Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Just got through to Schumers office. keep on trying! THE OVERRIDE IS IN SCHUMER'S HANDS! CALL HIM!! 202-224-6542

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In response to the email received from 

Lynne Bursky-Tammam and Nessim Tammam
Chairpersons, Yom Hashoah Mobilization Committee  
 
I immediately called up Schumer's office.  Nobody picked up. Maybe I miscalled.  I tried again. This time the secy answered and was very empathetic and said she will definitely pass on the message.

We must be the Mordechai of our generation and convince Senator Schumer to act in Israel's defense! 

My message to Senator Schumer was that he might have to risk his political career in order to save the world from a Nuclear Iran.  No different than Queen Esther in the Purim Story.  Maybe for this reason he reached such a high position in the gov't.  

In the Purim Story, Mordechai tells Queen Esther. Esther 4:14 "If you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance shall arise for the Jews from another place, while you and your father's house shall perish. And who knows whether you did not come to royal estate for just such a time as this?"

My guess it that it's a tremendous political sacrifice and personal sacrifice on Schumer's part but probably nothing less will do the job. He must rally other Senators as well to stand together strong behind him against any dangerous agreement with Iran as did Queen Esther. Lech Knos es Kol Hayehudim. . Go Gather the people, (the Jews of Shushan).... If Senator Schumer follows her example he will demonstrate his leadership capabilities.   If he will be true to his name, His G-d and his people,  he will come through for Israel and he will also do what it right for United States and the world! 

Congress displayed tremendous respect for Prime Minister Netanyahu and probably will have tremendous respect for Senator Schumer if he takes a leadership role in the Senate on behalf of Israel and United States of America and the World at large. 

 Mordechai, it is true, had to persuade Esther to do her part in removing the decree against the Jews. But Mordechai did not need to effect any basic change in her. His function was only to reveal her innate qualities, to allow her real self to surface. And once he succeeded in doing this, Esther set out on her mission with her own strength, impelled by her own convictions. At this point, she became the direct cause of the miracle.

For in her true and innate state which was now revealed, Esther stood on a higher rung than Mordechai. It was she who now took the initiative to tell Mordechai,11 "Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Shushan, and fast for me." And it was Esther who convinced the Sages of her time to include the Megillahas one of the sacred writings of the Tanach.12

The miracle of Purim thus came about through Esther's own innate qualities, albeit after Mordechai revealed them. 


There is an Almighty G-d up in heaven much more powerful than Obama who repays good deeds in kind and and bad choices in kind. 

Hashem Oz LeAmo Yiten, Hashem Yevarech as Amo Bashalom!  Hashem should give courage to His people, and Bless His People with Peace!

Peace with Israel translates to peace and prosperity for the world!


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From: Lynne Bursky Tammam <hashoah@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 2:06 PM
Subject: THE OVERRIDE IS IN SCHUMER'S HANDS! CALL HIM!! 202-224-6542
To: Lynne Bursky Tammam <hashoah@hotmail.com>


Dear Friends of Israel and the Jewish People,
 
Time is of the essence!  The Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act (the Corker-Menendez bill) is about to come to a vote .   
 
The passage of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act (the Corker-Menendez bill) is critical to the survival of Israel, the security of the U.S., and the stability of the Middle East and the entire world.    This legislation will ensure that Congress has time to review any agreement with Iran and will prevent the president from waiving any economic sanctions against Iran for 60 days as the agreement is reviewed.  After the review, Congress could vote to approve or disapprove of the lifting of the sanctions Congress imposed in 2010.  
 
