Good Shabbos Book of Numbers 30:2 – 36:13
This coming
week marks Rosh Chodesh Menachem Av. At this point mirth lessens. Weddings do
not take place and Ashkenazim refrain from eating meat and some make Havdalah
on Beer or Tea instead of wine.
https://www.ou.org/holidays/laws_and_traditions_of_the_nine_days/
Parshiyos Matos – Masei
It appears
to me that after 24,000 people died the nation vowed vengeance on Midian. That
is the relationship of vows in this Parsha to that of last week. This double
Parsha is the longest Torah Reading. This ends Sefer Bamidbar (wilderness) in
English Numbers.
30:2 And
Moses spoke unto the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying:
This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded. 3 When a man vows a vow unto
the LORD, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break
his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
Guarding ones
tongue should be a top priority for all and not just polished politicians.
4 Also when a woman vows a vow unto the LORD,
and binds herself by a bond, being in her father's house, in her youth, 5 and
her father hears her
vow, or her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father holds his
peace at her, then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath
bound her soul shall stand. 6 But if her father disallow her in the day that he
hears,
none of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall
stand; and the LORD will forgive her, because her father disallowed her.
Three
people can cancel a female’s vow and one of them that of a man. A Talmud
Chacham can cancel for a man and woman. There must be a good reason such as a change
in circumstances and the one who vows must show remorse or regret for making the
vow. As I told the story of my secretary at work who vowed that the first boy
be called after her grandfather before she married and her husband wanted after
his late father. I gathered a Beis Din of three religious Jews and we nullified
her vow. HASHEM in HIS great mercy gave her twin boys and all’s well that ends
well.
A child or woman
between twelve years and one day until twelve and a half years old can have her
vow canceled by her father. A woman after marriage can have her vow canceled on
the day that her husband learns about it.
The problem
remainqs of an unmarried woman of twelve and a half plus until marriage, a
widow or a divorcee. This is where the Talmud Chacham comes in.
7 And if she be married to a husband, while her
vows are upon her, or the clear utterance of her lips, wherewith she hath bound
her soul; 8 and her husband hear it, whatsoever day it be that he hears it, and hold his peace at her; then
her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul shall
stand. 9 But if her husband disallow her in the day that he heareth it, then he
shall make void her vow which is upon her, and the clear utterance of her lips,
wherewith she hath bound her soul; and the LORD will forgive her.
Since every
couple that is normal will have an argument, neither the husband or wife should
make a vow refraining from marital relations. For if the wife were to say so
and the husband in a fit of anger say Amen, they would be required to divorce
unless nullified by a Chacham or Beis Din.
10 But the vow of a widow, or of her that is
divorced, even every thing wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand
against her. 11 And if a woman vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul
by a bond with an oath, 12 and her husband heard it, and held his peace at her,
and disallowed her not, then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith
she bound her soul shall stand. 13 But if her husband make them null and void
in the day that he hears them,
then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips, whether it were her vows, or the
bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the
LORD will forgive her. 14 Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the
soul, her husband may let it stand, or her husband may make it void. 15 But if
her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day, then he causes
all her vows to stand, or all her bonds, which are upon her; he hath let them
stand, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them. 16 But
if he shall make them null and void after that he hath heard them, then he
shall bear her iniquity. 17 These are the statutes, which the LORD commanded
Moses, between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, being in
her youth, in her father's house.
A bit of a conclusion to this whole
section. A man may make a vow out of logic, devotion or anger; however, a woman
is more easily ruled by emotions.
Story from the Talmud: Rebbitzen, so and
so, had much pain and travail during childbirth, she vowed not to have any more
children. She went to the local Talmud Chacham who happened to be her husband.
She dressed differently, altered her voice and told him of her circumstances.
The Rabbi in truth wanted more children but he said that she need not tell her
husband and have any more children. His Psak Halacha on the vow, sealed his own
fate.
31:1 And
the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 2 'Avenge the children of Israel of the
Midianites; afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.' 3 And Moses
spoke unto the people, saying: 'Arm ye men from among you for the war, that
they may go against Midian, to execute the LORD'S vengeance on Midian. 4 Of
every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to
the war.' 5 So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand
of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
The three
time repetition of twelve thousand or 36,000 in total. 12,000 would go to the
front lines to fight the war, 12,000 to supply the fighters and the last 12,000
to pray for them and success.
6 And Moses sent them, a thousand of every
tribe, to the war, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war,
with the holy vessels and the trumpets for the alarm in his hand. 7 And they
warred against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew every male. 8
And they slew the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain: Evi, and Rekem,
and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian; Balaam also the son of
Beor they slew with the sword. 9 And the children of Israel took captive the
women of Midian and their little ones; and all their cattle, and all their
flocks, and all their goods, they took for a prey. 10 And all their cities in
the places wherein they dwelt, and all their encampments, they burnt with fire.
11 And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of man and of beast. 12
And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and
unto Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto
the camp, unto the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan at Jericho.
The
standard laws of war was to kill of the men and capture the woman and children.
There was the famous battle of Kleidon in 1014CE where the Emperor Basil
blinded 15,000 men every 99 completely blind and one with one eye and sent them
home. So don’t judge people of 3,298 years ago listening directly to the L-RD
with our modern man-made standards.
13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all
the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp. 14
And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, the captains of thousands and the captains of
hundreds, who came from the service of the war. 15 And Moses said unto them:
'Have ye saved all the women alive?
These women
with their fertility cult caused the death of 24,000 Israelis.
16 Behold, these caused the children of Israel,
through the counsel of Balaam, to revolt so as to break faith with the LORD in
the matter of Peor, and so the plague was among the congregation of the LORD.
17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman
that hath known man by lying with him. 18 But all the women children, that have
not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
It was
decided according the word of HASHEM that any female under the age of three
would be too young to have a memory of any bad doings and therefore could live.
19 And encamp ye without the camp seven days;
whosoever has
killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify yourselves on
the third day and on the seventh day, ye and your captives. 20 And as to every
garment, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats' hair, and all
things made of wood, ye shall purify.'
Even though
the Midian People did not follow the laws of purity, they were to be treated
impure like the corpse of an Israeli.
