fredag 17 oktober 2014
torsdag 9 oktober 2014
Lehtimajanjuhlien I päivä ( 9.10.2014) JPost kirjoittaa
SITAATTI: tilanteesta tänään 9.10.2014 A.D: )Israelin aikaa 15 päivä ensimmäistä kuuta (Tishrey) vuonna 5775. Tuvie Brodien artikkeli. Alleviivaan tummalla tapahtumat.
By Tuvia Brodie
The West threatens Israel. It acts as if it’s about to join the ‘Palestinian cause’ in earnest (“Sweden to recognize state of Palestine as US, EU leaders criticize Israel’s new settlement plan”, wtfrly.com, October 3, 2014).
Israel feels backed into a corner (“Israel alarmed at Sweden's plan to recognize Palestinian state”, Los Angeles Times, October 5, 2014). Its position on the international stage erodes (“Sweden’s recognition of Palestine will license activists”, mondoweiss, October7, 2014). Israel fears that the EU is preparing to tell Israel, ‘we don’t care about negotiations anymore; we just want a ‘Palestine’; and if you don’t agree to that, we’ll use sanctions against you (“Swedish Recognition of 'Palestine' - A Sign of Things to Come?”, Arutz Sheva, October 7, 2014).
Israel is cornered. It has no friends. The entire world seems to gather to demonize and criminalize the Jewish State.
What’s going on here?
Tomorrow morning, October 9, 2014, Jews around the world will get a look at the answer to this question. Tomorrow morning, Jews who go to synagogue services for the Holiday we call, Succot, will read a Haftorah portion from Zecharyahu (1:1-24). In that Haftorah, the prophet Zecharyahu appears to reference today’s headlines: he describe a war prompted by nations who gather together to attack Israel.
Isn’t that what your headlines are about?
Using the poetry of prophesy, Zecharyahu presents a scenario that is familiar to all who read the news. He describes the day the nations of the world will attack Jerusalem.
Our Sages teach that the war Zecharyahu describes contains sometimes-obscure language. They are uncertain how literally we should take his words. His words might be metaphor (see The Midrash Says on the Weekly Haftaros, Volume 5, Book of Devarim, Rabbi Moshe Weissman, Bnay Yakov, publications, 2003, p 427).
Our headline news stories aren’t metaphor. In real time, they echo Zecharayhu’s words.
The nations of the world attack Israel. They attack Jerusalem. They want to see Jerusalem divided. They want to see East Jerusalem (at the very least) to be taken from the Jews. They want that to be the capital of the new Arab ‘Palestine’.
Judaism’s holiest site, the Temple Mount, is in East Jerusalem. The Arabs have already declared that there will be no ‘Israelis’ (Jews) in their new ‘Palestine’ (“Abbas: There Will be No Israelis in 'Palestine'”, Arutz Sheva, July 30, 2014). If Israel is forced to give up East Jerusalem, Jews will forever be sealed off from their holiest religious site, just as they had been between 1948-1967, after Jordan had seized and occupied all of East Jerusalem, including the Temple Mount.
The nations don’t care about Judaism’s holiest site. They don’t care about a Jewish Jerusalem. They don’t care about Israel.
They care about the ‘Palestinian cause’. They care about attacking Israel. They want to see the Arabs get ‘their Jerusalem’.
The war in Zecharyahu marks the beginning of the Final Jewish Redemption. It’s a war that will be led by Gog UMagog, which our Heritage translates as ‘the leader Gog from the nation of Magog’ (see Avodau Zarah, 3b, the ArtScroll edition). The words ‘Gog UMagog’ do not appear in this Haftorah. But most commentaries agree that this text refers to Gog from Magog (The Midrash Says, ibid, p. 428).
Gog is a leader who creates a coalition of nations to attack the Jewish State (see Yechezkel, the ArtScroll edition, Chapter 38:2, Note 2). He comes from a land far from Israel (ibid). According to our Sages, that land could be modern Germany, Iran, Turkey, Russia—or someplace west of Russia (ibid).
More than one commentary teaches that the chief ally of Gog will be Edom, the irreconcilable enemy of Israel (ibid). As you may know, in our Heritage, Edom is typically identified as ‘The Christian West’.
‘Gog’ will enlist the Christian West and the Arab to attack Israel.
Sound familiar?
Do you think Gog UMagog is a metaphor for the UN?
In Tanach, ‘Gog’ appears as a powerful leader who creates a coalition of nations to come to Israel—either physically or diplomatically, or both—to ‘attack’ Israel and Jerusalem. In some way, he will be connected to Edom—the West (the US?). The fighting force which will attack Israel will come primarily from Persia (Iran) and Ishmael (the Arab).
Can you picture that happening? Can you picture an American President so disgusted with Israel that he decides not to defend Israel at the UN? Can you picture such a President then being asked by the UN to form a coalition to advance against Israel—for peace?
