HAPPY VALENTINES DAY LADIES
And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.
12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of the leading Likud party needs partners to help him build a stable governing coalition, and two contenders he is courting — the centrist Yesh Atid and the pro-settler Jewish Home — have made it clear that they do not want the Chief Rabbinate to be dominated by ultra-Orthodox rabbis."We certainly support a more moderate and openly Zionistic rabbinate," said Dov Lippman, a rabbi on the Yesh Atid list."One of our main goals is for a Zionist, national religious rabbi to be elected to be chief rabbi," Ayelet Shaked, a Jewish Home lawmaker, told Israel Radio.The two parties have not publically endorsed a particular candidate, but a leading member of Stav's rabbinic organization is the No. 2 man on Yesh Atid's parliamentary list, and an official in Stav's organization said Yesh Atid and the chairman of the Jewish Home party are pushing for Stav's candidacy. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was citing private discussions.The Yisrael Beitenu lawmakers, whose party ran with the Likud on a joint list, also support Stav, said Yekutiel Zafari, a party official.The decision largely rests on what kind of behind-the-scenes agreements are made with coalition partners.The rise of Yesh Atid and the Jewish Home reflect something of a backlash against Israel's ultra-Orthodox community, which makes up nearly 10 percent of the country's population of 8 million. Both parties have pledged to abolish a controversial system that allows ultra-Orthodox males to skip compulsory military service and instead attend religious seminaries. The ultra-Orthodox have also antagonized the general public in recent years by attempts to impose their social mores, such as separation between men and women, in public spaces like buses and sidewalks.Unlike many ultra-Orthodox rabbis, Stav served in combat as a soldier and reservist, and his eldest son is a paratrooper commander.At least three other rabbis are contending for the same position, but Stav is the only one leading a public campaign, promising reform in some of the most controversial ultra-Orthodox practices. He has even published a manifesto outlining what he would change.He would encourage couples to sign prenuptial agreements to ensure wives can request a divorce, a right not granted to them in the traditional Jewish marriage contract. He would privatize the kosher certification industry and make the chief rabbinate its regulator, lowering the soaring prices of kosher supervision for the food industry. He would make ritual baths more handicapped accessible, and require ritual circumcisers to refresh their skills in training classes every two years.What matters most to him is to make the chief rabbinate more welcoming to secular Israelis, who make up the majority of Israel's Jewish population.According to government statistics, more than 9,000 Israeli couples last year sidestepped the rabbinate and married in civil ceremonies abroad. Civil marriages are virtually banned in Israel. Stav estimates that a third of all secular Israeli couples choose that option, and says those couples distance themselves from Judaism because they lack the religious marriage documents that would certify their future children as Jewish.One of his biggest goals is to help Israel's million-plus ex-Soviet immigrants. He vows a massive genealogical research campaign to help immigrants prove their Jewish lineage, and to encourage those who are not of Jewish descent to convert."A state in Israel cannot exist when half of the nation thinks the other half is non-Jewish," Stav said.Though he is seen as a moderate rabbi, he does not support female rabbis or same-sex partnerships, as do rabbis in the more progressive Reform and Conservative movements which are dominant in the U.S. but have a limited presence in Israel.
Orthodox Judaism expert Menachem Friedman says Stav could stir a revolution in the rabbinate — but the more stringent Orthodox rabbis in the rabbinate would likely oppose his reforms."He is seen as more liberal," said Friedman, a professor emeritus at Bar-Ilan University. "This will put him under pressure and he won't be able to solve all the problems."And his very public campaign to change the rabbinate to its core might irk some on the election committee — those who have spent their careers in the very bureaucracy Stav is criticizing."Behind the scenes, there was always a political race" for the position of chief rabbi, said Yair Sheleg, a researcher of religious affairs at the Israel Democracy Institute. "But it was always behind the scenes. In public, it's not respectful."___Follow Daniel Estrin: www.twitter.com/danielestrin
By Chana Ya'ar First Publish: 2/14/2013, 9:36 AM-Israelnationalnews
The Home Front Command and Education Ministry are carrying out a simulation of a missile attack in the nation’s schools this morning (Thursday).The exercise will help authorities assess the level of readiness of each educational institution in the country, including those in both the public and religious sectors.The
drill, set to launch at 10:00 a.m., is expected to last till
about 12:00 noon, and begins with the wail of the Color Red rocket alert
siren to simulate a missile attack during recess.The siren will sound
for 90 seconds, and will be heard across the country, officials said.
