How ironic, that the same week B. Hussein Obama is elected president of the United States, the weekly portion of the Torah is "Lech L'cha" (And you should go out)
Is G-d giving our brothers and sisters in the Diaspora a message?
I was cooking and preparing for Shabbat on Friday while listening to a radio station from Tennessee. I like listening to radio stations from around the world through the internet. It gives me a taste of what is on the mind of the people in different areas of the world. On came the oldie song by Marty Robbins - El Paso, about a man who fell in love with a Mexican beauty at a tavern. Many men wanted her but he was determined to fight for her to have her for himself. One of the lines in the song hit me, which was, "My love is stronger than my fear of death". And I thought about all the 'Mikes' and others out there that prefer to stay away from what they claim they love so much. …And I believe them. I believe Mike when he says how important the Land of Israel is to him. But the question is, HOW MUCH?
No love is perfect. Our spouses may have caught our eye and our hearts, but they still can drive us mad some times. Should we walk away from the marriage because of it? What does love mean anyway? Is it a feeling, an adjective? Or is love a verb?
For those of us brought up on Hollywood movies, we naturally come to the conclusion that love is a feeling, an adjective. Love is portrayed as an overwhelming, passionate, emotion. But real life, and Torah, tells us differently. Love is actually a verb. It is what we DO for the object of our love, that really shows our love and commitment.
I remember when I was a little kid playing with and petting our dog and saying in a cute voice over and over again, "I love you Skipper". Everyday I would pet and tell my dog how much I loved him. Then one night my father came home from work on a rainy night. The dog was outside and he asked if anyone of us (siblings) had brought the dog into the house and fed him. None of us did. We were warm inside and watching TV. He said to us, "you love, love , love your dog, but did you feed her today? No. Did you bring her in for the night? No. Don't give me your love, love, love statements anymore. That's not what love is." He turned and walked away to take care, feed, and 'Love' that dog. I always remembered that. It was one of those wake-up lessons of life that happen in childhood.
And so it is for Israel. The consensus here is that most of the people presently in the government are either corrupted or in politics for their own personal advancement. They are not people who serve the nation. They are not lovers of the Land of Israel. They are people who say they care, but use their elected status for their own pleasures, -like we did as kids, for our dog. So, …love, shmove. The same goes for our friends in the Diaspora who say that they care about Israel, but yet, they stay away.
A country singer can write lyrics about a man whose love for a woman is stronger than his fear of death. What about our brothers and sisters away out there in the Diaspora?
Is their love (for Israel) stronger than their fear of death?
For our boys who go to fight the Hizbullah and Hamas, it is.
Is their love stronger than their fear of going to jail? For our youth who are as young as 12 years old, it is.
Is their love stronger than their fear of chucking it all and coming to a foreign culture? For all the Jews who made Aliyah it is.
Is their love stronger than their fear of an uncertain future? For all the Jews living here it is.
Do the key board-pounders in the Diaspora who claim they love Israel, work the land, clean up the thorns, move the rocks, caress the soil, plant the seeds to make The Land bloom again?
Do the key board-pounders marry and have children here and raise their families here? Do they strengthen the Jewish population here?
Do they do ANYTHING here?
For the Jews living here, in the Land of Israel, our love is stronger than our fear of death.
NEW LYRICS for this song, sing along!
Out in the Western part banks of the Jordan I fell in love with the soft rolling hills Nighttime would find me in Joseph's tomb praying Music would play in my mind and bring chills
Blacker than night were the eyes of Fatima Wicked and evil while casting a spell My fear was deep for this knife wielding maiden I'd have to shoot, but in vain I could tell
That night Fatima's Imam came to kill me Wild as he tried to catch me, eeeeeeee Dashing and darting, I fought to escape From Wicked Fatima, her Imam and flee.
So in anger I challenged his right for the Land that he squatted, Down went his hand for the gun that he wore My challenge was answered in less than a heartbeat I punched Hamas-nik' down flat on the floor
Out through the back of the Tomb I had ran Towards where the settlements were I got home back to my house on the mountain Holding my stake in the land till we could?
Ok, enough for me, you can do the rest of the lyrics. I wanted to post this a few days ago, and I thought I'd have time to finish this song, but you are all creative. Give it a try.
Cheshvan 7, 5769, 11/5/2008
FOOLED YOU!
by Tamar Yonah
Tsk tsk tsk, The American people were fooled. We are all witnessing history, as a once great nation has willfully decided to destroy itself from within. Some of it is due to ignorance and a poor education. Some of it is due to guilt feelings, thinking that by voting for a minority candidate, it shows how enlightened and 'hip' they are. (I want to say here that I think it is wonderful that a person can get elected no matter what their race, religion or skin color. That's the greatness of America.) But some are just fools. Lazy thinking, dumbed down fools.
A guest I had on my show once stated, there are two things that have to be fought for or worked at: Your health & your freedom. One has to work at their health, keeping the body fueled with proper foods and exercise, if they want to be healthy. The second thing, freedom, also has to be fought for and worked at. No one will give you freedom or let you keep it unless you are willing to defend it.
