Parsha Nitzavim
After the long Parshiyos filled with loads of Mitzvos,
Moshe’s life is coming to an end. This last Drasha occurs on the 7th
of Adar 2488. He is giving a Mussar warning to the Nation to behavior and not
lax in the Mitzvos. He does not want people slacking off. Yet he prophetically
knows that they will. He warns them as we read in the coming weeks of become
fat and lazy towards Mitzvos. However, the lecture is only an hour or so as Moshe
takes his leave and hands over the sceptre to Yoshua.
These are the four shortest Parshiyos in Torah but
potent with their warnings.
29:9 Ye are standing this day all of you before the LORD your God: your
heads, your tribes, your elders, and your officers, even all the men of Israel,
10 your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in the midst of thy
camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water;
Hewers of wood and drawers of water in modern terms
would be janitors, street-sweepers and those who collect our garbage now called
“sanitation engineers”. The Pasuk is saying that from the lowest in society to
the highest in society you are standing before G-D today.
11 that thou
shouldest enter into the covenant of the LORD thy God--and into His oath--which
the LORD thy God makes with thee this day; 12 that He may establish thee this
day unto Himself for a people, and that He may be unto thee a God, as He spoke
unto thee, and as He swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to
Jacob.
You are renewing the oath of your forefathers.
13 Neither with
you only do I make this covenant and this oath; 14 but with him that stands
here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with him that is not
here with us this day--
Your parents, grandparents and forefathers back to
Avraham Avinu.
15 for ye know
how we dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the midst of the
nations through which ye passed; 16 and ye have seen their detestable things,
and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were with them-- 17
lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart
turns away this day from the LORD our God, to go to serve the gods of those
nations; lest there should be among you a root that bears gall and wormwood;
Idols are the work of man, imaginary and detestable.
18 and it come
to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his
heart, saying: 'I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my
heart--that the watered be swept away with the dry'; 19 the LORD will not be
willing to pardon him, but then the anger of the LORD and His jealousy shall be
kindled against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall
lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven; 20 and
the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel,
according to all the curses of the covenant that is written in this book of the
law.
Guard yourselves from this curse that comes from idol
worship.
21 And the
generation to come, your children that shall rise up after you, and the
foreigner that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues
of that land, and the sicknesses wherewith the LORD hath made it sick;
Be wary, there will be a time when curses and sickness shall
befall you for turning away. I can only give an example on Oct. 7th
instead of rejoicing with the Torah, youth were dancing at the Supernova Music
Festival with a statue of Buddha in the middle. A short time before, the “Supreme
Court of Israel” had ruled that draft exemptions for Yeshiva Students were
illegal. A war on HASHEM and a war on Torah Learning! Did you expect that
HASHEM would pass on these affronts? Did you think that a land that Vomits Out
those who do not respect Torah and Mitzvos would not react? More people left
Israel this year than made Aliyah!
22 and that the
whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and a burning, that it is not sown,
nor bears, nor any grass grows therein, like the overthrow of Sodom and
Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His anger, and in His
wrath; 23 even all the nations shall say 'Wherefore hath the LORD done thus
unto this land? what means the heat of this great anger?'
Perhaps the commentary, this week, got its greatest
boost from an e-mail: Diane Bederman (whom you know for her Ed-Ops in many
newspapers) asked me what is the meaning of Yeshayahu (Isa.) 6:11 And I said, "Until when, O Lord?" And
He said, "Until cities be desolate without inhabitant and houses without
people, and the ground lies waste and desolate.
Until when. will they make their heart heavy and not
listen? And He said. I know that they will not repent until retribution
comes upon them and they go into exile, and the cities will be desolate without
inhabitants. lies waste and desolate. an expression of solitude, without
an inhabitant.
6:12 And the Lord removes the people far away, and
the deserted places be many in the midst of the land.
And
the deserted places be many. For
the land will be abandoned by them, and this is the explanation of the
language: Deserted places will increase in the midst of the land.
That was Yeshayahu before the destruction of the first
Mikdash. But is appears upon reflection to be repeating what Moshe told the
nation here. One only has to look out from my porch eastward today to see the
barren land that Samuel Clemens saw in his trip to Eretz Yisrael after the
destruction of the second Temple and various invasions. From my porch, one can
see Kiriat Sefer, Mattiyahu, Lapid/Oranim, the “green line” and the barren
hills where Arabs moved in less than 150 years ago. Where there are Jews, the
land is green and where there is not, mostly barren. Scorpions, rats, snakes,
weasels, wild boars, porcupine, jackals, deer, foxes, hedgehogs perhaps others
roam but sparse populations.
24 then men
shall say: 'Because they forsook the covenant of the LORD, the God of their
fathers, which He made with them when He brought them forth out of the land of
Egypt; 25 and went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods that they
knew not, and that He had not allotted unto them; 26 therefore the anger of the
LORD was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curse that is
written in this book; 27 and the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger,
and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it
is this day'.--
Napoleon and Clemens saw this and from of plane over
the Shomron and non-Jewish Parts of Yehuda, one sees the barrenness.
28 The secret
things belong unto the LORD our God; but the things that are revealed belong
unto us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.
The secrets (Sod HASHEM, it is pronounced like soda) is
only given to those that fear and love HIM otherwise, they remain hidden.
30:1 And it
shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and
the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt bethink thyself among
all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee, 2 and shalt return
unto the LORD thy God, and hearken to His voice according to all that I command
thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul;
3 that then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon
thee, and will return and gather thee from all the peoples, whither the LORD
thy God hath scattered thee. 4 If any of thine that are dispersed be in the
uttermost parts of heaven, from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and
from thence will He fetch thee.