21 And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of
war that went to the battle: 'This is the statute of the law which the LORD
hath commanded Moses: 22 Howbeit the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron,
the tin, and the lead, 23 every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make to
go through the fire, and it shall be clean; nevertheless it shall be purified
with the water of sprinkling; and all that abides not the fire ye shall make to go
through the water. 24 And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye
shall be clean, and afterward ye may come into the camp.'
From here
we learn all the laws of the kosher of vessels or the lack of koshering clay
vessels.
25 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 26
'Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and
Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the congregation;
27 and divide the prey into two parts: between the men skilled in war, that
went out to battle, and all the congregation; 28 and levy a tribute unto the
LORD of the men of war that went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both
of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the flocks; 29 take
it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, as a portion set apart
for the LORD. 30 And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one
drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of
the flocks, even of all the cattle, and give them unto the Levites, that keep
the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.' 31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest
did as the LORD commanded Moses. 32 Now the prey, over and above the booty
which the men of war took, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and
five thousand sheep, 33 and threescore and twelve thousand beeves, 34 and
threescore and one thousand asses, 35 and thirty and two thousand persons in
all, of the women that had not known man by lying with him. 36 And the half,
which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred
thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep. 37 And
the LORD'S tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen. 38
And the beeves were thirty and six thousand, of which the LORD'S tribute was
threescore and twelve. 39 And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred,
of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and one. 40 And the persons were
sixteen thousand, of whom the LORD'S tribute was thirty and two persons. 41 And
Moses gave the tribute, which was set apart for the LORD, unto Eleazar the
priest, as the LORD commanded Moses. 42 And of the children of Israel's half,
which Moses divided off from the men that warred-- 43 now the congregation's
half was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five
hundred sheep, 44 and thirty and six thousand beeves, 45 and thirty thousand
and five hundred asses, 46 and sixteen thousand persons-- 47 even of the
children of Israel's half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man
and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, that kept the charge of the
tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses. 48 And the officers that
were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and the
captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses; 49 and they said unto Moses: 'Thy
servants have taken the sum of the men of war that are under our charge, and
there lacked not
one man of us. 50 And we have brought the LORD'S offering, what every man hath
gotten, of jewels of gold, armlets, and bracelets, signet-rings, ear-rings, and
girdles, to make atonement for our souls before the LORD.' 51 And Moses and
Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels. 52 And all
the gold of the gift that they set apart for the LORD, of the captains of thousands,
and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty
shekels.-- 53 For the men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.-- 54
And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and
of hundreds, and brought it into the tent of meeting, for a memorial for the
children of Israel before the LORD.
There was a fair division of the spoils of
war between the soldiers, priesthood-Leviim and each tribe in general.
32:1 Now
the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of
cattle; and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that,
behold, the place was a place for cattle, 2 the children of Gad and the
children of Reuben came and spoke unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and
unto the princes of the congregation, saying: 3 'Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer,
and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Beon, 4 the land
which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle,
and thy servants have cattle.' 5 And they said: 'If we have found favour in thy
sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession; bring us not
over the Jordan.' 6 And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children
of Reuben: 'Shall your brethren go to the war, and shall ye sit here? 7 And
wherefore will ye turn away the heart of the children of Israel from going over
into the land which the LORD hath given them? 8 Thus did your fathers, when I
sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land. 9 For when they went up unto the
valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they turned away the heart of the children
of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them.
10 And the LORD'S anger was kindled in that day, and He swore, saying: 11
Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and
upward, shall see the land which I swore unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto
Jacob; because they have not wholly followed Me; 12 save Caleb the son of
Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun; because they have wholly
followed the LORD. 13 And the LORD'S anger was kindled against Israel, and He
made them wander to and fro in the wilderness forty years, until all the
generation, that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed. 14 And,
behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, a brood of sinful men, to
augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel. 15 For if ye turn away
from after Him, He will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and so ye will
destroy all this people.'
Are you not
to learn from history? Are you going to rebel against HASHEM for a second
generation?
16 And they came near unto him, and said: 'We
will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones; 17
but we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel, until
we have brought them unto their place; and our little ones shall dwell in the
fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land. 18 We will not return
unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his
inheritance. 19 For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the
Jordan, and forward, because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side of
the Jordan eastward.'
We have
conquered the land as it will be written in Sefer Yoshua Chapter 1:3 “All places
that the sole of your feet shall walk shall be yours”. But we will go first
even before the Standard of Yehuda into battle for our brothers.
20 And Moses said unto them: 'If ye will do
this thing: if ye will arm yourselves to go before the LORD to the war, 21 and
every armed man of you will pass over the Jordan before the LORD, until He hath
driven out His enemies from before Him, 22 and the land be subdued before the
LORD, and ye return afterward; then ye shall be clear before the LORD, and
before Israel, and this land shall be unto you for a possession before the
LORD. 23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD; and
know ye your sin which will find you.
If you do so,
happy shall you be in this world and good for you in the world to come.
However, if not HASHEM will find you.
24 Build you cities for your little ones, and
folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.' 25
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke unto Moses, saying:
'Thy servants will do as my lord commands. 26 Our little ones, our wives, our
flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead; 27 but thy
servants will pass over, every man that is armed for war, before the LORD to
battle, as my lord saith.' 28 So Moses gave charge concerning them to Eleazar
the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers'
houses of the tribes of the children of Israel. 29 And Moses said unto them:
'If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over the
Jordan, every man that is armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall
be subdued before you, then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a
possession; 30 but if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have
possessions among you in the land of Canaan.' 31 And the children of Gad and
the children of Reuben answered, saying: 'As the LORD hath said unto thy
servants, so will we do. 32 We will pass over armed before the LORD into the
land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us
beyond the Jordan.' 33 And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad,
and to the children of Reuben, and unto the half-tribe of Manasseh the son of
Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king
of Bashan, the land, according to the cities thereof with their borders, even
the cities of the land round about. 34 And the children of Gad built Dibon, and
Ataroth, and Aroer; 35 and Atroth-shophan, and Jazer, and Jogbehah; 36 and
Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran; fortified cities, and folds for sheep. 37 And the
children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kiriathaim; 38 and Nebo, and
Baal-meon--their names being changed--and Sibmah; and gave their names unto the
cities which they builded. 39 And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh
went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorites that were therein.
40 And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt
therein. 41 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the villages thereof,
and called them Havvoth-jair. 42 And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the
villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
These are the places belonging to the two
and a half tribes. (In the future, they would be sent to live in Afghanistan by
the Assyrian conquest). The
two and a half tribes wanted to live in the area on or near the Golan Heights.