This picture of Edom (the West) joining with Ishmael (the Arab) to attack the Jewish state doesn’t just appears in our Tanach—primarily in Zecharyahu, Yechezkel and Daniel. It also appears in our Midrashic commentary (ibid, Note 2)--and in our headlines.
We are reminded of this—the poetic prophecy and our daily headlines—when we read King David’s Tehillim (Psalms), who wrote the following words in Psalm 83:
“behold, Your foes are in uproar and those who hate You have raised their head. Against Your nation [Israel] they plot deviously. They take counsel [the UN?] against those sheltered by You. They said, ‘Come, let us cut them off from nationhood, so Israel’s name will not be remembered anymore!’[the Hamas and PLO Charters]. For they take counsel together unanimously, they strike a covenant against You [the UN vote for ‘Palestinian’ statehood]—[they include] the tents of Edom [the West] and Ishmaelites [the Arab], of Moab, and Hagrites, Geval and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia and the inhabitants of Tyre”.
That’s a coalition of nations come together to destroy Israel. Many today who seek to dismantle G-d’s Jewish Israel descend in some way from this ancient coalition. Once again, they join together to plot deviously against Israel.
The G-d of Israel has a Jewish Story for you to see. It’s a Story that focuses on Israel.
This Story will unfold in history. You will see it unfold through the headlines you read every day.
In the end, you’ll see who is Gog UMagog. You’ll find out what’s metaphor, what isn’t. You read the prophecy-in-the-news.
Whose side will you be on when the G-d of Israel rescues Jewish Israel?
Chag Someach.
By Tuvia Brodie
10/8/2014, 5:10 PM
Our daily news headlines are filled with dread for
Israel. Arabs riot on the Temple Mount, Judaism’s holiest site (“Rioters
hole up in mosque amid violent Temple Mount melee”, The Times of Israel,
October 8, 2014). During July-August, 2014, Arabs attacked Jews in
Jerusalem more than 150 times (“'Silent Intifada' Rages in Jerusalem”, israel today,
September 17, 2014). The mayor of Jerusalem fears for the future
(“Barkat Tells Netanyahu Jerusalem's 'Silent Intifada' Must End”, Arutz Sheva, October 3, 2014).
The West threatens Israel. It acts as if it’s about to join the ‘Palestinian cause’ in earnest (“Sweden to recognize state of Palestine as US, EU leaders criticize Israel’s new settlement plan”, wtfrly.com, October 3, 2014).
Israel feels backed into a corner (“Israel alarmed at Sweden's plan to recognize Palestinian state”, Los Angeles Times, October 5, 2014). Its position on the international stage erodes (“Sweden’s recognition of Palestine will license activists”, mondoweiss, October7, 2014). Israel fears that the EU is preparing to tell Israel, ‘we don’t care about negotiations anymore; we just want a ‘Palestine’; and if you don’t agree to that, we’ll use sanctions against you (“Swedish Recognition of 'Palestine' - A Sign of Things to Come?”, Arutz Sheva, October 7, 2014).
Israel is cornered. It has no friends. The entire world seems to gather to demonize and criminalize the Jewish State.
What’s going on here?
Tomorrow morning, October 9, 2014, Jews around the world will get a look at the answer to this question. Tomorrow morning, Jews who go to synagogue services for the Holiday we call, Succot, will read a Haftorah portion from Zecharyahu (1:1-24). In that Haftorah, the prophet Zecharyahu appears to reference today’s headlines: he describe a war prompted by nations who gather together to attack Israel.
Isn’t that what your headlines are about?
Using the poetry of prophesy, Zecharyahu presents a scenario that is familiar to all who read the news. He describes the day the nations of the world will attack Jerusalem.
Our Sages teach that the war Zecharyahu describes contains sometimes-obscure language. They are uncertain how literally we should take his words. His words might be metaphor (see The Midrash Says on the Weekly Haftaros, Volume 5, Book of Devarim, Rabbi Moshe Weissman, Bnay Yakov, publications, 2003, p 427).
Our headline news stories aren’t metaphor. In real time, they echo Zecharayhu’s words.
The nations of the world attack Israel. They attack Jerusalem. They want to see Jerusalem divided. They want to see East Jerusalem (at the very least) to be taken from the Jews. They want that to be the capital of the new Arab ‘Palestine’.
Judaism’s holiest site, the Temple Mount, is in East Jerusalem. The Arabs have already declared that there will be no ‘Israelis’ (Jews) in their new ‘Palestine’ (“Abbas: There Will be No Israelis in 'Palestine'”, Arutz Sheva, July 30, 2014). If Israel is forced to give up East Jerusalem, Jews will forever be sealed off from their holiest religious site, just as they had been between 1948-1967, after Jordan had seized and occupied all of East Jerusalem, including the Temple Mount.
The nations don’t care about Judaism’s holiest site. They don’t care about a Jewish Jerusalem. They don’t care about Israel.
They care about the ‘Palestinian cause’. They care about attacking Israel. They want to see the Arabs get ‘their Jerusalem’.
