Sunday, February 11, 2018

Please Davan for Elisha Chaim ben Naama Leah and write a letter to Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked and cc: MK Gilad Erdan A Personal Request from Ruti Itzkowitz

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Fwd: Personal Request on the matter of Parshat Duma from Ruti Itzkowitz
https://shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com/2018/02/fwd-personal-request-on-matter-of.html

Please davan for Elisha Chaim ben Naama Leah

Write a letter to MK Ayelet Shaked and cc: Gilad Erdan

bcc:
רות איזיקוביץ <ruti.eisikowitch@gmail.com>

My personal letter 

Subject:  Free Elisha Odess 
To: MK Ayelet Shaked <ashaked@knesset.gov.il>
Cc: MK Gilad Erdan <gerdan@knesset.gov.il>
Bcc:  רות איזיקוביץ <ruti.eisikowitch@gmail.com> 

 Dear MK Shaked, amv"sh

The Justice System in Israel and the ISA (aka Shin Bet aka Shabak) is getting bad press because of this. 

 FYI:
Jewish Press article and  VosizNeias article.
Seeking Confession at All Costs, Israeli Court, AG, Endorsed Torture of Jewish-American Minor by David Israel
 
ISRAEL OPENS BRUTALITY INVESTIGATION AGAINST SHIN BET: 

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Robin Ticker

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Fwd: בקשה אישית בעניין עינוי עצור פרשת דומא Personal Request on the matter of Parshat Duma from Ruti Itzkowitz


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letter from Ruti Itzkowitz translation with the help of Google translate.  Hebrew below.  

שבוע טוב 
good week

כידוע לכם, מאז תחילת פרשת דומא, לפני שנתיים וחצי, הוארך מעצר אחד החשודים, א', אינספור פעמים, והמשפט (אם בכלל) לא נראה באופק.
As you know, since the beginning of the story of Duma, two and a half years ago, there was detention of one of the suspects, E., countless times, and the trial (if any) is not in sight.


גלעד ארדן: החשודים בהצתה בדומא לא יעמדו למשפט בקרוב 
Gilad Erdan: arson suspects Duma will not stand trial soon

משטרת?] ישראל עדיין מנסה לאסוף ראיות נגד אנשי הימין הקיצוני שנעצרו בחשד להצתה בכפר דומא ביולי האחרון, כך אמר היום (שישי) השר לבטחון פנים גלעד ארדן. ארדן הוסיף כי הסיכויים למשפט נגד החשודים בקרוב - נמוכים.  [Police?] Israel is still trying to gather evidence against right-wing extremists who were arrested on suspicion of arson in the village of Duma last July, said Gilad Erdan MInister of Internal Security  today (Friday). Erden added that prospects for the trial to be held soon, against the suspects are low.

רויטרס / 04/12/2015 12:17
 REUTERS  / 04/12/2015 12:17

24 בדצמ׳ 2015 - השב"כ הודה כי נקט פרקטיקות מסוימות של עינויים בחקירת החשודים היהודים ברצח משפחת דוואבשה בדומא.  

24 Dec 2015 - The Shabak  admitted  that some of the practices adopted torture in investigating the Jews suspected of murder of Dawabsheh Family in  Duma. . 


26.12.15- השרה שקד אחרי פגישה עם בני משפחות העצורים:  "דברתי עם היועמ"ש וראיתי שהכל נעשה בהתאם לחוק ובליווי של מערכת המשפט
26/12/15 - Minister Ayelet Shaked, After meeting with the families of the detainees: "I have spoken with Legal Advisor and saw that everything was done in accordance with law and accompanied by the legal system. ''


בשב"כ מודים שחשודים ברצח בדומא עונו, אך לא הוטרדו מינית 
https://www.haaretz.co.il › חדשות › מדיני ביטחוני
Shabak admits that the Duma murder suspects were torchered, but not sexually harassed
https://www.haaretz.co.il   > News> Security policy



מצורפת כתבה שעיקריה- סיפור העינויים, הארכות מעצר "חוקיות" לכאורה, ע"י שופט/ת, אחרי לחישות השב"כ- חומר "חסוי", וגם אחרי "הודאת" הנחקר, בנימוק מסוכנותו, כביכול 
פצצה מתקתקת,  ושלילת זכויות, בין השאר מניעת אפשרות תפילה במנין, גם בחגים. ברור מפרטי החקירה (במאמר) שהחוקרים מבינים שהנחקר אינו יודע פרטים על מה 
שהתרחש בדומא, אבל הם ממשיכים בעינויים פיזיים ונפשיים. מכנים זאת סאדיזם לשמו!
Attached to the article whose main points are: story of torture, "lawful" extensions of detention allegedly by a judge, after  Shin Bet whispering the material was  "confidential", and after his "confession" of the suspect was the  proof for grounds of his being dangerous, so to speak [that he is a] a ticking bomb, and denial of his rights, among other things, preventing him from prayer in a Minyan, also on holidays. Obvious from the details of the investigation (in the article) the investigators understand that the detainee does not know anything about what happened in 
Duma, but they continue the  mental and physical torture. One can call this sadism for its own sake!



