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▪️OPPOSITION LEADER MK YAIR LAPID.. Yesh Atid party, spotted in Washington, DC meeting with Barak Obama, after meeting with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.

.. Lapid to US Sec State Blinken: "Israel will not be able to recover from the bloody impact, 101 abductees have been in danger of their lives for 346 days. Don't let Hamas get away with evading returning hostages. We will provide a safety net (meaning the opposition votes will offset coalition parties who would vote against a deal) to bring the kidnapped home. No extremist parties will be allowed to overturn a deal within Israel.”

▪️POLITICAL RUMORS.. rumors and leaks continue to swirl over whether MK Sa’ar and his small opposition party, a break-away from Likud 5 years ago, will join the coalition.  The latest from the rumor mill: The security portfolio to Sa'ar - Minister in the Prime Minister's Office to MK Elkin - Deputy Foreign Minister to MK Sharan Hashakal - New Tikva party will be independent for now (will not immediately re-merge with Likud).

.. (Ch. 14) The details regarding Gideon Sa'ar are already closed.  Alternative source: The negotiations are close to closing, there are still a number of small issues remaining.  Another source: Sa'ar will have a veto on the promotion of legal reform.

.. (Ch. 14) Likud officials are preparing to thwart the return of Gideon Sa'ar to the government.

▪️AMMO THEFT.. Huge theft from an IDF base in the south - 18 containers with military equipment were broken into, a huge amount of ammunition was taken. (Ch. 14)

▪️ISRAEL RETURNS TERRORIST BODY.. to Jordan, from the Allenby crossing attack that killed 3 civilian workers.

▪️RED ON RED - JENIN.. Arab reports, the security forces of the Palestinian Authority, abducted and arrested tonight the senior Hamas operative in the Jenin Tha'er Lahluh Brigades, known as "Abu Sanad".  Violent gunfights broke out between Hamas and PA forces.

▪️TERROR WIFE?  Arab reports, the army arrested Abla Sa'adat tonight in the city of El Bira in Ramallah, the wife of the secretary of the Popular Front in the Territories, Ahmed Sa'adat, who has been imprisoned in Israel since October 2001 for his part in the murder of Minister רחבעם זאבי, hy”m

▪️HOUTHIS WARN.. against an attack against Yemen following the launch of the missile at Israel.

▪️HOUTHIS CLAIM.. "The US offered to recognize our rule in exchange for the cessation of attacks."

▪️US SEC DEFENSE TO ISRAEL.. Austin to Def. Min Gallant: Israel must give the talks (with Lebanon) time to succeed, escalation will have devastating consequences.

▪️UN SEC GENERAL - ISRAEL BAD.. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that "nothing justifies the collective punishment" imposed by Israel on the population of the Gaza Strip "who experience unimaginable suffering".  In an interview with the French news agency AFP, Guterres claimed: "It is clear that we all condemn the terrorist attacks of Hamas, as well as the kidnapping of the hostages, but the truth is that nothing justifies the punishment. The collective of the Palestinians, and this is what we see dramatically in Gaza."

♦️COUNTER-TERROR - SHECHEM.. clashes that developed in the Balata camp in Nablus tonight, between IDF forces who arrived to make arrests, and local terrorists who tried to prevent the arrests, unsuccessfully.  Casualties reported among the terrorists.

⭕3 rounds of HEZBOLLAH ROCKETS at northern towns overnight.  Significant damage in Menara.

✡️A brief daily word of Torah: Truth reveals God’s Oneness in the world. - Sefer Hamidot, Rebbe Nachman of Breslev

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An amulet of herbal mixtures + a simple written segulah against the Quilpoth from the Sefer HaMidot I assembled for my brother.

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Shalom. The thought of this week of my book Healing Anger is "Although being punctual, considerate, patient, and honest are admirable character traits that we are obligated to acquire, it is unreasonable to expect that every person we come into contact with is blessed with them. We must understand that we all have weaknesses that we need to work on, so we can’t expect perfection in someone else’s behavior before we have perfected our own. This thought process will help us be patient with their faults and avoid anger." Buy my book at http://www.feldheim.com/healing-anger.html If you want to buy it from me in Israel let me know. This article based on the teaching of R' Yissachar Frand. You have the opportunity to share in the mitzvah to honor a loved one by sponsoring my weekly review, or refua shelema (healing), shiduch, Atzlacha (success). To join the over 4,000 recipients in English and Spanish and receive these insights free on a weekly email, feedback, comments, which has been all around the world, or if you know any other Jew who is interested in receiving these insights weekly, contact me. Shabbat Shalom. BO-Dogs Will be Rewarded in the World to Come? Chazal tell us[1] that Rav Yishaya fasted for 85 days because he could not understand a certain paradoxical interpretation of a teaching of our Sages.

