Parsha Shelach
We are in the second year since the
Bnei Yisrael left Mitzrayim. The Mishkan has been set up, Pesach Sheni observed
and now the people are ready as an army to conquer the land.
13:1
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 2 'Send thou men, that they may spy out
the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel; of every tribe of
their fathers shall ye send a man, everyone a prince among them.'
We learn that each tribe was equal
and each tribe was to supply one man.
3
And Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran according to the commandment
of the LORD; all of them men who were heads of the children of Israel.
In the desert they were princes,
but would they be if each man had his own farm?
4
And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori. 6 Of the tribe of Judah,
Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.
8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun. 9 Of the tribe of Benjamin,
Palti the son of Raphu. 10 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi. 11
Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of
Susi. 12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli. 13 Of the tribe of
Asher, Sethur the son of Michael. 14 Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of
Vophsi. 15 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi. 16 These are the names
of the men that Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son
of Nun Joshua. 17 And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said
unto them: 'Get you up here into the South, and go up into the mountains;
I assume that this knowledge of the geography was known to them.
18
and see the land, what it is; and the people that dwells therein, whether they
are strong or weak, whether they are few or many;
What they are supposed to gather only whether these people are
strong or perhaps weak or in-between and their approximate population. This
should have been private and not public knowledge. This was up to Moshe and the
Generals to use. Could you imagine if the public knew all about the Iranian
Missiles, their accuracy, numbers and explosives and how advanced they were towards
a nuclear bomb and nuclear warheads. It might cause a major panic today. This
way ignorance is blessing and we have our ways of dealing with programs without
the public having to know too much and panicking.
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and what the land is that they dwell in, whether it is good or bad; and what
cities they are that they dwell in, whether in camps, or in strongholds;
Are they fortified like what we see
at Tel Arad of the original city or do they live like Bedouin or in between?
20
and what the land is, whether it is fat or lean, whether there is wood therein,
or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land.'--Now
the time was the time of the first-ripe grapes.--
What type of land is it and how are
their fruits?
21
So they went up, and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob,
at the entrance to Hamath.
From the Negev to northern Syria.
Hamath is south of the Euphrates. Hamath is 218km/135.5 miles north of
Damascus.
22
And they went up into the South, and came unto Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and
Talmai, the children of Anak, were there.--Now Hebron was built seven years
before Zoan in Egypt.
The were giants.
23
And they came unto the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with
one cluster of grapes, and they bore it upon a pole between two; they took also
of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
Three of the 7 species of the land
that ripen around Tisha B’Av [the day they wept when the spies returned with
the evil report].
24
That place was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the
children of Israel cut down from thence.
Today Modern Eshcol is in the
Negev.
25
And they returned from spying out the land at the end of forty days. 26 And
they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the
children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back
word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the
land.
This was a very bad idea. Either by
Moshe or the Spies to report to the Nation before reporting to Moshe. In modern
spying, the leadership is giving the data and not the people or mobs to set
policy.
27
And they told him, and said: 'We came unto the land whither thou sent us, and
surely it flows with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.
If they were to open with
everything bad, you would think they had an agenda; so, they started with a
good report.
28
Howbeit the people that dwell in the land are fierce, and the cities are
fortified, and very great; and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
Anak = giant people. They are
fierce giants. Now this is the equivalent to saying that there are 90,000,000
Iranians with enriched Uranium and 2000+ rockets vs. perhaps 7,500,000 Jews and
go and hover in fear. Or like Calev and Yehoshua we can say numbers are one
thing and HASHEM ELOKAYNU is with us.
29
Amalek dwells in the land of the South; and the Hittite, and the Jebusite, and
the Amorite, dwell in the mountains; and the Canaanite dwells by the sea, and
along by the side of the Jordan.'
They already had a battle with
Amalek and were very wary of these cruel people. The Hittites had once an
empire and had made a name for themselves. The Canaanites were fortified in
towns.
30
And Caleb stilled the people toward Moses, and said: 'We should go up at once,
and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.'
Don’t be afraid with sudden fear,
we can over-come their advice and advisors as we have G-D.
31
But the men that went up with him said: 'We are not able to go up against the
people; for they are stronger than we.'
Foolish people, the L-RD over-threw
a superpower against you. Why shouldn’t you trust in HIM. Physical numbers do
not guarantee victory. 7,500,000 Jews in Israel vs. 90,000,000 Iranians/Persians.
Maybe it is time to bet on HASHEM.
32
And they spread an evil report of the land which they had spied out unto the
children of Israel, saying: 'The land, through which we have passed to spy it
out, is a land that eats up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we
saw in it are men of great stature. 33 And there we saw the Nephilim, the sons
of Anak, who come of the Nephilim; and we were in our own sight as
grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.'
In our sight we felt like
grasshoppers but perhaps not in their side.
14:1
And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept
that night. 2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against
Aaron; and the whole congregation said unto them: 'Would that we had died in
the land of Egypt! or would we had died in this wilderness!
For no reason they cried on Tisha B’
Av. HASHEM will later give them a reason to cry on Tisha B’Av.
3
And wherefore doth the LORD bring us unto this land, to fall by the sword? Our
wives and our little ones will be a prey; were it not better for us to return
into Egypt?' 4 And they said one to another: 'Let us make a captain, and let us
return into Egypt.'
They are a mob in complete
rebellion against G-D and Moshe.
5
Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the
congregation of the children of Israel. 6 And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb
the son of Jephunneh, who were of them that spied out the land, rent their
clothes. 7 And they spoke unto all the congregation of the children of Israel,
saying: 'The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceeding good
land. 8 If the LORD delight in us, then He will bring us into this land, and
give it unto us--a land which flows with milk and honey. 9 Only rebel not
against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread
for us; their defence is removed from over them, and the LORD is with us; fear
them not.' 10 But all the congregation bade stone them with stones, when the
glory of the LORD appeared in the tent of meeting unto all the children of
Israel.
Falling on their faces indicates
the Tachnun Prayer against evil doers and evil Sayers. Also Yoshua and Calev.