IT IS URGENT THAT CONGRESS ENSURES THAT THE DEAL REACHED WITH IRAN WILL NOT ENDANGER THE ENTIRE WORLD!
The terms of the potentially catastrophic current "framework" agreement:
 
  •  allow Iran to preserve and continue developing its nuclear capabilities, including advanced centrifuges; 
  •  accept Iran's refusal to allow IAEA inspection of its secret underground facilities and its military installations;
  •  allow Iran to continue to refuse IAEA inspection of 11 out of the 12 technologies related to nuclear weapons;
  •  allow Iran to maintain its intercontinental ballistic missile batteries and warheads capable of carrying nuclear   weapons;
  •  implicitly accept Iran's open campaign of conquest on Israel's borders with Syria, Lebanon, and Gaza and in Yemen,  and Iraq;
  •  implicitly accept Iran's state-sponsored terrorism around the world via its proxies Hezbollah, Hamas, the Shi'ite Houthi rebels, and Shi'ite militias in Iraq, and its own troops working directly with Hezbollah in Syria; 
  •  and implicitly accept the declaration of Iran's Brigadier General Naqdi that "wiping Israel off the map is not up for negotiation." 

  

The terms of the current "framework" are so alarming that the top political and intellectual leaders of the Israeli LEFT are speaking out against Obama's capitulation to Iran.   
 
  • Israel's Labor Party opposition issued an official press release against the deal.
  • The head of Labor's delegation to the Knesset, Eitan Cabel, said, "I refuse to join those applauding the agreement with Iran, because the truth is it keeps me awake at night....When a crazy religious regime with a proven track record of terrorism and cheating receives permission to get that close to a nuclear bomb, I am very worried.   In the face of a nuclear Iran, there is no opposition--we are all Israelis."
  • Israeli author, Ari Shavit, called Obama's deal "a terrible historic mistake." He wrote, "If Iran is nuclearized, everyone's values and way of life will be endangered."
 
YOUR  LETTERS, E-MAILS, AND PHONE CALLS ARE HAVING AN EFFECT!  WE CAN'T STOP NOW!!! 
 
Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) became the 66th Senator to commit to overriding Pres. Obama's anticipated veto of the Corker-Menendez Bill (Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015)!    Only one more Senator needs to make this commitment in order to have the 67 votes needed for an override. 
 
The Senators who support the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 are "closing in on a veto-proof majority" (NYT, 4/13/15).    
 
Senator Schumer is responding because of YOUR e-mails, phone calls, and letters, pressure from the Jewish Voice and other Jewish media, and the knowledge that a press conference was going to occur outside his office.  On the day before the 3/27 press conference in front of his office, he declared his co-sponsorhip of the Corker-Menendez bill.  On April 2nd, the Thursday just before Passover, Senator Schumer sent us this new statement:   
 
"We must do everything to prevent a nuclear Iran and so any potential agreement must prevent Iran's ability to develop a nuclear weapon. Congress played a lead role in crafting the tough-and-effective sanctions regime that brought Iran to the table, and Congress should have a role on how those sanctions are altered in any final agreement with Iran. That's why I strongly support this legislation, which will give Congress the ability to weigh in on any potential Iran deal. This issue is far too important – for the United States, for Israel, for the entire Middle East – for Congress not to have any ability to review a nuclear deal with Iran." 
 
Schumer, in his new leadership position, is under enormous pressure from the Obama Administration to accept a watered-down version of the bill or to make sure that there are not enough votes for the override.
 
It is conceivable, because of Obama's pressure, that SCHUMER COULD VOTE FOR THE OVERRIDE TO SATISFY HIS CONSTITUENTS  AND WORK BEHIND THE SCENES TO DISCOURAGE OTHER DEMOCRATS FROM VOTING FOR OVERRIDE.  
 
THE OVERRIDE IS IN SCHUMER'S HANDS!!!!  WE HAVE TO PUSH HIM TO DO THE RIGHT THING!
 
WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW:
 
1)  Please call and write a postcard to Senator Schumer.   His number is 202-224-6542.   His address is 322 Hart Senate Office Building.  Washington, D.C.  20510  (Postcards will not necessitate lengthy security measures.)   You can say or write: 
  
"Senator Schumer, you issued a statement that said, unequivocally, that EVERYTHING must be done to prevent a nuclear Iran and so any potential agreement must PREVENT Iran's ability to develop a nuclear weapon.    Your statement of April 1st made clear that the issue of a nuclear Iran is "far too important for the United States, for Israel, and for the entire Middle East for Congress not to have the ability to review a nuclear deal with Iran.   
 
