Posted on 02/17/2025 9:54:22 AM PST by Words Matter
Marking 500 days since Hamas launched a war against Israel, Ella Yechiel, a midwife at the Assuta public hospital in Ashdod, sends a message to Hamas in Arabic. In a video filmed in the delivery rooms at the hospital, Yechiel sent a message to Hamas noting that since October 7th, 2023, 8,910 babies have been born at Assuta in Ashdod – new lives born in the face of the destruction and devastation that the terrorist organization tried to wreak. She ended her message in Hebrew: "Am Yisrael Chai."
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Defiance!
How many Gaza babies born, as they were harried one end to the other?
There are LOTS of Jewish babies in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
Well above replacement rates:
What is the fertility rate among Jews in Israel?
ChatGPT said:
As of 2022, the fertility rate among Jewish women in Israel was approximately 3.03 children per woman, a slight decrease from 3.17 in 2018.
THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
This overall rate encompasses variations across different Jewish communities:
Haredi (Ultra-Orthodox) Jews: This group maintains a notably higher fertility rate, with an average of around 7 children per woman.
מרכז טאוב
Secular and Traditional Jews: Among those identifying as secular or traditional (non-religious), the fertility rate is approximately 2.5 children per woman.
מרכז טאוב
These figures highlight the demographic diversity within Israel’s Jewish population, reflecting varying cultural, religious, and socioeconomic factors that influence family size preferences.
I believe “Am Yisrael Chai” means “the people of Israel live”.
Another type of message ——
“Captain Bainbridge remarked, his resolve firm, “I hope I shall never again be sent to Algiers with tribute, unless I am authorized to deliver it from the mouth of our cannon.”
― Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War That Changed American History by Brian Kilmeade.
earlier passage:
“asked how the Barbary states could justify “[making] war upon nations who had done them no injury.” The response was nothing less than chilling. According to his holy book, the Qur’an, Abdrahaman explained, “all nations which had not acknowledged the Prophet were sinners, whom it was the right and duty of the faithful to plunder and enslave.” Christian sailors were, plain and simple, fair game.”
Tripoli Pirates were also close to Hamas ideology...
‘People of Israel’ means the Jewish oeople in general. As in:
Ex. 3:7
Ex. 7:4
Ex. 32:7
Dt. 21:8
2 Samual 7:23
1 kings 8:38
1 kings 15:2
1 Cr. 17, 21
2 Cr. 6:24 , 29
2 Cr. 20, 7
Sorry, checking again biblical sources for “am - Israel” as the Jewish people in general:
Ex. 7:4
Dt. 21:8
2 Samual 7:23
1 kings 8:38
1 kings 8:52
1 Chronicles 17, 21
2 Chronicles 6:24 , 29
2 Chronicles 20, 7
When Moses was born the Israelites in Egypt had to manage with two midwives (Exodus 1.15). I hope they have more than two midwives in Ashdod to handle so many babies being born.
Am israel chai. Song
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Yes. BTW, those two, in book of Ex. (1:15,21) were: Shiphrah and Puah.
Nice. Thanks
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