Good
Shabbos Deuteronomy 29:9 – 31:30
Please
Note: This year Rosh Hashanah falls on Shabbos. There will be no publication
of the Blogspot next week. The next planned publication is Shabbos Teshuva
(Shabbos of Repentance) which should be published on Friday Sept. 18th
or 7th of Tishrei 5787. On Friday Sept. 18th or 7th
of Tishrei both Hazinu and Zos HaBracha will hopefully appear. The week after
Erev Sukkos there will be the conclusion
of the Torah Zos HaBracha for Sukkos – Simchas Torah allowing me time to review
and prepare the Creation which G-D willing will appear on Oct. 9th
or 28th of Tishrei.
Parshiyos Netzavim –
Vayelach
The third
and final Drasha (Torah Speech) of Moshe Rabbaynu given on Adar 7, 2488 in the
morning before descending Har Nevo. Everybody has been told that this is
Moshe’s final Drasha. They knew that after the war with Midian, his time on
earth was limited as he could not enter the land with them. Thus he gives his
farewell speech to the Nation.
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;
From the
Judges, Princes, Torah Scholars and Cohanim to the lower trades of hewers of
wood (loggers) and water carriers even little children were before him.
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;
This is
very appropriate to read in Elul to remind us of our covenant with HASHEM.
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. 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—
The L-RD is
fulfilling his promise and covenant with your forefathers and now the oath is
coming into effect. We have a general ruling (Klal: that Maaseh Avos Siman Le Banim)
that the deeds of our fathers is a sign for the children. Just as that
generation had to review the Torah before entering Eretz Yisrael to Conquer it,
so too we should do so. Rabbi Yosef Zvi Ben Porat HaCohain said, “If the
Government of Israel had invested in giving money to orphans, widows and Torah
Scholars instead of a 30 meter cement anti-tunnel wall around Gaza, Oct. 7th
would never had occurred.” One should learn from the deeds of our fathers.
5 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; 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;
Watch out
for idolatry. This also includes in a way atheism, socialism and communism that
lead people away from the natural order of things with false gods and promises
that can never be fulfilled.
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. 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; 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?'
Samuel
Clemens aka Mark Twain traveled to the Holy Land 1867. He rode with an Arab
Guide to Yerushalayim barely seeing a tree in a barren land. It was definitely
not flowing with milk and honey. I came to build my house in the Modiin Area.
It was barren from the bulldozers clearing the dirt roads and nothing but some
hardy weeds was growing. Birds were not to be found. Not far away was the Ben Shem
Forest planted project where weasels, porcupines, wild boars, coyotes, foxes,
deer, moles, hedgehogs and other animals lived. Fast forward 40 plus years and
the mountain and area is built with houses,
synagogues and out outdoor Minyan in an area where we planted pine trees
39 to 40 years ago. A lecture by a Prof. Yehuda … that I heard over
40 years ago tied the people returning to soil to the soil rebirth as the land
of Yisrael and Am Yisrael are tied together.
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'.
The change
between 1867 where one could see the wrath (which can be seen from my window
looking towards Arab Occupied barren areas) or turning around towards Oranim,
Lapid, Hashmonaim, Modiin Illit, Modiin, Kfar Rut, Shilat teeming with people
and lush greenery where pre-Moshiach Israelis have returned to.
28 The secret things belong unto the LORD our
God; but the things that are revealed belong unto us and to our children for
ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
G-D knows the mysteries of nature.
Sometimes they are revealed to Tzadikim “Sod (secret/s) HASHEM for those that
fear HIM.
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. 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.
The
Moshiach might still not be here, but we are blessed to live in the land and
having merits of our fathers to have come here.
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. 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.
We are starting to see the
beginning of the light but have not reached such a messianic era.
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.
There is no need to search for
a new Torah (law for the nation). The Torah is no longer in heaven, across the
sea, beyond the moon, etc. but rather it is written and needs to be close to
your mouth and heart to observe it.
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.
Now follow
the Torah and possess the land. I hear from Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Ben Porat HaCohain
Shlita that one of the great Torah Sages said that if the Charedim would really
be Chared for Shabbos like Yom Kippur we would have 96% observance like on Yom
Kippur. For on Yom Kippur people stay up all night and extra prays and even
purification in the Mikvah. Then 96% of the country would observe properly
Shabbos.
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 passes over the Jordan to go in to
possess it. 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; 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.
Moshe is going to leave this world in a
short time and making an appeal to elders, the main contingent of the army from
20-60years of age, women, children and even infants. He is no longer commanding
but appealing to them to take the land, make the right choices.
31:1 And
Moses went and spoke these words unto all Israel. 2 And he said unto them: 'I
am a hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in;
and the LORD hath said unto me: Thou shalt not go over this Jordan. 3 The LORD
thy God, He will go over before thee; He will destroy these nations from before
thee, and thou shalt dispossess them; and Joshua, he shall go over before thee,
as the LORD hath spoken. 4 And the LORD will do unto them as He did to Sihon
and to Og, the kings of the Amorites, and unto their land; whom He destroyed. 5
And the LORD will deliver them up before you, and ye shall do unto them
according unto all the commandment which I have commanded you. 6 Be strong and
of good courage, fear not, nor be affrighted at them; for the LORD thy God, He
it is that doth go with thee; He will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.'
