Deuteronomy 3:23 – 5:27
Parsha Vaetchanan Part 1
Moshe began
saying hundreds of prayers in order to repent for Meribah so that he could
enter the land. He was praying supplications hundreds of times. He was
approaching 500 or so and HASHEM told him stop no more. You are not to enter
the land.
3:23 And
I besought the LORD at that time, saying: 24 'O Lord GOD, Thou hast begun to
show Thy servant Thy greatness, and Thy strong hand; for what god is there in
heaven or on earth, that can do according to Thy works, and according to Thy
mighty acts?
Just begun?
Moshe has been serving HASHEM 41years talking similar as human beings can ‘face
to face’ and yet only now he was being to scratch the surface of comprehending
HASHEM.
25 Let me go over, I pray Thee, and see the
good land that is beyond the Jordan, that goodly hill-country, and Lebanon.' 26
But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and hearkened not unto me; and
the LORD said unto me: 'Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto Me of this
matter. 27 Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward,
and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold with thine eyes; for
thou shalt not go over this Jordan. 28 But charge Joshua, and encourage him,
and strengthen him; for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause
them to inherit the land which thou shalt see.' 29 So we abode in the valley
over against Beth-Peor.
So as meticulous as Moshe was in praying
and following HASHEM, he did not merit to enter the land. I and a whole bunch
of people reading this are in the land or have merited to visit the land and we
did not manage to observe anywhere near Moshe or his generation. Yet they paved
the way for us who barely can try to contemplate what they saw by the sea or
the miracles in Mitzrayim (Egypt), the stopping of the Yarden to pass over the
river bed in the days of Yoshua or the sun and moon standing still. I guess it
shows the merits of these people and the Chessed (DIVINE MERCY) of HASHEM towards
us prior to Moshiach.
4:1 And
now, O Israel, hearken unto the statutes and unto the ordinances, which I teach
you, to do them; that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the
LORD, the God of your fathers, giveth you. 2 Ye shall not add unto the word
which I command you, neither shall ye diminish from it, that ye may keep the
commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
HASHEM has set
down the commandments. We are not allowed to make up a new commandment. One has
no right to over-ride a commandment. One can put a protective fence around a
commandment such as a wife wearing a certain ring or dress during menstruation
to remind her and her husband that until Mikvah they are forbidden to each
other. However to make a rule that he/she has to move out of the house monthly
would be forbidden. [The Reform start saying that the prohibition of eating pork
was for health reasons and now has been over-ridden. This Pasuk shows that the
Reform statement is nonsense.]
3 Your eyes have seen what the LORD did in
Baal-Peor; for all the men that followed the Baal of Peor, the LORD thy God
hath destroyed them from the midst of thee.
See what
has become of Idol Worshippers.
4 But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God
are alive every one of you this day.
Those of
you that have observed the commandments are alive today and deserve to enter the
land.
5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and
ordinances, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the
midst of the land whither ye go in to possess it. 6 Observe therefore and do
them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the
peoples, that, when they hear all these statutes, shall say: 'Surely this great
nation is a wise and understanding people.' 7 For what great nation is there,
that hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is whensoever we call upon
Him? 8 And what great nation is there, that hath statutes and ordinances so
righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
You are G-D’s
people and have been chosen for greatness. Do not let it go into your head. The
next sentence about taking heed is the warning.
9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul
diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they
depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy
children and thy children's children; 10 the day that thou stood before the
LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me: 'Assemble Me the people, and
I will make them hear My words that they may learn to fear Me all the days that
they live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.' 11 And ye
came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto
the heart of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness. 12 And the LORD
spoke unto you out of the midst of the fire; ye heard the voice of words, but
ye saw no form; only a voice. 13 And He declared unto you His covenant, which
He commanded you to perform, even the ten words; and He wrote them upon two
tables of stone.
The ten
sayings were engraved in stones.
14 And the LORD commanded me at that time to
teach you statutes and ordinances, that ye might do them in the land whither ye
go over to possess it. 15 Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves--for ye
saw no manner of form on the day that the LORD spoke unto you in Horeb out of
the midst of the fire-- 16 lest ye deal corruptly, and make you a graven image,
even the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female, 17 the likeness of
any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flies in the heaven, 18 the likeness of
any thing that creeps on
the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth; 19
and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou see the sun and the
moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and worship
them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath allotted unto all the peoples
under the whole heaven.
You should
not make an image to worship.
20 But you hath the LORD taken and brought
forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be unto Him a people of
inheritance, as ye are this day. 21 Now the LORD was angered with me for your
sakes, and swore that I should not go over the Jordan, and that I should not go
in unto that good land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance;
22 but I must die in this land, I must not go over the Jordan; but ye are to go
over, and possess that good land. 23 Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget
the covenant of the LORD your God, which He made with you, and make you a
graven image, even the likeness of any thing which the LORD thy God hath
forbidden thee. 24 For the LORD thy God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.
I lost out
on entering the L-RD by failing to make a big Kiddush HASHEM because of a restless
people. But be careful to behave and not make any images of worldly creatures
or heavenly visions in order to worship them.
25 When thou shalt beget children, and
children's children, and ye shall have been long in the land, and shall deal
corruptly, and make a graven image, even the form of any thing, and shall do
that which is evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke Him;
Keep away
from images to worship.
26 I call heaven and earth to witness against
you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye
go over the Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but
shall utterly be destroyed.
Heaven and
Earth. The mystical world of atomic vibrations counts the inanimate with that
of plants, animals and intelligent beings that speak. This is one of the concentration
items of the Dalet of Echad of the Shema. In Kabbalah, the inanimate can bear
witness in the next world.
27 And the LORD shall scatter you among the
peoples, and ye shall be left few in number among the nations, whither the LORD
shall lead you away. 28 And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands,
wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
One of the
punishments that causes being dispersed among the nations is the making of
idolatrous images.
