Good
Shabbos Book of Numbers 19:1 – 22:1
Parsha Chukas
The first
chapter of this week’s Parsha we read every year before Pesach to remind the
population that one should be pure from the Tuma of a Meis (impurity of contact
with a dead human) before going up to bring the Korban Pesach.
In the last
two Parshiyos, the spies died and so did Korach and his men. The man who
violated the Shabbos was put to death. This week’s Parsha finally discusses how
we deal with death and purify the person who came in contact with a dead body.
A dead
person produces what we call Avi Avos HaTuma literal the father or all fathers
of Tuma or in English the Primary source of impurity. A dead lizard or rat is
Av HaTuma which is a primary source. But touching a dead body makes a human Av
HaTuma until he is purified. He is like a Mezora (mis-defined as a Leper),
Niddah or Zav/Zava (a person suffering from flux or Gonorrhea).
If one of
these living people sit on a chair, touch food, etc. it becomes second degree
Tuma. Contact also make a human second degree Tuma. But a touching the dead
person makes another person Av HaTuma.
19:1 And
the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying: 2 This is the statute of the
law which the LORD hath commanded, saying: Speak unto the children of Israel,
that they bring thee a red heifer, faultless, wherein is no blemish, and upon
which never came yoke.
Faultless
or without blemish or two black hairs. The Gemara (Talmud) brings down a story of a wise-guy who put a
yoke on top of his red heifer and lost out on millions because the hair on the
neck was disarrayed.
3 And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the
priest, and she shall be brought forth without the camp, and she shall be slain
before his face. 4 And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his
finger, and sprinkle of her blood toward the front of the tent of meeting seven
times. 5 And the heifer shall be burnt in his sight; her skin, and her flesh,
and her ohblood,
with her dung, shall be burnt. 6 And the priest shall take cedar-wood, and
hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer. 7
Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water,
and afterward he may come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until
the even.
The
purified Cohain becomes impure upon burning the Parah but it is only until
sundown.
8 And he that burns her shall wash his clothes
in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even. 9
And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them
up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation
of the children of Israel for a water of sprinkling; it is a purification from
sin. 10 And he that gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and
be unclean until the even; and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and
unto the stranger that sojourns among them, for a statute for ever.
He that
then is ritually clean (Tahor) then takes the Ashes for sprinkling upon the ‘living
waters’ or spring – or constantly running river in an enclave. However, he and
his clothing become Tamay (ritually impure) unto evening after a regular
Mikvah.
11 He that touches the dead, even any man's
dead body, shall be unclean seven days; 12 the same shall purify himself
therewith on the third day and on the seventh day, and he shall be clean; but
if he purify not himself the third day and the seventh day, he shall not be
clean.
On these
days only is he to be sprinkled in the living waters and then at sundown as the
eight day comes in is he ritually Tahor.
13 Whosoever touches the dead, even the body of
any man that is dead, and purified not himself--he hath defiled the tabernacle
of the LORD--that soul shall be cut off from Israel; because the water of
sprinkling was not dashed against him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is
yet upon him. 14 This is the law: when a man dies in
a tent, every one that comes into the tent, and every thing that
is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.
I
underlined and colored red the Drasha of the Rabbis. It means: This is (how we
learn) Torah if a man kills every other instinct or diversion and just learns
Torah in his tent (Beis Medrash). The Pshat is that he and everything in the
tent or house of the deceased is impure for 7 days and not everything can be
purified as mentioned below.
15 And every open vessel, which hath no
covering close-bound upon it, is unclean. 16 And whosoever in the open field
touches one that is slain with a sword, or one that dies of himself, or a bone of a man, or
a grave, shall be unclean seven days. 17 And for the unclean they shall take of
the ashes of the burning of the purification from sin, and running water shall
be put thereto in a vessel. 18 And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it
in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon
the persons that were there, and upon him that touched the bone, or the slain,
or the dead, or the grave. 19 And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the
unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day; and on the seventh day he
shall purify him; and he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water,
and shall be clean at even. 20 But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not
purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from the midst of the assembly,
because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD; the water of sprinkling hath
not been dashed against him: he is unclean. 21 And it shall be a perpetual
statute unto them; and he that sprinkles the water of sprinkling shall wash his
clothes; and he that touches the water of sprinkling shall be unclean until
even. 22 And whatsoever the unclean person touches shall be unclean; and the
soul that touches him shall be unclean until even.
While the man who was in contact with the
dead body is impure or Rishon Le Tuma, he makes the other people secondary who
touch him or Sheni Le Tuma.