Chazak V’Amatz (Be strong and of good courage) is mentioned earlier to Yoshua Bin Nun and 4 or 5
times in the first chapter of Sefer Yoshua.
7 And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto
him in the sight of all Israel: 'Be strong and of good courage; for thou shalt
go with this people into the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers
to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it. 8 And the LORD, He it is
that doth go before thee; He will be with thee, He will not fail thee, neither
forsake thee; fear not, neither be dismayed.'
Yoshua was
an assistant to Moshe. Moshe was likened to the sun and Yoshua to the moon in
spirituality. Chazak V’Amatz is what he needs.
9 And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto
the priests the sons of Levi, that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD,
and unto all the elders of Israel.
Sefer Devarim.
[Here there is a dispute if he wrote the last eight lines and immediately
forgot them, knew them or Yoshua wrote them after the passing of Moshe.]
10 And Moses commanded them, saying: 'At the
end of every seven years, in the set time of the year of release, in the feast
of tabernacles, 11 when all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in
the place which He shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in
their hearing. 12 Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little
ones, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that
they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of
this law; 13 and that their children, who have not known, may hear, and learn
to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over
the Jordan to possess it.'
This is the gathering of the
congregation during Chol HaMoed Sukkos after the Shmita Year in Yerushalayim
that has been renewed with the reading of Sefer Devarim by the Kotel in recent
times.
14 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Behold, thy
days approach that thou must die; call Joshua, and present yourselves in the
tent of meeting, that I may give him a charge.' And Moses and Joshua went, and
presented themselves in the tent of meeting. 15 And the LORD appeared in the
Tent in a pillar of cloud; and the pillar of cloud stood over the door of the
Tent. 16 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Behold, thou art about to sleep with
thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go astray after the foreign gods
of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake Me, and break
My covenant which I have made with them. 17 Then My anger shall be kindled
against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide My face from
them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come upon
them; so that they will say in that day: Are not these evils come upon us
because our God is not among us? 18 And I will surely hide My face in that day
for all the evil which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto
other gods. 19 Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach thou it the
children of Israel; put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for
Me against the children of Israel. 20 For when I shall have brought them into
the land which I swore unto their fathers, flowing with milk and honey; and
they shall have eaten their fill, and waxen fat; and turned unto other gods,
and served them, and despised Me, and broken My covenant;
Waxen fat.
There is a story of a son of a religious Billionaire who married a Millionaire
Woman. He became bored with his life and died of an accidental overdose in the
arms of a woman of ill repute. One should observe Torah both in poverty and in
wealth. It is stated that one who observes the Torah in poverty will eventually
observe it in wealth (which could be old age and healthy not necessarily
monetary with many grandchildren and greatgrandchildren). But one who diminishes
observance in wealth will end up with diminished wealth in his old age. You
might say “What about George Soros?” the answer is that he is getting rewarded
for his Mitzvos in this world and will not have any merits left in the next
world to save him.
21 then it shall come to pass, when many evils
and troubles are come upon them, that this song shall testify before them as a
witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed; for I
know their imagination how they do even now, before I have brought them into
the land which I swore.'
Before you
climb the mountain to see the promised land and rest eternally, you shall teach
the nation the song of Hazinu.
22 So Moses wrote this song the same day, and
taught it the children of Israel. 23 And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge,
and said: 'Be strong and of good courage; for thou shalt bring the children of
Israel into the land which I swore unto them; and I will be with thee.'
Chazak V’Amatz.
Yoshua is daunted and awed by the task of leading an ungrateful nation.
24 And it came to pass, when Moses had made an
end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, 25
that Moses commanded the Levites, that bore the ark of the covenant of the
LORD, saying: 26 'Take this book of the law, and put it by the side of the ark
of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against
thee. 27 For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck; behold, while I am yet
alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much
more after my death? 28 Assemble unto me all the elders of your tribes, and
your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and
earth to witness against them. 29 For I know that after my death ye will in any
wise deal corruptly, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you;
and evil will befall you in the end of days; because ye will do that which is
evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him through the work of your hands.'
Throughout all
generations the Torah shall be your guide.
30 And Moses spoke in the ears of all the
assembly of Israel the words of this song, until they were finished:
Hazinu will
be the song and next Parsha and like a Farbrengen (German has V instead of F) or gathering of the Lubavitcher Rebbe teaching
a song and swinging his arms so Moshe did with the generation about to enter
Eretz Yisrael.
Elul the
Tzeduka/Charity side of the equation
After work
one or two fellows of the religious circle brought a Rabbi to give a class
after work in the Synagogue in the Worker’s Union Building which included two
banks the retirement fund, savings fund, travel deals and insurance for
workers. Next to us was the company store and with all the overtime and
production pressures we sort of lived there. It
was around the year 1986, our Rabbi asked if we wanted to be partner of his
Yeshiva – Kollel by contributing a dollar in new Israeli Shekels each day. It
is now at least 40 years and the dollar a day to charity turned to
approximately $14,610. I like to give meaning donations to charity and close to
20+ years ago, Rabbi Mimran opened a night Kollel and I started supporting it
with a nice sum from my 10 to 20% of income that the Rabbis advise to give to
charity. One can use up to half of his charity money to buy religious volumes
to learn from for him and his family, Torah lessons for his children.