11
And the LORD said unto Moses: 'How long will this people despise Me? and how
long will they not believe in Me, for all the signs which I have wrought among
them?
These ungrateful people. I worked
for them 10 miracles in Mitzrayim and 250 Miracles when I split the sea for
them. They heard my voice at Sinai and now are like spitting in my face.
12 I
will smite them with the pestilence, and destroy them, and will make of thee a
nation greater and mightier than they.'
It is time that I destroy them on
the spot and eventually you will be a tremendous nation.
13
And Moses said unto the LORD: 'When the Egyptians shall hear--for Thou brought
up this people in Thy might from among them-- 14 they will say to the
inhabitants of this land, who have heard that Thou LORD art in the midst of
this people; inasmuch as Thou LORD art seen face to face, and Thy cloud stands
over them, and Thou go before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a
pillar of fire by night; 15 now if Thou shalt kill this people as one man, then
the nations which have heard the fame of Thee will speak, saying: 16 Because
the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which He swore unto
them, therefore He hath slain them in the wilderness.
Again the shepherd has to interview
to guard the sheep – even if they are not like innocent sheep.
17
And now, I pray Thee, let the power of the LORD be great, according as Thou
hast spoken, saying: 18 The LORD is slow to anger, and plenteous in lovingkindness,
forgiving iniquity and transgression, and that will by no means clear the
guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third
and upon the fourth generation.
Remember back a relatively short time
to Yacov and his merit should last 1000 generations and their sins only a few
generations.
19
Pardon, I pray Thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness
of Thy lovingkindness, and according as Thou hast forgiven this people, from
Egypt even until now.'
Please forgive them!
20
And the LORD sahid: 'I have pardoned according to thy word. 21 But in very
deed, as I live--and all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD--
22 surely all those men that have seen My glory, and My signs, which I wrought
in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have put Me to proof these ten times, and
have not hearkened to My voice; 23 surely they shall not see the land which I
swore unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that despised Me see it.
I shall pardon most now, however,
those that despised me shall die now! (Many did not want to enter Eretz Yisrael
because they were princes in the wilderness and would be anonymous in Eretz
Yisrael. In the end, Calev and Yoshua would be leaders and elders in the future
and the other spies with names erased.
24
But My servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed
Me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall
possess it. 25 Now the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell in the Vale; tomorrow
turn ye, and get you into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.'
So out of 12 only 2 will deserve to
return to the land. Now turn towards the Red Sea instead of our land.
26
And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying: 27 'How long shall I bear
with this evil congregation, that keep murmuring against Me? I have heard the
murmurings of the children of Israel, which they keep murmuring against Me. 28
Say unto them: As I live, saith the LORD, surely as ye have spoken in Mine
ears, so will I do to you: 29 your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness, and
all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty
years old and upward, ye that have murmured against Me;
In the next 40 aka 39 remaining
years, those who are 20 today unto 60 shall die in the wilderness.
30
surely ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I lifted up My hand
that I would make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and
Joshua the son of Nun.
Only these two people are
guaranteed to enter the land. (There is a Midrash that indicates that 15,000
did not die in the wilderness meaning that there always is room for Teshuva.)
31
But your little ones, that ye said would be a prey, them will I bring in, and
they shall know the land which ye have rejected. 32 But as for you, your
carcasses shall fall in this wilderness. 33 And your children shall be
wanderers in the wilderness forty years, and shall bear your strayings, until
your carcasses be consumed in the wilderness.
You shall die in the wilderness but
your children shall inherit the land for they do not know of Mitzrayim and all the
foods you ate there and will be happy to start a brand new beginning in a brand
new land.
34
After the number of the days in which ye spied out the land, even forty days,
for every day a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye
shall know My displeasure.
It turned out to be 39years.
35 I
the LORD have spoken, surely this will I do unto all this evil congregation,
that are gathered together against Me; in this wilderness they shall be
consumed, and there they shall die.'
You have lost your golden chance
and you shall wither in the wilderness.
36
And the men, whom Moses sent to spy out the land, and who, when they returned,
made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up an evil report
against the land, 37 even those men that did bring up an evil report of the
land, died by the plague before the LORD.
The worse of the rebels and
instigators died on the spot.
38
But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, remained alive of
those men that went to spy out the land. 39 And Moses told these words unto all
the children of Israel; and the people mourned greatly.
They mourned for their mistake but
it was too little and too late.
40
And they rose up early in the morning, and got them up to the top of the
mountain, saying: 'Lo, we are here, and will go up unto the place which the
LORD hath promised; for we have sinned.' 41 And Moses said: 'Wherefore now do
ye transgress the commandment of the LORD, seeing it shall not prosper?
Now from Yoshua’s tribe there arose
men who wanted to conquer the land but they did not have the blessing of
HASHEM.
42
Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten down before
your enemies. 43 For there the Amalekite and the Canaanite are before you, and ye
shall fall by the sword; forasmuch as ye are turned back from following the
LORD, and the LORD will not be with you.'
They are warned not to try to
conquer the land without HASHEM.
44
But they presumed to go up to the top of the mountain; nevertheless the ark of
the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp. 45 Then the
Amalekite and the Canaanite, who dwelt in that hill-country, came down, and
smote them and beat them down, even unto Hormah.
These people were ‘wise-guys’ who
thought that through their actions, HASHEM will be with them. Instead they died
and became the dry bones in the valley.
15:1
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and
say unto them: When ye are come into the land of your habitations, which I give
unto you, 3 and will make an offering by fire unto the LORD, a burnt-offering,
or a sacrifice, in fulfilment of a vow clearly uttered, or as a
freewill-offering, or in your appointed seasons, to make a sweet savor unto the
LORD, of the herd, or of the flock; 4 then shall he that brings his offering
present unto the LORD a meal-offering of a tenth part of an ephah of fine flour
mingled with the fourth part of a hin of oil; 5 and wine for the
drink-offering, the fourth part of a hin, shalt thou prepare with the
burnt-offering or for the sacrifice, for each lamb.
Each Korban has a different amount
of flour, oil and wine. This is the amount for a Lamb.
