Happy June 19th, Black Independence Day in the US & IDF reservists created 150 new startups during last year, innovation program reveals & 11 Facts About the Little-Known Jews of Cuba By Yehuda Altein & Eight-year-old boy finds 1,700-year-old statuette fragment while hiking in Negev & 10 Priceless Ancient Landmarks We Have Lost Forever & with those we have lost & The Portion of ChukatThe Second Red Sea Miracle

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 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 Happy June 19th independence day in the US --see below Juneteenth, officially Juneteenth National Independence Day, is a federal holiday in the United States. It is celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. The holiday's name, first used in the 1890s, is a portmanteau of June and nineteenth, referring to June 19, 1865, the day when Major General Gordon Granger ordered the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas at the end of the American Civil War.[8][9] During the Civil War period, slavery came to an end in various areas of the United States at different times. Many enslaved Southerners escaped, demanded wages, stopped work, or took up arms against the Confederacy of slave states. In January 1865, Congress proposed the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution for the national abolition of slavery. By June 1865, almost all of the enslaved population had been freed by the victorious Union Army or by state abolition laws. When the national abolition amendment was ratified in December, the remaining enslaved people in Delaware and Kentucky were freed. Early Juneteenth celebrations date back to 1866, at first involving church-centered community gatherings in Texas. They spread across the South among newly freed African-Americans and their descendants and became more commercialized in the 1920s and 1930s, often centering on a food festival. Participants in the Great Migration brought these celebrations to the rest of the country. During the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, Juneteenth celebrations were eclipsed by the nonviolent determination to achieve civil rights, but they grew in popularity again in the 1970s, with a focus on African-American freedom and African-American arts. Beginning with Texas by proclamation in 1938, and by legislation in 1979, every U.S. state and the District of Columbia has formally recognized the holiday in some way. Juneteenth was recognized as a federal holiday in 2021, when the 117th U.S. Congress enacted and President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law. Juneteenth became the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was adopted in 1983.[10] Juneteenth is also celebrated by the Mascogos, descendants of Black Seminoles who escaped from slavery in 1852 and settled in Coahuila, Mexico.[11] 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. IDF reservists created 150 new startups during last year, innovation program reveals 18x Elite Impact revealed that its participants, all IDF reservists and veterans, created 150 startups and raised $15 million in investment. IDF reservists created 150 new startups during 2025, 18x Elite Impact reveals | The Jerusalem Post 18X Elite Impact expert network of investors and business leaders from left to right: Avigail Levine - 18X Elite Impact, Roy Gat - Schesto Ventures, Renana Ashkenazi - Grove Ventures, Shira Eting - Vintage Investment Partners, Nadir Izrael – Armis(photo credit: Benny Rotlevy 11 Facts About the Little-Known Jews of Cuba By Yehuda Altein 11 Facts About the Little-Known Jews of Cuba - Chabad.org Shevet Achim synagogue was founded in 1914. Eight-year-old boy finds 1,700-year-old statuette fragment while hiking in Negev Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologist says the artifact might depict Roman god Jupiter By Rossella Tercatin Eight-year-old boy finds 1,700-year-old statuette fragment while hiking in Negev | The Times of Israel Eight-year-old Dor Wolynitz finds a 1700-year-old figurine fragment while hiking in the Negev with his family, in a discovery announced by the Israel Antiquities Authority on May 11, 2026. (Emil Aladjem/Israel Antiquities Authority) 10 Priceless Ancient Landmarks We Have Lost Forever These lost ancient landmarks represent the height of human achievement. Uncover the dramatic stories of how they were erased from existence. 10 Priceless Ancient Landmarks We Have Lost Forever | TheCollector 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 Chukat The Second Red Sea Miracle Once again the Children of Israel find themselves ready to enter the Promised Land- this time at the end of 40 years of wandering decreed upon them as a result of the sin of the spies. But their complaints continue- this time concerning the lack of water. Moses gets angry, doesn't follow G-d's instructions and is punished by not being able to enter the Land of Israel. The complaints repeat themselves time after time: "Why have you brought the congregation of the Lord to this desert so that we and our livestock should die there? Why have you taken us out of Egypt to bring us to this evil place; it is not a place for seeds, or for fig trees, grapevines, or pomegranate trees, and there is no water to drink." (Numbers 20;4-5) In the midst of this troublesome situation we find a ray of light emanating from behind the dark clouds: "Concerning this it is told in the account of the Wars of the Lord, "What He gave at the Sea of] Reeds and the streams of Arnon." (Numbers 21;14) The Torah tells us of the great miracle which took place by the stream of Arnon, a miracle as great as that which transpired at the Red Sea following the exodus from Egypt. The Emorites and the Moabites had planned to ambush the Children of Israel on their way to the Land of Israel. The Arnon stream formed a narrow and high crevice beneath which the Children of Israel were to pass. The two tribes positioned themselves on either side of the crevice, planning to shower the Israelites with rocks and boulders as they tried to pass. But then a miracle happened. As the Israelites passed the two sides of the mountain closed behind them and crushed those waiting in ambush. The Children of Israel continued their journey, totally unaware of what had just transpired above their heads. It was only after they emerged from the wadi did they see the stream full of blood and objects belonging to the enemy tribes. And it is because of this that the Children of Israel started to sing: " Then Israel sang this song: "'Ascend, O well,' sing to it! " (Numbers 21;17) This amazing story which compares the miracle of the stream of Arnon to that of the Red Sea is alluded to in the curvature of the letter "pai" in the word "sufa" which in itself is an allusion to the Red Sea (Sea of Reeds). Here is a Dry Bones cartoon from 2013 on trying to stop a nuclear armed Iran. Sadly, not a lot has changed. 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