tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186734097245460670.post4401846425515126596..comments2024-03-08T23:57:17.923+02:00Comments on Achas L'Maala V'Sheva L'Matta: What the Earliest "Bloggers" are Saying about the Situation in GazaYechezkel Hirshmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18417734718880643428noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186734097245460670.post-19669365243743820042009-01-19T13:48:00.000+02:002009-01-19T13:48:00.000+02:00The war Israel if fighting is far from over. The r...The war Israel if fighting is far from over. The real battle, for Israel's right to exist and prosper and for a safer Middle East for our children to grow up in, is yet to be fought. This battle will not be fought in the streets of Gaza but in the halls of the UN and the White House. To win this battle we need a strong government, resolved to do the best for Israel and its citizens. <BR/><BR/>This is a crucial election where in the fate of the country will be decided. If you want a strong, right-wing government determined to defend Israel's NATIONAL interests, we invite you to participate in a unique, unprecedented event Yisrael Beytenu will be holding this Thursday, January 22nd at the Shalom Hotel in Bayit Vegan, for the English speaking community. Key figures such as Dr. Uzi Landau, Ambassador Danny Ayalon and Adv. David Rotem will speak about the policies and platform of Yisrael Beytenu.<BR/><BR/>As a party with a history of attracting new immigrants, Yisrael Beytenu has identified the English-speaking community as one of its key constituencies. As proof of this, former Ambassador to the U.S. Ayalon, until recently co-Chair of Nefesh B'Nefesh, was asked to head the Anglo division at Yisrael Beytenu. This stands in stark contradiction to most other political parties which do not assign such a high-profile figure or any significant resources for the Anglo community campaign.<BR/><BR/>If you wish to hear more about the party that's set to become, according to recent polls, the third largest party in the Knesset, about the party with the highest percentage of women likely to becomes MK's, which also has the highest Anglo on any of the major lists in Danny Hershtal, formerly of Toronto<BR/>Come meet out candidates: <BR/>Venue: Shalom Hotel, 22 Shacharai Street, Bayit Vegan, Jerusalem (Behind Shaarei Tzedek Hospital)<BR/><BR/>Date: Thursday, January 22th 2009, at 8:00 PM <BR/><BR/>For more information or if you wish to help get the word out, please contact us at beytenuanglo@gmail.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14669084912217521705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186734097245460670.post-37079759073573527422009-01-16T02:06:00.000+02:002009-01-16T02:06:00.000+02:00it is fairly easy to to kvetch *any* pasuk out of ...<I>it is fairly easy to to kvetch *any* pasuk out of context to any situation</I><BR/>I've actually put up a challenge on facebook and at various Shabbos tables: I can take any pasuk and turn it into a drasha about how you need to be a better person and learn more Torah. Just give me the verse and I'll make it into a mussar shmooze. [Preferably give the verse in English.]<BR/><BR/>A parody of this type of thinking:<BR/>http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=af07Baruchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08051421355654178857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186734097245460670.post-50641684942393211442009-01-15T11:26:00.000+02:002009-01-15T11:26:00.000+02:00Yasher kochacha that it is not the plain context. ...Yasher kochacha that it is not the plain context. Granted. And עזים ,in context, does not mean Gazans, either. <I><B>However</B></I>, when we move past "Pshat" into the realms of "drush" and "remez", context is not binding. The Talmud throughout makes hundreds (thousands?) of exegeses from pasukim which clearly do not match the context of "pshat". Just check the gemara in Brachos 8a that I quoted that brings about 5 opinions on the meaning of עת מצא . How many of these opinions (if any) fit the context of the kapitel?<BR/><BR/>Of course, I heartily concede that "remez" itself is an "inexact science" and that it must be taken with the proverbial grain of salt, especially when it eminates from Am-Haaratzdiga pretenders like me. I put a disclaimer in front of my book that readers are to evaluate my "drush" at their discretion. This applies in my blog, no less.<BR/><BR/>Best,<BR/><BR/>ChezkelYechezkel Hirshmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18417734718880643428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186734097245460670.post-80174195013142047932009-01-15T01:15:00.000+02:002009-01-15T01:15:00.000+02:00כי עזה עזובה תהיה ואשקלון לשממה אשדוד בצהרים יגרשו...כי עזה עזובה תהיה ואשקלון לשממה אשדוד בצהרים יגרשוה ועקרון תעקר<BR/><BR/>though you didn't innovate this, i thought i'd mention it to you...<BR/><BR/>read Rashi on that pasuk though, where the meaning is punishment of the Plishtim. it is fairly easy to to kvetch *any* pasuk out of context to any situation. just take the situation, and you have all of Tanach before you, and then pull a pasuk out of context and claim it is a prediction.<BR/><BR/>such is, IMHO, unfair to the prophets. they prophesied about something real that will come to pass when it does. they were not necessarily talking about the "current political situation."<BR/><BR/>KT,<BR/>JoshAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com