Ratcheting up the tensions between Russia and Israel, just a little more: Syria and Israel are clearly in a jam. Yep. Damascus will be toast, soon. Everyone in the region butter be careful, particularly if spread too thin. Making the best of a crumby situation being spread around. It's easy to got burned. Don't wait too long. Any way you slice it, that was really bad, Dan. Lol. 😉 Anyway, butter...errr better times are ahead for the Land of Milk and Honey. I quite like buttered toast with honey, myself. :good: Manna with honey! TR Israeli Police, who used to arrest Jews for Praying on the Temple Mount, Now Joining Them: A photo was posted to the Facebook page of B’Yadenu, an organization that advocates for Jewish rights on the Temple Mount, that just a few years ago would have been impossible. The photo showed a quorum of Jewish men praying on the Temple Mount. In itself, it is wonderful that Jews are praying at their holiest site. Prayer in a minyan (a quorum of ten) is considered to be a much higher spiritual level allowing certain prayers that a solitary worshipper does not recite. A group of men will delay praying in order to search for other men to complete the quorum. This is, unfortunately not possible for an incomplete minyan on the Temple Mount as the entrance for Jews is tightly controlled and limited to small groups. So when a group of nine men wanted to pray on Sunday morning, they had no choice but to turn to the Israeli policeman guarding them and ask if he would be willing to join them in prayer. The policeman agreed and the prayers commenced. The situation is improving on the Temple Mount as more Jews ascend. Jews have recently been permitted to pray at the site with the tacit assent of the police. The post noted that Jewish prayer must still regrettably be said in a low voice. “Yes the police mostly allow us to pray,” Hayman agreed, noting that he had prayed at the site on Monday with the special prayers for the new month. “But without a tallit (prayer shawl) or tefillin (phylacteries) and without the benefit of a prayer book. And it is forbidden to bring a Torah scroll onto the Temple Mount for the twice-weekly public reading. And we are not permitted in at night to say the evening prayers or on Shabbat.” “Entrance to the Temple Mount for Jews used to mean entering with empty pockets; no wallet or phone. The Waqf guards would scream at us and the Israeli police would only intervene if they threatened us physically. That changed when Yoram HaLevi took charge. Now, the Waqf guards don’t come near us and the Israeli police are, for the most part, real mentschen (gentlemen).” War in Israel! Over cats, that is... I must admit I am a cat person. ? Dogs are very nice but cats are #1 with me. ? When I was in Israel, I was struck with the number of stray/feral cats there. I guess the term used by Israelis is community cats. I started to sneak out bits of fish or other pieces of meat in a napkin after our buffet breakfasts just to feed the cats we came across on our tours. They were very grateful and generally friendly. Anyway, pretty interesting article. There is a definite battle between animal rights activist groups in Israel and others. I do wonder what will happen if the temple sacrifices start up again. :scratch: As we are also led as lambs to the slaughter! TR
