Parsha Chukas Part 1
There were rebellions in the past
for no good reasons and people died off. There were the gluttons, who were not
satisfied with the Mann. There were the spies and the rebels from the Tribe of
Ephraim who died. Then there was Korach and his rebellion. Finally, the people
wandered in the wilderness close to 39years. Most of the adults who left
Mitzrayim are dead.
Up until now, we have no idea about
the Tuma caused by a dead body and how to make oneself Tahor. We are close to
entering the holy land and people should be walking around in it Tahor.
19:1
And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying: 2 This is the statute of
the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying: Speak unto the children of
Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer, faultless, wherein is no blemish,
and upon which never came yoke.
Statute or Chok that the L-RD has
commanded. Chok is like a military order. One must obey and follow it. It
cannot be questioned why or wherefore. Rather one must follow all the details
as prescribed.
Parah Aduma or completely red. Two
black hairs will make it Pasul for use.
3
And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, and she shall be brought forth
without the camp, and she shall be slain before his face. 4 And Eleazar the priest
shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood toward the
front of the tent of meeting seven times.
The Parah is slaughtered and her
blood gathered in a holy bowl. The Cohain shall do this in a pure place outside
of the camp. He shall take the blood and sprinkle it 7 times towards the Ohel
Moed (tent of meeting/Mishkan/and in later years Mikdash).
5
And the heifer shall be burnt in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her
blood, with her dung, shall be burnt. 6 And the priest shall take cedar-wood,
and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the
heifer.
This is a complete burning like a
Korban Olah. Wood is also thrown in and hyssop (marjoram) into the fire.
7
Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water,
and afterward he may come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until
the even.
The Cohain shall receive Tuma from
the working of the Korban but he bathes in a Mikvah immediately with a change of
clothing and about 18 - 20 minutes after sundown becomes Tahor. So he should
remain outside of the camp until then.
8 And he that burns her shall wash his clothes
in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.
This seems to be repeating the last
sentence, so it must be in case two or more Cohanim were active in the burning
of the Korban such as one slaughtering and collecting the blood while the other
one burnt the Korban. Since the Torah does not mince words, this appears to be
our lesson from this Pasuk.
9
And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them
up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation
of the children of Israel for a water of sprinkling; it is a purification from
sin.
And a second man that is Tahor
shall gather up the ashes, shall place them in a clean=Tahor place outside of
the camp. I assume that it should be close to the Mikvah of living water (fountain/spring/river)
in which those Tuma Sheh Mays shall bathe.
10
And he that gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be
unclean until the even; and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto
the stranger that sojourns among them, for a statute forever.
And like our previous Cohain or
two, shall bathe himself and his clothes in the Mikvah and become Tahor in the
evening.
11
He that touches the dead, even any man's dead body, shall be unclean seven
days; 12 the same shall purify himself therewith on the third day and on the
seventh day, and he shall be clean; but if he purify not himself the third day
and the seventh day, he shall not be clean.
There was no Chevra Kadisha in past
generations but rather a family burying their own dead. Thus one could see certain
people in families burying their dead. On the third day going into the
spring-Mikvah with a small amount of ashes and on the seventh day and then
become Tahor.
13
Whosoever touches the dead, even the body of any man that is dead, and purifies
not himself--he hath defiled the tabernacle of the LORD--that soul shall be cut
off from Israel; because the water of sprinkling was not dashed against him, he
shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.
The status of Am Yisrael today is Tumay.
There is one possibility that if the majority of Am Yisrael is in Eretz Yisrael
even in a state of Tuma, we could offer up a Korban Pesach but until then, we
don’t.
14
This is the law: when a man dies in a tent, every one that cometh into the
tent, and everything that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.
This is the (way) of Torah: when a
man kills himself in his tent (by learning Torah). This is the Drash, but Pshat
literally as written is that the person who dies in a tent or house makes the
area Tumay.
15
And every open vessel, which hath no covering close-bound upon it, is unclean.
16 And whosoever in the open field touches one that is slain with a sword, or
one that dies of himself, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean
seven days.
The Tuma applies to any vessel open
and the dead person can die of old age, disease or in battle. The amount needed
is that of a bone even the size of a barley grain.
17
And for the unclean they shall take of the ashes of the burning of the
purification from sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel. 18
And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it
upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there,
and upon him that touched the bone, or the slain, or the dead, or the grave.
As mentioned running or living
water that can be channeled into a Mikvah with even an exit as with the Mikvah
of the Ari Zal in Tsfat Yisrael that has a spring running through it in a cave.
On the third and seventh day with Ayzov (Marjoram) branches. I have growing by
me those that reach the length of over a foot 30-50cm long that would be good
for the Mikdash or Parah.
19
And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on
the seventh day; and on the seventh day he shall purify him; and he shall wash
his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even. 20 But the
man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut
off from the midst of the assembly, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of
the LORD; the water of sprinkling hath not been dashed against him: he is
unclean.
One who has a chance to become
Tahor should/must become Tahor. If one has the opportunity to purify himself
and does not do so, he cannot enter the congregation. If he does so in the
state of impurity, his soul shall be cut off.
21
And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them; and he that sprinkles the water
of sprinkling shall wash his clothes; and he that touches the water of
sprinkling shall be unclean until even.
It appears to me from this
sentence, if we were to have a Cohain take a Parah Aduma today, we would have
to purify ourselves.
22
And whatsoever the unclean person touches shall be unclean; and the soul that
touches him shall be unclean until even.
He conveys ritual impurity and one
obtains ritual iurity just by touching such a person and must go to the Mikvah
to purify oneself but without the whole ceremony of days and ashes.
