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Thursday, December 19, 2024

תזכורת על חג חנוכה / A Hanukkah Reminder

י״ט לחודש התשיעי תשפ״ה
English follows the Hebrew.
עשר אגורות (2¢):
הרבה כתבות ומאמרים על חג חנוכה יוצאים עכשיו. וכרגיל, רוב כתבות מתעלמות מאחד העיקרים של החג. עלי לציין שחנוכה החג שהכי חסר תקינות פוליטית שהיהודים חוגגים. ההיסטוריה והמשמעות שלו היא גם נכתבו מחדש ומעוותת מכל החגים של היהודים. כנראה אתם כבר מנחשים שאני מאשים את שמאלנים המתבוללים על הסילופים האלה.

חג החנוכה מציין את מלחמת אחים. אבל הרבה יהודים לא יודעים את זה אלא חושבים ש חג חנוכה משהו אחר. וזאת בגלל מערכת החינוך הממלכתית בארץ והחינוך היהודי כביכול בארה"ב.

ברבים מהכתבות נזכר נס השמן המוזכר בתלמוד הבבלי. השמן שמצאו בבית המקדש מספיק לנרות המנורה ליום אחד. בסופו של דבר היה מספיק לשמונה ימים.
מאי חנוכה דתנו רבנן בכ"ה בכסליו יומי דחנוכה תמניא אינון דלא למספד בהון ודלא להתענות בהון שכשנכנסו יוונים להיכל טמאו כל השמנים שבהיכל וכשגברה מלכות בית חשמונאי ונצחום בדקו ולא מצאו אלא פך אחד של שמן שהיה מונח בחותמו של כהן גדול ולא היה בו אלא להדליק יום אחד נעשה בו נס והדליקו ממנו שמונה ימים לשנה אחרת קבעום ועשאום ימים טובים בהלל והודאה (תלמוד בבלי, מסכת שבת כא,ב)
איך הצליחו החשמונאים (המכבים) הצליחו להגיע לבית המקדש? הם ניצחו במלחמה. איזה מלחמה?

רבים מהכתבות של היום אכן מציינים כי "...הסלאוקים (הסורים-יוונים) ניסו להכריח את עם ישראל לקבל עליו את התרבות והאמונות היווניות במקום קיום מצווה ואמונה בה׳."

אבל רבים, אם לא רובם, גם מתעלמים מלהזכיר שהיוונים לא רק ניסו להכריח את עם ישראל לקבל את תרבותם אלא הם הצליחו לעשות כך. המכבים ניצחו במלחמה לא רק נגד היוונים אלא גם יהודים.

הם נלחמו והרגו יהודים. הם נלחמו והרגו את היהודים שנכנעו ליוונים ושיתפו איתם פעולה, כלומר היהודים שהתבוללו.

הציעו לכהן הגדול מתתיהו בן יוחנן את "הכבוד" לקריב קורבן אסור לפי התורה. הוא סירב. הציעו את הכבוד ליהודי די מתבולל ביוונות. מתתיהו הרג אותו, ובכך התחיל את המרד נגד היוונים.
הסיפור הידוע ביותר שמוזכר גם בספר מקבים א', וכן במקורות נוספים, הוא הסיפור על הגעת חייליו של אנטיוכוס למודיעין ובקשתם ממתתיהו להקריב קורבן. מתתיהו סירב ובמקומו עלה יהודי אחר להקריב את הקורבן. מתתיהו בחמתו הרג אותו בעוד הוא מקריב את הקורבן על הבימה במודיעין כדברי מקבים א': "ויקנא מתתיה לתורה כאשר עשה פנחס לזמרי בן שלום [סלוא] (במדבר כה,ו-יג). ויקרא מתתיה בעיר בקול גדול לאמור: כל המקנא לתורה והעומד בברית יצא אחרי" וכך פרץ המרד ביוונים. (סיפור חנוכה – הסיפור האמיתי ע״י שי שצ'ופק)
למרבה הצערנו, "הציונים" החילוניים לקחו את ההזדמנות הזו. כשם שהם יצרו את המילה הציונות כדי למחוק את ההשבועה של הקב״ה לתת לעם ישראל את ארץ ישראל, הם גם סילפו את המאבק של המכבים על חופש לשמור את תורה ומצוות, והפכו אותו לתפיסה שאין לה שום קשר לתורה בכלל.
חנוכה: מצעד לפידים‬
תהלוכות לפידים היו ביטוי לצביון החדש שניתן לחג החנוכה על ידי התנועה הציונית. מלחמתם של יהודה המקבי ואחיו לעצמאות לאומית תאמה את התפיסה הציונית הקוראת לפעילות אקטיבית למען שחרור העם במקום ציפייה לנס. בעוד המסורת היהודית הדגישה את נס פך השמן שהספיק לשמונה ימים, הציבה התנועה הציונית במוקד החג את העצמאות המדינית. (הספרייה הלאומית)
ההתקדמות הטבעית של ההיסטוריה הנכתבת מחדש על ידי הציונים כביכול הפכה לבסיס לחופש ביטוי הדת של דמוקרטיה כביכול, למרות שאין שום קשר בין חופש ביטוי הדת ליהדות, פרט למנהגים. אז התנועות הליברליות כביכול של היהדות יצאו לדרכן העיוות באמצעות גניבת אור החנוכה בטענה שהוא מסמל כל מיני דברים שהוא לא מסמל באמת.

אני לא הייתי מתפלא אם בתי ספר חילוניים ובתי ספר של התנועות השמאלניים בארה״ב מלמדים שהיהודים המתבוללים שנהרגו בידי המכביםכמו קורבנות רדיפות הנאצים.

הדתיים הלאומיים (הציונים) הצטרפו לדיון חלקם מתוך כוונה לבקרת נזקים. אחרים האמינו שכל צורה של אחדות עם ישראל היא דבר חיובי, כשהם מבססים זאת על עיוות נוסף של התורה, אהבת חינם, גם אם זה מסכן את הבריאות הרוחנית של ילדיהם. מאז, הם ניסו ללא הרף להתעלם מהכישלון המוחלט הזה.

אפילו הרב אברהם יצחק קוק זצ"ל, אחד מ"אבות הציונות הדתית", כתב על הצורך לשנוא את החילוניות שבתוך היהודי החילוני, לפני שיכולים לאהוב אותו, ואז לקרב אותו לתורה. כמובן, כל דבר שהגיע לגניזה בלי שום סיבה גלויה, רבנים "ציונים" דתיים רבים לא רוצים שמדברים עליו ואפילו לא מודים שדבר כזה קיים בכלל.

