U.S. protests eviction of Arab family from East Jerusalem home
The United States this week filed an official protest with Israel for harming Palestinians, including the eviction of the al-Kurd family from their home in the Shimon Hatzadik complex in East Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood.
The U.S. also demanded explanations for the harassment of Palestinian residents in the West Bank by Israeli settlers.
...The U.S. consulate in Jerusalem has been tracking new construction plans in those neighborhoods for the Jewish population and reporting on them to Washington.
The protest by the U.S. raises doubts on the authenticity of an Ottoman-era bill of sale on which the Jerusalem District Court relied in ruling that the Shimon Hatzadik property belongs to the Committee for the Sephardic Group.
25.7.08
The Media in Olam HaSheker
Obama camp plasters posters at Western Wall
...The posters display Obama's name in Hebrew. One poster erected on the main police barricade used by Obama to enter the holy site boasts the official red, white and blue campaign "O" symbol and advertises the candidate's campaign's website.
A second poster also displays Obama's name in Hebrew and contains an image of Israeli and American flags.
Reuters posted images of the Obama campaign posters showing a handful of people waiting behind the police barricades.
Reuters images had the following caption:
"Supporters of U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) stand behind banners printed with his name in Hebrew as they wait for his arrival at the Western wall."
The caption implied supporters brought along the pro-Obama material.
But an eyewitness speaking to WND tells a different story.
"The kids waiting for Obama may not even be Obama supporters. No one knew Obama was coming in advance. We saw the police barricades erected. We saw Obama's face on the posters, and some police said Obama was on his way. So a few people gathered by the barricades and waited for Obama," said the witness....
24.7.08
"Obama-nation"
Germans are ga-ga over Obama:
"We have a severe case of Obama mania in [Berlin], and in Germany, I think, in general people are waiting for the political redeemer...."
This is rather ominous as the last time they expressed this sentiment, they were lining the streets to say "Heil Hitler" (y"sh)!
"some kind of demon"
Or: "... a wild donkey of a man; his hand ... upon all, ...."
Arab Worker Injures Jewish Boss with Hammer
(IsraelNN.com) An Arab construction worker attacked a Jewish contractor with a hammer at a construction site at Masuot Yitzchak near Kiryat Malachi. The contractor suffered moderate wounds.
According to Rafi Ben-Tal, the security coordinator at Masuot Yitzchak, two workers were standing on the roof of a house when one of them jumped on the Jewish contractor and began hitting him with the hammer. The attacker and the other worker then escaped.
The wounded boss said there was no way to explain the motive for what happened. “He was suddenly possessed by some kind of demon,” he said.
Arab Worker Injures Jewish Boss with Hammer
(IsraelNN.com) An Arab construction worker attacked a Jewish contractor with a hammer at a construction site at Masuot Yitzchak near Kiryat Malachi. The contractor suffered moderate wounds.
According to Rafi Ben-Tal, the security coordinator at Masuot Yitzchak, two workers were standing on the roof of a house when one of them jumped on the Jewish contractor and began hitting him with the hammer. The attacker and the other worker then escaped.
The wounded boss said there was no way to explain the motive for what happened. “He was suddenly possessed by some kind of demon,” he said.
Psalm 122
Speaking of messages. News says Obama read Psalm 122 at the Kotel this morning. It 's worthwhile to stop whatever you're doing right now and read it for yourself.
Tehillim - Chapter 122
1. A song of ascents of David. I rejoiced when they said to me, "Let us go to the house of the Lord."
2. Our feet were standing within your gates, O Jerusalem.
3. The built-up Jerusalem is like a city that was joined together within itself.
4. There ascended the tribes, the tribes of God, testimony to Israel, to give thanks to the name of the Lord.
5. For there were set thrones for judgment, thrones for the house of David.
6. Request the welfare of Jerusalem; may those who love you enjoy tranquility.
7. May there be peace in your wall, tranquility in your palaces.
8. For the sake of my brethren and my companions, I shall now speak of peace in you.
9. For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I shall beg for goodness for you.
Tehillim - Chapter 122
1. A song of ascents of David. I rejoiced when they said to me, "Let us go to the house of the Lord."
2. Our feet were standing within your gates, O Jerusalem.
3. The built-up Jerusalem is like a city that was joined together within itself.
4. There ascended the tribes, the tribes of God, testimony to Israel, to give thanks to the name of the Lord.
5. For there were set thrones for judgment, thrones for the house of David.
6. Request the welfare of Jerusalem; may those who love you enjoy tranquility.
7. May there be peace in your wall, tranquility in your palaces.
8. For the sake of my brethren and my companions, I shall now speak of peace in you.
9. For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I shall beg for goodness for you.
Lucky 13
I just discovered that it was Bus #13 that was involved in Tuesday's pigua on King David St. It was also a #13 that was involved with the first tractor attack on Jaffa Rd. There must be a message here. 13 tribes? We're all in this together?? What do you think?
23.7.08
"Summer Bubble"?
A month ago, Reb Akiva at Mystical Paths posted the following:
"...Several tzaddikim have come out in the past week and provided some financial instructions to their talmidim. Things are going to briefly appear to settle, it's momentarily going to look like the crisis is past. Markets will soar, and the US dollar will regain it's strength.But this will be an illusion (in US market terms, a dead cat bounce). By Hoshana Rabbah this year, it will all unravel and the true impact of the financial crisis will be apparent. Markets will fall to record lows, as will the US dollar.Their instructions to their talmidim are: bail on the summer bubble...."
