There Is Hope For Our Future

9 Marcheshvan 5786
Erev Shabbat Kodesh
Parashat Lech Lecha 

THE HOPE

Stone Edition Chumash: Commentary on Lech Lecha...

This Sidrah begins a new birth of mankind: the story of Abraham and his descendants.  The first two thousand years from Creation were the Era of Desolation.  Adam had fallen, Abel had been murdered, idolatry had been introduced to the world, ten dismal generations had been washed away by the Deluge, and the ten generations from Noah had failed [see Avos 5:2]. 

Abraham was born in the year 1948 from Creation.  In the year 2000 - four years after the Dispersion and six years before the death of Noah - he started to influence disciples to serve Hashem.  With the emergence of Abraham, the Era of Desolation had come to an end and the Era of Torah had begun (Avodah Zarah 9a).

With Abraham there began a profound change in the spiritual nature of mankind.  The plan of Creation was for all human beings to have an equal share in fulfilling the Divine mission and for the Torah to be given to all mankind.  But after twenty generations of failure, the privilege of being God's Chosen People was earned by Abraham and his offspring.  They would receive the Torah and they would be in the vanguard of perfecting the world and bringing all people to accept the sovereignty of the One God [See Avos, ibid.; Derech Hashem].

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THE REALITY

American troops in fatigues move between shawarma stands and gym shoe stores — a new presence in the southern industrial city and part of a multinational civil-military coordination center set up to monitor the Gaza ceasefire. The center, housed in a converted logistics building about 15 miles from the Gaza border, opened last week with roughly 200 American personnel as well as smaller contingents from at least eight other countries.

By the weekend, the sight of Americans in uniform had become routine. “Big guys, all in perfect formation,” one shopkeeper at the BIG mall told the Walla news site, “like they came out of a Hollywood movie.”

Cafes, restaurants, and food delivery services have been “working around the clock” to accommodate the city’s new foreign guests. On social media, commenters called the deployment “a new world order,” noting that Kiryat Gat was trending for the first time in years....

...Channel 12’s current-affairs program, host Avri Gilad asked...if there had been “any new love interests,” echoing online chatter about whether romances might bloom between US soldiers and local women,....

The BIG shopping complex where the American soldiers have been spotted is in Carmei Gat, a neighborhood whose rapid growth prompted one mainstream Israeli newspaper to dub Kiryat Gat as the new capital of the Negev, overtaking Beersheba as the region’s commercial hub. A new housing agreement set to be signed later this week in the presence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will add 21,000 apartments in Carmei Gat, doubling Kiryat Gat’s size* and making it one of the 10 largest cities in Israel.

The neighborhood is also home to evacuees from Nir Oz, the Gaza envelope kibbutz that was relocated there after being attacked on October 7. One convenience store owner, Shai Avisror, himself displaced from Kibbutz Zikim, said anyone arriving in uniform gets a free coffee or cold drink.

“Soldiers are the holy of holies,” he told one reporter, though it’s unclear if the same rule applies to the Americans.

...Much of the commentary reflected a broader unease over who is now directing events in Gaza. One user warned that “the Americans are only the beginning,” predicting “an airlift of Turkish and Indonesian soldiers soon and God knows who else they’ve sold us to.” Referring to Netanyahu as “Trump’s prime minister,”.... (Source)

 * [See from August 2022 - Carmei Gat, Israel - The New Affordable ANGLO Community!]

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...The appointee, venture capitalist Michael Eisenberg, was expected to represent Netanyahu at the CMCC, which oversees implementation of the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip. Eisenberg, a leading figure in Israel’s tech and investment sectors, helped initiate the Gaza Humanitarian Fund (GHF) and is known for his ties across the region, including with U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

Netanyahu personally approved the appointment earlier this month. But during a visit to the CMCC on Wednesday, the prime minister appeared without Eisenberg. Sources familiar with the matter told Israeli media that “Eisenberg has been cut off from work with the Prime Minister’s Office,” adding that the move stems from political tensions.

A respected figure in right-wing circles, Eisenberg has also advocated for integrating ultra-Orthodox Jews into Israel’s workforce and for drafting yeshiva students — positions that have drawn attention amid the ongoing coalition crisis over the military draft exemption law.

“Right now, the appointment is effectively frozen, and they’re waiting for an official decision from Netanyahu,” one source said.  (Source)

Of course Netanyahu would follow the American penchant for hiring businessmen in place of the electorate voting for vetted candidates interested in serving the public rather than lining their pockets and watching for the next big deal!!!!

[UPDATE:  Here Is the Real Reason It Fell Through]

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THE PROMISE

...Those whose hope is in Hashem will renew their strength, they will grow wings like eagles; they will run and not grow tired, they shall walk and not grow weary.

But you, Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham who loved Me, Whom I grasped from the ends of the earth, I have summoned you from its leaders, and I have said to you, "You are My servant"; I have chosen you and did not despise you.

Do not fear for I am with you; be not discouraged for I am your God: I have strengthened you, even helped you, even supported you with My righteous right hand.

Behold all who are angry with you shall be shamed and humiliated; those who quarreled with you shall be like nothing and shall perish.  You shall seek them but not find them, the men who struggle with you; those who war with you shall be like utter nothingness.

