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by Moshe Burt

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. read more

Two Kassam Rockets Launched From Gaza

Related reports:

Rockets Fired at Sderot

Israel Destroys Three Arms-Smuggling Tunnels [Retaliation for 2 Kassam Attacks], by Hillel Fendel (Israel National News)

IDF Foils Attack on Gaza Border; 2 Palestinian Operatives Killed [Group Seen Planting Bomb at Gaza Border Fence]

Two Arabs With a Knife Arrested North of Shechem

Palestinians Set Fire to 2 Buildings at Havat Gilad

Firebomb Attack [on Jewish Drivers] in Samaria [Near Village of Azoun, East of Kalkilya]

Firebomb Attack [on Jewish Bus] Near Bethlehem read more

Commentary:

This author sent the following message on Twitter relating to this story; Police Pull Over 5 Palestinians With Jewish Religious Items on Highway 1 [Near Beit Shemesh, Latrun] two days ago:

Can some1 tell me how illegal Palestinians infiltrate with Jewish religious items, w/o work permits?

Today, a RT (Re-Tweet) was sent:

RTCan some1 tell me how illegal Pals infiltrate with Jewish religious items, w/o work permits? See Y: http://tinyurl.com/100RdblksOff

Basically, this query relates to so-called “goodwill gestures” noted in The Jerusalem Post piece below which put Jewish lives at increasing risk via Arab terror attacks [MB}: read more

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Hamas Needs Smuggling ‘Mega Tunnels’ [to Smuggle in Larger Rockets], by Yaakov Katz (Jerusalem Post)

Excerpt:

“Rockets that Hamas would like to get its hands on include the long-range Iranian-made Fajr, which has a range of 70 km. and could reach as far as the outskirts of Tel Aviv. Unlike the Grad-model Katyusha, which is 2 meters long, the Fajr is close to 10 m. and is not easy to assemble if smuggled into Gaza in components.”

IDF Arrests 19 Terror Suspects in Judea and Samaria [in the Jenin, Shechem and Hevron Areas] read more

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By Moshe Burt

For many years, since 1991 when Parsha Ki Tisa marked my son Philip’s Bar Mitzvah, I have spoken or written about a posuk in our Parsha which alludes to an event which is recorded in Torah 40 years later, in a subsequent Parsha.

The posuk being referred to (Sh’mos, Perek 30, posuk 30) says that while Moshe Rabbeinu was on Har Sinai being given Torah, Hashem said;

“You shall anoint Aaron and his sons and sanctify them to minister (to serve) me.”

This seemingly obscure posuk which pops up in a couple of slightly different forms in both Parsha Tetzaveh and in our Parsha raises a challenging question which cuts to the chase of what we continue to face today. The question is; what about that Pinchas Ben Elazar? Why was he not anointed as a Kohen with his brothers? read more