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10 December 2025
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The Most Blessed Generation of Jews: For 2,000 years, Jews wandered the globe longing for Zion
…. almost impossible to even visit
Today, we are the generation with open doors and open skies—invited to come home with unprecedented ease and freedom.
Emergency: Five Little Girls With No Parents at Home — They Need Us Now - Vaad Harabanim
Dejavu……October 7
In exclusive briefing, former intelligence analyst reveals commanders behind new Jordan border wall are relying on same failed strategy that enabled October 7th
But inside the closed briefing rooms where the strategic logic of the wall is being determined, a far more disturbing reality is taking shape. According to Jonathan Pollard, the military establishment is not merely building a physical barrier; they are reconstructing the exact psychological “conception” that collapsed on October 7.
In a series of recent meetings with the senior officers responsible for the new Eastern Defense Line (EDL), Pollard presented a critique of the project’s strategic vulnerabilities. He described the encounter as a terrifying glimpse into a security establishment that has learned nothing from recent history.
Continue reading on Jewish Home News.
Rabbi Wein zt"l – Vayeishev
Vayeishev
So our father Yaakov wishes to spend the rest of his days in peace and serenity, enjoying his grandchildren and pursuing his spiritual growth. Is that not what all of us wish for ourselves as we grow older and we feel that the major battles of life are already behind us? Yet, as Rashi points out, based on difficult tests of Yaakov in his life - Lavan, Eisav, Shechem, etc, Midrash, the Lord, so to speak, is dissatisfied with this plan of Yaakov’s.
The great drama of Yosef and his brothers still lies before him. This situation can be seen as one of external enemies and Yaakov is steeled to the task of opposing them for such is the way of the world – certainly of the Jewish world. But Yosef and his brothers is a test of internal rivalries and enmities, a situation at the end of Yaakov’s life that threatens to destroy all that he achieved in his lifetime. Yaakov feels that he is entitled to rest on his laurels and savor his accomplishments. He has somehow overcome all of the wiles and aggressions of his external enemies and sees only peace and serenity ahead. He is unprepared for the internal struggle within his own beloved family that, in the words of Rashi and Midrash, “now leaps upon him.”
His very longing for the peace and serenity that has eluded him his entire lifetime is his very undoing because he does not choose to see the festering enmities and jealousies that are brewing within his own house and family.
Wishes and desires, illusions as to how things should be, often blind us to the realities of how things really are and we are therefore blindsided by events that could have been foreseen had we not indulged so mightily in our fantasies.
I think that is what Rashi and the Midrash had in mind when they quoted G–D, so to speak, that the righteous should not expect serenity in this world. The Talmud even goes so far to say that even in the World to Come the righteous are not at tranquil rest but rather are bidden “to go from strength to strength.”
We all need times of leisure and rest in order to build up a reservoir of physical and mental strength to deal with the problems and vicissitudes of life. Judaism does not know of the concept or value of “retirement” as it is formulated in modern parlance. It certainly allows for changes in circumstances, occupations and interests. But “man was created for toil.” One must always be busy with productive matters – Torah study, good deeds, self-education, etc. - even till the end of life.
And one must always be vigilant and realistic about the problems of life – externally caused or internally present in one’s own household – in order to make certain that gains made in one’s earlier years will not be squandered by illusions and wishful thinking later in life. This is true nationally as well as personally. We all desire peace and serenity but only realism and vigilance can protect us from our own errors and self-made problems.
Shabat Shalom.
Rabbi Berel Wein ZT”L
An impressive section of Jerusalem‘s Hasmonean period city wall was unearthed in the Tower of David
In recent days, the uncovering of an impressive Hasmonean (Maccabean) period Jerusalem city wall was completed, built in the late 2nd century BCE. Discovered on the grounds of the Tower of David, adjacent to the citadel, within the historic complex known as the Kishle, and exposed during an Israel Antiquities Authority archaeological excavation, this wall is one of the most complete and longest sections discovered in Jerusalem to date.