20:1 And
the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came into the wilderness
of Zin in the first month; and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died
there, and was buried there. 2 And there was no water for the congregation; and
they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
On the
merit of Miriam, who followed baby Moshe along the Nile, the Bnei Yisrael had
water. There is a legend of a moving well in the desert from place to place but
the reality is that her merit was that strong.
3 And the people strove with Moses, and spoke,
saying: 'Would that we had perished when our brethren perished before the LORD!
4 And why have ye brought the assembly of the LORD into this wilderness, to die
there, we and our cattle? 5 And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of
Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs,
or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.' 6 And
Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the
tent of meeting, and fell upon their faces; and the glory of the LORD appeared
unto them.
Every time
a problem arises, Moshe is blamed. The standard complaint of the people
resurfaces again and again.
7 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 8
'Take the rod, and assemble the congregation, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and
speak ye unto the rock before their eyes, that it give forth its water; and
thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock; so thou shalt give the
congregation and their cattle drink.'
Unlike the
previous time, when Moshe it the rock, here he is to only speak to the rock.
9 And Moses took the rod from before the LORD,
as He commanded him. 10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together
before the rock, and he said unto them: 'Hear now, ye rebels; are we to bring
you forth water out of this rock?' x
Only a
trickle came out.
11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and smote the
rock with his rod twice; and water came forth abundantly, and the congregation
drank, and their cattle.
Moshe was
pressured by the mob and the water was just trickling. He lost his patience and
struck the rock twice.
12 And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron:
'Because ye believed not in Me, to sanctify Me in the eyes of the children of
Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have
given them.'
Because the
both of you failed to make a Kiddush HASHEM via speaking, you shall not enter
the land.
13 These are the waters of Meribah, where the
children of Israel strove with the LORD, and He was sanctified in them.
Moshe
failed his test and now cannot enter the land.
14 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto
the king of Edom: 'Thus saith thy brother Israel: Thou know all the travail
that hath befallen us; 15 how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we dwelt in
Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and our fathers; 16 and
when we cried unto the LORD, He heard our voice, and sent an angel, and brought
us forth out of Egypt; and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost
of thy border. 17 Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy land; we will not pass
through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink of the water of the
wells; we will go along the king's highway, we will not turn aside to the right
hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy border.' 18 And Edom said unto
him: 'Thou shalt not pass through me, lest I come out with the sword against
thee.' 19 And the children of Israel said unto him: 'We will go up by the
highway; and if we drink of thy water, I and my cattle, then will I give the
price thereof; let me only pass through on my feet; there is no hurt.' 20 And
he said: 'Thou shalt not pass through.' And Edom came out against him with much
people, and with a strong hand. 21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage
through his border; wherefore Israel turned away from him.
So as
commanded, the Bnei Yisrael did not fight the Bnei Esav.
22 And they journeyed from Kadesh; and the
children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came unto mount Hor. 23 And
the LORD spoke unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the border of the land of
Edom, saying: 24 'Aaron shall be gathered unto his people; for he shall not
enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye
rebelled against My word at the waters of Meribah. 25 Take Aaron and Eleazar
his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor. 26 And strip Aaron of his garments,
and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people,
and shall die there.' 27 And Moses did as the LORD commanded; and they went up
into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. 28 And Moses stripped
Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there
in the top of the mount; and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount. 29 And
when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they wept for Aaron thirty
days, even all the house of Israel.
Aharon went up the mountain and died. The
people learned of his death as the clouds that surrounded the Tent of Meeting
and shielded the people rose up.
21:1 And
the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who dwelt in the South, heard tell that Israel
came by the way of Atharim; and he fought against Israel, and took some of them
captive. 2 And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said: 'If Thou wilt indeed
deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.' 3
And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites;
and they utterly destroyed them and their cities; and the name of the place was
called Hormah.
He was
actually Amalek and protected Canaan. But he was not one of them.
4 And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way
to the Red Sea, to compass the land of Edom; and the soul of the people became
impatient because of the way. 5 And the people spoke against God, and against
Moses: 'Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness?
for there is no bread, and there is no water; and our soul loathes this light
bread.' 6 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the
people; and much people of Israel died. 7 And the people came to Moses, and
said: 'We have sinned, because we have spoken against the LORD, and against
thee; pray unto the LORD, that He take away the serpents from us.' And Moses
prayed for the people.
This place
is called the ascent of scorpions “Maalei Akravim” today.
8 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Make thee a
fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole; and it shall come to pass, that every
one that is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.' 9 And Moses made a serpent of
brass, and set it upon the pole; and it came to pass, that if a serpent had
bitten any man, when he looked unto the serpent of brass, he lived.
Does a
standard with the medical symbol on it really heal? Rather that when the people
turned their heads heavenly, then they were saved.
