Gaza: Two PFLP terrorists killed when rocket they were firing exploded prematurely
Neurologist: The Rebbe Was Right
31 Jul 2018
Egalitarian for thee
Rabbi Speaks on Ongoing Ordeal
The New Yorker has published an article titled Israel Passes a Law Stating What’s Jewish About a “Jewish and Democratic State.”
The author writes, "Successive Netanyahu coalitions failed to pass an egalitarian conscription law that puts the same burden on Orthodox youth as it does on secular youth."
If the author is so concernd about equality, why doesn't he write "an egalitarian conscription law that puts the same burden on the Arab minority youth"?
Furthermore, he writes, "Meanwhile, Orthodox ministers in charge of the Interior Ministry under Likud governments began to apply stringently Orthodox, or halachic, standards to conversion for purposes of authorizing '“Jewish nationality.”'
Is it possible that the stringently Orthodox, halachic standards were appled to conversion for the purpose of keeping halacha?
Family of Palestinian Who Killed Yotam Ovadia HY”D Expected to Receive $1,600 Grant, Monthly Salary as Reward
The New Yorker has published an article titled Israel Passes a Law Stating What’s Jewish About a “Jewish and Democratic State.”
The author writes, "Successive Netanyahu coalitions failed to pass an egalitarian conscription law that puts the same burden on Orthodox youth as it does on secular youth."
If the author is so concernd about equality, why doesn't he write "an egalitarian conscription law that puts the same burden on the Arab minority youth"?
Furthermore, he writes, "Meanwhile, Orthodox ministers in charge of the Interior Ministry under Likud governments began to apply stringently Orthodox, or halachic, standards to conversion for purposes of authorizing '“Jewish nationality.”'
Is it possible that the stringently Orthodox, halachic standards were appled to conversion for the purpose of keeping halacha?
Family of Palestinian Who Killed Yotam Ovadia HY”D Expected to Receive $1,600 Grant, Monthly Salary as Reward
30 Jul 2018
29 Jul 2018
28 Jul 2018
For the good of the child
"Ki Kasher Yiyaser Ish Es Bino Hashem Elokecha Miyasrecha", like a man punishes his son Hashem punishes us (Eikev 8:5). Hashem punishes us out of love of a father trying to help his son and not to hurt him. The Ben Ish Chai asks, shouldn't it say the word "Av" father, instead of the word "Ish" a man?
He answers that even a father, who punishes his son for the son's own good, has to a certain degree his own personal agenda. A wayward son is an embarrassment to the father who raised him. Yes he wants to help his son, but he also is angered by the way he is perceived by others as a bad parent. His punishment is tinged with a trace of bitterness for his shattered dreams of raising perfect children.
Hashem does not punish us like an insulted father. He punishes us like an "Ish", a perfectly objective observer of what is good for us, and nothing else.
When dealing with our children, it is incumbent on us to to probe deeply within ourselves and ask, what is for the good of the child, and what am I really doing for my own good.
http://revach.net/tefila/article.php?id=5138
הרב יאיר זמר טוב
No Apologies Necessary
Hashem does not punish us like an insulted father. He punishes us like an "Ish", a perfectly objective observer of what is good for us, and nothing else.
When dealing with our children, it is incumbent on us to to probe deeply within ourselves and ask, what is for the good of the child, and what am I really doing for my own good.
http://revach.net/tefila/article.php?id=5138
הרב יאיר זמר טוב
No Apologies Necessary
27 Jul 2018
26 Jul 2018
The Right and the Left
The Best
A friend sent me the image below.
Latest Palestinian Libel: The Vicious Settler Attack On a Little Old Lady
A friend sent me the image below.
