Antisemitism
Almost every day, we read about the desecration of a Jewish cemetery, once in Brooklyn, once in France, once on the Mount of Olives, once in Argentina, and it's puzzling, trying to harm a people or a religion, through stone tombstones,
I do not remember ever reading, about desecrating tombstones of Christians, or Muslims, so often if at all,
And this says from ,,, Darshani about what the Jewish monument represents to a non-Jew, this desire to corrupt a lifeless silent stone, beneath which the bones of someone very dead,
Implies a sense that one sees in her Jewish condition something that represents eternity, that is beyond time and place,
And even though it is a stone, there is still something very alive in the cold image of the Jewish monument, that they want to kill,
I understand that when we were scattered all over the world, and we were at least for the most part different from ourselves, from the peoples in which we sat, dressed in customs, in a way of life and we were different,
So I understand that they did not particularly like us, and there were many expressions, such a clear case is already described in the Bible, in the clearest and clearest way: in the Book of Esther. Haman plots to destroy all the Jews in the kingdom of Ahasuerus, whom he describes as follows:
There is one people scattered and separated among the peoples in all the countries of your kingdom and their religions are different from all the people and the people of the people.
Here we have even then the whole Torah, of hatred for the Jews… explicitly and not implicitly.
And I try to imagine what would happen if all the Jews of the world about fourteen million or so came to Eretz Yisrael, here to Eretz Yisrael, to stop being different in countries that are not their natural home, and let's say then that there was no Jew in any country except Eretz Yisrael.
Would that hatred of the Jews then have passed from the world, (or anti-Semitism in all its forms), in my opinion not only would it not have ceased but the hatred would have only increased, and more cemeteries would have been shattered, and now also unhindered,
For the reason that it is not only the difference, of religion or language or dress or custom… and the desire for segregation, nor the success in the financial world that in every generation found in the Jews thanks to their minds different expressions, from the kingdom counsel to the bank manager, it also ,,, it but not only…
In my opinion, the Land of Israel, and the return of the Jewish people from all the lands to which he exiled or fled, the Land of Israel and the Jewish people, who were resurrected from the ashes,
They are an eternal testimony that supersedes every substitute, and every upgrade,
This means that the Jewish religion and the Jewish people in the Land of Israel today, dispense with all the substitutes, who were supposed to take a place under the old Torah, and the ancient people… who were to receive a new Torah in their place.
But what to do that the Jewish people did not evaporate like other kingdoms, larger and more enormous than it,
And not only that, but he returned to his land and he flourishes in it more than ever, and he speaks in that language ,,, which his prophets spoke, and foretold already two thousand years ago his return to life…
No substitute loves the source alive and vibrant, and flourishing, so go to the clear sign of the eternity of this people, which are its tombstones, and shatter them and treat them as if they were a soul in them, the eternal soul of the Jewish people.
And they are right, the substitutes are unnecessary, because the source who saw voices in Sinai ,,, will never die.
Mountain Department
Regardless, and maybe ,,, yes actually yes ,,, with a sad connection, to what happened this week, I wanted to tell you, about my personal memory of a group of thirty-five guys, who moved in together, in a hut near our house in Beit Hakerem, at the end of Hechalutz Street, about They lived there for a few days, and were preparing to leave for Gush Etzion, they were thirty-five,
As a small child I was fascinated by them, and with their laughter rolling all the time, they also adopted a little dog of one of the neighbors, and would compete with each other in soft caresses, for his love,
Maybe it's a little boy's memory and maybe not, but I remember them, all to the last of them, wearing white shirts,
And all to the last of them, were beautiful and sturdy, and full of vigor, the whole neighborhood knew about them, and we would come to visit them, and adorn them with all the good we did not have ,,,
One afternoon, the women of the neighborhood held a party for them (thirty-five), in one house on Bialik Street, and handed them sandwiches that every mother made for them at home, as she buried them from the bottom of her heart, many prayers for the boys' well-being.
From there from this party, they set off ,,, with white shirts ,,,
A few days later a terrible rumor began to walk down our street, like some black cloud obscuring the day at noon, a rumor that something terrible had happened to the beautiful children who came out of here singing, to all thirty-five to all the beautiful and learned, because most of them were Hebrew University students.
