Purchasing challot from the Eichut Mehadrin bakeryin Sderot is a great way to support a troubled cityin these hard times, and to enjoy good tasting challah and pastries, at the same time.
This service is brought to you by Standing Together;
see more info at http://www.stogether.org/.
Every week, you can order these items online, and they will be delivered to the local neighborhoodrepresentative (of your choosing) for pickup and payment on Erev Shabbat.
This service has been place for a number of months now,and continues to provide Shabbat delicacies forfamilies in Rehovot, Gush Etzion, Bet Shemesh, andJerusalem.
See http://www.stogether.org/sderotchallot for more information and ordering options!
Tizku l'mitzvot!-- Aryeh Koenigberg
Standing TogetherRegional Coordinator, Sderot Challot Project
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Monday, October 15, 2007
Arvei Nachal Each part of Torah maintains a particular piece of land in Eretz Yisroel
We find throughout the Book of Yehoshua that B'nai Yisroel captured Eretz Yisroel with relative ease. Their first conquest was that of Yericho, and because of the miraculous way in which the city fell to them, it was understood that they would not take of the spoils. They, the people, were not the real victors, but rather Hashem was. It is thus perplexing that we find (Yehoshua 15:16) Kalev making the following declaration, "Whoever will conquer D'vir, which was formerly known as Qiryat Sefer, I will give my daughter Achsha as a wife". We are then told that Osneal ben Knaz conquers it and is given Achsha as a wife. Why was this particular section of the land more difficult to conquer? The Book of Yehoshua does not inform us, but the Gemara (Temurah 16a) gives us a significant clue.
The above cited Gemara teaches that when Moshe died, 300 halachos were forgotten by the people. Osneal restored them using his understanding and erudition of the oral law. The text that the Gemara uses to prove that he restored these laws is the verse from Yehoshua that teaches that us that he conquered Qiryat Sefer. What might be the connection between these two subjects?
Harav Dovid Shlomo Eibshitz z"l, the author of the L'vush on Yoreh Deah and Orach Chaim, writes a most fascinating idea in his sefer Arvei Nachal ( Parshas Shelach, Drush 2). The reason that the Jewish nation conquered Eretz Yisroel with relative ease is because the Torah is the blueprint of the world.
Each part of Torah maintains a particular piece of land in Eretz Yisroel. Thus it is understandable that their primary preparation for the conquest of the land was not a military academy. Rather their training at Har Sinai, where their acceptance of Torah and their commitment to its perpetuation enabled them to conquer the land. When Moshe died and they forgot 300 Torah laws, they were lacking the spiritual munitions to conquer D'vir. Osneal conquered not only with the sword, but more importantly with the restoration of the sefer, by his Torah, as alluded to in the name Qiryat Sefer.
From Rabbi Benjamin Yudin
http://www.torahweb.org/torah/2004/parsha/ryud_kedoshim.html
Copyright © 2004 by The TorahWeb Foundation. All rights reserved.
The above cited Gemara teaches that when Moshe died, 300 halachos were forgotten by the people. Osneal restored them using his understanding and erudition of the oral law. The text that the Gemara uses to prove that he restored these laws is the verse from Yehoshua that teaches that us that he conquered Qiryat Sefer. What might be the connection between these two subjects?
Harav Dovid Shlomo Eibshitz z"l, the author of the L'vush on Yoreh Deah and Orach Chaim, writes a most fascinating idea in his sefer Arvei Nachal ( Parshas Shelach, Drush 2). The reason that the Jewish nation conquered Eretz Yisroel with relative ease is because the Torah is the blueprint of the world.
Each part of Torah maintains a particular piece of land in Eretz Yisroel. Thus it is understandable that their primary preparation for the conquest of the land was not a military academy. Rather their training at Har Sinai, where their acceptance of Torah and their commitment to its perpetuation enabled them to conquer the land. When Moshe died and they forgot 300 Torah laws, they were lacking the spiritual munitions to conquer D'vir. Osneal conquered not only with the sword, but more importantly with the restoration of the sefer, by his Torah, as alluded to in the name Qiryat Sefer.
From Rabbi Benjamin Yudin
http://www.torahweb.org/torah/2004/parsha/ryud_kedoshim.html
Copyright © 2004 by The TorahWeb Foundation. All rights reserved.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
The Temple Mount in Their Hands
Posted by: "Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, Esq." mailto:nitsanad@zahav.net.il?Subject=
Wed Oct 10, 2007 1:33 am (PST)
Throughout the four decades following the Six Day War, the Islamic authorities which still control the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, have engaged in a deliberate and concerted effort to destroy and remove all evidence of the Jewish historical connection to Har HaBayit.