The start of the Geula (redemption) was with two movements.
The followers of the Vilna Gaon with a heavy dose of Torah Learning and the
followers of the Baal Shem Tov awaiting Moshiach. This revolution in Judaism
was about the same time as the American Revolution and prior to the French
Revolution.
5 And the LORD
thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou
shalt possess it; and He will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers.
6 And the LORD thy God will circumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, to
love the LORD thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, that thou
mayest live. 7 And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine
enemies, and on them that hate thee, that persecuted thee. 8 And thou shalt
return and hearken to the voice of the LORD, and do all His commandments which
I command thee this day.
Perhaps we could have had redemption already if the
Aliyah continued with G-D fearing Jews. Still Synagogues and agriculture were
taking root. Unfortunately, the religious Aliyah brought about the secular
Aliyah long before Herzl and his Uganda Homeland for the Jews or his ridiculous
idea of converting to Catholicism prior to the Dreyfus Trial. Most of the Eastern
European still had some roots like Conservative Judaism. It was after the
Zionist Conference that completely secular Jews dominated the Aliyah to Israel.
There was religious groups in Rehovot, Petach Tikva and other places. Jewish
roots were being replanted but the masses were not yet fully repented. Since
the tragedy of Oct. 7th, the bringing closer movement started among
captives, their families and friends. The reversal of the secular revolution
seems to be taking place.
9 And the LORD
thy God will make thee over-abundant in all the work of thy hand, in the fruit of
thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for
good; for the LORD will again rejoice over thee for good, as He rejoiced over
thy fathers; 10 if thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep
His commandments and His statutes which are written in this book of the law; if
thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.
If you want over-abundance then increase Yeshivas and
Kollelim and not draft the scholars. The recent war on Torah Learning by the
courts and Finance Ministry has succeeded in increasing poverty and many anti-army.
This has been the way of Judaism for 3300 plus years.
11 For this
commandment which I command thee this day, it is not too hard for thee, neither
is it far off. 12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say: 'Who shall go
up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, and make us to hear it, that we may
do it?' 13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say: 'Who shall go
over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, and make us to hear it, that we may
do it?' 14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart,
that thou mayest do it.
You want to be wealthy then increase Torah Learning. It
is not far from you to donate a bit more and it is all written down in the
Tanach (Holy Scriptures), Mishnah, Talmud, Shulchan Aruch and more modern Halacha.
[Example permission to use solid state devices in hospitals on Shabbos.]
15 See, I have
set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil, 16 in that I
command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in His ways, and to
keep His commandments and His statutes and His ordinances; then thou shalt live
and multiply, and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou go
in to possess it.
These sentences right close to Rosh Hashanah and Judgement
are an awaking call for us if we want to live.
17 But if thy
heart turn away, and thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship
other gods, and serve them; 18 I declare unto you this day, that ye shall
surely perish; ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou pass
over the Jordan to go in to possess it.
I have give you free will and therefore chose life.
19 I call
heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before thee
life and death, the blessing and the curse; therefore choose life, that thou
mayest live, thou and thy seed;
Inanimate
or not, per Kabbalah and structures of atomic vibrations the heaven and earth
are perfect witness. The testimony can come in the form or an earthquake,
landslide or sink hole from the earth. As for heaven, there can be lightning
strikes, unusual ferocious winds, blistering heat and drought, etc. Therefore
it is your place in Pasuk 20:
20 to love the
LORD thy God, to hearken to His voice, and to cleave unto Him; for that is thy
life, and the length of thy days; that thou mayest dwell in the land which the
LORD swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
Elul
Strength and stamina: In my youth, I could spend 45
minutes concentrating on the English/Hebrew of the Musaf Rosh Hashanah Prayer.
Now a days, I no longer need the translation but at 78, it is harder and harder
to keep my mind from running off and to realize I am praying in the section
that deals with Remembrance, Kingship or Shofar. Remembering to say the
additional works added in four places and the Holy King instead of Holy G-D
takes more out of me. At 21 I could pray the 45 minutes bent over, now I am
happy to pray it standing straight and tall and hopefully my leg muscles will
not hurt.
Happy is the man who was able to pray hard in his
youth. Now in my elder years it is similar to the gym. At age 77, I was able to
sit on the butterfly chest machine and push 100 lbs. or 45 kg. and now 40 kg.
or 90 lbs. The Torah and our physical strength only require us: Devarim (Deut.)
6:5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thy heart, and
with all thy soul, and with all thy might. So if in your youth you could
concentrate and pray 45 minutes and now 15 to 20 minutes with mellowed
understanding or you hand the strength to push so and so much weights and now
less you are doing what is required of you at your time, situation and place.
The only regret one can have is sinning or not
concentrating better on his daily prayer. Instead of “Hear O’LRD my
supplication” my mind was on my stocks, saving the environment, behind on my
blogspot but not with my supplication. That is where the Teshuva and the being
of Repentance should start!
Try to have feeling that the wicked should vanish like
smoke and the cruel/bad governments should disappear from the earth, the
sections on the kingship, remembrance and shofar and of course one wants to be
inscribed in the book of life and health. If you want marriage and family
concentrate there.
Preparing for the Holiday: I am a dues paying member of
three Minyanim. The indoor Schul, the outdoor Schul that goes inside the Youth
Center for both toilets and a shelter for the longer Rosh Hashanah/Yom Kippur
Prayers and the one in Florida that gets paid after the Holidays on my next
trip there (ble Neder).
