We Israelis have a tendency not to plan ahead. I took a look at
Torah Tidbits and I realized that the high holidays are upon us. This means
planning next week’s double Parsha, Rosh Hashanah and Parsha and Yom Kippur
with Sukkos and Beresheis or Beresheis with Noach. I have a lot of work cut out
for me. Because the 30 day ceasefire is going to be up on Rosh Hashanah and the
Golan is a hot spot not only with Syria/Al Qaeda but ISIS is getting close to
Jordan and us on the southern Golan/Hamat Geder I might be writing a lot on FB
groups and put out a special Inyanay Diyoma Issue.
Ki Seitzei Part 2
24:6 No
man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he takes a man's
life to pledge.
The millstone is the source of his income so by taking the stone
you are cutting off his ability to pay you back or to exist. The Torah
therefore forbids this. The same would be with a laptop today or I-pad and
other objects used for earning an income. There are exceptions today if the
bank gave him a loan to buy a Taxi and he could not pay back the loan they take
the Taxi as essentially the bank owns the Taxi.
7 If a
man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and he
deal with him as a slave, and sell him; then that thief shall die; so shalt
thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.
This wicked one is violating the saying on Sinai and enslaving his
fellow Yisrael. Because he is enslaving and selling his fellow ben Yisrael or
Ger Tzeddek, he deserves the death penalty.
8 Take
heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according
to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you, as I commanded them, so ye
shall observe to do. 9 Remember what the LORD thy God did unto Miriam, by the
way as ye came forth out of Egypt.
The person who does not speak Lashon HaRa will not get Tsoras. The
contrary is true for those who disregard the warning. It is a special Mitzvah
to Remember Shabbos, Remember what happened to Miriam and Remember Amalek of
the six times mentioned in the Torah, Ki Seitzei has 33%.
10 When
thou do lend thy neighbor any manner of loan, thou shalt not go into his house
to fetch his pledge.
Imagine modern times that I am in FL or Yisrael and my friend in
Cleveland or in Los Angeles needs $100 or $150 to finish the month and then
somehow he will send me a check back there are two things in giving out a loan
and the first one is trust and the second one the ability to heaven forbid lose
the loan by default. And certainly I would not knock myself out traveling at a
large round trip fare to look for a pledge.
11 Thou
shalt stand without, and the man to whom thou do lend shall bring forth the
pledge without unto thee. 12 And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep with
his pledge; 13 thou shalt surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goes
down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless thee; and it shall be
righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.
Not everybody who takes a loan is poor. Usually it is the poor man
that needs the loan. However, sometimes a rich man is short of cash and needs a
loan. From the rich man whom you have loaned you can take collateral.
14 Thou
shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy
brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates.
You
shall not withhold the wages of a [poor or destitute] hired worker: But has
this not already been written [in the verse, “You shall not withhold what is
due your fellow [Jew]” (Lev. 19:13)]? However, this [negative commandment] is
[repeated here] to [make one] transgress two negative commandments for
[withholding the pay due] a destitute person: [First, here,] not to withhold
the wages of a worker who is poor or destitute, and [secondly,] concerning
[even] the well-to-do worker, one was already admonished (Lev. 19:13)],“You
shall not [unjustly] withhold what is due your fellow [Jew, which includes the
destitute as well].” - [B.M. 61a] [See Chavel and Yosef Hallel, who quote the
Reggio edition, which is more correct.] Destitute: Heb. אֶבְיוֹן,
one who longs for everything [because he has nothing. The word for longing (תאב) resembles the word for destitute (אֶבְיוֹן)]. - [See Midrash Prov. 22:22] Of your
strangers: This [refers to] a righteous proselyte [who converts to Judaism out
of genuine conviction and pure motives]. — [Sifrei 24:145] Within your cities:
This [expression refers to] a convert who [has undertaken not to practice
idolatry, but] eats animals that have not been ritually slaughtered. — [Sifrei
24:145] Who are in your land: This [expression] comes to include the hire of
animals or utensils. — [Sifrei 24:145, B.M. 111b]
This of course goes on the Orphan but here the poor and the lower
end paid workers and the Gerim are mentioned.
15 In the
same day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it;
for he is poor, and sets his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the
LORD and it be sin in thee.
In those days people were so poor that they would eat only carobs
or cabbage or onions the cheapest food in the season to meet their meager
income.
16 The
fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children
be put to death for the fathers; every man shall be put to death for his own
sin.
This is an important principle.
17 Thou
shalt not pervert the justice due to the stranger, or to the fatherless; nor
take the widow's raiment to pledge.
Just because he is a Ger with no family or a widowed or divorced
woman you cannot take their pledges or be unjust to them.
18 But
thou shalt remember that thou was a bondman in Egypt, and the LORD thy God
redeemed thee thence; therefore I command thee to do this thing.
You
shall remember [that you were a slave in Egypt, and the Lord, your God,
redeemed you from there]: [God says:] On that condition I redeemed you,
[namely, on the condition] that you observe My statutes, even if you incur
monetary loss in the matter.
19 When
thou reap thy harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou
shalt not go back to fetch it; it shall be for the stranger, for the
fatherless, and for the widow; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the
work of thy hands.
And
forget a sheaf: but not a stack. [That is, if someone forgot a stack of grain,
he may go back to retrieve it.] (Sifrei 24:149). Hence, [our Rabbis] said:
(Pe’ah 6:6) A sheaf containing two se’ah, which someone forgot, is not
considered שִׁכְחָה [that is, the
harvester is permitted to go back and retrieve it]. [When you reap your harvest
in your field and forget a sheaf] in the field: [Why the repetition of the
word“field”? This comes] to include שִׁכְחָה
of standing grain, part of which the harvester had forgotten to reap, [not only
bound up sheaves standing in the field]. - [Sifrei 24:149] You shall not go
back to take it: From here, [our Rabbis] said: Whatever is behind him is
considered שִׁכְחָה, “forgotten” [and may
not be retrieved]. Whatever is in front of him, is not considered “forgotten”
[and may still be retrieved], since it does not come under the law of “you shall
not go back to take.” - [Pe’ah 6:4] So that [the Lord, your God,] will bless
you: Although [the forgotten sheaf came into his hand without intention [of the
owner]. How how much more so [will one be blessed] if he did it liberately!