Could that be what is transpiring now?
Caution: Things are not always as they seem
Jew Helps Arabs Fight Hareidim, Stabbed
I must warn you that INN has been known to put their own interpretation into their reporting, so you have to read between the lines. Here is a good example. At the end of their report:
The rabbi condemned the Jews for retaliating against the Arabs.
"This is a very grave incident. No man must hurt innocents, either Arabs or Jews," said Batzri. "This is against Jewish law. I really hope that they find those who took part in the brawl and bring the attackers to justice."
Now, I guarantee you that the bolded line is the writer's personal interpretation of the rabbi's statement. But we all know that the rabbis have to be very careful in how they say things in order to avoid wasting valuable learning and teaching time being hauled into police headquarters to answer charges of incitement.
Take his statement apart piece by piece.
"This is a very grave incident." Of course it is. "No man must hurt innocents, either Arabs or Jews,...This is against Jewish law.." Is this not a true statement? Certainly it is. And the rabbi can say that knowing that none of the involved were "innocents." "I really hope that they find those who took part in the brawl and bring the attackers to justice." The initial attackers were the Arabs and so they should be brought to justice, HASHEM'S justice, please G-d!
Those on the scene who know the rabbi surely understood his remarks. My first reaction was to condemn the rabbi until I thought about it for a few minutes. G-d forbid that this kind of unprofessional journalism would taint his reputation in any way.
To their credit INN gave a more comprehensive report than the JPost which is a rag fit only for the fireplace and whose policy is to bash religious Jews at every opportunity even it means leaving out the beginning of the story.
Youth wound two Arabs in Jerusalem attack
The Three Weeks is a very dangerous time for Jews. We must be on guard more than ever to not be drawn into things that will increase that danger. Hamavin yavin.
FOLLOW-UP (24 July 2008): This may be a belated attempt at even-handedness...
Makor Baruch residents see attack on Arabs as justified
I must warn you that INN has been known to put their own interpretation into their reporting, so you have to read between the lines. Here is a good example. At the end of their report:
The rabbi condemned the Jews for retaliating against the Arabs.
"This is a very grave incident. No man must hurt innocents, either Arabs or Jews," said Batzri. "This is against Jewish law. I really hope that they find those who took part in the brawl and bring the attackers to justice."
Now, I guarantee you that the bolded line is the writer's personal interpretation of the rabbi's statement. But we all know that the rabbis have to be very careful in how they say things in order to avoid wasting valuable learning and teaching time being hauled into police headquarters to answer charges of incitement.
Take his statement apart piece by piece.
"This is a very grave incident." Of course it is. "No man must hurt innocents, either Arabs or Jews,...This is against Jewish law.." Is this not a true statement? Certainly it is. And the rabbi can say that knowing that none of the involved were "innocents." "I really hope that they find those who took part in the brawl and bring the attackers to justice." The initial attackers were the Arabs and so they should be brought to justice, HASHEM'S justice, please G-d!
Those on the scene who know the rabbi surely understood his remarks. My first reaction was to condemn the rabbi until I thought about it for a few minutes. G-d forbid that this kind of unprofessional journalism would taint his reputation in any way.
To their credit INN gave a more comprehensive report than the JPost which is a rag fit only for the fireplace and whose policy is to bash religious Jews at every opportunity even it means leaving out the beginning of the story.
Youth wound two Arabs in Jerusalem attack
The Three Weeks is a very dangerous time for Jews. We must be on guard more than ever to not be drawn into things that will increase that danger. Hamavin yavin.
FOLLOW-UP (24 July 2008): This may be a belated attempt at even-handedness...
Makor Baruch residents see attack on Arabs as justified
22.7.08
In Defense of Avodah Ivrit (Jewish Labor)
I was standing safely inside my place of employment at about 2pm when we received the first word that a pigua was in progress only maybe 200 meters from us. The first report came from a co-worker's daughter who lives closer to the scene. She saw the event in progress. Strangely, her sister witnessed the first bulldozer attack near the Central Bus Station just weeks ago from her place of employment. Their father was injured in a J"m bus bombing a few years ago.
We immediately checked for news, but none was forthcoming for at least 20 minutes after the attack. Meantime, we were watching police and security vehicles, Hatzolah and MDA ambulances speed past. They were followed by men with video cameras running down the sidewalk. The most notable change, of course, is the cessation of traffic on the usually busy thoroughfare. Word spread fast and people began coming from all over the building to look outside or stand out front looking in the direction of the action.
When it became known that it involved another tractor/bulldozer, many people could be heard giving vent to the idea of no longer hiring Arab labor for these sensitive jobs. I advocate not hiring Arabs at all and avoiding buying from those who do whenever possible. You know that if you've read this blog for any length of time. Allow me to point you towards a blogsite that enjoys top billing on the blogroll (it starts with 'A')---Avoda Ivrit which translates to Jewish-only labor, i.e. NO ARABS!
As soon as traffic resumed as usual, everything got back to normal just a bit too fast for my taste. One man came downstairs smiling a big smile and proclaimed himself in excellent condition today. A bit shocked, I responded "With 23 newly injured and in hospital?" The smile faded and he said of course, he feels badly for the injured, but really he had already forgotten, if it had ever affected him at all. What are we coming to???
