Pesha bas Sima no longer needs prayers.
Parsha Vayeitze Part 1
Last week, Esav was ready
to murder Yacov. Rivka hatches a plot that will be an excuse for Yacov to go to
safety. She will send her 63 year old son off to marry a daughter of her
brother Lavan. Esav marries a daughter Yishmael for a marriage of convenience
for approval by his parents who are not impressed by his two Hittite Wives. Our
Parsha starts off with Yacov’s Journey and Esav will rejoin the narrative one
last time next week but still fuming at Yacov.
This introduction was
written on Sunday. By Monday, I began to develop Bronchial Pneumonia so I am
going to write from my head the basic notions that are in the Parsha I will use
some of the breaks that I prepared and other times just tell the story.
28:10 And Jacob went out from Beer-Sheba, and went toward Haran. 11
And he lighted upon the place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was
set; and he took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and
lay down in that place to sleep.
Yacov took twelve stones
from the place to protect his head and neck from predators and arranged for a
pillow like flat stone for sleeping upon. Per the Midrash we see at the end of
his dream the stones had fused into one stone per the language of the Pasukim
stones at the beginning and stone at the end and then raising a pillar.
12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the
top of it reached to heaven; and behold the angels of God ascending and
descending on it.
There are different
Midrashim here. One is the Angels of Eretz Yisrael ascending and the Angels of
Chutz LaAretz (diaspora) descending. The other and very popular Midrash is that
of the Angel of Yacov rising then the Angel of Esav rising for 2000 rungs along
with the Angel of Yishmael rising while Yacov is further down below until the
final rise.
13 And, behold, the LORD stood beside him, and said: 'I am the
LORD, the God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac. The land whereon
thou lie, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed. 14 And thy seed shall be as
the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the
east, and to the north, and to the south. And in thee and in thy seed shall all
the families of the earth be blessed.
Your seed will spread
over the whole earth in all directions. In the end of days even in Antarctica
there will be some Jews.
15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee whithersoever
thou go, and will bring thee back into this land; for I will not leave thee,
until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.'
Even if you will be in
exile in Haran, Babylon, India, Persia, Spain, etc. I will be with you. This
fact is borne out by the interesting development of non or antireligious
Kibbutz Members captured in the dreary tunnels of Gaza that they became believers
or more attached to G-D.
16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said: 'Surely the LORD
is in this place; and I knew it not.' 17 And he was afraid, and said: 'How full
of awe is this place! this is none other than the house of God, and this is the
gate of heaven.'
The Pshat is that this
is Beit El where the Mishkan would be assembled while the Drash says it was Har
HaMoriah or the Temple Mount.
18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that
he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the
top of it. 19 And he called the name of that place Beth-el, but the name of the
city was Luz at the first. 20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying: 'If God will be
with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat,
and raiment to put on, 21 so that I come back to my father's house in peace,
then shall the LORD be my God, 22 and this stone, which I have set up for a
pillar, shall be God's house; and of all that Thou shalt give me I will surely
give the tenth unto Thee.'
He did not expect
anything of G-D. Not to win the lottery, put Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to
shame with riches. Rather he wants to return safely with clothing on his body
and bread to eat. He does not ask for wealth, a house or a tent. No, he asks
for only food and clothing.
At this point we have a
Midrash. Yacov is ambushed by Eliphaz ben Esav. He is victorious and could have
killed his nephew. But rather he says, “Take these precious Jewels that my
father has given me for a Sidduch. Go back to your father and say that ‘Yacov
is dead’ as a poor man with no money is considered dead.”
Yacov makes a detour as
more of Esav’s children might be ready to ambush him on the way. He goes to
learn Torah for 14 years in Shalem, the home of Shem and Ever where as Malkitzedek
he rules. There Yacov learns the Torah of Creation what we call Sefer Yitziera
and the lesson before and after the flood.
29:1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the
children of the east. 2 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo,
three flocks of sheep lying there by it.--For out of that well they watered the
flocks. And the stone upon the well's mouth was great. 3 And thither were all
the flocks gathered; and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and
watered the sheep, and put the stone back upon the well's mouth in its place.--
4 And Jacob said unto them: 'My brethren, whence are ye?' And they said: 'Of
Haran are we.' 5 And he said unto them: 'Know ye Laban the son of Nahor?' And
they said: 'We know him.' 6 And he said unto them: 'Is it well with him?' And they
said: 'It is well; and, behold, Rachel his daughter comes with the sheep.'
He followed Eliezer’s
map and arrived precisely at the well of Rivka.
7 And he said: 'Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the
cattle should be gathered together; water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.'
8 And they said: 'We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and
they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.' 9 While he
was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep; for she tended
them. 10 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his
mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went
near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of
Laban his mother's brother.
He used the principle of
a lever and put a stone under his shepherd’s crook and raised the stone over
the well.
11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. 12
And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was
Rebekah's son; and she ran and told her father.
