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Rosh Hashana 5767: Unesaneh Tokef; Withstanding and Defying a Gezeira Rah…

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Rosh Hashana 5767: Unesaneh Tokef; Withstanding and Defying a Gezeira Rah

By Moshe Burt

Each Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, we daven the Unesaneh Tokef as part of the Mussaf tefillah.

The story behind the Unesaneh Tokef tefillah (expressing the seriousness of the day): relates the Gezeira Rah (evil decree) faced by R’ Amnon of Mainz and his Kehilla of forced conversion to Christianity dating back about 1,000 years.

R’ Amnon who, with his Kehilla, faced dread coersion as well as mortal, imminent threat of death, gave the perception of consideration of possible compliance with the demand to convert to Christianity and, as a result, became distraught at even having given the impression that he could betray Hashem. read more

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State Controller Can Blow Olmert’s Attempts to Deflect Responsibility Out of Water…

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War Committee to Begin Probe Monday By Herb Keinon (Jerusalem Post)

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The Winograd Committee, created to probe the war in Lebanon, is expected to start its work on Monday, following a tortuous route, whereby it took almost as long for the government to set up a committee to investigate the war as it did to fight the war itself.

The cabinet on Sunday approved the establishment of the Winograd Governmental Investigative Committee by a vote of 20-2, with Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz (Kadima) abstaining. read more

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Rocket Attacks from Gaza: “News Not Deemed Worthy of Reporting”…

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The Media Yawns at Renewed Palestinian Rocket Attacks By Michael Freund (Israel National News)

Call it “the news not deemed worthy of reporting”.

Several days ago, Palestinian terrorists in Gaza resumed firing rockets into Israel, and they have been doing so on a daily basis – but you won’t read much about it in the international press.

Indeed, just this morning, three Qassam rockets landed in Israel’s western Negev region. One of them hit the town of Sderot, leaving one person lightly wounded and two others requiring treatment for shock. read more

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Monday War News…

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IDF Neutralizes Two Kassam Launchers in North Gaza

IDF Officer: Hizbullah Drone Intended for Tel Aviv

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“The drone which was launched by Hizbullah during the war in Lebanon, and which was shot down in the area of Haifa, was intended to strike the Gush Dan region. We found in wings of the drone 10 kilograms of explosives, with ball-bearings packed inside.”

Two Kassams Land Near the Security Barrier in Gaza

Three Hizbullah Terrorists Indicted in Nazareth

10 Arrests in Counter-Terror Operations read more

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Moshe Yaalon: Great Hope, or Great Nope??

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Ari Shavit did an interview with former Chief of Staff Moshe “Boogey” Yaalon which appeared in this past Friday’s (15 September, 2006) Haaretz Magazine.

Aaron Lerner, in posting the interview on IMRA observed “Those in the national camp hoping to see Ya’alon teaming with Netanyahu should take note… when asked about the Golan [Yaalon responds]: “If a territorial concession will bring about true peace and full recognition of Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state, I am not against that.” read more

Olmert’s “Investigation Commission”: Stacked With All of His Cronies?

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PM: Commission to Have State Powers

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The Winograd Commission of investigation into the management of the war in Lebanon will be given the same authority as a state commission, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday at the opening of the weekly cabinet meeting.

“It is the government’s intention to invest the committee with all the powers of a state inquiry commission, as required by law and according to the decision of the justice minister,” he said.

“I hope the committee will complete its task as quickly as possible and help the State of Israel better prepare itself for the challenges that await us,” Olmert said. read more

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It’s About Justice, Family and Jewish National Values …!

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Where Do We Go From Here, by Moshe Feiglin (the article soon to be archived here.)

“When the Jewish emissaries who searched for these children throughout Europe would enter the monastery, there was a sure way to identify them. The emissary would stand on a chair and call out, Shema Yisrael… (”Hear O’ Israel…”) and the Jewish children would automatically finish the sentence that had accompanied them from the time that they were born. At that point, it was easy to return them to their own nation and identity.” read more

Motsei Shabbos and Sunday War News…

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No Injuries in Bomb Attack

No Injuries in RPG Attack

Kassam Rocket Attacks Continue

Kassam Lands in Western Negev; None Wounded

Kassam Rockets Strike Sderot Area

1 Wounded, 2 Suffer Shock as Kassams Hits Sderot

IDF Arrests 4 Palestinian Fugitives in West Bank

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“The troops caught a Fatah operative in Nablus, while in Hebron two Tanzim operatives and an Islamic Jihad member were apprehended.”

Wave of Muslim Attacks on Palestinian Authority Churches

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“The attacks and threats represent the response of Islamic fundamentalists in the PA to statements made last Tuesday by Pope Benedict XVI. By reference to a reported discussion from the 14th century between a Christian Byzantine Emperor and a Persian Islamic scholar, the pontiff implied denigration of the Islamic notion of Jihad for the sake of imposing Muslim rule.” read more

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Isn’t It About Time That Israel Re-asserts Her Sovereignty, Her Self-Defense, Instead of Collapsing, Appeasing Before World?

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Column One: The Free World’s Achilles Heel, By Caroline Glick (Jerusalem Post)

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Britain’s Prime Minister Tony Blair is Israel’s best friend in Europe. And he’s not a very good friend.

Immediately after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the US, Blair was instrumental in convincing US President George W. Bush to view the Palestinian jihad against Israel as a conflict completely separate from the global jihad. His success in convincing Bush of this distinction turned the anti-Semitic – not to mention strategically disastrous – view that terrorists who kill Israelis should be treated differently from terrorists who kill anyone else into one of the cognitive foundations of the US war on Islamic terror. read more

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