Prayers for Men: Shalom Charles ben
Gracia, Daniel ben Rivka, Ephraim ben Mazel,
Zev ben Rachel, Yisrael Ben Dovid ben Drorah Rivka, Meir Melech ben Bracha,
Peter Bruce ben Golda Chaya, Dovid
ben Zahava, Chaim ben Miriam, Eliezer
Binyamin ben Faige Dinah, Zev Wolf ben Chana Rasher,
Women: Karen Neshama bas Esther Ruth, Chaya
Melecha Rachel bas Baila Alta, Miriam bas Irene Taita Malka, Drorah Rivka bas Chana, Leah bas Sara, Mine’
Dulah bas Maxine, Rachel Izel bas Sara, Miriam Esther bas Golda
Chaya, Dina bas Sara.
Melech Dovid ben Surah Pearla, is in long time
care and recovery.
I also received this from Neal Z. Please continue to keep Izzy in
your thoughts and in your prayers (Yisroel Alter ben Chava Chana), as the power
of our collective prayers can hopefully continue to penetrate the heavenly
gates of mercy!
Devorah Rosa bas Freyda Leah returned her soul to the Creator
this week.
Parsha Shemos is the Yahrzeit of the
hidden Tzadik Rabbi Yerachmiel Glixman.
There is good news this week
besides what looks like a prisoner exchange and ceasefire in Gaza. My grandson
Yosef just became a father giving me another great-grandson.
Parsha Vayehi
A reminder almost every time we see
Vayehi something bad is supposed to happen. Vayehi after these things … Akedah
of Yitzchak, Vayehi in the days … and Haman HaRasha wanted to exterminate us,
Vayehi in the days that the Judges Judged and there was a famine in Israel and
in our Parsha where the flame of Yacov and the Patriarchs is about to become
history. Yacov is now in Egypt 17years. In Gematria Tov is 17 or Tet 9, Vav 6
and Bet 2. These were the best years of Yacov’s life, retired and living like a
king with grandchildren and great grandchildren.
47:28
And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; so the days of Jacob, the
years of his life, were a hundred forty and seven years.
He did not live the longer life
like Terach, Avraham or Yitzchak and until he was treated as Abu Yosef in
Egypt, he had nothing but trials and tribulations. Even though Yosef was
punished in this world for being quiet upon hearing “Our father thy servant” in
practice he was rewarded in the next life for the last 17years of honoring his
father.
29 And
the time drew near that Israel must die; and he called his son Joseph, and said
unto him: 'If now I have found favor in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand
under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in
Egypt.
As with Avraham and Eliezer, the
swearing was on the Bris Kodesh.
30 But
when I sleep with my fathers, thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in
their burying-place.' And he said: 'I will do as thou hast said.'
When I sleep in the next world with
my fathers, I want to be buried next to them.
31 And
he said: 'Swear unto me.' And he swore unto him. And Israel bowed down upon the
bed's head.
Yosef swore to Yacov on the Bris.
48:1
And it came to pass after these things, that one said to Joseph: 'Behold, thy
father is sick.' And he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and
Ephraim. 2 And one told Jacob, and said: 'Behold, thy son Joseph comes
unto thee.' And Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.
Yacov/Yisrael strengthened himself
on the be by sitting up-right.
3 And
Jacob said unto Joseph: 'God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of
Canaan, and blessed me, 4 and said unto me: Behold, I will make thee
fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a company of peoples; and
will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting
possession. 5 And now thy two sons, who were born unto thee in the
land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and
Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, shall be mine.
Although Ephraim and Menashe were
sons of Yosef, Yosef would be treated status wise as a child of Yacov. Reuven
when he moved Bilhah’s bed and now Yosef would have a double portion of the
Bechor. After all Yacov only wanted Rachel in the first place. This is against
the future giving of the Torah in which a “hated wife has the first born son”.
But now before the giving of the Torah, Yacov could marry two sisters and give
the Bechor to the son of the beloved wife.
6 And
thy issue, that thou beget after them, shall be thine; they shall be called
after the name of their brethren in their inheritance. 7 And as for
me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died unto me in the land of Canaan in the
way, when there was still some way to come unto Ephrath; and I buried her there
in the way to Ephrath--the same is Beth-lehem.'
We learn from here two names for
Beis Lechem. Not only the “house of bread” but also called Ephrath or
Ephrata (to be fruitful).
8 And
Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said: 'Who are these?' 9 And Joseph
said unto his father: 'They are my sons, whom God has given me here.' And he
said: 'Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless
them.' 10 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could
not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced
them.
Pasuk 8 makes us wonder why Yacov
does not recognize the sons of Yosef from a distance. Pasuk 9 has Yosef
clarifying whom they are. Pasuk 10 explains to us what is really going on.
Yacov either has a cataract or age degeneration in his sight. As young people
most of us have 20/20 or 6/6 vision but as we age there are changes. My mother
started wearing eye glasses at the age of 53 and my daughter and I for reading
at the age of 48. Adding on 99 years could make Yacov almost blind without any
surgery or glasses to enhance his vision.
11 And
Israel said unto Joseph: 'I had not thought to see thy face; and, lo, God hath
let me see thy seed also.'
Yacov is close to death and yet
takes time out to thank G-D for letting him see Yosef again after 22years and
even the seed of Yosef. How thankful Yacov is and if he had a Facebook Status
he would indicate “feeling blessed”.
12 And
Joseph brought them out from between his knees; and he fell down on his face to
the earth.
To treat his father as one honors a king by bowing down unto the
earth.
13 And
Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and
Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near
unto him. 14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it
upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's
head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the first-born.
Menashe is the Bechor and Ephraim
the second son so that he would get the stronger blessing.
15 And
he blessed Joseph, and said: 'The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac
did walk, the God who hath been my shepherd all my life long unto this
day, 16 the angel who hath redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads;
and let my name be named in them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac;
and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.'
Both boys will be fruitful and
multiply.
17 And
when Joseph saw that his father was laying his right hand upon the head of
Ephraim, it displeased him, and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from
Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head. 18 And Joseph said unto his
father: 'Not so, my father, for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon
his head.'
Halacha: If one sees a parent
making a mistake in Halacha, he can correct him politely and with honor.
19 And
his father refused, and said: 'I know it, my son, I know it; he also shall
become a people, and he also shall be great; howbeit his younger brother shall
be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.'