20:1
And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came into the
wilderness of Zin in the first month; and the people abode in Kadesh; and
Miriam died there, and was buried there. 2 And there was no water for the
congregation; and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against
Aaron.
The Medrash of the well of Miriam: After
in incident with Mosh striking the rock earlier in Sefer Shemos (Exodos), supposedly
Miriam had near her dwelling a well that went with her and supplied the people
with water. It is a nice Medrash. When she passed away, the well no longer
supplied water. In the Gemara it says that if one rises up on Har Carmel and
looks into (Haifa) the bay below, one can see the well. I did so and saw in
between the waves something akin to a whirlpool.
3
And the people strove with Moses, and spoke, saying: 'Would that we had
perished when our brethren perished before the LORD! 4 And why have ye brought
the assembly of the LORD into this wilderness, to die there, we and our cattle?
5 And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto
this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of
pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.'
The people like promises made and
promises kept but you promised us a land of milk and honey, seed, vineyards,
figs, pomegranates but instead a wilderness and no water to drink. We have seen
that when the people in Gaza don’t have food, they are willing to risk the guns
of Hamas and riot.
6
And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the
tent of meeting, and fell upon their faces; and the glory of the LORD appeared
unto them.
L-RD have mercy upon us and help
us.
7
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 8 'Take the rod, and assemble the
congregation, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before
their eyes, that it give forth its water; and thou shalt bring forth to them
water out of the rock; so thou shalt give the congregation and their cattle
drink.'
Unlike the previous rock, you are
to speak to the rock and not hit it.
9
And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as He commanded him. 10 And Moses
and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said unto
them: 'Hear now, ye rebels; are we to bring you forth water out of this rock?'
Moshe appears before the rioters
without fear. He started to speak to the rock and a few drops came out and then
a trickle. The natives were getting restless.
11
And Moses lifted up his hand, and smote the rock with his rod twice; and water
came forth abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their cattle.
Moshe loses his cool and hits the
rock not once but twice.
12
And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron: 'Because ye believed not in Me, to
sanctify Me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring
this assembly into the land which I have given them.' 13 These are the waters
of Meribah, where the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and He was
sanctified in them.
HASHEM now becomes angry with Moshe
and Aharon for not following instructions.
TO BE CONTINUED DUE TO A SURPRISE VISIT BY MY NEWEST GREAT GRANDSON AND
PARENTS.
This month there is a great
biographical story:
From the OU: Insect Free A Guide to Home
Inspection of Leafy Vegetables by Rabbi Eliyahu Safran Shlita: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXvwxPjakwo
26 minutes there are 3 more videos on this subject let us start here.
Drama on the Roof of a Tel Aviv Skyscraper
By Rabbi Yerachmiel Tilles via Rabbi Tovia Bolton
https://ascentofsafed.com/Stories/Stories/5785/1438-40.html
About fifteen years
ago, Jerry (not his real name), an Israeli multi-millionaire businessman, was
on the top of the world. He toured the globe enjoying the best hotels,
restaurants, cars and anything that money could buy. He was a self-made-man who
loved his creator (i.e. himself). Saying; "My talents and strength gave me
all these riches." (Deut. 8:17) and the sky was the limit…almost.
One of the most
grandiose building projects ever in Israel, the Azrieli business complex [1] in
Tel Aviv,1 was nearing its completion and Jerry was given an opportunity to
purchase the entire top (49th) floor!
It would cost him
several tens of millions of dollars but he had the money, or could easily
borrow what was lacking and it looked like a promising investment. He examined
all sides of the deal with his lawyers, took a lot of advice and was just about
to say yes until one of his best friends came up with a better investment.
"What?"
His friend exclaimed. "For price of one floor of the Azrieli Towers you
can buy ten whole offices buildings in Hungary! And the economy there is on the
rise! In just two-three years you'll have your entire investment back, and
after that…pure profits! Get in on it now before it's too late and it's all
sold. It's a sure thing!!"
Jerry took his
friend's advice, dropped the Azrieli idea, took loans and invested all he had
in Hungary and within less than a year…lost it all.
Suddenly every penny
he had saved and slaved for was gone and he was in tremendous debt. Even after
he liquidated all his assets, including selling his house to pay his debts, he
still owed 17,000 shekels to the Israeli Revenue Service.
Things happened so
fast that he almost didn't have time to digest it all. At first he even tried
to deny it saying. "After all, that's business; right? ups and downs! Right?
It will pass! The main thing is to smile, keep my eye open for opportunities,
think positively; soon I'll be on the top again. Even more than before! Etc.
etc."
But reality began
creeping up on him when he tried to get the 17,000 shekels. He soon discovered
that his old friends weren't as friendly as before. Doors that used to open for
him were now locked and people weren't returning his phone calls.
With no collateral, the banks refused to loan him money on any terms. He was
getting desperate, things were looking very bad. But then an old friend
returned one of his calls.
"Jerry, how are
you? I hear you're looking for a loan. Come up and see me, I think I owe you a
few favors from the good ole' days. Whatever you want I'll try to help.
[BTW, as irony would have it, this friend's office was nowhere other than the
49th floor of the Azrieli center!]
Jerry, still full of
confidence, took the elevator to his friend's office, signed for the loan,
shook his hand, put the bills in his inside coat pocket and exited the office
to the plush corridor.
The door closed
behind him and he was alone, it was quiet with only soft recorded music coming
through the ceiling. Jerry began to realize the irony of it; this whole floor
could have been his! With nothing better to do he decided to walk around and
have a look.
After a few minutes
of strolling he noticed a set of stairs leading up to a large metal door, which
he ascended and opened the door. A cold autumn wind blew into his face. It was
the door leading to the roof, 'why not', he thought to himself as he went out.
