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So said Hillel the Elder: ‘That Which Is Hateful to You, Do Not Do to Your Fellow! That is the Whole Torah; The Rest is ...
08/13/2021

So said Hillel the Elder: ‘That Which Is Hateful to You, Do Not Do to Your Fellow! That is the Whole Torah; The Rest is Interpretation’

Sadly, in today’s debate, we are not seeing a defense of the goals laid out for the UN, but rather an indifference to Ha...
05/21/2021

Sadly, in today’s debate, we are not seeing a defense of the goals laid out for the UN, but rather an indifference to Hamas’s charter, which, like the N***s, is committed to the genocide of the Jewish People. We see an attempt to create a false moral equivalence, an immoral equivalence, between Israel, a democracy that seeks peace and abides by international law, and a murderous terrorist organization with an ideology similar to ISIS, that is carrying out the double war crime of firing at Israeli civilians while hiding its weapons behind Palestinian civilians, using them as human shields--Gilad Erdan, Israel’s UN and US ambassador.

05/14/2021

Listen to the end: In Ashkelon Friday night after 9pm. Rockets overhead from the infidels, but Shabbat is celebrated in Jewish homes, thanking the Almighty for His protection.

While it may be true that 'He who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep' ; it is each of our responsibiliti...
05/14/2021

While it may be true that 'He who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep' ; it is each of our responsibilities to stand with Israel during her time of crisis. No peace, no shabbat shalom. ☹

05/13/2021

A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rachel weeping for her children; refused to be comforted for her children.

BRIEF REPORT ON WAR (from Carolyn) ALL IS WELL WITH ME. OUR DAYS AND NIGHTS CHANGED MONDAY MAY 10 AT 6 PM. WE ISRAEL W...
05/12/2021

BRIEF REPORT ON WAR (from Carolyn)

ALL IS WELL WITH ME. OUR DAYS AND NIGHTS CHANGED MONDAY MAY 10 AT 6 PM. WE ISRAEL WAS ORDERED TO CLEAR ALL POLICE AND SOLDIERS OFF TEMPLE MOUNT - RAMADAN AND COUSINS WERE RESTLESS AND AGGRESSIVE AS USUAL BUT MORE SO DUE TO RAMADAN.

FIREWORKS HAD BEEN SET OF BY THEM AND A PINE TREE CAUGHT FIRE. OF COURSE THE WORD WENT OUT THAT ISRAEL HAD TRIED TO BURN THE MOSQUE AND THEN THE FUN BEGAN.

ROCKETS FROM GAZA INTO ISRAEL. AT 9 PM HAMAS ANNOUNCED MORE ROCKETS AND BOOM. JUST KNOW THAT BY THE NEXT MORNING TUESDAY OVER 345 FIRED AT ISRAEL AND THAT INCLUDED ASHKELON. SO MANY SINCE THEN THAT KEEPING THE FACTS STRAIGHT IS DIFFICULT.

IN THE AFTERNOON TUESDAY THEY FIRED 137 ROCKETS AT US IN FIVE MINUTES AND THEN DID ANOTHER BARRAGE. THE GOAL WAS TO FIRE MORE THAN THE IRON DOME COULD SHOOT OUT OF THE SKY. IT WORKED. I USUALLY STAND JUST OUTSIDE MY BEDROOM IN A BIT OF HALL AWAY FROM ALL WINDOWS. JOHN RUNS TO THE WINDOW THAT FACES SOUTH TOWARDS GAZA AND FILMS THE ACTION. I JUST REMIND GOD OF PSALM 91 AND PROMISE OF PROTECTION. NO TIME TO QUOTE IT AND IF I HAD TO QUOTE IT THEN HOW COULD HE HELP IF HE DID NOT REMEMBER IT!!!

I HAD JUST RECENTLY WATCHED LIVE CLIPS OF THE BLITZ IN LONDON DURING WW II WHERE OLD PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN LITTLE KIDS SHARED THEIR MEMORIES. I KEPT REMINDING MYSELF THAT WHAT WE HAD WAS NOT AS BAD AS THE BLITZ.

THEN A ROCKET SLAMMED INTO THE ROOF OF AN APT JUST NEXT DOOR. MY TUMMY WENT ALL FUNNY THEN AND I HAD TO TAKE SOMETHING MILD FOR MY NERVES. LIKE TO RIDE THINGS OUT AND HAVE NOT REALLY NEEDED ANYTHING SINCE BEING HERE IN ISRAEL. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY THE STREET FILLED WITH FIRST RESPONDERS AND A FIRE ENGINE AND STREET TAPED OFF. I AM LEANING OUT MY WINDOW TAKING PHOTOS. WHEN MORE ROCKETS WENT OFF I WENT BACK TO MY SAFE PLACE BUT THEY HAD NO PLACE TO RUN. FORTUNATELY NO ONE WAS HURT AND THEY ALL LEFT. WE HAVE A WALL AROUND OUR FLAT ROOFS SO ONE DOES NOT FALL OFF AND THAT WAS HIT. DON'T KNOW IF DAMAGE WENT INTO THE APT BELOW. RUBBLE BLOWN ONTO THE GROUND. WILL GO TAKE A LOOK WHEN THINGS CALM DOWN.

