Sunday, March 16, 2008

Fwd: FWD & RSVP: Rachel's Children Reclamation Fdtn. Taanit Esther at Kever R...

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As we cry for our victims, as the Jews in Iran go to the Kevers of esther and Mordechai on the Fast of Esther, join RCRf at the source, the Kever of Rachel, mother of Benyamin, the leader of the tribe of Esther and Mordechai.
Rachel’s Children Reclamation Foundation, 60 West End Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11235 054-224-2649 rachelschildren@gmail.com
TORAH TRANSFER CEREMONY
THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2008 7:30AM
TAANIS ESTHER , 5768
Please Join Us as we bring our 2nd RCRF Sefer Torah housed in Kever Rachel since 2005 to the new Aron Kodesh Safe in Beit Bnei Rachel, the only Jewish owned property within the Rachel’s Tomb Walled Complex.
Reservations please
Buses Leaving Arze Habira, Kings Hotel, Tsomet Gilo 7:30 AM
Torah Transfer on Arrival.
Shacharis in Beit Bnei RachelShiur by RABBI AHARON ADLER
“The Rachel Imeinu, Esther Hamalcha Message”
As we fast our bodies, let us nourish our spirit and heart in Ima Rachel’s Place with such holy roots.
I would like to make ____reservations at 40nis per person_____.
I would like to donate ____megillahs to the chayelim guarding Kever Rachel at 25nis each.
______ I would like to contribute to the Sefer Torah Safe and be recognized on the wall plaque _______$260 each
Please Register for Ongoing Women’s Shiurim and help us build Medreshet Chaya Rachel and Ruth
Tuesdays via 9:10 AM Egged #163 bus
“Women in the Gemorrah “ by Devorah Mandel
Wednesdays via 10:10AM Egged #163 Bus
“In Depth Shiurim on Rachel Imeinu” by Atara Gur
Thursdays via 9:10AM Egged @163 Bus
“Duties of the Heart” by Rebbitzen Sheindel Schnitzler



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Friday, March 14, 2008

A Time to Destroy from Mattot Arim

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Before you read this message from Mattot Arim, please visit the following links.

 

by Hillel Fendel

 

Subj: עת להרוס A Time to Destroy 
Date: 3/13/2008 8:10:11 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time
From: mattot.arim@gmail.com
To: mattotarim@eretz.org
Sent from the Internet (Details)

"A TIME TO DESTROY"

A week has passed since the massacre in the "Merkaz Harav" Yeshiva but the house of the Arab terrorist has not been destroyed yet. In the absence of any effective government, it is the people who must show the way. WOMEN in GREEN call upon all to join the call of the bereaved families to go and destroy the house, this coming SUNDAY, March 16th, 2008, at 5:00pm.
*Meet in Jerusalem on the Promenade (Tayelet) of Armon Hanatziv. From there march to the house in Jabbel Mukhaber.

*The more people show up, the more the demand to destroy the house will be listened to.
*Even if you can't walk all the way, at least show up at the Promenade.
* Buses to the Promenade: 8,12,7,74,30,163
Tel: 972-2-624-9887 or 0505500834

 

 

Come to Kfar Saba & say: No Legal Harrassment of Settlers, please!

This Sunday, 16 March, 8:30 AM there is an interesting court case in Kfar Saba. Hana Gofer from Kdumim is suing 2 police officers who falsely arrested her. She would like to create a precedent that the police officers must compensate settlers if they deny them their freedom for no reason (once this precedent is on the books, the number of false arrests is obviously going to go down sharply!).

 

Any expert will tell you that the outcome will depend mostly on how much public interest is generated. So please, if you can, be present to provide public support for Hana Gofer -- merely by sitting at her side in the courtroom. Sunday, 16 March, 8:30 AM, please call Hana the evening before, at 0528-119073, to be sure there is no change in the time or date.

 

 

New: Israel's Foreign Minister says no to Palestinian state

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/962306.html

Please  fax  the Subcommittee on the Middle East in the USA House of Representatives about this crucial development. Explain that a Palestinian state would be right opposite all of Israel's big cities which translates to ROCKETS falling constantly on Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and everything between them.  

