A New Jersey town took to ticketing pedestrians caught texting while walking after a rise in jaywalking incidents. Police in Fort Lee., N.J., say people are constantly putting themselves at risk of being hit by cars because they do not pay attention while walking.
...Offenders can be charged $85 per offense — the fine for jaywalking. In the last month and a half, 117 tickets were issued, according to the report.
http://www.crownheights.info/index.php?itemid=43917
The other day my mother told me how she missed the days when you walked ito an elevator and people would talk to you. Nowadays, everyone is busy talking on their cell phones and nobody greets you anymore.
This afternoon I noticed a woman strolling a carriage. Beside her was a young boy whom she must have just picked up from school. But, instead of giving him her undivided attention, she was busy talking on her cell phone. "What a message she was sending to her child," I thought to myself. After a whole day of separation, the mother wasn't interested in what the child would tell her about his day but was more interested in talking to thin air.
So, let's not wait for a ticket to make us more aware of our surroundings. Let's pay attention to one another and let's pay attention to Hashem.
14 May 2012
The return
Yesterday CrownHeightsinfo reported, "The six Torah scrolls that were recently stolen from the Tzemach Tzedek shul in the old city of Tzfas were found today by three children in an abandoned cave in the city."
I echo the thoughts of a comment posted by Yossi.
Mazal Tov! Mazal Tov! A day of much simcha for all of klal Yisroel, and particularly for Eretz Yisroel and the Holy City of Tzfat!
Likewise, the state of Hester of Mashiach Tzidkeinu should become beGilui and we should be redeemed, bekarov umiyad mamash!!
Another comment posted about one of the boys in the pictures identidied as finding the Torah scrolls is as follows:
The tall blond boy was recently orphaned of his mother just before Pesach. Surely her pure neshama guided him to this important discovery. The Rabbi should be sure to contact the father in Tsfat, Dovid Ravitch, if there is reward money. The family needs support at this difficult time.
Anashnews reported that what the police couldn't find, the children did. They report that there will be a parade through the city streets today as the sifrei Torah are returned.
Jeffrey Shapiro writes about Stephanie Rose who was "recently nominated for a lifetime appointment by President Obama in the Southern District of Iowa."
...Rose’s appointment is controversial within the Orthodox Jewish community because of her previous involvement in the prosecution of Sholom Rubashkin;;;"
Read full article: http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/05/13/Orthodox-Jews-Angered-by-Obama-Nominee
I echo the thoughts of a comment posted by Yossi.
Mazal Tov! Mazal Tov! A day of much simcha for all of klal Yisroel, and particularly for Eretz Yisroel and the Holy City of Tzfat!
Likewise, the state of Hester of Mashiach Tzidkeinu should become beGilui and we should be redeemed, bekarov umiyad mamash!!
Another comment posted about one of the boys in the pictures identidied as finding the Torah scrolls is as follows:
The tall blond boy was recently orphaned of his mother just before Pesach. Surely her pure neshama guided him to this important discovery. The Rabbi should be sure to contact the father in Tsfat, Dovid Ravitch, if there is reward money. The family needs support at this difficult time.
Anashnews reported that what the police couldn't find, the children did. They report that there will be a parade through the city streets today as the sifrei Torah are returned.
Jeffrey Shapiro writes about Stephanie Rose who was "recently nominated for a lifetime appointment by President Obama in the Southern District of Iowa."
...Rose’s appointment is controversial within the Orthodox Jewish community because of her previous involvement in the prosecution of Sholom Rubashkin;;;"
Read full article: http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/05/13/Orthodox-Jews-Angered-by-Obama-Nominee
13 May 2012
The six constant mitzvot - Number 1
Last week I posted about a case involving the Ten Commandments.
A federal judge overseeing a lawsuit challenging the display of the Ten Commandments in a Virginia public high school sent the case into mediation Monday.
Media outlets report that instead of making a ruling, U.S. District Judge Michael Urbanski urged both sides to consider whether the display could leave out four commandments that have "God" in the wording.
http://www.necn.com/05/07/12/Va-Ten-Commandments-case-sent-to-mediati/landing_politics.html?&apID=ee2901a365c7416c8f31958a877b858a
In honor of the judge, this week I will be posting videos related to the six constant mitzvot. Here goes.
A federal judge overseeing a lawsuit challenging the display of the Ten Commandments in a Virginia public high school sent the case into mediation Monday.
Media outlets report that instead of making a ruling, U.S. District Judge Michael Urbanski urged both sides to consider whether the display could leave out four commandments that have "God" in the wording.
http://www.necn.com/05/07/12/Va-Ten-Commandments-case-sent-to-mediati/landing_politics.html?&apID=ee2901a365c7416c8f31958a877b858a
In honor of the judge, this week I will be posting videos related to the six constant mitzvot. Here goes.