Yacov knew what he was doing
through prophecy.
20 And
he blessed them that day, saying: 'By thee shall Israel bless, saying: God make
thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh.' And he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
The Friday Evening opening blessing
of Shabbos at home.
21 And
Israel said unto Joseph: 'Behold, I die; but God will be with you, and bring
you back unto the land of your fathers. 22 Moreover I have given to
thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the
Amorite with my sword and with my bow.'
This is Schem and the areas nearby.
49:1
And Jacob called unto his sons, and said: 'Gather yourselves together, that I
may tell you that which shall befall you in the end of
days. 2 Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken
unto Israel your father. 3 Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might,
and the first-fruits of my strength; the excellency of dignity, and the
excellency of power. 4 Unstable as water, have not thou the
excellency; because thou went up to thy father's bed; then defiled thou it--he
went up to my couch.
You squandered your right to the
first born by interfering with which wife I preferred.
5 Simeon
and Levi are brethren; weapons of violence their kinship.
There council against Schem was not
the way of a Torah Jew.
6 Let
my soul not come into their council; unto their assembly let my glory not be
united; for in their anger they slew men, and in their self-will they houghed
oxen. 7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their wrath,
for it was cruel; I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in
Israel.
They were too fanatical. Therefore
in the future Pinchas (Levi) will be against Zimri (Shimon) and Levi will be
scatted in Yisrael.
8 Judah,
thee shall thy brethren praise; thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies;
thy father's sons shall bow down before thee.
The Kingship shall go unto you.
9 Judah
is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, thou art gone up. He stooped down, he
couched as a lion, and as a lioness; who shall rouse him up?
You shall be strong and regal like
a lion.
10 The
sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his
feet, as long as men come to Shiloh; and unto him shall the obedience of the
peoples be.
Even in the diaspora, Yehuda shall
lead.
11 Binding
his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washes his
garments in wine, and his vesture in the blood of grapes; 12 His eyes
shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
He shall have wealth.
13 Zebulun
shall dwell at the shore of the sea, and he shall be a shore for ships, and his
flank shall be upon Sidon.
He shall be an export-import
trader.
14 Issachar
is a large-boned ass, couching down between the sheep-folds. 15 For
he saw a resting-place that it was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and
he bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant under task-work.
From Rabbi Yosef Ben Porat Shlita:
A donkey has the power to stay in one spot for a long time not like a horse
that has to run. The donkey or Yissachar sits and learns Torah while Zevulun
donates. Greater is the donator that enables Torah than the one who learns.
16 Dan
shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. 17 Dan shall
be a serpent in the way, a horned snake in the path, that bites the horse's
heels, so that his rider falls backward. 18 I wait for Thy salvation,
O LORD.
Shimshon was from Dan but he went
after his eyes for Delilah and needed salvation.
19 Gad,
a troop shall troop upon him; but he shall troop upon their heel.
There will be many from Gad and
they will defend northern Yisrael.
20 As
for Asher, his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
His portion would be in the rain
rich Galil and produce high yields.
21 Naphtali
is a hind let loose: he gives goodly words.
He shall be speedy like a deer and
he brings good tidings.
22 Joseph
is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a fountain; its branches run over the
wall. 23 The archers have dealt bitterly with him, and shot at him,
and hated him; 24 But his bow abode firm, and the arms of his hands
were made supple, by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, from thence, from the
Shepherd, the Stone of Israel,
The arrow is a euphemism for a
phallic symbol. That Yosef had a hard and bitter life for a while but over-came
is Yetzer in a test with Mrs. Potiphar. A he inherited the role of Shepherd of
Yisrael from Yacov.
25 Even
by the God of thy father, who shall help thee, and by the Almighty, who shall
bless thee, with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that couches
beneath, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb. 26 The blessings
of thy father are mighty beyond the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost
bound of the everlasting hills; they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the
crown of the head of the prince among his brethren.
Yosef shall always be a prince
among his brothers, but the kingship shall go to Yehuda (through Dovid and his
seed forever).
27 Benjamin
is a wolf that ravens; in the morning he devours the prey, and at even he divides
the spoil.' 28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is
it that their father spoke unto them and blessed them; every one according to
his blessing he blessed them.
Benyamin shall be a wolf that has a pack and shall divide the
spoils (Mikdash) among the tribes.
29 And
he charged them, and said unto them: 'I am to be gathered unto my people; bury
me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the
Hittite, 30 in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is
before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from
Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying-place. 31 There they
buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his
wife; and there I buried Leah. 32 The field and the cave that is
therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth.' 33 And when
Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed,
and expired, and was gathered unto his people.
And as he finished speaking perhaps
with the Shema he gave his soul back to HASHEM.
50:1
And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed
him.
Yosef, who had seen his father the
least, but was dad’s favorite was the most emotional as Yacov passed.
2 And
Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. And the
physicians embalmed Israel. 3 And forty days were fulfilled for him;
for so are fulfilled the days of embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him
threescore and ten days.
His body would be preserved for the
afterlife.
4 And
when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke unto the house of
Pharaoh, saying: 'If now I have found favor in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in
the ears of Pharaoh, saying: 5 My father made me swear, saying: Lo, I
die; in my grave which I have dug for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt
thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and
I will come back.'
He promised to bury his father and
promises Pharaoh to return as chief advisor.
6 And
Pharaoh said: 'Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee
swear.' 7 And Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up
all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the
land of Egypt,
They went up to mourn with Yosef
but were essentially guards with their soldiers to make sure that he returned
to Egypt.
and
all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house; only their
little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of
Goshen. 9 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen; and
it was a very great company. 10 And they came to the threshing-floor
of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they wailed with a very great
and sore wailing; and he made a mourning for his father seven days.
Outside of the land of idols, it
was the correct place to start mourning for Yacov even though the burial would
be delayed.
11 And
when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor
of Atad, they said: 'This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians.' Wherefore
the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.
Evel-Mitzrayim or the mourning of
Egypt.
12 And
his sons did unto him according as he commanded them. 13 For his sons
carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of
Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field, for a possession of a
burying-place, of Ephron the Hittite, in front of Mamre.
Having visited the graves of
Avraham, Yitzchak and Leah they knew the precise burial spot designated for
Yacov.
