This is it! The last show before the election -- though we may be sifting through the results for several weeks and several episodes. My final prediction: Trump will win (wow), though it may be very close and Kamala Harris could still do it.
We will kick things off with an interview with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., followed by a full tour through the spectrum of Breitbart News opinions and analyses. You might be surprised by some of the views. True diversity of opinion here!
This is going to be a very special episode, a bit sentimental, and perhaps even a bit argumentative. And the best part of it is that you can participate as well.
The last show before the election! Feels like a milestone. Join us!
Special guests:
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. - independent presidential candidate, backing Trump
- Rebecca Mansour - senior editor-at-large, on the Arab vote in Michigan
- Paul Bois - staff writer and resident skeptic, on how Trump could win his vote
- Ken Klukowski - legal editor, on the possibility of cheating in the election
- Alex Marlow - editor-in-chief, looking back on the election and looking forward to his new SiriusXM Patriot podcast!
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This is the portion that all journalists should love: the Torah tells the story of the 12 spies, only two of whom tell the truth when the other ten shade it in a negative away (perhaps to suit a political agenda that is opposed to Moses).
It's not that the ten "lying" spies misconstrue the facts about the Land of Israel; rather, they interject their opinions that the land is impossible to conquer, which strikes unnecessary terror into the hearts of the people.
We have many examples of such fake news today -- from the Iranian propaganda outlets spreading false claims that they are winning the war, to California politicians spreading false horror stories about ICE raids in L.A.
The people realize, too late, that they have been fooled, and once they are condemned to die in the desert, they try to rush into Israel -- only to be defeated by the inhabitants, as the spies predicted that they would be.
But as consolation, God gives the people new commandments -- focused on things they must ...
This week's portion discusses the procedure for lighting the menorah, the holy seven-branched lamp, in the Tabernacle (and later the Temple). It also describes an episode where the people crave meat, and God punishes them by giving it to them in excess. We also read the story of Miriam, Moses's sister, who is punished with the spiritual skin blemish of tzara'at for speaking about her brother, thus violating the prohibition against lashon hara (evil tongue).
I heard a fantastic sermon this week about the lighting of the menorah: that while only the priests were qualified to clean and purify the menorah, anyone could light it. A reminder that each of us can inspire others along the way.
This week we study the vow of the Nazirite; a reminder that sometimes trying to be too holy is excessive, and the best we can do is to be the best that we are.
https://www.chabad.org/parshah/torahreading_cdo/aid/2495720/p/complete/jewish/Naso-Torah-Reading.htm
