Sunday, July 27, 2014

Operation Protective Edge: Moral Clarity from Torah. Parshat Massei. Borders How Much is Ours? Our Halacha, Our History, Our Security are Tied to Gush Katif Published: Monday, March 15, 2004 by Menachem Kovacs .Arlene Kushner, Time to Finish the Threat, Naftali Bennett: No Ceasefires, No Surrenders, No Discussion

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Atem Nitzavim.... Each one of us according to our capabilities... 

..."But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the Land from before you, then those whom you leave over will be as spikes in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they will harass you in the land in which you settle."

Now is the Time for Tikkun Chait HaMiraglim.  To speak out with strength regarding Hashem's Promise to Am Yisroel re: Eretz Yisroel and the Covenant with our Forefathers!. 

Rosh Chodesh Av:
I understand that tonight July 27, 2014, there is a rally in Queens organized by Chazak!  CHAZAK CHAZAH VENITCHAZEK!!!!

Tomorrow there will be a major rally in support of Israel where Jews and Partners unite in defense of Israel defending itself.http://www.ou.org/news/ou-partners-unite-ny-stands-israel-rally-monday-july-28-n-manhattan/   

Rabbosai....

What is missing is moral clarity based on Torah that Israel must defend itself and that Judea and Samaria and Gaza is within delineated borders of Israel according to the Torah Portion Reading in Parshat Masei.  I have heard Israel's friends like Mike Huckabee and Michelle  Bachman quote from the Torah about the Promised Land which is Israel's rightful Inheritance.  They firmly believe that those who Bless Israel is Blessed and fully back Israel's right to defend itself, and Israel's moral right based on Torah.  Why can't we? 

50The Lord spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying:   נ. וַיְדַבֵּר יְהֹוָה אֶל משֶׁה בְּעַרְבֹת מוֹאָב עַל יַרְדֵּן יְרֵחוֹ לֵאמֹר:
51Speak to the children of Israel and say to them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,   נא. דַּבֵּר אֶל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם כִּי אַתֶּם עֹבְרִים אֶת הַיַּרְדֵּן אֶל אֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן:
52you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, destroy all their temples, destroy their molten idols, and demolish their high places.   נב. וְהוֹרַשְׁתֶּם אֶת כָּל ישְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ מִפְּנֵיכֶם וְאִבַּדְתֶּם אֵת כָּל מַשְׂכִּיֹּתָם וְאֵת כָּל צַלְמֵי מַסֵּכֹתָם תְּאַבֵּדוּ וְאֵת כָּל בָּמוֹתָם תַּשְׁמִידוּ:
53You shall clear out the Land and settle in it, for I have given you the Land to occupy it.   נג. וְהוֹרַשְׁתֶּם אֶת הָאָרֶץ וִישַׁבְתֶּם בָּהּ כִּי לָכֶם נָתַתִּי אֶת הָאָרֶץ לָרֶשֶׁת אֹתָהּ:
54You shall give the Land as an inheritance to your families by lot; to the large, you shall give a larger inheritance and to the small you shall give a smaller inheritance; wherever the lot falls shall be his; according to the tribes of your fathers, you shall inherit.   נד. וְהִתְנַחַלְתֶּם אֶת הָאָרֶץ בְּגוֹרָל לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתֵיכֶם לָרַב תַּרְבּוּ אֶת נַחֲלָתוֹ וְלַמְעַט תַּמְעִיט אֶת נַחֲלָתוֹ אֶל אֲשֶׁר יֵצֵא לוֹ שָׁמָּה הַגּוֹרָל לוֹ יִהְיֶה לְמַטּוֹת אֲבֹתֵיכֶם תִּתְנֶחָלוּ:
55But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the Land from before you, then those whom you leave over will be as spikes in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they will harass you in the land in which you settle.   נה. וְאִם לֹא תוֹרִישׁוּ אֶת ישְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ מִפְּנֵיכֶם וְהָיָה אֲשֶׁר תּוֹתִירוּ מֵהֶם לְשִׂכִּים בְּעֵינֵיכֶם וְלִצְנִינִם בְּצִדֵּיכֶם וְצָרְרוּ אֶתְכֶם עַל הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר אַתֶּם ישְׁבִים בָּהּ:

Chapter 34

1The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:   א. וַיְדַבֵּר יְהֹוָה אֶל משֶׁה לֵּאמֹר:
2Command the children of Israel and say to them, When you arrive in the land of Canaan, this is the land which shall fall to you as an inheritance, the land of Canaan according to its borders.   ב. צַו אֶת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם כִּי אַתֶּם בָּאִים אֶל הָאָרֶץ כְּנָעַן זֹאת הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר תִּפֹּל לָכֶם בְּנַחֲלָה אֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן לִגְבֻלֹתֶיהָ:
3Your southernmost corner shall be from the desert of Zin along Edom, and the southern border shall be from the edge of the Sea of Salt [the Dead Sea] to the east.   ג. וְהָיָה לָכֶם פְּאַת נֶגֶב מִמִּדְבַּר צִן עַל יְדֵי אֱדוֹם וְהָיָה לָכֶם גְּבוּל נֶגֶב מִקְצֵה יָם הַמֶּלַח קֵדְמָה:
4The border then turns south of Maaleh Akrabim [elevation of Akrabim], passing toward Zin, and its ends shall be to the south of Kadesh barnea. Then it shall extend to Hazar addar and continue toward Azmon.   ד. וְנָסַב לָכֶם הַגְּבוּל מִנֶּגֶב לְמַעֲלֵה עַקְרַבִּים וְעָבַר צִנָה וְהָיוּ תּוֹצְאֹתָיו מִנֶּגֶב לְקָדֵשׁ בַּרְנֵעַ וְיָצָא חֲצַר אַדָּר וְעָבַר עַצְמֹנָה:
5The border then turns from Azmon to the stream of Egypt, and its ends shall be to the sea.   ה. וְנָסַב הַגְּבוּל מֵעַצְמוֹן נַחְלָה מִצְרָיִם וְהָיוּ תוֹצְאֹתָיו הַיָּמָּה:
6The western border: it shall be for you the Great [Mediterranean] Sea and the border this shall be your western border.   ו. וּגְבוּל יָם וְהָיָה לָכֶם הַיָּם הַגָּדוֹל וּגְבוּל זֶה יִּהְיֶה לָכֶם גְּבוּל יָם:
7This shall be your northern border: From the Great [Mediterranean] Sea turn yourselves toward Mount Hor.   ז. וְזֶה יִּהְיֶה לָכֶם גְּבוּל צָפוֹן מִן הַיָּם הַגָּדֹל תְּתָאוּ לָכֶם הֹר הָהָר:
8From Mount Hor turn to the entrance of Hamath, and the ends of the border shall be toward Zedad.   ח. מֵהֹר הָהָר תְּתָאוּ לְבֹא חֲמָת וְהָיוּ תּוֹצְאֹת הַגְּבֻל צְדָדָה:
9The border shall then extend to Ziphron, and its ends shall be Hazar enan; this shall be your northern border.   ט. וְיָצָא הַגְּבֻל זִפְרֹנָה וְהָיוּ תוֹצְאֹתָיו חֲצַר עֵינָן זֶה יִּהְיֶה לָכֶם גְּבוּל צָפוֹן:
10You shall then turn yourselves toward the eastern border, from Hazar enan to Shepham.   י. וְהִתְאַוִּיתֶם לָכֶם לִגְבוּל קֵדְמָה מֵחֲצַר עֵינָן שְׁפָמָה:
11The border descends from Shepham toward Riblah, to the east of Ain. Then the border descends and hits the eastern shore of Lake Kinnereth.   יא. וְיָרַד הַגְּבֻל מִשְּׁפָם הָרִבְלָה מִקֶּדֶם לָעָיִן וְיָרַד הַגְּבֻל וּמָחָה עַל כֶּתֶף יָם כִּנֶּרֶת קֵדְמָה:
12The border then continues down along the Jordan, and its ends is the Sea of Salt [the Dead Sea]; this shall be your Land according to its borders around.   יב. וְיָרַד הַגְּבוּל הַיַּרְדֵּנָה וְהָיוּ תוֹצְאֹתָיו יָם הַמֶּלַח זֹאת תִּהְיֶה לָכֶם הָאָרֶץ לִגְבֻלֹתֶיהָ סָבִיב:
Judaism: Gaza Israel: Our Halacha, Our History, Our Security are Tied to Gush Katif Published: Monday, March 15, 2004  by Menachem Kovacs ... 

There is a two-fold case for Israel to retain Gush Katif and indeed to seek to include all of the boundaries G-d defines as the Biblical Holy Land of Israel. Those two reasons are (1) religious reasons based on Halacha (Jewish Law) and the subsequent nationalistic and historical consequences based on Halacha and (2) national security considerations based on maximum protection of both the People and the Land and the resources of both. ...most all of the Biblical commentators maintain that Gaza is within the boundaries of Shevet Yehuda in Biblical Eretz Yisrael (see Genesis 15, Joshua 15:47, Kings 15:47 and Judges 1:18) and therefore it also has the Halachic requirement to be settled (and therefore certainly not abandoned). Most commentators also require tithes to be taken from the produce grown in Gaza as is required of all produce grown in the Land of Israel and this is the practice today. (Ruth Matar has noted that the Hebrew terms "Mitnachlim" is frequently mistranslated with the pejorative and misleading translation "settlers" whereas the correct translation is "inheritors" of the Land G-d promised to the Jewish People forever.)

