Like Locking the Front Door and Leaving All the Windows Open

26 Sivan 5786 

This is all well and good as far as it goes, but what about the rest of it???

Blow To IDF: 12 Hesder Roshei Yeshivos Forbid Talmidim From Serving In Tank Units

Twelve leading Roshei Yeshivos of Hesder issued a joint statement on Tuesday declaring that they are forbidding their talmidim from enlisting in the IDF’s Armored Corps in the next draft cycle.

The move comes in response to the IDF’s decision to advance a pilot program integrating female soldiers into tank units. The program, expected to begin with the November draft, was advanced following the High Court ruling requiring the IDF to integrate female soldiers into tank units this year.

In a letter sent to the IDF, the Rabbanim wrote: “We, the undersigned, Roshei Yeshivos Hesder, whose students are serving on the front lines of the war, view the High Court’s decision requiring the IDF to integrate female soldiers into tank units with great severity.”

“We are pained by the weak response of the government and the IDF, which expressed no opposition to this move. As Roshei Yeshivos, we are fully aware of the weight of the responsibility placed upon our shoulders. The IDF is the army of Am Yisrael, and the kedushah of the military camp is the foundation of the IDF’s spirit and its success in defeating the enemy. Integrating female soldiers into tank crews alongside male soldiers has both spiritual and operational consequences that harm combat effectiveness.”

“After careful and extensive deliberation, we have concluded that service in the Armored Corps is prohibited according to halacha, and therefore we will not send our students to serve in the Armored Corps beginning with the next draft cycle,” they wrote.

Why, after nearly 30 years, have they not addressed the issue of missionary intrusion into IDF bases? For that matter, what of the IDF's active recruitment of gay men and women? How is that different from mixing men and women? And not the least of which is the issue of ensuring army food is kosher. Throughout its history this has not been a priority for the upper echelons who despise our Torah.  What you will see below is going on 24/7, 365 days a year for years and years and years...

How Can This Be Kosher?

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This is the other war (aside from the military one) which I don't think that most of our people even understand is being waged against us - the War on the Torah and Jewish Identity.  If you care at all, you can't keep choosing the same "leaders" who not only are letting it go on, but who are themselves actively promoting it!!!

HASHEM YERACHEM ALEYNU!!!!!

The Truth Hurts

25 Sivan 5786 

Because so few of our people will accept it, we all suffer needlessly as a result!

(Source)

Hashem, ad matai???!!!

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While the United States is dropping live ammunition on military sites in Iran, it love bombs Jerusalem, simultaneously injecting its poisonous culture into her kedushah.  

Every bit as bad as a Pride Parade!!

The Limits of "Independence"

24 Sivan 5786 

All of our suffering, whether it is fear of leaving the Diaspora or fear of losing American support, it all comes down to one single element...

Lack of faith and trust in HaKadosh Baruch Hu!!!

This is a spiritual sickness that has plagued us for our entire existence.  Was it not at the root of the failure of the ten meraglim?  How will it ever end?

Israel Is Discovering the Limits of Its Independence

...If Israel cannot stop Iran without America, and if even when it tries to act it is restrained by America, then Israel is trapped. On the one hand, it is discovering that it has no one to rely on but itself. On the other hand, it is not behaving like a country that truly relies on itself. 

TRUMP SAYS HE WARNED NETANYAHU: “You Might Soon Be Left Alone Against Iran”

Israel is not alone!  Israel has a patron and protector at the highest level - the Master of the entire universe!!  If only she would believe it and begin to act as if this were her true reality. 

Israel must start behaving like a country that truly relies on HKB"H!!!  Only then will we see the victory we so desperately want and need.  Only then will we be able to fulfill the mission we were sent to this world to accomplish.

With Thanks to Shirat Devorah...

23 Sivan 5786

From the author of the Shirat Devorah blog...

"23 Sivan Foretold" - You have to see it!!

Devorah shared further in her comments...

In a famous discourse, the Rebbe explained that 23 Sivan is an auspicious day. Drawing from the Purim story, when the scribes were called to write Mordecai’s decree allowing Jews to defend themselves, the Rebbe taught that every Jew holds the power to ask Hashem for any request and have it granted.The Rebbe elaborated on this date during a farbrengen on 23 Sivan 5743 (1983) and in subsequent talks, highlighting the following spiritual lessons:The Eternal Decree: The Rebbe taught that whatever was accomplished on 23 Sivan in the Megillah—turning darkness into light and nullifying the decree of annihilation—repeats itself every single year on this exact Hebrew date.You Can Ask For Anything: The Rebbe described 23 Sivan as a day when Hashem Himself acts as the King who allows His scribes to write whatever we command. He explained that every Jew is like Mordecai on this day, possessing the spiritual leverage to request all necessary blessings and have them granted by Heaven.

