Israel and The Sin of Expulsion
The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
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Man Injured by Mortar Shell in Zimrat, East of Gaza
IDF Arrests Ten Terror Suspects in Yesha
Israelis Wounded by Palestinian Stone-Throwers [in Town of Kif el-Khares Near Ariel]
IDF Arrests Five Terror Suspects [in Shomron, in Tulkarm, in Kalkilya]
IDF Arrests Six Terror Suspects [in Shechem, Bethlehem Areas]
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Reuters reported last week that prime minister Netanyahu, while hosting German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, used the term “Judenrein” as derived from the Nazi era of the Holocaust to condemn “Palestinian (sic)” demands that Jewish towns be removed from the entirety of beyond the “greenline”, presumably to clear the way for a “Palestinian (sic)” in the entirety of Yesha. But, what was Bibi’s true meaning, motivation behind use of the term “Judenrein”?:
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In Parsha Matos, Sh’vatim Gad and Reuven approached Moshe Rabbeinu regarding their desire to graze their flocks and settle their families on the East side of the Yarden. To this, Moshe Rabbeinu replied, “Shall your brothers go off to war, and shall you sit here?” (Sefer Bamidbar, Perek 32, posuk 6)
Moshe was quite angry at the two Sh’vatim. He was concerned lest Gad and Reuven would avoid taking part in the wars for Eretz Yisrael, that other Sh’vatim might follow suit and B’nai Yisrael might be condemned to wandering in the desert another 40 years.
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Here is another Torah gem from that kiruv legend, Jeff Seidel:
Parshat Pinchas relates a story (27:1-12) about the daughters of Tzlafchad, descendants of Yosef (Joseph). These daughters wanted and loved the Land of Israel so much that they wanted a piece of it. As Rav Moshe Feinstein asks, why do they have to have a claim in the land, just because they love it? Wouldn’t entering or living in the land be fulfilling enough?
Rav Moshe thus concludes that if a person truly loves something, they’d want it to be theirs, and no one else’s. This is why the daughters wanted to actually own a piece of the land, rather than simply living in it. This logic applies to marriages, as well as the Torah’s preference that every Jew writes their own Torah (or a portion of it). In our terms, it’s not enough to borrow and read Jewish books. We need to love the Torah we read SO much that we feel the need to own it! As this week’s Parsha urges, we should not only seek, read and enjoy words of Torah, but we should OWN those books, and live those words!
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Report: Hamas Attacks [From Gaza] About to Resume
Excerpts:
The first phase is to attack Israeli forces operating along the Gaza security fence. The escalation would be in the form of rocket fire. The attacks would be carried out by independent terrorist groups to relieve Hamas of the responsibility.
Hamas has set up a massive system for launching rockets with better accuracy and more range. It has also installed a line of mines, booby-trapped tunnels and other explosive devices.
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Mortar, Shooting Near Karni [Saturday Night]
Mortar Attack near Gaza [Landed Near Sufa Crossing]
Fire Bomb on Israeli Vehicle Near Azun [Near Kalkilya]
Wadi Ara: Illegal Arab House Destroyed [Whoopie, 1 Illegal Arab Building Razed!]
Eleven Arrested in Nightly Terrorist Roundup
Security Force Arrests Two Illegal Workers
IDF Arrests Five Terror Suspects in Yesha
IDF Arrests Two Terror Suspects in Kfar Bilin [Near Modiin Illit]
Soldier Wounded in Rock Attack [Near Bethlehem on Saturday Night]
PA Police in Central Jerusalem? [How Are PA Police Illegally Permitted in Jerusalem?]
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We learned in Parsha Balak that Bila’am’s scheme to seduce Jewish men to avodah zora by way of immorality (co-habitation) resulted in a plague which killed 24,000 Jewish men until Pinchas’ act brought the plague to a halt. However, Bamidbar, Perek 25, posuk 4 and 5 read;
And Hashem, said to Moshe: Take all of the chiefs of the people, and hang them up unto the Hashem in the face of the sun, that (there) may turn away the fierce anger of Hashem from Israel. And Moshe said unto the judges of Israel: Slay you every one his men that have joined themselves unto the Ba’al Peor.
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IDF Patrol on Gaza Border Comes Under Fire [From Arab Gunmen]
IDF Arrests Three Terror Suspects [in Shechem, Hebron
Firebomb Attack Next to Azoun [East of Kalkilya]
Rock Attack next to Beit Omar [Shatters Windshield of Jewish Auto]
IDF Arrests Five [Arab] Terror Suspects [Near Kalkilyah, Shechem, Bethlehem, and Hevron]
IDF Fire Wounds 4 Palestinian Stone-Throwers… [Near Shechem]
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Commentary:
The irony of the verdict in the case cited in the Miami Herald report below is all too obvious to rehash. The bottom-line is that while passing information bound by agreement between 2 “friendly” nations for the U.S. to provide American ally Israel and which was crucial to the security and survival of Israel (and which agreement was defaulted upon by the U.S.), landed Jonathan Pollard in prison for life, an ex-professor is handed a 4 year prison sentence for passing militay secrets to hostile nations; Iran and China:
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The IRIS blog did a piece on Monday treating comments of Arab-American Joseph Farah in his World News Daily where he refers to the Obama administration’s so-called “balanced policy” towards Israel as inherently racist, and that it aims for ethnic cleansing of Jews from the historical Jewish homeland.
According to an Israeli daily Haaretz report, this is the atmosphhere and mindset into which defense minister Ehud Barak has walked in negotiating for a so-called “temporary construction freeze”. over the opposition of 3 of the 6 ministers of the “forum of six” ministers regarding construction in Yehuda and the Shomron: