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Next week
we will be close to the latest sunset that occurs at the end of the month and
Sunday June 21st the longest day of the year.
Parsha Shelach Lecha Part 2
15:1 And
the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say
unto them: When ye are come into the land of your habitations, which I give
unto you, 3 and will make an offering by fire unto the LORD, a burnt-offering,
or a sacrifice, in fulfilment of a vow clearly uttered, or as a
freewill-offering, or in your appointed seasons, to make a sweet savour unto
the LORD, of the herd, or of the flock; 4 then shall he that bringeth his
offering present unto the LORD a meal-offering of a tenth part of an ephah of
fine flour mingled with the fourth part of a hin of oil; 5 and wine for the
drink-offering, the fourth part of a hin, shalt thou prepare with the
burnt-offering or for the sacrifice, for each lamb. 6 Or for a ram, thou shalt
prepare for a meal-offering two tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour mingled
with the third part of a hin of oil; 7 and for the drink-offering thou shalt
present the third part of a hin of wine, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. 8 And
when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt-offering, or for a sacrifice, in
fulfilment of a vow clearly uttered, or for peace-offerings unto the LORD; 9
then shall there be presented with the bullock a meal-offering of three tenth
parts of an ephah of fine flour mingled with half a hin of oil. 10 And thou
shalt present for the drink-offering half a hin of wine, for an offering made
by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. 11 Thus shall it be done for each
bullock, or for each ram, or for each of the he-lambs, or of the kids. 12
According to the number that ye may prepare, so shall ye do for every one
according to their number. 13 All that are home-born shall do these things
after this manner, in presenting an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour
unto the LORD. 14 And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever may be among
you, throughout your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a
sweet savour unto the LORD; as ye do, so he shall do. 15 As for the
congregation, there shall be one statute both for you, and for the stranger
that sojourns
you, a statute for ever throughout your generations; as ye are, so shall the
stranger be before the LORD. 16 One law and one ordinance shall be both for
you, and for the stranger that sojourns with you.
Thanksgiving
or Korban Todah that is given willingly or for crossing the desert or ocean.
The law is the same for a born Israeli or a Ger Tzedek (full convert). For the
Convert is not only thankful that he has converted to being a Yisrael, but all
his future generations are going to be in Yisrael.
17 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 18
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: When ye come into the
land whither I bring you, 19 then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread
of the land, ye shall set apart a portion for a gift unto the LORD. 20 Of the
first of your dough ye shall set apart a cake for a gift; as that which is set
apart of the threshing-floor, so shall ye set it apart. 21 Of the first of your
dough ye shall give unto the LORD a portion for a gift throughout your
generations.
Because the
people were eating Mann in the desert and not bread from the five grains of
Eretz Yisrael, they could not separate Challah until they came into Eretz
Yisrael and took from one of the gains to make dough and then separate the
Challah.
22 And when ye shall err, and not observe all
these commandments, which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses, 23 even all that the
LORD hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the LORD gave
commandment, and onward throughout your generations; 24 then it shall be, if it
be done in error by the congregation, it being hid from their eyes, that all
the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt-offering, for a
sweet savour unto the LORD--with the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering
thereof, according to the ordinance--and one he-goat for a sin-offering. 25 And
the priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the children of
Israel, and they shall be forgiven; for it was an error, and they have brought
their offering, an offering made by fire unto the LORD, and their sin-offering
before the LORD, for their error. 26 And all the congregation of the children
of Israel shall be forgiven, and the stranger that sojourns among them; for in respect of all
the people it was done in error.
Err is a
sin either by ignorance or unwittingly. Example: One forgot it was Shabbos and
wrote two letters in any language or one forgot or never learned that writing
was a Melacha on Shabbos. But if one does something knowing it was Shabbos and
a forbidden Melacha, then he cannot atone through a Korban Chatas or in some
other types of cases involving pure or impure a Korban Asham (guilt offering).
27 And if one person sin through error, then he
shall offer a she-goat of the first year for a sin-offering. 28 And the priest
shall make atonement for the soul that errs, when he sins through error, before the LORD, to
make atonement for him; and he shall be forgiven, 29 both he that is home-born
among the children of Israel, and the stranger that sojourns among them: ye shall have one law
for him that doeth aught in error. 30 But the soul that doeth aught with a high
hand, whether he be home-born or a stranger, the same blasphemes the LORD; and that soul shall be
cut off from among his people. 31 Because he hath despised the word of the
LORD, and hath broken His commandment; that soul shall utterly be cut off, his
iniquity shall be upon him. 32 And while the children of Israel were in the
wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks upon the sabbath day. 33 And they
that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all
the congregation. 34 And they put him in ward, because it had not been declared
what should be done to him.
To be worthy of the death penalty, the
man had to have been warned that to gather on Shabbos was forbidden and
deserved the death penalty
if he continued. Here he must have continued, for if he stopped, he repented
immediately. By continuing his actions were Mayzid and copiable to the death
penalty.
35 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'The man shall
surely be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him with stones
without the camp.' 36 And all the congregation brought him without the camp,
and stoned him with stones, and he died, as the LORD commanded Moses.
He
was made an example to what happens to somebody who violates the Shabbos. Today
to our misfortune, most Jews are born into non-observant homes, including myself
and hundreds of thousands of others who returned to Judaism and that is why the
death penalty cannot be implemented today.
37 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 38
'Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them throughout
their generations fringes in the corners of their garments, and that they put
with the fringe of each corner a thread of blue. 39 And it shall be unto you
for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of
the LORD, and do them; and that ye go not about after your own heart and your
own eyes, after which ye use to go astray; 40 that ye may remember and do all
My commandments, and be holy unto your God.
The Mitzvah
of Tzitzit: One would have them on his garment and look at them like a little
boy with a string or bandage on his finger to make him feel brave. In our case,
it was to remind him that we have 613 Mitzvos from HASHEM. Perhaps next week, I
will bring down two stories about this.
WHY MUST WE
WEAR TZITZIS? Because: 41 I am the LORD your God, who
brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD your God.'
Parsha Korach
The people
have rebelled so much that they must continue in exile until they die out and
the next generation with the Torah Education replaces them. But the rebellions
are not completely over. This one cones from within the tribe of Levi as a
challenge to Moshe’s leadership.
In 5768 I wrote a little commentary on Perkei Avos which gave me
the idea for the 5769 commentary on Torah which is the basis for what I am
publishing this week.
