07 June 2026
HaRav Moshe Sternbuch Shlit"a – פרשת שלח תשפ"ו
Country of extremes
“And all the people that we saw in it are men of great stature (anshei midos)” (13:32)
Targum Yonasan translates anshei midos as men with bad character traits. Eretz Yisroel is a country of extremes. The righteous who live there acquire the greatest degree of righteousness and sanctity, whereas evil and tumah are more prominent there than anywhere else. For this reason, the seven nations living in Eretz Yisroel at the time were the most sinful and depraved, and the meraglim in this pasuk are saying that the people they encountered had terrible character traits, and the B’nei Yisroel would have great difficulty living among them.
Unfortunately, in our day too, anti-religious elements amongst our wayward brethren are prevalent in Eretz Yisroel. This is due to the powers of tumah in this country, and our task is to utilize the corresponding powers of kedushah, which are simultaneously part and parcel of its very atmosphere in all periods, to negate the influence of the powers of tumah.
to’eiva parade
This is the time of year that a to’eiva parade takes place in Yerushalayim, and this year they are hosting “the Middle East's largest ever festival” to celebrate their pride at their to’eiva at the Dead Sea. The following are excerpts from Rav Sternbuch’s speeches at gatherings protesting the parades in Yerushalayim 15 and 17 years ago.
It is a fundamental principle that when the Divine name is being publicly desecrated, we are obligated to protest. If we do not protest, we are held accountable for the sins of our coreligionists, since all Jews are responsible for each other. (Thus, Rav Moshe Schneider suggested in the middle of the Holocaust that righteous people were being killed because they had not sufficiently protested the iniquities of the wicked). On the other hand, if we do protest the desecration of Hashem’s name and the sanctity of His country and of Yerushalayim, Ir Hakodseh, we silence the prosecutors in Heaven.
Some say that one should not talk about these matters, but we have a tradition that nothing harmful can result from performing a mitzvah (in this case the mitzvah of protesting for Hashem’s honor), only good. In fact, protesting only serves to protect us. Others say that we are a small, insignificant group. However, the tribe of Levi was also the smallest in number, and a small amount of light dispels a lot of darkness.
Yet others argue that this issue is no concern of ours, and we should rather be concentrating on our own Avodas Hashem and that of our children, but they are terribly mistaken. The public actions of these sinners in the Palace of the King create vast quantities of tumah, and if we simply ignore them, they will affect our thought, speech and actions, whether we like it or not. After all, the immoral actions of the Dor HaMabul affected even the behaviour of animals. By protesting their actions with dedication, we have the ability to not only counter the tumah created by their actions, but even to reduce the power of tumah in the world as a whole. After the righteous convert Potocki was burnt at the stake sanctifying the Divine name, the Vilna Gaon said that one could feel how the powers of tumah in our world no longer possess the same potency which they possessed before his act of mesirus nefesh (Ed.: for possible halachic ramifications of this, see Teshuvos Vehanhogos V: 256 and Ishei Yisroel, Ch. 2, end of footnote 17).
The Satan has a special interest in tumah increasing in Yerushalayim. Hashem is waiting to see how we react. We are obligated to participate in the sorrow of the Shechinah and to dissociate ourselves from these sinners who publicly and proudly make a mockery of Hashem and His Torah.
These sinners’ behaviour is utterly Amalekite. Amalek obtains its power when our Torah learning becomes attenuated; not when we do not learn, but when we do not learn with sufficient intensity and enthusiasm. We should therefore be concentrating on the quality and quantity of our Torah learning. In addition, we should also be focussing on issues of modesty, such as long wigs, which pollute Yerushalayim and Eretz Yisroel.
People are worried about Iran and atom bombs (Ed.: Rav Sternbuch is saying this already back in 2010), but what we should really be worried about is Hashem’s anger and His potential removal of the Shechinah, so that it will not protect us chas vesholom.