Ah, it was
beautiful! From here he could see far into the distance; the Judean hills in
one direction, the wide, vast Mediterranean sea on the other. He just stood
there, thinking and trying to enjoy the weather when suddenly a loud thud
behind him startled him. A quick glance revealed that the wind had slammed the
door shut.
That broke his train
of thought, and anyway it was getting late. He decided it was time to go back.
Jerry went to the door and tried to open it, but. to his shock. it was locked!
He tried peering
from all sorts of angles to figure out the latch but he couldn't. So he began
to pound on the door and when that didn't work, to kick at it. For sure someone
would hear.
But no one did. The
wind was getting stronger and colder now and he wasn't really dressed for this.
He looked around for some object to hit the door with, to attract attention and
get out but there was none. He still had a good hour before dark; people were
probably still in their offices so he pounded, kicked and yelled but there was
no response.
'Hey, what a fool I
am!' He slapped his forehead and said to himself, "My cellular phone! I
can just call someone with my cellular phone!'
But when he took it
out he discovered that the battery was dead. Totally dead! Of all times for
this to happen!
But he didn't lose
his composure. He had to work fast. He went to the edge of the building, peered
over the small protective fence and began waving his arms and yelling to the
people far below which, after just five minutes, he realized was totally
futile. There was no way that anyone would hear him over the wind 49 floors
below.
Jerry knew he had to
remain calm. It was his only chance. Soon it would be dark and really cold. And
there was nowhere to get protection from the wind, which was getting colder by
the minute.
Suddenly he had an
idea. The money! He had 17,000 shekels in his pocket. For sure if he threw a
200 shekel note down people would look up to see where it was coming from, and
then they would see him.
He pulled out a
stack of bills, removed one, looked over the fence and threw it. He watched as
it floated crazily in the wind and finally, after several minutes, landed on
the other side of the street. He watched helplessly as someone stopped, bent
down, picked it up and continued walking.
This time he took
out five bills, 1,000 altogether and let them drop… but it was the same thing.
No one noticed them until they hit the ground, then they picked them up, looked
around for more and kept going.
He knew what he had
to do! It was his only chance! He took all the money from his pocket, tore the
band that held them neatly in a pack and with a yell, threw below as hard as he
could the rest of the sixty-five 200 shekel bills. With his last optimism he
gazed as it scattered far below him. He removed his shirt and began waving it
frantically for someone to notice.
Jerry couldn't
believe his eyes; not only did no one look up or hear his cries for help; they
were all arguing down there about who saw which bill first!
He looked around on the roof, the sun was setting, it was still light enough to
see, but he saw nothing that might help him.
He looked up at the
dimming sky and his eyes filled with tears. Suddenly he felt small and weak. He
needed help..... he was sure that there was hope. The sky said so. It was
obvious… he wasn't alone.
He yelled out,
" Oh G-d! G-d Al-Mighty! Help! Help me!" A second earlier he didn't
even believe in a Supreme Being, but now it was clear.
Suddenly his eye
caught a medium sized sack of sand and small pebbles. Why didn't he see it
before? But there it was! He dragged it to the fence, took a handful of
pebbles, said a prayer, threw it over the side and began waving his arms and
looking down again.
Sure enough, this
time it worked! People looked up and pointed and began screaming and cursing at
him. It must have been that many of them called the police because in just
moments the door burst open, police with guns drawn stormed through, put
handcuffs on him and took him to the station. He was saved!
It took some serious
explaining. He was lucky that no one was really hurt from his pebbles and, of
course, he lost the 17,000 shekel and still owed the taxes. But after a few
days they accepted his story and let him out.
Surprising all his
friends, Jerry proclaimed that it was well worth it. Not only he got saved, but
he got adjusted as well! He got a good look at how foolish he had been; the
people on the street had just taught him!
They were just like
him; all the time money was raining down they never looked up--only down for
more money. But as soon as they started feeling the pebbles hurting them, they
looked up to see where they were coming from.
Now Jerry realized
he too never looked up when he had money. At those times he felt like a god
incarnate. When he began to suffer, however, he realized he needed help to
change.
Jerry began taking
classes in Judaism and started doing the commandments also. In time, he became
a totally observant Jew.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Source: Adapted by Yerachmiel Tilles from an emailing of Rabbi
Tuvia Bolton of Yeshiva Ohr Tmimim in 5776 (2016), who states that he heard the story
years before from a good friend, who says that unfortunately he lost all touch
with "Jerry".
The connection to the weekly Torah reading, Chukas:
Rabbi Bolton teaches that we also can derive from this story an explanation for
a puzzling episode in this week's Torah reading, Chukas [Num. 21:6-9]:
Because of their constant complaining against Him, "God sent the venomous
snakes and they bit the people, and many Israelites died….Moses prayed on
behalf of the people. God said to Moses, "Make a viper and put it on a
[high] pole…" Moses [did so…and] if a person was bitten and he looked
[upward] toward the copper snake, he lived."
Explains Rabbi Bolton: The reason G-d told Moses to make a snake
and put it on a pole was not just to make the Jews look up towards Heaven, but
rather to realize that the SOURCE of misfortune and evil is also G-d, and the
reason G-d creates it is for us to transform it.
Why This Week? The 'drama' of the story connects nicely to
verses in this week's Torah reading.
Footnote: [1]The Azrieli Center is a complex of three
skyscrapers--one square, one triangular, and one round--that define Tel Aviv's
skyline. At the base of the complex lies a large shopping mall. It is (as of
the original writing of this story in 2016) Israel's leading real estate
property.