From Perkei Avos Chapter 2: He [Rabban Yochanan] said to them
[his students]: Go out and see what is a good way to which a person should
cleave. R. Eliezer said: A good eye. R. Yehoshua said: A good friend. R. Yossi
said: A good neighbor. R. Shimon said: One who considers consequences. R.
Elazar said: A good heart. He said to them, I prefer the words of Elazar ben
Arach over your words, for included in his words are your words.
R. Yossi said: A good neighbor – Our Sages say that woe to the wicked and woe to his neighbor. Next
to Reuven and Gad was the Kohath family of Leviim. Korach did not have to make
too much of an effort to convince Datan and Aviram to rebel against Moshe. Had
they have had a better neighbor with perhaps a favorable eye for Moshe, they
would have never participated in a rebellion.
The Zohar mentions the spiritual Realm of the rebellion. Leviim
represented the left side of HASHEM and the Cohanim the right side. Korach
tried to mess up the higher spiritual order by mixing up the left and the
right.
16:1 Now Korach, the
son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the
sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men; 2 and they
rose up in face of Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred
and fifty men; they were princes of the congregation, the elect men of the
assembly, men of renown;
Over ambition and self-delusion
of these great men was their down fall. These people did not believe that Moshe
was appointed for his humility and his knowledge of leadership by growing up in
Pharaoh’s court. They viewed him as an outsider. Could you imagine me trying to
be US Secretary of Defense after having served in the Israeli leadership.
Although I am not a turn coat and loyal to my country of birth and my job, I
can image a riot being caused by somebody appointing me to such a position.
However, the same position in Israel might be possible, but I could not accept
it as I would not renounce my American Citizenship. So perhaps here my
principles are greater than my personal ambition. However, Korach and the other
members of the assembly had just the opposite ideas. Power corrupts and
absolute power absolutely corrupts. There was a joke about Mrs. Charles DE
Gaulle wanting to speak to her husband in the living room. “Charles.” “Mr.
President” etc. until out of frustration she shouts “Mon Deux” and he answers,
“Darling you can call me Charlie.” Oh course he was not really like that but he
was with his nose in the air for the honor of France.
3 and they assembled
themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them: 'Ye
take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of
them, and the LORD is among them; wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above
the assembly of the LORD?'
On the surface things looked very bad. Moshe was the
king, his brother was the high priest. It smelled of nepotism or what we call
special protection in Israel. Although J.F. Kennedy was a beloved president,
the appointment of Robert F. Kennedy as Attorney General and Edward (Teddy)
becoming the Senator for MA did have a flavor of nepotism in it. We cannot say
the same about John and John Q. Adams or Pelosi or the Bush family. The emotion
of Jealousy, evil eye upon Moshe and even a feeling of being left out led to
this. The next sentence is how Moshe felt about the whole leadership role.
4 And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face.
If we go back to Sefer Shemos and the incident of the
burning bush, we know that Moshe wanted to shake off such responsibilities. He
was doing his best to avoid the appointment. Yet our Sages tell us that those
who run from honor – the honor comes to them. Those who seek out honor like
Korach the honor avoids them.
5 And he spoke unto Korah and unto all his
company, saying: 'In the morning the LORD will show who are His, and who is
holy, and will cause him to come near unto Him; even him whom He may choose
will He cause to come near unto Him.
Moshe is sort of giving G-D the democratic vote here on
the issue. Explaining further what I wrote above: In reality, Moshe knew that
G-D had chosen him even though at the burning bush on Mr. Sinai, he was sort of
rebelling against G-D saying “Chose whom you want (but please leave me out of
this).” Many times people don’t want power but once given it, they like to hold
on to it. Rav Boyer Shlita told our Kollel these thoughts began going to his
head after he became the mayor of Bnei Berak. Moshe did not want the power
because he was humble but he did not want to lose it in a dispute that was far
from the sake of heaven. For to serve the L-RD, one had to do things purely for
the sake of heaven and that was not Korach’s driving force but just plain raw
power.
6 This do: take you censors, Korah, and all his
company;
Why did he see fit to speak to them thus? He said to them, “Among
the nations, there are various forms of worship and many priests, and they do
not all gather in one temple. We, however, have only one God, one ark, one
Torah, one altar, and one kohen
gadol, but you two hundred and fifty
men are all seeking the kehunah
Gedolah !
I too would prefer that. Here, take for yourselves the service most dear-it is
the incense, more cherished than any other sacrifice, but it contains deadly
poison, by which Nadab and Abihu were burnt. Therefore, he warned them, ”and it
will be the one whom the Lord chooses-he is the holy one“ [meaning,] that he is
already in his [state of] holiness. Is it not obvious that [the one] who is
chosen is the holy one? Rather, Moses told them, ”I am telling you this so that
you should not be found guilty. For the one He chooses will survive, and the
rest of you will perish." - [Mid. Tanchuma 5, Bamidbar Rabbah 18:8]
Rashi uses “among the nations” because there multitudes
are present. Just this week in Iran over a million people come out to political
demonstrations. But among Am Yisrael where we are few in numbers, quality
replaces quantity and a small around of people are priests. (An interesting
aside note that my Yeshuv is situated in the area where the Maccabees lived and
they were Cohanim. Our Yeshuv has a disproportional amount of Cohanim to that
of the regular population of Yisrael and Leviim.)
7 and put fire therein, and put incense upon them
before the LORD to-morrow; and it shall be that the man whom the LORD doth
choose, he shall be holy; ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.'
[interpreted Midrashically as:] I have told you a very great
thing. Were they not fools? For he warned them about it and they [still] took
upon themselves to offer [the incense]. They sinned at the cost of their lives,
as it says, “the censers of these who sinned at the cost of their lives”
(17:3). But what did Korah, who was astute, see [to commit] this folly? His
vision deceived him. He saw [prophetically] a chain of great people descended
from him: Samuel, who is equal [in importance] to Moses and Aaron. He [Korah]
said, “ For his sake I will be spared. [He also saw] twenty-four watches [of
Levites] emanating from his grandsons, all prophesying through the holy spirit,
as it says, ”all these were the sons of Heman“ (I Chron 25:5). He said, ” Is it
possible that all this greatness is destined to emanate from me, and I should
remain silent?“ Therefore, he participated [in the rebellion] to reach that
prerogative, for he had heard from Moses that they would all perish and one
would escape [death]: ”the one whom the Lord chooses-he is the holy one.“ He
erred in thinking that it referred to him. He, however, did not ”see"
properly, for his sons repented [and thus did not die at that time]. Moses,
however, foresaw this. - [This is found in Mid.] Tanchuma [Korach 5, Num. Rabbah 18:8]
you have taken too much upon yourselves. [The simple interpretation is:] You
have taken too great a task upon yourselves, to rebel against the Holy One,
blessed is He.
