Remembering Amalek.....

Ki Seitzei: Remembering Amalek in the End of the Year to Have a Good "Reishis"

 

IDF Brigadier General Blows Whistle on Legal Deep State Sabotaging the War

A decorated IDF officer who fought on October 7th alongside his son and later battled in Gaza is now breaking his silence. Brigadier General (res.) Oren Solomon has gone on record exposing how Israel’s legal establishment is paralyzing the army, sabotaging victory, and costing Jewish lives, something the mainstream media refuses to report.

The Yahrtzeit of Dan ben Yaakov and Bilhah – the 9th of Elul HaYOM

Anything about the Avos and their children, the “Tribal ancestors” who were real Israelites with real personalities, and real worries from childhood, growing up into the roles they were destined to be, is close to my heart.  So it is with immense gratitude that myrtlerising wrote the following:

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The Yahrtzeit of Dan ben Yaakov and Bilhah falls on the 9th of Elul.

Dan was Yaakov Avinu's fifth son and Bilhah's first son, born 3591 years ago in the Hebrew year of 2195.

You can read more about Dan here:
12 Tribes of Israel: Dan - The Judge

Dan ben Yaakov is buried just outside of Beit Shemesh within the territory of the Tribe of Dan, close to wear the boundary meets the territory of the Tribe of Yehudah.

​If you can manage it, it's possible to drive there to daven and learn Torah.

You can see a photo of his tomb here:
images.findagrave.com/photos/2023/110/CEM2620499_87208977-ca88-4a08-bf89-f782607f1379.jpg

Read more https://myrtlerising.weebly.com/blog/the-yahrtzeit-of-dan-ben-yaakov-and-bilhah-falls-on-the-9th-of-elul

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Soon with Rosh Hashanah we will begin anew with Sefer Bereshis, and into the lives of our dear descendants.

Each Ben Yaakov had a particular personality and middos, and this filtered down through the generations to who we are today.

Understanding the Afghanistan Earthquake – Hashkafa

 

At least 800 people have been killed and more than 1,300 others injured in Afghanistan after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck the country, Taliban officials confirmed Monday. The earthquake hit 17 miles from the eastern city of Jalalabad, near the border with Pakistan, at around midnight local time (3:30 p.m. ET Sunday), according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Because the earthquake struck a remote mountainous area, “it will take time to get the exact information about human losses and damage to the infrastructure,” said Sharafat Zaman, a spokesperson for the Afghan Public Health Ministry. “We have launched a massive rescue operation and mobilized hundreds of people to help people in the affected areas,” Zaman added.

Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid confirmed the death toll had risen to 800 people. Earlier, Afghan interior ministry spokesperson Mufti Abdul Matin Qani had reported 622 people confirmed dead and more than 1,300 injured in the eastern provinces of Nangarhar, which includes Jalalabad, and Kunar. The ministry reported that 1,000 injured people had been evacuated and admitted to hospitals, with Taliban security personnel carrying earthquake victims evacuated by military helicopter from the affected districts.

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres mobilized a U.N. team in Afghanistan, with several organizations including the Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and the International Organization for Migration providing emergency assistance to the devastated region.

HOW SHOULD WE VIEW IT?

Many people view earthquakes as the energy released from the random and meaningless movement of earth’s tectonic plates. They see it as layers of crust and brittle upper mantle moving over the asthenosphere randomly colliding with each other, pulling apart, and rubbing against each other. The elastic energy that was stored is simply released. Randomly. They see it as nature at work. Nothing more. True, there is a massive release of energy and movement called an earthquake. But, they say, it is devoid of any meaning.

https://vinnews.com/2025/09/01/understanding-the-afghanistan-earthquake-hashkafa/

HASHEM’s WAKEUP CALL:  To me this means any Jews living anywhere near should WAKE UP and get on the move out of there and toward Eretz Yisrael! Think Pashtun Tribes.

One Man’s Interpretation of Gaza History YOU Didn't Know!

 

SIMCHA: Everyone talks about Gaza, but very few people know its real history. What is Gaza, who lives there, and why is it so central to world events? In this video, we condense 4,000 years of history into a few minutes, revealing Gaza's true story from the Bronze Age to the modern day.

Children With Hidden Intelligence - "Strong as the Weakest Link"

 

ALL PARSHA - The Chasam Sofer on Parshas Ki Seitzei

 

Reb Sones: Totalitarian Israeli Democracy.......

 Totalitarian Israeli Democracy in the Age of Reason

Diagnosing the disease that cripples the Jewish State: A system where law becomes plunder and the popular will, a tool of tyranny

Imagine transporting two thinkers from the past to the corridors of the Israeli Knesset.