TUESDAY EVENING HAMAS DIRECTED THEIR GUNS ON TEL AVIV AND ASHDOD AND CAUSED MAJOR DAMAGE TO AREAS THAT HAD NEVER EXPEREINCED ROCKET FIRE. I HAVE MY PHONE ON BUZZ IF ROCKETS FIRED AND IT NEVER STOPPED BUZZING. MAYBE THIS WAS WHEN THE FIRE HAPPENED ON TEMPLE MOUNT CAUSE ARABS WENT WILD AND STARTED TO HURT JEWS ALL OVER ISRAEL.

WARNINGS WENT OUT BY OUR SIDE FOR ALL JEWS TO GUARD AGAINST CAR JACKINGS OR STABBINGS, ETC. (GET YOUR EYES OFF YOUR CELL PHONES AND BE SUPER ALERT) IMPOSSIBLE TO SLEEP CAUSE JUST FOR GIGGLES ROCKETS WOULD COME OUT WAY THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. FINALLY JUST SAT AND WATCHED TV NEWS REPORTS. GOT MORE TIRED GETTING UP AND DOWN FROM BED TO HALL TO BED TO HALL. AS I TYPE THIS BARRAGES ARE BEING FIRED AND COULD FEEL THE CONCUSSION BUT NO SIRENS SO MAYBE US HITTING GAZA AT 4.40 PM WED.

FINALLY THINGS GOT QUIET AND I WENT TO BED LAST NIGHT I THINK AT 5 AM AND GOT GOOD REST AND UP AT 8.30 AM THIS MORNING FEELING RESTED. NOT MUCH SLEEP MONDAY NIGHT AND QUICK NAP BEFORE TUESDAY FELL APART.

BERESHEVA GETTING POUNDED FOR TWO DAYS AND HOMES ALL ALONG THE GAZA BORDER. A LOT OF THE ROCKETS ARE HOME MADE AND MALFUNCTION, FALLING BACK INTO GAZA AND KILLING THEIR OWN PEOPLE. OF COURSE THE BODIES ARE PARADED AND DECLARED ISRAEL KILLS AND THE ENTIRE ARAB WORLD FALLS APART OVER THE LIES. IN WAR OF 2014 THEY WERE KNOWN TO USE THE SAME BODIES OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

AS I TRY TO PUT THE EVENTS IN SOME SORT OF AN ORDER I SHALL KEEP THIS REPORT FOR MYSELF. THE NEW FUN THING TO DO IS FIRE ROCKETS UP THE COAST FROM GAZA TO TEL AVIV AND HITTING TOWNS ALL ALONG THE COAST.

SO FAR IT HAS BEEN JUST THE ODD ROCKET AND SIREN TODAY. DID GET WARNING FROM HAMAS IN EARLY AFTERNOON THAT THEY WERE GOING TO FIRE FIFTY ROCKETS IN FIVE MINUTES AND THEN ANOTHER FIFTY AT ASHKELON. HEARD BOOMS BUT NOT LIKE YESTERDAY AND OUR SIRENS WERE QUIET. I WAS HANGING CLOTHES AND JOHN GAVE ME THE REPORT BUT FINISHED QUICKLY.

FOR FIRST TIME FUZZYBUTT HAS BEEN BOTHERED BY THE NOISE. SHE VANISHES IN APT AND THEN JOHN HAS TO HUNT HER. SHE IS 13 AND GOT SO SHE COULD NOT P**P, EAT OR DRINK. HAD MAJOR SURGERY SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. SEEMS SHE HAD A HERNIA IN DIAPHRAM AND HER INTESTINES MOVED UP INTO LUNG AREA SO TROUBLE BREATHING AS WELL.

ALL HER PARTS BACK TOGETHER AGAIN BUT SHE STILL GETS CONSTIPATED ABOUT EVERY 2 WEEKS AND GOES TO VET FOR E***A. HAS SPECIAL FOODS AND IS HER NORMAL SELF TIL SHE GETS BACKED UP AGAIN. SHE HAS BEEN WITH JOHN THROUGH EVERY SURGERY AND HE WANTS TO STAND BY HER AS LONG AS SHE MAINTAINS QUALITY OF LIFE.

JOHN WILL REPORT ON HEBREW NEWS AND I WATCH ENGLISH NEWS. ONE FORMER MILITARY PERSON MADE THIS VERY INTERESTING COMMENT

""THE STATE OF GAZA ATTACKED THE STATE OF ISRAEL. THE GAZA GOVERNMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS. THE STATE OF GAZA NEEDS TO ELECT A NEW GOVERNMENT.""

