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Good Shabbos
Book of Numbers 4:18 - 7:89 Not included is the Yom Tov Shavuous Reading in
Exodos of the 10 Commandments. Parsha Yisro.
Parsha Naso
This week’s
Parsha takes off where we continue with the counting and functioning of the
Leviim in the Mishkan. It is also the longest single Parsha in the Torah.
4:21 And
the LORD spoke unto Moses saying: 22 'Take the sum of the sons of Gershon also,
by their fathers' houses, by their families; 23 from thirty years old and
upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them: all that enter in to wait
upon the service, to do service in the tent of meeting. 24 This is the service
of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in bearing burdens: 25 they
shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tent of meeting, its
covering, and the covering of giraffe skin
that is above upon it, and the screen for the door of the tent of meeting; 26
and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the gate of the
court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their
cords, and all the instruments of their service, and whatsoever there may be to
do with them, therein shall they serve. 27 At the commandment of Aaron and his
sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their
burden, and in all their service; and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all
their burden. 28 This is the service of the families of the sons of the
Gershonites in the tent of meeting; and their charge shall be under the hand of
Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
The Bnei
Gershon of Sheves (tribe) Levi would be in charge of all the textile in the
Mishkan. They would mantle and dismantle the curtains and skins. The were in
charge of washings and drying when needed. In the wilderness, their main job
was dismantling and reassembling the curtains and other material of the Mishkan
and packing on the wagons.
29 As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number
them by their families, by their fathers' houses; 30 from thirty years old and
upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that enters upon the service, to do the work of
the tent of meeting. 31 And this is the charge of their burden, according to
all their service in the tent of meeting: the boards of the tabernacle, and the
bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof; 32 and the
pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their
cords, even all their appurtenance, and all that pertains to their service; and by name ye
shall appoint the instruments of the charge of their burden. 33 This is the
service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service,
in the tent of meeting, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.'
34 And Moses and Aaron and the princes of the congregation numbered the sons of
the Kohathites by their families, and by their fathers' houses, 35 from thirty
years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entered upon the
service, for service in the tent of meeting. 36 And those that were numbered of
them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. 37 These are
they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, of all that did
serve in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the
commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
The
hardwood boards I calculated the tonnage to be about three tons based on the
tapered hardwood and density thereof to be distributed on the wagons.
38 And those that were numbered of the sons of
Gershon, by their families, and by their fathers' houses, 39 from thirty years
old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entered upon the
service, for service in the tent of meeting, 40 even those that were numbered
of them, by their families, by their fathers' houses, were two thousand and six
hundred and thirty. 41 These are they that were numbered of the families of the
sons of Gershon, of all that did serve in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron
numbered according to the commandment of the LORD. 42 And those that were
numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by their
fathers' houses, 43 from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old,
every one that entered upon the service, for service in the tent of meeting, 44
even those that were numbered of them by their families, were three thousand
and two hundred. 45 These are they that were numbered of the families of the
sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of
the LORD by the hand of Moses.
The Leviim
from Merari took care of the wood.
46 All those that were numbered of the Levites,
whom Moses and Aaron and the princes of Israel numbered, by their families, and
by their fathers' houses, 47 from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty
years old, every one that entered in to do the work of service, and the work of
bearing burdens in the tent of meeting, 48 even those that were numbered of
them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore. 49 According to the
commandment of the LORD they were appointed by the hand of Moses, every one to
his service, and to his burden; they were also numbered, as the LORD commanded
Moses. 5:1 And
the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 2 'Command the children of Israel, that they
put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and
whosoever is unclean by the dead; 3 both male and female shall ye put out,
without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camp, in the
midst whereof I dwell.' 4 And the children of Israel did so, and put them out
without the camp; as the LORD spoke unto Moses, so did the children of Israel.
5 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 6 Speak unto the children of Israel:
When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to commit a trespass
against the LORD, and that soul be guilty; 7 then they shall confess their sin
which they have done; and he shall make restitution for his guilt in full, and
add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him in respect of whom he
hath been guilty. 8 But if the man have no kinosman to whom restitution may be made
for the guilt, the restitution for guilt which is made shall be the LORD'S,
even the priest's; besides the ram of the atonement, whereby atonement shall be
made for him. 9 And every heave-offering of all the holy things of the children
of Israel, which they present unto the priest, shall be his. 10 And every man's
hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be
his.
The Bnei
Levi and even more so the Bnei Yisrael are forbidden to trespass in the camp of
the Cohanim or to make sacrifices or eat the gifts to the Cohain.
11 and the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 12
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: If any man's wife go
aside, and act unfaithfully against him, 13 and a man lie with her carnally,
and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, she being defiled secretly, and
there be no witness against her, neither she be taken in the act; 14 and the
spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be
defiled; or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his
wife, and she be not defiled;
There are
women that defile themselves, but most are loyal to their husbands. However,
there are men that are very jealous of their wives without any reason and these
types are capable of disfiguring or even murdering their spouses. The Torah
offers a release in such cases.
15 then shall the man bring his wife unto the
priest, and shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of
barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it
is a meal-offering of jealousy, a meal-offering of memorial, bringing iniquity
to remembrance. 16 And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the
LORD. 17 And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the
dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it
into the water. 18 And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and let
the hair of the woman's head go loose, and put the meal-offering of memorial in
her hands, which is the meal-offering of jealousy; and the priest shall have in
his hand the water of bitterness that causes the
curse. 19 And the priest shall cause her to swear, and shall say unto the
woman: 'If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to
uncleanness, being under thy husband, be thou free from this water of
bitterness that causes the
curse; 20 but if thou hast gone aside, being under thy husband, and if thou be
defiled, and some man have lain with thee besides thy husband-- 21 then the
priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of cursing, and the priest
shall say unto the woman--the LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy
people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to fall away, and thy belly to swell;
22 and this water that causes the curse shall go into thy bowels, and make
thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to fall away'; and the woman shall say:
'Amen, Amen.'
The process
is degrading and the woman is then stripped from the waist upwards with her
hair uncovered before all.
