Parsha Miketz Part 1
Last week, the chief
wine steward forgot about Yosef. Our Sages say that perhaps if Yosef had more
trust in HASHEM and his miracles. This brings about a question why two more
years and not one? There also appears to be no reason to depend on a miracles
as written in other places “Do depend that a miracle will happen for you … and
if it does, it may minimize your merits in obtaining a good place in heaven.
41:2 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh
dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river. 2 And, behold, there came up out
of the river seven kine, well-favored and fat-fleshed; and they fed in the
reed-grass. 3 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the
river, ill-favored and lean-fleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink
of the river. 4 And the ill-favored and lean-fleshed kine did eat up the seven
well-favored and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
As mentioned above from Masechta Brachos, all dreams
contain a little nonsense in them even prophetic ones.
5 And he slept and dreamed a second time: and, behold, seven ears
of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good. 6 And, behold, seven ears, thin
and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them. 7 And the thin ears
swallowed up the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it
was a dream. 8 And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled;
and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men
thereof; and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could
interpret them unto Pharaoh. 9 Then spoke the chief butler unto Pharaoh,
saying: 'I make mention of my faults this day: 10 Pharaoh was wroth with his
servants, and put me in the ward of the house of the captain of the guard, me
and the chief baker. 11 And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we
dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream. 12 And there was
with us there a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and
we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his
dream he did interpret.
The laws of Egypt were that a stranger (Hebrew),
a youth, a slave, could not be a Prime Minister. However, Pharaoh claiming to
be Divine could over-rule any law.
13 And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was: I was
restored unto mine office, and he was hanged.' 14 Then Pharaoh sent and called
Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon. And he shaved himself,
and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh. 15 And Pharaoh said unto
Joseph: 'I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it; and I
have heard say of thee, that when thou hear a dream thou canst interpret it.'
16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying: 'It is not in me; God will give Pharaoh
an answer of peace.'
Yosef is no longer the
arrogant youth, he has mellowed and is humble. This time he gives credit to G-D
and makes a Kiddush HASHEM.
17 And Pharaoh spoke unto Joseph: 'In my dream, behold, I stood
upon the brink of the river. 18 And, behold, there came up out of the river
seven kine, fat-fleshed and well-favored; and they fed in the reed-grass. 19
And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill-favored and
lean-fleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness. 20 And
the lean and ill-favored kine did eat up the first seven fat kine. 21 And when
they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but
they were still ill-favored as at the beginning. So I awoke. 22 And I saw in my
dream, and, behold, seven ears came up upon one stalk, full and good. 23 And,
behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up
after them. 24 And the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears. And I told
it unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.' 25 And
Joseph said unto Pharaoh: 'The dream of Pharaoh is one; what God is about to do
He hath declared unto Pharaoh.
When Yosef said this, Pharaoh’s eyes were opened
and could see the aura of the Shechina upon Yosef.
26 The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are
seven years: the dream is one. 27 And the seven lean and ill-favored kine that
came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty ears blasted with
the east wind; they shall be seven years of famine. 28 That is the thing which
I spoke unto Pharaoh: what God is about to do He hath shown unto Pharaoh. 29
Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of
Egypt. 30 And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the
plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume
the land; 31 and the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that
famine which follows; for it shall be very grievous. 32 And for that the dream
was doubled unto Pharaoh twice, it is because the thing is established by God,
and God will shortly bring it to pass.
The double theme of the
dream in one night is a reason that it is close. Yosef had double dreams but
they were night after night meaning further off in fact time is not mentioned
and perhaps 22 days apart corresponding to 22 years for fulfillment.
33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and
set him over the land of Egypt. 34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint
overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the
seven years of plenty. 35 And let them gather all the food of these good years
that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities,
and let them keep it. 36 And the food shall be for a store to the land against
the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land
perish not through the famine.' 37 And the thing was good in the eyes of
Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
He knew what would be and how to solve the problem and
spoke with prophecy.
38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants: 'Can we find such a
one as this, a man in whom the spirit of God is?' 39 And Pharaoh said unto
Joseph: 'Forasmuch as God hath shown thee all this, there is none so discreet
and wise as thou. 40 Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word
shall all my people be ruled; only in the throne will I be greater than thou.'
You will be the Prime Minister second to me and this is my
Divine Decree.
41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph: 'See, I have set thee over
all the land of Egypt.' 42 And Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand,
and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and
put a gold chain about his neck.
And from the lowest of the low to the second highest in the
land in a matter of minutes. Our Sages of blessed memory say “The salvation of
HASHEM is in the blinking of an eye.” Chachamim predicted that the coming of
the Moshiach will come suddenly like one spots a scorpion (Tractate Eruvim)
similar to the rise of Yosef. From a dirty prisoner in the dungeon to a man
with Pharaoh’s ring and tremendous power and gold upon him. But now he is not a
cocky 17-year-old but a responsible adult.