In the course of this malicious campaign, The Muslim Trust ("the Waqf") which is custodian of the Temple Mount, has intentionally demolished a great number of priceless Jewish artifacts on this holiest of religious sites. These include the remains of the two Temples!
The Israeli authorities have, in their political cowardice, refused to undertake any action to stop the desecration and destruction of these ancient relics by the Waqf and refuse to safeguard World Jewry's heritage and property. In recent months the Waqf has brought in bulldozers and other heavy digging equipment to carry out "renovations" on the Temple Mount. Israeli archaeologists who have sifted through the discarded earth being dumped by the Waqf outside the Old City were shocked to have discovered a great number of Jewish artifacts brutally trashed by the bulldozers. A wall from the outer court yard of the Second Temple is believed to have been recently pulverized by bulldozers.
The Waqf is deliberately demolishing all ancient Jewish artifacts. Appeals to the government, the IDF and law enforcement agencies by the archaeologists to stop the Waqf's destruction have not been answered. The UN similarly is refusing to act.
Enough is Enough is Enough!
Shurat HaDin - Israel Law Center is organizing a legal effort to stop the Islamic destruction on the Temple Mount. Utilizing an unprecedented legal procedure, we intend to criminally prosecute the Waqf, its leaders and the construction firms involved in the demolishing of the ancient Jewish artifacts. The intent of the law suit is not to appeal to Israeli officials to stop the Waqf but to indict and prosecute these Islamic haters directly ourselves.
If we are successful at trial the Waqf leaders and construction company officials will be sentenced to prison. We are doing what the Attorney General's office is too fearful to do - punish this anti-Semitic hate.
We, however, need your assistance. Israeli citizens are needed as plaintiffs in this land-mark prosecution. You need simple to email us your name, ID number and email address. We will then contact you with full information. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO COSTS INVOLVED.
Send your contact information to:info@israellawcenter.org
If you are tired of the Islamic desecration and deliberate destruction of Jewish artifacts on Temple Mount, then please join with us in sending the Waqf officials to prison. If you want to safeguard the Jewish People's sacred heritage and combat the Islamic hate, please email us immediately.
Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, Adv.info@israellawcenter.org
Wed Oct 10, 2007 1:33 am (PST)
Throughout the four decades following the Six Day War, the Islamic authorities which still control the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, have engaged in a deliberate and concerted effort to destroy and remove all evidence of the Jewish historical connection to Har HaBayit.
In the course of this malicious campaign, The Muslim Trust ("the Waqf") which is custodian of the Temple Mount, has intentionally demolished a great number of priceless Jewish artifacts on this holiest of religious sites. These include the remains of the two Temples!
The Israeli authorities have, in their political cowardice, refused to undertake any action to stop the desecration and destruction of these ancient relics by the Waqf and refuse to safeguard World Jewry's heritage and property. In recent months the Waqf has brought in bulldozers and other heavy digging equipment to carry out "renovations" on the Temple Mount. Israeli archaeologists who have sifted through the discarded earth being dumped by the Waqf outside the Old City were shocked to have discovered a great number of Jewish artifacts brutally trashed by the bulldozers. A wall from the outer court yard of the Second Temple is believed to have been recently pulverized by bulldozers.
The Waqf is deliberately demolishing all ancient Jewish artifacts. Appeals to the government, the IDF and law enforcement agencies by the archaeologists to stop the Waqf's destruction have not been answered. The UN similarly is refusing to act.
Enough is Enough is Enough!
Shurat HaDin - Israel Law Center is organizing a legal effort to stop the Islamic destruction on the Temple Mount. Utilizing an unprecedented legal procedure, we intend to criminally prosecute the Waqf, its leaders and the construction firms involved in the demolishing of the ancient Jewish artifacts. The intent of the law suit is not to appeal to Israeli officials to stop the Waqf but to indict and prosecute these Islamic haters directly ourselves.
If we are successful at trial the Waqf leaders and construction company officials will be sentenced to prison. We are doing what the Attorney General's office is too fearful to do - punish this anti-Semitic hate.
We, however, need your assistance. Israeli citizens are needed as plaintiffs in this land-mark prosecution. You need simple to email us your name, ID number and email address. We will then contact you with full information. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO COSTS INVOLVED.
Send your contact information to:info@israellawcenter.org
If you are tired of the Islamic desecration and deliberate destruction of Jewish artifacts on Temple Mount, then please join with us in sending the Waqf officials to prison. If you want to safeguard the Jewish People's sacred heritage and combat the Islamic hate, please email us immediately.
Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, Adv.info@israellawcenter.org
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