One is Frédéric Bastiat, a 19th-century French economist, whose treatise, The Law, reads like a contemporary critique of the proceedings. The other is J.L. Talmon, an Israeli historian from the 1960’s, whose life’s work charted the path from messianic idealism to political coercion.

They are unlikely companions, separated by a century and circumstance. Yet, were they to observe the Knesset today, they would find their intellectual warnings playing out in real-time. They would watch as parties purporting to represent the highest moral ideals of the Jewish people engage in frantic horse-trading, their principles becoming currency in a bazaar of political survival.

Bastiat would turn to Talmon and observe that the law here is no longer a protector of rights, but a tool for what he called “legal plunder.” Talmon would nod grimly, adding that this is the inevitable result of what he called “totalitarian democracy”—a system that pursues an absolute, collective good at the expense of individual liberty and authentic tradition.

This is not a fantasy. This is the political reality of modern Israel, a nation born from a dream of sovereignty and self-determination, yet now trapped in a paradoxical system that seems to embody the most dire warnings of these two thinkers.

Israel is called a Jewish democracy, but its political engine runs on a fuel that corrupts the very ideals it claims to represent. Nowhere is this paradox more painfully visible than in the plight of its Haredi parties. Tasked with being the guardians of the Torah, they have been rendered mere wheeler-dealers in a system that forces them to plunder the public trough to ensure the survival of their institutions. In doing so, they must often compromise the very Torah principles they exist to defend.

To understand how this happened is to understand the profound intellectual and spiritual crisis at the heart of the Zionist project—a crisis rooted in an Enlightenment error that has torn the nation apart.

The Foundational Flaw: Law as Plunder

Frédéric Bastiat’s argument in The Law is devastatingly simple. The law, he wrote, is the collective organization of the individual’s right to self-defense. Its sole purpose is to protect life, liberty, and property. But the law can be perverted. It can be turned against its purpose and used not to protect, but to violate.

When the law takes from some persons what belongs to them and gives it to other persons to whom it does not belong, it has become an instrument of plunder. This “legal plunder,” Bastiat warned, is more insidious than the illegal kind, for it is committed without remorse and with the full force of the state, eroding the very distinction between justice and injustice in the minds of the people.

Israel’s system of proportional representation is a near-perfect engine for institutionalizing legal plunder. With a low electoral threshold, the Knesset is a fractured mosaic of narrow interest groups, making majority coalitions almost impossible to form without buying the loyalty of smaller parties.

This is where the tragedy of the Haredi parties begins. To secure funding for their yeshivas, schools, and community stipends—the lifeblood of a world dedicated to Torah study—they must join secular-led coalitions. Their price of entry is their vote. In exchange, the government allocates a portion of the state budget, funded by all taxpayers, to their specific constituency. This is the very definition of legal plunder: the law is used to transfer wealth from the general public to a specific group.

The result is a spiritual catastrophe. Haredi leaders, who should be the nation’s moral compass, are forced into a Machiavellian game. They must remain silent or even lend support when the government enacts policies that contradict Jewish law, whether on matters of ceding territory, gender disorientation, or the definition of Jewish identity. The alternative is to be cast into the opposition, where their institutions would face financial ruin.

This constant compromise breeds cynicism. The broader Israeli public, seeing religious leaders engaged in transactional politics, comes to despise the very parties meant to represent Jewish morality. The Haredim, in turn, view the state not as a sacred enterprise but as an ATM—a hostile entity from which one must extract as much as possible.

Bastiat saw it all coming: “As long as it is admitted that the law may be diverted from its true purpose—that it may violate property instead of protecting it—then everyone will want to participate in making the law, either to protect himself against plunder or to use it for plunder.”

Zion’s Secular Will: The Rise of Totalitarian Democracy

If Bastiat explains the mechanism of Israel’s political corruption, J.L. Talmon explains its ideology. In The Origins of Totalitarian Democracy, Talmon drew a crucial distinction between two forms of democracy that emerged from the Enlightenment. The first is liberal democracy, which sees politics as a matter of trial and error and prioritizes individual freedom.

The second, and more dangerous, is totalitarian democracy. This form is messianic and ideological. It believes it possesses the sole and exclusive truth of a pre-ordained, harmonious social order. It posits a “general will” as the ultimate good, and any individual or group that deviates from this will is seen not as a legitimate dissenter, but as an obstacle to be re-educated or liquidated.