43 And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he
had; and they cried before him: 'Abrech'; and he set him over all the land of
Egypt.
Literally ben the knee or kneel before Yosef. [This is not
to be confused with a person who learns in Kollel and is translated as a young
or tender father Av Rach and is not yet a Rabbi – today used generally on
people who study Advanced Torah.]
…53 And the seven years of plenty, that was in the land of
Egypt, came to an end. 54 And the seven years of famine began to come,
according as Joseph had said; and there was famine in all lands; but in all the
land of Egypt there was bread. 55 And when all the land of Egypt was
famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said unto all the
Egyptians: 'Go unto Joseph; what he says to you, do.'
Egypt is a large country in land area and I assume that from
one central storage facility there were smaller distribution areas that Yosef
appointed overseers or administrators of the distribute. However, for foreign
delegations, it would be in the capital and by this, Yosef would control who
received what and that no spies or enemies would try to test Egypt. This will
lead way to his comments to the brothers. He may also have had his equivalent
to our “no fly list” of today with the name ben Yacov or ben Yisrael on it.
56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth; and
Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine
was sore in the land of Egypt. 57 And all countries came into Egypt to
Joseph to buy grain; because the famine was sore in all the earth.
All the selling of Yosef and his meteoric rise combined
with the plenty and famine was to fulfill the prophecy given at the Bris
between the pieces with Avraham. Because Yacov was such a Tzaddik and his
children, minus the sale of Yosef, G-D fearing; he was brought down to Egypt on
a wagon. (Based on Rashi and the Medrash)
To be continued next week.
Aviatar Shirazi in Gaza by Rachamim Pauli
The Arabs had
booby-trapped a Mosque. A bulldozer had poked a hole in the side for the
soldiers to enter. There was a large wooden door to still to be opened. Aviatar
shakes the door trying to open it. A large blast for the inside goes off
knocking unconscious Aviatar. He feels a searing pain in his leg he has caught
fire and wakes up from the pain and rolls on the floor. He tries to get his
friend to help. He calls, telephones and no response. He manages to crawl over
to this friend who puts on a tourniquet on Aviatar.
There is a hole in the
wall to crawl out, but he has no strength. He calls to Major Ron Sherman who is
a strong fellow and he pulls Aviatar out. That is the last time that Ron
Sherman HY”D is seen alive by him. Ron HY”D is killed in Gaza. His wife or
partner opens up an animal rescue center and zoo/farm in his memory in Kfar
Truman.
This week’s story is appropriate with the release of the film of
the six hostages lighting for a minute Hanukah Candles in Gaza with Ori Danino
HY”D lighting the candles with a baseball cap on his head and then after
singing “Maoz Tzur” (Rock of Ages) they extinguish it because of little oxygen
in the tunnels.
A Jewish Hostage’s
Hanukah by Rabbi Yerachmiel Tilles
https://ascentofsafed.com/cgi-bin/ascent.cgi?Name=1462-13
Captain Gil Fogel
was a Phantom jet pilot who was captured by the Syrians during the 1982 Lebanon
War. At age 25, he had flown on a mission after the first ceasefire to attack
the Syrian SA-8 missile batteries that had been deployed the previous day in
the Beqaa Valley. As he exited the attack maneuver, a Syrian missile hit his
plane. He and his navigator, Lieutenant Colonel Aharon Katz, ejected. Katz struggled
with his parachute and was killed. Fogel landed safely and was captured.
For two long years,
he endured brutal tortures, until he was finally released and returned to
Israel, where he later held several positions in the Israeli Air Force
headquarters.
“The memories are
always with me, though most of them I do not try to recall,” said Fogel in an
interview with Sichat HaShavua. [1] “Yet, the memory of my Chanukah miracle
often comes back to me.”
Three weeks after
his capture, a Red Cross representative visited him. These meetings occurred
every two weeks. During one of them, he received a package from home that
contained a Bible. “I read it frequently,” Fogel recalls. “For example, before
Passover, I searched for references related to the holiday. On Tu B’Shvat, I
looked for mentions of plants in the Bible. The Bible gave me the chance to
engage with actual Jewish sources.”
He was held for a
long time in a dank, dark cell. Winter was approaching. Fogel estimated that
Hanukkah was near, and began to imagine how his family at home would be
preparing for the Festival of Lights. The longing overwhelmed him. He took a
tube of toothpaste sent from home and shaped it into a small cup. Every
morning, he would receive a meager portion of labneh (yogurt cheese) with olive
oil. He collected the oil, drop by drop, until he had gathered what he
calculated/hoped would be a sufficient amount in the makeshift cup for eight
nights.
