Parsha Vayeitze Part 2
We left off last week
after the birth of Yosef.
25 And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob
said unto Laban: ‘Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my
country. 26 Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served thee, and
let me go; for thou know my service wherewith I have served thee.’ 27 And Laban
said unto him: ‘If now I have found favor in thine eyes—I have observed the
signs, and the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.’ 28 And he said: ‘Appoint me
thy wages, and I will give it.’ 29 And he said unto him: ‘Thou know how I have
served thee, and how thy cattle have fared with me. 30 For it was little which
thou had before I came, and it hath increased abundantly; and the LORD hath
blessed thee whithersoever I turned. And now when shall I provide for mine own
house also?’
As I mentioned last
week, after Yacov came, Lavan was blessed with sons before that only his two
daughters and two slave/concubine daughters. His livestock increased due to the
vigilant guard duty against weasels, foxes, wolves, bears, mountain lions
and/or wild boars.
31 And he said: ‘What shall I give thee?’ And Jacob said: ‘Thou
shalt not give me aught; if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed
thy flock and keep it. 32 I will pass through all thy flock to-day, removing
from thence every speckled and spotted one, and every dark one among the sheep,
and the spotted and speckled among the goats; and of such shall be my hire.
You will get the white
sheep and goats. I will get the dotted, specked, streaked and spotted sheep or
goats. Either Lavan did not know the make-up of his flocks or they were this
way at the beginning to his advantage.
33 So shall my righteousness witness against me hereafter, when
thou shalt come to look over my hire that is before thee: every one that is not
speckled and spotted among the goats, and dark among the sheep, that if found
with me shall be counted stolen.’
Perhaps Lavan witnessed
the separation and it was not much at the start.
34 And Laban said: ‘Behold, would it might be according to thy
word.’ 35 And he removed that day the he-goats that were streaked and spotted,
and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white
in it, and all the dark ones among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of
his sons. 36 And he set three days’ journey betwixt himself and Jacob. And
Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.
Now his wives and
children would watch Yacov’s flocks. With these he would buy cattle and camels
too as we shall see in Parsha Vayishlach.
37 And Jacob took him rods of fresh poplar, and of the almond and of
the plane-tree; and peeled white streaks in them, making the white appear which
was in the rods. 38 And he set the rods which he had peeled over against the
flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink;
and they conceived when they came to drink. 39 And the flocks conceived at the
sight of the rods, and the flocks brought forth streaked, speckled, and
spotted.
There is a famous story
of an African King who had a Queen that gave birth to an Albino. He asked Rabbi
Akiva what should he do? Rabbi Akiva asked him what was the color of his gods
(probably cut Ivory) and he replied that they were white. He told the King that
during conception, the Queen was thinking of his gods. She lived and so did the
Albino Prince. This is the principle that during the act of holy matrimony at
conception time that what the female thinks has a profound effect on the
offspring. Thus the peeled rods with streaks or speckles is what the Rachel
Sheep or Nanny Goats saw in the water trough as the males took advantage and
they bore offspring as such.
40 And Jacob separated the lambs—he also set the faces of the
flocks toward the streaked and all the dark in the flock of Laban—and put his
own droves apart, and put them not unto Laban’s flock. 41 And it came to pass,
whensoever the stronger of the flock did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods
before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the
rods; 42 but when the flock were feeble, he put them not in; so the feebler
were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.
Thus Yacov gained the healthier animals.
43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, and
maid-servants and men-servants, and camels and asses.
As Yacov worked harder, he grew richer and richer and
bought cattle, camels and donkeys. 32:6 I have
acquired cattle, donkeys, flocks, bondmen, and bondwomen. I am now sending word
to you, my master, that I am coming to you in friendship, in order to gain favor in your eyes. – for cattle is only
mentioned in next week’s Parsha so I bring down the quote here.
31:1 And he heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying: ‘Jacob hath
taken away all that was our father’s; and of that which was our father’s hath
he gotten all this wealth.’ 2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and,
behold, it was not toward him as beforetime.
His sons were not happy that Yacov and their sisters
were profiting and their father hence their inheritance was not growing. [Tell
me do you see anywhere that these sons spent their days and nights taking care
of the sheep and goats? Did they do anything else but act like Sheiks?] They
were pushing Lavan to try to steal back Yacov’s wages and leave him penniless.
Lavan began turning against Yacov.
3 And the LORD said unto Jacob: ‘Return unto the land of thy
fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.’
Since most prophecies happen in dreams or some
communication that the prophet feels it is from HASHEM, Yacov has received the
message.
4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his
flock,
Just Yacov and his wives in a field secretly so that
there is no prying eyes or ears. In modern times taking a swim waste high in
the ocean or walking without cellphones on a quiet mountain or desert path.
5 and said unto them: ‘I see your father’s countenance, that it is
not toward me as beforetime; but the God of my father hath been with me. 6 And
ye know that with all my power I have served your father. 7 And your father
hath mocked me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to
hurt me.
Your father is a conniver. He has changed my wages time
after time. I worked for Rachel and got Leah. Then I worked for the sheep and
goats this way and he changed the wages. Had it not been for HASHEM Yisborach,
I would barely have my clothing on me.
8 If he said thus: The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the
flock bore speckled; and if he said thus: The streaked shall be thy wages; then
bore all the flock streaked. 9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your
father, and given them to me. 10 And it came to pass at the time that the flock
conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the
he-goats which leaped upon the flock were streaked, speckled, and grizzled. 11
And the angel of God said unto me in the dream: Jacob; and I said: Here am I.
12 And he said: Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the he-goats which leap
upon the flock are streaked, speckled, and grizzled; for I have seen all that
Laban does unto thee. 13 I am the God of Beth-el, where thou didst anoint a
pillar, where thou didst vow a vow unto Me. Now arise, get thee out from this
land, and return unto the land of thy nativity.’
Now the Angel of the L-RD has appeared to me in a dream
and told me to return home.
14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him: ‘Is there yet
any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house? 15 Are we not
accounted by him strangers? For he hath sold us, and hath also quite devoured
our price.
What are we? Nothing? Don’t we deserve a dowry? We are
not slaves sold at a low price!
16 For all the riches which God hath taken away from our father,
that is ours and our children’s. Now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee,
do.’
We and our children deserve something.
17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon the
camels; 18 and he carried away all his cattle, and all his substance which he
had gathered, the cattle of his getting, which he had gathered in Paddan-aram,
to go to Isaac his father unto the land of Canaan.
Yacov is planning a quick getaway. The escape is taking
place in stages. Leah and Rachel are to take a distance from their father
tending the sheep and other animals on the way to Eretz Yisrael.
19 Now Laban was gone to shear his sheep. And Rachel stole the
teraphim that were her father’s.
Her intention was to take away his idolatry.
20 And Jacob outwitted Laban the Aramean, in that he told him not
that he fled. 21 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed
over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead.
He managed to take all his animals and servants across
a river and was leaving Haran in Turkey close to Syria towards the southern end
of the Golan Heights.
22 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled. 23
And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey;
and he overtook him in the mountain of Gilead. 24 And God came to Laban the
Aramean in a dream of the night, and said unto him: ‘Take heed to thyself that
thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.’
Lavan learns that Yacov has fled. He wants his worker
back and he has a large enough posy to enforce it. But then the L-RD comes to
him in a dream similar to dreams that Pharaoh and Avimelech received when they
took Sarah from Avraham.
25 And Laban came up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in
the mountain; and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mountain of Gilead. 26
And Laban said to Jacob: ‘What hast thou done, that thou hast outwitted me, and
carried away my daughters as though captives of the sword? 27 Wherefore didst
thou flee secretly, and outwit me; and didst not tell me, that I might have
sent thee away with mirth and with songs, with tabret and with harp;
This story is a nice fairy tale or pure organic
fertilizer from a bull.
28 and didst not suffer me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now
hast thou done foolishly.
Perhaps this part is true as he does have feeling for
his daughters and grandchildren.
