It is written in the soul that forgiveness is only extended to those who ask. They do not ask, they revel. So they will remain eternally unforgiven. Justice will be done. It rests in G-d's hands as does our strength.
Am Yisrael Chai.
Posted on 03/06/2002 6:32:14 PM PST by Alouette
Naveh Chazan didn't expect his Shabbos bar mitzvah to end this way. Relatives from all over the country had come to spend Shabbos and celebrate with him in the Yeshivas Machaneh Yisroel Shabbos Guesthouse in Jerusalem's Beis Yisroel neighborhood.
The area is an old one built on a drained swamp. It is entirely chareidi, and includes a harmonious mix of all elements of the chareidi community: the Mir Yeshiva is located there, as are chassidic institutions such as Zevhill, as well as several Sephardic schools including the Machaneh Yisrael yeshiva. The Machaneh Yisroel yeshiva is a quiet, steady influence for Torah and teshuva directed mainly to Sephardim. The neighborhood is adjacent to Meah Shearim and Geulah.
Naveh told reporters that, "It was very scary. I still don't believe that it happened after such a wonderful Shabbos. What a pity that it ended this way."
Naveh himself was not at the scene at the time of the explosion because he had gone to daven ma'ariv (pray the evening prayer) at a nearby shul. "I reached the guesthouse courtyard a bit later, and that's what saved me. I finished davening and suddenly heard the explosion. Someone told me that my mother was crying, so I immediately started looking for her. At the same exact time, she was running around, looking for me." Only after many long tension-filled minutes, mother and son found each other.
Almost every Shabbos, Jewish families eager to come closer to Yiddishkeit (Judaism) spend Shabbos in the Shabbos Guesthouse. There they experience the neighborhood's Torah and mitzvos way of life. They didn't expect it to end like this.
On the day following the horrendous terrorist attack in Jerusalem's Beis Yisroel neighborhood, the streets were filled with people. People streamed to the place where the Tanzim suicide terrorist blew himself up in a devastating attack, cutting off the lives of ten Jews, Hy"d, and wounding more than fifty others.
Hundreds of people gathered at the site of the attack throughout the day. Many recited pirkei Tehillim (Psalms) for the swift recovery of the scores of wounded, some of whom are still in critical condition. With a sefer Tehillim in his hand and tears in his eyes, one of those present remarked, "The Jewish people must return in teshuvoh sheleimoh (repentance). We are in desperate need of Heavenly mercy."
Throughout the night following the attack, scores of ZAKA volunteers performed their holy duties. The ZAKA volunteers, along with those of Hatzoloh Yerushalayim, were the first on the scene following the attack. ZAKA headquarters is located a mere fifty meters from the scene of the attack. On motzei Shabbos at the time of the attack, the organization's regular weekly meeting was taking place. The horrifying explosion was heard as the meeting started, and the volunteers rushed out to the scene.
Many ZAKA volunteers are also volunteers in Hatzoloh. While tending to the wounded, they donned their Hatzoloh uniforms. These were traded for ZAKA vests a few hours later.
Identification of the victims at Abu Kabir took many hours. Since the materials worn by the suicide bomber contained a large amount of shrapnel intended to magnify the destructive effects of the explosion, the bodies of the meisim, Hy"d, were in a bad state. D. N. A. tests were used to facilitate identification of the bodies.
ZAKA and Hatzoloh had some complaints about Mogen David Adom's handling of the victims. The first MDA ambulances reached the scene only about fifteen minutes following the shocking blast.
It goes to show that all the Arab Islamic propaganda about this being about Zionism and they are against Zionism and not the Jews is a load of malarky.
Shabbos= Sabbath
chareidi= "ultra" Orthodox, i.e. Orthodox Jews
sefer Tehillim= the Book of Psalms
ZAKA volunteers= I don't know what the acronym stands for, but they are the volunteer crew that collects the human remains (from attacks) for Jewish burial.
ZK"A is the Hebrew acronym for Zikui Korbanot Ason--"Identifying Victims of Disasters"
May the LORD God of Israel comfort you and all those who mourn in Zion.
There is nothing "tragic" about what is being done to the Jewish People in Israel. There is though, [And only for starters] everything foul and rotten and murderous and obscene and Evil and atrocious!
It goes to show that all the Arab Islamic propaganda about this being about Zionism and they are against Zionism and not the Jews is a load of malarky.
Rubbish!
Talk of this manifestation of Evil being about Zionism and "The Jews" is what constitutes "a load of malarky."
The Evil manifest in the Cain-descended, death-and-destruction worshipping followers of Derr Fuerher Mohammed quite justifiably loaths itself and cannot stand to be reminded of the very valid reason for that self hatred.
And nothing better reminds it that it has for centuries be-squatted and bemanured its own shithole habitat than the presence in its midst of the demonstration of Western Civilization's massive superiority than that provided by Israel's creativity, innovation, productivity, prosperity, joy, happiness, laughter and Absolute Enjoyment of Life!
Envy, whose only and inevitable products are rage and hatred, drives these psychopaths.
Zionism and Jewishness -- and even Israel itself -- are unfortunate coincidences, not primary purpose.
May the LORD G-d of Israel comfort you and all those who mourn in Zion.
Amen
Shalom
Brian
There are really no words to describe these scum. Today, there was an attempted bombing at a cafe in Jerusalem and a suicide bomber attack at a supermarket on the West Bank. Civilian targets--preferrably women and children--are the intended victims. I am in no mood today (or any other day) for the Palestinian cheerleaders that pop on these threads with the intent to hijack it for their own agendas.
You are Right and I am sorry to have allowed my FRustration to have seemed to be directed at you.
I take solace, though, in reports FRom Israel that tell me that Israelis have about reached their limits with both the death-worshipping psychopathological NAZI scum -- and with Sharon's government's pussying about with the murderous bloody blaspheming bastards!
There will, thank G-d, soon be a clear-cut winner and a clear-cut loser; G-d's Mountains will be rid of the descendents of Cain -- and then and only then will there be peace in Israel.
Shalom Shalom
Brian
Let it be very soon. My prayers for those who were murdered, maimed and injured by the murderous thugs. I do hope they realize that Israeli's gloves are coming off, and they shall pay and pay dearly.
Never again!
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