He managed to
unravel threads from his blanket and twist them into a wick. He placed the wick
into the cup of olive oil, creating a small makeshift lamp. But how would he
light it? A few days later, a miracle occurred:
“They brought me out
of the cell to meet with an Austrian diplomat. I was waiting for him in a
nearby room when suddenly I noticed that right under me, on the floor, eight
matchsticks were scattered. I rubbed my eyes in disbelief.
“After quickly
counting the matchsticks a second time to be sure, I decided this was my
personal Chanukah miracle. Seizing a moment when the Syrian interrogators were
distracted, I prayed that no one would see me and quickly gathered them up and
hid them in my sock.”
When Chanukah
arrived, Fogel asked each Syrian guard who passed by his corridor to light a
cigarette for him. Using the cigarette, he secretly lit one of the matchsticks,
ignited the wick, and quietly sang the Chanukah songs he remembered. “That was
my small victory over the Syrians,” Fogel recalls with pride.
Today [2012], Fogel
serves as a pilot for El Al, and he still retains a special fondness for Chanukah.
“A few years ago, I hiked with my son in the month of Kislev, up Mount
Kilimanjaro (the highest peak in Africa, standing at 5,895 meters). We didn’t
forget to bring the menorah. We climbed to very challenging heights, where the
oxygen is thin and the conditions are difficult, but every evening we lit the
Hanukkah candle.”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Source: Freely
adapted by Yerachmiel Tilles from a literal AI translation of a back page
article in Sichat Shavua (#1321)
Footnote: [1] A popular Chabad weekly Hebrew publication in Israel. (Longer,
more detailed articles can be found be searching Gil Fogel on Google.)
Chabad stories of Bondi Victims: https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/7166616/jewish/Bondi-Massacre.htm
Milestone: Robert and Michele
Reiner, 78, 68, Director. https://nypost.com/2025/12/14/us-news/2-dead-at-rob-reiners-la-home-lapds-robbery-homicide-division-respond/
Milestone: Arthur Cohn, 98, Oscar
Winner Filmmaker. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419237
Milestone: Rabbi Eliezer Diamond,
73, Professor of Talmud JTS. https://www.timesofisrael.com/rabbi-eliezer-diamond-beloved-jewish-seminary-professor-and-author-dies-at-73/
Inyanay Diyoma
Dec. 13th
Swords of Iron Day 799 start of week
115
Tomorrow night is already Hanukah!
We are looking at day 800 with one Israeli still in captivity. Hamas is gaining
influence in Gaza still are threatening what is left of Militias.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/us-syrian-troops-come-under-fire-while-patrol-report
Ra’ad Sa’ad, an architect
of the October 7 massacre, is eliminated | Israel National News
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419231
https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-reports-seizing-tanker-transporting-contraband-oil-in-gulf-of-oman/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/amdan-said-to-give-mediators-a-list-of-terrorists-who-know-where-ran-gvili-is-buried/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/amdan-received-warnings-of-possible-israeli-offensive-against-hezbollah-lebanese-fm/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/gaza-amputees-struggle-to-rebuild-lives-as-enclave-faces-shortages-of-prosthetic-limbs/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-plans-to-order-tourists-including-from-israel-to-disclose-social-media-histories/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/amdani-jewish-community-center-sues-goyim-defense-league-over-alleged-intimidation-campaign/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/anti-israel-activists-vandalize-uk-justice-ministry-with-red-paint/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/poll-plurality-of-israelis-oppose-841-million-smotrich-plan-to-expand-settlements/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-frees-former-child-bride-sentenced-to-death-over-husbands-killing/
Two soldiers injured in
Gaza | Israel National News https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419230
Two terrorists threaten
IDF forces in Gaza | Israel National News https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419232
Op-Ed Dr. Martin Sherman Strange bedfellows in
hate: From Carlson to the Caucasus | Israel National News https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419219
Iran
Accelerates Ballistic Missile Production, Israel Warns | Algemeiner.com
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/see-it-feeding-our-future-fraudsters-bought-mansions-mercedes-250m-stolen-meal-funds
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/inside-minnesotas-1b-fraud-fake-offices-phony-firms-and-a-scandal-hiding-in-plain-sight
https://www.timesofisrael.com/cabinet-legalizes-19-west-bank-outposts-including-two-vacated-in-2005-disengagement/
Dec. 14th
Swords of Iron Day 800
https://www.timesofisrael.com/two-killed-eight-critically-hurt-in-brown-university-shooting-shooter-still-at-large/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-and-syrian-forces-reportedly-wounded-in-attack-while-patrolling-palmyra/
https://www.foxnews.com/us/one-person-killed-u-haul-truck-explodes-idaho-retail-shopping-center-parking-lot