6 Or
for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meal-offering two tenth parts of an ephah
of fine flour mingled with the third part of a hin of oil; 7 and for the
drink-offering thou shalt present the third part of a hin of wine, of a sweet savor
unto the LORD.
The Ram is larger and gets more flour,
oil and wine.
8
And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt-offering, or for a sacrifice, in
fulfilment of a vow clearly uttered, or for peace-offerings unto the LORD; 9
then shall there be presented with the bullock a meal-offering of three tenth
parts of an ephah of fine flour mingled with half a hin of oil. 10 And thou
shalt present for the drink-offering half a hin of wine, for an offering made
by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD.
And a bull gets even more flour,
oil and wine.
11
Thus shall it be done for each bullock, or for each ram, or for each of the
he-lambs, or of the kids. 12 According to the number that ye may prepare, so
shall ye do for every one according to their number. 13 All that are home-born
shall do these things after this manner, in presenting an offering made by
fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD. 14 And if a stranger sojourn with you, or
whosoever may be among you, throughout your generations, and will offer an
offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD; as ye do, so he shall
do.
The measurements are for each and
every individual animal Korban as specified above.
15
As for the congregation, there shall be one statute both for you, and for the
stranger that sojourns with you, a statute forever throughout your generations;
as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the LORD. 16 One law and one
ordinance shall be both for you, and for the stranger that sojourns with you.
The same for a Yisrael and a
Convert.
17
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 18 Speak unto the children of Israel,
and say unto them: When ye come into the land whither I bring you, 19 then it
shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall set apart a
portion for a gift unto the LORD. 20 Of the first of your dough ye shall set
apart a cake for a gift; as that which is set apart of the threshing-floor, so
shall ye set it apart. 21 Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the
LORD a portion for a gift throughout your generations.
This is Challah (Holly) Bread for
the Cohain.
22
And when ye shall err, and not observe all these commandments, which the LORD
hath spoken unto Moses, 23 even all that the LORD hath commanded you by the
hand of Moses, from the day that the LORD gave commandment, and onward
throughout your generations; 24 then it shall be, if it be done in error by the
congregation, it being hid from their eyes, that all the congregation shall
offer one young bullock for a burnt-offering, for a sweet savor unto the
LORD--with the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof, according
to the ordinance--and one he-goat for a sin-offering. 25 And the priest shall
make atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and they
shall be forgiven; for it was an error, and they have brought their offering,
an offering made by fire unto the LORD, and their sin-offering before the LORD,
for their error. 26 And all the congregation of the children of Israel shall be
forgiven, and the stranger that sojourns among them; for in respect of all the
people it was done in error.
The Torah allows for human error
and forgetfulness of a King, Cohain Gadol, Sanhedrin, Beis Din or Individual.
The main thing that it was done in error and not willfully.
27
And if one person sin through error, then he shall offer a she-goat of the
first year for a sin-offering. 28 And the priest shall make atonement for the
soul that errs, when he sins through error, before the LORD, to make atonement
for him; and he shall be forgiven, 29 both he that is home-born among the
children of Israel, and the stranger that sojourns among them: ye shall have
one law for him that does aught in error.
The main thing that it was done in
error and not willfully.
30
But the soul that doeth aught with a high hand, whether he be home-born or a
stranger, the same blasphemes the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from
among his people. 31 Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath
broken His commandment; that soul shall utterly be cut off, his iniquity shall
be upon him.
The soul that errs is one thing we
call it Shogeg. The one who willing violates is called Mayzid. The Mayzid has
purposely affronted G-D and shall be cut off.
32
And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man
gathering sticks upon the sabbath day. 33 And they that found him gathering
sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation. 34 And
they put him in ward, because it had not been declared what should be done to
him.
They did not know how to deal with
a person who purposely violated Shabbos.
35
And the LORD said unto Moses: 'The man shall surely be put to death; all the
congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.' 36 And all the
congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he
died, as the LORD commanded Moses.
Those who violate Shabbos purposely
are to be put to death by witnesses and a minimum Sanhedrin of 23 [that does
not exist today]. In case you are not a
Shomer Shabbos person today and born that way {like myself 5th
generation Reform Jew} you are considered ‘a child capture by the Gentiles, or
Gentile Philosophy. This means that re-education and breaking of non-Jewish
Habits are for you and not the death penalty. Time will heal your wound.
37
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 38 'Speak unto the children of Israel,
and bid them that they make them throughout their generations fringes in the
corners of their garments, and that they put with the fringe of each corner a
thread of blue.
We are uncertain what the Techeiles
is. What some people claim it is today is darker blue than sky blue.
39
And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember
all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye go not about after
your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go astray;
The main thing is not to go astray
by seeing Tzitzis one is to stop the sin before an action occurs.
40
that ye may remember and do all My commandments, and be holy unto your God.
Upon looking at the Tzitzis, one
should remember to be holy unto G-D. There is a story of the man (Ketubos 70B
if my memory serves me) that went to a certain professional lady who had gold
stools to get to her bed. As he was going, he looked at his Tzitzis stopped and
began to cry. He told her why. She gave up her profession, gave away her unholy
money to charity and converted to be his wife.
41 I
am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God:
I am the LORD your God.'
The whole purpose of wearing
Tzitzis is to remember our father in heaven, our G-D Creator and ruler.
Two Bullets Two Miracles
for Emil from Col. Avraham C.
Bullet Holes in Cellphone
and bullets witnessed by Y. Taub and R. Pauli
Emil was in the engineering unit with
Col. Avraham since he was a conscript. Perhaps 18 or 19. The Col. At that time
was not a Brigade Commander but a Company Commander meaning either a Lt. or
Captain.
Emil is from a family that originated
in the Caucus Mountains and one of 11 children. They live in Northern Israel.
He has one Charedi Sister, who prays for his welfare daily. Emil is a member of
Shomer HaZair Kibbutz. [Kibbutzim so far lost from religion that they don’t
keep Kosher, some grow animals that part the hoof and chews not the cud, some
members eat bread on Pesach.] Emil is heavier than I and the ceramic vest
barely covers his chest and back making him a prime target for a sniper.
