I am. I presumed any thread you started would be nothing more than a wasteland for your YouTube videos.Great photo!Wow! All the stars got along perfectly for this marriage proposal
So that too happened this week at Khan Wells - amid a barrage of Perseids, crowds of people coming to the desert, star gazing and photography workshops - we were privileged to be part of the cosmic backdrop to Mike and Yuval's heavenly marriage proposal.
BTW, aren't you glad that I started this thread for you?
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Who are the Israelis?
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Israel could end its war today if it wanted to.
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Great photo!Wow! All the stars got along perfectly for this marriage proposal
So that too happened this week at Khan Wells - amid a barrage of Perseids, crowds of people coming to the desert, star gazing and photography workshops - we were privileged to be part of the cosmic backdrop to Mike and Yuval's heavenly marriage proposal.
BTW, aren't you glad that I started this thread for you?
Well, you didn't start it 'for me',
and sure didn't expect a descendant of former dhimmis to tell the story.
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Israel could end its war today if it wanted to.
Indeed, all our neighbors know,
we can end any war in matter of hours.
But reforming Islam takes more sophistication and time, which we have.
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'The next wave of Aliyah will be unlike any other'
The coronavirus pandemic and anti-Semitism are fueling a wave of immigration to Israel unlike previous waves.
Dr. Sam Minskoff, a licensed clinical psychologist and Aliyah consultant, talks about the growing wave of Aliyah resulting from coronavirus and the impact this will have on the Jews wherever they are.
The now happening Aliyah will be unlike any other ‘period of Aliyah’ according to Minskoff. He advises like many others have, to take heed and come home to Israel before it is too late.
He discusses the notion that Aliyah is not as easy as one would like and certainly not as impossible as many fear. Neima HaLevi, an 11-year-old guest on the show, gives her ideas about Aliyah to children and parents.
www.israelnationalnews.com
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Well, what if I said they don't even tell the half of it,
folks don't have even a slightest idea who're coming next...
Meet family:
The coronavirus pandemic and anti-Semitism are fueling a wave of immigration to Israel unlike previous waves.
Dr. Sam Minskoff, a licensed clinical psychologist and Aliyah consultant, talks about the growing wave of Aliyah resulting from coronavirus and the impact this will have on the Jews wherever they are.
The now happening Aliyah will be unlike any other ‘period of Aliyah’ according to Minskoff. He advises like many others have, to take heed and come home to Israel before it is too late.
He discusses the notion that Aliyah is not as easy as one would like and certainly not as impossible as many fear. Neima HaLevi, an 11-year-old guest on the show, gives her ideas about Aliyah to children and parents.
'The next wave of Aliyah will be unlike any other'
The coronavirus pandemic and anti-Semitism are fueling a wave of immigration to Israel unlike previous waves.
www.israelnationalnews.com
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Well, what if I said they don't even tell the half of it,
folks don't have even a slightest idea who're coming next...
Meet family:
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Shoftim: The Jerusalem Police Officer
How Israel's first Chief Rabbi and a Jewish British policemen helped illegal immigrants
“Appoint judges and police in all of your cities...” (Deut. 16:18)
Rav Kook was overjoyed with the good news: David Tidhar, a Jewish officer serving in the British Mandatory police force, had announced that he was engaged to be married. The rabbi insisted that the wedding be held in his own residence and that he would provide the wedding meal. Rav Kook even invited students from the yeshiva to join in the festivities.
Many people were surprised. Why was Rav Kook so fond of this particular policeman?
Rav Kook explained that David Tidhar had zekhut avot - ancestral merits. His father, Reb Moshe Betzalel Todrosovich, was a wealthy Jaffa philanthropist who had been instrumental in bringing Rav Kook to serve as rabbi of Jaffa. Reb Moshe Betzalel supported numerous religious projects in Jaffa, especially anything related to Jewish education and assisting those in need. This fine man, Rav Kook declared, is certainly deserving of our thanks and gratitude.
But Rav Kook’s appreciation of David Tidhar was also based on his appreciation for the young man’s own character and deeds. Their close ties took on greater importance when Tidhar became an officer in the Jerusalem police force. The Chief Rabbi would often turn to him for assistance in releasing a prisoner or to ameliorate a prisoner’s conditions in jail.
On one unusual occasion, however, Rav Kook requested Tidhar’s help in placing a man under arrest.
A certain resident of Jerusalem had decided to abandon his family, intending on leaving his wife without a proper divorce. Lacking an official bill of divorce (a get), the poor woman would become an agunah, trapped in her marriage and unable to remarry.