The war in Zecharyahu marks the beginning of the Final Jewish Redemption. It’s a war that will be led by Gog UMagog, which our Heritage translates as ‘the leader Gog from the nation of Magog’ (see Avodau Zarah, 3b, the ArtScroll edition). The words ‘Gog UMagog’ do not appear in this Haftorah. But most commentaries agree that this text refers to Gog from Magog (The Midrash Says, ibid, p. 428).
Gog is a leader who creates a coalition of nations to attack the Jewish State (see Yechezkel, the ArtScroll edition, Chapter 38:2, Note 2). He comes from a land far from Israel (ibid). According to our Sages, that land could be modern Germany, Iran, Turkey, Russia—or someplace west of Russia (ibid).
More than one commentary teaches that the chief ally of Gog will be Edom, the irreconcilable enemy of Israel (ibid). As you may know, in our Heritage, Edom is typically identified as ‘The Christian West’.
‘Gog’ will enlist the Christian West and the Arab to attack Israel.
Sound familiar?
Do you think Gog UMagog is a metaphor for the UN?
In Tanach, ‘Gog’ appears as a powerful leader who creates a coalition of nations to come to Israel—either physically or diplomatically, or both—to ‘attack’ Israel and Jerusalem. In some way, he will be connected to Edom—the West (the US?). The fighting force which will attack Israel will come primarily from Persia (Iran) and Ishmael (the Arab).
Can you picture that happening? Can you picture an American President so disgusted with Israel that he decides not to defend Israel at the UN? Can you picture such a President then being asked by the UN to form a coalition to advance against Israel—for peace?
This picture of Edom (the West) joining with Ishmael (the Arab) to attack the Jewish state doesn’t just appears in our Tanach—primarily in Zecharyahu, Yechezkel and Daniel. It also appears in our Midrashic commentary (ibid, Note 2)--and in our headlines.
We are reminded of this—the poetic prophecy and our daily headlines—when we read King David’s Tehillim (Psalms), who wrote the following words in Psalm 83:
“behold, Your foes are in uproar and those who hate You have raised their head. Against Your nation [Israel] they plot deviously. They take counsel [the UN?] against those sheltered by You. They said, ‘Come, let us cut them off from nationhood, so Israel’s name will not be remembered anymore!’[the Hamas and PLO Charters]. For they take counsel together unanimously, they strike a covenant against You [the UN vote for ‘Palestinian’ statehood]—[they include] the tents of Edom [the West] and Ishmaelites [the Arab], of Moab, and Hagrites, Geval and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia and the inhabitants of Tyre”.
That’s a coalition of nations come together to destroy Israel. Many today who seek to dismantle G-d’s Jewish Israel descend in some way from this ancient coalition. Once again, they join together to plot deviously against Israel.
The G-d of Israel has a Jewish Story for you to see. It’s a Story that focuses on Israel.
This Story will unfold in history. You will see it unfold through the headlines you read every day.
In the end, you’ll see who is Gog UMagog. You’ll find out what’s metaphor, what isn’t. You read the prophecy-in-the-news.
Whose side will you be on when the G-d of Israel rescues Jewish Israel?
Chag Someach.
fredag 19 september 2014
Jerusalem Post julkaisee tänään Rae Kushnerin sekä Bielskin partisaanien elämästä kertomuksen :
Tämä artikkeli on kuin vastaus usein toistuneeseen pohdintaani, kuinka on mahdollisita että niin suuri määrä juutalaisia on voitu surmata ilman että nousee tehokasta vastarintaa. Bielskin partisaanit on ryhmä, joka edustaa Israelin valtion ydinsiementä ja oman valtion välttämättömyyttä. Tästä on You Tube sarja 6 lyhyttä filmiä.
The story of Rae Kushner and the Belsiki partisan group during the Second World War is not just one episode of Jewish resistance, but in fact signifies the very spirit that Israel still harbors today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK4qqCbv1P4
Cold, scared and innocent Rae Kushner, along with her younger sister went hungry during the 10 days between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.
Despite the fact that they entered the new year barely alive, they were glad to have escaped the ghetto of Novogrodek, which had been their home for close to two years. Kushner’s story, although one of many, is a perfect example of a small narrative of Jewish resistance amid the sea of melancholic causality which seems to continue to persevere in the study of the Shoah.
Born in Novogrodek, Poland, Rae’s life changed completely when Soviet troops invaded the eastern half of the country as a result of the Ribbentrop-Molotov pact of 1939. The Soviets took her parents’ business away which led to unthinkable poverty. Yet, in her own words she believed that the Russian occupation was “bearable” compared to when Nazi forces arrived in 1941, after the launch of Operation Barbarossa.
After weeks of gossip of massacres in the west, reality struck home when the Wehrmacht and SS Einsatzgruppen arrived in her small town, where about 6,000 Jews lived, constituting half of the population.