10 And the children of Israel journeyed, and
pitched in Oboth. 11 And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ije-abarim,
in the wilderness which is in front of Moab, toward the sun-rising. 12 From
thence they journeyed, and pitched in the valley of Zered. 13 From thence they
journeyed, and pitched on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the
wilderness, that cometh out of the border of the Amorites.--For Arnon is the
border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites; 14 wherefore it is said in the
book of the Wars of the LORD: Vaheb in Suphah, and the valleys of Arnon, 15 And
the slope of the valleys that inclines toward the seat of Ar, and leans upon the border of Moab.-- 16 And
from thence to Beer; that is the well whereof the LORD said unto Moses: 'Gather
the people together, and I will give them water.'
This spring
of water exists unto this day in Yarden an if one googles it, one can see the
photos of it.
The Hallel
or praise prayer was not designated then and the people broke out in song like
the song by the sea after the miraculous victory. (Last year, on the morning
after the 12 day war stopped, my Minyan said Hallel with a Bracha and later on
the Rabbinute did so too.)
17 Then sang Israel this song: Spring up, O
well--sing ye unto it-- 18 The well, which the princes dig, which the nobles of
the people delved, with the sceptre, and with their staves. And from the
wilderness to Mattanah; 19 and from Mattanah to Nahaliel; and from Nahaliel to
Bamoth; 20 and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab, by the
top of Pisgah, which looks
down upon the desert.
This is
often know as B’ Yarden Yericho (see below).
In Sefer
Devarim the wars against Og and Sihon are mentioned and without making a vow, I
will do my best to cover this war there.
21 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king
of the Amorites, saying: 22 'Let me pass through thy land; we will not turn
aside into field, or into vineyard; we will not drink of the water of the
wells; we will go by the king's highway, until we have passed thy border.' 23
And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border; but Sihon
gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the
wilderness, and came to Jahaz; and he fought against Israel. 24 And Israel
smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from the Arnon
unto the Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon; for the border of the
children of Ammon was strong. 25 And Israel took all these cities; and Israel
dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the towns
thereof. 26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had
fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand,
even unto the Arnon. 27 Wherefore they that speak in parables say: Come ye to
Heshbon! let the city of Sihon be built and established! 28 For a fire is gone
out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon; it hath devoured Ar of Moab,
the lords of the high places of Arnon. 29 Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O
people of Chemosh; he hath given his sons as fugitives, and his daughters into
captivity, unto Sihon king of the Amorites. 30 We have shot at them--Heshbon is
perished--even unto Dibon, and we have laid waste even unto Nophah, which reachs unto Medeba. 31 Thus Israel dwelt
in the land of the Amorites. 32 And Moses sent to spy out Jazer, and they took
the towns thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there. 33 And they
turned and went up by the way of Bashan; and Og the king of Bashan went out
against them, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. 34 And the LORD said
unto Moses: 'Fear him not; for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his
people, and his land; and thou shalt do to himd as thou didst
unto Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon.' 35 So they smote him,
and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him remaining; and
they possessed his land. 22:1 And
the children of Israel journeyed, and pitched in the plains of Moab beyond the
Jordan at Jericho.
From this point until Moshe’s death, the
Bnei Yisrael will remain in this area. The Torah is timeless and there is no
early or late inside. In Sefer Devarim (Deut.), we shall retrace the journeys
of the Bnei Yisrael and some battles. Time wise we are close to the death of
Moshe but still Moshe at this point appears to be able to enter the land.
Note: I mentioned two Tzitzit Stories which
I brought down in the past but I have to rewrite again and I ran out of time
this week.
Don’t
Shoot: How Efi Talbi escaped POW camp. By Oded Kramer
https://www.ynetnews.com/magazine/article/hjgpv4zmzg
June
1982, Efi Talbi was in the middle of his squad commander’s course and rushed to
the front line. His APC was hit, his commander killed and he was captured for
10 days.
IDF troops had surrounded an orchard in Lebanon and opened fire,
believing terrorists were hiding among the trees, when they suddenly heard
shouting in Hebrew: “Don’t shoot, I’m a prisoner here.”
The soldiers stopped firing. From between the trees emerged
Ephraim “Efi” Talbi, the first Israeli prisoner of war of the First Lebanon
War, 10 days after he had been captured.
The podcast Digging Journalism revisits Talbi’s story — from the
first day of the war, through his captivity in Lebanon, to the dramatic moment
in which he escaped and reached Israeli forces.
On June 6, 1982, the first day of the First Lebanon War, then
known in Israel as Operation Peace for Galilee, Talbi was a 19-year-old soldier
in a paratroopers squad commanders’ course. He was rushed from training to the
battlefield and assigned as the radio operator for Lt. Col. Uri Geiger,
commander of Battalion 450.