Then the Torah reviews their journeys from place to place and this repeats and
links with Sefer Devarim (Deuteronomy).
33:1 These
are the stages of the children of Israel, by which they went forth out of the
land of Egypt by their hosts under the hand of Moses and Aaron. 2 And Moses
wrote their goings forth, stage by stage, by the commandment of the LORD; and
these are their stages at their goings forth.
There is a mention
of every place they journeyed up until now during the 40 years only to be
repeated next week with an ethical warning.
3 And they journeyed from Rameses in the first
month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the Passover
the children of Israel went out with a high hand in the sight of all the
Egyptians, 4 while the Egyptians were burying them that the LORD had smitten
among them, even all their first-born; upon their gods also the LORD executed
judgments. 5 And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses, and pitched in
Succoth. 6 And they journeyed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in
the edge of the wilderness. 7 And they journeyed from Etham, and turned back
unto Pihahiroth, which is before Baal-zephon; and they pitched before Migdol. 8
And they journeyed from Penehahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea
into the wilderness; and they went three days' journey in the wilderness of
Etham, and pitched in Marah. 9 And they journeyed from Marah, and came unto
Elim; and in Elim were twelve springs of water, and threescore and ten
palm-trees; and they pitched there. 10 And they journeyed from Elim, and
pitched by the Red Sea. 11 And they journeyed from the Red Sea, and pitched in
the wilderness of Sin. 12 And they journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, and
pitched in Dophkah. 13 And they journeyed from Dophkah, and pitched in Alush.
14 And they journeyed from Alush, and pitched in Rephidim, where was no water
for the people to drink. 15 And they journeyed from Rephidim, and pitched in
the wilderness of Sinai. 16 And they journeyed from the wilderness of Sinai,
and pitched in Kibroth-hattaavah. 17 And they journeyed from Kibroth-hattaavah,
and pitched in Hazeroth. 18 And they journeyed from Hazeroth, and pitched in
Rithmah. 19 And they journeyed from Rithmah, and pitched in Rimmon-perez. 20
And they journeyed from Rimmon-perez, and pitched in Libnah. 21 And they
journeyed from Libnah, and pitched in Rissah. 22 And they journeyed from Rissah,
and pitched in Kehelah. 23 And they journeyed from Kehelah, and pitched in
mount Shepher. 24 And they journeyed from mount Shepher, and pitched in
Haradah. 25 And they journeyed from Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth. 26 And
they journeyed from Makheloth, and pitched in Tahath. 27 And they journeyed
from Tahath, and pitched in Terah. 28 And they journeyed from Terah, and
pitched in Mithkah. 29 And they journeyed from Mithkah, and pitched in
Hashmonah. 30 And they journeyed from Hashmonah, and pitched in Moseroth. 31
And they journeyed from Moseroth, and pitched in Bene-jaakan. 32 And they
journeyed from Bene-jaakan, and pitched in Hor-haggidgad. 33 And they journeyed
from Hor-haggidgad, and pitched in Jotbah. 34 And they journeyed from Jotbah,
and pitched in Abronah. 35 And they journeyed from Abronah, and pitched in
Ezion-geber. 36 And they journeyed from Ezion-geber, and pitched in the
wilderness of Zin--the same is Kadesh. 37 And they journeyed from Kadesh, and
pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.
This gives
the geographical appearance that Edom spread from modern Aqaba to either the bottom
or middle of the Dead Sea.
38 And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor
at the commandment of the LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year after the
children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on
the first day of the month. 39 And Aaron was a hundred and twenty and three
years old when he died in mount Hor.
He died on
Rosh Chodesh Menachem Av and that is this coming week.
40 And the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who
dwelt in the South in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children
of Israel. -- 41 And they journeyed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah. 42
And they journeyed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon. 43 And they journeyed
from Punon, and pitched in Oboth. 44 And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched
in Ije-abarim, in the border of Moab. 45 And they journeyed from Ijim, and
pitched in Dibon-gad. 46 And they journeyed from Dibon-gad, and pitched in
Almon-diblathaim. 47 And they journeyed from Almon-diblathaim, and pitched in
the mountains of Abarim, in front of Nebo. 48 And they journeyed from the
mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at
Jericho. 49 And they pitched by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth even unto
Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.
Moshe now
knows that he has finished dealing with Midian, he is to die soon. The Bnei
Yisrael are poised to enter the land of Yisrael by Yarden-Yericho.
50 And the LORD spoke unto Moses in the plains
of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying: 51 'Speak unto the children of
Israel, and say unto them: When ye pass over the Jordan into the land of
Canaan, 52 then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before
you, and destroy all their figured stones, and destroy all their molten images,
and demolish all their high places. 53 And ye shall drive out the inhabitants
of the land, and dwell therein; for unto you have I given the land to possess
it. 54 And ye shall inherit the land by lot according to your families--to the
more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer thou shalt give the
less inheritance; wheresoever the lot falls to any man, that shall be his;
according to the tribes of your fathers shall ye inherit. 55 But if ye will not
drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then shall those that ye
let remain of them be as thorns in your eyes, and as pricks in your sides, and
they shall harass you in the land wherein ye dwell. 56 And it shall come to
pass, that as I thought to do unto them, so will I do unto you.
Most of the inhabitants of Yehuda and Shomron
wanted to flee to Yarden in 1967 so as not to be thorns in our side, but came
along Moshe Dayan who had is stomach and brain filled with pork. (In Hebrew
Tumay [impure pig, rabbit, etc.] mit-tumtum {makes stupid}) and he forcibly
kept them in Yisrael. So they would be thorns like the number 18 bus and move
to Gaza to make more trouble.