There are special foods that we eat as Segulos
(Treasures) such as dates, an apple with honey, black-eyed peas, etc. for their
Aramaic or Hebrew Names and I added (from a friend of mine Yoseph Katz 55 years
ago) a Tongue that should be for a head and not a tail and a year of guarding
one’s tongue. [Yoseph was one of the people that welcomed me to Ashdod as a new
immigrant 55 years ago. He was a lawyer and wanted to succeed in Israel but one
had to know English, Turkish, Arabic, Israeli and Halachic Law and he did not
have the strength to relearn his profession so he went back to the States but
took nothing or next to nothing if somebody sold his home to move to Israel.]
Returning to our special foods and sayings, some
Machzorim have them after the night Kiddush and what to say. Fish against the
evil eye and to multiply like fish is not mentioned her. https://www.consciouslykosher.com/blog/simanim-rosh-hashanah-foods
https://www.nyshuk.com/journal/2022/9/13/the-food-we-eat-on-rosh-hashanah-and-why
https://www.thespruceeats.com/rosh-hashana-simanim-symbolic-foods-2122243
When our forefathers ordained the custom of eating
these foods some with Aramaic Names from Talmudic Times it was for us to
request while eating these treasures.
My Rabbi after-work Kollel, Rabbi Yerachmiel Boyer
Shlita, told us the following story.
A driver was coming down the street with children
playing in it. He honked his horn, and eventually had to stop and got the
children to move. “Didn’t you hear the horn?” “ We did.” “So why didn’t you
move?” From Rosh Chodesh Elul we hear the Tikiya-Shevarim-Teruah-Tikiya to get
us to move out of the way of the Yetzer HaRa and sinning. Isn’t it time to move
and clear the way for repentance?
He also said in the name of Rav Salant or Rav
Soloveitchik that there was a wagoner who would sneak people across the
Polish-Russian Border. As the people were in the last town before the border,
their hearts started pounding as the wagoner got meters away from the border,
his heart started to pound. The only ones that were not anxious were the
horses. We are approaching the Rosh Hashanah Border when the whole world is
judged who will live and who not, who by longevity and who a short life. We are
approaching that border in a few days. In the Selichos Prayers we are say, “We
have sinned, we have transgressed, etc.” “Don’t forsake us in old age when our
strength (to pray) is gone don’t abandon us.” And then on Rosh Hashanah “Our
Father, Our King, we have sinned before you.”… “We have no deeds! Be charitable
and save us!”
Next week, I shall continue with the day of repentance
and this will be my third year for medical reasons that I am forbidden to fast
and I will have a section on who may or may not fast for Yom Kippur.
Our Sages say we learn loyalty from a dog. On the
morning of September 11, 2001, Omar Rivera sat at work on the 71st floor of the
World Trade Center’s Tower 1. Guiding Eyes Salty, his steadfast yellow Lab
guide dog, settled beside Omar's desk. It was just another normal work day.
When the first plane struck, chaos
swept through the building. Smoke, confusion, the smell of fuel. Some people
ran for the stairs. Salty, normally a calm and steady presence in the office,
began to pace back and forth. Omar made a split-second decision to ignore the
instruction to stay at his desk. Instead, he reached for Salty’s harness.
Step by step, Salty guided Omar down
the smoke-filled stairwell. The stairs were crowded, and it was a slow descent.
Omar decided to let Salty go, with the hope that Salty might be able to escape
more quickly. But ultimately, Salty refused to leave. He planted himself at
Omar’s side and would not move without him.
It took nearly an hour to reach the
ground level. But together, they made it out, just a few minutes before the
building collapsed.
Salty was raised and trained by a
community of volunteers, instructors, and staff who believe in the power of
guide dog partnership. Because of their work, and because of Salty’s loyalty
and courage, Omar made it home that day.
Salty passed away in 2008, but his
legacy lives on in every guide dog who helps someone face the world with
greater confidence and independence.
Today, we remember the thousands of
lives lost on 9/11. And we honor the bravery, both human and canine, that
carried people to safety. - Facebook
Learn Torah for the
sake of heaven until you are too tired
Dateline Thursday this week. I was busy learning
again Aruch Chaim again and the Laws of Mourning from Yeah Deah with Rabbi
Mimran. I had done a full regiment of sports all arm and all leg muscles. I
learned Aruch Chaim as it is easy and practical in daily life a bit lively.
Yeah Deah was deeper on the laws of mourning. Shin-Mem (340) I read a few
Seifim (sub-sections of the main Halacha) I got up to Chaf-Bet (22) and read it
but it did not sink in so I asked my Chavruta (learning partner) to re-read it
for me. My Chaf-Gimmel (23) I was starting to doze off and not make sense with
my reading. I had planned to stop at Chaf-Vav (26) at the bottom of the page
but was starting to doze off. I again asked Rabbi Mimran to re-read it and
before I wished him Good Shabbos. “This is what G-D wants of me to learn for
the sake of heaven with all my heart, soul and might – no more no less.” Great
Rabbis like Rav Chaim Kanjievsky, Gershon Edelstein and others learned until
their heart stopped! I have whom to emulate.
A Rosh Hashanah Dream by Rabbi Yerachmiel Tilles
https://ascentofsafed.com/cgi-bin/ascent.cgi?Name=1449-51
Once, during Chanukah in
the middle 1800's, Rabbi Yekusiel-Yehuda Teitelbaum,[1] known as
the Yeitev Lev [2] went over to a student in the yeshiva study
hall who wasn't learning very well, and whispered something into his ear. The
student immediately began to study with immense diligence and concentration.
