- Prayer for our Soldiers in the IDF. Sent by Jeff (Chanan) Hoschander to Pesach Aceman. I cry when I hear this song (Robin) Hu Yivarech - A Song for the IDF Soldiers at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXS4esYOJs4--
- Anyone who believes that Israel and our being here is not a revealed miracle should watch this video...
Shabbat shalom. sent to me by Rena Cohen of Tzfat
YouTube - Miracles In Gaza http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sezF3GN09jA - Miriam Peretz' speech- Mother of 2 fallen soldiers addressing FIDF Friends of the IDF. Arlene Kushner writes: " This, my friends, is why Israel will prevail. The world understands us very little indeed." Not a dry eye in the audience when she spoke.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WWdqhg_t_I - Shame and Humiliation of the IDF. We have received information from reliable sources that the IDF is planning to once again destroy the house of Yigal and Maayan Carlebach in Tekoa Dalet. Their first house was destroyed in the middle of a winter night this past December 2010.a short movie about the first destruction of the Carlebach home in English. Sent to me by Womeningreen and AFSI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuo7ay_rmgs - Itamar Yeshiva: Remembering the Massacre, Continuing to Build . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE7KdG2QTho&feature=player_embedded sent to me by Itamar and Lester Goldsmith Father of the the Mayor of Itamar.
- Shariamerica. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErzxOz3Dzv8&feature=player_embedded#at=194To truly understand why the voice of Torah must outshout the voice of Islam and Sharia Law watch this video. It's a must see and you will be convinced that this claim is real. Sent by ACT for America.who writes: " an insightful and entertaining video was posted on YouTube that makes the claim that the [USA} government's treatment of the Koran, compared to its treatment of the Bible, has the effect of establishing Islam as a preferred religion in America."
Dr. Roy Neuberger writes
THE WAR OF GOG UMAGOG
Dear Friends:
My book, 2020 VISION, begins with following words of the Malbim: "In the End of Days, after the Children of Israel have returned to their land, the children of Ishmael (the Moslem nations) and the children of Esau (the Western nations) will unite to attack Jerusalem. They will form a world coalition against the tiny nation of Israel. But something will go wrong with their plan. The religious beliefs of the children of Ishmael and the children of Esau will clash, and the two nations will collide and destroy each other. This is what is referred to as the War of Gog and Magog. Following this cataclysmic conflict, the Final Redemption of the Jewish People will occur with the coming of Messiah the Son of King David." (Malbim on Ezekiel 32:17)
I used to wonder what catalyst could launch this war between the Moslem and Western nations. Lately there has been an appearance of increasing friendship between the U. S. government and the Moslem world. Why would the Moslems want to attack America?
But now we have the answer. The fuse has been lit!
The United States recently succeeded in locating and killing the worldwide terrorist leader. This, of course, was a natural reaction to the events of 9/11; he had been Public Enemy Number One, the world's "most wanted." Nevertheless, the consequences are clear; his followers will not rest until they have taken revenge.
Shortly after Pesach, my wife and I hailed a taxi in Jerusalem. We thought we were adept at choosing appropriate drivers, but this time we miscalculated. Our driver launched into a bitter tale about his close relative in America, recently murdered by robbers in his store. He told us he was planning to take revenge, except that "the Israelis" had taken away his passport. He went on and on with his frenzied personal jihad. At one point he said, "I am a very dangerous person," and the claim did not seem farfetched.
This is a single individual.
There are clearly millions of fanatical followers of the slain terrorist leader, many of whom he trained and financed. It does not take a prophet to understand that they will not rest until they have taken revenge on the country and culture that has deprived them of their leader and hero. One of course does not know to what extent they will succeed, but clearly they will try. They are patient and always surprising, so I doubt they will do anything hasty or expected. They will wait for their moment, biding their time, and then, as on September 11, 2001, they will appear "out of the clear blue sky," and give the U. S. and its allies a chilling surprise.
This is not my scenario; this is the scenario that Ezekiel prophesied thousands of years ago and that the Malbim clarified for us.
I believe we would do well to remember the shocking admonition of another prophet: "I shall shake the House of Israel among all the nations as one shakes [grain] in a sieve, and no pebble shall fall to the ground. By the sword will all the sinners of My people die, who say 'The evil will not approach and overtake us!'" (Amos 9:9-10/Haftara for Parshas Kedoshim)
My friends, these are frightening words. People are gleeful about the death of this terrorist leader, but we dare not say "the evil will not approach ...us." It is essential that we understand the precise accuracy of the words of the prophets. We are almost certainly going to witness very dangerous events. The cultures of the surrounding nations are doomed. Any person enmeshed in them - G-d forbid! - is likely to suffer their fate.
What is the proof?
We know that eighty percent of the Children of Israel never left Biblical Egypt (see Rashi on Exodus 10:22 and 13:18) because they placed their faith in that culture and did not want to follow Moses into the wilderness. Thus, our rabbis instruct us to use the Biblical Exodus as a guide to the events surrounding the Final Redemption. Rabbi Elchonen Wasserman ZT"L is quoted as having said, "Several times I heard from the holy Chofetz Chaim that we can learn about the end of our exile from what happened at the end of our exile in Egypt...." (Redemption Unfolding, p. 78)
Only the culture of Torah is eternal.
According to the Malbim, we can expect war between the Moslem and Western nations, a war in which both cultures will be destroyed. We can also expect that the Moshiach ben Dovid will be revealed at some point in the course of that conflict or afterwards. The death of the Chief Terrorist appears to be the signal for the beginning of this war.
Our sole hope is to follow the example of our righteous ancestors, who, despite the collapse of Biblical Egypt, followed Moses into the wilderness.
They crossed the Red Sea.
They saw G-d and said "This is my G-d." (Rashi on Exodus 15:2)
They ascended to Mount Sinai.
They received the Holy Torah.
If we follow their example, we can also be saved!
The pillars of the earth are shaking. There is only One Place that offers protection, stability and survival, and that Place is the Daled Amos of Torah. Unity with Torah saved us in Biblical Egypt and unity with Torah will save us at the Final Redemption. Ezekiel the Prophet and the Malbim have assured us that the War of Gog Umagog will be followed by the Days of Moshiach, when the Holy Temple will spread its light over the entire world.
May we see that perfect world soon in our days!
Roy S. Neuberger
This will be posted on Shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com
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