Monday, August 11, 2014

Letter to Rabbanim. Tough Choices. Impossible choices. Moral Dilemma's in fighting Rocket attacks of Hamas. What is Daas Torah?

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 See Yosef's comments to my letter below.

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It seems that the Rabbanim of the Galut have removed themselves from the conversation but it need not be that way.  I believe that this generation, hopefully  the generation of Moshiach is the Generation of  Tikkun Chait HaMiraglim.  Apparently the Yetzer Hara of the Miraglim is a Yetzer Hara that is extremely difficult to overcome if not impossible and even Kalev and Yehoshua needed much Siata Dishmaya, help from the One Above. 
  
The response of Kalev ben Yefuneh and Yehoshua bin Nun:
Bamidbar - Numbers - Chapter 14

ז. וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֶל כָּל עֲדַת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר עָבַרְנוּ בָהּ לָתוּר אֹתָהּ טוֹבָה הָאָרֶץ מְאֹד מְאֹד:
ח. אִם חָפֵץ בָּנוּ יְהֹוָה וְהֵבִיא אֹתָנוּ אֶל הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת וּנְתָנָהּ לָנוּ אֶרֶץ אֲשֶׁר הִוא זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבָשׁ:
ט. אַךְ בַּיהֹוָה אַל תִּמְרֹדוּ וְאַתֶּם אַל תִּירְאוּ אֶת עַם הָאָרֶץ כִּי לַחְמֵנוּ הֵם סָר צִלָּם מֵעֲלֵיהֶם וַיהֹוָה אִתָּנוּ אַל תִּירָאֻם:

7. They spoke to the entire congregation of the children of Israel, saying, "The land we passed through to scout is an exceedingly good land.
8. If the Lord desires us, He will bring us to this land and give it to us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
9. But you shall not rebel against the Lord, and you will not fear the people of that land for they are [as] our bread. Their protection is removed from them, and the Lord is with us; do not fear them."

Unfortunately in the desert, the people took the side of the Miraglim.  In our generation, our purpose is to correct their mistake.  We must counter discouraging reports of Israel and not cry but rather praise Hashem for His unceasing miracles to protect His people. He is an Almighty G-d much stronger than all our enemies combined!!!

Often kids at risk, OTD, off the Derech, want to go back on the Derech but can't seem to help themselves even when they try to the best of their ability.  They can eventually be brought back on Derech if we only connect to their precious Neshomah, daven and pray and be their guarantors by adding our own Mitzvoth and putting it into their account. Do we feel their emotional pain being disconnected to Hashem and the rest of His people?  We plead with HKBH to bring them back to the fold, and to help instill in  them fear and love of  Hashem and Hashem's commandments.. By doing so, we ourselves become closer to Hashem and have reason to feel confident that one day, should we ever need the favor returned, the very souls that we once helped save will then return this favor and save us back in kind.  

Each Neshoma is precious and we can't abandon even one because we are ONE and if we lose a Neshoma we lose a part of ourselves.  Al Achas Kama Vekama, how much more so with precious Neshomoth of our Rabbanim, our leaders,  the guiding light of hundreds of thousands of Neshomas. Shall we be callous to the sorry fate of the Miraglim???

Perhaps here too, the Tikkun can only come from the outside, from others davening and crying on their behalf and being Areivim, literally paying the deficit, as a guarantor does for someone who defaults on a loan. The people in the Desert were faulted for having cried after hearing the evil report of the Miraglim.  They should have replied as did Yehoshua and Kalev  that Hashem has promised the Good Land to us and we shall prevail because Hashem is protecting us as he promised.  


Rav Shteinman recently acknowledged, http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/headlines-breaking-stories/249670/maran-rav-shteinman-we-are-witnessing-nissim-vniflaos.html that we are witnessing miracles. "Rav Shteinman explains that there is not a single person among Am Yisrael that has not witnessed the miracles taking place around Israel during the military operation and we must be genuinely aware of HKBH’s intervention."

Surely that is a good first step!  

We hope and pray that we establish a Sanhedrin in Yerushalyim, BaMakom Sheyivchar Hashem, in Har Habayit,  together with those who look towards Hebron with the dawn of light each morning as they start their Avoda.  We daven  Hoshiva Shofteinu KavRishona....that the Sanhedrin will be accepted by Rov, the majority of Am Yisroel and represent Rabbanim and Torah Scholars in Israel and worldwide in Chutz Laaretz. 

