With gratitude to Devorah Esther for sharing this story, may she go from strength to strength and with blessings poured out!
Adorned With Dignity - Day 50 Special Edition
"My" Personal Testimony
You can find the whole series HERE.
08 August 2017
This Is a Story That You Have to Hear
17 Menachem Av 5777
With gratitude to Devorah Esther for sharing this story, may she go from strength to strength and with blessings poured out!
You can find the whole series HERE.
With gratitude to Devorah Esther for sharing this story, may she go from strength to strength and with blessings poured out!
You can find the whole series HERE.
Once-in-a-Lifetime Solar Eclipse a Disaster-in-the-Making?
16 Menachem Av 5777
Thirteen days to go...
Thirteen days to go...
Many States Preparing For Historic Eclipse Like A Natural Disaster
Americans across the U.S. will see the country’s first coast-to-coast solar eclipse in 99 years. While millions of people get ready to watch the Aug. 21 eclipse, local authorities are treating the event more like a natural disaster and are preparing for the worst.
The disaster prep work stems from the massive tourist attraction the solar eclipse has become. The eclipse’s path of totality, where the moon will almost completely block the sun, covers a 70-mile-wide lane that will cut across 12 states from Oregon to South Carolina. There are an estimated 12 million people in the eclipse’s path.
According to greatamericaneclipse.com, another 1.8 to 7.4-million people will travel into the path on Aug. 21. Several small towns and less populated states are preparing to see their populations double or even triple in the week leading up to the solar event.
Several counties in Idaho and Oregon have already issued emergency declarations. Local officials are citing increased public safety risks, financial damage, and excess costs of cleanup and property damage for the alerts.
On the East Coast, officials in South Carolina are reportedly stocking up on bottled water and port-a-potty services to prepare for the influx of tourists. The Red Cross is also setting up emergency shelters in the 12 affected states to help with possible emergencies that may overwhelm local governments.Anyone who has ever seen a mass evacuation in front of a hurricane has some idea of what could happen when all these "eclipse tourists" all get on the road at the same time. In gridlock, people run out of gas, they run out of drinking water and food (if they even thought to bring any along), and they run out of patience.
07 August 2017
Partial Lunar Eclipse Over Israel
16 Menachem Av 5777
About 7:45 pm, just after Moonrise in Israel...
About 8:50 pm in Israel...
About 7:45 pm, just after Moonrise in Israel...
About 8:50 pm in Israel...
At 9:20 pm at the peak of this partial Lunar Eclipse over Israel...
"For You have made me happy O Lord, with Your work; with the work of Your hands I shall exult. How great are Your works, O Lord! Your thoughts are very deep."
(Tehillim 92.5-6)
Heads Up! Partial Lunar Eclipse Today/Tonight
15 Menachem Av 5777
Prelude to the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse: A Partial Lunar Eclipse Occurs Monday
Much of the Eastern Hemisphere will be treated to a partial eclipse of the moon Monday (Aug. 7) — a prelude to the grand spectacle that awaits North Americans exactly two weeks later.
...You can watch the partial lunar eclipse live on Slooh.com beginning at 11:45 a.m. EDT (1545 GMT) [6:45 pm IST]. The webcast will last through 3:20 p.m. EDT (1920 GMT)[10:20 pm IST] and feature special guest commentators and live eclipse views from Slooh's partner observatories in Africa, Asia and Australia. You can also watch the webcast live on Space.com, courtesy of Slooh.
Prelude to the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse: A Partial Lunar Eclipse Occurs Monday
Much of the Eastern Hemisphere will be treated to a partial eclipse of the moon Monday (Aug. 7) — a prelude to the grand spectacle that awaits North Americans exactly two weeks later.
...You can watch the partial lunar eclipse live on Slooh.com beginning at 11:45 a.m. EDT (1545 GMT) [6:45 pm IST]. The webcast will last through 3:20 p.m. EDT (1920 GMT)[10:20 pm IST] and feature special guest commentators and live eclipse views from Slooh's partner observatories in Africa, Asia and Australia. You can also watch the webcast live on Space.com, courtesy of Slooh.