The other students of the
yeshiva who witnessed the exchange were so curious. The anxiously waited for
the first opportune time to ask him what the Rebbe said that inspired him so
much. He told them this story:
Every year, on Erev Rosh
Hashana, the students of the Yeitev Lev's yeshiva would go collect money to give
to poor Jews for their holiday needs. They were busy with this mitzvah from
the morning until late in the afternoon, which often caused some of the
students to be quite distant from the yeshiva when Rosh Hashanah set in. Those
students would daven Maariv [pray the Evening Service] in the
neighborhood where they were, and sometimes they would eat the Festival meal at
the home of one of the strictly observant families in that area, as well.
That year, as Rosh Hashana
was approaching, this student was on the other side of town, far away from the
yeshiva, so he went to the local synagogue to study Torah and to pray. But
being that he was tired from a long, exhausting day of collecting money, he
fell asleep during Maariv. Everyone left the shul, the gabbai locked
the doors; no one realized that the visiting yeshiva student was still there,
sleeping.
In his dream, he saw
himself standing before the heavenly court (Rosh Hashana, the first day of the
new Jewish year, is when everyone is judged as to what will be for them in the
new year in matters of life, health, prosperity and children). His mitzvos and
his sins were placed on a scale, and the scale weighed down on the side of
sins.
The court ruled that he
must die.
The student cried, "I
am young. Give me another chance. I will improve my ways..." But the court
didn't accept his promises.
Suddenly, the Yeitev Lev
came into the court, and asked the judges, "What do you want from this
student of mine?" They told him about the court case and the verdict.
The Yeitev Lev said,
"He will improve his ways, and I will be the guarantor." Out of
respect for the tzadik, the court immediately granted the student another
chance to live.
The Yeitev Lev took hold of
the youth and pulled him away from the court. Right then, the student woke.
He looked around the
unfamiliar, dark shul. It took him a few moments before he remembered how he
got there. The doors were locked, so he jumped out the window and rushed to his
yeshiva, and to his dormitory to eat the festival meal. As he was rushing
through the city streets, he thought about the dream. He decided that it was
just a dream; it didn't really happen.
The door of his dormitory
was locked, since it was already late at night. He went to the Rebbe's shul
where the Yeitev Lev was conducting his festival Tisch (open table),
surrounded by his chasidim. The Rebbe saw him, and immediately passed him a
cup. "You didn't make Kiddush yet," the Rebbe said.
The student was startled.
How did the Rebbe know that he hadn't yet made Kiddush? Perhaps the dream was
true, and the Rebbe had just saved him from death. He decided to improve his
ways, as he promised he would in his dream, just in case the dream was genuine.
He kept his resolve for
some time, but by the time Chanukah came around, eleven weeks after Rosh
Hashana, he had already begun to forget about his promise, and again became lax
in his Torah studies. That is when the Yeitev Lev whispered in his ear. What he
said was: "Did I save your life so you can be like this?"
The student
concluded his report to his friends, "Now I am certain that the dream was
true. Therefore, I will study with all my might, because that is the reason I
was granted longer life, thanks to our Rebbe."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Source: Freely
adapted and supplemented by Yerachmiel Tilles from "Torah
Wellsprings" - Rav Elimelech Biderman (Shavuot 5777) - as
translated by R. Baruch Twersky.
Why this week? Tomorrow
night starts Rosh Hashana, year 5786.
Biographical note:
Rabbi Yekusiel-Yehuda Teitelbaum [1803 - 6 Elul 1883] was known
as the Yeitev Lev after the title of his chasidic commentary on the
Torah. From 1833 he served in various rabbinical positions, until in 1958 he
was invited to be the chief rabbi and rosh yeshiva in Sighet,
Hungary. There he became known as the Rebbe of Sighet. Chasidic rebbes of
several dynasties are his grandsons and great-grandsons, including R. Yoel
Teitelbaum [1887-1979], the Satmar Rebbe, and R. Yekusiel-Yehuda
Halberstam, the Sanz-Klausenberg Rebbe [1905-1994]. One of the
current two Satmar rebbes is his great-great-grandson and bears his name, and
his shul in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, is called "Yeitev Lev". (based on
Wiki)
Footnotes:
[1]Not to be confused with Rabbi Yekusiel-Yehuda Halberstam, the
Sanz-Klausenberg Rav and Rebbe [1905-1994], who was his great-grandson. (Rabbi
Yoel Teitelbaum [1887-1979], the Satmar Rebbe, was his grandson.)
[2]The name he gave to a chasidic commentary on the Torah that he composed
Milestone: Rabbi Dovid Kamenetsky, 68, grandson of the Gaon Rabbi
Yacov, was a noted marbitz Torah and brilliant Talmid Chacham.
He was a son of Maran HaGaon Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky, rosh yeshiva of
Yeshiva of Philadelphia and the zekan Roshei Hayeshivos.
