End [Game] Of Days

Is Bibi really leading an End Game - to resolve the Zionist [Original] Dream? Is now the opening that the Erev Rav must act to accomplish an Ancient Agenda? Or is this just another episode of Politics 101? Bibi says he is addressing real issues with his Unity Government. If [Messianic] Bibi is really stepping up to his [hoping here] (false) Messianic Destiny, maybe things will get really exciting and Novel ON TIME!

Also of note, it seems getting rid of Livni was crucial to Kadima and Israeli Politics in general.

I'm guessing its going to be extreme either way: total chaos or total [Capitalist] delay.


Jpost.com:

Netanyahu, Mofaz present deal that will draw Kadima into 94-seat coalition and cancel elections; Mofaz calls move an opportunity to join arms in face of big challenges.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Kadima chair Shaul Mofaz highlighted four priorities for their unity government on Tuesday, emphasizing with each the importance of acting "responsibly." The first priority will be "replacing the Tal Law with a historic, just and equal solution" to integrating the haredim into army service. The second is to develop a "responsible budget addressing security, economic and social issues." The third is "changing the structure of government" so that governments serving out their terms will be "the rule and not the exception." The fourth is to "move forward responsibly in the peace process." Mofaz emphasized that "leaders must make big decisions" at this "important time in the state's history." He argued that national unity was an opportunity to "join arms" to address the state's "hardest challenges." He also stated that Kadima was not doing this to receive ministries, seats, or "honors," but was joining the government with the sole focus of "resolving the main issues addressing Israel." Following the conference, Netanyahu and Mofaz will present the deal to the Knesset, which is expected to approve it within 48 hours. Netanyahu and Mofaz sealed the deal, which scuttled plans for early elections in September, overnight, after which Likud and Kadima factions agreed to the agreement. The agreement stipulates that Kadima will not topple the government until the official end of its term on October 22, 2013. Mofaz - who replaced Tzipi Livni just last month as the Kadima party head - will also become vice premier, and will fill in for the prime minister when he is abroad. Kadima's inclusion will bring the coalition to 94 seats. Kadima will lead a committee that will work towards approving an alternative to the Tal Law - which allows ultra-Orthodox men to indefinitely defer army service - by the August 1 deadline. In addition, the party will also work towards changing the government system by the end of the year.

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$o When Do We Bomb Iran Again?

Somehow the New Government matters...I just don't know why yet. Does this mean we will see a swap: bomb Iran = Give Palestinians a State? What is "Unity" in fundamentalist Zionism? Did Bibi's father see this as "the way" before he died, being that his roots go all the way back. Whatever the case, that which comes of this, will reveal a new element of saga into Israel, Politics, and Zionism.

If this is a lead up to war, then perhaps 1967 and 2012 really are one in the same. The Midrash says Moshiach will come, and hide for 45 years, and then be revealed again. Thus if '67 was the beginning of the revelation of Moshiach, and 2012 is the end of that process, it would make sense, for when one looks at the topography of today verses then - what really has changed? It's exactly the same in many ways! Only now perhaps, it will lead to revelation of Moshiach. Bringing Mofaz aboard shows that Bibi is showing restraint on the Right from Border expansion, i.e. War with Iran leading to a Palestinian State, with a Centrist View, i.e. continuing the State as is into hi-tech and capitalism.

From Wikipedia: Israel has had several National Unity Governments, in which major rival parties formed a ruling coalition. Such a coalition was notably formed in the days leading up to the Six Day War.


NyTimes.com:

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the chairman of the opposition Kadima Party struck a deal early Tuesday morning to form a unity government, a surprise move that staves off early elections and creates a new coalition with a huge legislative majority. According to the three-page agreement that Mr. Netanyahu and the opposition leader, Shaul Mofaz, signed after midnight, Mr. Mofaz will become a deputy prime minister, standing in for Mr. Netanyahu when he is abroad and joining all closed sessions of the cabinet. A former defense minister and military chief who has been critical of the government’s aggressive focus on the Iranian nuclear threat, Mr. Mofaz will be “in charge of the process with the Palestinians,” according to a Kadima spokesman, Yuval Harel, who said that “part of the deal is to turn on the process.” The unity agreement came hours after the Israeli Parliament took the first steps toward dissolving itself ahead of elections scheduled for Sept. 4 rather than at the end of the government’s term in October 2013. With his coalition divided over how to replace a law expiring Aug. 1 that exempted many ultra-Orthodox Jews from military service, Mr. Netanyahu had said in a speech to the convention of his right-leaning Likud Party on Sunday night that he wanted early elections to avoid the instability of a campaign atmosphere stretching over more than a year. But even as the political establishment here was kicking into high gear in recent days, leaders of the Likud and Kadima parties had been in secret negotiations that culminated at midnight Tuesday at the prime minister’s home in Jerusalem, where he and Mr. Mofaz signed a contract, according to Mr. Harel. The two men then went to the Parliament building around 2:30 a.m., where they met with lawmakers from their parties, who voted to approve the deal, officials said. A news conference was scheduled for noon in Jerusalem. “It was at the initiation of both sides,” Mr. Harel said in an overnight telephone interview. “This is the best way to get influence.” In a brief statement issued Tuesday morning, Mr. Netanyahu, who moved closer to the center as a result of the accord, said: “A broad national unity government is good for the security, for the economy, for the people of Israel.” Reaction from other political factions was swift and harsh. “This is a pact of cowards and the most contemptible and preposterous zigzag in Israel’s political history,” said Shelly Yacimovich, chairwoman of the Labor Party and suddenly the leader of the dwindling opposition. She vowed to “show the public that there is a political and ideological alternative,” and said the deal gave Labor “a golden opportunity to lead the people eventually, if not now then in 2013, onto a new path.” Yair Lapid, a popular television commentator who recently formed a new centrist party, Yesh Atid, derided the agreement as a sign of “the old, detestable, ugly politics” and predicted that “this repulsive political alliance will bury all of its participants under it.” But for Mr. Mofaz, who ousted Tzipi Livni as head of Kadima in a party primary last month, and Mr. Netanyahu, who polls predicted would sail to victory in early elections, the benefits were clear. Besides gaining a ministership, Mr. Mofaz buys himself time to build up public support for his platform, keeping his party’s 28 seats in Parliament rather than face elections in which polls show his faction would drop to 15 or fewer. And Mr. Netanyahu’s coalition swelled from 66 to 94 of Parliament’s 120 members, while broadening its ideological base. The 13-clause agreement promises that the new coalition will pass a new law by July ensuring equal national service for all Israeli citizens, including those religious Jews who had avoided the draft to study Torah. It also calls for an overhaul of the electoral process itself by year’s end. Kadima lawmakers would also head several key parliamentary committees, including foreign affairs and defense, and economics. The Iranian-born Mr. Mofaz, 63, had originally said he would not join Mr. Netanyahu’s coalition. “I intend to replace Netanyahu,” he told The New York Times in an interview after his resounding victory over Ms. Livni. “I will not join his government.” In the interview, Mr. Mofaz criticized the prime minister’s foreign policy focus, saying that a greater threat to Israel than Iran was the continuing conflict with the Palestinians. He said that he would start with an interim Palestinian state on 60 percent of the West Bank and negotiate the rest, keeping Israeli settlement blocs in place in exchange for land elsewhere. Borders and security could be negotiated in a year, he said, and thousands of settlers in far-flung locations would agree to move or be forced to. Arik Bender, a writer for the daily newspaper Maariv, called the developments “Shaul Mofaz’s night,” writing in an analysis piece that he “saved the ship of Kadima from sinking at the very last moment, assured himself a prominent position in the government, and secured coalition favors for his party.” He said the deal dealt a “painful blow” to Ms. Yacimovich, and a “mortal” one to Mr. Lapid. Yossi Verter, a senior analyst for the left-leaning daily newspaper Haaretz, called the deal “an atomic bomb,” and said it was struck out of Mr. Netanyahu’s “great power” and Mr. Mofaz’s “severe weakness.” “No party can topple him,” Mr. Verter wrote of the prime minister. “The new Netanyahu government is made of one hundred tons of solid concrete.” David Horovitz, a veteran journalist who runs the new Web site The Times of Israel, described the new coalition as a “masterstroke” for Mr. Netanyahu. “The prime minister, with Kadima at his side, is also now potentially capable of taking a more centrist position on dealings with the Palestinians and over settlements,” Mr. Horovitz wrote in an analysis posted Tuesday morning. “It’s by no means clear that he wants to do so. But he has room for maneuver now if he wishes to use it. And the Americans and the rest of the international community will be well aware of the fact.”

What comes after unbridled Capitalism (which is another word for Zionism):
Let's hope Torah-ism (which is true Zionism)
5772 (looking sooner than '73?)

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Politics, Chess, and Jews - What's The Difference?

True Israeli Politics (at least one view) is to say that Jordan belongs to Israel. Thus peace with Jordan is detrimental because it forces a "friendship" that dictates Israeli policy in that war would be out of the question; conquest is certainly out of the question. What would be a great Israeli propaganda machine? - cause chaos in Jordan, which leads to war, which leads to a Greater Israel. This would be one step closer to solving the Palestinian "Problem" and unifying the Zionistic Dream. This quasi Erev Rav shita based on Erev Katan points of view on Biblical Eretz Yisrael is what pushes false messianic fervor across the region. Dodgy it may sound and backwards thinking it might be (like a warped chess match), but this is Israeli Politics at its best. It makes sense only when you look for the source of its sense.

Haaretz.com:

Thousands of Jordanians took to the streets on Friday demanding an end to the country's 18-year-old Wadi Araba peace treaty with Israel. In a series of nationwide protests, leftist and Islamist activists urged Amman to cut ties with Israel, burning Israeli flags and chanting "death, death to Israel" and "the people want an end to Wadi Araba." Protesters rallied in seven cities across the country, urging authorities to expel the Israeli ambassador from Amman, chanting "no to a Zionist embassy on our land." Protest organizers, including the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood and youth movements, said the demonstrations came as a direct response to King Abdullah's recent nomination of Prime Minister Fayez Tarawneh, who served as a key figure in the 1994 Jordan-Israel peace process. Various political and social groups have expressed outrage over comments recently made by Tarawneh indicating that, if given a second chance, he would still support the controversial peace treaty. "This is a person who obviously does not respect the people's will and his words are proof of how out of touch he is with average citizens," Jamil Abu Baker, a spokesman for the Muslim Brotherhood, told dpa. Popular opinion in Jordan is that the 1994 Wadi Araba treaty is a failure, with politicians and officials accusing Israel of not respecting its obligations under the pact, particularly regarding water sharing, Amman's custodianship over holy sites in Jerusalem, and access to the Palestinian territories. Friday marked a departure from activists' demands for democratic reforms, the focus of the vast majority of the some 1,000 protests that have hit Jordan since the start of the so-called Arab Spring uprisings that were triggered in late 2010.

