Chief Rabbis Discourage Firecrackers
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Commentary;
The Mercaz HaRav pogrom has had a profound impact on the Rabbanim.
One may recall that many in the community mistook the terrorist’s gunshots for firecrackers.
On Sunday, Rav Kanievsky issued p’sak banning employment of Arabs.
Now the Chief Ashkenaz and S’fardi Rabbis have issued a ban on firecrackers. Perhaps now, if Israelis bother to listen to Rabbis (highly doubtful), we may hear less of those booms around Ramat Beit Shemesh which sound very much like gunfire or Kassams. MB
Monday War News: One Kassam on Western Negev?; IDF Nabs 9 Terrorists, Arab Truck Carries Contraband: 12 Tons Explosives Material – Part of Larger Islamic Smuggling Effort
Top Hareidi Rav Issues Ban on Arab Labor
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Commentary;
Here’s a Rabbinic decision which is long overdue. It’s a shame that it apparently took a tragedy, the terror attack at Yeshiva Merkaz HaRav, to bring about the decision to Rabbinically ban employment of Arab workers by Jews.
One can only hope that practical application of the ban spreads from Yeshivas, restaurants and stores to the building and construction trades.
One can only hope that Rav Kanievsky, who issued the decision, is supported and not over-ruled in Hareidi circles and that the decision and its application are supported steadfastly in the inevitable future ensuing legal battles with the leftist Israeli “justice system” which are sure to arise. MB
Sunday War News; Islamic Jihad has 22-KM Range Rocket?, Kassams Fall in Western Negev; 3 Terrorists Arrested, Molotov Attack Near Kalkilya
Parsha Tzav and Purim: Our Ketores — the Good and the Bad
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In writing a vort on Purim, this author thinks back to a theme addressed in an earlier Siyum on Mesechta Megillah from three years ago as well as another recurring theme on this blog.
The Jew separates and distinguishes himself from the rest of the nations through the Mitzvah of Bris Milah, even though many of our contemporary Jewish brothers would distance themselves from, or stand in denial of their Yiddishkeit. But many among our Jewish brethren would deny Hashem’s control of the world and seek to tailor Torah and their Jewishness to fit the ways of the nations rather than accepting Hashem’s reishut (command) over the world.
Shabbos War News: Rocket, Mortar Attacks From Gaza Continue Thru Shabbos, IAF Offs Rocket Launch Cell, Explosive Devices Near Gaza Fence; Molotovs Tossed at Cars, Border Police, Fake Bomb Found
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[2] Rocket, [2] Mortar Shell Attacks on Shabbat
IAF Kills 3 Terrorists in Gaza
IDF Detonates 2 [Islamic Planted] Explosive Devices Near Gaza Fence
IAF Bombs Terrorist Cell on its Way to Fire Rockets at Israel
[Friday PM] Terrorists Fire 7 Kassams at West Negev
Gazan Uses Humanitarian Permit to Evade Police
Excerpt;
“He was later apprehended in the northern Israel town of Nazareth.”
Bibi’s NO Better Than Olmert
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Commentary;
It may be that Binyamin Netanyahu “could fix” “the situation in the western Negev” but, in reality, he’s not one iota better than Olmert.
The last lines in Gil Hoffman’s are telling;
He [Netanyahu] said that all of Jerusalem must remain in Israeli hands, to prevent it from falling to Hamas and to keep it safe for people from around the world.
“To prevent it from falling to Hamas and to keep it safe for people from around the world” — not a word about the holiness of Jerusalem. There is nothing in what Bibi said relating to Jerusalem as our eternal heart, that Jerusalem, that Har Habayit is the very seed and root of the Jewish people.
Friday War News: Kassams Continue Pounding South, 830 Rockets Against Israel in Two Months; Israel: No Defense Against Iranian Cruise Missiles; Rocks at Jewish Vehicles Through Yesha, Ramle; Fears of New Attacks on Gilo
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Three Kassam Rockets Land in Western Negev; None Wounded
Kassam Fired at Southern Community [Shaar Hanegev Regional Council on Friday AM]
Excerpt;
“At least 28 rockets were fired into Israel on Thursday.”
25 Kassams Pound [Sderot] West Negev [on Thursday]
Gaza Terrorists Fire 830 Rockets in Two Months
Report: Israel Undefended Against Cruise Missile Attack
Police Fear Resumption of Attacks on Gilo
Where Did the Terrorist Get His Weapon?
Excerpt;
“The issue could reflect on Israel’s policy of giving arms to the PA in order to help it fight terrorism.”
Iron Dome System: How Effective in Protecting Sderot, Negev?
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Commentary;
Dr. Aaron Lerner of IMRA points out an obvious shortcoming of the the Iron Dome System in its present form.
It seems obvious that what is needed are not static, stationary anti-rocket batteries, but fluid, mobile, transportable anti-rocket systems which are capable of reacting to intelligence, presumably derived in real-time by data supplied by satellite surveilance, as to location of rocket launchers so as to always maintain a 4 1/2 to 6 Km distance from point of launch. Whether such an obvious answer is evident to Defense Minister Barak remains to be seen. MB