https://www.timesofisrael.com/no-pardon-for-oct-7-protesters-in-tel-aviv-blast-pm-call-for-return-of-ran-gvili/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-state-department-said-to-ask-70-countries-to-contribute-to-gaza-stabilization-force/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-says-troops-killed-palestinian-who-threw-bomb-at-them-in-west-bank/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/sissi-not-planning-to-meet-pm-and-wont-without-changes-in-conduct-toward-egypt-official/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/top-adl-civil-rights-litigator-quits-accusing-group-of-being-useful-idiot-for-trump/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-meeting-mamdani-leading-ny-rabbi-says-deeply-worried-about-next-4-years/
Mysterious
assassination in Gaza | Israel National News https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419272
Family
raises new claims over battalion commander’s conduct in friendly fire shooting
| Israel National News https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419268
Suspicion:
Deputy MAG knew identity of Sde Teiman leaker & covered it up | Israel
National News
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419271
Tragedy:
Child killed in Petah Tikva apartment fire | Israel National News
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419269
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir sharply attacked
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara on Sunday morning, hours before her
scheduled response to the Supreme Court on the petitions demanding that the
Prime Minister dismiss him from his post. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419266
Trump looking for 10,000 man force
for Gaza. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419257
Man died in fire in Kiriat Malachi. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419264
I think that by this time, the
villagers have taken all the munitions and hid them in houses. https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-postpones-planned-strike-on-alleged-hezbollah-site-as-lebanese-army-searches-it/
Special Breaking news:
Report: at least
10 killed, 60 wounded in mass shooting at Australia Hanukkah event https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bk11qwl3gwg#autoplay
High
Court unanimously annuls government decision to dismiss attorney general https://www.ynetnews.com/article/r1tvwghz11x
From groceries to
gas: Israelis face painful price hikes in 2026 https://www.ynetnews.com/business/article/sjs1vcsmbe
Dec. 15th
Swords of Iron Day 801
When we are told, “Am
Yisrael Goy Ehad B’ Aretz” [The Nation of Yisrael is unique in the world] Below
are two e-mails from Chabad Centers and I am sure that it would be the same for
Chabad Centers in FL or Hashmonaim Yisrael. We are all linked and related to
each other even recent converts with the spark of soul of Avraham Avinu and
Sarah Imaynu. “Am Ehad Lev Ehud” [One Nation One Heart]
From Rabbi and Rebbetzin Krasnjansky
Chabad of Hawaii
Dear
Mr. & Mrs. Pauli,
Our hearts are broken by the murderous terror attack in Sydney, Australia an
attempt to extinguish the 2,200-year-old light of Chanukah. We pray for the
souls of the victims, the recovery of the survivors, and for the healing of a
community shaken to its core by this act of terror. Eleven precious souls have
been taken from us, including our colleague, Chabad Rabbi Eli Schlanger HY’D.
At least twenty-nine are injured.
The cowardly terrorists opened fire on people celebrating the first night of
Chanukah – a holiday in which the essence lies in conquering darkness with
light.
We draw strength from the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s timeless message: A small
amount of light dispels much darkness. (EXACTLY THE THEME WE HAD ALREADY,
PREVIOUSLY, CHOSEN FOR OUR CHANUKAH PARTY TONIGHT!)
We
mourn, we grieve and we stand with the victims and their families. But we
do not cower. The response of a Jew has never been to run and hide: We
stand taller, to live prouder and we shine brighter. We will not retreat
from our show of public Jewish pride - we will teach our children
and the future generations to be proud, visible, and unafraid. We will not
whisper our values – we will gather, celebrate and sing.
If we only focus on pain and fear, if our Chanukah joy as a community is
lessened, we have given the terrorists another victory. Terror provokes
silence and fear – we must answer with pride and faith.
This year, more than ever before, it’s important for all of us to
attend Chanukah events, and especially, the public Menorah Lighting we are
hosting on Wed. evening, to showcase our Jewish pride and
resilience. We will celebrate with extra joy – this is the ONLY way to
dispel the darkness.
WE ARE ARRANGING INCREASED POLICE PRESENCE AND SECURITY AT ALL OF OUR
CHANUKAH EVENTS.
At every Chanukah event, we will join together with a special prayer for Sydney
to honor the families of the victims and pray for the injured and for the
safety and security for Jewish around the world and peace for all.
Chabad of Wyoming:
Dearest Wyoming Community,
It is with very heavy hearts that we process the tragic news of the terror
attack in Sydney, Australia at Chabad of Bondi’s Menorah Lighting -
hatred once again spilling into a place meant for joy, freedom, and
light. Eleven precious souls have been taken from us, including my colleague,
Chabad Rabbi Elli Schlanger HY’D. At least twenty-nine are injured,
including several personal friends.