The scoundrel intended to flee Jerusalem on the early morning train. Legally, there was no way to stop him. The request to detain him had been submitted to the regional court, but the order could only be approved after the judge arrived at ten o'clock mid-morning.
Hearing of the situation, Rav Kook turned to Tidhar. The resourceful police officer came up with an unconventional solution to deal with the case. He dispatched an undercover detective to the train station. The detective found an excuse to start a fight with the man. The altercation began with harsh words and quickly progressed to fisticuffs.
Policemen instantly appeared and arrested the two brawlers, hauling them into the Me'ah She'arim police station. At that point, Tidhar arrived at the station. He detained the man until Rav Kook sent word that the court order had been obtained. He was then able to officially place the man under arrest.
The Would-Be Expulsion
In another incident, Tidhar sought to prevent the deportation of Jewish immigrants - a deportation that he himself had been detailed to carry out.
The British passport office sent Tidhar a long list of illegal immigrants. The list included many details: names, addresses, ages, and so on. Tidhar was astounded. How had the British obtained so much information about the immigrants?
The answer was not long in coming. British immigration officials had posed as Jewish aid workers, going from house to house in the Jerusalem neighborhoods. Using this ploy, they tricked the immigrants into divulging their identifying details.
As police commander, Tidhar was the officer ordered to expel forty hapless families - on the day before Yom Kippur! It would have been a heart-breaking sight. Tidhar met with the Jewish city council. He requested that the refugees be provided with food and clothing, and he gave them a twelve-hour reprieve before executing the deportation.
The council’s immigration department agreed. They provided for the immigrants’ immediate needs and secretly transferred them to distant neighborhoods, thus forestalling the deportation orders.
In order to assist the refugees, Tidhar needed to work on Yom Kippur. Following Rav Kook’s advice, he dressed as an Arab. This way, the Jewish immigrants would not be disturbed by the sight of a Jew desecrating the holiest day of the year - even if his labors were for their own benefit.
“There are two men,” Rav Kook would say, “who assist me in maintaining order in religious affairs in Jerusalem. The first is the British High Commissioner, Herbert Samuel. And the second is police officer David Tidhar.”
“However, there is a difference between the two,” the rabbi observed. “The commissioner always confers first with his legal advisor, so his assistance is often delayed. Officer Tidhar, on the other hand, is diligent and energetic. He does whatever he promises, quickly overcoming all obstacles.”
David Tidhar admitted, “The British officers thought that they were my commanding officers. But my true commanding officer was Rav Kook. For me, any request of the rabbi was an order, which I tried to discharge to the best of my ability. I considered it a great privilege to fulfill the Chief Rabbi’s wishes.”
(Stories from the Land of Israel. Adapted from Hayei HaRe’iyah, pp. 303-304; Malachim Kivnei Adam, p. 151, sent to Arutz Sheva by Rabbi Chanan Morrison, ravkooktorah.org)
See also: The King's Torah Scroll
www.israelnationalnews.com
How Israel's first Chief Rabbi and a Jewish British policemen helped illegal immigrants
“Appoint judges and police in all of your cities...” (Deut. 16:18)
Rav Kook was overjoyed with the good news: David Tidhar, a Jewish officer serving in the British Mandatory police force, had announced that he was engaged to be married. The rabbi insisted that the wedding be held in his own residence and that he would provide the wedding meal. Rav Kook even invited students from the yeshiva to join in the festivities.
Many people were surprised. Why was Rav Kook so fond of this particular policeman?
Rav Kook explained that David Tidhar had zekhut avot - ancestral merits. His father, Reb Moshe Betzalel Todrosovich, was a wealthy Jaffa philanthropist who had been instrumental in bringing Rav Kook to serve as rabbi of Jaffa. Reb Moshe Betzalel supported numerous religious projects in Jaffa, especially anything related to Jewish education and assisting those in need. This fine man, Rav Kook declared, is certainly deserving of our thanks and gratitude.
But Rav Kook’s appreciation of David Tidhar was also based on his appreciation for the young man’s own character and deeds. Their close ties took on greater importance when Tidhar became an officer in the Jerusalem police force. The Chief Rabbi would often turn to him for assistance in releasing a prisoner or to ameliorate a prisoner’s conditions in jail.
On one unusual occasion, however, Rav Kook requested Tidhar’s help in placing a man under arrest.
A certain resident of Jerusalem had decided to abandon his family, intending on leaving his wife without a proper divorce. Lacking an official bill of divorce (a get), the poor woman would become an agunah, trapped in her marriage and unable to remarry.
