The bad news is that the Iranian President used the term "uncivilized Zionists" in his address to the United Nations today.
Known for past fiery denunciations of the United States and Israel, which he refers to as "Zionists," Ahmadinejad cited what he termed the "continued threat by the uncivilized Zionists to resort to military action against our great nation."
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57520670/ahmadinejad-calls-9-11-tragic-slams-israel/
The good news is that AFP reports, "This will be Ahmadinejad's last appearance at the UN General Assembly as he is scheduled to stand down next year at the end of his second term as president."
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gHmkqBfUlhY0tIb9hRW6FgGVODLg?docId=CNG.de604054b6d86086cf9ea9d62727675f.81
26 Sept 2012
25 Sept 2012
V'Shavta
In the parsha of Tshuva (Nitzavim 30:2-3) one pasuk says, "V'Shavta
Ad Hashem Elokecha", you will return to Hashem. The next pasuk says, "V'Shav
Hashem Elokecha Es Shivuscha", Hashem will return you. If Klal Yisroel returns
by themselves why does Hashem need to return them?
The Imrei Kedesh from Starlisk answers that the gemara Sanhedrin 97b
says that if Bnei Yisroel does not do tshuva on their own Hashem will empower a
leader as cruel and blood thirsty as Haman to wake us up to do tshuva.
This is the meaning of the two pasukim. Ideally "V'Shavta", we will
recognize the error of our ways without any pressure or threat. However if our
comfortable environment blinds us and makes us deaf to the words of the Torah,
then "V'Shav Hashem", Hashem will send a loud and clear message that we can't
possibly sleep through.
Wishing you a Gemar Chatima Tova.
In custody
Michael Mukasy asks the following question:
Are senior Obama administration officials considering transferring to Egypt a poisonously influential Islamist cleric serving a life term in federal prison for trying to unleash a war of urban terrorism in the United States? That's the impression several officials have given over the past three months, apparently out of fear that if the cleric dies in U.S. custody, American outposts in the Middle East could be overrun by vengeful mobs.
Continue reading: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444358804578014531735055120.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Why do State Department officials not have the same concerns about vengeful mobs in relation to Jonathan Pollard?
Let's have in mind Yaakov Yuda Ben Sheindel (Yanki Ostreicher) , Sholom Mordechai ben Rivkah, Yehonatan ben Malka, Warren Weinstein and Alan Gross when we recite our prayers. May the year of 5773 (Tav Shin Ayin Gimmel) be the year of Tehei Shenat Eit Geulatam. (and Eit Geulateinu, I might add.)
RTT news reports All Eyes On Obama Middle East Policy In United Nations Speech.
Not all eyes - As the President is scheduled to speak at 10:10 EST, those Orthodox Jews in Australia who have already ushered in Yom Kippur will not be watching the speech.
Are senior Obama administration officials considering transferring to Egypt a poisonously influential Islamist cleric serving a life term in federal prison for trying to unleash a war of urban terrorism in the United States? That's the impression several officials have given over the past three months, apparently out of fear that if the cleric dies in U.S. custody, American outposts in the Middle East could be overrun by vengeful mobs.
Continue reading: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444358804578014531735055120.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Why do State Department officials not have the same concerns about vengeful mobs in relation to Jonathan Pollard?
Let's have in mind Yaakov Yuda Ben Sheindel (Yanki Ostreicher) , Sholom Mordechai ben Rivkah, Yehonatan ben Malka, Warren Weinstein and Alan Gross when we recite our prayers. May the year of 5773 (Tav Shin Ayin Gimmel) be the year of Tehei Shenat Eit Geulatam. (and Eit Geulateinu, I might add.)
RTT news reports All Eyes On Obama Middle East Policy In United Nations Speech.
Not all eyes - As the President is scheduled to speak at 10:10 EST, those Orthodox Jews in Australia who have already ushered in Yom Kippur will not be watching the speech.
Daven
The Orthodox Union (OU) and the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA) today called upon all congregations to dedicate a specific moment during their services on the upcoming holy day of Yom Kippur to pray for an end to the threat of a nuclear armed Iran. The OU and RCA leadership issued the following statement:
“On Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, Jews worldwide spend the day in fasting, prayer and repentance. Yom Kippur is not a day for politics.
But Yom Kippur 5773 is different.
Continue reading: http://www.lakewoodlocal.com/2012/09/24/ou-daven-on-yom-kippur-to-end-iranian-threat/
Mary Price writes about the excessive sentencing guidelines for first time offenders.
Tomorrow, the Supreme Court is expected to announce whether it will review the case of Sholom Rubashkin, who has attained cause celebre status for the remarkable events surrounding his trial and sentencing.
...Hopefully, Mr. Rubashkin's case will be heard, and he won't have to wait for a fair punishment. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mary-price/sholom-rabashkim-sentence_b_1911180.html
Please continue to daven for Sholom Mordechai ben Rivkah.
“On Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, Jews worldwide spend the day in fasting, prayer and repentance. Yom Kippur is not a day for politics.
But Yom Kippur 5773 is different.
Continue reading: http://www.lakewoodlocal.com/2012/09/24/ou-daven-on-yom-kippur-to-end-iranian-threat/
Mary Price writes about the excessive sentencing guidelines for first time offenders.
Tomorrow, the Supreme Court is expected to announce whether it will review the case of Sholom Rubashkin, who has attained cause celebre status for the remarkable events surrounding his trial and sentencing.
...Hopefully, Mr. Rubashkin's case will be heard, and he won't have to wait for a fair punishment. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mary-price/sholom-rabashkim-sentence_b_1911180.html
Please continue to daven for Sholom Mordechai ben Rivkah.
