
pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm. 53 The God of
Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us.' And
Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.
Those stones were in the
wall that the donkey of Bilaam pushed his leg against.
54 And
Jacob offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his brethren to eat
bread; and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mountain.
Similar to Avraham and Yitzchak
with Avimelech, Yacov is weaker and makes the meal for the peace treaty.
32:1
And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters,
and blessed them. And Laban departed, and returned unto his place.
I think after the dream
and being put into his place, the blessing was sincere.
2 And
Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. 3 And Jacob
said when he saw them: 'This is God's camp.' And he called the name of that
place Mahanaim.
Yacov went his way in
peace. He also released that never again should or could his family return to
Haran to marry somebody of “good stock”.
The election is over who was more fiscally
responsible?
The Trump Campaign
raised $381,540,000 and spent $345,420,000 the payment to staff was
$10,400,000.
The Harris Campaign
raised $1,003,000,000 and spent $1,370,000,000 the payment to staff was
$582,530,000 which is more than $200,000,000 that the Trump campaign raised.
Imagine if Kamala had won? What she would have done with taxpayer’s dollars and
the National Debit. I personally prefer Elon Musk and others slicing government
spending.
Electronic
Warfare the time I rented an electric car. By R. Pauli
The truth
behind the green new deal.
I was told by Hertz – you are a gold member choose any car
in the Gold lot. I chose a Mercedes small Station Wagon. I could not see a gas
gauge but it said 97% so I figured that was good to go. Ha-ha the jokes on me.
I went to fill up gas and oops it is electric. Now where to charge it. The
charging station was 1.5 blocks from where I was staying but now I need to
charge it for a meeting and to return it. Well both my wife and I suffer from
elder disabilities. We needed to work as a team to charge the vehicle with her
phone and app and I on the phone with somebody with a very thick Indian Accent
not like the understandable one of people my age living in Israel who made
Aliyah from there.
Finally, the snorkel/nozzle was removed from the charging
station and I connected it to my car. Hours were going by. We stopped it an
hour before fully charged to purchase food and drink. It was now time to
release the electrical snorkel/nozzle. Finally, with the station address and
instructions I was told to lock the car 5 times rapidly and open five times
rapidly and we were free.
I can just imagine if the charging station was further away
and I did not have a walker or trolley to push. I can imagine if I wanted to
view a national part and get stuck.
The next day, I drove to my meeting recharged and exchanged
the terror to Hertz. With the inconvenience time and charging money similar to
price per gallon of regular fuel, I will stick to Rabbi Meir Kahane’s message:
NEVER AGAIN!
As for those who own an electric car and stay within a
limited driving area and change charge from home: Be wary a new battery costs
about $7,000. This is also not for me even as an electricity producer for the
“free” charge is offset by the changing of the battery. Thank you but the
answer is NO!
Planting for Eternity
Based on “Now That’s a Story” by Rabbi Yechiel Spero
A teaser from Art Scroll Publishing
Yacov Vardi was a
holocaust survivor from Romania. After the Shoah, he settled on a Kibbutz of
HaShomer HaZair, the anti-religious, Kibbutz Movement. What later became
associated with MAPAM and now the Democrats.
It is usual for a small
child to run fast in one direction, stop and then run in the opposite
direction. But an Adult, it is a different story.
As Yacov grew up, he
learned to be a Neurologist. He also had an agricultural farm and dabbed in
music and poetry when he was not in Shaarei Tzedek Hospital.
Metamorphosis was not
expected. But one day on his way to Tel Aviv he saw a sticker on the car in
front of him stopped at the light: Who is worried about the coming year will
plant wheat. Who is worried about coming years will plant trees.
But the third line made
the difference: One who is worried about upcoming generations will educate his
children. That line hit him like a sledge hammer.
He had grown up on the
Kibbutz and learned agriculture and the first two were natural for him. But
what had he done for his children. He only taught them to earn money. Maybe to
make a trip and another vacation.
It was then that he made
some drastic changes and to find out really what it means to be a Jew. He
realized as he dug deeper that he found more ways to grow and learn. Now he and
his children are Baalei Teshuva.
How often when we reach
middle age we settle-in instead of growing. What a shame!
Next week in the rabbipauli.blogspot,
three stories of wounded soldier. One of them was in front of the US Congress.
Now a captain in the armor corp. The others soldiers.
This week a meat
market from Modiin was mentioned as the man was in the army for 280 days and
lost out. I was about thinking of looking up the market but then I notice Bet
Shin Resh for Basar or Meat but it was missing the Chaf Shin Resh or Kosher
from his sign. Another interview as a Pizza Place that before the war three
partners were thinking of expanding from two to four stores. Now with less
workers and managers, they downsized to one store.
Milestone: Jim Abrams, 80, https://www.timesofisrael.com/jim-abrahams-jewish-co-creator-of-airplane-and-the-naked-gun-dies-at-80/
Inyanay Diyoma
Nov. 30th
Day 421 The start of the 60th
week.
