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Weekly Parsha Commentary by Rav Binyamin Zev Kahane | Translated by Lenny Goldberg | published by Yekutiel Ben Yaakov
The Pitfall of Power: Arrogance (1994)
Two years after the Jews left the suffering, slavery
and humiliations of Egypt, they constructed
the Tabernacle - the place where G-d's Presence prevails
in the world and the pipeline for all the prayers of the
Jewish People to their Father in Heaven. Precisely at such a
momentous occasion, one would expect the leaders of the
Jewish People to step up and set an example in the building
of the Tabernacle, and to play a key role in the contributions
and sacrifices that are involved in the erecting of G-d's
house. But quite to the contrary, we find the following verse:
"And the princes brought the onyx stones" (35-27) and
Rashi comments: "Rabbi Nathan said: Why did the princes
contribute at the dedication of the altar at the beginning,
while at the construction of the Tabernacle they did not
contribute at the beginning? Instead, thus did the princes
say: 'Let the community contribute what it will contribute,
and we will complete whatever will be lacking. And since
they were slothful at first, "yud" is missing from their name
(the Hebrew letter "yud" is missing from the word prince, in
Hebrew - Niseim).
Rabeinu Bchai adds: "For it is the way of the princes to look
down on the rest of the nation ... and thus princes brought
the stones that rested on Aharon's heart, in order to atone for
the arrogance of their heart.
These same princes who not long ago were lowly slaves and
now were princes of Israel - immediately upon receiving
their high appointment, they started to look down at their
brothers, and on this the Talmud in Trachtate Pesachim says:
"Four things are intolerable ... the public appointee who looks
down at the rest of the community for no reason."
Ego Rises With Power
The Torah's concern for one's high position affecting his ego
is seen clearly in the laws dealing with the King. The following
is written in Parshat Shoftim: "He shall not multiply horses to
News in the perspective of the Jewish Idea:
Arabs flee from Gaza to Egypt
RAFAH, Gaza Strip - Masked gunmen blew holes in the wall
separating the Gaza Strip from Egypt early Wednesday and
thousands of "Palestinians" poured across the border to buy
supplies made scarce by an Israeli blockade of the terrorist
territory.
Egyptian guards and police from the barbaric terrorist group
Hamas, which rules Gaza, stood by without taking action.
himself...Neither shall he multiply to himself wives that his
heart turns not away; and silver and gold will he not greatly
multiply to himself...and he will write a copy of this Torah.
And it shall be with him and he shall read therein all the days
of his life: that he may learn to fear the Lord his God...that his
heart is not lifted up above his brethren." And the Rambam
in Hilchot Tefilah adds: "One who prays must bow five times
each and every tefilah...and the King since he prostrates
himself from the very beginning of his prayer, does not raise
his head until he finishes the entire prayer."
Our Mission: To Bring Down the Haughty In Our Days
We can see the arrogance, corruption and egoism of the
Israeli politician most overtly during an election year. Each
party stomps on the fresh blood of Jewish victims to further
its political advantage, though none of them possess an iota
of a solution to the problem.
We have observed our "leaders" basking in the glory of Nobel
Peace Prizes and in the shadow of gentile leaders and Arab
murderers, so engrossed with themselves, their speeches of
"peace" and their place in the history books that no amount
of Jewish blood can budge them from their "vision".
May it be G-d's Will that these leaders be replaced by true
Jewish leaders guided by Torah, and who know that, "It is not
high appointment I give you, but rather bondage I give you."
May we merit leaders who go in the way of Moshe Rabeinu,
who not only was not interested about his reputation in the
history books, but was even willing to have his name erased
from God's Holy Book itself ("Blot me, I pray thee, out of Thy
book which You have written", Exodus, 32-32) in order to save
the Jewish people from annihilation. We must have leaders
who possess self-sacrifice to serve the community, and not
exploit it.
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Voice of Judea Commentary:
Living proof that the expulsion of hostile Arab elements from
Israel is absolutely practical. With a bit more pressure from
Israel, more Arab terrorists and their supporters may yet
seek refuge in Egypt and elsewhere, leaving all of their own
accord. Cheers! There may yet be peace and security in The
Holy Land!
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Winograd "Shminograd"
It was obvious from the start that this moronic commission of
inquiry would not reach any earth-shattering conclusions or
even touch upon any of the real issues.
The strongest army in the Middle East lost a war against a
few thousand Hizbullah terrorists and Iranian commandos.
In truth, Israel had no chance of winning the war and there
was no chance that a commission composed of Judges and
retired IDF officers would ever deal with the relevant issues
that plague Israel.
The issue is not about the last 60 hours of battle, the readiness
of the IDF or the competence and level of accountability to
be placed upon Olmert. Everyone knows that the IDF was not
prepared properly before the war, that Olmert is to blame and
that the last 60 hours of battle could have been fought better.
None of these issues stand at the root of the problem.
and Katyushas are fired; it means totally disregarding
international opinion and paying no attention to the
hypocrites who will condemn Israel for killing "innocent"
civilians who harbor the terrorists and their rockets. One
can't win the war if they refuse to fight the war. Diplomatic
efforts, international peace keeping troops, United Nations
Resolutions and incursions "limited to 60 hours" are all a
guarantee and prescription for defeat.
The IDF could smash the Hizbullah and the Hamas in 60
seconds if they used the necessary fire-power, and placed
their faith in God and in the justice of their cause. Instead we
place our faith in the Gentiles and try to juggle international
opinion, insane standards of "purity of arms" that only Jews
are expected to observe, limited fire power, and half baked
military operations. Rather than smashing the enemy, we risk
our own soldiers, fighting house-to-house, so as not to risk
incurring the wrath of the nations. Lack of faith in God is the
reason for the last and next Jewish defeat, God forbid.

The real issue is that Israel was hesitant and refused to fight
the war the way one must fight any war if one wishes to
win. There is only one way to win a war and it starts with the
decision to fight that war with conviction so as to win the war.
Israel lacks that basic conviction needed to fight any war with
the necessary means to win. This is the sad truth concerning
Lebanon and Israel's Northern battle, just as it is the case with
regard to Israel's Southern border and the ongoing barrage
of Kassams launched from Gaza into Israel without reprieve;
this is also the case with regard to the Iranian threat.
Fighting a war with intent to win the war means showing no
mercy on the enemy population from whence the Kassams
100 Winograd Commissions will never address the real issues.
They will never concede that they share a prominent role in
the creation of the problem – Israel's dependency on America
and Israel's slave-mentality and obsessive fear of the reaction
of the Gentiles. Who if not for the judges are the ones who
have established that is illegal to "incite" Torah truth and that
outlaw authentic Judaism only to replace it with "the mercy
of fools?" Who are the ones who have repeatedly tied the
hands of our soldiers, preventing them from taking basic,
elementary and necessary steps to quell Arab terror? "Yisrael
bitach BHashem, Ezram UMagenam hu" - "Israel, have faith in
God, your savior and shield".

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