WE ARE COUNTING ON YOU TO ENSURE THE PASSAGE OF THE IRAN NUCLEAR AGREEMENT REVIEW ACT NO MATTER WHAT OBSTACLES ARISE. 
 
WE ARE COUNTING ON YOU, AS THE LEADER OF THE DEMOCRATS IN THE SENATE, TO GARNER THE REMAINING VOTES NEEDED TO OVERRIDE PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VETO.
 
Let Senator Schumer know that nothing is more important than this issue to his constituents!   He has been treading with caution in terms of his public statements, but we need to let him know that we are counting on him to ensure the passage of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act.   And that means, if necessary, overriding the President's veto.
 
2)  Every constituent of our silent senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, should know that her office issued this statement: " "She has not decided as yet if she will co-sponsor the bill."   Her phone number is 202-224-4451.
 You can say or write:    
"There is only one chance to be "on the right side of history" at this juncture.   There is no legislation before Congress that is more urgent.   The vast majority of Americans consider Iran to be the greatest threat to the security of the United States.   THAT ALONE is reason for every senator to vote for the override."
  
3) Those in New Jersey should call and write postcards to Senator Cory Booker.   His number is  202-224-3224.  Senator Booker's address is 141 Hart Senate Office Building   Washington, D.C. 20510.  
 
4)  Please call the Democratic Minority Whip Steny Hoyer.  His number is 202-225-4131.   When the legislation comes up for a vote in the House, he will be instrumental in garnering the necessary Democratic votes to override an anticipated presidential veto when the legislation is presented in the House. 
   
Alarming new developments:  
  
1) The Wall Street Journal (4/13/15) reported that Russia retracted its hold on the transfer of S-300 missiles to Iran.  With this transfer from Russia, Iran will have one of the most advanced anti-aircraft systems in the world.   Iran will be able to fire a single battery at multiple targets flying up to almost 90,000 feet.   Israel's ability to protect itself from a regime that has sworn to "wipe Israel off the map" will be put in great jeopardy. 
 
 
2) It was reported that Iran may be establishing elements of their nuclear program in Syria (Algemeiner, 3/30/15).
 
 
3) Iran's Fars News Agency reported that in 2014, General Naqdi said Iran was "stepping up efforts to arm West Bank Palestinians for battle against Israel, adding the move would lead to Israel's annihilation. Arming the West Bank has started and weapons will be supplied to the people of this region."   This is confirmed in the very terrifying article below:
 
 
4) The same Brigadier General Mohammed Reza Naqdi who said, as the nuclear talks were reaching a conclusion,  that "wiping Israel off the map is not up for negotiation"  boasted publicly that Iran supplied much of Hamas's arsenal, training, and technical expertise that was exercised during the most recent war with Israel.   
 
With the approach of Yom Hashoah on Wednesday night, we should let all those with whom we have contact understand that NOW is the time to put into action the words "NEVER AGAIN."   Much of American Jewry in the 1930s and early 1940s did not know what was happening in Europe.  We have information!   We are informed!   We have no excuse for not acting!    In the face of the enormity of the danger of a nuclear Iran, we have the obligation to do something!   
  
WE CANNOT STOP OUR VIGILANCE!   As Benjamin Netanyahu said on April 1, "the greatest threat to our security and to our future was and remains Iran's effort to arm itself with nuclear weapons."   Please send this to everyone who can make a phone call, write a postcard, or write an e-mail.  
 
PLEASE DON'T DELAY....CALL SENATOR SCHUMER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.     
 
Remembering the more than 6,000,000 voices that were silenced during the Holocaust,
 
 
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Sincerely,

Robin Ticker
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Wednesday, April 08, 2015

V'HI SHE'AMDA: THE ETERNAL PROMISE Rabbi Lazer Brody, Emuna Our Answer to Obama....Connecting to Har Habayit....