Col. Avraham sent his son by bicycle
far from the front to intelligence headquarters to get the latest scoop before
moving the heavy equipment into Gaza. The information received is that there
are Hamas in the area awaiting for Israeli arrival.
What can happen is that sometimes Hamas
lets in one vehicle or two and then attacks the 2nd or 3rd
while coming after the first vehicle.
Intelligence picked up the internet
film of the incident. Two snipers are waiting for Emil’s vehicle. One is the
spotter and the other the shooter. The shooter is using half inch wide bullets
with some chemicals on them for extra chance to murder. He takes a shot from
the left side of the ceramic vest. The body is exposed. He shoots once but hits
Emil’s cellphone bending the first bullet but sending shrapnel into his chest
cavity. A second bullet goes straight through his phone and him coming out his
back and ending up in the chair of the crane that he was driving.
The Unit fires towards the distant
houses about six football fields away. The snipers have done their dirty work
and put up their film with somebody whom they shot in the leg and another past
injury. They are still out there in Gaza waiting for their next victim.
Emil is evacuated by helicopter to
Shaarei Tzedek Hospital in Yerushalayim. His condition stabilizes. Col. Avraham
says to him. “You can thank your sister’s Psalms for the fact that you are
alive. But now you have to give thanks to G-D and do something to keep yourself
alive. For you were miraculously spared for some reason.”
The Miracle in the
School & Synagogue in Bnei Brak (Pardes Katz)
All right, in the days of Rav
Chaim as the Gadol, there were no problems in Bnei Brak due to his merit. A
week after, he died, there was a terror attack. Now a building hit and an
80year old died from the blast in an underground room. Rav Chaim and Rav Gershon
are gone and constant production of merits and guardian angels go on a weaker
generation.
The school was closed and
sustained major damage. The Synagogue did look like a bomb hit it except that
all the Talmud Standers were intact but the chairs and standers dirty with dust
and rubble. The electronic candles (Ner Tamid?) on the wall was still working.
The Aron Kodesh and the cloth Parokes (cloth covering) undamaged and on the
wall all the Talmud, Mishnah and other Holy Books standing in place. Now the
roof support columns had damage.
Miracle in the Soroka
Hospital
The father of Moshe Bar Siman
Tov, Yehuda Zal, used to be at least the afternoon Chazan in the Sephardic
Synagogue on one of the days of Rosh Hashanah. He racked up a lot of merits in
this world and the next. Moshe is the Director General of the Health Ministry.
On Wednesday June 18, 2025 aka 22
Sivan 5785, Moshe visited Soroka Hospital. He saw the potential danger and
ordered the sixth floor ward evacuated and patients sent to other places or
non-glass enclosures below.
At 07:07 Thursday morning, the
Iranians sent a barrage of 25 missiles. These are guided missiles. 80% were
shot down. However, one hit that same ward in Soroka. The destruction was
great. Some minor injures among staff and patients. If the ward had not been
evacuated, I hate to think how many dead there would have been.
Sara Y. Rigler wrote: As one
doctor declared: “Just yesterday we evacuated the old surgical building that
took a direct hit today. It’s a great miracle.”
The Pilot who left his
Bridal Canopy by Ohri Schechter
Thanks to My Cousin
Dalit Haver Bloch
Grooms/Pilots...
Last
Thursday, a combat pilot - a graduate of the Hesder Yeshiva - got married.
But
the really moving story started after the Chuppah.
On
his wedding night, the newly groom left his wife, drove to her parents' house -
and went on an operational mission in Iran.
When
his friends from the meeting came to cheer him up, he told them that sixty
members of the pilot couldn't make it.
Immediately
called his commanders and asked a simple question:
"Get
married or fly?" "
And
the answer he received: "Get married - and then call... "
And
so he wrote that night to his friend:
"We
are approaching today to carry out a mission of a real war mitzvah - a groom
from his room and a bride from her chuppah.
And
we are very happy that this is how the building of our common house begins.
May
we add courage, heroism and holiness in our people.
I'm
taking my wife to her parents' house now - and traveling to the base. "
Posted
on channel 7.
A
good friend from Kibbutz in the north of Israel that read the post wrote to me
the following:
You
know that my brother was a fighter pilot and also got married on a Thursday
night...
All
the female pilot didn't come because of the attack, and he returned to base on
Friday...
And
he's been there ever since...
Really
the same story...
By
the way, he was upset twice - even that many did not come to celebrate with
him...
And
that he didn't go out in the first wave...
The Jew on the Damascus Football Team by Rabbi Y. Tilles
https://ascentofsafed.com/cgi-bin/ascent.cgi?Name=1436-38
Alex
Eisenbach was a well-known and successful businessman in Israel for nearly
40 years. We met often and he had stories to tell about every subject. One day
he amazed me [R. Yaakov Cass] by saying, "Even though I am not a
Chabadnik, I once did a very big favor for the Lubavitcher Rebbe".
I was quite taken
aback. With a big smile he said, "I bet you would love to hear the story,
wouldn't you?" and he was absolutely right.
He then told me
about his early life. He came with his family to British Mandated Palestine
from Rumania when he was a youngster, moving to Tel Aviv. In 1946, aged 18, he
decided to study pharmacy. There was no school of pharmacy in 'Palestine.' The
nearest was in Damascus, Syria, where many Jewish men went to study pharmacy.
Alex enrolled there,
and soon thereafter formed a pharmacy football team that travelled to all the
other universities in the Middle East. No one suspected that he was secretly
working as a spy for the Hagenah. He supplied them with a great deal of information
which was proved to be invaluable during the War of Independence.
In May 1948, the
leaders of the Zionist towns and settlements declared themselves as a state.
The five Arab states surrounding Israel, promptly attacked, initiating a war.
As a result, Alex was soon thrown out of the university together with all the
other Jewish students, while he was still missing one more year of study in
order to qualify.
The Hagenah had
evolved to become the Israeli Army and Alex turned to them for help in finishing
off his university studies. They kindly organized a place for him at the
University of Boston. In 1948 the journey to Boston from Tel Aviv was by boat
across the Atlantic to New York, and then by train to Boston. Everybody in
Alex's neighborhood was excited at his good fortune. His imminent journey
became the 'talk of the town.'