Rav Yishaya was bothered by a teaching that in the World-to-Come, dogs will lead in singing the praises of the Almighty. They will say to all the other creatures “Come! Let us prostrate ourselves and bow, let us kneel before G-d, our Maker” [2]. Throughout classical Jewish literature dogs are called “brazen creatures” [See Yeshaya 56:11] and are portrayed as the most insolent of animals. How could it be, Rav Yishaya wondered, that this very same creature will merit to lead in the singing of praises to G-d in the World-to-Come? The Yalkut Shimoni says that an angel came down from Heaven and told Rav Yishaya to stop fasting. The Divine messenger told him that he would never find a satisfying answer to what was bothering him.  It was a Heavenly decree that this is what is going to happen. The fact that dogs would merit saying Shirah (songs of praise before G-d) in the World-to-Come was a secret revealed only to the prophet Chabakuk.

The angel told Rav Yishaya that since he was a disciple of Rabbi Chanina ben Dosa, in honor of his teacher he would give him the explanation of this paradox: The merit by which dogs will be able to lead the Shirah is by virtue of the pasuk [3] “ But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog whet his tongue...” The fact that they kept quiet during the plague of the firstborn, earned them the right to lead the Shirah in the future world.

Rav Mordechai Ezrachi in his sefer Birkat Mordechai writes that the praise of keeping quiet involves more than merely not speaking slander or gossip. The dogs did not earn this merit by not speaking lashon Hara. They simply kept their mouths closed. Dogs are known for their middah of chutzpah [impudence]. Therefore, keeping quiet represented the ultimate defeat of their negative character traits (shevirat hamidot). This showed the ultimate self-improvement for that creature. How can we apply this Chazal to us? A person that keeps his mouth shut saves himself from troubles. It is a significant accomplishment when a person who is an az nefesh [the midda of arrogance] and likes to use his mouth inappropriately, overcomes that characteristic and is quiet. Such an accomplishment is deserving of special reward.

In my book 'Healing Anger' I noted that Hashem considers all the circumstances surrounding a person’s actions when He allots reward and punishment. A person’s passion or distaste for a sin as well as his joy or reluctance in doing a mitzvah are all taken into account. G-d judges each person in relation to his specific nature; a person prone to anger by nature will be judged less harshly if he succumbs to a fit of anger than a person who is by nature calm. Likewise, someone with a predisposition towards anger receives more reward for controlling his anger than a person with a calm disposition. The dog's song is that of “Come! Let us prostrate ourselves and bow, let us kneel before G-d, our Maker.” We won’t act with impudence and insolence. We will bow down and display servitude. The dogs turned their nature around by keeping their mouths closed. It took tremendous power and self-control to accomplish such a change. [Interestingly, the Torah says that if a Jew has a piece a non-kosher meat, he should "throw it to the dogs"[4]. The Midrash explains that dogs are singled out for non-kosher meat as a special reward in this world for not disturbing the Jewish Exodus. We see that even in this world they are rewarded].

The lesson for us is that it is not always necessary to say something. It is not always necessary to comment. It is not always necessary to have a remark. A case in point to illustrate this: People who personally knew the Alter of Slabodka (Rav Nosson Zvi Finkel [1849-1927]) testified that there was no one who was as big a ‘dabran’ [talker] and simultaneously as big a ‘shaskan’ [silent one] as the Alter. He was not the type of person who always kept his mouth closed. He had hundreds of disciples and he talked to them frequently. But he knew when to talk to them and when to be quiet, what to say and what not to say. It takes great wisdom to know when not to speak and what not to speak. Another important lesson is that sometimes we may mistakenly think that Hashem does not pay attention to His creatures. We have seen that even dogs will receive rightful reward for their behavior, more the so every human being who is created in His Divine image, should know with absolute certainty that we will receive our reward for every single good deed and for every word we say. People tend to underestimate the significance of their actions and  thoughts. Our lives are so significant that every move is witnessed by our Creator; we should never consider ourselves unimportant beings whose actions or misdeeds are ignored or forgotten.