Yacov is living before
Matan Torah at Sinai. He does what comes naturally. Today, we expect a Yeshiva
Bachur to talk to his Shidduch on a date as some distance. Yacov sees his
Shidduch-first cousin hugs and kisses her and tells her whom he is and blesses
HASHEM for guiding him to his beloved and cries tears of joy over her beauty
and his help from heaven.
The Drash here is
brought down by Rashi in the fact that the Temples on the shoulders of the
hills of Binyamin will be destroyed. And that is why he cried.
13 And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his
sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and
brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things. 14 And Laban said
to him: 'Surely thou art my bone and my flesh.' And he abode with him the space
of a month. 15 And Laban said unto Jacob: 'Because thou art my brother,
shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages
be?'
He hugged him or rather
frisked him for jewels and even French Kissed him to check for jewels in the
mouth or teeth. But he found nothing. This time, Lavan was the father of girls
(some say that the two slave girls were sisters of from his female slave. Aka 4
sisters as told to me by my late Engineering Colleague Rabbi Tuvia Muskin Zal a
student of the Gaon Rabbi Chaim Kreisworth Ztzal.
16 Now Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and
the name of the younger was Rachel. 17 And Leah's eyes were weak; but Rachel
was of beautiful form and fair to look upon.
Leah eyes were weak as
cried all the time for she was supposed to marry Esav (whose reputation
proceeded him and she cried before HASHEM).
18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and he said: 'I will serve thee seven
years for Rachel thy younger daughter.'
Yacov was 63 when
Yitzchak blessed him and left Beersheva. He learned for 14 years making him
77years old and now is going to wait until the age of 84 for marriage.
19 And Laban said: 'It is better that I give her to thee, than that
I should give her to another man; abide with me.' 20 And Jacob served seven
years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had
to her. 21 And Jacob said unto Laban: 'Give me my wife, for my days are filled,
that I may go in unto her.' 22 And Laban gathered together all the men of the
place, and made a feast. 23 And it came to pass in the evening, that he took
Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her. 24 And
Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid unto his daughter Leah for a handmaid. 25 And it
came to pass in the morning that, behold, it was Leah; and he said to Laban:
'What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel?
wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?'
He knew Lavan was a
cheater and pulling the wool over people’s eyes. He made up a sign with Rachel.
Leah learned of the sign either through Rachel or over hearing his plan and she
succeeded in fooling him.
26 And Laban said: 'It is not so done in our place, to give the younger
before the first-born. 27 Fulfil the week of this one, and we will give thee
the other also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other
years.' 28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week; and he gave him Rachel his
daughter to wife. 29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid
to be her handmaid. 30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved Rachel
more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
This time it was a week of
Sheva Brachos and before Matan Torah a man could marry two sisters. So he is
now stuck serving Lavan another seven years.
31 And the LORD saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb;
but Rachel was barren. 32 And Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she called
his name Reuben; for she said: 'Because the LORD hath looked upon my
affliction; for now my husband will love me.'
In short the names of
the children. Reuven = see I have a son.
33 And she conceived again, and bore a son; and said: 'Because the
LORD hath heard that I am hated, He hath therefore given me this son also.' And
she called his name Simeon. 34 And she conceived again, and bore a son; and
said: 'Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have borne
him three sons.' Therefore was his name called Levi.
Shimon he has heard me.
Levi will move his heart towards me.
35 And she conceived again, and bore a son; and she said: 'This
time will I praise the LORD.' Therefore she called his name Judah; and she left
off bearing.
Yehuda to praise G-D.
30:1 And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel
envied her sister; and she said unto Jacob: 'Give me children, or else I die.'
2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel; and he said: 'Am I in God's
stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?'
Basically, it is not I
who is lacking in seed or withholding children from you.
3 And she said: 'Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; that she
may bear upon my knees, and I also may be built up through her.' 4 And she gave
him Bilhah her handmaid to wife; and Jacob went in unto her. 5 And Bilhah
conceived, and bore Jacob a son. 6 And Rachel said: 'God hath judged me, and
hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son.' Therefore called she his
name Dan.
Dan or Judge.
7 And Bilhah Rachel's handmaid conceived again, and bore Jacob a
second son. 8 And Rachel said: 'With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my
sister, and have prevailed.' And she called his name Naphtali.
Naphtali is wrestling.
9 When Leah saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her
handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to wife. 10 And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bore
Jacob a son. 11 And Leah said: 'Fortune is come!' And she called his name Gad.
Gad is luck.
12 And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bore Jacob a second son. 13 And Leah
said: 'Happy am I! for the daughters will call me happy.' And she called his
name Asher.
Asher means happy.
14 And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found
mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said
to Leah: 'Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.' 15 And she said unto
her: 'Is it a small matter that thou hast taken away my husband? and would thou
take away my son's mandrakes also?' And Rachel said: 'Therefore he shall lie
with thee to-night for thy son's mandrakes.'