Hundreds were killed, and the rest were placed in a makeshift ghetto in a small part of the town, where living conditions were again ludicrous. The weekly massacres that the Nazis inflicted on the ghetto for their own amusement finally led to her own mother being murdered. Most could not take the pain of hunger, and death that surrounded them, and planned an escape.
“They digged, digged and digged” said Kushner in one of her emotional interviews before her death, referring to the hundreds of women, men and children who participated in digging a long tunnel that stretched from the courthouse in which her family lived in along with dozens of others, to a nearby forest. They used homemade tools and even their hands to dig a tunnel big enough for one person to crawl through at a time. When they finally escaped, out of the 600 that went through, only 250 made it. Many of those were later murdered by Nazi guards outside Novogrodek.
After wandering endlessly through the woods with her sister, brothers and father they found hope in a man they came across, named Tuvia Bielski, the famous leader of the Bielski partisan group which at one point enrolled a 1,000-strong Jewish force that fought the Nazis in Poland and Belarus on the Eastern Front. “Bielski saved us” said Kushner. Yet they were not the only ones whom he helped as Bielski took in hundreds of Jews who escaped from surrounding villages, and hid them in concealed camps in various forests.
Rae took up arms to serve with the men and women in the partisan group not because she had no option, rather she wanted to save lives.
When she did not fight, Rae guarded the camp, and mostly cooked potato soup as potatoes were the only thing that they could find in the forests of Poland. Yet, the quality of their food was truly the last thing on the mind of the partisans. For the course of the war Rae, Bielsky and hundreds of other fought to cripple German supply lines, and rescue Jews from being sent to their deaths.
After the war both Rae and those like her spent the rest of their days with the ability to celebrate Rosh Hashana peacefully, never again having to feel hunger, or the unbearable sight of seeing those they loved killed around them.
Yet, there is more to this story than just Jewish resistance, agency, and the improbability of defying death. No. This is about Israel, as it was Israel that was being built in those forests.
Eretz Yisrael was first conceived decades before Rae’s time, in the minds of men and women through the diffusion of ideas, yet it was in Poland, and Europe as a whole, that it became much more than just an idea. It became a necessity.
It was in the fighting spirit of those such as Tuvia Bielski that the first stones of a nation began to be molded. It was in the spirit of struggle, and defiance against tremendous odds, that the very cornerstones of a country for a people that have remained without a home for far too long were founded.
It was in those forests, and in those moments of pain and hunger, and when those men and women were digging for their lives, that it became evident that it was either Israel, or nothing.
The author, a native of Jassy, Romania, is a writer, historian, and the senior editor of The Art of Polemics magazine. He is currently working on a book on The Jassy Pogrom of 1941.
The story of Rae Kushner and the Belsiki partisan group during the Second World War is not just one episode of Jewish resistance, but in fact signifies the very spirit that Israel still harbors today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK4qqCbv1P4
Cold, scared and innocent Rae Kushner, along with her younger sister went hungry during the 10 days between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.
Despite the fact that they entered the new year barely alive, they were glad to have escaped the ghetto of Novogrodek, which had been their home for close to two years. Kushner’s story, although one of many, is a perfect example of a small narrative of Jewish resistance amid the sea of melancholic causality which seems to continue to persevere in the study of the Shoah.
Born in Novogrodek, Poland, Rae’s life changed completely when Soviet troops invaded the eastern half of the country as a result of the Ribbentrop-Molotov pact of 1939. The Soviets took her parents’ business away which led to unthinkable poverty. Yet, in her own words she believed that the Russian occupation was “bearable” compared to when Nazi forces arrived in 1941, after the launch of Operation Barbarossa.
After weeks of gossip of massacres in the west, reality struck home when the Wehrmacht and SS Einsatzgruppen arrived in her small town, where about 6,000 Jews lived, constituting half of the population.
Hundreds were killed, and the rest were placed in a makeshift ghetto in a small part of the town, where living conditions were again ludicrous. The weekly massacres that the Nazis inflicted on the ghetto for their own amusement finally led to her own mother being murdered. Most could not take the pain of hunger, and death that surrounded them, and planned an escape.
“They digged, digged and digged” said Kushner in one of her emotional interviews before her death, referring to the hundreds of women, men and children who participated in digging a long tunnel that stretched from the courthouse in which her family lived in along with dozens of others, to a nearby forest. They used homemade tools and even their hands to dig a tunnel big enough for one person to crawl through at a time. When they finally escaped, out of the 600 that went through, only 250 made it. Many of those were later murdered by Nazi guards outside Novogrodek.
After wandering endlessly through the woods with her sister, brothers and father they found hope in a man they came across, named Tuvia Bielski, the famous leader of the Bielski partisan group which at one point enrolled a 1,000-strong Jewish force that fought the Nazis in Poland and Belarus on the Eastern Front. “Bielski saved us” said Kushner. Yet they were not the only ones whom he helped as Bielski took in hundreds of Jews who escaped from surrounding villages, and hid them in concealed camps in various forests.