29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt; but the God of
your father spoke unto me yesternight, saying: Take heed to thyself that thou
speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
His real intent was to enslave or murder Yacov but now
the truth comes out that G-D has intervened.
30 And now that thou art surely gone, because thou sore longest
after thy father’s house, wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?’ 31 And Jacob
answered and said to Laban: ‘Because I was afraid; for I said: Lest thou
shouldest take thy daughters from me by force. 32 With whomsoever thou find thy
gods, he shall not live; before our brethren discern thou what is thine with
me, and take it to thee.’—For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.—33
And Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and into Leah’s tent, and into the tent of
the two maid-servants; but he found them not. And he went out of Leah’s tent,
and entered into Rachel’s tent. 34 Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, and put
them in the saddle of the camel, and sat upon them. And Laban felt about all
the tent, but found them not. 35 And she said to her father: ‘Let not my lord
be angry that I cannot rise up before thee; for the manner of women is upon me.’
And he searched, but found not the teraphim. 36 And Jacob was wroth, and strove
with Laban. And Jacob answered and said to Laban: ‘What is my trespass? What is
my sin, that thou hast hotly pursued after me? 37 Whereas thou hast felt about
all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? Set it here
before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us two. 38
These twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she-goats have not
cast their young, and the rams of thy flocks have I not eaten. 39 That which
was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bore the loss of it; of my hand
didst thou require it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night. 40 Thus I was:
in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled
from mine eyes. 41 These twenty years have I been in thy house: I served thee
fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock; and thou
hast changed my wages ten times. 42 Except the God of my father, the God of
Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been on my side, surely now had thou sent
me away empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labor of my hands, and gave
judgment yesternight.’ 43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob: ‘The
daughters are my daughters, and the children are my children, and the flocks
are my flocks, and all that thou see is mine; and what can I do this day for
these my daughters, or for their children whom they have borne? 44 And now
come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between
me and thee.’ 45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. 46 And
Jacob said unto his brethren: ‘Gather stones’; and they took stones, and made a
heap. And they did eat there by the heap. 47 And Laban called it
Jegar-sahadutha; but Jacob called it Galeed.
48 And Laban said: ‘This heap is witness between me and thee this
day.’ Therefore was the name of it called Galeed; 49 and Mizpah, for he said: ‘The
LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another. 50 If thou
shalt afflict my daughters, and if thou shalt take wives beside my daughters,
no man being with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.’
51 And Laban said to Jacob: ‘Behold this heap, and behold the
pillar, which I have set up betwixt me and thee. 52 This heap be witness, and
the pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that
thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm. 53 The
God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt
us.’ And Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.
54 And Jacob offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his
brethren to eat bread; and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the
mountain.
32:1 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons
and his daughters, and blessed them. And Laban departed, and returned unto his
place. 2 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. 3 And Jacob
said when he saw them: ‘This is God’s camp.’ And he called the name of that
place Mahanaim.
It was not abnormal for Yacov to see Angels. Those from
his dream with the ladder and around his family Avraham and Yitzchak. These
Angels were the changing of the guard between outside of Eretz Yisrael Angels
and those of the Aretz with higher Kedusha.
In case you have been to the modern day Mahanaim and have not seen
the Angels on your way to the Golan Heights I have two things to say. 1) The
modern day place might not be the original. 2) The Golan was conquered by Moshe
changing its status to be part of Eretz Yisrael and the Angels would change the
guard into Syria on the way towards Iraq/Turkey.
Parsha Vayishlach
Last week, Yacov flees
Esav to his uncle Lavan. He is now away from his parents 34 years. 14 in the
Beis Medrash and 20 with his uncle. He sees that Lavan is against him. Before
he arrived, Lavan only had daughters and by the merit of Yacov he has sons. His
sons don’t like the idea of sisters taking from their inheritance. Lavan
pursues Yacov and only a dream from HASHEM warns Lavan. He has met a camp of
angels and is about to enter Eretz Yisrael. The question is how to deal with
his brother Esav.
32:4 And Jacob
sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the field
of Edom.
Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Ben
Porat Shlita starts off his Drasha this week as follows: If one sees a dog
sniffing the ground to chase after other dogs you don’t grab him by the ears to
call attention to yourself. Most of the sorrows a man has, he brings upon
himself.
Malachim = Angels and
these messengers Malachim were Angels. Rashi: Jacob dispatched angels - i.e., real angels.
5 And he commanded them, saying: 'Thus shall ye say unto my lord
Esau: Thus saith thy servant Jacob: I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed
until now. 6 And I have oxen, and asses and flocks, and men-servants and
maid-servants; and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in thy
sight.' 7 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying: 'We came to thy brother
Esau, and moreover he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.' 8
Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed. And he divided the people
that was with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two
camps. 9 And he said: 'If Esau come to the one camp, and smite it, then the
camp which is left shall escape.' 10 And Jacob said: 'O God of my father
Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, O LORD, who said unto me: Return unto thy
country, and to thy kindred, and I will do thee good; 11 I am not worthy of all
the mercies, and of all the truth, which Thou hast shown unto Thy servant; for
with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two camps.
I am not worthy of all the mercies, this means that
HASHEM gave Yacov such a reward for being with Lavan and saved him from Lavan.
Maybe Yacov used up all his merits from learning Torah.
12 Deliver me, I pray Thee, from the hand of my brother, from the
hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and smite me, the mother with the
children. 13 And Thou said: I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as
the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.'
The way Yacov prepared
for Esav was prayer, presents and as last resort – war.
Same me from my brother,
Esav. I was somewhere between 12 and 13. A 12 year old girl from across the
street had a crush on me. I was tall and thin at the time and a Jew without any
observance. She put her hand in mine. I was still pre-puberty and girls did not
have any effect on me. After a few weeks she wanted to save my soul and
convince me to convert. Sometimes Esav comes as a brother other times as an
enemy but always with one purpose to take Yacov from Torah and Mitzvos.
14 And he lodged there that night; and took of that which he had
with him a present for Esau his brother: 15 two hundred she-goats and twenty
he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams, 16 thirty milch camels and their
colts, forty kine and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals. 17 And he
delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself; and said
unto his servants: 'Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and
drove.' 18 And he commanded the foremost, saying: 'When Esau my brother meet
thee, and askes thee, saying: Whose art thou? and whither go thou? and whose
are these before thee? 19 then thou shalt say: They are thy servant Jacob's; it
is a present sent unto my lord, even unto Esau; and, behold, he also is behind
us.' 20 And he commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed
the droves, saying: 'In this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him;
21 and ye shall say: Moreover, behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us.' For he
said: 'I will appease him with the present that go before me, and afterward I
will see his face; peradventure he will accept me.'
When Esav sees present
after present, perhaps his heart will be weakened and accept them and be
placated.
22 So the present passed over before him; and he himself lodged
that night in the camp. 23 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and
his two handmaids, and his eleven children, and passed over the ford of the
Jabbok. 24 And he took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that
which he had. 25 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him
until the breaking of the day. 26 And when he saw that he prevailed not against
him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was
strained, as he wrestled with him. 27 And he said: 'Let me go, for the day
breaks.' And he said: 'I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.' 28 And he
said unto him: 'What is thy name?' And he said: 'Jacob.' 29 And he said: 'Thy
name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast striven with God
and with men, and hast prevailed.'
Yacov has pinned down
the Angel and at Netz (sunrise), he has to be before HASHEM with the other
Angels praying Shacharis (morning prayers).
30 And Jacob asked him, and said: 'Tell me, I pray thee, thy name.'
And he said: 'Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name?' And he blessed
him there. 31 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: 'for I have seen
God face to face, and my life is preserved.'
The name of the place is
called “Face of G-D” even though it was the face of Esav’s Angel.
32 And the sun rose upon him as he passed over Peniel, and he
limped upon his thigh.