Please G-d, Return us and We will return as One People United to the Good Land.   

Hashiveinu Hashem Elecha, Venashuva Chadesh Yameinu KeKedem.....




On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 3:20 AM, Yosef Rabin <613yos@gmail.com> wrote:
It has taken me a while to draw this unfortunate conclusion, but it is now clear to me that the Rabbanim of Galut are not able to answer these questions.  They have removed themselves from the conversation as did the ancient Rabbanim of Bavel who refused to join Ezra and Mechemya and are irrelevant. 

May the Rabbanim of Chutz Laaretz urge their flock to return to the Good Land and to stop worshiping idolatry in purity. 


Lichvod HaRabbanim, Shlita, amv"sh

What is DAAS TORAH??????? What is the opinion of Moetzet Gedolei Hatorah.  Should the gov't respond based on political backlash?  

Moral Dilemma's in fighting Rocket attacks of Hamas. before you judge think...what would you do...?? The Truth about the IDF (Israeli Defence Force) 
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=839543856056882

What is Daas Torah to the Moral Dilemmas of Major Roy Levy of the  Golani Brigade and all IDF Commanders fighting the Hamas?  

The gov't of Israel is under tremendous international pressures driven by world condemnation driven often by lies and distortions.  

Please Address Inyanei DeYOma from purely an unadulterated Torah perspective.   Yasher Koach and may you be imbued with the Spirit of Calev ben Yefunah and Yehoshua bin Nun coming from Chevron Ir Avoth VeImahoth!


Devarim - Deuteronomy - Chapter 20

א. כִּי תֵצֵא לַמִּלְחָמָה עַל אֹיְבֶךָ וְרָאִיתָ סוּס וָרֶכֶב עַם רַב מִמְּךָ לֹא תִירָא מֵהֶם כִּי יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ עִמָּךְ הַמַּעַלְךָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם:
ב. וְהָיָה כְּקָרָבְכֶם אֶל הַמִּלְחָמָה וְנִגַּשׁ הַכֹּהֵן וְדִבֶּר אֶל הָעָם:
ג. וְאָמַר אֲלֵהֶם שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל אַתֶּם קְרֵבִים הַיּוֹם לַמִּלְחָמָה עַל אֹיְבֵיכֶם אַל יֵרַךְ לְבַבְכֶם אַל תִּירְאוּ וְאַל תַּחְפְּזוּ וְאַל תַּעַרְצוּ מִפְּנֵיהֶם:

ד. כִּי יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם הַהֹלֵךְ עִמָּכֶם לְהִלָּחֵם לָכֶם עִם אֹיְבֵיכֶם לְהוֹשִׁיעַ אֶתְכֶם:

1. When you go out to war against your enemies, and you see horse and chariot, a people more numerous than you, you shall not be afraid of them, for the Lord, your God is with you Who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
2. And it will be, when you approach the battle, that the kohen shall come near, and speak to the people.
3. And he shall say to them, "Hear, O Israel, today you are approaching the battle against your enemies. Let your hearts not be faint; you shall not be afraid, and you shall not be alarmed, and you shall not be terrified because of them.
4. For the Lord, your God, is the One Who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.

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Sunday, August 10, 2014

Fwd: G-d's Incredible Miracles. Our T'HILIM vs. their TILIM by Rabbi Ephraim Sprecher Dean of Students, Diaspora Yeshiva

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http://www.ttidbits.com/1101/1101xl.pdf Page 23

Our T'HILIM vs. their TILIM by Rabbi Ephraim Sprecher Dean of Students, Diaspora Yeshiva

It is just amazing how the weekly Parsha and Haftara refer to Current Events. In Parshat Matot, Moshe orders the IDF to mobilize 12,000 soldiers for the war against Midyan.  That very same week, the IDF mobilized 12,000 soldiers for the war against Hamas. 

 Since the ground operation in Gaza another 60,000 reservists have been called up. Rashi in Bamidbar 31:3, states that all soldiers in the IDF are Tzadikim. We have lost over 60 of our precious and holy soldiers in the process of destroying Hamas's murderous tunnels. There is an incredible verse in T'hilim ,74:20, "(G-d), look to the covenant - for the Earth's tunnels are filled with HAMAS." According to Kabbala, the graves of these fallen IDF soldiers are their direct tunnels to G-d's Loving Embrace for Eternity.