Shortly before his
departure, a lady knocked at his door. Introducing herself as Mrs. Aryeh Leib
Schneerson, she asked Alex if he would be willing and able to deliver a very
important and valuable set of documents to her husband's brother, Rabbi M.M.
Schneerson, the Ramash, as our Rebbe was known then, in the years that
the Rebbe Rayatz was still alive. He was living in the Chabad
community in the Crown Heights Section of Brooklyn.
She related that her
husband had brought these irreplaceable documents with him when he left Russia,
and the Ramash needed them urgently. She did not want to risk sending them by
mail; she would trust only a personal emissary. She explained to Alex that upon
arrival in New York City, he would have to immediately leave Manhattan by
taking the subway to Crown Heights.
Alex replied that he
would have no problem to do that. She instructed him to deliver the package to
her sister-in-law, the Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka, who would be waiting for him at
her home.
A month later Alex
duly knocked at the door of the Ramash's home. The Rebbetzin herself came to
the door and thanking him most profusely, asked him to leave the package with
her. She said she would deliver it to her husband and requested Alex to come
back at 4 o'clock in the afternoon to meet him.
When he returned,
however, the Rebbetzin apologized that her husband was very busy with his
duties and was unable to meet Alex after all. She explained that he had asked
her to convey his deepest appreciation for performing such a vital service.
"No words can express our gratitude to you for this
great mitzvah and favor that you have done;
the Ramash sends you his blessing," she said.
* * *
In the year 2000
approximately, Alex came to my office one day with tears in his eyes. He
explained that the next day he was due to appear at the high court of justice,
together with two colleagues. The three of them had conducted a
multimillion-dollar business deal, after taking legal advice as how to avoid
paying large taxes.
Instead of assisting
them though, this advice had led them into serious trouble. The income tax
authorities took them to court where they were found guilty of evading taxes.
They were fined a million dollars each and sentenced to one full year in
prison. Now they were awaiting the results of their appeal.
Alex looked at me
and said, "It is not about a prison sentence for me, rather it is about a
death sentence. At 80-years-old there is no way I can survive a prison term,
and the fine will make me a pauper."
As he spoke, I
remembered the story he had told me some ten years earlier. "Alex," I
said, "a long time ago you told me that the Rebbe was extremely grateful
for the great service you rendered to him. Do you think the Rebbe will simply
leave you in the lurch? Come, say your prayers, put your trust in The One Above
and ask the Rebbe for his blessing. With G-d's help everything will turn out
just fine."
The next day at five
o'clock in the afternoon, I was thrilled to hear on the radio that the high
court of justice had acquitted all three defendants accused of cheating on
their income tax filings. The high court pronounced that as they had taken
legal counsel, even though the advice was incorrect, they had acted wrongly in
all blamelessness and thus they were innocent.
The very next day as
I sat in my office, in bounced Alex grinning from ear to ear. I hugged him as
he said, "You see, I did indeed receive the Rebbe's blessing."
"Of course,"
I replied.
"Yes, but I
know it; you just say it," retorted Alex.
Observing the
puzzled look on my face, Alex related that as he entered the room in the high
court where the appeal was to take place, he looked straight into the face of
the chief justice. At that moment something extraordinary happened: he saw the
face of the chief justice disappear momentarily and be replaced by the face of
the Lubavitcher Rebbe, who gave him a big smile. Within a few moments, the face
of the chief justice reappeared.
Alex finished by
saying, "At that moment I knew deep in my heart that the Rebbe was with
us, and that surely we had to win our case and thank G-d, I was right!"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Source: Adapted by
Yerachmiel Tilles from a well-written submission by R. Yaakov Cass.
Rabbi Yaakov Cass is a Lubavitcher chasid living in Jerusalem. Before his
recent retirement, he was a senior official in the Israel Ministry of Health.
Why This
Week? Moshe selecting and sending twelve men to spy the Land of Israel is the
opening topic of this week's Torah reading, Shelach; this week's story opens
with a Jew who was a successful spy for Israel outside the Land.
Biographic note:
Yisrael Aryeh-Leib "Leibeh" Schneerson [21 Iyar 1906 -
13 Iyar 1952] was the youngest of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak and Rebbetzin Chana
Schneerson's three sons. In 1930 he fled the USSR for Berlin, where his
brother, the future Rebbe, lived. He relocated to British Mandatory Palestine
in 1933, where he married in 1939 and had a daughter in 1944. In 1950 the
family moved to England, to complete his doctoral thesis in the Department of
Theoretical Physics of the University of Liverpool. Tragically, he passed away
in 1952 at the young age of 46. At the Rebbe's directive, he was buried in the
historic Chabad portion of the ancient cemetery in Safed, Israel. In the 1970s,
a mathematical paper of his was published in the Journal of Approximation
Theory.
The Bride, The Groom and the Stranger in the Night by
Rachamim Pauli
A few days ago, two women met in
a public shelter in Tel Aviv. One was a bride, who mentioned to the other lady
that she was supposed to be married on Tuesday but all the wedding halls are
closed as one has to be near a public shelter. The other lady said, no problem
bring the groom, the Rabbi, your parents and get married on the street next to
the shelter.
Within hours, the lady called up
neighbors in her building and the area. People baked, made salads, etc. Got a
bunch of tables to place the food on. The Rabbi brought the Chuppah. During or
before the ceremony, the siren sounded and then everything went right after the
all-clear. The groom is in bliss with his new wife. All thanks to a stranger in
the night!
Milestone: Leonard Lauder, 92, Cosmetics. https://www.timesofisrael.com/leonard-lauder-who-expanded-familys-business-into-cosmetics-empire-dies-at-92/
Inyanay Diyoma
June 14th Flag Day June 15th
Swords of Iron Day 617 Day 618 Rising Lion Day
2 & 3
In Iran all the antiaircraft missiles and most
radars knocked out. Teheran open to the IDF. In fact on Iranian Internet there
are messages that NW Teheran under the IAF.
