tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492192659601155685.post1477057900557721556..comments2024-03-28T20:10:58.060+02:00Comments on TOMER DEVORAH: The Message of the 'Rosh Hashanah' SandstormDevorah Chayahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03625277197970920616noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492192659601155685.post-73047299572097825372015-09-24T22:44:36.013+03:002015-09-24T22:44:36.013+03:00Look at the previous week parasha, Ki Savo, 28:24....Look at the previous week parasha, Ki Savo, 28:24. HaShem yishmor.TJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492192659601155685.post-36628193847526704042015-09-17T23:31:41.576+03:002015-09-17T23:31:41.576+03:00I thought maybe we all deserve the punishment of &...I thought maybe we all deserve the punishment of "chenek" - strangulation, choking - and that this sandstorm was a form of chenek so that Hashem doesn't "need" to carry out actual chenek (like He did with the tsunami or mudslides, etc).<br />Therefore, I viewed the sandstorm as a huge chesed even though I couldn't go out for a couple of days as I was afraid of the effect it would have on my little one's lungs.Dassiehttp://www.myrtlerising.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492192659601155685.post-37647584550783245142015-09-15T22:52:02.398+03:002015-09-15T22:52:02.398+03:00BH it is raining in Jerusalem, stormy in the Galil...BH it is raining in Jerusalem, stormy in the Galil and torrential rains in the Negev. The sand and dust is no more. The terrible heat wave is over. What a good sign for the Fast of Gedalya. Blessed are you HaShem who is merciful and answers our prayers.Josephine Levinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07901114054475481589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492192659601155685.post-70243427103180205932015-09-13T00:44:54.011+03:002015-09-13T00:44:54.011+03:00According to Rebbe Me'ir in Sanhedrin 38, On R...According to Rebbe Me'ir in Sanhedrin 38, On Rosh HaShana 5775 years ago, HaShem gathered all the dust he needed from the four corners of the earth and made the first Man on the spot of the MIzbe'ach. So the dust returned for awhile even if it came via Syria.Dov Bar-Leibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15915682856620634130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492192659601155685.post-70683471984392194222015-09-13T00:41:47.859+03:002015-09-13T00:41:47.859+03:00The Sun was obliterated, "Turned to Darkness&...The Sun was obliterated, "Turned to Darkness", for at least three days this past week. In about two weeks time there will be a Blood Moon, however you want to interpret this coming lunar eclipse which will be seem around 4am on the First night of Sukkot in Israel. The next coming Great and Awesome Day of the L-rd after the Blood Moon is Hoshana Rabba 6 days later. Dov Bar-Leibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15915682856620634130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492192659601155685.post-59382491447925830822015-09-12T22:45:33.198+03:002015-09-12T22:45:33.198+03:00Hmmm. Interesting.Hmmm. Interesting.Devorah Chayahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03625277197970920616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492192659601155685.post-7651905434173816332015-09-12T21:04:30.235+03:002015-09-12T21:04:30.235+03:00I heard someone say that it might have been manufa...I heard someone say that it might have been manufactured by those who are trying to control the weather. At first I thought "Naah", but then after reading this: <br /><br />“It is not clear what caused the exceptional sandstorms in Syria,” Porat said on Wednesday. “They did have some weather activity and strong winds, but not on a scale that can account for what happened. We are trying to find an explanation.” <br /><br />Since it was suppsoed to be over Syria right when Russia is arriving there, maybe the US was trying to stir up something, literally, and it got a bit out of hand?<br /><br />http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Breathe-easy-significant-improvement-in-air-quality-expected-416001<br /><br />- a voice in the wildernessAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492192659601155685.post-56998552384231932652015-09-12T19:41:39.717+03:002015-09-12T19:41:39.717+03:00We pray for mercy and healing and let HaShem decid...We pray for mercy and healing and let HaShem decide how it is to be executed.Esser Agarothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12853681733864707489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492192659601155685.post-5500743279338664842015-09-11T18:31:14.808+03:002015-09-11T18:31:14.808+03:00Why doesn't the rav ask us to pray for rain no...Why doesn't the rav ask us to pray for rain now instead of at Sukkot for pikuach nefesh as many people have been hospitalized due to this terrible air pollution including infants and little kids who are sinless. Shouldn't we be showing HaShem that we are still His merciful flock? Josephine Levinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07901114054475481589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492192659601155685.post-11517832473537198222015-09-11T15:34:27.631+03:002015-09-11T15:34:27.631+03:00That's wonderful news!That's wonderful news!Devorah Chayahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03625277197970920616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492192659601155685.post-46045562046343089862015-09-11T14:33:42.885+03:002015-09-11T14:33:42.885+03:00"Ushering in Rosh Hashanah on Sunday evening ..."Ushering in Rosh Hashanah on Sunday evening the temperatures are expected to fall, and on Monday during the first day of the holiday they are to drop even further and return to near normal degrees for the season. Local rain in the eastern part of Israel is anticipated on Monday afternoon, possibly indicating a cleaning of the dusty air.