Darash Moshe (Devarim 25:17 Vol. I, pp. 415-6) Remember what Amalek did to you .. Don’t forget It is diffuicult to understand what is the need for us to remember the deeds of Amalek in our mouth and heart (Megila 18a) or what are we to do? However the verse (Shemos 27:20) “You are commanded to bring clear oil of beaten olives for lighting and not the dregs , for kindling lamps regularly” answers this. The Torah is revealing to us something very important. The fact is that every superstition and nonsensical belief in the world claims to bring light to the world and creates beautiful things to deceive and capture souls. And nonetheless because many do not accept them, they compel anyone they can, with sword and spear, to adopt their faith and creed as is well known from history. This is true in all times, with respect to both matters of faith and matters of ideology, past and present, and especially in Russia and Germany Thus force is the dregs of their illumination. Ultimately, all that is left is wickedness, not the ideology. So what need do they have for the ideology once they have swords and spears? In the end, only the sword and spear remain, while the light is completely extinguished, as we saw especially in places such as Germany and Russia. Because the coercion is mixed with ideology some might mistakenly think that coercion is itself illuminating and that there is no need for ideology. as we saw in Germany and Russia. Therefore,no government should accept one single faith or one single ideology, because ultimately only the power will remain, without an ideology, and this leads to destruction, as we see with our very eyes …You might mistakenly think that this advice applies also to Torah since our nation is to be directed solely by Torah. That is hinted at by the verse in Shemos that illumination is to be only from pure oil and not the dregs which symbolize coercion. It is only as a wise and understanding nation do we influence the world as we saw in the times of Dovid and Shlomo when many goyim converted solely from the love of G-d and Torah because it is forbidden to convert through force.
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Senate GOP closes in on passing Trump’s tax bill, but holdouts remain
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/30/senate-trump-tax-bill/
Senate Republicans inched toward passing their massive tax and immigration bill Monday, working through the evening to win over the final holdouts as they seek to deliver the first major legislative victory of President Donald Trump’s second term.
Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act would extend tax cuts passed in 2017, enact campaign promises such as no tax on tips, spend hundreds of billions of dollars on immigration enforcement and defense, and slash spending on social benefit programs.
The $3.3 trillion legislation survived a brief GOP revolt over the weekend to allow the chamber to move forward with debate on the measure — but its passage remains far from certain.
Tucker Carlson and the new country club antisemitism
https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/bk72ivwnex
There’s a new kind of antisemite in America. He doesn’t wear a swastika. He wears a sports coat. He sips whiskey, quotes Churchill out of context and claims to love Israel—until Israel fights back. His name is Tucker Carlson, and he just exposed the true soul of the MAGA far-right: sanitized, smiling and full of contempt for Jewish sovereignty.
Senior Trump official: Israel’s border agreements ‘are all illusions’
A senior Trump administration official described Israel’s modern borders as being drawn along “illusory” lines during wide-ranging remarks in which he also raised doubt about the survival of some Middle Eastern nation-states, blamed Europe for carving up the region over the past decade and offered praise for the Ottoman Empire.
The official made the remarks during a background briefing discussing President Trump signing an executive order on Monday lifting sanctions on Syria, and the administration’s efforts to establish diplomatic ties between the new Syrian government and Israel.
Trump Tries to Issue a Pardon—in Israel
President Trump has taken up a new cause: the Benjamin Netanyahu innocence project. “It is a POLITICAL WITCH HUNT, very similar to the Witch Hunt that I was forced to endure,” he wrote on Truth Social on Saturday, one of three posts against the Israeli Prime Minister’s trial, which has dragged on since 2020. “LET BIBI GO, HE’S GOT A BIG JOB TO DO!”
But the workings of Israel’s overactive legal system and domestic politics aren’t within a U.S. President’s purview. We doubt Mr. Trump is familiar with the details of the Netanyahu case, nor should he be. It isn’t America’s place to say, as Mr. Trump has, that “Bibi Netanyahu’s trial should be CANCELLED, IMMEDIATELY,” or to threaten, “We are not going to stand for this” after mentioning U.S. military aid. That aid furthers a strategic purpose, as all the world saw this June in Iran, not a political one.
Now you can smell like Trump as president hawks perfume
The scent of ‘confidence, beauty, and unstoppable determination’ is just one star in a galaxy of products Donald Trump has advertised using the megaphone of the US presidency
Not content with stamping his name on sneakers, bibles, guitars, and cryptocurrency, the 45th and 47th president of the United States now wants you to buy his new perfume.
"Trump Fragrances are here. They're called 'Victory 45-47' because they're all about Winning, Strength, and Success — for men and women," announced President Donald Trump on his own social network Truth Social on Monday evening.
"Get yourself a bottle, and don't forget to get one for your loved ones too. Enjoy, have fun, and keep winning!"
Trump says no enriched uranium moved out of Fordo, as debate over strikes’ impact goes on
US defense chief also says he’s seen no intel that stockpile was removed, contrary to claims by European officials; UN atomic agency head: Fordo centrifuges ‘no longer operational’