Now, I'll tell you about something that happened on the Fast Day, just a couple of days ago. Very late in the day, a man in work clothes, rude attitude, came inside the building while the door was already open. A number of people were already standing at the reception desk. A larger number were inside davening minchah for the fast. I can't tell from looking if he is Jew or Arab, but his attitude irritated me. I had to ask several times what he wanted there and finally he comes off with the one word "kablan." He acts disgusted that I'm not understanding him and he strides back outside. I thought it was pretty late in the day for a contractor to be coming to work, especially since the maintenance supervisor had already left for the day, so I began calling around trying to find out if someone was expected. Meanwhile two more men, very obviously Arab, arrived and they all began carting in heavy floor cleaning equipment.
Long story shorter...A floor cleaner was expected to come after hours. He was short of help and put out an SMS for any workers to arrive at this address and Arabs responded despite the fact that we do not hire Arab workers. Several of us present were complaining loudly to our COO about bringing Arab workers into our place of business. I asked him if he would like to see another Mercaz HaRav, G-d forbid!, in our Beit Knesset. He was stunned. And then he started saying, but I don't hire Arabs, only Jews. These two are Jewish. By then, the kablan had arrived. Lesson: It's not enough to hire Jews. You have to make darn sure that they do not turn around and sub-contract work to Arabs.
Who knows, but what Shamayim had decreed a pigua on this area of the city and maybe in the merit of our stand, we were spared a greater tragedy. Everything we do and say is taken into account and recorded.
This is not racism, it is self-preservation. We have a right to LIVE in Israel and not only to DIE here!
[Clarification: This is only a temporary measure until we can rid the entire land of these people.]
We immediately checked for news, but none was forthcoming for at least 20 minutes after the attack. Meantime, we were watching police and security vehicles, Hatzolah and MDA ambulances speed past. They were followed by men with video cameras running down the sidewalk. The most notable change, of course, is the cessation of traffic on the usually busy thoroughfare. Word spread fast and people began coming from all over the building to look outside or stand out front looking in the direction of the action.
When it became known that it involved another tractor/bulldozer, many people could be heard giving vent to the idea of no longer hiring Arab labor for these sensitive jobs. I advocate not hiring Arabs at all and avoiding buying from those who do whenever possible. You know that if you've read this blog for any length of time. Allow me to point you towards a blogsite that enjoys top billing on the blogroll (it starts with 'A')---Avoda Ivrit which translates to Jewish-only labor, i.e. NO ARABS!
As soon as traffic resumed as usual, everything got back to normal just a bit too fast for my taste. One man came downstairs smiling a big smile and proclaimed himself in excellent condition today. A bit shocked, I responded "With 23 newly injured and in hospital?" The smile faded and he said of course, he feels badly for the injured, but really he had already forgotten, if it had ever affected him at all. What are we coming to???
Now, I'll tell you about something that happened on the Fast Day, just a couple of days ago. Very late in the day, a man in work clothes, rude attitude, came inside the building while the door was already open. A number of people were already standing at the reception desk. A larger number were inside davening minchah for the fast. I can't tell from looking if he is Jew or Arab, but his attitude irritated me. I had to ask several times what he wanted there and finally he comes off with the one word "kablan." He acts disgusted that I'm not understanding him and he strides back outside. I thought it was pretty late in the day for a contractor to be coming to work, especially since the maintenance supervisor had already left for the day, so I began calling around trying to find out if someone was expected. Meanwhile two more men, very obviously Arab, arrived and they all began carting in heavy floor cleaning equipment.
Long story shorter...A floor cleaner was expected to come after hours. He was short of help and put out an SMS for any workers to arrive at this address and Arabs responded despite the fact that we do not hire Arab workers. Several of us present were complaining loudly to our COO about bringing Arab workers into our place of business. I asked him if he would like to see another Mercaz HaRav, G-d forbid!, in our Beit Knesset. He was stunned. And then he started saying, but I don't hire Arabs, only Jews. These two are Jewish. By then, the kablan had arrived. Lesson: It's not enough to hire Jews. You have to make darn sure that they do not turn around and sub-contract work to Arabs.
Who knows, but what Shamayim had decreed a pigua on this area of the city and maybe in the merit of our stand, we were spared a greater tragedy. Everything we do and say is taken into account and recorded.
This is not racism, it is self-preservation. We have a right to LIVE in Israel and not only to DIE here!
[Clarification: This is only a temporary measure until we can rid the entire land of these people.]
21.7.08
Of Zionists and Zionism (Part 2)
You might have been wondering how the title applied in Part 1. Now, you will begin to understand where it's going.
I'm a simple Jew. I always understood "Zionism" to refer to the desire of every Torah-loving Jew to come up to the Land of Zion---Eretz Yisrael---and to settle there. What did I know? How could I know , until years after arriving here, til years after seeing the results on the ground, til after years of further learning, that a group of people whom our Sages identified as the Erev Rav would hijack the Redemption Process even down to hijacking the very language we use and turn it backwards? By my own definition, I will always be a Zionist, but by the one assigned to it by the hijackers---NEVER!
A prominent early Zionist leader, who later did teshuva wrote at the time:
"The new, Zionist Judaism stands in complete contrast to the Judaism of exile.... Zionism uproots religious Judaism in a stronger way than Reform or assimilation, by creating new standards of 'Judaism' which will constitute a new ideology that can be elevated to the status of a religion."
The stinking, rotten fruit of this philosophy can be found today in two forms---one secular, called "Israeliness" and the other 'religious,' called "Judeo-xianity" which is just our old 'friend' Hellenism dressed up for the 21st century.
Zionism's original goal has finally been realized among these two groups since "Zionism" and it's kippa-clad brother 'Religious-Zionism' have "elevated [it] to the status of a religion." So-called religious Zionism has become a new religion called Judeo-xianity. It's adherents "partner" with their xian counterparts, the so-called xian-Zionists, on all issues of Jewish life. They are in business together and they are "in bed" together. Yes, sir this is no less than whoring after the gentiles and their "support" and "friendship" i.e., money and politics!
Yirmiyahu 3:1---"...But you have played the harlot [with] many lovers, yet return to Me, says the Lord."
According to Israeliness, suitability for citizenship has nothing whatever to do with being Jewish according to halacha. Instead, it is measured according to IDF service, the payment of taxes, and participation in the democratic process. The so-called Messianic Jews are arguing their case to the public on this basis and it is on this basis that the media is arguing the case for lowering conversion standards and it is on this basis that some are now calling for xian-Zionists to be able to "make aliyah," chas v'shalom!
They all share something else, these putrid fruits of the original Zionists, and that is their abhorrence of and disdain for hareidi Jewry.
Rabbi Moshe Grylak, Mishpacha Magazine:
"...the secular Zionists did not want to see chareidi Jews in Eretz Yisrael. It used every means it could find to deny the right of aliyah to non-Zionist Jews. The words of Israel's first president, Chaim Weizmann, will live in everlasting disgrace. It was he who proclaimed in the 1930s that he didn't want the Jews of Warsaw in Eretz Yisrael, and that they were nothing but "the dust of history that must be blown away."
I remember being told by my father, alav hashalom, that the British foreign minister visited Warsaw during the 1930s, and that a chassidic Jew threw himself down in front of the official's car as it passed through one of the city streets. Through this display he succeeded in getting the minister's attention, and he told him that he wanted to settle in the Holy Land, but the Zionists were preventing him. Some chassidic Jews sneaked into Eretz Yisrael over the Egyptian border, having been denied certificates by the authorities because they wouldn't toe the Zionist line."
(Read Who Stopped Chassidic Aliyah? by Aharon Granevich-Granot for the whole story.)
Their spiritual offspring, the Israelis and nice religious-Zionists like my friend from the beginning of the story, would prefer nice quasi-converted Russians or nice, quiet, unassuming Messianics, or even nice, loving xian-Zionists to the pushy, too-Jewish hareidim who everyday are looking more like the "Taliban" with their insistence on all Jews observing the Torah as given on Har Sinai. All I can say is....a whole lot of people are not ready to greet Mashiach. He's going to turn into their worst nightmare!
Now we see why the sudden emphasis on this word "ZIONISM" among the xians who believe they are Ephraimites and who want their "rightful inheritance in the Land" and who cozy up to the politicians of this regime. They are ALL from the souls of the Erev Rav. Among the religious Zionists, there is a birur going on as the Jewish souls are doing teshuva for worshipping the Golden Calf of THE STATE and are separating out from the Erev Rav amongst them.
If you or someone you know is still mixed up with this mess, clue them in. Time for teshuva is running out.
Check this out and see who's behind it:
Israel reaches out to evangelical Christians in Asia
"...it is a very timely initiative for Asian Christians to undertake a Judeo-Christian endeavor to forge a future strong Israel-Asian alliance,...."
I'm a simple Jew. I always understood "Zionism" to refer to the desire of every Torah-loving Jew to come up to the Land of Zion---Eretz Yisrael---and to settle there. What did I know? How could I know , until years after arriving here, til years after seeing the results on the ground, til after years of further learning, that a group of people whom our Sages identified as the Erev Rav would hijack the Redemption Process even down to hijacking the very language we use and turn it backwards? By my own definition, I will always be a Zionist, but by the one assigned to it by the hijackers---NEVER!
A prominent early Zionist leader, who later did teshuva wrote at the time:
"The new, Zionist Judaism stands in complete contrast to the Judaism of exile.... Zionism uproots religious Judaism in a stronger way than Reform or assimilation, by creating new standards of 'Judaism' which will constitute a new ideology that can be elevated to the status of a religion."
The stinking, rotten fruit of this philosophy can be found today in two forms---one secular, called "Israeliness" and the other 'religious,' called "Judeo-xianity" which is just our old 'friend' Hellenism dressed up for the 21st century.
Zionism's original goal has finally been realized among these two groups since "Zionism" and it's kippa-clad brother 'Religious-Zionism' have "elevated [it] to the status of a religion." So-called religious Zionism has become a new religion called Judeo-xianity. It's adherents "partner" with their xian counterparts, the so-called xian-Zionists, on all issues of Jewish life. They are in business together and they are "in bed" together. Yes, sir this is no less than whoring after the gentiles and their "support" and "friendship" i.e., money and politics!
Yirmiyahu 3:1---"...But you have played the harlot [with] many lovers, yet return to Me, says the Lord."
According to Israeliness, suitability for citizenship has nothing whatever to do with being Jewish according to halacha. Instead, it is measured according to IDF service, the payment of taxes, and participation in the democratic process. The so-called Messianic Jews are arguing their case to the public on this basis and it is on this basis that the media is arguing the case for lowering conversion standards and it is on this basis that some are now calling for xian-Zionists to be able to "make aliyah," chas v'shalom!
They all share something else, these putrid fruits of the original Zionists, and that is their abhorrence of and disdain for hareidi Jewry.
Rabbi Moshe Grylak, Mishpacha Magazine:
"...the secular Zionists did not want to see chareidi Jews in Eretz Yisrael. It used every means it could find to deny the right of aliyah to non-Zionist Jews. The words of Israel's first president, Chaim Weizmann, will live in everlasting disgrace. It was he who proclaimed in the 1930s that he didn't want the Jews of Warsaw in Eretz Yisrael, and that they were nothing but "the dust of history that must be blown away."
I remember being told by my father, alav hashalom, that the British foreign minister visited Warsaw during the 1930s, and that a chassidic Jew threw himself down in front of the official's car as it passed through one of the city streets. Through this display he succeeded in getting the minister's attention, and he told him that he wanted to settle in the Holy Land, but the Zionists were preventing him. Some chassidic Jews sneaked into Eretz Yisrael over the Egyptian border, having been denied certificates by the authorities because they wouldn't toe the Zionist line."
(Read Who Stopped Chassidic Aliyah? by Aharon Granevich-Granot for the whole story.)
Their spiritual offspring, the Israelis and nice religious-Zionists like my friend from the beginning of the story, would prefer nice quasi-converted Russians or nice, quiet, unassuming Messianics, or even nice, loving xian-Zionists to the pushy, too-Jewish hareidim who everyday are looking more like the "Taliban" with their insistence on all Jews observing the Torah as given on Har Sinai. All I can say is....a whole lot of people are not ready to greet Mashiach. He's going to turn into their worst nightmare!
Now we see why the sudden emphasis on this word "ZIONISM" among the xians who believe they are Ephraimites and who want their "rightful inheritance in the Land" and who cozy up to the politicians of this regime. They are ALL from the souls of the Erev Rav. Among the religious Zionists, there is a birur going on as the Jewish souls are doing teshuva for worshipping the Golden Calf of THE STATE and are separating out from the Erev Rav amongst them.
If you or someone you know is still mixed up with this mess, clue them in. Time for teshuva is running out.
Check this out and see who's behind it:
Israel reaches out to evangelical Christians in Asia
"...it is a very timely initiative for Asian Christians to undertake a Judeo-Christian endeavor to forge a future strong Israel-Asian alliance,...."
Another follow-up to "The King of Persia"
Sefer Eliyahu says:
"...The last king who rules Persia shall come up against the Romans three successive years until he expands (his gains) against them for twelve months. Three mighty warriors will come up to oppose him from the west, but they will be handed over into his control. Then the lowliest of the kings, the son of a slave woman and whose name is Gīgīt, will confront him from the west...."
In the first follow-up, I concurred with Reb Dov Bar Lev that the "lowliest of the kings," which I take to mean all the Western leaders, is Ehud Olmert. Now, thanks to DEBKA, we know the identities of the "three mighty warriors" who oppose Achmadinejad (the "King of Persia") and sure enough, they're doing it near the end of the year following his three successive visits to Rome (2005, 2006, 2007).
US, UK, France launch sea exercise for naval blockade on Iran
With Gordon Brown's appearance in the Knesset today, each of these leaders---Bush of the US, Sarkozy of France and Brown of the UK have appeared before and addressed the Knesset this year. What are the chances of that? And of course, each in his own way demanded that we cease building Yerushalayim.
Speculating on what it means to be handed over into his control, I'd guess it has something to do either with the oil supply or a threat to the troops sitting in Iraq. This is the only real control he's got. I'd guess they'll stand down in the end and Olmert will decide Israel will go it alone, based on this small portion of text.
This certainly bears further watching...
"...The last king who rules Persia shall come up against the Romans three successive years until he expands (his gains) against them for twelve months. Three mighty warriors will come up to oppose him from the west, but they will be handed over into his control. Then the lowliest of the kings, the son of a slave woman and whose name is Gīgīt, will confront him from the west...."
In the first follow-up, I concurred with Reb Dov Bar Lev that the "lowliest of the kings," which I take to mean all the Western leaders, is Ehud Olmert. Now, thanks to DEBKA, we know the identities of the "three mighty warriors" who oppose Achmadinejad (the "King of Persia") and sure enough, they're doing it near the end of the year following his three successive visits to Rome (2005, 2006, 2007).
US, UK, France launch sea exercise for naval blockade on Iran
With Gordon Brown's appearance in the Knesset today, each of these leaders---Bush of the US, Sarkozy of France and Brown of the UK have appeared before and addressed the Knesset this year. What are the chances of that? And of course, each in his own way demanded that we cease building Yerushalayim.
Speculating on what it means to be handed over into his control, I'd guess it has something to do either with the oil supply or a threat to the troops sitting in Iraq. This is the only real control he's got. I'd guess they'll stand down in the end and Olmert will decide Israel will go it alone, based on this small portion of text.
This certainly bears further watching...
Of Zionists and Zionism (Part 1)
I had an interesting conversation with a friend today. She was describing to me some disconcerting changes to the character of her neighborhood. She told me how it had always been open and tolerant, a place where observant and non-observant Jews could co-exist peacefully. Now this is all changing with the influx of an ever-growing hareidi population.