Israel Erev Rav behind Arab Spring (as we are seeing in full revelation from Jordan):

Looks to be that way

...and now for the other side of Politics - the rational to side (in response to irrational beliefs):

JPost.com:

It has been 64 years since the United Nations General Assembly approved the Partition Plan for Palestine and the struggle to implement a “two-state solution” began. Today we are no closer to that end. It reminds me of that definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. By that definition, everyone who continues to cling to the delusion of a two-state solution is insane. There is no such thing as a two-state solution. It cannot work, it has not worked, and it will not work. The only viable solution for the Middle East is a one-state solution: one, contiguous Israeli state from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea. There will not and cannot be lasting peace in the Middle East until then. Ever since the Palestinians and Arab countries refused to accept the Mandate for Palestine, the original two-state solution, the international community has been catering to Palestinian and Arab demands for a divided Israel. The Palestinians and Arabs, however, have repeatedly rejected these proposals, including the 1947 United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine, which they now are using to justify their demands for a divided Israel. Enough is enough. Why is the international community continuing to kowtow to these demands, when for 64 years the Palestinians and the Arabs have actively worked against peace? Israel is the only country in the region that has shown that it wants and will work toward peace. Since 1947, the Palestinian and Arab countries have fought more than five wars against Israel over territory, and each opportunity a victorious Israel returned land it acquired in exchange for peace. The Palestinians have broken their word again and again. They continue to intentionally fire rockets at innocent Israeli families and children, and they have betrayed the fundamental tenet of the two-state solution they tout by cutting Israel out of negotiations and going directly to the United Nations. Moreover, the Palestinian Authority continues to incite violence against Israelis. It pays the salaries of imprisoned terrorists convicted of killing Israelis and glorifies suicide bombers at public events. The PA’s magazine Zayzafuna recently presented Hitler as a role model for the Palestinian youth on account of all the Jews he had killed. Most importantly, how can a people divided between radically different and violently opposed factions possibly govern a single state overnight? Right now, the Palestinians are divided between Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Fatah in the West Bank. These factions fought a civil war no more than 5 years ago and are fundamentally irreconcilable. Who will then govern a unified Palestinian state? The two-state solution can never work when one of those states, the Palestinian state, does not even acknowledge the other state’s (Israel's) very right to exist and has as its entire purpose to wipe Israel off the face of the earth. Never will peace come when one side possesses such hate and routinely expresses that hate through violence and blood. It is time to let go of the two-state solution insanity and adopt the only solution that will bring true peace to the Middle East – a single Israeli state from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea. Israel is the only country in the region dedicated to peace and the only power capable of stable, just and democratic government in the region. This solution is the best one for everyone, especially the Palestinians. They will trade their two corrupt and inept governments and societies for a stable, free and prosperous one. Those Palestinians that wish to may leave their Fatah and Hamas-created slums and move to the original Palestinian state – Jordan. The British Mandate for Palestine created Jordan as the country for the Palestinians. It was the only justification for its creation. Even now, 75 percent of its population is of Palestinian descent. Those Palestinians that remain behind in Israel will maintain limited voting power, but will be awarded all the economic and civil rights of Israeli citizens. They will be free to raise a family, start a business and live in peace, all of which are impossible under Arab rule. The two-state solution has failed. Only a one state solution – a single, undivided Israel – will bring peace, security, and prosperity to Israelis and Palestinians alike. It’s time for the United States to lead on this. For over 60 years, peace has been the goal, common sense and basic human morality have been ignored, and peace has not come. We’ve had it backwards all these years: the goal should not be peace at all costs. The goal should be a strong, free and prosperous Israel. The United States should not be some honest broker between two sides but rather publicly stand with one side – Israel. Then, and only then, will real peace truly come.

The writer is a US congressman from Illinois and a member of the Congressional Israel Allies Caucus

 

This is Pshat Politics at its best.  The World at large does not play by the rules of logic, rationalism, or "Pshat." There is no such thing as Peace in the Middle East, rather its a chess match in theology and ideology and how to manipulate and implement it. To think that these people are arguing logic in the Middle east since Israel's inception is complete folly and madness. The real politics involved are found at the point where the spiritual existence on earth meets with the physical, i.e. people living out their parts of God's Plan. To think that politics is black and white cut and dry, is not reality, when in most cases it would certainly seem realistic. But that goes out the window after thinking about current affairs and history for all of about 5 minutes. God has a plan. High-Level-Idiots put the plan into motion. Those that are left out are trying to save the World with logic, while those informed look to the Torah, which reveals the identity of God's chessboard.

Are we seeing political checkmate to God's Game in '72/'73?