For I, Hashem your God, grasp your right hand; the One Who says to you, "Fear not, for I help you."  

Fear not, O worm-weak Jacob, o people of Israel; for I shall be your help - the words of  - and your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.   (Haftarah Lech Lecha)

~ SHABBAT SHALOM ~ 

The Final Word on Conscription of Chareidim

9 Marcheshvan 5786

As far as I am concerned, this is the final word on the subject for me.  Nothing could sound more messianic than this until Mashiach is standing before us.  Not one word can be improved.

Moshe Feiglin:
"The Ultra-Orthodox Are Our Hope" 

I am so excited to have found the following!!

MORE INFO

WEBSITE: Kedushas Tzion (Since 2015)
    (Holiness of Zion)

The holiness of Zion is a home for all those who fear God,
who seek Zion in purity, who wish to work to return the Shekhinah to Zion. 

Yosef Shalom Rabin speaks about his Haredi organization, Kedushas Tzion, that is actively promoting living a complete Torah life in Eretz Yisrael today. For more information visit our website itstimetoleave.com

(From 2021: Kedushas Tzion Interview on Aliyah)

Rabbi Yehuda Epstein and Rabbi Yosef Shalom Rabin

Jews of England: the wings of history are stirring
 – It’s time to come home

What Is the Basis For the State of Israel's Failure?
(and other articles by Rabbi Yehuda Epstein)

A Different Spirit in Mitzpe Leah

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TIMELY: Rabbi David Bar-Hayim Defends
Charedi Mass Demonstration in Jerusalem

ALL UPDATES for the ATZERET TEFILLAH

8 Marcheshvan 5786

If you missed the earlier coverage of this "historic" event, check out the Frum Tik Tok account on "X"...

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With regard to those who give Avraham Avinu's rescue of Lot as an example of necessary warfare for Torah scholars, the following comes from the Stone Edition Chumash Commentary on Bereishit 14.14, very interestingly it is found in this week's parashah Lech Lecha...

"And when Abram heard that his kinsman was taken captive, he armed his disciples who had been born in his house - three hundred and eighteen - and he pursued them as far as Dan."

Abraham armed the disciples he had educated in the service of Hashem.  The Sages fault him for using Torah scholars to wage war, and maintain that this was one of the reasons his descendants were consigned to Egyptian servitude (Nedarim 32a).

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Despite the ideological differences between the Religious Zionist community and the charedim, two of the most prominent Religious Zionist rabbis are calling to support and even participate in the rally taking place Thursday in Jerusalem. Rabbi Tzvi Tau, president of the Har Hamor yeshiva and leader of the Noam faction represented by MK Avi Maoz, and Rabbi David Chai Hakohen, head of the Netivot Yisrael yeshiva in Bat Yam, both expressed their support for the charedi demands.

The rabbis identified with the theme of the rally, which is not to oppose the drafting of charedim but rather to protest the wholesale attack on the Torah world and the delegitimization of yeshiva students simply for wanting to study Torah full time. (For this reason the Jerusalem Faction declared that they will not join the rally as they oppose any form of compromise with the government over the charedi draft).

Rabbi Tau, issued a rare and powerful letter urging participation in Thursday’s mass atzeres tefillah in Yerushalayim.  [See "Messianic Moves"]

“In these days, when young men devoted to their limud haTorah are being held behind bars as though their dedication to Torah study were a crime, our hearts cry out,” Rav Tau wrote. “I call upon all to take part in tomorrow’s public tefillah on behalf of those who learn Torah.”

Quoting his rebbi, Rav Tzvi Yehuda Kook zt”l, Rav Tau stressed that the state and the army belong equally to all Jews, and harmony between yeshiva students and soldiers is essential. “Our rebbi Rav Tzvi Yehuda said repeatedly: ‘The state and the army belong to all of us. We are all avdei Hashem and members of His people. We are not two opposing sides, and coercion has no place here. Army officials cannot meddle in the inner workings of yeshivos, just as roshei yeshiva cannot dictate specific matters pertaining to the army.’”

Rav Tau continued, “Any attempt at coercion would be a disaster for the state. The young men immersed in Torah are not a burden, they are a national cultural treasure of the highest order. Their learning elevates the nation’s spirit and strengthens morale throughout our land and our army.”

Rabbi David Hai HaCohen accused the judicial system of persecuting yeshiva students and declared that despite the differences in opinions, the charedi students have the full right and obligation to heed their rabbis regarding the issue of military conscription. He called upon Religious Zionist yeshivot to hold prayers on behalf of Torah learners during the rally.

“Our brothers, all the Torah students in our institutions, the yeshivot of Religious Zionism, lovers of Torah and God-fearing Jews, we all share in the sorrow of the Torah scholars who are being persecuted by the judicial system in a harsh manner. This coercion of opinions is a grave injustice and joins the religious persecution led by haters of Israel,” the rabbi wrote.

“We are all called upon to hold prayers in our yeshivot for the well-being of the Torah students and for the restoration of their honor during the rally in Jerusalem. The honor of all Torah learners is the honor of Israel and of Heaven alike,” he added.

Later in his letter, the rabbi addressed “our brothers, the Torah students in the charedi yeshivot,” writing: “Indeed, there are differences between us in our view of the Israel Defense Forces and the self-sacrifice of those who serve to save our people and our land. Yet there is no doubt in our hearts that you have the full right and obligation to listen to your rabbis on the matter of conscription and to oppose the unjust persecution being waged against you. This ugly persecution harms the honor of the Torah and the dignity of every Jew. May it be G-d’s will that the Giver of the Torah will plant love of the Torah once again in the hearts of all our brothers, the House of Israel, and may the stature of all the righteous be elevated everywhere.”  (Source)

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In accordance with their usual tricks, the police have shut down the train service into Jerusalem, claiming it is for security reasons which is completely unfounded...

A person involved in the production of the million-strong Haredi rally for N12: If they do not cancel the decision to close the train - we will examine the possibility of splitting the prayer rally into several locations across the country, including Ayalon, Highway 6, and more. We will shut down the entire country - the Haredi public wanted an orderly rally and chaos is being imposed on them (Eli Hirshman)

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Heavy traffic was reported on roads and at train stations ahead of the ultra-Orthodox 'Million Man Rally' against military conscription, and before the closure of Highway 1 and the Yitzhak Navon station in Jerusalem. The ultra-Orthodox organization 'Emet L'Yaakov' sent a warning letter before petitioning against Israel Railways and the Ministry of Transportation, claiming discrimination in the cessation of train services: "You added 14 extra trains for Eyal Golan's performance, but during a legal protest rally in Jerusalem, the train station was completely closed." (Sivan Hilai, Shilo Freid)

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According to this source, Chabad issued a kol korei to join the Atzeret Tefillah in Jerusalem today...

(h/t "Eden")

Will the Sinat Chinam Ever End?

8 Marcheshvan 5786

How will it ever end?  Only when the Chareidi dead and wounded outnumber the Zionist dead and wounded? 

"... we’re calling on the Zionist public to join us, to stand with us and say: enough.”

[Yoav] Adomi, one of the leaders of “The Israeli Reservists - Generation of Victory,” will stand on Thursday opposite ultra-Orthodox demonstrators gathering at Jerusalem’s entrance for the “Million Man Rally” against the draft. Joining him will be other IDF reservists, wounded soldiers, and bereaved families as part of a “Show of Strength for Israel’s Security.”

We can’t allow this situation to continue,” Adomi continued, “where the ultra-Orthodox community refuses to share the duty of defending the state. This is a security, economic, and social threat. Those who serve can’t keep carrying those who don’t. If we don’t act now, Israel will collapse. The reservists saved Israel on October 7, and they’ll save it again from this disastrous law.”

...Noa Mivorach from Lod, whose husband Tomer serves as a battalion doctor in the Carmeli Brigade, will also join the protest. Tomer, an ordained rabbi who studied for years in yeshiva, has already served 330 days in reserves and is heading out for a sixth tour on Sunday.

“We’re religious,” she said. “We show that it’s possible to be observant and serve. Our participation in this war is a commandment straight from the Torah. When Abraham learns that his relative Lot was captured, he doesn’t sit and study — he gathers fighters and rescues him. That’s our reality, and that’s the real commandment today.”

Mivorach said her message to the ultra-Orthodox protesters is one of empathy, not hostility. “They need to understand that our call for them to take part in this fight isn’t born of hate, but of belonging — they’re our brothers. I’ll stand there and ask them to look me in the eyes, to see me. On Sunday, my heart will again be full of fear, my sleep will be lost, and my kids will again face the long absences of their father. Look at me and understand — this call for partnership is because we have no other choice.”

Also attending will be Sgt. First Class (res.) Yair Weigler of Moshav Bar Giora, founder of the “Religious-Zionist Reservists Forum.” He has served roughly 300 reserve days with the 188th Brigade during the war, while his partner Shira, gave birth to their daughter, Yahel, between deployments.

“Let the ultra-Orthodox and the politicians look me in the eyes after these two years,” he said. “Let them see the pain and anger I carry. Forces are already stretched thin in the West Bank, and some brigades are on their sixth rotation. This isn’t about equality — it’s about survival. We need the draft for security.”

Weigler said the forum was founded to give a voice to the religious-Zionist and right-wing base calling for a fair conscription law.  (Source)

Will the Zionist patriots ever begin to question the evil regime's mishandling of the security before the war and the long, drawn-out prosecution of this war in general, i.e. the failure to fight to win?  

▪️IN THE COMPETENCY OR LACK THEREOF DEPARTMENT - Documentation: On the morning of October 7, while Hamas murderers were slaughtering, raping, and killing women, and children – the Shin Bet staff were focusing specifically on intelligence information about "intentions for revenge" and warning against Jewish terrorism throughout the country.  (Israel Realtime)

This looking to the brother with loathing and jealousy because he is not suffering as you are (according to you) is not the solution to your suffering.  Wake up and understand how the evil forces in control of our Land are using you up and throwing you away and you are cooperating in your own misery instead of looking for a solution!!!  