The work has been done in preparation for the new “Schulich Wing of Archaeology, Art and Innovation” which will be located in the Kishle complex at the Tower of David Jerusalem Museum. According to Dr. Amit Re’im and Dr. Marion Zindel, Excavation Directors on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, “The newly uncovered section, known in ancient historical sources as the ‘First Wall’, is particularly impressive in both its size and its degree of preservation - over 40 meters long, and about 5 meters wide. The wall is meticulously built of large, heavy stones, with a chiseled boss typical of this period. Originally, the massive wall rose to a height of more than ten meters! But today, only a stump remains. During the Second Temple period, the Hasmonean city wall also surrounded Mount Zion, where sections of it have been found, as well as in the City of David, in the Citadel of David courtyard, and alongside the outer façade of the western city wall of Jerusalem’s Old City.” The history of this imposing wall is described in detail in historical sources. Josephus, the 1st century CE historian, details its course and its gates, and contended that it was “impregnable”; with 60 towers standing along its length. “There is much more to this wall than meets the eye,” say Dr. Re’im and Dr. Zindel. “It is clear that it was systematically destroyed and razed to the ground. This is predetermined destruction – not the result of the ravages of time, nor of a random enemy attack, but a deliberate execution of a well-planned action. This raises questions about who was responsible for the wall’s destruction.” The researchers offer two main explanations for who may have commanded this destruction, and in what circumstances: One possibility is that the wall was dismantled by the Hasmoneans themselves, as part of a settlement with Antiochus VII Sidetes. This Antiochus – one of the heirs of Antiochus IV Epiphanes, known from the events of Hanukkah, sought to conquer Jerusalem and besieged the city in 134-132 BCE. Josephus writes that in response to the siege, the Hasmonean leader John Hyrcanus I reached a peace agreement with Sidetes, aided by treasures he took from the tomb of King David. In the armistice agreement, Sidetes demanded that Jerusalem dismantle its fortifications as a precondition for lifting the siege. Possibly, the destruction of this newly discovered wall is a testament to and a vestige of that agreement. Alternatively, perhaps King Herod, in seeking to distinguish his rule from that of the Hasmonean kings, deliberately destroyed their construction projects, including their monumental city wall, as a political statement: “The days of the Hasmonean kings are over, and I am their successor.” Its systematic demolition could well fit this Herodian policy, evinced in other manners as well. Impressive material evidence of the struggles between Jhon Hyrcanus the Hasmonean and Antiochus Sidetes the Seleucid Greek was discovered very close to this newly uncovered section. In excavations conducted in the 1980s at the base of the “First Wall,” Renee Sivan and Giora Solar discovered a large Hellenistic period cache of hundreds of catapult stones, arrowheads, slingstones, and lead bullets. The researchers identified them as clear evidence of Antiochus VII’s siege. The heavy weapons of destruction raining down on the city failed to penetrate the mighty Hasmonean wall, and fell at its base. Some of these weapons are now displayed in a new Tower of David Jerusalem Museum exhibition. According to Eilat Lieber, Director of the Tower of David Jerusalem Museum, “The archaeological excavation by the Israel Antiquities Authority was conducted in preparation for the creation of the new "Schulich Wing of Archaeology, Art and Innovation”. "We are committed to preserving this impressive and unique sight, and allowing the general public to experience this tangible link to Jerusalem’s past spanning thousands of years. In the new wing, visitors will stand on a transparent floor above these ancient stones, and, together with interpretations of contemporary artists, this wing will bring a new connection to the history and heritage of the city." Based in Toronto, Canada, the Schuclich Foundation aims to improve the quality of life for Israelis and Canadians by supporting high-achieving individuals and organizations. Established by Seymour Schulich, one of Canada’s most notable philanthropists and a member of the Order of Canada, the nation’s highest civilian honor.09 December 2025
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Vayeishev: The Earthshattering Remez of the Bas Ayin to Chanukah ……Plus
These Stones Will Rebuild the Third Temple…… Halevai
Vayishlach - God Leads the Circle Dance of Life
Pollard says……the New Irgun
Pollard: The Hilltop Youth Are the ‘New Irgun’
Why the government’s failure to govern has turned young shepherds into Israel’s last defense against a de facto Palestinian State
In the late 1930s, the Jewish establishment in pre-State Palestine was paralyzed by a policy of Havlagah—self-restraint. Desperate to appease British colonial overseers and maintain a veneer of respectability, the leadership refused to respond decisively to Arab terror. Jewish blood was cheap; Jewish roads were death traps. It was a policy of strategic suicide disguised as morality. It ended only when the Irgun stepped into the void, rejecting the paralysis of the establishment and replacing restraint with deterrence.
In a blistering communique, Jonathan Pollard warns that the government of Benjamin Netanyahu has adopted a modern, and equally disastrous, policy of Havlagah. By refusing to enforce the law against a massive, foreign-funded Arab takeover of our heartland, the Cabinet has abdicated its most fundamental duty: sovereignty.