אחרי קריאת הפרטים, אסור לנו להישאר אדישים. המשפט, אם בכלל יוחלט לקיימו (למיטב ידיעתי עד עתה היה משפט זוטא על קבילות ההודאה), לא יתחיל בקרוב. מכיוון שהכרתי 
את סבתו של א' ושוחחתי איתה מספר פעמים, אני יודעת עד כמה היא סובלת בגלל סבלו לאין קץ של נכדה.  
After reading the details, we can not remain indifferent.  The trial, if it will be decided to take place (to best of my knowledge until now it was the trial based on the admissibility of the confession), will not start soon. 
Knowing the grandmother of A. and spoke with her several times, I know how she suffers because of the endless suffering of her grandson.



קיראו שוב את תגובת שרת המשפטים, שכעבור זמן לא רב נסתרה ע"י הודאת השב"כ עצמו בעינויים. 
אם גם אתם הזדעזעתם כמוני, אבקש מכם בכל לשון של בקשה, לפנות לשרת המשפטים,לשלוח לה את המאמר, בציון עובדת ההתעללות שאושרה ע"י השב"כ, ובדרישה לסיים את 
הסאגה המזעזעת הזאת. 
Read again the response of the Minister of Justice, that would soon contradicted by the Shin Bet own admission of the confession under torture.
If you also are as horrified and shaken as myself,  I will ask you all please to turn to the Justice Minister, to send the article , noting the fact that the abuse was approved by the Shabak, and demand and end to this shocking saga.



פנייה אחת תיזרק לסל. למאות פניות היא לא תוכל שלא להגיב. אם וכאשר תשלחו, אנא השיבו בטובכם לכתובת המייל שלי (לעיל) אישור ששלחתם, כדי שאם לא תגיב, 
אוכל לפרסם זאת. ציון תארים אקדמיים ואחרים ליד שמכם, עשוי גם הוא להועיל.
One appeal will be thrown to the garbage. Hundreds of requests can not be ignored. If and when you send, please kindly respond to my e-mail address (above) confirmation that you sent, so if they  do not respond,
I  can publicize it.  Indicate Academic degrees and the other Titles by your name, as it may also be useful.



ואם יעלה הרצון לפניכם, הפיצו.
And if you so desire, spread the word.

Address: 

with gratitude
Ruth Eisikovits

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From: רות איזיקוביץ <ruti.eisikowitch@gmail.com>
Date: 2018-02-10 15:36 GMT-05:00
Subject: בקשה אישית בעניין עינוי עצור פרשת דומא
To: 


שבוע טוב 

כידוע לכם, מאז תחילת פרשת דומא, לפני שנתיים וחצי, הוארך מעצר אחד החשודים, א', אינספור פעמים, והמשפט (אם בכלל) לא נראה באופק.

גלעד ארדן: החשודים בהצתה בדומא לא יעמדו למשפט בקרוב
[משטרת?] ישראל עדיין מנסה לאסוף ראיות נגד אנשי הימין הקיצוני שנעצרו בחשד להצתה בכפר דומא ביולי האחרון, כך אמר היום (שישי) השר לבטחון פנים גלעד ארדן. ארדן הוסיף כי הסיכויים למשפט נגד החשודים בקרוב - נמוכים. 

רויטרס / 04/12/2015 12:17


24 בדצמ׳ 2015 - השב"כ הודה כי נקט פרקטיקות מסוימות של עינויים בחקירת החשודים היהודים ברצח משפחת דוואבשה בדומא. . 


26.12.15- השרה שקד אחרי פגישה עם בני משפחות העצורים:  "דברתי עם היועמ"ש וראיתי שהכל נעשה בהתאם לחוק ובליווי של מערכת המשפט''.