<br /><br />Dr. Levana Cordova-Bijoner, director of the national monitoring branch of the Environment Ministry, told Walla! that either strong eastern winds or rain would have cleared some of the dust out of the air,...."<br /><br />Maybe the message is that we are dirty now, but Hashem is going to clean us up like new for Rosh Hashana.<br /><br />- a voice in the wilderness<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492192659601155685.post-9428593442485429552015-09-11T12:17:27.536+03:002015-09-11T12:17:27.536+03:00Received this by email from a reader and thought i...Received this by email from a reader and thought it well worth passing on. There's no reason for the "message"' of the sandstorm to negate the "brachah" of the sandstorm. After all, what's a greater brachah than a call to teshuvah?<br /><br />From facebook poster Miriam Song...<br /><br /><i><b>How Hashem is blessing us with this Sand Storm</b>: <br /><br />This storm is coming from the East - Iraq and Syria - and moving West. If you look at a Google weather map you can see this huge cloud from space just hanging over the middle east. Its last stop is Israel before it moves into the Mediterranean. <br /><br />Normally dust in the air is very destructive to the crops. It picks up the top soil and the dust can smother the crops. <br /><br />However, what is being predicted is that there is a stronger East wind that is supposed to come in any day now and push back this West moving wind and then stop - right over Israel - which will cause the dust to settle here. When this happens - the settling of the dust - it is actually good for the soil and thus the crops, especially if there is rain that follows. Here is a quote from Wikipedia on the positive benefits of sand storms: <br /><br />"Dust can also have beneficial effects where it deposits: Central and South American rain forests get most of their mineral nutrients from the Sahara; iron-poor ocean regions get iron; and dust in Hawaii increases plantain growth. In northern China as well as the mid-western U.S., ancient dust storm deposits known as loess are highly fertile soils, but they are also a significant source of contemporary dust storms when soil-securing vegetation is disturbed." <br /><br />So - here we refer to our Torah: On this RH we will be ending our shmittah year. The Torah says that if we keep shmittah, Hashem will send us bumper crops before the shmittah year and after the shmittah year to "make up" for what we did not plant in the shmittah year. Based on this scientific phenomena that the settled dust will improve our crops, it seems that this dust storm, as troublesome as it is, is actually a bracha from Hashem to keep His word to bring us abundance in the new year. <br /><br />Who won't get it? Syria and Iraq. In their case, the stronger East wind will not push the dust back far enough East but they will have lost all their top soil in the meantime which will be settling on Eretz Yisrael "when the dust settles". They can expect to have poor agricultural quality and quantity in the next year.</i>Devorah Chayahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03625277197970920616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492192659601155685.post-88776482710398510032015-09-11T02:41:45.987+03:002015-09-11T02:41:45.987+03:00You people are tzadickim. Such faith you have.
I ...You people are tzadickim. Such faith you have.<br /><br />I am not in your league; although I have my moments.Yisraelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02721443282570038286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492192659601155685.post-563041363757638912015-09-10T21:13:20.051+03:002015-09-10T21:13:20.051+03:00H' is all mericiful and I think HE is showing ...H' is all mericiful and I think HE is showing us that and that we need to see it. Someone commented here about the dessert bringing in nutrients to the soil in the Land of Israel. As was prophecied, H' will fight for us and undo our enemies and we will just watch. For all the hardships that the bnei Yisrael has gone through the millenia, we will be more than doubly blessed with all that is good, for H' is our Father in Heaven and loves us more than we can even understand. HE is cleansing the world and the waters of the seas will all be sweet one day, hopefully, soon, and only goodness will fill the earth together with the Knowledge that there is only H' - Ein Od Milvado. BoruchAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492192659601155685.post-66294794813671288802015-09-10T19:14:03.573+03:002015-09-10T19:14:03.573+03:00This comment isn't from a rabbi, it's from...This comment isn't from a rabbi, it's from Meir M. over at Dov Bear's blog. I see that we're getting some positive interpretations on the sandstorm; here's another:<br /><br />"War all around us but we trust in H' and He promised us the Land of Israel. <b>When all the dust will finally settle, the Land of Israel will be returned to the People of Israel.</b> Just consider where the current conflicts in our area takes place and<a href="https://luis40pr.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/wpid-4137b327.png" rel="nofollow"> the future prophetic map of Israel becomes natural and logical.</a> May it be in our days!"<br /><br />Link is his; emphasis mine. May it be as he has said.HDG, Yerushalayim, E"Y Shlemahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10943174572566458612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492192659601155685.post-88470521563774184432015-09-10T18:17:10.355+03:002015-09-10T18:17:10.355+03:00Correction:
ישעיה פרק ס"ג פסוק ה
Rashi on Ha...Correction: <br />ישעיה פרק ס"ג פסוק ה<br />Rashi on Haftarah parashat Nitzavim.יצחק, ירושליםhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14092596635498207707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492192659601155685.post-16561052595612029632015-09-10T18:05:50.934+03:002015-09-10T18:05:50.934+03:00Another good sign from this Shabbat Haftarah:
ישעי...Another good sign from this Shabbat Haftarah:<br />ישעיה ס"מ פסוק ה<br />וחמתי היא סמכתני . חמתי שיש לי על האומות אשר אני קצפתי מעט על עמי והמה עזרו לרעה היא סמכתני חיזקה ידי ועוררה את לבי ליפרע מהם ואע''פ שאין ישראל ראוין והגונים לגאולה :<br />If somebody could translate in good English.<br />Even if we don't deserve the Geula Hashem will take his revenge on the enemies of Israel! Rashi clearly says it! Bessorot tovot vé Shana geula berahamim! <br />Itzhak. Yerushalaim. יצחק, ירושליםhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14092596635498207707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492192659601155685.post-201258175019341662015-09-10T17:24:10.100+03:002015-09-10T17:24:10.100+03:00lol - that's one positive spin, but if that is...lol - that's one positive spin, but if that is the case then the air contains ash. Does it?Noise Blockers and Other Remedieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15883961234797546861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492192659601155685.post-68890291574738138262015-09-10T15:55:32.606+03:002015-09-10T15:55:32.606+03:00HaShem does everything for the best and that is wh...HaShem does everything for the best and that is what I am holding on to... I wish everybody a Shana Tova may it be sweet and HaShem to have mercy on us... Jewgirlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492192659601155685.post-17082195490060513652015-09-10T15:28:55.193+03:002015-09-10T15:28:55.193+03:00From Aliza Israel on Facebook - For all of us chok...From Aliza Israel on Facebook - For all of us choking in this unbearable orange sandstorm, here's a gem from our local geologist: Apparently, the storm is bringing in much-needed nutrients from the desert, enriching the soil of Eretz Yisrael...just in time for the end of Shmitta and the new year...<br />Hilltop DwellerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492192659601155685.post-61987645697484879852015-09-10T11:48:00.089+03:002015-09-10T11:48:00.089+03:00Simply brilliant, brilliantly simple!Simply brilliant, brilliantly simple!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492192659601155685.post-45477845251808822792015-09-10T09:58:46.622+03:002015-09-10T09:58:46.622+03:00This is the strangest happening especially at this...This is the strangest happening especially at this time of year. Because of the particles, I am confined to my home. So IY"H I am managing to cook in preparation for Shabbat and B"H Rosh Hashana. Imagine all those others who are homebound. Does make you kinda focus on the times we are living through :-) However, I see this as a good siman right before we Crown HaShem our King. I just love all the simanim. Someone wrote about the Giant Russian Nuclear vessel enter the Dardanelles, as Debka wrote.Neshamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06326762185596512130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492192659601155685.post-951193177561267752015-09-10T09:54:04.887+03:002015-09-10T09:54:04.887+03:00Because this is a supernatural occurrence, it is p...Because this is a supernatural occurrence, it is probably going to be the turning point - from hereon things will no longer be according to their *normal* sequence. From now to Rosh Hashana - this year or next. Expect turmoil, chaos and miracles.Noise Blockers and Other Remedieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15883961234797546861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492192659601155685.post-70290357239965282252015-09-10T08:56:36.891+03:002015-09-10T08:56:36.891+03:00The most glaring aspect of this storm is the fact ...The most glaring aspect of this storm is the fact that there was no distinction made between the enemies' air and the air of Israel - both were equally afflicted. This is very telling as to how Hashem is judging us. Noise Blockers and Other Remedieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15883961234797546861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492192659601155685.post-83308262996208386732015-09-10T08:38:52.612+03:002015-09-10T08:38:52.612+03:00Vayikra - Leviticus - Chapter 26: 19
I will break...Vayikra - Leviticus - Chapter 26: 19<br /><br />I will break the pride of your strength and make your skies like iron and your land like copper.<br /><br />יט וְשָׁבַרְתִּי אֶת גְּאוֹן עֻזְּכֶם וְנָתַתִּי אֶת שְׁמֵיכֶם כַּבַּרְזֶל וְאֶת אַרְצְכֶם כַּנְּחֻשָׁה<br /><br />Gaon Uzchem according to sod:<br /><br />http://sodtorah.co.il/pirush.php?book=&perek=%E5%E9%F7%F8%E0%20%F4%F8%F7-%EB%E5&pasuk=%E9%E8&transNoise Blockers and Other Remedieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15883961234797546861noreply@blogger.com