It's All Good!!

 24 Tammuz 5786 

The last time Iran fired missiles directly at Israel was on June 7, 2026. The barrage targeted northern Israel around 10:00 PM local time, but the missiles were intercepted by Israeli defenses with no immediate reports of casualties.

This strike occurred during a broader regional escalation following an Israeli operation in Beirut and came roughly two months after an April 2026 ceasefire paused a joint U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran.   (Gemini)

That day was the 23rd of Sivan...

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.

Now, I've lost count of how many times the 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump, has proclaimed over and over that the Iranian regime has been a rogue nation for 47 years.

President Trump has taken a highly aggressive stance, declaring that Iran's leaders act like "scum" and that the country has been nothing but "trouble" and deception for exactly 47 years, dating back to the 1979 Islamic Revolution.  (Gemini)

Forty-seven (47) is the gematria of bitul (nullify) and of ki tov (for it is good).  Together with the words of Baba Baruch, it reminds me of the Midrash about the End of Days conflict between Edom and Paras...

...Israel will shake and panic and ask: " 'Where will we go?'  And (God) will say to them, ‘My children, do not fear, because everything I did, I did for you. Why are you afraid? Don’t be afraid. The time has come for your redemption’.”

And if that is not enough, here is another sign that the Erev Rav regime is finished and will give way to the rule of Mashiach...

Eisenkot's Yashar edges out Netanyahu's Likud for first time in new Channel 13 poll    The results are the first in which Likud fell below Eisenkot's Yashar, following weeks of a tie between the two parties.

Netanyahu's days as Prime Minister are numbered.  

Eisonkot says:  “I am a Ben-Gurionist,” he said. “Unlike some of my colleagues, I will not say ‘zero exemptions.’ During the War of Independence, Ben-Gurion insisted that 400 yeshiva students continue learning despite the existential war.”

The winds of geulah blowing across the globe are too strong to allow a backward step like this to materialize.  Full steam ahead ...

~ Ki Tov!!! ~

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Regarding the picture of the double-rainbow accompanied by lightning over the Statue of LIberty, the Gentiles are missing the message because they view the rainbow as a positive sign - a sign of blessing - as attested to by the comments accompanying this picture of the event.

It is also clear that the frightening lightning bolt - imagery which universally connotes Divine anger - has conveniently been edited out.  This is typical.  By them, unconvenient truths are mostly ignored or wished away.

For the Jews, however, whose very foundation and eternal mission are established on the ultimate and unadulterated Torah Truth, there is no ambiguity or lack of clarity on these points.

In Jewish sources, the symbolism of the rainbow is complex and explicitly both positive and negative simultaneously. While it visually stands as a beautiful reminder of divine mercy and peace, it contextually serves as a spiritual warning sign that humanity is misbehaving.

The primary Jewish texts break down this duality through several distinct layers:

The Negative Aspect: A Sign of Guilt and Judgment

A Reminder of Deserved Destruction:  According to the Torah text ..., the rainbow appears when the world has sinned enough to justify destruction. Its presence indicates that an "accusation" is pending against humanity in heaven.

The "Bad News" Law: Because it is an indicator of collective guilt, traditional Jewish law listed in the Mishna Berurah states that if you see a rainbow, you should not tell others. Sharing the news is viewed as spreading a bad report or a spiritual warning.

The Righteous Generations: The Midrash teaches that during the lifespans of exceptionally holy individuals—such as the great mystic Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai—a rainbow never appeared. Their merit alone protected the world, meaning the cloud never required the rainbow's secondary defensive covenant.

The Positive Aspect: A Weapon Inverted for Peace

The Inverted War Bow: In biblical Hebrew, the word for rainbow (Keshet) is the exact same word used for a soldier’s war bow. The 13th-century commentator Nachmanides (Ramban) pointed out that the rainbow is aimed away from the Earth. By pointing the firing arc upward toward heaven, God symbolizes that His "arrows" of wrath are drawn back and He is choosing peace.

