Religious female soldier speaks out: 'I never compromised' & 13 Dazzling Facts About Jews and Jewels By Yehuda Altein & Coca-Cola Israel fined 17.7 million shekels by Competition Authority & Archaeologists identify elders in Iron Age Israel through household artifacts & with those we have lost & The Portion of Ki Tisa

View in browser Yehuda Lave is an author, journalist, psychologist, rabbi, spiritual teacher, and coach, with degrees in business, psychology and Jewish Law. He works with people from all walks of life and helps them in their search for greater happiness, meaning, business advice on saving money, and spiritual engagement. Love Yehuda Lave Join my blog by sending me an email to YehudaLave@gmail.com 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. Religious female soldier speaks out: 'I never compromised' At a Knesset session, a female religious combat paramedic shared the challenges she faced during her mixed-gender service, but stressed that it is possible to maintain a religious lifestyle. https://www.israelnationalnews... 13 Dazzling Facts About Jews and Jewels By Yehuda Altein https://link.chabad.org/go.asp... Coca-Cola Israel fined 17.7 million shekels by Competition Authority The Israel Competition Authority fined The Central Bottling Company, which owns Coca-Cola Israel and Tara Dairy, for instructing retailers to promote its products, intervening in Tara dairy prices and making prohibited payments, though the fine was significantly reduced Coca-Cola Israel fined 17.7 million shekels by Competition Authority Archaeologists identify elders in Iron Age Israel through household artifacts New Bar-Ilan University research sheds light on the daily lives, status, and household roles of older adults more than 2,700 years ago -- a group long overlooked in archaeology. https://www.israelnationalnews... Those we have lost Stories of civilians and soldiers killed since Hamas's onslaught on Israel on October 7, 2023 Every day you can look at another victim and send him/her prayers Those we have lost | The Times of Israel Categories Civilians IDF Israel Defense Forces soldiers and reservists Police officers Israel Police and Border Police officers First responders Local security team members, firefighters and medics Supernova festival Those who attended the Supernova or Psyduck festivals Foreigners Foreign workers, tourists and students See you Sunday bli neder. Shabbat Shalom We need Mashiach now! What is disliked by you, don't do to others. Be nice and kind and smile! Love Yehuda Lave If you have any comments or questions for me, please don't hit reply as I won't get it, write to me at Yehudalave@gmail.com The Portion of Ki Tisa The portion of Ki Tisa relates the terrible sin of the Children of Israel- the sin of idolatry. The people await Moses' return from the top of Mt. Sinai. When he doesn't return they turn to Aaron and convince him to make the Golden Calf. G-d tells Moses to descend from the mountain "because your people have become corrupt". Moses descends, smashes the tablets of the covenant and is commanded to kill the sinners. This event is so difficult that whenever evil overtakes the Jewish people it is considered to be part of the punishment for the sin of the Golden Calf. As Rashi comments "that we never have a directive which is not in some way connected to the incident of the Golden Calf, as it is written " And on the day when I will give the order" (Exodus 32;34)." And once again we find an expression of pain in the Torah where throughout the entire length we find the letter "vav" bending on top and on the bottom (some were erased by proofreaders but most remain to remind us of the seriousness of the sin). The punishment is also joined to the fact that the Almighty will not accept the prayers of the people, as it is written in Lamentations 3;8 "Even when I call out and cry for help He shuts out my prayer." This punishment is expressed in the unique form of the letter "kuf", in accordance with the words of the Rokeiach that a closed "kuf" alludes to the fact that they will not be able to withstand their enemies. Yehuda Lave, Spiritual Advisor and Counselor Jerusalem, Jerusalem  Israel 972-585043210 YehudaLave@gmail.com You received this email because you signed up on our website or made a purchase from us. Unsubscribe