Over
the course of Saturday, the IDF acted against activities in Lebanon that posed
a threat to the State of Israel, violating the ceasefire understandings.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/399990
Shin Bet operates at home of terrorist. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/399983
Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will on Friday evening hold a rare security
consultation by phone with senior defense officials, according to reports in
Israeli media outlets. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/399984
https://www.timesofisrael.com/pm-said-looking-to-reduce-number-of-days-spent-testifying-in-court/
Op-Ed: Diane Bederman as a Canadian.
https://dianebederman.com/why-are-we-surprised-about-jew-hatred-in-quebec/
PM and Defense Min. want COS to
resign. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/399987
The IDF on
Friday afternoon identified terrorist activity and movement of a Hezbollah
portable rocket launcher in southern Lebanon. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/399985
Hezbollah
Secretary-General Naim Qassem on Friday claimed “victory” over Israel in the
recent conflict. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/399986
K. Shemona resident does not believe
Hezballah ceasefire. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/399958
Minister
of the Interior Moshe Arbel spoke with the mayor of Umm al-Fahm and inquired
after the well-being of Hassan al-Sakin, the bus driver who was seriously
injured in the attack in Samaria today. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/399981
Trump wants hostage deal before Jan.
20th. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400010
Staff Sgt. Dies in Gaza. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400000
New FBI Director: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400011
The new ambassador to France: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400004
Lifting Restrictions: "Following
a situational assessment held by the Chief of General Staff LTG Herzi Halevi,
the Minister of Defense, Israel Katz, determined that as of this evening
(Saturday) at 18:00, changes will be made to the Home Front Command’s defensive
guidelines," the IDF announcement read. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/399995
IDF
searches in southern Lebanon over the past day, the soldiers located and
confiscated weapons that were concealed in a mosque by Hezbollah terrorists, https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/399991
Dr.
Yossi Mansharof, a researcher on Iran, Hezbollah, and Shiite militias at the Misgav
Institute for National Security and Zionist Strategy, responded Saturday night
to the Syrian
rebels' advances and gains following their surprise attack earlier this week. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400009
Conditions ripe to bring hostages
home. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400003
Hamas wants more flexibility by
Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/399999
Over
the past two days, senior representatives from Fatah, Hamas, and the Islamic
Jihad have arrived in Cairo for talks with General Intelligence Chief Hassan
Rashad and officers responsible for mediating with Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400007
"We
have been in touch with Edan’s family. The war in Gaza would stop tomorrow and
the suffering of Gazans would end immediately — and would have ended months ago
— if Hamas agreed to release the hostages. It has refused to do so, but as the
President said last week, we have a critical opportunity to conclude the deal
to release the hostages, stop the war, and surge humanitarian assistance into
Gaza. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400008
Earlier
on Saturday, the IDF struck a vehicle with a terrorist who took part in the
murderous October 7th massacre. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/399989
Mandy
Damari, mother of British-Israeli citizen Emily Damari spoke Saturday night at
a rally for the hostages, condemning the United Nations' indifference to the
hostages' plight. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400006
Dec.1st
Day 422
At 6:22 AM while people in Israel were waking
up, showering, dressing, other praying or on their way to Schul the sirens went
off for millions. From Rehovot to Nili and wider near to road 40. https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-ballistic-missile-launched-from-yemen-intercepted-outside-israels-borders/
Taking out the murderer. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400048
Egypt and Israel disagree over Rafah
Crossing. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400055
Israel
demanded that an Iranian plane turn back and not land at the Damascus airport. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400059
We are following Syrian situation
and ceasefire. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400041
Hundreds
of yeshiva students from the Gur Hasidic sect were instructed Sunday to remain
in Jerusalem and not to return to their yeshiva in northern Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400040
Tomorrow there will be no update only on
Tuesday.
Dec. 2nd and 3rd
Day 423 and 424
I was on my way hope yesterday. The
main news was about two rockets fired at a military base on Har Dov and the
Israeli Response. The next was about the pollical Attorney General vs. the Right
and some policemen. Some about the hostages, Netanyahu and the Feldstein
trials.
Dec. 4th
Day 425
It is in the Iranian Interest to
save Assad so they are pushing Hezballah to stop the fighting from Lebanon and
again help save Assad. Israel fears that ISIS could get their hand on chemical
weapons. https://www.timesofisrael.com/syrian-rebel-forces-push-toward-hama-intensifying-pressure-on-assad-and-his-allies/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-prepares-to-honor-diaspora-victims-of-antisemitic-attacks/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/three-killed-as-two-cars-collide-north-of-tel-aviv-burst-into-flames/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/google-said-worried-contract-with-israel-could-damage-its-reputation/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-reversal-german-court-says-100-year-old-nazi-guard-may-go-on-trial/
FROM BSM on Facebook: I
caught a little bit of Israeli news today. It just reinforces what I've said
all along about Bibi. He's a great orator, but that doesn't qualify him to be
Prime Minister. The truth is that he's too weak to do what must be done for an #AbsoluteVictory #ניצחוןמוחלט . The State of Israel is in great danger.
