ISRAEL
Whose Promised Land? Psalm 78:54-55 (ISRAELS)
54 And He brought them to His holy border, This mountain which His right hand had acquired.
55 He also drove out the nations before them,Allotted them an inheritance by survey, And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.
JOEL 3:2 (WW3 OCCURS WHEN JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED)
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people (ISRAEL) and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.(JERUSALEM)(WW3 STARTS BECAUSE JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED AND ISRAELIS UPROOTED FROM THEIR GOD GIVIN LAND BRINGS 3 DEAD BILLION IN WW3)
PSALMS 137:5-6
5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3)
DANIEL 9:24
24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
MATTHEW 24:32
32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:(ISRAEL WAS LITERALLY REBORN JUST BEFORE SUMMER,MAY 14,1948).
ISRAEL WILL BE IN CONTROL OF JERUSALEM, THE SIGN OF THE START OF THE LAST GENERATION.
NEHEMIAH 2:17
17 Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we (ISRAELIS) are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste,(AD 70) and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem,(DAN 9:24-27) that we be no more a reproach.
LUKE 21:24
24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.(ISRAEL RECAPTURES JERUSALEM)(THE BEGGINING OF THE LAST GENERATION AND THE LAST END OF THE AGE OF GRACE.NOT THE END OF THE WORLD ,THE WORLD GOES ON FOREVER)
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
LAND FOR PEACE (THE FUTURE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH)
JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people(ISRAEL) and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.(UPROOTED ISRAELIS AND DIVIDED JERUSALEM)(THIS BRINGS ON WW3 BECAUSE JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED,WARNING TO ARABS-MUSLIMS AND THE WORLD).
THE WEEK OF DANIEL 9:27 WE KNOW ITS 7 YRS
Heres the scripture 1 week = 7 yrs Genesis 29:27-29
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
DANIEL 11:21-23
21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF 69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70 WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL WEEK).
27 And he ( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant (PEACE TREATY) with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
JEREMIAH 6:14
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
JEREMIAH 8:11
11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
1 THESSALONIANS 5:3
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
ISAIAH 33:8
8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant,(7 YR TREATY) he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.(THE WORLD LEADER-WAR MONGER CALLS HIMSELF GOD)
ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu plans to “thaw” building tenders
for construction in Judea and Samaria (Shomron) while at the same time
freeing Palestinian Authority terrorists, according to a report from IDF Radio
(Galei Tzahal).According to the report, Netanyahu told ministers Uri
Ariel and
Naftali Bennett of the Bayit Yehudi (Jewish Home) party that he plans to
allow construction tenders in the near future.Allowing tenders would
counter reports that Netanyahu has agreed to a
silent ban on construction in Judea and Samaria. It could also soften
criticism of the government’s agreement to release terrorists, including
several who murdered children.The reported “deal” has not yet been
officially confirmed by either the government or the Jewish Home
party.Sources in the party said it is too early to tell whether
construction will in fact occur in parallel to the prisoner
release.Earlier this week it was reported that Netanyahu plans to bring
the
agreement to free terrorist killers to the Security Cabinet rather than
the Knesset, in the belief that he will more easily obtain majority
support for his plan.If the plan is approved, terrorists will be freed
in four stages over
the course of eight months. The drawn-out release process aims to
guarantee that PA officials will continue negotiations for some time,
rather than dropping out immediately after obtaining concessions. PA
Chairman Abbas previously agreed to negotiations only at the end of a
massive construction freeze, then left talks shortly afterward.
Whose Promised Land? Psalm 78:54-55 (ISRAELS)
54 And He brought them to His holy border, This mountain which His right hand had acquired.
55 He also drove out the nations before them,Allotted them an inheritance by survey, And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.