It is a small flowering
plant that grows on the ground in the Negev and acts to stimulate the woman’s
productive system.
16 And Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out
to meet him, and said: 'Thou must come in unto me; for I have surely hired thee
with my son's mandrakes.' And he lay with her that night. 17 And God hearkened
unto Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son. 18 And Leah said:
'God hath given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband. And she
called his name Issachar.
Yissachar or my payment.
19 And Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son to Jacob. 20 And
Leah said: 'God hath endowed me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell
with me, because I have borne him six sons.' And she called his name Zebulun.
Zevulun or like a pastry
treat.
21 And afterwards she bore a
daughter, and called her name Dinah.
Dinah as in Din or
Judgement.
22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened
her womb. 23 And she conceived, and bore a son, and said: 'God hath taken away
my reproach.' 24 And she called his name Joseph, saying: 'The LORD add to me
another son.'
Yosef to increase
(another son). Hopefully I will recover by next week and finish the Pasha and
next week’s Parsha.
A story from my Facebook Feed.
The Wehrmacht Officer who said “No”!
In 1942, Wehrmacht officer Albert
Battel faced SS trucks heading to deport hundreds of Jews from a Polish ghetto.
He blocked the bridge with armed soldiers and said simply: "Not
today." What happened next changed everything.
The summer heat pressed down on
Przemyśl like a weight you couldn't shake off.
German flags hung limp from every
building. The Jewish quarter had been sealed behind barbed wire for months. And
everyone knew what "resettlement" really meant.
Albert Battel stood on the San River
bridge that morning, watching the SS convoy approach. Truck after truck,
engines growling, heading straight for the ghetto.
He was forty-nine. A lawyer before the
war. A Wehrmacht officer who followed orders and kept his head down.
But something inside him snapped that
day.
When the lead truck reached the
bridge, Battel raised his hand. His soldiers lowered the barrier.
"This bridge is closed," he
told the SS commander.
The man's face went red. "On
whose authority?"
"Mine."
Battel had no authority to do this.
None at all. He was blocking his own government from carrying out official
orders.
But he stood there anyway. And his
soldiers stood with him.
The SS officer screamed. Threatened.
Demanded passage.
Battel didn't budge.
"Any man who tries to cross will
be arrested," he said quietly.
Can you imagine that moment? The
silence that must have fallen over that bridge? The SS convoy, engines still
running, blocked by German soldiers pointing rifles at other German soldiers.
The SS commander had no choice. He
ordered his trucks to turn around.
But Battel wasn't finished.
He climbed into his own military truck
and drove straight into the ghetto. Right into the heart of what everyone
called the "Jewish quarter."
Families were huddled in their homes,
waiting. Knowing. Mothers held their children tighter. Old men sat by windows,
watching the street.
Battel started knocking on doors.
"Get in the truck," he told
them. "Now."
He loaded dozens of people into
Wehrmacht vehicles. Grandparents who could barely walk. Mothers carrying
babies. Children clutching toys they'd never see again.
He drove them to the Wehrmacht
barracks. Fed them. Posted guards to protect them.
For hours, he moved Jewish families
out of that ghetto under the cover of "military necessity."
Every minute, he could have been shot
for treason.
Every decision could have been his
last.
But by nightfall, dozens of people who
should have been on death trains were sleeping in German army beds instead.
The news hit Berlin like a
thunderbolt.
Heinrich Himmler himself wrote
Battel's name in his files. Called his actions "inexcusable fraternization
with Jews."
They blacklisted him from the Nazi
Party. Started court-martial proceedings. Destroyed his career.
Battel never apologized. Not once.
When illness forced him out of active
duty, he went home to his ruined life without a single word of regret.
After the war, survivors started
looking for him. The officer who saved us, they said. The German who said no.
In 1963, Israel honored Albert Battel
as one of the Righteous Among the Nations. The highest honor they give to
non-Jews who risked everything to save Jewish lives.
He never lived to see it. Battel died
in 1952, forgotten in a Germany trying to rebuild itself.
He never wrote a book about that day.
Never gave interviews. Never sought praise.
But what he did on that bridge proves
something important.
Courage isn't the absence of fear.
It's looking at impossible odds and saying, "I don't care."
It's one person deciding that orders
don't matter more than human lives.
It's standing up when everyone else is
looking down.
In a world that felt completely
broken, Albert Battel showed that humanity could still win. Even when it wore
the wrong uniform. Even when it stood completely alone.
And sometimes, that's all it takes to
change everything.
One bridge. One officer. One word: No.
Miracle on Shabbos for non-religious Shabbos Violators by
Rachamim Pauli
I was not planning to
witness a miracle when the TV showed a video of two bicycle riders having gone
35 km on Shabbos towards Beis Shemesh and then to continue on to Yerushalayim.