24 Sept 2012
Not on Yom Kippur
A Bay Ridge civic group has cancelled the neighborhood’s largest political debate — a heated back and forth between four pairs of candidates that stunned Jewish residents for being scheduled on Yom Kippur.
...Debate organizers realized they erred when Brook-Krasny, a Jewish emigre from the former Soviet Union, told them that he would have back out.
“Any other holiday I would be able to attend, but Yom Kippur I cannot do it,” the six-term legislator said. http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/35/39/br_debatecancelled_2012_09_28_bk.html
At the end of this video, one can see a sentence informing people that "beginning September 24th, the Supreme Court will meet to decide if they will hear Rubashkin versus the United States."
Please have in mind Sholom Mordechai ben Rivkah when reciting the blessing of matir asurim this morning.
A 1997 video of Rabbi Paysach Krohn speaking about Aseret Yemei Teshuvah was uploaded a little while ago. Click here to be inspired.
...Debate organizers realized they erred when Brook-Krasny, a Jewish emigre from the former Soviet Union, told them that he would have back out.
“Any other holiday I would be able to attend, but Yom Kippur I cannot do it,” the six-term legislator said. http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/35/39/br_debatecancelled_2012_09_28_bk.html
At the end of this video, one can see a sentence informing people that "beginning September 24th, the Supreme Court will meet to decide if they will hear Rubashkin versus the United States."
Please have in mind Sholom Mordechai ben Rivkah when reciting the blessing of matir asurim this morning.
A 1997 video of Rabbi Paysach Krohn speaking about Aseret Yemei Teshuvah was uploaded a little while ago. Click here to be inspired.
23 Sept 2012
iPhones and iPads
A little while ago I read on a website that Rav Chaim Kanievsky had instructed people to burn Apple iPhones. My immediate reaction was to think to myself that so many times reports are publicized about what the leading Rabbis said, only to find out later that the Rabbi never made such a statement.
A couple of minutes later, I was perusing the Matzav site when I came across this statement.
Reports claiming that Maran Rav Chaim Kanievsky said that anyone who owns an Apple iPhone should burn it are false, a source close to Maran tells Matzav.com Israel.
Continue reading: http://matzav.com/source-rav-chaim-never-said-to-burn-phones
I am sure that a certain flight attendant wishes she never had an iPad in her possession.
Police say a Nevada man who lost his iPad on an airplane used an app called Find My iPad to locate it inside the Oregon home of a flight attendant.
...The flight attendant for Horizon Air allegedly told officers that a passenger brought her the tablet saying it was found on a seat. She said she never used the iPad and planned to turn it over to airline officials, but police found some of her personal information on it including her husband's birthday.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/23/wendy-ronelle-dye-ipad_n_1906099.html
A couple of minutes later, I was perusing the Matzav site when I came across this statement.
Reports claiming that Maran Rav Chaim Kanievsky said that anyone who owns an Apple iPhone should burn it are false, a source close to Maran tells Matzav.com Israel.
Continue reading: http://matzav.com/source-rav-chaim-never-said-to-burn-phones
I am sure that a certain flight attendant wishes she never had an iPad in her possession.
Police say a Nevada man who lost his iPad on an airplane used an app called Find My iPad to locate it inside the Oregon home of a flight attendant.
...The flight attendant for Horizon Air allegedly told officers that a passenger brought her the tablet saying it was found on a seat. She said she never used the iPad and planned to turn it over to airline officials, but police found some of her personal information on it including her husband's birthday.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/23/wendy-ronelle-dye-ipad_n_1906099.html
Heartfelt prayer
Lazer Beams has invited readers to join him in prayer this afternoon.
Join me on Israel National Radio today, where Tamar Yonah and I will be saying the prayer for Moshiach at exactly 5 PM Israel time, which is 11 AM EDT (East Coast USA).
A Soldier's Mother beseeches, "Say a Prayer Today...Please." Click here to view the prayer in various languages.
Ariela asked to get the word out at http://www.alljewsasone.com/
Click on the above link to know when to say the prayer in your time zone.
May we be zocheh to see the fulfillment of our heartfelt prayers.
Join me on Israel National Radio today, where Tamar Yonah and I will be saying the prayer for Moshiach at exactly 5 PM Israel time, which is 11 AM EDT (East Coast USA).
A Soldier's Mother beseeches, "Say a Prayer Today...Please." Click here to view the prayer in various languages.
Ariela asked to get the word out at http://www.alljewsasone.com/
Click on the above link to know when to say the prayer in your time zone.
May we be zocheh to see the fulfillment of our heartfelt prayers.
Worth a thousand words
The New York Times has a photo of an Israeli soldier helping a Sudanese refugee and describes the attack that took place on friday where one Israeli soldier was killed.
"Another military spokesman, Eytan Buchman, said the men entered Israel at Har Harif, about halfway between Eilat and the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, through one of the last parts of the 150-mile fence Israel has been building since 2010. The soldiers they attacked were providing water to African migrants stopped at the border, military officials said, though another nearby unit quickly engaged the men."
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/22/world/middleeast/israel-kills-3-attackers-on-border-with-egypt.html?_r=0
VIN has a moving photo of an Israeli soldier hugging the little brother of late soldier Netanel Yahalomi.
"Another military spokesman, Eytan Buchman, said the men entered Israel at Har Harif, about halfway between Eilat and the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, through one of the last parts of the 150-mile fence Israel has been building since 2010. The soldiers they attacked were providing water to African migrants stopped at the border, military officials said, though another nearby unit quickly engaged the men."
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/22/world/middleeast/israel-kills-3-attackers-on-border-with-egypt.html?_r=0
VIN has a moving photo of an Israeli soldier hugging the little brother of late soldier Netanel Yahalomi.
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