Hence, you must say that if someone dropped a sela, and a poor man found it and
was sustained by it, then he [who lost the coin] will be blessed on its
account. — [Sifrei 24:149]
Boaz was old and without children by observing this Mitzvah above
and beyond the required observance in the Torah he ended up become an ancestor
of the Moshiach.
20 When
thou beat thine olive-tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again; it shall
be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
You
shall not detract for its glory it [by picking all its fruit] after you: Heb. לֹא-תְפַאֵר, [This word is derived from פְּאֵר or תִּפְאֶרֶת, “glory.” The “glory”
of an olive-tree is its fruit. Thus, the meaning is: “You shall not take its
glory” (תִּפְאֶרֶת) from it. [I.e., do
not remove all its fruit.] Hence, [our Rabbis derive that [in addition to the
harvest of grain and produce, in fruit-bearing trees also], one must leave
behind פֵּאָה, [fruits at the end of the olive harvest].
— [Chul. 131b] After you: This refers to שִׁכְחָה,
forgotten fruit [in the case of a fruit-bearing tree, that one must leave the
forgotten fruit for the poor to collect]. — [Chul. 131b]
21 When
thou gather the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it after thee; it
shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
[When
you pick the grapes of your vineyard,] you shall not glean: i.e., if you find עוֹלְלוֹת, small clusters therein, you shall not
take them. Now what constitutes עוֹלְלוֹת
[thus necessitating them to be left for the poor]? Any cluster of grapes which
has neither a כָּתֵף,“shoulder” or a נָטֵף, “drippings.” But if it has either one of
them, it belongs to the householder. — [Pe’ah 7:4] I saw in the Talmud
Yerushalmi (Pe’ah 7:3):“What is a כָּתֵף,
shoulder?” It is [a cluster of grapes] in which the sprigs of grapes pile one
on top of the other [at the top of the cluster, together taking on the shape of
a shoulder. And what is] a נָטֵף,“drippings?” These
are the grapes suspended from the central stalk [of the cluster, as though
dripping down].
It is also good advice that you prolong your days too and your
wife will not be a widow or your children fatherless.
22 And
thou shalt remember that thou was a bondman in the land of Egypt; therefore I
command thee to do this thing. 25:1 If there be a controversy between men, and
they come unto judgment, and the judges judge them, by justifying the righteous,
and condemning the wicked,
What happens if one of the men is a con-artist with cunning
language and the other stutters at the time they come before the judges he is
speechless or cannot express himself properly? Judgement is not so easy. I have
heard a few cases that came before Rabbi Mimran and in one case he asked one to
make a compromise with the other.
2 then it
shall be, if the wicked man deserve to be beaten, that the judge shall cause
him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to the measure of
his wickedness, by number.
The
judge shall make him lean over: This teaches [us] that they [the judges] do not
flog [the guilty party while [the latter is] standing or sitting, but, [when he
is] leaning over. — [Mak. 22b] [The judge shall… flog him] in front of him,
commensurate with his crime: Heb., כְּדֵי רִשְׁעָתוֹ
[singular-meaning one punishment before him -] and behind him twice that
number. From here they [the Rabbis] said: “They must give him two thirds [of
his lashes] behind him [i.e., on his back], and one third in front of him
[i.e., on his chest]” (Mak. 22b) In number: Heb. בְּמִסְפָּר,
but it is not vowelized בַּמִּסְפָּר, in the number. This
teaches us that the word בְּמִסְפָּר is in the construct
state, [qualifying the word following it which is the first word of the next
verse, namely, אַרְבָּעִים], to read: בְּמִסְפָּר אַרְבָּעִים, that is, “[and flog
him…] the number of forty,” but not quite a full quota of forty, but the number
that leads up to the full total of forty, i. e., “forty-minus-one.” - [Mak.
22b]
3 Forty
stripes he may give him, he shall not exceed; lest, if he should exceed, and
beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should be dishonored
before thine eyes.
He…
shall not exceed: From here, we derive the admonition that one may not strike
his fellow man. - [Keth. 33a, San. 85a] And your brother will be degraded:
All day [that is, throughout the entire procedure], Scripture calls him רָשָׁע, “wicked,” but, once he has been flogged,
behold, he is “your brother.” - [Sifrei 25:153]
A doctor is next to the man sent by the Beis Din so that he shall
not die. If after one lash or 20 lashes if the doctor says that he is in no
shape to be given more stripes then we stop in the middle.
4 Thou
shalt not muzzle the ox when he treads out the corn.
The Torah worries about the honor and suffering of dumb animals
and allow him to eat some of the production that falls on the floor and we
allow the beast to eat some.
5 If
brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of
the dead shall not be married abroad unto one not of his kin; her husband's
brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty
of a husband's brother unto her.
We had the news story of the brother last week who refused to
perform Halitza without money or Yebum for the woman. I was disturbed by both
sides in this wring of the woman for money by the family. Either fulfil the Mitzvah
or free the woman!
6 And it
shall be, that the first-born that she bears shall succeed in the name of his
brother that is dead, that his name be not blotted out of Israel.
Thus if her ex-husband was Reuven-Shimon she could call him either
that name or add on let us say Zevulun-Reuven-Shimon for the husband died young
and maybe there was a bad Mazel in that name.
7 And if
the man like not to take his brother's wife, then his brother's wife shall go
up to the gate unto the elders, and say: 'My husband's brother refuses to raise
up unto his brother a name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a
husband's brother unto me.' 8 Then the elders of his city shall call him, and
speak unto him; and if he stand, and say: 'I like not to take her'; 9 then shall
his brother's wife draw nigh unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose
his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face; and she shall answer and say:
'So shall it be done unto the man that doth not build up his brother's house.'
10 And his name shall be called in Israel the house of him that had his shoe
loosed.
Halitza is performed with a special type of sandal and not an
ordinary shoe. It was an embarrassment in the times gone by not to fulfil this
Mitzvah. Nowadays, we do not have tribal inheritance and two wives are not our
usual form of marriage anymore as I wrote in the past there are only about 849
men who have taken on a second wife and mostly due to illness, refusal to
accept a GET and of course some common-in-law candidates.
11 When
men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draws near to
deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smites him, and puts forth her
hand, and takes him by the secrets; 12 then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine
eye shall have no pity.
The Rabbis considered this a fine. But I ask what type of woman
grabs a man by his private parts?
13 Thou
shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small. 14 Thou shalt
not have in thy house diverse measures, a great and a small. 15 A perfect and
just weight shalt thou have; a perfect and just measure shalt thou have; that
thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God gives thee. 16 For
all that do such things, even all that do unrighteously, are an abomination
unto the LORD thy God.
In Lev. 19 – 20 we had the Mitzvah of just weights and measures
Ephod Tzeddek and Hin Tzeddek are required.
This behavior of attacking women, children, the elderly like with rockets are the behavior of Amalek. Of course if you have people calling themselves “leaders” that follow public opinion polls, political expediency and their fear “What will the Goyim say?” we end up worse off than before.
Parsha Ki Savo
Remember back in Parsha Re’eh that there was to be a blessing on
Har Gerizim and a curse on Har Eval but then a long interval. Well that was at
the start of Moshe Rabbaynu’s second Drasha. This week the Drasha is about to
conclude and we get to know what to do on those mountains.
This week starts out with part of the Haggada of Pessach which
deals with the first fruits of Shavuos. It also explains that strange sentence
in the Haggada about Aram where our father worked and then went down into
Mitzrayim – it is taken from here.
26:1 And
it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the LORD thy God gives
thee for an inheritance, and do possess it, and dwell therein;
We don’t usually see this connection with the section of Amalek
because we read this section hours or a week apart from the last Sedra.
However, here we see a smooth flow as last we ended with when you are given
rest in your land and here when you receive your inheritance in your land.
2 that
thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which thou shalt
bring in from thy land that the LORD thy God gives thee; and thou shalt put it
in a basket and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to
cause His name to dwell there. 3 And thou shalt come unto the priest that shall
be in those days, and say unto him: 'I profess this day unto the LORD thy God,
that I am come unto the land which the LORD swore unto our fathers to give us.'
4 And the priest shall take the basket out of thy hand, and set it down before
the altar of the LORD thy God. 5 And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD
thy God: 'A wandering Aramean was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and
sojourned there, few in number; and he became there a nation, great, mighty,
and populous.
I was 9 years old when my family sent me to the Reform “Sunday
School” a few months before my 10th birthday was my first Pessach as
we were so assimilated. As a young fellow, I found myself conducting the Seder
from a Reform Haggada with my grandfather’s scarf around my shoulders instead
of a Reform Tallis which was about the same size. I answered the 4 questions in
my own little way and then was confronted by this passage which made no sense
to me and I had no idea where it came from. In fact I did not know what Shavous
even was much less Bikurim to be brought before the L-RD with this confession.
I figure that other assimilated Jews and Gerim must feel this way at times.
That is why some of the best speakers and teachers like HaRav Simcha HaCohain
Kuk Shlita start off with the simplest case and work up harder and harder to
get into the Halacha in their lectures so that everybody from the nation can
understand them.
And
you shall call out: Heb. וְעָנִית [Usually meaning to
“respond.” However, in this context, this word] denotes the raising of the
voice. — [Sotah 32b] An Aramean [sought to] destroy my forefather: [The
declarer] mentions [here] the kind deeds of the Omnipresent [by stating]:“An
Aramean [sought to] destroy my forefather.” That is, Laban, when he pursued
Jacob, sought to uproot [i.e., annihilate] all [the Jews], and since he intended
to do so, the Omnipresent considered it as though he had actually done it
(Sifrei 26:5), for [regarding] the pagan nations of the world, the Holy One,
Blessed is He, considers the [mere] intention [of an evil deed] as [being
equivalent to] the actual perpetration [of the deed itself]. — [Yerushalmi
Pe’ah 1:1 at end] Who then went down to Egypt: And [apart from Laban,] still
others came upon us to annihilate us, for after this, Jacob went down to Egypt
[“and the Egyptians treated us cruelly…”]. With a small number of people:
[Namely,] seventy persons. — [Sifrei 26: 5; see Gen. 46:27]
6 And the
Egyptians dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage. 7
And we cried unto the LORD, the God of our fathers, and the LORD heard our
voice, and saw our affliction, and our toil, and our oppression. 8 And the LORD
brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm,
and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders. 9 And He hath
brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, a land flowing with
milk and honey. 10 And now, behold, I have brought the first of the fruit of
the land, which Thou, O LORD, hast given me.' And thou shalt set it down before
the LORD thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God. 11 And thou shalt
rejoice in all the good which the LORD thy God hath given unto thee, and unto
thy house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is in the midst of thee.
The time period for the first fruits are from Shavous until the
end of the Sukkos holiday when the harvest is over for the year.
