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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, this evening (Wednesday, 23 May 2012), at his official residence, dedicated the Prime Minister’s Tanakh Study Circle in memory of Shmuel Ben-Artzi, the late father of Sara Netanyahu, who also participated in the circle. Mr. Ben-Artzi, who passed away last November, was a Tanakh teacher and researcher.
The Tanakh Study Circle renews a tradition started by Israel’s first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion, and which was continued by its sixth, Menachem Begin.
At the start of the first lesson of the renewed Tanakh Study Circle, Prime Minister Netanyahu said, “Ben-Gurion and Begin believed that the Tanakh should be the heritage of the entire nation – secular and religious, young and old, men and women. The Tanakh is the foundation of our existence. It unites the Jewish People, as it has throughout the generations. It also serves not only as a foundation but also as a map and compass. The Tanakh is always relevant vis-à-vis today’s problems and challenges. It inspires, it is a source of life for our people and I think that it is important to expand Tanakh study and love of the Tanakh among all parts of the nation. This is also the goal of this circle. I am certain that thanks to the researchers, rabbis and learned men and women here, who know and love the Tanakh, we will enrich our common knowledge.”
Here at EY, we wholeheartedly support PM Netanyahu’s renewal of this beautiful tradition. We see the Torah as our primary and most important connection to the Land of Israel.Yasher Koach Bibi!
ארץ ישראל: Yom Yerushalayim Reflections -
Written by Joshua Werdiger - a new moderator of ours who will be posting more regularly in the future.You could feel it coming. Everyone was waiting for the date to arrive. The main festivities started with a march from Yeshivat Mercaz HaRav, where 8 young bnei torah were…
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terrorists exposed wait we expose them everyday but none gives a f$#k
Wow - way to go in exploring social justice!
Here’s how you really do it.
1. Provide Context
Palestinians throwing stones at settlers and firefighters.
Note: Stone attacks are fatal. Just look at the case of Asher Palmer and his baby son who were killed by a stone attack.
So, the settlers were shooting in self defence.
2. Provide relevant information
Settlers were shooting RUBBER bullets.
In self defence.
Rubber bullets are intended to be a NON-LETHAL weapon.
Rubber bullets are commonly used in self-defence.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_bullet
There are also accounts saying fires were started by Arabs from the nearby village - the reason why the Yitzhar emergency squad was assembled.
3. Provide proof and evidence.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4231791,00.html
Linked article includes videos of the event.
4. Analysis
While I do not condone shooting or violence - it’s important to look at the bigger picture. Furthermore, since when is it “crime” to defend oneself?
Also note, doesn’t it seem strange that all of this was caught on camera? To me it seems like people wanted to go and make a scene, in order to force settlers into retaliation and further demonise them.
I want that sign!
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Rabbi Shlomo Goren blowing a Shofar after the liberation of the Kotel (Western Wall) in Jerusalem, 1967.
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Today we celebrate one of the greatest miracles of recent years. After 2000 away from our eternal capital, the holy city of Jerusalem, our soldiers recaptured it in what can only be described as one of the most miraculous wars ever, the Six Day War.
Yom Yerushalayim is the day when we rejoice in…