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V'HI SHE'AMDA: THE ETERNAL PROMISE by Rabbi Lazer Brody Wednesday, 08 April 2015


video clip of Yonatan Razel and Yaacov Shweky:


Obama & Israel: Obama Plays Victim, Again by  MOSHE PHILLIPS AND BENYAMIN KORN

Obama, The "New Pharaoh" Figure by Batya Medad

Obama Admits: By 2028, Iran's Breakout Time Will Be Near Zero by Gil Ronen President says until then, breakout time to a bomb will be one year, but will then diminish 'almost to zero.'


State Dept.: Obama Was 'a Little Mixed Up' in NPR Interview by Gil Ronen 
Spokeswoman Marie Harf tries to undo damage done by Obama's admission that under deal, Iran's breakout time would eventually be 'near zero.'


Rabbi Yitzchok Sorotzkin Teshuva: Stop the Talking Campaign. Going one step further... Yearn for Malchut Shamayim, Malchut Beit David, Beit Hamikdash.

More about Har HaBayit.....
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Rabbi Yitzchok Sorotzkin Teshuva: Stop the Talking Campaign. Going one step further... Yearn for Malchut Shamayim, Malchut Beit David, Beit Hamikdash.


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Rabbi Yitzchok Sorotzkin's Stop the Talking campaign going around, to encourage people to stop talking in shul https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6WgMPCtm1Y&safe=active leads us to a Yalkut Shimoni which describes how Am Yisroel must do Teshuva to dispel the prosecutors up in Heaven. 

Let us get to the root of the matter.... 

Let's talk about Har Habayit, Temple Mount.  We can no longer afford to push off this discussion.

First thing in the morning to start the daily sacrifices on Har Habayit, the observer on the roof looks towards Hebron,

 Yoma Perek Gimmel Mishneh Aleph.  
 
The Mishneh states (Courtesy of Artscroll)
 
"The   Administrator said to the assembled Kohanim; 'Go out and see if the time for slaughtering has arrived,," If it had arrived, the one who sees [it] (the observer on the roof) says "Barkai!"  (the sheen of the sun can already be seen)
 
Mattisya ben Shmuel says: (he was the administrator of the lots) 'The whole of the east has lit up.' 'as far as Hebron?' And he (the observer on the roof) says Yes!!
 
This Mishneh is talking about how when the sacrifices in the Har Habayit in Yerushalayim commence each morning, it must be determined that indeed it is daylight. The Mishneh discusses how this is determined and Hebron, the burial place of our forefathers is a key player.

Our discussion about Hebron leads us to digress a bit to talk about the Covenant that G-d made with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob buried in Hebron.

Vayikra 26 Pasuk (42) "Vezacharti as Brisi Yaakov, Veaf as Brisi Yitzchok, Veaf es Brisi Avraham Ezkor, Vehaaretz Ezkor". I will remember My Covenant with Jacob and also My covenant with Isaac, and also My covenant with Abraham will I remember, and I will remember the Land. (43)The Land will be bereft of them; and it will be appeased for its sabbaticals having become desolate of them; and they must gain appeasement for their iniquity, because they were revolted by My ordinances and because their spirit rejected My decrees.

The Covenant of Yaakov is in Breishis Perek 28 Pasukim 13-16. 
The Covenant to Yitzchok is Breishis Perek 26 Pesukim 2-6. 
The Covenant with Avraham is Breishis Perek 15 Pesukim 18-21. 

The Covenants and promises to the forefathers share three points. 
1. Land is promised to them and to their children afterwords 
2. The Nations of the world are blessed through them and 
3. the children must keep the commandments in order to be worthy of the Land.

How can we be complacent regarding giving away Judea and Samaria?  

Surely we forego any possibility of observing the Shemittah or the rest of the commandments dependent on the Land. 

Where is the cry "THIS IS OUR LAND"? 

Why has there been silence when the White House annuls the Covenant between G-d and our forefathers and the people of Israel by accusing us of "an occupation that has lasted for almost 50 years". 

The Six Day War in 1967  won by Israel via open miracles not legitimate? Is the Covenant that G-d sealed with us when He took us out of Egypt to bring us to the Land of Israel not binding in our day and age?

