Israel and The Sin of Expulsion

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Commentary:
Is Egypt “On the job”, or do her recent actions against Hamas and Hezbollah constitute one-time validation? How many tunnels continue operation under Egypt’s nose?
Is it possible that these recent actions reflect nothing more than Egypt acting against Hezbollah out of concern for her own national security regarding threat posed by […]

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By Moshe Burt
We learn in Parsha Tzav that for seven days, Moshe taught Aaron HaKohen and his sons the laws of their Avodah in the Mishkan. (You might say that they were given OJT from Shemayim.)
Our Parsha Shemini begins by relating that on the eighth day, Aaron and his sons commenced their Avodah HaKodosh. […]

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Hamas Needs Smuggling ‘Mega Tunnels’ [to Smuggle in Larger Rockets], by Yaakov Katz (Jerusalem Post)
Excerpt:
“Rockets that Hamas would like to get its hands on include the long-range Iranian-made Fajr, which has a range of 70 km. and could reach as far as the outskirts of Tel Aviv. Unlike the Grad-model Katyusha, which is 2 […]

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IDF Kills Terrorists Who Planted Bomb at Gaza Border
Border Police Shoot Dead 16 Year Old Female Bedouin Terrorist [Who Fired at Them at Negev Base], by Gil Ronen (Israel National News)
IDF Captures Terror Suspect Near Shechem
Soldiers Arrest Four Wanted Terrorists [in Ramallah Area]
Palestinians Throw Molotov Cocktail at Israeli Car[Near Shechem]; No Wounded

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by, Moshe Burt
Rabbi Chaim Zev Malinowitz has repeatedly urged our Kehilla to internalize the Yetziyat Mitzriyim — the B’nai Ysrael’s leaving Mitzriyim, to internalize, to feel, to make part of our very being and our daily lives that “I am a Jew who left Egyptian enslavement.”
In giving much thought to our leaving Mitzriyim, it seems […]

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by Moshe Burt
This year will mark fourteen years, and my eleventh Pesach in Eretz Yisrael, in which I have emailed, as it has become tradition with me from prior to my Aliyah, the rendition of Dayenu quoted from the book “Dear Brothers.” In each year, Dayenu holds a unique perspective, unlike the perspective of any […]

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Commentary;
Finally, at long last, we have a Prime Minister. Perhaps, not the one we wanted, but at least not a lame-duck who nearly handed the country over in a “fire sale” and who now returns to private life to face a myriad of charges of political corruption and other […]

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Fourth Kassam Hit Near Sderot
Terrorists Fire Kassam Rocket at Sderot; No Casualties
Two Kassam Rockets Hit Sdot Hanegev Region
‘Israel Had Less Than a Week to Plan Sudan Raid’, by Hillel Fendel (Israel National News)
IDF Catches 18 Wanted Arab Terror Suspects Overnight [in Jenin, in Ramallah Area, in Bethlehem, in Tulkarem]
Arab Worker Attacks Jewish Employer in […]