Our Sages
tell us that those who observe the Torah when they are poor eventually will
observe when they are rich. If one gives Maaser (one 10th for tithe)
he will (HITASHER) or become
rich. But our main theme is that on Rosh Hashanah, when the world is judged who
will live or die, is that Charity = Tzeduka saves from death. There is the
story of the daughter of Rabbi Akiva. Astrologers warned her that on the day of
her wedding she would die. The Rabbi said, nonsense for Yisrael is above Mazel
(luck) as we have as many Mitzvos as a pomegranate has seeds. On her wedding day,
she wanted to adjust her golden Yerushalayim Pin in her hair. She saw a beggar
asking for food. She stuck her pin into the wall behind her and got a portion
for him. Later, her servant came to find the pin and found it in the middle of
an eye of a poisonous snake. From here the Rabbis said, Tzeduka saves from
death completely.
The highest
form of charity is giving a person employment or a way to break out of their
miserable condition. I heard a story on YouTube of a famous singer who was
sitting in his limo and a little girl was singing his signature song on Nov.
14, 1967. 18 minutes the story went on. In the end a few things did not add up.
First Nov. 1967 was one of the coldest winters on record and nobody would be
out in NY on the streets to take off their gloves to throw money to an eight
year old singing and with the noise of the traffic the driver would hear the
song from a block away. In 1967, somebody would have probably reported a lonely
girl at night to the authorities and most likely they would have acted. I also
still have some of my memory chips and in those days was a different song. The
famous song mentioned would not be released until Sept. 1968. Time is the most
precious commodity that one has. Use if for Torah or waste it. On Sunday my
wife and I had a deal to visit the Dead Sea without touring on a bus from close
to home for two nights. I listened to 4 Dafei Gemara of Chullin going and 7
returning due to a delayed departure. But to waste my time on a made-up tale
about a dead singer and his charity got me angry that I had lost 18 plus
unrecoverable moments of my life over nonsense.
Don’t waste
a moment, the Shofar is sounding in Elul that the Day of Judgement is at hand.
Repent, ask for forgiveness with a private confession directly to G-D as nobody
has to hear your sins to forgive you but the good L-RD. Pray harder or with
more intent and give charity from the heart. Unlike the fiction I heard do
something to visit mourners, visit the sick, help the poor and being partially
disabled by age related things sometimes letting the man or woman struggle is
more charity that helping them as they still feel independent.
Scrolls and Poles by Rabbi Yerachmiel
Tilles
https://ascentofsafed.com/Stories/Stories/5786/1499-50.html
Physical suffering was the lot of the holy Rebbe of Zutchka, Rabbi
Yitzchak Isaac Rosenbaum, son of the main Nodvorna Rebbe of the generation,
Rabbi Issamar Rosenbaum[1]. After surviving the Holocaust, he developed a leg
ailment that frequently caused him great pain. He kept his suffering to
himself. He always wore an expression of tranquillity, even when he ought to
have been screaming in agony.
After years of suffering, the condition of his legs deteriorated.
Before, he had suffered from painful sores. Now they developed abscesses. After
trying various treatments, the doctors informed the Rebbe and his family that
only one option remained: to amputate both legs in order to save the Rebbe's
life.
The Rebbe received the news without blinking an eye, as though they
were not speaking about him at all. He lay in his bed in Ichilov Hospital,
while around him preparations were being made for the difficult operation
scheduled for the next day.
After Maariv, the Rebbe began to conduct a cheshbon nefesh - a
[spiritual] accounting -- with himself. Suddenly, he rose up from his bed. He
had figured out why this terrible thing had befallen him! He put on his clothes
and slipped out of the room and exited the hospital. Outside, he hailed a taxi
to his Beis Medrash in the Yad Eliyahu neighborhood where he lived.
With an energetic step he entered the shul and went directly to the
place where the bookbinder's tools stood. He pulled out a spool of thick thread
and a needle, and then went over to the Aron Kodesh ('Holy Ark'), From which he
removed one of the Torah scrolls and placed it on the table.
With a sudden unnatural strength, he unrolled it to its beginning.
The stitches attaching the first panel of parchment to the wooden pole were
extremely frayed, and the Rebbe took needle and thread in hand and re-sewed the
stitches. He then rolled the Sefer Torah to the end of Devarim, and made the
same repairs to the frayed stitches at the end. He returned the Sefer Torah to
the Aron Kodesh and then returned to the hospital.
He quietly slipped back into his bed, unnoticed, even though
earlier in the evening shortly after he had "escaped", the medical
staff had been shocked to find his bed empty, and had conducted an unsuccessful
search. The Rebbe had vanished!
The next morning, when the surgeon came to check on him shortly
before the scheduled surgery, the Rebbe surprised him by saying, "I'd like
you to check my legs again." The doctor felt it was an exercise in
futility. The Rebbe responded firmly, "If you do not re-examine my legs, I
will not agree to have this operation under any circumstances!"