בשב"כ מודים שחשודים ברצח בדומא עונו, אך לא הוטרדו מינית 
https://www.haaretz.co.il › חדשות › מדיני ביטחוני

מצורפת כתבה שעיקריה- סיפור העינויים, הארכות מעצר "חוקיות" לכאורה, ע"י שופט/ת, אחרי לחישות השב"כ- חומר "חסוי", וגם אחרי "הודאת" הנחקר, בנימוק מסוכנותו, כביכול 
פצצה מתקתקת,  ושלילת זכויות, בין השאר מניעת אפשרות תפילה במנין, גם בחגים. ברור מפרטי החקירה (במאמר) שהחוקרים מבינים שהנחקר אינו יודע פרטים על מה 
שהתרחש בדומא, אבל הם ממשיכים בעינויים פיזיים ונפשיים. מכנים זאת סאדיזם לשמו!

אחרי קריאת הפרטים, אסור לנו להישאר אדישים. המשפט, אם בכלל יוחלט לקיימו (למיטב ידיעתי עד עתה היה משפט זוטא על קבילות ההודאה), לא יתחיל בקרוב. מכיוון שהכרתי 
את סבתו של א' ושוחחתי איתה מספר פעמים, אני יודעת עד כמה היא סובלת בגלל סבלו לאין קץ של נכדה.  

קיראו שוב את תגובת שרת המשפטים, שכעבור זמן לא רב נסתרה ע"י הודאת השב"כ עצמו בעינויים. 
אם גם אתם הזדעזעתם כמוני, אבקש מכם בכל לשון של בקשה, לפנות לשרת המשפטים,לשלוח לה את המאמר, בציון עובדת ההתעללות שאושרה ע"י השב"כ, ובדרישה לסיים את 
הסאגה המזעזעת הזאת. 

פנייה אחת תיזרק לסל. למאות פניות היא לא תוכל שלא להגיב. אם וכאשר תשלחו, אנא השיבו בטובכם לכתובת המייל שלי (לעיל) אישור ששלחתם, כדי שאם לא תגיב, 
אוכל לפרסם זאת. ציון תארים אקדמיים ואחרים ליד שמכם, עשוי גם הוא להועיל.

ואם יעלה הרצון לפניכם, הפיצו.

כתובתה:  

להעתק לארדן: gerdan@KNESSET.GOV.IL 
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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 

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Friday, February 09, 2018

Re: A Primer on Constitutional Democracy for the Citizens of Israel by Prof. Paul Eidelberg Ph.D



On Feb 9, 2018 7:01 AM, "Paul Eidelberg" <foundation612.12@gmail.com> wrote:

A Primer on Constitutional Democracy for the Citizens of Israel

Prof. Paul Eidelberg (Ph.D. University of Chicago)

 

To simplify matters, let us ignore the controversy as to whether the original Constitution of the United States exemplifies a "Democracy" or a "Republic." True, Article IV, Section 4, of the Constitution guarantees to every State of the Union a "Republican Form of Government." but for present purposes, let us yield to contemporary terminology, which designates the U.S. as a Constitutional democracy.

In theory, constitutionalism, and therefore constitutional democracy, is rooted in ethical principles.  The source of these ethical principles is none other than the Bible of Israel. Protestant social reformers, especially the Puritans of New England, saw in the Mosaic Law models for modern government. The Puritans tried to emulate the "Old Testament" legislation in organizing their own colonial regimes. Many New England divines agreed with Harvard president Samuel Langdon when he declared, in his election sermon of 1775, that "the Jewish government, if considered merely in a civil view, was a perfect republic." Yale president Rev. Ezra Stiles, who studied the Talmud and conversed with rabbis, agreed with Langdon that the American Constitution was based on the Ten Commandments.

Although constitutionalism is rooted in ethical principles, no explicit reference to the cultivation of virtue or righteousness appears in most constitutions, including that of the United States. In fact, with the waning of aristocratic and religious values which still influenced democracy at its birth in the 18th century, but which today have been undermined by moral relativism, constitutional democracy has become increasingly normless. Nevertheless, in this essay, I shall present constitutional democracy at its best. The reader should bear in mind, however, that constitutional democracy, at its best, approaches Jewish democracy.

The Idea of an Ethical Community

Constitutional democracy implies the idea of an ethical community, one that transcends such ethically neutral principles as universal suffrage and majority rule. In a constitutional democracy, the authority of the majority is limited by legal and institutional means to safeguard the rights of individuals and minorities and thereby promote justice and fairness.

Although based on popular sovereignty, constitutional democracy implies recognition on the part of the people that there is a need to protect themselves from their own impulses. Whether written or unwritten, a constitution is a check on arbitrary human will. It regulates popular voting, terms of office, divisions of power, and how these rules can be changed only by sustained effort rather than by the whim of the people or their representatives.