If, God forbid, it suits the purposes of the evil regime to keep this war going for two more years, will you continue to complain that not enough people are suffering alongside you or will you ever wake up to making the suffering stop?

The answer is not to force yeshivah students out to the killing fields, it's to obey the Torah you claim is also yours...

(Bamidbar 33.52-56)  ...you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, destroy all their temples, destroy their molten idols, and demolish their high places.

You shall clear out the Land and settle in it, for I have given you the Land to occupy it.

...But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the Land from before you, then those whom you leave over will be as spikes in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they will harass you in the land in which you settle.

And it will be that what I had intended to do to them, I will do to you.

 Let's end the need for war for everyone. 
Request of Hashem and follow a leader who will destroy the enemy once and for all time!!!

Follow-Up Info For The Atzeret Tefillah Tomorrow (2:30 - 4:30 pm Israel Time)

8 Marcheshvan 5786 

See Klal Yisrael Only Finds Unity Around the Torah for the initial announcements with all the details.

Understand that we are up against pure evil!  If it were really about giving relief to the soldiers they would go after all those not serving (i.e. secular and Arab) or alternatively, they would be pressing for an end to the war altogether.  

You must also understand that the Americans are here to eradicate the "radicals" - anyone (Jew or Arab) who lives their lives according to any religious belief that does not accommodate their Western vision of this land and their plans for it.

Supreme Court Judge: “Make Space In Prison For All Chareidi Draft Evaders”

Israel’s Supreme Court, in an expanded panel headed by Deputy President Justice Noam Sohlberg, held a hearing on Wednesday on petitions from left-wing organizations, including the Reform Movement, demanding that the state order the immediate conscription of all bnei yeshivos—based on the Court’s prior ruling that there is currently no law regulating their status, and that the existing draft law must therefore be enforced.

The judges repeatedly pressed state representatives, asking why the IDF has not arrested thousands of bnei yeshivos who are technically considered draft dodgers, claiming that the IDF “needs more soldiers.” They were not receptive to responses by state representatives that there is no room in prison for thousands of “draft dodgers” and that the arrests of bnei yeshivos have not resulted in increased Chareidi conscription.

Justice Yael Wilner demanded that all 5,700 bnei yeshivos officially declared as “draft dodgers” be imprisoned immediately by the state, saying that “space can be made in prison for them.”

State Attorney Neta Oren told the court, “We aim to recruit soldiers, not to fill military detention facilities. We’re dealing with a large population that has not enlisted in the IDF for decades. Integrating them requires a gradual process—adapting military service to their cultural and social circumstances. The powers of the IDF and the police are limited, and comprehensive governmental coordination is needed.”

Wilner also demanded to know why only 54,000 initial draft orders were issued, rather than all 80,000. Attorney Oren replied, “It required significant resources from the military during wartime. There’s no point issuing numerous orders just for them to be quickly classified as evaders.”

At that point, two Chareidim burst into the courtroom shouting, “We will die before we enlist!” They were forcibly removed from the courtroom by security guards. A few minutes later, seven additional Chareidim burst into the room and were also forcibly removed.

The yarmulke-wearing Justice Sohlberg said that the IDF “needs these people now!” but did not address the question of how using police and IDF resources to arrest and imprison bnei yeshivos will help the army.

A representative of the yeshivas responded, “Einstein said that doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is insanity.”

MK Meir Porush reacted to the hearing: “The hearing now taking place in the Supreme Court is the peak of estrangement from Am Yisrael. After the Attorney General failed miserably in her absurd plan to arrest lomdei Torah as a lever for forced conscription, the Supreme Court judges are now wondering why more lomdei Torah aren’t being arrested.”

"We have no faith in a judge who calls for arresting lomdei Torah, and in our view, he is not worthy of his position in a state that is ruled by Jews. Tomorrow tens of thousands will gather in Jerusalem and make clear to all authorities: we will not be silent and we will not forgive when the Torah is persecuted."

(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)

“Sifrei Torah Are In Distress:” 3 Moetzos In United Call To Attend Mass Tefillah In Jerusalem

The Moatzos Gedolei and Chachmei HaTorah of Degel HaTorah, Agudas Yisrael, and Shas issued a joint call to the public to participate in the mass tefillah rally in Jerusalem on Thursday in protest of the escalating gezeiros against bnei yeshivos.

Under the title “גם היום יוושעו מפיך שוכן מרומים,” the statement says, “It is known throughout the land to the ends of the earth, the dreadful decrees that have been imposed upon those who dwell in the tents of Torah in Eretz Hakodesh—those who are oisek in the Torah HaKedoshash in the Heichelei HaTorah, the crown and glory of our nation for all generations, who sustain the world through the breath of their mouths and limmud HaTorah. And they have escalated their deeds, and in addition to the economic decrees, they have cast the precious bnei yeshivos into prison, and the Sifrei Torah are in distress.”

“At such a time, we have no refuge but Torah and tefillah to Kal Elyon. The power of Yaakov lies only in his voice—to cry out and plead to the One who dwells on high, for He is abundant in forgiveness and mercy, to have compassion for the poor and the downtrodden, to save them from all tzarah and protect them, so that they may dwell in the Beis Hashem all their days מתוך הרחבת הדעת.”

