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Here are 7 lessons after contemplating, listening to eulogies and reading media reports etc.
Here are 7 lessons after contemplating, listening to eulogies and reading media reports etc.
Lesson 1: Blow the Trumpets: -
To cry out to Hashem in the event of great distress that affects the community as a whole.
To cry out to Hashem in the event of great distress that affects the community as a whole.
The following Rambam in Hilchot Taaniyot in the Mishneh Torah was quoted by Rabbi Shlomo Diamond in a CD put out by learntorah.com RDC719 following the Azan tragedy in Brooklyn, NY Chanukah, Rosh Chodesh Tevet 5778. Interestingly, both the Azan Family and the Sassoon Family tragedy happened on Rosh Chodesh a day designated for repentance and the sounding of Trumpets.
http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/951995/jewish/Taaniyot-Chapter-One.htm
Introduction to Mishneh Torah Hilchos Ta'aniyot
[This text contains] one positive commandment: To cry out to God in the event of great distress that affects the community as a whole. This mitzvah is explained in the following chapters.הלכות תעניות - הקדמהמצות עשה אחת והיא לצעוק לפני ה' בכל עת צרה גדולה שלא תבא על הצבור: וביאור מצוה זו בפרקים אלו:
1 It is a positive Torah commandment to cry out and to sound trumpets in the event of any difficulty that arises which affects the community, as [Numbers 10:9] states: "[When you go out to war... against] an enemy who attacks you and you sound the trumpets...."
Yael Shevach made a condolence visit to Miriam Ben-Gal, whose husband Itamar was stabbed to death in Ariel terror attack, Their Husbands were murdered weeks apart. West Bank widows lament their common bond
There were eerie similarities between the two tragedies that took place within a month of each other."We are both educators, both Raziel and Itamar were Torah scholars, and both of us feel that we were chosen for this role," Yael Shevach said, explaining that "role" as one responsible for strengthening the settlement movement in their husbands' honor.
"Both Raziel and Itamar loved life, they both loved to dress and eat well. Raziel was killed on his way home from a circumcision and Itamar was on his way to a circumcision. Raziel's sister will be getting married in less than a month, and Miriam's sister will be getting married in less than a month," Yael Shevach added.
Lesson 2: ברית we must focus on the Eternal Covenant between Hashem and the Jewish People!
Brit Milah is a Sign of the Covenant. אות ברית between G-d and the Nation of Israel. An Everlasting Covenant that Hashem is giving to Avraham Avinu and to his seed thereafter, the Land of his sojourning for an everlasting possession.... Rabbi Shevach was coming from a Bris and Rabbi ben-Gal was going to a Bris.Bereishit - Genesis - Chapter 17
And I will establish My covenant between Me and between you and between your seed after you throughout their generations as an everlasting covenant, to be to you for a God and to your seed after you. זוַֽהֲקִֽמֹתִ֨י אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֜י בֵּינִ֣י וּבֵינֶ֗ךָ וּבֵ֨ין זַרְעֲךָ֧ אַֽחֲרֶ֛יךָ לְדֹֽרֹתָ֖ם לִבְרִ֣ית עוֹלָ֑ם לִֽהְי֤וֹת לְךָ֙ לֵֽאלֹהִ֔ים וּלְזַרְעֲךָ֖ אַֽחֲרֶֽיךָ: 8And I will give you and your seed after you the land of your sojournings, the entire land of Canaan for an everlasting possession, and I will be to them for a God." חוְנָֽתַתִּ֣י לְ֠ךָ֠ וּלְזַרְעֲךָ֨ אַֽחֲרֶ֜יךָ אֵ֣ת | אֶ֣רֶץ מְגֻרֶ֗יךָ אֵ֚ת כָּל־אֶ֣רֶץ כְּנַ֔עַן לַֽאֲחֻזַּ֖ת עוֹלָ֑ם וְהָיִ֥יתִי לָהֶ֖ם לֵֽאלֹהִֽים: 9And God said to Abraham, "And you shall keep My covenant, you and your seed after you throughout their generations. טוַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶל־אַבְרָהָ֔ם וְאַתָּ֖ה אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֣י תִשְׁמֹ֑ר אַתָּ֛ה וְזַרְעֲךָ֥ אַֽחֲרֶ֖יךָ לְדֹֽרֹתָֽם:
10This is My covenant, which you shall observe between Me and between you and between your seed after you, that every male among you be circumcised. יזֹ֣את בְּרִיתִ֞י אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּשְׁמְר֗וּ בֵּינִי֙ וּבֵ֣ינֵיכֶ֔ם וּבֵ֥ין זַרְעֲךָ֖ אַֽחֲרֶ֑יךָ הִמּ֥וֹל לָכֶ֖ם כָּל־זָכָֽר: 11And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be as the sign of a covenant between Me and between you. יאוּנְמַלְתֶּ֕ם אֵ֖ת בְּשַׂ֣ר עָרְלַתְכֶ֑ם וְהָיָה֙ לְא֣וֹת בְּרִ֔ית בֵּינִ֖י וּבֵֽינֵיכֶֽם: 12And at the age of eight days, every male shall be circumcised to you throughout your generations, one that is born in the house, or one that is purchased with money, from any foreigner, who is not of your seed. יבוּבֶן־שְׁמֹנַ֣ת יָמִ֗ים יִמּ֥וֹל לָכֶ֛ם כָּל־זָכָ֖ר לְדֹרֹֽתֵיכֶ֑ם יְלִ֣יד בָּ֔יִת וּמִקְנַת־כֶּ֨סֶף֙ מִכֹּ֣ל בֶּן־נֵכָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹ֥א מִזַּרְעֲךָ֖ הֽוּא: 13Those born in the house and those purchased for money shall be circumcised, and My covenant shall be in your flesh as an everlasting covenant. יגהִמּ֧וֹל | יִמּ֛וֹל יְלִ֥יד בֵּֽיתְךָ֖ וּמִקְנַ֣ת כַּסְפֶּ֑ךָ וְהָֽיְתָ֧ה בְרִיתִ֛י בִּבְשַׂרְכֶ֖ם לִבְרִ֥ית עוֹלָֽם: 14And an uncircumcised male, who will not circumcise the flesh of his foreskin-that soul will be cut off from its people; he has broken My covenant." ידוְעָרֵ֣ל | זָכָ֗ר אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא־יִמּוֹל֙ אֶת־בְּשַׂ֣ר עָרְלָת֔וֹ וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ הַהִ֖וא מֵֽעַמֶּ֑יהָ אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֖י הֵפַֽר:
Lesson 3: Territory folks should stick together! Push for Sovereignty over the entire Israel
Does it take a terror attack to settle the Land? Something is not right here! Why are we settling the Land simply in response to Terror attacks rather than because it's our Land to settle? Why are we still demolishing homes in Netiv HaAvot? Let us push legislation to normalize all of Judea and Samaria as per the Levy Report and push Sovereignty over Judea and Samaria (google womeningreen Sovereignty movement).
Lieberman Submits Proposal to Legalize Havat Gilad
State efforts to provide legal and security solutions for the residents of Havat Gilad in response to the terror attack there last week continued on Sunday, as Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman went to the cabinet with a proposal to retroactively legalize the outpost and build new housing for those on disputed land.
Naftali Bennett promises to triple the city Har Bracha following this attack.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/241673
"In past years, many cities were born in response to murders. Kiryat Shmona, Maaleh Hahamisha, this is the answer. There are more families, more children, more schools, more towns, and more homes. When this is what sprouts up in front of the terrorists, they'll start to understand that they're banging their heads against a cement wall, and it's a waste of their time."
However there seems to be resistance from the Israeli Govt to apply Sovereignty over the entire Judea and Samaria even though there is wide support among the people and the Knesset.