“In some respects,” Pollard told Jewish Home News, “the vigilante actions of some Hilltop residents remind me of the pre-State days when retaliatory terror operations conducted by the Irgun finally put an end to the Arab rain of murder and mayhem.”
The young pioneers on the ridges of Judea and Samaria—derisively labeled “Hilltop Youth”—are not the problem. They are the inevitable antibodies generated by a state that refuses to defend its own immune system.
Continue reading on Jewish Home News by Mordechai Sones
08 December 2025
A Hug From A Cheetah
She Saved a DYING Cheetah Cub – 5 Years Later He Found Her on LIVE TV
Reb Goldwag: Bitachon 237 - Beyond Mazel
Rabbi Winston: Parashas Vayaishev ....and a new book
IT IS always intriguing to see how differently people think from one another, although at other times, it is also very scary. In fact, as time goes on, it is becoming more scary than intriguing. It’s a big blessing to know the Truth, and an even bigger one to live by it.
Until last week’s parsha, the difference in thinking was between the “Jewish People” and the rest of mankind. But when Ya’akov was forced to berate Shimon and Levi for taking retribution against the people of Shechem, we were introduced to different mentalities within the “frum” community.
That problem is amplified in this week’s parsha. Ya’akov Avinu sees Yosef as the continuation of the legacy of the Avos, but Yosef’s brothers see him as the hindrance to it. To this end, Ya’akov treats Yosef differently than the rest of his sons, and to this end, his other sons sell Yosef into slavery. Somebody had to be wrong.
It would take twenty-two years and a lot of Hashgochah Pratis to show who, and it wouldn’t be Ya’akov or Yosef. And it won’t be until Parashas Vayigash when Yosef finally reveals himself that they will be forced to come to face-to-face with the truth and just how wrong they had been.
It was a much smaller world in those days. MUCH smaller. Today, we are over eight billion people strong, or weak, depending on how you look at it. That’s a lot of mentalities, a lot of very different mentalities. For a while, we were able to live with the differences, but more recently, they are becoming so extremely different for one another that hostilities are surfacing abroad and locally.
The amazing thing is how G–D puts up with all of it, and for so long. Sometimes it seems as if He is just making sure people have enough rope to hang themselves, giving them the wrong impression that He doesn’t care about what they say or do. As the Gemora warns, never say G–D gives up on things, especially if the Torah says they’re important to Him.
That’s if you suspect that G–D might not agree with your approach to life. In the case of Yosef’s brothers, they thought they acted for G–D. L’havdil, so do the Muslims and the Christians, especially when they were torturing and killing the Jews. So do factions within the Orthodox world when they go so far as to fraternize with our enemies to undermine the Jewish State.
Even within a single household, mentalities vary, sometimes resulting in severe and unsolvable shalom bayis problems between spouses, between parents and children, or between siblings. The Gemora makes a seemingly absurd statement that a rebellious child is worse than the war of Gog and Magog (Brochos 7b). It’s not clear how that can be, but the message is clear that a parent has to do whatever they can to at least not make a child rebellious.
But there is only one truth, G–D’s truth. It is objective and absolute, and every individual will be judged based upon their ability to know that truth and how much they did. The Midrash compares Yosef’s revelation of his truth to his brothers in Parashas Vayigash to G–D’s eventual revelation of His truth on Yom HaDin. Seeing it, we’ll automatically know how much we distorted it in each and every gilgul.
Why wait? Had the brothers questioned themselves earlier, perhaps they could have avoided their painful realization later in the story. “What do I believe, and how did I come to believe it?” are good questions to start with. Asking them will tell G–D that you’re ready to know the truth, His truth, and your life will be greatly enhanced because of it.
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Good Shabbos, and, of course, Chanukah Samayach!
Pinchas Winston
The Purpose of the Creation of the World in Bible Code - Matityahu Glazerson
To all the “Ephraims” in the world:
Sweet & Good Torah - Mashiach Will be Born on this Tisha B'Av
Shalom Pollack: Crossroads
One need only follow the news to know that one of the smallest countries on the map and the few Jews that walk this earth are the focus of the world's fascination and hate.
Is This Really the FLU, or Something Else?….Or
Did something drop down from above to create a planned epic? Maybe all the toxins in the air from the war? The flu used to be a bad ugly cold, what happened?
