Pretty amazing! Here is how the United States captured the President of one of the largest countries on earth 👀 pic.twitter.com/GE87b3NbtG
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The ceremony is being hailed as historic by Palestinian officials, while Israel warns the shift risks rewarding diplomacy without confronting the terror and governance realities still driving the conflict.
In this week’s parsha, we encounter a remarkable exchange between Moshe Rabbeinu and the Ribbono Shel Olam.
Hashem instructs Moshe to go to Paro and to Klal Yisrael and announce that the time has finally come for the Jewish people to be taken out of Egypt.
Moshe responds with a question: “What if they don’t believe me?”
Hashem is not pleased with this, and immediately the staff in Moshe’s hand turns into a snake.
Rashi asks: Why specifically a snake? What is the message here?
Rashi explains that Moshe’s question amounted to speaking Lashon Hara about Klal Yisrael—assuming they would not believe him. To show His displeasure, Hashem turns the staff into a snake, the very symbol of Lashon Hara.
But Hashem doesn’t stop there. To drive the point home, He afflicts Moshe’s hand with tzaraas, another classic sign of Lashon Hara.
This raises a powerful question: What were the Jews in Egypt actually like, that Moshe’s words were considered Lashon Hara?
Were they tzaddikim?
Let me share something that isn’t often emphasized: Chazal say openly that the Jews in Egypt were idol worshippers.
The Midrash states:
?ואמרו מלאכים הללו עובדי עבודה זרה והללו עובדי עבודה זרה מה נשתנו אלו מאל
“The angels said: These are idol worshippers and those are idol worshippers—what makes Israel different from the Egyptians?”
And further:
שה"ר פרשה ב או הנסה אלהים לבא לקחת לו גוי מקרב גוי, ר' יהושע בשם ר' חנן אמר גוי מקרב עם ועם מקרב גוי אין כתיב כאן, אלא גוי מקרב גוי, שהיו אלו ערלים ואלו ערלים, אלו מגדלין בלורית ואלו מגדלין בלורית, אלו לובשי כלאים ואלו לובשי כלאים, אם כן לא היתה מדת הדין נותנת שיגאלו ישראל לעולם, אמר ר' שמואל בר נחמן אלולי שאסר הקדוש ברוך הוא עצמו בשבועה לא היו ישראל נגאלין לעולם, הדא הוא דכתיב (שמות ו') לכן אמור לבני ישראל אני ה' והוצאתי אתכם מתחת סבלות מצרים, ואין לכן אלא שבוע
They were uncircumcised, they dressed like the Egyptians, they behaved like the Egyptians. According to Reb Yehoshua in the name of Rav Chanan, there was almost no visible difference between the two nations. And Rav Shmuel bar Nachman teaches that if not for Hashem swearing that He would redeem them, the attribute of justice would never have allowed it.
And yet—despite all this—Hashem was upset with Moshe for questioning the belief of these very people.
Charedim took The name of Harav Avraham Yitzchok Kook z"l and rubbed it into the mud? Why?
Because he dared believe in the Chilonim that were building Eretz Yisrael!
Woe to those who denigrate and badmouth those living in Eretz Yisrael!
They may very well be "Gedoilim" nevertheless they are עתיד ליתן דין וחשבון!
Hashem wasn't "mevater" when the greatest of prophets "hinted" that the Jews would not believe him, HE will certainly not be "mevater" for anyone talking ill of those living in the Land of Israel! Be they frum or even Oivdei Avoda Zara!
This has been going viral, and I saw that many comment that he is deranged!
So let me let you guys into a secret
HE IS NOT DERANGED!
I have spoken to him on many occasions and if you don't speak about Zionists or the IDF to him you can hold an intelligent conversation with him!
When Chardeim are embarrassed about their very own, instead of going over to him and chastising him ...they walk away and say "Well he is deranged" This is a cop out !
BTW I have spoken to many Yeshivishe people who look sane and say this as well!
The New York Democrat said he is co-sponsoring a resolution to block further U.S. action following the strikes tied to the operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, now detained in a New York federal prison.
Schumer argued the administration violated the War Powers Act by failing to notify Congress in advance, according to Politico.