Documentary on Communism in honor of the recent
NY vote. Or how 45,000,000 people died of starvation during Mao’s great leap
forward. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK8zo16WnTY
US
President Donald Trump again vowed to "save" New York City from
far-left Democratic Mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411127
Milestone belated: Marthe Cohn, 105, nurse,
holocaust survivor and French Spy. https://www.timesofisrael.com/marthe-cohn-holocaust-survivor-and-nurse-who-spied-for-the-french-dies-at-105/
Inyanay Diyoma
June 28th and June 29th
Swords of Iron Day 631 and Day 632 start of
week 91
Trump
once again criticized Netanyahu's trial, calling for its cancellation or for a
pardon. He claimed that the trial was being held "for political reasons,
dealing with cigars and a Bugs Bunny doll," and also referenced the war
with Iran: "This is a witch hunt against a man who has given so much,
there was no warrior like him, and he deserves far more than this. The US saved
Israel—and now we will save Bibi." A travesty of
Justice by the Left.-RP. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410819
Netanyahu
arrived at the court this afternoon to explain to the judges why the hearings
in his case should be postponed in light of the developments in the region.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410829
IDF
Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir conducted a field tour and situational
assessment in the Gaza Strip on Friday, accompanied by Southern Command head
Maj. Gen. Yaron Finkelman, Ground Forces Commander Maj. Gen. Tamir Yadai, 99th
Division Commander Brig. Gen. Dan Goldfuss, Head of Operations Directorate
Brig. Gen. Oded Basiuk, 646th Brigade Commander, the Northern Brigade
Commander, and additional senior officers. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410776
The
IDF released on Friday morning the official summary of Operation Rising Lion,
launched on June 13 to counter the Iranian regime’s accelerating nuclear and
missile programs. The operation was a preemptive strike aimed at neutralizing
what the IDF defined as an existential threat to the State of Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410743
https://victorhanson.com/in-the-end-everyone-hated-the-iranian-theocracy/
https://www.foxnews.com/world/norwegian-royal-charged-rape-police-say-victim-count-double-digits
The
IDF reports that on Thursday night, Israeli civilians attempted to enter
Shechem from several areas without coordination and in violation of the law.
IDF soldiers closed off entries to Nablus and operated to disperse the
gatherings. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410755
The
relentless sound of sirens has rewritten Israel’s real estate priorities. Where
balconies, parking spaces and sunlight once topped homebuyers’ checklists, a
single question now dominates: "Is there a proper safe room?" https://www.ynetnews.com/business/article/hyajipdvll
Op-Ed Ron Ben Yishai Neutralizing Iran’s
repressive machine. https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/ryrotydvgl#autoplay
Op-Ed Ron Ben Yishai Months are needed to
assess damage to Iran. https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/s1vjhu00nxg#autoplay
Terrorist
Abbas Al-Hassan Wahbi was responsible for intelligence in Hezbollah's Radwan
Force Battalion. He was eliminated in the Mahrouna area in southern Lebanon. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410804
Witkoff
changes some wording for Hamas. But as talks falter a large offensive may
start. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-859319
The
White House has demanded that Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) apologize for a social
media post in which he told White House official Stephen Miller, who is Jewish,
to “go back to 1930s Germany." https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410816
It is not only that the Democratic
Party that used to be home for more than 90 – 95% for the Jewish Voters in
1950’s but during the course of the years, the Democratic Party abandoned the
Jews. Yes, there are Marjorie Taylor Greene and Tucker Carlson on the
Republican side but the majority are close to Mike Huckabee today.
Op-Ed Ben Dror Yemeni: The Power Libel. Tucker
Carlson and the new Country Club Antisemitism. https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/bk72ivwnex
Iranian TV Host: “We’ll enrich Uranium anytime,
anywhere we want.” https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410811
Message from President Trump to Chabad on the
31st Yahrzeit of the Rebbe. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410812
The
IDF cleared for publication on Sunday that Sergeant Yisrael Natan Rosenfeld,
aged 20, from Raanana, fell during combat in the northern Gaza Strip. This is the 20th soldier who fell trying to free
20 live hostages this month alone. 880 soldier. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410840
Soldiers fire live bullets at hilltop youths: According to
Rabbi Ben-Shachar, a commander arrived on the scene and was captured on video
issuing aggressive commands, including threats. “He shouted, ‘Lie down on the
floor! I’ll kill you all!’ It’s tragic that IDF soldiers are being sent to
carry out such missions—enforcing construction violations with live ammunition,
especially on Shabbat,” he said. Shell casings were reportedly found near the
commander’s vehicle, and a subordinate allegedly fired live rounds, one of
which struck a youth, leaving a bullet lodged in his ribs. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410838
Confirmed
by hospital. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410800
Police
officers arrived Sunday at the intensive care unit of Hadassah Ein Kerem
Hospital in an attempt to question a 14-year-old boy who was wounded by IDF
gunfire during the evacuation of a hilltop community in Binyamin. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410834
Different incident: https://www.timesofisrael.com/defense-chiefs-condemn-settler-attack-on-soldiers-suspects-attempt-to-torch-police-post/
In a
joint operation involving Shin Bet, the IDF, and the Israel Police’s Judea and
Samaria District, over 60 Hamas operatives were arrested. Most of them were
released prisoners, involved in gathering intelligence, conducting shooting
training, manufacturing explosives, and preparing bombs. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410827
Op-Ed France is afraid if Israel’s Aircraft
Industries. The Paris Air Show, where
unprecedented restrictions were placed on Israeli defense industries, exposed
more than just a French political position. It underscored the widening gap
between the Israeli defense-economic model and established players in the
global arena. https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/bju6il2ele
Thailand thwarts a terror attack on Israelis. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sktqttrnge
Lesbian March in NYC a bastion of antisemitism.
