Thurs Apr 29 '10



Interesting blog posting on eating kosher locust here


ABCNews:
Was Noah's Ark Found? — April 28, 2010 — Expedition crew in Turkey is 99.9 percent sure it's uncovered the remains

gdashdcast — March 06, 2010 — Sometimes, you've just gotta speak up. Texting, blogging, tweeting, Facebooking - they don't count. It's hard for a lot of us, and it was REALLY hard for Moses. So this week, Temim Fruchter steps out in front of the drum kit to give us some advice on how to do it well




שבת שלום ומבורח ול"ג בעומר שמח
Shabbat Shalom U'Mevorach and Lag B'Omer Same'ach
Wishing You a Peaceful and Blessed Sabbath
and a Joyful and meaningful Lag B'Omer




Videos below are for Lag B'Omer - Before posting, I viewed them mostly without sound, so please excuse...

Video shows kids gathering whatever they find, specially wood, as they did on the weeks after Pesach and mounting ready for the bonfire to be lit on Lag B'Omer. On Lag B'Omer, "Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai Song" is sang throughout the country and bonfires are lit to commemorate the enormous amount of Torah with its secrets Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai revealed before he passed on. The 33rd day of the Omer/Lag B'Omer is the Rashbi's/Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai's death anniversary. It is proper to sit by the fire on Lag B'Omer and study Torah, specially the works of the Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai/Rashbi or if it is other sages/righteous persons that past away, to study their works or a section of Torah that mentions them and light a memorial candle in their honor on their death anniversary. It is usually not a happy day except with Rashi's Yarzeit where he asked it to be a happy occasion.

Marching drum band on Lag B'Omer day

Lag B'Omer in Hebron near the Mearat HaMachpelah/Patriarchs and Matriarch's burial place

Mon Apr 26 '10

Pesach Sheni is this Wed 14 Iyar - Apr 28 '10

Lag B'Omer /33rd day of the Omer is this Sun May 02 '10


newscientistvideo — April 28, 2008 — Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/article/d...

Two experimental studies have shown that gene therapy could treat a rare form of hereditary blindness


AssociatedPress — April 22, 2010 — Producers of "South Park" said Thursday that Comedy Central removed a speech about intimidation and fear from their show after a radical Muslim group warned that they could be killed for insulting the Prophet Muhammad. (April 22)


DiscoveryNetworks — April 22, 2010 — How much trash is in our oceans? And does it look more like a floating landfill or a plastic soup? Anna Cummins, co-founder of the 5 Gyres Project, gives Jorge Ribas the facts about her recent trip into the Atlantic Garbage Patch

This is something to really keep in mind and possibly make us take immediate action to make sure that the planet will stay livable - I am hoping that new plastic product will be from possibly the corn variety which are biodegradable like my previous posting on plastic bottles made from corn - Also, it looks like this will cost a lot to clean up.


Is the Western Wall in Israel? - HR Interviews 'Confused' Tourists
HonestReportingVideo — April 22, 2010 — The UK's Advertising Standards Authority banned an Israeli ad for implying that the Western Wall was in Israel. They said the ad was misleading.
HonestReporting decided to investigate...
For more information, visit
http://www.honestreporting.com
Part 1 (American Nazis)

LEOR77 — May 06, 2006 — The Video took place in Michigan - Lansing - april 22 06 . Thank you so much for your Supportive Responses.

Part 2


I got this from an email and thought to post it here eventhough I saw this before a few years ago. It is also a reminder that unreasonable hatred is still out there outside of the Radical Islam

Interesting site: Palestinian Zionist Organization

ChabadNewsOnline — April 23, 2010 —
http://www.justiceforsholom.org -- COMMENT YOUR SUPPORT BELOW - AND GIVE THUMBS UP!! You can help the verdict! (Video production donated by JabMedia - Video Edited by Gabe Geller | Produced by Mendy Pellin)

I have another question to pose: Why are Jews getting harsher sentences than others? ie Jonathan Pollard - By rights, Jonathan Pollard compared to others, would have been out of jail years ago. The jails are cramped with harsher criminals and some of those criminals are walking free and/or let out early. Both cases, are unjust. What is wrong with US' justice system?
Pycnogenal for Diabetes


marketamericadotcom — September 23, 2008 — The health benefits of Pycnognol on bone and joint health as well as on cognitive health were recently discussed on this national television show's medical segment



patriciabragg — February 05, 2010 — Did you see Bragg Organic Apple Cider Vinegar on Oprah?