Later I will learn from the history books that these were members of the XNUMXth division with forty warriors. Thirty-five of its men went out to reinforce the detached Gush Etzion, and fell in battle on their way. They set out on the night of the fifteenth to the sixteenth of January. The platoon was besieged by masses of Arabs from the area and all its fighters were killed in a battle that lasted all day.
A letter written by Ben-Gurion for the warriors' third memorial day states:
The struggle for Jerusalem served as a focal point for the war of the people of Israel today and the defense of Gush Etzion was one of the highlights of this struggle. The thirty-five escaped to this desperate defense and did not reach their object district because they fell to one standing in front of thousands of enemies gathered from all the surrounding villages.
I do not know, Ben-Gurion continues and writes: If there was in the Israel Defense Forces, or in any army in the world, a platoon that concentrated more human glory, and the heroism of innocence and mental wealth than this platoon,
These infidels of Israel merged within them a return of youth, a majestic majesty, supreme wisdom, a binding zeal, and a fierce heroism from death.
"To die - there is nothing. If only one knows for what and why" - one of them wrote in his diary shortly before they fell.
In what will we cherish their blessed memory? Not in stone monuments nor in memoirs, but in a faithful and constant desire to resemble them as much as possible. Will our generation succeed in this?
Signed by David Ben-Gurion.
Will our generation succeed in this ???
In their graves, which popped up and were shoved, without a drop of sensitivity, into an election war video, seventy-one years later, the answer to Ben-Gurion's question lay ashamed and embarrassed.
Plan of the Century
There is no one who does not talk about the American Century Plan, some very much for, some very much against, depending on which side of the political map you come from, some say Trump is a friend, so there is nothing to worry about,
Another part says Trump is a friend ,,, which is exactly what should be most worrying, because if he could not be refused, more than that he is not expected in his reactions, and if we do not listen to him we will miss Obama,
Some say: "Because of the plan, we will have to give up half of Jerusalem, and parts of Judea and Samaria, (because that is what the American president has agreed with the moderate Arab countries that want an end to the struggle),"
And another part says, he will leave the decision in the hands of the parties and will not force his will, because he has no interest in being the bad guy in the unresolved dispute,
U.S. government officials say the Trump administration's Century Plan: will reverse the dynamics of past agreements, (whoever understands will explain to me)
And Russia is against Trump's "plan of the century":
Yesterday, Jared Kushner, Trump's senior adviser, outlined the president's peace plan and said that on the Palestinian split between the Hamas government in Gaza and the PA government in the West Bank, "we want to see one Palestinian government in the West Bank and Gaza Strip."
Wow ,,, how did they not think of before?…
He added:
That the plan will strive to draw the boundaries and deal with their strict demarcation, as well as bring peace instead of threats, which will lead to a free flow of goods and increase opportunities in the area. "Wow…. How creative…
In light of everything I brought to you here after reading the newspapers and listening to television, do you already know what Trump's plan of the century is?
No ,,,, I also do not know ,,, Absolutely not, some for some against but no one knows what it is ,,, No one knows against what he is ,,, and no one knows what he is for…
And even so I have a suggestion that sooner or later the plan will have to be published, and I suggest we be kind this time and not jump to comment what we think, this time we will respect the other side of the agreement, I mean the Palestinians, I recommend that we shut up for two days, no more, they already All the problems will be solved for us.
Transitions
With the establishment of the State of Israel, in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, there was a great immigration of Jews to Israel. The gates of the land, which until then had been closed to immigrants, were opened and many Jews asked to immigrate. More than nine hundred thousand people immigrated to the State of Israel in the first decade of its establishment, a figure that is unparalleled among countries that receive immigration in the world.
Thanks to the huge increase in the Israeli population in a short period of time, they realized that the existing population solutions do not address the housing crisis, and Eshkol then devised a new plan in which "immigrant housing" or "immigrant neighborhoods" will be established near old localities. This was in fact a new form of settlement, later called "Maabarah". The idea behind the establishment of the transit camps was to allow immigrants employment in the old locality near their place of residence, with the aim of merging the new locality with the old one in the future.