The Angel made it to
Netz Prayer and Yacov at 97 years of age began to limp
33 Therefore the children of Israel eat not the sinew of the
thigh-vein which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day; because he
touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh, even in the sinew of the thigh-vein. 33:1 And
Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four
hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto
the two handmaids.
He came with a Militia
against Yacov. 400 = the Gematria of Tav and Rav Ben Porat says 400 types of
Tuma. But the Kedusha of Yacov over came the Tuma as even the impure has to
nurse from the pure to exist.
2 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah
and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. 3 And he himself
passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he
came near to his brother. 4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and
fell on his neck, and kissed him; and they wept.
The last time Esav saw
Yacov, he was 63 walking quickly and strong. Now he sees a limping 97 year old
man barely moving not a threat and realized that he was far from a threat to
him. His compassion was moved and he released that Yacov aged poorly a no
threat to his hegemony.
5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children;
and said: 'Who are these with thee?' And he said: 'The children whom God hath
graciously given thy servant.'
If Esav would attack and
kill him and the camp it will be the lesser wives and behind them Leah and
further behind Rachel.
6 Then the handmaids came near, they and their children, and they
bowed down. 7 And Leah also and her children came near, and bowed down; and
after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed down. 8 And he said: 'What
meanest thou by all this camp which I met?' And he said: 'To find favor in the
sight of my lord.' 9 And Esau said: 'I have enough; my brother, let that which
thou hast be thine.' 10 And Jacob said: 'Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found favor
in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand; forasmuch as I have seen thy
face, as one sees the face of God, and thou were pleased with me.
He insists that Esav
take the gifts whole hearted.
11 Take, I pray thee, my gift that is brought to thee; because God
hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.' And he urged him,
and he took it. 12 And he said: 'Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I
will go before thee.'
Let us go like brothers.
13 And he said unto him: 'My lord knows that the children are
tender, and that the flocks and herds giving suck are a care to me; and if they
overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die. 14 Let my lord, I pray thee,
pass over before his servant; and I will journey on gently, according to the
pace of the cattle that are before me and according to the pace of the
children, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.'
Yacov never went to Seir
and Esav did not let Am Yisrael or Moshe even pass by on the highway. So when
will this be? In the Days of Moshiach and Esav shall be Judged
15 And Esau said: 'Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that
are with me.' And he said: 'What need it? let me find favor in the sight of my
lord.' 16 So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir. 17 And Jacob
journeyed to Succoth, and built him a house, and made booths for his cattle.
Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
Yacov is taking his time
in returning to Beis El. He build a small house and has booths for his animals.
18 And Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the
land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan-aram; and encamped before the city. 19
And he bought the parcel of ground, where he had spread his tent, at the hand
of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred pieces of money. 20
And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel.
He even bought in
Shechem a parcel of land to live there.
34:1 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne unto Jacob,
went out to see the daughters of the land. 2 And Shechem the son of Hamor the
Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her; and he took her, and lay with her, and
humbled her.
She was around 7 or 8
years old and looking for girls her age. She is attractive and perhaps starting
early development. Shechem takes her talks to her and forces himself upon her a
few times (lay and humbled – see Rashi for me details).
3 And his soul did cleave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he
loved the damsel, and spoke comfortingly unto the damsel. 4 And Shechem spoke
unto his father Hamor, saying: 'Get me this damsel to wife.'
He spoke to her to calm
her down telling her he was Prince Charming and they would live happily ever
after.
5 Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; and his
sons were with his cattle in the field; and Jacob held his peace until they
came. 6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to speak with him.
7 And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it; and the men
were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought a vile deed in
Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done. 8 And
Hamor spoke with them, saying 'The soul of my son Shechem longs for your
daughter. I pray you give her unto him to wife. 9 And make ye marriages with
us; give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you. 10 And ye
shall dwell with us; and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye
therein, and get you possessions therein.'
Yacov had to wait for
his sons for a back-up force. He was 97 and not warrior but a shepherd. With
his sons, he felt stronger and could negotiate with Hamor and Shechem.
11 And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren: 'Let me
find favor in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give. 12 Ask me
never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto
me; but give me the damsel to wife.' 13 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem
and Hamor his father with guile, and spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their
sister, 14 and said unto them: 'We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to
one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us. 15 Only on this
condition will we consent unto you: if ye will be as we are, that every male of
you be circumcised; 16 then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will
take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one
people. 17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we
take our daughter, and we will be gone.' 18 And their words pleased Hamor, and
Shechem Hamor's son. 19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because
he had delight in Jacob's daughter. And he was honored above all the house of
his father.
The deal seemed win –
win circumcised people in a family alliance.
20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city,
and spoke with the men of their city, saying: 21 'These men are peaceable with
us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for, behold, the
land is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and
let us give them our daughters. 22 Only on this condition will the men consent
unto us to dwell with us, to become one people, if every male among us be
circumcised, as they are circumcised. 23 Shall not their cattle and their
substance and all their beasts be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they
will dwell with us.'
Basically, he is wealthy
and has sons. Give your daughters unto them and they will be wealthy wives good
for the city and good for the families.
24 And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went
out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out
of the gate of his city. 25 And it came to pass on the third day, when they
were in pain, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren,
took each man his sword, and came upon the city unawares, and slew all the
males.
Yacov had made the deal
in good faith. Simon was about 12 years old and Levi 11 if the time period is
correct. If Lavan gave Leah to Yacov after 7 days instead of 7 years so Shimon
would be 19 and Levi 18 but that is not the Pshat.
26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the
sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went forth.
Whatever their age, they
came and killed Hamor and Shechem and then the rest of the males weakened by
the Bris.
27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city,
because they had defiled their sister. 28 They took their flocks and their
herds and their asses, and that which was in the city and that which was in the
field; 29 and all their wealth, and all their little ones and their wives, took
they captive and spoiled, even all that was in the house. 30 And Jacob said to
Simeon and Levi: 'Ye have troubled me, to make me odious unto the inhabitants
of the land, even unto the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and, I being few in
number, they will gather themselves together against me and smite me; and I
shall be destroyed, I and my house.'
The wars and the
miraculous escape of Yacov and sons in fog are described in Sefer HaYashar.
31 And they said: 'Should one deal with our sister as with a
harlot?'
The boys answer Yacov,
who had given his sacred word of peace.
35:1 And God said unto Jacob: 'Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell
there; and make there an altar unto God, who appeared unto thee when thou didst
flee from the face of Esau thy brother.' 2 Then Jacob said unto his household,
and to all that were with him: 'Put away the strange gods that are among you,
and purify yourselves, and change your garments; 3 and let us arise, and go up
to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day
of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.'
Yacov is told by HASHEM to go to Beis El and it is
strategic not to be near Shechem.
4 And they gave unto Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their
hand, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the
terebinth which was by Shechem.
He made sure that with all the spoils and the captive
women that no idols remained whether clay, bronze, silver or gold. Yacov
personally buried them as an educational lesson to his children and all involved.
5 And they journeyed; and a terror of God was upon the cities that
were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob. 6 So
Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan--the same is Beth-el--he and
all the people that were with him. 7 And he built there an altar, and called
the place El-beth-el, because there God was revealed unto him, when he fled
from the face of his brother. 8 And Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was
buried below Beth-el under the oak; and the name of it was called Allon-bacuth.
She was Rivka’s nurse
and like a step mother to Yacov. Her age is not mentioned but Rivka was either
3 or 14 when she married Yitzchak either per Rashi or Ibn Ezra. Rivka was
married 20 years before 97 year old Yacov was born. This makes Rivka 120 years
old and her nurse older than her. If we take 14 years old, that makes her nurse
somewhere close to 140 to 150 years old!
9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram,
and blessed him. 10 And God said unto him: 'Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall
not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name'; and He called his
name Israel. 11 And God said unto him: 'I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and
multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall
come out of thy loins; 12 and the land which I gave unto Abraham and Isaac, to
thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.' 13 And
God went up from him in the place where He spoke with him. 14 And Jacob set up
a pillar in the place where He spoke with him, a pillar of stone, and he poured
out a drink-offering thereon, and poured oil thereon. 15 And Jacob called the
name of the place where God spoke with him, Beth-el. 16 And they journeyed from
Beth-el; and there was still some way to come to Ephrath; and Rachel travailed,
and she had hard labor. 17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor,
that the mid-wife said unto her: 'Fear not; for this also is a son for thee.'
