The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
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Turkey, ‘Israel’s Muslim Friend,’ in Military Drill with Syria [3-
Day Drill Ankara says will “Boost Friendship, Cooperation…”], by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu (Israel National News)
The ‘Secret’ Terrorist Attack Media Ignored [Arab Terrorist Shot Over a Dozen Bullets at Car With Six Jews in the Southern Hevron Hills Last Wednesday — Ignored, or Censored?], by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu (Israel National News)
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Our twin Parshiyot; Acharei Mos and Kedoshim are what baseball fans refer to as another of the “doubleheader” parshas. And just as Parshiyot Tazria and Metzora are extensions of each other, visa vi Tumah and Ta’Hara regarding post-birth, regarding skin, hair, clothing or regarding one’s home or building; Acharei Mos and Kedoshim are extensions of each other regarding Kohanim, Yom Kippur, the Kohen’s Yom Kippur avodah in the Kadosh Kedoshim and the Kohanic model of Darchim, which the entire B’nai Yisrael ideally embraces and exhibits as a model for all mankind.
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Commentary:
Boker Tov Am Yisrael! As if Vilna’i’s warning should come as any great shock to anyone with eyes, ears or a functioning brain in their head. But it just boggles the mind how the typical Yosef Q. Israeli doesn’t have his back up at the mal-feasance and non-feasance of successive governments, including Netanyahu, who have sat back, equivocating, voting to make parts of Jewish land Yudenrein and letting this state of affairs come to be. Frankly, this Jew is more than a litle tired of excuses, expressions like “ein ma’alasot”
(nothing can be done), or “I’m too tired to fight, too tired to win.”
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Commentary:
If you think that this is quiet, just imagine all the news which the regime continues censoring and all the terror attempts being foiled! (MB)
Kassam Fired From Gaza Lands Near Sha’ar Hanegev Kibbutz
IDF Arrests 3 Terror Suspects [in Shechem]
Five Police Wounded in Kafr Kassem Rioting [Over Demolition of Illegally-Built Structure]
Five Terrorists Arrested [Captured in Ramallah, Bethlehem]
Palestinians Throw Stones at Firefighters [Fighting Fire in Factory] Near Tulkarem
Israeli Car Damaged by Stone-Throwing Palestinians Near Jenin
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IDF Arrests 8 Terror Suspects [in Ramallah, in Bethlehem, and an Arab Village South of Bethlehem]
IDF Forces Arrest 15 Arabs [Terrorists] in Yesha [5 in Kalkilya, Pistol Found in Home Searched]
4 Bombs Ready for Detonation Discovered in Ramle [Gang Violence or Terrorism]
Two Molotov Cocktail Attacks on Israeli Vehicles [Near Ramallah, Southwest of Bethlehem]
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In learning about the laws of tzara’as, we find posukim which are a pelah, a wonderment.
Torah relates in our Parsha;
“If the tzara’as will erupt on the skin, and … will cover the entire skin of the afflicted from his head to his feet, wherever the eyes of the Kohen can see — the Kohen shall look, and behold! — the affliction has covered his entire flesh, then he shall declare the affliction to be pure; having turned completely white, it is pure. On the day healthy skin appears …, it (the affliction) shall be contaminated.” (Sefer Vayikra, Perek 13, posukim 12 – 14)
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The Jerusalem Post’s David Horovitz has written a commentary noting that Israel faces security challenges requiring confident leadership and cohesion of national purpose:
Home Truths About Gaza, by David Horovitz (Jerusalem Post)
Excerpts:
…Esther Wachsman, whose son Nachshon was kidnapped by Hamas in 1994 and killed in a Palestinian village not far from Jerusalem as the IDF tried to come to his rescue, describes poignantly how the family came to choose his name.
The family’s third son, he was born at Pessah time in 1975, and they decided to name him in honor of Nachshon the son of Aminadav, the man who had the guts to trust God and test the waters, the man who leapt into the Red Sea confident that his people would be able to cross, the man who showed the children of Israel the path to their destiny.
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Gaza: Palestinian Gunmen Launch Rocket into Israel; No Casualties
Kassam Hits Eshkol Region [Wednesday Night]; None Hurt
IDF Troops Arrest Five Palestinian [Terrorists] Fugitives
Terrorist Killed in Jewish Town [Beit Hagai] Near Hevron, by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu (Israel National News)
Related report: Samarian Firebomb Attack
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Commentary:
Is Egypt “On the job”, or do her recent actions against Hamas and Hezbollah constitute one-time validation? How many tunnels continue operation under Egypt’s nose?
Is it possible that these recent actions reflect nothing more than Egypt acting against Hezbollah out of concern for her own national security regarding threat posed by Iran and Hezbollah and their alliance with the Muslim Brotherhood and possible strategic strikes by Iranian agents against Egypt’s economic lifeline? (MB)