Personnel from Home Front Command, Israel Police, Magen David Adom emergency medical service and local Fire Departments will all participate in the exercise.
YESTERDAY WE FOUND OUT BENEDICT 16TH HAD A HEART PACEMAKER.AND THE BATTERY RAN OUT THREE MONTHS AGO AND HE NEEDED SURGERY TO GET A NEW ONE.
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/02/stock-results-feb-112013.html
And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.
12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE
Orthodox rabbi seeks Israeli religious revolution
By | Associated Press – Wed, Feb 13, 2013
JERUSALEM (AP) — When Rabbi David Stav launched his official campaign last month to wrest control of Israel's top religious institution from its longtime hardline leadership, it was a long shot.But just two weeks later,
Israelis went to the polls and surprisingly shifted the country toward
the center of the political spectrum — creating a rare window of
opportunity for the modern Orthodox rabbi to capture the title of chief rabbi
and fulfill his pledge to revolutionize the contentious role that
religion plays in the Jewish state.Stav, a 53-year-old father of
nine, heads a private network of modern Orthodox rabbis that is
virtually an alternative organization to Israel's state-sanctioned
rabbinical bureaucracy. It seeks to put a friendly face on Jewish
traditions for secular Israeli Jews alienated by the ultra-Orthodox
functionaries that regulate religious services. The organization, called
Tzohar, has gained popularity among secular Israelis with its program that sends rabbis free of charge to officiate at weddings.Now Stav is waging a highly visible public campaign
to change Israel's rabbinate from the inside. He is being featured
frequently in media interviews, is running a Facebook campaign, and
appears in large color newspaper ads placed by a group of secular
Israelis.
"It's not about public relations and niceness," Stav said in an
interview. "There is a critical problem — it's not cosmetic — in the
rabbinic system. It needs dramatic changes."Stav cautiously acknowledges
that the stars now seem to be aligned for his hoped-for coup.Every 10
years, two rabbis — one representing Ashkenazi, or
European-descended Jews, the other of Sephardic, or Middle Eastern
lineage — are appointed to co-lead the Chief Rabbinate.It's the country's supreme body overseeing civil services for Jews
from cradle to grave — circumcision, marriage, divorce and burial. The
current ultra-Orthodox Sephardic chief rabbi will likely be allowed to
stay on, but the current Ashkenazi rabbi, Yona Metzger, is vacating his
post in the coming months.For the last two decades, ultra-Orthodox Jewish political parties
have wielded outsized influence in governing coalitions, and in turn
held sway over the panel of 150 rabbis and politicians that appoints the
new chief rabbis.That balance of power, however, may soon tip in Rabbi Stav's favor.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of the leading Likud party needs partners to help him build a stable governing coalition, and two contenders he is courting — the centrist Yesh Atid and the pro-settler Jewish Home — have made it clear that they do not want the Chief Rabbinate to be dominated by ultra-Orthodox rabbis."We certainly support a more moderate and openly Zionistic rabbinate," said Dov Lippman, a rabbi on the Yesh Atid list."One of our main goals is for a Zionist, national religious rabbi to be elected to be chief rabbi," Ayelet Shaked, a Jewish Home lawmaker, told Israel Radio.The two parties have not publically endorsed a particular candidate, but a leading member of Stav's rabbinic organization is the No. 2 man on Yesh Atid's parliamentary list, and an official in Stav's organization said Yesh Atid and the chairman of the Jewish Home party are pushing for Stav's candidacy. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was citing private discussions.The Yisrael Beitenu lawmakers, whose party ran with the Likud on a joint list, also support Stav, said Yekutiel Zafari, a party official.The decision largely rests on what kind of behind-the-scenes agreements are made with coalition partners.The rise of Yesh Atid and the Jewish Home reflect something of a backlash against Israel's ultra-Orthodox community, which makes up nearly 10 percent of the country's population of 8 million. Both parties have pledged to abolish a controversial system that allows ultra-Orthodox males to skip compulsory military service and instead attend religious seminaries. The ultra-Orthodox have also antagonized the general public in recent years by attempts to impose their social mores, such as separation between men and women, in public spaces like buses and sidewalks.Unlike many ultra-Orthodox rabbis, Stav served in combat as a soldier and reservist, and his eldest son is a paratrooper commander.At least three other rabbis are contending for the same position, but Stav is the only one leading a public campaign, promising reform in some of the most controversial ultra-Orthodox practices. He has even published a manifesto outlining what he would change.He would encourage couples to sign prenuptial agreements to ensure wives can request a divorce, a right not granted to them in the traditional Jewish marriage contract. He would privatize the kosher certification industry and make the chief rabbinate its regulator, lowering the soaring prices of kosher supervision for the food industry. He would make ritual baths more handicapped accessible, and require ritual circumcisers to refresh their skills in training classes every two years.What matters most to him is to make the chief rabbinate more welcoming to secular Israelis, who make up the majority of Israel's Jewish population.According to government statistics, more than 9,000 Israeli couples last year sidestepped the rabbinate and married in civil ceremonies abroad. Civil marriages are virtually banned in Israel. Stav estimates that a third of all secular Israeli couples choose that option, and says those couples distance themselves from Judaism because they lack the religious marriage documents that would certify their future children as Jewish.One of his biggest goals is to help Israel's million-plus ex-Soviet immigrants. He vows a massive genealogical research campaign to help immigrants prove their Jewish lineage, and to encourage those who are not of Jewish descent to convert."A state in Israel cannot exist when half of the nation thinks the other half is non-Jewish," Stav said.Though he is seen as a moderate rabbi, he does not support female rabbis or same-sex partnerships, as do rabbis in the more progressive Reform and Conservative movements which are dominant in the U.S. but have a limited presence in Israel.
Orthodox Judaism expert Menachem Friedman says Stav could stir a revolution in the rabbinate — but the more stringent Orthodox rabbis in the rabbinate would likely oppose his reforms."He is seen as more liberal," said Friedman, a professor emeritus at Bar-Ilan University. "This will put him under pressure and he won't be able to solve all the problems."And his very public campaign to change the rabbinate to its core might irk some on the election committee — those who have spent their careers in the very bureaucracy Stav is criticizing."Behind the scenes, there was always a political race" for the position of chief rabbi, said Yair Sheleg, a researcher of religious affairs at the Israel Democracy Institute. "But it was always behind the scenes. In public, it's not respectful."___Follow Daniel Estrin: www.twitter.com/danielestrin
Missile Attack Simulation in All Israeli Schools
The Home Front Command and Education Ministry are carrying out a simulation of a missile attack in all of the nation’s schools.
School (illustrative)-Flash 90
Personnel from Home Front Command, Israel Police, Magen David Adom emergency medical service and local Fire Departments will all participate in the exercise.
YESTERDAY WE FOUND OUT BENEDICT 16TH HAD A HEART PACEMAKER.AND THE BATTERY RAN OUT THREE MONTHS AGO AND HE NEEDED SURGERY TO GET A NEW ONE.