18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing--for she died--that she
called his name Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin.
Shabbos 31B: MISHNAH. FOR THREE SINS WOMEN DIE
IN CHILDBIRTH: BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT OBSERVANT OF [THE LAWS OF] NIDDAH, HALLAH,
AND THE KINDLING OF THE [SABBATH] LIGHTS. – Rachel did not die from these sins
but she had stolen her father’s idol. Yacov said basically: “Whomever stole it
shall be put to death” when he talked to Lavan. Now in the danger of
childbirth, the death sentence would be carried out. Benyamin would be born. He
was the only son who did not bow down to Esav and his descendant, Mordechai,
would not bow down to Amalek (from Esav) and save Am Yisrael. But Rachel was to
die because Yacov had spoken such.
19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath--the same
is Beth-lehem. 20 And Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave; the same is the
pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.
Her grave would be a source
of prayer when the people went into exile.
21 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond Migdal-eder. 22
And it came to pass, while Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay
with Bilhah his father's concubine; and Israel heard of it.
The accusation of laying
with Bilhah is from the fact that he removed his father’s bed and put it in
Leah’s tent. It is not the business of a son to choose which wife his father
sleeps with.
Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: 23 the sons of Leah: Reuben,
Jacob's first-born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun;
Since Reuven was
numbered as a son means that he only rearranged the bed and not physically lay
with his step-mother.
24 the sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin; 25 and the sons of
Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid: Dan and Naphtali; 26 and the sons of Zilpah, Leah's
handmaid: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, that were born to him in
Paddan-aram. 27 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father to Mamre, to Kiriat Arba--the
same is Hebron--where Abraham and Isaac sojourned. 28 And the days of Isaac
were a hundred and fourscore years.
Yitzchak managed to
enjoy Yacov’s sons and perhaps grandsons learning Torah and working the land.
29 And Isaac expired, and died, and was gathered unto his people,
old and full of days; and Esau and Jacob his sons buried him.
Only at the Shiva did
Esav and Yacov stay together and afterwards parted ways.
36:1 Now these are the generations of Esau--the same is Edom. 2
Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the
Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the
Hivite, 3 and Basemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebaioth. 4 And Adah bore
to Esau Eliphaz; and Basemath bore Reuel; 5 and Oholibamah bore Jeush, and
Jalam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau, that were born unto him in the
land of Canaan. 6 And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and
all the souls of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his
possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Canaan; and went into a land
away from his brother Jacob. 7 For their substance was too great for them to
dwell together; and the land of their sojornings could not bear them because of
their cattle. 8 And Esau dwelt in the mountain-land of Seir--Esau is Edom. 9
And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the
mountain-land of Seir. 10 These are the names of Esau's sons: Eliphaz the son
of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Basemath the wife of Esau. 11 And
the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz. 12 And Timna
was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bore to Eliphaz Amalek. These are
the sons of Adah Esau's wife. 13 And these are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, and
Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were the sons of Basemath Esau's wife. 14 And
these were the sons of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon,
Esau's wife; and she bore to Esau Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah. 15 These are the
chiefs of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the first-born of Esau: the
chief of Teman, the chief of Omar, the chief of Zepho, the chief of Kenaz, 16
the chief of Korah, the chief of Gatam, the chief of Amalek. These are the
chiefs that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom. These are the sons of Adah. 17
And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son: the chief of Nahath, the chief of
Zerah, the chief of Shammah, the chief of Mizzah. These are the chiefs that
came of Reuel in the land of Edom. These are the sons of Basemath Esau's wife.
18 And these are the sons of Oholibamah Esau's wife: the chief of Jeush, the
chief of Jalam, the chief of Korah. These are the chiefs that came of
Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife. 19 These are the sons of Esau,
and these are their chiefs; the same is Edom.
These are the wives and
children of Esav and afterwards more descendants.
20
These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan and
Shobal and Zibeon and Anah, 21 and Dishon and Ezer and Dishan. These are the
chiefs that came of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom. 22
And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna. 23
And these are the children of Shobal: Alvan and Manahath and Ebal, Shepho and
Onam. 24 And these are the children of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah--this is Anah who
found the hot springs in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his
father. 25 And these are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah the
daughter of Anah. 26 And these are the children of Dishon: Hemdan and Eshban
and Ithran and Cheran. 27 These are the children of Ezer: Bilhan and Zaavan and
Akan. 28 These are the children of Dishan: Uz and Aran. 29 These are the chiefs
that came of the Horites: the chief of Lotan, the chief of Shobal, the chief of
Zibeon, the chief of Anah, 30 the chief of Dishon, the chief of Ezer, the chief
of Dishan. These are the chiefs that came of the Horites, according to their
chiefs in the land of Seir. 31 And these are the kings that reigned in the land
of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel. 32 And Bela
the son of Beor reigned in Edom; and the name of his city was Dinhabah. 33 And
Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead. 34 And
Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead. 35
And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab,
reigned in his stead; and the name of his city was Avith. 36 And Hadad died,
and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. 37 And Samlah died, and Shaul of
Rehoboth by the River reigned in his stead. 38 And Shaul died, and Baal-hanan
the son of Achbor reigned in his stead. 39 And Baal-hanan the son of Achbor
died, and Hadar reigned in his stead; and the name of the city was Pau; and his
wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab. 40
And these are the names of the chiefs that came of Esau, according to their
families, after their places, by their names: the chief of Timna, the chief of
Alvah, the chief of Jetheth; 41 the chief of Oholibamah, the chief of Elah, the
chief of Pinon; 42 the chief of Kenaz, the chief of Teman, the chief of Mibzar;
43 the chief of Magdiel, the chief of Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom,
according to their habitations in the land of their possession. This is Esau
the father of the Edomites.
The dealing with Esav ends here but his grandson Amalek will
plague the Bnei Yisrael on their way to Eretz Yisrael. Esav is associated with
Roman by the Sages.
Next week is Pearl Harbor Day:
The night after Pearl Harbor, Ernest J. King rode the
train to Washington with the rhythm of the rails pounding like distant gunfire.
He did not sleep. Instead, he filled page after page with a contingency plan no
one had asked him to write—an emergency blueprint for saving a Pacific Fleet he
feared might crumble within months. By dawn, the ink on his notes was still drying.
By evening, they were tucked inside his coat as he walked into the White House,
expression composed, eyes burning. Officials saw calm. They had no idea he’d
already begun rebuilding an entire ocean strategy in his head.
Only days after the attack, King met President
Franklin Roosevelt for a briefing that would shape the war. Roosevelt saw a
stoic admiral. King saw a countdown. Navy logs later revealed that inside his
folded memo was a handwritten list titled “Immediate Priorities,” its margins
filled with urgent scribbles: accelerate carriers, expand submarines, secure
fuel. Another line, written in his hard slanted script, read simply: “Time is
our enemy.” Yet when Roosevelt asked if the fleet could recover, King answered
without hesitation: “We will outfight this.”
On December 30, 1941, Roosevelt appointed him
Commander in Chief of the U.S. Fleet, a role that gave King vast authority at
the war’s darkest hour. He moved fast—too fast for some of the Navy’s more
cautious voices. King created a new operational doctrine that rejected
passivity. He pushed to send Task Force 16 and 17 on offensive carrier
raids—operations some called reckless, but King saw them as essential.
“The enemy
must feel pressure every day, everywhere,” he told his staff. His early 1942
notebooks overflow with underlined commands: “Strike first.” “Hold initiative.”
“No defensive mindset.”
From Washington to the vast Pacific, King’s urgency
became the Navy’s heartbeat. He spoke with Admiral Chester Nimitz daily through
encrypted messages, pushing coordination across thousands of miles of sea.