Latest Palestinian Libel: The Vicious Settler Attack On a Little Old Lady
25 Jul 2018
24 Jul 2018
23 Jul 2018
Vatranut
Video reveals: Foreign observer punctures tire in Hevron
Jewish U.S. soldier buried 74 years after going missing during World War II
HARAV ZEV LEFF: YEARNING FOR MOSHIACH – WHAT WILL THE WORLD BE LIKE IN THAT GLORIOUS TIME
Outrage erupts at Stanford after student leader threatens to ‘physically fight Zionists on campus’
Jewish U.S. soldier buried 74 years after going missing during World War II
HARAV ZEV LEFF: YEARNING FOR MOSHIACH – WHAT WILL THE WORLD BE LIKE IN THAT GLORIOUS TIME
Outrage erupts at Stanford after student leader threatens to ‘physically fight Zionists on campus’
22 Jul 2018
20 Jul 2018
A Paid Day Off
Daniel Greenfield has written an article titled KEITH ELLISON DEMANDS AMAZON CENSOR THE DAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER
הגר"ד לאו: האינטרנט כמו אש, צריך להיזהר
Senior Hamas member calls for ridding ‘Palestine of filth of the Jews’
תוכנית המחאה הגאה: שורת הפגנות ששיאן בעצרת בכיכר רבין ביום ראשון בערב
I have a question for those companies permitting their employees to take a paid day off on Sunday to join the strike and protest for same rights for the LGBT community. If I wish to take a paid day off to mourn the destruction of the two Temples and to fast on Tisha B'Av, will I be extended the same right?
הגר"ד לאו: האינטרנט כמו אש, צריך להיזהר
Senior Hamas member calls for ridding ‘Palestine of filth of the Jews’
תוכנית המחאה הגאה: שורת הפגנות ששיאן בעצרת בכיכר רבין ביום ראשון בערב
I have a question for those companies permitting their employees to take a paid day off on Sunday to join the strike and protest for same rights for the LGBT community. If I wish to take a paid day off to mourn the destruction of the two Temples and to fast on Tisha B'Av, will I be extended the same right?
19 Jul 2018
18 Jul 2018
17 Jul 2018
Tefila helps
'We should say 'Shehecheyanu'
The young people of Bnei Yisroel who were about to go into Eretz Yisroel. Moshe Rabbeinu in his last address to them retold the story of their parents' mistakes in the Midbar. When retelling the Cheit of the Meraglim, Moshe says that they were punished and routed by the Emori in their effort to go to Eretz Yisroel without permission. After this defeat they came back to the Machaneh and began to cry. The pasuk says (1:45) "V'Lo Shama Hashem B'Kolchem", Hashem did not listen to them. The next pasuk says that they stayed in Kadeish many years. Rashi says that they stayed there for 19 years without wandering around.
The Netziv says that we see from here that even when Hashem does not listen to our tefilos and does not grant our request, the tefila still helps. While their tefilos did not repeal the gezeira of staying in the Midbar for 40 years, it helped that they settled in one place did not need to wander for 19 years. We can't always get what we want but we always get something!
http://revach.net/tefilah/tefila/Parshas-Devarim-Netziv-Even-An-Unanswered-Tefila-Helps/3949
The young people of Bnei Yisroel who were about to go into Eretz Yisroel. Moshe Rabbeinu in his last address to them retold the story of their parents' mistakes in the Midbar. When retelling the Cheit of the Meraglim, Moshe says that they were punished and routed by the Emori in their effort to go to Eretz Yisroel without permission. After this defeat they came back to the Machaneh and began to cry. The pasuk says (1:45) "V'Lo Shama Hashem B'Kolchem", Hashem did not listen to them. The next pasuk says that they stayed in Kadeish many years. Rashi says that they stayed there for 19 years without wandering around.
The Netziv says that we see from here that even when Hashem does not listen to our tefilos and does not grant our request, the tefila still helps. While their tefilos did not repeal the gezeira of staying in the Midbar for 40 years, it helped that they settled in one place did not need to wander for 19 years. We can't always get what we want but we always get something!
http://revach.net/tefilah/tefila/Parshas-Devarim-Netziv-Even-An-Unanswered-Tefila-Helps/3949
Never too late
Mashiach through the eyes of science
UPDATE: The New York Times article by Associated Press which I wrote about has had the headline changed to "Israel Places New Limitations on Cargo Crossing Into Gaza." It still appears in the previous version at Business Insider over here.
Additionally, whereas previously the article stated, "It appeared to be the first case of Gaza militant using animals to attack Israel," it now reads, "It appeared to be the first case of Gaza militants using birds to attack Israel."
Even though the original article contained the sentence, "Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Israel will cease transferring gas and fuel through the Kerem Shalom crossing until next Sunday but will allow food and essential medication to cross," various media sies had no problem publishing the headline that Israel shut down the cargo crossing.
The New York Times has published an article titled Israel Shuts Down Cargo Crossing Into Gaza to Punish Hamas.
Is it really to punish Hamas or to keep Israel safe?
The Associated Press reported in the article, "On Sunday, Israel says it discovered a falcon to which Gaza militant tied an incendiary device meant to set fires. It appeared to be the first case of Gaza militant using animals to attack Israel."