34:1 And
the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 2 'Command the children of Israel, and say
unto them: When ye come into the land of Canaan, this shall be the land that
shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan according to
the borders thereof. 3 Thus your south side shall be from the wilderness of Zin
close by the side of Edom, and your south border shall begin at the end of the
Salt Sea eastward; 4 and your border shall turn about southward of the ascent
of Akravim,
and pass along to Zin; and the goings out thereof shall be southward of
Kadesh-barnea; and it shall go forth to Hazar-addar, and pass along to Azmon; 5
and the border shall turn about from Azmon unto the Brook of Egypt, and the
goings out thereof shall be at the Sea. 6 And for the western border, ye shall
have the Great Sea for a border; this shall be your west border. 7 And this
shall be your north border: from the Great Sea ye shall mark out your line unto
mount Hor; 8 from mount Hor ye shall mark out a line unto the entrance to
Hamath; and the goings out of the border shall be at Zedad; 9 and the border
shall go forth to Ziphron, and the goings out thereof shall be at Hazar-enan;
this shall be your north border. 10 And ye shall mark out your line for the
east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham; 11 and the border shall go down from
Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall go down, and
shall strike upon the slope of the sea of Kinnereth eastward; 12 and the border
shall go down to the Jordan, and the goings out thereof shall be at the Salt
Sea; this shall be your land according to the borders thereof round about.' 13
And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying: 'This is the land wherein
ye shall receive inheritance by lot, which the LORD hath commanded to give unto
the nine tribes, and to the half-tribe; 14 for the tribe of the children of
Reuben according to their fathers' houses, and the tribe of the children of Gad
according to their fathers' houses, have received, and the half-tribe of
Manasseh have received, their inheritance; 15 the two tribes and the half-tribe
have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, toward
the sun-rising.'
Thus Reuven,
Gad and half of Menashe received their portion and expanded Eretz Yisrael to
the Golan Heights. They never would reach Hamath in Syria or the Euphrates River
until Moshiach and at that time I assume there will be a covenant with the
Kurds as with the Druze.
16 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 17
'These are the names of the men that shall take possession of the land for you:
Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun. 18 And ye shall take one prince
of every tribe, to take possession of the land. 19 And these are the names of
the men: of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 20 And of the tribe
of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud. 21 Of the tribe of
Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon. 22 And of the tribe of the children of Dan
a prince, Bukki the son of Jogli. 23 Of the children of Joseph: of the tribe of
the children of Manasseh a prince, Hanniel the son of Ephod; 24 and of the
tribe of the children of Ephraim a prince, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan. 25 And
of the tribe of the children of Zebulun a prince, Eli-zaphan the son of
Parnach. 26 And of the tribe of the children of Issachar a prince, Paltiel the
son of Azzan. 27 And of the tribe of the children of Asher a prince, Ahihud the
son of Shelomi. 28 And of the tribe of the children of Naphtali a prince,
Pedahel the son of Ammihud. 29 These are they whom the LORD commanded to divide
the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.' 35:1 And
the LORD spoke unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho,
saying: 2 'Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of
the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and open land round
about the cities shall ye give unto the Levites. 3 And the cities shall they
have to dwell in; and their open land shall be for their cattle, and for their
substance, and for all their beasts. 4 And the open land about the cities,
which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall be from the wall of the city and
outward a thousand cubits round about. 5 And ye shall measure without the city
for the east side two thousand cubits, and for the south side two thousand
cubits, and for the west side two thousand cubits, and for the north side two
thousand cubits, the city being in the midst. This shall be to them the open
land about the cities.
Six cities
shall be the main ‘cities of refuge’. Three on each side of the Yarden.
6 And the cities which ye shall give unto the
Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which ye shall give for the
manslayer to flee thither; and beside them ye shall give forty and two cities.
7 All the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight
cities: them shall ye give with the open land about them. 8 And concerning the
cities which ye shall give of the possession of the children of Israel, from
the many ye shall take many, and from the few ye shall take few; each tribe
according to its inheritance which it inheriteth shall give of its cities unto
the Levites.'
The Leviim
shall possess 48 cities or smaller towns. They shall have 2000 Amos in each
direction outside of the cities for fields or about 3000 feet in a rectangular
shape above and beyond any point in the city.
9
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 10 'Speak unto the children of Israel,
and say unto them: When ye pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan, 11
then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the
manslayer that killeth any person through error may flee thither. 12 And the
cities shall be unto you for refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer die
not, until he stand before the congregation for judgment. 13 And as to the cities
which ye shall give, there shall be for you six cities of refuge. 14 Ye shall
give three cities beyond the Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land
of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge. 15 For the children of Israel, and
for the stranger and for the settler among them, shall these six cities be for
refuge, that every one that killsh any person through error may flee
thither. 16 But if he smote him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he
is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death. 17 And if he smote
him with a stone in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a
murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death. 18 Or if he smote him with
a weapon of wood in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a
murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death. 19 The avenger of blood
shall himself put the murderer to death; when he meets him, he shall put him to death. 20
And if he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him any thing, lying in wait, so
that he died; 21 or in enmity smote him with his hand, that he died; he that
smote him shall surely be put to death: he is a murderer; the avenger of blood
shall put the murderer to death when he meets him. 22 But if he thrust him
suddenly without enmity, or hurled upon him any thing without lying in wait, 23
or with any stone, whereby a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him,
so that he died, and he was not his enemy, neither sought his harm; 24 then the
congregation shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood according
to these ordinances; 25 and the congregation shall deliver the manslayer out of
the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his
city of refuge, whither he was fled; and he shall dwell therein until the death
of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil. 26 But if the manslayer
shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, whither he flees; 27 and the avenger of blood find
him without the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood slay the
manslayer; there shall be no blood guiltiness for him; 28 because he must
remain in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest; but after the
death of the high priest the manslayer may return into the land of his
possession. 29 And these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you
throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
Accidental manslaughter.
30
Whoso kills any
person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses; but one witness
shall not testify against any person that he die. 31 Moreover ye shall take no
ransom for the life of a murderer, that is guilty of death; but he shall surely
be put to death.
However, first degree murder one deserves
death and a person fleeing the scene of an accident and not rendering first aid
is murder by neglect.