Rabbi Yaakov Emden answered a Shayla about whether living in Gaza fulfills the Biblical commandment to live in the Land of Israel with the clear and emphatic ruling:
"Gaza and its environs are absolutely considered part of the Land of Israel without a doubt. There is no doubt that it is a Mitzvah to live there as in any part of the Land of Israel."


July 27, 2014: Time to Finish the Threat

No ceasefires, no surrenders, no discussions," Naftali  Bennett: Gaza Operation a 'Historic Moment' for Israel  Jewish Home Chairman says defeating Hamas within reach 'for the first time in years,' Israel's decisions to impact world policy on Islamism.

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Operation Protective Edge: The Lion Stirs by Shalom Pollack



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From: Shalom Pollack <shalompollack613@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 4:25 PM
Subject: The Lion stirs


Day twenty  of the  Gaza confrontation. I do not use the word  war, because  the Israeli government and IDF do not.

I attended  yet another funeral today at  the military cemetery in Mount Herzl. Seargant  Amit  Yeari  of the  Combat  Engineers, was  tearfully eulogized by family and friends.  He was  the perfect son, brother, friend and comrad.. They all are. And they were. Forty three beautiful  souls as of this writing.

As I stood under the hot afternoon sun along with thousands of others, I looked around me and saw once again Am Yisroel (The People of Israel) come out in their thousands.
 Every  color of  uniform, every  complexion was there. Like  myself,the vast majority did not know him, but it is a phenomenon this time  around; huge funerals. Something is different this time.

I could not help but thinking again and again about the cost we are paying now as in the last two Gaza "operationa'. It is a very sorry thought, but  if the government  does not allow the IDF to finish the  job this third time, as they clearly want  to, the lives  lost will have indeed been in vain.
If the government agrees to anything less than a decisive victory, there will be a general loss of spirit among the Jewish population and a  very angry electorate. 

For the first time any one can recall, the Left media "intellectual elites" feel under popular attack. There  has never been such unity around our army and clear hate for our enemy. We may actually be acting  like  a normal people for the first time in a generation.
It seems like the Oslo addicts and  high priests of national self delusion are losing their grips on the  minds of Joe Israeli. He knew, for  a long time that  something was  very not right, though he  was told  by those who claimed  to know  better that all is well.There is no other option... He  has   a very  strange feeling this time..
That feeling is now finding a voice.
Certainly, this mood is not lost to the politicians and  for the first time the normally vociferous Left politicians  are  keeping a low profile. Left wing journalist  say they have never  felt  so threatened - even physically. The Left wing Jewish/Arab demonstrations in Tel Aviv and Haifa require  huge police escorts. 
Right  wing politicians  see the polls and are positioning for a  peace of the pie It will be very interesting 

"Haaretz" news paper which has a reputation as the country's  leading Israel basher, has been deluged with cancellations and ferocious  mass talk backs. Some of their more consistently  pro Arab writers have body guards. 
This is a first. 

Something is happening in Israel. Even the great White (or almost ) father in Washington and his secretary of State seem to no  longer cast as threatening a shadow as before. .

Is the Lion of Judah finally awakening..or is this just a  stirring?




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Friday, July 25, 2014

Operation Protective Edge: Miracles

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If every soldier/civilian would document the miracles he/she witnessed and we all spread the word, we would be singing nonstop praises to Hashem!  

Therefore, let us sing/recite Hallel and Praise to Hashem (Nishmat Kol Chai) and let it be a zchus (merit) for the release of Jonathan Pollard. (See below) "Were our mouth as full of song as the sea, and our tongue as full of joyous song as its multitude of waves, and our lips as full of praise as the breadth of the heavens, and our eyes as brilliant as the sun and the moon, and our hands as outspread as the eagles of the sky and our feet as swift as hinds -- we still could not thank You sufficiently, HaShem our God and God of our forefathers, and to bless Your Name for even one of the thousand thousand, thousands of thousands and myriad myriads of favors, miracles and wonders that you performed for our ancestors and for us."  
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Miracles  Please send me any links to miracle stories to faigerayzel@gmail.com and I will be happy to post them. Thanks Robin 


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Let us Sing Hallel and Praise to Hashem (Nishmat Kol Chai)  http://shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com/2014/07/hallel-praise-gratitude-and-thanks-to.html 

Let us Strengthen our Observance of Mitzvoth!