מאז ומתמיד, כך נראה, יהודים רבים בישראל מדברים הרבה על החשש למלחמת אחים. האמת היא היינו כבר במצב כזה ולפחות מאז יציאתנו ממצרים.
וְגַם-עֵרֶב רַב, עָלָה אִתָּם, וְצֹאן וּבָקָר, מִקְנֶה כָּבֵד מְאֹד. (שמות יב,לח)
הערב-רב, האלה שלא התגיירו בכוונה הנכונה, התחיל להסית ולמרוד בתורה, עוד לפני שקיבלנו את התורה שבכתב בהר סיני! היום אנחנו ממשיכים במאבק עם צאצאיהם.

אפילו שבסופו של דבר הדמוקרטיה כביכול של ישראל תפול ותתחלף למערכת ממשלתית יהודית, כלומר מבוססת בתורה. בינתיים, מגיעה לנו מערכת שלטונית, שיש בה לפחות דמיון של הגינות.

יש יהודים שמתנגדים לרפורמה שיפוטית, ובכך מגנים על האוליגרכיה (שלטון על ידי המעטים) שהיא בית המשפט העליון של ישראל שגם המנציחה את עצמה באמצעות השתתפות שופטיו ועדת בחירת השופטים. יש יהודים שבעצם רוצים מדיניות גבולות פתוחה לישראל. יש יהודים שרוצים להפחית או להסיר לגמרי את אופי יהודי במדינת ישראל. יש יהודים שלא רוצים להבדיל בין העולם היהודי לעולם המערבי. כל היהודים האלה הביטוי הנוכחי של יהודים המתיוונים בזמן המכבים.

ולא, אני לא מציע שאנו מתיחס אליהם כמו המכבים התיחסו להמתיוונים של פעם. אלא אני כן מציע שנקום, ונזהה את העיוותים של המסורות והחגים שלנו, ונכריז על האמת.

יהודים וישראל אינם חלק מהעולם המערבי וגם לא מהתרבותו. לא כדאי לנו להיות ״חברים״ עם נוצרים ולא עם פרוגרסיבים (אדום / המערב), כמו שלא כדאי לנו להפגיל למען העולם הערבי והמוסלמי (ישמעאל).

עם ישראל נפרד ומובדל, מתנער גם מהערכים היהודי-נוצריים השגויים וגם מהדרך החופשית והפרוגרסיבית של המערב. שניהם פנים של אחיו של יעקב אבינו עשיו (אדום), ולא של יעקב אבינו (ישראל) עצמו.

השאיפה להיות שותפים בחברה גלובלית היא בסתירה להיות עם נפרד ומובדל.

בדיוק כמו היוונים הסלוקיים, הדמוקרטיה היא רעיון הלניסטי. היא לא רעיון יהודי.

חג חנוכה אינו מציין שום ניצחון לחופש ביטוי הדת אלא הניצחון במלחמה למען החופש לשמור את תורה ומצוות, ואת הניצחון נגד ההתבוללות.

מצעד לפידים בחנוכה
    Hanukkah Torchlight March

Esser Agaroth (2¢):
As you would expect, posts and articles about Hanukkah have been popping up, as it is that time of year. And, as usual, most of the posts neglect the most fundamental aspect of this holiday. I would be remiss, if I did not point out that Hanukkah is actually the most politically-incorrect holiday Jews celebrate. Its history and significance is also the most distorted and rewritten of all of our holidays. And, as you might have guessed, the culprits behind the revisionist history originate from the assimilated left.

Hanukkah commemorates nothing less than a Jewish civil war. But you would never know this from the presentday excuses for "Jewish education" in the U. S.

Many of today's pieces remind us of the miracle mentioned in the Babylonian Talmud, of oil found in the Temple, enough expected to last one day. Yet, it lasted for eight days.
The Gemara asks: What is Hanukkah, and why are lights kindled on Hanukkah? The Gemara answers: The Sages taught in Megillath Ta’anith: On the twenty-fifth of Kislew, the days of Hanukkah are eight. One may not eulogize on them and one may not fast on them. What is the reason? When the Greeks entered the Sanctuary they defiled all the oils that were in the Sanctuary by touching them. And when the Hashmonai monarchy overcame them and emerged victorious over them, they searched and found only one cruse of oil that was placed with the seal of the High Priest, undisturbed by the Greeks. And there was sufficient oil there to light the menorah for only one day. A miracle occurred and they lit the menorah from it eight days. The next year the Sages instituted those days and made them holidays with recitation of hallel and special thanksgiving in prayer and blessings. (TB Shabbath 21b)
But how were the Hashmonaim (Maccabees) able to reach the Temple in the first place? Well, they won a war. Which war?

Many of today's posts and articles do point out that "...the Seleucids (Syrian-Greeks) tried to force the people of Israel to accept Greek culture and beliefs instead of mitzvah observance and belief in G-d."*

But many, if not most, also neglect to specifically mention that the Greeks did not just try to force the People of Israel to accept their culture; they succeeded. The war the Maccabees won was not just against the Greeks; it was against Jews.

They fought, and killed Jews, those Jews who succumbed to, and who collaborated with, the Greeks.

The High Priest Matityahu ben Yohanan was given the "honor" of offering up a sacrifice, one forbidden in any number of ways. He refused. The honor was given to one of these Greek Jews. Matityahu killed him, thus beginning the rebellion.
The most well-known story, also mentioned in the book of 1 Maccabees, as well as in other sources, is the story of the arrival of Antiochus' soldiers in Modi'in and their request for Mattathiyah to offer a sacrifice. Mattathiyah refused and another Jew went up in his place to offer the sacrifice. Mattathiyah, in his anger, killed him while he was offering the sacrifice on the bimah in Modi'in, as stated in 1 Maccabees: "And Mattathiyah was impassioned for the Torah, as Pinhas when he did [what he did] to Zimri the son of Salu (Num. 25:6-13). And Mattathiyah proclaimed in the city with a loud voice, saying: Everyone who is impassioned for [the sake of] the Torah and who stands by the covenant, come out after me." And thus the revolt broke out among the Greeks. (translated from The Story of Hanukkah - The Real Story by Shai Stopek)
Unfortunately, secular "Zionists" took this emphasis on the rebellion, and ran with. Just like they created the term Zionism to replace the Divine Promise of the Land of Israel to the People of Israel, as proclaimed many times in the Torah, they took the fight for freedom to observe Torah and mitzvoth, and turned it into something which ignores Torah completely.
Hanukkah: Torchlight Parade:
Torchlight parades were an expression of the new character given to the holiday of Hanukkah by the Zionist movement. The fight of Judah Maccabee and his brothers for national independence was in line with the Zionist concept that calls for active operations for the liberation of the people, rather than the expectation of a miracle. While Jewish tradition emphasized the miracle of the jar of oil that lasted for eight days, the Zionist movement placed political independence at the center of the holiday. (The National Library of Israel)
The natural progression of their revisionist history would become the basis for a democratic freedom of religious expression, in spite of their being nothing of the sort, connected to Judaism, save for the expression of [kosher] customs. The so-called liberal movements of Judaism would then take their own path of distortion by co-opting the light of Hanukkah, claiming that it represents any number of things that it does not, in order to further their anti-Torah agendas.

As far as those excuses for Jewish education go, by now I would expect them to be portraying the assimilated Jews killed at the hands of the Maccabees, like the victims of Nazi persecution.

Religious Zionists joined the fray, some with the intention of damage control. Others seemed to believe that any form of Jewish unity was a positive thing, basing this on yet another distortion of Torah, ahavath hinam (unconditional love), even if that meant risking their children's spiritual well-being. Since then, they have continually attempted to cover up this utter failure.

Even Rabbi Avraham Yitzhaq Kook ztz"l, one of the "Fathers of Religious Zionism," has written of the need to hate the secularism within the secular Jew, before being able to love him, and bring him closer to Torah. Of course, anything which had mysteriously found its way into the genizah, many Religious "Zionist" rabbis would not like us to talk about, nor even acknowledge its existence.

Since forever, it seems, many Jews in Israel have been very vocal about their fears of a civil war, which in Hebrew translates as a "war of brothers." But the truth is that we have already been engaged in a civil war, one which began with our exodus from Egypt.
And a mixed-multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle. (Ex. 12:38)
The mixed-multitude, the Erev Rav, of false converts, has been inciting and rebelling against the Torah, even before we actually received the Written Torah at Mount Sinai! Today, we continue to struggle with their descendants.

Even though Israel's quasi-democracy must eventually fall, in favor of a Jewish, ie. Torah-based, form of government over the State Land. In the meantime, let us have a governmental system, which has at least  the resemblance of fairness.

Those who oppose judicial reform, and thus protect the self-perpetuating oligarchy that is Israel's Supreme Court, those who essensially want an open-border policy for Israel, those who want to de-Judaize Israel, those who cannot or will not see the difference between Jewish Civilization and Western Civilization, all make up the current side of the poor saps we know as the Hellenist Jews of the past.

And no, I do not suggest that we go all Maccabee on them. I do suggest that we stand up, and call out the distortions of our traditions and holidays, and proclaim the truth.

Jews and Israel are not part of the Western world, nor its culture. We should not be anymore aligned with either Christians or progressives (Edom / The West), any more than we should be aligned with the Arab and Muslim worlds (Ishmael).

The Jewish People is separate and distinct, shunning both the misnamed Judeo-Christian values and the libertine, progressive path of the West. Both are reflections of our forefather Jacob's brother Esau (Edom), and not of Jacob (Israel) himself.

Aspiring to be a part of a global society is the antithesis of our separate and distinct nature.

Just like the Selucid-Greeks, Democracy is Hellenist, not Jewish.

Hanukkah does not mark any victory for freedom of religious observance; it commemorates the victory in war for the sake of Torah observance, and the victory against assimilation.

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*This quote is from "What is Hanukkah?" by Jason Crystal @ Maccabee Nation. I took it, because it was a good quote. No slight against him nor his blog is intended.

Sunday, October 09, 2022

אביגדור ליברמן פעול למען ביטול המדינה היהודית? / Is Avigdor Lieberman Working to Cancel the Jewish State?

ערב חג הסוכות תשפ״ג

English follows the Hebrew. As the news reports are lengthy, it is recommended to focus on those segments highlighted in red.

מומלץ לקרוא רק את חלקי המאמר המודגים בצבע אדום. 

אמש בישיבת הממשלה העלה שר האוצר ליברמן הצעה להרחיב את זכאי חוק השבות גם לדור רביעי "אפילו באופן זמני". רה"מ יאיר לפיד השיב כי צריך לקיים דיון בעניין • ישראל ביתנו בתגובה: "אין לנו כלל כוונה לשנות את חוק השבות"
עמיחי שטיין 03 באוקטובר 2022

בעקבות הגיוס ההמוני וצמצום היכולת לעלות מרוסיה, היום יתקיים דיון ראשון שיבחן האם להרחיב את "חוק השבות" לעולים מרוסיה - גם לדור רביעי. כך פורסם הבוקר (שני) בתוכנית "הבוקר הזה" בכאן רשת ב.

כיום חוק השבות חל רק על דור שלישי, אך אמש במהלך ישיבת הממשלה העלה שר האוצר אביגדור ליברמן הצעה להרחיב את זכאי חוק השבות גם לדור רביעי "אפילו באופן זמני". ראש הממשלה יאיר לפיד השיב לו כי צריך לקיים דיון בעניין.
הבריחה מרוסיה | בישראל מעריכים שבשל הגיוס ברוסיה תגבר מוטיבציית היהודים לעלות לישראל. מאז תחילת המלחמה עם אוקראינה עלו יותר מ-24,000 יהודים מרוסיה לישראל#חדשותהערב @AmichaiStein1 pic.twitter.com/E7nKsi0WED

— כאן חדשות (@kann_news) September 21, 2022
במקביל, משרד העלייה והקליטה מגביר את ההיערכות לקליטת העולים מחשש שרוסיה תסגור בימים הקרובים את גבולותיה. ההבנה היא שרבים מהיהודים מנסים לצאת דרך המעברים היבשתיים, כשהמטרה היא שהסוכנות היהודית תמתין להם כבר שם. אמש בישיבת הממשלה הזהירו השרים פנינה תמנו שטה וזאב אלקין: "אנחנו בדרך למסך ברזל חדש". כפי שדווח אתמול בכאן חדשות, הצפי הוא לכ-6,000-5,000 עולים חדשים מדי חודש.

שר התפוצות, נחמן שי, אמר בריאיון לאסף ליברמן וקלמן ליבסקינד בתוכנית קלמן ליברמן ברשת ב כי "יש אנשים צעירים יהודים ולא יהודים שרוצים להתחמק, הם יוצאים מגבולות רוסיה וזה ישפיע על העלייה לישראל. זאת עלייה של גלים, זה לא בצורה נורמאלית. יש פה לחץ גדול שאנחנו צריכים להתאים את עצמנו. עכשיו יש בעיה אמיתית – איפה הם יהיו? דירות? אין לנו דירות. אסור שהעלייה תתקע באיזשהו שלב".
שר התפוצות נחמן שי על האפשרות של חוק השבות גם לנינים: אני לא מבטל את זה, צריך לחשוב על זה.יש ברוסיה 600,000 יהודים על פי חוק השבות ו-160,000 יהודים לפי ההלכה. בואו לא נהיה מקובעים בדברים היסטוריים, העליות הקודמות הפיחו חיים #קלמןליברמן @KalmanLiebskind @asaf_lib pic.twitter.com/ohOo3CMOm5

— כאן | רשת ב (@ReshetBet) October 3, 2022
בעקבות הפרסום של כאן חדשות, ח"כ שמחה רוטמן הגיב לכוונתו של ליברמן להרחיב את חוק השבות לעולים מרוסיה לדור רביעי: "אני מבין את המצוקה האלקטורלית של אביגדור ליברמן. מסתבר שתעמולה אנטישמית מביאה פחות מדי תועלת, ולצעוק שהיריבים הפוליטיים שלך הם גבלס וסטאלין זה פחות עובד, אז הוא מרגיש צורך לייבא מצביעים. חוק השבות נחקק כדי שישראל תהיה מדינה יהודית. ליברמן פועל להרס הזהות היהודית של ישראל". 