To ensure careful and sober deliberation, an extraordinary majority is required for amending a constitution. This requirement has an extraordinary implication. It places in question the idea that a numerically superior portion of a people is entitled to greater influence over public decisions than a numerically inferior one—at least on constitutional issues, which, after all, may affect a people's way of life or national identity.

Unlike plebiscitary democracy, which ignores the necessity of moral restraints on the people, constitutional democracy places checks on the tendency of groups and individuals to impose their own ideas of what is politically desirable on others. Constitutionalism is therefore an expression of man's own moral will, his capacity for self-restraint, his concern for justice and the common good.

Not that constitutionalism ignores the egotistical side of human nature. It recognizes politics as an area of group conflict and self-aggrandizement. But constitutional democracy attempts to purge politics of the egotism that would crush everything in its way.

First, it limits the powers of government to prevent majority as well as minority tyranny. As may be seen in the American Constitution, the powers of government are divided among different branches, those responsible for legislative, executive, and judicial functions. Each branch of government has adequate power to check the powers of other branches. Checks and balances may include the power of judicial review. The courts may declare actions of other branches of government to be contrary to the constitution and therefore null and void.   However, the American Constitution empowers the legislature to limit the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court—in theory, at least, a check against judicial imperialism. 

The principle of institutional checks and balances translates the self-restraint taught in the family to the public domain. What began as family morality metamorphoses into public morality. The fundamental values of constitutional democracy reflect a paramount concern with human dignity and the worth of each individual. Individual rights to life, liberty, and property are protected by law (as they are in the Torah, which emphasizes men's duties). Constitutional democracy includes among its highest purposes the protection of freedom of conscience and freedom of expression. These freedoms have value both for the healthy functioning of constitutional democracy and for the full development of the human personality (which surely includes wisdom and virtue, of which even constitutional democracy, unlike Judaism, fails to emphasize).

In constitutional democracy, citizens are free not only to debate the actions and policies of their elected officials but also to express their thoughts about politics, art, religion or any other topic without fear of recrimination. Citizens have access to unbiased information from independent publishers, radio, television, and other means of communication. There is an established process to detect and correct errors in procedures used in the gathering of information and the making of governmental decisions.

Constitutional democracies recognize and protect the integrity of a private and social realm comprised of family, personal, religious, and other associations and activities. This space of uncoerced human association is the basis of a civil society free from unfair and unreasonable intrusions by government.

Individuals have the right to acquire and own property. They are free to establish private businesses free from unreasonable government regulation. The political system protects and promotes equality of political, economic, and social opportunity, a precondition of which is reduction of gross disparities of wealth.

Women are accorded the same political, economic, and legal protections as those accorded to men. All persons are entitled to the equal protection of the law. They are free from discrimination based on gender, age, race, ethnicity, religious beliefs, class or socio-economic status.

 All persons are entitled to due process of law. Law-enforcement agencies are required to use procedures that protect the rights of those suspected of crimes. Individuals are free from arbitrary arrest and detention. They are secure in their homes and property from arbitrary search and seizure. Arrested individuals are informed of their rights and brought promptly before a judge to be informed of charges against them. Individuals have the right to have a court or other impartial body determine the legality of their arrest and detention. The accused have the right to refrain from testifying against themselves. They have the right to counsel for assistance in their defense. Government is required to provide counsel for those who cannot pay for legal assistance.

Clearly, constitutional democracy presupposes a highly civilized people, an ethical community in which justice dwells with fairness and compassion. It should also be clear, however, that not all peoples have the moral and intellectual qualifications required for constitutional democracy.   This fact should significantly affect the foreign policy of a country like Israel, which, although it falls far short of being a constitutional democracy, nonetheless boasts of being a democracy.☼

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Thursday, February 08, 2018

Blow the Trumpets! Territory Folks Should Stick Together: What Tikkun, What Lessons can be learned from the tragic murders of Rabbi Itamar ben Gal and Rabbi Raziel Shevach and Communal Tragedies? Action Alert!

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Here are 7 lessons after contemplating, listening to eulogies and reading media reports etc. 

Lesson 1: Blow the Trumpets:  -

 To cry out to Hashem in the event of great distress that affects the community as a whole. 