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Moshiach Must be Really Close. Sent by Yekutiel Guzofsky

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Moshiach Must Be Really Really Close:  http://ymlp.com/zIPE3P  Yekutiel Guzofsky shared this link on 
facebook

When my dear friend Ben Caspit, formerly of the lunatic fringe extremist leftwing ilk writes and op-ed piece calling upon Israel to smash the Hamas enemy without mercy, not to agree to a ceasefire, and to disregard international opinion and get the job done without risking Jewish soldiers even at the expense of killing "innocent terrorist shield civilians" then you know Moshiach must be here or very near indeed.

When Yair Lapid talks about conquering all of Gaza and about looking for his grandpa's prayer book to pray to Hashem, you know there is something new and special in the air.

When correspondent Ben Caspit today speaks about a wonderful dream that the media would not be broadcasting their nonsense that instills hysteria and fear in the hearts of the people, we are approaching the final days of redemption.

When thousands of Jews come out to Tel Aviv's "Rabin Square" to pray, there is revolutionary and unprecedented faith and unity in the streets.

When Ofer Winter, the Chief officer in charge of the Givaati Brigade gives a speech that could have been taken straight out of the Bible to strengthen the faith and resolve of his troops before they entered Gaza, this is something new, that we have not seen since the time of the Bible. We are not speaking of an IDF Rabbi, but rather a high ranking combat officer. He made all of the soldiers say shema Yisrael and he spoke about destroying the enemies who threaten Jew s and who defile the living G-d of Israel…

Haaretz and Maariv attacked Machat Givaati Ofer Winter for turning this into a religious war as they spoke, to their great dismay of the new reality of a Jewish army filled with religious zealots who are dominating the combat units, including the ranks of the officers.

When Egypt supports Israel's military operation…

When G-d hardens the hearts of the Hamas who despite their being clobbered continue to force Israel to continue smashing them…

When Israel continues to disregard international pressure for a ceasefire…

When 40,000 fellow Jews show up for the funeral in Haifa of a lone soldier who they never met…

When Israelis start acting nice to each other and stop cutting you off on the roads as they curse you out…

When Rabbis openly speak about driving the Arab enemy out of Israel….

When the Iron Dome miraculously intercepts most of the missiles that would land in populated areas, and 3000 rockets cause almost zero harm…

When dozens of tunnels that were meant to surprise Israel and facilitate hundreds of armed terrorists launching dozens of simultaneous raids into Israel are discovered and blown up by the Israelis who had no intention of fighting this war until they were dragged into this, 18 days ago….

Two weeks ago, the average Israeli would never have supported a ground assault on Gaza…

The Targum in Isaiah 14:29 explains the reference to flying snakes as a sign of redemption. The COBRA helicopters with their insignia of a cobra snake dropping its payloads of explosives over Gaza, and the paratroopers with their flying snake symbol are living prophecy.

The insane bombing of Daniel The Prophet's grave two days ago by Islamic fundamentalists in Iraq can be seen as yet another divine sign to add to all of the other signs about a redemption rapidly approaching. It was Daniel who tried to discover and reveal the date of the final redemption…
Yisrael Misgav of Haaretz attacked the new era that this operation has ushered it in, "Israel has been conquered with prayers"…

This is a war that has great potential to roll into the final war of redemption. Will Israel have the faith to get the job done, disregard world opinion. Destroy Hamas, rid the area of any hostile enemies, liberate all of Gaza and allow the return of Jews to Gaza? If so, then clearly Moshiach is at our doorstep. If not, we will continue to respond to Arabs murdering Jews with ceasefires and wars and more bloodshed. We have reached a decisive and critical juncture in Jewish history and there is change in the air…

Will Jews in the Exile have the faith and wisdom to understand that their time is more than limited with attacks on Jews and Jewish institutions throughout the Exile, with flights being temporarily frozen? Who is to say that Jews will have an opportunity to leave when Israel really does what they ultimately must do? As the prophet Yoel says, the only refuge will be in Zion.

See Rashi in Breishit 15:9 where Rashi speaks of the Moshiach coming when Abraham will send away the Ayit, the symbol of America…Will Israel have the faith and the courage to do that today?

Regardless, it is clear that the nation of Israel is readier than ever to do so, and that if the politicians once again buckle under American pressure, there will be sever political repercussions for Bibi. Actually in as much as bringing the redemption closer, it is a no lose situation for the good Jews. Because the nation is more ready and prepared than ever to sacrifice with faith in unity.

Let us do what we can to strengthen the resolve of the nation and the leadership of Israel to fight the war the way it should be fought and to bring decisive victory with G-d's help. Faith in G-d not in Obama!

Rabbi Kanyevsky, on several occasions in recent weeks, including this week speaks openly and out of character about Moshiach being close and about the possibility that we will not have to fast this 9th of Av. May it be the will of G-d, Amen.

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