When HASHEM appoints a Prophet it is not a political appointment
or a popularity contest or a book of tricks to stay in power by avoiding
elections. Sometimes it is not good to ‘know’ the future because without
completely clear prophecy, one sees only a partial picture.
8 And Moses said unto Korah: 'Hear now, ye sons
of Levi: 9 is it but a small
thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation
of Israel, to bring you near to Himself, to do the service of the tabernacle of
the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them; 10 and that He hath brought thee near,
and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee? and will ye seek the
priesthood also?
If I were to modernize the story, I would have Moshe
act as chief of the Securities Exchange Commission talking to the scoundrel
Bernie Madoff. It is not enough for you to have headed the NASDAQ you now want
to become popular through a fraudulent Ponzi Scheme? On that you will fall from
greatness and lose everything you have, a nice home, a loving wife at your
side, children, a brother and the rest of your days you will rot in jail and
pay back in the next world and will be lucky to reincarnate if at all. The
principle is the same. A person with influence, power, established as a leader
goes and throws it all away for mere false dreams and bought love that will run
out on him as it is based on sheker (lies/falsehoods) and not the Emmet (truth)
that stands on a firm foundation. [In Hebrew the letters Shin Kof Resh stand on
one foot so to say while Aleph Mem Tav stand on a solid foundation of two
feet.] In Perkei Avos it is written and detailed by a Medrash that the spot
where the earth opened up its mouth to swallow Korach, one can hear the 250
still yelling in Hebrew “Moshe Emmet v’ Toraso Emmet”.
11 Therefore thou and all thy company that are
gathered together against the LORD--; and as to Aaron, what is he that ye
murmur against him?' 12 And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of
Eliab; and they said: 'We will not come up; 13 is it a small thing that thou
hast brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the
wilderness, but thou must needs make thyself also a prince over us? 14 Moreover
thou hast not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us
inheritance of fields and vineyards; wilt thou put out the eyes of these men?
we will not come up.' 15 And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD:
'Respect not Thou their offering; I have not taken one ass from them, neither
have I hurt one of them.' 16 And Moses said unto Korach: 'Be thou and all thy
congregation before the LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron, to-morrow;
From the language here in the Pshat of the
conversation, if they had come and requested to be participants in offerings to
HASHEM for the sake of heaven sort of a Chassidus or Chidur to glorify HASHEM
that Moshe would have been humble enough to request something on their behalf.
But they came to form both a political and spiritual revolution against HASHEM
and Moshe. This is what angered the humblest of me.
31 And it came to pass, as he made an end of speaking
all these words, that the ground did cleave asunder that was under them. 32 And
the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up, and their households, and all
the men that appertained unto Korach, and all their goods. 33 So they, and all
that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit; and the earth closed
upon them, and they perished from among the assembly.
Note the sons of Korach did not participate in this
fiasco. They did not want to rebel and they saw no purpose in this as they were
not elders like Korach and the other rebels.
34 And all Israel that were round about them fled at
the cry of them; for they said: 'Lest the earth swallow us up.' 35 And fire
came forth from the LORD, and devoured the two hundred and fifty men that
offered the incense.
Did the sons of Korach write a Psalm now to praise
HASHEM or was it in later generations? This is not clear to me but they removed
themselves and were saved and Mrs. On ben Peleg had him so drunk from the night
before that he overslept the incident and was saved. Praise be the righteous
women of Israel.
17:1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 2 ‘Speak unto
Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the fire-pans out of the
burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are become holy; 3 even the
fire-pans of these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives, and let them
be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar—for they are become holy,
because they were offered before the LORD—that they may be a sign unto the
children of Israel.’ 4 And Eleazar the priest took the brazen fire-pans, which
they that were burnt had offered; and they beat them out for a covering of the
altar, 5 to be a memorial unto the children of Israel, to the end that no
common man, that is not of the seed of Aaron, draw near to burn incense before
the LORD; that he fare not as Korach, and as his company; as the LORD spoke
unto him by the hand of Moses.
This was now a reestablishment or reinforcement of what was meant
to be at the start.
6 But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of
Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying: ‘Ye have killed the
people of the LORD.’ 7 And it came to pass, when the congregation was assembled
against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tent of meeting;
and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared. 8 And
Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting.
Complaints and more complaints from the ungrateful congregation of
freed slaves. These men who had never tasted freedom were free and running amok
like anarchists.
9 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 10 ‘Get you up from
among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.’ And they fell
upon their faces. 11 And Moses said unto Aaron: ‘Take thy fire-pan, and put
fire therein from off the altar, and lay incense thereon, and carry it quickly
unto the congregation, and make atonement for them; for there is wrath gone out
from the LORD: the plague is begun.’ 12 And Aaron took as Moses spoke, and ran
into the midst of the assembly; and, behold, the plague was begun among the
people; and he put on the incense, and made atonement for the people. 13 And he
stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed. 14 Now they
that died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides them
that died about the matter of Korach. 15 And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the
door of the tent of meeting, and the plague was stayed.
It was combination of prayer and incense that the plague was
stayed. For the DIVINE JUDGEMENT was beginning to overcome the DIVINE MERCY in
the heavenly court. It was only in intervening of Moshe and Aaron’s prayers
that tipped the scales in the favor of Am Yisrael.
16 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 17 ‘Speak unto the
children of Israel, and take of them rods, one for each fathers’ house, of all
their princes according to their fathers’ houses, twelve rods; thou shalt write
every man’s name upon his rod. 18 And thou shalt write Aaron’s name upon the
rod of Levi, for there shall be one rod for the head of their fathers’ house. …
23 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses went into the tent of the
testimony; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and
put forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and bore ripe almonds. 24 AnRd Moses
brought out all the rods from before the LORD unto all the children of Israel;
and they looked, and took every man his rod.
This put a final end on the rebellions against the authority
vested in Moshe and Aaron.
25 And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘Put back the rod of Aaron
before the testimony, to be kept there, for a token against the rebellious
children; that there may be made an end of their murmurings against Me, that
they die not.’ 26 Thus did Moses; as the LORD commanded him, so did he. …
18: 1 And the LORD said unto Aaron: 'Thou and thy sons and thy
fathers' house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and thou and
thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.
