The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
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Email Received from Hevron:
Thanks to the hundreds who came to Bet HaShalom yesterday, the evil decree of expulsion which had been scheduled to take place at 4:30AM, was prevented.
Everyone is being urged to come immediately and be present to prevent the expulsion from taking place tonight.
THE ACTION COMMITTEE FOR THE STRUGGLE OVER BET HASHALOM
In Chutz L’Aretz; Please call your local Israeli Embassy or Consulate — NOW!!!
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Commentary:
Amidst his mourning over the loss of his son and daughter-in-law in last week’s Mumbai Chabad House terror attack, Rabbi Nachman Holtzberg issued an urgent plea to outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to stop plans to expel the Jewish residents of the Hevron Peace House.
In his plea, Rabbi Holtzberg beseeched Olmert;
“At the same time we are mourning for our dear children…who merited in their lives and in their deaths to bring wonderful unity to the People of Israel and to bring everyone closer in love and truth, and who were sacrificed on the holy altar of the Almighty before the eyes of every nation, …we plead in every way possible that you not carry out any action that will polarize and cause a schism to the People of Israel, that would cause in the time of mourning of all the People of Israel.”
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Lashkar-E-Taiba [Islamic Jihadi Terror Organization] Behind Mumbai Terror’, By Brenda Gazzar (Jerusalem Post)
Police Arrest Wanted Tanzim Terrorist in Shechem Operation
IDF Kills Released Fatah Member Who Returned to Terror
IDF Arrests 9 Terror Suspects [in Ramallah, Bethlehem, Jenin]
Palestinians Throw Molotov Cocktail at Bus Near Bethlehem; No Casualties
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Commentary;
This author began receiving emails this morning and reports have continued with this most recent email;
More and more security forces and Border Police are now flowing to Hevron
There is certainly great reason to worry that the authorities are planning the expulsion from Bet Hashalom tonight.
NOW IS THE TIME TO COME.
Please come and help prevent another expulsion of Jews from their home.
THE ACTION COMMITTEE
FOR THE STRUGGLE OVER BET HASHALOM
Meanwhile, this report has appeared in Israel National News;
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Kassam Fired From Northern Gaza Strip Lands Near Ashkelon; No Casualties
Gaza Crossings Closed After Weekend Attacks
Foreign Ministry Confirms Deaths of Eight Israelis [Including Chabad Shaliach Rabbi Gabriel Holtzberg and his wife Rivka] in Mumbai, by Yaakov Lappin (Jerusalem Post)
Israelis Still Missing in Mumbai; Jewish Agency to Help
Report: Terrorists Used Google Earth to Target Sites [As Hezbollah Did in Lebanon Conflict]
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In last week’s Parsha Toldos, we learned about Rivka, who rose above an evil environment while internalizing it’s insights and was thus well positioned to urge Yaakov to claim the Bracha, and about Yaakov, the “Ish Tam”. We learn that Yaakov was “totally honest, a man of great integrity” but was also master over the trait of being “tam”, a “‘plain man’, … without trickery. This means that Yaakov did not allow this “Ish Tam” character trait to dominate him. He knew when and where to act otherwise. We knew that from his demand for the birthright from Eisev in exchange for the lentil soup. These traits surely seemed inculcated to Yaakov as a result of Rivka Imeinu’s nurturing.
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Commentary;
On Thursday afternoon, a bus load of members of 2 Ramat Beit Shemesh Kehillot; Beit Tefillah Yona Avraham, Menorat Hamaor and their Rabbanim Rav Chaim Zev Malinowitz and Rav Daniel Myers travelled to Hevron to pray before Rosh Chodesh Kislev and to give chizuk to all living in the “Peace House” — Beit HaShalom who face the prospect of sudden eviction by the immoral, unethical, UnJewish regime which governs the Jewish State. As we came close to Kiryat Arba, we made a stop to view the ruins resulting from the regime’s Yassamnik pogrom which utterly trashed and destroyed the Federman-Tor Farm as well as persecuting the families living there. As the Yassamnikim did their detestable deeds, IDF Officers tricked a group of Yeshiva student soldiers into standing guard over the event under the guise of searching for terrorists. In so doing, the soldiers stationed on the periphery unwittingly stopped and turned back Jews coming to the aid of the Federman-Tor families telling them that the area was dangerous, that the IDF was searching for terrorists.
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There is an additional dimension to Rifka’s elevated Torah morality and ethic which was not previously discussed in the earlier Parsha HaShevua for Parsha Toldos.
The Midrash Says (Sefer Breish’t, page 225) notes, near the end Parsha Chaye Sarah, Rifka’s unequivocal decision to accompany Eliezer back to Avraham and Yitzchak.
It is said that both Lavan and Rifka’s mother attempted all kinds of rouges to delay Rifka’s departure. Her father, Besuel, died of his own poison which he planted in Eliezer’s food but a Moloch switched plates. And so they demanded that Rifka remain behind to mourn for her father and to prepare a Bridal trousseau.