The following Rambam in Hilchot Taaniyot in the Mishneh Torah was quoted by Rabbi Shlomo Diamond in a CD put out by learntorah.com RDC719  following the Azan tragedy in Brooklyn, NY Chanukah, Rosh Chodesh Tevet 5778.  Interestingly, both the Azan Family and the Sassoon Family tragedy happened on Rosh Chodesh a day designated for repentance and the sounding of Trumpets. 

http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/951995/jewish/Taaniyot-Chapter-One.htm

Introduction to Mishneh Torah Hilchos Ta'aniyot


[This text contains] one positive commandment: To cry out to God in the event of great distress that affects the community as a whole. This mitzvah is explained in the following chapters.הלכות תעניות - הקדמהמצות עשה אחת והיא לצעוק לפני ה' בכל עת צרה גדולה שלא תבא על הצבור: וביאור מצוה זו בפרקים אלו:
1 It is a positive Torah commandment to cry out and to sound trumpets in the event of any difficulty that arises which affects the community, as [Numbers 10:9] states: "[When you go out to war... against] an enemy who attacks you and you sound the trumpets...."


Yael Shevach made a condolence visit to Miriam Ben-Gal, whose husband Itamar was stabbed to death in Ariel terror attack,  Their Husbands were murdered weeks apart. West Bank widows lament their common bond


There were eerie similarities between the two tragedies that took place within a month of each other."We are both educators, both Raziel and Itamar were Torah scholars, and both of us feel that we were chosen for this role," Yael Shevach said, explaining that "role" as one responsible for strengthening the settlement movement in their husbands' honor.
"Both Raziel and Itamar loved life, they both loved to dress and eat well. Raziel was killed on his way home from a circumcision and Itamar was on his way to a circumcision. Raziel's sister will be getting married in less than a month, and Miriam's sister will be getting married in less than a month," Yael Shevach added.


Lesson 2: ברית we must focus on the Eternal Covenant between Hashem and the Jewish People! 

Brit Milah is a Sign of the Covenant.  אות ברית between G-d and the Nation of Israel. An Everlasting  Covenant that Hashem is giving to Avraham Avinu and to his seed thereafter, the Land of his sojourning for an everlasting possession....  Rabbi Shevach was coming from a Bris and Rabbi ben-Gal was going to a Bris.  

Bereishit - Genesis - Chapter 17

And I will establish My covenant between Me and between you and between your seed after you throughout their generations as an everlasting covenant, to be to you for a God and to your seed after you.זוַֽהֲקִֽמֹתִ֨י אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֜י בֵּינִ֣י וּבֵינֶ֗ךָ וּבֵ֨ין זַרְעֲךָ֧ אַֽחֲרֶ֛יךָ לְדֹֽרֹתָ֖ם לִבְרִ֣ית עוֹלָ֑ם לִֽהְי֤וֹת לְךָ֙ לֵֽאלֹהִ֔ים וּלְזַרְעֲךָ֖ אַֽחֲרֶֽיךָ:
8And I will give you and your seed after you the land of your sojournings, the entire land of Canaan for an everlasting possession, and I will be to them for a God."חוְנָֽתַתִּ֣י לְ֠ךָ֠ וּלְזַרְעֲךָ֨ אַֽחֲרֶ֜יךָ אֵ֣ת | אֶ֣רֶץ מְגֻרֶ֗יךָ אֵ֚ת כָּל־אֶ֣רֶץ כְּנַ֔עַן לַֽאֲחֻזַּ֖ת עוֹלָ֑ם וְהָיִ֥יתִי לָהֶ֖ם לֵֽאלֹהִֽים:
9And God said to Abraham, "And you shall keep My covenant, you and your seed after you throughout their generations.טוַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶל־אַבְרָהָ֔ם וְאַתָּ֖ה אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֣י תִשְׁמֹ֑ר אַתָּ֛ה וְזַרְעֲךָ֥ אַֽחֲרֶ֖יךָ לְדֹֽרֹתָֽם:
10This is My covenant, which you shall observe between Me and between you and between your seed after you, that every male among you be circumcised.יזֹ֣את בְּרִיתִ֞י אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּשְׁמְר֗וּ בֵּינִי֙ וּבֵ֣ינֵיכֶ֔ם וּבֵ֥ין זַרְעֲךָ֖ אַֽחֲרֶ֑יךָ הִמּ֥וֹל לָכֶ֖ם כָּל־זָכָֽר:
11And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be as the sign of a covenant between Me and between you.יאוּנְמַלְתֶּ֕ם אֵ֖ת בְּשַׂ֣ר עָרְלַתְכֶ֑ם וְהָיָה֙ לְא֣וֹת בְּרִ֔ית בֵּינִ֖י וּבֵֽינֵיכֶֽם:
12And at the age of eight days, every male shall be circumcised to you throughout your generations, one that is born in the house, or one that is purchased with money, from any foreigner, who is not of your seed.יבוּבֶן־שְׁמֹנַ֣ת יָמִ֗ים יִמּ֥וֹל לָכֶ֛ם כָּל־זָכָ֖ר לְדֹרֹֽתֵיכֶ֑ם יְלִ֣יד בָּ֔יִת וּמִקְנַת־כֶּ֨סֶף֙ מִכֹּ֣ל בֶּן־נֵכָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹ֥א מִזַּרְעֲךָ֖ הֽוּא:
13Those born in the house and those purchased for money shall be circumcised, and My covenant shall be in your flesh as an everlasting covenant.יגהִמּ֧וֹל | יִמּ֛וֹל יְלִ֥יד בֵּֽיתְךָ֖ וּמִקְנַ֣ת כַּסְפֶּ֑ךָ וְהָֽיְתָ֧ה בְרִיתִ֛י בִּבְשַׂרְכֶ֖ם לִבְרִ֥ית עוֹלָֽם:
14And an uncircumcised male, who will not circumcise the flesh of his foreskin-that soul will be cut off from its people; he has broken My covenant."ידוְעָרֵ֣ל | זָכָ֗ר אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא־יִמּוֹל֙ אֶת־בְּשַׂ֣ר עָרְלָת֔וֹ וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ הַהִ֖וא מֵֽעַמֶּ֑יהָ אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֖י הֵפַֽר:


Lesson 3: Territory folks should stick together! Push for Sovereignty over the entire Israel

Does it take a terror attack to settle the Land? Something is not right here! Why are we settling the Land simply in response to Terror attacks rather than because it's our Land to settle?  Why are we still demolishing homes in Netiv HaAvot? Let us push legislation to normalize all of Judea and Samaria as per the Levy Report and push Sovereignty over Judea and Samaria (google womeningreen Sovereignty movement).

Lieberman Submits Proposal to Legalize Havat Gilad

State efforts to provide legal and security solutions for the residents of Havat Gilad in response to the terror attack there last week continued on Sunday, as Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman went to the cabinet with a proposal to retroactively legalize the outpost and build new housing for those on disputed land.

Naftali Bennett promises to triple the city Har Bracha following this attack. 
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/241673 
"In past years, many cities were born in response to murders. Kiryat Shmona, Maaleh Hahamisha, this is the answer. There are more families, more children, more schools, more towns, and more homes. When this is what sprouts up in front of the terrorists, they'll start to understand that they're banging their heads against a cement wall, and it's a waste of their time."

 However there seems to be resistance from the Israeli Govt to apply Sovereignty over the entire Judea and Samaria even though there is wide support among the people and the Knesset. 

Netanyahu Trying to Quash Next Week’s Sovereignty Vote
By JNi.Media -  24 Shevat 5778 – February 9, 2018
http://www.jewishpress.com/news/politics/netanyahu-trying-to-quash-next-weeks-sovereignty-vote/2018/02/09/

An Open Letter to PM  Benjamin Netanyahu from the co-leaders of the Sovereignty Movement Yehudit Kasover and Nadia Matar written Feb 8, 2018 to Complete the Victory of the 1967 War.
http://womeningreen.org/3778-2
Watch Ezra Ridgley's youtube's rendition of this letter:) (a work of love)
https://youtu.be/kWjwkASmE2M


Territory Folks Should Stick Together! 

Let's stop this divide and conquer modus operandi which encourages each Yishuv to fend for themselves to address their individual needs discouraging banding together, working in unity to stop any demolition and injustice that is targeting another group of settlers or another community of settlers.  

Lesson 4: Can we Help Save Home Demolitions in  Netiv HaAvot ?

Pending bulldozing of homes in Netiv HaAvot based on Judicial tyranny of Israel Supreme Court. http://www.jewishpress.com/?s=netiv+haavotהרס נתיב האבות Destruction in Netiv HaAvot. Celebrating 70 years of Jewish Sovereignty with Destruction of The Path of Our Forefathers? https://shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com/2017/11/destruction-in-netiv-haavot.html
Bulldozers sent in to Netiv Avot February 6th.  QNch3kxnP79QDp6G7PBMYrS0P (did they really have to send in the bulldozers a month early adding insult to injury and more trauma to the families?) 