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Parashas Acharei (better late than never) Shem: and his Priesthood

My Weekly Parsha Article For Noahides on Noahidenations.com:

Parashas Acharei – Kedoshim: Shem – The Father of The Priesthood
Rabbi David P. Katz

In this week’s Torah Portion we become acquainted with the famous idea that a Noahide who engages in Torah is compared to the High Priest, [Bava Kama 38a] as the Verse states, [Vayikra 18:4-5] “My Judgments you shall do and My statutes you shall keep – to go with them I am Hashem Your God. And you shall keep my Laws and my Judgments that you will do them [i.e. the] Man and Live in them – I am Hashem!” The Talmud in Bava Kama then learns out that the Torah is unique in its usage of the term, “Man” as opposed to a specific type of Man. Thus when any Man learns Torah, all are equal and unique in the eyes of God; both Priest of the Highest and the Noahide…and every type of Man. This begs the question: what really is a Priest and where does the Priesthood come from? We get our first good look at the Priesthood at what could be the essence of the entire Torah: Shem / Malki Tzedek and his meeting / exchange with Abraham. The Midrash relates to us that as Abraham received the Laws of the Priesthood from Shem in the passing of the Blessings between the two, Abraham by means of these Laws merited the revelation of the Torah in its entirety. Likewise, as the Laws of the Priesthood are found in Vayikra, the middle, or the heart of the Torah, Torah ideas such as the Noahide who is compared to the High Priest is an aspect of revelation that contains the entire Torah. The story between Shem and Abraham took place on the Temple Mount after Shem had the privilege of stepping onto the New World as its Priest after the Flood in the merit of his Kindness (חסד) with the animals and his promise to God to fashion the World with principles based on Righteousness (צדקה). Thus after some 400 years of Shem teaching and spreading Torah as High Priest of the World based out of Mt. Zion, Shem finally found his long lost relative – someone that would understand Shem’s Universal message and essential Torah: Abraham. The secret was that the only way this rite of passage could take place would be under the direction of the Laws of the Priesthood. With Shem as the fully functioning and experienced Priest, he was ready to plant the seeds of Torah for eternity, and all he needed was a candidate to express his kindness and righteousness to; Abraham was more than ready! With Shem ready for this monumental meeting amongst Men, the only missing component was the vessel by which could reach Abraham with the full thrust of what was to take place: The Giving of the Torah at its first stage in History.

It is precisely this point where Shem was able to initiate a Primordial Innovation to the Torah to ensure its Taking: A Blessing! By engaging in Blessings between the two, (a Blessing is contained in Shalom / Peace) the Laws and full Revelation would take place. As Abraham (who took the position of novice to Shem) took the Liberty to Bless Shem first, Shem seized the moment to Bless in return, to Bless God properly, and to correct Abraham’s order of operation. The platform was then set for Abraham to take the Priesthood by understanding the proper conduct of a Priest by Shem’s behavior and his “rebuke” to Abraham. By understanding that God must at all times be Blessed first, the essence of the Torah was then given to Abraham in the vehicle of Laws of the Priesthood; It was Shem’s innovation and Blessing to which this possible.

The two Men then acknowledged each other, God, and the Place in the Holiest of terms, as they had just changed The World for all of time in Jerusalem, and brought success and completion to Shem’s mission he undertook while exiting the Ark. Abraham, who was in Awe of Shem’s Torah (and therefore received revelation of God) decided to contribute by naming the location Yirah (Jeru) while Shem, the Master Craftsman of the Blessing, Priesthood, and the Giving over, appropriately named the Place Shalom (Salem, i.e. “Malki Tzedek the King of Salem). With both of them being full of respect and honor of each other, they saw this as a mutual Blessing and heartfelt admiration, one that would be seen as the opposite of a contradiction (in naming the Place two different names); rather it was the expression of the Will of God! From that moment onwards, the site was referred to “Jerusalem”, as it is until this day and forever onwards. The Torah further clarifies their bond by “ambiguously” stating that “he” gave “him” a tenth of everything (which is in connotation of giving to the Priest). The Zohar notices this unique word choice and states, “[wait!] Who gave to Who!? – The idea being that both were now on equal terms, and once the Akeida (Binding of Isaac) would take place, Abraham would then become the Father of the Kingdom of Priests, and it would be Shem who would teach this [Abraham the Priest] to Isaac, from the mouth of the original Priest, Shem!

Later, at Mt. Sinai (where Shem would be waiting in a quasi-state for 1300 years) the offspring of Shem and Abraham would receive the Torah (this time from the mouth of God) and take upon themselves to be a Kingdom of Priests. However the connection between both types of Priests, Noahides and Jews would be eternal, as it would be a Noahide (-Aravnah the Noahide, who sold Zion to King David) who would be in control of the Holy of Holies – The Abode of the High Priest! Yet we see that the Noahides are directly connected to the heart of the Priesthood, and the goal of which learning Torah brings upon a Man: revelation of God.

Just as Aaron, the High Priest was able to innovate, even to the ears of Moses, and Pinchas, the offspring of Aaron, who was able to innovate the unique Law of morality (the slaying of Zimri and Cozbi) which was beyond Moses’ awareness as well; so too the Noahide takes his firm grasp in his ability to innovate the Torah as well. For when the Noahide, who learns the Torah as it was given to Moses on Mt. Sinai, in the Hebrew, or “Ever” aspect to Shem and his original Torah, he enjoys the company of God, and God enjoys his company. One of God’s delights is to hear innovations in Torah that are taught over to the righteous souls in the Garden of Eden who are awaiting their destination to the World of Truth; Noahide and Jew alike.

