Shulchan Arukh (Yoreh De'ah 116:5) One must refrain from putting coins in one's mouth, lest it's covered with dried saliva of those afflicted with boils. He should not put the palm of his hand in his arm pit, lest his hand touched a metzorah or a harmful poison. He should not put a loaf of bread under his armpit, because of the sweat. He should not put a cooked item or drinks under the bed, since an evil spirit rests on them. He should not stick a knife in an esrog or a radish, lest one fall on its edge and die. Hagah: Similarly, he should be careful of all things that cause danger, because danger is stricter than transgressions, and one should be more careful with an uncertain danger than with an uncertain issur. They also prohibited to go in a dangerous place, such as under a leaning wall, or alone at night. They also prohibited to drink water from rivers at night or to put one's mouth on a stream of water and drink, because these matters have a concern of danger. It is the widespread custom not to drink water during the equinox, and the early ones wrote this and it is not to be changed. They also wrote to flee from the city when a plague is in the city, and one should leave at the beginning of the plague and not at the end. And all of these things are because of the danger, and a person who guards his soul will distance himself from them and it is prohibited to rely on a miracle in all of these matters.
Saturday, April 30, 2022
Panic at the airport as US family tries to board plane with souvenir artillery shell
Pence Refusing to Get in Secret Service Car on Jan. 6 'Chilling': Raskin
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Friday, April 29, 2022
Demons
Bamidbar Rabbah (12:03) R. Simeon b. Yohai further said: The Holy One, blessed be He, gave Israel at Sinai a weapon upon which the Ineffable Name was written. Thou shalt not be afraid of the terror by night (Ps. XCI, 5), namely of Igrath, daughter of Mahalath, and her chariot, and of any of the demons who hold sway at night. Nor of the arrow that flieth by day (ib.). R. Berekiah explained that there is a kind of demon who flies through the air like a bird, and darts like an arrow. What will deliver you from him? The act of sending away the mother bird from a nest when you wish to take the young; for in accordance with this it is written above, ‘He will deliver thee from the snare of the fowler’ and ‘snare’ cannot but allude to a bird; as is borne out by the context which says, Will a bird fall in a snare upon the earth? (Amos III, 5). Now it says, If a bird's nest chance to be before thee... thou shalt in any wtse let the dam go... that it may be well with thee (Deut. XXII, 6 f.).3 Of the pestilence that walketh in darkness (Ps. XCI, 6) implies that if a man's deeds are in the dark the pestilence gains mastery over him. In a like strain it says, Before Him goeth the pestilence, and fiery bolts go forth at his feet (Hab. III, 5). So here too it says, Of the pestilence that walketh in the darkness. Nor of t/ze destruction (keteb) that wasteth at noonday (Ps. Ioc. cit.). Our Rabbis explain that ‘keteb’ is a demon. And why was he called keteb’?’ R. Abba son of Kahana said: Because he breaks into the daily studies from the beginning of four hours of the day to the end of nine.8. Levi said: Because he robs pupils of their noonday lessons from the end of four hours to the beginning of nine hours. He holds sway neither in the shade nor in the sun but between the shade and the sun. His head is like that of a calf and a horn grows out from the centre of his forehead, and he rolls like a pitcher. R. Huna, in the name of R. Joseph, said: ‘Keteb meriri’ is in form covered with scales, hairy all over, and full of eyes. And, said R. Simeon b. Lakish, he has one eye set in his heart, and anyone who sees him can never survive, whether it be man or beast. Anyone who sees him drops down dead. ‘Meriri’ holds sway during the period between the seventeenth of Tammuz and the ninth of Ab. Hezekiah saw him and dropped down on his face and died. R. Phinehas the priest said: It is related that one saw him and was stricken with epilepsy They reported that Judah b. R. Samuel saw him and did not drop down. Nevertheless, it is reported that he died. R. Abbahu was once sitting and studying in a certain synagogue in Caesarea. He noticed one man pursuing another having in his hand a rod with which he wished to strike the other He [R. Abbahu] saw that a demon also followed after the same man having in his hand an iron rod. R. Abbahu went out and followed the pursuing man and said to him: ' Do not strike him, lest he die! ' Said the other: ‘Master! Can he die by this?’ He answered: ‘There is a demon following behind you, and he has an iron rod in his hand. If you strike him with this and he strikes him with that he will die.’ R. Johanan used to tell teachers of Scripture and of Mishnah not to lift the strap against the children on these days. R. Samuel b. R. Isaac used to tell teachers of Scripture and of Mishnah to dismiss the children after four hours on these days. A thousand shall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand (Ps. XCI,7) tefillin, it is written, ‘A thousand shall fall at thy side’; for a thousand angels have been placed there to protect him. Of the right hand, however, which has control over many commandments, it says, ‘ Ten thousand at thy right hand’; myriads of angels are charged with the care of it R. Hanina son of R. Abbahu expounded- The text does not read, ‘Shall be delivered unto thee but ‘Shall fall’, as much as to say: If a thousand demons come against thee, they will fall at the side which has charge of one commandment, and if a myriad demons come, they will fall at the side which is in charge of many commandments. It is the usual practice in this world that if a person is entrusted to the care of a thousand men it is his duty to feed them. Why? Because they are assigned to him for the purpose of protecting him. The Holy One, blessed be He, however, assigns to a man a thousand angels to be on his left side and ten thousand on his right for his w elfare and for the purpose of protecting him, yet He shall not come nigh thee (ib.) with the request that you should feed them. Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold (ib. 8) thy prosperity, And see the recompense of the wicked (ib.); you will see how the Holy One, blessed be He, will requite the wicked for their deeds. For Thou, O Lord, art my refuge; Thou hast made the most high Thy habitation (ib. 9). R. Hanina expounded: Israel said to the Holy One, blessed be He: ‘Thou givest the Torah to us here below, but causest Thy Shechinah to abide on high.’ Thus the meaning of the text, ' For Thou, O Lord, art my refuge ' is, ' Thou hast given us Thy Torah’; and ‘Hast made the most high Thy habitation ’ means, ‘But Thou hast made Thy abode in the high heavens.’ There shall no evil befall thee (ib. 1O). This accords with the text, There shall be no mischief befall the righteous (Prov. XII, 21). Neither shall any plague come nighthy tent (Ps. loc. cit.). R. Johanan expounded: Before the Tabernacle had been erected the demons were wont to vex mankind in this world. From the moment when the Tabernacle was erected, and the Shechinah took up its residence here below, the demons were exterminated from the world. Thus the text, ‘Neither shall any plague come nigh thy tent’ alludes to the Tent of Meeting. Said R. Simeon b. Lakish: What need for you to trouble with the book of Psalms? Surely, there is nothing wanting in the original1 context, which reads The Lord bless thee, and keep thee (Num. VI, 24), i.e. from the demons. When would that be? IT CAME TO PASS ON THE DAY THAT MOSES HAD MADE AN END (KALLOTH) OF SETTING UP THE TABERNACLE. What is the signification of KALLOTH? It denotes that the demons were exterminated (kallu) from the world.
Exercise is good for joints with wear-and-tear arthritis
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What the Science Says About the Health Benefits of Vitamins and Supplements
https://time.com/6171584/are-vitamins-supplements-healthy/
DeSantis aims at Disney and hits Florida's taxpayers
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/desantis-aims-disney-hits-florida-s-taxpayers-n1294756
Don't throw away your mask just yet: Experts weight in on pros of discarded mandate
https://www.ynetnews.com/health_science/article/hk285jmsc
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Strauss expands recall to all products made at factory where salmonella first found
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-april-27-2022/
Health Ministry launches polio vaccination campaign for children, teens
https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-705152
Tuesday, April 26, 2022
Drinking water at night?
Avoda Zara (12b) Our Rabbis taught: One should not drink water in the night; if he does drink his blood is on his head, for it is dangerous. What danger is there? The danger of Shabriri. But if he be thirsty, how can he put things right? — If there is another person with him, he should wake him and say: ‘I am a thirst for water’. If not, let him knock with the lid on the jug and say to himself: ‘Thou [giving his name] the son of [naming his mother], thy mother hath warned thee to guard thyself against Shabriri, briri, riri, iri, ri, which prevail in blind vessels.’
Cleveland rabbi arrested for soliciting an investigator who posed as an underage boy online
https://forward.com/news/500182/cleveland-rabbi-stephen-weiss-arrested-soliciting-minor/
The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, the movement with which Weiss and B’nai Jeshurun are affiliated, launched an investigation into sexual harassment in its youth program last August after the Times of Israel reported three people came forward with claims against a former counselor with the program, known as United Synagogue Youth. The Union for Reform Judaism released the findings of a similar investigation in February, finding alarming incidents of sexual harassment at several of its summer camps.
Chocolate leaves stores as Strauss reports salmonella contamination
https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-705019
Outcry after Women’s Day magazine appoints a ‘rabbi in residence’ and chooses a man
Monday, April 25, 2022
The 'Lebanese Groom' arrives in Israel
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326341
Sunday, April 24, 2022
Pam Shriver had ‘traumatic’ relationship with 50-year-old coach when she was 17
Fallen angels?
