Month: April 2007
Parsha Sh’mini 5767 — The Eternal Constant: The Jew’s Service
For seven days, Moshe taught Aaron HaKohen and his sons the laws of their Avodah in the Mishkan. (You might say that they were given OJT from Shemayim.)
Our Parsha Sh’mini begins by relating that on the eighth day, Aaron and his sons commenced their Avodah HaKodosh.
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 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 generations. In order to distinguish between the sacred and the profane …” (Artscroll Chumash, Vayikra, Perek 10, p’sukim 8-10).
Tuesday War News
Kassam Rocket Lands Near Sderot; No Injuries
Three Terrorists Caught Infiltrating Elon Moreh
Pessah Terror Attack Averted by Shin Bet
Excerpt;
“For some unknown reason, after the man reached the Gush Dan region, he returned to Kalkilya where his car exploded a few days later in a ‘work accident.'”
Related report:
19 Hamas Members Arrested for Planning Attack on Pesach
IDF Soldiers Attacked in Shechem
US Fears Iran has Long-Range Russian Missiles
Excerpt;
“The US fears Iran received missiles capable of hitting US naval vessels in the Persian Gulf.”
Olmert Regime Prefers Disgrace of Capitulation to Terror by Freeing Murderous Arabs to Getting Jonathan Pollard Free
For related post, click here.
Not at Any Price, by Shlomo Engel (Ynet)
“Against this backdrop of the sweeping Israeli willingness to finalize the Gilad Shalit deal at almost any price, despite its many dangers, it is difficult not to mention Jonathan Pollard.
Pollard is an Israeli soldier without a uniform, who Israel is not only failing to release but also knowingly ignoring.”
Full Text;
Israel must not pay exorbitant price in exchange for abducted soldier Shalit.
Soon, according to media reports, a deal for the release of abducted IDF soldier Gilad Shalit may be finalized. We can assume it will be a repeat of the Jibril deal, where Israel released 1,150 terrorists in exchange for three abducted troops. In that deal, all boundaries of proportionality in terms of prisoner swaps were breached. Sadly, the current deal, managed by the most failed government in the country’s history, is expected to be even worse.
Sh’vei Shel Pesach War News
Soldiers Thwart Stabbing at Kalandiya
Terror Group Plans to Escalate Rocket Attacks From Gaza
Arab Terror: Two Policemen Stabbed in Hevron
More on the Sunday Hevron stabbings posted here.
Terrorist with 30 cm Knife Stopped Friday in Hevron
Ahmadinejad: Iran Has Joined Club of Nuclear Nations
Taiba Man Dies After Being Shot at Close Range
Marwan Barghouti for IDF Cpl. Gilad Shalit?: Would be Ultimate Olmert Boosha (Disgrace)
Uri Ariel Slams Possible Barghouti Release
For a listing of previous Barghouti release rumors, click here.
Full Text;
National Union–National Religious Party Knesset member Uri Ariel warned Sunday morning that the government will be making a huge mistake if it releases arch-terrorist and Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti in exchange for IDF Cpl. Gilad Shalit.
The Palestinian Authority has reportedly submitted to Israel, by way of Egyptian mediators, a list of terrorists being held in Israeli prisons as the price for the kidnapped soldier’s freedom.
Motsei Shabbos, Sunday War News
Israeli Seriously Injured in Stabbing Attack in Hebron [2 Stabbed At Cave of the Patriarchs]
Excerpt;
“Palestinian stabbed two Israelis at the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron on Sunday afternoon. One of the people sustained serious wounds, while the other one was lightly injured.”
Related report: Arab Shot After Stabbing 2 Israelis by Hebron Shrine
Israel to Fight Kassam Rockets
Sefer Torah for Adura; Done-Deal and in Time for Pesach
On Thursday, 29 March, 2007, the Sefer Torah slated for Yishuv Adura was handed to the Gabbai of Adura’s Beit Knesset.
On behalf of the residents of Yishuv Adura, I want to thank all who helped and supported my fundraising efforts to acquire and facilitate repairs of the Sefer Torah which has been donated to Yishuv Adura in memory of the 5 residents who were terror victims.
Deir Yassin: The Mother of Arab Lies, Myths and Staged Pallywood, Hezbollywood Productions
The Ghosts of Deir Yassin, by Yehuda Avner (Jerusalem Post)
“What this House has just heard is an elaborate exercise in Arab myth-making. On trial here is not what happened at Deir Yassin but what has been invented about Deir Yassin.”: Dr. Gershon Levy
Excerpts;
In October 1952, I attended a debate at the Oxford Union between a Dr. Ali el-Husseimi, adviser to the Secretary General of the Arab League Abdul-Khalek Hassouna, and Dr. Gershon Levy, adviser to prime minister David Ben-Gurion. The motion was, “This House Condemns Zionism as Imperialism.”
Shabbos War News
IDF Kills Armed Terrorist in Defensive Air strike in Gaza
Excerpt;
“The strike came against armed gunmen who had repeatedly been making ‘suspicious movements’ along the fence, according to an IDF spokesman.”
Palestinians Kidnap Israeli-Arab in Gaza
Shots Fired at Border Guard Base Near Jenin; No Injuries
Palestinians Throw Molotov Cocktails at [Border] Police [Near Jenin]