Turning Darkness into Light: The Rebbe emphasized that even while in exile (galus) and in times of darkness, Jews have the ultimate power to accomplish their will and shape their own destiny through prayer.

~ Chazak v'Ematz - Ayn Od Milevado ~ 

HEADS UP!! You Never Know When It's Gonna Be For Real!

23 Sivan 5786 

(Scroll of Esther, Chapter 8, Verse 9) * * *

23:30 UPDATE:  "Each of them had their fun. Israel had its strike and Iran had its strike. We don't need another one" -Trump

Word is that Israel intends to retaliate, that Trump told them if they held off with a pre-emptive strike, they would be justified in retaliating.  Now, however, Trump is quoted as saying he did not approve the hit on Beirut and is very unhappy with Netanyahu (YET AGAIN!) and that Israel has no permission to escalate.  Israel is saying Iran will be made to pay and Iran is coming back with, well, we'll just hit you harder in that case.  Hezbollah joined in with Iran with shots toward Kiryat Shemonah.

It's spiraling right now.  Looks like it will be a long night.  I don't plan to update further.  Keep checking the news or follow Lookner's commentary.    

23:00 UPDATE:  

22:05 UPDATE:  Sirens sounding across northern Israel due to launches from Iran

NEW THREAT!! Assimilation and Integration of the IDF

22 Sivan 5786 

Before reading the following, know this...  

In my view, our current situation is analagous to when Paro stopped giving us the straw to make the bricks.  Instead of proceeding on toward the final redemption, it looks like things are only getting worse.  The whole of creation is waiting for the geulah shleimah and we are on the verge of annihilation - physically and spiritually.  Therefore, Hashem will surely rescue us before their evil plans can succeed.

I'm publicizing this to indicate how close we are to the downfall of Edom.

The "no-daylight-between-them" Hug from America is turning into a death grip...

What Is "Section 224"

Section 224, included in the House Armed Services Committee’s chairman’s mark of the FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act, would establish the United States–Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative. The provision directs the Secretary of Defense to designate an executive agent responsible for synchronizing and accelerating bilateral cooperation between the U.S. and Israel across defense technology research, development, testing, evaluation, and industrial integration. Specified domains include counter-unmanned aerial systems, missile and air defense, subterranean and anti-tunneling technologies, artificial intelligence and autonomous systems, directed energy, advanced sensing, cyber and electronic warfare, and certain medical and biotechnology defenses. Supporters describe it as a coordination mechanism that formalizes and builds on existing programs and emphasize that it is investment rather than aid; critics frame it as a statutory architecture for deep, durable fusion of two militaries’ technology and industrial ecosystems—one specifically designed to be difficult to reverse.   (Google)

US Congress Seeks to Integrate US-Israel Militaries; Section 224 Proposed In US Defence Bill | WION

It's being framed in most reports as a threat to the US, but the opposite is the actual truth. It's another dangerous move towards bringing Israel under complete American domination so as to end it as a Jewish State separate from the nations. 

The IDF is already more than a home-grown defense force as it is more and more being sent abroad for service to American interests.

Outside of its borders, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are documented or reported to have active, overt, or covert deployments in Lebanon, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Somaliland, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Edom is already under judgment as the violent weather [start@1:09 - 3:00] continues to worsen and spread everywhere.  We will shortly (15-16 June) be moving into the month of Tammuz, traditionally a time of strength for Edom, but their downfall looms:  The fast of Tammuz comes two days before the 4th of July (on Shabbat).  (Google)

It should become a day of joy for us this very year!!

PS:  When Edom falls, it takes the Erev Rav regime with it!!

When Will It Be Enough? What Does It Take?

20 Sivan 5786

Erev Shabbat Kodesh

Parashat Sh'lach Lecha

Here we are again, coming round to the parashah that details the great sin for which Am Yisrael continues to do teshuvah, the one that brought grief to every Tisha b'Av for over 3300 years so far.

We have to face it.  It's not finished yet.  Let's review the Stone Edition Chumash Commentary...

The Spies' Report

When the spies came back after their extensive forty-day tour of the Land, they should have reported to Moses, who had sent them; instead they made their comments in a loud public declaration. In view of the account in Deuteronomy that the entire people demanded raucously of Moses that he send a spying expedition, it is understandable why the report was made in such a public manner: The people had demanded the mission and they felt entitled to hear the results.

On the surface, the spies did nothing wrong in describing what they had seen. They had been sent to make their own observations and they could not be faulted for reporting the truth as they saw it. Indeed, at this point in their report one sees nothing that should have caused their brethren to despair - yet the result was such a vociferous outcry against God and Moses, that Caleb had difficulty in having his defense of Moses accepted.

Ramban comments that the key word in their report that revealed them to be lacking in faith was the word "but" (ch. 13, v. 28).  In a purely factual report, there was no need for such a qualifier; they should have continued to state the facts. By using a word that implied a contradiction to the optimism of their first two sentences, they were, in effect, telling the nation that no matter how rich and blessed the Land was, it was beyond their reach. The inhabitants were too strong and their cities too impregnable. Ordinary human beings could not do battle with giants. Thus the spies were advising the nation not to even attempt an assault on Canaan. Then, compounding the frightening effect of their comments, they mentioned the dreaded Amalekites and the equally powerful nations that would never surrender their land easily. The very mention of Amalek was treacherous and was calculated to incite the people against Moses, because the land of Amalek was not even part of Eretz Yisrael, and the Amalekites would not have been a threat to a nation that was not crossing its borders.

We Cannot Ascend

Now, the spies said explicitly what they had only suggested before. Earlier, after the assembled people had gone back to their tents unsure whom to believe, the spies spread out among the people and spread malicious lies about the Land (v. 32), something they had not dared to do in the presence of Moses and Aaron, Caleb and Joshua. They claimed that the nature of the Land and its produce is such that it can be tolerated only by unusually huge and robust people; but ordinary people like the Israelites would not survive there (Ramban).

National Hysteria

The meraglim/spies had done their work well. The entire nation, even members of the Sanhedrin, the High Court, became convinced that the advance to Eretz Yisrael was doomed and that Moses had misled them by taking them out of Egypt. So convinced were they that they would be doomed if they ventured into Eretz Yisrael, that they wanted to replace Moses with a leader (ch. 14, v. 4) who would guide them back to the land of their enslavement. The Sages teach that this "leader" would have been an idol (Sanhedrin 107a), a telling indication that the sin of the spies involved a lack of faith in God.

The tragedy of their delusion had far-reaching consequences, for when the people wept that night, God declared, "They indulged in weeping without a cause; I will establish [this night] for them [as a time of] weeping throughout the generations." That night was Tisha b'Av [the Ninth of Av], the date when both Temples were destroyed and many other tragedies took place throughout Jewish history (Rashi to Psalms 106:27).

The Basis for the Spies' Error

The question remains how the spies - great men and leaders of the nation - could have sinned so grievously, especially when two of their number were telling the truth.

The Jewish people were about to enter a new type of existence. In the Wilderness they had been surrounded by miracles. Their food, their protection, the freshness of their clothing - everything had been miraculous. Upon their imminent entry into the Land, all of this would change. They would be required to live "natural" lives, to subsist through plowing, planting, commerce - and their new mission would be to live this way without ever forgetting that it is God's blessing, not the sweat of their brows, that assures success. Furthermore, the spies understood that Israel would have to conquer the Land through natural means. They erred in thinking that they would have to be strong enough to conquer and thrive in the Land without any help from God and concluded that they surely would be helpless against a race of giants, impregnable cities, and living conditions suited only to very hardy people.

The spies should have risen above these "logical" considerations and understood, as Caleb did, that if God wanted them to succeed, they would. It was because such doubts existed among the people that God chose such great men for the mission. If anyone, they would have the capacity to see the truth through the mists of mistaken logic. But the nation's lack of faith - as evidenced by their raucous insistence on sending the spies - had an effect on the spies themselves, resulting in the historic disaster (based on Maharal and Chiddushei HaRim).

Someday.  Someday soon, I hope.  We will have done enough to rectify it for all time. 

~ SHABBAT SHALOM ~

American Jews Lavish Praise and Honor on Our Worst Enemies

 19 Sivan 5786

Amb. Huckabee honored at Yeshiva University, delivers commencement speech to grads

US Ambassador Mike Huckabee delivered the commencement address at New York’s Yeshiva University on Thursday, where he was awarded the Presidential Medallion.

President Ari Berman opened the ceremony and invited Huckabee to the stage. Berman presented the US ambassador with the Presidential Medallion, the university’s highest honor for global leadership.

In his own address, Berman praised Huckabee for his dedication to the Jewish people and the State of Israel.

This is a man who has spent his entire life selling the idolatrous Gee-Zeus lie to the world and who lends his name and reputation to the most anti-Jewish missionary organization - One For Israel.

Ambassador Mike Huckabee Endorses Missionaries

In recent days he has both laid claim to Jewish heritage and expressed the opinion that Jews should be grateful to Chr*stians.

The Most Despicable Man in Israel

(Source:  "Exclusive Interview with Ambassador Mike Huckabee")

I'm sure there is even worse out there.  I don't follow him online so all I see is what people send to me and I don't get that much.  In my opinion, even without all of this, the spreading of the blood libel regarding the church that didn't burn, would have been enough to disqualify him as a "friend."

The real problem is that American Jews, even fully observant ones, have become so culturally assimilated that there is not that much difference between them and their Chr*stian "brothers".