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“I don’t speak because I have the power to speak; I speak because I don’t have the power to remain silent.” Rav Kook z"l
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Now things are really getting interesting 😳 Can’t wait to see how the woke mob tries to spin this!
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Thank you for making me laugh, Terrance. This is good! listen until the end. https://t.co/Vkpyf6hek6
— Kari Lake (@KariLake) October 11, 2022
I think I figured out who Kamala's speech writer is... pic.twitter.com/QbYxZa4dst
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Every seven years, in ancient times, Jewish men, women, and children would gather at the Temple on the first day of Sukkot to hear the king of Jerusalem read aloud from the Torah.
In 2022, there’s no king and no Temple, and more than half of all Jews live far from Jerusalem — but the ritual is still inspiring Jews around the world to gather together. In fact, the tradition, known as hakhel, appears to be seeing a resurgence of popular interest.
In Northampton, Massachusetts, Abundance Farm will host an outdoor festival with tree planting, music, pickles and cider to mark the end of the seven-year cycle of the shmita or agricultural sabbatical year to which hakhel is tied.
At Mount Zion Temple, in St. Paul, Minnesota, community members will learn and share Torah verses that inspire them and move them to action.
Mitsui Collective, a Jewish community-building organization, is hosting an online “in-gathering” in honor of hakhel. Other congregations and communities will host events online and in person that include Torah study, social activities and reflection on the next seven years of Jewish life.
Beit Shemesh has a population of over 120,000 B"H. There is a small area in Beit Shemesh called "Bet Shemesh Bet" that is populated by a bunch of extremists. There are protests there practically every day, blocking traffic, burning trash bins, screaming "Naziis" at Traffic Police that are there to protect them.
This past week a female soldier was murdered by terrorists, and yesterday Ido Baruch, an IDF soldier was murdered while protecting a group of Yeshivah Boys that were marching in honor of Succos in the Shomron.
This did not stop hundreds of Chassidim that call themselves "aarahlach" from abusing and shouting "Nazi" at a young frum female IDF soldier that mistakingly walked into their neighborhood. They were hurling glass bottles and metal cans aiming for her head; she barely got out alive. The riots continued for hours, I know I was in traffic and couldn't move for hours.
So while Jewish children in uniform are dying to protect their fat "tuchis'" other "frum" Jews dressed in golden bekeshes and wearing racoon hats tore themselves out of shul to lynch other Jews, because they are in uniform.
זו תורה וזו שכרה
In a terrorist drive-by shooting which occurred near the community of Shavei Shomron in Samaria on Tuesday morning, an IDF soldier was shot and killed.
Staff Sgt. Ido Baruch, a 21-year-old member of the Givati infantry’s brigade reconnaissance unit, was seriously injured in the shooting and taken to the Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba where he was declared dead. Baruch was securing a march by local residents from Shavei Shomron to Sebastia, the site of the ancient city of Shomron.
Tali, a close friend of Baruch’s mother, remembered him as a “magical child full of love, values and generosity.”
“I had the privilege to work with him at a few events and saw how he made children happy. It is impossible to stop the tears and describe the pain.”
A former teacher of Baruch’s told the Walla news site: “Everyone who knew him, loved him.”
A Bar Mitzva celebration was held in Meah Shearim, for Shmuel Roth, the son of Noa Roth who is the oldest daughter of former prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu’s grandson is a precocious student who completed the entire Shas Bavli at his Bar Mitzva party.
Shmuel studies at Darkei Shmuel a Talmud Torah affiliated with the Jerusalem Faction and named in memory of Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach zts’l, the founder of the faction which broke off from Degel Hatorah and refuses any compromise on military service.
Shmuel’s melamed (teacher) said at the event that he has been teaching for ten years and has never encountered a child blessed with such genius and talent as Shmuel Roth. The melamed added that Shmuel was incredibly diligent and studied at all times including recess. He began studying Shas Bavli at the age of 10 and completed it at his Bar Mitzva three years later, a remarkable feat.
A Russian Jewish soldier whose sister lives in Israel has been taken captive in Ukraine, Ynet reported.
Sergey H., 31 years old and from St. Petersburg, was drafted into the Russian army at the end of September as part of the general draft. He did not have military training and had not previously served in the army. Prior to his enlistment in the army, Sergey, who does not have academic education, worked as a builder.
Sergey was immediately sent to the front lines as a private, and fell into captivity in the Lyman area, which the Ukrainian army had succeeded in retaking from the Russians.
Sergey's sister immigrated to Israel in April, two months after the war broke out. A second sister lives in Finland. Their mother died in St. Petersburg less than a year ago.
The sister who immigrated to Israel, Esther, said that she spoke to Ukraine's Chief Rabbi Moshe Reuven Asman, asking that he help her brother.
Rabbi Asman said that just before the holiday of Sukkot (the Festival of Tabernacles) began on Sunday evening, he held an emergency meeting with senior officials in Ukraine's special service, who are responsible for the issue of holding captives. Rabbi Asman offered to take custody of the Jewish soldier, as well as the other Jewish soldiers who may fall into captivity in Ukraine, and hopes to meet with Sergey in the near future.
According to Datali, a Russian-language Israeli site, nearly all of Sergey's company was killed, and the commander abandoned the unit and escaped towards Luhansk. Sergey survived by miracle but was caught by the armed Ukrainian forces on October 1. He was interrogated by the Ukrainians, who made contact with his sister Esther and sent her a video clip to prove that his health is good.
Journalist Shimon Breeman of Datali, who first reported on the issue, said that Rabbi Asman hopes to meet Sergey this week, adding that, "According to my information, the Jewish Russian who was taken into captivity is a unique case and the first of his kind."
"Prior to this there were thousands of Russian captives, but he is the first with documents to prove his Jewishness and also with a relative in Israel. He is not completely religious, but both he and his sister are Jews from their mother (their father is a Russian). This is a Jew who assimilated, without any Jewish education. His sister became religious in the St. Petersburg synagogue and today she lives near Jerusalem in a religious neighborhood. It was very hard to speak with his sister - she is suffering a real crisis, and she really needs help."