Rae took up arms to serve with the men and women in the partisan group not because she had no option, rather she wanted to save lives.
When she did not fight, Rae guarded the camp, and mostly cooked potato soup as potatoes were the only thing that they could find in the forests of Poland. Yet, the quality of their food was truly the last thing on the mind of the partisans. For the course of the war Rae, Bielsky and hundreds of other fought to cripple German supply lines, and rescue Jews from being sent to their deaths.
After the war both Rae and those like her spent the rest of their days with the ability to celebrate Rosh Hashana peacefully, never again having to feel hunger, or the unbearable sight of seeing those they loved killed around them.
Yet, there is more to this story than just Jewish resistance, agency, and the improbability of defying death. No. This is about Israel, as it was Israel that was being built in those forests.
Eretz Yisrael was first conceived decades before Rae’s time, in the minds of men and women through the diffusion of ideas, yet it was in Poland, and Europe as a whole, that it became much more than just an idea. It became a necessity.
It was in the fighting spirit of those such as Tuvia Bielski that the first stones of a nation began to be molded. It was in the spirit of struggle, and defiance against tremendous odds, that the very cornerstones of a country for a people that have remained without a home for far too long were founded.
It was in those forests, and in those moments of pain and hunger, and when those men and women were digging for their lives, that it became evident that it was either Israel, or nothing.
The author, a native of Jassy, Romania, is a writer, historian, and the senior editor of The Art of Polemics magazine. He is currently working on a book on The Jassy Pogrom of 1941.
tisdag 16 september 2014
Rabbi Josef Green kirjoittanut Rosh HaShana- juhlasta, Israelin Uudesta Vuodesta
ROSH HASHABA, DET JUDISKA NYÅRET av Rabbin Yosef Green.
Löysin kansioistani tämän ruotsalaisen artikkelin ( ja koetan saada siitä jotain suomeksi) Se on julkaistu vuosia sitten
LÄHDE: Här i Israel Nyhetsbrev Årg. 12 nr 9,sid. 3.
ROSH HASHANA :
I judisk tradition markerar Rosh Hashana vår världs födelse. Den här dagen markerar skapelsens början. Rosh Hashana är det Judiska Nyåret och varje födelsedag ger ett nytt tillfälle att börja göra förändringar.
Från ordet SHANA ( år) kommer orden LESHANOT (ett förändra) och SHINNUI (förändring).
Förändring är ett nyckelord men tanken är emellertid att förändringens syfte är att förbättra, att fullända, att fullborda ( LEHASHLIM ) ( SHALEM, fullkomlig, hel).
Prof. Bernard Revel påpekar i sin tolkning av Torah-stycket Ki Tetze att även Skaparens arbete lämnades ofullständigt. Detta är innebörden i kapitlet om skapelsen: -"ASHER BARA ELOHIM LA-ASOTH "( Det som Gud Skapade för attarbeta med). Den värld som Gud skapade skall fullbordas genom människans ansträngningar från sin del. Människan blir Guds medarbetare i arbetet ( LA-ASOT, ASIJAH ) med skapelsen ( BARA; BERIAH).
"Om Gud hade skapat en perfekt värld" ( -Vem vet om Han gjorde det först men ändrade sig och lät det bli mindre perfekt och mer mänsklig). - "skulle det utesluta ett sådant samarbete. Resultatet av det hade blivit att Gud och människan aldrig hade kunnat sammanföras."
Prof. Revel förklarar att det är just därför som våra lärare säger:
"Där de botfärdige ( BA´AL TSHUVA) står får inte ens den mest rättfärdige stå."
En BAAL TSHUVA är en som förnyar sin överlåtelse och på nytt bestämmer sig för att leva enligt TORAH och MITZVOT ( buden). En som ändrar livsinriktning efter att ha varit frånstötande och avskärmad eller bara annorlunda, är för mer än en pergfekt rättfärdig och helig person. Orsaken till att våra lärare anser sig kunna göra den här uppdelningen är just därför att en BAAL TSHUVA inte representerar det ideala utan en strävan att nå fram till helighetens ideal och fullkomlighet (SHELEIMUTH, SHALEM). Det betyder ett fullkomligt integrerat liv och personlighet. En BAAL TSHUVA hålls högre än en TZADIK GAMUR ( en helt rättfärdig person) eftersom hans strävan efter SHELEIMUTH bekräftar en viktig princip inom judendomen nämligen den att förändringar är möjliga.
TSHUVAS princip anses vara så stor och så viktig att det sägs att den erbjuder löftet och möjligheten, inte bara till att förbättra sitt eget liv utan om den tas på allvar så kan resultatet bli en revolution som förlossar hela världen.