Our hearts and prayers are with the Jewish community in Sydney, Australia,
during this painful and heartbreaking time. We extend our deepest comfort to
the families of those who were murdered, and our prayers to all who were
injured. This tragedy has shaken us to the core. The cowardly
terrorists opened fire on people celebrating the first night of Chanukah – a
holiday in which the essence lies in conquering darkness with light.
We draw strength from the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s timeless message: A small
amount of light dispels much darkness. We mourn, we grieve and we stand
with the victims and their families. But we do not cower. The response of
a Jew has never been to run and hide: We stand taller, to live prouder
and we shine brighter. We will not retreat from our show of public Jewish
pride - we will teach our children and the future generations to be
proud, visible, and unafraid. We will not whisper our values – we will gather,
celebrate and sing.
If we only focus on pain and fear, if our Chanukah joy as a community is
lessened, we have given the terrorists another victory. Terror provokes
silence and fear – we must answer with pride and faith.
This year, more than ever before, it’s important for all of us to
attend the public Menorah Lightings that we can to showcase our Jewish pride
and resilience. We will celebrate with extra joy – this is the ONLY way to
dispel the darkness.
WE HAVE ARRANGED INCREASED POLICE PRESENCE AND SECURITY AT ALL OF OUR CHANUKAH
EVENTS.
At every lighting, we will join together with a special prayer for Sydney to
honor the families of the victims and pray for the injured and for the safety
and security for Jewish around the world and peace for all.
Click here for our
schedule of Chanukah events http://jewishwyoming.com/chanukah2025
AM YISROEL CHAI!!
With prayer for a bright, joyful Chanukah full of Jewish pride!
With love,
Rabbi Zalman & Raizy Mendelsohn
P.S. If you still need a
Menorah or candles, don’t hesitate to reach out. We have them available.
Washington DC Lighting last night https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqehAxLkyUo
about 30 minutes into the music the ceremony
starts.
Names of
seven victims of Sydney attack published | Israel National News https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419325
Father-in-law
of Sydney victim urges strength after massacre | Israel National News https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419339
Israel
Chief Rabbi Kalman Meir Ber: ‘Wake up, this is not only our problem’ | Israel
National News https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419352
One member of a mourner’s Minyan I
attended has contact with Australia and made a prayer for 29 injured with their
Hebrew Names.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/shooters-in-sydney-attack-ided-as-father-and-son-isis-flag-said-found-in-their-car/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/35-countries-confirmed-to-take-part-in-2026-eurovision-despite-boycotts/
A 23-year-old Israeli man, apparently
mentally unstable, attempted to stab (two) soldiers at the Kedumim gas station
this morning. An armed civilian neutralized him. No injuries were reported. https://www.timesofisrael.com/amdani-suspected-of-trying-to-stab-troops-in-west-bank-is-shot-seriously-hurt-by-forces/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/families-of-hostages-mistakenly-slain-by-idf-decry-promotion-of-involved-commander/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/high-court-annuls-firing-of-attorney-general-cabinet-ministers-urge-defiance-of-ruling/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/far-right-kast-wins-landslide-election-in-chile-against-communist-opponent/
Ex-hostage Eli Sharabi
meets Biden, thanks him for his support | Israel National News https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419347
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/chinas-missile-surge-puts-every-us-base-pacific-risk-window-respond-closing
https://www.foxnews.com/world/us-ukraine-target-massive-vessel-dark-fleet-smuggling-sanctioned-oil-worldwide
https://www.timesofisrael.com/far-right-kast-wins-landslide-election-in-chile-against-communist-opponent/
Rare
1,300-year-old lead pendant decorated with a menorah uncovered on Temple Mount
| Israel National News https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419355
IDF takes
out Zakaria Yahya al-Hajj, senior Hezbollah terrorist, in southern Lebanon |
Israel National News https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419322
https://www.timesofisrael.com/amdani-foils-suspected-islamist-car-ramming-plot-on-christmas-market/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/amdani-scientists-work-to-remove-atmospheric-co2-by-mimicking-weathering-of-rocks/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/body-of-bnei-brak-teen-found-near-yarkon-river-after-he-went-missing-days-earlier/
Dec. 16th
Swords of Iron Day 802
On Dec. 16, 1773 Members of the underground Sons
of Liberty, some dressed as Indians,
throw 342 chests of tea off British ships to protest “tax tyranny,” or Britain’s Tea
Act of 1773, which gave the East India
Company a monopoly on the American tea trade. The Boston Tea Party will
bring tensions between colonists and the British to a head.
On Dec. 16, 1944 In
the heavily forested Ardennes region, German forces launch a surprise
counterattack and push deep into the American line, creating a 50-mile wide “bulge”
in the Allied front. The battle will continue for a month and will be the deadliest one for US troops in World War II. James Reynolds Sr. told me that
he had frostbite and all the doctors wanted to amputate but one Jewish Dr. said
no and saved his toes. From then on he only went to Jewish Doctors. IF YOU ARE
A JEW, WHAT YOU DO HAS AN EFFECT ON ALL OF US, SO BEST A KIDDUSH HASHEM.