“Therefore, we call with words of chibah to the entire Am Hashem in Eretz Hakodesh: come and participate in the atzeres tefillah on Thursday, Parshas Lech Lecha, the 8th of Marcheshvan, 5786, together with tens of thousands of Amcha Beis Yisrael, at the gates of Jerusalem, our holy city—to raise our voices in supplication and prayer to the Borei Olam. It is an Eis Ratzon when the tzibur davens together, with one heart and one voice, to one Father.”

“Great is the power of the multitude, and our tefillos and pleas before Shomea Tefillah—may He listen to the cry of Yisrael, that their tefillos ascend to Shamayim, and He bring them redemption and relief from their tzara—that they be saved before the eyes of all until deliverers ascend to Tzion, and we see the salvation and redemption of Israel.

המצפים לישועה קרובה.”

(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)

The Biggest Threat to The State

7 Marcheshvan 5786

If there is anyone the "Israelis" fear more than the goyim, it's the Jews - the real Jews - the Jews with the Jewish ideas.  They are a bigger threat to the regime even than the chareidi lifestyle and a frequent target of real and sustained persecution.  Following are two separate reports of the same overnight event - one by Elisha Yered and one by Elchanan Gruner.  

אלישע ירד @ElishaYered

(Translated from Hebrew)

🛑 They simply have no limits!!! 🛑

Police forces and detectives from the Shai District arrived early in the morning at the home of Rabbi Menachem Ben Shachar in Givat Ronen, conducted an extensive search, confiscated several laptops, and arrested him on suspicion of incitement, no less!

An arrest on suspicion of incitement, while the Arabs in all the villages around us declare from every platform their intention to murder Jews, while every few minutes weapons are smuggled across the borders of Egypt and Jordan, while Hamas is rebuilding its strength—whom do the police and the Jewish Department of the Shin Bet focus on? On rabbis who dare to expose the danger and criticize the system?!

Make no mistake, this arrest is not "by mistake."

Rabbi Menachem Ben Shachar has been raising a clear and strong voice for years. You know his videos in which he warns about the enemy’s armament, encourages and uplifts the spirit of the people, and calls on the State of Israel and the IDF to wake up and win.

Instead of fighting the real enemy—they aim their arrows at those who know how to cry out the truth.

אלחנן גרונר @elchanangr

(Translated from Hebrew)

Early morning police raid in Samaria: Rabbi Ben Shahar arrested at his home

In an early morning police raid in Samaria, Rabbi Menachem Ben Shahar, a well-known and central figure in Samaria and a teacher at the Homesh Yeshiva, was arrested at his home. The suspicion: incitement against Arabs during the war.

Police and detective forces from the Judea and Samaria District conducted an early morning raid (Wednesday) on the home of Rabbi Menachem Ben Shahar in Samaria, searched his house, and arrested the rabbi.

Rabbi Menachem Ben Shahar, a well-known educator in Samaria, a teacher at the Homesh Yeshiva, a public activist, and host of the weekly podcast "Speaking on the Mountain" on the Jewish Voice [HaKol HaYehudi] website.

The forces turned the house upside down during the searches, confiscated computers, including the work computers of his wife and children, and arrested Rabbi Ben Shahar under an arrest warrant issued about two weeks ago, signed by Judge Gad Arnberg of the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court, on suspicion of "incitement to violence and racism."

In addition, another Samaria resident was arrested at his home on the same charges. Attorney Moshe Polsky from the Honenu organization is investigating the circumstances of the arrest and assisting the rabbi and the other detainee.

The Honenu organization condemned the arrest: "Murder, terror, and Arab incitement are rampant, yet the Israel Police choose to arrest a well-known rabbi without summoning him for questioning, and all this in an early morning raid on his home. It seems that someone in the police is acting against the policy of the political echelon in charge."

Who is Rabbi Menachem Ben Shahar?

He is described as "a far-right activist and prominent figure in the settler movement."  He lives with his family in Givat Ronen in the Shomron and teaches at the Chomesh Yeshivah.

His arrest this morning has been covered extensively in the Hebrew press.  There is even video of it...

Some of the rabbi's opinions can be viewed here (translation required).

Klal Yisrael Only Finds Unity Around the Torah

7 Marcheshvan 5786

Over a few blog posts recently, I have expressed my personal support for actions taken to fight the forced conscription of Torah learners. In short, I believe with all my heart that...

• This group is as critical to our protection and security as the armed services.
  
• Learning hours upon hours every day takes great devotion and dedication and is not something you do to "dodge the draft."  
  
• This group is being targeted for one reason only - mass assimilation into the common culture.  The ultimate goal is the eradication of chareidi Jewry in this secularized state.
  
• Anyone who supports the State in this matter, yet does not accept applying the same standard (and epithets) to the Israeli Arabs is just wicked. 

On Thursday, 8 Marcheshvan, beginning at 2:30 pm...

Police Give Final Approval for Massive Protest in Yerushalayim Over Targeting of “Draft-Evading” Yeshivah Bochurim

The event, which organizers are calling a “million-man march,” is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of participants from across the country.