Yoma (67b) The School of R. Ishmael taught: Azazel —it was so called because it obtains atonement for the affair of Uza and Aza'el.-
Rashi (Yoma 67b) עוזא ועזאל -
מלאכי חבלה שירדו לארץ בימי נעמה אחות תובל קין ועליהם נאמר ויראו בני האלהים את
בנות האדם (בראשית ו׳:ב׳) כלומר על העריות
מכפר:
Maharsha (Yoma 67b) עזא ועזאל
כו'. פרש"י מלאכי חבלה שירדו כו' ועליהן נאמר ויראו בני האלהים את בנות וגו'
ע"ש וכה"ג פרש"י במס' נדה פ' האשה גבי סיחון ועוג אחי הוו בני
שמחזאי כו' וקרא נקט הני שאפשר שהם היו עיקר:
Ritva (Yoma 67b) על מעשה עזה
ועזאל. פרש״י ז״ל שני מלאכי חבלה שירדו לארץ בימי נעמה אחות תובל קין ועליהם נאמר
ויראו בני האלקים את בנות האדם ע״כ. ולזה רמז הרמב״ן ז״ל בפי׳ התורה שלו במה שכתב
הנפילים היו בארץ שאמר ז״ל שהענין ההוא מתפרש במסכת יומא:
Otzar Medrashim אגדת עוזא ועזאל
נזכרת בגמרא בשם דבי ר׳ ישמעאל אמרו, עזאזל היא שעיר המשתלח מכפר על מעשה עוזא
ועזאל (יומא ס״ז:), ופירש״י מלאכי חבלה שירדו לארץ בימי נעמה אחות תובל קין ועליהם
נאמר ויראו בני האלהים אה בנות האדם כי טובות הנה וגו', כלומר על העריות מכפר.
ועזאל הוא קיצור מעזאזל, והוא מדרש בדברים רבה (בסוף): אמרה (נשמה של משה) לפניו,
רבש״ע מֵאֵצֶל שכינתך ממרום ירדו שני מלאכים עוזא ועזאל וחמדו בנות ארצות והשחיתו
דרכם על הארץ עד שתלית אותן בין הארץ לרקיע (עי׳ זהר בראשית נ״ה ע״א). ושעיר
העזאזל בא לכפר על מעשי עוזא ועזאל שהיו מתעים בני אדם בתאות המשגל והעריות, ואפשר
שזה הטעם שקורין פרשת עריות ביוה״כ למנחה. במדרש אבכיר נזכרת האגדה בשם שמחזאי
ועזאל, והובאה גם בילקוט שמעוני על הפסוק ויראו בני האלהים וגו׳.
Saturday, April 23, 2022
Madison Cawthorn photos reveal him wearing women’s lingerie in public setting
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/22/madison-cawthorn-photos-00027286
Cawthorn, who was paralyzed from the waist down as a passenger in a car accident in Florida in 2014, in recent months has called Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “thug,” suggested teetotaling Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has a drinking problem, and racked up a collection of traffic transgressions including speeding, driving with expired tags and driving with a revoked license. He has court dates in May and June.
Kuzari wasn't familiar with Yerushalmi?
אמת ליעקב ויקרא פרק טז פסוק יז
עיין תוס' מנחות [דף ק"ט ע"ב ד"ה נזדמן וכו'] שהביאו מהירושלמי ד"וכל אדם" היינו אפילו המלאכים [וע"כ צריך לפרש הכי שהרי כל עבודות היום הן בכה"ג, וא"כ אסור לכל אדם להכנס בכדי לאהל מועד4], והרי מוכח מכאן שהמלאכים מצויין היו בבית המקדש. ועיין בכוזרי [מ"א סי' ק"ט] שחפשו הקול יהודה והאוצר נחמד מקור למה שכתב כי השכינה והמלאכים היו ביניהם, ולא מצאו סמך מפורש בנוגע למלאכים, ולפמש"כ שפיר מוכח מהירושלמי הנ"ל, והוא מוכרח מהמקרא, ודו"ק.
Matt Gaetz Mulls Jim Jordan as New GOP Leader Following McCarthy Audio Leak
https://www.newsweek.com/matt-gaetz-jim-jordan-gop-leader-kevin-mccarthy-donald-trump-1700297
Representative Matt Gaetz appeared to mull Representative Jim Jordan as a possible replacement for House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy following the release of audio where McCarthy said he was considering advising then-President Donald Trump to resign.
Thursday, April 21, 2022
Turn the other cheek?
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Jared Kushner’s Saudi Scam Is the Swampiest Thing He’s Ever Done
https://newrepublic.com/article/166137/jared-kushner-mbs-saudi-corruption
Corruption
Tuesday, April 19, 2022
Putin demands Russia gain control of Jerusalem church as promised
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-704490
Left-wing Jewish American orgs. blast Biden admin. for serving wine from Israeli settlement
https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/article-704528
Dr Ariel Muzicant and Schlesinger twins
Von: HelpBeth Supporter
Bat Sheva Marcus resigns from seminary board in wake of harassment allegations
Monday, April 18, 2022
Behind new film ‘Operation Mincemeat,’ the true story of WWII’s greatest deception
Sunday, April 17, 2022
United Arab List to suspend cooperation with Bennett government
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326003
The Islamic council which provides spiritual leadership for the Southern Islamic Movement and the United Arab List has instructed the party to halt all cooperation with the Bennett government, citing law enforcement efforts against Arab rioters on the Temple Mount.