 ZOA  reports: 
In a critical moment, Mr. McDonough adopted Palestinian talking points, declaring, "An occupation that has lasted for almost 50 years must end.. and the Palestinian people must have the right to live in and govern themselves in their own sovereign state." ('White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough Remarks As Prepared at J Street Annual Conference,' March 23, 2015).


The Torah in Nitzavim Perek 29 Pasuk 23 says And all the nations will say, "For what reason did Hashem do so to this Land; why this wrathfulness of great anger?" (24)And they will say, "Because they forsook the Covenant of Hashem, the G-d of their forefathers, that He sealed with them when He took them out of the Land of Egypt, and they went and served the gods of others and prostrated themselves to them, gods that they knew not and He did not apportion to them. So G-d's anger flared against that Land to bring upon the entire curse that is written in this Book; and Hashem removed them from upon their soil with anger, with wrath, and with fury and He cast them to another land as this very day! The hidden[sins] are for Hashem, our G-d but the revealed [sins] are for us and our children forever, to carry out all the words of this Torah." 

Our Rabbis instituted prayer as a temporary substitute ever since the Temple was destroyed.  

If one delves into every part of the liturgy, starting with Modeh Ani, going to the Bracha of Tzizit, Tefilin, Mah Tovu, reciting of Akeida, Karbanot, .....Yearning for Har Habayit, the Temple Mount, is central to every single prayer. 

So let us return to our discussion about the Tefilla campaign.

This Tefila campaign, not to speak in the Beit Knesset, the shul,  which is a Beit Mikdash Mi'at, a little Temple, must connect to the very root, which is our deepest yearning to return to the Avoda in the Beis Hamikdash, Temple Mount, the very place Chosen by G-d, the Great Temple.  This in turn connects us with Hebron and the Covenant G-d made with our forefathers. 

Tefilla as did Sacrifice, is supposed to lead us to closeness to G-d.  When we consider our prayers akin to the sacrifices, we need to cry because in Today's world we can't serve G-d in the Temple like we once did. 

After the Har Nof massacre in the Beit Knesseth, and after the terrible fire in Flatbush with 7 pure souls were returned to G-d in heaven, we are in deep pain because we sense that if we did have the Beit Hamikdash and the ability to bring the Karbonot it would have been Mechaper us an atonement. Does Hashem have no better option than to take human sacrifice like in Har Nof or in Midwood to be Mechaper Israel r"l.  

Rabbi Sorotzkin seems to strongly give over the message that talking in Tefila is an insult to G-d and that has brought upon Israel horrible tragedies. 

Surely this makes sense because to be Mezalzel Tefila, to make light of our prayers,  is to be Mezalzel the Avoda, to make light of Temple service in the Beis HaMikdash.  

Only G-d can read the service of the heart.  While it is true that talking instead of praying is indicative of lack of respect and shows lack of reverence it is also true that one can be saying all the right words, have impeccable decorum, yet still lack closeness to G-d.  

Most of us can attest that at times prayers can be mere lip service.. 

In fact Rav Sorotzkin ends his talk describing a scene where all the Tzadikim righteous souls are defending Israel saying how much Chesed, kindness the People of Israel do and how many Mitzvoth they do etc. yet it is not enough... 

He then brings down a Yalkut Shimoni that there are three things that Israel despised 
  
Maasu B'malchut Shamayim They despised the Kingdom of Heaven
not machshiv Beis Dovid       and the Davidic Kingdom
Ubibinyan Beis Hamikdash    and the building of the Beis Hamikdash.

and until there is a Tikkun on these three things, we won't be zocheh to leave this Galus. 

Let us elaborate...

Maasu B'Malchut Shamayim.  Despising the kingdom of heaven...

We remember the Malchut Shamayim on Rosh Hashana in Malchiyut.  We pray that all the Nations of the world will recognize Hashem and His Kingship.  For that we need to be willing to take a leadership position in the world.  Har Habayit is the key for this to happen.  The Nations of the world will stream to Jerusalem and bring gifts to Hashem.