ROSH HASHANA är den första av de tio dagarna av botgörelse och i TORAH kallas den också för YOM TERUAH ( basunklangens dag). Den dagen är det en MITZVAH att höra ljudet från SHOFAR ( och inte nödvändigtvis blåsa SHOFAR). Det viktiga är att förstå dess egentliga betydelse och ta dess djupa budskap till sitt hjärta.
I Maimonides förklaringar sägs det: "Vakna upp ni som slumrar och sover, omedvetna om livets verkliga mening och syften". Den hebreiska roten i ordet SHOFAR betyder förbättring. Då vädurshornet används i syfte att få det judiska folket att vakna upp och vända om är det en SHOFAR eftersom dess verkliga syfte är en klar och tydlig kallelse att förbättra livskvaliten genom att återvända till ett liv med TORAH och MITZVOTH( buden).
I en bok som heter "Thoughts on Life" ( Tankar om Livet) frågar professor Moshe David : "Hur kan man nå fram till den Allsmäktige och människan på samma gång, hur kan man nå den Fullkomlige och den ofullkomlige?" Svaret blir: " Genom att tjäna som Guds medarbetare genom att hjälpa till att skapa människa till Guds avbild".
Rabbin Dr. Yosef Gren föreläser regelbundet vid de kurser som hålls vid AMI-Jerusalem Center i Jerusalem. Han har undervisat i Judiska studier vid Rutgers University. Han är Rabbin emeritus vid "Jerusalem Center of the World Council of Synagogues, Congregation MORESHET", ISRAEL
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AMI-Jerusalem Center für Biblische Studien und Forschung
79549 Weil am Rhein
(internationale gemeinnützige Organisation mit Sitz in Jerusalem; Förderung des Interesses an jüdisch-christlichen Beziehungen; Seminarprogramme für Christen in Israel, Konferenzen und Vortragsdienst im Ausland; Unterstützung sozialer Hilfsprojekte in Israel; div. Veröffentlichungen u.a. Herausgabe der Zeitschrift "Hier in Israel"
Olen ollut Shlomo Hizakin Raamattukeskuksessa aikoinaan 1960- luvulla käymässä Öljymäen rinteellä., mutta nyt näen hänen nimensä ulkomaisessa osoitteessa. Lisäksi netissä näkyy vuodelta 2003 kirja, joka viittaa myös siihen että hän olisi muuttanut ulkomaille. Beit Mikdash Meat on Temppeli ulkomailla, Israelin ulkopuolella.
Vuonna 1973 Shlomo Hizak oli 32 vuotias. Vuonna 1973 hän oli vielä Öljymäen Raamattutalossa työssä. Kävin siellä viimeksi 1972 aikoihin, Kuljin oikoteitse pitkin Öljymäen rinteitä Operaatio Mobilisaation suomalaisryhmän majapaikasta heille. Löydän netistä 1973, että sinne oli selootit, kiivaat ortodoksit tehneet hyökkäyksen ja tuhonneet polttamalla hänen kirjojaan ja postituslistojaan. Suomalaiset ystäväni Jämsänkoskelta Arja ja Turja olivat siellä auttamassa raamattujen postituksessa. Tapasin heidät ensin kibbutsissa 1967 ja he jäivät pitemmäksi aikaa töihin ja lopulta auttoivat Shlomo Hizakia Öljymäellä. . Shlomo Hizakin kirja ( 2003) Das Kleine Heiligtum - ... so werde ich ihnen doch zu einem kleinen Heiligtum in den Ländern, in die sie gekommen sein
Löysin kansioistani tämän ruotsalaisen artikkelin ( ja koetan saada siitä jotain suomeksi) Se on julkaistu vuosia sitten
LÄHDE: Här i Israel Nyhetsbrev Årg. 12 nr 9,sid. 3.
- Tänä vuonna ROSH HASHANA on erittäin tärkeä paalu Israelin valtion historiassa, koska juuri täksi juhla-ajaksi oli Israelin viholliset suunnitelleet 12 vuodden ajan yhteistän invaasiota ja Israelin tuhoiskua, mikä ilmeisesti kutienkin on nyt pystytty estämään Protective Edge -operaatiolla, joka kesti 50 päivää ja jossa löydettiin 32 tunnelia joita myöten terroristien oli tarkoitus invasoitua suurissa joukoissa Israeliin nyt syyskuisina ROSH HASHANA päivinä. ne päivät ovat israelin ajanlaskun mukaan vielä edessä, joten israel on edelleen puolustuksellisessa valveustilassa.
- EREV ROSH HASHANA, Uuden Vuoden aatto 24.9. 2014, keskiviikko
- ROSH HASHANA Alef Ensimmäinen Uudenvuoden päivä 25.9. 2014 torstai Ensimmäinen Tishrei kuuta vuonna 5775
- ROSH HASHANA Beit Toinen Uuden Vuoden päivä , perjantai 26.9. 2014 , myös sapatin valmistuspäivä
- Tämän juhlapäiväsarjan jälkeen on sitten on tavallinen sapatti, lauantai 27,9, 2014 , jolloin yleinen liikenne on pysähdyksissä .