29 But from thence ye will seek the LORD thy
God; and thou shalt find Him, if thou search after Him with all thy heart and
with all thy soul. 30 In thy distress, when all these things are come upon
thee, in the end of days, thou wilt return to the LORD thy God, and hearken
unto His voice; 31 for the LORD thy God is a merciful God; He will not fail
thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which He
swore unto them.
Even if you
are sent into the diaspora as a punishment, if you repent and seek G-D; then in
HIS great mercy, HE will find you.
32 For ask now of the days past, which were
before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and from the
one end of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as
this great thing is, or hath been heard like it? 33 Did ever a people hear the
voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and
live? 34 Or hath God assayed to go and take Him a nation from the midst of
another nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a
mighty hand, and by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all
that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before thine eyes?
Some of you
close to the age of 41 to 60 have witnessed these events or the rest have heard
from their parents.
35 Unto thee it was shown, that thou might know
that the LORD, He is God; there is none else beside Him. 36 Out of heaven He
made thee to hear His voice, that He might instruct thee; and upon earth He
made thee to see His great fire; and thou didst hear His words out of the midst
of the fire. 37 And because He loved thy fathers, and chose their seed after
them, and brought thee out with His presence, with His great power, out of
Egypt, 38 to drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou,
to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this
day; 39 know this day, and lay it to thy heart, that the LORD, He is God in
heaven above and upon the earth beneath; there is none else. 40 And thou shalt
keep His statutes, and His commandments, which I command thee this day, that it
may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest
prolong thy days upon the land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.
The Asera
Dibros ten sayings {10 Commandments} was given to you from a fiery mountain.
41 Then Moses separated three cities beyond the
Jordan toward the sunrising; 42 that the manslayer might flee thither, that
slays his
neighbour unawares, and hated him not in time past; and that fleeing unto one
of these cities he might live: 43 Bezer in the wilderness, in the table-land,
for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan,
for the Manassites. 44 And this is the law which Moses set before the children
of Israel; 45 these are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances,
which Moses spoke unto the children of Israel, when they came forth out of
Egypt; 46 beyond the Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-Peor, in the land of
Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children
of Israel smote, when they came forth out of Egypt; 47 and they
took his land in possession, and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings
of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising; 48
from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of Arnon, even unto mount
Sion--the same is Hermon-- 49 and all the Arabah beyond the
Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah.
So three cities or refuge were established
on Ramat HaGolan and in the upper plains of the Yarden.
5:1 And
Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes
and the ordinances which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them,
and observe to do them. 2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. 3
The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are
all of us here alive this day. 4 The LORD spoke with you face to face in the
mount out of the midst of the fire-- 5 I stood between the LORD and you at that
time, to declare unto you the word of the LORD; for ye were afraid because of
the fire, and went not up into the mount--saying:
I went up
the Mountain and you heard two of the ten sayings and felt your souls would
leave you so you sent me to bring down the other 611 Mitzvos.
6 I am the LORD thy God, who brought thee out
of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other
gods before Me. 7 Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, even any manner
of likeness, of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth
beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
This was
the first saying against making images to worship. 40 or 41 days later, the
3000 rioters made the golden calf.
8 Thou shalt not bow down unto them, nor serve
them; for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the
fathers upon the children, and upon the third and upon the fourth generation of
them that hate Me, 9 and showing mercy unto the thousandth generation of them
that love Me and keep My commandments.
Even bowing
down to the image of what one think G-D’s essence (the calf) is forbidden.
10 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy
God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh His name in
vain.
No cursing in G-D’s NAME , swearing outside of a Beis Din or using it as if one was mentioning a name of an acquaintance.
11 Observe the sabbath day, to keep it holy, as
the LORD thy God commanded thee.
In Parsha
Yisro (Exodus), we are told to “Remember the Shabbos”; here we are told to
keep/guard our Shabbos observance.
12 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy
work; 13 but the seventh day is a sabbath unto the LORD thy God, in it thou
shalt not do any manner of work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy
man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy
cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy man-servant and thy
maid-servant may rest as well as thou.
There were
three types of servants. The first was a non-Jewish slave who was sent to a Mikveh
to convert but still a non-Jew before freedom. The second is the Jewish thief
or debtor sold for restitution. The last is a person selling himself during a
time of famine or his daughter for marriage with a rich man. All these ‘belong’
or depend upon the richer person and serve him. They must rest from Melacha on
Shabbos. The same goes for his Ox or donkey (car or tractor).
14 And thou shalt remember that thou was a
servant in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God brought thee out thence by a
mighty hand and by an outstretched arm; therefore the LORD thy God commanded
thee to keep the sabbath day.
In case you
had a distaste for your slaves/servants not doing Melacha on Shabbos, you must
remember that you were in such a state in Mitzrayim before the Exodus and only
have your freedom do to HASHEM; therefore keep the Shabbos.
15 Honour thy father and thy mother, as the
LORD thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well
with thee, upon the land which the LORD thy God gives thee.
If you want
to live long, honor your parents and set an example for future generations to
honor you.
16 Thou shalt not murder.
The word is
murder and not kill. For one can kill an attacking enemy who wants to take your
life or in the name of Beis Din a murderer, somebody who kidnapped and sold
into slavery another Jew, a first degree murderer, adulterer, idol worshipper
who tries to steal a Jewish Soul, etc.
Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
This is any
married woman and not practiced today with about 800 exceptions a man can have
a second wife.
Neither shalt thou steal.
Stealing is
kidnapping a person into slavery.
Neither shalt thou bear false witness against
thy neighbour.
The
punishment in the next world is great but in this world, it is hard to stop.
17 Neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's
wife; neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's house, his field, or his
man-servant, or his maid-servant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy
neighbour's.
This Mitzvah
requires that a man not lust after riches that his neighbor has. One instead
should say that the man has been given this from HASHEM and be happy for him.