23 And the priest shall write these curses in a
scroll, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness. 24 And he
shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that causes the curse; and the water that causes the curse shall enter into her and
become bitter. 25 And the priest shall take the meal-offering of jealousy out
of the woman's hand, and shall wave the meal-offering before the LORD, and
bring it unto the altar. 26 And the priest shall take a handful of the
meal-offering, as the memorial-part thereof, and make it smoke upon the altar,
and afterward shall make the woman drink the water. 27 And when he hath made
her drink the water, then it shall come to pass, if she be defiled, and have
acted unfaithfully against her husband, that the water that cause the curse
shall enter into her and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh
shall fall away; and the woman shall be a curse among her people. 28 And if the
woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be cleared, and shall
conceive seed.
It was so
as I told the story of Rabbi Chaim Azulay (The Chida) when the woman appeared
with her husband and she was read the Pasha to get a divorce. She proclaimed
her innocence. He was a Cohain and as soon as she left his house on the street
below, her legs swelled and she died on the spot. Some place elsewhere in the
city the man who committed adultery with her died suddenly. But as the Torah writes,
if not, she conceives a child.
29 This is the law of jealousy, when a wife,
being under her husband, goes aside, and is defiled; 30 or when the spirit
of jealousy cometh upon a man, and he be jealous over his wife; then shall he
set the woman before the LORD, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law.
31 And the man shall be clear from iniquity, and that woman shall bear her
iniquity.
In conclusion, many husbands get jealous
of their wives and this whole section is to repair such things. However, if the
woman really cheated, she would die.
6:1 And
the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say
unto them: When either man or woman shall clearly utter a vow, the vow of a
Nazirite, to consecrate himself unto the LORD, 3 he shall abstain from wine and
strong drink: he shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink,
neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or dried. 4
All the days of his Naziriteship shall he eat nothing that is made of the
grape-vine, from the pressed grapes even to the grapestone.
The Talmud
mentions the proximity of the loose woman (Sotah) with that a Nazir. The first
thing mentioned is that if one sees such a woman, he should swear off wine and
strong drink lest he fall into lusting via his thoughts. That should be a
reason for being a Nazir and not trying to be ‘holier than thou’.
5 All the days of his vow of Naziriteship there
shall no razor come upon his head; until the days be fulfilled, in which he
consecrates
himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, he shall let the locks of the hair of
his head grow long.
The minimum
is 30 days.
6 All the days that he consecrates himself unto
the LORD he shall not come near to a dead body.
He should
avoid visiting graveyards and being within a presence of a person about to die.
7 He shall not make himself unclean for his
father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die;
because his consecration unto God is upon his head. 8 All the days of his
Naziriteship he is holy unto the LORD.
He is similar
to a high priest and cannot bury his closest relatives.
9 And if any man die very suddenly beside him,
and he defile his consecrated head, then he shall shave his head in the day of
his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.
He has
accidently become Tumay not though his choosing but now has to go to recleaning
process and start his Nazir Vow over again
10 And on the eighth day he shall bring two
turtledoves, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tent of
meeting. 11 And the priest shall prepare one for a sin-offering, and the other
for a burnt-offering, and make atonement for him, for that he sinned by reason
of the dead; and he shall hallow his head that same day. 12 And he shall
consecrate unto the LORD the days of his Naziriteship, and shall bring a
he-lamb of the first year for a guilt-offering; but the former days shall be
void, because his consecration was defiled. 13 And this is the law of the
Nazirite, when the days of his consecration are fulfilled: he shall bring it
unto the door of the tent of meeting; 14 and he shall present his offering unto
the LORD, one he-lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt-offering,
and one ewe-lamb of the first year without blemish for a sin-offering, and one
ram without blemish for peace-offerings, 15 and a basket of unleavened bread,
cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers spread with oil,
and their meal-offering, and their drink-offerings. 16 And the priest shall
bring them before the LORD, and shall offer his sin-offering, and his
burnt-offering. 17 And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of
peace-offerings unto the LORD, with the basket of unleavened bread; the priest
shall offer also the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof.
This is
what he has to bring to the Cohain.
18 And the Nazirite shall shave his consecrated
head at the door of the tent of meeting, and shall take the hair of his
consecrated head, and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of
peace-offerings. 19 And the priest shall take the shoulder of the ram when it
is sodden, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer,
and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazirite, after he hath shaven his
consecrated head.
Even his
body has to be cleansed and his head shaved.
20 And the priest shall wave them for a
wave-offering before the LORD; this is holy for the priest, together with the
breast of waving and the thigh of heaving; and after that the Nazirite may
drink wine. 21 This is the law of the Nazirite who vows, and of his
offering unto the LORD for his Naziriteship, beside that for which his means
suffice; according to his vow which he vows, so he must do after the law of his
Naziriteship.
He could be
a Nazir from 30days to a life time (cutting his hair once a year) according to
his vow.
22 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 23
'Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying: On this wise ye shall bless the
children of Israel; ye shall say unto them:
This
blessing was to be in the Mishkan/Mikdash daily with the morning and evening
(late afternoon) Korban Tamid (daily offering).
24 The LORD bless thee, and keep thee;
You shall
be blessed and preserved.
25 The LORD make His face to shine upon thee,
and be gracious unto thee;
You will
get the radiance of the Shechina.
26 The LORD lift up His countenance upon thee,
and give thee peace.
The ending
of the blessing is that the L-RD will look upon you and bless you with Shalom.
27 So shall they put My name upon the children
of Israel, and I will bless them.'
The Cohanim will bless throughout all
generations.
7:1 And
it came to pass on the day that Moses had made an end of setting up the
tabernacle, and had anointed it and sanctified it, and all the furniture
thereof, and the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them and
sanctified them; 2 that the princes of Israel, the heads of their fathers'
houses, offered--these were the princes of the tribes, these are they that were
over them that were numbered. 3 And they brought their offering before the
LORD, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen: a wagon for every two of the
princes, and for each one an ox; and they presented them before the tabernacle.
4 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 5 'Take it of them, that they may be
to do the service of the tent of meeting; and thou shalt give them unto the
Levites, to every man according to his service.'
The wagons
were still around from 211years previously when Yosef sent them to transport
Yacov to the land of Goshen.