Yesterday drove 40minutes to Ramat Aviv but in rain on
the way back was close to 2hrs. Still exhausted.
Failed Parenting 101 three year old
only spoke Yiddish it took hours to locate the parents of the child found near
a bus depot in a “refuge” camp. https://www.timesofisrael.com/police-find-3-year-old-haredi-boy-at-west-bank-bus-terminal-locate-parents-hours-later/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/amdan-up-in-arms-as-us-qatar-renew-talks-for-sale-of-advanced-f-35-jets-report/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/amdanin-officials-bondi-terror-attack-inspired-by-isis-bombs-found-in-shooters-car/
New
haunting footage: Couple confronts Sydney terrorists before being shot | Israel
National News https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419417
Hezbollah
violated ceasefire nearly 2,000 times in past year | Israel National News
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419423
Jewish
man arrested by government officials in Damascus | Israel National News
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419426
Five
Years Later: Defamation suit may reveal new details of Sandak case | Israel
National News https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419361
White
House to Netanyahu: Killing of Hamas leader violated ceasefire agreement |
Israel National News https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419381
FBI foils ‘pro-Palestinian’
terror attack in Los Angeles | Israel National News
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419382
https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/12/15/amdan-australia-probe-irans-suspected-role-sydney-attack-tehran-issues-conflicting-statements/
https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/12/15/tucker-carlsons-brother-suggests-australia-terror-attack-false-flag-operation-mocks-victim/
https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/12/15/antisemitism-threatens-us-national-security-analysts-warn/
https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/12/15/amdani-nobel-laureate-hospitalized-twice-violent-arrest-say-family/
https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/12/15/why-are-greek-media-erasing-the-murder-of-a-greek-priest-from-the-barghouti-coverage/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/amdani-rial-plummets-to-new-record-low-amid-sanctions-regional-hostilities/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/dutch-police-arrest-22-at-protest-of-amsterdam-hanukkah-concert-featuring-idf-cantor/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/more-light-crowd-at-nyc-menorah-lighting-insists-on-celebration-after-sydney-massacre/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-israeli-fossil-research-shows-some-winged-dinosaurs-lost-ability-to-fly/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-donors-help-raise-1-3m-for-the-muslim-man-who-disarmed-a-bondi-beach-attacker/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/amdanins-protest-pa-prisoner-payment-reform-in-sign-of-implementation-after-snag/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-said-to-rebuke-netanyahu-for-hit-on-hamas-general-amid-broader-anger-over-gaza/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-worlds-oldest-jewish-cemetery-is-getting-an-upgrade-not-everyone-is-at-peace-with-it/
https://www.foxnews.com/us/brown-university-shooting-victim-identified-ella-cook-incredible-light
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/deputy-fbi-director-dan-bongino-decide-about-future-bureau-coming-weeks-sources-say
https://www.foxnews.com/us/fbi-arrests-4-alleged-members-radical-pro-palestinian-group-accused-plotting-new-years-eve-bombings
Defense
Ministry moves strategic projects to Jerusalem | Israel National News
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419368
https://www.timesofisrael.com/amdanin-officials-bondi-terror-attack-inspired-by-isis-bombs-found-in-shooters-car/
I am still producing my weekly rabbipauli.blogspot.com It seems to me
that Facebook is about to “add security” which means penetrating my cell phone
where I have no Facebook and other information. I will probably lose my account
Jan. 1st and it will have an effect on the groups I moderate or
administrate. I will be on MEWE.COM as Rabbi Pauli. I am tired of google
selling me as data and most often use duckduck.go.com and it will be the same
here.
Dec. 17th
Swords of Iron Day 803
It seems to me that Facebook is
about to “add security” which means penetrating my cell phone where I have no
Facebook and other information. I will probably lose my account Jan. 1st
and it will have an effect on the groups I moderate or administrate. I will be
on MEWE.COM as Rabbi Pauli. I am tired of google selling me as data and most
often use duckduck.go.com and it will be the same here.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-declares-venezuelan-regime-foreign-terrorist-organization-orders-oil-tanker-blockade
https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/12/16/after-bondi-attack-west-must-face-reality-migration-jihad/
https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/12/16/amdan-24-mother-jones-receive-un-award-for-work-built-on-word-of-discredited-ex-contractor-who-lied-about-israel/
https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/12/16/amdani-officials-sound-alarm-heightened-threat-kidnappings-terror-attacks-home-abroad/
https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/12/16/university-sydney-fires-staff-member-antisemitic-abuse-students/
https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/12/16/iran-opposes-grossis-un-secretary-general-candidacy-accuses-him-failing-uphold-international-law/
https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/12/16/are-we-at-a-tipping-point-will-larger-numbers-of-jewish-americans-make-aliyah/
https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/12/16/hamas-uses-sydney-terror-attack-to-reaffirm-its-doctrine-of-killing-jews-worldwide/
Nuclear Laboratory Head Murdered is
this Iranian Terror?
