Poisoning our air, minds, bodies, and souls
Breathe in some Stardust, celebrate Molech sacrifices, and say Hallel with a bracha
Last week on a bus I overheard a woman on the phone giving siren guidance. If the siren goes up and down, it’s an alert to run to a “safe” room. If it’s a straight sound, that means it’s a ceremonial siren for Yom Hashoah, Yom Hazikaron, or Yom Ha’atzmaut, and no need to worry.
I was tempted to butt in and tell her to just ignore both sirens, but it wasn’t the time and place.
Someone in the neighborhood who generally agrees with me said he differs when it comes to the siren for Yom Hoshoah. That one he stands for because it honors the Jews who died in the Holocaust.
I replied that standing silently does absolutely nothing for the Jews who died in the Holocaust. On the contrary, standing silently at the cynical behest of a regime that actively collaborated with the Nazis, and continues to wage war on us from within, is a desecration of the memory of those who died in the Holocaust. Staying silent is the last thing we should be doing, and it’s meaningless, besides.
Just like saluting a flag is utterly stupid and antithetical to the Torah. It’s a modern version of bowing to an idol.
On that note, it’s time for our annual review of the laws associated with siren observance:
From WorldIsraelNews:
That’s literally the Molech sales pitch. So keep serving up dead Jews on command, and feel virtuous about it.
Meanwhile, from Arutz Sheva:
LOL.
The following, however, is no laughing matter. If you’ve been feeling that the air quality in Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh (and I assume other major population centers) has been horrible lately, and it seems that many people are getting sick from it, the evidence is on your side. Check this out:
https://www.iqair.com/me/israel/jerusalem/bet-shemesh/beit-shemesh-neve-shamir
This explains why the sky in Beit Shemesh and Jerusalem looks the way it does, why the air quality feels as poor as it does, and why so many people are experiencing strange allergies, hoarseness, and other unpleasant reactions. We’re being poisoned. Make sure to sing Hallel with extra fervor this Yom Ha’atzmaut.
Here’s what the air quality data shows:
PM2.5 concentration is currently 2.7 times the World Health Organization annual PM2.5 guideline value.
What is PM2.5?
PM2.5 particles are floating particulate matter in the air measuring 2.5 micrometers in diameter or less. PM2.5 is so small it can be absorbed into the bloodstream upon inhalation. For this reason, it is typically the pollutant posing the greatest health threat.
Where does it come from?
Sources can be emitted from either manmade or natural sources, or created by other pollutants.
Combustion resulting from power plants
Smoke and soot from wildfires and waste burning
Vehicular emissions and combustion from motors
Industrial processes involving chemical reactions between gases (sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and volatile organic compounds)
How does it affect our health?
Short term effects:
Irritation to the eyes, throat, and nose
Irregular heartbeats
Asthma attacks
Coughing, chest tightness, and shortness of breath
Long term effects:
Premature death
Respiratory illnesses such as bronchitis, asthma, emphysema
Lung tissue damage
Cancer
Heart attack
Stroke
Then there’s this:
Israel was proud to be the world’s laboratory for the Covid shots, and now we get to be unwilling participants in “outdoor solar geoengineering experiments.” What could go wrong if you breathe in some Stardust? It’s safe and effective.
Check out their shady, bare-bones web site, without so much as a name or address associated with this this shady company: www.stardustsolutions.com.
But their site boasts plenty of press coverage in the last few months. Wired called them “A Mysterious Israeli-US Startup”:
The company is led by CEO and cofounder Yanai Yedvab, a former deputy chief scientist at the Israel Atomic Energy Commission, which oversees the country’s clandestine nuclear program…
…Stardust agreed to publish a public website, including providing a copy of Pasztor’s report, and to develop a voluntary code of conduct, he said. That would publicly lay out how they intend to conduct their research and development, including agreeing not to be involved in large-scale implementation, which would instead be under the purview of government agencies. Pasztor expected Stardust to publish this information last September or soon afterward.
For a while, though, no website appeared. “They were going to publish all of that on their website. Now they are delayed,” he said during a conversation in January. “Come on guys, this is getting embarrassing.”
In early February, while Undark was reporting this article, Stardust published a bare-bones website. The site links to Pasztor’s report and lists seven principles, including “prioritizing safety and scientific integrity,” publishing “unfavorable results as well as favorable ones,” and “supporting comprehensive regulation of this emerging field.”
The site doesn’t describe who works for the company, but a statement provided to Undark by Zupnick noted that Stardust has 25 physicists, chemists, and engineers on the team and listed some of the company’s leadership: Yedvab, the CEO; chief product officer Amyad Spector, a physicist and a former employee of the Israeli government’s nuclear research program; and lead scientist Eli Waxman, an astrophysicist at the Weizmann Institute of Science who formerly served as Spector’s academic supervisor.
Sounds totally legit, totally safe and effective, definitely not a government front spraying God-knows-what over us without our consent, let alone our informed consent. It’s not like they have a history of doing that sort of thing, right?
Good thing we live in a democracy, where our leaders are accessible, they prioritize our health and wellbeing, they take our concerns very seriously, and our votes make a big difference on the issues that concern us the most.
Stand silently when they tell you to, then sing Hallel with a bracha, sheep.
Then: They won a war in 6 days.
Now: You get a break for 6 days.
We thought some things would definitely change after the October 7 massacres.