We possess the power of speech, the power to pray and to protest. We are all agents of the Jewish nation. May Hashem hearken to the rabbanim and all the people gathered here, and not hold the nation responsible for the sins of those who seek to contaminate themselves, the entire nation, and everything holy, and may we welcome Moshiach easily and speedily.
Postscript: Before the outbreak of the Gaza War, Rav Sternbuch warned about the possible dire consequences of our failure to sufficiently protest the actions of anti-religious militant elements, and after the outbreak of the war he could be heard beseeching the Creator not to listen to the accusations of the Satan, who argues that the whole nation should not be held responsible for the actions of a small minority: see Part I, Chapter 1 of “War and Redemption”. If we do our bit by protesting what needs to be protested, for example the feverish attempts to recruit Yeshiva students to the army, the Satan’s claims will have no ground to stand on.
Source: ravsternbuchtorah@gmail.com
✈️העולם היהודי מרתק את עיניו: תיעוד בלעדי מיציאתו הדרמטית של המנהיג מרן הרב לנדו שליט"א למסע ההצלה!
צאתכם ובואכם לחיים ולשלום: רשכבה"ג רבינו מרן הגר"ד לנדו שליט"א ביציאה ממעונו לפנות בוקר למסע ההיסטורי למען קרן עולם התורה בארה"ב, החברותא של רשכבה"ג מרן הגראי"ל שטיינמן זצוק"ל הגרמ"י שניידר שליט"א בא ללוות ולהתברך. צפו: ניתן להאזין להקלטות ועדכונים נרחבים מהמסע בקו החירום 03-313-3306 בקודש פנימה
רגע הטיסה הגורלית, מה נאמר בחדר הסגור בין גדולי הדור? מרן הרב הירש עלה לקראת מסע המנהיג מרן הרב לנדו
לקראת מסעו של רשכבה"ג רבינו מרן ראש הישיבה הגר"ד לנדו שליט"א לארצות הברית למען עולם התורה, עלה מרן ראש הישיבה הגרמ"ה הירש שליט"א לברכת פרידה במעונו. : שיהיה הצלחה גדולה וברכה, הכל ילך טוב, שתהיה בריא, ותצליח לעשות הכל. רבינו: אמן יש"כ, זה נפק"מ לומר יש"כ, אני אמרתי לך את הווארט של הטשיבין ר'ב, להגיד אמן על יש"כ? הגרמ"ה הירש ביקש לשמוע את המעשה רב. רבינו: אחד עשה לו טובה, אז הוא אמר לו יש"כ, אותו אחד אמר לו אין על מה, השיב לו הטשיבנע'ר רב, אם הייתי אומר תודה, יש על מה לומר אין על מה, אבל ישר כח זה ברכה, על ברכה אין מה לומר אין על מה, יש"כ על הברכה.
🚨מצמרר! "אי אפשר לתאר כמה זה קשה"• השיחה הדרמטית של המנהיג הרב לנדו קודם יציאתו למסע הצלת עולם התורה
קודם מסע מנהיג הדור רבינו מרן שליט"א, נכנס מרן ר"י חברון הגר"ד כהן שליט"א לערוך לו ע"פ בקשתו לחש נגד עין הרע, לאחמ"כ ברך ברכת כהנים, רבינו סיפר על הנסיעה לחו"ל למען התורה למרות הקושי האדיר, וביקש ברכתו. מצמרר אחר הלחש וברכת כהנים, בירך מרן הגר"ד כהן שליט"א: שהקדוש ברוך הוא ייתן לראש ישיבה כוח לעבור את הנסיעה, והכל בבריאות, והכל בכוחות, ולהחזיק את עולם התורה, ולהעמיד תורה בכלל ישראל. רבינו: אמן, תודה רבה על הברכות ועל האיחולים. זה מאוד קשה לי, מאוד מאוד קשה. אי אפשר לתאר כמה זה קשה. הגר"ד כהן שנסע בעבר במסעות מתאר: אני יודע שאי אפשר לתאר כמה זה קשה. רבינו: לי זה קשה כפליים אין עצה. הגר"ד כהן : בשנים של הראש ישיבה.. רבינו: אי אפשר לתאר בשבילי, אישית. ואין לי שום עצה. חייבים. הגר"ד כהן: להחזיק תורה בכלל ישראל רבינו: חייבים. ורבינו ביקש מהגר"ד כהן: תתנו את הברכה, שיהיה הצלחה. הגר"ד כהן: השם יעזור, שגם יהיה כוחות לראש ישיבה, שיהיה הצלחה ושיהיה לתועלת, שיהיה סיעתא דשמיא. רבינו: אמן, יישר כוח, שטרחתם לבוא לברך אותי. הגר"ד כהן: זה זכות. שתהיה נסיעה טובה, וכל טוב. רבינו: תודה רבה, יש"כ ניתן להאזין להקלטה המלאה בקו החירום 03-313-3306
Hiking the HolyLand – Einot Petzael Nature Reserve
Einot Petzael: A Hidden Oasis in the Jordan Valley
Hiking Through Israel, Judea and Samaria, Pretty Places, Water Hikes
