יצחק ״בוג׳י״ הרצוג: האם הוא הנשיא שלכם? / Isaac "Bougie" Herzog: Not My Israeli President

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YNET: יצחק הרצוג הושבע לנשיא ה-11: "שנאת חינם מכרסמת היום בחוסן הלאומי שלנו"

הנשיא החדש הצהיר אמונים בטקס מיוחד בכנסת, ונכנס לתפקידו. "הפצעים שנפערו בחברה שלנו עודם שותתי דם", אמר וקרא לאחדות ולשילוב המיעוטים: "בארץ הזו צעדו אבותינו אברהם, יצחק ויעקב - וגם ישמעאל". ריבלין סיכם את כהונתו בקול שבור - וחברי הכנסת מחאו לו כפיים במשך דקה שלמה, נתניהו לא. יו"ר הכנסת: "הפילוג - יותר מסוכן מהגרעין האיראני"

איתמר אייכנר, מורן אזולאי, חיים גולדיטש וקובי נחשוני | 07.07.2021

עשר אגורות (2¢):
מבחינת התורה יצחק ״בוג׳י״ הרצוג הוא לא נשיא. הוא לא נשיא הסנהדרין, ולא כשר לדיינות בבית דין רבני. ״נשיא״ בממשלת ישראל פשוט מילה עברית בשימוש לטהר את התפקיד הלא יהודי הזה במערכת ממשל הלניסטית, כלומר לא יהודית.

טקס ההשבעה של הרצוג גם לא היה טקס יהודי. אלא הוסיפו לו כמה סמלים יהודיים כדי לעבוד על הציבור. סיגנון הכנת הטקס לא אשמתו, אלא אשמת ממשלת המדינה היהודית כביכול.

עם זאת, אין לי שום ספק שהצמדת כפות הידיו יחד בסיגנון ההינדוים ושגם בסיגנון "ידיים מתפללות" הנוצרים הייתה בעצם הרעיון שלו. האם הוא יודע שמעשה זה שבאופנה כיום מבוסס על עבודה זרה? אכפת לו מזה בכלל?

דרך אגב האם הוא יודע שבארה״ב הכינוי שלו ״בוג׳י״ הואנשמע ממש כ״בוז׳י״ צורה מקוצרת של bourgeousie (בורגנות) ומשתמשים אותה כעלבון דומה לכינוי ״צפוני״.

הרצוג הגיע לכותל המערבי, חבש כיפה והתפלל. על מה הוא התפלל? אין לי מושג. והכותל אינו האתר הקדוש ביותר של עם ישראל למרות שכוחות השלטון רוצים לאנחנו מאמינים כך. אלא הר הבית הוא האתר הקדוש ביותר שלנו. למה הרצוג לא עלה להר הבית? מעשה פוליטי מדי? פרובוקטיבי מדי? הוכחה נוספת שהוא לא נשיא של עם ישראל, אלא של מדינת ישראל. יש הבדל בין התפקידים האלה.

הרצוג כן דיבר על חורבן בית המקדש השני ושהחורבן הזה קרה בגלל שנאת חינם (תלמוד בבלי יומא ט,ב). אבל הוא גם הזכיר כי "כל דור שאינו נבנה בימיו מעלין עליו כאילו הוא החריבו״ (תלמוד ירושלמי יומא דף הא)? האם הוא באמת מעוניין בבניית המקדש מחדש?

אני כבר כתבתי על סיבה אפשרית אחרת למה בית המקדש השני נחרבה. ההסבר הזה נמצא בסו גיה מיד לאחר הסוגיה על שנאת חינם באותו עמוד (יומא ט,ב-י,א). הסוגיה הזו מלמדת שכיבוש הרומאים הצליח כי לא נמצאו מספיק יהודים בארץ בכדי למנוע מזה. ואם יותר יהודים עלו לארץ ישראל מבבל כפי שעזרא הסופר קרא להם לעשות כך, אז אולי הרומאים לא היו מצליחים לכבוש את ארצנו ולהרוס את בית המקדש.

בתור ראש הסוכנות היהודית, מה הוא עשה בכדי לעודד יהודים לעלות לארץ ישראל בזמן הזה?