Dogs kept quiet during the plague of the firstborn and merited the privilege of singing Shirah in the future World-to-Come as a result of their silence and also got a reward in this world. __________________________________ [1] Yalkut Shimoni Shemot 11:187 [2] Tehillim 95:6 [3] Shemot 11:7 [4] lbid 22:30

Le Iluy nishmat Eliahu ben Simcha, Mordechai ben Shlomo, Perla bat Simcha, Abraham Meir ben Leah, Moshe ben Gila,Yaakov ben Gila, Sara bat Gila, Yitzchak ben Perla, Leah bat Chavah, Abraham Meir ben Leah,Itamar Ben Reb Yehuda, Yehuda Ben Shmuel Tzvi, Tova Chaya bat Dovid.

Refua Shelema of Mazal Tov bat Freja, Zahav Reuben ben Keyla, Yitzchak ben Mazal Tov, Elisheva bat Miriam, Chana bat Ester Beyla, Mattitiahu Yered ben Miriam, Yaacov ben Miriam, Yehuda ben Simcha, Menachem Chaim ben Malka, Naftali Dovid ben Naomi Tzipora, Nechemia Efraim ben Beyla Mina, Dvir ben Leah, Sender ben Sara, Eliezer Chaim ben Chaya Batya, Shlomo Yoel ben Chaya Leah, Dovid Yehoshua ben Leba, Shmuel ben Mazal Tov, Yosef Yitzchak ben Bracha. Atzlacha and parnasa tova to Daniel ben Mazal Tov, Debora Leah Bat Henshe Rachel, Shmuel ben Mazal tov, Yitzchak ben Mazal Tov, Yehuda ben Mazal Sara and Zivug agun to Gila bat Mazal Tov, Naftali Dovid ben Naomi Tzipora, Elisheva bat Malka. Pidyon anefesh-yeshua of Yosef Itai ben Eliana Shufra.