בתגובה לפרסום, ישראל ביתנו אמרה כי "אין לנו כלל כוונה לשנות את חוק השבות - בניגוד לרצון גורמים באופוזיציה לצמצם אותו. אבל אנחנו מעוניינים לאפשר לבני הדור הרביעי לעולים מרוסיה להגיע לישראל לפרק זמן מוגבל עד סיום הלחימה".
עשר אגורות (2¢):
אביגדור ליברמן

שר התפוצות נחמן שי (מפלגת עבודה) אמר "יש אנשים צעירים יהודים ולא יהודים שרוצים להתחמק, הם יוצאים מגבולות רוסיה וזה ישפיע על העלייה לישראל.״

מדינת ישראל אמורה להיות מדינה יהודית. אז מה הקשר בינינו לצעירים הלא יהודים? אין לנו שום קשר איתם בכלל. או שר נחמן שי עצאמו מבדיל בין יהודי אמיתי לרוסי שיש לו זכאות באצעות חוק השבות?
גלובס מדווח: ״לקראת גל העלייה מרוסיה: הממשלה תאשר תוכנית קליטה "ללא תנאים״
...לפי ההצעה שמביאים השרים לישיבת הממשלה הקרובה - עד לבירור זכאותם לעלייה מתוקף חוק השבות, אותם "עולים" יקבלו באופן זמני את כלל הזכויות להם זכאים העולים לרבות סל קליטה ודמי קיום, זאת על בסיס ניסיון גלי העלייה הקודמים במהלכם הוכח שרוב מוחלט (מעל 90%) אכן התבררו כזכאים...
לא מדבר על יהודים אפילו אלא רק על זכאית מתוקף חוק השבות.

ומי שלא זכאי יתבקש לחזור לרוסיה בסיום המלחה? כנראה שלא.

טוענים ברוסיה יש 600,000 יהודים על פי חוק השבות ו-160,000 יהודים לפי ההלכה. זאת אומרת שרק 26 אחוז מהם יהודים אמיתיים.

מי משלם על זה? אנחנו.

דבר נוסף, ליברמן מדבר על צימצום חוק השבות כאילו הוא דבר שלילי. עדות ראיה שהוא לא רוצה לפעול למען שמירת זהות יהודית של מדינת ישראל?
ח״כ שמחה רוטמן
צילום: שמואל שניידר

ח"כ שמחה רוטמן (הציונות הדתית) צודק. ליברמן רוצה לייבא מצביעים ופועל להרס הזהות היהודית של ישראל.
וְגַם-עֵרֶב רַב, עָלָה אִתָּם, וְצֹאן וּבָקָר, מִקְנֶה כָּבֵד מְאֹד. שמות יב,לח 
הרב אברהם יצחק קוק זצ״ל קרא לתימנים להשאר בכפרים שלהם בהזהרת הגעת הערב רב... מרוסיה.

מה הוא היה אומר על הגויים הגמורים שזורמים היום לארץ ישראל?

מה הוא היה אומר על היהודים שמתאמצים להביא את כל הגוים האלה לכאן?

Translated from Kan News: 
Kan: The possibility of extending the law of return to immigrants from Russia to the fourth generation is being considered
Last night at the cabinet meeting, Finance Minister Lieberman made a proposal to extend the rights of the Law of Return to the fourth generation "even temporarily". Prime Minister Yair Lapid replied that there should be a discussion on the matter • Yisrael Beitenu in response: "We have absolutely no intention of changing the Law of Return"

Amichai Stein 03 October 2022

Following the mass conscription and the reduction of the ability to immigrate from Russia, a first debate will be held today that will examine whether to extend the "Law of Return" to immigrants from Russia - also to the fourth generation. This was announced this morning (Monday) on the program "This Morning" here on Reshet Bet.

Today, the Law of Return applies only to the third generation, but last night during the cabinet meeting, Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman made a proposal to extend those entitled to the Law of Return to the fourth generation as well "even temporarily". Prime Minister Yair Lapid replied to him that there should be a discussion on the matter.
The escape from Russia In Israel, it is estimated that due to conscription in Russia, the motivation of the Jews to immigrate to Israel will increase. Since the beginning of the war with Ukraine, more than 24,000 Jews immigrated from Russia to Israel #HadshuthArab @AmichaiStein1 pic.twitter.com/E7nKsi0WED

— Here is news (@kann_news) September 21, 2022
At the same time, the Ministry of Immigration and Absorption is increasing preparations for the absorption of immigrants for fear that Russia will close its borders in the coming days. The understanding is that many of the Jews are trying to leave through the land crossings, with the goal being that the Jewish Agency will be waiting for them there. Last night at the cabinet meeting, ministers Pnina Tamno Sheta and Ze'ev Elkin warned: "We are on our way to a new iron curtain." As reported yesterday in Kahn News, the expectation is about 5,000-6,000 new immigrants every month.

The Diaspora Minister, Nachman Shai, said in an interview with Asaf Lieberman and Kalman Libeskind on the Kalman Lieberman program on the B network that "there are young Jewish and non-Jewish people who want to escape, they leave the borders of Russia and this will affect the immigration to Israel. This is an immigration of waves, it is not in a normal way. There are here Great pressure that we have to adjust ourselves. Now there is a real problem - where will they be? Apartments? We don't have apartments. The immigration must not be stalled at some point." 
Diaspora Minister Nachman Shai on the possibility of the Law of Return for grandchildren as well: I am not canceling it, we need to think about it. There are 600,000 Jews in Russia according to the Law of Return and 160,000 Jews according to Halacha. Let's not be fixated on historical things, the previous rises brought life #KalmanLiebskind @asaf_lib pic.twitter.com/ohOo3CMOm5 

— here | Network at (@ReshetBet) October 3, 2022 
Following the publication of Kan News, MK Simcha Rothman responded to Lieberman's intention to extend the law of return to immigrants from Russia to the fourth generation: "I understand the electoral distress of Avigdor Lieberman. It turns out that anti-Semitic propaganda brings too little benefit, and shouting that your political opponents are Goebbels and Stalin is less effective, so he feels the need to import voters. The Law of Return was enacted so that Israel would be a Jewish state. Lieberman is working to destroy Israel's Jewish identity." 

In response to the publication, Israel Beitenu said that "We have absolutely no intention of changing the Law of Return - contrary to the desire of elements in the opposition to reduce it. But we are interested in allowing the members of the fourth generation of immigrants from Russia to come to Israel for a limited period of time until the end of the fighting."
Esser Agaroth (2¢):
Avigdor Lieberman

Minister of the Diaspora Nachman Shai (Labor) said that there are Jewish and non-Jewish young people who want to escape Russia... and that this will affect immigration to Israel.