Sources told B’Chadrei Chareidim that the final police authorization came following an additional meeting between representatives of the organizing committee and the Jerusalem District Police.

Preparations for the protest include the closure of major routes, from the entrance to Yerushalayim, along Sarei Yisrael and Bar-Ilan, continuing through Kikar Maran, with police bracing for massive crowds expected to fill the area.

According to organizers, the demonstration will be held without a formal stage or sound trucks, in keeping with the tone of tefillah and hisorerus that rabbanim have called for.

Gedolei Yisrael from the Litvish, Chassidish, and Sephardic communities are expected to take part, with tefillos to be recited from a central balcony that will serve as the symbolic focal point of the gathering.

The protest comes amid growing outrage over the government’s continued enforcement of the draft decree and what chareidim say are escalating efforts to criminalize limud hatorah in Eretz Yisrael.

(YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

HaRav Landau Instructs Ahead Of “Million-Man Rally: “Do Not Be Drawn Into Any Clashes With The Authorities”

A day after the police officially approved the holding of the “Million-Man Rally” against the arrests and imprisonment of bnei yeshivos, HaGaon HaRav Dov Landau published a detailed letter of instructions ahead of the event.

In the letter, the Rosh Yeshivah instructed participants not to be drawn into any confrontations with the police and other authorities.

The letter states: “Avreichim, bnei yeshivos, and working men from all over the country are called to participate in the Atzeres Tefillah that has been scheduled for Thursday, at the gates of the city of Jerusalem, due to the escalating persecution of lomdei Torah.”

“Yeshivos ketanos (for younger bochurim) will participate only in an organized manner, under the supervision of the yeshivos as much as possible. Melamdim must remain at their regular positions.

“Children from across the country, aged eight and over, may participate only with the close accompaniment of their parents and under their responsibility.

“It is imperative to exercise the utmost caution and to fulfill the obligation of ‘ונשמרתם מאד לנפשותיכם.’ Roshei Yeshivos and educators must warn their students not to be drawn into any clashes with the authorities or others. They should only participate in the tefilla and be mekadeish Shem Shamyaim in their arrival and departure.

“Women and girls from across the country should not attend the rally. During the event, they should recite Pirki Tehillim in their homes. High school students from all over the country, including Jerusalem, will gather in their schools during the rally and daven together with the masses of Beis Yisrael.

“Married women who live in Jerusalem and are interested in participating in the rally may gather in a separate distant area designated in advance for this purpose in order to maintain the standards of tznius.”

(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)

If everyone follows the orders of the Gedolim and makes this a kiddush Hashem, it could become the unifying event that brings Mashiach Tzidkeinu!!! 

Israel Police preparations for the rally expected to take place on Thursday, October 30, in Jerusalem:

Changes in traffic arrangements:

▪ Starting at 12:00 until the end of the rally, Highway 1 will be closed to private vehicle traffic in both directions, from the Latrun area to Ginot Sakharov, including the entrance to the city via Highway 16 and the Shaar Hagai area.

▪ Entry into Jerusalem via Highway 1 will only be permitted for pre-arranged buses that will be directed to passenger drop-off areas, according to police instructions, via the Givat Shaul/Ginnot Sakharov intersection.

▪ Exiting the city will be possible via the Arazim Tunnel and Highway 16 and Highway 443.

▪ Highway 443 will remain open to private vehicle traffic.

▪Public transportation traffic in the direction of leaving the city will be carried out exclusively through the Arazim terminal until 3 p.m.

▪ Within the city of Jerusalem, the city entrance area, the city entrance envelope, and the city center will be blocked to traffic.

▪ In addition, additional access roads to the city entrance area and the center of Jerusalem are expected to be closed for varying periods of time and as needed. ▪ Additional blockages may occur on nearby streets and roads leading to the gathering points.

▪As a result, significant traffic congestion is expected in the area.

Instructions for the participating public:

▪ Arrival in the area will be done legally, quickly, and in a manner adapted to road conditions. Private vehicles are not allowed to reach Highway No. 1, but only via pre-arranged buses.

▪ Any attempt to disrupt or block traffic on major roads constitutes a violation of the law.

All The Details On The “Million-Man Rally:”

This Is Where The Gedolei Yisrael Will Stand...

~ Hatzlacha Rabbah v'Harbeh Siyata DiShamaya ~

Inviting the Fox Into the Hen House is Never a Good Idea

6 Marcheshvan 5786

In 2014, I wrote the following...

"...I've come to the conclusion that the US has no intention to ever establish a Palestinian State. The constant push 'back to the table for talks' is all part of a plan for wearing down both the Israeli and the Arab publics. It's a trick to get one of us to invite them in to settle the differences so they can take over and never leave."   (Source)

Well?  As it turned out we both fell for it.

Here is another important read on Binyamin Netanyahu:  In Light of Ongoing Protests.  It includes information about Stanley Fischer of which the readers may be completely unaware.  

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Just to set the record straight, I'm not locked into any one potential candidate for MBY.  Issues remain to be resolved and more are coming to light than should be expected.  

When They Come For Jerusalem...

5 Marcheshvan 5786

UPDATED WITH MAP BELOW...