You see them riding abreast with a car behind them filming the ride. Suddenly,
a car is approaching a turn from the other direction not at the speed limit of
80km per hour but something more like 80
to 100 miles per hour and unable to negotiate the turn. It speed straight by
them missing them by centimeters especially the one of the right falls down
from turning his wheel left.
It is a miracle that they
were not hit at all! They have yet to fulfill their mission in this world!
The Need For Lofty
Spiritual Experiences by R’ Yerachmiel Tilles
https://ascentofsafed.com/cgi-bin/ascent.cgi?Name=1459-10
There was a chasid
of the "Mitteler" Rebbe of Chabad who had a partnership with a Litvak
[Lithuanian-style Jew]. The chasid was always encouraging his partner to travel
to the Mitteler Rebbe and meet him, but the Litvak did not see a point in the
expense and the trouble.
Once, the two had
occasion to make a business trip to very near where the Mitteler Rebbe was
staying. The Litvak this time agreed that it would be worthwhile to take advantage
of the opportunity, and they spent Shabbos together by the Rebbe.
After Shabbos, the
chasid asked his partner about his impressions. The Litvak was ecstatic. He
couldn't stop describing the bliss he experienced that Shabbos with the Rebbe.
'I literally felt myself as if I was standing at Mt. Sinai and hearing the Ten
Commandments from the Al-mighty himself. It was like spending a Shabbos in Gan
Eden etc. etc."!
Now it was the turn
of the chasid to feel dejected. He loved his Rebbe, and was a devoted and loyal
chasid, and had spent years learning from the Rebbe and following his
directives. Yet he had never felt anything like what his partner was
describing, in his very first Shabbos! What was wrong with him?
With a heavy heart,
he turned (as a troubled chasid will invariably do) to the Rebbe. During yechidus
(private audience), he poured out his worry to the Mitteler Rebbe. Was the
Litvak that much greater than him as to reach in one Shabbos a higher
revelation than he'd reached in years?
But the Rebbe put
his mind at ease. That is the way it is meant to be, he explained to the chasid
[in Yiddish]: "A chasid muz gloiben, ober a Litvak muz ibertzeilen!"
[a chasid needs to believe (and therefore doesn't need to be able to enjoy such
a lofty spiritual revelation), but a Litvak needs to be able to 'count
over'" (i.e., he needs tangible experiences)].
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My Reliable Source:
Posted by Rabbi Yaakov Bock on WhatsApp.
Why this week? Shabbat - Sunday, 9-10 Kislev, is the birth date
(9th), miraculous liberation date (1oth), and date of passing (9th) of Rabbi
Dov-Ber, the Mitteler Rebbe of Chabad.
Biographical note:
Rabbi DovBer Shneuri was the eldest son and successor to Rabbi Shneur Zalman,
founder of the Chabad movement. The author of numerous deep, mystical texts, he
is known in Lubavitch circles as "the Mitteler (Middle) Rebbe" [in
between his father and the third rebbe, his son-in-law]. Tet [9th] Kislev (this
Wednesday) is the birthdate (in 1773) and the passing date (in 1827) of the Mitteler
Rebbe, while Yud [10th] Kislev the anniversary of his release [in 1825] from
interrogation and false arrest.
HaRav Shlomo Aviner Shlita on Gog
and Magog. The War of
Gog and Magog | Israel National News
Family thanksgiving dynamics Rabbi
Simon Jacobson Shlita: https://www.meaningfullife.com/mlc-tv/when-family-hurts-the-hidden-emotions-around-the-family-table/?ct=t%28The+Hidden+Emotions+Around+the+Family+Table%29&goal=0_0bcb4308af-3d491f3f2c-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&mc_cid=3d491f3f2c&mc_eid=f85d6d8477
Milestone: Mark Mellman, 70,
an American pollster and political consultant who founded the Democratic
Majority for Israel group and was a close adviser to now-Opposition Leader Yair
Lapid. https://www.timesofisrael.com/mark-mellman-founder-of-democratic-pro-israel-group-and-adviser-to-yair-lapid-dies/
Milestone: Ruth Haran Hertzman, 90,
Holocaust and Oct. 7th survivor. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/418204
Milestone: Eli Zeira, 97, Major
General in charge of Intel who said very unlikely Egypt and Syria would attack
before the Yom Kippur War. https://www.timesofisrael.com/eli-zeira-yom-kippur-war-intel-chief-who-assessed-egypt-and-syria-wouldnt-attack-dies-at-97/
Inyanay Diyoma
Nov. 22nd
Swords of Iron Day 778 start of week
112 Part 1
Both the northern and southern
fronts heated up over Shabbos and Hamas said they would no longer hold to the
ceasefire.