18 These words the LORD spoke unto all your
assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the
thick darkness, with a great voice, and it went on no more. And He wrote them
upon two tables of stone, and gave them unto me. 19 And it came to pass, when
ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the mountain did
burn with fire, that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes,
and your elders; 20 and ye said: 'Behold, the LORD our God hath shown us His
glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice out of the midst of the
fire; we have seen this day that God doth speak with man, and he live. 21 Now
therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us; if we hear
the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die. 22 For who is there
of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the
midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?
Upon
hearing the first two commandments each time their soul departed and they had to
be revived by angels. They became sore afraid and asked Moshe to bring them the
rest of the commandments.
23 Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our
God may say; and thou shalt speak unto us all that the LORD our God may speak
unto thee; and we will hear it and do it.' 24 And the LORD heard the voice of
your words, when ye spoke unto me; and the LORD said unto me: 'I have heard the
voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee; they have
well said all that they have spoken. 25 Oh that they had such a heart as this
always, to fear Me, and keep all My commandments, that it might be well with
them, and with their children forever! 26 Go say to them: Return ye to your
tents. 27 But as for thee, stand thou here by Me, and I will speak unto thee
all the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which thou shalt
teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.'
28 Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you; ye
shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. 29 Ye shall walk in all
the way which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that
it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye
shall possess.
Due to my
own medical issues this week I did not have time to give a quality commentary
until Deut. 7:11 this week hopefully next week I shall present it.
From Pamela Sue
S. In
the freezing winter of 1943, deep inside a Nazi labor camp in occupied Poland,
a young Jewish accountant named Leonid “Leo” Abramov faced a choice that would
decide the fate of hundreds.
He chose to become invisible.
Not by hiding in the shadows, but by making the
guards see him as worthless.
Leo was small, quiet, and unassuming. When the SS
officers screamed orders during roll call, he deliberately fumbled his wooden
clogs, tripped over nothing, and mumbled apologies in broken German. He kept
his eyes down, his shoulders slumped, and his hands trembling. The guards
laughed at him. They called him “the little mouse” and “the useless Jew who
couldn’t even count to ten without crying.”
They stopped watching him.
To them, he was too pathetic to be a threat. They were
wrong.
Every night, while the camp slept, Leo slipped
through the darkness like a ghost. Using only his bare hands and stolen scraps
of wire, he sabotaged the machinery in the ammunition factory where prisoners
were forced to work. He loosened bolts on critical lathes, mixed sand into the
lubricating oil, and created tiny cracks in shell casings that would cause them
to explode in the faces of German soldiers later on the battlefield. Every
failure looked like an accident caused by overworked, starving slaves.
But his greatest act was even quieter.
The Nazis kept meticulous records of every prisoner
who entered the camp—names, ages, hometowns, and the date they were
“processed.” When people disappeared into the gas chambers or mass graves,
those records were altered or destroyed to hide the scale of the horror. Leo,
working in the camp’s administrative office as a lowly clerk because he could
read and write, began committing every name to memory.
Not just the living. The dead as well.
He memorized thousands of entries: full names,
birth dates, last known addresses, and the coded symbols that revealed who had
been murdered and when. He turned the data into a mental ledger that no guard
could ever find or burn.
How do you remember thousands of lives without
paper or pen in a place where even a scrap of writing meant death?
Leo used prayer. Every night he
whispered the Kaddish—the Jewish mourning prayer—while mentally inserting each
name and detail into the rhythm of the ancient words. The guards heard only a
broken man muttering religious nonsense. They mocked him for it. They never
realized he was building an archive of evidence that would one day prove the
Holocaust to a doubting world.
In early 1945, as the Soviet army approached and
the camp was being evacuated on a death march, the Nazis decided to release a
small group of “non-threatening” prisoners as part of a last-minute propaganda
effort to show they were “humane.” Leo was chosen because the guards considered
him too stupid and weak to matter.
His fellow prisoners, including resistance leaders
who knew what he carried in his head, urged him to go. “Take the names home,”
they whispered. “Make sure the world knows we existed.”
Leo initially refused—he didn’t want to leave his
brothers behind. But they insisted. The list in his mind was worth more than
one more life.
When he crossed into Allied lines weeks later,
emaciated and barely able to walk, Leo began reciting. For days he spoke
without stopping, giving names, dates, places, and proof of systematic murder.
His testimony, combined with the mental records he had preserved, became some
of the earliest and most detailed evidence used at the Nuremberg trials.
Because of “the little mouse,” hundreds of families
learned the truth about their loved ones. The world received undeniable proof
of Nazi crimes that could no longer be denied or hidden.
The Nazis thought they were releasing a harmless,
broken fool.
Instead, they released the one man whose memory
could help bring their empire to justice.
Leo Abramov never fired a shot. He never led a
rebellion. He simply understood that sometimes the greatest resistance is
letting your enemy believe you are nothing—while carrying the truth that could
destroy them.
And somewhere, in the quiet rhythm of an ancient
prayer, thousands of names still echo—because one accountant had the courage to
be underestimated.
The Difficult Nine Days of a Chassidic
Master by R’ Yerachmiel Tilles
https://ascentofsafed.com/Stories/Stories/5786/1493-44.html
The 'Nine Days' leading up to Tisha B’Av-which commemorate the
destruct-ion of the Holy Temple-weighed heavily, like a dark cloud, over the
court of the holy Rabbi Baruch of Mezhibuz, a grandson of the Baal Shem tov,
which was usually permeated with an atmosphere of inner joy. Even Yossele, one
of the youngest and usually most cheerful of the Chassidim, tried this time to
silence the happy melodies he was accustomed to humming while bent over his
books in study. Occasionally he would hum without thinking, until his friends
reminded him sternly, "Yossele, have you already forgotten what our Rebbe
said-that there is to be no singing or joy until the Nine Days are over?"
