High Court grants further delay in razing of West Bank Bedouin village

 https://www.timesofisrael.com/high-court-grants-further-delay-in-razing-of-west-bank-bedouin-village/

In 2018, the Supreme Court approved the demolition of the village, which is located not far from Ma’ale Adumim and is believed to be home to fewer than 200 Bedouin residents. Since 2018, the government led by then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has requested a series of delays in the demolition, the latest of which came in November 2020 in response to the Regavim petition.

US government will run out of money by October 18, Treasury secretary says

 https://edition.cnn.com/2021/09/28/economy/debt-ceiling-deadline-yellen/index.html

 Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned lawmakers that the federal government will likely run out of cash and extraordinary measures by October 18 unless Congress raises the debt ceiling.

The new estimate from Yellen raises the risk that the United States could default on its debt in a matter of weeks if Washington fails to act. A default would likely be catastrophic, tanking markets and the economy, and delaying payments to millions of Americans.

"It is uncertain whether we could continue to meet all the nation's commitments after that date," Yellen wrote in a letter, adding the projection is based on estimated tax payments.

Trump lies again says Biden “didn’t win in Arizona. He lost in Arizona based on the forensic audit.”

 https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/28/donald-trump/trump-falsely-describes-arizona-audit-findings/

 Arizona state Senate Republicans ordered a review of 2 million ballots in Maricopa County. The review found that Joe Biden beat Donald Trump in Maricopa County by about 45,000 votes. That number was virtually the same as the county’s official canvass.

'No major incidents of illegal activity': DHS told Pentagon as pro-Trump mob breached Capitol

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/28/dhs-pentagon-jan-6-capitol-riot-514527 

 On Jan. 6, more than 30 minutes after the first attackers breached barricades erected to protect the Capitol, the Department of Homeland Security sent an incongruous update to the Pentagon.

“There are no major incidents of illegal activity at this time," read an internal Army email sent to senior leaders at 1:40 p.m. that day, referring to an update the service had just received from DHS’s National Operations Center (NOC).

THE KIDDUSH CLUB by Amudim

Kiddush Club Is Not the Problem

 https://mishpacha.com/kiddush-club-is-not-the-problem/

 How are we still discussing banning alcohol when edibles are getting hechshers? A communal event without alcohol is unheard of. Rabbis ply congregants with alcohol, high school rebbeim knowingly look the other way (at best) as their students drink and vape. Can we afford not to counter these confusing messages in our communal spaces?

(Tuesdays with) Morrie Schwartz: Lessons on Living, Ted Koppel Nightline Interview

Can Angels Sin?

 https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1055341/jewish/Can-Angels-Sin.htm

 At first glance the answer seems simple enough. After all, did we not receive the Torah precisely because angels cannot sin? As Moses retorted in his winning argument to the angels during his epic debate in heaven over who should receive the Torah. "It is written in the Torah 'Thou shall not murder,' 'Thou shall not commit adultery,' 'Thou shall not steal.'" Moses said. "Is there jealousy among you!? Do you have an evil inclination!? Obviously the Torah is not meant for you."

Bereishis Rabbah (50:9) 9. AND THE MEN SAID TO LOT... FOR WE WILL DESTROY THIS PLACE (XIX, 13). R. Levi said in R. Nahman's name: Because the ministering angels revealed God's secret, they were banished from their precincts a hundred and thirty-eight years. R. Tanhuma expressed it in the word .kelah. R. Hama b. Hanina said: [They were punished] because they expressed themselves boastfully,

 

Behind Tucker Carlson’s white replacement rhetoric, a frightening antisemitic history

 https://forward.com/culture/467965/behind-tucker-carlsons-white-replacement-rhetoric-a-frightening/?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_2918892

 That prompted Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, to take the rare step of calling for Carlson’s removal in a letter to Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott.

“At ADL, we believe in dialogue and giving people a chance to redeem themselves, but Carlson’s full-on embrace of the white supremacist replacement theory on yesterday’s show and his repeated allusions to racist themes in past segments are a bridge too far,” Greenblatt wrote.

Carlson’s comments are far from original. His invocation of “importing a brand-new electorate” was originally “le grand remplacement,” the title of a 2011 book by Renaud Camus—no relation to Albert Camus.

Making of a Godol

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Number of intubated coronavirus patients tops 200

 https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/313954

Children under 11 years of age constituted 40% of this week's new coronavirus cases, and on Thursday it was reported that the positivity rate among students is 6.1% - higher than that of the general population.

COVID: Overcrowded and short on ECMOs, Israeli hospitals are in crisis

 https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/coronavirus/covid-who-shall-live-and-who-shall-die-israels-hospitals-in-crisis-analysis-680178

 The majority (about 40) of the country’s “heart-lung machines” are being used by unvaccinated COVID-19 patients. According to hospital staff, when about six or seven more patients are put on ECMO machines, hospitals will be forced to turn away others who need them.

Battle for cable car crash survivor reaches court

 https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/313892

First hearing on guardianship of Eitan Biran, sole survivor of Italy cable car crash, held in Tel Aviv court on Thursday.

FALL OF ANGELS:

 https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/5998-fall-of-angels

But it is especially Samḥazai and Azael of whom the fall is narrated. In Targ. Pseudo-Jonathan to Gen. vi. 4 they appear as the "nefilim" (A. V. "giants"), undoubtedly in consequence of an incorrect interpretation of this word as "those that fell from heaven." The story of these two angels is found in brief form in Yalḳ., Gen. 44; it has been published by Jellinek ("B. H." iv. 127; originally in Midrash Abkir; comp. Rashi, Yoma 67b; Geiger, "Was Hat Mohammed aus dem Judenthume Aufgenommen?" p. 107).