14 And
Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him
to bury his father, after he had buried his father. 15 And when
Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said: 'It may be that
Joseph will hate us, and will fully requite us all the evil which we did unto
him.'
Now 10 brothers became sore afraid
since Yacov was dead and buried. Perhaps Yosef will seek revenge.
16 And
they sent a message unto Joseph, saying: 'Thy father did command before he
died, saying: 17 So shall ye say unto Joseph: Forgive, I pray thee
now, the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin, for that they did unto
thee evil. And now, we pray thee, forgive the transgression of the servants of
the God of thy father.' And Joseph wept when they spoke unto him.
He wept because they did not
believe that he whole heartedly forgave them as he long ago realized that he
was just carrying out HASHEM’s plan.
18 And
his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said: 'Behold,
we are thy bondmen.' 19 And Joseph said unto them: 'Fear not; for am
I in the place of God?
Yosef was hurt that his brothers
did not trust his good intentions.
20 And
as for you, ye meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring to
pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. 21 Now therefore
fear ye not; I will sustain you, and your little ones.' And he comforted them,
and spoke kindly unto them.
Again they get rebuked from Yosef
and this time for not thinking him as the Tzadik that he was.
22 And
Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house; and Joseph lived a hundred
and ten years. 23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third
generation; the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were born upon
Joseph's knees.
Since the Torah emphasizes seeing
the fourth generation it is a special blessing and a 5th or 6th
generation even more so.
24 And
Joseph said unto his brethren: 'I die; but God will surely remember you, and
bring you up out of this land unto the land which He swore to Abraham, to
Isaac, and to Jacob.' 25 And Joseph took an oath of the children of
Israel, saying: 'God will surely remember you, and ye shall carry up my bones
from hence.'
This is a request-command for after
one dies, they are dependent upon Chesed shel Emmes.
26 So
Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old. And they embalmed him, and he
was put in a coffin in Egypt.
He would have lived to 120years had he pushed off “our father your
servant” but instead he quietly accepted that.
Parsha Shemos
Parsha Shemos links to Sefer
Beresheis with the announcement of the deaths of all the founders of the Tribes
and the subsequent slavery.
1:1
Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt with Jacob;
every man came with his household: 2 Reuben, Simeon,
Levi, and Judah; 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and
Benjamin; 4 Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. 5 And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were
seventy souls; and Joseph was in Egypt already. 6 And
Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
These first Pasukim establish the
link in history between the first generation in Mitzrayim and the current one
suffering slavery.
7 And
the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied,
and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them. 8 Now
there arose a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.
Goshen is the best of the land for
crops and with the Nile, their crops, flocks and herds had plenty and they grew
naturally.
9 And
he said unto his people: 'Behold, the people of the children of Israel are too
many and too mighty for us; 10 come, let us deal
wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there
befalls us any war, they also join themselves unto our enemies, and fight
against us, and get them up out of the land.'
I believe I heard this before the
Six Day War from a friend of mine: What will happen if America were to fight
Israel which side would you be on? He was Italian and I never asked him what
would happen if America fought against Italy? The principle is the same. This
was the basis for the claim against people who were in Egypt a minimum from the
time Yosef was 39 and the slavery only started after Levi died. There is
indication that slavery only started when Moshe was born. So these people were
in Egypt as citizens at least 80 to 130years why should they be loyal to some
foreign entity?
11 Therefore
they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they
built for Pharaoh store-cities, Pithom and Raamses.
At first it was a voluntary
patriotic duty. Then they became conscripts.
12 But
the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread
abroad. And they were adread because of the children of Israel. 13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with
rigor.
From volunteers and conscripts they
became slaves.
14 And
they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in
all manner of service in the field; in all their service, wherein they made them
serve with rigor.
Throughout the centuries the Bnei
Yisrael had hard diasporas with bitter lives and hard service in places like
Siberia. But the Egyptians made them work with rigor.
15 And
the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was
Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah; 16 and he
said: 'When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, ye shall look
upon the birthstool: if it be a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it be a
daughter, then she shall live.'
The objective of all Hebrew Midwife
is to bring life into the world. They want to bring in Yiddishe Kinder and
Nachas into the world.
17 But
the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but
saved the men-children alive. 18 And the king of Egypt
called for the midwives, and said unto them: 'Why have ye done this thing, and
have saved the men-children alive?'
The Midwives were in trouble with
Pharaoh and were perhaps in risk of the death sentence for defying Pharaoh’s
command.
19 And
the midwives said unto Pharaoh: 'Because the Hebrew women are not as the
Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwife come
unto them.'
Instead of blame the Jews as is
done today back then it was blame the Hebrew women. They are like animals
giving birth in the wild.
20 And
God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied, and waxed very
mighty. 21 And it came to pass, because the midwives
feared God, that He made them houses. 22 And Pharaoh
charged all his people, saying: 'Every son that is born ye shall cast into the
river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.'
Pharaoh then builds the first
version of a maternity hospital. Just as today, women sometimes work to the
last minute, give birth in taxis and ambulances so they kept up the façade.
2:1
And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of
Levi.
There is no real indication that
daughter of Levi is a literal daughter or aunt/great aunt of Amram known here
as “the man”. My mother was born to Yosef Levy and I did not need a Pidyon
HaBen as she was a Bas Levi. Rashi has to place Yocheved at the age of 130years
old after all she was born as Levi entered Mitzrayim.
And married Levi’s daughter. He had
been previously married to her, but had then separated from her due
to Pharaoh’s decree that all newborn babies be drowned, and
he now married her again. This is the meaning of “he went” – he
followed (i.e., “went after”) the advice of his daughter who said to
him, “Your decree is worse than Pharaoh’s: whereas Pharaoh’s decree only
affects the males, you have effectively decreed against the females
as well!” He therefore took her back and married her a second time,
and she also was turned into a young woman; she was then in her 130th
year – for she was born within the walls of the
city when Jacob’s family entered Egypt, and they remained there
for 210 years, and when they left Egypt, Moses was 80 years old.
Therefore, when she became pregnant with Moses from him, she was in
her 130th year – yet the verse calls her
“Levi’s daughter,” indicating that she regained her youth.
Why I fully don’t go according with
Rashi and the Midrash as Miriam and Aaron (Aharon) were only a few years older
than Moshe so Yocheved would have had to be in her 120’s for them. So what
would be so special at her being 130years old? Still nothing is impossible for
HASHEM.
