Our cousin the Israeli professor who calls to boycott the Jewish state

Why, my children ask, would our Israeli cousin be a traitor to his own country? 

by Robert Harris

In response, I try to explain about his illness, this most dangerous of hatreds, the eternal self-hate that some Jews have been infected with throughout our history.

But still, it is our family’s scandal, our shanda. 

Our cousin, an Israeli professor paid by the taxpayers of Israel, exploits his position as an “expert academician” to tour university campuses throughout the world to accuse Israel of racism and apartheid, and he even publishes articles advocating boycotts of Israel.

DIN NEW FEATURE: ZERA SHIMSHON ....... Parshas Re'eh

The Zera Shimshon, Rav Shimshon Chaim ben Rav Nachmon Michoel Nachmani, was born in 5467 (1706/1707) into an illustrious family with great Rabbinical lineage. He studied the revealed and concealed parts of the Torah by the Torah greats of his day.
He served as Rav of Modena, Pisa, Sayna and Reggio, Italy, and was recognized as a holy and pious individual, as well as a tremendous Torah scholar in all areas of Torah. He passed away on the 6th of Elul 5539 (1779).

His Seforim were named, Toldos Shimshon (The ‘Offspring’ of Shimshon) on Pirkei Avos and Zera Shimshon (The ‘Seed’ of Shimshon) on the Parshi’os of the Torah. 

In his introduction, he explains that since his only son had died during his lifetime, he wrote his Seforim to perpetuate his own memory after his passing.

The following is his passionate request to learn his works.

“I implore of you with ten terms of supplication to choose from my Chiddushim (novella) the piece that finds favor in your eyes, for your learning will sooth my soul etc...
“This righteousness will stand by you forever – to ‘eat’ in this world, and be satiated in the next. In this merit, Hashem will repay you with children, health and sustenance.

“...and now my brothers and friends etc. do a true kindness, and with your eyes you will see children and grandchildren surrounding your table, houses filled with all that is good, wealth and honor will not cease from your children...”

Zera Shimshon - Re'eh

איש כמתנת ידו כברכת ה' וגו' אשר נתן לך )טז' יז')

Everyone according to what he can give, according the blessing that Hashem etc. gives you (16:17)

The Zera Shimshon asks - why does the passuk repeat itself, saying that a person should give according to what he can afford and then reiterating, according the blessing that Hashem gave him, as well?

 Why, at the beginning of the passuk is the commandment stated in a general way (according to what 'he' can give) and at the end of the passuk the commandment is more direct, speaking to 'you' (according the blessing that Hashem etc. gives 'you')?

The Zera Shimshon explains that the passuk is speaking to two different classes of people. 

The first group is the people who were only given by Hashem enough money to make it through life. 

The second group are those that were given wealth, possessions and honor, way beyond what they need to make it through life.

Being that Hashem obligated himself to give people enough to live, as the passuk says (Tehillim 136:25, 145:16), "who gives bread to all flesh", the people who barley make it, are not considered so indebted to Hashem. The other group though, are considered 'borrowers' and they are deeply indebted to Hashem for all the extra he has given them.

The first part of the passuk is directed at the first group of people and it refers to them by the title"ISH"
This title we find used when referring to someone that is an aristocrat (see Rus 1:3). 

Although this group of people are poor, the Torah refers to them by this title since they are not indebted as their wealthy counterparts. They therefore are likened to aristocrats, not indebted. 

Nevertheless, the Torah only asks of them to give - according to what they can give, since they aren't men of means.

The second part of the passuk - according the blessing that Hashem etc. gives you, is addressing the second group of people. These people are indeed recipients of the blessing of Hashem and are greatly indebted to Him.

With this, the Zera Shimshon explains the difference in terminology between the two groups, with second group being spoken to in a more direct manner ('you'). 

When a person borrows from someone, the lender makes sure to write down the name of the borrower and recognizes him by name. This is why the second group is addressed in a direct manner, 'you', since this group is written in the Heavenly ledger as borrowers and their names are recognized as those that are indebted. They therefore, are expected to give according to how much they have been lent by Hashem.

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The New Har Hamnuchot Bais Ha'Chayim ..... UNDERGROUND!!!