The scoundrel intended to flee Jerusalem on the early morning train. Legally, there was no way to stop him. The request to detain him had been submitted to the regional court, but the order could only be approved after the judge arrived at ten o'clock mid-morning.
Hearing of the situation, Rav Kook turned to Tidhar. The resourceful police officer came up with an unconventional solution to deal with the case. He dispatched an undercover detective to the train station. The detective found an excuse to start a fight with the man. The altercation began with harsh words and quickly progressed to fisticuffs.
Policemen instantly appeared and arrested the two brawlers, hauling them into the Me'ah She'arim police station. At that point, Tidhar arrived at the station. He detained the man until Rav Kook sent word that the court order had been obtained. He was then able to officially place the man under arrest.
The Would-Be Expulsion
In another incident, Tidhar sought to prevent the deportation of Jewish immigrants - a deportation that he himself had been detailed to carry out.
The British passport office sent Tidhar a long list of illegal immigrants. The list included many details: names, addresses, ages, and so on. Tidhar was astounded. How had the British obtained so much information about the immigrants?
The answer was not long in coming. British immigration officials had posed as Jewish aid workers, going from house to house in the Jerusalem neighborhoods. Using this ploy, they tricked the immigrants into divulging their identifying details.
As police commander, Tidhar was the officer ordered to expel forty hapless families - on the day before Yom Kippur! It would have been a heart-breaking sight. Tidhar met with the Jewish city council. He requested that the refugees be provided with food and clothing, and he gave them a twelve-hour reprieve before executing the deportation.
The council’s immigration department agreed. They provided for the immigrants’ immediate needs and secretly transferred them to distant neighborhoods, thus forestalling the deportation orders.
In order to assist the refugees, Tidhar needed to work on Yom Kippur. Following Rav Kook’s advice, he dressed as an Arab. This way, the Jewish immigrants would not be disturbed by the sight of a Jew desecrating the holiest day of the year - even if his labors were for their own benefit.
“There are two men,” Rav Kook would say, “who assist me in maintaining order in religious affairs in Jerusalem. The first is the British High Commissioner, Herbert Samuel. And the second is police officer David Tidhar.”
“However, there is a difference between the two,” the rabbi observed. “The commissioner always confers first with his legal advisor, so his assistance is often delayed. Officer Tidhar, on the other hand, is diligent and energetic. He does whatever he promises, quickly overcoming all obstacles.”
David Tidhar admitted, “The British officers thought that they were my commanding officers. But my true commanding officer was Rav Kook. For me, any request of the rabbi was an order, which I tried to discharge to the best of my ability. I considered it a great privilege to fulfill the Chief Rabbi’s wishes.”
(Stories from the Land of Israel. Adapted from Hayei HaRe’iyah, pp. 303-304; Malachim Kivnei Adam, p. 151, sent to Arutz Sheva by Rabbi Chanan Morrison, ravkooktorah.org)
See also: The King's Torah Scroll
Shoftim: The Jerusalem Police Officer
How Israel's first Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi helped illegal immigrants helped by a Jewish British policemen.
www.israelnationalnews.com
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Rav Kookâs Vision â On His 84th Yahrzeit
The forces of impurity in the world sense their end is near, so they do everything they can to interfere.
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Eyal Salem - HaTzayar (The painter)
And if wish to run away
Don't let me, don't ease on me
And if I say I'm tired, don't believe me
For it's not me
It's the painter who paints me lies
And puts off my heart with cold water
But in one thing I'm certain
That if I fall You are my strength
Sometimes this journey is big on me
And it seems my life is too hard
An 'old fool' ties my hands, leave
He says to me, you better not
Sometimes he sounds so real
But it's at all not true
Father tell him enough
That he leaves me
I want only You
In my life and even in my passing
For to You is my passion,
That's the melody of Nishmati (my soul)
And if I cry out loud that I'm miserable
Don't listen to me, only wait for me
For I have fallen stood up
I was naive, caught me again,
This is the painter who paints me lies
And puts off my heart with cold water
But in one thing I'm certain
That if I fall You are my strength
And if wish to run away
Don't let me, don't ease on me
And if I say I'm tired, don't believe me
For it's not me
It's the painter who paints me lies
And puts off my heart with cold water
But in one thing I'm certain
That if I fall You are my strength
Sometimes this journey is big on me
And it seems my life is too hard
An 'old fool' ties my hands, leave
He says to me, you better not
Sometimes he sounds so real
But it's at all not true
Father tell him enough
That he leaves me
I want only You
In my life and even in my passing
For to You is my passion,
That's the melody of Nishmati (my soul)
And if I cry out loud that I'm miserable
Don't listen to me, only wait for me
For I have fallen stood up
I was naive, caught me again,
This is the painter who paints me lies
And puts off my heart with cold water
But in one thing I'm certain
That if I fall You are my strength
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Rabbi Oury Sherki - The peace agreement with the Emirates is a significant event that wasn't alike for thousands of years!