כנראה ההיבט היהודי ביותר בטקס השבעה של הרצוג היה כיסוי הראש של אשתו בזמן שהם התפללו בכותל. היא כיסה את שיערה יותר מהרבה נשים המגדירות את עצמן כ"ציונות דתיות ". כל הכבוד לה. (באמת. לא בציניות.)

אני מתפלל שהרצוג ישמור על תפקידו הסמלי של נשיא מדינת ישראל ולא ייצא מדרך זו כמו שמעון פרס. שמעון פרס לא פעל כנשיא סמלי בכלל. אלא הוא הסתובב כרגיל ופעל למען מטרות באג׳נדה שלו באופן גלוי (לוותר על אדמתנו, לאחד את ישמעאל עם עשו וכו' - המבין יבין). פרס היה בעל גאווה כל-כך שהוא היה בטוח שאף אחד לא יכול למנוע ממנו מלבצוע את כל מה שהוא רוצה. והוא צדק. אף אחד לא הצליח להפסיק אותו. מישהו אפילו ניסה להפסיק אותו?

התנגדותי להרצוג כנשיא איננה מבוססת על שנאה ולא חינם. אני מתפלל שכל היהודים כאלה יחזרו בתשובה וישובו לדרך חיים יהודיים אמיתיים כלומר חיים מבוססים בתורה.

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חלק ב׳: יצחק ״בוג׳י״ הרצוג הוא עדיין לא הנשיא שלי

הנשיא יצחק הרצוג מנשק את הכותל המערבי
President Isaac "Bougie" Herzog kissing the Wailing Wall

הנשיא הרצוג בכנסת: הצמדת כפות הידיו בסיגנון ההינדוי ונוצרים
President Herzog: Palms together in style of both Hindus and Christians

הרצוג עם מיסיונר ידוע גלן פלמר
 Herzog with known missionary "Bishop" Plummer
via Abraham's Shield 

YNET: Israel swears in Isaac Herzog as its 11th president
Former Labor party leader, son of previous president sworn at ceremony at the Knesset, with much pomp and even the blowing of the shofar by IDF rabbis; he went to the official presidential residence in Jerusalem when he was welcomed by his predecessor Reuven Rivlin

Itamar Eichner , News Agencies | 07.07.21

Esser Agaroth (2¢):
Herzog is hardly a "Nasi," a head of the Sanhedrin, Chief Justice, to borrow a non-Jewish title, nor even qualified to sit on a Rabbinical Court. Nasi a borrowed Hebrew word for a non-Jewish position in a Hellenist (ie. non-Jewish) system of government.

His inauguration was hardly a Jewish ceremony either, just a few Jewish sprinkles on top to make it look Jewish. This was not his fault, but rather that of the "Jewish State's" government.

However, this trendy, palm against palm "praying hands" had to have been his idea. I wonder if he knows this gesture's basis in avodah zarah (foreign/forbidden) worship.

I also wonder if he knows that his nickname Bougie is used in English as a shortened form of bourgeoisie and as an insult at that. 

Herzog went to the Wailing [Western] Wall, donned a kippah (male head covering), and prayed. The Wailing Wall is not Jews' holiest site; the Temple Mount is  Jews' holiest site. Why did he not ascend the Temple? Too political? Too provakative? Yet another reason why he is not exactly a nasi.

He did speak about baseless hatred having destroyed the [Second] Temple (Babylonian Talmud Yoma 9b). But did he mention that  "Any generation in which the Temple is not built, it is as if it had been destroyed in their times" (Jerusalem Talmud, Yoma 1a)? Do you really think he is in the least bit interested in rebuilding the Temple?

I have already written about the alternative explanation for the destruction of the Second Temple, which is found right after the "baseless hatred" explanation on the same page of the Talmud (Yoma 9b-10b), that of not enough Jews in Babylonia heeding Ezra the Sofer's call to return to the Land of Israel. If more had, then perhaps the Romans would not have been able to overpower the greater Jewish population present.

And as outgoing head of the Jewish Agency, what exactly did he do to encourage more Jews to make aliyah (immigrate to Israel)?