During these nine days of intensified mourning for the loss of the
Temple, Rabbi Baruch would not see any of his followers. Rumors spread that
each year on these days he sets out on a personal "exile," to feel,
firsthand, the bitterness of exile that our ancestors experienced after the
destruction-when they were taken en-masse to Rome and sold as slaves.
He would typically reappear at his doorway on the eve of Tisha
B'Av, ready to read Eichah -- the Book of Lamentations.
That year as well, Rabbi Baruch disappeared at the beginning of the
Nine Days, and none of his Chassidim saw him leave. The truth is, even had they
seen him, they would not have recognized him-because he had disguised himself
as a wagon driver, traveling across the country with a wagon and horses. He
never used the same disguise twice, ensuring no one could recognize him. This
time, he chose to pose as a wagon driver because he felt weak in his legs.
As he stood near his wagon, looking every bit the part, a Polish
nobleman approached and hired him for a trip to a city about 70 kilometers from
Rabbi Baruch's hometown. The disguised Rebbe calculated that he would have just
enough time to reach the destination and return before Tisha B'Av, with an
extra day in case of delays.
Rabbi Baruch set off, the nobleman sitting beside him. He traveled
the dusty roads in silence, ignoring the traveler's sharp-tongued remarks. He
sighed deeply at the sight of the old horses straining to pull the wagon, and
quietly endured the jolts each time the wheels hit a rock or sank into the mud.
They spent two nights at roadside inns. Of course, "the wagon
driver" did not have a private room like the nobleman; each night he had
to sleep on straw in the stable, beside his horse. Then, at the first rays of
dawn, he would rise and strap on his tefillin so he could resume the journey
while it was still early in the morning.
Nothing noteworthy happened on the way there, aside from the usual
hardships faced by any wagon driver. But on their first night returning, the
nobleman got drunk at the inn where they lodged. Before going to bed, he
boasted loudly to anyone who would listen about the successful deal he had made
in the city. As is often the case in such situations, there were men nearby who
were just waiting for such an opportunity. They were "ready" to deal with
the wealthy traveler and "relieve" him of his money.
The next morning, when Rabbi Baruch awoke and roused the nobleman,
he had to dress him himself and carry him to the wagon-he was still as drunk as
Lot. Shortly after they left the inn, they entered a dense forest, empty of all
life at that early hour. As far as the eye could see, there were no people or
wagons, as the sun had only just begun to rise.
Suddenly, without warning, someone threw a sack over Rabbi Baruch's
head. When he regained consciousness, he found himself tied to a tree. Opposite
him, the nobleman was also tied to a tree, seemingly unconscious. Were it not
for the rope holding him upright, he would have collapsed to the ground.
It became clear that bandits had ambushed them, emptied their
pockets, and made off with the wagon and horses, which had vanished as if into
thin air.
Rabbi Baruch noticed his tefillin lying in the grass-apparently of
no interest to the thieves-as well as his small prayer book, without which he
would never travel. His heart filled with joy at the sight of the tefillin and
siddur, and he thanked G-d for sparing his life.
But the troubles were only beginning.
With great effort and movement of his entire body, Rabbi Baruch
managed to loosen the ropes binding him. He then untied the nobleman, picked up
his tefillin, kissed them, and placed them in his double pouch used for travel.
As for the nobleman-Rabbi Baruch managed to untie him, but he
remained unconscious on the ground, barely clinging to life, his faint pulse
the only sign he was still alive.
Rabbi Baruch could easily have left the man behind and made his way
to the nearest settlement. But such a thought never even crossed his mind. He
wandered a bit to find water, to wash the man's face and try to revive him.
After a few hours, the nobleman began to awaken from his stupor.
When he finally came to, he asked Rabbi Baruch in confusion: "What
happened? What's going on? Why are we sitting here instead of traveling home in
the wagon?"
In a quiet voice, imitating a simple, obedient wagon driver, Rabbi
Baruch told him what had happened. When he mentioned that they had been robbed,
the nobleman sprang up like a man bitten by a snake and cried out, "My
money! Where is my money-the ten thousand rubles that were in my pocket?"
He shouted and wailed, nearly losing his mind from the grief of
losing his fortune. It took Rabbi Baruch quite some time to calm him.
Eventually, the nobleman sat on the ground, staring at a single
point, as if hoping to find his lost money there. After a while, he began
casting suspicious glances at Rabbi Baruch, who paid him no attention-he was
deep in prayer.
When Rabbi Baruch finished praying, he turned to the nobleman and
asked, "Are you strong enough now to walk with me? Perhaps we're not far
from the inn, and we can make it back on foot-or at least reach a road or
settlement."
They began walking slowly, but hadn't gone far when they heard
voices-it was a group of hunters passing by. The nobleman's joy knew no bounds
when he recognized some of his friends among them. He told them what had
happened and added that he suspected the wagon driver of collaborating with the
bandits.
"How else could the thieves have known I was carrying so much
money?" he asked.
"Let's shoot him!" one of the hunters suggested.
The leader of the group, an older nobleman, thought otherwise. He
proposed, "Let's tie the wagon driver to a tree and wait. If he's one of
the thieves, his comrades will come to help him. If not-let G-d help him."
"Indeed, G-d will help me," thought Rabbi Baruch.
The hunters left him alone in the forest. Night fell. Not a living
soul was in the forest, only the pale light of the moon filtered through the
thick trees.
"It must be midnight," Rabbi Baruch said to himself,
seeing the moon directly overhead. With hot tears streaming down his cheeks, he
began reciting Tikkun Chatzot, the midnight lament for the destruction of the
Temple, something he recited every night.
Never had he felt the pain of exile so deeply as he did now, amidst
anguish and suffering. It was as though the entire forest echoed his voice as
he poured out the Psalms from his broken heart. Strangely, with every verse he
recited, hope returned and found a place in his heart.