Officers described seeing him roaming headquarters long past midnight, a pencil
behind his ear, reading casualty lists and repair timetables with an intensity
that made men straighten as he walked by. One young officer remembered him
saying, “War is not won by the comfortable.”
But it wasn’t just drive—King had vision. When
intelligence officers presented fragments of intercepted Japanese transmissions
hinting at an upcoming operation, King leaned in, understanding immediately
what they meant: the enemy planned to strike Midway. Rather than fortify
fearfully, he approved a bold trap—sending American carriers to ambush the
Japanese fleet. After the victory, King kept a copy of the decoded message on
his desk as a quiet reminder.
“Preparation
beats luck. Every time.”
His leadership reshaped the Navy in ways that would
echo for decades. He expanded naval aviation at a staggering pace, insisting
that aircraft carriers—not battleships—would define the future. He demanded
better anti-submarine warfare techniques, reorganized convoy systems, and
backed scientific innovation even when it challenged tradition. Under his
command, the U.S. Navy underwent the largest mobilization in its history, transforming
from a battered force into a global titan.
Men who worked under him often said King was
demanding, blunt, sometimes frightening. But they also said something else: he
believed the war could be won even when others whispered defeat. “King gave us
urgency when we had only uncertainty,” one officer wrote after the war.
Ernest J. King did not guide America through World War II with
charm or diplomacy. He did it with precision, ferocity, and the unshakable
conviction that waiting is the deadliest form of surrender. In the moment the
world needed a commander who refused to blink, King stepped forward—memo in his
pocket, strategy in his mind, and a war-changing resolve burning behind his
eyes.
Instead of listening to
him, he was court martialed. The failure of deep State in the Army Air Corp.
cost us at Pearl Harbor.
Billy Mitchell stared at a
court-martial summons in October 1925, a document accusing him of
“insubordination” for criticizing the government’s neglect of air power, even
though he had just returned from inspecting wreckage that proved American
pilots were dying because military leaders refused to modernize. Officials
wanted silence. Mitchell chose truth.
His reputation had started years
earlier. During World War I, flight reports from 1918 list him coordinating
more than fifteen hundred aircraft during the Battle of Saint-Mihiel, the
largest air operation the United States had ever attempted. Pilots noted how he
sketched attack routes on scraps of paper during briefings, predicting weather
shifts and enemy reactions with uncanny accuracy.
After the war, Mitchell pushed hard
for an independent air force. In 1921 he staged the now-famous bombing tests
off the Virginia coast. Navy records confirm that on July 21, his planes sank
the captured German battleship Ostfriesland in twenty-two minutes. Newspapers
called it a spectacle. Mitchell called it proof. Senior officials dismissed it
as “lucky hits.”
Then tragedy struck. In 1925, multiple
military aircraft crashed during routine missions. Mitchell inspected the
scenes himself. His anger turned into a public statement accusing Army and Navy
leadership of “almost criminal neglect.” The criticism exploded across front
pages. It also triggered charges.
During the court-martial, Mitchell
entered the hearing room carrying a binder packed with crash reports, training
deficiencies, and procurement delays. Witnesses testified that he could recite
pilot names, aircraft numbers, and mechanical failures from memory. The verdict
found him guilty, and his rank was suspended. Instead of retreating, he
resigned and continued advocating for air power as a civilian.
History vindicated him. Documents from
the 1941 Pearl Harbor hearings cite Mitchell’s predictions almost line for
line. He had warned of a surprise air attack on the Pacific Fleet, the
vulnerability of battleships, and the rise of carrier-based warfare. Every
warning proved accurate.
Billy Mitchell did not fight for
recognition. He fought for a nation to see the future clearly, long before the
world realized that air power would define modern war.
Added from Wikipedia with my ending:
In 1924, Gen. Patrick again dispatched
him on an inspection tour, this time to Hawaii and Asia, to get him off the
front pages. Mitchell came back with a 324-page report that predicted future
war with Japan, including the attack on Pearl Harbor. He did meet with FDR to warn him of the vulnerability
of the Navy.
William Lendrum Mitchell (December
29, 1879 – February 19, 1936) never lived to see his warning that unfortunately
came true or his vindication.
She thought it was bad but it was a lifesaving
miracle
There is a lady who
says Parshas HaShavua on Arutz 13. She was planning for months a trip to
Thailand for herself and family. A day or two before the trip she felt stomach
pains. She did not want to cancel the trip but the pain was acute. She decided
to go to the hospital so that she would get medications for traveling. The
doctors found out it was appendicitis. They operated immediately. Had she
decided to travel and have gotten it at a high altitude there is a high
probability she would have returned to her own funeral. As Nachum Ish Gam Zu (A
Kfar between road 6 and Modiin) would say: Gam Zu Le Tova = all is for the
best.
The Chassidic Rebbe
who used Communism by R’ Yerachmiel Tilles
https://ascentofsafed.com/cgi-bin/ascent.cgi?Name=1460-11
Over a period of
twenty years Rabbi Shaul-Yedidiah Taub served as chief rabbi in a number of
communities, and also as rosh yeshiva. In 1921, he became the second rebbe of
Modzitz, succeeding his father, Rabbi Yisrael, and subsequently, also a leader
of Agudat Yisrael.
Famous for his
musical compositions, Rebbe Shaul-Yedidiah is said to have written in excess of
1,500 songs, some very simple and some complex and operatic. He never used
musical notation as he felt that a song had to come from the heart, not from
notes written on paper. He had a special love for Eretz Yisrael and made three
trips there in the interwar years. On his first trip in 1925 he met with Sir
Herbert Samuel, the British high commissioner for Palestine.
As the clouds of war
began to gather, he was one of the first to encourage his chasidim to flee
Europe. When the war broke out he joined many others fleeing to Vilna. His home
there became a center for refugees seeking help and comfort. Someone asked him
how he was able to appear so calm and focused with all the trials and
tribulations he had undergone getting to Vilna. He answered:
"Do you think
that if someone is worried that they are obligated to worry all day? I put all
my worries in a suitcase that is closed and locked. Once a day I open the
suitcase and worry about all my worries. Then I put them all back in the
suitcase and lock it. That enables me to serve Hashem with joy and not be full
of worry."
Many people came to
his Tisch-his open table towards the end of Shabbat and Festive meals,
especially for Melaveh Malka [the Saturday night "Meal of King
David"], including Lithuanian yeshiva students who had no previous
exposure to chasidic customs. Some of them expressed surprise at the chasidic
custom of the Rebbe giving out shirayim-leftovers from his dishes to his
followers. He explained to them:
"There is war
all over the world, because there are a lot of selfish people. If you remember
to save a portion of your food for someone else, that resists against the
development of disagreements and wars. That's the idea of shirayim."
In February 1940, his
family received a visa to travel to the United States. However, the Soviet
government was refusing to allow refugees to leave. believing that everyone was
better off in the Communist 'paradise'. Asking to leave was often a ticket to
Siberia.
Rabbi Shaul Yedidiah
told the officials he met with that the Torah was sympathetic to the Communist
cause, as it enumerated many laws to protect workers. He assured them that if
they would allow him to go, he would utilize the opportunity to spread
Communist ideology to other countries. They permitted him to leave, whereupon
he traveled to the United States via Russia and Japan.
His clever maneuver
eventually brought about a change in Russian policy and paved the way for many
yeshiva students and others to leave by the same route, leading to the
establishment of the large wartime Jewish community in Shanghai, including much
of the Mir Yeshiva. When he died in 1947, the Chazon Ish (the unofficial leader
of the non-chasidic Ashkenazi Torah students and scholars of Israel) attended
his funeral and explained that he had to honor the man who saved the yeshiva
world.
He arrived in the
United States right after Sukkos of 1940 and spoke positively about the Soviet
government to the press, thereby fulfilling his obligation. He started a
Modzitz community in the United States, but his heart was still in Eretz
Yisrael.