https://www.foxnews.com/us/mit-professor-shot-dead-brookline-home-massachusetts-state-police-launch-homicide-investigation
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/brown-university-mass-shooting-manhunt-gunman-12-16-2025
https://www.foxnews.com/us/suspect-arrested-after-walmart-customers-report-finding-hidden-razor-blades-purchased-bread
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/amdan-trump-jr-announces-engagement-bettina-anderson
https://www.foxnews.com/us/cbp-officer-fires-weapon-during-road-rage-incident-near-jfk-airport-entrance-van-wyck
Miracle Alert: Miracle
at Bondi Beach: Bullet stopped by radio | Israel National News https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419500
Iranian
hacker group claims to have hacked Naftali Bennett’s phone | Israel National
News https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419494
‘Albanese – shame on you!’
| MK Tal warns Australia over antisemitism and terror | Israel National News
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419499
Antisemitic
attack in Brooklyn: Jew stabbed in Crown Heights | Israel National News https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419468
Over 50
minors have gone missing since establishment of the State | Israel National
News https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419476
Jerusalem
teen dies in skiing accident in French Alps | Israel National News
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419496
Passenger
sneaks onto plane without ticket at Ben Gurion | Israel National News
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419453
Air Force
Commander: 15 petition signatories can return to reserve duty | Israel National
News https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419470
Fatal
incident at northern base | Israel National News
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419452
Former IDF
commander calls for preemptive strikes to prevent future threats | Israel
National News https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419481
https://www.timesofisrael.com/first-funerals-held-for-victims-of-bondi-beach-hanukkah-massacre-our-own-oct-7
https://www.timesofisrael.com/only-2-cops-were-on-duty-at-sydney-hanukkah-event-hit-by-terror-attack-official-says/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/bondi-beach-hanukkah-killer-charged-with-59-offenses-including-terror-15-counts-of-murder/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-imposes-travel-ban-on-palestinian-authority-passport-holders-citing-war-terror/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/declaring-himself-a-maccabee-nycs-adams-bids-adieu-to-jewish-allies-on-hanukkah/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-israeli-families-kindle-hanukkah-lights-fire-safety-awareness-is-a-burning-issue/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/mossad-chief-israel-has-duty-to-ensure-iran-cannot-restart-nuclear-program/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-presses-pakistan-to-join-gaza-force-testing-powerful-military-chiefs-authority-at-home/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-french-saudi-officials-to-meet-in-paris-about-preventing-renewed-war-in-lebanon/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/jd-vance-lowering-immigration-is-best-way-to-curb-antisemitism-in-us/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/amid-rise-in-flu-cases-health-ministry-recommends-vulnerable-wear-face-masks/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-drops-charges-against-reserve-officer-over-deadly-lebanon-incident-last-year/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/court-extends-detention-of-3-suspects-in-attack-on-pregnant-arab-woman-in-jaffa/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/amdan-nabs-student-suspected-of-planning-christmas-market-attack-in-support-of-isis/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-sues-bbc-for-up-to-10-billion-in-damages-over-misleading-jan-6-speech-edit/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/major-crimes-unit-takes-over-investigation-in-case-of-missing-girl-haymanut-kasau/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-says-dual-national-held-on-spy-charges-since-june-war-with-israel-is-swedish/
Dec. 18th
Swords of Iron Day 804
Last night, Pres. Trump took a
victory lap “all the hostages are home”. Ron Gvili is still in Gaza deep in a
tunnel. https://www.timesofisrael.com/waiting-for-ran-gvili/
https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/12/17/amdan-moves-toughen-stance-antisemitic-incitement-bondi-beach-massacre/
I have no idea if this is kosher or
not . https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/popular-salad-dressings-sold-costco-reportedly-publix-recalled-over-foreign-objects
This is like a Joseph Goebbels
nominated for an Oscar for the Jews =
Rats Film. https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/12/17/amdan-shortlists-include-israeli-palestinian-films-oct-7-hostage-deceased-palestinian-girl/
https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/12/17/trump-expands-us-travel-ban-include-syria-palestinian-territories-due-security-concerns/
https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/12/17/amdan-honors-mossad-agents-extraordinary-work-intel-chief-says-duty-stop-irans-nuclear-program/
https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/12/17/mamdanis-father-blasts-columbia-university-antisemitism-policies-says-anti-israel-students-terrorized/
https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/12/17/us-rep-byron-donalds-opens-wide-lead-anti-israel-candidate-rest-field-florida-gop-primary-governor/
https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/12/17/alleged-bondi-gunman-charged-15-murders-funerals-victims-begin/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/report-netanyahu-trump-planned-iran-strike-far-in-advance-ran-deception-campaign/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/uk-makes-first-arrests-for-globalize-the-intifada-chants-in-shift-spurred-by-bondi-attack/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/german-parliament-approves-3-5b-expansion-of-arrow-3-deal-with-israel/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/ben-shapiro-blasts-tucker-carlson-at-think-tank-under-fire-for-defending-him/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/amdani-ngo-among-36-organizations-calling-for-global-reform-of-live-animal-shipping/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/amdanin-pm-vows-new-laws-to-crack-down-on-hate-after-hanukkah-terror-attack/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/coalition-advances-bill-criminalizing-interference-with-orthodox-religious-practices-in-public/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/six-countries-have-committed-to-joining-trumps-board-of-peace-say-officials/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/historic-moment-netanyahu-announces-record-natural-gas-deal-with-egypt/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/amdani-study-untreated-chronic-thyroid-condition-in-pregnancy-ups-autism-risk-in-children/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/dershowitz-says-he-told-trump-that-us-constitution-not-clear-if-he-can-serve-third-term/
Miracle: Leibel
saved police officer, miraculously survived Sydney massacre | Israel National
News https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419547
Another Miracle: “It was a difference of millimeters
between life and death. The bullet grazed my head, almost to the bone. The
doctors said it was a miracle that I survived, and I used the moment to explain
what a Hanukkah miracle really is,” he recounted. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419546
IDF
targets Hezbollah military infrastructure in Lebanon | Israel National News https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419548
Arab sentenced to pay
half a million shekels for attacking Jews | Israel National News https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419555
IDF Chief’s
warning to the world and message to diaspora Jews | Israel National News https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419514
Belgium
ends federal protection for Antwerp’s Jewish quarter, community livid | Israel
National News https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419521
https://www.timesofisrael.com/prosecutors-to-indict-20-year-old-israeli-for-isis-membership-contact-with-foreign-agent/
Dec. 19th
Swords of Iron Day 805 end of week
115
https://www.foxnews.com/us/amdani-manuel-neves-valente-identified-brown-university-shooting-suspect-found-dead
https://www.timesofisrael.com/australias-bondi-hero-handed-check-for-1-65-million-collected-from-fundraising/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/amdanin-police-arrest-7-men-en-route-to-bondi-after-tip-on-possible-violent-act/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/amdani-holds-rare-meeting-with-pa-official-to-discuss-west-bank-tensions-officials/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/amdani-to-meet-mediators-on-Friday-amid-frustration-over-implementation-of-gaza-deal/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/newly-discovered-rna-molecule-could-lead-to-new-treatments-in-the-war-against-superbugs/
The drafting of Yeshiva Students has
nothing to do with equality as Druze, Bedouin, and Christians are exempt from
the draft and can volunteer bno fines. It is the last fling of the evil one to
destroy Yeshivas. With the 255 murders of the Arab Mafia do we need close to
10% of Israel making war on cops. https://www.timesofisrael.com/13-cops-hurt-as-ultra-orthodox-riot-in-jerusalem-police-use-tear-gas-arrest-four/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/settler-activists-again-enter-gaza-plant-israeli-flags-in-bid-to-resettle-enclave/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/amdani-appointee-resigns-after-old-antisemitic-comments-surface/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-imposes-sanctions-on-29-shadow-fleet-tankers-carrying-iranian-oil/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/with-443-deaths-israel-to-mark-its-deadliest-year-on-the-roads-in-two-decades/
Shabbos times. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/shabat
Nova hero:
I just did what needed to be done | Israel National News https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419605
Interviewer
moved to tears by survivor’s emotional statement: Won’t turn off the menorah |
Israel National News https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419607
How a
Russian citizen spied for Iran at Israeli ports | Israel National News https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419609
Belgium
reverses plan to withdraw police from Antwerp Jewish quarter | Israel National
News https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419596
Australian
PM unveils major gun buyback after Bondi terror attack | Israel National News
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419590
Ben Gvir’s
circle against Levin: Undermines the death penalty law | Israel National News
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419585
Footage
from heart of Jenin: Undercover units arrest terrorists and seize weapons |
Israel National News https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419575
Top arms
smuggler hit with rare administrative arrest warrant | Israel National News
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419561
https://www.timesofisrael.com/katz-smotrich-declare-west-bank-waste-fires-a-security-issue-unveil-emergency-plan/
A healthy, happy,
peaceful and good Shabbos and pleasant month of Teves,
Rachamim Pauli