Probably the most Jewish aspect of President Herzog's innaguration was that his wife's hair was covered while praying at the Kotel, more so than that of so many women defining themselves as "Religious Zionists."

Let us hope and pray that Herzog will keep to the symbolic role of Israel's president. Shimon Peres was anything but symbolic, running around overtly wheeling and dealing, pushing his Erev Rav agenda (giving up land, bringing together Yishma'el with Esau, etc.) as usual. He was so full of pride, knowing that even if he was called out, nothing would happen to the "great" Shimon Peres. And he was right, nothing did.

My objection to Herzog as President is neither baseless, nor because of hatred. As for all such Jews, I pray that they will repent and return to an authentically Jewish way of life and values.

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Part 2: Isaac "Bougie" Herzog: Still Not My President

הקמת הסנהדרין ובניית בית המקדש מחדש / Creating a Sanhedrin and Building the Third Temple

כ"ה לחודש להרביעי תשע"ט

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מצות עשה לעשות בית לה', מוכן להיות מקריבים בו הקרבנות, וחוגגין אליו שלוש פעמים בשנה--שנאמר "ועשו לי, מקדש" (שמות כה,ח); וכבר נתפרש בתורה משכן שעשה משה רבנו, והיה לפי שעה--שנאמר "כי לא באתם, עד עתה . . ." (דברים יב,ט)

 וַעֲבַרְתֶּם, אֶת-הַיַּרְדֵּן, וִישַׁבְתֶּם בָּאָרֶץ, אֲשֶׁר-יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם מַנְחִיל אֶתְכֶם; וְהֵנִיחַ לָכֶם מִכָּל-אֹיְבֵיכֶם מִסָּבִיב, וִישַׁבְתֶּם-בֶּטַח. וְהָיָה הַמָּקוֹם, אֲשֶׁר-יִבְחַר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם בּוֹ לְשַׁכֵּן שְׁמוֹ שָׁם--שָׁמָּה תָבִיאוּ, אֵת כָּל-אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוֶּה  אֶתְכֶם: עוֹלֹתֵיכֶם וְזִבְחֵיכֶם, מַעְשְׂרֹתֵיכֶם וּתְרֻמַת יֶדְכֶם, וְכֹל מִבְחַר נִדְרֵיכֶם, אֲשֶׁר תִּדְּרוּ לַיהוָה. וּשְׂמַחְתֶּם, לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם--אַתֶּם וּבְנֵיכֶם וּבְנֹתֵיכֶם, וְעַבְדֵיכֶם וְאַמְהֹתֵיכֶם; וְהַלֵּוִי אֲשֶׁר בְּשַׁעֲרֵיכֶם, כִּי אֵין לוֹ חֵלֶק וְנַחֲלָה אִתְּכֶם. הִשָּׁמֶר לְךָ, פֶּן-תַּעֲלֶה עֹלֹתֶיךָ, בְּכָל-מָקוֹם, אֲשֶׁר תִּרְאֶה. כִּי אִם-בַּמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר-יִבְחַר יְהוָה, בְּאַחַד שְׁבָטֶיךָ--שָׁם, תַּעֲלֶה עֹלֹתֶיךָ; וְשָׁם תַּעֲשֶׂה, כֹּל אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוֶּךָּ. (דברים יב,ט).

כל דור שאינו נבנה בימיו מעלין עליו כאילו הוא החריבו (תלמוד ירושלמי יומא דף ה,א פר' א הל' א)

There is a positive commandment to build a House for The Almighty, prepared for bringing the sacrifices, and for celebrating three times each year, as it says, "Make for me a Temple" (Ex. 25:8); and it is already understood in the Torah the Mishkan (Tabernacle) that Moshe Rabbenu made, in the meantime, as it is said, "For you have not yet come..." (Deut. 12:9) Mishneh Torah, Laws of the Temple 1:1