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bs'd Shalom. La idea de esta semana de mi libro 'Healing Anger' es: "Aunque ser puntual, considerado, paciente y honesto son rasgos admirables de carácter que estamos obligados a adquirir, no es razonable esperar que cada persona con la que contactamos es bendecido con ellos. Debemos entender que todos tenemos debilidades en las que necesitamos trabajar, por lo que no podemos esperar la perfección en el comportamiento de otras personas antes que hayamos perfeccionado el nuestro. Este proceso de pensamiento nos ayudará a ser pacientes con sus fallas". El link para comprar mi libro es http://www.feldheim.com/healing-anger.html Si quieres comprarlo en Israel contactame. Mi revisión semanal llega a más de 5.000 personas en Inglés y Español en todo el mundo. Les ofrezco a todos la oportunidad de compartir la mitzvá de honrar a un ser querido, patrocinando mi Divre Tora, para shelema refua (curación), o shiduj, Atzlaja (éxito). Este artículo esta basado en las ensenanzas del R' Yisajar Frand. Siéntete libre de reenviar este Divre Tora a cualquier otro correligionario. Disfrutalo y Shabat Shalom. BO-Di-s Recompensa ​​a los Perros en el Mundo por Venir? Jazal nos dice [1] que Rav Yishaya ayunó durante 85 días porque no podía entender cierta interpretación paradójica de una enseñanza de nuestros Sabios. Rav Yishaya estaba molesto porque en el Mundo por Venir, los perros liderarán el canto de las alabanzas al Todopoderoso. Ellos dirán a todas las otras criaturas, "¡Vengan! Nos postramos e inclinamos, arrodillémonos ante Di-s, nuestro Creador”[2]. A lo largo de la literatura judía clásica, los perros son llamados "criaturas descaradas" [Ver Yeshaya 56:11] y son descritos como los animales más insolentes. ¿Cómo puede ser, se preguntó Rav Yishaya, que esta misma criatura merezca liderar el canto de alabanzas a Di-s en el Mundo por Venir? El Yalkut Shimoni dice que un ángel bajó del cielo y le dijo a Rav Yishaya que dejara de ayunar y que nunca encontraría una respuesta satisfactoria a lo que le estaba molestando. Fue un decreto celestial que esto es lo que va a suceder. El hecho de que los perros merecieran decir Shira (canciones de alabanza a Hashem) en el Mundo por Venir fue un secreto revelado unicamente al profeta Jabakuk. El ángel le dijo al Rav Yishaya que, dado que era discípulo de Rabi Janina ben Dosa, en honor a su maestro, le daría la explicación de esta paradoja: El mérito por el cual los perros podrán guiar la Shira es en virtud del pasuk [3] "Pero contra ninguno de los hijos de Israel ningún perro abrirá su lengua ..." El hecho de que se mantuvieron en silencio durante la plaga del primogénito, les ganó el derecho de liderar la Shira en el mundo futuro. Rav Mordejai Ezraji en su sefer Birkat Mordejai escribe que el elogio de guardar silencio implica más que simplemente no hablar calumnias o chismes. Los perros no se ganaron este mérito al no hablar lashon Hara. Simplemente mantuvieron la boca cerrada. Los perros son conocidos por su mida de jutzpah [impudencia]. Por lo tanto, mantenerse en silencio represento la derrota final de sus rasgos de carácter negativos (shevirat hamidot). Esto mostró la meta final en la mejoría personal para esa criatura. ¿Cómo podemos aplicar este Jazal a nosotros? Una persona que mantiene la boca cerrada se salva de problemas. Es un logro significativo cuando una persona que es az nefesh [arrogante] que disfruta usando su boca de manera inapropiada y logra super esa característica negativa y se queda callada. Tal logro merece una recompensa especial. En mi libro 'Healing Anger' escribi que Hashem considera todas las circunstancias que rodean las acciones de una persona cuando asigna recompensa o castigo. El tiene en cuenta la pasión o desagrado de una persona por hacer un pecado, así como su alegría o renuencia de hacer una mitzvá. Di-s juzga a cada persona en relación con su naturaleza específica; una persona propensa a la ira por naturaleza será juzgada con menos severidad si sucumbe a un ataque de ira que una persona que por naturaleza es tranquila. Del mismo modo, alguien con una predisposición a la ira recibe más recompensa por controlar su ira que una persona con una disposición tranquila. La canción del perro es la de "¡Ven! Nos postramos y nos inclinamos, arrodillémonos ante Di-s, nuestro Hacedor". No actuaremos con descaro e insolencia. Nos inclinaremos y mostraremos servidumbre. Los perros cambiaron su naturaleza al mantener la boca cerrada. Se necesitó un tremendo poder y autocontrol para lograr tal cambio. [Curiosamente, la Torá dice que si un judío tiene un trozo de carne no kosher, debe "tirarlo a los perros" [4]. El Midrash explica que los perros reciben la carne no kosher como una recompensa especial en este mundo por no molestar al éxodo judío]. La lección para nosotros es que no siempre es necesario decir algo. No siempre es necesario hacer un comentario. Un caso que ilustra esto es el siguiente: Las gente que conocía personalmente al Alter de Slabodka (Rav Natan Zvi Finkel [1849-1927]) testificaron que no había nadie que fuera tan grande como 'dabran' [hablador] y simultáneamente tan grande como 'shaskan' [silencioso] como el Alter. No era el tipo de persona que siempre mantenía la boca cerrada. Tenía cientos de discípulos y les hablaba con frecuencia. Pero sabía cuándo hablar con ellos y cuándo callar, qué decir y qué no decir. Para esto se necesita de gran sabiduría. Otra importante leccion es que a veces podemos pensar erróneamente que Hashem no presta atención a sus criaturas. Hemos visto que incluso los perros recibirán una recompensa legítima por su comportamiento, más aún cada ser humano creado a Su imagen Divina, debe saber con absoluta certeza que recibiremos nuestra recompensa por cada buena acción y por cada palabra que digamos. Las personas tienden a subestimar la importancia de sus acciones y pensamientos. Nuestras vidas son tan significativas que cada movimiento es presenciado por nuestro Creador; nunca debemos considerarnos seres sin importancia cuyas acciones son ignoradas u olvidadas. Los perros guardaron silencio durante la plaga del primogénito y merecieron el privilegio de cantar Shira en el futuro en el Mundo por Venir como resultado de su silencio y también obtuvieron una recompensa en este mundo. __________________________________ [1] Yalkut Shimoni Shemot 11:187 [2] Tehillim 95:6 [3] Shemot 11:7 [4] ldem 22:30 Le Iluy Nishmat  Eliahu ben Simja, Perla bat Simja,Yitzjak ben Perla, Shlomo Moshe ben Abraham, Elimelej David ben Jaya Bayla, Abraham Meir ben Lea, Gil ben Abraham. Zivug agun para Gila bat Mazal Tov, Elisheva bat Malka. Refua Shelema de Jana bat Ester Beyla, Mazaltov bat Guila, Zahav Reuben ben Keyla, Elisheva bat Miriam, Mattisyahu Yered ben Miriam, Naftali Dovid ben Naomi Tzipora, Yehuda ben Simja, Yitzjak ben Mazal Tov, Yaacob ben Miriam, Dvir ben Lea, Menajem Jaim ben Malka, Shlomo ben Sara Nejemia, Sender ben Sara, Dovid Yehoshua ben Leba Malka yYitzjack ben Braja. Exito y parnasa tova de Daniel ben Mazal Tov, Debora Leah Bat Henshe Rajel, Shmuel ben Mazal Tov, Jaya Sara Bat Yitzjak, Yosef Matitiahu ben Yitzjak, Yehuda ben Mazal Sara y Yosef be Sara, Nejemia Efraim ben Beyla Mina.                          