The Associated Press describes itself as being comprised of outstanding journalists. How come it took me, not an outstanding journalist, the total of 15 seconds to find this 2014 article?
Hamas deploys donkey strapped with explosives as Iron Dome defense system protects Israelis
And this article?
Donkey suicide bomb stopped by Israeli troops in Gaza
It’s never too late for a bar mitzvah
WATCH: R’ Shaya Levin Speaking At A Shidduch Meeting For 10kBatayYisroel.org
KIN'S PAIN & SEARCH GO ON - 1997 article about a search for a long lost brother taken from a Polish hospital to a convent still is relevant today as the family searches for his wherabouts to this day.
UPDATE: The New York Times article by Associated Press which I wrote about has had the headline changed to "Israel Places New Limitations on Cargo Crossing Into Gaza." It still appears in the previous version at Business Insider over here.
Additionally, whereas previously the article stated, "It appeared to be the first case of Gaza militant using animals to attack Israel," it now reads, "It appeared to be the first case of Gaza militants using birds to attack Israel."
Even though the original article contained the sentence, "Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Israel will cease transferring gas and fuel through the Kerem Shalom crossing until next Sunday but will allow food and essential medication to cross," various media sies had no problem publishing the headline that Israel shut down the cargo crossing.
The New York Times has published an article titled Israel Shuts Down Cargo Crossing Into Gaza to Punish Hamas.
Is it really to punish Hamas or to keep Israel safe?
The Associated Press reported in the article, "On Sunday, Israel says it discovered a falcon to which Gaza militant tied an incendiary device meant to set fires. It appeared to be the first case of Gaza militant using animals to attack Israel."
The Associated Press describes itself as being comprised of outstanding journalists. How come it took me, not an outstanding journalist, the total of 15 seconds to find this 2014 article?
Hamas deploys donkey strapped with explosives as Iron Dome defense system protects Israelis
And this article?
Donkey suicide bomb stopped by Israeli troops in Gaza
It’s never too late for a bar mitzvah
WATCH: R’ Shaya Levin Speaking At A Shidduch Meeting For 10kBatayYisroel.org
KIN'S PAIN & SEARCH GO ON - 1997 article about a search for a long lost brother taken from a Polish hospital to a convent still is relevant today as the family searches for his wherabouts to this day.
16 Jul 2018
15 Jul 2018
14 Jul 2018
Sitting in the living room
When My Son’s Car Broke Down Outside Kiryat Joel
'We sat in the living room, suddenly we were filled with blood'
Will the above article with the accompanying picture make its way to the J Street website?
Looking at the homepage, I found an article titled, "Tell Trump: Restore Aid for Palestinian Refugees," and a link to an article which begins with the words "J Street is outraged by the Israeli government’s dispatch of bulldozers today to prepare for the imminent demolition of the West Bank Palestinian community of Khan al-Ahmar." Additionally, there is an article by Suzanne Singer linking the daughters of Zelophehad who courageously asked to inherit a portion in the land of Israel to the just distribution of Israeli land for the Bedouins.
'We sat in the living room, suddenly we were filled with blood'
Will the above article with the accompanying picture make its way to the J Street website?
Looking at the homepage, I found an article titled, "Tell Trump: Restore Aid for Palestinian Refugees," and a link to an article which begins with the words "J Street is outraged by the Israeli government’s dispatch of bulldozers today to prepare for the imminent demolition of the West Bank Palestinian community of Khan al-Ahmar." Additionally, there is an article by Suzanne Singer linking the daughters of Zelophehad who courageously asked to inherit a portion in the land of Israel to the just distribution of Israeli land for the Bedouins.
13 Jul 2018
12 Jul 2018
10 Jul 2018
9 Jul 2018
Parshat Matot Masei
FUNDAMENTALLY FREUND: MUCH ADO ABOUT SOMETHING
British Education Regulators Get Creepy With Jewish Girls
The pasuk (Bamidbar 33:17) lists as one of Bnei Yisroel’s travels, “VaYis’u MiKivros HaTaava, VaYachanu BaChatzeiros”. The Chasam Sofer says that we see a Remez from these words that if you overcome your indulgence, you become more Kadosh and closer to Hashem.