  In the Haftara of Parshat Matot, Yirmiyahu (Ch.1), G-d asks the prophet, "What do you see?", and he answered, "I see a BOILING POT." On that very Friday night before this Haftara was read, over 15 Hamas supporters from Silwan (the City of David) stormed into the Diaspora Yeshiva's dining room on Mount Zion. The Arabs attacked the Yeshiva students inside the dining room with rocks and cinderblocks. The students began to fight back, throwing chairs at the Arab attackers and hurled a BOILING POT of hot water and even threw the BOILING POT of Cholent at the Arab assailants. After the BOILING POT of Cholent was thrown, the Hamas supporters ran away. What a great miracle took place at Diaspora Yeshiva on the very Shabbat of this Haftara! The Haftara continues, Yirmiyahu 1:18, "Today I (G-d) have made you a fortified city and an IRON PILLAR [IRON DOME] … to stand against the entire land … they will fight you, but they won't be able to defeat you, for I am with you to rescue you, says G-d." 



    





    







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fwd'd by Pesach Aceman: CURRENT LIST OF THOSE WOUNDED IN GAZA   in English 

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Fwd: Rosett - Hamas Supported by UN & US dollars - Ceasefire Ends - AFSI Jabotinsky Memorial Event


Americans for a Safe Israel
 
August 8, 2014
 

From: Helen Freedman
The need for the  IRON WALL of Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Jewish military might, has become ever more evident in the failure of the "cease-fire" once again as Hamas rockets pummel Sderot and other Jewish communities and Israel is forced to respond. Jabotinsky told us, in 1923 and again in 1937, "Only when NOT a single breach is visible in the IRON WALL, only then do extreme groups lose their sway...the only path to an agreement in the future is an absolute refusal of any attempts at an agreement now." 


 

It is curious that one hears about U.S. fighters conducting "precision" airstrikes on ISIS artillery, when John Kerry was so critical of Israel's precision bombing. As Kerry speaks about the terror against the innocent - the grotesque acts of violence - the warning signs of genocide - all in reference to the ISIS atrocities, one cannot but wonder why he didn't see the same horrors unfolding in Hamas' planned tunnel mass attacks on Israeli citizens. One also wonders why the Hamas strategy of building their command centers under hospitals, and their rocket launchers inside homes, schools, playgrounds, and mosques, making their citizens human shields, was not seen as a "warning sign of genocide," orchestrated by Hamas against its own people. Instead, Kerry and Obama press for "cease-fires" that can only enable the enemy. Who will they talk to when they are interested in the "cease-fire" from the ISIS terrorists? It will be interesting to watch the diplomatic efforts continue to fail miserably.


 

We regret to report that due to the restrictions of the American State Dept., and the apparent "closure" of the American embassy in Tel-Aviv to Israelis, our guest speaker from Israel, Yuval Granot, has been unable to get a visa to travel from Israel to America. This is just another example of the Obama "we've got Israel's back" back-firing. Our program, however, is a full one, with many superb speakers and features, so we encourage everyone to join us.

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The disgraceful United Nations, with its constant denunciation of Israel, has once again proven it is an enemy of peace. UNWRA, the United Nations Works Relief Agency, set up especially for Arab "refugees" in Gaza, has seen the terrorist tunnel network being built under their noses, but never did anything to stop it. On the contrary, Hamas members make up most of the workers employed by UNWRA. The duplicity and depravity here is deplorable. Read Claudia Rosett's column in today's Wall Street Journal and start screaming to your elected officials and media messengers. It is time to undo UNWRA and the entire UN. White House: 202-456-1111; Congress:202-224-3121


OPINION
The U.N. Handmaiden of Hamas
The relief agency in Gaza, financed in part by the U.S., has become a patron of Palestinian grievance.
By CLAUDIA ROSETT
 Aug. 7, 2014 7:41 p.m. 

On Wednesday, as a truce held between Israel and the Hamas terrorist group that rules the Gaza Strip, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon briefed the U.N. General Assembly. "The senseless cycle of suffering" must end, he said, asking: "Do we have to continue like this: build, destroy, and build, and destroy?"

For answers, the secretary-general would do well to look at the U.N.'s own main agency in Gaza, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, better known as Unrwa. Bankrolled chiefly by the United States and the European Commission, with headquarters split among Gaza, Jerusalem and Amman, Jordan, the agency is one of the U.N.'s most perverse, destructive creations. In Gaza it essentially functions as Hamas's handmaiden.

