Archive for November, 2008

Election Postscript: Shas Chareidi Mayor for Beit Shemesh

November 12th, 2008

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Official Final Numbers, as sent from Shalom Lerner Campaign Headquarters;
For Mayor;
Abutbol - 46.7
Lerner - 28.4
Vaknin - 24.9
For City Council:
UTJ - 5
B’Yachad - 3
Shas - 3
Dor Acher (Balayish) - 2
Likud - 2
Mishpacha Acat (Russians) - 2
Labor - 1
Tov - 1
Chen - 0
Shas Chareidi candidate Moshe Abutbul has apparently been swept into office as Mayor of Beit […]

Tuesday War News: Kassams Launched at Sderot, Nab “Pal” Crossing Gaza Border; IDF Finds 50 lbs of Explosives, Stonings of IDF, Civilians, 9 Arabs Nabbed, IDF Nabs “Pal” in Possession of Explosives

November 12th, 2008

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Kassam Launched at Sderot
Kassam Rocket Hits Open Area Near Sderot; No Wounded Reported
IDF Paratroopers Arrest Palestinian Who Crosses Gaza Border Fence
IDF Found 50 lbs of Explosives Ingredients
Arabs Wound Israeli [in Stonings] Near Bethlehem
Dozen Arabs Stone IDF Troops
Nine Palestinian Fugitives Arrested in Hebron by IDF
Rock Attacks in Kalkilyeh Area
IDF Soldiers Catch Palestinian in Possession of Bomb […]

The Test of Mettle: The Beit Shemesh Response in a National Crisis

November 10th, 2008

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David Morris, the esteemed founder and Chairman of Lema’an Achai which assists families in need and enables them to get back on their feet and to achieve financial and social independence, wrote the email below making several very important points in support of Shalom Lerner who was one of the chief architects of […]

Beit Shemesh: Revolution of Inclusiveness or of Exclusion to Most?

November 10th, 2008

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With 30 hours to go to national municipal elections in Israel, Beit Shemesh held a Mayoralty debate on Sunday night in the Simcha Hall of Beit Knesset Beit Tefillah Yona Avraham between the two main candidates, Shalom Lerner of B’Yachad and the Shas/Gimmel candidate Moshe Abutbul. The debate was extremely well organized despite having […]

Sunday, Monday War News: Kassam Rocket Hits Negev, Gaza Crossings Closed After 60+ Rockets; Arabs Stone Jewish Driver, IDF Nabs 24 Terrorists, Gunfire at IDF, Rock Attacks, Molotovs Thrown at Jews

November 10th, 2008

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Kassam Rocket Strikes Open Area in Western Negev; None Wounded
Gaza Crossings Closed, Fuel Shortage to be Discussed
Arabs Stone and Wound Israeli Driver [Near Abud, Northwest of Ramallah]
IDF Troops Arrest 24 Palestinians During Operations
IDF Fired at Near Kalkilye
Rock Attack Near Bethlehem
3 Molotov Cocktails Thrown at Israeli Cars Near Bethlehem; None Hurt

Parsha Vayeira 5769: Stark Contrasts Between Chessed and the Ways of Sodom

November 9th, 2008

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by Moshe Burt
Our Parsha opens with Hashem, as we understand, visiting Avraham Aveinu on the 3rd day after Bris Milah, when Avraham was at the height of his pain following the circumcision, as Rashi indicates, “to inquire about his welfare.” (Metsuda Linear Chumash rendering of Rashi on Perek 18, posuk 1)
It’s not like Hashem needed […]

Friday, Shabbos, Motsei Shabbos War News: More Rockets Hit Askelon, Sderot, West Negev, IDF Blasts Rocket on Ground, 4 Terrorists Nabbed, Jew Stabbed by Arabs in Jerusalem, 2 Wounded by Stoning Near Peduel

November 9th, 2008

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Rocket Hits Ashkelon Area
IDF Destroys Gaza Rocket [and Launcher on Ground]
2 Kassams Fall Outside of Sderot; No Injuries Reported
5 Kassam Rockets Slam into West Negev
Four Terrorists Arrested in Tulkarm, Bethlehem
Jerusalem: Jew Stabbed by 2 Arabs [at French Hill Intersection]
Two Wounded in Samaria [Rock] Attack [Near Peduel]

Beit Shemesh Municipal Elections: Compelling Reasons to Vote Shalom Lerner

November 7th, 2008

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Commentary;
On Wednesday, I received an email from neighbors Yissachar and Riki Fried, easily the paradigm, most compelling piece I’ve seen regarding the upcoming Beit Shemesh Municipal Elections on 11 November.
And so, I am sharing it with list subscribers, be they living in Beit Shemesh, throughout Israel, new olim or those planning Aliyah. It […]

Parsha Lech Lecha 5769: 2nd Look; Aliyah — By Call or By Persecution?

November 7th, 2008

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By Moshe Burt
This 2nd Parsha HaShevua takes some of the points from the original, brings additional points and wings it as to the modern-day Matzav.
“Hashem said to Avram, Go for yourself from your land … to the land that I will show you. I will make you into a great nation…” (Breish’t, Perek […]

Thursday War News: At Least 8 Rockets From Gaza; Rocks and Molotovs Thrown in Silwan, Shechem and El Aroub, 28 Moslem Terrorists, Weapons and Drug Traders Nabbed

November 7th, 2008

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2 Kassam Rockets Strike Open Areas in West Negev; None Wounded
Two Kassam Rockets Hit Western Negev, IAF Kills Islamic Jihad Terrorist in Northern Gaza Airstrike, by Yaakov Lappin (Jerusalem Post)
Kassam Rocket Fired at Israel; No Wounded Reported
Kassam Hits Near Sderot Cemetery
Kassam Lands Between Sderot, Sha’ar Hanegev Region; None Hurt
Rocket Explodes Outside Sderot […]