40 hospitalized from attack on Rehovot total
154 injured. MIRACULOUSLY, AN 80YEAR OLD TRAPPED IN
A BURNING BUILDING RESCUED IN REASONABLE CONDITION.
Many Minyanim are closed due to the
order of Home Protection Command but not in the Charedi Section and others
turned MLB Pittsburgh fans and opened up Pirate Minyanim. All bakeries and food
shops are open.
My wife went
to sleep in the shelter after 11PM rockets on way notice that hit Tamra in the
north. She must have slept an hour. At 2:18 woken up and dizzy go to the
shelter where my wife was sleeping since the above incident. I was about to
leave at 2:47 as nothing happened and a siren. Then at 2:53 another siren. Saw
Trump get a folded flag and slept to close to 7AM. 8AM in a pirate Minyan.
Many injured in Tamra and in 9 story building
in Bat Yam.
In Tamra, 4 dead and one girl probably blasted
so hard no body or Skelton found yet.
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/iran-launches-missiles-israel-operation-rising-lion-middle-east
Awaiting results. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-officials-say-houthi-military-chief-targeted-in-yemen-strike/
Reports of plane loads of families of the top
people in Iran and some of the ‘leaders’ flee Iran. Planes are flying in one
direction only.
https://www.jns.org/revealed-the-mossads-secret-drone-base-in-iran/
As I left for a minyan I got an alert, prayed
in shelter, left made the Minyan for public prayers.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/409955
Drones intercepted. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/409978
Israeli drones take out rocket launchers when
they appear. No longer 200 like months ago was 100 a day ago and now 50 and
they send in waves. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/409962
IAF strikes the underground storage facility
for rockets in a few places. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/409978
First of
the victims identified. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/409968
Among
the senior scientists in the Iranian nuclear project who were eliminated:
Fereydoun
Abbasi - expert in nuclear engineering
Mohammad
Mahdi Tehranshi - physics expert
Akbar
Motalebi Zadeh - expert in chemical engineering
Saeed
Barji - materials engineering expert
Amir
Hassan Fakhahi - physics expert
Abd
al-Hamid Minoushehr - expert in reactor physics
Mansour
Asgari - physics expert
Ahmad
Reza Zolfaghari Daryani - expert in nuclear engineering
Ali
Bakhouei Katirimi - expert in mechanics https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/409972
E5
Sergeant Major (res.) Noam Shemesh, 21 years old and a squad commander in the
Shimshon Battalion of the Kfir Brigade, was killed in the southern Gaza Strip, the IDF said
on Sunday. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-857726
Weapons
factory and drone factory on fire in Teheran. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/2025-06-14/live-updates-857661
100,000 Israelis stuck abroad. Boats sent to
Larnaca to bring Israelis home. https://www.timesofisrael.com/ben-gurion-shut-until-further-notice-israeli-airlines-evacuate-fleets-to-avoid-iranian-attack/
Stuck in Israel but happy: https://www.timesofisrael.com/we-will-prevail-caitlyn-jenner-drinks-wine-in-tel-aviv-bomb-shelter-amid-iran-missiles/
French Arabs who raped Jewish Girl gets sent to
(Arabic Kalabush). https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-857715
https://www.timesofisrael.com/irans-miscalculation-enabled-israel-to-eliminate-top-officials-report/
https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/06/13/we-must-heed-the-words-of-warning-about-threats-to-israel/
DESPITE ANTICHAREDI PRESS:
https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/06/13/hundreds-of-ultra-orthodox-jews-line-up-in-jerusalem-to-donate-blood-as-israel-braces-for-iran-attack-challenging-days-ahead/
Know where your Senator or Congressman/woman
stands: https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/06/13/us-lawmakers-offer-mixed-reactions-israeli-strikes-iranian-nuclear-sites/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/planned-wedding-of-pms-son-canceled-amid-conflict-with-iran/
June 16th
Swords of Iron Day 619 Rising Lion Day 4
It seems that the number of Israelis trapped
abroad is 150,000 some are coming in via sea. The IAF offered transport planes
to bring them back but nobody has approved the plan yet. Among people stuck is
my neighbor’s son in Israel who is supposed to be married this week. Not to
mention his parents and my wife has no manicurist who is stuck abroad.
From lack of sleep, my wife snapped at me. I
told her I did not hear you. Finally, I convinced her that she was asleep in
the shelter and my phone siren went off as she slept. https://www.timesofisrael.com/caitlyn-jenner-leaves-israel-via-jordan-as-war-rages-with-iran/
We were told that we could be stuck near a
shelter for 48hours. However, it seems that we are destroying more and more
missile shooting trucks. We just knocked out in the holiest city to Shiites,
the airbase with their refueling tankers. It is 2,300 km or just over 1,429
miles away.
Last night, I went to bed close to 11PM and
woke up just as the announcement stay close to the shelter appeared. That was
12:25. This usually means that things are about to get hot soon. Luckily, the
US or our drones proved precise data and we started taking out the trucks that
carry two ballistic missiles. Also some electronic warfare neutralizes their
missiles. But their electronic warfare is making the arrow fail from time to
time so they have a better kill rate. At
02:25, I went to sleep on my lounge chair. Woke up as I drink in the shelter
from dry atmosphere. At 03:47 a warning of a possible launch soon. 04:05
launches and back to the shelter with sleeping beauty. 04:12 a siren and
finally 04:30 all clear for now.
Two more bodies found from Bat Yam. One person
still MIA. 8 died last night including a family in a mini-shelter that took a
direct hit. Over 100 injured with 26 or more children. A Synagogue miraculous
only had minor damage. The Tel Aviv US Consulate was hit.
4 day old baby rescued. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410079
From yesterday with the addition: Reports of
plane loads of families of the top people in Iran and some of the ‘leaders’
flee Iran. Planes are flying in one direction only and it seems to be to Moscow for
shelter in a neighborhood near Assad.
Our drones have taken out about a third of enemy
launch platforms.