"Hello to all the children of the world. We're witnessing in our days very significant events that wasn't alike for thousands of years. We already got used to that along the recent decades, the Christian world, or former-Christian world managed to overcome a theological block, and started it's connection and to rethink its relationship, both theologically and humanely with the nation of Israel. Now we're seeing the opening of the gates of the Muslim community in the world. After we've already seen the opening of the gates in peace agreements with countries like Egypt and Jordan, now we're meeting with the ideological core of the Muslim world, countries that are explicitly Muslim - the Emirates and the Persian gulf.
And here begs the question - what should we expect?
On the one hand it's a great joy for us , that eventually Ishmael and his students are returning to the House of Avraham A"H. Only this thing requires clarification of the element of truth.
Whether this return is in denial of the purpose of Israel, and rejection of the holiness of the Temple, chosen by HaShem to make His presence in the nation of Israel, and from that in the entire world. And the claim continues that, supposedly this place is a sort of a mosque and Jews have no place in it, Here we cannot accept this idea.
However we believe that processes are gradual, slowly slowly the ears of Ishmael will get used to hearing the word of G-d that is on the mouths of Israel. And the angel already told to Hagar, mother of Ishmael "return to your mistress" (Ber. 16:9).
This means that Islam has to recognize what it really is - a daughter religion of Judaism, and not its replacement. The Quran is built on the basis of Tanach and not instead of it. The moment this issue is recognized, and there're signs that indeed this is beginning to spark among our Muslim brothers, then really we have hope to establish a true dialogue, in which the children of Ishmael and the children of Israel will meet to build the real connection that holds them together, and passing of G-d word to the nations, and from the Ishmaelite nation to the whole world, in peaceful and brotherly manner, and not through war as it was common until now.
And here great hopes are before us.
The future is open."
"Hello to all the children of the world. We're witnessing in our days very significant events that wasn't alike for thousands of years. We already got used to that along the recent decades, the Christian world, or former-Christian world managed to overcome a theological block, and started it's connection and to rethink its relationship, both theologically and humanely with the nation of Israel. Now we're seeing the opening of the gates of the Muslim community in the world. After we've already seen the opening of the gates in peace agreements with countries like Egypt and Jordan, now we're meeting with the ideological core of the Muslim world, countries that are explicitly Muslim - the Emirates and the Persian gulf.
And here begs the question - what should we expect?
On the one hand it's a great joy for us , that eventually Ishmael and his students are returning to the House of Avraham A"H. Only this thing requires clarification of the element of truth.
Whether this return is in denial of the purpose of Israel, and rejection of the holiness of the Temple, chosen by HaShem to make His presence in the nation of Israel, and from that in the entire world. And the claim continues that, supposedly this place is a sort of a mosque and Jews have no place in it, Here we cannot accept this idea.
However we believe that processes are gradual, slowly slowly the ears of Ishmael will get used to hearing the word of G-d that is on the mouths of Israel. And the angel already told to Hagar, mother of Ishmael "return to your mistress" (Ber. 16:9).
This means that Islam has to recognize what it really is - a daughter religion of Judaism, and not its replacement. The Quran is built on the basis of Tanach and not instead of it. The moment this issue is recognized, and there're signs that indeed this is beginning to spark among our Muslim brothers, then really we have hope to establish a true dialogue, in which the children of Ishmael and the children of Israel will meet to build the real connection that holds them together, and passing of G-d word to the nations, and from the Ishmaelite nation to the whole world, in peaceful and brotherly manner, and not through war as it was common until now.
And here great hopes are before us.
The future is open."
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Anti-Israel Libel: A Translation of Israel’s National Anthem ‘Hatikvah’
By
David Lange
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August 26, 2020
An anti-Israel Facebook page called I Hate Israel The Root of Terrorism (not the catchiest title, I know) has published a post showing what they claim is a translation of the Israeli national anthem Hativkah.
In fact, this supposed translation has been making the rounds for a while.
I
Naturally, it is an outright lie. The first clue should have been how there are 8 short lines in Hebrew but somehow 13 long ones in their English translation.
Here is the real translation:
Anti-Israel Libel: A Translation of Israel's National Anthem 'Hatikvah'
By
David Lange
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August 26, 2020
An anti-Israel Facebook page called I Hate Israel The Root of Terrorism (not the catchiest title, I know) has published a post showing what they claim is a translation of the Israeli national anthem Hativkah.
In fact, this supposed translation has been making the rounds for a while.
I
Naturally, it is an outright lie. The first clue should have been how there are 8 short lines in Hebrew but somehow 13 long ones in their English translation.
Here is the real translation:
As long as in the heart within,
The Jewish soul yearns,
And toward the eastern edges, onward,
An eye gazes toward Zion.
Our hope is not yet lost,
The hope that is two-thousand years old,
To be a free nation in our land,
The Land of Zion, Jerusalem
Anti-Israel Libel: A Translation of Israel's National Anthem 'Hatikvah'
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Dolly and Fen with Diklah, 'Idan Haviv and Mark Elyahu - VeAz At Tire'e (And Then You'll See)
Lots of people ask us endlessly what they meant when we wrote the phrase "a crying heart must not be corrected" - that is what they meant: when a person goes through a huge crisis to the point of tears only time will heal the pain. To heal and come to terms with the pain, do not put on a band-aid - there are no shortcuts. Time has the cure for everything.
In such an insane period of social distance we sought the way to connect and bring back everyone together through music. "Then You'll See," a song written about a year and a half ago when we sat together one night during a period of change and separation in our lives, was written as a prayer for optimism and infinite happiness. The song has found its amazing way out now after a long search for the exact combination that will penetrate deepest into the heart performed by Diklah and 'Idan Haviv.
During the creation of the script and the clip, when we were looking for the perfect casting we came across Zehava, a 70 year old from Mikhmoret who has an amazing story and a glorious past of dancing. Zehava started dancing from the age of 4 and from the age of 18 she was a classical dance teacher and ballet for 20 years. And in the role of the young woman we cast her granddaughter, Yuli, a 15-year-old professional classical dancer who was injured a few months ago and after filming the clip was with a professor who informed her that she could no longer dance, and in the clip this is her last dance. The moving story of the past dance that continues for several generations in the family touched us and moved us to tears.
This song written in the simplest and truest moment is no longer ours, now this song is just yours.
Lots of people ask us endlessly what they meant when we wrote the phrase "a crying heart must not be corrected" - that is what they meant: when a person goes through a huge crisis to the point of tears only time will heal the pain. To heal and come to terms with the pain, do not put on a band-aid - there are no shortcuts. Time has the cure for everything.
In such an insane period of social distance we sought the way to connect and bring back everyone together through music. "Then You'll See," a song written about a year and a half ago when we sat together one night during a period of change and separation in our lives, was written as a prayer for optimism and infinite happiness. The song has found its amazing way out now after a long search for the exact combination that will penetrate deepest into the heart performed by Diklah and 'Idan Haviv.
During the creation of the script and the clip, when we were looking for the perfect casting we came across Zehava, a 70 year old from Mikhmoret who has an amazing story and a glorious past of dancing. Zehava started dancing from the age of 4 and from the age of 18 she was a classical dance teacher and ballet for 20 years. And in the role of the young woman we cast her granddaughter, Yuli, a 15-year-old professional classical dancer who was injured a few months ago and after filming the clip was with a professor who informed her that she could no longer dance, and in the clip this is her last dance. The moving story of the past dance that continues for several generations in the family touched us and moved us to tears.
This song written in the simplest and truest moment is no longer ours, now this song is just yours.
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Why did the Israelis steal hummus from the Arabs? (Extended Version)
The Arab world claims that Israelis stole hummus and claimed it to be just as Israelis as it is Arab. This investigative report interviews the real people who make hummus in Tel Aviv to find out why.
The Arab world claims that Israelis stole hummus and claimed it to be just as Israelis as it is Arab. This investigative report interviews the real people who make hummus in Tel Aviv to find out why.
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'Omri Casspi's Podcast - minister of Homeland Security Amir Ohanah
One of the most beloved public figures in Israel, talks about his Moroccan background,
views on liberal values and socialism vs capitalism, firearm ownership legislation,
parenting experience in a gay couple and more.
One of the most beloved public figures in Israel, talks about his Moroccan background,
views on liberal values and socialism vs capitalism, firearm ownership legislation,
parenting experience in a gay couple and more.
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