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15 Shevat 5772 It’s Rosh Hashana l’Ilanot – the New Year for the Trees! Eat some of the fruit for which the Land of Israel is praised and give thanks to HKB”H for all His goodness to us!! 45 Tu B’shvat Videos on Youtube! Read More »

14 Shevat 5772 Please excuse the pun. I couldn’t resist. Of course, I’m talking about political, economic and social fallout, not the atomic kind, though that might possibly figure in, too.I heard a rabbi say today that it’s not a question of ‘if’ there will be war with Iran, but ‘when. Read More »

14 Shevat 5772 As written by “Anonymous” in the comments section (it’s much too valuable to be buried there): BS”DGermany-Ir​an Connection & Nazi Plot Prophecy in Torah!…email of a few weeks ago… Jews around the world are now reading the Torah parsha of the announcement of Redemption! A curious thing occurs, however… Read More »

13 Shevat 5772 If you had any doubt, this will put it to rest: Ayatollah: Kill All Jews, Annihilate Israel The Iranian government, through a website proxy, has laid out the legal and religious justification for the destruction of Israel and the slaughter of its people.The doctrine includes wiping out Israeli assets and Jewish people worldwide. Read More »

12 Shevat 5772 Concerning R Nir Ben Artzi’s prediction of a major event that would “shock” the world and set off an unprecendented wave of antisemitism this week, it would appear that my proposed scenario is way off the mark. Instead, it looks like it will be events connected to Iran after all. Read More »

10 Shevat 5772 Beshallach is one of my two favorite parshiot 1) because it falls just before my TU b’Shevat birthday, and 2) because the haftarah features my namesake, Devorah, the Prophetess and Judge of Israel.There are a couple of things I’d like to bring out about the haftarah from Shoftim that you may not have heard before. Read More »

9 Shevat 5772 Down Under, it’s floods, while across EurAsia it’s snow: Airlifting underway in flooded north NSW Europe freeze: Heavy snow across continent Quake efforts blamed for rise in snow mishaps in Japan Record heat: Southern California having Read More »

8 Shevat 5772 Senator Leaks Secret Mossad Meetings on TV Mossad director Tamir Pardo is in Washington for talks about a possible attack on Iran’s nuclear installations, Israel’s Channel 2 reported on Tuesday. Read More »

7 Shevat 5772 Ever since I read R Nir Ben Artzi’s latest projection at Bat Aliyah , I’ve had a growing suspicion about a certain possibility – a set up, so to speak. I’ve debated with myself since last week whether to say anything or not and now, I’ve decided it could possibly be a help to someone. Others may disagree, so there it is. Read More »

6 Shevat 5772 Or “what goes around comes around.” I was looking at Drudge and came across this story: U.S. Read More »

5 Shevat 5772 Gideon Levy, writing for Haaretz, editorializes about the recent results of the Israeli Democracy Institute poll showing that 80% of Israelis believe in G-d and 70% believe that Jews are The Chosen People. He means to be sarcastic and negative in his assessment, but it comes across to me as good news. Read More »

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28 Tevet 5772 YOM KIPPUR KATAN …The very end of a month, when the moon is barely visible, is an appropriate time to remind ourselves of what we are to be doing with our lives. We can gaze upwards and see almost none of the moon, knowing that a mere two weeks later, the moon will be full. Read More »

28 Tevet 5772 The March time frame comes up again in a new report from Debkafile : Panetta: USS Enterprise carrier group to transit Hormuz in March Three weeks after Tehran threatened action against any US aircraft carrier entering the Strait of Hormuz, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta disclosed Sunday, Jan. Read More »

28 Tevet 5772 Mishpacha Magazine ran an article on the “Hilltop Youth” in its January 11, 2012 issue. I feel a very close kinship to these young people and their ideals. Lest anyone forget, what is recognized today as “Israel Proper” was settled the same way as these hilltops a hundred years ago. Read More »

25 Tevet 5772 Heavy snow on Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido An unusually powerful storm hit the city of Iwamizawa on Monday, leaving behind mounds of snow nearly two metres deep. Scientists say they can’t confirm exactly how much snow fell because their measuring instruments were damaged in the blizzard. Read More »

25 Tevet 5772″Venahafoch hu” is a term we usually hear at Purim time in the month of Adar. (Maybe it’s coming early this year.) It refers to something meant for evil that Hashem flips upside down so that good triumphs – like when the evil Haman was hanged on the very gallows he had built for righteous Mordechai. Read More »

25 Tevet 5772 I haven’t written about web bots in awhile. Actually, I haven’t even looked into web bots in awhile. It’s creator, Clif High, admits that they are only right about 50% of the time, but they did call 9/11 correctly sixty days in advance of the event (so they say), so it’s interesting to see what they are saying now. Read More »

24 Tevet 5772…The Vilna Gaon on the Mechilta (Shmos 14: 20) and the Midrash Talpiyos (Gog) say, that the Gog U’Magog war shall begin three hours before “Hanetz Hachama” (crack of dawn) on Hoshana Rabba, and shall last three hours only. Read More »