Divine Faithfulness and Grace: It serves as the physical proof of the Noahic Covenant. It proves that no matter how severely humanity falters, God promises to never wipe out life via a global flood again.

Harmonious Diversity: Chassidic philosophy observes that a rainbow requires both sunlight (fire) and rain (water) to exist. This blending of opposing elements symbolizes unity, harmony, and peace out of diverse forces.

The Mystical Aspect: The Light of Redemption

In Jewish mysticism, the Zohar flips the rainbow into a deeply positive, messianic symbol:

The Garment of Glory: Kabbalistic texts associate the rainbow with the Shechinah (the indwelling Divine Presence). The multi-colored bands mirror the lower spiritual emanations (Sefirot) reflecting divine light into our physical world.

A Harbinger of the Messiah: The Zohar explicitly states that a uniquely brilliant, radiant rainbow will paint the sky just before the arrival of the Messiah (Moshiach). It represents the final spiritual refinement and purification of the universe.        (Source:  Gemini via Chabad.org and Aish.com)

Of all the famous landmarks representing America, it is the Statue of Liberty - an Ashtoreth image - which appears to be the focus point.  "Lady Liberty" she is called.  She stands for freedom.  In America today, that means freedom from all constraints, primarily freedom to satisfy any lust or craving.

The forces of nature (See Tehillim 29) have been marshaled to declare the Creator's displeasure, but does it cause them to look to the Source and ask why? what does it mean? how are we to understand this?  No. They feel no need to ask and there is no remorse because they feel no guilt.  They are so righteous in their own eyes, all they can imagine is the fulfillment of all their dreams.

The Coming of Mashiach will be a dark day for Edom...

(Ovadia 1.18)  "And the house of Jacob shall be fire and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau shall become stubble, and they shall ignite them and consume them, and the house of Esau shall have no survivors, for the Lord has spoken."

Rashi asks, from where has "the Lord spoken"?  And he cites Bamidbar 24.19:  "A ruler shall come out of Jacob, and destroy the remnant of the city."  (Bila'am's Prophecy about Kochav Ya'akov)

Rashi explains:  "...this is the most prominent [city] of Edom, that is, Rome.  He says this regarding the King Messiah, of whom it says, 'and may he reign from sea to sea,' (Ps. 72:8),“ and the house of Esau shall have no survivors” (Obad. 1:18). - [Mid. Aggadah]

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Erev Shabbat Kodesh
Parashat Pinchas

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[Excerpted from "Parashat Pinchas: Peace Through Vengeance" by Rabbi Meir Kahane as compiled by Tzipora Liron-Pinner.]

...Since G-d leaves it to good men to further the cause of goodness, after Pinchas took G-d's revenge against Zimri ben Salu and Kozbi bat Tzur, Moses appointed Pinchas leader when he sent G-d's hosts to take His revenge against the Midianites (Num. 31:6): 

“Moses sent forth the thousand men from each tribe as an army, along with Pinchas son of Elazar the Kohen.”  

Who won the “covenant of peace”, the everlasting reward of peace, if not Pinchas?  Pinchas acted zealously on G-d's behalf, taking G-d's revenge, and becoming the first “mashuach milchama”, or Kohen anointed to lead the nation in war (Deut. 20:2-4). 

Yet G-d said (Num. 25:12), “Tell him that I have given him My covenant of peace”.  Here we have a reward well-suited to the deed.  Precisely he who gives up his peace and tranquility, devoting himself to G-d's battle and to taking G-d's revenge, merits everlasting peace.  And precisely he who rebels against G-d, treating His command to fight and root out evil and evildoers with contempt, will never have peace, for there is no peace for the wicked, those who cast off their yoke.