Isn’t it funny that there is always something threatening the lives of Israelis, all ages, so very often. Makes one wonder?
Hundreds Hospitalized In Israel With Flu, Babies In Critical Condition
Amid an unusually early and harsh flu season and an ongoing measles outbreak, hospitals across Israel are reporting overcrowding, and several babies and children are in serious to critical condition.
Hadassah Hospital reported on Sunday that the pediatric departments at Ein Kerem and HaTzofim Hospitals in Jerusalem have been treating children of all ages hospitalized due to the flu.
The conditions of most children are stable, but two toddlers, an 18-month-old and a two-year-old, are in critical condition, and a five-year-old is in serious but stable condition.
“Hadassah teams emphasize to the public that vaccinating children, babies, and those with weakened immune systems in accordance with the Health Ministry’s guidelines is critical in preventing severe morbidity,” the hospital said.
Rambam Medical Center in Haifa announced on Sunday that its medical staff are treating four babies who have been connected to ECMO machines in the pediatric intensive care unit, a number not seen since the peak of the COVID pandemic.
Two babies, ages eight and 13 months, are in serious condition due to flu complications. A third baby was connected to an ECMO last week due to measles complications and is still in serious condition. The fourth baby is being treated for a non‑viral medical issue.
(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)
Rabbi Weissman: Fighting Antisemitism.....
One of the most important points we discussed in part 30 of The Prophetic Teachings of Rav Elchonon Wasserman is the proper response when the goyim make libels against us. The typical response is to engage in hasbara, to plaintively explain that we aren’t monsters, that the accusations are fabricated or greatly exaggerated, that the ones making the accusations are hypocrites engaging in double standards.
For example, the snakes are once again accusing American Jews of having dual loyalty, or of only being loyal to Israel. They are making the argument that American Jews who fight for Israel should be stripped of their citizenship.
According to this logic, every American who is loyal to the Vatican, which is technically a different country, who feels a strong religious affinity for the Vatican, and would even fight for it, should be stripped of their citizenship.
Every American who lives in Chinatown should be accused of dual loyalty. They are living in a city that is literally named after a foreign country, and one that is often adversarial at that!
Every American who celebrates “diversity” of this nature and runs parades honoring their country of origin or ancestry should be suspected of being a traitor.
Every American who lobbies politicians to support another country in any way should get the same treatment. And every country that received American “aid” (a misnomer if ever there was one) should receive the same vitriol from these snakes.
But, of course, 99% of the fury and suspicion is directed at Jews, who must renounce any fealty to Israel, and will be suspected anyway.
The average Jew believes it is our duty to confront this malarky with impassioned presentations and clever arguments. On some small level this may be appropriate, but it is not the real hishtadlus. If this is our focus, we are totally missing the point, and will only make things worse, G–D forbid.
The proper Torah reaction is to recognize that an increase in accusations in this world merely echoes accusations against us in the Heavenly Court. It doesn’t matter that the accusations in this world are fabricated or greatly exaggerated; they merely reflect the fact that we are being prosecuted up above for our sins.
The accusers may be like barking dogs, but the solution is not to silence the dogs. It is not to treat the symptom. It is to take the warning from heaven that Hashem is not pleased with us, investigate the root cause, and rectify it. Then the dogs will be silenced without our direct intervention.
Accusations of the goyim are like a check engine light in a vehicle. It’s a warning sign from Hashem. The appropriate response is not to turn off the light, not to fight the warning, but to search for the underlying spiritual problem and correct it.
The class is embedded above and on Rumble here.
This just in:
Sudden Flu Death of Jerusalem Child Leads to Four Life-Saving Transplants
So this poor child got the flu shot, then mysteriously got the flu anyway and dropped dead — no connection to the shot, of course — then they harvested his organs, and now the Mengeles are urging everyone to run and get flu shots. That’s the takeaway from this report, get the flu shot. Yeah, I’ll pass.
I know what the official story is, but we don’t have to believe monstrous pathological liars or shoulder the burden of proof when expressing skepticism toward their tales.
My question is, what was the actual cause of death?
1) An extremely unlikely case of deadly flu despite taking the shot. It would have been even worse if he hadn’t taken it.
2) The shot itself.
3) Medical malpractice.
4) Cutting him open to harvest his organs while he was still alive.
You’re not crazy if you ask this question. At this point, you’re crazy if you don’t.
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