I still have my cold and decided
that about 12 -15 items will be a part two tomorrow.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/nigerian-christian-group-says-303-children-12-teachers-seized-in-latest-mass-kidnapping/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/brazils-former-president-bolsonaro-arrested-days-before-starting-27-year-prison-sentence/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/families-of-houthi-held-yemeni-aid-workers-numb-with-worry-were-ghosts-of-people/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/trumps-israeli-inspired-golden-dome-faces-major-delays-after-us-government-shutdown/
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/exclusive-bondi-doj-transfers-death-row-inmates-commuted-biden-supermax-prison
Congress loses a big antisemite. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-reacts-marjorie-taylor-greene-resignation-says-he-refused-return-her-barrage-phone-calls
https://www.foxnews.com/travel/father-sons-metal-detecting-trip-uncovers-historic-artillery-cache-czech-forest
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sanctuary-state-under-fire-granting-license-illegal-alien-killed-young-girl
https://www.timesofisrael.com/mamdani-accuses-us-of-funding-israeli-genocide-during-warm-meeting-with-trump/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-carries-out-wave-of-airstrikes-on-hezbollah-sites-across-lebanon/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/pm-shares-story-from-anti-israel-site-suggesting-epstein-had-ties-to-israeli-intelligence/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/italian-anti-israel-activists-clash-with-cops-outside-maccabi-tel-aviv-basketball-game/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/italian-anti-israel-activists-clash-with-cops-outside-maccabi-tel-aviv-basketball-game/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/with-fascist-salutes-hundreds-march-in-madrid-for-anniversary-of-francos-death/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/anti-zionist-activists-stage-blood-libel-display-at-dc-train-station/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-troops-killed-6-hamas-operatives-who-emerged-from-rafah-tunnels-nabbed-another-5/
Nov. 23rd
Swords of Iron Day 778 Part 2 and
Day 779
In my blogspot there is a story
shown on TV of a car out of control miraculously missing two bicycle riders.
In Gaza Erev Shabbos 15 Hamas
fighters in Rafah surrendered. On Shabbos 17 try to escape resulting in 6
captured and 11 Shachidim. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-says-idf-strikes-kill-5-hamas-officials-as-terror-group-issues-threat-to-end-truce/
Iran has had plenty of water and
bodies were thrown in it that are surfacing as the drought deepens. The capitol
might have to be evacuated as they planned for nuclear devices and missiles and
not desalinization plants. Iran
‘Has No Choice’ but to Move Capital as Water Crisis Deepens, Says President |
Algemeiner.com
https://www.timesofisrael.com/zelensky-acknowledges-difficult-choice-as-us-peace-plan-offers-concessions-to-russia/
Amid Hamas attempts to breach Gaza's Yellow Line
and subsequent IDF activities to thwart the terrorists, Hamas warned US Middle
East envoy Steve Witkoff that it could end the ceasefire in Gaza, Saudi
state-owned Al
Arabiya reported on Saturday. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-874788
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-says-idf-strikes-kill-5-hamas-officials-as-terror-group-issues-threat-to-end-truce/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/i-had-nowhere-to-run-guy-gilboa-dalal-recounts-sexual-abuse-by-captor-in-gaza/
Fakes by AI. I fell for a video of a
building that was hit (true but digitally faked to be worse). https://www.jpost.com/jerusalem-report/article-874436
US and Israel to expand production
of antimissile programs. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-874621
This is how Hamas
disabled tanks near Gaza on October 7th | Israel National News
How Hamas
tracked 100,000 IDF soldiers for years | Israel National News
14-year-old arrested on
suspicion of assaulting MK Yoav Ben-Tzur | Israel National News
IDF major detained after
allegedly transporting two illegal residents | Israel National News
Iranian hacker group
threatens defense employees | Israel National News
IDF eliminates Hezbollah
terrorist, targets rocket launcher in Lebanon | Israel National News
Gaza: IDF strikes
eliminate top terrorists | Israel National News
IDF eliminates Hezbollah
terrorist, targets rocket launcher in Lebanon | Israel National News
Bus driver who drove off
without infant's mother to be investigated | Israel National News
Cabinet ministers warn:
Hamas buildup may force new Gaza operation | Israel National News
Report: Iran nears 2,000
missiles, restoring arsenal after Rising Lion | Israel National News
https://www.timesofisrael.com/can-a-us-law-protecting-abortion-clinics-push-back-against-protests-at-synagogues/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/chatgpt-for-genetics-nvidia-sheba-join-forces-on-ai-engine-for-personalized-medicine/
Nov. 24th
Swords of Iron Day 780
https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-on-alert-as-hezbollah-weighs-response-to-military-chiefs-killing/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-weeks-of-warnings-over-slow-hezbollah-disarmament-israel-shows-its-ready-to-escalate/
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/newsoms-war-energy-crippling-california-undermining-our-military
https://www.timesofisrael.com/challenging-zamir-katz-orders-review-of-external-probe-of-idfs-oct-7-investigation/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/im-the-landlord-here-ben-gvir-tours-bedouin-town-amid-crime-wave-sparking-anger/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/we-cannot-remain-silent-400-gush-etzion-residents-sign-petition-against-settler-violence/
Colombia: 17 minors
rescued from Lev Tahor cult | Israel National News
Exclusive: IDF Central
Command approves 10 new jurisdiction areas in Samaria | Israel National News
Al Jazeera: Body of
Israeli hostage located | Israel National News
Five arrested in
Jerusalem for defrauding elderly in auto shop scam | Israel National News
Khan Yunis: IDF
eliminates three terrorists following breach of security zone | Israel National
News
The fuss over a bus. Public bus crashes into
building in Holon; ten lightly injured | Israel National News
Moving: Soldier critically
injured in Gaza dances at a friend's wedding | Israel National News
Jerusalem: Firefighters
rescue teen on high-rise crane counterweight | Israel National News
DOJ probing anti-Israel
protest outside Manhattan synagogue | Israel National News
Moving: Former hostages
come full circle at grave of Lubavitcher Rebbe | Israel National News
Rabbi Amar: 'We are
already in the days of Moshiach' | Israel National News
https://www.timesofisrael.com/challenging-zamir-katz-orders-review-of-external-probe-of-idfs-oct-7-investigation/
Nov. 25th
Swords of Iron Day 781
Today is international woman’s day
to prevent violence. Last night some Arab criminals shot up a town in the Arab
Triangle Area and victim 233 was a pedestrian woman who died. This year 45
women have died about half in the Arab sector some in the Jewish Sector by
husbands with PTSD from the war or having a weapon at home.