That same day, Talbi’s life
changed.
During fighting near the al-Bass
refugee camp on the outskirts of Tyre, the force’s armored personnel carrier
was ambushed and hit directly by an RPG. Geiger was killed in the clash and his
body was taken by terrorists. Talbi managed to jump into a roadside ditch, but
soon found himself surrounded by about 200 terrorists.
He was taken captive, becoming
the first IDF soldier captured in the war.
For 10 days, Talbi was considered
missing. IDF troops found the burned-out APC, while his family was left in
anguish, able only to hope and pray.
Wounded and under heavy guard,
Talbi was moved between terrorist strongholds deep inside Lebanon. He later
described surviving the terror of his abduction through a psychological defense
mechanism of detachment. He said he felt as if he had left his own body and was
watching “Efi” from above, as though from a tree or a tall building, calmly
observing the man below surrounded by enemies.
At the lowest point, stripped of
control and dependent on his captors for his most basic needs, Talbi found an
unexpected point of humanity. One of the terrorists, Mohammed al-Sati, treated
him humanely — a small gesture Talbi later said helped him hold on to his
sanity.
The turning point came after
painstaking intelligence work. A mobile signals unit from Unit 8200 picked up
key information on a communications network, helping clarify the area where the
Israeli captive was being held.
The dramatic rescue unfolded when an IDF force spotted
suspicious movement inside the orchard where Talbi was being kept. The troops
surrounded the area and opened fire. In the chaos, Talbi gathered all his
strength and shouted in Hebrew: “Don’t shoot, I’m Israeli, I’m a prisoner
here.”
He was not hit by Israeli fire
and was rescued.
But the story did not end there.
Immediately after Talbi’s release, Israeli troops captured the terrorists,
including Mohammed al-Sati. When Talbi saw Mohammed handcuffed, he approached
him and gave him a cigarette.
That human gesture later became a
curse for Mohammed. His fellow terrorists accused him of betraying the cell
because of the way he had treated Talbi, and the brutal backlash against him
forced him to flee and eventually move to Jordan.
Talbi later returned to IDF
service. He completed officer training as a physical fitness officer — the only
cadet in his class — built a family and rebuilt his life.
Today, Talbi is a father of two,
lives in the Galilee and works as a physical education teacher.
P.S. A few
nights after Efi was captured, a 34year old paramedic called-up at 11PM with no
buses running. How was he going to get to his Tel Aviv Bus Stop to bring him to
his unit stationed at Haifa Airport. He took his wife from Petach Tikva to
where the gas and oil tanks were outside of Herzliya and security arrived after
he made a U-turn there. (Today it is a 3lane highway in each direction divided
by cement).
Via
hitch-hikes for soldiers (before the capture and murder of a number of
soldiers) and by 3AM was with his equipment at the base signing up for his
helmet, flack-jacket, M-16, etc.
An Identical Condition by Rabbi Yerachmiel Tilles
https://ascentofsafed.com/Stories/Stories/5786/1488-39.html
In honor of the 32nd yahrzeit of the Lubavitcher Rebbe of our
generation:
May all the seeds he planted continue to grow and to flourish,
and may they have their intended effect.
He agreed
for the rabbi to write to the Rebbe on his behalf, but insisted that he add a
few words of his own at the end. These were: "Rebbe! My pains are
unbearable! Please pray that I should die quickly and painlessly."
Mr. Segal stepped outside for his regular evening walk. Since he had left the
hospital after his heart attack, this was his only daily physical exercise. On
his way, he met an old friend, Rabbi Shlomo Greenwald, an elder Lubavitcher
Chasid in Eretz Yisrael.
They began to talk. Mr. Segal was very depressed by his medical situation, and
did not believe he would ever really recover from it. Rabbi Greenwald tried to
cheer him up and give him hope, but to no avail. Seeing that his words were
having no effect, Rabbi Greenwald recommended to Mr. Segal that he write a
letter to the Rebbe.
Mr. Segal was an observant Jew, and had great respect for the Rebbe's greatness
in Torah and his activities on behalf of Judaism and the Jewish people around
the world. But writing to him about his health issues?
"Why should I write to the Rebbe all of a sudden", he asked.
"when I was healthy and everything was fine I never wrote to him, and now
when things aren't going well for me I should write to him all of a sudden?
Anyway, how can the Rebbe actually help me with medical problems?"
Rabbi Greenwald tried to convince him, mentioning mutual friends and
acquaintances that had been helped by the Rebbe's advice and Berachos, but Mr.
Segal remained resolute in his refusal. Rabbi Greenwald then gave it on last
try "what if I write to the Rebbe about your situation and ask for his
blessing on your behalf?"