- Lisäksi seuraa sunnuntai, jolloin kristikunta taas on lepopäivässään ja kirkoissaan ja poissa median virrasta. Siis maailma olisi herännyt ehkä vasta 28.9. aikoihin, jos olisi tapahtunut jotain invaasiota Israelissa. Tätä terroristit olivat suunnitelleet 12 vuotta, joten varmaan on vieläkin jotain niistä juonista löytymättä.
ROSH HASHANA :
I judisk tradition markerar Rosh Hashana vår världs födelse. Den här dagen markerar skapelsens början. Rosh Hashana är det Judiska Nyåret och varje födelsedag ger ett nytt tillfälle att börja göra förändringar.
Från ordet SHANA ( år) kommer orden LESHANOT (ett förändra) och SHINNUI (förändring).
Förändring är ett nyckelord men tanken är emellertid att förändringens syfte är att förbättra, att fullända, att fullborda ( LEHASHLIM ) ( SHALEM, fullkomlig, hel).
Prof. Bernard Revel påpekar i sin tolkning av Torah-stycket Ki Tetze att även Skaparens arbete lämnades ofullständigt. Detta är innebörden i kapitlet om skapelsen: -"ASHER BARA ELOHIM LA-ASOTH "( Det som Gud Skapade för attarbeta med). Den värld som Gud skapade skall fullbordas genom människans ansträngningar från sin del. Människan blir Guds medarbetare i arbetet ( LA-ASOT, ASIJAH ) med skapelsen ( BARA; BERIAH).
"Om Gud hade skapat en perfekt värld" ( -Vem vet om Han gjorde det först men ändrade sig och lät det bli mindre perfekt och mer mänsklig). - "skulle det utesluta ett sådant samarbete. Resultatet av det hade blivit att Gud och människan aldrig hade kunnat sammanföras."
Prof. Revel förklarar att det är just därför som våra lärare säger:
"Där de botfärdige ( BA´AL TSHUVA) står får inte ens den mest rättfärdige stå."
En BAAL TSHUVA är en som förnyar sin överlåtelse och på nytt bestämmer sig för att leva enligt TORAH och MITZVOT ( buden). En som ändrar livsinriktning efter att ha varit frånstötande och avskärmad eller bara annorlunda, är för mer än en pergfekt rättfärdig och helig person. Orsaken till att våra lärare anser sig kunna göra den här uppdelningen är just därför att en BAAL TSHUVA inte representerar det ideala utan en strävan att nå fram till helighetens ideal och fullkomlighet (SHELEIMUTH, SHALEM). Det betyder ett fullkomligt integrerat liv och personlighet. En BAAL TSHUVA hålls högre än en TZADIK GAMUR ( en helt rättfärdig person) eftersom hans strävan efter SHELEIMUTH bekräftar en viktig princip inom judendomen nämligen den att förändringar är möjliga.
TSHUVAS princip anses vara så stor och så viktig att det sägs att den erbjuder löftet och möjligheten, inte bara till att förbättra sitt eget liv utan om den tas på allvar så kan resultatet bli en revolution som förlossar hela världen.
ROSH HASHANA är den första av de tio dagarna av botgörelse och i TORAH kallas den också för YOM TERUAH ( basunklangens dag). Den dagen är det en MITZVAH att höra ljudet från SHOFAR ( och inte nödvändigtvis blåsa SHOFAR). Det viktiga är att förstå dess egentliga betydelse och ta dess djupa budskap till sitt hjärta.
I Maimonides förklaringar sägs det: "Vakna upp ni som slumrar och sover, omedvetna om livets verkliga mening och syften". Den hebreiska roten i ordet SHOFAR betyder förbättring. Då vädurshornet används i syfte att få det judiska folket att vakna upp och vända om är det en SHOFAR eftersom dess verkliga syfte är en klar och tydlig kallelse att förbättra livskvaliten genom att återvända till ett liv med TORAH och MITZVOTH( buden).
I en bok som heter "Thoughts on Life" ( Tankar om Livet) frågar professor Moshe David : "Hur kan man nå fram till den Allsmäktige och människan på samma gång, hur kan man nå den Fullkomlige och den ofullkomlige?" Svaret blir: " Genom att tjäna som Guds medarbetare genom att hjälpa till att skapa människa till Guds avbild".
Rabbin Dr. Yosef Gren föreläser regelbundet vid de kurser som hålls vid AMI-Jerusalem Center i Jerusalem. Han har undervisat i Judiska studier vid Rutgers University. Han är Rabbin emeritus vid "Jerusalem Center of the World Council of Synagogues, Congregation MORESHET", ISRAEL
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Olen ollut Shlomo Hizakin Raamattukeskuksessa aikoinaan 1960- luvulla käymässä Öljymäen rinteellä., mutta nyt näen hänen nimensä ulkomaisessa osoitteessa. Lisäksi netissä näkyy vuodelta 2003 kirja, joka viittaa myös siihen että hän olisi muuttanut ulkomaille. Beit Mikdash Meat on Temppeli ulkomailla, Israelin ulkopuolella.