My comments:  Indeed Bennett's words are comforting for the widow of Rabbi Itamar ben Gal as was the decision to legalize Havat Gilad to the widow of Rabbi Shevach.  But while these words of comfort were said, what is happening in Netiv HaAvot?  Bulldozers were already sent to demolish their homes.  Does it take a murder chas veShalom for Naftali Bennett and the MKs to finally send those bulldozers back from where they came.  Both Rabbi Itamar ben Gal and Rabbi Raziel Shevach were well respected in Dati Leumi circles.  Let their memories serve to unite all of the Yishuvim in Judea and Samaria with a demand not only for their own particular community but also to stop the pending demolition of Netiv HaAvot! and any future scheduled demolition as a way to actualize the fulfillment of our  Covenant with Hashem.

 Lesson 5 Can We Save Elisha Odess from the Clutches of the Jewish Division of the Shabak?
This coming Monday, Elisha Odess is scheduled for a hearing.  This 16 year old kid was put under administrative detention, accused of a murder that he did not commit yet he confessed to, under torture and for the past 2, 3 years has been languishing in jail without ever having had a fair trial. 


Naftali Bennett wrote an Oped in the New York Times in 2015 that painted the hilltop youth as terrorist Jewish Youth distinct from the Nationalist Camp.  This kind of Lashon Hara and Motzei Shem Ra isolating the hilltop youth has had devastating ramifications for these kids and their families. 
Demonization and false Accusations against Hilltop Youth Elisha Odess Elisha ben Odess Please Davan and Demand RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICE! Trial this Monday Feb. 12, 2018
Seeking Confession at All Costs, Israeli Court, AG, Endorsed Torture of Jewish-American Minor by David Israel
http://www.jewishpress.com/news/police-news/seeking-confession-at-all-costs-israeli-court-ag-endorsed-torture-of-jewish-american-minor/2018/02/08/

ISRAEL OPENS BRUTALITY INVESTIGATION AGAINST SHIN BET: 

 Lesson 6: Defense and Security  for the Nation of Israel  should be guided and consistent with Torah and Mitzvoth

Let us demand that military procedures, guidelines and orders on how to deal with terrorists be guided and consistent with Torah morality and ethics. 

Strikes against the Israeli Defense Leadership:

https://shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com/2018/02/strikes-against-israeli-defense.html and additional ones here...

Lieberman, Security Failures in Judea and Samaria, reflective of Failed Leadership?

https://shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com/2018/01/lieberman-security-failures-in-judea.html


 Lesson 7  Har HaBayit 
5 Mitzvoth - Lesson from Rabbi Itamar ben-Gal 


Video of Rabbi Itamar ben-Gal hy"d with a group going up to Har HaBayit teaching us of the 5 Mitzvoth, Biblical Commandments with their ascent (h)  https://drive.google.com/open?id=1_D5HzbsVy_DSe9C9q3d1YE_2Ob_yoWtt

  1. בניית בית ה  Building Beit HaMikdash.  by our very ascent to search out The Place of Har Habayit, the Mountain of the House of Hashem,  is a way to fulfill the Mitzvah בניית בית ה.,
  2. להתפלל ולהשתחוות לה  To pray and bow down to Hashem
  3.  מורא המקדש Having Awe of the Beit HaMikdash. To go with awe and trepidation on the Mount
  4. לא תחנם Not to allow a foreign entity to claim ownership and gain a foothold by our very ascent
  5. .והורשתם את הארץ to inherit, take ownership of the Land

The Eternal Capital of the Jewish People
[Video] Walking On The Temple Mount produced by Ezra Ridgley Walking On The Temple Mount. http://thejewishheritageproject.com/   This is your chance to tour the Har HaBayit, the most sacred land in the universe. Jerusalem, Israel. This is your chance to be part of something great! The site where the Jewish Temple will be rebuilt when Hashem wills it. (Next best thing to being there [Robin])
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oPjT7-RvIw&t=239s
אתם נצבים! Action time!  Call your Rabbi, spiritual leader...
 What can we do here in America and in Chutz LeAretz?  Al Taamod Al Dam Reyacha.  We can not stand idly by the blood of our Fellow Jew. Your phone call may make a difference! Please read this link and you will find contact information of Major Jewish Organizations or simply call your local Rabbi and Jewish Newspaper and ask them to publicize these travesties of justice to change the status quo on these matters!   

 For an example of an activist Par Excellence please read the letter Helen Freedman, Executive Director of AFSI (Americans For A Safe Israel) afsi.org who wrote such a letter to Knesset Members: http://conta.cc/2ErsM8V

Temple Mount, Judea and Samaria Lives and Property Hefker? Temple Mount, Netiv HaAvot, Raziel Shevach Father of 6 Murdered Chavat Gilad, Letter to Ambassador Friedman from Helen Freedman Executive Director of AFSI
https://shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com/2018/01/temple-mount-judea-and-samaria-lives.html

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The Sassoon Family, the Azan Family, the Shevach Family, the ben-Gal Family, the Salomon Family, the Ariel Family, Har Nof massacre victim's Families etc share something in common.  A member or members of their family served as Communal Sacrifice(s),  for Am Yisroel.  From all the speeches and Hespedim, this seems to be a consensus.  Each and everyone of these Korbanot seemed to be amazing and special souls.  The best of the best.  The finest of the fine. 