Inyanay Diyoma
Sept. 13th
Swords of Iron Day 708 start of week 102
https://www.timesofisrael.com/two-wounded-one-seriously-in-suspected-terror-stabbing-at-hotel-west-of-jerusalem/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/white-house-said-frustrated-with-netanyahu-fears-he-wants-to-tank-ceasefire-talks/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-discusses-plan-for-voluntary-emigration-of-gazans-starting-next-month/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/netherlands-joins-countries-set-to-boycott-eurovision-2026-if-israel-takes-part/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/mossad-said-to-have-refused-to-carry-out-ground-op-to-kill-hamas-leaders-in-qatar/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/hostage-families-ahead-of-weekly-rallies-witnessing-another-attempt-to-sabotage-a-deal/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-german-high-society-secret-nazi-hating-rebels-saved-jews-tried-to-end-hitlers-regime/
Conspiracy
Theories Blame Israel for Charlie Kirk’s Assassination | Algemeiner.com
https://www.timesofisrael.com/charlie-kirks-widow-says-her-cries-will-echo-around-the-world-like-a-battle-cry/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-and-witkoff-dine-with-qatari-pm-in-ny-days-after-israeli-strike-on-hamas-in-doha/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/london-police-nab-man-suspected-of-smearing-feces-on-synagogues-other-jewish-sites/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/un-overwhelmingly-endorses-call-to-establish-palestinian-state-without-hamas/
https://www.foxnews.com/health/hospital-fires-healthcare-worker-controversial-charlie-kirk-social-media-post
https://www.timesofisrael.com/plo-factions-hand-over-more-weapons-amid-lebanese-disarmament-push/
Sept. 14th
Swords of Iron Day 709 in week 102
https://www.timesofisrael.com/rubio-stresses-us-not-happy-about-doha-strike-which-pm-hints-didnt-kill-hamas-chiefs/
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/charlie-kirks-assassin-lived-transgender-partner-who-now-cooperating-fbi-sources
Israeli
security officials believe that the strike did not achieve its main objective -
the elimination of the entire Hamas leadership residing in the country. At this
stage, two main possibilities are being examined: that the leaders were present
at the location and escaped unharmed or were slightly injured, or alternatively
- that they received prior warning and escaped in a coordinated move. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/414890
https://www.timesofisrael.com/rubio-stresses-us-not-happy-about-doha-strike-which-pm-hints-didnt-kill-hamas-chiefs/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/nyc-comptroller-calls-for-coalition-of-anti-zionists-and-liberal-zionists-at-mamdani-event/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israelis-withdraw-from-spanish-chess-tournament-after-being-barred-from-using-national-flag/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/gop-rep-to-jewish-colleague-i-have-a-good-surgeon-if-you-ever-want-to-get-your-nose-done/
Moldova's
Jews aim to preserve Jewish heritage | Israel National News
Report:
Israel used F-15s, F-35s in strike on Hamas in Qatar | Israel National News
Hostages’
families and captivity survivors meet with Rubio, urge action | Israel National
News
Jerusalem
Shield: IDF arrests terror suspects and confiscates weapons | Israel National
News
Shomron honor Charlie Kirk. Yossi
Dagan: 'We will commemorate Charlie Kirk in Samaria' | Israel National News
Yesterday at 3:47 the missile was way off course. Today a drone was
shot down.
UAV
fired from Yemen into Arava region intercepted | Israel National News
Who ever has compassion on the cruel become cruel to the
compassionate.
Idan
Raichel: 'The baby I saved became a terrorist in Gaza' | Israel National News
https://www.timesofisrael.com/berlin-hall-to-host-israeli-conductor-after-belgian-festival-scraps-performance/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/uc-berkeley-hands-trump-admin-data-on-students-staff-in-federal-antisemitism-probe/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/cosmetics-firm-weleda-to-examine-nazi-ties-amid-revelation-of-role-in-dachau-experiments/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-face-of-rising-antisemitism-amsterdams-portugese-synagogue-celebrates-350-years/
You and drown in the Dead Sea. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-867374
Terrorists who
committed massacre at Kibbutz Alumim eliminated | Israel National News
Reports in
Syria: Israeli troops search for weapons in Daraa | Israel National News
US orders smaller and deadlier bunker busters. https://www.jpost.com/defense-and-tech/article-867355
Toddler left in car in
Dimona for 3 hours, dies | Israel National News
Also a Bedouin ran over a toddler w/his tractor and a Jewish boy
drowned in family pool.
IDF
strikes terror tower in Gaza City | Israel National News
Watch:
IDF seals homes of Ramot Junction terrorists | Israel National News
Chilling:
Charlie Kirk's widow bids her husband a final farewell | Israel National News
Hamas
claims to have executed six Israeli agents | Israel National News
Turkey is worried about Israel targeting Hamas on its soil. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sj3p00eeigl
Op-Ed Charlie Kirk changed the world. https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/hknnw0011slg
Trump health officials are preparing to
cite the deaths of 25 children in a presentation linking coronavirus vaccines to pediatric fatalities,
according to four people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of
anonymity to describe confidential information. The move comes as officials
weigh narrowing recommendations for who should receive the shots.