"VaYis’u MiKivros HaTaava", translates to, “they traveled from burying their desires.” VaYachanu BaChatzeiros, they encamped in the “courtyard”. The courtyard, he says, refers to Olam HaZeh. Like it says in Pirkei Avos (4:21), “Hasken Atzmicha B’Prosdor KDei SheDikaneis L’Traklin.” Once we bury our desires we then enter the courtyard to perform Mitzvos and Ma’asim Tovim to prepare ourselves for our entrance to the palace, Olam Habah.
http://revach.net/parshas-hashavua/quick-vort/Parshas-Masei-Chasam-Sofer-Straight-From-the-Burial-To-The-Courtyard/2562
British Education Regulators Get Creepy With Jewish Girls
The pasuk (Bamidbar 33:17) lists as one of Bnei Yisroel’s travels, “VaYis’u MiKivros HaTaava, VaYachanu BaChatzeiros”. The Chasam Sofer says that we see a Remez from these words that if you overcome your indulgence, you become more Kadosh and closer to Hashem.
"VaYis’u MiKivros HaTaava", translates to, “they traveled from burying their desires.” VaYachanu BaChatzeiros, they encamped in the “courtyard”. The courtyard, he says, refers to Olam HaZeh. Like it says in Pirkei Avos (4:21), “Hasken Atzmicha B’Prosdor KDei SheDikaneis L’Traklin.” Once we bury our desires we then enter the courtyard to perform Mitzvos and Ma’asim Tovim to prepare ourselves for our entrance to the palace, Olam Habah.
http://revach.net/parshas-hashavua/quick-vort/Parshas-Masei-Chasam-Sofer-Straight-From-the-Burial-To-The-Courtyard/2562
8 Jul 2018
Keeping Promises
Rabbis Address Dangers of Summer
Teachers lose jobs for sharing anti-Israel views with students
Muslim Congress this week in Florida includes antisemitic, anti-gay, Holocaust denying speakers
Pope Francis under fire from Jewish groups for supporting sainthood of a Second World War Polish priest who accused Jews of ‘fighting against the Church’
By the mitzvah of keeping your promise it says Moshe told the heads of each Shevet about this mitzvah. Why does the torah write this by this mitzvah? Bais Din has the obligation to enforce every mitzvah. The Netziv says that we usually make a promise under some sort of duress in the hopes that our promise will help us achieve our goal whether it is a promise to Hashem to save us or help us in some way or to another person to gain something in return from that person.
Unfortunately, he says, keeping promises is often not easy for us. Typically when the duress has passed and it is time for us to fulfill our end our enthusiasm dramatically wanes and we come up with all sorts of rationalizations why we need not keep our exactly as we promised it or even not at all. This is why Moshe told the leaders of the people that it is up to them to make sure that people keep their promise.
Using the same explanation Rav Zvi Hersh Voidaslav father of Rav Simcha Bunim MiPeshischa explains why the Torah says the seemingly superfluous words "K'Chol Hayotzeh MiPiv Yaaseh"; its deeper meaning is that you should keep your promise with exactly the same enthusiasm that you made it.
http://www.thejewisheye.com/rev_pmatos.html
Teachers lose jobs for sharing anti-Israel views with students
Muslim Congress this week in Florida includes antisemitic, anti-gay, Holocaust denying speakers
Pope Francis under fire from Jewish groups for supporting sainthood of a Second World War Polish priest who accused Jews of ‘fighting against the Church’
By the mitzvah of keeping your promise it says Moshe told the heads of each Shevet about this mitzvah. Why does the torah write this by this mitzvah? Bais Din has the obligation to enforce every mitzvah. The Netziv says that we usually make a promise under some sort of duress in the hopes that our promise will help us achieve our goal whether it is a promise to Hashem to save us or help us in some way or to another person to gain something in return from that person.
Unfortunately, he says, keeping promises is often not easy for us. Typically when the duress has passed and it is time for us to fulfill our end our enthusiasm dramatically wanes and we come up with all sorts of rationalizations why we need not keep our exactly as we promised it or even not at all. This is why Moshe told the leaders of the people that it is up to them to make sure that people keep their promise.
Using the same explanation Rav Zvi Hersh Voidaslav father of Rav Simcha Bunim MiPeshischa explains why the Torah says the seemingly superfluous words "K'Chol Hayotzeh MiPiv Yaaseh"; its deeper meaning is that you should keep your promise with exactly the same enthusiasm that you made it.
http://www.thejewisheye.com/rev_pmatos.html
7 Jul 2018
Life is precious
Why has Labour run the risk of alienating progressive Jews?