6 And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and
gave them unto the Levites. 7 Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of
Gershon, according to their service.
All the
cloth and skins could be packed into two long wagons.
8 And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto
the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the
son of Aaron the priest. 9 But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none, because
the service of the holy things belonged unto them: they bore them upon their
shoulders.
The three
tons of boards and their braces and clamps require four wagons.
10 And the princes brought the
dedication-offering of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the
princes brought their offering before the altar. 11 And the LORD said unto
Moses: 'They shall present their offering each prince on his day, for the
dedication of the altar.'
The tribes
were divided into the four directions and how they would set out for war. Thus,
the princes (Nassiim) were arrange in that order. Each day, a Nassi would bring
his gift and the sacrifices (Korbanos).
12 And he that presented his offering the first
day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah;
In order
that no tribe would give more or less than another, the gifts to be brought
were to be the same. This week becomes the longest Parsha as the few lines of
gifts given get repeated 12 times. This shows the dearness of each tribe before
HASHEM.
13 and his offering was one silver dish, the
weight thereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy
shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour
mingled with oil for a meal-offering; 14 one golden pan of ten shekels, full of
incense; 15 one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year, for a
burnt-offering; 16 one male of the goats for a sin-offering; 17 and for the
sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs
of the first year. This was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
The tribe
of Yehuda is to get the kingship as blessed by Yacov Avinu. They are the first
to go into battle and lead off the Korbanos of the Nassiim (Princes) of the
tribes.
18 On the second day Nethanel the son of Zuar,
prince of Issachar, did offer: 19 he presented for his offering one silver
dish, the weight thereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of
seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine
flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering; 20 one golden pan of ten shekels,
full of incense; 21 one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year,
for a burnt-offering; 22 one male of the goats for a sin-offering; 23 and for
the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five
he-lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Nethanel the son of Zuar. 24 On the third day Eliab the son of
Helon, prince of the children of Zebulun: 25 his offering was one silver dish,
the weight thereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy
shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour
mingled with oil for a meal-offering; 26 one golden pan of ten shekels, full of
incense; 27 one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year, for a
burnt-offering; 28 one male of the goats for a sin-offering; 29 and for the
sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs
of the first year. This was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon. 30 On the fourth day Elizur the son
of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben: 31 his offering was one silver
dish, the weight thereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of
seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine
flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering; 32 one golden pan of ten shekels,
full of incense; 33 one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year,
for a burnt-offering; 34 one male of the goats for a sin-offering; 35 and for
the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five
he-lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur. 36 On the fifth day Shelumiel the
son of Zurishaddai, prince of the children of Simeon: 37 his offering was one
silver dish, the weight thereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver
basin of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full
of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering; 38 one golden pan of ten
shekels, full of incense; 39 one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the
first year, for a burnt-offering; 40 one male of the goats for a sin-offering;
41 and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five
he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Shelumiel
the son of Zurishaddai. 42 On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince
of the children of Gad: 43 his offering was one silver dish, the weight thereof
was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after
the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil
for a meal-offering; 44 one golden pan of ten shekels, full of incense; 45 one
young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offering; 46
one male of the goats for a sin-offering; 47 and for the sacrifice of
peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first
year. This was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel. 48 On the seventh day
Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim: 49 his offering
was one silver dish, the weight thereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one
silver basin of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of
them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering; 50 one golden pan
of ten shekels, full of incense; 51 one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of
the first year, for a burnt-offering; 52 one male of the goats for a
sin-offering; 53 and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams,
five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year. This was the offering of
Elishama the son of Ammihud. 54 On the eighth day Gamaliel the son of
Pedahzur, prince of the children of Manasseh:
This is the
beginning of Pasha Shemini as Aharon and sons take over from Moshe.
55 his offering was one silver dish, the weight
thereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with
oil for a meal-offering; 56 one golden pan of ten shekels, full
of incense; 57 one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the
first year, for a burnt-offering; 58 one male of the goats for a
sin-offering; 59 and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two
oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lamb of the first year. This was the
offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
After the
offering of the day, while the celebration of the tribe of Menashe was taking
place, the two sons of Aharon die. The joy is turned into sadness.
60 On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni,
prince of the children of Benjamin: 61 his offering was one
silver dish, the weight thereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver
basin of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full
of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering; 62 one
golden pan of ten shekels, full of incense; 63 one young
bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offering; 64 one male of the goats for a sin-offering; 65 and
for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five
he-lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni.
66 On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of
the children of Dan: 67 his offering was one silver dish, the
weight thereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy
shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour
mingled with oil for a meal-offering; 68 one golden pan of ten
shekels, full of incense; 69 one young bullock, one ram, one
he-lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offering; 70 one male of
the goats for a sin-offering; 71 and for the sacrifice of
peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first
year. This was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 72
On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ochran, prince of the children of Asher: 73 his offering was one silver dish, the weight thereof was a
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a
meal-offering; 74 one golden pan of ten shekels, full of
incense; 75 one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first
year, for a burnt-offering; 76 one male of the goats for a
sin-offering; 77 and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two
oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year. This was the
offering of Pagiel the son of Ochran. 78 On the twelfth day
Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali: 79
his offering was one silver dish, the weight thereof was a hundred and thirty
shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the
sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a
meal-offering; 80 one golden pan of ten shekels, full of
incense; 81 one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first
year, for a burnt-offering; 82 one male of the goats for a
sin-offering; 83 and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two
oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year. This was the
offering of Ahira the son of Enan.
Even though
each of the Nassiim are wealthy similar to Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Warren
Buffett, Bill Gates, etc. in our day, the Torah gives an accounting for each
item. This went already on Avraham Avinu and later on Moshe Rabbaynu where
neither of them took as much as a shoe lace for their service. (After Avraham freed Lot and returned the
spoils and Moshe at the time of Korach and the end of the Torah.)