The State of Israel is supposed to be a Jewish state. So what do these non-Jewish young people wanting to escape from Russia have to do with us? Nothing at all. 

Perhaps Shai is actually bothering to differentiate between a real Jew and a Russian who happens to have the right to immigrate to Israel under the Law of Return?
Translated from Globes: 
According to the proposal that the ministers are bringing to the upcoming government meeting - until their eligibility for immigration under the Law of Return is clarified, those "immigrants" will temporarily receive all the rights to which immigrants are entitled, including an absorption basket and subsistence allowance, this is based on the experience of the previous waves of immigration during which it was proven that an absolute majority (over 90%) ) did turn out to be eligible.
This report does not even bother to talk about Jews, but rather only about those entitled to immigrate by virtue of the Law of Return. And will those non-Jews, not qualifying under the Law of Return be asked to return to Russia after the war? Doubtful, especially if they were to face consequences for evading the draft.

It is claimed that there are 600,000 "Jews" in Russia according to the Law of Return and 160,000 Jews according to halakhah (Torah Law), as if there was any other way to determine who is a Jew. This means that only 26 percent of those mentioned here are really Jewish.

Who is going to pay for these non-Jews resettlement? Jews.

In addition, Lieberman talks about the narrowing of the Law of Return as if it were a bad thing. Evidence that he is not interested in preserving the Jewish identity of the State of Israel, what little there still is?

MK Simcha Rothman
Photo: Shmuel Schneider
MK Simcha Rothman (Religious Zionism) is correct. Lieberman wants to import voters, and is working to destroy Israel's Jewish identity.
וְגַם-עֵרֶב רַב, עָלָה אִתָּם, וְצֹאן וּבָקָר, מִקְנֶה כָּבֵד מְאֹד. שמות יב,לח 
And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle. (Ex. 12:38) 
Rav Avraham Yitzhaq Kook ztz"l even wrote about the Erev Rav from Russia, that the Yemenite Jews should remain in their small towns. 

What would he say about the even more Russians pouring into Israel today, most of whom are not even Jewish?

What would he say about the Jews who are going to great lengths to bring all of these Jews into Israel?

Monday, June 30, 2014

#BringBackOurBoys Why Were They Really Killed?

ג׳ לחודש הרביעי תשע״ד

Statements as to why three Jewish boys were recently abducted by Arab terrorists have been flooding the Internet, and have been accompanied by the usual finger pointing and blame game.

Now that the boys have been found murdered, May God avenge their blood!, it is of the utmost importance to answer the question in title.

Most of you may find this to be insensitive and distasteful. However, I intend to answer the questןon anyway, if for no other reason that piqu'ah nefesh (saving a life).

Eyal Yifrah (19), Naftali Frenkel (16), Gil'ad Sha'ar (16)

First, here is a sample of the opinions being thrown around as to why the boys were abducted in the first place.
The Yated Ne'eman newspaper "holds the government of Israel responsible for the kidnapping of three teenage boys...a direct result of the Israeli government’s effort to draft Hareidim into the army."

Rabbi Dov Lior (Qiryath Arba-Hevron) said Thursday that the abduction of Eyal Yifrah, Gil'ad Shayer and Naftali Frenkel "was God’s punishment for what he called “anti-religious” legislation pushed by the current Knesset, and for Israel’s stated willingness to abandon parts of Eretz Yisrael."

Mekubal Rabbi Yaakov Adas, "who is admitted to Shaare Zedek Medical Center, hinted on Friday night the kidnapping of the youths was due to President Shimon Peres taking part in a prayer service with Pope Frances and PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) during his recent visit to the Vatican."
There were also statements of the obvious, that the Arabs are seeking to kidnap more Jews, in order to exchange them for more prisoner releases.
On a more direct, Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu shlit"a (Tzfath) "accused the family of abducted soldier Gilad Schalit on Sunday of weakening Israel by appealing to the public’s sentiment in order to ratchet up pressure on the government for a prisoner swap."
Odd that no one mentioned anything about...
  • allowing heinous desecrations on the Temple Mount
  • allowing pork sales in Jerusalem
  • inviting avodah zarah into the Land, and helping it to dig its claws into it
  • I am sure that someone also blamed Israeli Gay Pride events. I just happened to miss these reports. 
How is it that, in times of tragedy, no one ever seems to bring up what is explicitly mentioned in the Torah, if we fail to heed a few of its commandments in particular, removing these  perei adam (wild asses of men) from our midst...
במדבר לג
נ וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל-מֹשֶׁה, בְּעַרְבֹת מוֹאָב, עַל-יַרְדֵּן יְרֵחוֹ, לֵאמֹר. נא דַּבֵּר אֶל-בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם: כִּי אַתֶּם עֹבְרִים אֶת-הַיַּרְדֵּן, אֶל-אֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן. נב וְהוֹרַשְׁתֶּם אֶת-כָּל-יֹשְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ, מִפְּנֵיכֶם, וְאִבַּדְתֶּם, אֵת כָּל-מַשְׂכִּיֹּתָם; וְאֵת כָּל-צַלְמֵי מַסֵּכֹתָם תְּאַבֵּדוּ, וְאֵת כָּל-בָּמוֹתָם תַּשְׁמִידוּ. נג וְהוֹרַשְׁתֶּם אֶת-הָאָרֶץ, וִישַׁבְתֶּם-בָּהּ: כִּי לָכֶם נָתַתִּי אֶת-הָאָרֶץ, לָרֶשֶׁת אֹתָהּ.נג וְהוֹרַשְׁתֶּם אֶת-הָאָרֶץ, וִישַׁבְתֶּם-בָּהּ: כִּי לָכֶם נָתַתִּי אֶת-הָאָרֶץ, לָרֶשֶׁת אֹתָהּ. נד וְהִתְנַחַלְתֶּם אֶת-הָאָרֶץ בְּגוֹרָל לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתֵיכֶם, לָרַב תַּרְבּוּ אֶת-נַחֲלָתוֹ וְלַמְעַט תַּמְעִיט אֶת-נַחֲלָתוֹ--אֶל אֲשֶׁר-יֵצֵא לוֹ שָׁמָּה הַגּוֹרָל, לוֹ יִהְיֶה: לְמַטּוֹת אֲבֹתֵיכֶם, תִּתְנֶחָלוּ. נה וְאִם-לֹא תוֹרִישׁוּ אֶת-יֹשְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ, מִפְּנֵיכֶם--וְהָיָה אֲשֶׁר תּוֹתִירוּ מֵהֶם, לְשִׂכִּים בְּעֵינֵיכֶם וְלִצְנִינִם בְּצִדֵּיכֶם; וְצָרְרוּ אֶתְכֶם--עַל-הָאָרֶץ, אֲשֶׁר אַתֶּם יֹשְׁבִים בָּהּ. נו וְהָיָה, כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּמִּיתִי לַעֲשׂוֹת לָהֶם--אֶעֱשֶׂה לָכֶם.

