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What is the real meaning of the mysterious holiday of Sukkot? What does it have to do with the End of Days and the Final Redemption? Why does the prophet Zechariah describe God as “touching down” on the Mount of Olives? And what does it all have to do with current events in Israel and the recent hostage deal? Find out in this class as we uncover the true meaning of Sukkot. Plus: What is the secret of the number 91? Where does the notion of the “Seven Shepherds of Israel” come from? And what role do the Shepherds play...

Dramatic footage has today emerged showing the moment armed police shot a suspected knifeman following a 'marauding terror attack' at a synagogue. Four people were knifed after a man 'armed with a bomb' rammed a car into the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue at 9.31am today. The attack, which took place on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur, has been declared a 'Plato' incident - the national code-word used by police and emergency services when responding to a 'marauding terror attack'.

German prosecutors say police recovered an AK-47, several pistols and ammo intended to be used in deadly attacks on Israeli or Jewish institutionsGerman police arrested three men they suspect of preparing a serious attack against Jewish targets in Germany for Hamas, prosecutors said on Wednesday, a week before the second anniversary of the Palestinian Islamist terror group’s attack on Israel. Prosecutors suspect the three men of being foreign operatives for Hamas and of being involved in procuring firearms and ammunition to be used for assassinations targeting Israeli or Jewish institutions in Germany, they said. “In the course of today’s arrests,...

Although the United States is widely acknowledged as the most powerful military force on earth, we haven’t decisively won a war since the hawkish-sounding Department of War became the peaceful-sounding Department of Defense, way back in 1947. We’ve never actually lost a war. Frankly we never came very close, not since the successful conclusion of our second and last war with Great Britain. Still, we managed to “invite” replays of major wars. For instance, When World War I ended with an armistice instead of a decisive victory, it set the stage for World War II. By learning our lessons, it...

Jewish security teams and armed police have been called in to protect synagogues across the UK after four people were stabbed outside a synagogue in Manchester. At least two people have died after a knifeman 'armed with a bomb' rammed a car into the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue at 9.31am today and went on a rampage. The bloody assault, which took place on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur, has been declared a 'Plato' incident - the national code-word used by police and emergency services when responding to a 'marauding terror attack'.

@Basil_TGMD 🚨MANCHESTER TERROR SUSPECT APPEARS TO BE WEARING BOMBS He gets off the floor and has something in his hand. The Police shoot him again You can see a belt of what appears to be bombs strapped to him A member of the public also said he was wearing bombs ⚠️Content warning⚠️ *STRONG LANGUAGE*

Summary Assailant drives car into pedestrians, stabs security guard near synagogue in Manchester Three other people targeted by attacker in serious condition Suspect shot dead by police who rushed to scene after witness report of attack on holiest day of Jewish calendar 'He has a bomb, go away', police officer shouts at onlookers Britain's King Charles, PM Starmer voice shock, horror over incident MANCHESTER, England, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Two people were killed on Thursday when a man drove a car into pedestrians and stabbed a security guard in an attack at a synagogue in England where worshippers were...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he was appalled by the attack and additional police officers would be deployed at synagogues across the U.K. (Scripps News)On Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, a Manchester synagogue was attacked, prompting heightened security across the UK. An assailant drove a car into people outside a synagogue Thursday in northern England and then began stabbing them, killing two and seriously wounding four in a terrorist attack on the holiest day of the Jewish year, police said. Officers shot and killed the suspect, Greater Manchester Police said, though it took authorities some time...

The first Boston Light stood as a beacon in Boston Harbor for 60 years until the British blew it up in 1776. Built in 1716, it was the first lighthouse in the United States.>>> The Boston News-Letter of Sept. 17, 1716, reported the “Light House has been built; And on Fryday last the 14th Currant the Light was kindled.”Boston Light, The Cursed Lighthouse of Boston HarborBoston Light is a lighthouse located on Little Brewster Island in outer Boston Harbor, Massachusetts.[3][4] The first lighthouse to be built on the site dates back to 1716, and was the first lighthouse to be...

Yom Kippur concludes at sundown Thursday, ending the 10-day period on the Jewish calendar known as Days of Teshuvah.The San Diego Police Department said its officers would be on heightened alert against any potential threats to the Jewish community starting Wednesday, when Yom Kippur begins at sundown. "As always, when it comes to Yom Kippur, or any other significant event, we will conduct extra patrols in the areas where there are places of worship," SDPD spokesman Lt. Travis Easter said Tuesday. The department cited tension in the Middle East amid the Israel-Hamas war and recent attacks on places of worship,...

