The Parsha and Current Events: A good omen for our Nation
Chance Alaska Visit Becomes a Dying Man’s Bar Mitzvah
נס ב'עטרת': הוסיפו שם וראש הישיבה התעורר
17 Nov 2016
16 Nov 2016
15 Nov 2016
14 Nov 2016
The heartfelt note
The Closest Supermoon Full Moon Since 1948: How to See It Online
Pitbull wins landslide in mayoral election in Kentucky - upnei hador kipnei hakelev
Leonard Cohen's Son Pens Heartfelt Note After His Father's Burial
The 613 Mitzvot: Mitzvah 387 - Dont Stray After Your Eyes - Wheres Your Heart?
New York Times Coverage of Jews, Israel, Is as Slanted as Its Coverage of Trump
Pitbull wins landslide in mayoral election in Kentucky - upnei hador kipnei hakelev
Leonard Cohen's Son Pens Heartfelt Note After His Father's Burial
The 613 Mitzvot: Mitzvah 387 - Dont Stray After Your Eyes - Wheres Your Heart?
New York Times Coverage of Jews, Israel, Is as Slanted as Its Coverage of Trump
13 Nov 2016
The first step
Emuna daily lesson
Obama, Clinton, And Sanders Could Stop The Riots But They Just Watch
Taking the First Step
קרליבך מסביר: כך הלחנתי את השיר "שובה" • האזינו
Firefighters who saved Torah scrolls dance with them at rebuilt synagogue
The BBC has reported about a tsunami that arrived after an earthquake in New Zealand. Click here to read. Notice a city that pops up a number of times in the article? Maybe they would consider a name change?
Obama, Clinton, And Sanders Could Stop The Riots But They Just Watch
Taking the First Step
קרליבך מסביר: כך הלחנתי את השיר "שובה" • האזינו
Firefighters who saved Torah scrolls dance with them at rebuilt synagogue
The BBC has reported about a tsunami that arrived after an earthquake in New Zealand. Click here to read. Notice a city that pops up a number of times in the article? Maybe they would consider a name change?
12 Nov 2016
Looking behind
"VaTabeit Ishto MeiAcharav", Lot's wife looked behind. "VaTehi Netziv Melach", and she became a pillar of salt (Bereishis 19:26). The Kli Yakar asks, why does it say she looked behind "him"? It should say she looked behind herself, "MeiAchareha".
The Kli Yakar explains that Lot's wife was deeply distressed that she couldn't save her money, as the Malachim rushed them out and told them to forget about their wealth that would be left behind (see Rashi 19:17). Now on the run she was concerned with how she will survive if her husband, now penniless dies. MeiAcharav means she looked past him, past his lifetime and worried about the money.
This worry brought back memories of her aveira of thriftiness and that she refused to give tzedaka or Hachnosas Orchim. Melach, salt is a preservative. Chazal tell us that tzedoka is the salt to preserve our wealth. Therefore, she who refused to give tzedoka, both back in Sedom and even now on the run, she who had not learned her lesson, turned into salt.
http://revach.net/parshas-hashavua/quick-vort/Parshas-VaYeira-Kli-Yakar-Why-Was-Lots-Wife-Punished-For-Turning-Around/2974
WHO HELPS THE HELPERS?
AUDIO: Powerful words from Rabbi YY Jacobson on Trump’s decision to run for President
Oprah Says – ‘Take A Deep Breath’
A wake up call: Jews challenged in the UK
The Kli Yakar explains that Lot's wife was deeply distressed that she couldn't save her money, as the Malachim rushed them out and told them to forget about their wealth that would be left behind (see Rashi 19:17). Now on the run she was concerned with how she will survive if her husband, now penniless dies. MeiAcharav means she looked past him, past his lifetime and worried about the money.
This worry brought back memories of her aveira of thriftiness and that she refused to give tzedaka or Hachnosas Orchim. Melach, salt is a preservative. Chazal tell us that tzedoka is the salt to preserve our wealth. Therefore, she who refused to give tzedoka, both back in Sedom and even now on the run, she who had not learned her lesson, turned into salt.
http://revach.net/parshas-hashavua/quick-vort/Parshas-VaYeira-Kli-Yakar-Why-Was-Lots-Wife-Punished-For-Turning-Around/2974
WHO HELPS THE HELPERS?
AUDIO: Powerful words from Rabbi YY Jacobson on Trump’s decision to run for President
Oprah Says – ‘Take A Deep Breath’
A wake up call: Jews challenged in the UK
11 Nov 2016
The Shabbos project and the Inauguration
Presidential inaugurations are a daylong ceremony. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to visit the District of Columbia, though spots at the official events are, of course, limited. Traditionally, the day begins with a morning worship service. After that, the new vice president takes the oath of office, followed by the president. After they’re sworn in, Trump will give his inaugural address speech.