The doctor took this as an affront to his professional reputation.
The situation was saved by R' Nosson, one of the hospital administrators, a
pious Jew who had been a chasid of the Rebbe's father. He convinced the surgeon
to re-examine the Rebbe's legs.
The doctor was astounded. A slight improvement was clearly evident.
The infection was receding. Amputation was no longer urgent. Conservative
treatment using ointments and bandages was recommended instead. Several days
later, the Rebbe was released from the hospital - walking on his own two feet!
The Rebbe later told his stunned family, "Why are you
surprised? When I made a cheshbon nefesh, I remembered that I had known that
the parchment panels of one of the Sifrei Torah in the Beis Medrash had been
detached from the wooden poles for some time. I wanted to deal with this at
once, but because of my busy schedule, I did not manage to get around to it.
"I thought to myself: G-D deals with us measure for measure. I
neglected to attach the Sefer Torah to its 'feet' - so I, the one responsible,
was struck with an appropriate consequence. It was as though the Heavenly
Judgment was crying out, 'Just as you did not attach the atzei Chayim poles,
so, too, will your legs be detached from your body!' So I hurried over to
quickly make the repairs. And, indeed, when the end parchments were properly
attached to the Torah, my legs were no longer in danger of being cut off!"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Source: Freely
adapted and supplemented by Yerachmiel Tilles from Shabbos Stories for Parshas
Mishpatim 5778 (2018). Photo credit: Matzav.com
Why This Week? The 2nd Parsha of the double reading, Vayelach,
describes how the very first Torah scroll ever was handled and protected.
Biographic note:
Rabbi Yitzchak-Isaac Rosenbaum of Zutchka [21 Tevet 5666/1905 - 14 Tammuz
5760/2000] was named after his holy ancestor, Rebbe Yitzchak Isaac of Komarno.
He experienced many miracles during the Holocaust, often marvelling at how he
was able to save all his children, some of whom had been captured by the Nazis.
In the late 1940's he emigrated and settled in Boro Park, Brooklyn, until 1973,
when his holy father, Rabbi Issamar Rosenbaum, passed away in Tel Aviv. Soon
thereafter he moved to Israel to take his father's place. In 1981, he opened
his own Beis Medrash/shul in Bnei Brak. (based on NerTamid.com)
Footnotes:
[1] Rabbi Issamar Rosenbaum [1886 - 22 Sivan 1973], was a Rebbe in Europe since
age 15. After WWII he lived in the USA for 20 years. In 1969 he moved to the
Land of Israel, settling in the Yad Eliyahu neighborhood of Tel Aviv, and soon
was considered the elder of the various Nadvorna and Kretchnif Rebbes in
Israel. (based on inner.org). [Rabbi Yaakov Yisachar Ber Rosenbaum of
Nadvorna-Bnei Brak was his grandson.]
The Worth
of a Baal-Shem-Tov Book by Rabbi Yerachmiel Tilles
https://ascentofsafed.com/Stories/Stories/5786/1498-49.html
[Preface: Many know that
"Chai (18th) Elul" celebrates the birth of the Baal Shem Tov [and the
birth in 1745 of Rabbi Shneur-Zalman, founder of Chabad Chassidus, 47 years later],
yet do not realize that it also celebrates two other major events in the
Besht's life.
1) On Chai Elul 1724, at age 26, he was blessed from Heaven with a spiritual
advisor and mentor, Achiya Hashiloni (who lived around the time of King David
).
2) On Chai Elul 1734, at age 36, he was ordered by his Heavenly mentor to
reveal his acquired greatness (which for ten years he had kept hidden), which
led to his becoming the founder of the Chasidic movement.
Our Chai Elul story this year reveals a direct repercussion of these latter two
enormously significant events, which occurred twenty years after the Besht's
passing in1760.]
* * * * *
Rabbi Yaakov-Yosef of Polnoye was
one of the greatest disciples of the Baal Shem Tov [acronym: the Besht] . He
was the first person to publish a Sefer [(holy) book] containing the teachings
of his Rebbe, the Besht. He chose to name his book, "Toldos Yaakov
Yosef," which he wrote and published (in the year 5540/1780).
Since the entire purpose of
publishing the book was to spread these teachings, he undertook the difficult
task of personally traveling from town to town and selling it.
One day, R. Yaakov Yosef arrived
in the town of Zhitomir, which was known as being a Chassidic community. He
made his way to the local marketplace, opened a box displaying the holy books
he had brought, and announced that they were for sale. "This Sefer
contains the teachings of my holy teacher, the Baal Shem Tov!" he
proclaimed.
Hearing his announcement, many
people rushed over, eager to buy the prized book. "What does it
cost?" they asked. R. Yaakov Yosef specified a certain amount.
The townspeople were not all that
pleased. "That price is much too high, even for such an important Sefer,"
they declared. "A book of this size is never sold for even close to such a
sum!" R. Yaakov Yosef refused to budge. When they saw that they could not
convince him to lower his price, they walked away disappointed.
R. Yaakov Yosef was beside
himself. "How can it be that no one appreciates the true value of my
master's teachings?" he thought. "Yes, my Sefer is more expensive
than other books, but the Baal Shem Tov's teachings are worth even more than
what I am asking for! Many of the people here are chasidim, and they should
appreciate its value!"