Netanyahu Trying to Quash Next Week’s Sovereignty Vote
By JNi.Media - 24 Shevat 5778 – February 9, 2018
http://www.jewishpress.com/news/politics/netanyahu-trying-to-quash-next-weeks-sovereignty-vote/2018/02/09/
An Open Letter to PM Benjamin Netanyahu from the co-leaders of the Sovereignty Movement Yehudit Kasover and Nadia Matar written Feb 8, 2018 to Complete the Victory of the 1967 War.
http://womeningreen.org/3778-2
Watch Ezra Ridgley's youtube's rendition of this letter:) (a work of love)
https://youtu.be/kWjwkASmE2M
Territory Folks Should Stick Together!
Let's stop this divide and conquer modus operandi which encourages each Yishuv to fend for themselves to address their individual needs discouraging banding together, working in unity to stop any demolition and injustice that is targeting another group of settlers or another community of settlers.
Lesson 4: Can we Help Save Home Demolitions in Netiv HaAvot ?
Pending bulldozing of homes in Netiv HaAvot based on Judicial tyranny of Israel Supreme Court. http://www.jewishpress.com/?s=netiv+haavotהרס נתיב האבות Destruction in Netiv HaAvot. Celebrating 70 years of Jewish Sovereignty with Destruction of The Path of Our Forefathers? https://shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com/2017/11/destruction-in-netiv-haavot.html
Bulldozers sent in to Netiv Avot February 6th. QNch3kxnP79QDp6G7PBMYrS0P (did they really have to send in the bulldozers a month early adding insult to injury and more trauma to the families?)
My comments: Indeed Bennett's words are comforting for the widow of Rabbi Itamar ben Gal as was the decision to legalize Havat Gilad to the widow of Rabbi Shevach. But while these words of comfort were said, what is happening in Netiv HaAvot? Bulldozers were already sent to demolish their homes. Does it take a murder chas veShalom for Naftali Bennett and the MKs to finally send those bulldozers back from where they came. Both Rabbi Itamar ben Gal and Rabbi Raziel Shevach were well respected in Dati Leumi circles. Let their memories serve to unite all of the Yishuvim in Judea and Samaria with a demand not only for their own particular community but also to stop the pending demolition of Netiv HaAvot! and any future scheduled demolition as a way to actualize the fulfillment of our Covenant with Hashem.
Lesson 5 Can We Save Elisha Odess from the Clutches of the Jewish Division of the Shabak?
This coming Monday, Elisha Odess is scheduled for a hearing. This 16 year old kid was put under administrative detention, accused of a murder that he did not commit yet he confessed to, under torture and for the past 2, 3 years has been languishing in jail without ever having had a fair trial.
Naftali Bennett wrote an Oped in the New York Times in 2015 that painted the hilltop youth as terrorist Jewish Youth distinct from the Nationalist Camp. This kind of Lashon Hara and Motzei Shem Ra isolating the hilltop youth has had devastating ramifications for these kids and their families.
Demonization and false Accusations against Hilltop Youth Elisha Odess Elisha ben Odess Please Davan and Demand RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICE! Trial this Monday Feb. 12, 2018
Seeking Confession at All Costs, Israeli Court, AG, Endorsed Torture of Jewish-American Minor by David Israelhttp://www.jewishpress.com/news/police-news/seeking-confessi on-at-all-costs-israeli-court- ag-endorsed-torture-of-jewish- american-minor/2018/02/08/
ISRAEL OPENS BRUTALITY INVESTIGATION AGAINST SHIN BET:
Lesson 6: Defense and Security for the Nation of Israel should be guided and consistent with Torah and Mitzvoth
Let us demand that military procedures, guidelines and orders on how to deal with terrorists be guided and consistent with Torah morality and ethics.