HAMAS AND PLO BOTH WANT CONTROL. HAMAS DEFINITELY WON HUGE CREDIT WITH ARAB WORLD AND IS DOING WELL. ISRAEL IS DETERMINED TO COME OUT ON TOP AND MUST STOP HAMAS AND NOT STOP FIGHTING. HAMAS IS ALREADY WANTING CEASE FIRE WHILE AHEAD OF THE GAME. WITH ISRAEL.

ELECTIONS SCREWED UP THEY MUST MAKE A STAND THAT SHOWS THEY ARE IN CONTROL. AND EVERYONE WANTS THE SAME PIECE OF REAL ESTATE ALONE AND NOT SHARE ONE INCH OF IT!!!

SO IT IS AND SO IT SHALL BE UNTIL GOD FINALLY TAKES TOTAL CONTROL OVER HIS LAND AT A TIME DETERMINED BY HIM.

GAS PIPE HIT BY ROCKETS YESTERDAY IN ASHKELON BURNS BRIGHTLY. WE HAVE POUNDED GAZA SINCE LAST NIGHT AND STILL ACTIVELY DOING SO. REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHAT THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND NIGHTS WILL BRING.

WE HAVE BOTH BEEN OFFERED PLACES TO STAY OUTSIDE OF ASHKELON. BUT THE ROCKETS CAN GO EVERYWHERE WHICH HAMAS HAS BEEN KEEN TO DEMONSTRATE. HOWEVER ASHKELON IS OUR HOME AND ONE DOES NOT WANT HAMAS TO CONTROL OUR DESTINY WHICH IS BOUND UP WITH ISRAEL IN ASHKELON.

YOU HAVE CHRISTIAN ARABS WHO LIVE AND WORK IN ISRAEL. THEY ARE NOT PART OF THE TERROR EVEN THOUGH WHERE THEY LIVE IS OFTEN POORLY MAINTAINED BY ISRAEL. YOU HAVE MUSLIM ARABS WHO HATE ISRAEL. THEN THERE ARE THOSE WHO PROFIT FROM THE STRIFE.

END OF REPORT WRITTEN TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. FEEL FREE TO SHARE.

MUCH LOVE

RUTH IN ASHKELON

AFTER TOTAL LOCKDOWN FOR A YEAR, WE WERE JUST BEGINNING TO ENJOY UNHEARD OF FREEDOM AND NOW LOCKED DOWN AGAIN SINCE WE NEED TO STAY NEAR SHELTERS OR GO TO STAIRWELLS IN APTS. I CHOOSE TO STAY IN A LITTLE SAFE AREA INSIDE APT. ONLY 30 SECONDS TO GET TO SAFETY FROM SIREN TO EXPLOSION AND I DON'T MOVE SO FAST ANY MORE. SLEEPING WITH LIGHT ON. SIREN SCREAMS AND I GRAB GLASSES, PHONE, SHOES AND GO INTO HALL. OLDER APTS DONT HAVE SHELTERS. HOMES ALONG BORDER AND OTHER HOMES HAVE SAFE ROOM INSIDE. THEY ONLY HAVE 15 SECONDS TO GRAB KIDS AND RUN TO SHELTER OR JUST SLEEP IN SHELTER. I CAN HEAR PEOPLE OUTSIDE OUR APT ON THE STAIRS

Sadness in Meron at Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai's grave.He taught: "Anyone who helps a fellow Jew is considered as if he he...
04/30/2021

Sadness in Meron at Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai's grave.
He taught: "Anyone who helps a fellow Jew is considered as if he helped God himself."
May the Almighty empower each of us to aid our fellows in their time of need.

Relax for Shabbat.
04/23/2021

Relax for Shabbat.

Wishing you and your families a safe and joyous Rosh Hashanah.
09/19/2020

Wishing you and your families a safe and joyous Rosh Hashanah.

08/21/2020

After a long hiatus, perhaps a rebirth. Some changes here and there, and a rebranding is in order. It's almost time for -- The Bible : Redux.

Shabbat slalom

Shabbat Shalom
03/03/2017

Shabbat Shalom

Each of our daily endeavors should try to achieve the fusion of the loftiest spiritual heights with the most mundane phy...
06/11/2016

Each of our daily endeavors should try to achieve the fusion of the loftiest spiritual heights with the most mundane physicality. In other words, “the highest with the lowest”.
The concept is not only radical but powerful: It means I can be myself, living a “down to earth” existence, and yet fulfilling a transcendental goal. It means that there is nothing we are trying to escape —other than the notion that we must escape something. We don’t run away from this world to join a higher one, instead we work to fuse the two. We aren’t in the business of “making it to heaven”—we’re busy bringing heaven down to earth.

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