In The Good News | A program was launched to encourage the absorption of Olim doctors in Israel and their integration into the health system in the Galilee and Negev. The Immigration and Absorption Ministry estimates that by the end of 2025, 150 doctors are expected to immigrate to Israel, and by 2030, about 2,000 doctors. The program, initiated by the Ministry in cooperation with the Ministry of Health, was launched yesterday (Thursday) and will be called the "Doctors Immigration Directorate". During the "Eighth Day" war, about 200 doctors arrived in Israel to help the hospitals deal with the emergency. |
רב עובדיה יוסף ז"ל - Rav Ovadia Yosef z”l | It states in this week’s Parasha, “Hashem spoke to Moshe, telling him to command Aharon and his sons, This is the law of the burnt offering. The burnt offering shall remain on the altar’s hearth all night until morning, so that the a-ltar’s fires can be ignited with it” (Vayikra 6:1-2). Our hakhamim said that the Hebrew word “tzav” - “command” means “motivating”, for the immediate moment, and for future generations. Rabbi Shimon said, “motivating others” is especially relevant when there is a financial loss (Sifra, Parashat Emor, quoted by Rashi). This means that since there is a substantial cost for the burnt offering, for the burnt offering was totally burnt and entirely consumed on the altar, therefore Hashem motivated the cohanim in a unique way regarding the making of these sacrifices. One must consider the following. There are many trials in the world, however, sometimes a person experiences a trial which literally may cause them to lose their sense of proportion. Sometimes the trial affects a person psychologically, which undermines the foundations of a person’s logic and we must be prepared for such trials. In the Jerusalem Talmud (Terumot) a story is brought about Rabbi Yochanan who lost a purse full of coins. After it became evident that he lost the purse, the pupils came and asked him a deep question in Torah study and Rabbi Yochanan didn’t know how to answer them. They said to him, “Because you lost your coins did you lose your ability to reason? Why don’t you know how to reply?” Rabbi Yochanan said to them, “Reasoning is dependent on the heart and the heart is linked to the money. Therefore, I don’t know how to answer you at the moment!” We have learnt that when a person has a loss, especially a financial loss, the matter may also cause them a lack of thought. Therefore, the Torah had to motivate the cohanim regarding the sacrifices, which have a financial consideration, that they are not negligent in their work, the work of Hea-vens. |
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‘Am Yisrael Ḣazaq Ḣai VeQayam עם ישראל חזק חי וקיים | The Gaza War, the Eighth Day War, enters its 26th week. We strengthen the hands of Am Yisrael and Medinat Yisrael, of Israel’s army, its security forces, its citizens, and its residents. We mourn the loss of life of over 800 innocent civilians and the 665 fallen soldiers, police and security officers who have bravely fought Jihadist evil of the highest order. We pray for the fast return of the remaining 134 kidnapped, the return of the nearly 200,000 displaced Israelies to their homes, and for the full recovery in body and soul of over 12,000 injured. With prayers for victory, safety, and lasting peace. |
A Story - of a commanding turtle |   
The name of this week’s parasha is צַו, meaning “order!” or “command! Hashem talks to Moshe, instructing him to command the Priests of the ways of conduct in the Mishkan while giving sacrifices. The 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet, tsade צָדִי, sometimes called tsadiq-צַדִּיק, does not exist in English. Thus, English writers use the combination of the letters tz and more recently ts. Most modern Hebrew speakers write and pronounce tsade therefore as tzav / tsav. But among some Arabic speaking Jews, the tsade is pronounced as the Arabic letter s’ad صاد, sound like a heavy samekh סָמֵך, like s’a.
But this is half of the story. The 6th letter of the Hebrew alphabet, vav וָיו, is pronounced by modern Hebrew speakers as the letter V, written vee. But the Arabic/Mizraḣi/Biblical way is pronouncing the vav as W, written double-u. So the pronunciation of וָיו would be like waw, and not vav. WOW! So, summing up. For the modern hebrew speaker the word צָב, which in Hebrew means turtle, would sounds the same as צַו. Both would be tsav.
But if you pronounce the letter “vav” as “waw” instead of then there is a clear difference between צַו, command, which is sounds s’aw, and between צָב, turtle, which sounds s’av. What remains to find out is what’s the difference of sound between צָב-s’av, turtle, and between סָב-sav, a short version of Saba, like grandpa is to grandfather. Shabbat shel Shalom. tbs |
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