The council held an emergency meeting Sunday afternoon after one of its leaders, Sheikh Mohammad Salameh Hassan, demanded the UAL party bolt the coalition and bring down the government.
At the urging of party chief MK Mansour Abbas, the council did not insist on the UAL’s immediate departure from the coalition, but instead instructed the faction to cease all cooperation with the government for the time being.
The meeting was called amid heavy pressure on the party from within the Southern Islamic Movement to bolt the government over the use of police forces to break up Arab rioting on the Temple Mount, including the insertion of Border Police officers to the Al Aqsa Mosque, after hundreds of rioters barricaded themselves inside the building last Friday.
Even some supporters of Abbas within the party have begun to express doubts about the UAL’s continued presence in the coalition.
Arab rioters stone buses en route to Western Wall
The truth behind Joe Biden's GHOST handshake may not be that 'demented' at all
https://meaww.com/joe-biden-ghost-handshake-demented-truth
Fact check: No, Biden didn't shake hands with thin air; wasn't confused [see full clip]
How did Russian oligarchs get their wealth?
https://www.jpost.com/jerusalem-report/article-704153
Saturday, April 16, 2022
Redemption from Egypt by G-d or angel?
It is a clear message in the Haggada that the redemption was done by G-d and not an angel - but that seems to be contradicted by the Torah
Bamidbar (20:16) And when we cried to the Lord, he
heard our voice, and sent an angel, and has brought us out of Egypt; and,
behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the edge of your border;)
Rashi (Bamidbar 20:16) A MESSENGER (or an angel) — This was Moses;
Why Jared Kushner’s Saudi Arabian money is impossible to defend
Friday, April 15, 2022
‘The lunacy is getting more intense’: how Birds Aren’t Real took on the conspiracy theorists
McCarthy faces grumbles from right over Biden impeachment remarks
Thursday, April 14, 2022
Rabbinical court fines female divorce refuser despite her ultimately approving move
The Jerusalem Rabbinical Court recently ordered a woman who refused to divorce her cancer-stricken husband despite his pleas for three years to pay a fine of hundreds of thousands of shekels.
Although details of the case have not been made public, this is likely the first incident of a rabbinical court fining a female divorce refuser. The court first ordered the woman to pay a weekly 1,250 shekel (around $400) fine eight months ago until she agreed to a divorce.
Communications Minister: Kosher phone lines to be barred from blocking non-kosher content
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/325862
Despite multiple efforts made by representatives of the haredi community, Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel has decided to cancel a central feature of kosher phone lines, barring them from blocking access to content that the haredi community finds reprehensible. Access for those under the age of 18 will be partially restricted, Ministry sources say, although details are not forthcoming.
Why does NYC still honor two French Nazi collaborators? - opinion
ISIS terrorist believed responsible for string of murders
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/325863
Women eating children
Moshiach
Sefer Chasidim (206)
If you see that someone is obsessed with the time of the coming of Moshiach you should know he is involved with magic or demons or the use of G-d’s name so that it should be revealed to him . However because they are disturbing the angels he will endup disgraced and shamed before the whole world
Laura Ingraham Says Donald Trump's Endorsement of Dr. Oz is a 'Mistake'
Pioneering Orthodox sex therapist accused of harassment
‘Father unknown’: A dread biblical status leads to modern problems
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Jared Kushner may have an ethics problem – to the tune of $90m
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner made millions in Washington. But at what cost?
Kushner Companies
Timeline on Jared Kushner, Qatar, 666 Fifth Avenue, and White House Policy
'They Made Me More Dangerous': Frank James Blames NY Mayor for Breakdown
https://www.newsweek.com/they-made-me-more-dangerous-frank-james-blames-ny-mayor-breakdown-1697466
Tuesday, April 12, 2022
JARED KUSHNER’S REAL-ESTATE FIRM SOUGHT MONEY DIRECTLY FROM QATAR GOVERNMENT WEEKS BEFORE BLOCKADE
https://theintercept.com/2018/03/02/jared-kushner-real-estate-qatar-blockade/
Jared Kushner’s hidden genius? To make terrible decisions – yet keep failing upwards
How the Kushner Family’s Real Estate Fumble May Entangle Trump’s White House
https://fortune.com/2017/09/02/jared-kushner-5th-avenue-conflict-donald-trump/
JARED KUSHNER CEMENTS HIS STATUS AS THE WORLD’S WORST REAL-ESTATE DEVELOPER
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/10/jared-kushner-worlds-worst-real-estate-developer