[At one time from the age of 40 to
about 70+ both my wife and I had defensive pistols until both my eyesight and
steadiness of my hand were not well enough to continue and my wife about the
same. Neither of us wanted to shoot the other and like any couple we have our
squabbles (not violent).]
https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-backs-israels-right-to-defend-itself-after-idf-strike-on-hezbollah-army-chief/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-escalating-clash-idf-chief-accuses-katz-of-harming-militarys-preparedness/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/pollard-like-hamas-hostages-i-know-what-its-like-to-be-raped-during-interrogation/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/report-body-of-hostage-held-by-palestinian-islamic-jihad-recovered-in-central-gaza/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/gaza-humanitarian-foundation-announces-end-of-operations-in-strip-after-5-months/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/knesset-approves-katz-and-levin-appointments-to-head-ministries-vacated-by-haredim/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-blow-to-trump-us-judge-tosses-cases-against-ex-fbi-chief-comey-new-york-ag-james/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/pms-ex-spokesman-feldstein-acted-under-urichs-orders-says-lawyer/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/jerusalem-mayor-says-rioters-broke-his-windshield-during-visit-to-haredi-neighborhood/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/germany-probing-100-year-old-suspected-nazi-pow-camp-guard/
Terrorist who murdered
Gideon Perry eliminated | Israel National News
Watch: British police
release footage of riot at Elbit factory | Israel National News
Hefty fee for Arabs who
attacked Jerusalem family's home | Israel National News
Amid heavy rain: Ten
rescued from flooding in Elkana, four in southern Israel | Israel National News
IDF soldier Marom Golan
killed in motorcycle accident | Israel National News
Gaza
Truce Progress Slow as Israeli-Hamas Violence Persists | Algemeiner.com
The
Palestinian Authority Vowed to Liberate Jerusalem Long Before Hamas |
Algemeiner.com
https://www.foxnews.com/us/bombshell-report-alleges-biden-team-pushed-airports-house-migrants-risking-safety
Watch: The moment the
terrorist who killed two soldiers was eliminated | Israel National News
https://www.timesofisrael.com/police-in-west-bank-kill-man-suspected-of-deadly-car-ramming-attack-last-year/
Nov. 26th
Swords of Iron Day 782
I am running at half speed. The
doctor suspects Pneumonia and I am knocked out by the strong antibiotics. Tuesday’s
rains brought blackouts including one that caused a short circuit by me. Today
another blackout.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/body-of-dror-or-devoted-father-and-beeri-cheesemaker-returned-to-israel-from-gaza/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/moshav-yated-stood-alone-on-oct-7-local-heroes-not-idf-stopped-massacre-probe-finds/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-launches-broad-counterterror-operation-in-northern-west-bank/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-rare-likud-vote-stalwarts-seize-first-chance-in-years-to-steer-party-machine/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/slain-hezbollah-army-chief-led-groups-effort-to-rebuild-in-south-lebanon-report/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/pm-said-to-meet-separately-with-katz-and-zamir-in-effort-to-defuse-public-feud/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/saudi-crown-princes-pushback-on-israel-normalization-reportedly-irked-trump/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/palestine-action-co-founder-challenges-uk-ban-on-group-in-court/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/poland-is-for-poles-not-jews-mp-declares-outside-auschwitz-death-camp/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/shein-jacket-shipped-to-israel-exceeds-eu-chemical-rules-by-3269-times-probe/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/extreme-weather-causes-flooding-road-closures-and-damage-across-israel/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-says-close-to-ukraine-war-deal-but-europeans-cautious/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/under-glare-of-world-media-pope-leo-xiv-to-visit-turkey-and-lebanon/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/hundreds-of-oct-7-victims-sue-worlds-biggest-crypto-exchange-for-hamas-money-laundering/
Prayers and kiddush
helped Eliya Cohen survive Hamas captivity | Israel National News
Six terrorists eliminated
in Rafah | Israel National News
Jerusalem: Three teens
arrested for attacking bus driver | Israel National News
Three killed in road
accident near Dead Sea | Israel National News
Following Hamas Cyber-Op:
IDF to monitor soldiers' social media with AI | Israel National News
Three Bedouins arrested