During the clashes of recent weeks as Israel sought to stop rocket attacks by Hamas and to destroy the organization's terror tunnels, Unrwa has loomed large on the public stage-with a pronounced Palestinian tilt. Its commissioner-general, Pierre Krahenbuhl, has publicly condemned Israel, accusing the Israelis of "serious violation of international law." On Al Jazeera television, the agency's spokesman, Christopher Gunness, has wept for the Palestinians.

Yet the U.N. representatives in Gaza helped cater the conflict and are already setting the table for the next round. Officially, Unrwa is a strictly humanitarian agency, providing Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, Jordan, Syria and the West Bank, as well as Gaza, with "assistance and protection" in the form of schools, hospitals, construction, loans, jobs and other help. By the agency's own account, in its 2014-15 budget "the core services UNRWA provides are comparable in nature and scope to those provided by a local or national government."

But Gaza under Hamas is a place with only two basic industries: aid and terrorism. These are much entwined, and not solely because Hamas controls Unrwa's staff unions in Gaza, where in 2012 a Hamas-affiliated slate swept 25 of 27 seats. In effect the U.N. group subsidizes Hamas. Among U.N. agencies in the Middle East, Unrwa is the largest employer, with a regular budget for 2014 of $731 million, and a total budget that, with emergency appeals, tops $1 billion.

The agency has roughly 30,000 staff on its payroll, almost all Palestinian. Some 12,500 work in Gaza, home to 1.2 million Unrwa-registered refugees, who account for about two-thirds of Gaza's population. The U.N. agency's welfare programs relieve Hamas of many of the costs of servicing the enclave it controls as its launchpad for terror.

With the agency handling household chores, Hamas-especially since its bloody takeover of Gaza in 2007, ousting the Palestinian Authority's Fatah-has found the time and resources to amass rocket arsenals (Unrwa last month reported finding rockets stashed in three of its vacant schools), to bombard Israel (sometimes in close proximity to Unrwa premises), and to build miles of concrete-reinforced tunnels extending into Israel for terrorist attacks. Israel, in its counteroffensive, has been accused by the U.N. of deadly strikes on Unrwa schools serving as shelters.

How did it come to this? Created by the U.N. General Assembly in 1949, Unrwa began operations in 1950 as an emergency jobs and aid program for Palestinian refugees. It was supposed to be temporary but has been repeatedly renewed. The agency has now carried on for 64 years, vastly expanding its budget, programs and refugee rolls.

Unrwa is unusual among U.N. agencies in ways that render it especially unaccountable, even by U.N. standards. All other refugees world-wide fall under the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. Only the Palestinians have their own dedicated U.N. refugee agency, offering special access to the perquisites of the U.N. logo, stage and fundraising.

Almost all other U.N. agencies report to an executive board, allowing at least some chance of functional oversight. Unrwa reports directly to the entire 193-member General Assembly, where responsibility is broadly dispersed and easily avoided. According to a paper in 2010 by the agency's own chief of legal affairs, Lance Bartholomeusz, Unrwa enjoys the added flexibility of having no clearly defined mission: "its mandate is not conveniently stated in one place and must be derived from all other relevant resolutions and requests."

Thus unencumbered, Unrwa has ensured its own survival by transforming itself into the patron of Palestinian grievance, conferring refugee status down the generations, an unusual practice. The agency's website reports that since 1950 its roster of registered refugees has grown from an original 750,000 to 5.3 million-a sevenfold increase, all eligible for the Unrwa dole. For the Palestinians, this has been ruinous, fostering within an otherwise enterprising culture a crippling sense of entitlement and dependency.

The agency does face one hurdle: Its funding comes almost entirely from voluntary contributions. But hundreds of millions roll in every year from the U.S., which is the largest donor (contributing $294 million in 2013), followed by the European Commission ($216 million). According to State Department historical data, the U.S. since Unrwa's inception has given the agency funds totaling $4.9 billion (closer to $7 billion in constant 2014 dollars).

In 2011 the agency opened an office in Washington run by two former U.S. government insiders: Matthew Reynolds, previously the State Department's assistant secretary for legislative affairs, and Chris McGrath, previously a media-events director for Sen. Harry Reid. The job descriptions include representing the U.N. agency's interests to the State Department and monitoring Congress on a daily basis to yield an "advocacy strategy dedicated to optimizing Unrwa's relations with Congress."