2 And
the woman conceived, and bore a son; and when she saw him that he was a goodly
child, she hid him three months.
How was it that she could hide him
so long? He was born circumcised and she was small during pregnancy so she did
not arouse the suspicious of the Egyptians.
3 And
when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and
daubed it with slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, and laid it
in the flags by the river's brink. 4 And his sister stood afar off,
to know what would be done to him.
Miriam watched what would happen to
the ark with her brother.
5 And
the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe in the river; and her maidens walked
along by the river-side; and she saw the ark among the flags, and sent her
handmaid to fetch it.
The ark was among the water reeds.
6 And
she opened it, and saw it, even the child; and behold a boy that wept. And she
had compassion on him, and said: 'This is one of the Hebrews' children.'
Pharaoh’s daughter, had a status of
a goddess, among her servants. Often the Pharaohs married their own daughters
to create a Pharaoh for the next generation.
7 Then
said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter: 'Shall I go and call thee a nurse of the
Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?'
Pharaoh’s daughter had no milk of
course so it was a natural thing for her to have a nurse to raise the baby.
Moshe refused to drink the milk from non-Israeli nurses.
8 And
Pharaoh's daughter said to her: 'Go.' And the maiden went and called the
child's mother.
So Yocheved was brought to nurse
the baby as he would not drink non-Israeli milk.
9 And
Pharaoh's daughter said unto her: 'Take this child away, and nurse it for me,
and I will give thee thy wages.' And the woman took the child, and nursed
it.
See the workings of HASHEM. Batya
or daughter of G-D raises Moshe with his own mother as a prince unto Pharaoh as
his son. So Pharaoh thought he would kill off the Yisrael Moshiach and instead
raises him as his own heir and son.
10 And
the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her
son. And she called his name Moses, and said: 'Because I drew him out of the
water.'
She fully adopted Moshe and for the
Mitzvah of raising him and protecting him per the Midrash lived 400years.
11 And
it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown up, that he went out unto
his brethren, and looked on their burdens; and he saw an Egyptian smiting a
Hebrew, one of his brethren.
Moshe was born with a Yiddishe
Neshama and Lev (heart).
12 And
he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he
smote the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
Looked this way and that as per
Pshat but the Drash says he looked into any future generations coming from the
taskmaster that could produce a Tzadik and there were none.
13 And
he went out the second day, and, behold, two men of the Hebrews were striving
together; and he said to him that did the wrong: 'Wherefore smite thou thy
fellow?' 14 And he said: 'Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
think thou to kill me, as thou didst kill the Egyptian?' And Moses feared, and
said: 'Surely the thing is known.'
They knew how to learn Oral Torah
and quickly put two and two together to figure out who killed the taskmaster.
15 Now
when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the
face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian; and he sat down by a
well.
Once the secret is out, it was now
time for Moshe to escape the death sentence.
16 Now
the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came and drew water, and
filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
All seven daughter would take care
of the flock. There is safety in numbers.
17 And
the shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and
watered their flock.
Young shepherds harassed the women.
I have seen videos of Arab men harassing female Arabs who are covered from head
to toe but the men want what young men want. Even if they did nothing to their
own Midian females, their teasing was enough to scare the sisters away.
18 And
when they came to Reuel their father, he said: 'How is it that ye are come so
soon to-day?' 19 And they said: 'An Egyptian delivered us out of the
hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the
flock.' 20 And he said unto his daughters: 'And where is he? Why is
it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.'
Their father was also from Avraham
through his son Midian and a man of hospitality. He also thought of a Shidduch
for his oldest daughter.
21 And
Moses was content to dwell with the man; and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. 22 And
she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said: 'I have been a
stranger in a strange land.'
From the root Ger a stranger or
foreigner.
23 And
it came to pass in the course of those many days that the king of Egypt died;
and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and
their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
Moshe is now 80years old. After 80
years of slavery they are allowed to mourn their leader. Instead of this fake
tears of North Korea ceremony of the leader dying. They are crying and fasting
for help from HASHEM for redemption. This looks on the surface good as they cry
at the time of Pharaoh’s death.
24 And
God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with
Isaac, and with Jacob. 25 And God saw the children of
Israel, and God took cognizance of them.
Their prayers and fasts worked.
3:1
Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of
Midian; and he led the flock to the farthest end of the wilderness, and came to
the mountain of God, unto Horeb. 2 And the angel of the LORD appeared
unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush; and he looked, and,
behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
This was not a bush burning that
was consumed by fire but burning and not consumed.
3 And
Moses said: 'I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is
not burnt.' 4 And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God
called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said: 'Moses, Moses.' And he
said: 'Here am I.' 5 And He said: 'Draw not nigh hither; put off thy
shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou stand is holy
ground.'
All of a sudden Moshe was being
called specifically and told to remove his shoes on holy ground.
6 Moreover
He said: 'I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and
the God of Jacob.' And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon
God.
I am G-D who spoke to your
forefathers and Moshe was petrified in fear.
7 And
the LORD said: 'I have surely seen the affliction of My people that are in
Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know
their pains; 8 and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of
the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a
large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the
Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite,
and the Jebusite.
I am going to rescue Am Yisrael.
9 And
now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto Me; moreover I have
seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
For the people have cried unto me.
10 Come
now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth
My people the children of Israel out of Egypt.'
You are going to be my Shaliach
(messenger-minister) to bring the Bnei Yisrael out of Mitzrayim.
11 And
Moses said unto God: 'Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I
should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?' 12 And He
said: 'Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be the token unto thee,
that I have sent thee: when thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye
shall serve God upon this mountain.'
Because of his stutter or other
speech defect, Moshe had no confidence in his ability to lead and bring the
people forth. (Even though growing up in the house of Pharaoh, he had been
taught management and administration – but it would be only in Pasha Yisro that
he would learn efficiency.)
13 And
Moses said unto God: 'Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and
shall say unto them: The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they
shall say to me: What is His name? what shall I say unto them?'
I don’t know your NAME so how shall
I call you before the people?
14 And
God said unto Moses: 'I AM THAT I AM'; and He said: 'Thus shalt thou say unto
the children of Israel: I AM hath sent me unto you.'