FoxNewsChannel — April 26, 2010 — Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum talks about the dangers that sugar can have on body and your life on Headline Health





TORAH PORTION FOR THIS SHABBAT
Parashat Emor

Children's Section
TorahTots: Parashat Emor &











Thurs Apr 22 '10

ISRAEL START-UP NATION


Report on Yom HaAtzmaut - Arial parade and with the soldiers of the navy sporting a sign in honour of the day on a ship from Carmel, Haifa heading south to Hertzlia, Tel Aviv and Ashdod... The airmen describe their day and continue with their arial parade


AssociatedPress — April 21, 2010 — Facebook says new tools will allow users to see personalized versions of other websites they visit. It'll be based on the things they have shared on their Facebook profiles, such as friends, bands they like or news stories they've read.
(April 21)
ABC World News with Diane Sawyer: The Effect of Soda on Your Body
ABCNews — Apr 20, 2010 — Season 2010 Ep. 16 — Yunji DeNies goes to the lab to see what sugars do to the body


The Marshmallow Test
CBS — April 21, 2010 — In an experiment, young children were offered either one marshmallow now, or two marshmallows later, which might determine if these kids will be successful later in life


MEMRITVVideos — April 21, 2010 — Egyptian Antiquities Head: No Jewish Museum in Egypt Before Israeli-Palestinian Peace


MEMRITVVideos — April 21, 2010 — Dep. Hamas Minister: Only a Madman Would Think Jews Are Human. See also another video
here of a woman giving a broadcasted hate speech like the imans do

IsraelConsulate — April 21, 2010 — PM Netanyahu Greeting for Israel's 62 Independence Day




Efortless challah baking





שבת שלום ומבורח
Shabbat Shalom U'Mevorach
Wishing You a Peaceful and Blessed Sabbath




Mon Apr 19 '10 - Yom HaZikaron v'Yom HaAtzmaut

Ynetnews Article: Israelis make breakthrough in stem cell research
Hadassah Hospital researchers develop new cell growth method which may help heal Parkinson's disease, diabetes
- Apr 09 '10
Times online UK Article: Within sight: the end of breast cancer
The most common cancer could cease to be a killer within ten years, say scientists

CNM News Network Article: Diabetes Treatment Update – Sanofis –Aventis and Cure DM Working on New Diabetes Drug
Sanofis –Aventis and Cure DM Working on New Diabetes Drug. Diabetes is one of those illnesses that researchers are constantly studying and constantly looking for ways to help heal individuals. Pharmaceutical giant Sanofis-Aventis and Biotechnology Firm CureDM are working on a new drug that will hopefully restore a patient’s ability to make insulin.

BBC News Article: Scientists hail 'revolutionary' kidney gene find
The identification of 20 genes which could help explain the causes of kidney disease could one day "revolutionise" treatment, researchers say




TORAH PORTION FOR THIS SHABBAT
Acharei Mot / After Death - Kedoshim / Holy (plural)
VaYikra / Leviticus 16-20

Haftarah:
Ah-mos/Amos 9:7 - 15 (Ashkenazim);
Yechezkel/Ezekiel 20:2 - 20 (Sepharadim)

Children's Section
Midrashim:



NetzerTechiya — April 18, 2010 — Inspiring Words for Yom Hazikaron (Memorial Day) and Yom Ha'atzmaut (Independence Day) - Site:
http://www.orangevideonetwork.com/

12tribefilmsfoundatn — June 16, 2008 — A documentary film following the footsteps of some of the fighters in the battle of the Old City of Jerusalem in the 1948 Independence War. This is a riveting film about this historical battle using actual footage from the time and raising important questions regarding the centrality of Jerusalem to the Jewish people.

For the full movie, more photos and information about the exhibition:
12tribefilms.org - www.rova-yehudi.org.il
A Role Model for us All - Dror Weinberg
Israeli soldiers are full of faith, selfishness and bravery. This Yom Hazikaron we can all identify these character traits by watching this short video clip about Dror Weinberg, the promising IDF officer who was killed in battle in Hevron while leading his men



FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 2010

Israel at 62

Israel at 62 : Dry Bones cartoon.
Sunday evening will usher in Yom HaZikaron, our Remembrance Day for Israeli Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism. Then, Monday evening, Yom HaZikaron ends and the celebration of Israel's Independence Day begins. We'll be going up to Jerusalem for a party with old friends. All that's left for me to do now is to hang up the big new Israeli flag we just bought.
Israel flag

Thurs April 15 '10 Rosh Chodesh Iyar

With Hashem's help, next year in the fully rebuilt Jerusalem with the Beit HaMikdash being at the Temple Mount!

timeslive.co.za Article: End of jabs for diabetes
Skin patch developed to replace syringes Apr 07 '10
A research breakthrough could spell the end of insulin injections and pills for diabetes patients.

JDL Canada Protest at Palestine House in the Greater Toronto Area here


democast

democast — April 02, 2010 — http://joo-tube.com/ Michelle Obama's cousin Rabbi Funnye discusses what he believes the First Coufples' associations with anti-Zionists (Rev. Wright, Minister Farrakhan, colleague Rashid Khalidi) bear on Pres. Obama's Middle East agenda.