Today, people have risen up to destroy us who are smitten with the alien [Western secular] culture.  Tragically, these include even Torah scholars and learned Jews who have pronounced that, halachically speaking, there is no state of war between us and the Arabs in our land, hence we are forbidden to treat them as enemies.  They have gone so far as to rule that if an Arab tries to attack or even to kill a Jew with a stone or weapon and flees, one may not kill him, but may only catch him and deliver him to the authorities, our impoverished regime which is better off ceasing to exist.  If someone renders a halachic ruling that there is no state of war between us and the Arabs in our midst, that we are obligated to treat them with mercy, and that it is forbidden to kill one of them even after he tries to attack and kill a Jew, that person is nothing but a “rodef” [one who attacks with the intent to kill], who collaborates with the gentiles in the killing of Jews.

[As Rav Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane puts it in his commentary on Parashat Pinchas]:  Pinchas' act of killing Zimri and afterwards meriting the peace covenant teaches us that the Torah's way of bringing peace is by making the world a better place.  The first step towards this goal is the uprooting of evil and evil-doers from the world.  “Depart from evil” (Ps. 34:15) – this is the first step in making the world a better place.  On the other hand, making peace with evil, or even worse, giving in to it, is the very opposite step that one can take if he wants to arrive at peace.  Peace is not the mixing of good and evil and the attempt to create a co-existence between them, as we have been trained to think!  The very opposite. There is no co-existence between good and evil, nor is there partnership between good people and evil people!  The Master of the Universe demands of the righteous that they burn out the evil from the world - “and you shall burn out the evil from thy midst”, the Torah commands us in so many places, for only in such a way will peace reign in the world.

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Since we have now entered the period of the Three Weeks between 17 Tammuz and 9 Av, the regular haftarah of Pinchas is replaced with the one from Parashat Mattot -- the first of the "three haftarot of affliction."

It comes from Jeremiah 1:1 - 2:3 and includes this chilling warning... 

"I hasten My word to accomplish it.  ...From the North shall the evil loose itself upon all the inhabitants of the Land."

~ SHABBAT SHALOM ~

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17 Tammuz 5786
The Fast of Shiva Asar b'Tammuz 

Moetzet Chachmei HaTorah Calls for Reciting Avinu Malkeinu Throughout Bein HaMetzarim

The Moetzet Chachmei HaTorah of Shas has issued a special public proclamation calling on Jews to add the tefillah of Avinu Malkeinu to both Shacharis and Minchah throughout Bein HaMetzarim, citing what it describes as growing persecution of Torah scholars and disrespect for the Torah world.

In their letter, the members of the Moetzet write that recent weeks have seen “harsh decrees” directed against those who devote themselves to Torah study. Quoting the words of Eichah, they lament that “The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, have come to be regarded as earthen vessels, the work of a potter’s hands.”

The rabbonim recalled a similar directive issued years ago by Maran Rav Ovadia Yosef zt”l after the Israeli Supreme Court struck down the Tal Law. They wrote that “It has happened before, when bnei Torah were persecuted and efforts were made to restrict them,” and noted that at the time Rav Ovadia “cried out with a great and bitter cry.”

The proclamation states that Rav Ovadia had instructed that during periods of hardship for the Jewish people—and especially during Bein HaMetzarim—Avinu Malkeinu should be added to both Shacharis and Minchah.

The members of the Moetzet now call upon the public to follow that directive once again. “Just as then, so too now, we call upon each and every individual to fulfill his holy words by adding the prayer of Avinu Malkeinu during these days of Bein HaMetzarim, beseeching our Father in Heaven to remove from us all harsh and evil decrees.”

The proclamation also designates the upcoming fast of the Seventeenth of Tammuz as a special day of tefillah and supplication on behalf of Klal Yisroel and the Torah world. The Moetzet urged communities to gather during Minchah on the fast day for public assemblies of prayer, calling for “great and bitter outcries over the humiliation of the Torah and the persecution of those who study it.”

The letter concludes with a heartfelt blessing from the members of the Moetzet Chachmei HaTorah: “May it be Hashem’s will that these days be transformed for the House of Israel into days of joy and gladness, and may we soon merit the complete redemption in the merit of the holy Torah and those who study it.”

(Courtesy of Matzav.com)