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/byk6lu0nex
Russia downs an F-16 sends 500 drones and 60
missiles into the Ukraine. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/b1lsek0vxx
The Deep State vs. the elected Government.
Cohen resigns as Deputy Minister. Cohen's decision stems from his desire to push forward legislation
supporting the establishment of an auxiliary airport in Nevatim, located in the
Negev. He claims that bureaucratic forces within the government are undermining
the elected leadership by promoting an alternative plan to build the airport in
the Jezreel Valley. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410842
https://www.foxnews.com/us/2-arrested-la-home-linked-iranian-human-smuggling-hub-cbp
June 30th
Swords of Iron Day 633
I left out yesterday that on Shabbos the
Houthis shot a missile towards Beer Sheva. Then they held a rally with about
300,000 swarming the streets.
The Charedim are boycotting government votes
until the draft law is passed. https://www.timesofisrael.com/ultra-orthodox-parties-said-to-threaten-new-boycott-until-army-exemptions-legislated
The BBC held a music fest with some SOB yelling
on stage “Death, death to the IDF”. I’m hoping that HASHEM will deal with him
soon. https://www.timesofisrael.com/uk-condemns-death-to-the-idf-chants-at-glastonbury-festival-police-probe-incident/
The COS met with the Cabinet last night. He
said that Chariots of Iron is finishing up. One will have to decide to either
make peace, another option or conquer the remaining 25% of Gaza.
The reserve call-up law expires July 31st
so somebody has to do something soon. Our Yishuv home guard expires at midnight
tonight.
Assessment Benyamin of Iran International: Iran
is like Japan in 1943-44 still wanting to fight and not close to surrender. https://www.foxnews.com/world/top-iranian-leader-issues-religious-ruling-against-trump-netanyahu
Jewish rioters torch and IDF facility with much
damage and lost anti-terror data. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410880
Nearly
25 years after the IDF withdrew from Joseph’s Tomb compound in Shechem
(Nablus), public and political pressure is mounting to reestablish a permanent
Israeli presence at the holy site. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410875
The
teenager who was killed Sunday in an ATV rollover near Gitit Junction in the
Jordan Valley has been identified as Maayan Ben Hamo, a 16-year-old from
Hadera.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410881
Peace with Syria? According to
the report, the conditions include Israeli recognition of the regime of Syrian
President Ahmed al-Sharaa, withdrawal from territories captured by Israel since
last December and from the buffer zone in the Golan, a halt to Israeli
airstrikes in Syria, and security arrangements in southern Syria — particularly
along the border and the tri-border area with Jordan. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410870
Amb. Mike Huckabee donates blood to MDA. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410869
Rabbis
from the Binyamin Region issued a strong condemnation of violence
between Jewish residents and IDF on Saturday and called on the military and
government to investigate the actions completely. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410843
The
Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) announced Sunday that its personnel have
been directly targeted by Hamas, which the group says has placed bounties on
both American and Palestinian staff. The allegations come amid escalating
threats against the US- and Israeli-backed aid initiative operating in the Gaza
Strip.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410851
Gen. Yitzchak Cohen gets. IDF Operations Dept. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410848
Troops
discovered an IED site in the Jabaliya area.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410847
https://www.timesofisrael.com/jordan-refuses-to-play-israeli-under-19-basketball-team-in-world-cup/
July 1st
Swords of Iron Day 634
Fallen Soldier’s parents do not regret moving
to Israel despite the heavy price. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410914
The United States on Monday announced its approval of a substantial
$510 million sale of advanced bomb guidance kits and associated support to
Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410923
Seventy
years after his grandparents were forced out of their home in Baghdad, Philip Khazzam is
suing the French government for over $17-million in unpaid rent relating to the
property, which has served as the French embassy in Iraq since the 1960s.
Khazzam spoke to The
Jerusalem Post on Monday from Montreal, where he lives. https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-859538
Israel Syrian talks hit a snag over the IDF
operating in S. Syria. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-859543
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410926
Recent discussions about strikes on nuclear facilities during the
ongoing war with Iran have sparked alarm across the Arab world, where some fear
a scenario in which radioactive fallout could affect civilians following an attack on nuclear sites in either Iran or Israel.
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bjppvrgbxe
A social media account claiming to represent the
Mossad intelligence agency publicly denied on Monday that Esmail Qaani, commander of Iran’s Islamic
Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force, is an Israeli asset. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sytrh21hxe
Wind Farming anybody? (Don’t
get me wrong I have solar panels.)
https://www.foxnews.com/us/wind-turbine-blade-crashes-traffic-busy-northeast-interstate-injured
Antisemitic Actor: https://www.foxnews.com/media/far-left-actor-john-cusack-says-iran-should-get-nuke-protect-middle-east-from-us-israel
The
Israel Police's Unit of International Crime Investigations (Yahbal), operating
under Lahav 433 and in coordination with the Shin Bet, has arrested three
Israeli citizens in two separate cases on suspicion of carrying out
missions for hostile Iranian elements that could endanger national security. https://www.timesofisrael.com/police-arrest-three-more-people-suspected-of-spying-for-iran/
On
Monday morning Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan sharply condemned the
rioters who set fire to a military installation. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410885
AI clip shows Iranian Prince, Netanyahu in
Teheran. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410901
The
Knesset Committee voted on Monday afternoon, with a majority of 14 MKs against
2 opponents, in favor of ousting MK Ayman Odeh.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410896
Turkish Cartoonist detained. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410925
https://www.timesofisrael.com/international-criminal-court-hit-with-sophisticated-cyberattack/
Idiots shot themselves with their actions. https://www.timesofisrael.com/5-illegal-west-bank-outposts-razed-by-security-services-after-attacks-on-idf-troops/
In every generation there rises
up an enemy who wants to destroy us. The HOLY ONE BLESSED BE HE, saves us from
them. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-was-facing-destruction-at-the-hands-of-iran-this-is-how-close-it-came-and-how-it-saved-itself/
July 2nd
Swords of Iron Day 635
I think, Netanyahu is looking for legacy after
his success in Iran and will finally end the war. With the backing of Trump and
threat of cutting off all US Aid if Netanyahu is not cleared, the kangaroo
court antics with Buggs Bunny nonsense will come to a close.
