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The Hebron Fund Parshat Massei    Dear Raizy & Pinchus,      I don't usually start with a story but this one hit home.   One of the 120 Members of Knesset is Hebron's own resident Orit Struk who tells us the following story (pardon my translation)..   "12 ½ years ago, Senior Commander of Hebron, Colonel Dror Weinberg h"yd came to visit my son Mordechai when he was in Soroka Hospital after my son was injured in a terrorist attack (note: Dror was a colleague of our security officer Yoni Bliechbard who fought alongside him at the ambush battle of Worshippers Lane).   Today, I came to Soroka to encourage the wounded soldiers and their families. And among them was Dror Weinberg's son Yoav! He was injured in the fighting in Gaza.   Visiting the hospital reveals Israel at its best. You can recognize the soldiers immediately by the flowers, balloons, signs, and drawings. From all the injured, families, and many of the visitors, I heard repeatedly the same request: don't stop in the middle. Don't give in to international pressure to surrender. Let the army win."   In other news, the vehicle that is the lifeline of our security, youth services/eduation and grounds staff is almost past its usefulness (see pic below). It was used during the recent kidnapping situation and we can use it for summer camp and youth activities.   If we can raise funds for a new one that would be helpful (click here and write 'security' in the comments section) Anyone who wants to take on most of the project themselves, let me know, the dedication comes with your own license plate!   Shabbat Shalom (and quiet) from Hebron,   Dan   Rabbi Daniel Rosenstein Executive Director, The Hebron Fund drosenstein@hebronfund.org    "SEEN ON THE SCENE"   Photo-op in the Gutnick Center Pizza shop with security forces   Iced coffee and delicious pizza for soldiers, yum!   The utility vehicle used in Hebron as the main source for our educational and grounds staff  MK Orit Struk (and resident of Hebron) visiting Yoav Weinberg, son of Commander Dror Weinberg hy"d Welfare items sent to wounded soldiers Connect to Jerusalem during the  Three Weeks Uplift yourself through the teachings of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach in the new book  The Soul Of Jerusalem. Compiled By Rabbi Shlomo Katz with the help and support of Hebron resident and tour guide Rabbi Simcha Hochbaum Click Here to view the book on Amazon.com This week's email sponsored by:   HONORARY CITIZEN OF HEBRON  Join us and get your medallion here! or support Hebron here! Coming to Israel this summer? Book the best tour in Israel! See available dates: www.hebronfund.org/tour   Tears of Rage, Tears of Conscience David Wilder July 23, 2014 A couple of days ago I drove with my son-in-law towards Jerusalem to pick up my daughter - his wife, and their new daughter - our granddaughter. During the trip in, and on our way back, my thoughts wandered - back and forth. A new grandchild. Baruch HaShem. Thank G-d. People ask 'how many?' So now I can say, from Alef to Taf. Those who understand, understand.   It was exactly forty years ago that I came to Israel. The first time was for an entire year. I was a junior at Case Western Reserve University, studying history, planning on going to law school. I'd had the idea of coming to Israeli in my head since my Bar Mitzvah, at age 13. It was my parents doing. They suggested a summer trip. I liked the idea, but for various reasons never made it.  But, while in university, the possibility of participating in a 'one-year program' struck a nerve. Sounded like a really good idea. CWRU was OK, but nothing special. Cleveland didn't do anything to me. So, being able to finally go to Israel, being far far away from anything I knew, and getting full credit for the year, it seemed like a golden opportunity. That year in Jerusalem, at Hebrew University, changed my life. As is said, 'the rest is history.'....   Continue Here to read about the tunnel and the current situation in Israel Parshat Massei By: Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, Hebron To print, click HERE בס"ד לשכנו תדרשו Seeking the Holy Presence in Our Holy Land   "זאת הארץ אשר תיפול לכם בנחלה ארץ כנען לגבולותיה"  "May it be Your Will before You, HaShem our God and the God of our Fathers that You raise us with joy to our Land and plant us in our boundaries..." (Mussaf Shabbat) The boundaries of the Land of Israel are explicitly and elaborately detailed in this week's parsha, a matter that highlights the importance of every parcel of land in the Land of Israel before HaShem. Not only is the specification of the boundaries of the Holy Land important in the Written and Oral (halacha etc.) Torah in regard to the mizvot of the Land upon the People (Trumot, Maaser, , Shmita, etc.), but  also in regard to the responsibility upon the People to conquer and settle the Land, as is clear in the Written Torah in our title quote. In the Oral Torah this principle can be ascertained from the halachic ruling (Biblically based) that only if Israel first conquers  the land specified in the Torah and only afterwards conquers territory outside these boundaries does that territory receive status as the Land of Israel Proper (Biblically liable for Truma etc.). This halachic principle is shown by our Sages when they describe HaShem's criticism on David's conquest of other lands before conquering the entirety of the Land of Israel specified in the Torah as he should have done. We illustrated this concept in this way to fit even the viewpoint of the Rambam who does not enumerate the conquest and settlement of the Land of Israel to be a positive mitzvah, but according to the Ramban and the accepted halachic stance (as brought in the authoritative halachic summary 'Pithei Tshuva') that conquering and settling the Land is a positive mitvah even today, it is even clearer that the boundaries of this Land specified in the Torah are crucial in regard to the commandment of  conquering the entirety of the Land of Israel.  According to the Ramban's halachic stance we are not only commanded to settle the Land but also bidden to not leave this Land in the hands of another nation or desolate, as he ascertains from the verse 'you shall conquer the Land' (Num. 33, 53). Spiritually speaking, as we have shown in the past, the Land of Israel is a spiritual entity, Abode of the Holy Presence, described by the prophet Isaiah (62, 5) as a 'wife' to Israel, her 'husband'. Therefore, the devotion of our People to the entirety of this Land, as specified by God, is crucial to our loyalty to God and His Holy Presence, for denying any parcel of this Land from Israel is tantamount to denying the word of God (in this week's parsha determining that it belongs to Israel), and His Holy Presence in this Land (for if God's word is not held holy, then what is holy about His Presence?). By connecting to Hebron, we connect to the very roots of our People's connection to this Land, thereby strengthening our devotion and loyalty to the Holy Land and the Holy Presence therein. Our Sages teach us that our Forefathers foresaw the future, and therefore they travelled and lived in locations crucial for the future of their descendants many years later. It seems that is not for naught that specifically our holy Fathers of Hebron, the 'Roots of our People to the Land', lived an extended period of time, in addition to Hebron, in 'the land of the Philistines', identified as the area of the 'Gaza Strip' today, to strengthen our ancestors, as in the time of David and Goliath the Philistine, and us today, grappling with the identity of this location as part of our Holy Land, that indeed this whole Land is the Holy Land given by God to His People Israel.     ---------------------------------------------------------------------      Real Stories from the Holy Land #80:   "One day, I was too tired to go to work, so I told my boss that I hurt my hand in an accident (which was a lie). Three minutes later a cab came and bashed into my leg, injuring me in a real accident." (Y.S)      Sources: Rambam Melachim 5, 6, Hashmatos lesefer haMitzvos LaRamban mitzvah 4, Ramban on Num. 33, 53, Pithei Tshuva Even Haezer 75, 13, Psikta Zutrta Lech Lecha 12, 8  The Hebron Fund  1760 Ocean Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11230 718-677-6886 -  info@hebronfund.org   www.hebronfund.org

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