32
And ye shall take no ransom for him that is fled to his city of refuge, that he
should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest. 33 So ye
shall not pollute the land wherein ye are; for blood, it pollutes the land; and
no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but
by the blood of him that shed it. 34 And thou shalt not defile the land which
ye inhabit, in the midst of which I dwell; for I the LORD dwell in the midst of
the children of Israel.' 36:1 And
the heads of the fathers' houses of the family of the children of Gilead, the
son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came
near, and spoke before Moses, and before the princes, the heads of the fathers'
houses of the children of Israel; 2 and they said: 'The LORD commanded my lord
to give the land for inheritance by lot to the children of Israel; and my lord
was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother
unto his daughters. 3 And if they be married to any of the sons of the other
tribes of the children of Israel, then will their inheritance be taken away
from the inheritance of our fathers, and will be added to the inheritance of
the tribe whereunto they shall belong; so will it be taken away from the lot of
our inheritance. 4 And when the jubilee of the children of Israel shall be,
then will their inheritance be added unto the inheritance of the tribe
whereunto they shall belong; so will their inheritance be taken away from the
inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.' 5 And Moses commanded the children of
Israel according to the word of the LORD, saying: 'The tribe of the sons of
Joseph speaketh right. 6 This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded
concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying: Let them be married to whom
they think best; only into the family of the tribe of their father shall they
be married. 7 So shall no inheritance of the children of Israel remove from
tribe to tribe; for the children of Israel shall cleave every one to the
inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. 8 And every daughter, that possesses an inheritance in any tribe of the
children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her
father, that the children of Israel may possess every man the inheritance of
his fathers. 9 So shall no inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe;
for the tribes of the children of Israel shall cleave each one to its own
inheritance.' 10 Even as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of
Zelophehad. 11 For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the
daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's brothers' sons. 12
They were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph,
and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father. 13
These are the commandments and the ordinances, which the LORD commanded by the
hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan
at Jericho.
Chazak – Chazak v’ nit
Chazak
Land Mine Field - Miracle in Gaza
In a
discussion on the army radio, a soldier from a Hesder Yeshiva explained how they
prayed and observed Shabbos during their stay in Gaza. In an ‘accident’ with a
high wind, a mine-field was exposed in the last minute before they were
supposed to enter the area. Guard the honor of the Shabbos and the Shabbos will
guard you.
Also during
the Six Day War on the Golan Heights a similar wind cleared dust and dry earth
exposing a mine field.
Miracle
that happened to Ohad Hemo
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429874
Ohad Hemo, Channel 12 News' Arab
affairs correspondent, revealed on the Western Wall Heritage Foundation's
podcast that he narrowly survived a terrorist bombing on the No. 18 bus in
Jerusalem during the 1980s.
"I was on the No. 18 bus
with my mother when I was about eight years old," Hemo told host Racheli
Haddad. "Everyone knows about the 1996 Yahya Ayyash bus bombings, but
there was already an attack on the No. 18 near Mount Herzl back in the
'80s."
"My mother and I boarded the
bus, and about 50 to 100 meters before the blast, we got off because it was too
crowded and another bus had arrived," he recalled. "We got off,
boarded the next bus, and seconds later, there was an explosion. The Pollak
sisters of blessed memory were killed in that attack."
The deadly attack occurred on
December 6, 1983, claiming the lives of six Israeli Jews – four killed
instantly and two who succumbed to their injuries in the following days – and
injuring 44 others. The terrorist had planted the explosive device in the rear
of the bus before it departed, and was not on board when the bomb detonated.
The Gift of Perceiving Reincarnations by
Rabbi Yerachmiel Tilles
https://ascentofsafed.com/Stories/Stories/5786/1491-42.html
Rabbi Aharon 'the Great', the first Karliner Rebbe, died young, in
1772 at age 36. Rabbi Shlomo, who was his closest disciple and destined to
become his successor, did not want the position of Rebbe. Why not? Because R.
Shlomo and R. Aharon had once been fellow students who sat together as equals
at the house of their teacher, the Maggid of Mezritch. Therefore, it did not
seem right to R. Shlomo now, that he should take his older comrade's place as
Rebbe of Karlin.
Besides, R. Shlomo had seen how the people flocked to a Rebbe day and night, so
that he had no privacy or peace. "I don't want such fame and
responsibility," Shlomo said. "I just want to lead a private life as
an ordinary Jew." So the Karliner Chasidim were left without a Rebbe.
But then came the night when Rabbi Aharon himself appeared to R' Shlomo in a
dream and said, "Shlomo, my friend and dearest student, if you will take
on the yoke of leadership, you will be granted the power of seeing all the
wanderings of souls in their various incarnations."
R. Shlomo could not resist the great temptation of this offer. To
be able to read the past lives of all souls! Therefore, in the dream, he gave
Rabbi Aharon his word that he would assume the succession and become the next
Karliner Rebbe.
As it was promised in the dream, so it became in the waking world.
That very same day, a messenger brought Reb Sholom a kvittel (lit. a note. i.e.
a written prayer request), along with a great sum of money as a donation. The
sender was a prosperous merchant, whom we shall call Mr. Geltman. He lay dying
and wanted the Rebbe to make a miracle and save his life.
No sooner had Reb Shlomo read the kvittel from Mr. Geltman, then a second
messenger arrived with another prayer request, this time from the woman who
supervised the homeless shelter near the edge of town. She had come on behalf
of a pregnant woman, whom we shall call Mrs. Bettler, who was staying at the
shelter. Mrs. Bettler had been laboring in childbirth for several days, but was
unable to deliver her child. The midwife could do nothing for her. Could the
Rebbe help?
With his newly-acquired mystical insight, Reb Shlomo immediately saw that the
soul of the dying Mr. Geltman was destined to be re-born into the body of Mrs.
Bettler's unborn child. Alas, the poor child could not be born until the rich
man had died! "So be it," sighed the new Rebbe. "May the will of
God be done."
Within moments, word of the rich man's death and the beggar child's birth
arrived, one upon the heels of the other.
The next day, Reb Shlomo also heard that there was no firewood left
at the homeless shelter, and the young mother and her newborn son were in
danger of freezing to death. So Reb Shlomo took some of the donation money that
Mr. Geltman had sent and used it to buy more firewood. "It really is the
boy's own money after all," he said to himself. "So he deserves to
benefit from it."
Not long after that, he gave the rest of the money to Mrs. Bettler, to be used
for the boy's care. When the boy and his mother were strong enough to travel,
they went on their way with the other beggars, going from town to town.
Six years later, the Bettlers happened to be passing through Karlin again. At
the homeless shelter they heard that one of the sons of the deceased Mr.
Geltman would be celebrating his own son's bar mitzvah. As was the custom, the
poor were all invited to the feast. So Mrs. Bettler and her son went along with
the others.