JOEL 3:2 (WW3 OCCURS WHEN JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED)
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people (ISRAEL) and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.(JERUSALEM)(WW3 STARTS BECAUSE JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED AND ISRAELIS UPROOTED FROM THEIR GOD GIVIN LAND BRINGS 3 DEAD BILLION IN WW3)
PSALMS 137:5-6
5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3)
DANIEL 9:24
24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
MATTHEW 24:32
32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:(ISRAEL WAS LITERALLY REBORN JUST BEFORE SUMMER,MAY 14,1948).
ISRAEL WILL BE IN CONTROL OF JERUSALEM, THE SIGN OF THE START OF THE LAST GENERATION.
NEHEMIAH 2:17
17 Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we (ISRAELIS) are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste,(AD 70) and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem,(DAN 9:24-27) that we be no more a reproach.
LUKE 21:24
24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.(ISRAEL RECAPTURES JERUSALEM)(THE BEGGINING OF THE LAST GENERATION AND THE LAST END OF THE AGE OF GRACE.NOT THE END OF THE WORLD ,THE WORLD GOES ON FOREVER)
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
This Has Been Our Land for Almost 4,000 Years"
Politicians
call for change in public discourse. Elkin: "We need to talk about why
we are here. Not about why we should leave"-By Maayana Miskin-First Publish: 7/24/2013, 4:10 PM-israelnationalnews
Jew holding Israeli flag in land of Israel-Flash 90
Ministers and Members of Knesset were among those who came to the Samaria town of Shilo on Wednesday to celebrate the opening of a unique new tourism center.While there, they called to “switch discs” and to focus not on what
the Palestinian Authority is asking Israel to give, but on what Israel
must keep.Minister of Economy and Trade Naftali Bennett (Bayit Yehudi) said,
“My suggestion for the Israeli negotiating team is that before they sit
down to talk, they come here to Givat Haroeh, because this has been our
land for almost 4,000 years already.“I promise in the name of the Israeli government that we will continue
to build, and you will see it soon,” he declared, in an apparent nod to
reports that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu promised Bennett he
would allow construction tenders.Deputy
Foreign Minister Zev Elkin (Likud) said, “It’s symbolic that
we are meeting here as diplomatic talks begin. I think that everyone who
is here and who sees this understands our place here.”He added, “In
negotiations, we need to talk about why we are here. Not about why we
should leave, but about why to stay forever.“The time has come to switch
discs – instead of talking about what we
are giving up, we need to talk about where we are going to stay.”
Like Bennett, Deputy Transportation Minister Tzipi Hotovely (Likud) expressed confidence that Jewish communities in Samaria will flourish. “I’m here to say that the ‘whole land of Israel’ is still the vision… There are many in the Israeli government who will not give these places up, and who will even be sure they are built up.”The center opened Wednesday has been called Migdal Haroeh. It includes a unique high-tech display that allows visitors to see Bible plays against a real-life backdrop.
Like Bennett, Deputy Transportation Minister Tzipi Hotovely (Likud) expressed confidence that Jewish communities in Samaria will flourish. “I’m here to say that the ‘whole land of Israel’ is still the vision… There are many in the Israeli government who will not give these places up, and who will even be sure they are built up.”The center opened Wednesday has been called Migdal Haroeh. It includes a unique high-tech display that allows visitors to see Bible plays against a real-life backdrop.
LAND FOR PEACE (THE FUTURE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH)
JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people(ISRAEL) and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.(UPROOTED ISRAELIS AND DIVIDED JERUSALEM)(THIS BRINGS ON WW3 BECAUSE JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED,WARNING TO ARABS-MUSLIMS AND THE WORLD).
THE WEEK OF DANIEL 9:27 WE KNOW ITS 7 YRS
Heres the scripture 1 week = 7 yrs Genesis 29:27-29
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
DANIEL 11:21-23
21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF 69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70 WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL WEEK).
