Israel and The Sin of Expulsion
The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
IDF Artillery Fire Shells on N. Gaza Buffer Zone
Kassam Rocket Lands in Open Field; None Wounded
Troops Apprehend Palestinian With Knife at Hawara
Palestinians Carrying Firebombs Caught Near J’lem
Border Police Arrested 304 Illegals
Hamas Terrorists Apprehended in the Ramallah Area
Infiltrators Arrested at Egyptian Border
Eight Access Routes Bombed By IAF
Kassam Lands Near Gaza fence; None Wounded
Over Shabbos, this author spotted a vort from Rabbi Artscroll in the Stone Chumash (Parsha Terumah, Perek 25, posukim 31-40, page 451 in Stone Chumash) which bears repeating;
“The Menorah, whose flames were fed by the purest oil of the olive, symbolized by the illumination of the intellect. It was placed near the southern wall of the Tabernacle (Mishkan), opposite the Table (Shulchan) on the north. The Ark (Aron HaKodesh) … was equidistant from both. … The Ark , containing the word of G’d, cast its spiritual emanations, as it were, upon the Menorah and the Table, which represented intellectual achievement and material prosperity. This symbolized the conviction that both our spiritual and temporal lives must be guided by, and work to serve, the dictates of the Torah. Jewish life cannot be compartmentalized in the realms of sacred and temporal, or in the modern vernacular, Church and State; the Torah regulates all aspects of life, and demands purity in all of them. Indeed, the requirement that the entire, very intricate Menorah had to be hammered out of one ingot of gold (posukim 31, 39) symbolized the indivisibilty of the Torah; a Jewish life must be constructed entirely from one set of values. It may not be a hodge-podge of separate bits and pieces, grafted together to suit anyone’s convenience. All areas of life must derive from the same set of values.”
For more information about the Amona hearings and the truth in testimony and pictures regarding Police and Yassamnikim actions in Amona, click here, here and here. MB
Mofaz, Ezra Testify Before Amona Inquiry
Parliamentary Inquiry into Amona: Police Minister Questioned
Ezra: “Best and Most Highly Trained Forces At Amona”
Excerpts;
“Internal Security Minister Gideon Ezra told the Knesset committee investigating the brutal evacuation of Amona that the government used ‘the best and most highly trained forces’ to evacuate nine buildings at the edge of the community last month.”
IAF Strikes More Northern Gaza Access Routes
Summary of Access Routes [aka Empty Fields] Targeted By the IDF
IDF Aerial Attack Against Projectile Rocket Launching Grounds [aka Empty Fields]
Hamas Militarizes Gaza; Sets Up Standing Army to Spread Jihad
Soldier, Border Policeman Lightly Wounded by Rocks
Olmert: Russia May Limit Contact With Hamas in Future
Olmert: Putin Will Stand Against Hamas
Excerpts;
“In speaking of Putin, he said, ‘Russia gave me a clear, unequivocal message.’ He said Putin promised to support three elements in its commitment to stand with the international community in support of Israel.”
“While he did not outline the elements, one of his advisers said he meant the insistence that Hamas recognize the State of Israel and that Hamas accept all agreements recognized by Israel and the PA as well as denounce terror.”
Orlev: Olmert Will Bring Kassam Rockets to Ben-Gurion Airport
Full Text;
“National Religious Party (NRP) leader MK Zevulun Orlev released a statement following the Friday Kassam rocket attacks into southern Green Line Israel, stating ‘A Kadima government will bring Kassams to Ben-Gurion Airport.’
“‘Running from terror and Kadima’s forgiving policy towards Hamas will bring the rockets to Ashkelon today, and tomorrow, to Ben-Gurion International Airport,’ Orlev stated.”
Kassam Rocket Smashes into Strategic Installation
Three Kassams Hit Ashkelon area, Local Kibbutzim
Two Kassams Launched at Negev; No Wounded, Damage
Arrow Capable of Intercepting ‘Any Iranian Missile’
2 Kassam Rocket Launches Detected
Unarmed Infiltrators Apprehended at Egyptian Border
Border Police Arrest 60 Palestinian Illegals
Last year, this author wrote regarding man’s motivations, equating them with what drives the athlete in the beginning, or as we baseball fans say, in the “Big Inning”. And as has been done regarding other Parshiyot, this year a revisit of the motivation of men seems appropriate.
What drives the high-priced athlete? The big and increasing paycheck? The “Team effort?” Increased or enhanced fame and influence? Love and study of the game? What drives them?
Kadima: Follow Me to the Middle of Nowhere
Excerpts;
“Olmert stands for nothing and has accomplished even less.”
“Israelis love slogans. Come up with the right slogan, even if it makes no sense, if it’s a total lie, and they will support anyone, and any cause. Sell them ‘Peace Now’ wrapped up in little white doves, and they’ll vote for that. And if instead they get exploding buses and pizza parlors, dead babies on the streets, they won’t stop believing. They won’t look back and say: ‘Gee, those politicians were incompetent liars, let’s kick them out of office and keep them there.’ Not at all. Come up with another slogan and the exact same politicians will get their vote again.”
Excerpts;
“One by one the layers of absurdity are being stripped off the bizarre mix of irrationality and irresponsibility that has masqueraded as government policy in the country for almost a decade and a half since the fall of the Shamir government in 1992.”
“Probably few remember that the current ‘March of Folly’ began during the 1992 election campaign. It was then that the Labor Party, headed by the late Yitzhak Rabin and spurred on the wooly-headed dovish elements in his own party and by reckless radical factions to the left of it, proclaimed to the Israeli electorate it would break what they denounced as decades of unnecessary stagnant stalemate on the Palestinian issue.”