The country is in a state of shock after the mass shooting in Buffalo on Saturday -- except for the left and its media apologists, who are out to censor anyone who talks about "replacement theory."
There is a white supremacist conspiracy theory that claims that our country, controlled by Jews, is letting in people of different races to replace white Americans. That's crazy and deadly; it has motivated several mass shooters.
Then there's the reasonable, backed-by-evidence theory that Democrats are refusing to enforce immigration laws because they want to replace the current electorate with a new one that sees the party of open borders and asylum as its benefactor.
We'll talk about all of that. We'll also talk about the Court's impending reversal of Roe v. Wade, and we'll also discuss the ongoing chaos in the Middle East, which is being incited by Palestinian leaders -- a fact western journalists ignore.
We'll also look ahead to the U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania, which is up for grabs at the moment, as Trump has endorsed Oz; Kathy Barnette impressed voters at the debate; and David McCormick is making a late push. There's a bit of shocking news, as Democratic frontrunner John Fetterman has suffered a stroke. (Speedy recovery!)
I want to talk about the attacks on Barnette a bit, some of which are legitimate, and some of which are really low.
Special guests:
Tom Homan - former acting ICE director, on Buffalo and the border issue
Danny Danon - former Israeli ambassador to the UN, on Israel's foreign policy
Adam Waldeck - founder of 1776 Action, on the PA Senate/governor's race
Elizabeth Johnston - pro-life activist, on the impending reversal of Roe
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This week'd portion begins the book of Numbers. Interestingly, the Hebrew name for the book is "In the Desert," not "Numbers." The portion, which happens to be my bar mitzvah portion, focuses almost as much on the names of the princes of each tribe as the number of soldiers it fielded. It also focuses on the configuration of the tribal camps around the central Tabernacle and the Levites.
So why "Numbers" instead of "Names" or "Places"? The numbers are, to be sure, a unique feature of the opening of this Biblical book -- but they are not the focus of the rest of the narrative. The Hebrew focuses on the place where the events in the book take place, because essentially this is the narrative of the Israelites' wanderings from Egypt to Israel, across 40 years. We move from the giving of the Torah and the construction of the Tabernacle in Exodus and Leviticus, to the final valediction of Moses in Deuteronomy -- Bamidbar is the story of wandering that happened in between.
The question of ...
This week's portion begins with the laws of the Sabbath and the Sabbatical year, and the Jubilee year that restores all land to its original (tribal) owners. It also explores laws of property and labor that will apply in the Land of Israel, and the laws of vows and inheritance.
The Israelites are presented -- not for the last time -- with the essential moral choice that they must face, and the rewards for choosing well, along with the consequences for choosing poorly.
We learn that doing good things will earn God's protection from enemies. That does not mean that victims of terror, God forbid, were sinful. But it does mean that we can respond to evil by committing ourselves to a higher path.
This week's portion describes the major sacrifices that are to be offered by the Jewish people, including those that are offered only by the priestly Kohen class, and physical requirements of the people (men) who serve in that role.
Inter alia, there are interesting commandments -- such as an injection to treat animals with respect and care, first, by letting a mother animal nurse her offspring for a week before being offered in any sacrifice; and second, by refraining from slaughtering an animal and its offspring on the same day.
The commandments regarding animals remind us of the purpose of those regarding human beings: to uphold a divine connection, through ritual.
https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/111878/jewish/Rabbi-Isaac-Luria-The-Ari-Hakodosh.htm