It has been reported that Israel is running low
on Arrow Missiles and some clerks in the financial deep State want to stop
funding.
The Houthis are back to their old tricks but
this time with a neutralized Iran they might not get too far any more. https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-intercepts-missiles-from-yemen-gaza-after-sirens-blare-across-israel/
Three
rockets from an unidentified source fell on the northern city of Kirkuk in Iraq on Monday
evening, Iraqi state-affiliated media reported, citing a statement from the
Kirkuk International Airport Administration. Security sources said at least two
of the missiles were Katyusha rockets, which are of Russian origin.
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-859563
Mayoral
primary winner Zohran Mamdani sponsors a bill that would force any NY
synagogue or Jewish corporation that gives money to ZAKA, Hatzalah, or One
Yisrael Fund to pay a fine of at least $1 million or risk a lawsuit. https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-859627
Under
the direction of the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet), detectives from the
Central District Police have arrested a married couple from Raanana on
suspicion of espionage against the State of Israel on behalf of Iran. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410940
A
request seeking approval for a class-action lawsuit against El Al following
Operation Rising Lion was submitted to the Lod Central District Court. The
lawsuit alleges that the airline acted improperly toward some of its customers
stranded abroad due to flights cancelled beginning on June 13. https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/h1bxsfcnxe
A
Danish national was under arrest in Germany, on suspicion of spying for Iran
and planning attacks against Jewish targets, Germany's federal prosecution said
on Tuesday. The suspect they named Ali S, who has Iranian roots, took photos of
houses, including the headquarters of the German-Israeli Society, and received
his orders from the Quds Force, Germany's Der Spiegel said. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bkwe00ezhel
A Moscow court has sentenced plastic surgeon
Ekaterina Lonskaya to 11 months in a penal colony over a botched cosmetic
procedure that caused severe and lasting damage to Inna Boroda, the wife of
Alexander Boroda, president of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia
(FEOR). The case was widely reported in Russian media, including on the
Telegram channels Mash and SHOT. https://www.ynetnews.com/jewish-world/article/ryudqhzrgl
National
Unity Party Knesset Member Matan Kahana on Tuesday announced his departure from
the party. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410934
Acting
on precise intelligence provided by the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet),
undercover Border Police officers from the Judea and Samaria unit and IDF
soldiers from the Menashe Brigade this morning (Tuesday) arrested a terror cell
operating in the Jenin area. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410957
While patrolling the area of Route 465, officers from the
Central District Border Police Communities Division noticed a vehicle with a
broken window, which aroused their suspicion. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410955
The
IDF spokesman released recordings of conversations between an ISA officer and
Gaza residents who were in the centers of humanitarian aid distribution that
attested that Hamas had shot at the residents and robbed them of the aid they
had received. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410954
https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/07/01/the-both-sidism-of-trey-yingsts-fox-news-coverage/
Op-Ed Sabine Sterk https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/i-am-sad-and-heartbroken/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/katz-announces-plans-to-curb-settler-violence-against-israeli-troops/
Iranian
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi declared Tuesday that Tehran is actively
pursuing international recognition and compensation for what it describes as
acts of aggression by the United States and Israel against the Islamic
Republic.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411011
Committee to hear about AG’s ouster. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411016
Netanyahu wants to cancel court appearance next
week. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411013
Tunnel hub destroyed in S. Gaza. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411020
Iran wanted to mine the straits. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410987
Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to ask US President Donald Trump to
guarantee American approval of future Israeli strikes on Iran if the Islamic
Republic returns to advancing its nuclear or ballistic missile programs, Kan
Reshet Bet reported on Wednesday. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410997
Armenia on one hand backing Iran. On the other:
An
Armenian parliamentary delegation met in Washington this week, with senior
figures from AIPAC and the American Jewish Committee (AJC), discussing expanded
cooperation and regional security. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410998
Ms. Indonesia hopeful disqualified for support
of Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410992
Eisenkot: End the war from strength. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410983
Two
Australian nurses who publicly declared their refusal to treat Israelis have been
prohibited for two years from working with or providing services to
participants of the country’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS),
Jewish News reported on Tuesday. This significant action follows their prior
suspension from Bankstown Hospital in Sydney. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410988
The
Hostage Families Forum released a statement calling on the Israeli government
to use Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Washington DC next week to
secure a permanent ceasefire that will bring all of the remaining hostages
home. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410976
Chief
of the General Staff, LTG Eyal Zamir, conducted a field tour and situational
assessment today (Tuesday) in Syria together with the Commander of the Northern
Command, MG Ori Gordin; the Commander of the 210th Division, BG Yair Peli; the
Commander of the 3rd Brigade, COL M. and other commanders. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410972
Minister
for Social Equality and the Advancement of Women, May Golan, engaged in a fiery
interview with British journalist Piers Morgan on Tuesday, defending Israel's
actions in Gaza and her own controversial past remarks. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410984
Hamas: “A commander, probably a senior one, came to us
and cocked his gun, and said: ‘Choose three people to die and three people who
I will shoot in the kneecap,'” Ben Ami said. “They made us decide which three
should take a bullet to the head, and which three a bullet to the knee.” https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-forced-hostages-to-choose-fellow-captives-to-be-killed-ohad-ben-ami-says/
July 3rd
Swords of Iron Day 636
This week, Rabbi Pinchas Winston Shlita wrote
in Perceptions @ Torah.org the follow start for His Drasha. I decided to use it
as and Ed-Op here:
LAST
WEEK I received a forwarded email that was titled, “Joseph Goebbels Could
Have Written This in the 1930s.” They weren’t kidding. It was a page right out
of the Nazi Propaganda Playbook, except that it was current. It talked about
“good Jews” who rejected everything Zionist, and “bad Jews” (anyone remotely
supportive of Israel and its current government), against whom tactical nukes
should be used. They even blamed the war against Iran on “Zionistic genocidal tendencies.”