I WILL BE WHAT I WILL BE – I
control the destiny of everything! I have sent you!
15 And
God said moreover unto Moses: 'Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel:
The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and
the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you; this is My name for ever, and this is
My memorial unto all generations.
Then you shall tell them in the
name of their forefathers.
16 Go,
and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them: The LORD, the God
of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, hath appeared unto
me, saying: I have surely remembered you, and seen that which is done to you in
Egypt.
Unlike a WOKE generation the wisdom
of the elders and their approval or disapproval was accepted.
17 And
I have said: I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land
of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the
Hivite, and the Jebusite, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.
We shall inherit this rich land from
the current nations and it has plenty of almond milk and date honey.
18 And
they shall hearken to thy voice. And thou shalt come, thou and the elders of
Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him: The LORD, the God of
the Hebrews, hath met with us. And now let us go, we pray thee, three days'
journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our
God. 19 And I know that the king of Egypt will not give you leave to
go, except by a mighty hand.
What you heard from ME is the plan
of what shall happen and you will not be answered favorably for a minor request
but instead Pharaoh shall refuse.
20 And
I will put forth My hand, and smite Egypt with all My wonders which I will do
in the midst thereof. And after that he will let you go.
Only after miracles and wonders
shall you be freed.
21 And
I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. And it shall come
to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty; 22 but every woman
shall ask of her neighbor, and of her that sojourns in her house, jewels of
silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment; and ye shall put them upon your sons,
and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.'
And you and the people shall come
out with great wealth.
4:1
And Moses answered and said: 'But, behold, they will not believe me, nor
hearken unto my voice; for they will say: The LORD hath not appeared unto
thee.' 2 And the LORD said unto him: 'What is that in thy hand?' And
he said: 'A rod.' 3 And He said: 'Cast it on the ground.' And he cast
it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.
This is Lashon HaRa both on the
people and himself that they will not believe him and he is not able to make
them believe.
4 And
the LORD said unto Moses: 'Put forth thy hand, and take it by the tail--and he
put forth his hand, and laid hold of it, and it became a rod in his
hand--
Now he is told to make a miracle
that a rod of wood shall become a snake. However, Pharaoh had charmed snakes
that looked as if they were wood.
5 that
they may believe that the LORD, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham,
the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.'
This itself should suffice for the
Bnei Yisrael.
6 And
the LORD said furthermore unto him: 'Put now thy hand into thy bosom.' And he
put his hand into his bosom; and when he took it out, behold, his hand was
leprous, as white as snow. 7 And He said: 'Put thy hand back into thy
bosom.--And he put his hand back into his bosom; and when he took it out of his
bosom, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.--
He spoke Lashon HaRa against the
people believing him and his own ability so he was stricken temporarily with
Leprosy.
8 And
it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the
voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter
sign.
One or both signs are enough to
make the Bnei Yisrael believe.
9 And
it shall come to pass, if they will not believe even these two signs, neither
hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and
pour it upon the dry land; and the water which thou take out of the river shall
become blood upon the dry land.'
This is a fore warning of the first
plague.
10 And
Moses said unto the LORD: 'Oh Lord, I am not a man of words, neither
heretofore, nor since Thou hast spoken unto Thy servant; for I am slow of
speech, and of a slow tongue.'
Moshe is trying to get out of the
task for he has no self confidence.
11 And
the LORD said unto him: 'Who hath made man's mouth? or who makes a man dumb, or
deaf, or seeing, or blind? is it not I the LORD?
I can make a man deaf, dumb or
blind and reverse the process.
12 Now
therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt
speak.'
I will tell you what and how to
speak.
13 And
he said: 'Oh Lord, send, I pray Thee, by the hand of him whom Thou wilt
send.' 14 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and He
said: 'Is there not Aaron thy brother the Levite? I know that he can speak
well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee; and when he sees thee, he
will be glad in his heart.
Your brother the Levite shall
become a Cohain instead of you and you shall only be a Levite.
15 And
thou shalt speak unto him, and put the words in his mouth; and I will be with
thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall
do. 16 And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people; and it shall
come to pass, that he shall be to thee a mouth, and thou shalt be to him in God's
stead.
Moshe will talk and Aaron shall
translate for him.
17 And
thou shalt take in thy hand this rod, wherewith thou shalt do the signs.'
Your instrument for the miracles
shall be your own shepherd’s staff.
18 And
Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said unto him: 'Let me
go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren that are in Egypt, and see whether
they be yet alive.' And Jethro said to Moses: 'Go in peace.'
It is proper manners to ask
permission to leave no matter what your mission from your employee or wife.
Even a military contractor should be told by a worker that he has a call-up
notice.
19 And
the LORD said unto Moses in Midian: 'Go, return into Egypt; for all the men are
dead that sought thy life.'
You can return to Egypt because
those who were interested in killing or arresting you for the murder of the
taskmaster are long gone and buried.
20 And
Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to
the land of Egypt; and Moses took the rod of God in his hand. 21 And
the LORD said unto Moses: 'When thou go back into Egypt, see that thou do
before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in thy hand; but I will harden
his heart, and he will not let the people go. 22 And thou shalt say
unto Pharaoh: Thus saith the LORD: Israel is My son, My first-born.
Israel is my first born son. Unlike
the missionary statement “That HE gave HIS only son” the Torah comes to teach
us that we are all children of G-D.
23 And
I have said unto thee: Let My son go, that he may serve Me; and thou hast
refused to let him go. Behold, I will slay thy son, thy first-born.'--
You think that you are a god and
your son is the son of god but so.
24 And
it came to pass on the way at the lodging-place, that the LORD met him, and
sought to kill him.
Because he did not circumcise his
son. This was a giant snake that tried to swallow Moshe from up and down.
25 Then
Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his
feet; and she said: 'Surely a bridegroom of blood art thou to me.' 26 So He let him alone. Then she said: 'A bridegroom of blood
in regard of the circumcision.'
After the Bris, the snake slithered
away.
27 And
the LORD said to Aaron: 'Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.' And he went, and
met him in the mountain of God, and kissed him. 28 And
Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD wherewith He had sent him, and all
the signs wherewith He had charged him.
They met half way.
29 And
Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of
Israel. 30 And Aaron spoke all the words which the
LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.
Aaron, 83, was an elder and known
among the elders as the Leviim led prayers and holidays.