Thus U.S. tax dollars fund Unrwa officials now lobbying in Washington to obtain yet more money for an agency entwined with the rocket-launching, tunnel-digging rulers of Gaza. Mr. Reynolds, reached by phone this week, said he doesn't answer questions from the media. Christopher Gunness, the agency spokesman, did not respond to repeated queries.

With this week's truce between Israel and Hamas appearing to hold as the weekend neared, Unrwa is ready for what comes next. The organization has embarked on a $187 million flash appeal to rebuild Gaza. Thus will Hamas be spared the expense of cleaning up after the warfare it provoked.

Ms. Rosett is journalist in residence with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and heads its Investigative Reporting Project.
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Thursday, August 07, 2014

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Fatah - A Peace Partner????

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Fwd: The Tefillin Line of Attack


From: Daily Lightpoints <peninim@likras.org>
Date: Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 5:04 AM
Subject: The Tefillin Line of Attack
To: "faigerayzel@gmail.com" <faigerayzel@gmail.com>


 

Parshas Va'eschanan
Wednesday, August 6
10 Ov, 5774
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וּקְשַׁרְתָּם לְאוֹת עַל יָדֶךָ וְהָיוּ לְטֹטָפֹת בֵּין עֵינֶיךָ (דברים ו, ח)
And you shall bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for a reminder between your eyes. (Devarim 6:8)

The Tefillin Line of Attack

The commandment of Tefilin appears twice in Shemos (13:9 & 16) - immediately upon the exodus from Egypt, and twice in Devarim (here and 11:18) - as Bnei Yisrael prepared to enter the Land of Israel forty years later. In Shemos, the Tefilin of the arm and the head are stated as one unified act: the head and arm Tefilin together "shall be to you as a sign upon your hand and as a remembrance between your eyes". In Devarim, on the other hand, the head and arm Tefilin each have a distinct command: "you shall bind them... and they shall be..."

The Talmud (Berachos 6a) declares, "It is written: 'And all the peoples of the earth will see that the name of G-d is called upon you, and they will fear you (Devarim 28:10),' and it has been taught: R. Eliezer the Great says: This refers to the Tefilin of the head". The role of the arm Tefilin, in this regard, is only to facilitate the head Tefilin; only after the arm Tefilin are wrapped, may the head Tefilin be donned. Their effect  is one: to frighten away our enemies, such that they don't even wage any battle against us. Therefore, both Tefilin are stated as one command in Shemos, when the conquest of the Land of Israel was still intended to be led by Moshe – with no battle at all. As Bnei Yisrael sang then, "All the inhabitants of Canaan melted. May dread and fright fall upon them; with the arm of Your greatness may they become as still as a stone… (Shemos 15:15-16)."

We are told though of another effect of Tefilin which is similar, but not quite the same.  "By fulfilling the mitzvah to wear the Tefilin on the arm and on the head, those going to war will see the fulfillment of Moshe's  blessing (to the warriors of Gad, Devarim 33:20) "may he tear off the arm of his prey and its head in one blow (Rabbeinu Asher, Laws of Tefilin 15)." If the enemies have not been scared off and they wage a battle against you, their fighters will be utterly devastated by the Jewish armies. We see in this instance, however, that once it's come down to war, the arm and the head Tefilin must each contribute their unique blow. Therefore, in Devarim, when Moshe knew that the conquest of the Land would be through natural means of warfare led by Yehoshua, the blows to be delivered through the merit of the Tefilin were stated separately: "you shall bind them as a sign upon your arm, and they shall be for a reminder between your eyes."

—Likutei Sichos vol. 9, pp. 55-56
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Activist emails sent to my list  are L'Ilui Nishmat Yisrael ben David Aryeh ob"m (Izzy - Kaplan) and Howard Chaim Grief great activists and lovers of Eretz Yisroel, Am Yisroel and the Torah. Yehi Zichronum Baruch.  May their memories serve as a blessing.

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--Dear Friends, amv"sh

Since there is so many amazing links constantly being being sent around via email facebook etc. I regularly update my post listings of  the above categories:

Feel Free to regularly check these links and fwd them as well. 

All new contributions of links to any of the above categories are most welcome.  Send them to faigerayzel@gmail.com

Thanks and Enjoy!  
Sincerely,

Robin Ticker
Activist emails sent to my list  are L'Ilui Nishmat Yisrael ben David Aryeh ob"m (Izzy - Kaplan) and Howard Chaim Grief great activists and lovers of Eretz Yisroel, Am Yisroel and the Torah. Yehi Zichronum Baruch.  May their memories serve as a blessing.