The Priest carries a weight of burden on his shoulders, as he must remain Holy and refrain from certain relationships. One proof that this word “Man” comes to us in this Parsha, alluding to the Priesthood, is to look at the very next passage in the Torah, which deals with forbidden relationships. The Noahide in his learning Torah is actually putting his soul in conversion, as he is becoming like the Priest: Holy and in revelation of God (The Torah there clearly says, as a revelation: “I am Hashem!”); which is found amongst the Laws of the Priesthood in the center of the Torah no less! We have Torah and Priesthood in the merit of Shem, but also the unique ability to innovate Torah in vessels of kindness, righteousness, Blessing, Peace, and Awe. The Torah may have been given on Mt. Sinai, among the Nation of Priests, but it is the Princely Nation of Priests, the Noahides, that are destined to open the Books to a whole new level of innovation in a union of Priests (Jew and Noahide), as the Craft of Torah was specifically placed for eternity, within each and every Noahide, going back to none other than Shem himself.

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Hitler: Kill the Jews; Erev Rav: Kill the [Orthodox] Jews

The eternal fight of Secular vs. Orthodox is not new. The two have lived side by side since the state's inception. (and it was the Orthodox who made huge strides in the beginning of the State's development) Israel should see the Orthodox as a Shmirah (which it is) and a key player in Israel's Growth. To kick these kids out of Yeshiva and put them in the Army - is that really the answer? However, if there is a way to please both camps, the Torah Learning would truly grow by partaking of the "air of Eretz Yisrael that makes one Wise."

Israel has Chochmah that no other country has. It permeates every inch of the country's daily operations. If the Yeshiva's could partake of Society, and benefit where it can, all parties would be happy and boast of productive citizens. Hiding in a Yeshiva/closing a Yeshiva down in response...is not a solution to either side and is destructive for Israel. The two need a happy marriage, not a bloody divorce.

This sounds like the Midrash of the Leviatan and the Shor Habar; each one killing the other in battle, and the Torah that comes from it is a chiddush to the World.


Haaretz.com:

The ultra-Orthodox parties began their election campaign last week with an attempt to close ranks in the Lithuanian (non-Hasidic ) camp. Members of Knesset Moshe Gafni and Uri Maklev of Degel Hatorah (the partner of the Hasidic party Agudat Yisrael in the United Torah Judaism faction ) visited the town of Elad in order to meet with a group of what can be called the "new ultra-Orthodox." They have no clout in any node of power, certainly not in the party that sets the tone in the Haredi public. While the faction's newspaper Yated Neeman has not ceased to deride them, Gafni and Maklev realized somewhat belatedly that in the ultra-Orthodox camp there are many who haven't waited for Yair Lapid: They have already stopped studying Torah day and night, some of them have served in the army, some of them are studying for a degree and all of them work. And therefore their children are not accepted into the ultra-Orthodox educational institutions and they have to live in communities of their own. Gafni and Maklev are concerned about blocs of accumulated bitterness among this new genre of Haredim and are trying to make sure all of them vote for UTJ on the 17th of the Hebrew month of Elul, September 4. Degal Hatorah MK Moshe Gafni opened the Haredi election campaign last week with a visit to the town of Elad. Photo by: Michal Fattal However, the real troubles facing UTJ and Shas are not with these "nouveau Haredim," but rather with the traditional ones. Every Haredi election campaign begins and ends with the call "to unite and fight for our souls" against decrees imposed on the Torah world, more or less in those words. When the prime minister and the heads of other parties are visiting protest tents, decrying the inequity in military service, when every politician is offering his own version of "military service for everyone," when the agenda is yeshiva budgets, quotas for draft exemptions, participation in the labor force and discrimination against women - it is clear to the ultra-Orthodox that something has changed. There is hardly a single scenario in which the status of the Haredi parties in the new government will remain the same as it has been in the outgoing government. The most likely scenario is that in the next Knesset the ultra-Orthodox parties will be in the opposition. Though mass conscription probably will not happen in the foreseeable future, the Haredi elected representatives are anxiously anticipating other detrimental changes in the budgets for yeshivas and in the political status of the Haredi parties. The independent ultra-Orthodox newspaper Mishpaha recently declared solemnly: "The town is burning." In the meantime, the flames are not causing any changes in the method cultivated by generations of ultra-Orthodox wheeler-dealers: procrastination. The Tal law, which grants draft exemptions to Haredim, expires on July 31? Elections are to be held on September 4? It's best to wait; maybe something will happen by then to change the situation. After all, we will always have Iran and Gaza. In the meantime maybe it will be possible to rally against some evil figure who crops up. Shas radio lampoons Lapid Even if Yair Lapid and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman refrain from direct attacks on the ultra-Orthodox, the Haredi campaign will make use of the two of them to help unify the camp. The Shas spokesman has formulated a sarcastic attack on Lapid, which is supposed to depict him as the persecutor of the Jews, as someone who had some simple, mindless function during his military service, and as a man who finagled his way into academic studies. The Shas spokesman's press release, issued in response to Lapid's speech last week, was accorded far-reaching literary analysis on the Shas house radio station Kol Berama. Shas will not make any new arrangement without the Lithuanian Haredim and they have never looked more passive. Their spiritual leader Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv is on his deathbed and the number 2, Rabbi Aharon Leib Steinman, who has already been burned in the past by contact with the Tal committee that formulated the law, is not expected to make any sharp turns at the age of 98. The Haredim, who are now waxing nostalgic for the Tal law, have never stood fully and explicitly behind it. The law - which provided huge budgets for encouraging Haredi men of conscription-age to join unique programs tailored to their needs in the IDF and civilian service - marks the absolute ideological limit beyond which the Lithuanians are not willing to go. They will not support, definitely not in public, an arrangement that will deny the right of even one ultra-Orthodox male to postpone his military service or obtain a complete exemption. It is doubtful that Shas will be able to deviate from this line. Betrayed by Bibi The ultra-Orthodox are frustrated and they are angry deep in their hearts at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for having brought forward the elections without first reaching a temporary arrangement with them or burying the Tal law in some committee of experts. They think Netanyahu has betrayed them. However neither Shas not UTJ will say a bad word about Netanyahu in the next few months. They are thinking about the morning after the election. They still want Netanyahu to consider them as candidates for his coalition, even as excess baggage, the way Ehud Barak did in 1999. At a time when there isn't a single ultra-Orthodox politician who is dealing seriously with the conscription issue, the spotlights are directed at Aryeh Deri. The question is what is he now cooking up with his pal Avigdor Lieberman. Deri, who will soon announce the formation of a political party, would like to engage only in ideological issues and not in a dirty war with Shas that is threatening to destroy his campaign. Deri is the only Haredi politician who can speak today in praise of the Tal law and he will try with all his might to "bridge" between religious and secular. He will argue that the law has failed only because of politicians, including ultra-Orthodox politicians (among them those who replaced him in Shas, of course ). Deri believes he will be able to make it big both among the secular and among the ultra-Orthodox. He will explain that it is possible to conscript large masses of ultra-Orthodox men if the State of Israel only implements the Tal law, with slight changes, and invests more and more in "encouraging" enlistment. He is hoping to join the next government as the hero of the ultra-Orthodox who has saved the world of Torah from the impending decrees against it. The elections are due to be held in the midst of the month of Elul, during which there are no exemptions or absences from the yeshivot. Apparently the Haredim will capitalize on the timing, turning the spiritual awakening and repentance rallies of Elul into election rallies, and staging political activities in the yeshivot. If permission for this is not granted, the "new Haredim" those who are not enrolled in yeshivot, can be counted on to do the work for the Haredi parties.