31 And
the people believed; and when they heard that the LORD had remembered the
children of Israel, and that He had seen their affliction, then they bowed
their heads and worshipped.
Moshe spoke and what was hard for
them to understand, Aaron translated.
5:1
And afterward Moses and Aaron came, and said unto Pharaoh: 'Thus saith the
LORD, the God of Israel: Let My people go, that they may hold a feast unto Me
in the wilderness.' 2 And Pharaoh said: 'Who is the LORD, that I
should hearken unto His voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, and
moreover I will not let Israel go.'
So they succeeded with the Bnei
Yisrael and it was now their turn to go before Pharaoh.
3 And
they said: 'The God of the Hebrews hath met with us. Let us go, we pray thee,
three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God;
lest He fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.' 4 And the
king of Egypt said unto them: 'Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, cause the
people to break loose from their work? get you unto your burdens.'
Our G-D wants our service and if
not oy voy!
5 And
Pharaoh said: 'Behold, the people of the land are now many, and will ye make
them rest from their burdens?' 6 And the same day Pharaoh commanded
the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying: 7 'Ye
shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore. Let them go
and gather straw for themselves. 8 And the tale of the bricks, which
they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish aught
thereof; for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying: Let us go and sacrifice
to our God. 9 Let heavier work be laid upon the men, that they may
labor therein; and let them not regard lying words.'
As HASHEM warned Moshe, Pharaoh
would not listen to him.
10 And
the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spoke to
the people, saying: 'Thus saith Pharaoh: I will not give you
straw. 11 Go yourselves, get you straw where ye can find it; for
nought of your work shall be diminished.'
Instead of three days of prayer,
their burdens became worse.
12 So
the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather
stubble for straw. 13 And the taskmasters were urgent, saying:
'Fulfil your work, your daily task, as when there was straw.' 14 And
the officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over
them, were beaten, saying: 'Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your appointed task
in making brick both yesterday and today as heretofore?'
Now they were beat and whipped by
the taskmasters.
15 Then
the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying:
'Wherefore deal thou thus with thy servants? 16 There is no straw
given unto thy servants, and they say to us: Make brick; and, behold, thy
servants are beaten, but the fault is in thine own people.'
Pharaoh tells them it is all your
fault.
17 But
he said: 'Ye are idle, ye are idle; therefore ye say: Let us go and sacrifice
to the LORD. 18 Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw
be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.'
The Egyptians then afflict the
people more.
19 And
the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were set on mischief,
when they said: 'Ye shall not diminish aught from your bricks, your daily
task.' 20 And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they
came forth from Pharaoh; 21 and they said unto them: 'The LORD look
upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savor to be abhorred in the eyes
of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to
slay us.'
Now Pharaoh appears to be
succeeding and the over-burdened people go against Moshe and Aaron.
22 And
Moses returned unto the LORD, and said: 'Lord, wherefore hast Thou dealt ill
with this people? why is it that Thou hast sent me? 23 For since I
came to Pharaoh to speak in Thy name, he hath dealt ill with this people;
neither hast Thou delivered Thy people at all.'
Moshe feels real bad, basically
saying: “I told you that I was no good.”
6:1
And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh;
for by a strong hand shall he let them go, and by a strong hand shall he drive
them out of his land.'
Just wait and see what I, HASHEM,
have prepared for Mitzrayim!
Can you believe that Dan Amir wants to be in the Olympics
2028!
Dan, 56, appeared on TV still in bad shape but with high hopes.
Dan like the newly wed in last week’s story was hit by a rocket. Dan was
in a unit of volunteers. Dan’s unit consisted of men from the age of 49 through
72. The men in the unit were more back-up soldiers behind the front lines only
coming in for combat support or rescue of front line soldiers. [This could like
the young me a few hundred meters away from the front from my own back-up
days.]
Dan had no idea that when he came as a paramedic to the rescue of the
fighters, he was going to lose a leg with shrapnel all over and 5 members of
his unit killed on the spot.
He immediately applied a tourniquet to his severed leg. However, the other
injuries were bad and he had lost a lot of blood. He managed to tell his wife
by phone "don't" worry - perhaps as she drove to the hospital she
didn’t but the doctors certainly did.
Dan pulled through and eventually all the tubes came off and the
prosthetic leg went on. Now he started walking with help again. He is still not
walking 100% alone but he is doing some treadmill holding on and walking.
He was a runner before and has plans to be active and healthy enough for
Los Angeles Paraplegic Olympics 2028.
Helping the Orphan and
Widow
One of the warnings against oppression
in the Torah is not to take advantage of the Orphan and Widow. It is also a
Mitzvah to help and assist them.
Over the years it was hard for my
wife and I in our mid-sixties and still in our seventies to take care of my
Nephew Menashe after his mother passed away.
Prior to taking on Menashe a man
made Aliyah to bring his family here. His parents were from Yerushalayim and
since his wife was still working in the States as he came here and tried to
establish himself. We hosted him often for Shabbos.
He was bright and interesting and
told a story how he advised Fred Trump Sr, to save taxes by building for NYC
and leasing after time housing projects. Fred might not have lived to see all
the money coming in after 20years but Mary and Donald certainly benefited.
His wife used to visit as she had
a nursing job and was waiting for enough time put in for a pension. She would
visit a few times a year.
Thus over time when she made
Aliyah we would be by one other’s dining room Friday night about once a month.
He unfortunately developed Leukemia and passed away a number of years ago.
Now we began hosting the nurse
who was a widow. She and my wife would talk about Medical things and she and I
would discuss things in the States. Over time as we hit our mid-seventies, we
hosted her less Friday Nights but Saturday Afternoon we would talk with her to
remove her loneliness.
She had a bad heart and was
fighting cancer. One morning this week, she passed away before she could start
her nursing for special needs kindergarten children.
I only bring this down as
everybody should try to help an Orphan and Widow for the Torah mentions them a
lot.
Inyanay Diyoma
Jan. 11
Day 463 start of week 66
This is more for people in the States be wary. Beware of Brushing Scam!
A recent
scam has been showing up in many states. A "brushing" scam is when
someone receives an unexpected gift or item not ordered in the mail from a
place like Amazon or other company. Examples of gifts include, rings,
bracelets, necklaces, Bluetooth speaker, etc. The gift will have the
recipient’s address, but not include the sender's information or be from a
known retailer. When the recipient opens the package to see what it is and
possibly who sent it, there is a QR code to scan to find out who sent the gift.