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🟠ATTACK ON PM’S HOME BY PROTESTORS, MAJOR IDF ACTIVITY IN LEBANON - Real time from Israel  

⚠️WEATHER WARNING - seasonal rains this evening or overnight through Tue, with a drop in temp’s. Expect impact in areas subject to seasonal flooding.

▪️A HERO SOLDIER HAS FALLEN.. in battle in Gaza: Idan Kenan, 21 years old, from Ramat Gan. May his family be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem, and may G-d avenge his blood!

▪️”PROTESTORS” FIRED FLARES at the Prime Minister’s house last night, lighting the house on fire.  Two weeks ago, District Judge Oded Shaham (who also sits on the Netanyahu files) released a suspect, the son of the CEO of the "Yediot Ahronoth" news group (per Ch. 14), in possession of a light bomb near the Prime Minister's House to house arrest. From the reasons: "We must also give weight to the fact that the use of these measures was done as part of a protest." (Amit Segal)  3 arrested.

.. Justice Minister: "This is a link in a chain of violent and anarchistic actions, the purpose of which is to bring about the assassination of the Prime Minister and the overthrow of the elected government through a violent coup."

🔹IRANIAN LEADER IS.. dead!  Or in a coma!  Or recovered from a coma and back home!  Or ok!  Or has appointed a successor!  Reports swirling on social media channels, FAKE.

🔹IRAN SAYS..  “We will respond with new steps in the nuclear program if Europe advances a resolution against us in the IAEA.” (( Commentary: The logic- if you call us out or sanction us for building towards nuclear weapons, we will increase our building towards nuclear weapons. ))

🔹IRAN DENIES.. American media's claim that Iran has provided guarantees that it will not take any action against Trump. (( Meaning Iran is continuing to directly threaten to kill President-elect Trump? ))

♦️CLOSED MILITARY ZONES - Metulla and Kfar Yuval are closed due to war activity, entry by prior arrangement with the IDF only.

♦️LEBANON - ARTILLERY MOVES UP.. the IDF moved artillery batteries into southern Lebanon in order to increase the range of ground fire.

♦️LEBANON - Yesterday battles in the village of Shaama between our forces and Hezbollah. This is a strategic village whose capture will allow continued progress.

♦️LEBANON - Wave of airstrikes overnight: towns of Zuwatar al-Sharqiya, Zuwatar al-Gharbiyya, Kfar Roman, Nabatia, al-Fauka, Kfar Jez and on al-Rayyan in Jazin.

♦️LEBANON - Heavy airstrikes in Tyre: Command buildings, munitions warehouses and intelligence infrastructure.

♦️LEBANON - Morning reports of airstrikes in Dahaya - Hezbollah neighborhood, Beirut.

♦️GAZA - Intense activity of IDF forces in the north of the Gaza Strip - loud explosions are clearly heard in several areas in the south.

✡️A word of Torah: If you believe it is possible to destroy, believe it is possible to repair - Rebbe Nachman of Breslev, Sefer HaMidot