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Miracle of Azrieli Towers! Operation Protective Edge

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ONLY IN ISRAEL MOMENT: The Shema prayer on the side of the Azrieli Towers  Posted on 7/13/2014 by Eliyokim Cohen
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Miracle of Azrieli Towers:
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 14:18:00 -0700
From: youngisraelworcester@yahoo.com
Subject: Guardian of Israel
To:

A true and amazing story told by Ohad Shaked. It came to us through Itchie Traube.  Rabbi Yosef Mizrachi relates:

I received a phone call on Sunday from “A,” one of the Iron Dome commanders who was a student of mine about 6 years ago. I was glad he called. “Where can a person learn Torah in Ramat Gan?” He asked me leaving me baffled being that he was far from Torah and mitzvot. "I'm going to be released in a couple of months, and I want to learn in a Yeshiva - I saw the Almighty with my own eyes!” He said, nothing more and nothing less. “What happened?” I asked him. “A Missile was fired from Gaza. The Iron Dome can detect where the missile is going to fall within a 200 meter radius. This particular Missile was heading to the Azrieli Towers, or to the railroad tracks. Either way, hundreds could have paid with their lives!

We sent the first “dome” and it missed. Then the second as well as the third dome missed, this is a very rare occurrence. To date, only two other such cases occurred. I was in shock! We had four seconds until there is no way back and the missile would hit. We had already informed and dispatched emergency services, the police and the fire department, to the location.” Then the commander spoke excitedly as I kept on listening. "Suddenly, without any preliminary design from the Iron Dome system (which calculates the possible wind currents, etc.) a strong eastern wind blew – a wind that we have no idea where it came from and cast the missile right into the sea. We were all in shock!!! I stood up and started screaming ‘There is a G-d’! ‘There is a G-d!’ ‘There is a G-d’!!! I saw this miracle with my own eyes. No one told me about it, it was not reported to me. I saw the Hand of Hashem fling the missile into the sea!
Of course this was not reported for security reasons, but it’s enough to witness the miracles with our own eyes to know there is Hashem (G-d). I ran to one of the religious soldiers and asked him to put on tefillin. I took it upon myself to keep Shabbat, and that was the very best Shabbat I have ever had.” This is what he told me. I was so excited that it even brought a tear to my eye. "Ashrecha” (praiseworthy are you) I said to him, “that you merited to witness this incident and to understand that it’s from Hashem (G-d)!”

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Monday, August 04, 2014

A Concert and a Kinus Tefillah for Israel. Wednesday August 6th Brooklyn Unites for Israel 6-8pm and Agudath Kinus Tefillah on Wednesday 6:30pm

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Dear Friends and Lovers of Eretz Yisroel, amv"sh

There is a concert and Kinus Tefilla unfortunately scheduled the same time this coming Wednesday night in Brooklyn. The Concert will reflect the spirit of the Nation United for Israel.  Hopefully the singers and the crowd will be acknowledging the open miracles Hashem has been performing for Am Yisroel.  Am Yisroel Chai, Od Avinu CHai, Acheinu Beis Yisroel..., Vehaikar Lo Lefached Klal, Mitzvah Gedolah Lihiyaot BeSimcha.  We have reason to be happy becasue Hashem is with us every single minute by our side, watching us!!!  The Tefillin reminds of the great Miracles of Egypt and the Exodus when G-d performed miracles for His people openly as He has been doing for Israel now and in the past.  Miracles of the formation of the State of Israel out of the ashes of the Holocaust after 2000 years of living in the Diaspora we can now go to Eretz Yisroel, of the 1967 War where we have reclaimed Yerushalyim, Yehuda and Shomron and all the Mekomos HaKedoshim, of the growth of a beautiful country which is our pride and joy. Operation Protective Shield foiled a Rosh Hashana Massacre and that alone is reason to celebrate not to mention the almost 3,000 rocket falling over Israel with barely any casualties.  Each and every miracle where there is no casualty is reason to celebrate.  Each time a rocket hits their own targets aimed at Israel is a reason to celebrate.  True over 60 of our best soldiers have fallen and we must be introspective how come our Tefillot have failed to protect these soldiers.  Surely Israel's reluctance to hit civilian human shields and its willingness to  buckle under international pressure to accept "humanitarian cease fires" even when they are only under false pretenses has contributed to Israel's losses.Hashem Yerachem...