As soon as they arrived at the Geltman house, the six-year-old boy's whole
manner began to change completely. He took on an air of importance, and refused
to sit at the pauper's table with the rest of the beggars. In a loud, arrogant
voice, he demanded to be seated at the head of the guest table in a place of
honor. The child made such a great disturbance that Reb Shlomo stepped in and
said, "Let's just humor the boy, so we can continue the celebration in
peace."
But the rabbi knew there was more to it, because he had recognized the boy as
the reincarnated soul of Mr. Geltman. "He is really the master of the
house, and those are his sons," thought Reb Shlomo to himself. "All
he is doing is asking for his due."
When the meal was served, the same thing happened; the Bettler boy refused to
take the plain foods offered to the poor, and insisted upon getting the best
cuts of meat and the choicest morsels from the head table. Once again, Reb
Shlomo said, "Let him have his way, so he doesn't disturb the feast."
But the other guests were getting upset with the boy. How dare he, a mere
beggar's son, insult the Geltman brothers like that? They asked his mother,
"Does your son always behave like this?"
"Why no," replied Mrs. Bettler, as puzzled as they were. "He's
always been such a good boy, very quiet and well-mannered. He's never done
anything like this before -- I just don't know what's gotten into that
lad!"
At the end of the feast, after Reb Shlomo had already gone home, the Geltman
brothers distributed money among the poor, as was the custom. When the Bettler
boy's turn came, he looked disdainfully at the small coins and shouted,
"How dare you offer me coppers!? Bring me gold from the treasure
chest!"
By now, the Geltman brothers had had enough of his insolence, and Reb Shlomo
was no longer there to intervene. So the Geltmans’ told their servants to throw him out of the house. And they did.
When Rabbi Shlomo later learned how the Geltman brothers had unknowingly
mistreated their reincarnated father, he was deeply saddened. He could not bear
the thought of spending his life watching such tragic scenes, so he begged
Heaven to take away his miraculous powers. And they did.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Source: Excerpted, modified and supplemented by Yerachmiel Tilles from the Daily
Zohar website.
Why This Week? The 22nd day of the Jewish month of Tammuz [2026: July 6] is the
yahrzeit of Rebbe Shlomo of Karlin.
Biographical notes:
Rabbi Aharon the Great of Karlin (1736 - 19 Nissan 1772) was a disciple of
Rabbi Dov-Ber of Mezritch. He was the pioneer of Chasidism in Lithuania, as is
evidenced by the fact that in contemporary sources, "Karliner" became
a local synonym for "chasid". He is remembered for the ecstatic and
unrestrained fervor of his prayer, for his solicitude for the needy, and for
the moral teachings embodied in his Azharos ("Warnings"). He was
succeeded by his colleague and disciple R. Shlomo of Karlin, after whose death
the succession reverted to R. Aharon's son, R. Asher of Stolin (d. 1823). The
dynasty still thrives today, and the chasidim of Karlin and of Stolin are known
for the volume of their communal prayers.
Rabbi Shlomo of Karlin [1738 - 22 Tammuz 1792], was a student of the Maggid of
Mezritch and Rabbi Aharon the Great of Karlin, whom he succeeded in 1772. R'
Shlomo was well known for the extraordinary fervor and enthusiasm with which he
prayed and studied. Most of the Chasidic leaders of the next generation in the
Lithuanian region were his disciples, including Rabbi Uri of Strelisk, known as
the Saraf ('burning angel') and Rabbi Asher, the first Rebbe of Stolin. He died
Al Kiddush Hashem, a holy martyr, stabbed by a Cossack with a sword while in
the midst of the Amida prayer. The Tzadik, Rabbi Yisrael of Rozhin, said about
Rabbi Shlomo of Karlin that he was Mashiach ben Yosef and therefore he died.
Inyanay Diyoma
July 4th and
5th
Day 1002 and Day 1003 since Oct. 7th Day 124 and Day 125 of
Roaring Lion start of week 144
I recorded some of the
celebrations of 250years of US Independence. As a Jew, I was proud to hear
songs by Irving Berlin “America” and “America the Beautiful” and
Lee Greenwood introducing the President with “I’m Proud to be an American”.
It is most unfortunate that there are communistic anti-Semites running for
Congress in the States today who belittle we Jewish Americans.
PM Netanyahu has a few
reasons to travel to meet President Trump. First and foremost is the planned
meeting in Turkey. F-35 aircraft given to a Muslim Brotherhood Nation could be
a great danger to Israel. Secondly, there is a large problem with the rearming
and configuring of Hamas. Col. Avraham told me that he officially left Lebanon
and was requesting to be released. He is aged 68 and tired after 1003 days in the
reserves. But the situation in the south renders that he remains. His men are
various ages but many over 45 years of age. They remain mainly in the unit as
long as he is there. The PM wants from Trump permission to clean up Gaza and
hand it over to the Board of Peace.
Last but not least is
the fact that if Netanyahu is in the States, he plays that game that he did not
vote for all the legal and Haredi Laws in the works right now. This part
disgusts me.
The Arab Mafia death
toll with 16 murders in one week is somewhere around 151-152. It is simply hard
to catch up with one TV channel claiming less and newspapers claiming more. https://www.timesofisrael.com/shin-bet-building-program-to-help-police-tackle-rampant-arab-crime-wave-reports/
Never seen in public,
nobody outside of the inner Iranian Circle knows if Mujtaba is alive or long
dead and his name being used.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/push-for-gas-fired-power-plants-throws-rural-israel-into-turmoil/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/syria-starts-trials-over-deadly-2025-violence-in-druze-heartland/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/egypts-manager-raises-palestinian-flag-after-world-cup-knockout-win/
Cabinet plans long term
help for Oct. 7th survivors. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429660
Coney Island shooting
of 8 including 4 children. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429658
Outgoing UNWRA head and
terrorism. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429661
These characters ripped
the sign “One Nation one heart” from my car and I never put back anything
supporting Israel again as I travel to a fanatical area. Jerusalem
District Police's David Precinct officers arrested an Ofakim resident in his
20s on suspicion of tearing down an Israeli flag displayed near the Little
Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City and throwing it into a garbage bin. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429675
Anti-religious party: The
negotiations between Reservists Party Chairman Yoaz Hendel, Blue and White
Chairman Benny Ganz, and Dedy Simhi regarding a joint run in the upcoming
elections ended on Sunday without any agreements. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429668
Indonesian
authorities on Friday published footage from the recovery operation of American
pilot Nicholas F. Gosselin, who was killed after separatist rebels attacked his
aircraft in the eastern Papua region. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429657
COS message from the
terror tunnels. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429673
2 less Hamas
Commanders. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429664
Reliance on technology
caused the Oct. 7th failure. Sometimes common horse sense is needed.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429623
Hama is strengthening. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429672
https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/07/05/netanyahu-katz-oppose-zim-sale/
Another attack on a Jew
in Montreal. https://www.ynetnews.com/jewish-world/article/hylwqiv7ml
Israel
was plunged into a constitutional crisis
on Sunday after the government unanimously declared it would not honor a High Court of Justice ruling
concerning the Second Authority for Television and Radio, the regulator that
oversees the country’s commercial television and radio broadcasters.