"For you have not yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God gives to you. But when you go over the Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God causes you to inherit, and He gives you rest from all your enemies round about, so that you dwell in safety; then it will come to pass that the place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause His name to dwell there, there you will bring all that I command you: your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which you vow to the LORD.  And you will rejoice before the LORD your God, you, and your sons, and your daughters, and your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, for as much as he has no portion nor inheritance with you. Take heed to yourself that you do not offer your burnt-offerings in every place that you see; but rather in the place which the LORD will choose in one of your tribes, there you will offer you burnt-offerings, and there you will do all that I command you." (Deut. 12:9-14)

"Each generation that it (The Temple) is not built during its time, is considered as if it destroyed it." Jerusalem Talmud, Yoma 5a (1:1)

The Machon Shilo Pre-Passover Conference

24 of the Twelfth Month 5772

English:

The Machon Shilo Pre-Pesah Conference
Sponsored by Israel’s Ministry of Education and the Municipality of Jerusalem
With the Participation of the Ariel Torah Institutions and Makhon HaYerushalmi

Where: Mosdoth Ariel, 5 HaPisgah Rd., Jerusalem

When: 02-01-65 — 2 Nisan 5772 — 25 March 2012

Begins with Tefillath Minhah 4:50 pm Ends with Tefillath ‘Arvith 8:45 pm

Mr. R’uven Campagnano — The Talmud Y’rushalmi: A Window on Day to Day Life in Eress Yisrael

Rabbi Dov Lior, Chief Rabbi of Hevron-Qiryath ‘Arba — The Halakhic K’zayith: 3-5 cc (the Size of an Olive)

Rabbi David Bar-Hayim, Head of Machon Shilo — The ‘Olives’ of Galuth and the Writings of Rav Kook

Prof. Mord’khai Kislev, Bar-Ilan University — The Olives of Eress Yisrael Past and Present: Botanical, Historical and Archeological Perspectives

Rabbi Y’hoshua Bukh, Makhon HaY’rushalmi — The Leavening Process, One Mil, or Four? Talmud Bavli vs. Talmud Y’rushalmi

• You’ve always known that a K’zayith had to be the size of an olive. You’ve always wondered how things could possibly have become so confused.

• Find out how this Halakha became distorted in the European Galuth.

• If you believe that the Torah is rational; if you understand that Halakha cannot be divorced from reality; if you feel that many Jews cannot relate to a Torah that just doesn’t make sense…

• …then please donate to Machon Shilo via the Pay pal button on the homepage of Machon Shilo to cover the costs of this ground-breaking event.

Yitzhar: The Israeli Government's Jewish Expulsion Laboratory

15 of the Fourth Month 5769

Teen Wounded in Arson-Rock Terror Attack on Yitzhar Jews
Nissan Ratzlav-Katz, 8 Tammuz 5769/June 29

(IsraelNN.com) In what appears to have been a coordinated attack on Jews from Yitzhar, in Samaria, a group of Arabs set fire to agricultural fields on Monday evening and then released a barrage of rocks at people responding to the arson. IDF forces responded to the incident and dispersed the attackers. (Read more...)

Over the years, there quite a bit of attention has been on Yitzhar.Why Yitzhar?

I'll tell you why. It's really quite simple.

Yitzhar is by far the most ideologically-loyal town in the Shomron, and thus the biggest threat to the Israeli government.

Take down Yitzhar, and most everyone else in the Shomron (Samaria) will get up and go quietly.

Thus, Yitzhar has been one of the government's main [what I like to call] "Jewish Expulsion Laboratories," (That's expulsion, not propulsion.) experimenting with a variety of strategies to remove Jews from their towns and homes.

1. Torah-hating Jews and Yishma'elim (Arabs) have been given free reign to burn and destroy everything in their path. They have systematically burn fields, uprooted vineyards, including just before and during the Shmitah (Sabbatical) year, when Jews were powerless to do anything to repair most of the damage.

2. They even accuse Jews of doing some of the damage, sometimes even when trees have been properly pruned.

...said that left-wing activists look for trees that have been pruned, and then blame the Jews for cutting them. "They have even admitted to the police that they do this," he said, "such as in the case of Ein Avus near Hawara [south of Shechem]. In that incident, they blamed the people of [nearby] Yitzhar, because Yitzhar was a convenient media target. (Read more...)