These are religious Jews that destroyed a paper and plaster idol. They should be considered with honor. We were commanded to DESTROY idols in Eretz Yisrael when Yehoshua brought the Israelites into and onto our Land. Southern Lebanon is Land of Eretz Yisrael!
So what this brave and honorable soldier of Hashem did was according to the commandment of Hashem, God Almighty of the entire World!
The “misguided” among Am Yisrael are punishing him and others instead of supporting the Word of Hashem, God. They are terribly misguided and will be dealt with appropriately.
King Omari was a very big Rasha, but successful because he consecrated and extended his rule over more of Eretz Yisrael.
What? you ask is the “coincidence”? A religious community attacked by missiles that somehow escaped the defenses that spared Netanya, Ramat HaSharon, and…… defense by the Iron Dome, and the other inventions that the world is amazed by! That other countries want also! Were they asleep at the monitor? I don’t know the statistics of devastating loss in other cities but this seems very localized like in Arad, also another religious community!
As the smoke clears the precise statistics present a frightening reality: Instead of the original count of 82 families, there are 125 families, among them 673 Bnei Brak residents, who are left without a roof over their heads.
Kupat Ha'ir has set up an emergency operations center to respond to the immediate needs of the families following conversations with them upon receiving the data from the social services department and home front command.
The maggid HaRav Yisrael Meir Shushan shlit"a stood facing the devastation and described the unimaginable pain of one family out of the many:
"Dear brothers, look at the destruction and the devastation.
Just think what a father and mother with 14 children went through.
The little girl Rivkie cried, 'Ima, where are the new pajamas you bought me for Pesach?'
There is nothing! Nothing! Nothing!"
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B”H the families are alive. What a miracle! But where are they sleeping? Where are the living? What are the children experiencing in their tender world?
A missile hitting one's home is very emotionally traumatic, yet the financial damage as well is much greater than most people would think* The idea that the government always covers the costs of such damages is untrue* 82 Bnei Brak families are in disastrous situations and need help urgently
All of Eretz Yisrael was under fire, continually suffering missile attacks, but it seems that Bnei Brak (next to Arad) received the greatest brunt of them and suffered the greatest damage in the 'Sha'agat HaAri' war. The data received from the Home Front Command (Pikud HaOref) and from Bnei Brak's municipal Social Services Department is enough to prevent the Gedolei Torah and Chassidus from sleeping at night, as more and more chareidi families are discovered to be in terribly desperate situations after Iranian missiles hit their homes.
As of Monday, the 19th of Nissan, 82 families from Bnei Brak had been evacuated from their homes, finding themselves staying in temporary residences for the duration of the Yom Tov; some of them were evacuated on Yom Tov itself.
These families, whose lives were upended in one terrifying moment, were divided into three painful categories:
The first group, consisting of about fifty families, were permitted to enter their homes and remove some necessities. These families don't require a tremendous amount of assistance; they are housed temporarily in hotels and in rented apartments which are indeed funded by the government, however upon investigation it was discovered that they need short-term assistance getting organized in their temporary homes. They need help with transportation, buying food and other basic products which they are currently lacking. As per the decision of the Kupat Ha'ir Rabbanim, these families are slated to receive a one-time grant which will stand them on their feet during this strenuous time which is so difficult for them.
But there's a second group which has suffered even more. About twenty-five families were not permitted to even enter their homes at all, or their homes were completely demolished, including closets of clothing and possessions they'd acquired during the course of their lives. These families have an acute need for basic articles of clothing –including clothes for the entire family for weekday and Shabbos, basic hygiene products and the hundreds of other essential items a person has in his home. These Jews left their homes with literally just the clothes on their backs- and sometimes those were only pajamas. Practically every minute they are discovering another essential item they are lacking, and they need urgent assistance to buy essential items, including basic wardrobes. For the majority of these articles they are currently not entitled to receive government funding, and they are hoping for assistance from us, their fellow Jews around the world.
The third group, numbering about five or six families, had residences or partial residences which were not recognized by the government. As far as the government law is concerned, their destroyed homes did not exist at all, and the owners are not eligible for any compensation for the apartment or for the part of it which was 'illegal.' For them, the trauma is doubly great, and they are in need of the maximum amount of help to restore their homes.
In light of these acute situations, Kupat Ha'ir launched a special fund to help all these families in Bnei Brak who were evacuated. According to the instructions of the Gedolei HaDor shlit"a, each person is requested to contribute $410, which is about $5 per each evacuated family, in order to help them get back on their feet after this great trauma and suffering they've undergone, and to show them we are with them in their pain.
It's important to note that this money will be distributed immediately to the families according to need and in consonance with the directives of the Kupat Ha'ir Rabbanim.
To help the 82 Bnei Brak families who were evacuated from their homes, click here>>>
Donations can also be made to Kupat Ha'ir Fund #3378, by phone 1-888-587-2842, or by mailing a check to American Friends of Kupat Ha'ir, 4415 14th Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11219.
That’s why one day we will reach into our pocket and there will not even be a ‘pruta’ to be found!
So we will need our mitzvos to pay our way into The World to Come!
This post was written by myrtlerising but I agree wholeheartedly and feel the same sadness at th3 loss and mismanagement of Israel, the religious-democratic nation of Jews, that is disgraceful, all th3 while also feeling gratitude to HKB”H that we are back on our Land.
What a treasure!
There is no place in the world where Jews belong other than Eretz Yisrael.
I’m so grateful that I’m living here despite the incongruencies.
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