“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
Thursday, March 17, 2022
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Senate unanimously passes bill to make Daylight Saving Time permanent
Could changing the clocks twice a year become a thing of the past?
The Senate unanimously approved a bill on Tuesday that would make Daylight Saving Time permanent, making the House all that stands between longer winter days and later sunrises in summer.
The bipartisan legislation – known as the Sunshine Protection Act – was introduced by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) in March 2019. It was quickly backed by two of his Democratic colleagues, Ed Markey of Massachusetts and Ron Wyden of Oregon.
As the measure passed, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) let out an audible “Yes!” on the Senate floor.
If the House approves the measure and President Biden signs it, the legislation would not take effect until the fall of 2023 since airlines, railroads and other mass transit operators have built out schedules based on the current timekeeping system.
The US will enter Standard Time in November of this year, when Americans in every state except Hawaii and non-Navajo areas of Arizona turn their clocks back one hour. This past Sunday marked the start of Daylight Saving Time.
USA Today Names Women Of The Year. Here’s One Of Them.
USA TODAY announced its “Women of the Year,” and one of their choices was the Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services, Rachel Levine, a biological man.
It's Not a Purim Joke, Unfortunately
USA TODAY boasted:
Every day across our country, USA TODAY’s Women of the Year lead and inspire, promote and fight for equity, give others a place to seek help and find hope.
They are strong and resilient women who have been champions of change and courage, often quietly, but with powerful results. And often despite their own challenges.
Some of the women may be familiar names. Others may be new to you. Each has an inspiring and powerful story.
Of Levine, USA TODAY noted, “Levine, 64, a trained pediatrician, became the nation’s highest-ranking openly transgender official last March when the Senate confirmed her as assistant secretary of health.”
Levine told USA TODAY, “I really feel that everything I’ve ever done, whether it was in academic medicine, in education, in clinical research, seeing my patients in my role in public health, in Pennsylvania and now my role nationally…has all led to this moment in terms of helping the nation through this greatest public health crisis that we have faced in over a hundred years.”
Israel destroyed fleet of UAV aircraft inside Iran
Iran’s fleet of UAVs was largely destroyed during an alleged Israeli airstrike on a military base near Kermanshah in western Iran in February 2022, and the incident was reportedly one of the triggers for Iran to fire at least 12 ballistic missiles at the U.S. Consulate in Erbil, Iraq.
According to a report from Hebrew-language daily Haaretz, Israel took the unusual step of conducting an airstrike inside of Iran.Hundreds of drones were either completely destroyed or severely damaged, though the Iranian government at the time blamed the loss of the UAVs on a fire at the base.
Although Israel regularly bombs Iranian assets in Syria, an attack on an Iranian base inside of Iran would be an extremely rare, even unprecedented, move.
Early on Sunday morning, Iran launched missile strikes on the unoccupied American consulate building in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq. An Iranian government statement said that the strike was aimed at “secret Israeli bases” in the region.
Although the building and others nearby were damaged, no casualties were reported.
Hezbollah-linked Lebanese TV station Al Mayadeen, however, reported that “four Israeli officers were killed, in addition to seven wounded, four of whom are in a critical condition.”
The station did not present any evidence to support that claim.
Al Mayadeen said that the Israeli army had used the U.S. Consulate as an operative base, and that the attack on Iranian drones in February had originated from that location.
“The same headquarters [targeted by Iran] was responsible for an intelligence and aggressive operation against Iran in recent times,” the report read.
The Kurdish government has vehemently denied that the Consulate compound was being utilized by Israel for military or intelligence-gathering purposes.
Earlier in March, a Channel 12 report revealed that Israel has thwarted attempts to launch armed aircraft and drones from Iran.
An IDF spokesman said that in recent months, Israeli F-35s shot down two enemy aircraft in an air-to-air missile strike, adding that as far as he knew, this was the first time in world military history that such a maneuver had been used successfully.
DIN Criticizes Government of Israel
WHEN will we as a nation find our backbone?!"
By Zahava Englard Shapiro
Zelenskyy is an actor caught in his own show, building a spectacle of horror that could lure the world into a major conflict
Western media depict Ukraine as the victim of a savage attack, with Russia specifically targeting helpless civilians and children. I do not think it is wise to accept this narrative. Accepting such a narrative could only make things worse for everyone.
Ukraine is arming civilians and training them to shoot at Russian soldiers. They are fighting in urban areas, firing from residential buildings, and possibly from more sensitive locations, such as nurseries, schools, and hospitals. Russian soldiers will obviously shoot back at them. Civilians will inevitably die.
Why is it important to say this?
If we accept the Western narrative, it will only come back to bite us. Israel has been combating similar narratives for decades, trying to defend itself against foreign accusations. We are called an army of occupation and our soldiers are accused of committing war crimes.
-Hamas hides behind civilians and shoots at us. We fire back and are called murderers.
Hamas operates out of residential buildings, or in buildings shared by the foreign press. We level them and receive bad press.
-Hamas fires rockets from schools and hospitals. We fire back and the world backs them in their struggle against us.