I
wish I could say that the person who wrote it was simply misguided, but they
said the same thing about Goebbels in his time. I wish I could say that his
opinion was only personal and represented no threat to the Jewish people, but
they said the same thing about Hitler, ysv”z, and his “magnum opus,” Mein Kampf. I would like to
believe that people like that come and go, barking a lot more than biting, but
Jewish history argues otherwise.
If
I had to amend the subject heading of the email, I would add to it: “And the
Jews of the Diaspora Could Be the Jews of 1930 Europe.” I have relatives living
in North America who see what is going on, but refuse to see the events of
today as warnings. Even as I was writing this, I got a message from someone with
a picture from a Milano, Italy, shop window, saying, “Israeli Not Welcome.”
The
Italians have never really been our allies, especially since Rome is the
headquarters of the Catholic people who have always considered Judaism a
painful thorn in their side. They’d like to believe that God changed His mind
about His chosen people and chose the Catholics as their replacement.
Preposterous, for sure, but also a good reason to go on crusades to force Jews
to convert or murder them.
It
started as early as in this week’s parsha, at the border of Edom, Esav’s descendants,
and Rome’s predecessors. All the Jewish people wanted to do was peacefully pass
through their land on the way to Eretz Yisroel. They even offered to do some business while there to
give revenue to the locals. This was Edom’s response:
But he said, “You shall not pass through!” and Edom came
out toward them with a vast force and with a strong hand. (Bamidbar 20:20)
Even
if you want to say that Edom was paranoid and didn’t trust the Jewish People to
pass through their land, still, they saw God accompanying them on their
journey. They weren’t just saying no to the Jewish nation. They were saying no
to God Himself! How crazy was that?
Nevertheless,
the Jewish nation turned away without incident. God didn’t seem to say
anything. Edom was left untouched and unbothered, but what a reaction! It was
so out of proportion to the request that others might have jumped all over it.
You can sense the deep-seated hatred of Esav for Yakov even thousands of years
later through a couple of verses.
I
remember thinking how fortunate our generation was to have escaped all the
Anti-Semitism of the past, and how much better and civilized the world had
become since the Holocaust. I felt comfortable being a Jew everywhere I went
and safe to travel anywhere I chose.
But
that was thirty years ago. I’m not surprised that Anti-Semitism has returned,
given my line of work. I even predicted it, based upon the rules of Jewish
history and the goals of Creation. I’m just surprised by how it did, and how
fast. Forty years ago, most Palestinians lived in the Middle East, and most
Islamic haters of Jews and Israel were in their home countries. Today they have
emigrated all over the Western world and, unlike immigrants of the past who
were grateful to be accepted and wanting to blend in, they resent their host
nations and want to make them like the worlds they came from.
This
has meant that millions of Jews who once lived in friendly and supportive host
countries suddenly found themselves among hostiles without going anywhere. The
hostility came to them and surrounds them. Their property and sense of
entitlement bind them there, making Jews vulnerable, once again, to their sworn
enemies.
Oh,
and please do not tell me that they are only against Israelis, and not Jews in
general. That’s like secular Jews in the early 1940s watching their Jewish
neighbors dragged from their homes and shipped to the camps thinking, “They
won’t come for me because I am different…totally assimilated into German society
with no connections to Judaism whatsoever.” Hitler and the SS begged to differ.
And
you know why? As the GR”A explained, it has nothing to do with how religious
you look or don’t, or any kind of politics. Contrary to how it may look to the
unknowledgeable, all of that is just the pretext to draw the enemies out to do
their hateful things, like Pharaoh being “inspired” by Moshe’s demands to
increase Jewish suffering. It is darkest before the dawn, especially when it
comes to Jewish history and redemption.