It was as if the trees of the forest had joined together in a great
choir mourning the destruction of the Temple, and the moon and stars above were
trying to whisper that salvation was drawing near.
"Hey, you there-wait a moment!"
The low voice that interrupted Rabbi Baruch's prayer belonged to
the old nobleman, the leader of the hunters, who had earlier objected to
shooting him.
Rabbi Baruch turned toward the voice and saw the man approaching,
accompanied by a group of others. "I wanted to see what became of
you," the nobleman said. "I just couldn't believe you were one of the
thieves. Meanwhile, we caught the robbers at the inn where you spent the night.
They admitted that our friend had drunkenly revealed how much money he was
carrying. So I came back to help you."
From the depths of his heart, Rabbi Baruch thanked G-d for the
sudden salvation, and expressed appreciation to the old noble as well, for his
thoughtfulness.
The old nobleman also gave him a horse, and left one of his
servants with orders to escort Rabbi Baruch home.
It was late at night when Rabbi Baruch arrived. He found his Chassidim
waiting anxiously for him. They had almost resigned themselves to the idea that
the Rebbe would not return. Then they heard the sound of horse hooves, and in
strode Rabbi Baruch-accompanied by the nobleman's servant.
That night, Rabbi Baruch and his Chassidim read the Book of
Lamentations and recited the Tisha B'Av dirges with profound emotion, deeper
than they had ever experienced before.
On the following Shabbat-Shabbat Nachamu, the Sabbath of Consolation-Rabbi
Baruch sat with his followers and said:
"Soon God will send us our righteous Messiah,
who will redeem us from exile.
And the darker the night,
the more radiant the dawn will shine."
========================
Source: Adapted and supplemented from a translation of a weekly emailing five
years ago of Sipurei Tzadikim.
Why This Week? Tisha B’Av [2026: Wednesday, July 22, sunset - July
23, nightfall.]
Biographical note:
Rabbi Boruch of Mezhibuz [1753 - 18 Kislev, 1811] was the son of R. Yechiel
Ashkenazi and Adel, the daughter of the Baal Shem Tov. He moved from Tulchin to
assume the Chasidic leadership in Mezhibuz, the town of his holy grandfather.
He was one of the pre-eminent Rebbes in the generation of the disciples of the
Maggid of Mezritch and had thousands of Chasidim.
From my
cousin Dalit’s Facebook Page:
Major Keren Tendler RIP, my daughter, a first
airplane mechanic in the IDF storm helicopters was killed in Lebanon when a
missile obtained by Hezbollah terrorists hit her and her friends' storm
helicopter after landing forces of paratrooper and medical forces into enemy
territory In Lebanon.
Before leaving for the last flight into Lebanon,
Keren asked her little brother to bring her a knife, so that she could cut
veins in case and fall captive. It happened two days before the end of the Second
Lebanon War.
The rocket hit the helicopter, a few seconds after
landing the forces and a few seconds after taking off from the ground. After
the hit, the helicopter flashed and crashed completely into some wadi in the
territory of Hezbollah. A
huge flame lit up southern Lebanon that night as a result of a helicopter
explosion. The parachute fighters, some of whom were in the helicopter a few
minutes before this, were forced to witness the terrible spectacle and thanks
to their mosquito was prevented
Snatching bodies of the helicopter crew. They
couldn't find Keren's body
We received the message that a soldier was killed in
Lebanon and that her body is currently missing on the night after August 12,
2006. Not only did we lose our Foundation so tragically and suddenly, we were
sure that there would no longer be Foundation to bury in the grave Israel.
In order to find the remains of Keren Lebanon,
fighters of the 669 units and "Shrimp" were sent into Lebanon. Those who
assisted them in the search was a commander in chief of the paratrooper brigade
that landed in the area and after the war he was also awarded an Infantry
Regiment for his heroism. Three days after the Hezbollah helicopter crashed,
the remains of the blown corpse of a horn were found underneath a certain part
of the helicopter.
669 fighters and a kingfisher were forced to hide
with body parts of the Whole Day Foundation hidden in Lebanon. I fear that the
Hezbollah terrorists are watching over them. Under the
patronage of darkness, on the night of August 16, 2006, the enemy territory
foundation was brought to Lebanon on a long walk to the border of Israel and to
the tomb of Israel by 669 fighters and a kingfisher, accompanied by
paratroopers.
It's been 20 years since a liar was killed. Keren,
as of today, is an IDF soldier and the only woman killed in battles in Lebanon,
on the many wars of Israel in the region.
Over the past months, I've been trying to reach out
to those I only could:
Pages with a lot of followers, celebrities and
network influencers, in order to write something about Keren. Unfortunately -
unsuccessfully.
I ask of you: Don't let Keren
and memory be thrown into the trash of history.
Keren, two weeks before she was killed in Lebanon,
an article in a journal
A letter in which she is painful and sad about
soldiers who are killed and appeals to God to please protect the IDF soldiers. It hurts my
heart to think that a daughter of mine will forget like it never happened, even
if 20 years have passed.
Keren was my only daughter, after which my son and
her only brother was born. Keren's dad and I are already pretty old people.
Also, Keren's father
is struggling these days with Parkinson's disease.
The thought that there will be no one to tell and
continue to pass on the story of my foundation who was killed for the country
of Israel at the age of 26 before she got married and have children of her own
- tears my soul and my heart.
I ask you not to let this happen.
On the upcoming Memorial Day that will mark 20
years since the fall of the Lebanon Foundation - tell the story of My daughter,
Major Keren Tendler RIP, the first (and only) soldier to fall in Lebanon.
Thank you from all my heart, Rivana, Keren's
mother. Will any of you
agree to share the story of our foundation that fell in Lebanon.
669 is a rescue
mission and one Shmita year I was almost assigned to an ambulance but I asked
to be deferred until Hanukah due to Shmita and was never called back.