This is not the joke of the day.  This is the first drops of rain before the hurricane hits - "Al Aqsa Flood" indeed.    

"THE CHR*STIAN STATE OF JERUSALEM"

When they come for Jerusalem, that's when you know it's almost over.

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I never knew about this...

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Netanyahu's surrender to the United States is the blood in the water. Now the sharks are circling.

Arab Allies Launch Global Campaign
to Force Israel To Withdrawal from the Golan

France responsible for UNIFIL decision to shoot down Israeli drone in southern Lebanon - Le Figaro

"The Children Will Return to Their Borders"???

 4 Marcheshvan 5786

Should they be allowed to continue in their offices, fulfilling the goals of the
Globalist Powers That Be, the Map of Sovereign Israel may look like this...

And we will still be required to share it with Arabs and Africans 

and allow the Missionaries to do their nefarious work with a blessing.

Nine Years On...

4 Marcheshvan 5786

Following is a repost of one of the first ever blog posts that I wrote about Donald Drumpf.  My opinions have not changed.  

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12 Marcheshvan 5777

Shavua Tov!

This post-election bubble of euphoria that surrounds so many Jews today is bound to burst.  When Jews across the world look to a man like Donald Trump with messianic aspirations and the fake "nascent" Sanhedrin sends official letters to both Trump and Putin requesting that they collaborate on building the Third Temple, it is way past time for a reality check. Trouble is, I fear that it may already be too late. The trap has already been sprung. How many will even attempt to save themselves when they still have no sense of the danger?

Israeli Right hails Trump: 'The  era of a Palestinian state is over'

Right-wing Israeli politicians competed Wednesday in their praise for US president-elect Donald Trump, expressing hope that America’s policies toward Israel would soon change dramatically.

Former minister Gideon Sa’ar said there is a strong basis to think Israel has an unprecedented window of opportunity after the very pro-Israel statements Trump made during his campaign.

Trump: Israeli-Palestinian peace would be 'ultimate deal'

Donald Trump is looking to make the "ultimate deal," solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict during his tenure as president of the United States in order to bring to a close “the war that never ends,” he told the Wall Street Journal on Friday.

“That’s the ultimate deal," Trump said. "As a deal maker, I’d like to do…the deal that can’t be made. And do it for humanity’s sake.”

What if this election was nothing more than a referendum for Jews in exile? Where do they see their future and the future of their children? Do they want to leave Mitzrayim or is their goal primarily to elect a favorable Pharaoh whose policies will continue to preserve their idyllic life in foreign lands? 

The great First Century Rabbi Eliezer once said: 'The Messiah will never come until the Jewish people repent.' When they asked him, 'What if the Jews do not repent?' he answered: 'The Lord will raise up a king worse than Haman to smite them, and then they will repent.'

Repent for what? For rejecting the great gift of Eretz Yisrael - the home of HKB"H and His Beloved. If any Jew in chutz la'aretz thinks the election of Donald Trump means that your exile home is now safe - think again.

Chapter 20 of Ezekiel's Prophecy...

...As I live, says the Lord God, surely with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm and with poured out fury, will I reign over you.

And I shall take you out of the peoples, and I shall gather you from the lands in which you were scattered, with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm and with poured out fury.

And I shall bring you to the wilderness of the peoples, and I shall contend with you there face to face.

As I contended with your forefathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I contend with you*, says the Lord God.

And I shall cause you to pass under the rod, and I shall bring you into the transmission of the covenant.

And I shall separate from you those who rebel and those who transgress against Me; from the land of their sojournings I shall take them, but to the land of Israel they shall not come*, and you will know that I am the Lord.

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*Four-fifths of the Jewish People died during the plague of darkness in Egypt.

*An entire generation of the Jewish People (save two - Yehoshua and Calev) died in the desert and did not enter into the Land of Israel.

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The 7-Stage Collapse Pattern...USA Is At Stage 5

Motza"sh News of Note

4 Marcheshvan 5786 

Was Binyamin Netanyahu Born ‘Pregnant’?

Is the Prime Minister's political career his own, or was he irreversibly committed to an American-led script from the very beginning?

This is a must-read for every Netanyahu supporter.  You have got to face up to the truth!  After thirty destructive years of Netanyahu 'leadership' the Israeli public should be set free from him while there is any part of the country left to us.

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How the US command center in Israel operates - and why it worries Jerusalem

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited the new American-led command center in Kiryat Gat, where multinational troops oversee the Gaza ceasefire; this growing US role is fueling unease in Jerusalem over Israel’s shrinking control

At the small American base, troops from France and Spain — two Western nations long known for their criticism of Israel — are now stationed. In response to claims that this represents a turning point, with Israel becoming a client state whose “new capital” is Kiryat Gat, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insists it is simply a joint command run with the United States.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio toured the site alongside IDF Maj. Gen. Yaki Dolf, Israel’s representative to the command and head of the Northern Corps. For anyone who saw the visit, the picture was clear: there is only one flag flying above the hangar, and it is not Israel’s. The Americans are in charge.

Alongside Israeli soldiers, many of them reservists, the base now hosts what one officer jokingly called “half the world’s armies” — troops from Germany, France, Australia, Greece, Britain, Jordan, the UAE and others. Representatives of civilian aid groups and the International Committee of the Red Cross are also present.