If there’s anything that draws crowds outdoors in summertime, it’s water hikes. In Israel, there’s nothing quite like plunging into a cold pool of clear spring water on a hot day. Bonus points for a waterfall. Even more bonus points if the whole thing is surrounded by exotic and beautiful scenery.
That’s why this week’s trip to Einot Petzael was such an incredible discovery.
Einot Petzael are cool spring pools that are part of the Nahal Petzael Nature Reserve, run by the Parks Authority. This incredible oasis is not only blissfully refreshing — it sits in the middle of a gorgeous reserve filled with birds, gazelle, frogs, rock hyrax, butterflies, dragonflies, and even cute little crabs.
In winter and spring, the area is known for its wildflowers. A trip to the reserve at that time of year should definitely include a long hike through the streambed, where greenery and flowers blossom in abundance.
But in summertime, the most fabulous thing about these pools is that you can drive right up to them
There are deep pools, wading pools, waterfalls, hidden pools, and more.
Here’s how we journeyed through the Nahal Petzael Nature Reserve this week — and discovered a place we’ll definitely be returning to.
It’s a National Park
Over the past several years, the Parks Authority has been quietly making massive changes to natural spaces in Judea and Samaria. Many of these sites had long been neglected, often littered with trash and just generally not the most pleasant to visit.
That’s all started to change — and Einot Petzael is one example on the ground of what it looks like when nature is cared for.
We drove up to the site and went through a gate marked with a Parks Authority sign. As we drove through golden fields with a ridge of green snaking through, there were no chip bags, soda cans, or picnic leftovers in sight. Instead, we were greeted by galloping gazelle, completely comfortable running through the wild grain and up the hills.
There were packs of them, all happily sustaining themselves on the fresh water that runs through the reserve. Watching them out the window, it felt like we were on some sort of safari.
Soon, we reached the main area of the pools, where organized garbage cans, fire pits, and picnic benches marked the fact that the Parks Authority had taken charge.
A Place with a Long History
The pools at Einot Petzael aren’t just a refreshing summer stop. They sit on top of layers of history that go back thousands of years.
Archaeological surveys have found settlements in this area dating back about 6,000 years. The lower part of the stream valley has been identified with biblical Ataroth, mentioned in the Book of Joshua as part of the inheritance of the tribe of Ephraim.
The most famous chapter is the Second Temple period. About 2,100 years ago, King Herod built a town here and named it after his older brother Phasael, who took his own life rather than be handed over to his enemies during the Parthian invasion of 40 BCE. The town was called Phasaelis, and that name has been preserved all the way to today — in the springs, the stream, and the modern Moshav Petzael nearby.
Herod built an aqueduct from these springs to carry water about six kilometers down to his town, and the remains of his huge storage reservoir can still be seen near the moshav. An old flour mill that operated on the aqueduct water is also still standing along the stream — a reminder that this water has been put to use by every group that has lived here.
To the Pools
We could hear water flowing as we stepped out of the car. It was a hot day, and we were eager to get down and see the pools we had heard so much about.