27 And he ( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant (PEACE TREATY) with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
JEREMIAH 6:14
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
JEREMIAH 8:11
11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
1 THESSALONIANS 5:3
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
ISAIAH 33:8
8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant,(7 YR TREATY) he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.(THE WORLD LEADER-WAR MONGER CALLS HIMSELF GOD)
ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
Majority of Israelis would back a peace deal, poll finds
Survey says 55% of public likely to support PM in a referendum on agreement with the Palestinians
July 24, 2013, 12:06 pm
4-the times of israel
A full 55 percent of Israelis
are likely to support Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he were to
submit a peace agreement with the Palestinians to a public referendum,
according to a poll whose results were released Wednesday.The Haaretz survey
found that while 20% of Israelis were sure that they would vote against
a peace deal, and 5% said they probably would vote against it, 39% said
they would support in a referendum put forward by Netanyahu and a
further 16% said they would probably support it. Another 20% said they
were undecided on the issue.The poll was conducted among a sampling of over 500 citizens by the Dialog Institute.Last Friday, US Secretary of State John Kerry
announced a new framework for renewed peace talks between Israel and the
Palestinians. Several days later, Netanyahu announced that he would put
any peace deal to a public referendum.Although both sides have offered contradictory statements about pre-negotiation agreements, promises and views of a final status agreement, the discussions are expected to go ahead.Netanyahu
told reporters in the Knesset on Monday evening that he’s “been saying
for years that any diplomatic solution, if one is achieved, must be
brought to a referendum.”“A national referendum prevents national
division,” he added. “Peace with our neighbors requires peace among
ourselves, and that’s achieved through a referendum.”In 2010, Israel passed a law requiring a
public referendum if the government wished to give up territory over
which Israel has claimed sovereignty, which includes East Jerusalem, the
Golan Heights and theoretically other areas that Israel might wish to
transfer to the Palestinians as part of a land swap.A group of MKs, spearheaded by Jewish Home leader Naftali Bennett, is seeking to alter the Basic Law so that any peace deal with the Palestinians would require a public referendum, not just if it involved giving up land in East Jerusalem or the Golan.Haviv Rettig Gur contributed to this report.
Report: Netanyahu to Free Terrorists, but Allow Construction
Following
Bayit Yehudi pressure and popular opposition to prisoner release, PM
reportedly planning to allow Judea-Samaria construction.-By Maayana Miskin-First Publish: 7/24/2013, 2:53 PM-INN
Construction in Neveh Menachem-Israel news photo: Flash 90
Former Fatah leader sues Abbas for intimidation
Mohammed Dahlan petitions International Criminal Court, demanding lost job and property; slams PA leader for corruption
July 24, 2013, 2:06 pm
5- the times of israel
A member of the Fatah Central
Committee has filed an international lawsuit against Palestinian
Authority President Mahmoud Abbas claiming he was the author of a
campaign of intimidation against him, and saying corruption in the PA is
harming the Palestinian people.In
his suit, Mohammed Dahlan seeks the restoration of his former position
in the PA administration and of property confiscated from him, as well
as an assurance that he would not be harmed if he returned to
Palestinian Authority territory.Dahlan, who currently resides in Dubai and
Europe, hired an Israeli law firm to file the complaint with the
International Criminal Court in The Hague, the Yedioth Ahronoth daily
reported on Wednesday. The firm is run by Zaki Kamal, the deputy
president of the Israel Bar Association, and his son, Kamal Kamal.Dahlan claimed in his suit that Abbas was out
to get him because he was seen as a potential competitor for the
leadership of the PA.Dahlan accused the Palestinian leader of
“tyrannical behavior the utter corruption of which, along with the
corruption of his family, is damaging to the Palestinian people and the
authority’s institutions,” the report said.A copy of the suit was sent to Abbas, with no
response; copies were then sent to UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon, US