Can't we all just get along? [6000 years of Jewish History suggests not]

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Geulah? Delayed Again - Until After Elections

Ok, so Iran, Geulah, etc will have to wait until Obama's next term, what's new? Besides, as much as we wanted Geulah in 68,69,70,71,72 (as per the Zohar), the bottom-line was always: 5773 - which is now looking like Reality.

The Vilna Gaon said, that the Geulah will come in the very last moment of possibility, i.e. it wil be pushed off until no longer "pushable."

ChicagoTribune.com:

Israel is expected to hold early elections on September 4 after the ruling Likud party submitted a bill to dissolve parliament, with opinion polls on Thursday giving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a clear lead. Although a national vote was not due until 2013, tensions within Netanyahu's rightist coalition over domestic issues, such as military draft for ultra-orthodox Jews, have convinced the prime minister to push for a pre-emptive ballot. Israeli officials have said electioneering would not affect their stance on Iran's nuclear program, but many analysts believe the government would not carry out a long-threatened attack on the Islamic republic in the run-up to a vote. Netanyahu is marking a week of mourning following the death of his father and is widely expected to agree on an election date when he returns to official duties on Sunday. "There is agreement among most of the factions in the coalition and some of the factions in the opposition ... for the election to be held on September 4," said Zeev Elkin, an influential member of the Netanyahu's Likud party. "If the prime minister makes a decision on Sunday that we are going for it, then we can do it very quickly," he told Israel Radio, adding that he had already submitted a bill for the dissolution of the Knesset, which will discuss it next week. The last time an Israeli government completed a full four-year term was when Menachem Begin led the country from 1977-1981. Many politicians thought Netanyahu's coalition, which bonds religious and right-wing parties, would last the course. However, Netanyahu looks eager to cash in on a raft of promising polls and seek an election that should consolidate his grip on power, with the country seemingly happy with his stewardship of the healthy economy. POPULAR PRIME MINISTER An opinion poll in the Maariv daily on Thursday showed Netanyahu's Likud winning 31 seats in the 120-member parliament, a rise from its current 27, with the centre-left Labour party taking 18, making it the next biggest party in the legislature. The poll showed centrist Kadima, which won most seats in the last elections in 2009, dropping from 28 to just 11, the same as the fledgling party of Yair Lapid, a popular television personality who has recently turned to politics. As head of the biggest party, Netanyahu would be called upon to form a new administration, but he would need a number of partners to gain a parliamentary majority, a typical situation in Israel which has always been governed by coalitions. Some secular politicians from across the political divide have suggested that Netanyahu should form a government of national unity and exclude the minority religious parties. Such a move would enable Israel to hack away at some of the controversial privileges handed out to the ultra-Orthodox community over the past six decades, including rules making it easy for them to skip mandatory military service. Once parliament is dissolved, the current administration remains in place and Netanyahu continues as prime minister until a new government is formed and approved by the Knesset after the coming election. Another poll in the left-leaning Haaretz daily published on Thursday showed 48 percent of respondents thought Netanyahu was the most suitable candidate for prime minister and that he would leave his closest rivals trailing in his wake. Labour's Shelly Yachimovich was second, with 15 percent, and Shaul Mofaz, who last month took over as the head of Kadima from Tzipi Livni, trailed in third place with a meager six percent. The same survey showed the majority of Israelis disapproved of tough comments last week by former spy chief Yuval Diskin, who accused Netanyahu and Defence Minister Ehud Barak of forming a belligerent, "messianic" duo unfit to tackle Iran. The poll said 51 percent of respondents disagreed with Diskin, while just 25 percent supported his comments. Barak looks set to be a big loser in any early vote, with polls showing his recently formed group, which splintered from the Labour party, winning no seats in the next parliament.