Zionism, particularly in its secular, socialist form, was a classic example of this messianic impulse. It was not merely a political movement but a “replacement theology” for Judaism itself, seeking to create a “New Jew” defined not by covenant and Torah, but by land and state sovereignty. This new national identity became the “general will.” The state, as the embodiment of this will, became the ultimate arbiter of morality and purpose. This created a system that, as Talmon warned, is inherently hostile to any source of authority—like divine law (Halacha)—that it does not control.

This is the source of Israel’s tyranny of tolerance. The state is infinitely tolerant of external enemies, forever seeking rational negotiations and peace processes with those sworn to its destruction. This is the logic of the secular Enlightenment, which believes all conflicts can be resolved through reason.

Internally, however, the system is mercilessly intolerant of those who challenge its core secular dogmas. Religious Jews who insist on the primacy of Torah law, or residents of Judea and Samaria who embody the divine deed to the land, are treated as irrational fanatics standing in the way of the state’s “enlightened” path. The Supreme Court, populated by secular jurists, frequently strikes down Knesset laws that reflect Jewish values, imposing its own vision of a liberal-progressive state in the name of abstract democratic principles—a perfect manifestation of the “general will” overriding tradition and particularity.

A Nation at War With Itself

When Bastiat’s legal plunder combines with Talmon’s totalitarian democracy, the result is what can be called a Zionist autoimmune disorder: a nation whose own defense mechanisms have turned against it. The state, in its pursuit of a secular, universalist morality, adopts rules of engagement that endanger its own soldiers to protect enemy civilians, a moral inversion that would be unthinkable for a nation truly committed to its own survival. This obsession with appearing virtuous in the eyes of a hostile world—the hallmark of a ghetto mentality—is a symptom of a state that has lost its own authentic moral compass, having traded the certainty of Torah for the fickle judgment of “the family of nations.”

This internal conflict produces what we termed “political thalidomide”—policies that are presented as safe and beneficial but end up deforming the body politic. The Oslo Accords, for example, were prescribed by the secular left as a cure for conflict but instead unleashed a wave of murder that killed thousands. The 2005 Gaza Expulsion was sold as a painful but necessary surgery to improve security, but it created an Islamic state on Israel’s border. In each case, the “general will” of a messianic, secular peace ideology overrode the practical warnings of those who were dismissed as extremists. The state demanded conformity, and dissent was treated as heresy.

This forces a terrible choice upon the religious citizen: serving two masters, G-d or the State. The state-sponsored Chief Rabbinate, a relic of the British Mandate, is perpetually caught in this bind, often compelled to issue rulings that align with government policy rather than honest Halacha. The spiritual authority of state-employed rabbis is compromised, as the public sees them as little more than civil servants. This is the end-game of Talmon’s totalitarian democracy: the co-opting and eventual neutralization of any independent moral authority.

Orwell’s Shadow in Jerusalem

To sustain such a contradictory system requires a level of willful blindness that would make George Orwell blush. After the catastrophic intelligence and military failures of October 7th, 2023, the nation’s leadership and much of its populace have engaged in a remarkable act of cognitive dissonance. To admit that the state’s foundational secular-liberal assumptions about its enemies were catastrophically wrong would be to admit that the entire ideological edifice is built on sand. It is easier to blame individuals than to question the system, easier to call for unity than to engage in a painful national reckoning.

This is the self-preservation instinct of a totalitarian democracy. The “general will” must be maintained at all costs, even if it means ignoring the glaring truth. Bastiat understood this phenomenon in the economic sphere, noting how people who benefit from legal plunder—or even those who merely suffer from it—will often rise to defend the very system that harms them because they cannot imagine an alternative. In Israel, the entire society is caught in this trap, clinging to a broken political model because the alternative—a genuine Jewish constitutional democracy that subordinates the state to enduring Jewish principles—is too radical to contemplate.

For now, the warnings of Bastiat and Talmon continue their vigil. They watch a nation blessed with immense creativity, courage, and emunah, yet shackled by a political system that perverts its laws and tyrannizes its spirit.

The frantic deal-making in the Knesset is not just politics; it is a symptom of a deep and unresolved battle for Israel’s soul.

It is the sound of a nation founded on a promise of return, still struggling to decide what, exactly, it has returned to: the transient power of a secular state, or the eternal covenant that defined it for millennia.

Continue reading on Jewish Home News by Mordechai Sones

Gaza’s sky is black but Qatar is always sunny

 

Hamas presents: 'Slimtifada'

 

After stealing ALL THAT NOURISHING AID the guys on the ground are looking pretty zoftik!