Numbers 33
50 And the LORD spoke unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying: 51 'Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan, 52 then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their figured stones, and destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their high places. And you shall drive out the inhabitants of the land, and dwell in it; for to you have I given the land to possess it. 53 And you shall drive out the inhabitants of the land, and dwell within it; for to you have I given the land to possess it. 54 And ye shall inherit the land by lot according to your families--to the more you shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer you shall give the less inheritance; wheresoever the lot fall to any man, that shall be his; according to the tribes of your fathers shall ye inherit. 55 But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then shall those that ye let remain of them be as thorns in your eyes, and as pricks in your sides, and they shall harass you in the land in which you dwell. 56 And it shall come to pass, that as I thought to do unto them, so will I do to you.

Wouldn't want to be labeled a racist, would we? Even though the Torah makes no such distinctions here.



Well, now it is my turn to up the ante. Please allow me to bring you back down to earth, from the spiritual realms. Leave your guesswork to the Gedolim, and take a look at what is within your control, and that is following the halakhah.

Let me also preface this by stating very clearly where I personally place the blame,...on the Israeli religious educational system, and thus the the Israeli Government and its Statist "rabbis" who not only support, but collaborate with this system on a daily basis.

And of what exactly am I accusing the State and its puppets?



I am accusing them of teaching Torah against the halakhah. Well, it has already been forbidden to listen to anything Shlomo Aviner has to say regarding halakhah. But what about the other diehard, State loyalists?

The negative commandment of לא תחנם/Lo Techonem (Deut. 7:2) encompasses not saving them from danger and not providing them with any medical treatment, if at all possible.

Three categories, not providing the goyim with any foothold on the Land, not providing them with gifts, and not even saying anything nice about them are emphasized as keys points to preventing from violating misswath lo ta'aseh (negatively phrased Torah commandment). (Ramba"m, Laws of Avodah Zarah and the Laws of Goyim 10:1-9) Rabbi Shmu'el Eliyahu shlit"a of Tzfath warned us of this of this prohibition, and incurred the wrath of the Left, the Modern Orthodox, and of course, as you might suspect, the ADL.

So, to what degree are all of these groups complicit in these boys' murders?

How many of you would like to bet that this halakhah was never mentioned, despite its direct relevance to these boys' lives, or if it was, it was glossed over, qualified to prevent teachers from getting arrested, or said not to have any relevance in our current time and situation, e. g. before the coming of Mashi'ah.

If I am mistaken, and this halakhah was taught in their schools, its observance has been discouraged, no, fought tooth and nail by the co-dependent, desperately politically-correct Israeli Government, by compliant "rabbis" who prefer silence to the truth, and confused and naive parents, who without fail, pass on their confusion to the next generation.

And yet, eyewitness testimony at the trempiada (hitchhiking station) suggests that these boys were lurered into a Arab's car after "doing the nice thing" of helping him in the push-starting of his car

"Such nice things" are forbidden! But, how would they know that, with the current, anti-Torah educational system of the anti-Torah State of Israel?!

Jews often talk about using this approach to negotiate a peace settlement with our Arab enemies, show them that we are willing to work with them, do "nice things" for them, give them food and medical care,...and even help push start their engines.

NO! ENOUGH ALREADY! 

How many more of our children must be murdered while we just sit here with faith in a useless, co-dependent government, and their equally useless ie. "rabbis" before we start following Torah Law instead of playing with it, crossing out what we do not like or otherwise distorting it?!

*********

According to the Ramba"m (Teshuvah 148), and the Beth Yosef and the [uncensored] Ba"H (Rabbi Yoel Sirkish) in their respective commentaries on the Tur, Lo Tehonem, ALL hold that the use of the term 'oved 'avodah zarah indicates a goy who does not keep the Seven Torah Commandments of B'nei No'ah.

The few lines of the Ba"H mentioned above were apparently never seen by Rabbi Avraham Yitzhaq Kook ztz"l nor Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef ztz"l.

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Haveil Havalim #231 - The Rav Kook Memorial Edition

3 of the Sixth Month 5769

74th Anniversary of the death of Rabbi Avraham Yitzhaq Kook ztz"l ("Rav Kook"), first Ashkinazy Chief Rabbi during the British Occupation of Eretz Yisra'el.


Founded by Soccer Dad, Haveil Havalim is a carnival of Jewish blogs -- a weekly collection of Jewish & Israeli blog highlights, tidbits and points of interest collected from blogs all around the world. It's hosted by different bloggers each week and coordinated by Jack. The term 'Haveil Havalim,' which means "Vanity of Vanities," is from Qoheleth, (Ecclesiastes) which was written by King Solomon. King Solomon built the Holy Temple in Jerusalem and later on got all bogged down in materialism and other 'excesses' and realized that it was nothing but 'hevel,' or in English, 'vanity.'
As an azkarah (memorial) for Rav Kook, I have included 74 posts,...well, maybe a little more. Yeah, I know this edition is long. (You'll see below.) What can I say? I just can't say no. (Scroll all the way down to see what I DID exclude.) There was a lot of good stuff submitted week, so I figured that I would err on the side of including too much, and provide enough annotation so that your clicking choices will be easier to make.

I was thinking of hijacking this edition with my own rant about being true to Rav Kook. entitled "Who Is A Kooknik?" (Intrigued?) But instead, I decided to leave it for next week's edition, which will be hosted by West Bank Mama.

Maybe the next time I host, I'll include only the best of the best of the best, but not this time. Enjoy!

Torah

Rav Avraham Yitzhaq Kook ztz-lI would like to open this edition with some comments on Parshath Shofetim from Rabbi Chanan Morrison, based on Rav Kook's Igrot HaRe'iyah and Orot. Here are his comments on this week's Parshath Ki Thetze as well.

Josh Waxman provides in-depth and fascinating comments on Parshath Shofetim in Why send back the betrothed man, if all is preordained?

Yisroel at Artzeinu brings us The Holiness of Making a Tiyul In Eretz Yisroel. Rav Kook actually did something similar with Rabbi Ya'aqov Moshe Harla"p and Rabbi Yosef Hayim Sonnenfeld ztz"l almost a hundred years ago.

The "Velveteen Rabbi" and I often (always?) disagree. But, she keeps alive a very important mode of spiritual expression: poetry. So, I like to check out her weekly parsha poem. Here it is.

Jewish Tradition

Avi at The Orthodox In Me takes on the question of... Well, in my opinion, he takes on several questions. His post Where It All Begins... is an interesting read.

Eliyahu Fink, the "Rabbi on the Beach," brings us Brett Favre, Treason and Tshuva.