A mosquito
The Gemara (tractate Gittin 56b) tells about when Titus defiled the Holy of Holies in the most unspeakable way, then destroyed the Holy Temple altogether. He shook a fist to the sky and boasted, “I have defeated You!”
A voice came down from the heavens and declared, “You haven’t even defeated the smallest of creatures in My world.” Hashem then sent a mosquito, which entered Titus’s nostril and penetrated his brain. It pecked away at his brain like a woodpecker for seven excruciating torture-filled years before he finally died his miserable death.
http://www.breslev.co.il/articles/judaism/hashkafa/the_mighty_worm.aspx?id=17952&language=english
Ahmadinejad Calls Israel "an Insect Challenging Iranian Nation"
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad downplayed the Zionist regime's warmongering rhetoric against Iran, and said Israel is nothing more than a mosquito trying to challenge the Iranian nation.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9102111725
A voice came down from the heavens and declared, “You haven’t even defeated the smallest of creatures in My world.” Hashem then sent a mosquito, which entered Titus’s nostril and penetrated his brain. It pecked away at his brain like a woodpecker for seven excruciating torture-filled years before he finally died his miserable death.
http://www.breslev.co.il/articles/judaism/hashkafa/the_mighty_worm.aspx?id=17952&language=english
Ahmadinejad Calls Israel "an Insect Challenging Iranian Nation"
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad downplayed the Zionist regime's warmongering rhetoric against Iran, and said Israel is nothing more than a mosquito trying to challenge the Iranian nation.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9102111725
12 May 2012
On kashrut and marriage
A New York law regulating the marketing and labeling of kosher food doesn’t violate the U.S. Constitution, a federal appeals court ruled, rejecting a First Amendment challenge.
Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-10/new-york-s-kosher-act-doesn-t-violate-constitution-court-says.html
Click here to read Romney Defends Marriage, Judeo-Christian Values At Falwell's Liberty University.
Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-10/new-york-s-kosher-act-doesn-t-violate-constitution-court-says.html
Click here to read Romney Defends Marriage, Judeo-Christian Values At Falwell's Liberty University.
11 May 2012
On health, nutrition and change
Soveya has an article about "indulgence in the temporary physical pleasures of this world."
Rabbi Wallerstein talks about growth and change.
PJMedia has an article about an exemption to ObamaCare.
Rabbi Wallerstein talks about growth and change.
PJMedia has an article about an exemption to ObamaCare.
The morning blessings
Below is a video of a U.S. marine who returns home to a special surprise. His six-year-old son, who has cerebral palsy, shocks his father when he sees the young boy walk for the first time.
Today the morning blessing of zokef kefufim, "Who straightens the bent," takes on an extra significance.
The other day JTA reported about a N.Y. Chasid who resorted to a hunger strike after being held nearly a year in a Bolivian prison.
What's certain is that Jacob Ostreicher, a 53-year-old Chasidic Jew from New York, is in a state of limbo, sitting in a jail in the Bolivian city of Santa Cruz waiting to be tried or released on bail.
Today the morning blessing of matir asurim,"who sets the captives free," takes on an extra significance.
Someone posted a comment on a post titled Moving videos which featured a rally on behalf of Jacob Ostreicher.
Yaacov Yehuda ben Shaindel. Please go to the "Free Jacob Now" website or Facebook page to sign our petition to President Obama to intercede on behalf of Jacob to free him from captivity in Bolivia
'He reiterates that those detained must be charged and face trial with judicial guarantees, or released without delay.'
Above is a quote from UN chief Ban Ki-moon about Mr. Ostreicher's situation, sorry, my mistake, scratch that.
Above is a quote from UN chief Ban Ki-moon about Palestinian hunger strikers.
Today the morning blessing of zokef kefufim, "Who straightens the bent," takes on an extra significance.
The other day JTA reported about a N.Y. Chasid who resorted to a hunger strike after being held nearly a year in a Bolivian prison.
What's certain is that Jacob Ostreicher, a 53-year-old Chasidic Jew from New York, is in a state of limbo, sitting in a jail in the Bolivian city of Santa Cruz waiting to be tried or released on bail.
Today the morning blessing of matir asurim,"who sets the captives free," takes on an extra significance.
Someone posted a comment on a post titled Moving videos which featured a rally on behalf of Jacob Ostreicher.
Yaacov Yehuda ben Shaindel. Please go to the "Free Jacob Now" website or Facebook page to sign our petition to President Obama to intercede on behalf of Jacob to free him from captivity in Bolivia
'He reiterates that those detained must be charged and face trial with judicial guarantees, or released without delay.'