Where are they storing away ALL that food being POURED into Gaza? Tons and Tons of food and supplies must also be filling up some of those tunnels for another feast after killing our boys…….or maybe it really is getting to th3 masses.

But let’s not quibble, we hav3 to keep up the narrative to fuel the world’s hatred. 

The Real Jerusalem. An Atmosphere of Peace and Tranquility at the Western Wall

 

Rabbi Weissman: On Measles and Vaccines ..........

........... with Dr. Yael Tusk

Straight Torah, health information, and plain common sense

Last night was a special Amalek and Erev Rav program with guest Dr. Yael Tusk. Zoom’s meeting summary is pretty good, with some edits. I’ve included that below. First, here are some very important links:

The recording is available above and on Rumble here.

Extremely important information from Brucha Weisberger and Mordechai Sones, respectively, that we referenced in the program:

The Manufactured Measles Crisis: How Vaccine Campaigns Ignite Outbreaks: What is happening now in Bet Shemesh and Jerusalem? Discover The Horrific Truth Behind the Media Hype

The Manufactured Measles Crisis: How Vaccine Campaigns Ignite Outbreaks from Texas to Tel Aviv

Torah perspective referenced in the program:

We Have to Follow the Sanhedrin...Right?

The Sefer Habris on Vaccines

On following the majority

When must one listen to a rabbi? (A really important class I gave packed with actual Torah sources, not rhetoric)

Please don’t submit to scare tactics or social pressure, take the time to educate yourself, trust your ability to become educated, and please educate and strengthen others!

Quick recap

The meeting focused on discussing the measles crisis in Israel, with participants exploring media coverage, vaccine-related concerns, and the role of religious authorities in vaccine requirements. The discussion covered medical treatment approaches, including Chinese medicine and vitamin A therapy, while examining the current outbreak's severity and the effectiveness of various prevention methods. Participants shared perspectives on vaccination practices, historical Jewish attitudes toward vaccines, and the importance of critical thinking in medical advice, concluding with a call for transparency and information sharing regarding health issues.

Summary

Measles Crisis Media and Vaccines

The meeting focused on discussing the measles crisis in Israel, with Chananya and Dr. Yael Tusk exploring media coverage and vaccine-related concerns. Dr. Tusk highlighted the lack of scientific basis in media narratives, noting that without full medical histories, stories of measles-related deaths are misleading and manipulative. They discussed the rapid expansion of the measles vaccine schedule, questioning the safety and necessity of administering it at six months, and criticized the media's portrayal of vaccines as a solution without addressing underlying questions about vaccine safety and efficacy.

Vaccine Trust and Government Skepticism

The discussion focused on concerns about government trustworthiness and vaccine safety, particularly regarding measles vaccinations. Chananya expressed skepticism about government priorities, sharing personal experiences of long ER wait times while vaccines receive immediate attention, and questioned the motives behind the recent measles vaccination push, especially given the lack of transparency from religious authorities who issued a ruling about vaccine requirements. Dr. Tusk confirmed the measles outbreak's reality but criticized the lack of useful information provided by authorities, while both agreed that the forged signatures on rabbinical endorsements of vaccines further eroded trust in official communications.

Measles Treatment and Vaccine Trust

The discussion focused on concerns about measles cases and vaccine trust. Dr. Tusk shared her experience treating measles patients and noted that recent cases seemed more severe than historical accounts, leading to questions about the nature of the disease. The conversation included practical advice about vitamin A treatment for measles, with the doctor recommending a single high-dose (200,000-400,000 IU) administration rather than daily dosing, and specifically advising against cod liver oil due to digestive issues. Participants discussed where to find vitamin A drops, with one participant mentioning the Teva store on Strauss 34 as a location where they were available.

Measles Outbreak and Treatment Insights

Dr. Tusk discussed the current measles outbreak, noting that cases are more severe than in the past, with symptoms including fever, respiratory issues, and gastrointestinal problems. She suggested that the severity could be related to gain-of-function research, and emphasized that Chinese medicine is an effective treatment for measles. Dr. Tusk also expressed concern about the overdiagnosis of pneumonia in measles cases and the potential dangers of hospitalization. Chananya raised questions about protecting children from measles shedding, and Dr. Tusk recommended boosting immunity with vitamins like vitamin A, C, and zinc. They also suggested that the outbreak might be caused by the vaccine itself, rather than unvaccinated children.