We walked down the rocky hillside into an incredible oasis.
One large pool was surrounded by fragrant wild mint, purple flowers, and flitting dragonflies. There was a shady spot in the distance, so we walked over to drop our bags. Then we jumped in.
The water was magnificently cold and refreshing. We made our way towards a waterfall at the edge of the pool and enjoyed the cool spray on our faces.
It wasn’t too deep — only about neck-high at the deepest point — perfect for swimming with kids.
Exploring
From the first pools, we decided to continue on to the edge of the reserve. We wanted to see for ourselves where the trail running through Nahal Petzael began. We followed the path, passing hidden pools and thick greenery. Eventually, we found ourselves at the source of the spring, where shallow wading pools sit under massive shade trees next to little picnic benches.
A few young families were enjoying these spots. One man sat playing guitar while his children splashed in the water.
From there, we continued past where the water ran (at least at this time of year) and towards the blue trail. We followed the well-marked path for a little while, until we hit the canyon.
Our plans for the day didn’t include a long hike through Nahal Petzael — we were saving that for wintertime, when the wildflowers and greenery would make the hike even more beautiful. So instead, we backtracked until we reached a small hidden pool.
Down we Go
We climbed down towards the pool, an enchanting oasis tucked away from everyone else by rocks and greenery.
It was simply incredible down there. A cool waterfall rushed in, drowning out everything around us. Dragonflies flitted from one branch of greenery to another, and birds chirped above. One small rock protruded from the middle of the pool — a perfect place to perch in the sun
We spent the rest of our time at the reserve enjoying that hidden pool. And then we climbed back up and out towards the car.
Worth the Trip
As we drove back out through the reserve, past the gazelle in the wild grain and the golden hills falling away towards the Jordan Valley, I thought about how lucky we are to live in a country where you can stumble into a place like this on an ordinary summer afternoon.
If you’re looking for a real summertime adventure that doesn’t require a long hike, the Nahal Petzael Nature Reserve is one of the best places I’ve found all year. Pack your bathing suit, a picnic, and plenty of water. Get there early to beat the heat. And don’t be surprised if a few gazelle greet you on the way in.
We’ll definitely be back.
Go here to view more magnificent photos https://hikingintheholyland.com/2026/06/05/einot-petzael-a-hidden-oasis-in-the-jordan-valley/ Photos by Susannah and Friends
SPECIAL EVENT
Speaking of beautiful places. Our Sunset Singles Hike on Thursday, June 11 is coming up this week.
We're meeting at the gorgeous Sovev Kfar Uria trail at 5:30 PM for light refreshments, then hiking into the sunset with expert guide Olinka, ending with a bonfire, wine, and marshmallows under the stars.
This event is for singles ages 25-45.
Get more info and share it with friends right here.
Efrat’s Bold Vision: Turning the Judean Hills into Israel’s Next Major Center
In this inspiring interview, Avi Abelow spoke with the Director of Development of the Efrat Foundation, to discuss the exciting future of the pioneering community of Efrat, the thriving capital of the Judean Hills. Efrat is growing rapidly to accommodate second and third generation families who want to stay in their beloved hometown. We explore major expansion plans, new neighborhoods, and infrastructure projects designed to keep families rooted in the biblical heartland of Judea. One of the most exciting initiatives is the restoration and development of the historic Solomon’s Pools, ancient Hasmonean and Roman reservoirs just outside Efrat. This ambitious project aims to revive this archaeological treasure and transform the area into a beautiful historical and recreational site for the entire region. We also discuss the new Lone Soldiers Center in memory of Roey Weiser, a fallen hero from my synagogue in Efrat. This vital project will provide housing, support, and a warm home for lone soldiers who defend Israel without family nearby. This interview offers a hopeful vision of Efrat’s future, a strong, growing, and proud Jewish community in Judea and Samaria that is building for the long term. If you believe in strengthening Jewish life in the biblical heartland, supporting second and third generation families, reviving Solomon’s Pools, and honoring lone soldiers, this video will inspire you. Support Efrat’s Development Projects Today Your donation helps expand communities, restore historic sites, and support lone soldiers in the Judean Hills. Donate Now: https://www.jgive.com/new/en/ils/dona... Thank you for standing with Efrat, the exciting future of Judea and Samaria, and the fulfillment of our Biblical prophecies. Efrat development, Solomon’s Pools, Judean Hills, second-generation families, lone soldiers center, Roey Weiser, Jewish settlement, biblical heartland, Judea and Samaria
Non–Violent Multitudinous Frum Chassidim Angry About Abduction of Yeshiva Student
How’s that for a title?
