The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
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There are two intriguing commentaries, each relating to a different posuk of Parsha Chaye Sarah, regarding the dialogue leading up to Avraham Aveinu’s acquisition of the Ma’arat HaMachpela for 400 shekels of silver from Efron the Hittite.
The first of the two posukim is spoken by Avraham and says, in part;
“I will have given the money for the field; take it of me …” (Breish’it, Perek 23, posuk 13)
Torah Gems on Chaye Sarah cites Rabbi A.M. Amiel;
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1 Injured in Kassam Attack [on Sderot]
Terrorists, IAF Exchange Blows in Gaza Area [IAF Hits Rocket Launchers]
Gaza Terrorists Fire Kassam Rocket Toward Israel; None Hurt
Almost 1,000 Tunnels From Egypt to Gaza – Multiple Entrances Allow for Ineffective Egyptian [Photo Op] Tunnel Closing, by Dr. Aaron Lerner (IMRA)
Six Wanted Terrorists Arrested [in Jenin Area, in Bethlehem]
Molotov Cocktails Along Gilad Route [Between Hawara and Kedumim, South of Shechem]
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Commentary;
I’m going to speak in the 1st person here.
Aside from the dirty tricks and “stinking manuevers” which marked the campaigns of 2 of the 3 Mayoralty candidates in Beit Shemesh; what irks me is that there seems a definite connection, like links in a chain, between the winning candidate, the parties who backed him, the lengths to which they went to bring about his election (with the possible resultant exclusivity partition of Beit Shemesh/Ramat Beit Shemesh) and what the religious parties, ALL of them — including Mafdal (on a national level) — an across-the-board indictment — regarding what none of them bothered to do to save their Jewish brethren formerly from Gush Katif.
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Two More Mortars Hit Nahal Oz [Near Fuel Terminal]
Gaza Fires Four Mortars at Nahal Oz
IDF Troops Gun Down Four Terrorists Near Gaza Border [Near Kissufim Crossing] By Yaakov Lappin (Jerusalem Post)
Related report; Dead Arab Gunmen Had Kalashnikovs
Arabs Riot Near Jerusalem [Northeast of Ma’aleh HaChamisha]
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For Mayor;
Abutbol – 46.7
Lerner – 28.4
Vaknin – 24.9
For City Council:
UTJ – 5
B’Yachad – 3
Shas – 3
Dor Acher (Balayish) – 2
Likud – 2
Mishpacha Acat (Russians) – 2
Labor – 1
Tov – 1
Chen – 0
Shas Chareidi candidate Moshe Abutbul has apparently been swept into office as Mayor of Beit Shemesh garnering 52% of the vote to B’yachad’s Shalom Lerner with 30% and incumbent Mayor Danny Vaknin a distant 3rd with 17.7% of the vote in a campaign which degenerated into a host of dirty tricks and “stinking manuevers”, mostly by coordinated by one candidate’s campaign, in the final 72 hours before the vote and in which there were a slew of voting irregularities (i.e. torn or non-existent Shalom Lerner ballot slips at certain voting stations) on election day.
Kassam Rocket Hits Open Area Near Sderot; No Wounded Reported
IDF Paratroopers Arrest Palestinian Who Crosses Gaza Border Fence
IDF Found 50 lbs of Explosives Ingredients
Arabs Wound Israeli [in Stonings] Near Bethlehem
Nine Palestinian Fugitives Arrested in Hebron by IDF
Rock Attacks in Kalkilyeh Area
IDF Soldiers Catch Palestinian in Possession of Bomb Near Jenin
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David Morris, the esteemed founder and Chairman of Lema’an Achai which assists families in need and enables them to get back on their feet and to achieve financial and social independence, wrote the email below making several very important points in support of Shalom Lerner who was one of the chief architects of the Beit Shemesh response in helping populations in the North during the massive Hezbollah Katyusha bombardments of the Lebanon conflict of the summer of 2006.
What Morris describes below seems indicative of the love, caring and sensitivity which Shalom Lerner will bring to Beit Shemesh once elected mayor. MB
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With 30 hours to go to national municipal elections in Israel, Beit Shemesh held a Mayoralty debate on Sunday night in the Simcha Hall of Beit Knesset Beit Tefillah Yona Avraham between the two main candidates, Shalom Lerner of B’Yachad and the Shas/Gimmel candidate Moshe Abutbul. The debate was extremely well organized despite having been chiselled together at the last minute.
The debate came on the heels of a controversial 14 page glossy promo piece by Abutbul’s campaign which was distributed by their campaign activists (ostensibly frum) during mid-afternoon on Friday afternoon, Erev Shabbos while most other observant Jews were cleaning, cooking and preparing for Shabbos.
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Kassam Rocket Strikes Open Area in Western Negev; None Wounded
Gaza Crossings Closed, Fuel Shortage to be Discussed
Arabs Stone and Wound Israeli Driver [Near Abud, Northwest of Ramallah]
IDF Troops Arrest 24 Palestinians During Operations
3 Molotov Cocktails Thrown at Israeli Cars Near Bethlehem; None Hurt