[God did not say directly to Aaron but] He said [this] to Moses
to say to Aaron (Sifrei Korach 17) and caution him regarding regulations for the [benefit of
the] Israelites, that they should not enter the Sanctuary. You, your sons and
your father’s house. They are the sons of Kohath, who was Amram’s father. — [Midrash Aggadah] Shall bear the iniquity associated with the Sanctuary. I impose
upon you the punishment of the outsiders who sin regarding the sacred objects
entrusted to you; the Tent, the ark, the table, and the sacred vessels. You
shall sit and warn any unauthorized person who attempts to touch [the sacred
objects]. and you and your sons. The kohanim .
shall bear the sin associated with your kehunah. For it is not given over to
the Levites. You shall warn the Levites who might inadvertently err, that they
may not touch you during your [performance of the] service.
As with most jobs comes responsibilities. The simple cleaning
person at a factory has to answer to the chief in charge of clean-up
maintenance who his under the person responsible for all maintenance of the
plant. If the CEO and CFO of a company are missing, the average worker will
continue his work for months without noticing a change but if there is no paper
in the toilets and the garbage cans are full, the average work to the manager
knows and feels it. So on the surface we see these beautiful garments of the
Cohain Gadol, yet he could never lift his hands over his head while he was wearing
the Mitzneffet (Mitre) on his head because the Tzitz had on it “Kodesh Le
HASHEM” written on it. The priests had to be pure unto the 4th grade of Tumay for the Korbanos while most of the Bnei Yisrael was
only pure to the 2nd grade to enter the Beis
HaMikdash and the Leviim unto the 3rd grade. So it was easy for iniquities to enter into the Kahuna and
that is what this Pasuk warns us.
2 And thy brethren also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy
father, bring thou near with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and
minister unto thee, thou and thy sons with thee being before the tent of the
testimony.
After the incident with Korach, this is reconfirming that the
Leviim as a whole did not lose their holy status.
3 And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the
Tent; only they shall not come nigh unto the holy furniture and unto the altar,
that they die not, neither they, nor ye.
The Leviim were used as guards after the Temple was built,
singers, flayers of sacrifices, maintenance personal of the Beis HaMikdash such
as washing the blood, repairing the doors and even going in blindfolded into
the Holy of Holies for plain maintenance work or with a Cohain for this. Their
job was not simple but they were also school teachers of Torah among the nation
and tithe collectors from poor farmers and towns who could not afford to travel
to Yerushalayim. They would sing the song/Psalm each day for the sacrifice as
we say at the end of the service and they would recite Hallel during the Korban
Pessach and Songs, Psalms and prayers for the other sacrifices and perhaps even
hand the wood to the Cohanim for putting on the Misbayach (altar).
4 And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the
tent of meeting, whatsoever the service of the Tent may be; but a common man
shall not draw nigh unto you. 5 And ye shall keep the charge of the holy
things, and the charge of the altar, that there be wrath no more upon the
children of Israel.
This is the guard duty of the Leviim. I am sure that just as today
we have deranged individuals, so too in Temple and Mishkan times there were
always a few who wanted to break through or thought themselves Moshiach, Cohain
Gadol, Moshe, etc.
6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites
from among the children of Israel; for you they are given as a gift unto the
LORD, to do the service of the tent of meeting. 7 And thou and thy sons with
thee shall keep your priesthood in everything that pertains to the altar, and
to that within the veil; and ye shall serve; I give you the priesthood as a
service of gift; and the common man that draws nigh shall be put to death.'
This was the finalization from HASHEM and the generation now would
be calm for the rest of the time in the desert. This was now a time for
learning both Torah and martial arts for an emerging nation. There was very
little to do but to have the women and children graze the animals and the males
learn Torah with some tent maintenance and tailoring of clothes for the newer
generation. Food came from heaven it was a good scholarly life but the world
was not created to be an academy but to make the mundane holy. This blissful
generation would give way to the building generation. For tithes can only come
from working men and other Mitzvos too. But for now a foundation had to be
established.
… 21 And unto the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the
tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they
serve, even the service of the tent of meeting. 22 And henceforth the children
of Israel shall not come nigh the tent of meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.
23 But the Levites alone shall do the service of the tent of meeting, and they
shall bear their iniquity; it shall be a statute forever throughout your
generations, and among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
24 For the tithe of the children of Israel, which they set apart as a gift unto
the LORD, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance; therefore I have said
unto them: Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.'
Now what gifts and payments did the Leviim get for their services?:
25 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 26 'Moreover thou
shalt speak unto the Levites, and say unto them: When ye take of the children
of Israel the tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then
ye shall set apart of it a gift for the LORD, even a tithe of the tithe. 27 And
the gift which ye set apart shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the
corn of the threshing-floor, and as the fullness of the wine-press. … 32 And ye
shall bear no sin by reason of it, seeing that ye have set apart from it the
best thereof; and ye shall not profane the holy things of the children of
Israel, that ye die not.'
The best and not as we do today as the crops are not given to the
Leviim and Cohanim but just done symbolically.
From the
Holocaust to saving Apollo 13 Flight by Sivan Rahav Meir.
Milestone: Avraham Peter, 99, Holocaust survivor Dr. Avraham Peter passed away this week, two
months before his 100th birthday. Most of us haven't heard of him — not in his
lifetime, and not in his death. That's a shame. Here is a small attempt to
correct that.
As a senior engineer, Dr. Peter
helped establish the Israeli Air Force in the early years of the state. He then
went on to an international scientific career in the field of space. Here is
just one remarkable achievement: for years he worked at NASA.
During the Apollo 13 crisis, he was
called into the American space agency's situation room. The spacecraft had
launched toward the moon, but an explosion in an oxygen tank threatened the
lives of the astronauts. Peter operated with complete composure, improvised
complex and creative engineering solutions, and ultimately the astronauts
returned safely to Earth.
When the media asked him about
those moments, he always returned to one small story, which he told countless
times throughout his life. In all his lectures and articles, he said those
moments shaped him and gave him strength:
Peter was born in Poland. His
family was sent to the Lodz Ghetto, to years of harsh hunger, illness, and
forced labor. One day, young Avraham was sent to work beyond the ghetto walls,
and at enormous risk managed to obtain an apple. Had he been caught; the
punishment would have of course been immediate death. He hid the apple, managed
to pass through the strict guards, and brought it to his father inside the
camp.
His father had not seen fresh fruit
in years. He was sick and weak. When his son handed him the apple, tears
streamed from his eyes.