In 1947 he was
finally able to visit for the fourth time, fully intending to remain and
settle. Shortly after he arrived, however, he became ill, and was hospitalized
until he passed away that same year at age 61.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Source: Excerpted
and modified by Yerachmiel Tilles from an article in The Jewish Press by Rabbi
Chayim Lando on Dec. 9, 2022.
Why This Week? This Shabbat, 16 Kislev, is the yahrzeit of the Rebbe
Shaul-Yedidiah.
Biographic note:
Rabbi Shaul-Yedidiah-Elazar Taub [21 Tishrei 1886 - 16 Kislev 1947], author of
Imrei Shaul and Yisa Bracha, was born in O?arów, Poland. In 1920 he became the
second Modzitzer Rebbe, succeeding his father, Rabbi Yisrael. At the outbreak
of WWII, he left Poland and eventually arrived in New York (via Russia and
Japan) in 1940. He was famous for his musical compositions and is said to have
written in excess of 1,500 songs! On his fourth trip to his beloved Land of Israel
in 1947 he fully intended to remain and settle, but he passed away that same
year at age 61. He was the last person buried on the Mount of Olives until
after the 6 Day War.
Milestone: Carrie Soloway, 88,
https://www.timesofisrael.com/carrie-soloway-inspiration-for-trans-jewish-protagonist-of-transparent-dies-at-88/
Milestone: Tom Stoppard, 88 ,
Playwriter. https://www.timesofisrael.com/legendary-british-playwright-tom-stoppard-dies-at-88/
Milestone: Dan Tolkowsky, 104,
Former Commander of the IAF. https://www.timesofisrael.com/dan-tolkowsky-former-air-force-commander-and-israeli-tech-pioneer-dies-at-104/
Inyanay Diyoma
Nov. 29th
Swords of Iron Day 785 start of week
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Boaz Haetzni writing in Yediot
Ahronoth this week showed how the “Palestinian Authority” supposedly 18,000
policemen has 90,000 trained troops waiting to attack Israel when ordered.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-declares-all-orders-signed-by-autopen-under-biden-terminated/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/poll-2-3-of-connected-us-jews-say-mamdani-will-make-nyc-less-safe-for-them/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/airbus-warns-of-travel-disruption-as-thousands-of-planes-need-urgent-software-update/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/zelenskys-chief-of-staff-resigns-as-ukraine-corruption-investigations-widen/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/to-hell-with-trump-and-netanyahu-hamas-messages-played-from-bus-stop-signs-in-cyberattack/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/helmut-kohls-politician-grandson-is-ashamed-of-germanys-response-to-antisemitism/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/report-idf-mulling-expanded-op-in-syria-checking-whether-sharaas-forces-fired-on-troops/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/police-raid-left-wing-event-in-haifa-tell-activists-to-remove-call-for-gaza-pullout/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/thousands-of-israelis-line-up-for-appointment-to-obtain-portuguese-citizenship/
https://www.foxnews.com/us/criminal-networks-exploit-us-interstates-make-human-trafficking-victims-vanish-real-plague
https://www.foxnews.com/us/multiple-victims-gunshot-wounds-valley-fair-mall-california-black-friday-police
https://www.timesofisrael.com/ex-hostage-gadi-mozes-finds-victory-in-return-to-kibbutz-nir-ozs-newly-planted-fields/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/dublin-city-council-to-vote-on-renaming-herzog-park-after-anti-israel-campaign/
Pro-Israel
Lawyers Challenge UK University Academic’s Boycott of Israeli Scholar | Algemeiner.com
Breaking
with Bibi and bombs: progressive wave hits pro-Israel Democratic establishme
Most X accounts
claiming to post from Gaza are run abroad, ministry says
Is
the Muslim Brotherhood’s 100-year plan in the US nearing its end?
IDF
releases dramatic footage of clashes in Syria | Israel National News
Report:
Syrian intelligence linked to attacks on IDF, Druze community | Israel National
News
IDF
eliminates three terrorists who threatened forces in Gaza | Israel National
News
Rocks,
gunfire, and weapons used in Gush Etzion clashes | Israel National News
New
footage of Hezbollah tunnel near Tyre reveals kitchen and field hospital |
Israel National News
Nine
terrorists eliminated in east Rafah tunnel | Israel National News
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/trump-tells-airlines-consider-venezuelan-airspace-closed
Nov. 30th
Swords of Iron Day 786
The Israeli Left and Ashkenazi
Hierarchy vs. a Sephardi Judge and the right wing. Minister appointed a
Sephardi Judge known for fairness to Judge the Military Chief Prosecutor
falsification case – he is ‘nicht von uns’ the Yiddishe Ashkenazi elite. I was
ordered by a Ruv to use Richard instead of Rachamim because Richard can find
work and Rachamim could be a garbage collector. Another item is similar with
the leftists atheistic elite vs. the Charedim. The head of a Charedi Pre-Military
Hesder Yeshiva in Gan Yavne says that the elite army officials are hindering
the real call-up of Charedim. As I wrote many times, the army does not like
religious soldiers. Ofir Winter could never make Major General despite his
tactical knowledge. Zini could never become Chief of Staff because he wears a
Yarmulke. We still have a deep – bottomless pit leftist State despite of the
Likud in Power for many years.
Just an interesting fact: I started
using my hot water electricity as the solar power was less today. 7kw
production per hour and 3kw solar use. Suddenly, the sky turned black and
production dropped to zero. My friend in Rishon Le Tzion saw the sun shining on
the ocean so I am awaking for “here comes the sun”.
It is impossible to be Prime
Minister manage the government, military problems and work with foreign
countries on trial three times a week. Netanyahu requests a pardon to a trial
and appeal that would take at least three or four more years a few times a week. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-876684
Another deep State attack on a
straight person: Police
anti-corruption chief questioned again — just hours after being reinstated
Ukraine
says it hit Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tankers with underwater drones in Black Sea
https://www.foxnews.com/us/mass-shooting-stockton-california-banquet-hall-
leaves-multiple-dead-wounded
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rep-troy-nehls-trump-ally-not-seek-re-election-twin-brother-announces-campaign-replace-him
https://www.foxnews.com/us/rioters-throw-trash-large-garbage-cans-ice-vehicles-new-york-city-multiple-arrested
https://www.foxnews.com/us/massachusetts-man-accused-beating-parents-setting-home-fire-leaving-them-die
https://www.foxweather.com/extreme-weather/see-it-huge-volnado-kilauea-volcano-eruption-episode-37
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/chinese-hackers-turned-ai-tools-automated-attack-machine
IDF,
Yamam arrest five terrorists planning terror attack | The Jerusalem Post
Greece
expands emergency measures amid severe water strain | The Jerusalem Post
US
official: Hamas terrorist surrenders to IDF in Gaza | The Jerusalem Post
Man
arrested for vandalizing Torah scrolls in Kadima | The Jerusalem Post
US
military trucks transported into Israel from UAE | The Jerusalem Post
Khaleda
Zia in critical condition, son’s return uncertain | The Jerusalem Post
Palestinian
Authority continues to transfer payments to terrorists | Israel National News
More on the Afghan in TX. Afghan
TikTok user says he is building bomb targeting Fort Worth | Israel National
News
The
non-existent truce between Hezbollah and Israel | Israel National News
Suspected
Agricultural Terror Attack in Binyamin | Israel National News
Report:
Egypt training police force to be stationed in Gaza | Israel National News
Crow-bar: Samaria
attack: 'He threw an iron rod, I froze. I couldn't talk' | Israel National News
Following
pro-Palestinian pressure, Polish city severs ties with Ashkelon | Israel
National News
IDF
reducing forces in Gaza envelope, residents worried | Israel National News
IDF
concerned: Sensitive info may be leaked to Hezbollah through UNIFIL | Israel
National News
IDF
Chief of Staff orders independent investigation of Hamas massacre plan | Israel
National News
Testimonies
of officers who fought in Jenin revealed | Israel National News
Hamas
claims: We thwarted attempt to kidnap operative | Israel National News
Watch:
Paratroopers discover and destroy weapons cache in Jenin | Israel National News
Iranian
hackers claim: We broke into Israeli nuclear scientist's car | Israel National
News
Report:
Haredi parties asked MK Tibi for elp on Draft Law | Israel National News
https://www.timesofisrael.com/irish-government-slams-dublin-plan-to-remove-name-of-chaim-herzog-from-city-park/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/man-killed-by-train-after-falling-on-tracks-in-tel-aviv-causing-rush-hour-chaos/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/toxic-culture-chaos-in-corbyns-new-far-left-uk-party-as-spat-overshadows-gathering/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/father-of-last-israeli-hostage-in-gaza-truce-mustnt-advance-until-final-2-bodies-returned/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-declares-closed-military-zone-after-settler-attack-wounds-several-palestinians/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-airlines-mostly-unaffected-as-airbus-grounds-6000-jets-for-software-update/
Report:
Syrian intelligence linked to attacks on IDF, Druze community | Israel National
News
https://www.timesofisrael.com/report-idf-mulling-expanded-op-in-syria-checking-whether-sharaas-forces-fired-on-troops/
Dec. 1st
Swords of Iron Day 787
Yehoshua conquered Eretz Yisrael
starting in the year 2488 or 1273 BCE.