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Violent attacks in Binyamin: Settlers injured in the head, anarchists documented rioting alongside Arabs

(Elchanan Gruner on "X")

Dozens of Arabs and anarchists attacked this morning residents of a nearby farm on the access road to the Air Force base at Mount Hazor. The Arabs threw stones, while the anarchists blocked the road with rocks. Later, in another riot, about 100 Arabs from Mukhmas were documented throwing stones at Jewish residents near Mikhmas. Two residents were injured, and no arrests have been reported yet.

Violent attacks during Shabbat: Dozens of Arab rioters from the village of Ma’aleh, accompanied by Israeli and foreign anarchists, invaded grazing lands of a farm near Kochav HaShachar during Shabbat under the pretext of olive harvesting, and threw stones at the farm’s residents.

The rioters arrived armed with clubs, and confrontations erupted as the Arabs threw stones and the anarchists blocked one of the access routes with rocks to prevent security forces from reaching the area. Eyewitnesses to the incident report that it took security forces a long time to arrive at the scene, and in the meantime, the incident escalated from threats to stone-throwing by the rioters.

It turns out that even after security forces arrived at the scene, the soldiers outrageously allowed the attacking Arabs and anarchist left-wing activists to remain in the area to harvest olives. Only after a long delay did an order come from above to remove them.

Among the anarchists documented at the event were well-known left-wing activists such as Yonatan Polak, who faces an indictment for incitement after calling on left-wing activists to “join the children of Molotov cocktails and stones,” and Eran Maoz, who was recently arrested at a pro-Gaza demonstration held in Umm al-Fahm. Both were documented openly placing rocks on the path.

Later in the afternoon, over 100 Arab rioters from the village of Mukhmas attacked residents of a nearby Jewish settlement near Mikhmas. The rioters were documented throwing stones—some holding clubs, with some masked. So far, two residents injured in the head from the stone-throwing have been treated by MDA and United Hatzalah paramedics, but no suspects in the attack have been reported arrested yet.

~  May This Week Herald Our Complete Redemption ~ 

A Cleansing, Purifying Fire

2 Marcheshvan 5786
Erev Shabbat Kodesh
Parashat Noach

In this week's parashah we read not only about the destruction of the world in the Great Flood, but also about the first attempt of Mankind to create a New World Order (a re-creation of God's world in Man's image) and how HKB"H put a stop to them.  Like book-ends of history, the time has come to do the same again - in reverse order.

There is a saying - I don't know where it originated - that the world was first destroyed by water and in the future, it would be destroyed by fire.  

The prophets of the ancient Hebrew Israeli Nation foretold how this Olam HaSheker (World of Lies) would end and a messianic Age of Redemption would begin.  A star figures prominently in the scenario that their holy words paint, but not a star from outside our solar system.  Our star!  The star that shines down upon us every day from the heavens over our heads - the Sun.

Malachi 3.14-24...

You have said, "It is futile to serve God, and what profit do we get for keeping His charge and for going about in anxious worry because of the Lord of Hosts?"

And now we praise the bold transgressors. Yea, those who work wickedness are built up. Yea, they tempt God, and they have, nevertheless, escaped.

Then the God-fearing men spoke to one another, and the Lord hearkened and heard it. And a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who feared the Lord and for those who valued His name highly.

And they shall be Mine, says the Lord of Hosts, for that day when I make a treasure. And I will have compassion on them as a man has compassion on his son who serves him.

And you shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God and him who has not served Him.

For lo, the sun comes, glowing like a furnace, and all the audacious sinners and all the perpetrators of wickedness will be stubble. And the sun that comes shall burn them up so that it will leave them neither root nor branch, says the Lord of Hosts.  

[Rashi: For lo, the sun comes: This instance of יוֹם is an expression of sun, for so did the Sages state that there will be no Gehinnom in the future, but the Holy One, blessed be He, will take the sun out of its case;....]

And the sun of mercy shall rise with healing in its wings for you who fear My Name. Then will you go forth and be fat as fatted calves.

And you shall crush the wicked, for they will be as ash under the soles of your feet on the day that I will prepare, says the Lord of Hosts.

Keep in remembrance the teaching of Moses, My servant-the laws and ordinances which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel.

Lo, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord, that he may turn the heart of the fathers back through the children, and the heart of the children back through their fathers-lest I come and smite the earth with utter destruction.

Yoel, chapter 3.3-5...

And I will perform signs in the heavens and on the earth: Blood, fire, and pillars of smoke. The sun shall turn to darkness, and the moon to blood, prior to the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord. And it shall come to pass that whoever shall call in the name of the Lord shall be delivered, for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be a deliverance, as the Lord said, and among the survivors whom the Lord invites.

Yeshayahu 30:26...

 “…And the light of the moon shall be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold as the light of the seven days,….” 

 THE SUN COULD DESTROY EARTH...

It won't destroy the Earth, but it can pull the plug on AI and all the other ills and evils of the New World Order whose life blood is the electricity flowing through its wires and cables.

~ SHABBAT SHALOM ~