But here comes the life-changing
moment: instead of rushing to eat the apple out of an almost inhuman hunger,
young Avraham was moved to see his father holding the apple in his hand,
lifting it upward and reciting slowly and aloud: "Blessed are You, Lord
our God, King of the universe, Creator of the fruit of the tree." (The Boreh Pri Haetz bracha) Then he added another blessing: "Blessed are
You, Lord our God, King of the universe, who has granted us life, sustained us,
and brought us to this moment." (The Shehechiyanu Bracha)
Young Avraham was stunned. His
father had not lunged at the apple. He paused. To give thanks, to bless, to
give this moment Jewish meaning. Then he took a bite of the apple — and shared
the pieces among the family.
"That made me a proud Jew," his son said.
"It made me understand that it
is not our instincts that lead us. I saw my father conquer everything, and that
was the spiritual anchor that accompanied me all my life. Father died in the
ghetto, like most of the family. But I survived, and the memory of him blessing
the apple gave me the resilience to succeed. I understood that even under
extreme pressure, even in scarcity, even in the ghetto and even in NASA's
situation room — you can be in control, you can function. We are much more than
a body; we are a soul.
My father thanked God for an apple,
and I was privileged to explore the wonders of creation in depth, to dive into
the world of science, and to see the Creator there too — just as in the
apple."
For more than eighty years, that
apple gave strength to Dr. Peter. This week he was laid to rest in Jerusalem.
In his memory. Shabbat Shalom.
Story from Mendy K.: The power of prayer
of an ordinary Jew.
When I was drafted into the US Army in 1959, I went to see the
Rebbe for a blessing. So, imagine my surprise when, after getting orders to
ship out to Korea, my mother called me in: "Sholom, the Rebbe wants to see
you."
The Rebbe greeted me with a big smile. "I hear you're going
overseas. To Korea, no?" He then summoned his secretary, who brought in a
tefillin bag.
"Sholom, I'm sending you with these tefillin. Promise me
you'll put them on every day and say the Shema."
I hesitated, confused. "I didn't hear your promise!"
So I promised. The Rebbe then said, "I want to prepare you — it will be
hard over there. Very hard. And if for any reason you cannot put on the
tefillin, you must still say the Shema."
In Korea, I was assigned to a unit of Southerners who didn't
like Jews, and they made sure to tell me. The sergeant went off his rocker
whenever he saw me with tefillin, and eventually I stopped. I was scared. I
just said the Shema.
Then came a letter from my mother: "The Rebbe said you are
not keeping your promise." I broke into a cold sweat. How did he know?
I transferred to a combat engineer unit that went behind enemy
lines to blow up bridges and land mines. Dangerous, but at least I could keep
my promise.
Then came the Cuban Missile Crisis. Our unit was sent to the
38th parallel.
We dug foxholes in freezing rain and hail, mud everywhere,
artillery pounding us from the North. We all thought this was the end.
The last thing on my mind was tefillin. I was covered in mud.
But one soldier, half out of his mind with fear, started screaming at me:
"We need G-d! Put on those funny boxes and pray!" When I objected, he
shouted, "Either you pray or I will shoot you!" To calm him down, I
agreed.
I reached for the tefillin. They fell into the mud, soaked and
caked. But what could I do? I put them on like that and looked up to the
heavens: "Shema Yisrael, Hashem Elokeinu, Hashem Echad."
And the bombing stopped.
I had no idea what happened. I felt I was in a twilight zone. As
it turned out, the crisis was over. Before long, I was on my way home. (By Shelly Baer, source: JEM.TV)
“Morning G-D will know” by R’ Yerachmiel Tillis
https://ascentofsafed.com/Stories/Stories/5786/1487-38.html
Chasidim traveling home after spending an inspirational Shabbos with Rebbe
Mordechai ["Mottel"] of Chernobyl were repeating the various Torah
insights that they heard from him. "We never had such a good
Shabbos," they said.
An unlearned chasid nodded his head in agreement. "You're right. I
never had such an inspirational visit to the Rebbe like this one."
The chasidim wondered what he meant because they knew that he couldn't
follow the Rebbe's deep Torah thoughts. They enquired, so he told them about
the conversation he had with Rebbe Mottel.
"The Rebbe asked me to tell him my [daily schedule]. I told the Rebbe
that the first thing I do each day is go to the marketplace. When I'm finished
with my business, I go to shul to daven [pray].
"Rebbe Mordechai told me that it isn't proper to do so. He insisted
that I should begin the day with prayer. I told the Rebbe that I would lose too
much business. That's when he told me the following story:
"There was a melamed [teacher] who couldn't find any children to
teach near his home. The only position he found was to tutor the children of a
wealthy man who lived far away. "He went there, and after half a year, he
put the money he earned - 300 silver rubbles and 80 groschen ['cents'] -into
his pouch and, guarding it very carefully, set out on the long journey home.
"Friday arrived and, he was still on the road, so he stopped at an
inn for Shabbos. What should he do with the money to keep it safe? A
half-year's wages are not something to take lightly. He was tempted to keep the
money on him throughout Shabbos, but he decided that wouldn't be proper, so
with a quaking heart he entrusted his money to the hotelier. If the man wasn't
honest, a half-year's work far from home would be for naught," he worried
to himself.
"The entire Shabbos he wondered whether he did the right thing, and
if he will ever see his money again. "Immediately after Shabbos, he asked
the hotelier for his pouch and breathed a sigh of relief when the man gave it
to him.
"But there was still a possibility that the hotelier stole some
coins. So, he sat down at a table in the inn's dining hall and counted out the
money. He began with the rubbles. He stacked them on a table and counted out
exactly three hundred silver rubbles, the amount that should be there. Thank
G-D. Then he began counting the copper groschen.
"Someone saw him counting the groschen and shook his head in
disapproval. 'If the hotelier is dishonest, he would have stolen silver rubbles.
If he didn't, you can be certain he didn't steal the eighty copper groschen
either.'"
The Rebbe concluded, "Every morning, the Creator of All returns your
soul when you awaken. Don't you see that He is taking care of you? He is caring
for your life, your health, for all your needs. If He cares for these, you can
be certain that he will supply you with parashah [livelihood] as well. There is
nothing to fear. Daven early in the morning, and then go about your business.
G-d will support you in this way too."
The chasidim listened to this story in astonishment. A few moments after
he finished, they unanimously agreed that he had an even better Shabbos than
they!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Source: Adapted & supplemented by Yerachmiel Tilles from "Torah
Wellsprings" - Rav Elimelech Biderman (Bahar 5782 / May 2022) - as
translated by R. Baruch Twersky.
Why This Week? The apt title of the story is a quote from this week's
Torah reading, Korach [in Israel, next week outside of Israel], Num. 16:5.
Bio: Rabbi Mordechai ("Mottel") Twersky of Chernobyl [1770 - 20
Iyar 1837], the son-in-law of Rabbi Aharon the Great of Karlin, succeeded his
father, Rabbi Menachem-Nachum, becoming the second Rebbe in the Chernobyl
dynasty and eventually a leading Rebbe of his generation. His eight sons all
became major Chasidic leaders.
[One of them, Yaakov-Yisrael Twersky of Cherkassy, the first Hornsteipel Rebbe,
married Devora Leah, one of the six daughters of Rabbi DovBer of Lubavitch, son
of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi (the match was arranged by the two
grandfather-Rebbes), in order to maximize the possibilities for fulfillment of
the prediction of the students of the Maggid of Mezritch that the Moshiach will
be born of his elder disciple or the youngest.]
Iranian
Antisemitism Gospel for Christians by Barry Shaw
South African faith leaders expected a summit on
antisemitism. Few expected their first lesson to begin on the airport tarmac.
Minutes after landing at Ben Gurion Airport near
Tel Aviv this week, members of the largest South African Christian delegation
ever to attend the Jerusalem Summit found themselves rushing to bomb shelters
as warning sirens sounded.
For many in the group, it was their first visit to
Israel. The experience gave them an immediate glimpse into Israelis’ reality
while also shaping the tone of a visit focused on strengthening ties between
Christians and Jews and addressing the global rise of antisemitism.
The delegation was organised by the South African
Friends of Israel (SAFI) and travelled to Israel to participate in the
Jerusalem Summit, hosted by the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem from
9 to 11 June.
The gathering brought together Christian leaders,
theologians, educators, and pastors from 54 countries.
Among the South African delegates were church
leaders from different denominations and ministry organisations. According to
SAFI, the South African group was the second largest national delegation
attending the summit after the United States.
Pastor Ronnie Matras, from Glory Ministries
International Potchefstroom, said the journey became dramatic before they had
even landed. “The plane had to circle around for something like 20 minutes and
wait for approval to land,” he said.
After touchdown, the situation intensified. “When
we landed, there was the threat of the siren that went off, so we had to go
into the shelter.”
Although the experience was frightening, Matras
said airport staff and local residents had helped put visitors at ease. “We
were scared, but I was actually at peace because of how they made us feel safe
in that panic state, because we are not used to it. Even at the airport, we
were welcomed warmly.”
Pastor Willem Pretorius, a pastor in the Full
Gospel Church of G-d in South Africa and a tour leader with Menorah Tours,
described how events unfolded. “At Addis Ababa we were about to board our
connecting flight to Tel Aviv when we saw the news,” he said. “Before landing
in Tel Aviv, our plane circled. As soon as we landed, we received warnings on
our phone that we needed to get into a shelter.
“In the bomb shelter, I was struck by how Israelis
accepted and embraced us by letting us share the safety of their shelters,
especially considering we are coming from a country whose government is vocally
anti-Israel,” he said.
Daniel Yakcobi, the chief executive of SAFI, said
the experience exposed first-time visitors to the realities many Israelis face
regularly. “That is the Israeli way of living at the moment. Unfortunately, the
first-timers to Israel had to experience that.”
The summit was convened against a backdrop of
growing concern about antisemitism around the world. Organisers said it was
designed to help Christian leaders better understand contemporary antisemitism
and strengthen biblical literacy regarding Israel and the Jewish people.
Yakcobi said the conference was also intended to
strengthen cooperation between Christians and Jews. “We are here to address
antisemitism arising globally and the church playing a pivotal role, an
important role, in our Christian-Judeo alliance,” he said.
Pretorius said that despite the dramatic arrival,
daily life in Israel appeared remarkably resilient. “Since our arrival it has
been quiet. Yesterday the schools were closed but today everything is back to
normal.”
The South African delegation included leaders
representing substantial Christian constituencies. SAFI said the participation
reflected growing interest from some South African Christians in engaging with
Israel and strengthening relationships with Jewish communities.
Pretorius said that motivation was central to his
own involvement. “It is our duty as Christians to support Israel. We are here
to build relationships.”
He added, “We Christians support and pray for
Israel.”
For Yakcobi, the events at the airport underscored
the importance of the visit. Rather than deterring delegates, he said it was a
direct encounter with realities often viewed only through news reports. “What
better understanding can you have than your own experience? You’re becoming a
living testimony,” he said.
(Courtesy the Jewish Report). Barry Shaw,
I always mention my
attempt to stay not only spiritually and mentally fit but also physically fit.
At the gym I saw that people over 75 should spend around an hour and a half
minimum a week doing exercise. Most of us in the gym do at least twice that
much.
I have worked out a more intensive program to firm up my upper arms. I have made a lot more
repetitions of upper arms and shoulder exercises but not straining myself. I
have a 21year old grandson who has 30kg or 66 lbs. in each arm. I never did
more that 10 to 12 kg when I was still below the age of 60.
At my age, I can easily do 5 or 6 kg
without too much repetition. However, I prefer 4kg in each arm times 250 times
and I gradually lift a ton in my workout. I take my time even sit down and
rest. I am in no hurry to injure myself or meet my forefathers in the true
world. But the muscles are firming up like that of Smith pounding a horseshoe
with a hammer and anvil. The difference is that the Smith would work everyday
many hours and I work out three times a week until I meet my set goal at a
slower pace.
After two months, the flab of this older
Rabbi is has almost disappeared. I think it will take another few months to
look like the advertisement to download a Chinese App into my computer or phone
of the guy who after a month would have bulging muscles.
I have been a gym member for 21.5 years and
only now with many-many repetitions am I really firming up. So, don’t believe
AI generated advertisements from China to spy on you. The only thing is that I
took up the challenge.
Chemical residues and
other things that keep us over-weight. https://www.ynetnews.com/health_science/article/h1ypzcnwze
Milestone: Legendary
TV fitness personality and host of the long-running show "Bodies in
Motion," Gilad Janklowicz, 71, passed away at the age of 71 on June 9, 2026.
Born in Israel, the former decathlon champion was a pioneer of televised
workouts, famously filming his routines on the beaches of Hawaii. In my late 50’s, I could not even dream of
keeping up with him.
Janklowicz made American television history by
running the longest-running fitness series in the U.S., airing on networks like
ESPN, Fox Sports, and Jewish Life Television (JLTV). Even in his 70s, he
remained highly active in the fitness community, teaching online classes and
local sessions in Oahu, Hawaii.
His sudden passing was announced by his family
and broadcast networks, though an official cause of death was not disclosed. To
honor his legacy and the millions of lives he inspired, Jewish Life Television (JLTV) is
scheduled to air a dedicated 12-hour marathon of his classic routines.