According to my friend, with the increase in their numbers have come unwelcome requests/demands of local store owners not to display unseemly magazines and newspapers and not to sell immodest clothing. I could not sympathize with her feelings of betrayal. I had myself been in quite some shock once upon a time when I had gone into a store in that particular neighborhood a few years ago and had seen hams for sale. I wanted to grab them and throw them through the windows of the store.
People who have a problem with "religious coercion" don't seem to have the same problem with "secular coercion" in the form of speed limits, littering laws, etc. This is the result of the assimilation of western culture that says "religion" is a personal matter that should be left entirely to the individual's conscience. But that is not Judaism. Torah teaches us about communal responsibility and demands that the individual subjugate his personal sense of entitlement for the welfare of the community. It holds all members of society liable for the penalty incurred by public violation of G-d's laws.
These oh-so-ignoble democratic, falsely moralistic "values" are being used in a terrible, vicious war to destroy Judaism and thereby the Jews themselves. We are in a battle for our lives. It is a battle for our hearts and minds, both of which must be completely dedicated to Hashem and committed to His Truth and submitted in totality to His authority as Sovereign of the Universe.
"Democratic values" are even now being used in the courts to recognize anyone as a Jew who calls himself a Jew regardless of personal status or religious belief. "Democratic values" determine that an idolatrous, army-serving, knesset-voting goy is of more value and has more rights to "citizenship" than a kosher, Torah-observant Jew in fulltime learning. As Reb Akiva rightly pointed out in his comment of a few posts ago, this is not a new thing, but it is now reaching a critical mass.
If you can stomach Channel 10 propaganda, watch this VIDEO and you'll begin to see what I mean. What they never tell you is that neither the baby nor his mother is Jewish, nor do they wish to convert. They imagine themselves as Jewish as you or me based simply on the NT teaching that they are "spiritual children" of Abraham through Yushke.
According to my friend, with the increase in their numbers have come unwelcome requests/demands of local store owners not to display unseemly magazines and newspapers and not to sell immodest clothing. I could not sympathize with her feelings of betrayal. I had myself been in quite some shock once upon a time when I had gone into a store in that particular neighborhood a few years ago and had seen hams for sale. I wanted to grab them and throw them through the windows of the store.
People who have a problem with "religious coercion" don't seem to have the same problem with "secular coercion" in the form of speed limits, littering laws, etc. This is the result of the assimilation of western culture that says "religion" is a personal matter that should be left entirely to the individual's conscience. But that is not Judaism. Torah teaches us about communal responsibility and demands that the individual subjugate his personal sense of entitlement for the welfare of the community. It holds all members of society liable for the penalty incurred by public violation of G-d's laws.
These oh-so-ignoble democratic, falsely moralistic "values" are being used in a terrible, vicious war to destroy Judaism and thereby the Jews themselves. We are in a battle for our lives. It is a battle for our hearts and minds, both of which must be completely dedicated to Hashem and committed to His Truth and submitted in totality to His authority as Sovereign of the Universe.
"Democratic values" are even now being used in the courts to recognize anyone as a Jew who calls himself a Jew regardless of personal status or religious belief. "Democratic values" determine that an idolatrous, army-serving, knesset-voting goy is of more value and has more rights to "citizenship" than a kosher, Torah-observant Jew in fulltime learning. As Reb Akiva rightly pointed out in his comment of a few posts ago, this is not a new thing, but it is now reaching a critical mass.
If you can stomach Channel 10 propaganda, watch this VIDEO and you'll begin to see what I mean. What they never tell you is that neither the baby nor his mother is Jewish, nor do they wish to convert. They imagine themselves as Jewish as you or me based simply on the NT teaching that they are "spiritual children" of Abraham through Yushke.
20.7.08
"Targeting the Very Fabric of Israel"
Shira Sorko-Ram was the child of missionaries to Israel. She has been converting Jews for almost forty years. Her children were born and raised as Israelis and served in the IDF. They are now raising the next generation of home-grown xians.
In the late ’60s, there couldn’t have been more than a handful of native-born Israelis who were born-again Believers in Yeshua.
...In 1980, the International Christian Embassy was founded for the purpose of activating the hundreds of thousands of Christians who were — and are —praying and supporting the Israeli nation. Shortly before that, in 1976, Bridges for Peace was founded by Dr. G. Douglas Young, a Christian Zionist for whom Israelis had a deep respect. Then, in 1985, Ray and Sharon Sanders founded Christian Friends of Israel. These three ministries, along with others, sounded a shofar — call to evangelicals everywhere to read their Bibles and embrace the plan of God for His beloved Israel.
...in the 1980s the Messianic congregations of Israel began to expand – mostly with immigrants from America and other Western countries. And then in 1990, the Russian exodus began and several thousand Russian Believers arrived in Israel among the million immigrants. Although no one knows how many Believers arrived (and how many readily turned to faith in Yeshua after their arrival), the congregations of Israel doubled and tripled almost overnight.
Today, we estimate there are 10,000 to 15,000 Believers, in over 100 congregations and groups, in the Land.
In the late ’60s, there couldn’t have been more than a handful of native-born Israelis who were born-again Believers in Yeshua.