Milestone: Chaim Yavin,
93, News Caster on the first and only TV Station in Israel. https://www.timesofisrael.com/veteran-news-anchor-haim-yavin-israels-mr-television-dies-at-93/
Milestone: Professor Shlomo Moshiach, 89, Pioneer in
IV Fertilization delivered 40,000 babies. https://www.ynetnews.com/health_science/article/bkda8m6ngl
Inyanay Diyoma
July 18th
Day 1016 since Oct. 7th
Roaring Lion Day 138 start of week 146
Shavua Tov a good week
to all. At this time of year it is very rare that I write Motzei Shabbos as
Shabbos ends at 20:27 here. It takes time to make Havdalah, have the special
going away of Queen Shabbos meal and catch up on the news.
The news was from Iran
and the attack on its neighbors. Iran knocked out some oil production, a
desalinization plant and managed to kill two US Servicemen in Yarden with one
MIA and four injured. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-902880
Khamenei says Trumps
signature on MOU is worthless. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-902879
US refueling planes to
park at IAF bases. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430356
https://www.timesofisrael.com/fires-force-evacuations-in-northern-community-west-bank-settlement/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/lebanons-president-departs-for-washington-to-meet-trump/
July 19th
Day 1017 since Oct. 7th
Roaring Lion Day 139
CENTCOM finishes 8th
round of strikes on Iran including IRGC.
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-902889
More refueling tankers
moving into Israel and F-16’s to Yarden. 50,000 CENTCOM troops on alert. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hkfbkwkvmg
Iranian surveillance
tower destroyed. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430340
https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/07/19/us-iran-escalation-appears-inevitable/
https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/07/19/report-mojtaba-khamenei-is-not-in-iran/
The Foreign Ministry has
identified a disturbing phenomenon it says was virtually unknown on this scale
in previous years: Israelis abroad increasingly seeking help after being
targeted in antisemitic incidents. https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/bjp1crkvfe
Israelis attacked in
Mongolia. https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-902891
Hidden cost of weight
loss drugs. https://www.ynetnews.com/health_science/article/r1pxbryegx
Houthis: Armed
men seized the chemical tanker Asana on Friday while it was sailing through the
Gulf of Aden off the southern coast of Yemen, according to maritime security
sources. The attackers reportedly boarded the vessel and took control of it.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430329
Hamas is trying to replace
Hezballah. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430316
Mamdani threatens to
arrest Netanyahu. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430353
Why Mamdani cannot
arrest Netanyahu. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430374
Iran wants to keep
Hormuz and keep Israel out of the conflict. https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/sklyzypezg
The
IDF and Shin Bet confirmed on Friday that they struck in the Khan Yunis area a
day prior and eliminated the terrorist Anas Mahmoud Ahmed Hamdan, a Hamas
Company Commander who served as a central figure in the captivity of Israeli
hostages in the Gaza Strip and participated in the processes related to their
transfer and return to Israel as part of hostage release deals. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430333
The first degree murder
of the 19year old by female soldiers.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430331
The failure of the IAF
on Oct. 7th. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430334
Reservist arrested in
Thailand freed. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430355
Supreme Court vs.
communications law. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430376
Fearing a massive right
wing invasion, the military closes off the Gaza corridor. https://www.timesofisrael.com/military-closes-area-around-gaza-ahead-of-likud-backed-settler-march-into-strip/
https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/07/18/israel-weighs-nationwide-6-month-ban-on-private-drones/
I could not care less
about the MOU – Trump. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430374
A suspected set fire on Shabbos: Yael Shevach,
the widow of terror victim Rabbi Raziel Shevach, who
was murdered in a 2018 terror attack near Havat Gilad, and mother of
six, wrote on social media: "A good week - to those who can allow
themselves to. There was a fire. A fire. The house is gone. We're okay. Thank
you all for your concern. I have nothing to say. And I have no home." https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430362
Hezballah Terrorist
drone cell eliminated. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430361
The area needs a
permanent defense alliance. https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-902885
July 20th
Day 1018 since Oct. 7th
Roaring Lion Day 140
The Canadian Wildfires
and lack of forest management is leading to a lot of pollution in the Northern
48 States still the World Cup (Mondial) was played in NJ with people wearing
masks.
Iran was bombed for the
9th straight night but their threat to Hormuz is worth more to them
than parts or all of their infrastructure. The US death toll since the weekend
rose to four with the body of the third serviceman found and a fourth was
killed trying to dismantle an explosive drone. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-903012
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/us-iran-war-irgc-soldiers-death-retaliatory-strikes-jordan-july-19
Tucson shooting with 10
injured. https://www.foxnews.com/us/mass-shooting-rocks-crowded-downtown-tucson-district-leaving-10-wounded
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/jd-vance-wife-usha-welcome-fourth-child-reveal-baby-boys-name
Explosions
were heard in Manama, Bahrain’s capital, following Iranian fire. At the same
time, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed that two oil tankers had
“exploded” and been put out of operation after attempting to pass through the
southern route in the Strait of Hormuz, which Tehran does not authorize. The
IRGC alleged that the vessels had been encouraged by the U.S. military to use
the route.
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rytembs4mx
Even the rats desert a
sinking ship and Gaza Rats going to southern Yisrael. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-903014
Right before Tisha B’Av
a massive burnt beam from the year 3338 aka according to archeologists 586 BCE.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430435
Israir
announced the addition of three new female pilots to its flight crews as part
of an expansion of its pilot roster following the introduction of two Airbus
A330 aircraft.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430436
Israeli
aviation officials are investigating whether a service vehicle's collision with
an Israir aircraft at a London airport last week was more than a routine
accident, amid growing suspicions that the incident may have been motivated by
nationalist hostility.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430409
It is a pity that
Charedi Parties are not coordinated. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430437
Hadash
and Balad expressed absolute opposition to any recruitment or service programs
geared toward the Arab community - whether military or civilian in nature. This
includes initiatives introduced under the guise of civic or security programs,
as well as those proposed within the framework of the so-called
"anti-Netanyahu bloc."
