Yom Shishee
Friday
29 Elul 5783
September 15 2023
SHANA TOVAH!
Wishing you a sweet new year–be sure to eat your apples and honey tonight! (Picture: Bet David).
Rosh Hashana begins at sundown tonight. All of us here at OneIsrael wish you and yours a healthy, happy, and prosperous 5784! Be sure to eat your apple with honey tonight.
Soldiers with apples and honey in advance of Rosh Hashana tonight.
The Delusional Quote of the Day
“The current government will not last. The next election will be in 2024. I think that I will be the next prime minister.”
Opposition leader Yair Lapid in an interview yesterday.
Talk about deluded. As you may or may not know, Yair Lapid and his Yesh Atid Party have been dropping like a rock in recent polls having long since been overtaken in the Opposition by the equally abominable Benny Gantz.
The News on the Israel Street
The war on the Gaza Border, and in Judea and Samaria.
It is being reported this morning that there are more than 200 terror alerts in Israel in advance of the holidays. There are many specific warnings of Palestinians attempting to kidnap Israelis on the roads of Judea and Samaria.
Shooting attacks:
Palestinian terrorists opened fire on IDF soldiers in Qalqilya.
Palestinian terrorists opened fire on IDF soldiers in Kabatia.
IED, “rock”, and Molotov attacks:
A badly hit bus last night. Fortunately, no one on board was physically wounded. The terrorists escaped.
Palestinian terrorists attacked Israelis between Rabbah and the Small Yakir Junction, on the Gush Etzion-Hevron Road in the Al Aruv Bypass, between Ariel and Rahlim near the Ischaka Bridge, at the entrance to Beitar Illit, and at a myriad of other locations.
TODAY’S BLOG:
The Amazing Sight At The Kotel Last Night
On The Final Night Of Elul
Last night was the final night of the penitential month of Elul, and it saw tens of thousands of Jews come to the Kotel to pray at the Wall and ask for forgiveness.
As one scholar has written, “Elul is seen as a time to search one’s heart and draw close to God in preparation for the coming Day of Judgement, Rosh Hashana, and Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur.”
Of course, because of the dense masses of people last night, many of them could not make it to the Wall itself so they prayed in the Kotel plaza and others even in the parking lot outside.
Seldom has your humble servant ever seen such an outpouring of worship at the Kotel:
A photo from the Temple Mount Foundation.
A wider shot of the above:
It fills your humble servant’s heart with joy to see such a gathering of worshipers!
On this happy note, we wish you both:
A student from Malawi, who had worked with an Israeli health volunteer in his country battling AIDS, came up to us as we walked down the street in the UC-Davis Picnic Day Parade and wanted to carry the Israeli flag.