https://www.ynetnews.com/health_science/article/bywpqbfsle
Sept. 15th
Swords of Iron Day 710
https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-historic-moment-leaked-transcripts-reveal-secret-deliberations-at-start-of-iran-war/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-levels-three-towers-in-gaza-city-as-residents-continue-to-evacuate-area/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/rubio-opens-israel-visit-with-netanyahu-at-western-wall-amid-gaza-ops-qatar-fallout/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/oct-7-documentary-briefly-cut-from-toronto-film-festival-wins-peoples-choice-award/
https://www.foxnews.com/us/man-arrested-sickening-act-charlie-kirk-memorial-outside-turning-point-headquarters-phoenix
https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-hamas-urges-gazans-to-stay-put-its-leaders-are-trying-to-flee-strip-says-israel/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/uk-bans-israelis-from-enrolling-in-prestigious-defense-academy-from-next-year/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/more-than-10000-idf-soldiers-have-been-treated-for-mental-health-issues-since-oct-7/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/even-as-western-aliyah-picks-up-new-arrivals-replace-fewer-than-half-of-israeli-emigrants/
Mark Levin on Qatar the truth about them and 9/11 and the Muslim
Brotherhood. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pojv5SkQG70
Has the airplane gift and oil blinded him? Trump: Qatar is
a great ally, Israel needs to be careful | Israel National News
Hamas
has moved some of the hostages above ground | Israel National News
Suspected
Charlie Kirk assassin put under 'special watch' in prison | Israel National News
IDF operations
chief left in the dark on Hamas’ Oct. 7 plan, classified internal prob
Eurovision
officials propose Israel appear with 'neutral flag' | Israel National News
French
probe targets former Lebanese PM Najib Mikati | Israel National News
https://www.timesofisrael.com/facing-us-tariffs-flooded-eu-markets-gaza-closure-israeli-date-growers-issue-sos/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/belgium-pm-attends-concert-of-israeli-conductor-disinvited-by-festival/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/right-wing-ministers-call-to-annex-west-bank-after-un-votes-for-two-state-solution/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/even-as-western-aliyah-picks-up-new-arrivals-replace-fewer-than-half-of-israeli-emigrants/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/top-cop-said-to-nix-ceremony-after-ben-gvir-withholds-approval-of-some-promotions/
Yerushalayim begins work on blue rail line. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/syry00mhjgx#autoplay
For the past nine months, soldiers from
the IDF’s 810th Brigade, also known as the Mountain Brigade, have been
operating deep inside Syrian territory. Since Israeli forces
took control of Mount Hermon’s eastern ridge in December, the brigade’s troops
have raided and disabled more than 30 abandoned outposts of the Assad regime. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/ryix91rjgx
Netanyahu:
'The Qatar strike did not fail, we sent a message' | Israel National News
Israeli
ultra-Orthodox man convicted of spying for Iran | The Jerusalem Post
Police raid
minister May Golan’s offices in ‘cash bonanza’ corruption probe
'Tinder Swindler' Leviev arrested
upon Georgia arrival | The Jerusalem Post
Mossad
women operated in Iran during 12-Day War | The Jerusalem Post
Hamas
moves hostages above ground amid IDF Gaza strikes | The Jerusalem Post
Police raid
minister May Golan’s offices in ‘cash bonanza’ corruption probe
Op-Ed Nadav Eyal Netanyahu’s
march of folly risks destroying Abraham Accords and his legacy
Op-Ed: Qatar:
A mediator or sponsor of terror? Time to draw the line
Tel Aviv’s first Kiosk has been rebuilt and is up for rent.
https://www.ynetnews.com/real-estate/article/r1jhbvroex
Sept. 16th
Swords of Iron Day 711
On this day in 1620 CE: Some 130 passengers and crew gird themselves for the long journey ahead
as the Mayflower sails out of Plymouth, England,
and heads west. What follows will be an arduous 60-plus-day voyage across the Atlantic Ocean to
what the Pilgrims hope is a fresh start in America.
https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/09/15/israel-issues-travel-warning-ahead-jewish-holidays-rising-attacks-discrimination-targeting-israelis-abroad/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-sues-ny-times-penguin-random-house-for-15-billion-alleging-defamation-and-libel/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahus-chief-of-staff-tapped-as-next-ambassador-to-uk/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/brawl-breaks-out-on-flight-between-tel-aviv-bucharest-several-detained/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/ohio-auction-house-halts-sale-of-unclaimed-paintings-nazis-took-from-jewish-owner/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/singer-gidi-gov-suspected-of-driving-drunk-lightly-injuring-several-in-tel-aviv-crash/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/kan-public-broadcaster-rebuffs-calls-to-bow-out-of-eurovision-over-boycott-threats/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/government-says-its-ready-to-return-to-old-method-of-firing-ag-with-certain-terms/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/minister-dodges-interrogation-attends-ex-advisers-hearing-to-demand-his-release/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/highlighting-distress-combat-vets-toss-piles-of-pills-at-knesset-meeting-on-suicide/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-historic-moment-leaked-transcripts-reveal-secret-deliberations-at-start-of-iran-war/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/spain-cancels-major-arms-deal-with-israel-amid-gaza-backlash/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/foreign-ministry-axes-most-programs-for-rest-of-year-including-october-7-events/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-admits-israel-is-economically-isolated-will-need-to-become-self-reliant/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-tone-shift-pro-israel-nyc-mayoral-candidate-cuomo-says-gaza-carnage-must-end/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-chief-reportedly-yells-at-cabinet-ministers-to-take-the-hostage-release-deal/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/alongside-rubio-netanyahu-claims-qatar-strike-succeeded-because-it-sent-a-message/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/rubio-visits-contentious-jerusalem-archeological-site-boosting-israeli-claim-to-area/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/hostage-families-camp-outside-pms-home-amid-rumored-start-to-gaza-city-ground-op/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/arab-muslim-leaders-urge-review-of-israel-ties-after-attack-on-hamas-leaders-in-doha/
Somebody is not fully truthful. 50
minutes before strike, Trump was called and he did not say no!
Evergreen
H.S. shooter hinted at his plans online, ADL says
Trump
announces he’s sending federal law enforcement to Memphis and that Chicago is
next
Trump
says US struck another alleged Venezuelan drug vessel, killing three
https://www.foxnews.com/us/charlie-kirk-alleged-assassin-taken-over-leftist-ideology-while-fbi-probes-wider-plot-bongino
Striking
Hamas Leaders in Qatar Is 100% Legal Under International Law | Algemeiner.com
IDF
& ISA: 21 senior Islamic Jihad terrorists eliminated in Gaza | Israel
National News
Jerusalem:
Swastikas drawn on religious youth movement headquarters | Israel National News
Hostage
families: Netanyahu sacrificing hostages for politics | Israel National News
Rabbi Dovid Yosef, Chief Rabbi: "To the dear family
members of Charlie Kirk OBM," Rabbi Yosef wrote. "With deep sorrow
and great pain, I received the devastating news of the murder of Charlie solely
because he was a clear and unwavering voice of truth."