84 This was the dedication-offering of the
altar, in the day when it was anointed, at the hands of the princes of Israel:
twelve silver dishes, twelve silver basins, twelve golden pans; 85
each silver dish weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and each basin seventy;
all the silver of the vessels two thousand and four hundred shekels, after the shekel
of the sanctuary; 86 twelve golden pans, full of incense,
weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary; all the gold of
the pans a hundred and twenty shekels; 87 all the oxen for the
burnt-offering twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the he-lambs of the first year
twelve, and their meal-offering; and the males of the goats for a sin-offering
twelve; 88 and all the oxen for the sacrifice of peace-offerings
twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he-goats sixty, the he-lambs of
the first year sixty. This was the dedication-offering of the altar, after that
it was anointed.
The Torah
has finished the accounting on the 12th of Nissan 2449.
89 And when Moses went into the tent of meeting
that He might speak with him, then he heard the Voice speaking unto him from
above the ark-cover that was upon the ark of the testimony, from between the
two cherubim; and He spoke unto him.
Moshe will
continue speaking with HASHEM behind the curtains in the Mishkan otherwise the
Aron and Ceruvim were for the Cohain Gadol on Yom Kippur.
All new 4th
Part of my return to Judaism
These are
the formative years of 1966 to 1973 (late 5726 to 5774). After the two events
that defied logic and probability, I had to give G-D a chance. I had to follow
what was right. Who was to tell me which religion was right or wrong. I could
not follow a religion that had statues as I did know the ten commandments. I
did want to check out Unitarianism which seemed to reject statues (at least on
the surface). But when I went to hear them, they were like a Christian version
of Reform Judaism and I rejected that out-right. Buddhism was basically taken
from a wise Jew the proof is that their head is called ‘Roshi’ which is ‘my
head(leader)’ in Hebrew like Rosh Yeshiva or Rosh Chodesh*. My age group during
this time is from a 19year old youth to a father of children and 27 years old.
*[The story of Buddha is that he met a wise man.]
I am going
through two processes at this time. The first is to become an observant Torah
Jew. The second and perhaps more pressing is to make a Torah Family which was
to become more urgent when my father passed away when I was 21.5 years old of
wanting to build an Orthodox Jewish Family and home.
At 19, I
was still in the world of Broadway Romance. Popular a bit before then was West
Side Story a youth, Tony meets Maria and they fall head on in love. It is not
the Jewish Concept of Yitzchak meets Rivka in an arranged marriage, similar
ideas and good family. Yitzchak brings Rivka into his tent, is comforted by her
presence in place of his mother as the woman of the house and he loved her. Had
I been taught this, it would have saved me a lot of misconception. But that was
not to be. Without a proper Jewish Background, I was literally barking up the wrong
tree.
The first
thing I did was start reading the Holy Scriptures – especially the Chumash. I
began to give up eating pork products and meat and cheese together. My
knowledge of Kashrus was that rudimentary at the time. I slowly moved to frozen
diners in when I went for a weekend to Greenwood Lake. At that time, I would
still eat meat that was not slaughtered or prepared in a kosher manner. Still
it was a giant leap forward from nothing to something. Later it would become
only frozen fish dinners.
Stage two
would come with the help of Mrs. Dyckoff, the mother of my friend Howard. She
wanted me to become within myself whole by making a Bar Mitzvah with an
Orthodox Rabbi. I finally agreed that after the summer of 1967, I would visit
an Orthodox Rabbi and start the process. In fact, in my Junior Year, I would
take Hebrew 101 to start learning the language to read and write.
I was at
this time dating a lovely girl and we would go out every Friday to a movie. If
I had continued, she might have become Frum with me but a number of things
happened and I ended wanting to be by myself for my transition. I guess I was
too immature to think of a real partnership. Perhaps, if I confided in her my
religious transposition it would have been different. It is Robert Frost’s
famous poem, “The path not taken”.
Then came
the Six Day War and all the hidden miracles (some of which I understood and
others like Rabbi Goren and his driver single handedly capturing Chevron
without firing a shot, I would only learn years later).
At this
point, I was no longer able to date Reform Jewish Girls because I was a bit of
a religious fanatic to them. I started dating a Conservative Girl or two. One
funny incident was when it was a cold winter date and she was wearing pants
with a hood over her head and us walking arm in arm. People passing us would
look if we were two men or a man and a woman. I was not quite ready for
forbidden to touch until married Orthodox. I am now 20 and a lot of my friends
have steady girlfriends, in fact one had met is wife of the next 50 years until
her passing.
Just before
5728 (Sept. 1977), I am helped by a fellow named Danny Levy who buys for me a
Hebrew – English Siddur. Then just before the High Holidays, I hitch a ride in
Greenwood Lake to the Schul in town for Rosh Hashanah and meet via Mrs. Dyckoff
Rabbi Klayman of the Ocean Avenue Synagogue. He helps me buy Tephillin, The
Code of Jewish Law by Rabbi Ganzfried, the Hertz Chumash, and some Soncino
Books on the Tanach.
I start
reading the previously mentioned books on loan from Rabbi Klayman and the basic
Halacha of the Jewish Law Book. I want to keep away from Tuma and want to
observe Taharos Mishpacha (family purity).
I am still
young, romantic but sort of between two worlds. The Reform Jewish Young Women
viewed me as a fanatic. Suddenly, I found myself talking to religious female
Protestant Girls at school. I was about to be attacked by the Yetzer HaRa with
the danger of Intermarriage. I feel head over heels in love with an intelligent
Julie-Ann. She was a ballet dancer who was working her way through College as
her father had passed away. She gave me points on my English Papers that turned
a B or B+ into an A or A+. She was a beautiful redhead who had once worked at
the Copa Cabana. She believed in reincarnation and other things. Fortunately
for me, she was not interested in Shabbos or Family Purity so those two points
kept me on the straight and steady path. Kashrus would not bother Linda a year
later but these points would.
I did
attempt to meet Frum Girls via a friend of my mother, who was observant.
Somehow, they were not impressed by my personality or Yiddishkeit. But still
held out a ray of hope.
In February
1969 (Shevat 5729), a few days before my father’s passing, I entered a new
semester at Yeshiva Haichal HaTorah. I offered to pay my way by substitute
teaching and other duties. I would end up helping out on Wednesday Evening at
the weekly BINGO Game selling sandwiches and soda. I was also finishing up my
BA in College.