Israel has a moral army, as far as armies go. I would not compare us to the Russians, but we do find ourselves in a similar position. Israel also has a greater incentive to please the world. We cannot afford to dig in deep like the Russians. Our military conflicts often end quickly with us pulling out, unwilling to finish the job in the face of stiff foreign opposition. Russia is different.
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
The UTUBE Kabbalist
Rabbi Avraham Shira |
Rabbi Avraham Shira |
The Strap that Chassidishe Teacher beat their students now comes in a fancy holder.
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Famous Holy Purim Song Was Composed by a Black Jazz Singer
So the holy purim song that all sing with such deviekus was actually composed by a black Jazz singer, and I believe it's an old slave song !
Pass me a drink
Chareidie tries to electrocute his Rebbetzin
The Chareidie guy took car cables and attempted to electrocute his wife the mother of his children.
The daughter heard the screams from her mother and called police. While in handcuffs, the tzaddik said that he was only trying to frighten her! I guess he will listen to the megilla in jail!
Belz Will Officially Accept State-Chasidic Curriculum
Belz the chasidic group, which is the second largest in Israel, has apparently agreed to include core curriculum studies in its schools as previously reported, according to a report by Actualic.
The Israeli ministry of education authorized the special framework of study for the Belz institutions which will enable them to receive government funding at a higher level in return for studying three basic disciplines at grade school levels: Hebrew, Math and English. If students can pass all three subjects, the schools will receive 100% funding as in other school systems in Israel.
The negotiations between Belz and the ministry were coordinated by Rabbi Yonatan Reiss, a Belzer chasid who established a network of yeshivos which enable chareidim to streamline their army service while maintaining their core values. Reiss himself was conscripted as a deserter at the age of 26 but then realized that chareidi soldiers do not have a proper framework to prepare them for the culture shock they encounter when joining the army. He established Chedvata, which prepares chareidi youth for technological service in the army and B’Tzavta, which prepares them for combat service while maintaining their religious lifestyle.
The “state chasidic” educational stream is expected to attract other chasidic groups who wish to maintain their unique educational style but to receive extensive government funding.
NY STATE TO YESHIVA PARENTS: CHILDREN DO THINGS OUR WAY, OR PARENTS GO TO JAIL!
I have to say that the Ribbono Shel Oilom has a great sense of humor.
Remember when R' Zalman Leib, Williamsburg Satmar Rebbe, brought $5 million to Israel to distribute to Israeli Yeshivois that refused to take money from the Medina? Well that money lasted about 7 days. Most of those yeshivois had to start taking the money from the medina, otherwise the melamdim would starve to death. Belz has officially and publicly announced that they will comply with the "medina's educational requirement so as to get the funds.
So what did the Ribbono Shel Oilom do try try to put some sense into them?
He tested them back in their own turf in Williamsburg! The Satmar and other Chassidishe Moisdois all take money from the Medina, yes absolutely, they take money from the US Medina, but with taking money come strings attached; they will have to teach Math, English , Social Studies, Chas Ve'sholom!
When you guys mess with our "medina" Hashem will mess with your "medina"
The Board of Regents met today and received a presentation from the State Education Department about the new proposed regulations of private schools. It has already been reported that all of the non-Jewish schools in the State will be exempt under the new regulations, leaving only Yeshivas subject to the review and approval of local school districts.
At the last minute the State Education Department, led by Commissioner Betty Rosa, slipped in a section to the regulations that threatens jail time for parents who send to a non-complying yeshiva.
The new section is 130.14 and is titled Penalties and Enforcement. “Any violation of the compulsory education requirements contained in Article 65 of the Education Law is subject to the penalties prescribed in Education Law 3233.”
This bureaucratic language is threatening, not harmless. Article 65 refers to the compulsory education requirement that parents send their children to a school that provides substantially equivalent instruction. Education Law 3233 provides that a first offense is punishable by ten days’ imprisonment, and each subsequent offense by imprisonment not to exceed thirty days.
That’s right: These regulations threaten jail time for parents who send to a yeshiva that the local school district deems non-equivalent.
What about parents who continue to send their children to failing public schools? They are applauded and rewarded by the State.
Monday, March 14, 2022
He came to Israel - and saw tallit and tefillin for the first time in his life
As he shuddered with tears in his eyes, Ariel from Hungary clutched the tallit (prayer shawl) and tefillin (phylacteries) bag he received moments before standing in front of the Western Wall. His counselor, Rabbi Asher Feit, ran over to him. "Are you alright?" he asked. "Yes, yes," Ariel answered. With his eyes filled with tears, he added, "It's just that I need help putting on this tefillin. I'm so overwhelmed standing here at the most sacred place of the Jewish nation. My mother and father gave me a note to put in the Kotel (Western Wall - ed.), but I have to put on tefillin, and tallit and I don’t know what to do first."
The counselor patted his shoulder, calmed him down and reassured him. "Put on your tallit, let's help you put on tefillin, and we will pray together. We will hear the reading in the Torah of Rosh Chodesh (the new Jewish month) and then you can put the note in the Kotel."
Beit Shemesh Rates # 2 in its contribution of Combat Troops to the IDF