Another View of Rabbi Feldman's Ban of Efraim Palvanov!

 

DIN: I’ve listened to some of Palvanov’s podcasts, and I’m quite certain Rav Feldman hasn’t listened to a single one. That didn’t stop him from issuing his sweeping statement, of course.

The truth is, I regularly listen to podcasts and video clips from Charedi Gedolim, and I can say firsthand: their statements are often far more outrageous than anything Palvanov has ever said. In fact, some of Rav Feldman’s remarks about the State of Israel border on apikorsis and certainly qualify as loshon hara.

Now, I’m not saying I agree with Nochum Weiss, who chose to leave his community. But by sharing what he wrote, I’m opening up a conversation. Judaism, after all, is built on questions. The entire Talmud is a tapestry of contradictions, debates, and challenges — every other line is a question.

So why should we shy away from asking ours?

by Nochum Weiss

The house is quiet. I’m about to go to bed. I watch Aharon Feldman warn the public about Efraim Palvanov. Everyone asleep. Dishwasher humming. The kind of hour when doctrines loosen and truth sits down beside you. The Rav spoke with confidence. Absolute confidence. The kind that comes from a world where the internal logic is so complete, there’s no need to look beyond it. "Palvanov denies Torah sheb’al peh. Undermines Mesorah. Misreads Rambam. Treats halacha like a buffet." His presentations are “in color,” which somehow makes them suspect. I wait for an actual argument:  why the archaeology is wrong, why textual history is irrelevant, how halacha is both human-shaped and also fixed at Sinai. Nothing. Just certainty. Thick, immovable certainty.

Israel Rates 2nd Amongst 30 Tech Advanced Nations Not One Arab Nation Listed

 

Rabbi Hirsch met with Mamzar'ani and is warning NYC Jews about him!

 

I was part of a group of rabbis who met again yesterday with @ZohranKMamdani . 

While we were pleased to be able to discuss our concerns with the mayor-elect, those concerns remain. 

We've never before had a mayor who has expressed this kind of ideological hostility to the very existence of Israel. 

It is not about policy differences; rather, it is about the denial of Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state at all.

 I continue to worry deeply about the upcoming four years and conveyed to the mayor-elect that anti-Zionist rhetoric and anti-Israel policies will threaten Jewish safety in NYC and will, inevitably, lead to an unproductive and tense relationship with the Jewish community. What Mr. Mamdani says and which policies he pursues is up to him — he will be the mayor — but I emphasized that the Jewish community will energetically oppose any and all anti-Israel rhetoric and action.

The Terrorist that Murdered two US Troops in Syria is a personal guard linked to Ahmed al-Sharaa (al-Jolani), Syria’s new “president.”

 

PALMYRA ATTACK THAT KILLED 2 US SERVICEMEN IS A STAB IN THE BACK TO TRUMP. Initial reports blamed ISIS for the attack that killed two U.S. servicemen and an interpreter in Syria. New details are far more disturbing. The suicide bomber who struck a joint U.S.–Syrian patrol in Palmyra is now identified as a member of Syrian Public Security, and a personal guard linked to Ahmed al-Sharaa (al-Jolani), Syria’s new “president.” He had reportedly been flagged for extremist ideology but remained on duty. The man circled in this photo is the alleged attacker. This was not just an ISIS attack. It was an insider strike from within a force meant to be a partner.

AUSTRALIAN HERO TOOK DOWN GUNMAN

 

One of the Murderers 

It’s was heroic and courageous but Y they didn’t get hold of the attacker once he was empty handed ? pic.twitter.com/AT6hwRxw0c

— Sardar Shafqat Ali Khan (@s7600084) December 14, 2025

12 Jews Murdered In Australia but the PM"s Statement doesn't mention Jews, no mention of Hanukkah, not a single word on terror or anti-semitism.

 

Qatar trying to destroy relationship between Israel and Trump administration

By Lazar Berman

Israel believes that Qatar has made a decision to “destroy the relationship between Israel and the Trump administration from the ground up,” a senior Israeli official tells Ynet.

Qatar is engaged “in jihad,” says the senior official.