...In 1980, the International Christian Embassy was founded for the purpose of activating the hundreds of thousands of Christians who were — and are —praying and supporting the Israeli nation. Shortly before that, in 1976, Bridges for Peace was founded by Dr. G. Douglas Young, a Christian Zionist for whom Israelis had a deep respect. Then, in 1985, Ray and Sharon Sanders founded Christian Friends of Israel. These three ministries, along with others, sounded a shofar — call to evangelicals everywhere to read their Bibles and embrace the plan of God for His beloved Israel.
...in the 1980s the Messianic congregations of Israel began to expand – mostly with immigrants from America and other Western countries. And then in 1990, the Russian exodus began and several thousand Russian Believers arrived in Israel among the million immigrants. Although no one knows how many Believers arrived (and how many readily turned to faith in Yeshua after their arrival), the congregations of Israel doubled and tripled almost overnight.
Today, we estimate there are 10,000 to 15,000 Believers, in over 100 congregations and groups, in the Land.
Bitul Torah
Jews who can't get this one thing down, after all we've been through, have made bitul Torah out of all their learning! If you would, for the sake of saving a little money or sparing the feelings of a non-Jew or even to avoid appearing foolish to others, put other Jews' lives at risk, then all your Torah learning has been for nothing.
Arab Yeshiva-Worker Under Arrest After Threatening Attack
(Excerpt. Read it in full onsite.)
Arab Yeshiva-Worker Under Arrest After Threatening Attack
(IsraelNN.com) An Arab working in the Geulah branch of the famous Hevron Yeshiva has been arrested after threatening to carry out a terrorist attack in Jerusalem.
The Arab made the threat after he was fired from his job. Taking no chances, Jerusalem policemen arrested him on Sunday morning and are now questioning him.
After the murderous attack by a Jerusalem Arab in Yeshivat Merkaz HaRav Kook four months ago, leading Torah authority Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky of Bnei Brak issued a Halakhic [Jewish legal] ruling banning the employment of Arab workers by Jews - and especially in yeshivas.
“After all, we are at war with them," the Rabbi explained. "Are there not Jews who can work and make a living?”
Shiva Asar b'Tammuz
I'm getting a really late start on this one as the fast day is nearly done, but it's not because I haven't been thinking about it...a lot. You see, every day is like the 17th of Tammuz for me. All these hundreds and thousands of years later, Holy Jerusalem is still under attack and her walls have been breached again...yesterday and the day before yesterday and TODAY!!
We've reached such a hideous low in our history that we have arrived at a time when Bnei Yisrael don't even know who the enemy is anymore. If Eisav falls on our neck with kisses, we are ready to clutch him to our bosom and never let go. Just forget that Chazal tell us that it is a law that Eisav hates Yaakov regardless of his proclamations.
A large part of chr*stendom in America has decided that they are descendants of the "lost tribe" of Ephraim. Trouble is, they've found a way to work this into their theology in such a way that they continue to worship Yushke as "G-d in the flesh" (ch"v). I mentioned to a friend months ago that it's more likely that they are descendants of the Erev Rav who were mixed among the "lost tribes" and assimilated with them in the Diaspora.
Now, one of their main leaders, Eddie Chumney, has admitted as much, but since he doesn't understand the concept, it's not much of an admission. He sees it as a positive thing as he writes:
I made mention of this also in another post where I emphasized that their new campaign to convert us, which was termed "Israel, Behold Your God", is basically the same thing the Erev Rav proclaimed to us when they made the Golden Calf.
You must be wondering how any of this is relevant to the calendar? Well, interestingly enough, this is the anniversary date of the Golden Calf Affair and the beginning of our long exile even though we had not yet even entered the Promised Land. This is what locked us into a future where exile could happen, where Jerusalem's walls could be breached and the city sacked and pillaged and burned along with the two Batei Mikdash!
It has also locked us into a future redemption scenario of "in it's time,"---the worst possible consequences---because from generation to generation, we do not learn the lessons of the past. For this we are fasting today, because if we had done proper teshuva, the redemption would already have come.
See an excellent in-depth treatment of Chumney over at my daughter's blog.
We've reached such a hideous low in our history that we have arrived at a time when Bnei Yisrael don't even know who the enemy is anymore. If Eisav falls on our neck with kisses, we are ready to clutch him to our bosom and never let go. Just forget that Chazal tell us that it is a law that Eisav hates Yaakov regardless of his proclamations.
A large part of chr*stendom in America has decided that they are descendants of the "lost tribe" of Ephraim. Trouble is, they've found a way to work this into their theology in such a way that they continue to worship Yushke as "G-d in the flesh" (ch"v). I mentioned to a friend months ago that it's more likely that they are descendants of the Erev Rav who were mixed among the "lost tribes" and assimilated with them in the Diaspora.
Now, one of their main leaders, Eddie Chumney, has admitted as much, but since he doesn't understand the concept, it's not much of an admission. He sees it as a positive thing as he writes:
So according to Eddie Chumney, today's xians of Hebrew roots restoration aka xian zionists aka Ephraimites aka whatever they will call themselves tomorrow, are in reality the Erev Rav.The God of Israel including Yeshua / Jesus made a covenant with Abraham (Genesis 12:1-3, 15:1-18, 17:1-7, John 8:56, Galations 3:16). Through the redemptive work of the Messiah, all members of the body of Messiah from all the nations regardless of physical descent are heirs of this covenant (Genesis 12:1-3, Galations 3:8, 29).
