Sunday, January 27, 2008

Rabbi Dr. Zevulun Lieberman - End Annapolis process!

Rabbi Dr. and Mrs. Sidney Z. Lieberman lost their only son, Hillel Eliyahu Lieberman HY'D, who had fulfilled the "mitzvah" (religious obligation) of making "aliyah".  He was killed by an Arab terrorist.

Rabbi and Mrs Lieberman write this urgent plea to end the Annapolis process.
 

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We, the corporate body of the Jewish nation, have been privileged with the divine heritage of the Land of Israel, promised in an eternal covenant to our forefather Abraham on Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal, overlooking Elon Moreh in Samaria. As the beneficiaries of this priceless treasure, we cannot consider our Holy Land as a commodity on the international exchange. The Almighty's gift may not be surrendered for a bowl of porridge – a paltry sum of "payment," resulting from a misguided vision of wished-for tranquility. We, the children of Israel, are the guardians of our Holy Land for all the generations to come until the Final Redemption. This, then, is our sacred mission, never to be forsaken. We must concentrate our efforts and gather our strength in unity, to fulfill the objective of being a light unto the nations.

In the State of Israel, we have created benefits for all humankind through the study and teaching of Torah, which is G-d's divine message for ethical advancement of all societies. Moreover, we have shared with all nations Israel's breakthroughs in state-of-the-art medical care, pharmaceutical research, solar energy development, hydroponic farming and social justice.

Our only son, Hillel Eliyahu Lieberman HY'D, fulfilled the "mitzvah" (religious obligation) of making "aliyah," thereby trailblazing in the true pioneering spirit, the settlement of the Holy Land of Israel, just as our American forefathers had created the first colonies of this young nation in the Western hemisphere by building settlements (towns and villages). Unfortunately, as a result of the mirage of the Oslo Agreement's promises of peace that could not become a reality, a violent "intifada" left him a victim of cruel, deceitful Arab terrorism as he walked, wrapped in a prayer shawl on the Sabbath between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur in the Year 2000, to his institution of higher Torah learning, Yeshivat Od Yosef Chai, located in the Tomb of Joseph in Shechem (a.k.a. Nablus), Samaria. Once again, the conferences subsequently held on the Wye Plantation and more recently in Annapolis have pressured Israel with a false promise of "peace" to result from surrounding, hostile neighbors' recognition of Israel, to surrender slices of its tiny, vulnerable land, viewable from north to south and east to west in a matter of minutes by aerial flight.

Our seven orphaned grandchildren, who commute to high school and college via Samarian highways, do not enjoy the sweet taste of the oft-promised peace. They have been detained on their daily travel by explosives planted by terrorists alongside the road, by burning tires that turn bus drivers and passengers into "sitting ducks," by suspicious packages blocking progress until a robot pulverizes the source of danger, and by sirens alerting Elon Moreh residents of a terrorist climbing up the Mountain of Har Kabir with a bomb wrapped inside the carcass of a sheep.

Surely, we Americans of all faiths care about the safety and security of "our children," locally and globally. Therefore, we are totally committed to fighting terrorism – in this post-9/11 era – with strength, not surrender; with backbone, not bending; with vigor, not veering off the vector of our goal of true peace; instead of with "piece" offerings to those who aim to murder freedom lovers throughout the world.

The Government of Israel must resist any American governmental pressure, because such interference will negate our mutual relationship of respect and honor, and our mutual plan for global peace and prosperity, for free trade zones and for a flourishing economy. Inadvertently encouraging violence violates our shared purpose for the era of peace when "nation shall not lift up sword against nation, and they shall not learn warfare anymore" (Isaiah).

Rabbi Dr. and Mrs. Sidney Z. Lieberman

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Friday, January 18, 2008

A Response to Bush's visit. A Must Read by Ruth Matar!!!! G-d is in Charge!