 Isaiah Chapter 2

1. The word that Isaiah, son of Amoz, prophesied concerning Judah and Jerusalem.  א. 2. And it shall be at the end of the days, that the Mountain of the Lord's House shall be firmly established at the top of the mountains, and it shall be raised above the hills, and all the nations shall stream to it.   ב. 3. And many peoples shall go, and they shall say, "Come, let us go up to the Lord's mount, to the House of the God of Jacob, and let Him teach us of His ways, and we will go in His paths," for out of Zion shall the Torah come forth, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.   ג. 4. And he shall judge between the nations and reprove many peoples, and they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift the sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore.   ד. 5. "O house of Jacob, come and let us go in the light of the Lord."

 Isaiah 11:9  "They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as water covers the sea"

We need to be Mevakesh these three items as it says in Hoshea 3:5
ה. אַחַר יָשֻׁבוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וּבִקְשׁוּ אֶת יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵיהֶם וְאֵת דָּוִיד מַלְכָּם וּפָחֲדוּ אֶל יְהֹוָה וְאֶל טוּבוֹ בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים:
5. Afterwards shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God and David their king, and they shall come trembling to the Lord and to His goodness at the end of days.

Achar  Yashvu Bnei Yisroel, if Bnei Yisroel will return once again, 
Uvikshu es Hashem Elokeychem.  They will ask for Hashem their G-d.  (This is Malchut Shamayim)
Ves Dovid Malchum  They will ask for the Kingdom of David
Upachado as Tuvam, they will want His goodness, this is the Beis Hamikdash.

Hoshea   tells us the importance of understanding the Chashivos (great importance) of 
  • Chashivus Malchus Shamayim
  • Chashivus Malchus Beis Dovid
  • Chashivos Malchus Mikdash

Yerushalyim Ircha BeRachamim Tashuv.

Surely one can not imagine that in Har Nof there was lack of decorum, among those brutally murdered....  

Hoshea may be the key to better understand why this tragedy happened. 

The key is Unity of Am Yisroel so much noted by the parents of those recently sacrificed namely the parents of the 3 boys and the family members of the Har Nof massacre and the Father of the Sassoon family. 

Let me suggest the following:

The Secular yearn for a Malchus Shamayim.  A Jewish Kingdom where Israel is involved in Tikkun Olam and being a light onto the Nations.

The Chareidim yearn be be Holy and separate.

When there is appreciation between the Secular and Chareidi Jews of the value of each others yearning, to be a Kingdom of Priests, a Holy Nation serving the Nations of the World then we will be deserving of dissipating our enemies without war and without human sacrifice. 

Let us yearn for the return o the Davidic Kingdom and the return of the Temple and the Holy Sacrifices where Israel will be known far and wide as a Mamlechet Kohanim veGoy Kadosh a Kingdom of Priests and a Holy Nation..





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Robin Ticker
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Friday, April 03, 2015

Remember Yezidis at your Seder Table that they should be freed from slavery... From Vivienne Ziner and immediate action steps

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For better context for this email please view previous post....


Zechariah 14:2

"And I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem to wage war; and the city shall be captured, and the houses shall be plundered, and the women shall be ravished, and half the city shall go forth into exile-and the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city."

There are some who say that this is a reference to 1948. 

 I wish to G-d that it was true and not foreshadowing current event or future events in the close future. 

Did all the nations gather to Jerusalem to wage war in 1948?  Isis has basically fulfilled this terrible prophesy on the Yazidis but not in Jerusalem....

What has happened and is happening to the Yazidis is truly horrendous.  Hashem Yishmor


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Vivienne Ziner <viv@urbanquestinc.com>
Date: Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 5:17 PM
Subject: Re: Yezidis Speak April 12 ..some ideas and some immediate action steps

the most important thing is not for people to come to this event;the most important thing is to give them an action to do that can result in helping the yazidis.

i suggest that you and geoffrey clearfield create a petition to go the canadian government asking the canadian government to:

1. get them out of iraq

2. give them preference in coming to canada and achieving refugee status

i will write a small piece here that you can e mail out to everyone to read at their seder table, should they be so inclined

here goes:

PASSOVER 2015
________________

"Yesterday I was a slave; today I am a free person"

That sentiment sums up The Jewish People's  self-perceived status in the world in 2015.

