Month: April 2006
Parsha Sh’mini — Call to Duty, Guard, Consistency!
For seven days, Moshe taught Aaron HaKohen and his sons the laws of their Avodah in the Mishkan. As stated in a previous Parsha HaShevua, in Old Country terminology, they received OJT from Shemayim.
Our Parsha Sh’mini begins by relating that on the eighth day, Aaron and his sons commenced their Avodah HaKodosh; meant to be constant and consistent for all time.
But our Parsha also relates the tragedy of the deaths of Aaron’s two oldest sons, Nadav and Avihu who died while performing an unauthorized Service, offering a “strange fire …, which he [Hashem] did not command them…” (Artscroll Chumash, Vayikra, Perek 10, posuk 1) And our Parsha relates that “Hashem spoke to Aaron saying: Do not drink intoxicating wine, you and your sons …, when you come to the Ohel Mo’ed (the Tent of Meeting), that you not die — this is an eternal decree for your gemerations. In order to distinguish between the sacred and the profane …” (Artscroll Chumash, Vayikra, Perek 10, p’sukim 8-10).
Will This Precedent Soon be Applied to Citizens Who Are Religious Jews???
MKs Hit Out at UAL-Hamas meeting
Excerpts;
Several MKs strongly criticized on Thursday the decision by United Arab List members to meet with a Hamas parliamentarian in east Jerusalem.
Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni called the meeting an “official representation of terror in the Knesset.”
Livni went on to explain that Interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert proposed the revocation of Hamas PLC members’ Jerusalem residency because “the right to be in PA parliament does not include the right to be a member of a Palestinian terror organization.” Livni said that the Interior Ministry has the right to revoke the residency of whoever is deemed disloyal to Israel.
Transfer the Arabs, Not the Jews: A Must Read, from Arlene Peck …
Transfer the Arabs, Not the Jews, by Arlene Peck
Excerpts;
… Israel is governed by a self-serving leaders who react when one of the inept leaders of the US or the EU snaps his or her fingers and says, “Jump!” by asking, “How high?” What really needs to be asked is: How and why did Israel turn into a Banana Republic?
Israel’s children ought to have been learning the need for keeping their country safe, because the rest of the world sure hasn’t seemed to care much about protecting Jews or Israel during the past 20 years. That will continue to be true into the distant future, with the likes of Mr. Jimmy Carter perpetuating the world’s negative thinking about Jews while disregarding any criticism of their darling PLO and Hamas.
Kadima Coalition Projection in Tight Race With Legal Deadline for Formation of a Government …
Kadima: Coalition Government by May 4
Commentary;
As previously predicted, Olmert is having a very hard time forming a government. And what if more Bombings? He may not make it!! MB
Coalition Talks Between Labor, Kadima Again End With No Result
Wednesday Night, Thursday War News …
IDF Artillery Firing on Kassam Launch Sites
“A total of 35 Kassams were fired at Israel from Gaza during the Pessah holiday.”
Southern Residents: Shelling Worse Than Qassams
IDF shelling into empty fields, “no longer helpful,” is seen as a nightmare in Negev communities surrouding Gaza
At Least Four Qassams Fired at Ashkelon Area, No Injuries
Seven Kassams Since Yesterday; No One Hurt
Kassam Rocket Lands in W. Negev; None Wounded
Rely on Israel’s HCJ: To Look Out for the Arabs; The Jews, A Different Story …
‘Even Though I Am Suffering, My Suicide Bomber Son was a Hero’
4 Hamas Lawmakers Can’t Live in Jerusalem
Excerpts;
Israel decided Tuesday to revoke the Jerusalem residency rights of four Hamas lawmakers, a response to a suicide bombing that killed nine civilians in a Tel Aviv restaurant.
Weighing their response, interim Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and key Cabinet ministers decided Tuesday that Hamas is to be held responsible for the attack.
In one of a list of measures, the Jerusalem residency rights of four Hamas lawmakers from Jerusalem are to be revoked, participants in the meeting said.
Tuesday Night, Wednesday War News …
IDF Responds with Artillery to Kassam Launch
Palestinian Armed with Knife Aprehended in W. Bank
Kassam Lands Near Northern Gaza IDF Base
Kassam Lands Near Kibbutz Karmiya; None Wounded
Palestinian Crowd Throws Stones at IDF in Nablus
Palestinian Youth Caught With 5 Pipe Bombs
TA Islamikazi Bombing Follow-up and Other Monday Night/Tuesday War News …
PM Decides AGAINST Attacking Hamas-led PA as Response to Bombing
Didn’t Olmert just utter this comment yesterday: ‘We Will Know How to Respond, We Know What to Do’? MB
IDF Arrests Father of TA Suicide Bomber Near Jenin
Young Terrorists are Made, Not Born
Excerpt;
What drives a young Palestinian to turn his body into a bomb? Children are not born hating. It is something they learn – and the Palestinian Authority has been the ideal teacher. It has perfected the art of fomenting hatred, and promoting suicide terror.
Are ‘Disengagement’ Advocates Starting to Admit Their Error?
Retreat Advocate Yoel Marcus Concedes Bad Effect of Disengagement
For full article in hebrew, click here.
Excerpt;
Buried in the middle of a column titled “5 observations on the situation” appearing only in the Hebrew edition of today’s Haaretz, Yoel Marcus, who devoted the past years encouraging Ariel Sharon to retreat from the Gaza Strip, made the following observation:
“In light of the fact that the evacuation of Gush Katif put Hamas in office, increased the Qassams, and Israel is still in Gaza via cannons, and maybe soon with tanks, I suddenly doubt if the Ehud Olmert government will be able to evacuate 60 thousand settlers.”