Dear friends, I wish you and your loved
ones a Happy and Joyful Purim. May we always remember that united we are able
to defeat our enemies!
Israel´s
Lost Sense of Mission.
by Rabbi
Ben Tzion Krasnianski. (25 Feb 2003)
A person needs a sense of mission like the
air he breathes. A clear sense of mission and purpose keeps the soul healthy;
without it, we decompose like a body without a backbone that collapses into a
meaningless heap of bones. Nations are like people, with a healthy sense of
mission they thrive; without it, they flounder and fade away.
Israel is floundering. Israel´s greatest
threat today is not from without, rather it is from within. Its greatest risk
comes neither from Yassir Arafat, nor from the bloody Intifada, rather it comes
from its lost sense of mission. The Jewish people have survived for 3,800 years
only because they had a strong sense of mission. At Mt. Sinai the Jewish people
were charged with the mission of being a light onto the nations, volunteering
to become a nation of prophets and priests, who will teach the world right from
wrong.
Even in their darkest moments, they cried
out, "Next Year in Jerusalem", never wavering in their commitment.
They were proud of and deeply cherished their Jewishness and their sense of
being chosen for a unique and special mission. They witnessed the rise and fall
of many mighty empires that have been reduced to the footnotes of history,
while they never left its front page. It was only the Jews’ sense of mission
that kept their souls fresh, their minds vigorous and their families alive.
With a vibrant and healthy soul, they could survive anything - Hitler, too.
For the first thirty years of its
existence, Israel had a clear sense of mission: to create a safe haven, a home
for Jews. Israel inspired awe and admiration throughout the world as Jews
returned to their Biblical homeland. The readiness of one Jew to go to the
limit and beyond in order to save a fellow Jew, as in the spirit of ´67, of
Entebbe and in Israel´s successful attack on Iraq´s atomic reactor, was the
envy of the world. (We need to regain this spirit of
purpose. It is vital to our survival!)
Food for Thought. by Steven Shamrak
While
we celebrate Purim, we must remember that Jews always were able to defeat our
enemies when we were united! We also celebrate Pesach, to commemorate freedom
from slavery from Egypt and Chanukah to remember liberation from the Greeks. It
is time to unite and defeat our last enemy – the self-doubt and slave mentality
we have developed living in galut!
Low Expectations
are Met. No one expected that tripartite
American-Israeli-Palestinian summit make any startling breakthroughs. For days
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert
and PA President Mahmoud Abbas had been lowering expectations. (And
they were not disappointed! What was the point of the meeting? - Another
useless photo-op, pretending that the ‘road map’ is still alive, duping Jews
into the continuation of a policy leading inevitably toward self-destruction!)
Desecration
of Ancient Mt. Olives Graves. The ancient Jewish
cemetery on the Mt. of Olives, overlooking Jerusalem's Old Old City is being
frequently vandalised. There is extensive desecration of many graves at the
site including graffiti and smashed headstones. "If such vandalism as the
smashing of headstones and the desecration of graves had occurred in a Jewish
cemetery in Europe, I am convinced that the entire Jewish world would be
shocked…” said Knesset Member Zevulun Orlev.
“War
and Peace” – Syrian Edition. The Mossad intelligence agency argues
that Assad is not interested in peace, but only in a peace process to alleviate
international pressure on Syria over its meddling in Lebanon and Iraq, and its
suspected implication in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister
Rafik Hariri. Syria is talking peace while in the throes of a major new arms
build-up, subsidised and financed by Iran and Saudi Arabia. (Syria
has nothing to offer to Israel. Assad demands ‘return’ of the Jewish Golan
Heights, but is not prepared to even consider peace!)
Quote of the Week:
“There are 5000 ethnic groups in the
world that don't have their own state. The difference is that the adversary of
the Palestinian Arabs are Jews, so the world has an opportunity to demonize and
harass the Jews a little more.” - Israel Zwick.
New
International Assault on Israel. A UN report accuses Israel of apartheid
and terrorism. The media regularly blame Israel for the PA’s woes. The Arab
states slam Temple Mount work as anti-Muslim. (Whenever
Arabs break the agreements with Israel and increase their terrorist activity
against Jews, the UN and the international pack of dogs initiate a barking
campaign against Israel!!)
When Will the Humiliation End? The dig, 50-60 meters from the Temple Mount compound where the al
Aqsa Mosque is situated, has sparked a spate of Muslim propaganda protests.
Teams of UNESCO, Turkish and Jordanian experts are coming to study Israel’s
archaeological dig. (When will the Israeli politicians realize
that they are leaders of a sovereign state? It is time to shake off the galut
slave’s mentality!)
Arabs
Support One-state Solution. The overwhelming majority of Palestinians
(94%) support the Mecca agreement. 75% of Palestinians do not think that [in
principle] Israel has the right to exist. 70% support One State. (So
do I, as a Jewish state without our enemies in it!)
When
Idiots are Active in the Government. Even though the
majority of the country believes that Labor Chairman Amir Peretz is unfit to
run the defense portfolio (several internal military investigations having
charged Israel with failing to clearly set and achieve objectives during the
war with Lebanon, including the total disarmament of Hizbullah along the
southern Lebanese border, and the return of captive soldiers Ehud Goldwasser
and Eldad Regev), the embattled Minister of Defense is trying to improve his
standing within his party by charging ahead with several new initiatives.
Within the next few weeks, Peretz plans on removing Jewish satellite
communities in Judea and Samaria.
Islam is the Religion of Peace?
(therefinersfire.org)
Let's face it, most good and god-fearing Muslims would
never even THINK about harming other human beings, let alone, condone the
heinous deeds of their fanatic brethren! But the world cannot deny the fact
that some truly evil people have emerged out of Islam over the years; people
who have proven, over and over again, that Islam is NOT a "religion of
peace". Dare to criticize Muslims and Islam in the least little bit, and
they fly into murderous rages, terrorizing and basically committing
full-fledged jihad violence. They won't think twice about criticizing others;
but woe unto anyone who dares criticize THEM....
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Muslims have carried out over 5,800 fatal terrorist
atrocities since 9/11.