A Simple Jew brings us The Yetzer Hara & Aleinu.

Allison Josephs of Jew In The City is interviewed by Tamar Yonah. You can listen to the interview here. If you haven't had the chance to check out Jew In The City's video episodes, make sure that you do!

Naomi at Climbing Sinai asks an open question to Jews By Choice, "What’s the best way to approach a Jew By Choice about his or her conversion, if there’s a way to do it at all?"

Hadassah Sabo Milner at In The Pink presents A Piercing Rant (not a screaming rant, but a rant about piercings,...literally).

David Morris at Tzedek-Tzedek addresses the issue of the agunah in Happily Ever After?

Kosher Cooking Blog CarnivalSome of you may be wondering why this next post is found here, and not reserved solely for the Kosher Cooking Carnival. Well, this Mock Chopped Liver recipe is presented by Craft Stew in honor of Shabbath, and "...offering a delicious vegetarian alternative to the usually fleishig Shabbat treat." Now, what could be more Jewish than that?! Besides, I was just thinking about searching for this recipe. Craft Stew must have read my mind.

This post by Jewish Side of Baby Sitter at Kosher Cuisine is must, too. C'mon! Bissli Chicken?! You've got to check this one out!

By the way, the next edition of the Kosher Cooking Carnival is due out this Thursday at Healthy Kosher Eating With Chana!

Israel
News

Eric at The Israel Situation would like to know why we hear so little about Guy Hever, who has been missing in action since 1997.

Yekutiel Ben-Ya'akov, guest posting at The Torah Revolution, wants to know Who Murdered Raphael Miriashvili and Leonard Karp?

Find out why The Jewish Fist is unhappy with Yona Metzger: Chief Rabbi/Druze Defender.

Speaking of rabbis, regardless of how you self-identify, you will probably get your blood boiling by reading my With "Zionist" Rabbis Like These, Who Needs Neturei Karta? I also report on this week's Likud Party Drama.

Elder Of Ziyon Scoops The World on the Latest Blood Libel. Meryl Yourish then takes the baton with What If They Published A Blood Libel And Nobody Rioted? Yisrael Medad chimes in with Atrocity You Want? Atrocity You'll Get, posted on From The Hills Of Efraim on Arutz 7 (Israel National News).

Carl at Israel Matzav wants to know, is an Israeli Cabinet Shakeup Coming?

Judeopundit brings us a A "Nachas Note"--from Gideon Levy! ...touching on the issue of the so-called "settlement freeze."

Tomer Devorah reports some important, breaking developments in More Flu News. I am surprised that more bloggers have not been following this.

Current Events

Bar-Kokhba is Proclaiming Zionism at For Zion's Sake. Schvach Yid gives his take, too, in What Treaty?

Batya at Shiloh Musings presents Voted for Feiglin And Got Barak or The Jewish National Psychosis. I think the title here is self-explanatory.

Sultan Knish presents What A Real Middle East Process Would Look Like.

Elder Of Ziyon presents Fatah And Peace Now: It Must Be Love. This title is also self-explanatory.

Soccer Dad provides the perfect analogy in HRW Responds.

Yisrael Medad criticizes the International Red Cross's logic in Does Monsieur Wettach Think We're Idiots? posted on JPost's "Green-Lined" Blog.

Here is Part One of Yisrael Medad's take-down of Rashid Khalidi's academic "Canaanite Eyes" theory. Keep your Jewish eyes out for Part Two, out soon!

Ellen Horowitz of Jewish Israel responds to Jews who "appreciate" Evangelical Christians with Think Like A Jew, posted at Israel Insider.

Jessica, posting at Israelity, reports on the partnership between the Cities of Los Angeles and Tel-Aviv in The Industry, and what happens as a result.

David Morris at Tzedek-Tzedek exposes exploitation of disabled Israelis in Earning One Shekel An Hour.

Miriam at Shearim has the courage to address our serious real estate issues in Israel with Housing For The Rich.

Jacob Richman brings us more Good News From Israel with New Israeli Educational Stamps Posted Online

Exposées

With friends like these, who needs enemies? Ge'ulah Girl at The Key To Redemption exposes so-called "friend of Israel" Jim Vineyard's shady activities. She then goes on to expose the ulterior motives of Christians visiting Karnei Shomron and of the HaYovel Organization implanted in the town of Har Brachah, in other words, right in our backyards.

The New Israel Fund [NIF] has been in the news a lot lately. Batya exposes its shady operations with New Israel Fund, Paving The Road To Hell With "Good Intentions?"

Shmu'el
at Torat Yisrael fires back against the NIF's attacks on him for daring to expose where their money's going (ie. your donations),...to groups dangerous to Israel.


Life In Israel

366 olim hadashim (new immigrants) arrived in Israel on 29 b'Av/Aug. 19. Jacob Richman has the photos, all 453 of them! They are open to "Facebook-tagging," too. If you see your self in one of Jacob's photos, give a shout out in the comments section. Several Haveil Havalim participants are veteran olim. Ask us your questions, and access us for additional support.

Although this is response to a "meme," Isramom would like to emphasize that this post of hers is really about some of the things she loves most about her life in Israel.

Gila at My Shrapnel provides us with a quintessential "slice of life" in Israel post with An Urge, so well-described, you'd think you were there with her.

Take a vicarious trip to the North with Rafi and his family, posted at Life In Israel. With his description and photos, you will think you were there with them. (...and I wish I was)

Even though Benji at What War Zone??? didn't bring me anything back from his trip to the U. S., I SUPPOSE I'll have to include his post about a special contest he's holding, anyway.

Mrs. S. at Our Shiputzim presents Heblish: Sefer HaChinuch Edition. I think that all English speakers in Israel will be able to related to this post, one way or another.

You will also be able to relate to this one from Toby at A Sign Of The Times. In What To Choose? Toby reveals all of the horrendous errors in English she found in her local community center's new catalog. This is one time where the huge numbers of English speakers in her town of Efrat need to step up to the plate and the Hebrew speakers need to step aside.

Jacob Richman at Good News From Israel posts links to photos from the Photos of the Emek Refaim Street Fair in Jerusalem. Check out the posted Facebook link as well for "photo tagging" opportunities.

Rachel Neiman at Israelity takes a walk down Memory Lane with Nostalgia Sunday – Young Judaea Year Course 1978-9.

Batya at Me-Ander posts on some local weddings in And While I'm At It... and I Don't Think They Did They "Mezinka," But....

Hey, ever heard of Rusty Mike Radio?? It's an internet radio station for the Anglo-Israeli community. Check it out!

Hutz la'Aretz
(Outside of Israel)
News

The on-going search for Ami-Chai Shtainmitz, an Israeli lost in India, is reported by Levi Pekar at Lubavitch News.

The Jewish Fist provides his Reflections On President "Hussein" Obama, and includes a "land for peace" deal the U. S. President can't refuse.