  Why did they deserve to die if not to be Mechaper Am Yisroel,  to atone for the collective sins of Am Yisroel?

Enough of human sacrifices! What lessons can Am Yisroel learn from these horrific human sacrifices... to wake us up and to do Teshuva ...so that we don't have to be witness to any more such horrific tragic events such as these?

Let us pray and yearn for the Beit HaMikdash for the opportunity to bring Korban Chatot Tzibbur the right way. 
חַטּאת הַצִּבּוּר וְהַיָּחִיד. אֵלּוּ הֵן חַטּאת הַצִּבּוּר. שעִירֵי רָאשֵׁי חֳדָשִׁים וְשֶׁל מועֲדות שְׁחִיטָתָן בַּצָּפון וְקִבּוּל דָּמָן בִּכְלִי שָׁרֵת בַּצָּפון וְדָמָן טָעוּן אַרְבַּע מַתָּנות עַל אַרְבַּע קְרָנות. כֵּיצַד. עָלָה בַכֶּבֶשׁ וּפָנָה לַסּובֵב וּבָא לו לְקֶרֶן דְּרומִית מִזְרָחִית. מִזְרָחִית צְפונִית. צְפונִית מַעֲרָבִית. מַעֲרָבִית דְּרומִית. שְׁיָרֵי הַדָּם הָיָה שׁופֵךְ עַל יְסוד דְּרומִי. וְנֶאֱכָלִין לִפְנִים מִן הַקְּלָעִים. לְזִכְרֵי כְהֻנָּה. בְּכָל מַאֲכָל. לְיום וָלַיְלָה עַד חֲצות   https://www.sefaria.org/Siddur_Ashkenaz,_Weekday,_Shacharit,_Preparatory_Prayers,_Korbanot,_Laws_of_Sacrifices.3?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en

translation with the help of Interlinear Artscroll for weekdays.


Sin offerings of the Community and of the individual  -- These are the sin-offerings of the community: the he-goats of Rosh Chodesh and of the Festivals...their slaughter is in the north and the reception of their blood in a vessel of service is in the north.  Their blood requires four applications [one] on [each of] the four corners [of the Altar].  How is it done?  [The Kohen] ascended the [Altar] ramp, turned to the surrounding ledge and arrived at the corner which is south-east, [then at] the east-north [corner], the north-west [corner] and the west-south [corner].  The leftover blood he would pour onto the southern base.  They are eaten inside of the [Courtyard] curtains, by males of the priesthood, in any manner of preparation, on the day [of offering] and on the following night until midnight.  


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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. 

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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Strikes against the Israeli Defense Leadership:

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 First let us begin with a tremendous Hakoras HaTov to the IDF who are risking their lives for Am Yisroel. 

 There is much good to be said and sometimes we are too quick to focus on the bad.

 Even though this post is critical who am I to criticize?   The purpose of this post is to make our defense better by putting Hashem and the Torah leading the way and the leaders and ranks and file, true Tzivot Hashem.

Let me also preface by saying that I realize that no one is perfect and it's easy to be critical...Nobody wants tabs on all their wrongdoings but it is important if we see a pattern that is dangerous. Much is at stake here, the security of the People of Israel and not only the reputation of the Defense Minister.... May all these strikes for bad be reversed for the good....

Strikes against the Israeli Defense Leadership:

  • Most recent examples of IDF Soldiers who were afraid to arrest a provocative and suspicious Palestinian at the very location that  Rabbi Itamar ben Gal hy"d was murdered.  According to these allegations he came back the next day and murdered Itamar ben Gal hy"d.  This must be investigated.    https://shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com/2018/02/fwd-is-this-true-story-shameful-story.html 

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  • Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu took note that the off-duty IDF officer did not use his weapons to neutralize a terrorist  but rather tried to run him over.  This gave him the opportunity to escape.  

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  • Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu has called for Eisenkott to retire from his duties due to leadership that has weakened the IDF.  https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/240797
for additional strikes....

Lieberman, Security Failures in Judea and Samaria, reflective of Failed Leadership?
 https://shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com/2018/01/lieberman-security-failures-in-judea.html
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