The houses in the transit camps were extremely poor because they were designed as a temporary solution only. The most common types of structures in the transit camps were: tents, asbestos-clad dunes and huts.
And this is how Zeev Schiff wrote in the Haaretz newspaper at the time: the only and poor car for garbage removal and the three sanitary workers cannot empty the garbage that is piled-up. On average, one public toilet is used by about 100 people and more. The tin walls of the pavilions are cracked and a person wishing to bathe or take drinking water must go to the main tap or the general "shower", the state of cleanliness of which does not far exceed the situation in the toilets. End of quote
A great many events have taken place in this nation, some of them very traumatic, but the great majority of them have been forgotten and passed away without a second thought. But there are events that as time goes on, the collective memory about them only gets stronger and refuses to fade. This is the period of the transitions. That everything is in it. Heroic immigration to Eretz Israel after two thousand years of exile, grouping exiles of Jews from all over the world who have never met each other, but also the experience of immigration of those who do not know the local language, do not know the culture of the collectors and their customs,
A new TV series currently airing on Here 11, called "Maabarot", gives expression for the first time to untold stories.
To this day we knew that it was a heroic period continuous with great effort and good intentions, and there were difficulties, as well as protests and frustrations and abject poverty,
And we never listened to the good, simple people whose wound in their hearts remained engraved, and now they have opened their closed hearts and decided to tell what happened to them, and what they tell is not easy to digest, but if there is little in this series to mend the rift, then maybe these stories are good.
Salaries
The salaries of Palestinian prisoners… This is something that sounds at first like Gamach charitable giving, something human, exciting,
The breadwinner is not there, because he went into battle ,,, went out to defend the homeland, and his family was left hungry without him, so they take care of her family…
And it's so ,,,
not like that,,,!!! In the case of the Palestinian terrorists ,,,
I am embarrassed to think that only in recent days has the Committee of Ministers mentioned the implementation of the Law on the Freezing of Money from Israel to the Palestinian Authority,
Funds intended for terrorists and their families, and to offset about five hundred and two, one million shekels. Only now after years ,,,
Is there a precedent for this? Or a similar case? In some country in the world, a prisoner in prison receives in addition to his rights as a prisoner,
From such a gift that rewards him for his crime,?
Where does it sound, (except for us)
And why does it sound at all?
It is important to know that the Palestinian prisoners we have with have so far received a bonus for murdering Jews, there is no other explanation for this, a bonus,
This is not support for their parents, this is not charitable giving, this is not charity for the needy, this is a gift for murder,
And it took us a while for the Ministerial Committee to decide on the cessation of this stupid "holiday gift,"
For some reason sometimes, and out of a desire to be okay with the world, and even more so with ourselves, the basic truth that a criminal does not deserve a gift for his crime has ceased to be an option for us.
The simple basic instinct, which says that a normal healthy society without feelings of inferiority does not reward a murderer for murder, sometimes does not work for us…
According to the Authority, a terrorist sentenced to three to five years in prison receives NIS XNUMX a month, while a terrorist sentenced to twenty to thirty-five years in prison receives NIS XNUMX a month, for the rest of his life.
Because he murdered more or slaughtered more yes it sounds awful but it's also true…
It is important to know that Israeli terrorists receive an additional five hundred shekels each month.
And what exactly is this receipt that the Palestinian Authority pays them from the money we transfer to them? What is it if not encouraging murder,
With a rate for the severity of his crime, and then his family relaxes with a monthly salary that the son takes care of sending home, the heroic son, who is now guarded against evil and learns to be a Dr. and sees a World Cup and has a cell phone to talk to at home,
Blessed be God that a time has finally come for the end of this folly,
We say remember the grace of fathers and bring a savior to their sons, for some reason it is a little different for them, they remember the grace of the killer son, who brings redemption to his fathers.
Trumpeldor
Few know that Kiryat Shmona is named after eight fighters from Tel Hai who were killed ninety-nine years ago today, led by Yosef Trumpeldor.