After the Exodus from Egypt, after years of progroms and hate and exile , after the heinous unfathomable crime of The Holocaust, we, the Jewish People, believe that we are, at long last, free.

It is not true.

We have reprieves, some shorter, some longer, that we have from virulent hate and antisemitism but it is still there, alway, lurking under the thin veneer of polite niceties, under thinly disguised contempt and seething hate.

We can never be complacent, indolent, unaware.

Within that context, we can never be unmoved, unhelpful, uninvolved when any minority is threatened, hurt, harassed….killed.

In this case, and at this time, most especially in the situation befalling the Yazidis.

An ancient, mysterious, monotheistic people, they are misunderstood, feared and scorned- just like the Jews.

Just like the Jews, they are hated for being self contained, with their own rituals and religion.

They are surrounded by people who hate them for being different, for not worshipping their G-d in their way….just like the Jews.

They helped the Americans and their coalition forces in The Iraqi War, to fight against intolerant and fanatical Islam at their own heavy costs to their wellbeing and safety.

And now, they are being slaughtered, beheaded, brutalized, raped and killed and no one is there to help them, no one is standing up for them and no one is asking for justice and no one is getting them out of harm's way.

And they are being made into slaves…just like we were.

At your seder table tomorrow and the night after,, please do the following-

1. Read out what I just wrote
2. Make a prayer to ask Hashem to help theYazidis 
3. After Yontev, make a commitment to sign this petition to ask the Canadian government to help The Yazidi, by getting them out of Iraq and to get First Rights to enter and remain in our beloved Canada.

Please remember- you cannot leave slavery and bondage if you leave deserving souls behind in shackles

Thank you

Am Y'Isroel Chai!

Chag sameach

Vivienne Ziner

Vivienne Ziner
President, UrbanQuest Inc.
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On Mar 26, 2015, at 9:19 AM, arthurdstern@gmail.com wrote:

RANANAH if you could prepare a one page testimonial of the genocide that is ongoing so we can get it read at our Seder tables so we can be real with the Torah's mandate of " Do not Oppress a stranger " so we can be the sensitive people we have to be after experiencing the suffering in Egypt 
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On Mar 21, 2015, at 11:44 PM, RANANAH GOLDHAR <rgoldhar2@sympatico.ca> wrote:

Dear Friends - please try to attend and please help send this around and spread the word!
YEZIDIS SPEAK
                    GENOCIDE AND ENSLAVEMENT IN NORTHERN IRAQ
             PERSONAL TESTIMONIES BY YEZIDIS NOW LIVING IN CANADA
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WITH YEZIDI LEADER MIRZA ISMAIL
Chairman of World Yezidi Humanitarian Organization - International
 
B'NAI B'RITH 15 Hove Street North York ON
Sunday April 12, 2015, 7:30 p.m. [enter through parking lot entrance] 
Suggested donation $5
Presented by Canadian Jews and Friends of Yezidis
for further information e-mail CanadianJewsandFriendsofYezidis@gmail.com






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Robin Ticker
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Shall we davan for Moshiach to come quickly?....The downside if we are not ready for him...

 bs"d

There are many that feel that we must wait for Moshiach to come to claim Har Habayit, to bring Korban Pesach, to speak out publicly against a Palestinian State, to take an active roll to stop Iran... etc.

Jewish Leadership, both Chareidi and left wing have been reacting with a deafening silence in the face of President Obama insisting we stop occupying "Palestinian Land", support Iranian Nuclear empowerment, and were quiet when the State Dept wished to empower Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood over less radical Islamic regimes like Sisi, and have been quiet as ISIS slowly has been gaining a foothold in Europe and the Middle East etc.  Yes there have been a small group of devoted activists yet we are in the minority...