From
Thomas: Did you know that Saudi Arabia was not created until 1913, Lebanon
until 1920? Iraq did not exist as a nation until 1932, Syria until 1941; the
borders of Jordan were established in 1946, in violation to Articles of the
Palestinian Mandate, and Kuwait in 1961. Any of these nations that would say
Israel is only a recent arrival would have to deny their own rights as recent
arrivals as well. They did not exist as countries. They were all under the
control of the Turks. Over 80% of the original British Mandate land was given
to Arabs without population transfer of Arabs from the land designated for
Jews.
Op-Ed The Truth as I see it.
One of the people whom I never met
in person is Warren Buffett. He has lived in the same house he bought 60 or 70
years ago as a humble person. He gives along with his son billions to charity.
He does enjoy earning money and investing but like Dovid HaMelech does not let
things go into his head.
People ask me as a person from the
right wing why do I have enough with Netanyahu? He started out OK but instead
of being humble like his black Yarmulke Father or religious like his Rabbi
brother-in-law, power corrupted his wife, who in turn corrupted him. She bullies
him so much that he had to remove the picture of his religious daughter from
his first wife and all contacts.
It is more than their leaving
Shabbos Observance and eating Trafe Food in Public it is a certain lack of
ability to pay for things and have their followers treat them to an ice cream
or fruit in the market as they carry no money. It is not the champagne or
cigars from their wealthy friends but not paying back the 5 or 10 shekels to
their poorer friends. He and the truth often don’t match and that is putting it
mildly.
The Orthodox Jews only prefer him
because the atheist left is busy doing their best to try to destroy religion
[Marx called it the opiate of the masses]. The lack of soldiers could be solved
easily by adding to the army people between 26 and 40 new immigrants like I was
without bothering one Yeshiva Bachur as when I was drafted and keeping the
reserve until the age of 50. Neither the left nor the right are telling the
public the truth. In Navajo or Cherokee, both are speaking with a folk tongue.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-gave-maduro-ultimatum-flee-venezuela-land-operations-loom-report
After 238 Mafia deaths and raids in
the Bedouin South, the two main murderous families in the north raided. Israel
Police target crime families Abu Latif, Hariri | The Jerusalem Post
Negev Bedouin Criminal Gang Weapons
Cache. Unusual
weapons cache discovered near Dimona reactor | Israel National News
So much for integration of Muslim
Immigrants. https://www.foxnews.com/world/muslim-dad-sons-allegedly-drowned-teen-over-western-lifestyle-refusing-wear-headscarf
Miracle for a soldier:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/surgeons-save-soldier-wounded-in-syria-who-has-a-bullet-lodged-in-his-heart/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/former-netanyahu-lawyer-says-president-cant-pardon-pm-without-an-admission-of-guilt/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-trump-and-saudi-prince-heat-up-ties-israel-normalization-left-out-in-the-cold/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/likud-rebel-demands-changes-to-toothless-ultra-orthodox-draft-exemption-bill/
The Finance Minister
wants to cut the pay and future retirement benefits of soldiers. Confucius he
say, “This is not the most clever thing to do if you want re-enlistment when
Industry pays more or at least better hours.” https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-faces-manpower-crisis-as-fewer-soldiers-keen-on-military-career-new-data-shows/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/dublin-halts-plans-to-rename-citys-herzog-park-after-accusations-of-antisemitism/
Bottomless Pit Deep State on the
Left. Third case against him in a week.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/lahav-433-chief-briefly-arrested-over-refusal-to-sign-off-on-release-terms-lawyer/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/fewer-and-fewer-americans-support-israel-will-their-next-president/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-backed-candidate-leads-polls-in-honduras-presidential-election/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/long-lost-rubens-painting-depicting-crucifixion-sells-for-2-7-million/
Arson
attempt at farm near Elon Moreh | Israel National News
Report:
Shin Bet was unaware of Nova festival on night before massacre | Israel
National News
Israel
announces: Iron Beam laser system to be delivered this month | Israel National
News
Tragedy
in Brazil: Biker stuntman killed during performance | Israel National News
Famed
tenor Andrea Bocelli hosts freed hostage Segev Kalfon in Miami | Israel
National News
New
footage: IDF troops hunt down terrorists in eastern Rafah | Israel National
News
Northern
Command chief on northern border: 'We are on high alert' | Israel National News
https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-and-turkey-agree-to-build-key-trade-rail-link-along-ancient-silk-road/
Dec. 2nd
Swords of Iron Day 788
The State is deeper than the
Marianas Trench in the Ocean, results known @ start. https://www.timesofisrael.com/high-court-ends-hearing-on-ags-dismissal-after-government-fails-to-send-counsel/
Deep State second place goes to
right wing honest policeman being hounded: https://www.timesofisrael.com/lahav-433-chief-to-return-to-work-police-say-following-stormy-interrogation/
Always remember in 1970 Richard
meant Engineer, Rachamim Garbage Collector.
Policeman was in charge of the unit
that captured this terrorist in broad daylight.