I was about
to start learning Gemara (Talmud) and one of the fellows, Mordechai Rubin told
me about buying a set of Blackman Mishnayos.
The trials
and tribulations of a new fully observant Jew was only beginning. To be
continued.
More on the
trials and tribulations of dating in the Orthodox World when one or one’s
family are outsiders. https://assets.torahtidbits.com/2026/05/13102427/1660-Bemidbar-A.Ben-Shalom.pdf
This week we
need to make an Eruv Tavshillin on Thursday
In Israel,
it is rare that a Yom Tov is followed by a Shabbos. In the diaspora, with two
days of Yom Tov, the people had to make one to cook from Pesach to Shabbos. It
can happen in Israel on Rosh Hashanah and Shavuos and perhaps I am forgetting
something. There was a very nice article in the OU about preparing the Eruv
Tavshillin and the background for it. https://assets.torahtidbits.com/2026/05/13102434/1660-Bemidbar-R.E.Ozarowski.pdf
Fulfilling the Final Commandment of the Torah by
R’ Y. Tilles
https://ascentofsafed.com/cgi-bin/ascent.cgi?Name=1483-34
In the small town of Okop in Western Ukraine, where Rabbi Israel Baal Shem
Tov was born and also lived for a certain period in his life,[1] there was a
wealthy man named Rabbi Yoel. He was respected not just for his riches; he was
an advanced Torah scholar, God-fearing, and meticulous in observing the
commandments.
One day, he felt a strong desire to fulfil the final (613th) commandment that
appears in the Torah, that every Jewish man should write a Torah scroll for
himself. But for Rabbi Yoel, doing a mitzvah "properly" meant doing
it magnificently.
He purchased cattle, gave the meat away to the poor, and had the hides
specially processed to be excellent quality parchment for an exceptionally
beautiful Torah scroll. Then he hired a highly respected scribe, known both for
his expertise and his piety, brought him to Okop and hosted him in his home for
many months while he worked.
Every day the scribe immersed in a mikveh (ritual bath) before writing.
Every letter was written with reverence.
When the Torah scroll was finally completed, Rabbi Yoel organized an elaborate
celebratory feast. After all, tradition teaches that completing a Torah scroll
deserves a true celebration.
The guest list included the town elite: rabbis, judges, cantors, ritual
slaughterers, wealthy benefactors, and community leaders. Rabbi Yoel himself
spent days preparing the lecture he planned to deliver at the event - something
Talmudic, yet sophisticated enough to impress the Torah scholars of Okop.
One person who did not receive an invitation was Berel the water-carrier.
Berel was a simple Jew. Not rich. Not scholarly. Every morning before dawn he
would go to the small synagogue called "Chevra Tehillim," where he
and other working men gathered to pray and recite the entire Book of Psalms
before heading out to their daily labors.
When Berel heard about the celebration for the new Torah scroll, he innocently
assumed -- that any Jew who loved Torah would be welcome there.
So he put on his worn Shabbat clothes, made himself presentable as best he
could, and went to Rabbi Yoel's home. Without thinking twice, he sat down among
the honored guests.
When Rabbi Yoel saw Berel the water-carrier sitting in the place reserved for
Torah scholars, he approached him angrily and hissed, "Just because you
say a lot of Psalms, you think yourself a man of distinguished lineage and
importance?"
Berel understood instantly. Without saying a word, he stood up and quietly
left.
Inside, the celebration continued in full splendor. Silver goblets gleamed,
candles burned in expensive candelabras. Rich food and fine wine covered the
tables. Musicians played lively melodies while guests enthusiastically sang and
danced in circles around the Torah scroll.
Rabbi Yoel was radiant with joy. He danced passionately, delivered his
brilliantly crafted Torah lecture, and basked in the admiration of the town
scholars, who were deeply impressed by his deep scholarship, broad knowledge
and sharp insights concerning the verse: "And now, write for yourselves
this song" [Deut. 31:19].
Late that night, after the final guest had gone home, Rabbi Yoel climbed into
bed feeling completely satisfied with himself; everything had gone perfectly.
Then he fell asleep… and dreamed.
In the dream, a violent storm seized him and swept him away like a tidal wave.
into a barren wilderness. He found himself standing alone and terrified in a
desolate wilderness, when suddenly he noticed a brightly illuminated structure
in the distance.
He knocked and entered. Inside sat a panel of solemn judges around a long
table. Immediately, the head judge called out: "Rabbi Yoel of Okop - you
are hereby summoned to judgment."
The plaintiff stepped forward. Rabbi Yoel was shocked to his toes when he
realized that the plaintiff was King David himself.
"I accuse you," David declared, "of dishonoring my Tehillim
(Psalms) and publicly shaming Berel the water-carrier, who recites every verse
in each of the 150 chapters every single day with sincerity and devotion."
Next, the prosecutor rose and demanded the harshest punishment of all: that
Rabbi Yoel's soul should not be returned to his body.
Rabbi Yoel was frozen with terror. He could neither speak nor move.
Then, surprisingly, help came from an unexpected source. Another figure stood
up in his defense: the Baal Shem Tov.
"If Rabbi Yoel dies now," he argued, "people will never learn
the great value of reciting Psalms with sincerity. Let him return so the lesson
can
be known."
At once the storm wind returned, carrying Rabbi Yoel back into his body and
bed.
He awoke shaking in fear, soaked in cold sweat.
The next afternoon, between the afternoon and evening prayers, Rabbi Yoel went
to visit the humble "Chevra Tehillim" synagogue. Standing before the
congregation, he publicly asked Berel for forgiveness.
The astonished worshippers listened as Rabbi Yoel recounted the entire episode:
the feast, the insult, the terrifying heavenly trial, and the lesson he had
learned.
From that day on, Rabbi Yoel changed completely. He no longer took pride in
being the greatest scholar in the town.
Instead, every morning he joined the uneducated but wholehearted workers at the
little synagogue, sitting among them and reciting Psalms with humility, warmth
and sincerity.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Source:
Freely adapted by Yerachmiel Tilles from Sipurei Tzadikim.
