Scripture Reading for September 7, 2013
Torah: Deuteronomy 32:1 – 52, “Ha’azinu” (Give ear …) Haftorah: Hosea 14:1- 9 New Testament: Romans 10:14 – 11:12 Gospel: John 5:17 – 21, “Bati lechaim” (I come to fulfill … )
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Preparing for Rosh Hashanah
By RABBI TULY WEISZ, TEACH FOR ISRAEL— Don’t be surprised if you hear Jews wishing each other a “Happy New Year” over the next few weeks. It’s not that we are confused or have our watches set three months fast, but, because on Wednesday, September 4, is the holiday of Rosh Hashana (Hebrew for “Head…
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Obama’s bread and circuses
By CAROLINE GLICK— Over the past week, US President Barack Obama and his senior advisers have told us that the US is poised to go to war against Syria. In the next few days, the US intends to use its airpower and guided missiles to attack Syria in response to the Syrian regime’s use of…
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Israel pre-war alert
By SHIRA SORKO-RAM, MAOZ— I’m sitting on my reclining chair looking out the window at the blue sultry August skies. Nothing but peace and quiet in our little suburb north of Tel Aviv. Yes, it is true that the most ghastly crime thinkable is taking place not far away. Syria’s president is gassing his own…
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Spot Report: Shanah Tova
Think on this: “I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed — in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye at…
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10 reasons to move the US embassy to Jerusalem
By TULY WEISZ— If you still have not signed the petition urging the United States Congress to pass HB 2846: ‘The Recognition of Jerusalem as the Capital of the State of Israel Act,’ here are 10 reasons why you should sign the petition to move the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. 1) The…
DetailsNetanyahu: If attacked, we will respond with great might
By ISRAEL HAYOM— The winds of war are blowing through the Middle East. The U.S., Britain and France are preparing to attack Syria while Israel is trying to stay out of the picture. However, on Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a warning to Syria in response to threats that Syria would strike Israel in…
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Syrian chemicals and American credibility
By MICHAEL FREUND, JPOST— After nearly two-and-a-half years of dithering, President Barack Obama finally seems poised to take action against the thuggish regime of Bashar Assad. When the Syrian military attacked rebel-held suburbs of Damascus last week with chemical weapons, killing hundreds of innocent people in what US Secretary of State John Kerry labeled a…
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Collapse reported on Temple Mount
By ISRAEL TODAY— Eyewitnesses told Turkish media this week that a portion of the Temple Mount platform near the Al Aqsa Mosque has collapsed, creating a serious safety hazard and a possible threat to the stability of the Islamic structure. If the report is accurate, it would be the second serious collapse on the Temple…
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Prayer Points
SUGGESTED INTERCESSION: **Pray for the truth to be revealed about the gas attacks near Damascus, and about the true motivations of the western leaders for jumping into this sectarian battle. **Ask YHVH to direct the timing, the form, and the length of this war, if it is his timing to bring it now. Pray that…
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Israel’s goal: Stay out of the fray
By YOAV LIMUR, ISRAEL HAYOM— The general assessment in Israel on Saturday was that the period of American restraint over events in Syria was over. An American attack against Syrian government targets is expected sooner or later, although the scope of such a strike is unclear and officials in both Washington and Jerusalem think there…
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The US State Department’s Islamist Plan
By DR. MORDECHAI KEDAR, MAKOR RISHON — What do the following things have in common: the Muslim Brotherhood’s demonstration in Rabi’a al-Adawiya Square in Cairo, Hamas’ deep misgivings in Gaza, the declaration by the leaders of the Islamic Movement in Jordan, and the demonstration held by the northern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel?…
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Scripture Reading for August 31, 2013
Torah: Deuteronomy 29:10 – 30:20, “Nitzavim” (Keep these words…) Haftorah: Isaiah 61:10 – 63:9 New Testament: Romans 10:1 – 18 Gospel: John 4:19- 24, “Hayeshuah Hayehudeem” (Salvation is of the Jews …)
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The state of America
By CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— Aside from the carnage in Benghazi, the most enduring image from Hillary Clinton’s tenure as US Secretary of State was the fake remote control she brought with her to Moscow in 2009 with the word “Reset” in misspelled Russian embossed on it. Clinton’s gimmick was meant to show that under President…
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Spot Report: Should Christians keep the Torah?
Think on this: “This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel…declares Yahweh. ‘I will put my law in their minds, and I will write it on their hearts.”… “There are neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Messiah Jesus. If you belong…
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Oasis of Co-existence
By RON JAGER— As we gaze all around Israel, here in the Middle East, we see nothing but chaos and deadly conflict between sovereign Arab states on one side and Arab leaders butchering their own people on the other side. Suddenly, it seems as if all of this primal Islamic rage just popped out of…
DetailsThe UN, the Tanach and the G-d of Israel
By TUVIA BRODIE, ARUTZ 7— UN Secretary-General Ban-Ki Moon has just admitted that the United Nations discriminates against Israel. He admits that the world headquarters of fairness and justice hypocritically treats one of its own Members with prejudice. The UN didn’t start out to be hateful. It began with the desire to create “respect for…
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