Watch:
Dramatic broad daylight arrest in the heart of Shechem | Israel National News
Civilian
vigilance prevents tragedy in Binyamin | Israel National News
Terrorist
who rammed soldier near Hebron eliminated | Israel National News
PA
Textbooks: Six-year-olds to be taught about 'martyrs' | Israel National News
Ransomware
Network Exposed: Student by day, Hezbollah hacker by night | Israel National
News
Op-Ed G. Meotti The Barbarians are
inside the gates and there are no gates. Taqiya:
barbarians are inside the gates and there are no gates | Israel National News
Harvard
Files Another Motion to Dismiss Antisemitism Lawsuit, Student Hits Back |
Algemeiner.com
Antisemitism
in Healthcare Is a Public Health Crisis — and Must Be Treated as One |
Algemeiner.com
Palestinian
Authority TV Denies Holocaust for Second Time in a Month | Algemeiner.com
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/noem-calls-full-travel-ban-countries-flooding-us-immigrants-dc-attack
https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/product-sold-walmart-recalled-due-risk-explosion
‘Chained
like an animal’: Alon Ohel reveals life inside Hamas captivity | Israel
National News
645
Days: Knesset committee considers reclassifying missing girl as hostage |
Israel National News
US
House passes bill barring October 7 attackers from entering US | Israel
National News
Report:
US officials warned Netanyahu over strikes in Syria | Israel National News
Hamas: Body of slain
hostage being handed over to Israel | Israel National News
Kathmandu:
Israeli brutally attacked with an iron club | Israel National News
TAU
lecturer arrested for incitement declares hunger strike | Israel National News
IDF
raids and seals HQ of PFLP-tied 'agricultural' organization | Israel National
News
Mentally
ill suspect accused of assaulting two elderly rabbis | Israel National News
Islamic
Jihad leader who infiltrated Nahal Oz on 10/7 eliminated | Israel National News
Dec. 3rd
Swords of Iron Day 789
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-says-remains-handed-over-by-hamas-are-not-of-ran-gvili-or-sudthisak-rinthalak/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/pm-cancels-televised-address-on-haredi-draft-law-which-bennett-brands-as-deception/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-sought-more-help-on-pardon-request-during-call-with-trump-report/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/over-300-rabbis-jewish-leaders-call-for-removal-of-un-official-who-denied-october-7-rapes/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/15-years-after-deadly-carmel-blaze-state-still-underfunding-wildfire-protection/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-york-to-establish-first-state-sponsored-holocaust-memorial/
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republicans-keep-crucial-congressional-seat-gop-hands-special-election-victory
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/trump-says-americans-may-soon-pay-no-income-tax-white-house-explores-alternative-revenue-streams
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/doj-sues-six-states-refusing-turn-over-voter-registration-rolls-warns-open-defiance-federal-law
Africa
Becomes Center of Global Terrorism Amid ISIS Revivals, Al Qaeda Alliances |
Algemeiner.com
Israel’s
Netanyahu Says Syria Deal Possible, Expects Buffer Zone | Algemeiner.com
Suspects attempt to
smuggle weapons, ram soldiers | Israel National News
Significant storm
expected Sunday | Israel National News
Watch:
Hashmonaim Brigade's first squad commanders graduate course | Israel National
News
Greek airline announces
new Israel-Athens route | Israel National News
Israel, Lebanon to hold
rare civilian-economic discussion | Israel National News
https://www.timesofisrael.com/mass-wedding-in-gaza-celebrates-new-life-after-years-of-war-and-tragedy/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/transportation-minister-says-drivers-who-use-cellphones-to-face-nis-10000-fine/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/ex-honduras-president-hernandez-freed-from-us-prison-after-trump-pardon/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/focusing-on-ai-and-electronic-warfare-idf-restructures-computer-service-directorate/
Dec. 4th
Swords of Iron Day 790 one special
forces policeman’s body still in Gaza
https://www.timesofisrael.com/5-soldiers-wounded-one-seriously-in-attack-on-troops-in-rafah-pm-vows-response/
Anti-Hamas Abu Shabab
militia head killed in Gaza gunfight | The Jerusalem Post
Iran-linked strikes
push Iraq closer to Washington | The Jerusalem Post
Body of slain hostage
Sudthisak Rinthalak returned to Israel | Israel National News
Rocket launchers and
launch tubes found near Yellow Line | Israel National News
CENTCOM forms first
suicide drone squadron in the Middle East | Israel National News
Bedouin. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-teen-indicted-on-terror-charges-for-allegedly-planning-isis-inspired-bombing/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-says-next-phase-of-his-gaza-plan-will-soon-commence-amid-concern-its-stalling/
Hamas’s
Grip on Gaza NGOs Exposed as World Plans Post-War Rebuilding Efforts |
Algemeiner.com
Moving organ donation:
Six-year-old Ariel saved lives even after his death | Israel National News
Ashkelon resident
arrested on charges of espionage | Israel National News
Watch: Edan Alexander
dons an IDF uniform | Israel National News
Victims sue for tens of
thousands of shekels 5 years after attack | Israel National News
10-year-old boy critically
injured in Jerusalem apartment fire | Israel National News
Homes at Jewish
settlement demolished - one month after terror attack | Israel National News
CENTCOM forms first
suicide drone squadron in the Middle East | Israel National News
Netanyahu: Roman Gofman
to be appointed Mossad chief | Israel National News
Defense Minister visits
IDF soldiers wounded in Hamas ceasefire violation | Israel National News
Rafah tunnel terrorists
in constant contact with Hamas leadership | Israel National News
Civil Administration
rescues Israeli from Qalqilya | Israel National News
https://www.foxnews.com/media/dem-congressman-pardoned-trump-accuses-biden-era-doj-weaponizing-indictment
https://www.foxnews.com/health/lower-dementia-risk-linked-routine-vaccination-major-new-analysis
https://www.foxnews.com/media/student-senate-rejects-turning-point-usa-chapter-re-establishment-california-lutheran-university
https://www.foxnews.com/us/university-delaware-student-allegedly-mapped-out-attack-campus-police-illegal-weapons-recovered
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/boasberg-reverses-course-jan-6-defendants-pardoned-trump
China
Slams Israel for Joining UN Human Rights Statement Condemning Beijing |
Algemeiner.com
https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-said-to-back-recognition-of-illegal-farming-outposts-in-west-bank/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-sanctions-tighten-iranians-turn-to-gold-as-hedge-against-falling-currency/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/man-arrested-for-chasing-people-with-an-axe-in-an-ashdod-park-police-say/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-shelved-sanctions-for-pa-leaders-after-abbas-fired-minister-over-prisoner-payments/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-delivers-arrow-3-to-germany-in-largest-defense-export-deal-ever/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-planning-hospital-for-jordanian-patients-in-joint-cross-border-industrial-zone/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/officials-from-israel-and-lebanon-hold-first-direct-talks-in-decades-in-naqoura/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-a-decade-of-work-government-publishes-bill-delineating-future-use-of-ailing-dead-sea/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-startup-unveils-quest-for-electromagnetic-launcher-to-shoot-cargo-into-space/
Dec. 5th
Swords of Iron Day 791
https://www.foxnews.com/media/pirro-calls-suspected-dc-pipe-bomber-quiet-reveals-insight-his-low-key-personal-life
Shabbos times. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/shabat
https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-chief-announces-new-senior-appointments-setting-up-another-potential-clash-with-katz/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-launches-strikes-on-hezbollah-targets-day-after-direct-talks-with-lebanon/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/we-chose-life-eli-sharabi-alon-ohel-recall-helping-each-other-survive-gaza-captivity/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-cleared-for-eurovision-2026-in-ebu-vote-netherlands-spain-ireland-slovenia-quit/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/nyc-mayor-adams-signs-anti-bds-order-weeks-before-mamdani-takes-office/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/legally-iffy-and-loophole-laden-new-haredi-draft-bill-a-recruitment-boon-for-yeshivas/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/smotrich-says-proposed-budget-will-open-banking-market-break-monopolies/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/lithuanian-court-convicts-leader-of-coalition-party-of-inciting-hatred-against-jews/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/intel-officers-censured-dismissed-over-death-of-soldier-during-krav-maga-training/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/microsoft-slapped-with-complaint-over-alleged-storage-of-israeli-surveillance-data/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/ashkelon-man-indicted-for-allegedly-spying-for-iran-as-cases-continue-to-pile-up/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/irans-revolutionary-guards-threaten-us-warships-as-they-stage-naval-exercise-in-gulf/
The IDF soldier in
service to Iran | Israel National News
Poll: Religious Zionism
Party and Likud gain strength | Israel National News
Massive show of support:
Over 1,000 US leaders visit Ancient Shiloh | Israel National News
Terror suspect
neutralized as IDF, police sweep Qalqilya | Israel National News
Agreements
reached: Defense budget for 2026 set at 112 billion shekels | Israel National
News
6-year-old boy dies of
influenza A | Israel National News
Arab Israelis suspected
of photographing home of MK's mother | Israel National News
Delegation flies to Cairo
to secure release of final hostage Ran Gvili | Israel National News
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/omar-allies-tied-massive-minnesota-covid-meal-fraud-scheme-involving-somali-community
https://www.foxnews.com/world/russian-spies-infiltrate-uk-cargo-ships-scout-military-sites-find-weaknesses
https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-seeking-to-declare-transition-to-phase-2-of-its-gaza-plan-in-coming-weeks-official/
A healthy, peaceful and
restful Shabbos,
Rachamim Pauli