5773...Grrrrrr!

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The Third Temple: Technology Of God

The Redemption will come by the hands of the Four Craftsmen: Shem, Eliyahu, Moshiach ben Yosef, and Moshiach ben David. They are called Craftsmen due to their contributions in building the Third Temple. This building is very likely the craftsmanship in Light, as it is expected that the Messianic Temple will reach Earth and Zion from Shamayim.

The Prophecy of Ezekiel fits the description of the Building being of a "Craft" as the Nevuah is very specific in its measurements; It's construction is based on the diligence in its craft, and thus is it's revelation [to the World.]

When the Torah says that the World will be filled with Knowledge of God, is the Temple a sort of Spiritual Energy that will literally emanate Holiness into the World based on its design in conjunction with it's location on the Temple Mount; Thus "Tzion" makes this dynamic?

The Concept being described here is the same theory is that of the Pyramids all over the World; all functioning in the same way, implying that Man can harness Shefa (bring it down from Shamayim) by building on specific Lands. This would be Spiritual Technology going back to Shem and Pre-Flood, however what makes it Holy is when it is based on Tzedek (i.e. Third Temple consciousness) as Shem only had his merit based on Chesed and Tzedaka.

From the Time of Adam HaRishon, the World has a natural grid to it, flowing Raqiyah's (firmaments) which allow the World to be seen openly as a Creation of God; a microcosm of the Universe (much like the Temple.) This is true to the saying, "Man is a small World the World is a big Man.

When Holiness is on Earth, and Jerusalem is rebuilt, then Man can cultivate the World, into a vessel of Divine Shefa, making it a sort of Divine Technology, yet not from exploitation. The Jews in Egypt were this exploitation with their knowledge doubling as a tool with which they should build as well. Thus being in Eretz Yisrael and building the Temple is paramount to the World's restoration. With Torah influence, the Orlah can be removed from the World, which in Reality, this Orlah (over-growth) is technology of exploitation.

Ancient Egypt (with its Jewish influence to learn from) can be a message (albeit from exploitation) of how the World can radiate when built correctly, and perhaps this is an aspect of what the Third Temple will bring us, and bring the World.

Here is a 6-Part series describing the concept : "Ancient Technology"

I highly recommend watching all 6 videos if you have time; follow the links through the video by means of Youtube.

Is '72 the Year that balance is restored with a revival of Spirituality? The veil over our eyes couldnt be any thicker, so perhaps Hashem will circumcize our Hearts as predicted in the Navi.

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Conversion: To Be or Not To Be

How does one know if he is Jewish or not? The Laws of Conversion are very dicey once it is known that there may not be a strict level of observance. It is best to not hastily judge without seeing what goes into a halachic decision of conversion.

The outcome is very serious: Amalek has come into Judaism by improper marriage/conversion. The flip side is that Moshiach comes from conversion! (Ruth/David)

The Talmud says that Converts are harsher than thorns - for the very fact that when it goes wrong, a terrible evil (Erev Katan) can infiltrate Am Yisrael. Yet the merit of Israel, can be traced through Gerim!

Conversion is very serious, very high, and very controversial - when there is reason to doubt... If the Jews would just keep the Torah, the problem would be minimal if even existent at all!
( As the article says, earlier times had less to fear, as observance was standard)