Secretary of State John Kerry, the Human Rights Commission, the
secretary of the European Union, and Quartet representative Tony Blair.“I and my family have for a long time been
subjected to terror and harassment, persecution, arrests, defamation,
threats to life and damage to property,” Dahlan wrote. “The campaign
against me knows no moral or legal limits, nor even national
boundaries.”A former head of the Palestinian internal
security services in Gaza, Dahlan accused the PA of being a corrupt
institution under Abbas’s thumb.“The activity against me is conclusive proof
not only of the alarming level of corruption and tyranny on the part of
Abu Mazen [Abbas], but also that, in practice, there is no discipline
and consideration of the law, to trial, or the legislative institutes in
the authority,” he wrote. “In practice, government in the authority is a
tyrannical rule of one person — Mr. Mahmoud Abbas — and all of the
authority’s institutes, its budgets and international relations are
nothing other than means available to Abbas and his family, and their
financial, political and personal interests.”PA sources confirmed to Yedioth Ahronoth that
they had received the lawsuit but said they were following a policy of
“ignoring accusations that are a mix of well-known personal interests on
the part of the accuser and false accusations.”Dahlan was a former Fatah leader in the Gaza
Strip before the organization’s ouster by Hamas in 2007. On his arrival
in the West Bank, he was blamed by colleagues for the loss of Gaza,
sparking an intense rivalry began between him and Abbas. Two years ago he was expelled
from the territories after Abbas suspected him of organizing a coup.
Since then he has been become a wealthy businessman and one of the
closest confidants of the royal family in the UAE.
A chief rabbi for dialogue
UJA Federation of Greater Toronto leaders urge Netanyahu to support David Stav or risk weakening the state of Israel
July 24, 2013, 9:48 am
1- the times of Israel
Dear Mr. Prime Minister,
We
are writing to you about the forthcoming election for Ashkenazi Chief
Rabbi and the implications of this election for Diaspora Jewry.Since
Israel’s creation, the Israel-Diaspora
relationship has been evolving and maturing into a true partnership
basted on mutual expectations, mutual respect and mutual understanding.
Each partner has so much to contribute to each other and, most
importantly, to the sacred cause of Jewish Peoplehood.The strength of
our partnership, indeed, the
strength of the Jewish People, depends on inclusiveness — our collective
commitment of provide a place setting for every Jew who is truly
devoted to the wellbeing of our Jewish state.That is why it is so
important for Israeli’s
Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi, whose decisions touch Jewish lives everywhere, to
demonstrate a spirit of inclusivity and a deep desire to bring Jews in
every corner of the world closer to Jewish life, Jewish tradition and
the Jewish People, rather than driving them further away.If the Chief
Rabbi’s policies and
pronouncements create contempt for Judaism, disillusionment with Judaism
or disenfranchisement from Judaism, the State of Israel will weaken and
the Jewish People will suffer.As representatives of the remarkably
diverse
Greater Toronto Jewish community, who historic bong to Israel is
indestructible, we urge you to support the candidacy of Rabbi David Stav
in the upcoming election. We believe that his tenure as Chief Ashkenazi
Rabbi would begin a new era of dialogue, openness and understanding.The
relationship between the Chief Rabbi and
those whom he serves requires substantial change. Otherwise, we, as a
people, risk growing alienation from the customs, values and religious
traditions that have sustained us for thousands of years.Now is the time
for change to take place. We urge you to seize the
opportunity.Respectfully submitted,Richard Venn
Chair of the Board
Ted Sokolsky-President & CEO
Down the rabbi hole
The race for the chief rabbi spot finally nears an end, but not without one last volley of commentators to explain why we should care
July 24, 2013, 2:52 pm
0-the times of israel
A woman arranging voting slips for the Chief Rabbinate election. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
The royal threesome is
mercifully out of the top spot in most Israeli papers Wednesday,
replaced by a sea of big, gray beautiful beards.Maariv’s
front page is just three rabbis short of a quorum in its coverage of
the hotly contested chief rabbi race, which will be decided Wednesday.