Israel sees Qatar as one of the suspects in what it believes is a state-backed global campaign, using intelligence agencies and private companies, to smear Israel online, says an Israeli official.

There have been recent attempts to smooth the fraught relationship between the two countries.

Israeli and Qatari officials met in New York last week, in the first of a series of trilateral meetings set up by US envoy Steve Witkoff, who is looking to mend ties that were frayed by Israel’s botched September strike on Hamas offices in Qatar.

Qatar’s prime minister said in an interview last week that his country will not foot the bill for rebuilding Gaza, despite speculation that it would be the main backer of reconstruction.

Ra'ad Sa'ad, an architect of the October 7 massacre, is eliminated

 

The IDF on Shabbat (Sabbath) eliminated Hamas terrorist Ra'ad Sa'ad, one of the architects of the October 7 massacre, in Gaza City.

Sa'ad, considered Hamas' number two, served as head of the Production Directorate, responsible for the independent manufacturing of rocket launchers, missiles, and anti-tank weapons. He was among the founders of Hamas’ military wing and a member of the group’s exclusive military council in Gaza. In the past, he served as head of the Operations Division and commander of the Gaza Brigade.

"In recent weeks, repeated attempts by the Hamas terrorist organization to carry out terrorist activity, including the use of explosive devices against IDF troops -activities that constitute a blatant violation of the agreement, as occurred this morning," the IDF related. "At the same time, the IDF identified attempts by Hamas to rehabilitate and rebuild its capabilities. The terrorist Ra’ad Sa’ad, who was eliminated in this strike, led Hamas’ force build-up, and his elimination significantly degrades Hamas’ ability to reestablish its capabilities."

"Sa’ad was one of the last remaining veteran senior terrorists in the Gaza Strip. He held a series of senior positions and was a close associate of Marwan Issa, Deputy Head of Hamas’ military wing.

"Among his roles, he established the Gaza City Brigade, commanded it, and worked to establish the naval force in the Gaza Strip. After completing his tenure as commander of the Gaza Brigade, he was appointed Head of the Operations Headquarters of the organization, within which he established the Nukhba Battalions and participated in the shaping and construction of the 'Jericho Wall' plan, upon which Hamas’ plans for the October 7th massacre were based.

"Subsequently, Sa’ad was appointed Head of the Weapons Production Headquarters and was responsible for the production of all types of weapons for Hamas’ military wing ahead of the October 7th massacre, and later also for the rehabilitation of Hamas’ weapons production capabilities during the war. Sa’ad is responsible for the deaths of many soldiers who were killed in the Gaza Strip as a result of explosive devices manufactured by the Weapons Production Headquarters during the war."

Crazy..........US Pressures Israel To Pay For Massive Gaza Rubble-Clearing Operation

 

The United States has demanded in recent days that Israel take financial responsibility for clearing the vast amounts of rubble across the Gaza Strip and oversee the enormous engineering operation required, according to a Ynet report citing a senior Israeli official.

Israel has agreed to the request, the report says, despite the projected cost reaching as high as one billion shekels. The Prime Minister’s Office has declined to comment on the matter.

The scale of destruction is immense. According to The Wall Street Journal, there are an estimated 68 million tons of debris in Gaza, a figure based on data from the UN Development Program.

Meanwhile, Qatar has publicly ruled out funding Gaza’s reconstruction. Speaking Sunday during an onstage interview at the Doha Forum, Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed Abdulrahman Al Thani made his position clear. “We are not the ones who are going to write the check to rebuild what others destroyed,” Al Thani said. “When you are talking about Gaza, Israel flattened this land.”

The Ynet report also notes growing diplomatic pressure on Israel regarding Gaza’s future governance and security. US Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack is expected to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu next week in an effort to persuade Israel to accept Turkish troops operating in Gaza — a proposal Israel has firmly rejected.

According to the senior Israeli official quoted in the report, US discussions with Israel are now focusing more heavily on reconstruction efforts and far less on the dismantling of Hamas. Netanyahu, in private conversations, has reportedly acknowledged that disarming Hamas will ultimately fall to Israeli forces themselves.

Chag Chanukah Samaich from Beit Shemesh

 

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