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430429
Mafia wars in 2 cities.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430433
Female Arab Arsonist
caught by drone footage. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430417
Rahm Emmanuel you can
attack Israel as much as you want, BUT … Today’s Democrats will never nominate a Jew. Got that Rahm? You are a
Jew…and your Jew-hating leftist Democratic friends will never, ever let you
become president. … When Shapiro was ruled out as a vice
presidential candidate, the reasons given included that the presence of this
Jew on the ticket could “inflame the left" because he had not earlier
denounced Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430406
Netanyahu anything
except democratic primaries. https://www.timesofisrael.com/likud-grants-netanyahu-8-slots-on-knesset-list-option-to-nix-primaries-in-wartime/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/not-greek-to-them-scholars-question-christopher-nolans-the-odyssey/
US
President Donald Trump said Sunday his new Qatari-gifted Air Force One jet
needed to be sent off for a month to be “maxed out,” following questions about
the plane’s security features. https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-says-new-air-force-one-to-be-upgraded-after-security-concerns/
Houthis now against
Saudi shipping. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430460/
MK Sharen
Haskel on Monday called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Foreign Minister
Gideon Saar, and the Minister of Interior to declare New York City Mayor Zohran
Mamdani persona non grata and permanently bar him from entering the State of
Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430458
Attorney Gen. vs. Ben
Gvir. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430440
Corrupt in tax
authority investigation. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/crime-in-israel/article-903023
July 21st
Day 1019 since Oct. 7th
Roaring Lion Day 141
Iran’s nuclear program
and centrifuges continues with more enriched Uranium even deeper in the earth. https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/israel-believes-iran-moved-nuclear-centrifuges-into-pickaxe-mountain-d29d21c0?mod=hp_lead_pos2
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430490
With the approval of
the Israel Military Censor: The probably of Israel participating in round three
opposite Iran is great. The 10 day ceasefire proposed by Pakistan, Qatar, etc.
is going to lead to nowhere. The 100 meter 300 plus feet deep is so great that
most likely bunker buster bombs could not penetrate even with precision. It
might require bombs and cutting off their air vents or a tactical nuclear
device. Right now Israel has no interest in joining in the fray.
The US bomb reserve is
low after Ukraine and Iran and supplies are needed for Taiwan just in case. I
am sure that factories are working over-time on this.
Op-Ed: Ron Ben Yishai
on why the US has not hit Pickaxe Mountain. https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/skhjfthezg
https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/07/20/quiet-gulf-initiative-could-reshape-the-course-of-the-war/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/80-year-old-man-killed-after-balcony-collapses-in-central-jerusalem/
US wraps 10th
night of bombing and Iran has not budged. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430483
Eisenkot’s Party
continues to surge. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430486
With the help of
satellite images from China and Russia, over 100 US Troops injured since July 7th. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430492
UK rising antisemitism.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430481
Idiots from the
rightwing were almost hit by a drone in Syria. IDF
lookouts identified five suspects at night near the border, not from the Hermon
area. The IDF classified the incident as an immediate threat due to fears that
it was a terrorist cell attempting to infiltrate Israeli territory. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430474
Taking out Jihad terrorists
1. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430469
Hamas 2. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430513
Funeral of the late
Senator Lindsey O. Graham will be held on Tuesday, July
28th in Washington, D.C. and on Wednesday, July 29th in Columbia, South
Carolina and Pickens County, South Carolina. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430520
Lebanese Army starts
deploying: The Lebanese Armed Forces announced on Tuesday
that its troops have begun deploying in the town of Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh in the
Nabataea area of southern Lebanon after the IDF withdrew. The LAF called on
citizens not to head to the town until the security situation stabilizes, and
to adhere to the directives of the deployed military units to preserve their
safety. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430507
Syrian
authorities announced on Tuesday that they had foiled a second attempt in a
week to smuggle weapons from Syria into Lebanon. The ammunition was believed to
be destined for Hezbollah. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430515
Barry
Levitt, 80, was killed Monday evening when a balcony collapsed onto a bakery in
Jerusalem’s Rehavia neighborhood. Levitt was sitting at the establishment with
his wife and grandchildren when the structure suddenly collapsed.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430514
Rabbi Dov Lando HaGaon Shlita has
published a clarification.
"During the yeshiva intersession break,
you may encounter people whose way of life differs from ours. You must be
careful to avoid engaging in ideological arguments with them. Our worldview is
clear to us through the teachings of our revered sages, from whose wisdom we
draw. In particular, one must be especially careful not to argue with people
who, under the banner of their beliefs, persecute the Torah and those who study
it, and who are incapable of understanding or appreciating our outlook, which
was the outlook of our great rabbis, including the Avraham Yeshaya Karelitz and
Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik, of blessed memory," Rabbi Lando stated.
He added that his words were completely
distorted. "As was proven over the past day, when remarks I made in a
private conversation were published, and through ignorant hatred, they
approached the remarks in a distorted manner and a lack of understanding.
Rabbi Lando's statement follows the publication
of a recording from a private conversation in which he is heard saying,
"Will it not be so? The decrees come from another source. There are wicked
people here - what can be done? There are wicked people, including those who
wear knitted kippot. I am referring to those Religious Zionists who insist that
people must enlist. I would ask them, according to their own way of thinking -
though they have no consistent position at all - if the state sends people,
soldiers, for the sake of the country’s honor, and they are killed, is that
also permissible? That is outright murder. Therefore, they are inciting murder
- that is what they are doing." https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430504
A
68-year-old pedestrian was killed on Tuesday morning after being struck by a
manual forklift during the unloading of goods from a truck in Netanya. He was
evacuated in critical condition to Laniado Hospital, where he was pronounced
dead.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430519
A
six-person subcommittee in the Supreme National Security Council was behind the
“on the spot” decisions made while negotiating the now-defunct Memorandum of Understanding
with the United States, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Asriran,
admitting that he has never met Iran’s Supreme Leader Mujtaba Khamenei.