06 August 2017
03 August 2017
Shabbat Nachamu 5777
12 Menachem Av 5777
Erev Shabbat Kodesh
"The haftarah of Shabbat Nachamu is the first of the "seven consolations" - the seven haftarot which are read on the seven Shabbats following Tisha b'Av. These haftarot are taken from Yeshayahu and record the prophetic messages of consolation which Yeshayahu offered Israel." (Our Heritage)
Erev Shabbat Kodesh
"The haftarah of Shabbat Nachamu is the first of the "seven consolations" - the seven haftarot which are read on the seven Shabbats following Tisha b'Av. These haftarot are taken from Yeshayahu and record the prophetic messages of consolation which Yeshayahu offered Israel." (Our Heritage)
Nachmu Ami - Aaron Razel
~ Shabbat Shalom ~
"A Day At The Parade"
11 Menachem Av 5777
Most unfortunately, I cannot be there this year, but for those who can, the protesters will be meeting near the Begin Center at 5:00 pm. Take a bus as close as you can get. If you try walking through the crowds, you will be stopped at multiple checkpoints along the way.
I just have to say here that in my opinion, the worst crime of this illegal regime (neged the Torah and a non-democracy) is the way it protects all the enemies and criminals of the Jewish people with all the strength it can bring to bear while torturing, harassing, and expelling the righteous of the nation with that same "strength." Hashem should deliver us from this evil!
Consider Rabbi Richter's video testimony from last year as instructive...
Most unfortunately, I cannot be there this year, but for those who can, the protesters will be meeting near the Begin Center at 5:00 pm. Take a bus as close as you can get. If you try walking through the crowds, you will be stopped at multiple checkpoints along the way.
I just have to say here that in my opinion, the worst crime of this illegal regime (neged the Torah and a non-democracy) is the way it protects all the enemies and criminals of the Jewish people with all the strength it can bring to bear while torturing, harassing, and expelling the righteous of the nation with that same "strength." Hashem should deliver us from this evil!
Consider Rabbi Richter's video testimony from last year as instructive...
Rav Richter's shiur June 22 2016. A Day at the "Pride" Parade in Jerusalem 5776/2016
The Fable of Democracy
11 Menachem Av 5777
Maybe, if Israeli Jews will begin to understand that they don't really live in a "democracy" - maybe, maybe - they won't be averse to considering the option of a Torah monarchy.
In a democracy, the rule is by the people through elected representatives. Can any Israeli name their elected representative whom they can contact personally about an issue or concern? The answer is "no", because in Israel, we elect parties, not individuals. No one is accountable and there is no way to rid ourselves of individuals we do not support. Only the party can do that.
There is no direct election of either the Prime Minister or the President. And anything decided by the Knesset can be struck down by the High Court who also aren't elected. Therefore, no democracy.
Not only is there no democracy, there are no civil rights. When people can be plucked from their homes in the middle of the night and locked up for months on end without charge under "administrative detention"; when the police can single out individuals and forbid them the basic right to peaceful public protest; when a Defense Minister can take over a beit midrash, kick out its students and install security forces on bogus assumptions that it is a source of "violent behavior", (and so much more) then no one is guaranteed their civil rights and Israel is not a democracy, because no people would choose to live this way!
Maybe, if Israeli Jews will begin to understand that they don't really live in a "democracy" - maybe, maybe - they won't be averse to considering the option of a Torah monarchy.
In a democracy, the rule is by the people through elected representatives. Can any Israeli name their elected representative whom they can contact personally about an issue or concern? The answer is "no", because in Israel, we elect parties, not individuals. No one is accountable and there is no way to rid ourselves of individuals we do not support. Only the party can do that.
There is no direct election of either the Prime Minister or the President. And anything decided by the Knesset can be struck down by the High Court who also aren't elected. Therefore, no democracy.
Not only is there no democracy, there are no civil rights. When people can be plucked from their homes in the middle of the night and locked up for months on end without charge under "administrative detention"; when the police can single out individuals and forbid them the basic right to peaceful public protest; when a Defense Minister can take over a beit midrash, kick out its students and install security forces on bogus assumptions that it is a source of "violent behavior", (and so much more) then no one is guaranteed their civil rights and Israel is not a democracy, because no people would choose to live this way!
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