for attacking youth councilors | Israel National News
IDF general staff exercise
simulates multi-front war | Israel National News
AI
Apps Like ChatGPT Have Created ‘New Era of Terrorism,’ Study Reveals |
Algemeiner.com
New
York City Mayor Adams Announces New $3 Million Holocaust Memorial |
Algemeiner.com
The
Cross-Continental Threat: Iran and Venezuela’s US-Defying Partnership |
Algemeiner.com
4 dead and 2 captured terrorists. IDF
battles trapped Hamas fighters in Gaza after ceasefire | The Jerusalem Post
Benjamin
Netanyahu trial: Questioning continues on Case 4000 | The Jerusalem Post
Girl, aged ten dies
from flu in central Israel | The Jerusalem Post
Jordanian forces kill
suspects in northern raid | The Jerusalem Post
Nov. 27th
Swords of Iron Day 783 US
Thanksgiving Day
I am thankful for antibiotics even
if I feel knocked out today as without them, I could be in grave danger.
Victim 233 in the Arab Sector was a
15year old boy shot in a criminal crossfire like the poor woman victim of the other
day.
"Israeli researchers have
developed a breakthrough cartilage regeneration therapy that could eliminate
the need for knee replacements altogether, offering millions of people a chance
to restore joint function without major surgery. The treatment uses advanced
biomaterials and stem-cell engineering to regrow healthy cartilage inside the
knee, repairing the damaged tissue that causes chronic pain, stiffness, and
mobility loss. Early patients have shown remarkable recovery, with regenerated
cartilage behaving just like natural, youthful tissue.
Scientists say the technology works by
creating a supportive scaffold that encourages the body to rebuild cartilage
from the inside out. Instead of replacing the joint with metal implants, the
therapy restores what was lost — allowing patients to move freely again without
long recovery times or invasive procedures. For many, it represents a future
where worn-out joints can be healed rather than replaced.
But as the innovation gains attention,
it’s facing resistance in some medical circles. Orthopedic surgeons who rely
heavily on knee replacement procedures worry the therapy could disrupt a
multibillion-dollar industry. Critics argue that financial incentives and
established surgical practices may slow the adoption of regenerative
treatments, even when they offer patients safer, less invasive options.
Supporters push back, insisting that medicine must evolve toward long-term
healing, not recurring operations.
The debate is growing louder, but one
thing is clear: Israel’s cartilage regeneration breakthrough has the potential
to redefine joint care worldwide. A future where knees can be fully restored —
without implants, replacements, or lifelong limitations — is now within
reach."
- TechTimes
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/alleged-national-guard-shooter-worked-us-government-entities-afghanistan-including-cia-ratcliffe
https://www.timesofisrael.com/boy-15-shot-to-death-in-northern-town-reportedly-by-accident/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-reportedly-offers-trapped-hamas-fighters-in-rafah-chance-to-surrender-relocate/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/uks-would-be-top-diplomat-says-starmer-failing-israel-flubbing-postwar-gaza-role/
Vast
Trove of Medieval Jewish Records Opened Up by AI | Algemeiner.com
Crypto’s
Role in Iran’s Global Terrorism Exposed by New Lawsuit Against Binance |
Algemeiner.com
Harvard
Law Professor Takes Plea Deal for Shooting Incident Near Synagogue |
Algemeiner.com
Disgusting behavior not loving one’s
neighbor. https://www.foxnews.com/us/lax-travelers-abandon-cars-walk-airport-protesters-block-building-thanksgiving-rush
https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/apple-projected-beat-samsung-smartphone-shipments-first-time-since-2011
https://www.foxnews.com/travel/passenger-allegedly-opens-emergency-exit-door-taxiing-plane-deploys-slide-atlanta-airport-police
Chinese Communism fails safety
requirements when speed is priority. https://www.foxnews.com/world/fire-tears-through-hong-kong-housing-complex-killing-least-others-reported-trapped
https://www.timesofisrael.com/levin-accuses-high-court-of-meddling-as-it-weighs-his-pick-to-lead-sde-teiman-probe/
Yesterday, my nephew, Menashe, and friends
went to court with somebody’s video to testify on the false arrest of a Yeshiva
Bachur at an antidraft arrest “Black Alert” in Ramat Gan of a Yeshiva Student
evading the draft. Other false arrest below.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/two-arrested-after-ultra-orthodox-protesters-overturn-military-police-car-in-ramat-gan/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/police-forcefully-arrest-man-standing-near-right-wing-protest-without-clear-cause/
After dealing with frightening
leftist prosecutors and leftists atheist Judge(s), Menashe and friends went to