Physically, this covenant was made with the promised seed of Abraham through Isaac and Jacob (Genesis 26:1-4, 28:10-14). The God of Israel told Abraham that his promised seed would sojourn in Egypt and be redeemed (Genesis 15:12-16). After the children of Israel went to Egypt (Genesis 46:1-27) and went into bondage, the God of Israel remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and redeemed the children of Israel from Egyptian bondage when they cried out to Him (Exodus 2:23-25). Those who were redeemed from Egypt were required to put the blood of the Passover lamb upon their doorpost (Exodus 12:1-14). Those who put the blood of the Passover lamb upon their doorpost consisted of two groups of people. They were the physical descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and the mixed multitude (Exodus 12:37-38). The mixed multitude were not physical descendents of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob but were from native born Egyptian families and other slaves. Together, the physical descendents of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob along with the mixed multitude are called the house of Jacob (Exodus 19:3).
The mixed multitude had a Torah status of being strangers, aliens and sojourners. They were grafted into the covenant made with the physical descendents of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. The mixed multitude from the historical Egyptian redemption foreshadowed those from among the nations (Isaiah 2:3, Isaiah 11:10, Romans 15:8-13) who could become adopted into the new covenant made with the house of Israel and the house of Judah (Jeremiah 31:31, Hebrews 8:8) through the redemptive work of the Messiah. The name of the redemptive family in Messiah is also called the house of Jacob (Luke 1:33). Among the redeemed house of Jacob are those who are physical descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and those who are grafted in from among the nations. Therefore, the God of Israel has a covenant with the physical house of Jacob (descendents from Mount Sinai) (Exodus 19:3) and the redeemed house of Jacob (Luke 1:33) and their companions (Ezekiel 37:16-17).The Apostle Paul makes a distinction between the physical house of Jacob and the redeemed house of Jacob in Romans 9:1-8. The unredeemed physical house of Jacob [that's us Jews who don't buy the Yushke story] still has a plan and a purpose in the redemptive plan of the God of Israel (Romans 11:11).
I made mention of this also in another post where I emphasized that their new campaign to convert us, which was termed "Israel, Behold Your God", is basically the same thing the Erev Rav proclaimed to us when they made the Golden Calf.
You must be wondering how any of this is relevant to the calendar? Well, interestingly enough, this is the anniversary date of the Golden Calf Affair and the beginning of our long exile even though we had not yet even entered the Promised Land. This is what locked us into a future where exile could happen, where Jerusalem's walls could be breached and the city sacked and pillaged and burned along with the two Batei Mikdash!
It has also locked us into a future redemption scenario of "in it's time,"---the worst possible consequences---because from generation to generation, we do not learn the lessons of the past. For this we are fasting today, because if we had done proper teshuva, the redemption would already have come.
See an excellent in-depth treatment of Chumney over at my daughter's blog.
Danny Danon is Putting Jews in Danger
Who is Danny Danon? He is a Jew of little or no faith, who believes that our keeping parts of Eretz Yisrael depends on numbers. He sees that there are not enough Jews so he wants to open the doors of our land to xians---as many as will come and by their own claims, it will be "millions"---to help us hold the land against the Arabs and the international community. What he doesn't understand is that he is inviting in the scorpion to replace the snake.Joel Bell, missionary owner and founder of Frontline Israel:
"Danny, shalom brother! We are launching the World Likud and WEZ---World Evangelical Zionists---here in Israel. ...this is a vision that G-d put on Danny's heart to open the door to evangelical Zionists, lovers of the Jewish people, the Land and the Torah, to come and get involved, to be activists here in the Land."
See Danny's response.
HASHEM says that if we want peace in our land with no one threatening us, we must be faithful to our eternal covenant, which we do not share with the goyim of the world, even less so xian idolaters! The Tanakh is replete with examples which prove from our history that it is not dependent upon numbers, but solely upon our sincere and complete teshuva!!
Danny Danon is headed in the wrong direction! If anyone out there in the blogosphere knows him, please clue him in!!
19.7.08
LIKUD SHOCKER!
The so-called Chr*stian Zionists are joining forces with LIKUD at the invitation of World Likud chairman Danny Danon. Following are excerpts from a speech given by Joel Bell of Frontline Israel to a group of what is now being called World Evangelical Zionists.
"We have been given a full open opportunity to proclaim who we are in Yeshua [y"sh]...."
"...we serve the Jewish people in direct covenant relationship---blood covenant relationship---an oath, a commandment, a commandment that G-d has given us 2,000 years ago when He added Gentiles into the Commonwealth of Israel and grafted us in...."
"...I want to open up a road that allows you to participate in a Jewish land. ...When the Jew invites you into his house and gives you platform authority to represent him, now the Kingdom of G-d can be established and only then."
"You have been honored, you have been chosen, you have been predestined, you have been set aside, you are living stones building up a spiritual house, but understand that until you join yourself to a physical manifestation of the House of G-d in the Land of Israel and start building Zion like you've built America, Africa, Asia and every other continent in the world...."
"...all creation is waiting for the manifestation, for you to take your rightful position in the midst of Jacob, not in exile."
Regarding the stated goal of preparing a "highway for Jews and Lovers of Zion":
"...[it is for] all those who have been grafted into the Commonwealth of Israel to return home."
Regarding the stated goal of buying land in Israel:
"Buy land in Israel! ...This is your inheritance! You have the right to own a home as an international citizen within the Land of Israel. If we were to build in a Jewish community...."
SEE VIDEO
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