Shuttered Old City, lively Mahane Yehuda market share faith God shields the holy city from Iran & Near-miss massacre: How one order saved Soroka’s patients under missile fire & Golda Meir on Palestine Arabs & IsraPundit’ Publisher Ted Belman, 87, Passes Away By Hana Levi Julian & Rabbi Schwartz jokes & with those we have lost & The Slattery Report, officially titled The Problem of Alaskan Development dealt with importing Jews to Alaska

View in browser Yehuda Lave is an author, journalist, psychologist, rabbi, spiritual teacher, and coach, with degrees in business, psychology and Jewish Law. He works with people from all walks of life and helps them in their search for greater happiness, meaning, business advice on saving money, and spiritual engagement. Love Yehuda Lave Join my blog by sending me an email to YehudaLave@gmail.com A Shout out to my beautiful wife today on her English Birthday Shuttered Old City, lively Mahane Yehuda market share faith God shields the holy city from Iran While the Western Wall and Temple Mount are closed off along with the rest of the ancient quarters for security reasons, the 'shuk' in the new city remains open with music blaring By Rossella Tercatin Shuttered Old City, lively Mahane Yehuda market share faith God shields the holy city from Iran | The Times of Israel The Western Wall Plaza stood completely empty on June 17, 2025, as the holy site was closed to worshipers due to the war with Iran. (Rossella Tercatin/Times of Israel Near-miss massacre: How one order saved Soroka's patients under missile fire Thanks to Bar Siman-Tov's pre-emptive order, only one patient suffered a minor injury after an Iranian missile slammed into Soroka hospital. Iran missile strike: Bar Siman-Tov clears Soroka Hospital, saves lives | The Jerusalem Post The Three Musketeers at the Kotel The Three are Rabbi Yehuda Glick, famous temple mount activist, and former Israel Mk, and then Robert Weinger, the world's greatest shofar blower and seller of Shofars, and myself after we had gone to the 12 gates of the Temple Mount in 2020 to blow the shofar to ask G-d to heal the world from the Pandemic. It was a highlight to my experience in living in Israel and I put it on my blog each day to remember. The articles that I include each day are those that I find interesting, so I feel you will find them interesting as well. I don't always agree with all the points of each article but found them interesting or important to share with you, my readers, and friends. It is cathartic for me to share my thoughts and frustrations with you about life in general and in Israel. As a Rabbi, I try to teach and share the Torah of the G-d of Israel as a modern Orthodox Rabbi. I never intend to offend anyone but sometimes people are offended and I apologize in advance for any mistakes. The most important psychological principle I have learned is that once someone's mind is made up, they don't want to be bothered with the facts, so, like Rabbi Akiva, I drip water (Torah is compared to water) on their made-up minds and hope that some of what I have share sinks in. Love Rabbi Yehuda Lave. The Slattery Report, officially titled The Problem of Alaskan Development dealt with importing Jews to Alaska Slattery Report - Wikipedia was produced by the United States Department of the Interior under President Franklin D. Roosevelt's secretary Harold L. Ickes in 1939–40. It was named after Undersecretary of the Interior Harry A. Slattery. The report, which dealt with Alaskan development through immigration, included a proposal to move European refugees, especially Jews from Nazi Germany and Austria, to four locations in Alaska, including Baranof Island and the Matanuska-Susitna Valley. Skagway, Petersburg and Seward were the only towns to endorse the proposal. The report The plan failed to win support from leaders of the American Jewish community, with the exception of the Labor Zionists of America. Rabbi Stephen Wise, president of the American Jewish Congress, stated that adoption of the Alaska proposal would deliver "a wrong and hurtful impression ... that Jews are taking over some part of the country for settlement."[1] Some non-Jewish Americans also moved against the proposal, relying on a backlash of anti-Jewish rhetoric to suggest that the proposal would allow Jews to enter America as "Trojan horses" and carry Marxist ideology with them.[1][3] The plan was dealt a severe blow when President Franklin D. Roosevelt told Ickes that he insisted on limiting the number of refugees to 10,000 a year for five years, and with a further restriction that Jews not make up more than 10% of the refugees. Roosevelt never mentioned the Alaska proposal in public, and without his support the plan died.[1] Golda Meir on Palestine Arabs RABBI SCHWARTZ'S FIRE AND LAG BA'OMER JOKES OF THE WEEK Reb Shimon survived in a cave for 12 years on carobs and a spring… For most youth today the biggest problem would be that there's no wifi service. Why did Reb Shimon only have carobs and spring water for 12 years in cave? Because he Uber Eats Door Dash guy didn't know how to find "under spiritual rock, near the Shechina…" (should've taken me as their tour guide) Reb Shimon wrote the whole Zohar while in hiding…. Imagine if he would've had whatsapp and cell service… !2 years in a cave and Reb Shimon didn't complain once, meantime we can't make it through a trip to visit his grave in his memory without a million complaints about the Israeli government and cursed Tziyonim…. What a tikkun for his neshoma.. When he came out of the cave the Talmud tells us he burned people up with eyes. My Rabbi does that every time I pull out my phone during Torah reading to check my E-mail… Yankel, the new beggar in town comes to the Rabbi of the community to ask him for help. "Everything I had and owned, Rabbi, was lost when my house burned down recently in a raging fire. I've nothing left but the clothes I'm wearing." "Do you have a letter from your own rabbi attesting to this fire?" Rabbi Goldman asks. "Yes, I did have such a letter, but unfortunately, that was also lost in the fire." At the local Talmud Torah School they brought in a fireman to talk about safety before Lag Ba'Omer. He brought some visual aids with him including a smoke detector. The fireman pressed the button to demonstrate and asked the children if anyone knew what it meant when an alarm sounded from the smoke detector. Little Moishie immediately raised his hand and said, "It means my Abba is cooking dinner." Children to Pinocchio "Would you like to celebrate Lag Ba'Omer with us? Pinocchio "But I don't have any branches or wood?" Children- :))))) Pinocchio- :((((((( And finally favorite of the week So the Breslaver was standing by the grave of Rebbi Shimon Bar Yochai and he was pouring out his heart and was overheard saying "Rebbe Shimon, I need a salvation and I promise that if you help I will mention you and add you to my prayers on Rosh Hashana in Uman by Rebbe Nachman, and by Reb Shayaleh… IsraPundit' Publisher Ted Belman, 87, Passes Away By Hana Levi Julian 'IsraPundit' Publisher Ted Belman, 87, Passes Away | The Jewish Press - JewishPress.com | Hana Levi Julian | 21 Iyyar 5785 – Monday, May 19, 2025 | JewishPress.com Those we have lost Stories of civilians and soldiers killed since Hamas's onslaught on Israel on October 7, 2023 Every day you can look at another victim and send him/her prayers Those we have lost | The Times of Israel Categories Civilians IDF Israel Defense Forces soldiers and reservists Police officers Israel Police and Border Police officers First responders Local security team members, firefighters and medics Supernova festival Those who attended the Supernova or Psyduck festivals Foreigners Foreign workers, tourists and students Eating Kosher on Flights See you Sunday bli neder, Shabbat Shalom We need Mashiach now! What is disliked by you, don't do to others. Be nice and kind and smile! Love Yehuda Lave Yehuda Lave, Spiritual Advisor and Counselor Jerusalem, Jerusalem  Israel 972-585043210 YehudaLave@gmail.com You received this email because you signed up on our website or made a purchase from us. Unsubscribe