94year old among those killed in Bat Yam. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410090
Aliyah
and Integration Minister Ofir Sofer returned to Israel overnight Sunday,
following an emergency departure from Azerbaijan — a country bordering Iran —
where he had been staying as hostilities erupted between Israel and Iran. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410093
Iran Uav
shot down near PM’s private home. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410087
4 Iranian senior intelligence officials eliminated: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410089
Broadcaster
Erel Segal suggested on his 103FM radio show that the wedding of Avner
Netanyahu, son of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, may have been part
of the deception operation leading up to Israel’s strike on Iran. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410077
My granddaughter, under the siren, in Modiin
Illit and her sister in Pardes Katz did not away with the siren. They both have
‘kosher’ phones and don’t awake to notifications.
Avraham
Cohen, 75, was killed overnight (Monday) in Bnei Brak as a result of an Iranian
missile barrage. His body was located earlier by rescue teams. Actually the
place is Pardes Katz. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410113
Those who saw Fox News yesterday had hope that
Meir would be found alive but not so. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410111
4 Autistic children lose everything: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410094
A very sick and nasty part of some people. They
pose as victims and ransack items in apartments and businesses. One did not
know about security cameras in an office and his face was all over the TV.
The Israel Air Force
targeted several trucks carrying weapons, including trucks transporting
surface-to-air missile launchers, moving from western Iran toward Tehran in an
attempt to evade IDF strikes, the military announced on Monday. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-857922
Israel's
Transportation Ministry will launch Operation 'Safe Return' to bring close to
150,000 Israelis stuck abroad back home, Transport Minister Miri Regev
announced Monday. According to Regev, private airlines and the Israeli Mano
Maritime shipping company will be mobilized to bring between 100,000
and 150,000 Israelis stranded across the globe home by air or by
sea. Main areas in the beginning. US, Thailand, Greece and Cyprus. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-857879
The Israeli Air Force
(IAF) has destroyed more than 120 of Iran’s surface-to-surface missile
launchers—about a third of the Islamic Republic’s arsenal, the IDF reported on Monday as Israel's
preemptive Operation Rising Lion
entered its fourth day. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/h1wbidaqxe#autoplay
Three dead in Haifa suffocated to death in
fire. This was in the refinery about 200 meters from my old AF Base. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/r1x4x00pxeg#autoplay
Eight
people were killed early Monday morning in central Israel in a barrage of
dozens of missiles launched from Iran toward Israeli territory shortly before
4:00 a.m. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410066
Israeli
Defense Minister Israel Katz has warned Iran that they will soon pay the price
for targeting Israeli civilians. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410078
Tensions
soared on Monday as Iran launched a fresh wave of ballistic missiles targeting
Israeli infrastructure, including parts of Tel Aviv. Among the strikes, one
impacted the vicinity of the US Embassy branch in Tel Aviv, inflicting minor
structural damage but thankfully causing no injuries to US diplomatic
personnel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410080
Qatar-based Al Jazeera broadcast live early Monday morning from the
site of a rocket strike at a sensitive location in Israel, in violation of
military censorship regulations. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410072
The IAF struck command centers belonging to the
Quds Force of the IRGC and the Iranian military, with precise direction from
the IDF Intelligence Directorate. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410075
Could be the bunker is not strong enough: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410070
Cleared
for publication on Sunday that the body of Warrant Officer Aviv Atzili was
recovered last week from captivity in Gaza, together with that of Yair Yaakov. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410054
US Jews demand that Trump enter war. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410049
On
Saturday night, the ISA and YAMAM elite counterterrorism unit arrested two
Jewish Israeli citizens for questioning, on suspicion of committing a security
offense under the direction of Iranian intelligence. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410045
Two
Gulf sources told Reuters that at least 14 Iranian nuclear scientists
were eliminated in Israeli attacks over the weekend, some of whom were killed
in the car bombings. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410042
Saturday,
officers from the Jerusalem District Police arrested a man in his 50s from the
Shuafat neighborhood, who works as a maintenance employee for the Jerusalem
Municipality. The arrest came after he broadcast live from the Old City on the
social media platform TikTok, during which he made inciting remarks. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410036
The
IDF announced on Sunday morning the activation of the newly formed Gilad
Division (96), the army’s new eastern division, as part of a broader strategic
reorganization under Central Command. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410028
June 17th
Swords of Iron Day 620 Rising Lion Day 5
Rumors have it that the Ayatollah in
negotiating with Moscow. In Germany, an Israeli Couple took a cab from the
airport. The driver asked in Arabic his friend in the station, “What do I do
with the Israelis?” and the couple fled at the first traffic light.
There were 2 Houthi Missiles recently one a dud
that fell in the Saudi Desert. The other shot down on the way to Eilat. Last
night a few different rockets from a few sites but today as my wife and I were
on line at the Supermarket at the Shilat Junction we got a warning and then a
siren. I put back into the freezer the original Ice Cream that I took and
switched it for a colder one after about 20minutes outside. A storage area 5
people injured and a bus parking lot hit. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410147
Previously: Sirens were
sounded in Haifa and in other localities in northern Israel shortly after 4:30
a.m. on Tuesday morning, following the detection of a missile that was launched
from Iran toward Israeli territory. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410135
The latest Iranian Chief of Staff dies in
attack. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410150
Two soldiers die in Gaza. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/b1t9plcqge
Oil prices rise. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/b1t9plcqge
Trapped
family rescued. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410160
Trump leaves G7 early: "Iran
should have signed the 'deal' I told them to sign. What a shame, and waste of
human life. Simply stated, IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. I said it over
and over again! Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!" he wrote. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410136
Mr. Spock the Barak Magen System Please: https://www.foxnews.com/video/6374362942112
https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/west-virginia-flooding-wheeling-mid-atlantic-severe-weather
Iran running out of options: https://www.foxnews.com/video/6374362016112
Haifa Refinery should have shut down during the
Gulf War or after Lebanon II. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410133
US
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Monday that he had ordered the
deployment of additional defensive capabilities to the Middle East amid the
escalating conflict between Israel and Iran. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410137
IDF SPOKESMAN IN ENGLISH: https://www.foxnews.com/video/6374279868112?spark_wn=1
Third story in rabbipauli.blogspot.com this
week: The Pilot who left his Bridal Canopy by Ohri
Schechter Thanks to My Cousin Dalit Haver Bloch
June 18th
Swords of Iron Day 621 Rising Lion Day 6
I am exhausted. I went to bed at 10:30 but
slept very light as nerves on edge. At about 45 after midnight, we got the
warning. Both of us ran to the facilities and I gabbed my pants, sweat shirt
and drinks and headed downstairs. This time with my carry-on as passports and
other documents should be in the saferoom. Siren around 00:55 and the all clear
at 1:10 or later. My daughter has no shelter and the nearest one is up the hill
a good walk away. She and family stayed home. The siren went off by us but not
in other parts as the rockets were aimed west of us. Each time a few rockets
here or there. I watched a little Fox News and went back to sleep for a 1:20
wake up 1:26 siren and close to 2AM for the all clear with my blood pumping
adrenaline. I then slept to 07:06, showered and to the Pirate Minyan. [People
have Yahrzeit, are in mourning, etc. they need a Minyan.]