Milestone: Cara Trager,
71, https://www.timesofisrael.com/cara-trager-beloved-queens-jewish-communal-leader-and-lifelong-journalist-dies-at-71/
Milestone: Esther
Shamir, 71, singer & song writer. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rgbxx2fgq
Milestone: Yishai Levi,
63, Popular Singer. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428230
Inyanay Diyoma
June 6th and
June 7th
Day 974 and Day 975
since Oct. 7th Day 97 and Day 98 of Roaring Lion/Epic Fury start of week 140
82 years since D-Day in
Europe. Those soldiers who were 17 or 18 then are 99 or 100 today. The
‘greatest generation’ is fading away. Iran is attacking its neighbors. Trump is
playing a waiting game as they lose $450,000,000 a day. They want billions up
front. They are willing to suffer in
order to screw-up the US Midterm Elections.
Arab steals various
Toyota Cars and puts together a whole new auto and goes on a shooting spree. https://www.timesofisrael.com/terrorist-kills-one-wounds-five-in-central-israel-shooting-spree/
We cease and they fire
2 rockets. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/skmcayf11zl#autoplay
Four
IDF reservists were moderately wounded on Saturday by an exploding drone in
southern Lebanon. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428227
Finally, the IDF
replies! https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-898615
This is probably NBC
fake news or antisemites in the Pentagon spreading this. (It is the same as
when did you stop beating your mother for beer money?) https://www.timesofisrael.com/pentagon-raised-threat-assessment-of-israeli-spying-on-us-to-critical-level-report/
Herman Goering prior to
D-Day until his suicide by cyanide. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428171
A large Hezballah
Bunker found in Beaufort Castle. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428233
Two Iranian Drones shot
down by CENTCOM. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428224
https://www.foxnews.com/us/multiple-people-shot-near-festival-toledo-ohio-manhunt-suspect-underway
https://www.timesofisrael.com/bernadette-chirac-formidable-former-first-lady-of-france-dies-at-93/
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/iran-war-news-trump-latest-oil-prices-kuwait-bahrain-hormuz-june-6
PTSD: The
government committee headed by Professor Shlomo Mor Yosef on Sunday issued its
first report recommending radical changes to the handling of 50,000 emotional
trauma cases of former IDF soldiers to the Defense and Finance Ministries.
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-898609
I trust the Pakistanis
as much as Modi of India does but apparently Trump on Iran thinks different. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-898614
Ganz, whose centrist party has fallen below the
electoral threshold in recent polls, is close to an agreement to merge his
slate with at least two candidates who have announced plans to run: retired
Brig. Gen. Dedi Simchi, a former fire and rescue commissioner, and economist
Prof. Yaron Zelekha, people familiar with the talks said Saturday. They said
the negotiations were serious and could produce an alliance in the coming days. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/skrltcgwze
https://www.algemeiner.com/2026/06/05/iran-reaffirms-support-hezbollah-wider-peace-deal-doubt/
https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/06/07/nearly-a-day-after-huwara-riots-no-suspects-arrested/
Smoking was forbidden and violence ensued. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428214
Two boys, ages 13 and 15, were bitten by a
viper snake on Saturday in the Mir Forest in Jerusalem. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428218
He was the candidate instead of the man chosen, he
gets the boot. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428215
Confirmed: Last
week (Tuesday), in a precise strike in the southern Gaza Strip, the IDF and ISA
eliminated Sakr Abu Karim, a Hamas Nukhba cell commander. Abu Karim was among
the leaders of the infiltration into the Kisufim area during the October 7th
massacre. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428235
Nearly three years after October 7, members of
the Nahal Oz community were informed that the kibbutz’s security camera footage
from the day of the massacre had been found and returned to the administration.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428232
Friday
night, the IDF eliminated Muhanad Othman Yassin Farwana, a terrorist cell
commander in the military wing of the Hamas terrorist organization, in a
precise strike in the southern Gaza Strip. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428205
June 8th
Day 976 since Oct. 7th Day 99 of Roaring Lion/Epic Fury
Special update: Last
night, Iran attacked Haifa and the north with a rocket. Trump said, “No to
more.” This morning (and it is sure that CENTCOM was briefed), Israel attacked
21 targets in Iran including the new Nuclear Site. Iran then attacked American
Bases in the Saudi Kingdom and Yemen sent a missile towards the center of
Israel. Like the one from Iran last night, it was downed quickly. No school
today. More news later. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/2026-06-08/live-updates-898667 https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-898666
This morning I went to
the Synagogue. In the middle of the Kaddish of the Rabbis there was a warning.
I managed to put on Tephillin and get into the prayers when the siren went off
over our heads. Into the shelter until the repetition of the Shemona Esray.
My wife and I debated
to go to the big supermarket in Shelat finally we did and the road was
deserted. As we were checking out, the pre-alert sounded. We continued and I
went to the car. I ignited the motor after seeing the siren was in Abu Snan.
All in all 30 missiles today and as I was starting reverse, the siren went off
by us. Into the store shelter, but it was very crowded and hot. My wife left
early and close to ten minutes I. Only as we drove to the traffic light did the
all clear sound.
After Iran fired 11
missiles last night had Yisrael not reacted it would have signaled weakness. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-898739
Trump calls for a complete ceasefire. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428303
I think after we did serious damage in Iran did they cry uncle today. First,
we hit their defense systems then infrastructure. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428298
Ultra-Orthodox
Protestors blocked things again. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-898600
Sephardic Leader
against protests. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428288
The wedding in the
north continued in the shelter. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428299
Caught in the terror
planning stage. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428296
Israel is prepared. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428271
June 9th
Day 977 since Oct. 7th Day 100 of Roaring Lion/Epic Fury
Yesterday, road 446
that usually at 8:30 AM is a crawl-way bumper to bumper was a speedway because
of the missile threat.
Trump hopes to finalize
the Iranian Deal soon. (somebody pulling his legs?)
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-898796 https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428338
Vance a friend? https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428343
G-D created man in HIS
IMAGE. This even applies to Arab Mafia Members whether we love them or not.