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rj00etawxzl
He scammed 300 luxury
hotels in India. https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/rkjz11ap7ml
Antisemitism,
antizionism, and other expressions of hostility are "deeply rooted"
within Doctors
Without Borders (MSF), claimed NGO Monitor in its new report
'Documenting the Antisemitic Organizational Culture of Doctors Without
Borders.'
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-901484
July 6th
Day 1004 since Oct. 7th Day 126 of Roaring Lion
2 more criminals bumped
off making the number 154.
IDF
forces found over 150 weapons in the Haditha village in southern Lebanon over
the past month, the military announced on Monday. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-901577
3D Printer for spare
aircraft parts. https://www.ynetnews.com/tech-and-digital/article/syq11zzymgl
Shurat HaDin demands
that the US investigate Hind Rajab Foundation. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bj9fo11fmfl
Democrats finally getting
their act together to stop the Arab Socialist. https://www.timesofisrael.com/democratic-senate-primary-in-michigan-narrows-to-israel-critic-vs-aipac-favorite/
In Tiberias one should
avoid the main road. The controversy began with the
opening of a new public beach along the shoreline near lower Tiberias, on the
main road connecting the ancient cemetery to the tomb of Rabbi Meir Baal Hanes,
without any separation barriers or even basic changing facilities. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429719
Tephillin Access in
schools permitted. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429723
Netanyahu’s message to
Trump before visiting Turkey. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429734
Chabad youth collapses
in Rehovot. Pray for Ziv Moshe ben Merav. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429715
The
Monetary Committee of the Bank of Israel has decided to lower the interest rate
by 0.25 percentage points to 3.5%. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429732
The
police chased a suspected drug trafficker on Israel's Coastal Highway and
through the neighborhoods of Herzliya before finally apprehending him. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429720
50 Houthis killed
attacking Yemen. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429707
Hamas resignation
insignificant. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429724
5 Nukhba Terrorists
eliminated. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429729
Italy's
Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, erupted again over the weekend,
sending towering plumes of volcanic ash into the sky over Sicily and causing
significant disruption to air traffic at Catania Airport. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429730
Saar charges Turkish FM
of inciting Genocide. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429727
May or may not be the
final story. https://www.timesofisrael.com/governments-defiance-of-high-court-paves-the-way-for-future-disregard-of-the-law/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-eases-licensing-barriers-for-new-immigrant-psychologists/
July 7th
Day 1005 since Oct. 7th Day 127 of Roaring Lion
Iran
fired at least two missiles at commercial ships transiting through the Strait
of Hormuz, Axios reported late Monday night, citing a US
official.
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-901664
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/khamenei-funeral-iran-trump-israel-july-6
Posted on-line today
pictures address and phone numbers of Israeli Navy Seals 13. Iranian Hackers. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-901667
Several
Border Police officers were attacked by civilians during a routine
checkpoint stop at the Kalandiya junction, Israel Police announced on Tuesday. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/crime-in-israel/article-901671
IDF rescues 10
civilians looking for stolen motor bike. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-901655
Two minors stole from
Synagogues and houses in Bnei Brak. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-901642
After rape-kidnap
testimony the Democrats begin deserting the Nazi-Commie. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/top-platner-ally-turns-on-him-after-bombshell-rape-allegation-rocks-campaign
He took 65 natural
pills each morning and more in the evening he ate a special diet to try to be
immortal but G-D said laughingly: “Man proposes G-D disposes”. https://www.foxnews.com/health/biohacker-hoping-live-160-reveals-alarming-diagnosis-stomach-eating-itself
https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/07/07/while-hamas-rebuilds-israel-must-keep-gaza-an-active-front/
https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/07/06/low-likelihood-of-a-full-iran-us-agreement/
https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/07/06/hamas-rakes-in-millions-prepares-for-war/
Ukraine
is facing a critical shortage of interceptor missiles for its U.S.-supplied
Patriot air defense systems, leaving Kyiv increasingly vulnerable to Russian
ballistic missile attacks as Moscow escalates its aerial campaign. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429768
Lebanese
President Joseph Aoun on Monday ruled out the possibility of a direct meeting
with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429760
Former
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was seen on Monday attending a funeral
procession for slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran, according to videos
circulating on social media. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429766
Man survives car crash and is killed by cop car. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429767
They wanted me to convert. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429706
If negotiations fail, US will finish the job. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429757
July 8th
Day 1006 since Oct. 7th Day 128 of Roaring Lion
Breaking after
President’s News Conference. Home Front Command has not issued any evaluation
or update as of this late afternoon. Hegseth’s visit to Israel cancelled.