Besides Bibi Netanyahu's weakness, he has served too long. Most Israelis can't
imagine anyone else in the position. That's also a danger.
The
USA did a very wise thing when they changed the law/constitution and began
restricting an individual to two terms as president.
UN to hold two State solution
session. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400184
The bodies of Jordanian terrorists who carried out a terror attack
near the Dead Sea two months ago
were returned to Jordan on Tuesday night.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400198
President-elect
Donald Trump is considering replacing Pete Hegseth, his pick to run the
Pentagon, with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400194
"The
main message that I came here to say is this: Our policy, together with the
IDF, is clear and unambiguous. We will act with great power in order to enforce
all of the understandings of the
ceasefire agreement, and we will use the maximum response with zero patience." https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400160
Northern Israel has been ruined. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400166
Footage of battle with 7 terrorists.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400179
Lawyers request for dropping hush
money case in lieu of Hunter Biden pardon. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400183
Brain
surgery is not typically performed during pregnancy. However, when faced with
no other option and with a tumor in Moriel’s brain threatening her life, a
neurosurgical team at Hadassah Ein Kerem performed an extensive operation. The
tumor was successfully removed, ensuring both her safety and that of her baby. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400158
Dec. 5th
Day 426
This could bring down the Israel Government.
Two years of hemming and hawing and game
playing are over. Either keep your agree and rebellious Knesset Members under
control. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400244
Russian-North Korea defense pact. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400246
Amnesty Intl. calls out Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400245
Will the real genocide stand up. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400264
Egypt’s new ceasefire plan. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400262
Norway’s BDS, back in the day I
wanted to see the Fiords. I’ll pass in this lifetime. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400249
Hezballah again violates the cease
and they fire agreement. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400226
No longer will we separate Hezballah
from Lebanon. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400160 https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/12/03/israel-warns-it-will-expand-war-hold-lebanon-responsible-if-hezbollah-truce-collapses/
https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/12/03/canada-designates-yemens-houthis-terrorist-organization/
Arrested: Jerusalem District control center identified in real time a suspect
pulling the sidelocks of a passerby, spitting at him, and swearing at him, in a
racially-motivated incident. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400259
MK
Son Har-Melech (Otzma Yehudit) spoke with Arutz Sheva - Israel National News
about her shock at the arrests of senior officials in the Israel Prison
Service and police, allegedly related to enforcement of Jewish nationalist
crime. She initiated a special Foreign and Defense Committee discussion to
investigate what is called settler violence. She claims these events are rare
and handled like any criminal process, viewing them as a left-wing attempt to
harm settlement efforts.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400257
https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-taps-jewish-billionaire-jared-isaacman-to-head-nasa/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/body-of-slain-hostage-itay-svirsky-recovered-from-gaza-by-troops/
Dec. 6th
Day 427 end of week 60
I woke up one night at
2AM and turned on various news channels. I heard about the war in the Ukraine
and Russians using ballistic missiles. 56 people killed in a stampede at a football
match in Ghana, Biden visiting Angola and a new virus-plague in Nigeria. Most
of the US channels don’t even bother covering this. Fox Business did cover the
fall of the value of the Euro.
The ISA and Israel Police arrested two residents
of the Druze village of Mas'ada, on suspicion that they gathered intelligence
on IDF operations in the area on behalf of Iran's Quds Force. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400328
On Thursday night, the IAF conducted strikes on weapon-smuggling
routes and terror infrastructure sites located near the Syrian regime’s
crossings at the Syrian-Lebanese border. These routes were used by Hezbollah to
smuggle weapons. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400325
Op-Ed Diane Bederman: Our woke culture
has done a disservice to men and women. We have belittled mothers and attacked
strong men. And look what happened. Look around. https://dianebederman.com/toxic-masculinity-the-nerve-of-some-men/
Bill Clinton: “When I tell young people in
America who say they are super sympathetic with the Palestinians - a lot of
those Palestinians have been killed and all [these young Americans] know is
there are a lot more Palestinians who have been killed than Israelis,”
continued the former President. “And I tell them what [the late PLO leader
Yasser] Arafat walked away from, and they can’t believe it.” https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400302
What Hezballah planned for Northern Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400307
Troops of the 188th Armored Brigade located and
dismantled underground infrastructure tens of meters long with firing positions.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400271
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich sent a letter
to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu requesting that the issue of reopening the
train route to Sderot be brought up at the upcoming Cabinet meeting. https://www.timesofisrael.com/more-combat-engineers-mechanized-infantry-idf-ground-forces-lays-out-future-plans/
Have a healthy, restful and peaceful
Shabbos,
Rachamim Pauli