12 When
thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithe of thine increase in the third
year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, to the
stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, that they may eat within thy
gates, and be satisfied,
Poor man’s tithe which gives an opportunity for the landless
people and new comers to Yisrael who have not established themselves to get
income above that of the forgotten sheaves, grain or fruit that fell or was not
gleamed or taken off the tree when the workers went through. In the News this
week: The poor of Israel need help for Rosh Hashanah! http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4569584,00.html
13 then
thou shalt say before the LORD thy God: 'I have put away the hallowed things
out of my house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the
stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to Thy commandment
which Thou hast commanded me; I have not transgressed any of Thy commandments,
neither have I forgotten them. 14 I have not eaten thereof in my mourning,
neither have I put away thereof, being unclean, nor given thereof for the dead;
I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, I have done according to all
that Thou hast commanded me. 15 Look forth from Thy holy habitation, from
heaven, and bless Thy people Israel, and the land which Thou hast given us, as
Thou didst swear unto our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.'
This is the confession. One must note that trees that possibly
nurture from a neighbor cannot become Bikurim unless one arranges for a
partnership with that neighbor. Since the original inheritance is out of the question
as nobody knows his tribal inheritance from Yehoshua bin Nun’s time we would
observe Bikurim more as a Rabbinical Ordinance than a Torah Ordinance.
16 This day the LORD thy God commands thee to
do these statutes and ordinances; thou shalt therefore observe and do them with
all thy heart, and with all thy soul.
This is great Mussar. It is a matter of trying. The fact that we
make an effort to come to pray three times each day is important. However, we
all know that the same prayer and words make it humanly impossible especially
in the modern working world with too many distractions to pray with intent. We
are not a small cobbler shop that might open at 10:00, 10:05, 10:30 in the
morning we work mostly for institutions with a time clock and exacting bosses
and must be punctual which means coming in early or precisely on time and in
some cases the pen or pencil or computer stops at a precise time and we have a
company bus or a certain train to catch. So when we say three times a day “Oh
KING, HELPER, SAVIOR, SHIELD. Blessed are YOU…the shield of Avraham” we cannot
possibly have the same intent of the Sages who prepared for an hour before
praying or even like a Yeshiva student today for we are busy with all sorts of
things.
17 Thou
hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and that thou would walk in His
ways, and keep His statutes, and His commandments, and His ordinances, and
hearken unto His voice.
However, no matter how busy or deep in work we must keep HIS
Mitzvos. We cannot make excuses but HASHEM must before us daily. We are part of
Am Yisrael and everybody is a guarantor for each other doing Mitzvos 24/7. I
see this from my point of view as strange that those who come to the Synagogues
only for the High Holy Days or Yomim Tovim don’t bother themselves when they
beat their breasts on Yom Kippur of trying to turn closer to HASHEM. I have
enough trouble trying to make Rachamim Pauli come closer to HASHEM so trying to
convince others becomes a problem.
18 And
the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be His own treasure, as He hath
promised thee, and that thou should keep all His commandments; 19 and to make
thee high above all nations that He hath made, in praise, and in name, and in
glory; and that thou may be a holy people unto the LORD thy God, as He hath
spoken.
Higher above the nations does not mean material wealth although
all in all it can be. It means spiritual wealth. The realm of the Jewish
Neshama is not in this world but in the next and therefore our wealth and
treasury is not physical. Our wealth is pure spiritual.
27:1 And
Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying: 'Keep all the
commandment which I command you this day. 2 And it shall be on the day when ye
shall pass over the Jordan unto the land which the LORD thy God gives thee,
that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaster them with plaster. 3 And
thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed
over; that thou may go in unto the land which the LORD thy God gives thee, a
land flowing with milk and honey, as the LORD, the God of thy fathers, hath
promised thee. 4 And it shall be when ye are passed over the Jordan, that ye
shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Eval, and
thou shalt plaster them with plaster. 5 And there shalt thou build an altar
unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones; thou shalt lift up no iron tool upon
them. 6 Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of unhewn stones; and
thou shalt offer burnt-offerings thereon unto the LORD thy God. 7 And thou
shalt sacrifice peace-offerings, and shalt eat there; and thou shalt rejoice
before the LORD thy God. 8 And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words
of this law very plainly.'
Written in Stone the words of Torah as an everlasting testament. I
might also have a modern billboard which prints out Torah 24/7 going through
the five Seforim in a certain amount of time and repeating itself that it could
be seen night and day for a long distance or a series of billboards throughout
the land achieving this purpose to awaking us. For every year when I write my
commentary, I go in “cold” and 95% of the time do not look what I wrote the
previous years so that I find something new in the words each time. The Torah
is alive for us and wfe have to see different things at different times in our
lives and the life of our nation.
We are now going into the section mentioned in Re’eh of the
blessings and the curses:
9 And
Moses and the priests the Levites spoke unto all Israel, saying: 'Keep silence,
and hear, O Israel; this day thou art become a people unto the LORD thy God. 10
Thou shalt therefore hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and do His
commandments and His statutes, which I command thee this day.' 11 And Moses
charged the people the same day, saying: 12 'These shall stand upon mount
Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are passed over the Jordan: Simeon, and
Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin; 13 and these shall
stand upon mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan,
and Naphtali. 14 And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of
Israel with a loud voice:
All tribes being equal were chosen by HASHEM for this purpose. In
spite of Zimri and the tribe of Shimon’s recent history with Baal Peor they
were chosen to be on Har Gerizim and note the twelve tribes are the original
ones thus the two tribes from Yosef come under the heading Yosef.
15 Cursed
be the man that makes a graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD,
the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret. And all the
people shall answer and say: Amen.
This is a full statue of something from heaven and earth for the
purpose of worship. Thus the twisted pieces of iron for the 9/11 memorial in
the forest near Yerushalayim are OK as they are neither for worship nor the
shape of something from heaven and earth found in nature. However, icons and
statues found among non-Jews are something else. I was thinking regarding the
statue of Buddha if that is like a statue of George Washington or for worship
as that makes a difference Torah-wise.
16 Cursed
be he that dishonors his father or his mother. And all the people shall say:
Amen. 17 Cursed be he that removes his neighbor's landmark. And all the people
shall say: Amen. 18 Cursed be he that makes the blind to go astray in the way.
And all the people shall say: Amen. 19 Cursed be he that perverts the justice
due to the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say: Amen.
20 Cursed be he that lies with his father's wife; because he hath uncovered his
father's skirt. And all the people shall say: Amen. 21 Cursed be he that lies
with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say: Amen. 22 Cursed be he
that lies with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his
mother. And all the people shall say: Amen. 23 Cursed be he that lies with his
mother-in-law. And all the people shall say: Amen. 24 Cursed be he that smites his neighbor in
secret. And all the people shall say: Amen.
And if he is from the Mafia and does so in public is it less
problematic? Rather one should not smite his neighbor period but we cannot stop
every violent act and temperament of everyman. This also brings to question
boxing and other martial arts that can injure an opponent. The question is
wrestling and Judo under this as generally the opponent is not badly hurt but a
muscle might be strained from the event.
25 Cursed be he that takes a bribe to slay an
innocent person. And all the people shall say: Amen. 26 Cursed be he that confirms not the words
of this law to do them. And all the people shall say: Amen.'
Ever hear the expression “I am a good Jew in my heart”, well the
requirement is not only the theory of the heart but to do the commandments!
Not an ordinary way of being blessed but the will OVERTAKE YOU!
3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. 4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy cattle, and the young of thy flock. 5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough. 6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou come in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou go out. 7 The LORD will cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thee; they shall come out against thee one way, and shall flee before thee seven ways.
Our current problem is that perhaps they fled through 7 different tunnels and exits in Gaza but we could not see the miracles as they were hidden underground.
8 The LORD will command the blessing with thee in thy barns, and in all that thou put thy hand unto; and He will bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God gives thee. 9 The LORD will establish thee for a holy people unto Himself, as He hath sworn unto thee; if thou shall keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in His ways.
Note it is not enough to merit this if you are a good Jew in your heart. This is not unconditional rather there is a condition: * if you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and walk in HIS ways. *
10 And all the peoples of the earth shall see that the name of the LORD is called upon thee; and they shall be afraid of thee.
How come I shot the rocket perfectly aligned to the Azrieli Center or the main Military Headquarters or the Airport and it totally missed by veering off course the last moment. Your G-D is fighting for you!
11 And the LORD will make thee over-abundant for good, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, in the land which the LORD swore unto thy fathers to give thee.
This corresponds with another blessing for observing the Mitzvos that there will not be a barren person among you. This sometimes effects Tzaddikim as the Lubavitcher Rebbe with all his observance and help to others never had a child. Is it that he bore the punishment for the generation?
12 The LORD will open unto thee His good treasure the heaven to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand; and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow.
When we observe the Mitzvos, we will be able to lend and not need to borrow.
13 And the LORD will make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if thou shalt hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them;
This condition is not for being weak on the Mitzvos but rather on condition: if thou shalt hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them;
14 and shalt not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
At this point starts the series of curses for not following the Mitzvos and at first a general warning in Pasuk 15 and then curses getting worse and worse.
15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all His commandments and His statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee.
The 2000 years of curses go on and on for our not complying to the commandments.
… 69 These are the words of the covenant which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which He made with them in Horeb.
29:1 And
Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them: Ye have seen all that the
LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his
servants, and unto all his land; 2 the great trials which thine eyes saw, the
signs and those great wonders; 3 but the LORD hath not given you a heart to
know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
Observe the Mitzvos remember the miracles and pass them on to your
children do not let them be put aside and lost.
4 And I
have led you forty years in the wilderness; your clothes are not waxen old upon
you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot. 5 Ye have not eaten bread,
neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink; that ye might know that I am the
LORD your God.
I don’t know about you folks but I have garments that wear out
after a while after a certain amount of time even with changes my clothes wear
out. I am constantly replacing shoes, socks, pants, shirts and under garments. Do
you know what a miracle this was that something lasted 40 years without being
warned or frayed?
6 And
when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of
Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them. 7 And we took their
land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites,
and to the half-tribe of the Manassites. 8 Observe therefore the words of this
covenant, and do them, that ye may make all that ye do to prosper.
Axiom: Observe the Mitzvos and you will prosper!
Plan to have massive Shabbos violation: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/184828#.VAxLcMYcTIU
Lapid tried to fight the Charedim and they declared war against
serving in the army. Enlistment fell drastically. However, if you don’t try to
force the Charedim the situation is better after enlistment was down Protective
Edge brought the Charedim back. It was the war of Lapid against Charedim that
they would go to jail rather than the army now they are enlisting in larger
numbers. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/184847#.VA0fkcYcTIU
And the
race is on: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4568701,00.html
9/11 a condolence for an orphan
this year
My neighbor Denise C. has a sister who was one of the widows left
from 9/11. After years a trust fund was set up for the orphans of the tragedy.
This last month, her niece got married to a well to do Jewish Family but
because of her little trust fund had a pre-nuptial agreement. After 13 years of
being an orphan the girl can start to rebuild her life and hopefully become a
mother in Yisrael.
A Yiddishe Mama: A Vision in Auschwitz http://www.aish.com/print/?contentID=273980081§ion=/sp/so
“Miracles,” the siblings answered patiently to everyone who asked.
And it was true. Miracles had abounded in all of their lives during their incarceration at Auschwitz, but Miriam’s, they agreed, was vastly different from those experienced by Esther, Faigy, Sima, Yitu, Monci, Binyamin, and Leishu. While their miracles fell under the realm of what could be called the rational, Miriam’s belonged to a different category altogether.
Several weeks after her arrival at Auschwitz – after having survived several “selections” and having kept death at bay – sixteen-year-old Miriam was suddenly pulled out of the row of prisoners lining up for “roll call” one morning, and transported to a separate section of the camp where a different procession was in place. Perhaps something about Miriam’s demeanor that day had displeased the Nazi soldier whose gaze had settled upon her, or perhaps there was simply a quota to fill. For whatever random reason that no one could ever explain (and was there an explanation, after all, for the Nazis’ haphazard and merciless decrees?) Miriam had been directed to join the column of prisoners marching slowly towards the crematorium that would turn them into ash.