This offer Mr. Segal couldn't refuse. He agreed for Rabbi Greenwald to write to
the Rebbe, but told him that he wishes to add a few words of his own at the end
of the letter.
Rabbi Greenwald wrote the letter and gave it to Mr. Segal, who wrote these few
words at the end: "Rebbe! My pains are unbearable! Please pray for me that
I should die quickly and painlessly."
The letter was mailed overseas, and after three weeks a response from the Rebbe
arrived. The Rebbe had handwritten under his 'plea' 3 words: "Bedikas
mezuzos b'bayis" -- "Check the mezuzos at home."
The immediate impact of the Rebbe's answer was profound: "I went over to
the mezuzah and removed the nail attaching it to the door. As I removed the
nail, I felt as if a nail had been removed from my heart as well!"
He gave the mezuzah to Rabbi Elimelech Kaplan, the Rav of Shikun Chabad in Lod,
to check. The Rav opened the mezuzah, examined it carefully, and looked up at
Mr. Segal.
The Rav again looked down at the mezuzah, and then looked up at Mr. Segal once
more. "My dear friend", he said, "you and your mezuzah suit each
other perfectly: you both have the same illness, a severe heart
condition".
Mr. Segal was confused; e thought the Rav was joking with him. How could a
mezuzah have heart problems?
The Rav showed him the mezuzah and explained: "See here, in the verse,
'Ve'ahavta et Hashem Elokeicha becol levavcha...' The word levavcha, "your
heart" is completely erased".
The Rav immediately provided him with a new, kosher mezuza tp replace the one
on his front door, and more mezuzahs for the other doors in his house. Mr.
Segal hurried home to put them up.
When he woke up the next morning, he got dressed and told his wife that
he's feeling well, and so he is going to shul for Shachris (Morning Prayers)
and then off to work.
"What?" his wife exclaimed, "You have a serious heart condition!
If you exert yourself like this, you'll find yourself back in the hospital. Who
knows what will be then!"
The story of the unkosher mezuzah didn't convince his worried wife; she
insisted that her husband needs to go to a doctor for an immediate check-up,
expecting that to disprove his claims.
When the doctor saw a healthy-looking Mr. Segal enter his office, he was
puzzled. This was a patient that usually showed up when he was experiencing
serious problems!
The doctor listened to Mr. Segal's story extraordinary story. He reacted with scepticism,
and initially objected to doing scans that he thought were unnecessary. But
after the couple begged him to do the scans so that they can achieve some
clarity, he acceded.
An hour later, the doctor received the results of the tests. He studied the
papers in front of him, looked up at Mr. Segal, looked back down at the papers,
and looked back at Mr. Segal disbelievingly. The doctor's strange conduct
reminded Mr. Segal of the way the Rav had looked at him and his mezuzah.
The doctor then began to read out the results: "Your first tests three
months ago showed that your situation was very severe. But todays tests show
conclusively that your heart is now completely healthy. It's as if you have been
born anew!"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Source:
From the English translation of Yahalom Shel HaRebbe ("Diamonds of the
Lubavitcher Rebbe"), story #20, in the name of Rabbi Binyamin Klein, z'l,
one of the Rebbe's secretaries.
Why This Week? Wednesday night - Thursday, 3 Tammuz, is the yahrzeit of the
Lubavitcher Rebbe of our generation.
Biographical note:
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe ztz"l: [11 Nissan
5662 - 3 TAMMUZ 5754 (April 1902 - June 1994)], became the 7th Rebbe of the
Chabad dynasty after his father-in-law's passing on 10 Shvat 5710 (1950). He is
widely acknowledged as the greatest Jewish leader of the second half of the
20th century. Although a dominant scholar in both the revealed and hidden
aspects of Torah and fluent in many languages and scientific subjects, the
Rebbe is best known for his extraordinary love and concern for every Jew on the
planet. His emissaries around the globe dedicated to strengthening Judaism
number in the thousands. Hundreds of volumes of his teachings have been
printed, as well as dozens of English renditions.
From Thomas B. A Native
American finds out that Zionism is decolonization. https://medium.com/@tony.masiuk/indigeneity-ethnogenesis-jews-and-arabs-why-zionism-is-actually-decolonial-d90aff8f15f9
Inyanay Diyoma
June 13th and June 14th
Day 981 and Day 982
since Oct. 7th Day 104 and Day 105 of Roaring Lion/Epic Fury start of week 141
When I started my news
updates under Inyanay Diyoma in this blogspot, it was for current events that
might have something to do with the coming of the Moshiach. I certainly was
hoping that when I opened up Fox News this morning the main headline would be
the Trump ‘Peace’ Deal even though for the revolutionaries in Iran it is a
Tadia Islamic tactic of lie under defeat until one can weasel into a victory. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-899298
However, instead of
news that effects the coming of a redeemer or salvation to mankind, I saw a
headline of the team I rooted for in my youth winning the NBA.