Wise words form actress Sara Contreras as she paid tribute to a young girl who was killed in a car crash along with her sisters and father.
"Make everyday a new opportunity to value yourself, your family and your friends. Life is too precious and it can all be taken in a second."
https://nypost.com/2018/07/07/mom-survives-crash-that-killed-husband-4-daughters/
BDS and the New Anti-Semitism
לראשונה באירופה: ישיבה נסגרה בשל אי הוראת לימודי ליבה
An Isolated Nation Among The World's Nations
Wise words form actress Sara Contreras as she paid tribute to a young girl who was killed in a car crash along with her sisters and father.
"Make everyday a new opportunity to value yourself, your family and your friends. Life is too precious and it can all be taken in a second."
https://nypost.com/2018/07/07/mom-survives-crash-that-killed-husband-4-daughters/
BDS and the New Anti-Semitism
לראשונה באירופה: ישיבה נסגרה בשל אי הוראת לימודי ליבה
An Isolated Nation Among The World's Nations
6 Jul 2018
Parshas Pinchas
Parshas Pinchas - Where Do You Stand?
המומחים מזהירים: אנו מצפים לרעידת אדמה משמעותית
Devoid of Jews for decades, one Syrian city is ready to welcome them back
Ways To Improve Our Connection To Hashem
Parshas Pinchas - Balancing Our Midos
Holocaust survivors feel betrayed by Polish-Israeli statement
המומחים מזהירים: אנו מצפים לרעידת אדמה משמעותית
Devoid of Jews for decades, one Syrian city is ready to welcome them back
Ways To Improve Our Connection To Hashem
Parshas Pinchas - Balancing Our Midos
Holocaust survivors feel betrayed by Polish-Israeli statement
5 Jul 2018
Debunking theories
"Reeducate" UK Jewish Kids?
Parashat Pinhas- The Missing Day of the Bein HaMesarim
Conservative versus liberal reporting. Conservatives use a question in the headline if they are unsure of all of the facts. Liverals use the words "conspiracy theory" to debunk the allegations.
DID OBAMA GRANT RESIDENCY TO SWORN ENEMIES OF AMERICA?
DOJ AGREES NOT TO PROSECUTE IMRAN AWAN FOR HOUSE CYBERSECURITY AND THEFT, BUT QUESTIONS REMAIN
Ex-congressional IT staffer reaches plea deal that debunks conspiracy theories about illegal information access
Parashat Pinhas- The Missing Day of the Bein HaMesarim
Conservative versus liberal reporting. Conservatives use a question in the headline if they are unsure of all of the facts. Liverals use the words "conspiracy theory" to debunk the allegations.
DID OBAMA GRANT RESIDENCY TO SWORN ENEMIES OF AMERICA?
DOJ AGREES NOT TO PROSECUTE IMRAN AWAN FOR HOUSE CYBERSECURITY AND THEFT, BUT QUESTIONS REMAIN
Ex-congressional IT staffer reaches plea deal that debunks conspiracy theories about illegal information access
4 Jul 2018
3 Jul 2018
2 Jul 2018
Mourning
HE SURVIVED NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMPS – HE HAS A MESSAGE FOR THOSE WHO THINK AMERICA RUNS ITS OWN
Growing In Emunah – Tefillah
J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami stated the following about the primary victory of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the politician who called the IDF's killing of Palestinian protesters in Gaza a “massacre.”
"This election cycle has brought forward a new generation of candidates running for office who are more outspoken t about their opposition to the policies of Netanyahu’s far-right coalition and who are eager to see the US play a more constructive role in making life better for both Israelis and Palestinians. We celebrate and continue to work to help create the political space for this change.”
https://forward.com/news/national/404213/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-israel-democrat-future/
I wonder what he thinks of Ilhan Omar who tweeted this.
Growing In Emunah – Tefillah
J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami stated the following about the primary victory of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the politician who called the IDF's killing of Palestinian protesters in Gaza a “massacre.”
"This election cycle has brought forward a new generation of candidates running for office who are more outspoken t about their opposition to the policies of Netanyahu’s far-right coalition and who are eager to see the US play a more constructive role in making life better for both Israelis and Palestinians. We celebrate and continue to work to help create the political space for this change.”
https://forward.com/news/national/404213/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-israel-democrat-future/
I wonder what he thinks of Ilhan Omar who tweeted this.
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