Author: moshe

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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! read more

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Report: Hamas Attacks [From Gaza] About to Resume

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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.

[Ashdod] Cabbie’s Murder [Committed by Mahmad Haldi and Mahmoud Uda Near Gan Yavne in May], Declared Terror Attack read more