Even right after the
Trump message to his followers, Iran is wobbling. https://www.timesofisrael.com/despite-trump-pronouncement-iran-signals-no-final-decision-made-on-deal/
IRGC may stop the Trump
Deal. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428595
Hezballah has its
‘protection’ from Iran and has been lobbing into Israel a number of drones in
the eastern Galil and today in the western Galil. Israel cannot be afraid of
the neighborhood bully and we struck the chief of Hezballah Communications in
Beirut. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-899341 https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-strikes-hezbollah-target-in-beirut-after-3-drones-hit-northern-israel/
Bennett made a
political mistake when he joined with Lapid so early. He was leading the
opposition and had a name as a right winger. Instead, he went for Shabbos
violations, Homosexuality and drove many voters back to the National Religious
Camp and my wife from undecided maybe Bennett to certainly not for an
unprincipled person. Eisenkot is rising in the polls instead as if one wants to
vote left and vote for security he has an honest record. Bennett is acting like
he won the current opposition but is sliding by a mandate each week. https://www.timesofisrael.com/bennett-to-toi-were-at-an-existential-moment-another-four-years-with-this-government-we-wont-have-a-society/
Dozens
of pro-Palestinian activists demonstrated on Sunday outside the Arutz Sheva
Conference held as part of the IMP Real Estate Convention in London. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428612
Bigotry in Israel
against a modern Orthodox Jew. According to
the data, 10 of the 11 cadets dismissed in a single round from the course were
religious. It is further alleged that nine of them were removed following
sociometric evaluations conducted during training. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428607
Tehran
has aggressively intensified measures to lock down its supply of
near-weapons-grade uranium over the past several weeks, intentionally cave-in
subterranean corridors and rigging facility access points with live landmines,
five individuals tracking American intelligence files revealed to CNN on
Saturday.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428590
Eliminating 7 Terrorists. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428569
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/gomer-pyle-usmc-star-ronnie-schell-dead-94-decades-long-career
Medical Journal wants
to remove Israel. https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-899346
Hamas takes
responsibility for shooting IDF Officer. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-899335
After pressure, Iran
will not kill 139. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-899344
Iranian hardliners vs.
FM. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-899329
We may be
attacked again tonight again! https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-899369
June 15th
Day 983 since Oct. 7th Roaring Lion/Epic Fury is not really over just
delayed for 60 days or more.
Tadia and instead of a
Peace Maker it will be Peace in Our Times like Neville Chamberlain. My wife
said that Trump is acting like a Rabbit not the leader of the free world. Tactical
cooperation did not translate into strategic alignment. At the strategic level,
there is scarcely a mistake that Trump did not make. Ben Dror Yemini writes
this Ed-Op: https://www.ynetnews.com/article/b1pyu3izzl
Lindsey Graham – I only
hope we know whom we are dealing with. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428635
As for me, I can only
hope that Trump listened to Mark Levin and the CIA is arming some Iranian opposition.
“In
a period of two-months, Israel has gone from a great ally and partner in war,
fighting by our side against a horrible enemy that has killed thousands of our
people, killed tens of thousands of their own people, and was a dire nuclear
threat intent on attacking us, to Israeli PM Netanyahu being a difficult person
who should be thanking us for saving his country from Iran and should get our
permission if he wants to defend his people from Hezbollah and Iran, and stand
down when his country is attacked. And just yesterday, Israel's PM
avenged the execution of 5 American soldiers by taking out a Hezbollah
commander/terrorist. And only Israel has been killing Hezbollah leaders
who murdered our Marines, soldiers, embassy staff, and more. It seems to
me a kind word is in order. How does this make any sense?” Mark R. Levin https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428650
Israel not bound in
Lebanon. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hyy11t1p11mg
https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/06/15/iran-never-won-a-war-but-never-lost-a-negotiation/
Arab teen murdered
couple. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/s1ierwpwfg
Arab affairs
commentator on how Trump dumped the infidel Israelis via Pakistan etc. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428661
Arkia did not contact
Budapest and jets scrambled. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428580
Maps found in tunnels
in Lebanon revealed threats to N. Israel Towns. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428568
Weapons smuggling
foiled. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428542
June 16th
Day 984 since Oct. 7th
June 15th
was the Consumer Price Index: Israel's annual
inflation rate remained unchanged at 1.9% in May 2026, staying below market
expectations of 2.0%. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) fell by 0.3%
month-over-month. The rate remains comfortably within the Bank
of Israel's target band of 1% to 3%.