The hours passed, and R. Yaakov
Yosef had yet to sell a single book. His frustration mounted with every passing
moment, to the point that he could no longer contain himself. "This
demonstrates a lack of respect for the Baal Shem Tov!" he rebuked the townspeople
sharply. "You deserve to be severely punished!"
The residents were taken aback at
these strong words, fearing that they might, chas v'shalom ('Heaven forbid!'),
cause negative consequences. Nervously, they hurried to their rabbi, Rabbi
Velvel of Zhitomir, and told him what had happened. Reb Velvel immediately
understood that the seller was none other than the Tzadik R. Yaakov Yosef
himself, whom he had not seen for some time. He hurriedly made his way to the
marketplace to appease R. Yaakov Yosef.
"How many books do you have
for sale?" R. Velvel asked him. "How much do they cost?"
R. Yaakov Yosef named his price,
and R. Velvel - whom R. Yaakov Yosef did not yet recognize - proceeded to
purchase every single book available for sale. "What a fair price this
is!" He then made sure to add, "After all, the teachings of the Baal
Shem Tov are truly priceless. What a bargain!"
Thankfully, R. Yaakov Yosef was
no longer visibly upset at the townspeople. After all, at least one individual
in town had appreciated the book's value and had bought all the books he had
with him at the time! Thus R. Velvel succeeded in averting the punishment that
could have resulted from the Tzadik’s displeasure.
R. Yaakov Yosef agreed with R.
Velvel wholeheartedly. "Indeed, this Sefer is worth much more than the
amount I'm asking for. However," he added sadly, "no one else in town
wants to buy it, even at this bargain price. Evidently, they don't understand
its true value!"
"You are correct," R.
Velvel replied. "The people here apparently don't recognize the true value
of the Sefer. But Rebbe, may I ask you a question?"
"With pleasure,"
replied R. Yaakov Yosef.
"Before G-D gave us the
Torah," said R. Velvel, "we are taught that He offered it to all the
nations of the world, and each nation declined the offer. Nevertheless, He
didn't display any sign of displeasure. He didn't threaten to destroy them or
punish them. Shouldn't a servant be just like his master?!"
R. Yaakov Yosef understood the
point the buyer was conveying, which led him to realize that this person was no
simple Jew. Among special followers of the Maggid was a chasid who was known as
"Velvel the Sharp-witted One," he said with a smile. "Can it be
that you are none other than that disciple?"
"I indeed have the merit of
being a follower of my great master and teacher, the holy Maggid," R.
Velvel answered humbly, "and they called me Velvel."
================
Source: Reprinted from the May
24, 2018 Weekly Story email of Rabbi S. D. Avtzon, based on the book, Oros Ba'afeilah,
pp. 129-130, in which the author states: "I believe I heard this story
from Reb Itche Der Masmid,[3]" and subsequently posted it on Shabbos
Stories for Parshas Shelach 5778.
Rabbi Sholom DovBer Avtzon is a veteran educator and the author of numerous
books on the Lubavitcher Rebbes and their chasidim. He is available to speak or
farbreng in your community and can be contacted at avtzonbooks@gmail.com
Why This Week? "Chai (18th)
Elul" [2026: Sunday night-Monday, Aug. 30-31] celebrates the date of the
birth of the Baal Shem Tov in 1760]; the date in 1724 he received a Heavenly
mentor; and the date in 1734, at age 36, when he was commanded from Heaven
mentor to reveal his true greatness. (Also, it is the birthdate of the Alter
Rebbe of Chabad in 1745 and the date of passing of the Maharal of Prague
[1512-1609].)
Biographical notes:
Rabbi Yaakov Yosef HaKohain of Polnoye [5470 - 24 Tishrei 5542* (1710 - Oct. 1781)]
was one of the earliest and closest rabbinical disciples of the Baal Shem Tov.
He was the first person to author a book of Chassidic teachings, titled Toldos
Yaakov Yosef, which had a revolutionary effect upon publication. Subsequently,
he published two other Chassidic classics, Ben Porat Yosef and Ketones Passim.
These three books, in which he said many hundreds of times (249 times in
'Toldos' alone), "I heard from my teacher, My master, that…", were
the chief printed sources for teachings in the name of the Baal Shem Tov.
* Not certain--some say 5544 (1783) and some say 5551 (1790).
Rabbi [Benyamin] Ze'ev-Wolf of
Zhitomir [? - Purim 5560 (? - March 1798], the third son of Rabbi
Yechiel-Michil of Zlotchov, was one of the inner circle of disciples of the
Maggid of Mezritch. Famous for his sincerity and his exceptional love of his
fellow Jews, including the irreligious, he is the author of Ohr Hameir, known
for its wealth of material on the history of Chasidism and the teachings of its
founders.
Footnotes:
1]Achiya Hashiloni HaKohain was a prophet in the generation after King David,
and transmitted to Elijah the Prophet for the next generation (Rambam--Mishna
Torah, Introduction). He is said to have lived nearly 600 years
2] The Maggid of Mezritch, successor of the Baal Shem Tov.