"Charlie
was a true friend of the Jewish people and of the state of Israel. His great
deeds and noble character made him a remarkable figure. In his modest yet firm
way, he always chose to stand by truth and justice," he said. The
Chief Rabbi's letter to Charlie Kirk's family | Israel National News
Watch:
Knesset comittee begins with prayer and Psalms for IDF | Israel National News
Severely
wounded soldier walks onstage to receive Medal of Heroism | Israel National
News
Yael Zar, the widow of Samaria land
redeemer Moshe Zar, who passed away two months ago, spoke at the Samaria
Sovereignty Conference of Arutz Sheva and the Samaria Council about how
her husband began to act to advance de facto sovereignty already after the
Six-Day War. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/415001
IDF
confirms: Ground troops have begun operating in Gaza City | Israel National
News
https://www.timesofisrael.com/elizabeth-tsurkov-leaves-hospital-days-after-release-from-captivity-in-iraq/
Sept. 17th
Swords of Iron Day 712
Long before Turning Point USA in the 1960’s there was a group that
I was a member of called Young Americans for Freedom. Last night right in the
middle of Psalms for the IDF, the three minute alert went off. Eli was about to
start Maariv (Evening Prayers) when we said let’s go under Rabbi Goldberg’s
cemented garage. We did so and during the Shema the siren went off and Eli had
to shout “The LRD your GD is Truth(True)”.
I sat next to Rabbi Mimran on Sunday night and he came down with a
Virus or Corona the next morning. Nothing I can do now but take multivitamin
pills and drink quinine water.
Police arrested
three family members of the 26-year-old murder victim in Ramla on suspicion of
involvement in her murder. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/tnhyolh2k
This morning
there was a drone alert north of Eilat at Beer Ora but no where else so either
it was a false alarm or fell in the desert or hit a mountain.
IDF bombs 50
target overnight. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-867720
New evacuation
routes for Gaza. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-867720
https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-begins-major-gaza-city-ground-offensive-targeting-hamas-dozens-of-gazans-said-killed/
The IDF stated:
"A short while ago, the IDF struck a military infrastructure site
belonging to the Houthi terrorist regime at the Hudaydah Port in Yemen. The
Hudaydah Port is used by the Houthi terrorist regime for the transfer of
weapons supplied by the Iranian regime, in order to execute attacks against the
State of Israel and its allies."
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/415031
The security
establishment has expressed great concern after finding a rocket recently near
Route 443, between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. The rocket was located in the
village of Niama, and according to reports, the Palestinian Authority's
security forces were able to capture the terrorists who tried to launch it. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/415028
Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic candidate
and front-runner in the New York City mayoral race, will reverse incumbent
Mayor Eric Adams' order to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance
Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism, the New York Post reported.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/415029
Bedouin set fire to homes, protesting demolition of
illegal structures | Israel National News
UN chief stops short of genocide claim, but still
criticizes Israel | Israel National News
California Legislature Passes ‘Landmark’ Bill to Combat
K-12 Antisemitism | Algemeiner.com
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/robert-redford-dead-89
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israels-newest-digital-bank-to-start-offering-zero-fee-accounts-in-early-2026/
Report:
Israel denies entry to two British MPs | Israel National News
Over
90% of families have returned to Gaza border communities | Israel National News
Two
years later: Sderot train station to resume regular operations | Israel
National News
Report:
Israel proposes new security pact to rebuild borders with Syria | Israel
National News
IDF
estimates: New Gaza operation to last several months | Israel National News
https://www.timesofisrael.com/under-fire-netanyahu-scrambles-to-explain-claim-israel-may-become-super-sparta/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-says-hell-meet-trump-again-issues-dire-warning-to-hamas-over-hostages/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/over-2500-israelis-have-moved-to-gaza-border-area-towns-in-wake-of-oct-7-report/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/pa-document-shows-pay-to-slay-has-been-scrapped-new-system-in-place/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/gadi-eisenkot-founds-new-party-two-months-after-resigning-from-knesset/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-presented-syria-with-detailed-proposal-for-new-security-agreement-report/
Sept. 18th
Swords of Iron Day 713
2 Soldiers murdered at the Allenby Crossing. It is the area where
truck drivers enter with humanitarian aid for Gaza from Yarden and transferred
back to back to another vehicle driven by and Israel Driver. It is the second
time in about a year that somebody has come in with a gun and knife and shot
and in this case stabbed. The rest of the world
reports that “Humanitarian Aid Worker shot dead by Israeli Troops”. Far from
the idea of a murdering terrorist. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-867926
https://www.timesofisrael.com/laser-based-iron-beam-interception-system-declared-operational/
185 https://www.timesofisrael.com/three-brothers-shot-dead-as-illegal-weapons-deal-goes-bad-in-south/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/syrias-sharaa-security-pact-talks-with-israel-could-yield-results-in-coming-days/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/eus-top-body-presents-proposal-to-suspend-free-trade-agreement-with-israel/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/dozens-said-killed-in-strikes-as-thousands-flee-gaza-city-but-some-vow-to-stay-put/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/revealed-tony-blairs-us-backed-proposal-for-ending-the-gaza-war-and-replacing-hamas/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/uae-wont-cut-israel-ties-if-west-bank-annexed-despite-red-line-warning-sources/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/starmer-said-planning-to-recognize-palestinian-state-after-trumps-uk-visit/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-st-peters-square-pilgrims-hail-new-millennial-saint-unaware-of-anti-jewish-undertones/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-judge-orders-deportation-of-columbia-university-anti-israel-protest-leader-khalil/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/abc-suspends-jimmy-kimmels-late-night-show-over-remarks-about-charlie-kirks-death/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-manpower-chief-arrests-of-haredi-draft-dodgers-ineffective-sanctions-needed/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/flower-bedecked-netanyahu-counterpart-from-fiji-open-new-embassy-in-jerusalem/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-house-passes-bill-to-identify-jewish-american-soldiers-buried-under-crosses/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/work-starts-on-removing-polluting-oil-tanks-near-homes-and-school-in-north/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/two-israelis-sentenced-to-years-in-us-prisons-for-separate-fraud-scams/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israels-glilot-partners-raises-500m-to-back-young-cyber-and-ai-software-startups/
The Reservists Party, a new
political movement led by former communications minister Yoaz Hendel,
officially registered on Thursday to run in the upcoming elections, the party
registrar announced. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-867899
Subject to a
pre-indictment hearing, the IDF Prosecution will indict IDF Col. (res.) Yoav Yarom for his alleged negligent role
in the deaths of civilian archaeologist Ze’ev
'Jabo' Hanoch Erlich and soldier Gur
Kehati in hostile Lebanese territory on November 30, it announced on Thursday.