Yesterday for the third
time, Iran attacked a ship. Then came the US response with 60 speed boats of
Iran gone, along with radar and somethings in the ports. Iran responded with an
attack on a US Gulf Base. https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-strikes-iran-revokes-oil-sanctions-waiver-after-attacks-on-tankers-in-hormuz/
& https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429823
We will probably hit
Iran again tonight. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429851
MOU is dead, they are
crazy. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429834
In Bint Jbeil Lebanon,
an army dog was killed in a house where last week the terrorists ambushed our
soldiers. The female handler killed the terrorist. No Shachid if killed in
battle by a female. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429827
I was in the gym locker
room talking to friends during the outfit changing. The doctor of political
science was hedging his bets that Trump would not attack Iran until after the
US Election. One fellow discussed the Egypt build-up on the border. The love of
the Egyptians for is like this World Cup article. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429817
Earlier: Hegseth to
make his first visit to Israel to calm us down on F-35’s to Turkey. https://www.timesofisrael.com/nato-summit-trumps-support-for-f-35s-sale-boost-turkeys-standing-as-slumping-israel-sees-clout-erode/
- Cancelled.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/sources-confirm-trump-expected-to-support-sale-of-f-35-jets-to-turkey/
This includes Bernie
Sanders: https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/article-901800
Exposure to radiation
and genetic problems. https://www.aol.com/articles/stewards-chernobyl-passing-mutations-down-151454000.html
Plane missing in
Pakistan. https://www.aol.com/articles/panic-boeing-737-disappears-off-195158000.html
Terrorist draws weapon
is neutralized. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429821
A three to five minute drive for me. A
45-year-old Palestinian woman from Ein Sultan, near Jericho, was arrested
Wednesday morning after allegedly attempting to conceal a knife during security
screening at the entrance to an industrial area near Modiin Illit.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429840
A
federal judge on Monday turned down a request for an immediate injunction to
stop Florida state officials from formally classifying the Council on
American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as a domestic terrorist organization. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429820
There are no so
informed or not so intelligent Jews who believe that Israel committed genocide.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/poll-third-of-us-jews-say-israel-committed-genocide-in-gaza-as-broader-support-dives/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/explosions-rock-damascus-wounding-18-near-french-presidents-hotel/
Undercover
officers [mista'arvim] from the Border Police's Tactical Brigade and
detectives from the Umm al-Fahm Police Station raided a celebration in the city
this week following reports of gunfire at the event. Several suspects were
arrested during the operation, and officers seized two handguns, magazines and
ammunition.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429850
Nukhba Commander who
attacked Kibbutz gone. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429841
Shrapnel near aorta
removed. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429847
Smuggling cigarettes in
pineapples. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429844
Rodriguez meets with
Israelis. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sk18wos7me
Elbit plans another
2000 hires. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-901384
Extreme anti-religious
leftist court and the crises. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/syanvpjmme
NATO moral support with
Trump regarding Iran. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/r1aa5wo7fl
Op-Ed Iran’s real
crises. https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/bkeouf5mml
Op-Ed Hadar Axis fronts
linked. https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/rkclevoqme
War leads to more bed
wetting. https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/article-901618
Quake death toll rises.
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-901545
Op-Ed Ben Dror Yemeni
Turning refusal into anarchy. https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/r111ihnoxm
Murder for hire: The
Trump administration has just drawn a hard line under Sudan's Muslim
Brotherhood, warning openly that fighters loyal to the movement are receiving
training and support from Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps and threatening a
fresh wave of sanctions against anyone who keeps that pipeline open.
https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/bkcyokqmfe
Not just money: There
could be another Oct. 7th type of disaster.
https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/sy11u7czxfg
Russia will rejoin the
Olympics. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-901806
French jewelry heist
sequel. https://www.jpost.com/omg/article-901751
Israel is not renewing
Jordan’s water agreement. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-901731
CO poisoning in beauty
solon. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-901890
President
Donald Trump threw a summit of NATO leaders into disarray on Wednesday as he
demanded the United
States cut trade ties with Spain. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-901858
Iran has chemical
weapons. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-901824
Israeli Company speeds
up barrel aging. https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/article-901683
Iran-Pakistan-China
route. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-901809
July 9th
Day 1007 since Oct. 7th Day 129 of Roaring Lion
Israel is following the
events between the US and Iran closely. It could be that one day we hit
Hezballah too hard and the Iranians commit a suicide action. Last night, the US
struck 90 targets. Iran attacked US bases as close to Israel as Yarden where the
sirens rang. Iran fired 10 ballistic missiles at Jordan’s
Azraq military base today, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say in a statement
carried by state media. https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-launches-second-night-of-strikes-against-iran-as-israel-said-bracing-for-war-to-restart/
The
United States carried out overnight strikes on a strategic railway bridge that
serves as part of Iran's transportation corridor to China and Russia, Iran's
Fars News Agency reported. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429895
The
hate crimes unit of the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) has
launched an investigation into a series of coordinated, targeted incidents against
Hasidic Jewish residents in the Outremont and Mile-End areas on
Friday evening, according to CityNews Montreal. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429871
Soldier girl with Pally
boyfriend causes an abduction scare. Police
forces were dispatched on Thursday to Gush Etzion after a report raised
suspicion that an armed female IDF soldier was abducted after she was seen
boarding a vehicle with Palestinian Authority plates. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429904
IDF
and the ISA struck in the southern Gaza Strip and eliminated the terrorist
Waheed Abu Salam, who previously served as the Commander of the Western Company
in Khan Yunis. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429903
https://www.algemeiner.com/2026/07/08/khameneis-funeral-invisible-majority-iran-quietly-celebrates/
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-envoy-warns-chinas-power-move-sea-threat-cannot-afford-ignore
Nurses go on strike. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429901
Arkia to renew flight
to Morocco. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429872
Body of 1948 MIA found
in grave with war buddies. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429861
20 wanted terrorists
from Jenin arrested. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429855
The days are starting
to get shorter. Shabbos Times: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/shabat/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-to-delist-syria-as-state-sponsor-of-terror-in-new-boost-to-sharaa/
July 10th
Day 1008 since Oct. 7th Day 130 of Roaring Lion
end of week 144
In the evening hours
last night a series of explosions were heard in Iran but not from the US. The
plan a Shiite vengeance attack against Trump. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/israel-shares-intelligence-warning-iran-plotted-new-assassination-attempt-trump-report
New study shows that
Shomron attack could be worse than Oct. 7th
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429939
https://www.timesofisrael.com/yair-netanyahu-legally-changed-name-to-yonatan-hun-tax-records-show/
PM spoke to President
regarding Turkey, Iran and Lebanon.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429921
PA man arrested for threatening
Josh Shapiro. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429930
New poll: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429933
New poll for a new
party. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429920
Investigation of who
leaked Operation Roaring Lion to Press. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429913
https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/07/09/massive-fire-in-chinas-shoe-capital-leaves-many-casualties/
https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/07/09/bonnie-tyler-dies-at-75/
Life possibility on an
exo-planet. https://www.jpost.com/science/space/article-902102
Op-Ed Ayoub: Turkey and
Egypt a strategic nightmare for Israel. https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/skruietqzl
Trump still pushing for
diplomacy. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-902104
Have a
healthy, peaceful and restful Shabbos,
Rachamim
Pauli