3. IDF guards have, at the very least, not been given proper training regarding true, Torah Zionist culture. One soldier ignored an Arab entering the town on Shabbath because he assumed that it was a Yishma'eli worker. Of course, unlike other towns, the residents of Yitzhar would not allow any "work" to be done on Shabbath; they would not allow any Yishma'elim into Yitzhar at all! That "misunderstanding" resulted in the stabbing of a nine-year old boy.

4. Rabbis are arrested for teaching Torah and halachah, (Sabbatical) which happen to be contrary to Israeli Law.

5. So-called "Administrative Detention" orders have been given out by the IDF Central Command, resulting in the expulsion of Jews from towns, placing unimaginable financial and marital stress on residents.

Even un-Jewish [former] MK Zahava Gal-On (Mere"tz) has raised her objections to the use of this strategy:

"Noam Federman should be put on trial or released. Circumventing the law rather than upholding it points to hysteria and bewilderment and does not achieve its purpose." (Rosh HaShannah 5764/Sept. 30, 2003)

6. Recruitment of die-hard mamlakhtim (undying state loyalists) to relocate to ideological towns, thus changing the electorate. This has been done quite successfully just south of Yitzhar in K'far Tapu'ah, by the previous mazkir (town manager), who was believed to have been a plant. Reports of such a strategy being implemented in Yitzhar have been reported to me as well.

7. Of course, there are the [generally] biannual Shabba"k (General Security Service) "sweeps." Last fall, the investigations were supposedly about the alleged attack on Prof. Sternhell. A month ago, 15 residents of K'far Tapu'ah were dragged in, for I don't know what. It has been suggested that Shabba"k agents must justify there hours, by keeping logs of their activities, much like police officers have been accused of giving out large numbers of tickets at the end of each month to meet their quotas.

I am not so sure of that. Personally, I believe that the government has more devious motives, than its departments having to justify their budgets. Since when has the Israeli government garnered a reputation for financial responsibility? Besides, while Jews are building Sukkoth or cleaning for Pesah (Passover), what else does the Shabba"k have to do?

Yitzhar is not alone. Bat-Ayin, southwest of Efrat, has seen an increase in harassment on Shabbath in recent weeks, with Torah-hating Jews arriving on the scene to "help" the Yishma'elim (Arabs) work their fields. Only two months ago, Bat-Ayin suffered yet another horrible tragedy, the murder of a 13-year-old boy, and the wounding of a 7-year-old boy.

The Israeli government's experiments with how to expel thousands of Jews from their homes, in order to hand it over to our Yishma'eli enemies have also been taking place in Homesh, Havath Gil'ad, Shvuth Ami, and Adei Ad in the Shomron, and Hevron and Ma'on in Yehudah (Judea).

And who can forget Amona?

But, you ain't seen nuthin' yet...

When Lord King Emperor President B. Hussein Obama issues his command to vassal serf plebeian Prime Minister Netanyahu to kick Jews out of our Holy Land, there won't just be scrapes and scratches, and a few broken bones.

The Israeli government will have to send a real message to the settlers that they mean business.

Of course, many settlers are like those in Migron, who seem to be getting ready to get up and move. Once in Ofra, it was decided to take down a satellite neighborhood, before the IDF had a chance to. Gee! That really showed 'em!

Most everyone else will have their eyes on Yitzhar. The prevailing attitude will be, if they can take down Yitzhar, they can take down any town.

There is no need to say that they will come at night.

The efforts of Yitzhar's residents to reduce the IDF presence in their town, and to do their own guard duty will have been fruitless.

Cameras will be destroyed. Cellular phone and Internet communications will be jammed. But just for good measure, police name tags will be nonexistent. The government will have learned from the mistakes it made before and during the expulsion of Jews from Azza (Gaza).

Escape routes will be blocked off, and no child's cave or makeshift fort will be unturned. No warning will be given. No bags will be packed. Nothing will be spared, not a single pair of tefillin, not a single teddybear.

Everything will be burned to the ground.

The government will proclaim large amounts of compensation,...which Yitzhar's expelled residents will never see.