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-867924
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-freedom-caucus-chair-other-republicans-back-trump-designating-antifa-terror-organization
https://www.foxnews.com/us/charlie-kirk-alleged-assassins-roommate-problematic-before-family-kicked-him-out-relative-says
https://www.foxnews.com/us/5-police-officers-shot-3-dead-pennsylvania-fbi-investigating
Radio-Canada
Suspends Journalist After Antisemitic Comments Spark Outrage | Algemeiner.com
New
MIT Accuser Comes Forward With Harrowing Antisemitism Allegations |
Algemeiner.com
Over 70 haredi draft
dodgers arrested at Ben-Gurion Airport | Israel National News
Nvidia said Thursday it would invest $5 billion in Intel, giving its support to the
struggling U.S. chipmaker just weeks after Washington engineered an unusual
deal for the federal government to take a 10 percent stake in the company.
https://www.ynetnews.com/tech-and-digital/article/hkjl4fyigl
IDF continues cautious
advance into Gaza City | Israel National News
Op-Ed Offensive will harder and it won’t end the war. https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/skyq4fyixl
Over 1,000 housing units
approved in Judea and Samaria | Israel National News
Aerial footage: IDF
destroys explosives intended for use against soldiers | Israel National News
IDF eliminates senior
Hezbollah weapons dealer | Israel National News
Samaria regional council:
Eitan Avner Ben-Yitzhak fell in battle in Gaza | Israel National News
Mossad Chief: 'The Mossad
has imaginative capabilities in Iran' | Israel National News
ISA director appointement
delayed by bar mitzvah | Israel National News
Green guenon monkey
seized in Nehora | Israel National News
Sept. 19th
Swords of Iron Day 714
My son and I served on the front lines in the army but the latest
fight of the non-religious to draft Rabbinical Students has awakened the Torah
World and when it comes to secular vs. spiritual, the seculars fade into
history as the Beotusim and Sadducees in their time and what is ruling in
Israel today will be a floor mat in the history books.
Last night the Gadol HaDor (like Moshe or Yoshua in their day on
Torah) Rabbi Dov Landau Shlita issued a pre-Rosh Hashanah warning for the whole
planet. If the Israeli Government begins shutting down the Torah Institutes it
will effect the whole world.
I did not hear the Rav’s Speech. But I can tell you from my own
learning: “If you don’t follow MY Torah then I shall turn back the universe to
unformed and void!” The implication of the Rav: There will be unnecessary wars
and billions will die because of the stupidity. There is nothing new under sun.
If you follow and develop Torah learning then you shall have a long life, peace
and prosper. If you are fed-up with Torah then G-D is fed up with you. (Parsha
Bechukosai and Parsha Ki Savo in the rabbipauli.blogspot.com)
Yesterday the IDF was proud of themselves, they arrested 79 Yeshiva
Bochurim and as an immediate result 6 soldiers perished but they don’t know how
heaven works. “If you go by ME as it is just a happening then…”. Every day I
pray twice a day for the welfare of the soldiers but if the actions of the IDF
defy what the L-RD wants, I cannot stop the results with my prayers, just lessen
the blows.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/95-year-old-accused-of-murdering-holocaust-survivor-in-nyc-nursing-home/
Houthi Missile downed during the night news as millions go to
shelters .
Rocket terror cell
captured in Ramallah following Arutz Sheva report | Israel National News
UAV strikes entrance to
Eilat hotel, no casualties reported | Israel National News
IDF strikes Radwan Force
weapons storage facilities in Lebanon | Israel National News
Gantz accuses opposition
leaders of forgetting their public role | Israel National News
https://www.timesofisrael.com/two-israeli-universities-listed-in-top-10-global-producers-of-entrepreneurs/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/rare-proof-of-galilees-forgotten-4th-century-jewish-revolt-revealed-in-hidden-coin-hoard/
Humanitarian aid truck
driver murders two IDF soldiers at Allenby Crossing | Israel National News
Poll: Coalition falls to
49 seats, giving majority to opposition | Israel National News
Watch: Over 50,000 attend
Selichot prayers at the Western Wall | Israel National News
https://www.timesofisrael.com/german-shop-sign-banning-jews-sparks-wide-condemnation-police-action/
China
Expands Influence Campaign Targeting Israel as Way to Hurt US, Study Finds |
Algemeiner.com
‘Never
Forget’: ADL Files Oct. 7 Lawsuit Against Hamas, Iran, North Korea |
Algemeiner.com
https://www.timesofisrael.com/court-extends-ban-on-key-qatargate-suspect-from-returning-to-prime-ministers-office/
Shabbat candle-lighting times
| Israel National News
https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-vetoes-unacceptable-security-council-resolution-on-gaza-over-failure-to-condemn-hamas/
A healthy, happy, prosperous, successful, peaceful, restful
and Torah filled new year,
Rachamim Pauli and family