Not what you might read at yeshivanews or vinnews or timesofisrael.
This is what they prefer, however to induce mayhem:
Hundreds of Haredi (armed only with Streimlach) rioters try to (enter) break into Jerusalem police station, attack cops in Beit Shemesh
Note: more like “cops” instigating and shoving Chareidi Chassidim!
05 June 2026
The Sin of the Spies Wasn't What You Think | Rav Yitzchak Berkovits
In Parshas Shelach, the spies returned from Eretz Yisrael with a devastating report that ultimately doomed an entire generation. But was their sin really a lack of faith in Hashem?
Drawing on the Mishnah in Arachin, Rav Yitzchak Berkovits explains that the root of the Meraglim's failure was not theology but middos. Their inability to see the good, their tendency toward negativity, criticism, and pessimism, shaped how they viewed the Land, themselves, and even Hashem. From the giant cluster of grapes to the funerals that the spies misinterpreted, this shiur explores how perspective determines reality. Why do people focus on negative news? Why does cynicism feel so natural? And how can a habit of seeing the good strengthen our relationships, our self-image, and our emunah? This timeless lesson from the Meraglim challenges us to recognize how negativity distorts reality and to see that choosing to see the good is not naïveté but honesty.THE LAND IS TOV MEOD MEOD
The Temple Institute
“The land that we scouted is an exceedingly good land!"
(Numbers 14:7)
Sivan 20, 5786/June 5, 2026
“The land that we scouted is an exceedingly good land!" Translated back into its original Hebrew the verse concludes with the words "tova (good) ha'aretz (the land) me'od (good) me'od (good)!" Remember way back when, when, upon completing creation at the close of the sixth day, "G-d saw all that He had made, and behold it was very good?" (Genesis 1:31) All that G-d had created was "very good." But the land He promised Avraham, Yitzchak and Yaakov, to give to their descendants as an eternal inheritance, was "very, very good!"
At least it was in the eyes of Yehoshua and Calev, two of the twelve tribal dignitaries who were part of the mission sent by Moshe, by command of HaShem, to scout out the land of Canaan, intending to pave the way for Israel's conquest. Unfortunately, theirs was the minority opinion, and their exhortations fell upon deaf ears. The recalcitrant generation of the wilderness, influenced by the negative take of ten of the twelve spies, squandered away forever their chance at entering into the land of milk and honey, promised to them by G-d. By G-d!
"If pleased with us, HaShem will bring us into that land, a land that flows with milk and honey, and give it to us; only you must not rebel against HaShem. Have no fear then of the people of the country, for they are our prey: their protection has departed from them, but HaShem is with us. Have no fear of them!” (Numbers 14:9) So pleaded Yehoshua and Calev, but to no avail. What did they see that the others didn't see? Actually, nothing. They saw the same cities, the same mountains and valleys, the same inhabitants, the same massive clusters of grapes and figs and pomegranates. And, in fact, all twelve agreed that "the land you sent us to; it does indeed flow with milk and honey, and this is its fruit," (ibid 13:27) displaying their bounty before the assembly.