At first, Miriam thought that she might have been sent on a new work detail. But the women in front of her and the women behind disabused her of that notion. “Isn’t there anything we can do?” she begged them. “Look around you,” they whispered. “Nazi soldiers with guns everywhere. How can we possibly escape?”
Miriam looked at where the women pointed. Unlike them, however, she didn’t see the menacing guards with their drawn guns, nor the German shepherds who helped herd the pitiful tatters to their inevitable fate. What she saw instead…several yards from where she stood…was the thoroughly unexpected but utterly beloved visage of her mother, Chinka Chaya Baba, who had been transported with her daughters to Auschwitz and then transferred to a different barracks somewhere else. All these weeks, the daughters hadn’t had any contact with their mother, and couldn’t find her. What was she doing here of all places, Miriam wondered, right near the crematorium, and why were the soldiers oblivious to her presence? It was an incongruous emotion to be sure, but even as she trudged towards certain death, Miriam’s heart exploded with joy to see her mother again. But why was her head not shaved like everybody else?
As Miriam studied her mother in shock and bewilderment, her mother raised a scrawny arm, motioning that she should join her. Miriam glanced meaningfully at the guards nearby. I can’t, she signaled with her eyes. Her mother nodded her head encouragingly and beckoned her again. How could her mother think that she could escape? Miriam waved her hand at the soldiers who flanked her. It’s impossible, her movements said. But suddenly, there was a commotion in the back of the procession, and several guards dropped behind to investigate. NOW! Her mother gesticulated wildly. It made no sense, it was doomed to fail, but Miriam obeyed her mother’s command. She broke from the line and ran for her life, back to her barracks, back to where her sisters tensely waited and plied her with kisses and extra crusts of day-old bread.
“What happened to you?” they demanded. “Where did they take you? Where did you go?”
She told them everything: how her mother had astonishingly appeared at the precise place where she and the others had been rounded up, how the Nazis had been oddly unaware of her mother’s presence, how she had insistently pantomimed that Miriam should run. “And I was so overjoyed to see Mamma again!” she babbled almost incoherently, still dazed by her experience. “She looked exactly as she always looked, they didn’t even shave her head!”
The other sisters looked at one another wordlessly. They too were shaken by Miriam’s recital: Her near-brush with death made them shudder in fear, but it was their mother’s intercession that made them tremble in awe.
“Miriam,” one of them said gently, tenderly caressing her cheek to soften the blow. “We didn’t want to tell you before, because you’re the most sensitive among us. But we received reliable reports from several different prisoners working at the crematorium. Mamma was killed the first day she arrived, weeks ago.”
“But I saw her clearly,” Miriam wept. “If she hadn’t signaled me to escape, I never would have tried.”
As recounted by Hindy Rozenberg, Miriam’s daughter, to Yitta Halberstam.
Excerpted from Small Miracles from Beyond: Dreams, Visions and Signs that Link us to the Other Side, by Yitta Halberstam & Judith Leventhal.
Chillul HASHEM: My friend was so impressed by this “Tzaddik” who was “so holy” only he was busy doing certain acts with married women that carry the death penalty in Torah and had followers bamboozled. Thank G-D that modern day Justice will be done to this man who acted holier than I probably every will be but at least I am honest and make a measly attempt at following the Mitzvos maybe not to my best potential. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/185003#.VBGPvpscTIU
During the month of Elul, a maggid (traveling preacher) came to Beshenkovitz, where Reb Shmuel Munkes' lived. Reb Shmuel was a beloved chasid of Rabbi Shneur Zalman, founder of Chabad Chasidism. Though known for his sharp wit and "chasidic pranks," Reb Shmuel was no empty joker. He was a deep personality, one who could abide no falsehood, and whose own ego was completely nullified to perform the will of his Creator.
The townspeople saw the maggid's letter of introduction which referred to him as a great tzadik (righteous person), who traveled from town to town only to arouse and inspire Jews. Being G-d-fearing people, they immediately invited him to speak and inspire them to serve G-d better.
The maggid began his speech. Over and over again, he accused his audience of committing terrible sins. His entire speech was filled with accusations and descriptions of the terrible punishments awaiting them because their evil behavior had aroused G-d's anger. Only if they would wholeheartedly repent would they possibly have a chance to be spared. The townspeople were utterly broken by the maggid's harsh words, and they cried bitterly, fearing the awesome punishment.
After his speech, the maggid, satisfied with himself, retired to the room that the community had arranged for him.
A short while later, Reb Shmuel entered the maggid's room. He carried with him a long knife and a stone with which to sharpen it. Reb Shmuel closed the door behind him and then bolted it. Without saying a word, Reb Shmuel began to sharpen his knife.
A few tense moments passed. Finally the maggid broke the silence and asked in astonishment, "Sir, could you please tell me what you are doing?"
Without glancing up from the knife he was sharpening, Reb Shmuel answered, "As the honorable, great maggid knows, we are very simple people in this town. Perhaps, it is because of our unintentional sins that we have never merited to have a great, righteous, G-d-fearing scholar in our midst."
Not knowing what to make of this answer, the maggid replied, "Yes, that is true. Nevertheless, what does that have to do with sharpening the knife?"
Reb Shmuel answered simply, "We were taught by our parents that before Rosh Hashana, one is supposed to pray at the graves of the righteous."
Still unsure of what Reb Shmuel's point was, the maggid asked, "That is correct. But why are you sharpening that knife?"
"Oh, that is very simple," explained Reb Shmuel. "The nearest grave site of a righteous person is very far from our town. For some of us it is extremely troublesome and difficult to make such a long journey."