Once evening falls, the presidential family will attend several formal events around town, including the Inaugural Ball.
Along the way, there are opportunities for numerous musical performances.
http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7573363/when-is-donald-trump-inauguration-president-2017-washington-dc-white-house
In the first video below, Chief Rabbi Goldstein speaks about the Shabbos project.
A friend alerted me to the fact that Inauguration Day, January 20, 2017, falls out on Friday. In January the days are short so she wonders how Ivanka and Jared will deal with the schedule.
Will the songs Sholom Aleichem and Eishet Chayil be included as part of the musical repertoire of the evening festivites?
The other day I called attention to a headline at the ibtimes Israel Wants Jews To Pray At Muslim Mosque In Jerusalem: Temple Mount Tensions Grow In Middle East.
Elderof Ziyon references an excerpt from the article.
Some Israeli lawmakers want to allow Jews to pray at an Islamic holy site in Jerusalem, a contentious proposal that is opposed by Middle Eastern leaders and could stroke tensions between Jews and Muslims in the Israel.
The blogger at ElderofZiyon writes the following:
The incompetent reporter doesn't even know that the expression is "stoke tensions," not 'stroke tensions."
http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/11/todays-media-bias-ibtimes-calls-temple.html
The next paragraph of the ibtimes article contains such gems as, "Their policy proposal came as Israeli citizens, activists and politicians gathered at the Knesset-hosted Seekers of Zion conference Monday called the religious known to Jews as Temple Mount and to Muslims as Al-Aqsa be open for Jewish prayer. The compound sits on top of the Western Wall in Jerusalem and is considered to be Judaism’s holist site."
Personally, I didn't realize that there is such a word as "holist' or that the religious are known to Jews as the Temple Mount.
Another article by the same journalist is titled Israel vs. Palestine: Muslims Demand Dead Sea Scrolls Of Hebrew Bible.
Munir Anis Nasser, a Palestinian representative to UNESCO, said the writings found by a Palestinian sheppard in the caves in the Qumran region in the Judean Desert in 1947 are part of Palestinian heritage.
http://www.ibtimes.com/israel-vs-palestine-muslims-demand-dead-sea-scrolls-hebrew-bible-2443532
I didn't realize that the word "shepherd' can now be spelled as "sheppard."
This morning I heard Mark Halperin, speaking on MSNBC, "The responsibility of journalists is to not report on their biases."
http://freebeacon.com/politics/morning-joe-rips-new-york-times-for-anti-trump-headline/
Once evening falls, the presidential family will attend several formal events around town, including the Inaugural Ball.
Along the way, there are opportunities for numerous musical performances.
http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7573363/when-is-donald-trump-inauguration-president-2017-washington-dc-white-house
In the first video below, Chief Rabbi Goldstein speaks about the Shabbos project.
A friend alerted me to the fact that Inauguration Day, January 20, 2017, falls out on Friday. In January the days are short so she wonders how Ivanka and Jared will deal with the schedule.
Will the songs Sholom Aleichem and Eishet Chayil be included as part of the musical repertoire of the evening festivites?
The other day I called attention to a headline at the ibtimes Israel Wants Jews To Pray At Muslim Mosque In Jerusalem: Temple Mount Tensions Grow In Middle East.
Elderof Ziyon references an excerpt from the article.
Some Israeli lawmakers want to allow Jews to pray at an Islamic holy site in Jerusalem, a contentious proposal that is opposed by Middle Eastern leaders and could stroke tensions between Jews and Muslims in the Israel.
The blogger at ElderofZiyon writes the following:
The incompetent reporter doesn't even know that the expression is "stoke tensions," not 'stroke tensions."
http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/11/todays-media-bias-ibtimes-calls-temple.html
The next paragraph of the ibtimes article contains such gems as, "Their policy proposal came as Israeli citizens, activists and politicians gathered at the Knesset-hosted Seekers of Zion conference Monday called the religious known to Jews as Temple Mount and to Muslims as Al-Aqsa be open for Jewish prayer. The compound sits on top of the Western Wall in Jerusalem and is considered to be Judaism’s holist site."
Personally, I didn't realize that there is such a word as "holist' or that the religious are known to Jews as the Temple Mount.
Another article by the same journalist is titled Israel vs. Palestine: Muslims Demand Dead Sea Scrolls Of Hebrew Bible.
Munir Anis Nasser, a Palestinian representative to UNESCO, said the writings found by a Palestinian sheppard in the caves in the Qumran region in the Judean Desert in 1947 are part of Palestinian heritage.
http://www.ibtimes.com/israel-vs-palestine-muslims-demand-dead-sea-scrolls-hebrew-bible-2443532
I didn't realize that the word "shepherd' can now be spelled as "sheppard."