Shalom Yerushalmi is appreciative that soon the rumors, mudslinging and
backstabbing that marked the campaign will be over, and the chosen chief
rabbis can get down to the business of backstabbing, mudslinging and
rumors. (I kid, I kid.)“The violent campaign for the rabbinate will
end tonight with Hasidic dancing around the two winners, though some
will cry bitter tears. There will be many implications for political and
civilian life. The institution of the rabbinate is in a rut,” he
writes, adding that the Shas party’s political fortunes may rise or fall
with the fate of the son of spiritual leader Ovadia Yosef. “If Rabbi
[Yitzhak] Yosef stays outside, Shas can chalk up another terrible defeat
for itself, after their failure at the ballot box and failure at
entering the government. [Party head] Aryeh Deri will be forced out of
town. Maybe he’ll find shelter in Opochka.”In Israel Hayom,
Yehuda
Shlezinger writes that the vote will be a major milestone in determining
the identity of the Jewish people, not to put any pressure on the
voters or anything.“This is the day of a test whose results will
become evident in the coming years on topics that touch each and every
one of us, for example, marriage, divorce, circumcision, kashrut,
conversion and even the price of vegetables in the next year, which will
be affected by the Shmita [sabbatical, or fallow] year. This is the day
the test will be set, and above all, this is the day that will
determine the identity of Judaism, its ties… and if the state will
follow the path of Beit Shamai [who were known to be strict interpreters
of Jewish law] or Beit Hillel [who were known to be more lenient],
between religious and secular and between secular and traditional.”While
the vote for the chief rabbi is in the hands of a select few, Haaretz
says it has some good news for peaceniks worried that a vote over a
deal with the Palestinians will be put to a general referendum. A poll
commissioned by the paper finds that 55% would be for a peace deal with
the Palestinians, according to the headline. A deeper look into the
story, though, reveals the doves might not have much to celebrate after
all. According to the actual poll, only 39% would be for a deal, and 16%
think they might be for a deal. 20% are against, 5% are maybe against,
and a whopping 20% don’t know. Why do so many not know? Because the
question fails to put forward the actual parameters of a possible peace
deal, asking only if the respondents would agree with a deal that
Netanyahu agrees to.The paper’s Jonathan Lis writes that Minister
Naftali Bennett’s demand that a basic law mandating a referendum be
passed or he won’t support the budget is nothing more than a political
trick designed to get him some PR: “Bennett won’t topple the government,
and he won’t vote against the budget. Nor will a Basic Law essentially
change the current legal situation. Bennett’s bill, like the existing
law, applies only to lands under Israeli sovereignty, meaning a decision
to evacuate settlements would not require a referendum. The public
would be asked to express its opinion only if the government decided to
withdraw from Jerusalem, the Golan Heights, or parts of Israel that
might be included in land swaps.”
‘Darkness in my eyes’
Yedioth Ahronoth leave
politics aside on its front page, filling half of it with a picture of a
British woman who gave birth a couple days ago and the other half with a
lawyer and his daughter shot to death in broad daylight in a central
Jerusalem shopping center.The paper profiles the killer, writing that he
is a security guard and that his lawyer says he has a mental illness.