With these additional words, the maggid began to feel uneasy. He started sweating and ventured, "But you still have not explained why you are sharpening your knife in this room!"
Reb Shmuel answered, "Quite simply, I am sharpening my knife here because the townspeople want a very righteous person buried in this town."
Now the maggid had not even a shadow of a doubt as to what Reb Shmuel's intentions seemed to be. The maggid stammered, "But I am not completely righteous. I have also done some small sins, such as ..."
Reb Shmuel dismissed the maggid's revelation, saying, "Honored maggid, you are still a very righteous and learned person. As for the sins that you mentioned, I did not even know that they were transgressions."
The maggid trembled and stuttered, "But I did some transgressions that were much more serious, such as ..."
Concerning this revelation, as well, Reb Shmuel shrugged, insisting, "But to us you are still a tzadik; for us, you are quite good enough."
This strange dialogue continued for some time with the maggid, mentioning more and more severe transgressions and Reb Shmuel telling him, "But you are still acceptable to us, since you are far better than we are."
Finally, the maggid admitted to some extremely serious transgressions and that he was not really the great righteous man that his letter of introduction and credentials claimed him to be. In essence, he was saying, "I am an impostor."
Now, Reb Shmuel no longer played the simpleton. After putting away the knife, he began chastising the maggid for causing the Jews of the town so much pain and sorrow. After making sure the maggid fully understood how one is to talk to and treat another Jew, Reb Shmuel unbolted the door and let the maggid go on his way, much the wiser and more sensitive than before.
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Source: Supplemented by Yerachmiel Tilles from //lchaimweekly.org (#986).
Biographical note: Rabbi Shmuel Munkes (1834-1882)], an elder disciple of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Chabad, was known for his fervent and creative Chasidic service. Stories abound of his sharp wit and "chasidic pranks". He lived in Beshenkovitz and then in Kalisk (or the reverse?) in (or near?) the district of Polotz.
Conversion
controversy: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/184964#.VBCGwpscTIU
Bennett
is up and Livni and Lapid are in panic mode as their polls fall. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/184991#.VBGZLm4cTIU
Inyanay Diyoma
We
are seeing before our eyes the fulfillment of the Nations fighting among
themselves and then after they are weakened coming against Israel for the
final war. We live in times where we have seen Tunisia, Egypt twice,
Libya, Iraq, Syria all go through upheavals. The good L-RD has been merciful to
us having Hezballah, Syria and Iran fighting Al Qaeda and ISIS in the north and
El Sisi fighting Al Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood in the South. Quietly
we were allowed to fight Hamas in the south without making waves but
unfortunately without winning.
On
Friday Hamas promised a renewed round once they get resupplied via various
Sinai tunnels. We blew up 32 tunnels going into Israel but who is to say there
isn't many more?
Ebola or
not Ebola in Israel from Nigerian tourist? Only a stomach infection. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/184793#.VAtGcMYcTIU
What
group is following ISIS for US intelligence? http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4567871,00.html
This is
what happens when you surrender to the Jihad: http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Al-Nusra-threatening-to-put-captive-Fiji-UN-troops-on-trial-under-Islamic-law-374544
Syria preparing to defy Israel and move tanks into a forbidden zone in the Golan War Zone. In 1971 I passed through that area on a tour and saw the destroyed town. In 1973 we gave it away to Papa Assad but had peace for 41 years. http://debka.com/article/24239/Syria-forces-ranged-for-major-counteroffensive-to-dislodge-rebels-from-Quneitra-High-tension-on-Golan
US
cooperating with Iran and Iraq and Syria against ISIS http://debka.com/article/24246/US-Iranian-military-intelligence-cooperation-in-war-on-ISIS-reaps-first-successes-in-Syria-and-Iraq
Brussels
Museum Murderer was trained and working with ISIS http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4568080,00.html
Internal
Israeli Politics astir after the war Livni threatens and Lapid may be on the
way out Charedim in: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/184805#.VAtNDMYcTIU
After an
attempted Coup that Israel exposed and the murders the last day of the fighting
of PLO supporters by Hamas the crackdown by Abu Abbas starts: http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Palestinian-Authority-steps-up-crackdown-against-Hamas-activists-in-the-West-Bank-374600
Jordan
running scared but Kurdish Forces make gains against ISIS: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4568044,00.html
Of course
there is nobody calling this an anti-white hate group: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/09/06/missouri-police-search-for-suspects-in-brutal-beating-caught-on-tape/?intcmp=latestnews
Abu Abbas
cannot trust Hamas well good morning I guess you drank coffee today: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/184815
When Operation Protective Edge started 63 days ago it was
estimated that ISIS had 10 to 15,000 fighters now the estimates are 30,000
because of more and more volunteers for the Caliphate. http://debka.com/article/24250/Obama’s-plan-for-local-armies-to-fight-IS-under-a-“core-coalition”-is-unreal-for-lack-of-military-muscle
Hello,
you-who does anybody in the USA remember Iran and the nuclear world-wide
Threat? http://www.jpost.com/International/Steinitz-heads-to-US-for-high-level-talks-on-Iran-374623
Because
of the beheadings a scene from Dr. Who was removed and Ichabod Crane of Sleepy
Hollow had to be edited but the French did not change the story of the Church
of the Sacred Heart for Political Correctness.
Quote of last week thanks to Dr. Harry comes from John Kerry: At a ceremony to appoint Shaarik Zafar to be
special representative to Muslim communities, the Secretary of State said that
it was our Biblical responsibility as Christians (Jews and Muslims as well) to
“confront climate change.” Moreover, because Muslim countries are some of the
poorest, it is also our duty to protect them from climate change. Poor like Libya, Kuwait, Qatar, United Emirates, Saudi
Arabia, Iraq, Iran, etc.