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Please read this powerful message of a Isha Tzadeket (A righteous woman) Ruth Matar.  Please forward it to the OU, Young Israel and Agudath Yisroel of America and remind them that it is Bezchut Nashim Tzidkaniyot  (righteous Jewish women) that we will be redeemed!  Let these powerful Jewish Mainstream organizations with strong network capabilities, use their clout and speak up for Torah and make a Kiddush Hashem.  Silence is Complicit agreement! Otherwise, they are using their influence and power to establish a State of Palestine, Chas Vechalila!
 
 
KING GEORGE II COMES TO TOWN
 
Letter from Ruth Matar (Women in Green) Jerusalem
Thursday, January 17, 2008
 
Dear Friends,
 
Most of us American Jews living in our Jewish Homeland are extremely disappointed in the statements President Bush made during his visit to Israel.
 
After his departure, the papers printed his FINAL STATEMENTS:
 
*STATES- Palestine will be national homeland for Palestinians; Israel will be national homeland for Jews.
 
[R.M.: Not according to the God of Israel. Leviticus 25:23- "And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity; for the land is Mine"]
 
*BORDERS- Must adjust 1949 cease-fire lines to reality on the ground to ensure contiguity of Palestinian state and protect Israel.
 
[R.M.: The borders of the Jewish Holy Land were already set by the G-d of Israel. Deuteronomy 11:24]
 
*REFUGEES-Solution will be through establishment of Palestinian state and international mechanism, including compensation.
 
[R.M.: Who made them refugees? We sure didn't!]
 
*JERUSALEM-Tough issue for both sides, politically and religiously, resolving which poses most complicated challenge.
 
[R.M.: Not at all a complicated challenge for the Master of the universe. Jerusalem is his holy Mountain. Isaiah 66:20]
 
*SECURITY-No Palestinian state as long as terror persists. U.S. committed to Israel's security.
 
[R.M.: Psalms 28:7- "Hashem is my strength and my shield…"]
 
*IMPLEMENTATION-Only after the sides meet road-map commitments.
 
[R.M.: Not in this world…]
 
Throughout his visit, three major English language papers in Israel were full of giant headlines announcing Bush's commands:
 
*OUTPOSTS MUST BE EVACUATED
 
*BUSH TELLS ISRAEL TO 'END THE OCCUPATION', AND KICKSTARTS A DRAMATIC COUNTDOWN: A PEACE TREATY BY THE TIME I LEAVE OFFICE'
 
*"TAKE CARE OF OLMERT", BUSH URGES
-Lieberman, Yishai implored to keep P.M. in power
 
[R.M.: Of course Bush has an interest in keeping his loyal puppet in power!]
 
U.S. president George W. Bush blatantly intervened in Israeli politics at Thursday's working dinner at the Prime Minister's residence, calling on the politicians there to support Prime Minister Olmert. Bush spoke at length with Shas chairman Eli Yishai and Israel Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman. "Take care of Olmert, so he will stay in power", Bush said. "He is a strong leader. Israeli politics is like karate, you never know when the next chop will come." 
 
*BUSH ON A MIDEAST PEACE 'TIMETABLE'
PRESIDENT BUSH SAYS HE IS CONFIDENT OF ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN TREATY
-Ramalah, West Bank: President George W. Bush, making his first visit to the Palestinian territories, expressed confidence here Thursday that an Israeli-Palestinian peace treaty would be signed during his last year in office, and urged Israel not to disrupt efforts to build stronger Palestinian security forces, which he called essential to the creation of a democratic Palestine.
 
[R.M.: This reminds me of Little Red Riding Hood: "My, what big guns you have..." "The better to shoot you with, my dear…"]
 
*BUSH: PALESTINE CAN'T BE A "SWISS CHEESE"
 
[R.M.: And Israel can?!]
 
-President tells Palestinians he is confident a viable, contiguous state will emerge.
 