Why this week? Moses transmitted eight of the Ten Commandments - a primary text
in the first and every Torah scroll since -- to the Jewish people on [the
first!] SHAVUOT. King David and the Baal Shem Tov both passed away on SHAVUOT.
[1] Some say both clauses apply to Tlust, not Okop.
My
grandson, Yosef Yitzchak, named my great-grandson Dovid (David) in honor of
Melech Dovid not knowing that baby’s great-great uncle was Dovid ben Yosef.
A Rare
Power of the Baal Shem Tov by Rabbi Y. Tilles
https://ascentofsafed.com/cgi-bin/ascent.cgi?Name=1484-35
The Baal Shem Tov's grandson,
Rabbi Baruch of Mezhibuz, although known for the manner of authority and
royalty with which he conducted his leadership, nevertheless considered himself
totally insignificant in comparison to the greatness of his grandfather. One of
the disciples of Rabbi Baruch was a young dedicated Torah scholar and a God-fearing
Jew, who had come to Rabbi Baruch to learn Torah and Divine service according
to the Chasidic ways of his holy grandfather, the Baal Shem Tov. He would cling
to the dust of his Rebbe's feet and travel with him on all his journeys.
Once, when traveling back to
Mezhibuz with his holy Rebbe, a thought arose in his mind: How much greater and
more wondrous could the marvels and awesomeness of his grandfather the Baal
Shem Tov have been, that the whole world praises and extols him? He found it
difficult to believe that there could be a man who surpasses his holy Rebbe.
As they arrived near the city,
the young Chasid needed to relieve himself. He descended from the wagon and
entered the nearby forest temporarily, yet Rabbi Baruch ordered the wagon to
continue traveling. When his follower came out of the forest and didn't find
the wagon, he walked to the city on foot. Meanwhile, it began to rain and all
his clothes were soaked.
When the young man arrived at the
city, he entered the first house that he saw had a mezuzah, in order to rest a
bit and warm up. Once inside, he saw an old man sitting and learning Talmud so
diligently that he did not notice the young Chasid’s entrance, and the latter
did not dare approach him. Eventually, the old man paused his learning and saw
the unannounced visitor. "Where are you from?" he asked.
"I'm from Mezhibuz and I was
traveling with Rebbe Baruch."
"Who is this Rabbi Baruch? I
don't know him and have never heard of him."
"He is the grandson of the
holy Baal Shem Tov." The old man responded, "Indeed, I knew the holy
Baal Shem Tov well. But his grandson I never heard about.
"Now, allow me to tell you
how great was the power of the Baal Shem Tov.
* * * * *
"When the Baal Shem Tov came
to live in Mezhibuz and everyone rushed to him, I wasn't eager to do so also
because I didn't think it justified interrupting my Torah learning. Even when I
heard people greatly praising his wonders, I didn't want to postpone my studies
to go to him.
"Once, on a Saturday night,
the heat was very intense, and after a long learning session, I no longer could
bear the heat. I rose and went outside to breathe fresh air. As I walked, lost
in my thoughts, my feet brought me near the Baal Shem Tov's house. I said to
myself, 'Let me go and see this man whose fame is so widespread among the
people.'
"I entered and saw the Baal
Shem Tov sitting on his chair, surrounded by a group of women telling him their
troubles, and he was answering each one. I said to myself: 'At this time, when
a person should be engaged in the midnight prayers and rectifications and Torah
study, he's busy with women's talk and vanities?!'
"So I left there. I came across his Beit Midrash-study hall, and entered.
Immediately my eyes were drawn to a man standing before the ark, lamenting the
Exile and the Destruction of the Holy Temples, pronouncing the words of the
Midnight Rectification Prayer from the depths of his heart, with a spiritual
melody in an exceptionally sweet voice.
"I wanted to see who this
man was so I maneuvered carefully to see his face without disturbing his concentration.
To my great shock, it was the Baal Shem Tov! How was this possible?
"I hurried back to the room
where I first saw the Baal Shem Tov, and found him sitting and engaging with
the women as before! I still couldn't believe my eyes.
"I ran full speed back and
forth from the Baal Shem Tov to the study hall and from the study hall to the
Baal Shem Tov. Again, I found him in the room still sitting and dealing with
the women, and at virtually the same moment standing in the study hall saying
the midnight prayers with tears!
"Even though it was
difficult for me to process my perceptions, I was greatly amazed at this sight.
I realized that it is not for naught that they refer to the Baal Shem Tov as a
miraculous holy person.
* * * * *
"Soon after this
episode," the elderly man continued, "a bad incident happened to me.
One day, while in the midst of saying the Shema Yisrael prayer, an impure image
appeared before my eyes. And this continued to occur every time I said the
Shma. What great distress this caused me!
"I took upon myself fasts
and abstinences, but they didn't help at all. Against my will, I realized that
I needed to go again to the Baal Shem Tov, this time to seek his advice and
help. I told him everything that had happened to me. His response was: 'If so,
take upon yourself one complete fast from Sabbath to Sabbath.'
"I went home and did as he
said. On Saturday night, I didn't eat anything. On the morning of the first
day, when I woke up, the desire for food overwhelmed me greatly. I felt very
weak. I thought that there was no way I could keep the fast because the hunger
grew stronger from moment to moment. I decided in my mind that I was ready to
die. But as soon as I agreed to this in my heart, immediately the hunger left
me and I felt satiated as if I had eaten a good meal.
"And so it was every day. In
the morning I was very hungry to the point of death. And when I held back and
overcame my hunger, the hunger left me after I agreed to die of hunger.
"On Friday night I ate the
Sabbath meal, and immediately the impure image left me at last, and since then
my thoughts have been pure and clean, thank G-d.
"I understood that all this
was the work of the Baal Shem Tov and that indeed he was truly a holy
individual, head and shoulders above everyone else. I became very attached to
him."
When the old man finished
speaking, the young man understood that his own holy Rebbe had arranged this encounter, so that he would hear from the
old man about the greatness of the holiness and wonders of the Baal Shem Tov.