Above is a quote from UN chief Ban Ki-moon about Mr. Ostreicher's situation, sorry, my mistake, scratch that.
Above is a quote from UN chief Ban Ki-moon about Palestinian hunger strikers.
6 May 2012
Israel First
13 questions were asked at the end of the May 4th U.N. Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
5 out of the 13 questions addressed the issue of Palestinian prisoners in Israel.
In a March 3rd article, MJ Rosenberg, who recently resigned from Media Matters, wrote the following:
But I will do so without using the term "Israel Firster."
... I will not be using it again, for many reasons including the fact that some good people were genuinely offended by it.
It took till May 1st for Mr. Rosenberg to tweet, "Israel First is back baby!"
Finally, I'd like to pose a question to the HuffingtonPost and Mr. Rosenberg. Who does your editing? In a May 5th article, Mr. Rosenberg wrote about "Harris's implication that Obama is perceived as week on "national security."
Do you check your editing once a week? Or is your editor too weak to catch the glaring mistake?
5 out of the 13 questions addressed the issue of Palestinian prisoners in Israel.
In a March 3rd article, MJ Rosenberg, who recently resigned from Media Matters, wrote the following:
But I will do so without using the term "Israel Firster."
... I will not be using it again, for many reasons including the fact that some good people were genuinely offended by it.
It took till May 1st for Mr. Rosenberg to tweet, "Israel First is back baby!"
Finally, I'd like to pose a question to the HuffingtonPost and Mr. Rosenberg. Who does your editing? In a May 5th article, Mr. Rosenberg wrote about "Harris's implication that Obama is perceived as week on "national security."
Do you check your editing once a week? Or is your editor too weak to catch the glaring mistake?
Pesach Sheni
Yanki Tauber writes about second chances and teshuva in an article titled A Second Chance.
“It’s never too late. There’s always a second chance.” This, according to Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn (the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, 1880–1950), is the message of Pesach Sheni, the biblically ordained “Second Passover” for those who fail to bring the Passover offering on its designated time. http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/470880/jewish/A-Second-Chance.htm
“It’s never too late. There’s always a second chance.” This, according to Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn (the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, 1880–1950), is the message of Pesach Sheni, the biblically ordained “Second Passover” for those who fail to bring the Passover offering on its designated time. http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/470880/jewish/A-Second-Chance.htm
5 May 2012
American Thinker articles
Nidra Poller opines about the French elections in an article titled French elections: Virtue, the Debt, and the Jewish Question.
Ghozlan, president of the BNVCA (National Office for Vigilance against anti-Semitism), tireless defender of the safety of Jews and indomitable opponent of the BDS movement, has consistently noted the greater incidence of anti-Semitic violence in municipalities governed by communists, with peaks after demonstrations, exhibitions, and anti-Israel rallies. Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/05/french_elections_virtue_the_debt_and_the_jewish_question.html#ixzz1u28CwzOB
JanSuzanne Krasner discusses the JPost conference held in New York this past week.
During the Q&A that followed the morning's discussion, one question seemed to stand out and take the panel off-guard. A gentleman from the audience asked for a yes-or-no answer to the following question: "If Israel were to give the Palestinian Arabs all that they desire, including all of Jerusalem and other Israeli cities, historical and religious sites, removal of the settlements under dispute -- hand Arabs the natural resources of the land; supply them with medical, technological, military, and nuclear capabilities; and the 'right of return' -- would the Jewish people be able to live there in peace?"
Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/05/jpost_conference_message_stand_united_stand_strong.html#ixzz1u2APNPYv
Ghozlan, president of the BNVCA (National Office for Vigilance against anti-Semitism), tireless defender of the safety of Jews and indomitable opponent of the BDS movement, has consistently noted the greater incidence of anti-Semitic violence in municipalities governed by communists, with peaks after demonstrations, exhibitions, and anti-Israel rallies. Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/05/french_elections_virtue_the_debt_and_the_jewish_question.html#ixzz1u28CwzOB
JanSuzanne Krasner discusses the JPost conference held in New York this past week.
During the Q&A that followed the morning's discussion, one question seemed to stand out and take the panel off-guard. A gentleman from the audience asked for a yes-or-no answer to the following question: "If Israel were to give the Palestinian Arabs all that they desire, including all of Jerusalem and other Israeli cities, historical and religious sites, removal of the settlements under dispute -- hand Arabs the natural resources of the land; supply them with medical, technological, military, and nuclear capabilities; and the 'right of return' -- would the Jewish people be able to live there in peace?"
Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/05/jpost_conference_message_stand_united_stand_strong.html#ixzz1u2APNPYv
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