Photographs of the aftermath, along with a few of men with long payos striking a soldier and a police officer or two, will be carefully chosen and leaked to the right media outlets. Fear will be the result, not outrage. The media will already have succeeded in demonizing the settlers enough, so that everyone will think, "They got what was coming to them." Although, this will never be heard out loud, except for maybe in a house or two in K'far Shmaryahu, Ramat Aviv Gimmel, and yes, even Giv'ath Shmu'el.

All of this will surely come to pass, unless...

...unless we cast away our rose-colored glasses and naivete, and acknowledge what the government is trying to do.

...unless we cast away silly notions that the government is "holy."

...unless we cast away the idiocy that the government and the Torah are never in conflict.

...unless we finally stop whining that, "There's nothing we can do. We must accept that ge'ulah (redemption) will come qimah qimah (slowly, slowly),* sometimes takes a step backwards, and there's nothing more important than loving our fellow Jews...(even though that's not the halachah and even though these "Jews" are throwing you out of your homes and giving your land to our Yishma'eli enemies)."

Unless we stand up and do our part, Yitzhar and towns like it will be history.

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*Talmud Yerushalmi 4b, 1:1; funny that this is the only two words in the entire Talmud Yerushalmi, the average mamlakhti on the street knows by heart. They conveniently forget the part about ge'ulah coming slowly in the beginning. But, hey, what do I know?

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Video Interview With Rabbi David Bar-Hayim

20 of the Second Month 5769

Vos Iz Neias? sent New York Rabbi Yair Hoffman out to interview Rabbi David Bar-Hayim.

The two-hour interview is spread out over 12 video clips, and can be found by clicking here, or by clicking on the first installment below.



After viewing the entire interview, it appears that it covers a variety of topics, including several about which I myself am asked by friends and acquaintances, as a student of Rabbi David Bar-Hayim:

1. What Machon Shilo is and what its goals are

2. Machon Shilo's shitah (approach) of determining halachah le'ma'aseh (day-to-day questions of Jewish Law) is actually not a new shitah, but rather quite similar to the shitoth of the Ramba"m, the GR"A, the Netziv, and the Hazon Ish.

3. How Machon Shilo regards the Talmud Yerushalmi vs. the Talmud Bavli

4. How Machon Shilo views and relates to the Shulhan Arukh

5. Rabbi David Bar-Hayim's relationship with, and view of Yeshivath Merkav HaRav Kook

Through the course of the interview touches upon various issues, such as Birkath HaHammah, the prayer for rain, the Jerusalem Eruv, Biblical criticism, Islam, Galuth (diaspora), and Aliyah.

Tefillath Havineinu

12 of the Ninth Month 5768

According to the Talmud Yershalmi, one may say Tefillath Havineinu during the rainy season.

תלמוד ירושלמי
דף לד,א פרק ד הלכה ג גמרא

הביננו רצה תשובתנו סלח לנו גואלנו רפא חליינו ברך שנותינו אמר ר' חגי אם היו גשמים אומרים גשמי ברכה אם היו טללים אומרים בטללי ברכה כי מפוזרים אתה מקבץ ותועין עליך לשפוט ועל הרשעים תשית ידך וישמחו כל חוסי בך בבנין עירך ובחידוש בית מקדשך ובצמח דוד עבדך כי טרם נקרא אתה תענה כאמור והיה טרם יקראו ואני אענה עוד הם מדברים ואני אשמע ברוך אתה ה' שומע תפילה ואומר ג' ברכות ראשונות וג' ברכות אחרונות ואומר ברוך ה' כי שמע קול תחנוני

Thus the nusah for the middle brakhah would be:

הביננו רצה תשובתנו סלח לנו גואלנו רפא חליינו ברך שנותינו

חורף: בגשמי ברכה
קיץ: בטללי ברכה

כי מפוזרים אתה מקבץ ותועין עליך לשפוט ועל הרשעים תשית ידך וישמחו כל חוסי בך בבנין עירך ובחידוש בית מקדשך ובצמח דוד עבדך כי טרם נקרא אתה תענה כאמור והיה טרם יקראו ואני אענה עוד הם מדברים ואני אשמע ברוך אתה ה' שומע תפילה