Under a mountain on the outskirts of Jerusalem, 

workers are completing three years of labor on a 

massive subterranean necropolis comprised of a 

mile (1.5 kilometers) of tunnels with sepulchers for interring the dead.

Up above, the Har Hamenuchot Cemetery dominates the 

hillside overlooking the main highway leading into Jerusalem 

from Tel Aviv. 

But in October, the cemetery’s management plans to open the 

first section of a sprawling catacomb complex which, when completed, will provide 23,000 gravesites for an increasingly crowded country.

“People will die probably forever,” said Arik Glazer, chief 

executive of Rolzur Tunneling, the company building the tunnel tombs, “so you have to get space for that.”

Land is in short supply in Israel, and Jewish and Muslim burial customs require interring the dead in the ground and prohibit cremation. The hilltop cemetery is almost at capacity, with 

nearly a quarter million graves. The first underground section opening in October will have capacity for 8,000. The remaining sections are slated to open in the coming years.

Like other increasingly crowded metropolises, Tel Aviv has embraced vertical cemetery structures to accommodate 

growing demand, but now Israel is looking for solutions below ground.

Even in the blazing summer heat, the labyrinthine vaults 

maintain their steady year-round temperature of 23 degrees 

Celsius (73 degrees Fahrenheit).

The limestone walls are lined four-high with tombs that 

resemble small Japanese capsule hotels. Giant flame-hued polyhedron light fixtures designed by German artist Yvelle 

Gabriel dangle at intersections between the avenues and streets deep in the mountain.

The entire project cost an estimated $50 million and took just

 over three years to complete. The tunnels take up just 5% of the total subterranean area of the mountain available for future 

tombs, Glazer said.

Part of the inspiration behind this project was the ancient 

Jewish custom of cave burials found at sites around the Holy 

Land, from the UNESCO heritage site of Beit Shearim near 

Haifa, to rocky hillsides around Jerusalem.

“The basic blueprints for this project were the cemetery at Beit Shearim,” said Adi Alphandary, head of Rolzur’s business development. Those catacombs, active between the second and fourth centuries, were recognized by the United Nations as a 

World Heritage Site in 2015.

Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologist Amit Reem said that families would inter the deceased’s remains in the catacombs,

 then seal the door with a rock for eight months.

“When they opened the door of the cave, inside the cave was 

only the skeleton with no flesh,” Reem said. The bones were 

then collected and often placed in stone boxes, known as 

ossuaries, inside the cave chamber.

While the modern-day burial chambers will simply be sealed 

with a grave marker, Hananya Shahor, executive director of the Jewish burial association in Jerusalem, said that Orthodox 

rabbis they consulted said the sprawling site is “100% 

acceptable according to Jewish tradition.”

“We are almost sure that people will like this way much, much

 more than the old systems of burial,” he said.

IDF releases report documenting Iranian efforts to build up Lebanese terror organization's guided missile arsenal.

Watch this video and shiver.... read the article and cry...
To think that the Coward Ezra Friedlander in an op-ed supported the Iran Deal ...

Remember that R' Aron Teitelbaum, Satmar Rebbe supported the Iranians and had his naive Satmar cowards send letters to their congressmen to support the Iran Deal!!

The IDF on Thursday revealed details on Hezbollah’s Iranian-backed precision guided missile project, days after drone attacks attributed to Israel targeted a site allegedly used by Hezbollah to manufacture missiles.

According to the IDF report released Thursday afternoon, the precision missile project was first launched six years ago, following Iranian transfers of missiles to Lebanon via Syria.

“Between 2013- 2015, under the auspices of the Syrian civil war, Iran began its efforts to transport ready-to-use precision guided missiles from Iran, via Syria, to the terror organization Hezbollah in Lebanon,” the IDF claims.

Proof of Divine Inspiration of the Scriptures

Research shows that the Bible is literally filled with remarkable linguistic nuances and unexplainable “coincidences.” 

Prof. Haim Shore, from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, has researched into the science behind these peculiar biblical intricacies. Described below are a small handful of his fascinating discoveries that relate to the question of divine inspiration of the Bible.

Let us state from the outset that Professor Shore is a self-described non-observant Jew. In an interview with Dr. Rivkah Lambert, Shore said of himself:

As a scientist, my only motivation was to reveal the truth, based on statistical analysis, based on real quantitative data. I have not tried to prove that the Torah is divine or any other such objective.

