Sunday War News: Firebomb Attacks in Beit El, Stabbing Terrorist Not Fired On — “Unarmed”(sic), 2 Terrorists Nabbed, Terrorists Toss Rocks at Highway 6
Parsha Ki Tavo — The Scales of a Mitzvah (Not Mets vs Phillies)
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Parsha Ki Tavo continues in the same theme track with last week’s Parsha Ki Teitzei, as well as the string of previous Parshiyot in discussing Mitzvot which teach kindness, compassion and attentiveness to others.
Ki Tavo begins with the Halachot of Bikkurim — the first fruits which were brought to the Kohen as both thanksgiving and rememberance of Pharaoh’s cruelty and Hashem’s deliverance of B’nai Yisrael from Mitzrayim to a land flowing with milk and honey. Our Parsha then enunciates the laws concerning Ma’aser and it’s declaration regarding the required tithes.
Friday, Shabbos War News: Gaza Explosive Ignites by IDF Patrol Near Kissufim; Terrorist Torches Homes in Yitzhar — Stabs Boy, Left, Arabs Riot at Na’alin, Israel Agrees on Return of 20,000 Refugees?, 15 Illegals Nabbed at Fence, 5 Roadblocks Removed for Arab ‘Fabric of Life’
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Explosive Device Blows Up Near IDF Patrol [Near Kissufim Crossing]; None Wounded
PA Terrorist Stabs 9 Yr Old Boy in Yitzhar
Related report; IDF Takes Guns Away from Two Yitzhar Residents
Excerpt;
“The terrorist had set fire to one house, whose residents had left for the Sabbath, and began to torch a second building when the boy spotted him and called for help. The boy suffered light wounds when the terrorists stabbed him and escaped.”
Peaceful Jewish Demonstration Becomes Angry Arab Riot at Na’alin
Have Israelis Forgotten Biblical Jerusalem?
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Commentary;
Noted Philadelphia Jewish activist Moshe Phillips writes about the erroneous term “East Jerusalem” noting that it is this designated place which is referred to in Torah, in Chumash as Jerusalem, i.e. “If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem…”
Also assembled are a number of related articles and commentaries on Jerusalem and the rush of Israeli governance to divide it. MB
If I Forget Thee, East Jerusalem, by Moshe Phillips (Israel National News)
Full Text;
My heart is in the east….” – Rabbi Yehuda Halevi (1075-1141)
Thursday War News: Islamics Toss Molotov at IDF, 11 Terrorists Nabbed in IDF Operations, 100 Arabs Maraud at Yitzhar, IDF Finds Explosive Charge in Jenin
Tuesday, Wednesday War News: 14 Terrorists Nabbed in 2 Day Operations, Islamic Sprays Acid at IDF Soldier, Golan Demilitarization — ‘Problematic, Unreasonable’
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IDF Arrests Four Wanted Terrorists [West of Bethlehem, Hevron and in Dura, Southwest of Hevron]
Palestinian Sprays Acid on Face of IDF Soldier at Hawari Checkpoint
Giora Eiland: Has Israel Determined Can Retake Golan in Emergency or that War From Hula Valley Acceptable?, by Dr. Aaron Lerner (IMRA)
Monday War News: Arabs Stone, Firebomb Jewish Cars near Hevron, Shechem, Between Kedumim and Ginot-Karnei Shomron, Arab Arms Dealer Nabbed, 7 Terrorists Nabbed
Sunday War News: Arabs Toss Stones, Firebombs and Defile Cave of Patriarchs in Hevron, IDF Nabs 13 Terrorists, Arabs Nabbed with Large Heroin Cache
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Arabs Hurl Rocks at Bus in Samaria [Near Hawara, South of Elon Moreh]
Rocks Thrown at Vehicles Near Nablus [Shechem]
Muslims Defile Cave of Patriarchs in Hevron
Excerpt;
“A Kohen, who recites the priestly blessings during the Sabbath morning service, …smelled urine next to the Holy Ark containing Torah scrolls.”
IDF troops arrest 13 Palestinian Fugitives
Parsha Ki Teitsei 5768: Unity and the Consequences of Not Crying Out
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Parsha Ki Teitsei teaches numerous Mitzvot such as; returning lost items to their rightful owners, loaning money to one’s fellow Jew free from interest, what one is permitted to or prohibited from taking from another Jew as loan security, Shatnes (wool and linen together), Tzitzit, and dealing fairly and truthfully with one’s fellow Jews in business. The Maftir Aliyah of our Parsha tells us collectively to remember, for all time, the actions of Amalek who attacked B’nai Yisrael when they were weak while blotting the rememberance of Amalek from the earth. We remember the Amelek without, as well as the Amalek within; lo nishcach v’lo Nislach — we won’t forgive and we won’t forget.