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/02/stock-results-feb-112013.html
Vatican says pope hit head during Mexico trip
By | Associated Press – 14 mins ago FEB 14,13
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI hit his head during his March 2012 trip to Mexico, The Vatican said Thursday, but denied the accident had any "relevant" role in his resignation.It was the latest revelation of a hidden health issue to emerge from
the Holy See since the pope's shock announcement, and adds to questions
about the gravity of the pontiff's condition. On Tuesday, the Vatican
said for the first time that Benedict has a pacemaker, and that he had
its batteries replaced just three months ago.Italy's La Stampa newspaper reported Thursday that Benedict hit his
head and bled when he got up in the middle of the night in an unfamiliar
bedroom in Leon, Mexico. The report said blood stained his hair and
sheets.Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi confirmed the incident
but said "it was not relevant for the trip, in that it didn't affect it,
nor in the decision" to resign.The Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano reported earlier in the
week that Benedict had taken the decision to resign after the
Mexico-Cuba trip, which was physically exhausting for the 85-year-old
pope.Earlier Thursday, Benedict held a 45-minute, off-the-cuff reminiscence about the Second Vatican Council
in the early 1960s, blaming the media for what he called the media's
distorted interpretation of the church meetings at the time for many
"calamities" that plague the Catholic Church
today.It was the second day in a row that Benedict has sent very
pointed
messages to his successor and the cardinals who will elect him about the
direction the church must take once he is no longer pope. While his
farewell remarks on Wednesday were in many ways bittersweet, Benedict
was more combative on Thursday as he addressed an audience hall full of
thousands of priests.Benedict was a young theological expert at Vatican
II, the 1962-65
meetings that brought the Catholic Church into the modern world with
important documents on the church's relations with other religions, its
place in the world and the liturgy.Benedict has spent much of his
eight-year pontificate seeking to
correct what he considers the misinterpretation of Vatican II, insisting
that it wasn't a revolutionary break from the past, as liberal
Catholics paint it, but a renewal and reawakening of the best traditions
of the ancient church.He nailed that point home on Thursday, blaming
botched media
reporting of the council's deliberations for having reduced the work to
"political power struggles between various currents in the
church."Because the media's interpretation was dominant and "accessible
to
all," it fueled the popular understanding of what the council was all
about, he said. That led in the years that followed to "so many
calamities, so many problems, really so many miseries: Seminaries that
closed, convents that closed, the liturgy that was banalized."In what
will be one of his final public remarks as pope, Benedict said he hoped
the "true council" will one day be understood."Our job in this 'Year of
Faith' is to work so that the true council,
with the strength of the Holy Spirit, is truly realized and that the
church is truly renovated."Just hours earlier, Benedict delivered
another pointed message during
an emotional Ash Wednesday Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, his last
public liturgy before he resigns as pope Feb. 28.In his homily, Benedict
lamented the internal church rivalries that
he said had "defiled the face of the church" — a not-too-subtle message
to his successor and the cardinals who will elect him.Those rivalries
came to the fore last year with the leaks of internal
papal documents by the pope's own butler. The documentation revealed
bitter infighting within the highest ranks of the Catholic Church,
allegations of corruption and mismanagement of the Holy See's
affairs.Benedict took the scandal as a personal betrayal and a wound on
the
entire church. In a sign of his desire to get to the bottom of the
leaks, he appointed a commission of cardinals to investigate alongside
Vatican investigators. His butler, Paolo Gabriele, was convicted and
sentenced to 18 months in prison, although Benedict ultimately pardoned
him.___Follow Nicole Winfield at www.twitter.com/nwinfield.
Pope to speak about Vatican II experiences
– 2 hrs 16 mins ago FEB 14,13
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI
continued his farewell tour Thursday with an off-the-cuff meeting with
Roman priests, an annual encounter that took on poignant new meaning
with his impending resignation.Walking with a cane, Benedict received another standing ovation from thousands of clerics gathered in the Vatican's
main audience hall.The Vatican has said Benedict would reflect on his
personal experiences as a young theological expert attending the Second Vatican Council, the 1962-65 meetings that brought the Catholic Church into the modern world.Benedict spent much of his 8-year pontificate seeking to correct what
he considers the misinterpretation of Vatican II, insisting that it
wasn't a revolutionary break from the past, as liberal Catholics paint
it, but a renewal and reawakening of the best traditions of the ancient
church.During an emotional final public Mass on Wednesday, Benedict lamented
the internal church rivalries that have "defiled the face of the
church" — a not-too-subtle message to his successor and the cardinals
who will elect him.Those rivalries came to the fore last year with the
leaks of internal
papal documents by the pope's own butler. The documentation revealed
bitter infighting within the highest ranks of the Catholic Church,
allegations of corruption and mismanagement of the Holy See's
affairs.Benedict took the scandal as a personal betrayal and a wound on
the
entire church. In a sign of his desire to get to the bottom of the
leaks, he appointed a commission of cardinals to investigate alongside
Vatican investigators. His butler, Paolo Gabriele, was convicted and
sentenced to 18 months in prison, although Benedict ultimately pardoned
him.