Found the above video surprising and it led me to search for information which led to these other videos:
1. WTTW Beth Shalom B'nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation - Wikipedia on Capers Funnye
2. First Black Female Rabbi

It all leaves me to wonder why they did not pursue Orthodox Judaism with the option of being B'nai Noah or go further and really convert to really keep the laws to their details




itnnews — April 13, 2010 — Israeli holidaymakers have been advised to leave Egypt's Sinai peninsula amid warnings of a terrorist kidnap plot

OnepeopleOneworldmed — Mar 16 '10 — One people one World - NY,NY TV Show 2009
Laws of Noah - World Peace- Peace in the Mid. East Israel

OnepeopleOneworldmed — Mar 18 '10 — One People One World -Rabbi Yakov D Cohen www.Noahide.org Rachel Ehrenfeld PhD -www.ACDemocracy.org

IsraeliCrazyChef — April 13, 2010 — The Jewish Diaspora has been prominent since Jews were first expelled from the land of Israel. Find out what the Israeli Crazy Chef recommends for the Jewish refugees to eat on their journey back to the land of Israel



Plaitting Challah or Bread in 6


Six plaits braiding made simple - To learn the laws on taking Challah, click here
also a fun and interesting video on Kashering the kitchen here


Oct 25 '09 — A guy advertising his fresh-baked challah for Shabbat. Mahane Yehuda, Jerusalem, Friday afternoon

Vendor shouting: here is hot, here is Shabbat's challot, hot, hot, here is hot oy, oy, oy...


Comedy sketch in Hebrew of a man purchasing Challah for Shabbat at a bakery in Israel. The customer asks it to be sliced and the attendant tells him that challah is not supposed to be sliced but pieces torn from it and in turn, proceeds in doing it...





חדש טוב ומבורח
ושבת שלום ומבורח
Chodesh Tov U'Mevorach
v'Shabbat Shalom U'Mevorach
Wishing You a Good and Blessed Month
and a Peaceful and Blessed Sabbath





ZAMIRYAH

שירו לאל בשירה- פיוט לספירת העומר
Sing to G-d in song - Piyut for Sefirat HaOmer

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Some Humor
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One of the requirements for Messiah/Moshiach is that his genealogy should be from the House of King David and from a human father and since the xtian bible says that she was not humanly impregnated...

Messiah : The Criteria
-- A response from Jews for Judaism here and more --




Mon Apr 12 '10 - Yom HaShoah - Remembrance Day



This Tues night - Thurs night is
Have a great month!


IsraelNationalTV

Freshly-Widowed Shulamit Peretz: Free Jonathan Pollard: Shulamit Peretz, the widow of Eliraz, who was killed in action in Gaza 12 days ago, received Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin at her home Thursday and made a heartfelt request not for herself or her family, but for Jewish hero Jonathan Pollard, who is serving a life sentence in the US after being convicted of spying for Israel, its ally

IsraelNationalTV



jpost

Jpost video: Families of Righteous Gentiles visit Israel

The IDF General Staff Forum Convened on Yad Vashem for Holocaust Remembrance Day 11/4/10

Apr 11 '10 — IDF Generals in Yad Vashem on Yom HaShoah

Lt. Gen. Ashkenazi: We shall never again stand defenseless and in the mercy of others

The General Staff Forum convened on Yad Vashem museum during a ceremony held for Holocaust Remembrance Day. Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi told his fathers personal story as a Holocaust survivor.

The General Staff Forum headed by the Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashekanzi convened on Sunday (April. 11th) for a special ceremony at Yad Vashem museum in Jersualem.

During the ceremony Lt. Gen. Ashkenazi related his fathers experience during the Holocaust. Like all of Plovdiv residents on March 9th 1943 my fathers family also opened the door of their house and found Bulgarian police officers who ordered them to get ready to be deported from the country within hours.

Together with 6,000 members of the community he too was placed in the school courtyard knowing well where he was going. They knew the stories of the annihilation of Europe's Jews in the camps very well. They had no doubt they were heading to a place from which there was no return" continued Ashkenazi

The Jews of Plovid, and my father included were not ultimately sent to the death camps because the order of deportation was cancelled in the last minute when they were already at the station. He added.

"In the name of my father and his family who dreamt of an independent sovereign state, and in the name of all the millions who never got to witness the realization of their dream, I stand here today as the commander of the Jewish defending force, the Israel Defense Forces, and pledge on behalf of us all: We shall never again stand defenseless and in the mercy of others. Never again will Jewish children stare in fear begging to be spared. Never again will we let our enemies determine the fate of the Jewish people and we will able to protect our sons."


April 10, 2010 — A German Lady threw the baby in the garbage

CTV Toronto: Local Jewish community commemorates the Holocaust
See other related videos there as well






TORAH PORTION FOR THIS SHABBAT
Parashat Tazria - Metzorah
To hear the cantalation ot the parashah and the haftarah,
please click at the tiny red speaker icon for each reading at the
beginning of each reading and at the page that begins the Haftarah

Children's Section
TorahTots: Parashat Tazria & Metzorah
Midrashim -


60 Minutes

Discovery - Apr 11 '10 5:10 PM

The fossilized skull and bones found by a boy with his scientist father are the discovery of a lifetime and may prove to be a new link in the human evolutionary chain. Bob Simon reports


There is no one like Hashem and His Torah is the path
Click here to see The Home Game film trailer and here for the video where the producer speaks. Click here to find out about recent developments and to donate.