מאמרים

Remember - Zachor portion

Remember - Jews don't throw rocks (in general)
Remember
 
this is the Portion Zachor - to remember (especially the Evil of Amalekites) 
 
Israelis also NEVER target children - going back to thew ars of King Saul
 
(except for the disagreement between Rabbis 
in Talmud - Yevamot 22b and commentators
who ask "did king saul kill amalekite children in that war 3000 years ago?"
 
and the end of the discussion is:
don't try to be more "merciful" than G-d - who makes the rules)
 
 
SO WHAT WERE 600 ARMED TERRORISTS DOING HIDING IN SHIFA HOSPITAL THIS WEEK?
 
AND WHY WERE THE 2 ROOMS NEXT TO THE OFFICE OF THE HOSPITAL DIRECTOR
FILLED WITH WEAPONS AND BUNDLES OF CASH AND ENVELOPES PRINTED WITH "THANK YOU FROM HAMAS"?
(I saw the video - my friend's son is in that anti terror unit - Duvdevan - meaning "cherry" - that
"captured" the director's office!)
 
and in Judea and Samaria -On Thursday, March 21, 2024, 9:35:06 PM EDT, 
 
 
"The IDF on Thursday concluded a 12-hour brigade-level operation in the Nur a-Shams refugee camp near Tulkarm, resulting in the death of four terrorists, the arrest of three suspects 
and the discovery of explosives beneath roads
 
So "what'snews Andy" as my holy neighbor Fraidy - who survived the holocaust - used to ask!
 
News from Israel Wednesday
 
A kid's after-school parade in the old city of jerusalem - 
where some of whose JEWISH BUILT walls are from 2600 years ago -
was disrupted when someone on a rooftop threw a rock that hit the head of a 5 year old
 
Another news item today - the man who masterminded" the kidnap and murder of 3 Jewish teens (one was a neighbor of mine - whose grandfather I knew 40 years ago)
was captured in Shifa Hospital in Gaza!
 
According to the torah - there is no penance for murder 
 
Why is it a must that we celebrate Purim?
 
The miracle of Purim is that not one Jew was killed or even hurt. 
Thank Hashem. 
Even though They wanted to Kill every Jew, 
 
and because no one at all was even hurt, we celebrate like crazy..
 
May Hashem protect all Israel
 
Shabbat Shalom
Good Purim
 
Rabbi Andy Eichenholz