Jpost.com

Ask the Rabbi: Controversies over appropriate standards for conversion to Judaism have abounded since the Enlightenment period. Controversies over appropriate standards for conversion to Judaism have abounded since the Enlightenment period and continue to confound in Israel and across the Diaspora. Medieval Jewry did not struggle with this issue, since Jewish social norms generally expected observance of Halacha, and certainly from a proselyte. In this regard, converts followed the model of Ruth, who declared to her mother-in-law Naomi, “Your people shall by my people and your God shall be my God” (Ruth 1:16). Conversion to a minority religion regularly subjugated to persecution was also relatively rare. Modern Jewish life, which features a plurality of cultural lifestyles in open societies, has broken this assumption and created great debates within the rabbinic world. The formal procedure for conversion remains fairly simple: immersion in a mikve (ritual bath), circumcision for men and, in Temple times, an animal sacrifice. The most central criterion for conversion remains the acceptance to perform the commandments and the motivation behind this consent. The Sages did not want people to convert for financial or political gain or for the sake of marriage, for example. Potential converts were warned of the hardships that Jews might suffer as well as the punishments for sin. Once deemed sincere, they were taught various elements of Jewish law and required to take upon the yoke of Heaven. Maimonides significantly added the necessity of teaching the theological underpinnings of Judaism, a requirement not specified by the Talmud. This conception of conversion raises a problem with converting children, who are presumed not to have the intellect necessary to take upon this responsibility. The Talmud, however, asserts that the judicial court serves as their guardian and can accept for them this categorical benefit. Once reaching the age of majority, the child can repudiate her Jewishness, but is presumed to consent if she continues to behave according to typical Jewish practice. This paternalistic approach was challenged in the modern era in which the rabbinic judges fear that the child will be raised in a non-observant home, thereby setting her up to sin and become liable for punishment. Rabbis Abraham Isaac Kook and Yosef Elyashiv contend that the judicial court may not convert a child unless they are confident that she will grow up to become religious. While agreeing that this is preferable, Rabbi Chaim Grodzinsky asserts that it remains meritorious for a child to convert as long as she will become generally observant, since despite her potential sins, she will accrue many benefits. Rabbi Ovadia Yosef believes that one can convert a child from a non-observant home if they remain committed to educating the child in a religious setting which will make it realistic that she will ultimately become consistently observant. This position was shared by Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, who further contemplated the possibility that it always remains meritorious for the child to enjoy the sanctity of the Jewish people while her sins will be exculpated because she acts out of ignorance. A more complex case involves adult conversions in which the rabbinic court doubts whether the convert truly intends to become fully observant. The Talmud asserts that if a potential convert accepts everything except one aspect of Jewish law, the court should reject the candidacy. As such, many decisors, including Rabbi Feinstein, have argued that Jewish conversion requires intent to completely observe Jewish law. To prevent intermarriage, Rabbi Grodzinsky more leniently ruled that as long as one generally intends to observe the basic facets of Jewish law, even if their performance will be lackluster in certain areas, the conversion should be permitted. His basic claim – that the Talmud only excluded those who explicitly conditioned their conversion on not observing certain laws – was more radically applied by Rabbi David Tzvi Hoffman. To prevent the severe sin of intermarriage, he allowed a non-Jewish woman to convert even though he understood that she would continue to live with her husband who was a kohen (member of the priestly line) and thus prohibited from marrying a convert. Other scholars, such as Rabbi Avraham Kahana-Shapira, criticized these rulings as unfounded hairsplitting and burying one's head in the sand. The most lenient position was advocated by Rabbi Benzion Uziel, who asserted that even if we know a potential convert will not be fully observant, judges can minimally tolerate a more generic acceptance of Jewish law with the hope that the convert will eventually become observant to avoid a sinful life. His general approach has been advocated by some contemporary Israeli figures who want to preserve the Jewish identity of Israelis who have definitive Jewish lineage and are fully integrated on a nationalistic level, even if they are not halachically Jewish by birth. Nonetheless, the preponderance of decisors have rejected this position, leaving conversion standards as a divisive debate. The writer, online editor of Tradition, teaches at Yeshivat Hakotel. JPostRabbi@yahoo.com

In The Merit Of Conversion - May The Exile End Soon!

[It is through Milah that Israel has Zchus - Conversion adds to this merit mightily!]

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Shlomo, Ezra, and the Masons - Who Are They?

"The Temple"

The First and Second Temple Time Periods are shrouded in mystery - even to this day.
However, it is the "Mason" who has preserved something of a relic that sheds light on Jewish History.
If Erev Rav is behind the veil of Creation invested in Evil, and Zionism is spawned from Masonry, i.e. worship of Shlomo's Temple at the very least - WHO ARE THE MASONS?

Perhaps these videos wil shed light [if you have 5.5 hours to invest]
If you have a bit of knowledge of Jewish History, Theology, and Kabalah - these videos should be of insight into the mind and future of Klippah.

America - Israel - [destitute] - 3rd Temple and Moshiach Tzidkenu;  Para Adumah: From impurity one shall know Purity - the one mystery that evaded Shlomo.

There is a parallel World out there.
The Tarmadoy is the Klippah in the End of Days that is the "antidote" to God, Torah, and defeat of Yeitzer Hara.

Turn to Hashem and His Torah and shun Evil and imitation.

Torah: Forces of Good over Evil

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Bibi -or- Bye Bye - [Livni]

Is She Gone For Good Yet? -Why don't you just tattoo on your head that you hate Jews that learn Torah in Israel?

YNetNews.com:

Tzipi Livni resigns from Knesset After 13 years as Knesset member, former Kadima chairwoman tenders formal resignation to House Speaker Rivlin. 'I'm thankful for my time in Kadima; not sorry I didn’t sell country to haredim,' she says Knesset Member and former Kadima Chairwoman Tzipi Livni officially resigned the Knesset on Tuesday, after 13 years as a member of the Israeli parliament. Livni tendered her resignation to Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin at noon. Livni's loss in the Kadima primaries to Shaul Mofaz, who won 62% of the votes, immediately sparked speculations regarding her future in politics. Speaking to reporters prior to meeting with Rivlin, Livni thanked her supporters: "I want to thank everyone who had faith in me… and especially to the Knesset members who stood by my side." "I have the privilege of being among Kadima's founders, which aims to promote a (government) based on responsibility and hope – one that can resist extortion. "I wanted to introduce a different kind of politics in Israel, one free of cynicism and power-drunkenness," she continued. "Despite the price I've had to pay I'm not sorry I didn’t sell the county to the haredim in order to form a government. "The existence of Israel as a Jewish and democratic nation is in great danger. Our leadership is busy with media spins and dirty politics is a fatal mistake." She further added that Kadima Chairman Shaul Mofaz "has the right to lead the party as he sees fit."

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