Rebbe Baruch wanted him to realize that all the wonders he had seen with him
did not reach the deeds of the holy Baal Shem Tov.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Source: Excerpted and freely adapted by Yerachmiel
Tilles from an article by the Rabbi, Chasid and Kabbalist, R. Yitzchak Ginsburg (born
and raised in Philadelphia - may he live more long and healthy productive
years), on his highly recommended website, //inner.org.
Why This Week? The festival of
Shavuot - Receiving the Torah at Mt. Sinai - is also the yahrzeit of the Baal
Shem Tov.
Milestone: Barney
Frank, 86, Democrat Congressman. long-time
progressive who strove for equal rights for LGBTQ Americans and who co-authored
the last major finance reform bill. https://www.timesofisrael.com/barney-frank-the-jewish-progressive-congressman-behind-landmark-finance-bill-dies-at-86/
Inyanay Diyoma
May 16th and
17th
Day 953 and Day 954 since Oct. 7th Day 76 and Day 77 of Roaring Lion/Epic Fury start of week 137
Shabbos saw the
elimination of two arch terrorists. One was a mastermind of Oct. 7th
and the other the second in command in ISIS in Nigeria. https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-confirms-hamas-gaza-chief-izz-al-din-al-haddad-killed-in-airstrike/
While we were praying
Mincha on Shabbos, a plane flew overhead. I was concentrating on listening to
the Parsha. One of my neighbors looked up and afterwards said, that plane was
an American Plane. There was an unusual amount of planes on Shabbos. https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-iran-talks-stall-israel-and-us-prepping-to-renew-war-as-soon-as-next-week-report/
The
IDF on Saturday night announced that Captain Maoz Israel Recanati, 24, fell in combat
in southern Lebanon after he was hit by an explosive drone. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/427157
He was scheduled to be
married next month. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bkcw001wymx
Maybe frozen PA funds
could go to Board of Peace? https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/427151
Earlier
this week (Thursday), the elite undercover Duvdevan unit arrested the
hit-and-run driver from the fatal crash near the village of Luban ash-Sharqiyah
earlier this month, in which IDF soldier Nethanel Ayala was killed. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/427159
Deputy AG endangers
democracy. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/427127
Right wing activists
chain themselves to the Syrian Border. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/427178
UK police search for
man threatening to behead Jews. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/427177
Hilltop outpost burnt
by police after evacuation. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/427179
Beit Shemesh Engines
preplanned explosion. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/427163
If I will observe
Shabbos, G-D will save me = the key to success in Iran.
https://www.algemeiner.com/2026/05/15/thousands-people-pledge-observe-trumps-national-shabbat/
Israel may have to go
deeper into Lebanon. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/s182ttl1zg
Bibi, the poodle of
Trump, doesn’t even bark. https://www.algemeiner.com/2026/05/15/israel-lebanon-extend-ceasefire-45-days-washington-talks-conclude/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/settler-filmed-clubbing-dog-to-death-in-palestinian-village/
Hantavirus found six
years in man’s semen. https://www.ynetnews.com/health_science/article/rkkyh0ikzx
In
the complaint, Al-Saadi, working on behalf of the Islamic Regime proxy, told an
undercover law enforcement officer that his "people" were behind two
attacks in Canada, against a consulate and synagogue.
Make-believe ballroom
time? A US Senate official on Saturday removed security funding that
could be used for US President Donald Trump's planned $400 million White House
ballroom from a massive spending package, Democratic lawmakers said,
imperilling Republican efforts to devote taxpayer money to the contentious
project. https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/article-896391
Instead of a flotilla,
a land convoy from Libya. https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/article-896381
PA reinforces ‘pay for
slay’ policy. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-896389
State Dept. approves
$25.8 Billion in arms. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-896356
Two Arab Motorbike
thieves arrested. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/crime-in-israel/article-896401
Singer Yuval Vilner is
named as rapists. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/crime-in-israel/article-896409
May 18th
Day 955 since Oct. 7th Day 78 of Roaring Lion/Epic Fury
I took a photo of one
of the American planes landing yesterday. It was probably a refueling tanker
and not a Galaxy which is shorter and fatter. Israel is betting on an attack in
the next few days. Begin chose Chag Shavuos to blow up the Iraqi Tammuz Atomic
Core. So maybe history will repeat itself.
The head of Jihad in
Lebanon died in an attack last night.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/4-idf-troops-wounded-one-severely-by-roadside-bomb-in-south-lebanon/
New Truth Social
warning to Iran. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/427222
Iran accuses the US and
Israel of dividing the Arab World. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/427226
In a
major diplomatic victory for the international campaign against global Islamic
extremism, Honduras has formally blacklisted both Hamas and Iran’s Islamic
Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as terrorist organizations, JNS reported.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/427229
No Torah, no Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/427221
No American Airways
flights until Jan. 2027. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/427225
Arab Mafia strikes
again mayor shot. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sy4a00mujgg
Op-Ed Ron Ben Yishai
How Trump can end the Iranian Stalemate. https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/hypcytp1fx
https://www.algemeiner.com/2026/05/17/israel-to-establish-defense-offices-in-former-unrwa-compound/
Germany's
intelligence service refers to the image of a watermelon slice as one of the
identifying symbols of secular pro-Palestinian antisemitism and extremism.