Opposing School Vaccine Mandates

The discussion focused on vaccine requirements in schools and the risks of vaccination. Chananya expressed strong opposition to schools requiring vaccines, comparing it to child abuse and calling for parents to protect their children by avoiding schools that mandate vaccinations. Dr. Tusk shared statistics about the dangers of the MMR vaccine, including its potential to cause autism and brain damage, while noting that measles itself is treatable and generally not fatal. The conversation concluded with Dr. Tusk mentioning that certain adult diseases may be linked to both measles vaccination and lack of measles exposure in childhood.

Measles Treatment and Medical Advice

Dr. Tusk discussed treating measles, emphasizing the effectiveness of Chinese medicine for severe cases and the importance of seeking professional help when needed. She advised against DIY treatments and homeopathy for measles prevention, and shared a personal story about a child who suffered unnecessarily due to exposure to chickenpox. Dr. Tusk stressed the need for parents to know when to seek medical help, particularly for severe symptoms like difficulty breathing or cognitive changes, and warned against relying solely on home remedies.

Rabbis and Medical Advice

The meeting focused on the topic of medical advice and the role of rabbis in providing guidance on vaccines. Chananya emphasized that taking bribes, even in the form of honoraria, clouds judgment and renders medical professionals unable to make proper decisions. Dr. Tusk highlighted the societal reverence for doctors and the lack of critical thinking in medical education, noting that doctors are often not taught to research or write papers. The discussion also touched on the issue of rabbis giving medical advice without proper expertise, with Dr. Tusk stressing the importance of humility and acknowledging when one is not qualified to provide certain advice.

Rabbinical Authority in Medical Guidance

The discussion focused on the role and authority of rabbis in providing medical guidance, particularly regarding vaccines. Chananya emphasized that rabbis should educate and make people smarter rather than simply issuing orders, and argued that rabbis cannot obligate people (especially healthy people) to take medical treatments without personal authority or expertise. Dr. Tusk shared a story about a rabbinic authority who took months to research and issue a ruling on energy medicine, demonstrating the importance of thorough research and due diligence.

The conversation concluded with Chananya explaining that Jews only follow the majority opinion in cases of doubt where there are two valid opinions, but not when rabbis are clearly wrong, making things up, or compromised. He warned people that a ruling from rabbis will not turn poison into vitamins.

Vaccination Ethics and Jewish Perspectives

The discussion focused on vaccination practices and attitudes, particularly regarding measles vaccines. Chananya shared historical Jewish perspectives on vaccination from Sefer Habris, noting that rabbis only approved vaccines that were proven 100% safe. Dr. Tusk discussed the current measles situation, emphasizing that unvaccinated individuals are bearing the brunt of cases but argued that individuals should not intentionally expose themselves to vaccines.

Chananya also likened giving dangerous treatments to healthy people for the sake of potentially saving more lives than they are sacrificing to Molech worship.

The conversation concluded with a discussion about whether parents can lie about their children's vaccination status, with Dr. Tusk asserting that while lying is generally discouraged, there are specific situations where parents have the right to protect their children's health information.

Measles Treatment and Outbreak Discussion

Dr. Tusk shared her experience treating measles with Chinese medicine, emphasizing that each case requires individualized treatment. She recommended giving vitamin A as a preventive measure, with a dosage of 200,000 IU. Chananya shared his father's recovery from COVID-19 using Dr. Zelenko's protocol, emphasizing the importance of not living in fear of illness.

The group discussed the recent "psak" from the Badatz regarding measles, with Chananya reacting harshly to a participant who attempted to whitewash their behavior. The conversation ended with a call for sharing information and not being afraid to speak the truth about health issues.

Aftermath of the Wildfires in Israel – Latrun Area.

 

Today I was on my way to Jerusalem to film a video for you and show what’s happening in the city. On the way, I stopped in the Latrun area to capture the aftermath of the recent wildfires. What I saw was devastating — vast areas of forest completely burned, with nothing left but ashes and smoke in the air. The damage to nature and wildlife is truly heartbreaking. But I believe that over time, the land will heal, the trees will grow back, and life will return. Latrun is a place rich in history and meaning, located on the road between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Its name comes from the French “Le toron des chevaliers” (The Castle of the Knights), dating back to the Crusader period. Over the centuries, Latrun has seen battles, prayers, and moments of peace. In modern history, it became a key strategic point during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Because of its location overlooking the road to Jerusalem, fierce battles took place here. Today, Latrun is home to the famous Trappist Monastery, the Armored Corps Memorial and Museum, and beautiful nature parks — or at least, it was, before the recent wildfires. Despite the scars left by time and fire, Latrun remains a place of reflection, memory, and hope. Spring: 10AM, 25°C (77°F)