Here is a rough translation of the The Tefila Kinus flier which  is more fitting for a Tisha Baav program.  It emphasizes the terrible situation in Eretz Yisroel where blood is being spilt like water by our enemies who want to  kill and destroy the vineyard of G-d's House, May G-d have mercy on us.  They are calling upon the entire community in shuls and in study halls to increase their prayers and supplications in this hour of distress.  They call upon all not to go out and enjoy going on vacation but rather to participate in the pain of our brethren and to increase Repentance, Prayer and Charity which will nullify the evil decrees. The purpose is to cry out to Hashem to save Hashem's nation and to protect the Chayalim who are risking their lives. Mincha is 6:30 sharp in "The Palace" 780 McDonald Ave. corner Ditmas and there will be a special ladies section.  G-d should protect One Nation, watch over the remnant of One Nation, Who Unites under Your Name Hashem is Our G-d Hashem is One.  

My comments:

I wish both events would merge into One as a display of true Unity!!!!!!


From ZOA Brooklyn

Come and join us for our concert/rally in support of Israel Wed 8/6/2014 @ 6:00pm - 8:00pm
 

 

 
Dear Friends of IDF, World supporters of Israel, and Brooklyn residents,
 
Come and join us for our concert/rally in support of Israel! Performances will be featuring Benny Elbaz, Gershon Veroba, Sandy Shmueli and others. 
 
Israel is on the front lines in the global fight against terror but has never felt so alone in the Western world. Please be there with the people who are standing up for what is right. 
 
When: Wed 8/6/2014 @ 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Where: Asser Levy Park in Brooklyn, NY 11224

Please help us spread the word by posting our event to your facebook/main webpage and distributing our flyer to your contacts.
 
Here is a link to our event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/283993348470823/
 
Sincerely,
 
Rubin Margules
President
ZOA of Brooklyn Region
Tel: 718-339-8483
 
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Robin Ticker
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Operation Protective Edge: Eli from Brighton Beaches suggestions as to how to fight the war with Hamas

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Today in the Brighton Beach Rally in Brooklyn, NY in  Solidarity  with Israel , a Russian man by the name of Eli saw our ZOA sign
http://shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com/2014/08/operation-protective-edge-upcoming-pro.html that read " Hebron is the first Capitol of the Jewish People".  He started to talk to us and told me that he thinks about Israel 24 hours a day and has some ideas about how to fight the war with Hamas.  I saw his sincerity and decided to pay attention.  Here are his suggestions:  Sometimes a simple solution is quite ingenious!

Eli's suggestions:

  • Throw pigs legs all over Gaza (It will make them want to run away)
  • Flood the bunkers and tunnels with water or gas.  (Either somehow connect them to the Mediterranean or with hoses)
  • Draw a parallel line all along the Gaza  border with Israel. Every 100 feet dig deep down to the depth they build their tunnels.  Connect each point with cables.  (basically dig a tunnel parallel to the border) Then destroy your tunnel and you will destroy their ability to cross over the border into Israel!
  • To find if your settlement is being infiltrated with a Hamas tunnel, have some kids try to find the exit points of the tunnel by taking a stick and banging on the ground all around your settlement.  If there is a tunnel dug underneath, the sound of the banging of the stick will differ in ground that does not have a tunnel buried underneath with ground that does have a tunnel buried underneath.
  • His suggestions about what to do when Civilians on the roofs of building are shielding rockets deep in bunkers.  Send leaflets, then throw a weak rocket to the roof, then continue to attack using progressively stronger and stronger rockets so that the people get the idea that you mean business and leave until you completely complete the mission and destroy the rockets hidden in the bunkers deep down. 
  • Israel must destroy 
    • the tunnels, 
    • bunkers that store the weapons,
    • destroy the weapons
  • He suggests an international team of friends of Israel like Canada and Australia to help monitor Hamas in Gaza
  • He also suggests drones circling Gaza with cameras and guns that can monitor all suspicious activity with the capability of attacking when necessary.
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Sincerely,

Robin Ticker
Activist emails sent to my list  are L'Ilui Nishmat Yisrael ben David Aryeh ob"m (Izzy - Kaplan) and Howard Chaim Grief great activists and lovers of Eretz Yisroel, Am Yisroel and the Torah. Yehi Zichronum Baruch.  May their memories serve as a blessing.

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