Strikes against the Israeli Defense Leadership:
https://shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com/2018/02/strikes-against-israeli-defense.html and additional ones here...Lieberman, Security Failures in Judea and Samaria, reflective of Failed Leadership?
https://shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com/2018/01/lieberman-security-failures-in-judea.htmlLesson 7 Har HaBayit
5 Mitzvoth - Lesson from Rabbi Itamar ben-Gal
Video of Rabbi Itamar ben-Gal hy"d with a group going up to Har HaBayit teaching us of the 5 Mitzvoth, Biblical Commandments with their ascent (h) https://drive.google.com/open?id=1_D5HzbsVy_DSe9C9q3d1YE_2Ob_yoWtt
- בניית בית ה Building Beit HaMikdash. by our very ascent to search out The Place of Har Habayit, the Mountain of the House of Hashem, is a way to fulfill the Mitzvah בניית בית ה.,
- להתפלל ולהשתחוות לה To pray and bow down to Hashem
- מורא המקדש Having Awe of the Beit HaMikdash. To go with awe and trepidation on the Mount
- לא תחנם Not to allow a foreign entity to claim ownership and gain a foothold by our very ascent
- .והורשתם את הארץ to inherit, take ownership of the Land
The Eternal Capital of the Jewish People
[Video] Walking On The Temple Mount produced by Ezra Ridgley Walking On The Temple Mount. http://thejewishheritageproject.com/ This is your chance to tour the Har HaBayit, the most sacred land in the universe. Jerusalem, Israel. This is your chance to be part of something great! The site where the Jewish Temple will be rebuilt when Hashem wills it. (Next best thing to being there [Robin])
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oPjT7-RvIw&t=239s
What can we do here in America and in Chutz LeAretz? Al Taamod Al Dam Reyacha. We can not stand idly by the blood of our Fellow Jew. Your phone call may make a difference! Please read this link and you will find contact information of Major Jewish Organizations or simply call your local Rabbi and Jewish Newspaper and ask them to publicize these travesties of justice to change the status quo on these matters!אתם נצבים! Action time! Call your Rabbi, spiritual leader...
For an example of an activist Par Excellence please read the letter Helen Freedman, Executive Director of AFSI (Americans For A Safe Israel) afsi.org who wrote such a letter to Knesset Members: http://conta.cc/2ErsM8V
Temple Mount, Judea and Samaria Lives and Property Hefker? Temple Mount, Netiv HaAvot, Raziel Shevach Father of 6 Murdered Chavat Gilad, Letter to Ambassador Friedman from Helen Freedman Executive Director of AFSI
https://shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com/2018/01/temple-mount-judea-and-samaria-lives.html
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The Sassoon Family, the Azan Family, the Shevach Family, the ben-Gal Family, the Salomon Family, the Ariel Family, Har Nof massacre victim's Families etc share something in common. A member or members of their family served as Communal Sacrifice(s), for Am Yisroel. From all the speeches and Hespedim, this seems to be a consensus. Each and everyone of these Korbanot seemed to be amazing and special souls. The best of the best. The finest of the fine.
Why did they deserve to die if not to be Mechaper Am Yisroel, to atone for the collective sins of Am Yisroel?
Enough of human sacrifices! What lessons can Am Yisroel learn from these horrific human sacrifices... to wake us up and to do Teshuva ...so that we don't have to be witness to any more such horrific tragic events such as these?
Let us pray and yearn for the Beit HaMikdash for the opportunity to bring Korban Chatot Tzibbur the right way.
חַטּאת הַצִּבּוּר וְהַיָּחִיד. אֵלּוּ הֵן חַטּאת הַצִּבּוּר. שעִירֵי רָאשֵׁי חֳדָשִׁים וְשֶׁל מועֲדות שְׁחִיטָתָן בַּצָּפון וְקִבּוּל דָּמָן בִּכְלִי שָׁרֵת בַּצָּפון וְדָמָן טָעוּן אַרְבַּע מַתָּנות עַל אַרְבַּע קְרָנות. כֵּיצַד. עָלָה בַכֶּבֶשׁ וּפָנָה לַסּובֵב וּבָא לו לְקֶרֶן דְּרומִית מִזְרָחִית. מִזְרָחִית צְפונִית. צְפונִית מַעֲרָבִית. מַעֲרָבִית דְּרומִית. שְׁיָרֵי הַדָּם הָיָה שׁופֵךְ עַל יְסוד דְּרומִי. וְנֶאֱכָלִין לִפְנִים מִן הַקְּלָעִים. לְזִכְרֵי כְהֻנָּה. בְּכָל מַאֲכָל. לְיום וָלַיְלָה עַד חֲצות https://www.sefaria.org/Siddur_Ashkenaz,_Weekday,_Shacharit,_Preparatory_Prayers,_Korbanot,_Laws_of_Sacrifices.3?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en
translation with the help of Interlinear Artscroll for weekdays.