But there was one thing which Yehoshua and Calev saw differently from their companions: "we saw the Nephilim there — the Anakites [lterally, giants] are part of the Nephilim — and we looked like grasshoppers to ourselves, and so we must have looked to them.” (ibid 13:33)
They all saw the giants. And, in fact, there was a family of giants living in Hevron. This was certainly something to take into account when facing them in future battle. But upon seeing the giants, it appears that they looked at one another and saw something else, altogether:"we looked like grasshoppers to ourselves." They felt overwhelmed, puny, crushed, in the face of the giants, a feeling so intense that they made the bold, unsubstantiated claim that "and so we must have looked to them.” While their sense of helplessness was certainly impacted by their sighting of giants, it was their self image that crushed their hopes, sending them back to the desert encampment and bringing catastrophe to the entire nation. No one had defeated them but themselves.
What happened to their sense of self? Had not G-d created them in His image, and, having done so as a final act of creation, concluded that, "behold, it was very good?" What happened to "love your neighbor as yourself, I am HaShem"? It was only when they denied their divine creation by defining themselves as grasshoppers that the spirit of the people was crushed: "The whole community broke into loud cries, and the people wept that night."(ibid 14:1) Not the giants and not the fortified cities, but the self defining image of grasshoppers, flitting from blade of grass to blade of grass, impotent and helpless that literally deflated the people, sucking out of their lungs the very breath of life that G-d had breathed into them. They cried without consolation.
It took a strong stand and a determined prayer by Moshe to temper G-d's rage, and instead of annihilating the nation on the spot, gave them a second chance, with a caveat. The caveat being, one additional year in the wilderness for each of the forty days the twelve spies scouted out the land and totally misread all that they saw, somehow reducing a land that was very, very good into an self imposed image of a nation of rootless, homeless grasshoppers.
Save, of course, for Yehoshua and Calev. While the male adults who witnessed G-d's miracles in Egypt, who were taken out of bondage by G-d's outstretched hand, who walked on dry ground through the Sea of Reeds, woke up each morning to a spread of manna at their doorstep and witnessed, as a nation, HaShem's presence at Sinai, hearing His voice saying "I am HaShem you G-d," would all perish in the wilderness, only Yehoshua and Calev would ultimately enter the land.
Yehoshua, faithful student of Moshe, would lead Israel into Canaan. And of Calev, HaShem said, "But My servant Calev, because he was imbued with a different spirit and remained loyal to Me — him will I bring into the land that he entered, and his offspring shall hold it as a possession." (ibid 14:24) "A different spirit - ru'ach acharet!" A different spirit from his fellow spies, but the very same spirit - ru'ach - breath - that G-d first breathed into man, creating, not a grasshopper, but a being who would, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and rule over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the sky and all the living creatures that crawl on the earth." (Genesis 1:28) A being who would stand upright and be afraid of no living creature, least of all a family of giants living in the city where the father and mothers of the nation of Israel are buried.
Israel today has to contend with all sorts of giants and on multiple fronts. Israel is spurned, cursed, attacked verbally and physically, her very existence on this earth challenged in international forums. Missiles and rockets and drones, suicide bombers, car rammers and knife wielders. These are today's self defined "giants." But, in fact, they are the hapless grasshoppers perched on a blade of grass of self pity, envy and lies. Israel is a nation of Calevs, filled with a different spirit. A spirit that reminds us that we are created in the image of G-d, and that the land G-d promised us is a very, very good land, one worth defending to our very last breath. The words of Yehoshua and Calev are engraved upon the hearts of Israel's fighters, men and women, young and old: "Have no fear then of the people of the country, for they are our prey: their protection has departed from them, but HaShem is with us. Have no fear of them!” "HaShem is with us!" That says it all.
HAFTARAH FOR SHABBAT PARASHAT SHELACH
Joshua 2:1-24
"And Yehoshua the son of Nun sent two men out of Shittim to spy secretly, saying, Go see the land and Jericho. And they went, and came to the house of an innkeeper named Rachav, and they lay there. And it was told to the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, men have come here this night from the children of Israel to search the land.
And the king of Jericho sent to Rachav, saying, Bring forth the men who have come to you, that have entered your house, for they have come to search out the entire land. Now the woman had taken the two men, and had hidden them, and she said, Indeed the men came to me, but I did not know from where they were.