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-903180
He planned to kill
Minister Ben Gvir: The Israel Security Agency (Shin
Bet) and the Northern District Police's Amakim Central Unit have arrested
Muhammad Awad, 29, of Nazareth, on suspicion of advancing terrorist activity. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430517
144 boat refugees die. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-903187
Newly elected Hamas leader
is pro-Iran. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-903070
The
High Court of Justice on Monday urged several international aid organizations
to withdraw petitions challenging Israel’s refusal to register them, signaling
that it saw no grounds to intervene in a policy allowing the state to consider
security, boycott, and “delegitimization” concerns. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-903189
THE NEXT 7.10: The Palestinian
Authority’s buildup of a military force, in violation of the Oslo
Accords, presents an unprecedented threat to millions of people living in
central Israel, a newly published report penned by Lt.-Col. (res.) Maurice
Hirsch, published in the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs,
warned.
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-903193
July 22nd
Day 1020 since Oct. 7th
Roaring Lion Day 142
The US has evacuated
two bases in Yarden due to the accuracy of the attacks on them while the
Iranians did nothing for their own troops.
Eleventh night of bombing. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430546
https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/tropical-storm-bertha-forecast-rain-flood-gulf-southeast
Again threatens power
plants and bridges. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430582
July 23rd
Tisha B’AV Day 1021 since
Oct. 7th Roaring Lion Day 143
B1 bombers are now
being used. They were not used in Epic Fury. US amassing forces. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rjjuqwksme#autoplay
Ramat Gan and other
cities opening up public shelters. For the first
Shabbos since Epic Fury, the alert is so high that I have raised my own
personal alert. I will have the TV on in the shelter this week and light in the
downstairs toilet. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430623
TV shows
area of attack and all clear.
Russia and China providing
satellite images to Iran on American Barracks. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430543
Two
Palestinian terrorists stabbed and seriously wounded an Israeli civilian on
Thursday while residents were attempting to extinguish a fire near a West Bank
farm, the IDF said. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rjnhjdkrgx
Mobileye founder Prof.
Amnon Shashua announced Thursday that he plans to step down as CEO
after 27 years leading the Israeli autonomous-driving technology company. https://www.ynetnews.com/business/article/h1til001rfe
Shabbos ends 10 minutes
earlier than maximum. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/shabat/
Rubio: Iran is begging
for a deal but then double deals. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430629
Unbounding love. The
fellow who threw away 7 grenades and died on the 8th was from
Havat Gilad. When
Kibbutz Nahal Oz heard that his parents home burned down, they
managed to gather money
for rebuilding. Two suspects have been released.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430631
Ben Gvir goes up Temple
Mt. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430613
Former
Minister and Ambassador Gilad Erdan is proceeding toward announcing the
establishment of a new right-wing party, expected to launch within the next
week. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430605
Approximately
nine months after being released from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip,
captivity survivor Bar Kupershtein visited on Wednesday the memorial for the
victims of the massacre at the Supernova Music Festival in Reim. This time saying the Shema Prayer with Tephillin. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430596
No legal authority to
Mamdani. Like most socialists promises free bus fares, etc. but it is all talk
and nothing behind it. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430547
Iran threatens the US. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430543
US
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he has instructed federal
agencies to permit American commercial airlines to operate direct flights to
Lebanon. The directive follows a
bilateral meeting at the White House with Lebanese President Joseph
Aoun. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430550
Netanyahu’s sickening
AI against Eisenkot causes poll drop. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430545
Op-Ed Dr. Chaim Cohen
on Charedi and complexity integration into the IDF.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430482
https://www.timesofisrael.com/ahmed-fouad-alkhatib-hamas-still-holds-two-million-hostages/
Trumps begins to
understand Iran. Regime change in Iran returns to the Trump Agenda. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-903428
July 24th
Day 1022 since Oct. 7th
Roaring Lion Day 144 end of week 146
Modiin opened up their
shelters. Tel Aviv has an automatic unlock for shelters when needed. A four
year old boy trailed behind his father and is missing for many hours in
Ashkelon. Two stabbings in the Shomron yesterday and a drive-by shooting of
four this morning near Havat Gilead one dead and three injured. The US is
sending in more men and supplies into the area. If the situation remains calm
but tense, Netanyahu will travel to the funeral of Lindsey Graham and meet with
the President.
Aug. 1st the
price of gasoline will rise in Israel. https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/iran-war-trump-oil-prices-rising-07-23-26
https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/07/22/idf-peak-alert-iran-war-scenarios-us-strikes/
Iran tells NYT that if
Trump expands attacks they will attack Tel Aviv. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430677
Democratic Socialism
has all but destroyed Europe, threatens the States and Yisrael.
Op-Ed Diane W.
Bederman: https://dianebederman.com/what-we-learn-from-history-is-that-we-do-not-learn-from-history/
https://www.foxnews.com/us/suspect-custody-2-men-found-stab-wounds-officials-call-antisemitic-attack
https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/07/23/netanyahus-insistence-offers-a-clear-hint-of-what-lies-ahead/
https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/07/23/police-step-up-search-for-missing-4-year-old-yuval-kogan/
https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/07/23/jerusalem-and-baku-owe-each-other-loyalty-not-sovereignty/
New US Tariffs affect
Yisrael. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/ryqskdxhgx
Oct. 7th
naval terrorist eliminated. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430638
Manhunt continues for
the murderer. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-903540
We are approaching an
attack on Iran possibly as early as this weekend. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-903509
Have a
healthy, peaceful and restful Shabbos,
Rachamim Pauli