Once
the code is scanned, all the information from that phone will be sent to
scammers. They receive all access to the phone. All personal and financial
information is accessible to the scammers and often the victim's bank accounts
are drained.
The gift
can be kept or thrown away, but the QR code should NOT be scanned for any
reason. QR code scams are nothing new. These scams show up in all places,
including parking meters.
Inform
your family members about the scam and avoid scanning any unknown QR codes
included in the package. This
came from Ellen with the original Police Bulletin attached.
Despite the fact that a deal is relatively far
off: https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-dispatches-top-negotiators-to-qatar-talks-amid-push-to-seal-hostage-deal/
According to Channel 12,
Hirsch made clear to the families that the deal being discussed would include
the return of all the hostages. However, he noted that it would be implemented
in stages. The coordinator explained that the discussions that are currently
being conducted pertain only to the first stage of the deal. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402106
As I published the blogspot on Friday, the
following news re: US, UK and Israel. https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-strikes-targets-in-yemen-as-israel-threatens-to-hunt-down-houthi-leaders/
From Friday – Troops find rocket launcher in S.
Lebanon. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402103 Today: https://www.timesofisrael.com/5-said-killed-in-israeli-strike-targeting-hezbollah-weapons-truck-in-south-lebanon/
https://www.aol.com/news/ukraine-says-captured-2-north-125203975.html
Plan to totally destroy Hamas if no hostage
deal. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402102
Terrorists exploiting Mosques. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402121
In a
scenario where a new party, led by former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, would
run, the seat distribution would be: Bennett 27, Likud 21, National Unity 11,
Yesh Atid 10, Democrats 10, Shas nine, Yisrael Beiteinu nine, UTJ seven, Otzma
Yehudit six, United Arab list five, and Hadash-Taal five. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402096
IDF General attacked in Bnei Brak. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402090
Illegal immigrant impersonated religious Jew. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402092
Jan. 12th
Day 464
Jan. 13th
Day 465
Arab Mafia: https://www.timesofisrael.com/two-men-found-shot-dead-in-nahariya-no-terror-motive-suspected/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinians-say-man-shot-in-clashes-with-settlers-as-tensions-flare/
Hamas is more flexible. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-837168
Stress from Oct. 7th leads to MS. https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/article-836075
A
23-year-old man from Lod was arrested last week on suspicion of stealing a
truck in Tiberias. During his
escape attempt, he hit other vehicles and injured other passengers. After
searches, which began following a report by a truck driver who claimed that his
vehicle was stolen while he was unloading goods, the Northern District police
were shocked to find the suspect inside a cave, on a mountainside, completely
naked. His detention has been extended until Monday. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rjdarwzdjg#autoplay
Israeli Actress has to evacuate her Hollywood
Home. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402021
Senior
IDF officials estimate that due to the current situation created in the General
Staff after the resignation of Maj. Gen. Amir Baram, it may be decided to
appoint, in what would an exceptional appointment, a temporary acting deputy to
the position of Deputy Chief of Staff, Galai Tzahal (IDF Radio)
reported. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402152
Suddenly, he is not dangerous after 2mos in
jail instead of house arrest. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402125
Jewish
legal organizations, including The National Jewish
Advocacy Center, together with two law firms, filed the lawsuit in a Columbia court
on behalf of several American citizens residing in Judea and Samaria. Among the
plaintiffs are Yitzhak Levi Filant and Issachar Manne, both American citizens
from Judea and Samaria. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402133
MK
Idan Roll is resigning from the Yesh Atid faction and establishing the
"National Majority" faction in order to promote political renewal,
Amit Segal reported this morning (Sunday). https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402155
A Jewish student from Concordia University in Montreal was forced to
leave his studies and return to the United States after receiving threats in a
student WhatsApp group. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402154
The Regavim movement, which led the legal struggle against the
illegal outpost of Khan al-Ahmar, which is located near Highway 1 in the E1
area, documented five new structures erected in the illegal outpost this week. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402164
Kadoura
Fares, the head of the Palestinian Prisoner Club, told the Ma'an news
organization that 3,000 terrorists are expected to be released as part of the
deal being negotiated to free the remaining 98 hostages in Gaza. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402160
2 months later dies from her wounds. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402176
According
to the data, 5,919 acts of terror were carried out over the past year and
included 2,975 violent clashes, 1,146 shooting attacks, 727 explosive device
attacks, 106 firebomb attacks, and 32 firework attacks. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402182
https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/01/10/the-january-surprise/
The
IAF on Monday morning intercepted a UAV launched from Yemen as it flew over
southern Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402199
Arkia
has launched a new flight route between Tel Aviv and New York, the airline
announced Monday. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402212
"Bibi, stop with
the excuses. It's been more than six years since you stopped me, as defense
minister, from evacuating Khan al-Ahmar — that illegal Palestinian outpost that
continues to expand and become a strategic threat to Jerusalem and a symbol of
the government's lack of power," Liberman said. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402207
Breaking this evening the sky was filled with
planes. Then we heard that the lower Galil to Menashe Area and the East were
under Missile Alert. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402228
5 Soldiers die and 8 seriously wounded in Gaza.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402223
Yisrael
Lonberg (19), a soldier from the Netzach Yehuda Battalion in the Kfir Brigade,
is fighting for his life after he was seriously wounded in Beit Hanoun in the
Gaza Strip. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402219
Jan 14th
Day 466
At 3:02 this morning and after a drone and
another rocket a second rocket.