My daughter is ‘teaching’ kindergarten on zoom
to two halves of the class. The psychological inspector was concerned about
frightened kiddies and my daughter said that they were all happy to see their
friends. Why look for trouble that does not exist?
At 2000 people a day minus Shabbos it will be 3
months. Incompetent Transportation. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-airlines-to-launch-repatriation-flights-to-bring-citizens-back-home/
As mentioned Autistic and other Children lose
out. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israels-most-vulnerable-iranian-missile-destroys-rehab-center-for-disabled-kids/
Bye-bye Centrifuge and missile components. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410213
https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/06/17/columbia-university-settles-antisemitism-lawsuit/
https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/06/17/suspected-israeli-hackers-claim-destroy-data-irans-bank-sepah/
https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/06/17/suspected-israeli-hackers-claim-destroy-data-irans-bank-sepah/
Crypto exchange a big loser: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410223
Ali is in bad shape: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410222
Shelters to be connected to the internet. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410219
Lost UAV. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410225
Another Gazan Terror Cell gone: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410224
Now let me tell you what will be with Le Grand
France in the end of days! https://www.timesofisrael.com/paris-air-show-bars-israeli-companies-from-displaying-offensive-weapons/
June 19th
Swords of Iron Day 622 Rising Lion Day 7
This morning I added two more stories to the
weekly rabbipauli.blogspot.com one is the bride, the groom and the stranger in
the night and other the miracle at Soroka
Hospital hit badly today. 48 staff workers injured in attack. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/kib88srss#autoplay
Note in the article that the Arak Heavy Water
Facility was attacked today. That was in Beer Sheva and in Holon, Wolfson Hospital almost hit as rocket on near-by
building shattered glass in the hospital.
In
his 15 years of leading the New Iran, a pro-democracy
resistance organization operating from the U.S., Iman Foroutan has seen a lot. Still,
Foroutan described the recent Israeli strikes on Iran as “unbelievable.” In an
interview with The Media Line, he said that the Iranian people are “the
happiest they can be” about the attacks, which have seriously damaged the
country’s military, economic and nuclear infrastructure and taken out key
figures. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rjbl4wzexl
Al Jazeera Spies: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/2025-06-19/live-updates-858243
After the hit on the hospital – maybe it is
time to take out the Ayatollah. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-858269
Hundreds of helpless patients to be transferred
out of Soroka hospital. Because the attack was purposely on the hospital, for
Iran something just hit the fan in the bunker of Khamenei and Israel appears to
be ready for him to join Saddam, Adolph, etc. Now Israel is out to end the
regime and put the people of Iran in charge. In central Israel, Holon etc. 6
seriously injured and total injured per the update was around 60. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-858269
President
Isaac Herzog tweeted: "A baby in intensive care. A mother by their
bedside. A doctor rushing between beds. An elderly resident in a nursing
home." https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410288
Houthi Leader survived the Israeli
assassination attempt but seriously injured. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410283
1000 plus Iranian Drones Launched. No runs, no
hits and none left on. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410247
Wall Street Journal thinks that Trump will
attack Iran. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410269
https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/06/18/trump-says-us-may-may-not-join-israeli-strikes-tells-iran-good-luck-khamenei-rejects-surrender-demand/
https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/06/18/antisemitic-assaults-threats-continue-us-spate-incidents/
I missed Afternoon/Evening Prayers with a Minyan
last night due to alert but the rockets went north. Then at Midnight and at the
time of our first Minyan this morning. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410293
One of the pilots a Haredi Mother of 7
children. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410229
https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/06/18/debunking-nine-myths-of-the-israel-iran-war/
Debris the size of a bus falls in Samaria. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410289
False Alarm. My Bluetooth and my wife’s phone
rang out a short siren this morning and it turned out to be a false alarm. As
the song goes “we’re not the only ones”.
On
Wednesday night, the IDF struck and eliminated the terrorist Mohammad Ahmad
Khreiss, Commander of Hezbollah's anti-tank unit in Hezbollah's Chebaa outpost
in the area of Nabatieh in southern Lebanon. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410288
https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-close-was-iran-to-the-bomb-and-how-far-has-israel-pushed-it-back/
June 20th
Swords of Iron Day 623 Rising Lion Day 8 end of
week 89
Correction regarding UAV’s entering Israel the
number is close to 490 shot down so far.
Another missile on Beer Sheva leaves 7 injured
this morning. No rockets here last night but I slept lightly due to
preparedness. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-858412
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/china-sending-mysterious-transport-planes-china-what-carrying
Turning the ring of fire on Iran. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-858359
Bedouins steal fuel from destroyed buses. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410230
In the bottom of the ninth inning we struck. https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-close-was-iran-to-the-bomb-and-how-far-has-israel-pushed-it-back/
An attack on a Jewish Congressman. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410354
Edan Alexander returns to Tenafly NJ. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410337
Remind me not to spend my tourist dollars in: Belgium,
Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410351
Shabbos Candle Lighting: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/shabat
Have a healthy, peaceful and
restful Shabbos,
Rachamim Pauli