Whether they make contributions for the betterment of mankind or not. For this
reason even though I might have a distaste for them, I care if the IMAGE is
destroyed and for the sake of society. 127 https://www.timesofisrael.com/2-umm-al-fahm-men-shot-and-killed-in-apparently-separate-incidents-in-northern-arab-towns/
Apache down pilots
safe. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428350
Israeli
Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter heavily minimized rumors of
diplomatic fracturing between Washington and Jerusalem on Monday,
characterizing the bilateral alliance as a highly synchronized partnership
despite media narratives to the contrary. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428345
https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-strikes-said-to-kill-6-in-gaza-israel-briefly-closes-crossings-amid-iran-fighting/ Related the three Jihad
leaders gone. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428317
Golani Soldier removed
for wearing Moshiach Patch. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428315
Miraculous
escape. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428318
Trump visits the Knicks
and they lose. https://www.ynetnews.com/sport/article/bkdtk4h11zl
Teheran negotiations. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428340
June 10th
Day 978 since Oct. 7th Day 101 of Roaring Lion/Epic Fury
The
miracle of the Apache Helicopter pilots. The drone was supposed to explode
killing them and cause a full-scale response from President Trump. It hit the
copter between the two pilots. Instead of exploding, it burst on fire. The
result was the ability under the heat to take the copter down into the water
and their escape. The drone AI ship picked them up. Trump then knocked out 55%
of their reconstituted radar.
According
to Trey Yingst of Foxnews, who spoke to the President, that we are on the verge
of a new round. 60 days of dragged on negotiations like in previous rounds.
Israel is ready see below. I think the Iranians are going to be without power
plants and bridges soon. They thought that with Hormuz they could play
superpower. Guess what the US is and Iran isn’t.
The COS and top
military brass think it is a matter of a short time until the next round with
Iran. The initial strikes on Iran were for a heavier blow. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-898889
The Iranians are
reading Trump as chickening out and are embolden. They downed the helicopter
yesterday and sent four missiles at four bases. The Iranian Army believe under
the Shiite doctrine that they are a super-power equal to the USA.
Trump hinted that Bibi
might not run in the elections or quit afterwards. His midnight “dental work”
may be chemotherapy as the rumors fly. One can see on him the stress of the
war, trial and he is pushing 77. But Bibi will run. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428410
Trump is 80 on Sunday
but does not have a pacemaker, dealt with cancer and has all the little
political parties to deal with instead of one Republican Party. https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-accuses-iran-of-downing-us-helicopter-over-hormuz-vows-retaliation/
Trump the clock has run
out Iran took too long. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428418
Margaliot is a Moshav
where I served. It is right about Kiriat Shemona. It is a hop skip and a jump
from the Lebanese Border with plenty of vegetation to hide in. Terrorist
crossed the border into an IDF pill box. He is found and killed. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428379
https://www.timesofisrael.com/tehilla-shwartz-altshuler-how-ai-is-poisoning-the-information-well/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/colombias-outgoing-president-under-fire-over-heil-hitler-tweet/
Sudanese lunatic in N.
Ireland. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-898875
The Bank of Israel is
buying dollars to keep the brains in our country. AI boom is halted by
government red tape. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-898860
The Iranians think that
Trump has STUPID written on his foreign. A fool believes anything. Confident
for a deal. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428394
IDF takes out drone and
rocket infrastructure in Lebanon. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428397
Deputy Attorney General
behind financial attack on Charedim. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428398
NJ man charged with
attempt attack Schul. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428396
Totenkopf Nazi wins
Maine Senate Primary. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428392
Hamas attempted
rebuilding but struck. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428352
A
rare double coincidence took place recently at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in
Jerusalem, when infants were born to twin fathers on the same day - for the
second time. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428413
Trump is threatening to
attack Iran soon.
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/us-trump-iran-israel-strikes-06-10-2026
June 11th
Day 979 since Oct. 7th Day 102 of Roaring Lion/Epic Fury
The US sent a message
to Iran with 49 Tomahawk Missiles and 18 planes on their radar. The President
claims they called and asked for a stop. He said, “If they don’t sign an
agreement soon, they will get more.” https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-899030
https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/06/10/trump-threatens-iran-strikes-stalled-deal/
Israel had sirens in
Metulla and Mizgav HaAm they were close but did not enter Yisrael this morning
from Lebanon. We shall see what develops. There was drone penetration today.
To save
time and not in order of importance, I have copied and pasted per site.
https://www.algemeiner.com/2026/06/10/lindsey-graham-handily-defeats-anti-israel-primary-challenger/
https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/06/10/erdogan-israel-strikes-syria-lebanon-turkey-threat/
https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/06/10/us-secretly-moved-200-ships-through-hormuz-under-irans-nose/
https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/06/10/belfast-burns-in-night-of-protests-after-shocking-attack/
Approved money to
develop the north BUT FIRST SHOW ME THE MONEY! https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428485
Hesder Yeshiva service
in the army. 25 Roshei Yeshivas forbid joining the armored corps after they
accept female soldiers. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428477
COS replies to the
Roshei Yeshivas. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428482
Officer and soldier
injured in Jenin. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428479
Transportation
Minister Miri Regev has announced plans to increase the speed limit on certain
roads in Israel from 90 km/h to 110 km/h. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428481
MK
Yitzhak Goldknopf, who chairs the United Torah Judaism (UTJ) party, on Thursday
turned to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demanding the prevention of what he
called the "exclusion of the Haredi residents of Judea and Samaria."
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428475
Sometimes less
censorship means more hate. https://www.ynetnews.com/tech-and-digital/article/ryl5ubdwfl
We’re taking Kharg
Island. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428483
Op-Ed Ayoub The Arab
League destroyed itself. https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/sky1htbwmg
Op-Ed Ben Dror Yemeni.
Iran is not a State against a State or an Army against an Army. … This
is a Sisyphean war.
https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/syohyehwzg
IRGC plans to turn the
area into hell. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-899049
June 12th
Day 980 since Oct. 7th Day 103 of Roaring Lion/Epic Fury end of week 140
Let’s call a spade, a
spade. The so-called signed deal of Trump would give 60 days for an agreement
to be worked out. Iran can export oil and get ‘loans’. This will give them a
military capability rebuilding and rearming time. After that, it is closer to
the US Midterms. https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-calls-off-strikes-on-iran-claims-agreement-could-be-signed-this-weekend-in-europe/
Trump claims that
Israel approved the deal. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-899125
https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/06/12/hezbollahs-spiders-web-is-unraveling/
Gas leak explosion
kills elderly woman. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428486
Likud gets a bad poll. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428525
Turkey
is working to prevent Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa from entering into a
direct confrontation with Hezbollah in Lebanon. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428515
135,000 families have
missing members in Mexico. They demonstrate at the World Cup. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-899194
A
Toronto Police Service officer was shot and killed Thursday morning while
executing a search warrant in relation to a US
consulate shooting that has been tied to an Iranian proxy group. https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-899165
Have a
healthy, peaceful and restful Shabbos,
Rachamim
Pauli