 

Here's the fax numbers and names:

Gary L. Ackerman (NY)  (202) 225-1589

Howard L. Berman (CA) (202) 225-3196

 

Robert Wexler (FL)         fax (202)225-5974
Eliot L. Engel (NY)          Fax: (202) 225-5513

 

Jim Costa (CA)               Fax: 202-225-9308

Ron Klein (FL)                Fax: 202-225-8398

Brad Sherman (CA)        fax: (202) 225-5879

 

Robert Wexler (FL)         fax (202)225-5974
Eliot L. Engel (NY)         Fax: (202) 225-5513

 

David Scott (GA)             fax  202-225-4628  

 

Russ Carnahan (MI)        fax (202)225-7452Phone                     hone: (202) 225-2671

Sheila Jackson Lee (TX)  fax (202) 225-3317

Mike Pence (IN)               fax (202) 225-3382

Steve Chabot (OH)          fax (202) 225-3012

 

Joe Wilson (SC)               Fax: (202) 225-2455   

J. Gresham Barrett (SC)  fax: 202-225-3216

Jeff Fortenberry (NE)        Fax: 202-225-5686

Bob Inglis (SC)                  fax: (202) 226-1177

 

Connie Mack (FL)              fax: 202-226-0439

Gus Bilirakis (FL)               fax: 202-225-4085

Michael T. McCaul (TX)     fax 202-225-5955

 

 

 

WRITE A  HAPPY PURIM LETTER TO 18 YEAR OLD TZVIA

Just write her simple, plain letters, praise her, show her she has support all around the world.

 Tzvia Sariel

Neve Tirza Women's Prison

P.O. Box 297

Ramle 72100 Israel

And telephone the Israeli Embassy and demand to know why Tzvia is still in prison. The embassy's phone number is 202-364-5500.




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Why is Tzvia Sariel being punished in jail w/o commiting any crime?

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To:
To Whom It May Concern,
Tsvia Sariel has no evidence against her. She has no charges against her anymore. Her only "crime" is that she does not want to recognize the judicial system in Israel whom she feels does not enforce justice but rather is in serious need of correction itself.
Why doesn't the court respect her freedom to protest and simply judge her case, whether or not she recognizes their legitimacy, simply on the evidence. It is quite clear that Tsvia is innocent especially when no one is even pressing charges against her. No one that is, except the Judge and the prosecutor who are
Nogea Badavar (there is a conflict of interest and they should not be the ones to judge themselves). Judge Bechor and Shir Laufer ought to be ashamed of themselves. What gives them the right to do such a thing? Why isn't there a higher court that allows them to get away with it?
For this Tzvia is imprisoned for 3 months going on four, her modesty violated as religious young girl, with required stripped searches or else face solitary confinement. It seems obvious that this is her punishment for exposing the deficiencies in a court system that is supposed to defend her rights as a citizen.
She has proven her point. What kind of democracy is this and where are her rights as a young and caring citizen to protest? She has clearly won this round and the Judicial system is getting very bad press, but at what personal expense?



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Thursday, March 13, 2008

Aaron Kinsberg reaction to the OU Memorial last night at Young Israel of Flatbus

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Dear Aaron, amv"sh
 
I too was there and I totally agree with your assessment.  I would add that while the people of Israel must be willing to stand alone if necessary and put their faith in their G-d alone, it is to the benefit of the United States and the War on Terror if the United States would support Israel in their fight against their enemies rather than delude themselves that the enemies like Fatah,  are potential allies.  Like Yitzchok Didon, the reservist that killed the terrorist pointed out, the guns of the terrorist came from the Gov't of Israel who gave it to Fatah.
 
Forwarded Message:
Subj: The memorial meeting, OU & Agudah failed the potential 
Date: 3/13/2008 10:35:26 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time
From: aitlaasot@yahoo.com
To: FaigeRayzel@aol.com
Sent from the Internet (Details)
 
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Robin,
Leaders of Rabbinic Organizations are only galvanized to do something when there is a catastrophe. And even them they goes nowhere.
I just returned from the Memorial for the murdered students organized by the OU at the YI of Flatbush.   Yes it was a memorial. Yes I expected the Rabbis to talk about G-d, belief, chizuk, etc. But I expected something more.  As I looked around the shul, I saw people I recognized from Flatbush, people who care about Israel and who have the potential to be motivated to act at the right moment. Neither Rabbi Goldwasser nor Rabbi Weinreb talked about the continual attacks on Israel from Aza & the need for proper response. They never talked about the pressure Israel is under from the Bush administration to fulfill the Road Map which the PA never fulfilled and never will. The people should have been told that the only response to the massacre we in the US have is to do become active in our support of Israel. But alas, the Rabbis never gave direction. The people listened politely and passively, said Tehillim & davened Maariv. No passion. No call to action. People left as empty handed as when they came. Biblical commentators often spoke of Biblical leaders who failed as leaders when they did not fulfill the potential of the moment.

When the Children of Israel stood at the Red Sea,  Moses also cried out to God. God admonished Moses & said, "Why are you calling out to me; speak to the Children of Israel & travel (do something).  The Rabbinic leaders, whether they be OU or Agudah, only cry out after a catastrophe; they are too establishment, each in their own way, to call out to American Jewry to act. I fully understand OU's perfidy in abstaining & remaining w/i the PCJA.  Like the House Jew, they don't have the mindset to do anything else.  I am a hopeful pessimist.  I see the glass as half empty but I believe that the glass can be filled. I don't hold out much hope that the present Rabbinic leaders of the establishment organizations will fulfill that role. 

Kol Tuv,
Aaron Kinsberg


PS The meeting seemed more of an attempt for OU p.r. after the PCJA debacle than to really accomplish something. They didn't even take names for follow up activity.



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Where the current message of the OU is lacking. Clarity by Dr. Menachem Kovacs.

 
 
An excellent letter to the OU by Dr. Menachem Kovacs. What he is telling the OU is "Im Hachareish Tacharishi"  which is Mordechai's message to Queen Esther to speak out 'Ki im hechareish tacharishi baeis hazos, revach vehatzala yaamod layehudim mimakom acher.' Because if you remain silent at this time salvation and deliverance will arise for the Jews. 'Veat uveis avich toveydu.' But you and the house of your father will be lost. 'Umi yodeiah im laeis hazos higaat lemalchut.' Who knows if this is not itself the very moment, the very opportunity, the very significance, the reason why you attained monarchy.
 
 
 
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An Urgent Message to the OU Leadership
 
It is crucial for Israel's survival that Judea & Samara (Yehuda & the
Shomron aka The West Bank) be retained as integral parts of the
historical Biblical Heartland of Israel.  The OU can make a difference
by clearly opposing the creation of any:"Palestine" carved out of the
Jewish State & affirming the spiritual, Halachic, historical and
security imperatives of retaining in their entirety Yehuda & the Shomron
as well as all of Jerusalem, 
 
The OU should also logically call on its
members to lobby the President & their Congressional representatives and
to encourage _prayers_ to G-d to save the entire Jewish State and
Nation, What is at stake is not only retaining our literally G-d given
Holy Land, but in saving the lives of our People.  Pikuach Nefesh, the
danger to Jewish lives, is fundamentally related to our keeping the Holy
Land.  
 
Surely a central message of Purim for us now is that Mordechai &
Esther directed their efforts to the royal palace in Shushan while their
ultimate petition was in their prayers to G-d Himself to cancel the evil
decree of that time. The OU and other Jewish religious groups and
individuals should be our leaders.  If they will not, we must petition
the authorities on earth & in Heaven to do so without them, as Mordechai
told Esther, the Jews will be saved with you...or without you.
Shalom Batuach  &   Purim Samaych,
Dr. Menachem Kovacs
Director  Jewish Roots Center  Baltimore
Professor Emeritus of Sociology  Montgomery College  Maryland






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