Finally, all the Jewish
Parties in Israel and it appears the CIA too that the Iran Deal is not worth
the ink on the paper it is written on. https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-says-trump-vance-and-irans-ghalibaf-digitally-signed-iran-deal-on-sunday/
CIA Director: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428691
https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/06/15/trump-secretly-approved-qatar-iran-cash-deal/
Car thief tries to run
Hashmonayim Check Post. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428705
Missionary anti-Sharia
runs for Congress. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428699
The
United States military is preparing to withdraw some of the tanker aircraft
stationed at Ben Gurion Airport, which make up about 20% of the aircraft
currently deployed in Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428703
Former
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Israel has the right to defend
itself and warned that Iran must be prevented from obtaining nuclear weapons,
during an interview with Piers Morgan. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428701
IDF raid in Schem 18
Lathes and weapons seized. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428700
Dutch police foil
anti-synagogue attack. https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-899524
June 17th
Day 985 since Oct. 7th
Good negotiators bad at
seeing past their noses. Kushner and Witkoff know now to negotiate but
unfortunately think they have a deal with normal people. They cannot see the
Islamic Tadia Lies. As an old perfume commercial said, “Promise her anything
but give her XYZ perfume by ABC.” They fell for the rouse and these are Jews
who unfortunately have no Torah Logic. We are literally being stomped on in
Lebanon. Trump’s potty mouth says Bibi does not know the F what he is doing actually
its DJT. https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-iran-deal-said-set-to-halt-regional-hostilities-including-in-lebanon-lift-blockade/
Mike Pence has more
brains than Vance. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428752
HOW IRAN IS VIOLATING
THE MEMORANDUM. A US official told NBC News on
Tuesday that Iran has fired multiple drones toward commercial ships in the
Strait of Hormuz since the US and Iran agreed to a memorandum of understanding
Sunday.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428746
Senate doesn’t limit
Trump’s War Powers. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428742
Actually, I would be
happy if he performed a Sunni-Shiite Jihad. https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-israels-war-on-hezbollah-is-too-long-too-deadly-syria-should-fight-the-group-instead/
Syrian
President Ahmad al-Sharaa fears that a military intervention against Hezbollah
could be perceived in the Arab world as a move to defend Israel, thereby
damaging his regional standing, Kan 11 News reported. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428745
Iranian Crown Prince speaks
his mind. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428748
https://www.timesofisrael.com/toronto-police-say-hired-gunmen-appear-to-be-targeting-jewish-sites/
https://www.algemeiner.com/2026/06/16/us-rejects-israels-request-view-iran-deal-text/
Unpaid Black Contractors
some face bankruptcy. https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/06/obama-centers-unpaid-black-contractors-a-monument-to-progressive-failure.htm
https://www.algemeiner.com/2026/06/16/us-rejects-israels-request-view-iran-deal-text/
Process of elimination
of terror: The IDF on Saturday struck in the southern Gaza
Strip, eliminating terrorist Muhammad Said Ahmad Nivruti, a Hamas platoon
commander who infiltrated Israeli territory during the October 7th massacre and
held numerous hostages’ captive in Hamas tunnels. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428774
Chevron deal from Oslo
repaired with new housing units. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428770
After the threat of 25
Yeshivos to leave Armor Corp., COS moves the female units to the Border Defense
Corp. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428776
https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/06/17/uae-analyst-amjad-taha-trump-iran-deal-criticism/
We cease and they fire.
