Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Congressman Ritchie Torres breaks down the Israel Gaza war and Reb Shlomo Carlebach 28 years more alive than ever, 28th Yahrzeit today and The Hamas Slaughter Confirmed Everything I Have Believed By Dennis Prager and AG Gives In, Approves Ben Gvir’s Dramatic Change in Rules of Engagement By David Israel and No Holds Barred: Interview With Israel’s U.N. Ambassador Gilad Erdan By Sara Lehmann and Why is Israel being blamed for the Hamas massacre? and The Halachic Implications Of Civil Marriage And Cohabitation By Rabbi Ari Enkin and This Jewish American Grandma Has Worked In the Same Deli for 75 Years


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Reb Shlomo Carlebach 28 years more alive than ever

Born	January 14, 1925 Berlin, Germany
Died	October 20, 1994 (aged 69) New York City, U.S.
Resting place	Har HaMenuchot, Jerusalem, Israel 31.7979°N 35.179°E
Nationality	American / Israeli
Known for	Religious teacher, composer, singer, musician
Spouse	Elaine Neila Glick
Children	2, including Neshama
Carlebach died of a heart attack on his way to Canada while the plane was still on the ground at LaGuardia Airport in New York.^[The Hebrew date was 16 Cheshvan 5755. His body was flown to Israel for burial at Har HaMenuchot. During the funeral the mourners sang Carlebach's songs, including Chasdei Hashem Ki Lo Samnu.^[16] Israel's Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau gave a eulogy. An annual memorial service is held at his grave on the 16th of Cheshvan. Additional memorial events take place throughout Israel and around the world. Reb Shlomo became famous by his life. But even more so after his passing, this Tuesday, 28 years ago. Singing the Psalms at his graveside at Har heMenuchot in Jerusalem starts at 3 PM, live on YouTube and Facebook. Followed by Minchah that yearly feels like the Fifth Prayer of Yom Kippur. According to Rabbi Jonathan Rosenblatt, Carlebach "changed the expectations of the prayer experience from decorous and somber to uplifting and ecstatic as he captivated generations with elemental melodies and stories of miraculous human saintliness, modesty and unselfishness."^[17] Since his death, Carlebach's music has been incorporated in the services of many synagogues, some of which conduct Carlebach minyanim.

Congressman Ritchie Torres breaks down the Israel Gaza war

The Three Musketeers at the Kotel

The Three are Rabbi Yehuda Glick, famous temple mount activist, and former Israel Mk, and then Robert Weinger, the world's greatest shofar blower and seller of Shofars, and myself after we had gone to the 12 gates of the Temple Mount in 2020 to blow the shofar to ask G-d to heal the world from the Pandemic. It was a highlight to my experience in living in Israel and I put it on my blog each day to remember.

The articles that I include each day are those that I find interesting, so I feel you will find them interesting as well. I don't always agree with all the points of each article but found them interesting or important to share with you, my readers, and friends. It is cathartic for me to share my thoughts and frustrations with you about life in general and in Israel. As a Rabbi, I try to teach and share the Torah of the G-d of Israel as a modern Orthodox Rabbi. I never intend to offend anyone but sometimes people are offended and I apologize in advance for any mistakes. The most important psychological principle I have learned is that once someone's mind is made up, they don't want to be bothered with the facts, so, like Rabbi Akiva, I drip water (Torah is compared to water) on their made-up minds and hope that some of what I have share sinks in. Love Rabbi Yehuda Lave.

Why is Israel being blamed for the Hamas massacre?

Erasing the legitimacy of the Israeli narrative fundamentally revives a pernicious antisemitic trope that Jews deserve their fate

Why is Israel being blamed for the Hamas massacre? | Yossi Klein Halevi | The Blogs (timesofisrael.com)

ABOUT THE AUTHORYossi Klein Halevi is a senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute, where he is co-director, together Imam Abdullah Antepli of Duke University and Maital Friedman, of the Muslim Leadership Initiative (MLI), and a member of the Institute's iEngage Project. His latest book, Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor, is a New York Times bestseller. His previous book, Like Dreamers, was named the 2013 National Jewish Book Council Book of the Year.