Here are a few of the coincidences Shore found in his research.

Letters in the Hebrew alphabet, like Roman numerals, have a numeric value. 

A "Storm is Brewing In Rockland" Goyim Going Crazy That Chassidim Are Taking Over Rockland

New York state’s top prosecutor Wednesday night issued a blistering rebuke of a “deeply disturbing” video posted on the Rockland County Republican Party’s Facebook page that portrays proposed housing development for the Hasidic Jewish community as a “threat.”

The Video was removed! 

How Many Lashes Would Omar Have Gotten If she Still Lived In Somalia?

Omar and her White Boyfriend

A Washington, DC, mom says her political-consultant husband left her for Rep. Ilhan Omar, according to a bombshell divorce filing obtained by The Post.

Dr. Beth Mynett says her cheating spouse, Tim Mynett, told her in April that he was having an affair with the Somali-born US representative — and that he even made a “shocking declaration of love” for the Minnesota congresswoman before he ditched his wife, alleges the filing, submitted in DC Superior Court on Tuesday.

The physician, 55, and her 38-year-old husband — who has worked for left-wing Democrats such as Omar and her Minnesota predecessor, Keith Ellison — have a 13-year-old son together.

Day Yoimie Snippets .... Temurah 30,31,32, 33, & 34,

A great opportunity for the entire family, to share some thoughts on the daf ...  the  family feels united by discussing what the head of the house is studying.
I try to break it down so that everyone can understand it .... 

You can copy and print this without my consent, since Torah belongs to all of us..... 

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Page 30 Mesectas Temurah

"The Exchange of a Dog" 

The Torah forbids the donation of the proceeds from the sale of a dog to the Beit Hamikdash. 

For example, if an individual acquired an ox in exchange for a dog, that ox would not be fit to be offered as a korban (sacrifice) on the miz’be’ach.

Does the same law hold true regarding donations to a synagogue? 

Is it permissible to utilize an item in a synagogue ritual that had been acquired in exchange for a dog? 

Both Rabbi Yerucham, one of the great Rishonim, as well as the Rema (Rabbi Moshe Isserles) ruled it was prohibited to perform rituals in a synagogue with any item

acquired in exchange for a dog.

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Attacker knocks Benny Friedman's Father-in-law's teeth out with rock in Crown Heights

A 64-year-old rabbi was punched and hit in the face with a paving stone — knocking out some teeth — while on a morning walk through a Crown Heights park, cops and relatives said.

Rabbi Avraham Gopin, father-in-law of popular Hasidic singer Benny Friedman, was taking his usual stroll through Lincoln Terrace Park on Tuesday when a man threw a stone toward him just around 7:40 a.m, according to cops.

Gopin, who was wearing a yarmulke, confronted the random man — prompting him to cock back and punch the Jewish leader in the face, cops said.

The two struggled, and at one point, the unknown attacker hit Gopin with the paving stone, according to police.

The assailant took off, and Gopin went to Maimonides Medical Center, where he was listed in stable condition, but missing a few of his front teeth. He also suffered a broken nose and lacerations on his body, according to Friedman.

The Chassidic vocalist, who also lives in Brooklyn, described the entire ordeal in a series of tweets on Tuesday afternoon — saying the attacker “had murder on his mind.”

“This morning, at 7:45am, my father in law went for his morning walk, like he always does. Suddenly a man started yelling at him, and started chasing him, holding a huge brick,” Friedman said. “My FIL says there was no question this man had murder on his mind. My father in law tried to defend himself…Thank Gd, all things considered, my father in law is doing ok. Thank you Councilman @ChaimDeutsch for your help and concern. We need safer communities. Where I come from in Minnesota, this would be front page headlines. But here in Brooklyn this is just the latest event.”

No arrests have been made in connection to Gopin’s assault. The NYPD was investigating the attack as a possible hate crime.

“Has it become too dangerous for openly religious Jewish men to walk the streets of NYC?” tweeted Councilman Deutsch.

A number of Jewish residents have been attacked in Brooklyn over the past year.

Police arrested two teens — and took two others into custody — earlier this month in connection to a string of attacks on Hasidic men in Williamsburg. The victims were between the ages of 56 and 71.

Palestinian Finds Out His Grandmother Was Jewish So He Converts And Becomes Dati