LOL, daffy indeed! TR Aw, but the mongoose are so cute! The fact they ate up all the snakes is very impressive and I consider them heroes! :good: The Hawaiian islands sound like perfect paradise to me! :whistle: March 1st ... check out the new coin being minted for Purim next week :whistle: Sanhedrin Mints Coin for the Battle of the Army of Light Against the Army of Darkness BreakingIsraelNews In preparation for the upcoming holiday of Purim, Jews around the world will be reading the section of the Torah that describes the giving of the sanctified half-shekel silver coin to the Tabernacle. The Hebrew month of Adar will begin next Tuesday evening, From the time of the Tabernacle until well after the Temple was destroyed, every Jewish man was required to give one half-shekel weight of silver, approximately eight grams of silver (worth about $4 today), as a mandatory tax to support the Temple. This is what everyone who is entered in the records shall pay: a half-shekel by the sanctuary weight—twenty giera to the shekel —a half- shekel as an offering to Hashem. Exodus 30:13 “The half-shekel was a tax intended to be used for a specific purpose,” Rabbi Hillel Weiss, spokesman for the Sanhedrin, explained to Breaking Israel News. “As such, it was dynamic and not simply stored away. As the preparations for the Temple move forward, the need for that tax is reemerging. Without the half-shekel right now, there can be no Third Temple.” It is towards that end that the Sanhedrin minted a coin specifically for the current era. Mordechai Persoff who established the Mikdash Educational Center, a non-profit organization for education about the Temple, is marketing the coin. We are minting a series of coins to reflect a prophetic process that is unfolding right now,” Persoff said. “Just as Cyrus paved the way that enabled the Jews to build the Second Temple, President Trump began a similar process.” “With his Deal of the Century, Trump acknowledged the covenant that gave all of Israel to the Jewish People. Just as any significant national even is commemorated by minting a coin, we are minting a coin to announce that, for the first time in 2,000 years, a major world leader is acknowledging this covenant.” “This is not a political event. This is an opening for each country, for each individual, to take part in what is becoming a global reawakening to the Biblical covenant. This is the starting point from which the Messiah will grow.” Throughout history, whenever any move is made to bring geula (redemption), the dark side increases its efforts to topple the righteous. Amalek came to battle Israel at Refidim just before the giving of the Torah. Before building the First Temple in Jerusalem, King David’s enemies all gathered together against him. This happens all throughout the Bible.” “But this is not only Biblical. After World War II, the world began to awaken to bringing the Jews back to Israel and the Balfour Declaration was issued. It was precisely at that point that Hitler began to rise.” “Great light brings dark shadows,” Persoff said. “But the real way to fight this darkness is not to fight it. The victory comes from joining with the light and making it stronger. There are forces that we are seeing now that are joining with darkness in unprecedented ways. We want to increase the light, to give people a way to identify with the forces of light. The real way to do this is through the Temple in Jerusalem but lacking that, we are counting the armies of light through coins, in the same way it was done in the Temple.” Rabbi Weiss noted that the first coin issued by the Sanhedrin featuring Donald Trump and an image of King Cryus was wildly popular. “Unfortunately, that popularity came at a price,” Rabbi Weiss said. “Other sources began minting and selling counterfeit versions of the coin.This is not a simple matter of theft or copyright infringement. This is stealing from resources intended for the Temple and has very different consequences that are specified in the Torah.” Since it is forbidden to count the Congregation of Israel, the half-shekels were counted. Rabbi Weiss cited a verse pertaining to the half-shekel. When you take a census of B’nei Yisrael according to their enrollment, each shall pay Hashem a ransom for himself on being enrolled, that no plague may come upon them through their being enrolled. Exodus 30:12 Most of the counterfeiters were from China and Asia where the copyright laws are not as stringently enforced,” Rabbi Weiss said. “It is no wonder that the coronavirus plague originated in a region that stole from the holy half-shekel.” It is important to note that the coin does not adhere to the Biblical requirements of the silver half-shekel and therefore cannot be considered to fulfill the commandment. Proceeds from the sale of the coin will be used in reenactments of Temple services as well as in other educational and practical endeavors that help prepare for the Third Temple. Should the need arise, the proceeds will be used for the actual building of the Temple. “The special coin was produced to praise President Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu for doing all they can to bring the light to the World,” the webstore says. “As part of a historical and divine process towards the Rebuilding of the Third Temple.” “The diameter of the coin is 50 m”m made from pewter metal and plated with 10 grams of silver.” - Fair Use - Sanhedrin Mints Coin for the Battle of the Army of Light Against the Army of Darkness Army of Light versus Army of Darkness, eh? No, not the cheesy horror flick from the 1980s. Lol. This seems to be right from the Essene writings found in the a Dead Sea scrolls. Interesting that they would reference that. Here is a link to that scroll: https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sitchin/guerradioses/guerradioses02a.htm And a snippet from it: The description of the eschatological war COL I Perhaps they have been studying that. Here is a good article about the Essenes: http://www.setapartpeople.com/essenes Thanks, Arthur. Sure look a lot like Daniel 11. Having spent a 1 1/2 yrs in Hawaii it is indeed beautiful. But after spending some time in the deep south, I was amazed at how much prejudice there is in Hawaii. Certain streets were not safe to walk down, at least on the main island. People groups of every ilk constantly fought and hated one another. The national attitude was that of a possession rather than a state of the union. They had a disdain with anything to do with the U.S. Their sacred god Pele, was in fact a Tahitian god, not native to Hawaii. They closed themselves off from the rest of the world. Talk about island fever, constant trade winds and storms, I was done with island life. The bugs there were so big you could put a collar on them and call them pets! The uneducated locals would work part time for about six months and then spend the rest of the year living on the beach. Looks great in post cards. Every year when the cane fields were burned, they would find the bodies of missing and killed people. There were many strong believers there and the many of the locals were some of the most endearing and kind people I have ever met. That said, I would never refer to Hawaii as paradise! TR :mdrmdr: “The bugs there were so big you could put a collar on them and call them pets!” Very funny! But do they have cockroaches that fly? Myrtle Beach, SC sure has a very unique strain of that species. (Shivers). Do they actually greet everyone at the airport with Aloha and hand out flowery leis? Or is that only in the movies? Thank you for painting a realistic picture of Hawaiian living ...trouble in paradise, for sure! It makes Vermont living seem not half as bad after all ... well ... once you get past 6 months of bitter cold and the continual snow storms ((wop wop wop wop)) and lack of sunshine weather ((wop, wop )) oh and a crazy politician named “Bernie” (((sad trombone going nuts ...))) :popcorn :popcorn :popcorn - Fair Use - Check out the power struggle ... :wacko: - Fair Use - Evil can never coexist with each other. After a while, they always try to do each other in. They are chaotic by nature. Very concerned for the Christians in Syria. Assad is far from perfect but he did protect the Christians. Erdogan is a very dangerous, bloodthirsty individual.
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz February 21, 2020
This money was used to operate the Temple, thereby making the animals purchased a communal sacrifice. Each man was obligated to give the same amount, regardless of his economic condition, with collection beginning on the first day of the month of Adar. The coins, once deposited in the Temple courtyard, were hekdesh (sanctified) and not permitted to be used for any other purpose.
(1) For the In[structor, the Rule of] the War. The first attack of the Sons of Light shall be undertaken against the forces of the Sons of Darkness, the army of Belial: the troops of Edom, Moab, the sons of Ammon, the [Amalekites],