-Ramallah- Palestinian Authority officials here had mixed reactions to Thursday's talks with U.S. President George W. Bush in the Mukata presidential compound.

-Portraits of Arafat were visible almost everywhere in the Mukata.

-The source said the PA did not hang U.S. flags in the city [Ramallah] to avoid "provoking" residents.

-Bush, who spoke beneath a portrait of Arafat, also stressed the importance of establishing a contiguous Palestinian state. "Swiss Cheese" isn't going to work when it comes to the territory of a state.
 
-Bush also outlined the tracks for the talks over the core issues, which include the future of Jerusalem, borders, refugees, water, settlements and prisoners.

-During the press conference, PA policemen used clubs and tear gas to disperse hundreds of demonstrators who took to the streets to protest against Bush's visit. The demonstrators shouted: "Bush is a murderer" and "Bush go home" as they tried to march toward downtown's Manara square, (the Presidential Compound).
 
[R.M.: Note the difference between the Jewish and Arab reception of President George Bush: American flags were hung along all the main streets of Jerusalem; the PA did not hang any US flags in Ramallah to avoid "provoking" residents.]
 
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On Friday, the last day of Bush's three-day visit to Israel, he spoke during an hour long tour of Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Memorial Hall of Names.
 
Bush's eyes welled with tears at least twice during his visit to Yad Vashem.
 
"I wish as many people as possible would come to this place. It is a sobering reminder that evil exists, and a call that when evil exists we must resist it," the U.S. leader said after laying a wreath and lighting a torch in memory of the victims.
 
Isn't it ironic that President Bush speaks of the importance of resisting evil, when he himself tries to deprive the very victims of the Holocaust of the homeland that they finally gained after the War?
 
Isn't President Bush promoting evil by trying to carve a terrorist state out of the land which the G-d of Israel promised the Jews as an everlasting inheritance?
 

With Blessings and Love for Israel,
 
Ruth Matar




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Thursday, January 17, 2008

Rabbi Sholom DovBer Wolpo speaking Motzei Shabbos 1923 Ocean Ave. Chabad of Flat

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Please forward to your lists.
 
An Evening of Information and Inspiration Concerning Security in Eretz Yisroel Shlaimos Ha'Aretz.
 
Rabbi Sholom DovBer Wolpo
Rav of Chabad Synagogue of Kiryat Gat
Founder of Committee to Ensure the Safety of Jews
In Eretz Yisroel and website SOS -Israel.com
Prolific Author and Speaker re: Halacha and Shlaimos Ha'Aretz
Motsei Shabbos in Flatbush
 
 
Chabad House in Flatbush
1923 Ocean Ave. Between Ave N and  Ave. O
Motzei Shabbos Parshas Beshalach
12 Shvat - January 19
 
6:45 (Hebrew) Steering Public Opinion Towards Truth
7;45 (English) The MItzvah of Saving Jewish Lives: Applicable Here and Now
 
Question and Answers - Video Presentation
Melave Malka $10 Entrance - Men and Women
 
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News from Hebron: Shooting at Beit Hadassah

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An Letter To My Friends in Hebron, amv"sh
 
Once again they are shooting at Beit Hadassah.
 
 
Hebron must continue to speak with outrage regarding the dangers facing ALL of Yesha. Focus on Hebron or on Beit Hashalom but speak out forcefully at the same time for all of Eretz Yisroel. VeAhavta Lerayacha Kamocha.  Please join with the NJC (New Jewish Congress), Rabbinical Congress for Peace, all like minded people and parties  like "Eretz Yisroel H'aShlema" Feiglin,  Tsafrir Ronen, Benny Elon, Hazit, National Union, Merzl,  Yaalon, Paul Eidelberg,  Uri Ariel, Medad, Effi Eitan etc. etc.  etc. and  with the mayors of Yesha and Directors of Yesha institutions and American Friends  of Yesha Institutions and publicly address the Young Israel, the OU and Agudath Yisroel of America about why they have not been outspoken against the Roadmap. 
 