In a letter he wrote abroad at the time to his brother Shmuel, he wrote, among other things, a kind of self-fulfilling prophecy:
If a war breaks out in the Land of Israel, I will surely be crowned there as a commander, even though I am willing to serve there as a simple soldier. They will be there at home, not with strangers (…) I believe that a day will come, and I am tired and weary, I will look happily and age on my own fields, in my own country. And no one will say to me, 'You are despised, you are a stranger in this land. And if any man say thus unto me, By strength and by sword shall I defend my fields and my rights. And if I fall in battle - I will be happy. I'll know what I'm falling for.
The frustration of the Tel Hai defenders commanded by Trumpeldor. A man in those years due to the little help they received from the weak settlement institutions and the defense committee that was then in its infancy. On January XNUMX, the defenders of the Galilee issued a proclamation that read, among other things
We are on our guard and we have decided to continue the defense in the Upper Galilee until the last minute… We will resist the enemy around us and not move from here until our last breath… We turn to you, young people of the country, a sense of responsibility and insult from you, come to our aid…
On the 1th of Adar, March 1920, XNUMX, today ninety-nine years ago, Arabs came to the place and asked to enter to check if there were any French soldiers in the settlement. They were allowed to enter, but then the Arabs decided to confiscate the weapons of the people of Tel Hai. Then Trumpeldor ordered fire on the attackers, immediately afterwards an exchange of gunfire broke out, and Trumpeldor was severely wounded in the abdomen. Meanwhile, the attackers withdrew temporarily
And a decision was made to abandon Tel Hai and withdraw. Trumpeldor turned to Kfar Giladi and died on the way.
The story of Trumpeldor's heroism and death became a fundamental affair on which generations were educated. His death in defense of Tel Hai immediately became a symbol of the Jews' insistence on their souls,
Avraham Broides' poem "In the Galilee" states:
He was an ancient hero
Rock formations, ancient rocks.
In the path of destruction inside caves
His voice thundered, he lit lights.
In the song of life he went into battle
In front of a large and numerous mob.
'It's good to die on guard
For our country! ' so I sad.
Pregnant
I do not know what about you, but last night I felt the zero end of the phrase "the day of the world" in the piyyut added to Rosh Hashanah, the day of the world
Today he will put on trial all the creatures of the world,
Well ,,, not pregnant forever ,,, but pregnant earth sure,
And why this sense of purpose, that last night no one's fate was decided, last night the fate of a country was decided, and now everything is open, because the range in which we all find ourselves after this fateful decision, is now renewed from Oslo, until Gaza burns again,
Amos the prophet wrote: Two thousand years ago a sentence that today is an inscription of fire on all the walls of the house, the one who is educated at that time is their hand, because it is a bad time "
There is no point and it is not right to interpret, nor read or read the other parts of the sentence in the chapter, they can be relevant to some of us ,,, and to another part to sound very bad.
It is enough to say that a bad time is, because the time is really bad for Israel ,,,
And it is very worthwhile ,,, it is very worthwhile, that there should not be those who begin with jubilation, and in contrast prematurely to Nahi and Tanya, what is left is to hope for the best, and if there is justice as Bialik wrote: then please "please sing immediately" "
Because we are all already at the limit of patience.
Madrasia of Ovadia Hamama
The Midrashir for the "Vikhal" affair
1) "Wisdom of the heart", which was required for the builders of the Mishkan and in fact for every artist wherever he is.
Empty rational architecture that is heartbreaking, does not suffice when building the tabernacle in particular, or any other tabernacle in general, that you, is its high priest.
Emotional intelligence, perhaps it is called today,
Primitiveness is higher, a vague and innocent feeling
And it is really easy to touch.
It is not everything to pretend to know, but to feel, to believe
In what is impossible to grasp in the intellect, to understand
What the soul has long known.
Only the wisdom of the heart will build the tabernacle,
The whole building depends on the wisdom of the heart.
Wisdom into our hearts will make its way into the room,
If only we would open a window and make room for light.
Without the wisdom of the heart, always, in every matter,
Without the foundation of the wisdom of the heart, no master will arise,
Without the wisdom of the heart Wisdom is wisdom,
Pottery in your hand, a prescription for emptiness.
Wisdom of the heart
Lyrics and melody: Ovadia Hamama
Who sang with Albert Amar