“I didn’t mean to shoot them,” the 40-year-old divorced man from Maaleh
Adumim is quoted in the paper saying. “I didn’t mean to kill them. We
argued and suddenly there was darkness in my eyes. I don’t know what
happened to me.”The shooting is likely to fire up once again
the debate over who should be allowed to carry a gun and when. Maariv
reports that a new law designed to limit the amount of time security
guards can hold guns is stuck, though the story does not explain where,
only that Knesset Interior Committee head Miri Regev is pissed at the
police and public security minister for holding it up:“Since the beginning of the Knesset session,
I’ve convened four meeting on the subject,” she tells the paper. “Every
time I hear promises on top of promises, but the only result is another
murder and another murder by security guards with guns.”Yedioth’s Alex Fishman takes the US to task
for refusing to get involved in the Syrian civil war, following the
publication of a letter in which Pentagon head Martin Dempsey says
action in Syria would be too costly: “You don’t need to read between the
lines to understand that the Pentagon is doing everything it can to nix
any idea that comes up around Obama to take action on Syria, even
limited in nature, to say nothing of Iran.”Haaretz’s Eyal Meged marks the anniversary of
the Second Lebanon War by taking aim at former prime minister Ehud
Olmert for depicting the near draw, in which Israel lost scores of its
best, as the most successful of Israel’s wars: “This boastful arrogance
is so infuriating and nauseating as to make any comment unnecessary,
were it not for the fact that it expresses a tendency, common among
politicians in these parts, to take advantage of the brevity of the
public’s memory — which is even more taxed in summer — to turn their
most horrible, resounding failures into thriving accomplishments.”
Religious-Zionists More Suitable for Chief Rabbi Role"
Former
IDF rabbi explains why religious-Zionist rabbis are better suited to
make important Jewish legal rulings.-By Maayana Miskin-First Publish: 7/24/2013, 1:42 PM-israelnationalnews
Rabbi Ronsky (left), during his time as IDF Chief Rabbi-Flash 90
Religious-Zionist rabbis have an advantage when it comes to making
rulings in Jewish law (halakhah), former chief rabbi of the IDF Rabbi
Avichai Ronsky said Wednesday. His comments were made as the body tasked
with selecting Israel’s next Chief Rabbis prepared to vote.
There are two aspects to properly understanding what Jewish law requires in a particular situation, Rabbi Ronsky explained. The first is expertise in the law itself. The second, he said, is understanding of the situation in which the law is to be applied.“The advantage that rabbis have who were educated in religious-Zionist institutions, served in the IDF, and are fully involved in Israeli life, is in the second aspect, personal knowledge,” he argued.“More than that – they themselves experienced the way of life here in the state of Israel, both routine life and life in times of war,” he added.There is a concept in Jewish law regarding Sabbath observance that a person knows his own suffering – that is, a person’s belief that he or she is seriously ill is enough to justify doing labor that would normally be a violation of the Sabbath for the sake of their health. The reason for this, he explained, is that the individual is best able to understand his own situation.Similarly, he said, a rabbi who has experienced complex situations in his personal life has unique understanding that he can use when forming rulings in Jewish law.Rabbi Ronsky tied his argument in to the Chief Rabbinate elections. “The rabbis who are candidates for this important post in the Israeli Rabbinate are all Torah scholars and experts in the Talmud and in Jewish legal responsa,” he wrote.“But only a few of them are familiar with the complex reality of Israeli life from up close,” he concluded.
There are two aspects to properly understanding what Jewish law requires in a particular situation, Rabbi Ronsky explained. The first is expertise in the law itself. The second, he said, is understanding of the situation in which the law is to be applied.“The advantage that rabbis have who were educated in religious-Zionist institutions, served in the IDF, and are fully involved in Israeli life, is in the second aspect, personal knowledge,” he argued.“More than that – they themselves experienced the way of life here in the state of Israel, both routine life and life in times of war,” he added.There is a concept in Jewish law regarding Sabbath observance that a person knows his own suffering – that is, a person’s belief that he or she is seriously ill is enough to justify doing labor that would normally be a violation of the Sabbath for the sake of their health. The reason for this, he explained, is that the individual is best able to understand his own situation.Similarly, he said, a rabbi who has experienced complex situations in his personal life has unique understanding that he can use when forming rulings in Jewish law.Rabbi Ronsky tied his argument in to the Chief Rabbinate elections. “The rabbis who are candidates for this important post in the Israeli Rabbinate are all Torah scholars and experts in the Talmud and in Jewish legal responsa,” he wrote.“But only a few of them are familiar with the complex reality of Israeli life from up close,” he concluded.