This morning I heard Mark Halperin, speaking on MSNBC, "The responsibility of journalists is to not report on their biases."
http://freebeacon.com/politics/morning-joe-rips-new-york-times-for-anti-trump-headline/
Enjoying exegetical and Talmudic efforts
A few hours ago, State Department Spokesperson Mark Toner bid adieu to journalist Arshad Mohammed who was having his last briefing in the building before turning to other pursuits. I was duly impressed with the journalist's command of the English language as he began to speak before composing the last few questions which he addressed to the spokesperson.
QUESTION: If you will allow me to apostrophize for a moment, these briefings have sometimes seemed otiose or almost pyrrhic – (laughter) – but I have greatly enjoyed our exegetical and Talmudic efforts to understand American foreign policy. I’ve used all five of those words in briefings over the last dozen or more years. (Laughter.) I’ve had enormous --
MR TONER: Well put.
QUESTION: I’ve had enormous fun and I wish everybody in the room, those on this side of the podium and those on that side of the podium, well as you keep doing this.
Mr. Toner was asked by another journalist about the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995.
MR TONER: So I mean, since Israel’s founding, the administrations of both parties have maintained a consistent policy here and that is recognizing no state as having sovereignty over Jerusalem. And we remain committed to this long-standing policy – we, the Obama Administration.
QUESTION: But in fact, there was a congressional act in 1995 that was supposed – that called for the moving the embassy by 1999 if they allocated the money. And ever since then, presidents have used a waiver.
MR TONER: That’s correct.
QUESTION: They used the executive waiver. So there is nothing in the law that will prevent moving the embassy. But it is up to the discretion of the president, correct?
MR TONER: It is correct that administrations since, as you note, 1995 have consistently exercised a waiver, because it’s been determined – they’ve determined, we’ve determined, that it is in our national security interests to do so.
QUESTION: And will that be the advice that you give the coming administration?
MR TONER: I would think, as we consult with the incoming administration, we’ll certainly make sure they understand, which is all we can do, our rationale behind exercising that waiver.
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2016/11/264237.htm
Eagle rescued after being stuck in storm drain in Orange County Seeing the pictures of the two eagles in the drain, I couldn't help wonder if there was a message for us.
QUESTION: If you will allow me to apostrophize for a moment, these briefings have sometimes seemed otiose or almost pyrrhic – (laughter) – but I have greatly enjoyed our exegetical and Talmudic efforts to understand American foreign policy. I’ve used all five of those words in briefings over the last dozen or more years. (Laughter.) I’ve had enormous --
MR TONER: Well put.
QUESTION: I’ve had enormous fun and I wish everybody in the room, those on this side of the podium and those on that side of the podium, well as you keep doing this.
Mr. Toner was asked by another journalist about the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995.
MR TONER: So I mean, since Israel’s founding, the administrations of both parties have maintained a consistent policy here and that is recognizing no state as having sovereignty over Jerusalem. And we remain committed to this long-standing policy – we, the Obama Administration.
QUESTION: But in fact, there was a congressional act in 1995 that was supposed – that called for the moving the embassy by 1999 if they allocated the money. And ever since then, presidents have used a waiver.
MR TONER: That’s correct.
QUESTION: They used the executive waiver. So there is nothing in the law that will prevent moving the embassy. But it is up to the discretion of the president, correct?
MR TONER: It is correct that administrations since, as you note, 1995 have consistently exercised a waiver, because it’s been determined – they’ve determined, we’ve determined, that it is in our national security interests to do so.
QUESTION: And will that be the advice that you give the coming administration?
MR TONER: I would think, as we consult with the incoming administration, we’ll certainly make sure they understand, which is all we can do, our rationale behind exercising that waiver.
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2016/11/264237.htm
Eagle rescued after being stuck in storm drain in Orange County Seeing the pictures of the two eagles in the drain, I couldn't help wonder if there was a message for us.
10 Nov 2016
Lech Lecha
Parashat Lech-Lecha: We’re Never Off-Duty
Torah Wellsprings - Lech Lecha 5777
Granddaughter of Holocaust survivors confronts neighbor who hung Nazi flag on his property
ZalmiU tweets "To all the progressives, leftists and showbiz luvvies who said they'd leave if #Trump were elected... I say: "LOZ IM GEYN!!"
Parashat Lech Lecha: President Trump
Torah Wellsprings - Lech Lecha 5777
Granddaughter of Holocaust survivors confronts neighbor who hung Nazi flag on his property
ZalmiU tweets "To all the progressives, leftists and showbiz luvvies who said they'd leave if #Trump were elected... I say: "LOZ IM GEYN!!"
Parashat Lech Lecha: President Trump
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