Sin offerings of the Community and of the individual -- These are the sin-offerings of the community: the he-goats of Rosh Chodesh and of the Festivals...their slaughter is in the north and the reception of their blood in a vessel of service is in the north. Their blood requires four applications [one] on [each of] the four corners [of the Altar]. How is it done? [The Kohen] ascended the [Altar] ramp, turned to the surrounding ledge and arrived at the corner which is south-east, [then at] the east-north [corner], the north-west [corner] and the west-south [corner]. The leftover blood he would pour onto the southern base. They are eaten inside of the [Courtyard] curtains, by males of the priesthood, in any manner of preparation, on the day [of offering] and on the following night until midnight.
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The Sassoon Family, the Azan Family, the Shevach Family, the ben-Gal Family, the Salomon Family, the Ariel Family, Har Nof massacre victim's Families etc share something in common. A member or members of their family served as Communal Sacrifice(s), for Am Yisroel. From all the speeches and Hespedim, this seems to be a consensus. Each and everyone of these Korbanot seemed to be amazing and special souls. The best of the best. The finest of the fine.
Why did they deserve to die if not to be Mechaper Am Yisroel, to atone for the collective sins of Am Yisroel?
Enough of human sacrifices! What lessons can Am Yisroel learn from these horrific human sacrifices... to wake us up and to do Teshuva ...so that we don't have to be witness to any more such horrific tragic events such as these?
Let us pray and yearn for the Beit HaMikdash for the opportunity to bring Korban Chatot Tzibbur the right way.
חַטּאת הַצִּבּוּר וְהַיָּחִיד. אֵלּוּ הֵן חַטּאת הַצִּבּוּר. שעִירֵי רָאשֵׁי חֳדָשִׁים וְשֶׁל מועֲדות שְׁחִיטָתָן בַּצָּפון וְקִבּוּל דָּמָן בִּכְלִי שָׁרֵת בַּצָּפון וְדָמָן טָעוּן אַרְבַּע מַתָּנות עַל אַרְבַּע קְרָנות. כֵּיצַד. עָלָה בַכֶּבֶשׁ וּפָנָה לַסּובֵב וּבָא לו לְקֶרֶן דְּרומִית מִזְרָחִית. מִזְרָחִית צְפונִית. צְפונִית מַעֲרָבִית. מַעֲרָבִית דְּרומִית. שְׁיָרֵי הַדָּם הָיָה שׁופֵךְ עַל יְסוד דְּרומִי. וְנֶאֱכָלִין לִפְנִים מִן הַקְּלָעִים. לְזִכְרֵי כְהֻנָּה. בְּכָל מַאֲכָל. לְיום וָלַיְלָה עַד חֲצות https://www.sefaria.org/Siddur_Ashkenaz,_Weekday,_Shacharit,_Preparatory_Prayers,_Korbanot,_Laws_of_Sacrifices.3?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en
translation with the help of Interlinear Artscroll for weekdays.
Sin offerings of the Community and of the individual -- These are the sin-offerings of the community: the he-goats of Rosh Chodesh and of the Festivals...their slaughter is in the north and the reception of their blood in a vessel of service is in the north. Their blood requires four applications [one] on [each of] the four corners [of the Altar]. How is it done? [The Kohen] ascended the [Altar] ramp, turned to the surrounding ledge and arrived at the corner which is south-east, [then at] the east-north [corner], the north-west [corner] and the west-south [corner]. The leftover blood he would pour onto the southern base. They are eaten inside of the [Courtyard] curtains, by males of the priesthood, in any manner of preparation, on the day [of offering] and on the following night until midnight.
Sincerely,
Robin Ticker
Robin Ticker
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