3\Rabbi Yitzchak Horowitz = "The Diligent" [1885-1942, hy'a], an
exalted chasid of the 5th & 6th Lubavitch Rebbes HaRashab & HaRayatz.
Milestone: Rabbi
Eliezer Menachem Gelernter, 82, Torah Scholar the son of a Torah Scholar, Synagogue
leader and outstanding member of the Bnei Brak Community.
Milestone: Ada Yonath,
87, Nobel Prize in Chemistry. https://www.timesofisrael.com/nobel-prize-winning-israeli-chemist-ada-yonath-dies-at-87/
Inyanay Diyoma
Aug. 29th
Day
1058 since
Oct. 7th Roaring Lion Day 179 start of week 152
129 Earthquakes in the Pacific
Ring of Fire in the last 7 days.
Netanyahu condemns
Qusra attack. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-906950
IDF takes out 2 Hamas Commanders. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432398
Shabbos: Charedim block
entrance to Yerushalayim. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432401
Terrorist hiding in
Gaza Hospital eliminated. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432399
Aug. 30th
Day
1059 since
Oct. 7th Roaring Lion Day 180
General Keane on Iran. https://www.foxnews.com/video/6404196663112
https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/08/30/masked-settlers-attack-nbc-crew-nablus/
Eli Sharabi to host
Oct. 7th Program. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rjqw1fzdfl
Ganz
said that the administration of then-President Joe Biden sent four senior
officers to Israel in an effort to dissuade the Israeli leadership from
launching a military operation in the Gaza Strip, arguing that such an
operation could fail in a manner similar to the difficulties encountered by
American forces in Fallujah, Iraq.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432433
The
State Attorney’s Office filed an indictment Sunday with the Haifa District
Juvenile Court against two minors, aged 14 and 16, from Kiriat Motzkin, for
carrying out tasks in exchange for payment from a foreign agent operating on
behalf of Iran.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432427
Peak Number of Charedi
Recruits. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432429
Two
doctors at Ziv Medical Center in Safed saved the life of an 80-year-old woman
in recent days after a large hair tie became lodged in her throat, blocking
more than 80% of her airway. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432425
Two children from Tekoa
went missing – OK. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432432
What
began as a routine request to keep the peace at a guesthouse ended in a violent
confrontation that left 76-year-old Eitan Lindenberg of Sde Eliezer injured,
shaken, and struggling to understand how a simple complaint about loud music
escalated into an assault. Speaking to Kan after footage of the incident
was published, Lindenberg recounted what happened and said he never imagined
that asking guests to turn down their music would lead to violence. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432407
Between 20 – 30% of
Gaza Aid not Food. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432406
Bennett and Eisenkot
try to get soft Rightwing Voters. https://www.jpost.com/israel-election-2026/article-906999
Senior
officials from Sudan's Rapid Support Forces
(RSF), which have been accused of committing war crimes and atrocities against
civilians during the country's civil war, maintained secret contacts with
Israel and sent delegations to Tel Aviv during the conflict, French
investigative outlet Africa Intelligence
reported over the weekend.
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-907011
Christian Lawmakers ask
President Trump to grant asylum to Jewish Canadians. https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-907015
You’re a riot a real
riot as Military Police try to invade Yeshiva Beis Medrash. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-907016
Aug. 31st
Day
1060 since
Oct. 7th Roaring Lion Day 181
US attacks Iranian
Missiles on launch pads and mine layers and they retaliate.
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/iran-news-trump-war-israel-hormuz-august-30
It is a short time
until arrests will be made over the attack on Qusra.
Trump “If I was not
president there would probably be no Middle East”. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432466
Israel
and Finland have secretly signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at
expanding and strengthening defense cooperation between the two countries, with
the agreement set to remain in effect through 2034.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432465
Five
Givati Brigade soldiers, yeshiva students serving in the Rotem Battalion, who
refused over the weekend to board a Namer armored personnel carrier carrying a
female paramedic, were sentenced Sunday evening by the battalion commander to
10 days in military prison. Another 11 soldiers were sentenced to five days of
confinement. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432453
Bedouin: A
29-year-old Rahat resident who recently completed his medical exams has been
indicted after allegedly fleeing police on Route 77 in northern Israel and
ramming a police vehicle. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432436
Sept 1st price
of gas in Israel to hit $10.51 per gallon with all our taxes. https://www.timesofisrael.com/smotrich-aims-to-cut-israels-record-gas-prices-but-his-plan-may-be-deemed-illegal/
No alligator or crocodile
prison. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/s1z004dz00gx
Zionism and racism the
in thing. https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-907070
Op Ed Diane Bederman: https://dianebederman.com/the-serpent-the-voice-of-temptation/
Bessent new Iranian
Sanctions weekly. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-907081
Sept. 1st
Day
1061 since
Oct. 7th Roaring Lion Day 182
My great grandsons
started on Rosh Chodesh Elul and my granddaughter high school last week. Today
schools reopen in Israel. 2,600,000 children which was almost the population of
Israel when I made Aliyah. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-907200
https://www.timesofisrael.com/10-syrian-security-personnel-reported-wounded-in-clashes-in-sweida/
All desalination plants
were offline supposedly due to storm on Sunday not hacking. Others believe that
story like they believe Netanyahu’s and Munchausen’s tales. https://www.ynetnews.com/environment/article/h141tamuzg#autoplay
More
than 100 of the world’s largest technology, cybersecurity and
financial companies warned over the weekend that the rapid development of artificial intelligence
could make advanced cyber capabilities cheaper and more accessible, potentially
triggering a new wave of attacks against critical infrastructure. https://www.ynetnews.com/tech-and-digital/article/rypl11kmugx
Yair Golan to sue Sarah
Netanyahu. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432529
https://www.timesofisrael.com/protest-in-thailands-phuket-targets-misbehaving-israelis/ and https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/bkffij400gg