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-896498
Al Gore after 25 years
of Global Warming now pushing an Ice Age. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-celebrates-un-climate-committee-moves-away-extreme-global-warming-scenario
US
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) appeared to call for a limited military strike
against Iran to "reset" the conflict between the US and the Islamic
Republic in response to Iran's continued intransigence and threats to global
shipping.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/427259
https://www.timesofisrael.com/who-declares-ebola-outbreak-in-congo-uganda-a-global-health-emergency/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/researchers-find-oldest-english-poem-in-a-roman-library/
Crushing the left’s
challenge. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/427253
Lighter side of the
news? After 35 years of marriage, the wife discovers a second woman and a
seven-year-old daughter. https://www.ynetnews.com/culture/lifestyle/article/byknl7okzg
May 19th
Day 956 since Oct. 7th Day 79 of Roaring Lion/Epic Fury
Today should have been
“Bomb Iran Day” but it was put off again for “Diplomacy” that is far from
working on Shachid Fanatic Dynamics. https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/trump-iran-war-israel-hormuz-nuclear-deal-may-18
https://www.algemeiner.com/2026/05/18/trump-says-good-chance-iran-nuclear-deal-delaying-strike
A
lethal shooting targeted the Islamic Center of San Diego on Monday, leaving three
victims dead, including a facility security guard. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/427279
A
young girl was critically injured and ten other people were hurt seriously,
moderately, and lightly after a bus crashed into a tree on Dizengoff Street in
Tel Aviv. Emergency crews are operating at the scene of the accident.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/427269
Parents raising a
public scandal over Moshiach Patch – DO YOU REALLY NEED CHAREDIM OR IS IT PURE
B.S. IN ORDER TO DESROY TORAH? https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/427244
She definitely wants to
up-root Torah. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/427304
J-Street a cancer in
Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/427289
Finally, after 6 years
illegal Arab Outpost to be cleared. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/427310
Another Oct. 7th
terrorist dies after crossing the line. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/427305
Explosive drone hits
Vehicle inside Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/427312
Iraq places 50,000,000
bounty on Trump. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-896661
In a
significant legal blow to one of the international community's most vehement
anti-Israel voices, a US federal court has ruled that Francesca Albanese, the
United Nations Special Rapporteur for Palestinian Arabs, cannot evade a
defamation lawsuit filed against her by two prominent Christian organizations, JNS
reported.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/427286
The
Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court has approved a settlement agreement requiring an
Arab resident who attacked two Haredi young men with pepper spray in central
Jerusalem to pay them NIS 16,000 in compensation. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/427292
Teen terrorist caught. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/427308
Op- Ed Jonatan Tobin.
Antisemite vs. Jews and Trump. The race has
seven-term incumbent Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) pitted against challenger Ed
Gallrein, a relative political newcomer. Under normal circumstances, it would take
an earthquake to topple someone seeking their eighth term in the U.S. House of
Representatives. But in this case, all it took to make the race competitive was
an announcement
from President Donald Trump that he’d like Gallrein to defeat his least
favorite Republican congressman. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/427298
https://www.algemeiner.com/2026/05/18/jewish-man-brutally-attacked-london-speaking-hebrew/
May 20th
Day 957 since Oct. 7th Day 80 of Roaring Lion/Epic Fury
B”H Another Antisemite
bites the dust: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-backed-navy-seal-vet-delivers-major-blow-massie-fiery-gop-primary
Another Antisemite faces
fraud charges. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/jd-vance-says-doj-looking-ilhan-omar-committed-immigration-fraud-amid-brother-marriage-allegations
Iran will attack beyond
the region. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bjkddwoyml
One could really go up
to a certain point on the Temple Mount with Mikveh. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/427354
Supreme Court balks on
Muslim petition on Chevron. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/427358
Armed Bedouin with
clubs try to steal munitions from the IDF.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/427333
Chris
Rabb - a progressive state lawmaker who is staunchly critical of Israel - is
poised to become the newest member of Congress’ “Squad" after winning a
Democratic primary Tuesday in Philadelphia. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/427355
If you don’t invest in
Torah, you won’t have one. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/427088
Children of K. Shemona
panic during attack. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/427364
The
television in the living room of the large two-story house on the outskirts of Bint Jbeil in southern
Lebanon was still on. On a table in the
sitting room lay three Kalashnikov rifles. A quick check showed there was a
round in the chamber. The terrorists had
been moments away from opening fire. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sjcvagikfl
TX Democrat wants
interment camp for Jews. https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/05/20/galindo-zionist-internment-camp-texas-primary/
Have people found the
Tomb of Alexander of Macedonia? Greek
officials have presented the Kasta Tomb in Amphipolis, northern Greece, for the
first time, unveiling marble-lined corridors, complex architecture and refined
sculptural details, including sphinxes that guarded the entrance to the site, Fox
News reported.
https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/05/20/has-alexander-the-greats-lost-tomb-been-found/
Bibi better behave
towards the Charedim or the election could be Oct. 6th
https://www.timesofisrael.com/board-of-peace-urges-countries-that-promised-funds-for-gaza-to-pay-up/
Shabbos and Yom Tov
Times. www.israelnationalnews.com/shabat.
Smash Hopper awarded contract to stop drones. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/427370
May 21st
Day 958 since Oct. 7th Day 81 of Roaring Lion/Epic Fury end of week 136
A female soldier is the
latest badly injured by a drone in Lebanon. Trump completely has no clue that
to lose in Shiite History is to win. They cannot yield to Dhimmi Christians and
Jews and their Sunni Muslim enemies are afraid of a Moshiach instead of a Mahdi.
Bibi was frustrated
with Trump during their last call. https://www.timesofisrael.com/irgc-threatens-war-will-spread-far-beyond-the-region-if-us-renews-attacks-on-iran/
Israel is prepared for
renewed fighting. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/427413
In other news another
Arab Mafia Murder.
Op-Ed David Horowitz
Netanyahu needs to fire Ben Gvir of course he won’t. https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-needs-to-fire-ben-gvir-after-his-flotilla-provocation-but-of-course-he-wont/
Disgusting
Chillul HASHEM.
Letter to the Pope:
Itamar died respecting the church. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/427423
6 soldiers injured by
drones. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/427401
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/427425
IDF destroys Hamas
weapons depot. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/427373
https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/05/20/iais-new-weapon-aims-to-transform-navy-for-modern-combat/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/man-stabbed-to-death-in-synagogue-in-bnei-brak-in-front-of-his-son/
Poll opposition
weakens. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/427398
The Coordinator of Government
Activities in the Territories, Major General Yoram Halevi, on Thursday sent an
official letter to the leadership of the United Nations World Food Programme
(WFP), demanding the immediate cessation of any transfer of fuel, aid, or other
support to the Turkish organization IHH, which has been designated in Israel as
a terrorist organization and promoted the recent flotillas to the Gaza Strip.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/427421
We are righteous and
have not sinned. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/former-doj-prosecutor-charged-stealing-confidential-jack-smith-investigation-documents-trump
Chag
Shavuos Samayach, with a healthy, happy, peaceful and restful Shabbos,
Rachamim Pauli
