Archive for May, 2009

Parshiyot Behar/Bechukotai 5769: Connecting Shabbos, Shemittoh and Eretz Yisrael

May 10th, 2009

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by Moshe Burt
Parshiyot Behar and Bechukotai are another power-packed doubleheader emphasizing the connection between the Jew and Eretz Yisrael.
Our Parshiyot parallel the laws of Shabbos with Shemittoh. And so, six days you shall work and you shall rest, refrain from all manner of avodah on the seventh day… to keep it Holy, just as in […]

Wednesday, Thursday War News: They’re Back! — Kassam and Mortar Attacks on South From Gaza, IAF Bombs Tunnels; 28 Terrorists Nabbed, Soldier Killed in Raid Near Ramallah, Police Kill Terrorist at Hevron’s Machpela Cave

May 7th, 2009

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Commentary;
Can there be any great surprise at all at the return of rocket and mortar bombardment of Southern Israel from Gaza? How many more times will we see this predictable cycle repeat itself due to continued revelations of the weakness of a secular regime which has long ago lost sight of how and why […]

Tuesday War News: Woman Wounded by Stoning Near Tekoa, Hebron’s Zion Route to be Opened to Arabs, 5 Terrorists and 17 Illegals Nabbed, IDF Post Hit by 4 Molotovs, Sunday’s Ramat Gan Terrorist Nabbed, 2 Pipe Bombs Found in Ramle

May 5th, 2009

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Israeli Woman Lightly Wounded [in Car] by Stone Throwers Near Tekoa
Hebron’s Zion Route to be Opened to Palestinians [Military Commander Promises New Security Measures Along Route]
IDF Arrests Five Terror Suspects [in Borin, South of Shechem and in Hussan, West of Bethlehem]
4 Molotov Cocktails Hurled at IDF Post in Beit Omar; None Hurt
17 Illegal Palestinian Residents […]

Sunday, Monday War News: Mortar Attacks by Gaza Terrorists on Israeli Towns, Terrorist ‘Messenger’ Shot by IDF at Gaza Fence; 13 Terrorists, 282 Illegals Nabbed, Firebomb Attack on Buses, Chayal Stabbed in Ramat Gan Terror Attack, Israeli-Arab Terror Plot Foiled

May 4th, 2009

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Terrorists Continue Mortar Attacks on Israeli Towns [2 Mortars Fired at Israeli Towns Near Gaza Border on Shabbos]
Arab Intruder [Sent by Terrorists] Shot by Troops at Gaza Security Fence
10 Terrorists, 282 Illegal Arabs Arrested
Firebomb Attack [on Bus] at Beit Omer
Soldier Moderately Wounded in Apparent Ramat Gan Terror Attack, by Yaakov Lappin (Jerusalem […]

Parsha Emor 5769: The Kohen’s Purity in Joining Physical and Spiritual

May 3rd, 2009

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by Moshe Burt
The positioning in Torah of our Parsha Emor, following last week’s Parsha Kedoshim gives rise to thought and contemplation.
In the previous 2 twin Parshas; Acharei Mos and Kedoshim and Tazria and Metzora before them, we learn about the Kohen as the only one Divinely invested with ruling as to Tumah or Ta’Hara regarding […]

Tuesday Thru Friday War News: Gaza Rocket Hits Eshkol Region; 11 Terrorists Nabbed, Rock and Firebomb Attacks, Knife-Carrying Arab Nabbed Near Cave of Patriarchs, 7 Arabs Nabbed for Planning Terror Attacks

May 1st, 2009

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Kassam Attack on Eshkol Region [Next to Kibbutz and Gaza Security Fence - Thursday]
UPDATE: Israel Strikes Gaza Weapons Tunnels [All Along Philadelphi Corridor , by by Hana Levi Julian] (Israel National News)
Nine Wanted Terrorists Arrested [in Jenin area, in Ramallah and in and around Shechem]
Firebomb Attack [Next to Nachalin] in Bethlehem Area
Rock […]