And it was time to close the gate, at darkness, that the men went out. I do not know where they went. Pursue after them quickly, for you will overtake them. And she had brought them up to the roof, and she hid them with the stalks of flax, that she had laid arranged upon the roof. And the men pursued them in the direction of the Jordan, to the fords; and as soon as the pursuers had gone out, they shut the gate. And before they were asleep, she came up to them upon the roof. And she said to the men, I know that HaShem has given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land have melted away because of you.
For we have heard how HaShem dried up the water of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt; and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites that were on the other side of the Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom you completely destroyed. And as soon as we heard, our hearts melted, nor did there remain anymore spirit in any man because of you, for HaShem your G-d He is G-d in heaven above and on the earth below.
And now, I pray, swear to me by HaShem, since I have showed you kindness, that you will also show kindness to my father's house, and give me a true token. And you shall preserve alive my father, and my mother, and my brothers and my sisters, and all that they have, and you shall deliver our lives from death. And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if you will not tell this our discussion. And it shall be, when HaShem gives us the land, that we will deal with you with kindness and truth. And she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was in the town wall and she dwelt in the wall.
And she said to them, Go to the mountain lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days until the pursuers return, and afterwards you will go your way. And the men said to her, we will be blameless of this your oath which you made us swear; Behold when we come into the land, you shall bind this line of scarlet thread in the window by which you let us down; and you shall bring your father and your mother, and your brothers and all your father's household home to you.
And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of your house outside, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be blameless, and that whosoever shall be with you in the house, his blood shall be upon our head if any hand be upon him. And if you tell this our discussion, then we will be blameless of your oath which you have made us swear.
And she said, According to your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed; and she bound the scarlet line in the window. And they went, and came to the mountain, and stayed there three days until the pursuers returned; and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but they did not find them. And the two men returned and descended from the mountain, and crossed over and came to Yehoshua the son of Nun, and told him all that had happened to them.
And they said to Yehoshua, - For HaShem has delivered into our hands all the land; and also the inhabitants of the country have melted away because of us."
שמורת הנחלים הגדולים בפריחה נדירה וחיות הבר חוגגות The Southern Negev in rare bloom
A rare spring bloom gives wild animals the best conditions to survive in the harsh desert. Dorcas gazelles, Hares, migratory birds and rare Larks
Chief Rabbi Kalman Ber: Strictly Prohibited To Ascend And To Bow On Temple Mount
What does this mean?
“ Rabbi Ber wrote: “It is strictly forbidden to ascend and bow on the Temple Mount at this time. Entry into the Temple Mount compound is strictly prohibited at this time, as ruled by the leading sages of Israel throughout the generations. This has also been the position of Israel’s Chief Rabbinate throughout its history. The Torah prohibition against bowing on a stone surface forbids full prostration with outstretched hands and feet on stone flooring, and one who does so violates the prohibition: ‘You shall not place a figured stone in your land to bow down upon it.’” https://vinnews.com/2026/05/31/chief-rabbi-kalman-ber-strictly-prohibited-to-ascend-and-to-bow-on-temple-mount/
THIS NEEDS FURTHER ELUCIDATION:
Who is “placing….”.?
What is a “figured stone”?
Is the stone flooring on Har Habayit “placed” or is it considered from the same time as the Kotel?
And Who “placed it”?
04 June 2026
מה מראה שהקב"ה לא פשט את הרגל? צפו במסר מהמשגיח רבי דן סגל? מעמד ה'לחיים' ההיסטורי! #הרב_דן_סגל
תיאור: רגעים היסטוריים שלא תרצו לפספס: תיעוד בלעדי ומרגש ממעמד ה'לחיים' ההיסטורי שנערך במעונו של מרן המשגיח, עמוד העבודה רבי דן סגל שליט"א, לרגל המאורע הכביר של הופעת ספר 'קצות החושן' עם ביאוריו המאירים. צפו במראות הקודש, בדיבורי החיזוק ובשמחת התורה הפורצת גבולות.
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