The Israeli Air Force intercepted several rockets launched today
(Tuesday) by the Hezbollah terrorist organization toward the area where IDF
forces are operating in southern Lebanon. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428727
Y. Deri’s job: If this
& the appointment of Yair Netanyahu to Central Likud Committee is not
corruption I don’t know what is! https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428744
Vance downplays money
to Iran. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428741
https://www.timesofisrael.com/several-said-injured-in-israeli-strikes-on-southern-lebanon/
June 18th
Day 986 since Oct. 7th
Arab Mafia killings
continue just too many to make the internet. If an Arab murderer or is a
terrorist, his wife gets all the benefits. But not a Charedi who does not serve
in the army. There is zero justice in Israel. Billy Clubs were broken beating
Charedim yesterday. Where is tear gas-two wrongs don’t make a right? https://www.timesofisrael.com/haredi-anti-draft-protest-blocks-highway-near-tel-aviv-8-hurt-as-police-clear-road/
The right way tens upon
tens of thousands protest with the Gerer Rebbe a jailed Charedi with license
from the police not blocking traffic. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428784
https://www.timesofisrael.com/several-said-injured-in-israeli-strikes-on-southern-lebanon/
Benefitting from the
Abraham Accords, Morocco uses Israeli Drone Technology to quell Algerian
Polisario Rebels. https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/rksl5xzffg
Millions
of men around the world now use GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro to
lose weight. In recent years, the medications have been linked to a growing
list of health benefits beyond weight reduction, from a lower risk of heart
disease to possible effects on dementia, mental health and other conditions. Possibly also testosterone. https://www.ynetnews.com/health_science/article/r1qxow11gze
Quiet space on campus
helps combat vets. https://www.ynetnews.com/health_science/article/rkfncg11gze
Op-Ed Ben Dror Yemeni
Dr. Donald and Mr. Trump. The Iran Deal exposes a dangerous reversal. https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/sjq07hgmml
Op-Ed Lior Prosor
Israel’s first AI PM. https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/hjmxnwrzmx
Op-Ed Ben Dror Yemeni
Trump is no Churchill. https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/h18ilyabze
https://www.algemeiner.com/2026/06/17/uk-iranian-national-charged-arson-london-memorial-wall/
https://www.algemeiner.com/2026/06/17/after-war-losses-hezbollah-seen-gaining-iran-us-deal/
Hurricane season has
started: https://www.foxweather.com/live-news/live-updates-louisiana-coast-under-tropical-storm-warning-as-catastrophic-flooding-targets-millions
Man dead from car
explosion in Kiriat Gat. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428834
If Iran has ballistic
missiles, they’ll attack their neighbors. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428838
VP Vance: "The
deal doesn't talk about Israel getting out of Lebanon, but I think they would
love to - once the Hezbollah threat is gone. They're saying they won't get out
until they can protect their people." https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428833
High Court takes up
Comptroller Election. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428835
Texas
Republican Senator Ted Cruz expressed profound concern on Wednesday regarding
what he views as massive American capitulations codified within President
Donald Trump’s memorandum of understanding. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428810
Haredi
parties are pushing the coalition to speed up legislation on the draft law. The
coalition plans to delete from the conscription law all sections except the
provision on release of draft-dodgers in order to advance the move quickly. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428814
Seems Iran won the war.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428802
https://www.algemeiner.com/2026/06/17/experts-former-trump-officials-slam-us-iran-agreement/
Nikki Haley against
Iran Deal. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428805
June 19th
Day 987 since Oct. 7th Day 109 of Roaring Lion
end of week 141
Those of you who
noticed the Roaring Lion disappeared for a few days. The Iranians read Trump especially
Kushner Hotels in the Gulf and perhaps Witkoff like a book. They especially
included Lebanon and their proxy Hezballah. But despite Schwantz’s declaration
yesterday about American Arms and supplies (not so veiled a threat), we are
constantly under attack. Yesterday either a Brigadier General or Colonel was
injured from Division 36 and today a
Tank Battalion Commander and three soldiers died. An officer or soldier from
the commandos was hit.
Gentlemen may cry
“Peace-peace but the next wind that comes from the north”! Patrick Henry
paraphrasing Yehezkel 13:10 also Yihemiho 6:14 and 8:11.
The Iranians physically
did not sign, negotiations are not starting and they are demanding total Israel
capitulation. Worse than that Hormuz is open for them to get money and the
60day count has not started. Trump is trying to sell the idea that he made a
better deal than Obama. History will judge but in the meantime it appears that
the Iranians won this round via negotiations. https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/us-iran-deal-nuclear-talks-trump-signs-mou-june-18
Thomas B.: Winston
Churchill, 1938: "You were given the choice between war and dishonour. You
chose dishonour, and you will have war."
Mark Levin US-Iran MOU
is a dangerous gamble. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428878
Lt. Col dies along with
3 soldiers when tank hit. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428880
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/new-poll-reveals-where-americans-stand-after-trump-agreement-iran
https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/06/18/sharp-shift-in-us-position-gives-vance-a-personal-advantage/
https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/06/18/the-one-thing-trump-did-not-forgive-netanyahu-for/
https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/06/18/the-gulf-states-have-moved-on-leaving-israel-behind/
Shabbos is almost here:
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/shabat/
Tape of Netanyahu
surprised by the Rebbe’s advice to him. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428860
The top Democrat seized on mounting
apprehensions within the Republican caucus to argue that President Donald Trump
made catastrophic, unforced concessions to Tehran. “This is not the art of the deal.
This is the art of surrender. Trump didn’t get peace through strength, he got
payoff through weakness. Americans got almost nothing we wanted and needed, and
Trump gave away the store. The Iranians took him to the cleaners," Schumer
said. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428875
Antisemitism in FL: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428874
19year old shooter at
US Consulate arrested in Toronto. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428876
Have a
healthy, happy, peaceful and wonderful Shabbos.
Rachamim
Pauli