A
woman stabbed two people in Times Square on Monday, killing one, before being
tasered by NYPD officers. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-907198
Drunk Hungarian Pilot
steals and crashes plane. https://www.jpost.com/omg/article-907126
Meir Cohen to leave the
Knesset. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432487
Mickey Levy also to
leave the Knesset. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432520
Apparent kidnapping. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432485
Suspected Ebola case
from the Congo. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432508
Second Israeli missing
in Nepal. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432489
18Arab Infiltrators in
truck. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432482
Pharmacist stole from
an IDF base. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432491
Humanitarian Aid Truck
smuggling nicotine into Gaza. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432486
Sue for false arrest of
soldiers. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432493
Turkish Flag. Arab
affairs pundit Zvi Yehezkeli described on his Telegram channel a site he
witnessed while driving on Route 60 south of Jerusalem. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432452
Tesla Driver fell
asleep at the wheel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432524
Sept. 2nd
Day
1062 since
Oct. 7th Roaring Lion Day 183
Explosions from Aqaba
heard in Eilat and other take-downs seen from Yerushalayim.
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/us-iran-war-news-trump-leader-latest-today-september-1
Iran could try a
surprise attack on Israel during the Jewish Holidays. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432590
What is wrong here is
that there was no back-up planning. I have 200 liters of emergency water on my
roof. Why didn’t Israel fill up the wells and reserves with desalinated water?
– Cost. Miss management Oct. 7th, miss management building railroad
tracks not ordering train cars and engines, miss management on water, etc.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/northeast-philadelphia-says-goodbye-to-its-last-jewish-deli/
Iran could try a
surprise attack on Israel during the Jewish Holidays. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432590
They would never had done this to Charedi Soldiers. Finance
Minister Bezalel Smotrich said Wednesday that commanders in the Givati Brigade
initially wanted to close the case against soldiers who refused to board an
armored personnel carrier with a female medic, but that the IDF Chief of Staff
insisted on severe punishment.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432594
Itamar
Ben Gvir issued an ultimatum to senior Likud officials on Wednesday morning
over the proposed transfer of MK Tali Gottliv to his Otzma Yehudit party. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432591
Yan
Shamala, a resident of southern Israel in his 40s, has been named as the
suspect accused of introducing
dangerous substances into Prinok-brand fruit purées intended for
babies. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432588
The IDF on Monday struck and eliminated the
terrorist Talal Mustafa Saleh Badawi, a commander in the Military Security
Department of Hamas’ Gaza City Brigade.
Additionally, Momo Saeed Mohammed Hawari, a
Hamas terrorist, was eliminated in the strike. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432592
Draft dodgers arrested
try to leave. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432589
Teams
from the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Department, the Neonatal Department, and
the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital succeeded in
saving the lives of two babies who were brought to the hospital in critical
condition after their parents disregarded medical recommendations. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432586
Winter will not be
swayed by pressure. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432576
More explosive drones
from Hezballah. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432584
A
haredi commander serving in an elite technological unit decided to end his
military service in recent days, following an explicit instruction from Rabbi
Avraham Salem, a member of the Council of Torah Sages of Shas, as revealed by Kan
News.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432564
Russia helping Iran
with accurate hypersonic missiles. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-907296
The FBI disrupted a Hamas online fundraising and
recruitment network, seizing more than $560,000 in cryptocurrency and taking
control of servers and domains used by the terrorist group’s military wing, the
U.S. Justice Department announced Tuesday.
https://www.ynetnews.com/tech-and-digital/article/hyciz00rumg
About
5,000 U.S. sailors and Marines are expected to spend the coming days in Pattaya
after the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln arrived Wednesday at Laem Chabang
port in eastern Thailand, ending a 286-day deployment.
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/r11o700r00gg
When
Chinese President Xi Jinping
touches down in Cairo for his first state visit to Egypt in a decade, Washington
cannot afford to view the summit as routine diplomatic theater. Beyond public declarations
celebrating seventy years of bilateral relations and Global South cooperation,
Beijing is quietly advancing a strategic initiative to erode United States financial
leverage across the Middle East. … American
military aid must be explicitly conditioned on absolute compliance with
international financial sanctions and full operational transparency in Cairo's
central banking operations. https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/syf3ysbuzl
Turkey member of NATO or
traitor of NATO. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-907325
An
Arab-Israeli citizen in his 30s who had formerly served in the IDF was charged
with affiliating himself with the ISIS terror group, the Israel Police
announced on Wednesday, after his allegiance was discovered in an investigation
by the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency). https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-907315
Tanker for Tanker. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-907286
Trump aids want the war
kept quiet until after midterm. https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/article-907324
Sept. 3rd
Day
1063 since
Oct. 7th Roaring Lion Day 184
Katz
said Israel is prepared both defensively and offensively for a possible attack
and that the Israel Defense Forces is ready to respond. He added there were
signs that mounting economic pressure in Iran and fears of an uprising could
push Tehran to take “desperate measures,” according to the Times of Israel.