ISIS
looking to recruit people from nuclear countries like Pakistan and India: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4568196,00.html
The plan
of the Brussels shooter was to make a massive attack in Paris: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/184857#.VA0n8MYcTIU
Ed-Op the
next war will be in the north it's important to see the full
picture – Hezbollah is building up its strength as IDF troops get rusty. A
senior officer in the General Staff, one who is considered level-headed, is
saying Israel must wake up. According to him, if the ground forces are not
strong enough, they'll run into trouble in the north. Nowadays, the IDF
has a very small amount of Namer armored personnel carriers (APC) that can
provide proper protection. The rest are light M113 APCs (nicknamed Zelda), and
we've already seen how safe they are in the APC disaster during Operation
Protective Edge. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4567912,00.html
Tunnel
rats of Gaza dig again into Israel non-stop using child slaves again: Cause for
war: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4568544,00.html
Ed-Op: Do
not underestimate ISIS: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4568568,00.html
NZ ambassador is rejected for he works also for the Palestinian Authority: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/184863#.VA1VvsYcTIU
Self-destruct
spy device kills Iranian in Lebanon. http://debka.com/article/24252/Iranian-specialists-failed-to-capture-a-sophisticated-anti-Hizballah-spying-device-which-self-destructed
The
northern tunnel threat: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4568622,00.html
Israeli
Intel is getting the coalition against ISIS together. “Israel has
provided satellite imagery and other intelligence in support of the US-led
aerial campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq.” He added that after “being
‘scrubbed’ of evidence of its Israeli origin, the information has often been
shared by Washington with Arab and Turkish allies.” … There is also the remote
possibility that the report was intended as a warning signal to draw to
Israel’s notice that its intelligence-sharing mechanism had sprung an
unauthorized leak. http://debka.com/article/24256/Israeli-intel-available-only-to-US-dangled-as-bait-for-Arabs-to-join-Obama’s-anti-IS-coalition
Popular
Minister wants to be UN Ambassador. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/184901#.VA6qOMYcTIU
Moderate
Sunnis sold the reporter(s) to ISIS and you call them moderate!!! : http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/184912
Qatar to
fund city to fund city. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/184917#.VA7PZcYcTIU
Abbas
keeps trying his best to undermine Israel. http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Abbas-wants-UN-to-replace-US-as-leading-negotiator-in-peace-talks-aide-says-374842
Russia claims that Arrow 2 test failed. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/184928#.VA86HcYcTIU
Gaza fishermen try out Zahal. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4569049,00.html
Hamas
grows stronger as it learns from Zahal tactics each time: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4569350,00.html
Israel
changes its policy as “moderates” are replaced by radicals. http://debka.com/article/24258/Israel-pulls-back-from-anti-Assad-policy-as-IDF-redeploys-against-Islamist-seizure-of-Golan-
And he is
“re-assured” by the White House on Iran but not me: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/184940#.VA_KMsYcTIU
Innocent
terrorist hurling explosive device brutally murdered by the IDF in riots
stemming from the arrest of innocent Hamas terrorist planning mayhem: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4569420,00.html
The
Jihadists next door one day he smiles at you in the USA or UK or France and the
next beheads somebody. http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/dgreenfield/the-nice-isis-jihadist-next-door/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+FrontpageMag+%28FrontPage+Magazine+%C2%BB+FrontPage%29
From
Barry Shaw: Martin Indyk paid by Israel-hating, Hamas terror-funding, Qatar.Is
this the reason he dumped on Israel?
http://unitedwithisrael.org/former-us-peace-negotiator-paid-by-qatar/?utm_source=MadMimi&utm_medium=email&utm_content=SURPRISE%3A+Egypt+Says+Palestinian+State+Should+Be+in+Sinai+%28Good+Idea%3F%29&utm_campaign=20140908_m122053856_SURPRISE%3A+Egypt+Says+Palestinian+State+Should+Be+in+Sinai+%28Good+Idea%3F%29&utm_term=more_btn_dark_jpg
http://unitedwithisrael.org/former-us-peace-negotiator-paid-by-qatar/?utm_source=MadMimi&utm_medium=email&utm_content=SURPRISE%3A+Egypt+Says+Palestinian+State+Should+Be+in+Sinai+%28Good+Idea%3F%29&utm_campaign=20140908_m122053856_SURPRISE%3A+Egypt+Says+Palestinian+State+Should+Be+in+Sinai+%28Good+Idea%3F%29&utm_term=more_btn_dark_jpg
This was
not in the Israeli Press so I am taking this with a grain of salt: http://news.yahoo.com/blast-hits-top-meeting-islamist-group-syria-monitor-181648555.html
Muslim
Brotherhood and Al Qaeda of Sinai now more extreme: http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Beheaded-corpse-of-alleged-Israeli-spy-found-in-Sinai-with-note-attached-374961
US –
Syria secret dialogue: http://debka.com/article/24260/Secret-US-Syrian-dialogue-for-coordinating-counter-ISIS-operations-in-Syria-led-up-to-Obama-speech
Netanyahu
convenes the cabinet regarding ISIS http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4569407,00.html
Obama
finally makes a stand on ISIS in Syria: http://debka.com/article/24262/Obama-I-will-not-hesitate-to-act-against-IS-in-Syria-No-safe-haven-for-anyone-threatening-US
So much
for overtures to Iran: http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/After-Obama-declares-war-on-Islamic-State-Iran-slams-make-up-of-emerging-coalition-375043
My late
friend Akiva Schein once said that I was doom and gloom in my analysis of
Israel. But actually I try to be a realist. From a member of the ruling party:
Hamas likely to renew the war: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/185000#.VBGYRm4cTIU
Al Qaeda
takes bribes and releases the Fijian Prisoners: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4569824,00.html
Ted Cruz
booed at Christian Rally for supporting Israel: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/184995#.VBHfM5scTIU
I want everybody to remember that Shabbos is coming and Rosh
Hashanah is just around the corner with Shmita our Sabbatical Year coming in.
Have a good Shabbos and a peaceful one,
Rachamim Pauli