White Supremacists and Counter-Demonstrators Rally at Valley Forge Bill Bergstrom /Associated Press Writer VALLEY FORGE, Pa. (AP) - About 100 white supremacists rallied at Valley Forge National Historical Park on Saturday as nearly twice as many opponents heckled them from a nearby hillside. Both groups were outnumbered by federal law enforcement officers. National Park Service spokesman Phil Sheridan said no arrests were made at the rally site, but one person was arrested after a scuffle in a parking lot. Neo-Nazis and Ku Klux Klan members shouted slogans from a stage at the park, where about 11,000 Revolutionary War soldiers commanded...

Washington does not recognize Easter or Yom Kippur as state holidays. The state of Washington, which does not officially recognize Easter or Yom Kippur as state holidays, became the first state in the nation to recognize the two Islamic holidays of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as unpaid state-recognized holidays when Democrat Governor Bob Ferguson signed the legislation into law this month. “Senate Bill 5106, sponsored by Sen. Yasmin Trudeau (D-Tacoma), adds both Eid holidays to a list of 20 other state holidays. Rep. Osman Salahuddin (D-Redmond) sponsored the companion bill,” Ferguson’s website stated. “The new law does not establish...

Is a prophetic and ominous warning message being sent to Israel, as today Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian? Could Russia provide the Iranian regime help with their nefarious nuclear program? Will Iran speed up their nuclear development now that their protective “Ring of Fire” is collapsing? What are the prophetic implications of this potential nuclear alliance between Russia and Iran? Watch now.

Okay, this is starting to get really weird. At the same time that the Middle East is erupting in flames, the U.S. is being pummeled by major natural disasters and we are preparing for the most pivotal election in modern history, extremely unusual things are happening in the heavens. The “Comet of the Century” is making a spectacular run past our planet, the Sun has unleashed an extremely powerful coronal mass ejection, a “second Moon” is now orbiting our world, and it is being suggested that we are witnessing an “intriguing alignment of constellations and stars” that appears to relate...

This would be the largest Attack on US soil since 9/11.”... First, there was an arrest in Vegas over a teen convert to Islam who wanted to kill Jews. Now there’s been another arrest in what appears to be a more sophisticated plot. Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, a Pakistani Muslim living in Canada, planned to carry out terrorist attacks against Jews in New York. There was an unnamed American Muslim also involved. During those conversations, Khan confirmed that he and a U.S.-based ISIS supporter (Associate-1) had been planning to carry out an attack in a particular U.S. city (City-1). Among other...

Purim and Yom Kippur appear to be complete opposites but the ancient rabbis say they are really two sides of the same coin.>>>Yom Kippur has many Hebrew names, including the pluralized form: Yom HaKippurim. While the word kippurim literally means atonements, if we adjust one vowel and read it as kappurim, then its meaning becomes “like Purim.” This is a clue, says the Zohar, to the future purpose of Yom Kippur when it will become a day not of affliction, but of delight — just like Purim.>>>The ancient rabbis noted that Purim and Yom Kippur are the only holidays about...

Fifty years after the Yom Kippur War began, Israel is at war again, and preparations are being made right now for an absolutely massive ground invasion of Gaza. According to Google, the Yom Kippur War started on October 6th, 1973. The war with Hamas started on October 7th, 2023, and it could quickly evolve into a major regional war as more parties get involved. Once Israeli troops pour into Gaza, the dominoes will start falling very quickly. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be the one that makes the final decision on a ground invasion of Gaza, and he very...

On the fiftieth anniversary of the Yom Kippur War, Israelis woke up to a sustained attack on multiple southern towns near the border with the Gaza Strip (half of the so-called "Palestinian Authority"). This isn't the usual vicious but random spasm of slaughter in which Hamas likes to engage. It appears to have been very well planned and executed, with thousands upon thousands of rockets barraging Israeli residential areas from the southern border to north of Tel Aviv. It is also an invasion: Hamas used bulldozers to demolish Israeli border barriers, enabling an unknown number of its assets to enter...

<p>Why did Hamas stage a long-planned, carefully executed and multifaceted attack on Israeli towns, soldiers, and civilians—one designed to instill terror by executing noncombatants, taking hostages, and desecrating the bodies of the dead?</p><p>And how were the killers able to enter Israeli proper in enough numbers to kill what could be hundreds and perhaps eventually wound what could be thousands?</p>

As Barack Obama’s number two man, Joe Biden took part in many policies that were damaging to Israel but his duplicity concerning the Jewish state began in his first year in the Senate when he visited Israel. Depending on which version of events he tells, Biden takes credit for transmitting disinformation to the Israeli government in an effort to help Egypt kill more Jewish soldiers, or, as he now tells it, Biden withheld vital information that could have helped Israel defend itself. In 1973, a freshman senator named Joe Biden was sent on his first overseas trip to visit Israel....