the Netanyahu Trial in the same court as spectators. https://www.timesofisrael.com/prosecution-presses-netanyahu-over-his-interest-in-media-coverage-walla-news-site/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/attacker-killed-idf-says-60-reportedly-detained-in-northern-west-bank-operation/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/boxcar-of-same-type-used-by-nazis-to-herd-jews-installed-at-new-boston-holocaust-museum/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/australia-lists-irans-irgc-as-state-sponsor-of-terrorism-over-antisemitic-attacks/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/father-of-last-slain-israeli-hostage-in-gaza-we-pray-he-wont-be-another-ron-arad/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/coalition-blocks-bill-for-immediate-funds-for-released-hostages-bereaved-families/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/sweeping-victories-and-upsets-mark-likuds-first-internal-elections-in-14-years/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/vat-exemption-on-personal-imports-to-rise-from-75-to-150/
IDF preparing for next
stage of Trump plan in Rafah | Israel National News
Reservists' denounce lax
discipline over October 7th massacre | Israel National News
Revealed: How the doctor
who declared Hadar Goldin dead was caught | Israel National News
Ariel Dehari charged with
terrorism against Palestinian Arabs | Israel National News
House Speaker Mike
Johnson: 'Antisemitism must be universally rejected' | Israel National News
Arab Israelis transfer
weapons to Judea and Samaria - in the service of Hamas | Israel National News
Al Jazeera: Searches for
body of hostage in Zeitoun neighborhood | Israel National News
Georgia prosecutor drops
Trump election interference case | Israel National News
Yasser Abu Shabab
captures Hamas terrorists from Rafah tunnel | Israel National News
Histadrut opposes Wizz
Air routes to Israel | Israel National News
Missing teen rescued after
intensive search near Elad | Israel National News
Satmar Rebbe In Israel:
'Anyone who serves in the army is impure' | Israel National News
Ben Gvir: Likud neglected
the Negev for 30 years, I will restore governance | Israel National News
IDF eliminates terrorist
who hurled explosive in northern Samaria | Israel National News
For Thanksgiving:
Rabbi Moshe Hauer, zt”l, on Gratitude | Israel National News
https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-chief-israel-needs-bold-leadership-that-recognizes-failure-doesnt-frighten-evade/
Nov. 27th
Swords of Iron Day 784 end of week 112
https://www.foxnews.com/us/national-guard-member-sarah-beckstrom-dead-after-dc-shooting-highly-respected
https://www.timesofisrael.com/bismuth-presents-bill-exempting-yeshiva-students-from-idf-draft-loosening-sanctions/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/on-truce-anniversary-israel-strikes-hezbollah-as-lebanese-pm-criticizes-terror-group/
Video shows them heavy dressed could
have grenade, other explosives or weapon hidden. Soldiers made split second
evaluation as terrorists backtracked. https://www.timesofisrael.com/two-palestinian-terror-suspects-shot-dead-in-jenin-after-surrendering-to-border-police/ Officers clarify:
Terrorists were shot after attempting to flee | Israel National News
https://www.timesofisrael.com/turkey-spends-6-5-billion-to-boost-steel-dome-air-defenses-amid-israel-tensions/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/itai-ofir-sworn-in-as-military-advocate-general-in-period-of-major-crisis-for-unit/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/woman-arrested-on-suspicion-of-stalking-israeli-model-bar-refaeli/
Three IDF reservists
severely injured in Syria clashes | Israel National News
'Green Rafah': Fury as
IDF begins rebuilding Rafah before Hamas disarms | Israel National News
Less reliable poll. New poll shows
'Reservists' party passing electoral threshold | Israel National News
Poll: Otzma Yehudit gains
strength, opposition weakens | Israel National News
Military secretary
involved in sensitive security misstep | Israel National News
Shabbos times. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/shabat
Bus fares to increase in
January as prices climb over 63% in three years | Israel National News
EuroLeague games to
return to Israel | Israel National News
https://www.timesofisrael.com/following-gaza-ceasefire-foreign-interest-in-israeli-homes-heats-up-as-local-demand-cools/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/italian-aerospace-group-leonardo-unveils-michelangelo-dome-air-defense-system/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/national-laboratory-stops-testing-drinking-water-due-to-funding-shortfall/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/moderate-jewish-lawmaker-julie-menin-declares-win-in-nyc-council-speaker-race/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/ex-mossad-chief-says-israeli-operatives-are-active-on-iranian-soil-not-by-proxy/
Have a healthy, happy
and peaceful Shabbos,
Rachamim Pauli