Meryl Yourish reveals that a Palestinian refugee created the Obama Joker poster.

Someone is being foulmouthed about foulmouthed Rahm Emanuel: the infamous Rahm Emanuel video is here with translation, only at Yisrael Medad's MyRightWord.

Debbie Schussel reveals the truth about recently deceased Robert Novack, as does Sultan Knish.

JewishByte reports that a New Baltimore Yeshiva Gets A New Home.


Life In Hutz la'Aretz

Jack at Random Thoughts tells us about attending his grandparents' 75th wedding anniversary celebration in Save The Last Dance For Me. Wow
! 75 years! The Rebbetzin's Husband and his Rebbetzin celebrate their 12th wedding anniversary.

Leora at Here In HP interviews Elke Reva Sudin.

Just Call Me Chaviva shares her summer trials and tribulations (AKA Kosher Catastrophe in Central Vermont) with Kosher Catfish? I Think Not. This one is definitely a jaw-dropper.

Chaya Sara at Inspire Yourself wants you to see the video she posted, The Chinese Bamboo Tree.

On a rather sad note, I am Battling The Erev Rav Mentality,...Again.

In this next post, Harry-er Than Them All seems to be arguing against Big City Life.

The Real Shaliach takes us on a trip, honoring...Minnesota? Hmm... Check out his photos!

Music

David at Israelity wants you to Get Your Israeli ‘Mojo’ Working. Check out his piece on the up and coming Israeli cross-over band the Asaf Avidan and the Mojos.

Movies

What is a movie review doing in Haveil Havalim? Check out Debbie Schussel's Review Of Inglorious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino's latest about Jews getting revenge on Nazis, and you'll see why.

Humor

For years, Jews have gone back and forth on whether "to categorize or not to categorize." Itamar at Jew ✡ News has the answer in Jewish Sects: Are you a DOS, PC, or Mac? By the way, Itamar is getting married in a week! Mazal Tov! What better wedding present is there in the blogosphere than to help him achieve a super spike in hits on his site?! (Hey, Itamar! You didn't even submit this to me. Now, how's THAT for protexia? Don't worry. I'll be coming to collect soon. Just kidding!)

Our resident JBloggers mascot, Heshy warns of the coming haberdashery revolution in Gray, Blue, and Straw Hat Associations Merge, posted at Frum Satire.

While in hutz la'Aretz, Benji at What War Zone??? tried to explain the rules of baseball to an Israeli. Oy
!

The Real Shaliach examines your "demons," in Misunderstood. He lists this under "jokes," but take a closer look, and you may find something deeper than a joke.

Lady-Light brings us Let's Hear It For Comic Sans! at Tikkun Olam. Yes, you read correctly. Lady-Light is indeed cheering for,...a font. Just read it. You'll see. Don't skip the video, either.

Meta-Blogging

Gilad Shalit Twitter Campaign!Jack at Random Thoughts addresses the issue of anonymous blogging in
Anonymous Blogging- Pulling Back The Curtain.

Many bloggers are now using Twitter, and even having their "tweets" automatically posted to blogs and Facebook pages. This edition was particularly easy to find posts thanks to Twitter. I just clicked on the links of the bloggers I follow, to check out their posts, much easier that opening up my web-based aggregator (I use Google Reader.)

The Jewish Internet Defense Force brings us the Gilad Shalit Twitter Campaign! Quite a few different organizations are working in support of this project. This Wednesday, 6 Ellul/Aug. 26, tweet 4 shalit by using the hashtag #GiladShalit as much as you can.

Just when you thought you knew everything about "social networking," here comes Twoozer
, the "Jewish Twitter." As Bob Martin says, "Twoozer is like Israel; Twitter is like hutz la'Aretz." Don't worry. Your Twoozer posts can be set up to post on Twitter and Facebook automatically. Check it out, and use Twoozer for the #GiladShalit campaign!

Also, check out WeJew, your Jewish YouTube alternative! Check out their special page only for bloggers. It's not yet on the menu, so you'll have to click here.

Wrap-Up
Well, that's a wrap for Edition #231! I excluded a few posts from this edition. That's hard to tell as it's so large, huh? One was spam. One presented a very old item seen previously on HH. One came from a site I just don't get. It seems to try to pass itself off as objective, but I have no doubt that it's not. (For goodness sakes, be proud to be left-wing!)

Haveil Havalim Blog CarnivalDon't forget that you can already start submitting your posts for next week's edition which will be hosted, as I said, by West Bank Mama. For your convenience, bookmark this link to Haveil Havalim's on-line submission form. See past editions and who is hosting future editions by clicking here. If you would like to host, contact Jack at talktojacknow (at) sbcglobal (dot) net.

JPix Blog CarnivalAnd don't forget to submit your favorite photos to the JPix Blog Carnival, to be hosted next by Batya on her Me-Ander blog. You may submit your posts via the on-line submission form.

Friday, August 21, 2009

Sneak Peek: Haveil Havalim #231

Erev Shabbath Qodesh Parshath Shofetim 5769

Here's a sneak peek at Sunday's edition of Haveil Havalim. the Jewish and Israeli Blog Carnival. I wanted to make sure you had the opportunity to check out posts related to Parshath Shofetim, so that you can check them out or print them out before Shabbath. There are a couple of other posts listed too, which may inspire you before Shabbath.

I wanted to make particular mention of Josh Waxman's in-depth and fascinating comments on the parshah in Why send back the betrothed man, if all is preordained? I am not sure why I haven't yet included the Parsha Blog in my blog roll, but surely will now.

Rav Avraham Yitzhaq Kook ztz-lAs Sunday is also the 74th Anniversary of the passing of Rabbi Avraham Yitzhaq Kook ztz"l ("Rav Kook"), I have included Rabbi Chanan Morrison's comments on Parshath Shofetim, collected from the works of Rav Kook.

Yisroel at Artzeinu brings us The Holiness of Making a Tiyul In Eretz Yisroel. Rav Kook actually did something similar with Rabbi Ya'aqov Moshe Harla"p and Rabbi Yosef Hayim Sonnenfeld ztz"l almost a hundred years ago!

If that doesn't make you want to make aliyah, then Rafi at Life in Israel's post on his family's trip to the North will!

You can also check out "Velveteen Rabbi," and see if she has posted her weekly parsha poem yet. She and I often (always?) disagree. But, she keeps alive a very important mode of spiritual expression: poetry. So, I like to check out her parsha poem. ...and here it is, just published.

Eliyahu Fink, the "Rabbi on the Beach," brings us Brett Favre, Treason and Tshuva, in honor of Rosh Hodesh Ellul.

If you haven't yet met Allison Josephs of Jew In The City, Erev Shabbath (or Mossa'ei Shabbath) would be the perfect opportunity to check out an episode of her show! Each episode is only a few minutes. (Tip Credit: Heshy at Frum Satire)


Shabbath Shalom!