Apparently it seems that the rationale in the Chareidi world is that we are too weak to make a statement, take a lead,  fight such powerful forces and that we must wait for Moshiach.  

The secular Jewish world wishes to not make any waves...

Probably they are afraid of the almost certain backlash.  

Yet are we sure we want Moshiach to come without investing at least the minimal of efforts?.

Surely, Moshiach would want us to not to be afraid to claim Har Habayit now that we have miraculously liberated it in 1967 after thousands of years.

Surely Moshiach would want us to try our hardest to try to fulfill the Mitzva of Korban Pesach to the best of our ability and daven that we don't Chas Veshalom violate any boundaries of Kedusha.

Surely, Moshiach would want us to speak out against a Palestinian State, a sworn enemy of Israel,  to be the authority in Judea and Samaria the heartland of Eretz Yisroel the Land which has been promised to the Jews exclusively, via the Covenant with our forefathers Avrahom, Yitzchok and Yaakov and their seed as an everlasting inheritance. 

Surely Moshiach will want the Judicial system of the Land of Israel to be governed by Righteous Jewish Law under a Sanhedrin rather than under secular Courts whose judges are self appointed and whose laws are defined by archaic Hodgepodge of British Turkish Law.

Eretz Yisroel is the Promised Land for the Jewish People exclusively.  Yet, the Jewish people are obligated to keep the commandments.  

This will bring peace, prosperity and blessing on humanity! 

Moshiach alone is just a person.  His kingship will reign when all the above is in place! 

Those who really desire Moshiach know that these are necessary prerequisites.  The desire of all of the above.  

Otherwise, if Moshiach comes and tries to motivate the people, how effective will he be if he gets the door slammed in his face with people telling him that they are waiting for Moshiach.  

Surely Moshiach would want us to put our faith in Hashem not Obama when Iran is pointing it nuclear arsenal at Israel and the world.

These seem to be the necessary ingredients for Moshiach to come without untold horrible tribulations.  

Yes Moshiach should come now but we need to be ready for him.....

It is not easy....Hashem Oz LeAmo Yiten......

Chag Kasher VeSameach!

MOSHIACH, NOW?

from Rabbi Lazer Brody:
Several leading rabbis and Kabbalists, such as Rabbi Dov Kook of Tiberias and the "Chalban" ("Milkman"), Rabbi Chaim HaCohen Farchia, have said recently that the Geula, the full redemption of our people, has already started. Since I knew that I'd be asked about this during one of my upcoming radio appearances, I turned to my esteemed and beloved teacher, Rav Shalom Arush shlit'a, to get a crystal clear emuna-oriented outlook on the subject.

Rav Shalom made my sidecurls stand up. He told me the following spine-chilling story:

A group of secret tzaddikim – whose names I am not at liberty to mention – came to visit my holy teacher, Rabbi Yehuda Zev Leibowitz osb"m, not long before he died. They composed a letter to Hashem demanding Moshiach, right now. They all signed the letter, but they lacked one critical signature, that of Rabbi Yehuda Zev. They knew that if he would sign it, then Hashem would have to bring Moshiach right away. They appealed to him, but they didn't expect his response…
 
Rabbi Yehuda Zev bolted upright in his wheelchair. He pointed a reprimanding finger at one of the secret tzaddikim. Like an upset lion, he asked, "Were you in the Holocaust?" The tzaddik shook his head in the negative. Rabbi Yehuda Zev turned individually to the second, to the third and to the fourth tzaddik and asked them the same question. None of them had lived through the Holocaust. "Well I did," roared Rabbi Yehuda Zev, "and I saw with my own eyes the indescribable suffering that our people experienced on their own flesh. I never want to see that again! Are you willing to take responsibility for the grueling tribulations that our people will undergo as a purification process, if Moshiach comes and they're not ready?" None of the tzaddikim were willing to accept such a responsibility. They aborted their idea then and there...

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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.

Most of these emails are posted on Shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com 

Personal emails to individuals will not be posted to my blog. 
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