Vuonna 1973 Shlomo Hizak oli 32 vuotias. Vuonna 1973 hän oli vielä Öljymäen Raamattutalossa työssä. Kävin siellä viimeksi 1972 aikoihin, Kuljin oikoteitse pitkin Öljymäen rinteitä Operaatio Mobilisaation suomalaisryhmän majapaikasta heille. Löydän netistä 1973, että sinne oli selootit, kiivaat ortodoksit tehneet hyökkäyksen ja tuhonneet polttamalla hänen kirjojaan ja postituslistojaan. Suomalaiset ystäväni Jämsänkoskelta Arja ja Turja olivat siellä auttamassa raamattujen postituksessa. Tapasin heidät ensin kibbutsissa 1967 ja he jäivät pitemmäksi aikaa töihin ja lopulta auttoivat Shlomo Hizakia Öljymäellä. . Shlomo Hizakin kirja ( 2003) Das Kleine Heiligtum - ... so werde ich ihnen doch zu einem kleinen Heiligtum in den Ländern, in die sie gekommen sein
fredag 25 juli 2014
Israelin Presidentti Reuben Rivlin vannonut virkavalan 23 heinäkuuta. 2014
Rivlin plunges headfirst into presidential duties
07/25/2014 17:09
Rivlin sworn in as president, July 23. Photo: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST
President Reuven Rivlin did not give himself time to adjust to his new
role, but instantly plunged into presidential duties taking over where
his predecessor President Shimon Peres left off.During his last days in office, Peres made a point of visiting bereaved families of soldiers who fell in battle in Gaza, and Rivlin began doing the same on Friday morning following his inauguration on Thursday night.
Rivlin who at the outset of his inauguration address had sent wishes for a speedy recovery to the wounded and had identified with the grief of families and friends of those who lost their lives in defense of the nation, made it clear to Israel’s enemies that they had not broken Israel’s spirit. “By gathering here, today, we are declaring our determination to continue to defend the operation of our democratic institutions and the character of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state, even in a period of emergency, war and terrorism,” he declared.
Rivlin traveled north from his home in Jerusalem to the family of 2nd Lt. Bar Rahav in Ramat Yishai. From there he continued to the family of St.Sgt.Oren Simcha Noach in Hoshaya, then to Sde Atzmon to the family of St. Sgt.Oz Mendelovich and lastly for the day to Nahariya to the family of Sgt. Adar Barsano.
Rivlin is a much more emotionally expressive person than Peres and more visibly sensitive. Dealing with so much grief in such a short time was a massive toll on him.
It was not easy he said at the Rahav home to begin his new role going from place to place to offer his condolences, but, he added, “everything in Israel starts with difficulty. Nothing comes easily. This is the reality of the neighborhood in which Israel exists”.
Rivlin said after visiting the families that he could see the pain and the mourning that etched their faces and that he could understand their frustrations. The son of every family is precious, he said, but to his parents he is the most outstanding soldier of all.
Nonetheless said Rivlin, all the families understood that their son had fallen on the altar of national security, because in the eyes of the enemy Israel is still not something that can be taken for granted., and for this Israel pays a heavy price.
Not surprisingly, according to people close to Peres, the ninth president kept working till almost the last minute in office, spending much of Thursday morning on his farewell address, attending a military briefing, meeting with various officials and receiving visitors who wanted to personally thank him for his service to the state.
He also spent time sending post cards to the thirteen agents in his security detail, who had received emergency call up notices from the army and were in Gaza..
He wrote to them saying that he was proud of them for the dedicated way in which they had protected him over the past seven years, and said that now they had been called not to protect him alone, but to defend the state. All the members of his personal security detail are combat officers of elite units in the Israel Defense Forces.
Rivlin’s director general Harel Tubi who is taking over from Peres’s director general Efrat Duvdevani, was also called into reserve duty.
Peres assembled those who had not been called up to thank them personally for having taken such devoted care for his safety, and said that they had looked after him so well that he felt as if they were his extended family.
To those who were about to embark on reserve duty Peres told them that they had an important mission to carry out.
In a farewell letter that Peres received from Raz Tzur, the head of his security team, Tzur wrote that on the Saturday night prior to Operation Preventive Edge, he had received a phone call at 2 a.m. from the security guard assigned to the president’s living quarters, saying that all the lights in the president’s apartment were on and that Peres was very tense and pacing up and down, unable to sleep.
It was only a few hours later that Tzur understood the cause of the president’s disquiet. Tzur had received the phone call just as the IAF launched its air strike on Gaza. Peres had understood that during the night many soldiers were in danger of being injured or even killed, and this was the cause of his unrest. “On that day I understood the meaning of a true leader” wrote Tzur.
JP
tisdag 22 juli 2014
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