Actually, he is in charge of aid to the Arabs
and not in combat:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/group-asks-italy-hague-to-arrest-cogat-head-on-secret-trip-to-rome/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/80-year-old-woman-dies-in-galilee-home-fire/
Milestone: Rabbi Ishak
Haleva, 84, Chief Rabbi of Turkey. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402261
Katz
on Draft Law declared that the new target would be half of each year's students
enlisting. "The first target is set at 50% of the annual cycle, gradually
increasing each year until the seventh year. First year 4,800, second year
5,700. Economic sanctions are proposed for not meeting annual targets,
including institutional sanctions on all yeshivas." https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402264
Ritual olive oil and wine production from first
Temple. A unique structure, uncovered by the Israel
Antiquities Authority on the eastern slope of the City of David, within the
Jerusalem Walls National Park, features eight rock-hewn rooms containing an
altar, a standing stone (masseba), an oil press, and a winepress. In a new
article published in the scientific journal ‘Atiqot, excavation director
Eli Shukron suggests that the structure was used by the residents of Judah for
cultic/religious practice. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402257
Jan. 15th
Day 467
Minister
of Finance Bezalel Smotrich commented on Wednesday morning on the developing
deal with Hamas and addresses his hesitations regarding it.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402309
Fe-fi-fo-pho. Somebody planted explosives in
centrifuges. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402299
On
Tuesday night, during a counterterrorism operation in Qabatiya, a military
vehicle drove over an explosive. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402312
The
Genesis Prize on Tuesday announced President of Argentina Javier Milei as the 2025
Genesis Prize Laureate. This marks the first time the award, known as “The
Jewish Nobel Prize,” has been bestowed upon a head of state. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402302
Four
young women have been hospitalized in serious condition in the general
intensive care unit at Beilinson Medical Unit, due to flu complications. All
four, aged 22 to 50, are sedated and on ventilators. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402289
Huckabee
is an obvious pick for Trump. He is a fierce advocate for Israel’s sovereignty
and security, championing the historic right of Jerusalem as its eternal
capital and the right of Jews to live in all parts of their Jewish ancestral
homeland. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402301
Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made an offer to Religious Zionist Chairman Bezalel
Smotrich and Otzma Yehudit Chairman Itamar Ben-Gvir, in exchange for their
consent to stay in the government. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402293
False claim: Hamas on Wednesday
morning told Arabic media that Israel added new demands in negotiations for a
ceasefire-prisoner swap deal, preventing the deal from moving forward. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402323
Only
days before the end of his term and two weeks before the expiration of the
previous order, President Joe Biden extended the order declaring a state of
emergency in Judea and Samaria and allowing for sanctions to be imposed on
residents of Judea and Samaria for another year. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402314
Overnight
(Tuesday), with the direction of IDF and ISA intelligence, the IAF conducted a
precise strike on a terrorist who served in a central position. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402315
6 Terrorists dead in Jenin: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402296
Yesterday Sam
G. posted this from CA: Hi friends. Thanks for your
prayers. My parent's home is gone. We saw video confirming the unimaginable
news this afternoon. I feel so horrible for my folks who are 85 and 95 and
sleeping in my guest bedroom. I helped them evacuate yesterday thinking that I
had to get them out of the Smokey area. But never thought even for a moment
that the distant blaze could destroy the whole town and our home. So, I helped
them pack 3 days of clothing and my mom's most valuable jewelry and we braved
the gridlock to head to my house miles away from the evacuation zone. I didn't
try to salvage art, silver, photos...anything. And it's all gone. The record of
my childhood, my family life, all gone. I'm ruminating on the inventory. And
the intense regret that I didn't fill my car. My mom's remarkable oil paintings
and watercolors. 100 photo albums never digitized. Precious silver and plates
that my mom had in mind to bequeath to her four daughters-in-law. Antiques,
Steinway and Yamaha grand pianos, my dad's huge book collection, electronics,
all their clothing.
Yes,
we are alive. Yes, they are insured. But... Just one of our brothers and
sisters. Maybe far from Israel and thousands of non-Jews in the human and
personal tragedy. I am wondering how many CA Jews that have to rebuild will
immigrate to Israel or just go back to what once was home?
Pete
Hegseth, US President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, said
in his Senate confirmation hearing that the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks in
Israel were the direct result of President Biden’s 2021 withdrawal from
Afghanistan. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402319
The
Commander of US Central Command (CENTCOM), General Michael "Erik"
Kurilla, arrived in Israel (Monday as the official guest of the Chief of Staff,
LTG Herzi Halevi, the IDF reported Wednesday morning.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402326
Nvidia
to open up 10,000 sq. meters of data storage place in Israel. https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/article-837625
A
Palestinian prisoner set to be released was caught attempting to smuggle
handwritten notes hidden in his mouth, the Israel Prison Service (IPS) said on
Wednesday. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hjjrdghwye#autoplay
Jan. 16th Jan 17th
Day 468 and Day 469 end of week 66
This week, I spent 4 days at the Dead Sea with
friends. Yesterday, I got a call that I was now a great grandfather as the wife
of my grandson, Yosef Yitzchak, had given birth to a 3.3kilogram boy. I was
also waiting for the final signature on the hostage deal that Hamas was trying
to weasel in bigger terrorists to be released and the signature was delayed.
Hence two days of news.
33hostages to be released in the first phase
unknown how many are alive. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402440
He professes is religious but goes against most
Rabbis. https://www.timesofisrael.com/ben-gvir-says-party-to-quit-government-if-cabinet-approves-hostage-ceasefire-deal/
https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/01/14/cbs-slanders-israel-in-disgusting-piece-on-60-minutes/
Putin planning cargo plane terror. https://www.aol.com/news/putin-plotting-worldwide-terror-against-172534222.html
The majority of senior Rabbis from all
communities agree that at this time the hostage deal is the best thing for us.
Many on the right and many of my readers have written me of their opposition to
the deal. Although I believe it is Pekuach Nefesh after we lost Hirsch and the
other 5 hostages this summer along with the two Bedouin who were alive, I bring
down the other side of the right-wing in Israel. Op-Ed Daniel Greenfield: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402384
Perhaps my political gut is with him but the
Halacha rules in favor of the deal.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/scolding-levin-high-court-allows-him-10-more-days-to-appoint-new-supreme-court-head/
Also read: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402420
https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-yearlong-strife-knesset-passes-shass-controversial-rabbis-bill/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-unequipped-to-combat-la-style-wildfire-at-home-officials-warn/
16year made explosives per ISIS. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402388
Hospitals prepare for hostages. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402392
“It is
unacceptable for a Jewish state to impose sanctions on Torah learners and that
they will take all measures at their disposal to ensure that every yeshiva
student who desires to study Torah can do so without interference." https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402318
Criminal proceedings for Draft Dodgers. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402437
Finance Minister’s demands: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402438
Kfir’s second birthday in captivity. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402435
A healthy, happy, peaceful and
restful Shabbos,
Rachamim Pauli