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/us-iran-war-strikes-strait-of-hormuz-09-03-26
Iranians are trapped in
Israeli held Lebanese Ridge. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432647
5 Lebanese Prisoners to
be released. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432654
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gloria-steinem-feminist-writer-activist-dead-92
https://www.foxnews.com/us/nypd-searches-suspect-who-threw-furniture-90-year-old-woman-sidewalk
The war on Shabbos was
run by Missionaries. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432662
Halachically adults but
under Israeli Law underage. Cult in Northern Israel raided. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432651
Toronto: Rabbis refuse
to bury assisted dying. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432647
Hate
crimes in New York City have risen by 15.8 percent year over year in the first
year of Zohran Mamdani's term as mayor, the New York Post reported,
citing NYPD statistics. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432661
Petrol/gasoline prices
set to fall. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432648
Dozens of extreme war
scenarios. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432641
IDF on brink of budget
crises. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432638
Shabbos Times: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/shabat/
MK
Karine Elharrar announced on Thursday that she will not run in the next
election on behalf of the Yesh Atid party. https://www.jpost.com/israel-election-2026/article-907497
Iranian Professors – No
salaries no teach. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-907473
Fund
management giant Blackstone,
the world’s largest alternative asset manager, led a $27 million investment
round into Israeli cybersecurity
startup Huskeys, the company announced on Wednesday. https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/tech-and-start-ups/article-907494
Sept. 4th
Day
1064 since
Oct. 7th Roaring Lion Day 185 end of week 152.
The Israeli
military said Thursday it has established operational control of the strategic
Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon following an offensive against Hezbollah
positions. https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/us-iran-war-strikes-strait-of-hormuz-09-03-26
Before Rosh Hashanah
one should check his actions: Cause:
THE IDF
IS RUN BY A BUNCH OF FOOLS. Females are not allowed near Charedi Soldiers whom
they want to draft but Hesder Yeshiva students are expected to sit in the same
APC with a female soldier. HAVE THEY LOST THEIR MINDS? – and then you wonder
why the Charedim don’t want to be in the anti-religious IDF. Eleven
of the 16 Hesder soldiers from the Givati Brigade's Rotem Battalion who
were sent to military prison after refusing to board an APC with a
female paramedic, will be released Friday morning after serving five days
behind bars. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432703
Remember I
was in the IDF and have been in situations with other religious soldiers
including answering a phone call from Tanzania on Shabbos for a Kibbutznik. I
did so for it was the only emergency number like 911 in the US, 101 for Medical
in Israel, etc.
Effect:
Hamas ambushes the IDF 5
wounded. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432685
https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/09/03/opposition-realizes-this-is-the-only-way-to-win-the-election/
https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/09/03/the-secrets-you-told-ai-could-land-you-in-prison/
Another murder in Nazareth
by the Arab Mafia Wars.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-jewish-community-security-costs-surpass-1-billion-per-year-study/
Some polls shows the
blocks tied at 57 – 57. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432697
Terrorist with knife
neutralized. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432687
A long article about Politicians
and Psychology. This includes Netanyahu’s superiority complex for somebody
intimate with him. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-907577
Abandons Political
Ambitions. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432701
S. Korea to deploy in
Hormuz. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432695
Once evacuated, Migron
gets electricity. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432688
Iran was weeks away
from nukes. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432691
Op-Ed Amine Ayoub How
Stable Oil Flow could Leave Israel trapped in a war w/Iran.
https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/hybhnavogg
OpenAI launched
GPT-6 Astra on Friday night, its newest and most advanced
artificial intelligence model, and the company is already prepared
to use a term it avoided for years: AGI, or “artificial general intelligence.”
https://www.ynetnews.com/tech-and-digital/article/hyosn10000gg
Four
Israeli athletes who were due to compete this weekend in the European Triathlon
Cup in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, will ultimately not take part in the
event. I can tell you
the reason plain and simple antisemitism. https://www.ynetnews.com/sport/article/sjthcy0000mg
Rescuers
in Nepal pulled two workers alive from a hydropower tunnel Friday, raising hopes
of reaching a dozen others believed to be trapped nine days after catastrophic
floods devastated towns and swept away villages.
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hkywg100dzg#autoplay
Eisenkot’s unique
position. https://www.jpost.com/israel-election-2026/article-907531
As written
above, the next blogspot will be on Friday Sept. 18th or 7th
of Tishrei 5787.
Therefore
blessing all my readers with a healthy, happy, peaceful and restful Shabbos.
May the new year usher in good health, happiness, peace, prosperity, success, friendship,
with renewed strong family bonding, Torah filled, mitzvah filled, spiritual
wealth and inscription in the book of life,
Rachamim
Pauli