These organizations have networks that reach thousands of shuls and Rabbis and hundreds of thousands of Jews in America.  Jerusalem and Yesha are synonymous.  Concessions of Yesha translates to reducing Jerusalem to simply a museum piece. Why make Jerusalem a relic of the past with no living life of its own? An Undivided Jerusalem living side by side next to a Palestinian State is precisely that.   And that's assuming rather naively and stupidly that it is a "peaceful Palestinian State".
 
Why are WE as a nation being SILENT regarding Eretz Yisroel!!!  How can we be SILENT when  President Bush says to "end the occupation"??? Shtika Kehoday Damya.  Being Silent is like complicit agreement. Let's scream out the first Rashi in Breishis.
 
This Land belongs to each and every Jew equally  because we, the seed of Avraham, Yitchok and Yaakov are the only rightful inheritors.  At the very least, each and every Jew living in the Diaspora has to recognize that Eretz Yisroel belongs to them as much as Eretz Yisroel belongs to the most courageous Jew living in Hebron. A mother will begin to love her child more and more by sacrificing her time and energy for her child. Eretz Yisroel is our baby.  Each and every Jew has the obligation to do whatever possible to protect Eretz Yisroel no matter where they reside. Such expression of devotion and protectiveness will lead to a greater love and appreciation of Eretz Yisroel from the Jew in the Diaspora.
 
 Why aren't these mainstream Jewish organizations not speaking up for YESHA????  Why are they acting as if Eretz Yisroel is not relevant to them personally or for our generation? 
 
Ask Pesach Lerner about his new initiative for Yerushalayim Parshat Shlach together with "Rabbi" Yona Metzger.  What a pathetic response!!!! How can he join with "Rabbi" Metzger who is clearly just an agent of the Olmert administration, who gives his blessings for a Palestinian State. 
 
 
What is the OU sitting together with Peace Now in the Conference of Presidents supporting and actually PROMOTING the peace process and the Roadmap??.  Don't they represent or rather misrepresent their Orthodox constituencies???? Apparently their constituencies don't even have a clue that their leadership is promoting a Palestinian State in the name of peace and the expulsion of Jewish settlements.!
 
How can SHAS and UTJ  represent themselves as Torah Judaism when being part of this evil gov't or even contemplating being part of this evil gov't, means violating numerous very serious Mitzvoth D'orayta.  These parties don't represent Daas Torah at all.  Rav Eliashiv clearly gave a Psak that everything must be done to stop concessions since concessions will only make security worse!  He said to publicize it in his name.  He has told many people, that Gush Katif was a big mistake!!!.  Why isn't Agudath Yisroel of America publicizing his psak against concession to ALL of YESHA???.  One directive on the part of Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah would send the clear message to Bush that the Roadmap is anti Torah!  One directive to their constituencies could bring hundreds of thousands of letters to the White House within a few days.
 
With a United Voice we will succeed!!  Let's put it under the umbrella of Hakadosh Baruch Hu!  The Torah Umbrella.  There's no lack of leadership roles for each and every leader.  Why can't we unite w/o worrying about whose umbrella we are uniting under.   The Prime Minister's job is simply a position of being a public servant. Different individuals can take turns with that position. Such a job carries tremendous responsibilities and is a big headache.  I seriously wonder why anyone even wants the job.  Yet each and every leader should not shirk their G-d given responsibility to use their G-d given leadership qualities and lead in their particular areas of strength.  Each and every leader should recognize that they have individual strengths and not G-d forbid see others with leadership qualities as competition.  We are all on the same team!  It takes a matronly headmistress in the play "Oklahoma" to bring the cowboys and the farmers to be friends.  She takes the pistol and points it at their heads which sends the message BE FRIENDS OR ELSE.... So they have no choice but to listen to her and actually enjoy dancing together...
 
 




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