This sounds like my broken equipment on my
entrance into Lebanon. A Kan News report revealed that the APC's exit hatch was
broken, and soldiers testified that the commanders were aware of the
malfunctions. According to Kan, the soldiers had tied the hatch with a
rope, leaving it open, and the terrorist threw the explosive device into the
vehicle through it. Additionally, the cameras on the APC had not been working
for a long period of time. The terrorists, Musab Yasser Abdallah Jilban and Abd
al-Latif Musa Hajjaj Barbah, members of Hamas, were killed in an airstrike by
the Israeli Air Force last Thursday. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411057
Syria wants reduced Turkish influence. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-859821
https://www.timesofisrael.com/syrian-state-media-says-premature-to-discuss-peace-deal-with-israel/
After rockets, IDF strikes terror cell. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-859839
The
IDF arrested members of an Iranian
terrorist cell while operating in southern Syria following receiving
special intelligence from interrogations of other Syrian operatives by the
elite Unit 504, the military said on Wednesday. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-859809
The Negev for the first time since Oct. 7th
has no closed military zones. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411018
The
British Parliament has overwhelmingly approved legislation to proscribe
Palestine Action as a terrorist organization, with Members of Parliament voting
385 to 26 in favor of the order on Wednesday, according to the BBC.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411055
Legislators have proposed a bill authorizing US President Donald
Trump to send B-2 bomber planes and bunker buster
bombs to Israel if Iran is still found to be developing a nuclear weapon, Fox
News reported on Wednesday. https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/article-859805
LOOK WHAT CROSSED THE BORDER FROM MEXICO.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-appointed-judge-halts-trump-hhs-overhaul-after-democrat-led-lawsuit
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/judge-strikes-down-trump-order-preventing-asylum-requests-protections-illegal-immigrants
Two
additional armed groups affiliated with Fatah are now operating in Gaza with Israeli coordination and
support, Ynet learned on Thursday. One group is active in Gaza City, and
the other in Khan Younis—both areas where IDF forces are currently present as
part of Operation Gideon’s Chariots. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hj00b11cxrex
Ali
Abdollahi Aliabadi, the new head of the Iranian emergency military command - or
Khatam al-Anbiya. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/syavw2grgg
Concussion the invisible wound. https://www.ynetnews.com/health_science/article/syn6qyghlx#autoplay
Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Wednesday evening that MK Israel Eichler
(United Torah Judaism) will be appointed Minister of Construction and Housing,
ending a month in which Minister Haim Katz temporarily held the role as acting
minister. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411046
Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today (Wednesday), visited the Eilat Ashkelon
Pipeline Company (EAPC) facilities in Ashkelon, together with Energy Minister
Eli Cohen, Minister David Amsalem and Ashkelon Mayor Tomer Glam. “There will be
no more Hamas.” https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411031
Maj.
Gen. (Res.) Yoav (Poli) Mordechai, former IDF Spokesperson and Coordinator of
Government Activities in the Territories, was recently questioned under caution
as part of the ongoing Qatargate investigation. The case involves suspicions of
contact with a foreign agent and bribery. Mordechai had previously given
testimony in the case about a month and a half ago. The
man has been day and night in the army for 19 straight months. Sure, he is a
partner in the company, but this is another Wiley Coyote Investigation. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411052
Proposed Hostage release and ceasefire. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411048
I don’t think this fellow worked
too much to have $680,000 for purchase – just saying. – Your local Kashrus
inspector.
Shabbos Candle Lighting: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/shabat
https://www.timesofisrael.com/australia-cancels-kanye-wests-visa-over-heil-hitler-song-release/
July 4th
Swords of Iron Day 637 end of week 91
49 years since Entebbe Operation 249 years
since the Declaration of Independence.
The
Star Spangled Banner (full version with lyrics)
In a few more days it will be one year and nine
months of war.
There is a reason why during the beginning of
the Iran ar percentage wise more missiles were shot down than at the end. In
the beginning we were shooting two arrow antimissiles and at the end one. We
simply were beginning to run out of supplies. At this stage of the process, the clerks in the
finance ministry don’t care that we need more arrows. Until their houses are
hit and their families are under the rubble nothing seems to move them.
Correction I copied and pasted
for Israelnationalnews.com COS Lt. Gen. Halevi I have corrected it to read Eyal
Zamir. It was their error.
US
President Donald Trump stated this morning (Friday) that the world would know
within the next 24 hours if the Hamas terrorist organization accepts the
"final proposal" for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411128
Rabbi
David Yosef, the Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel, visited the Hostage Families
Forum Headquarters and met with representatives of the families of the
hostages. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411038
Hamas has not place in Gaza like Nazis have no
place in Germany. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411105
Gabi
if Sanzer Rebbe Rabbi Yitzhak Eizik Meir Zalmanowitz passed away on Tuesday
night at Laniado Hospital in Netanya at the age of 72, following a serious
illness. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411017
Commander
of the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) General Michael “Erik” Kurilla
visited Israel on Wednesday as the official guest of IDF Chief of Staff LTG
Eyal Zamir. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411083
Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Kibbutz Nir Oz on Thursday, a year and nine
months after a quarter of its residents were either murdered or abducted in the
Hamas October 7th Massacre. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411088
Ramming
attack: First Sergeant Yaniv Almakayis, a police officer in the Central
District, was killed this morning (Thursday) in a ramming incident during a
police operation in Netanya. Almakayis, 42, from Netanya, is survived by his
wife, four children, his mother, and five brothers and sisters. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411086
During
the operations, four foreign tourists residing in local villages were
identified. The investigation revealed that the four filmed the security
forces, refused to stop filming despite security guidelines, and were found to
be involved in online incitement and association with anti-Israeli
organizations. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411077
Israeli strike on Iran cars fly in the air. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411081
Shocking
details have emerged about the deadly accident that occurred Wednesday in
Jerusalem's Romema neighborhood, in which a 5-year-old boy was killed while
riding his bicycle. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411071
News that I learned of after I
wrote the above prior to the publication of the blogspot.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/27/africa/trump-drc-rwanda-peace-deal-intl
Sergeant
Yair Eliyahu, aged 19, from Ezer, a Combat Engineering soldier in the Northern
Brigade, fell during combat in the northern Gaza Strip, it was cleared for
publication Friday morning. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411132
Foreign Minister Gideon Saar informed the Ukrainian Ambassador to
Israel, Yevgen Korniychuk, yesterday (Thursday), that he had instructed his
ministry to provide Ukraine, through MASHAV (Israel’s national aid agency
within the Foreign Ministry), with an aid package that will provide drinking
water systems to serve hundreds of thousands of people in areas affected by
Russian bombings. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411134
Learn Torah and prayer for our
soldiers/hostages. Have a healthy, restful and peaceful Shabbos,
Rachamim Pauli