Another guest I had on my show stated something very true as well. For American citizens thinking that they will always be protected by the constitution, that beautiful document, think again. The constitution is only as strong as the people willing to fight for it.
The American people, and many of you reading this, were raised with honest, decent and great work ethics. We knew that and education with hard work, coupled with humility and gratitude would produce it's rewards. We could sit back and enjoy our hard earned blessings knowing that we got them honestly. This new generation was raised with getting too much, too soon, and growing up too fast. Add to that a massive influx of immigrants who came to America, not looking so much for freedom and a chance to make something of themselves, but of people who came - to make money and live a more affluent life. Nothing so wrong there, but if money is your #1 goal, moral decay takes place.
Today's generation wants it all without taking responsibility. We want to be swept away by a Prince Charming who will promise he will take care of us. But this Prince Charming is only 'charming' us. Soon the wedding night will be over and then daylight will break, and it will be grey skies.
These videos below will show what (unfortunately) many (not all) Americans have become today,,, dumbed down, lazy, poorly educated, and people wanting to live above their means. People who thought nothing of feeding their instant gratification, maxing out their credit cards, falling into debt, and wanting 'it all' without the honorable value of hard work and living within their means. This is one reason why promises of hand outs $$$ and 'change' won Obama the elections.
'Obama Supporter Thinks She Won't Need To Worry About Paying For Her Gas And Mortgage Anymore'
More dumbed down America: This is a clip from the Howard Stern radio show. He sent someone out to Harlem to ask residents there what they thought of Obama's policies. Instead, he took McCain's policies and switched them for Obama's. Hear what they said:
And last, see how the hip 'enlightened' are just as easy to manipulate, because people don't want to think, Yup, they fooled you!
Cheshvan 5, 5769, 11/3/2008
U.S. President Hussein Obama. Congratulations America!
by Tamar Yonah
*** I have added another video for your viewing, see bottom of blog.
Folks, I was going to let this drop. I am tired of the Obama topic. The guy is probably going to win the elections in the USA, but I just wanted you all to be aware of who you are choosing as your next leader and what kind of 'change' you may be getting.
I had on my show Dr. Jerome Corsi who talked about Mr. Hussein Obama, and his ties with Kenyan Prime Minister, Raila Odinga. Now, before you fall asleep from more political talk, please read a bit further. You really should know that your next president, is at least oblivious, or at worst, in bed with, Muslim radical extremists who want Sharia law, a safety net for Muslim terrorists, and a ban on public Christian worship. Lest you forget, the Moslem extremist regimes are at war with the United States.
I just can’t fathom people who would not only tolerate, but actually vote for a man who won't present his birth certificate to the American people when being asked, and then sued (what contempt he must have for the people, and this is before he even becomes president!) and associates with people like Reverend Wright who says G-d d-mn America, William Ayers who bombed America, and Rashid Khalidi who probably supports the bombing of Israel. With a background like that, as one talk-backer stated, Obama wouldn't pass security to obtain the job of being his own bodyguard, yet he will hold the most powerful and sensitive office in the world.
In the videos below, you will see with your own eyes, Hussein Obama's support of Muslim Kenyan Raila Odinga, a man who once went to prison for his involvement in trying to overthrow the Kenyan government back in the 1980's. Hmmm, come to think of it, kind of like another William Ayers? Interesting company Obama keeps. But this is not 'company' this is 'family'. Odinga just happens to be Obama's (first?) cousin. In an interview, Odinga told BBC's "The World Today" that Senator Obama's father was his maternal uncle. Hear it here.
Obama is reported to have raised money – up to a million dollars, for Odinga's campaign, to oust the religiously tolerant Kibaki government of Kenya. Odinga lost the presidential election in the end, but the anger of that loss resulted in a backlash of deadly violence in Kenya from his supporters, which left an estimated 1,000 members of the nation's Kikuyu tribe dead and up to 500,000 displaced from their homes.
According to reports on World Net Daily.com, Odinga's supporters damaged or destroyed up to 800 churches in Kenya, including perpetrating a horrific scene of herding several Kenyan Christians into a church and setting it on fire with the Christians inside, copying what the Nazis often did to the Jews during the Holocaust.
But Hussein Obama, the probable next U.S. president, backed his Muslim side of the family, his cousin, who will work to bring in sharia law in Kenya, make a safe haven for terrorists, and forbid Kenyan Christians from displaying their Christian worshipping and practices in public. See the 'Islamification' Pact that Odinga signed Aug. 29th, 2007, with some of Kenya's radical Muslims. It seems to me, that that goes against American values of tolerance and religious freedom. Truly unbelievable the issues here, and one wonders why the mainstream media does not let you know this.
Tamar Yonah is one of Israel's most popular English-speaking radio show hosts. She made Aliyah from Southern California and after serving in the Israeli army began a prolific career in radio, including production, news and program development. She was the original creator and producer of 'The Aliyah Show' and still works whenever and however she can in that field. Tamar is a political activist, wife and mother residing in Judea and Samaria and currently hosts several top-rated shows, including Weekend Edition, The Tamar Yonah Show and TnT Dynamite. Her award winning blog covers current events, religion, politics and anything else that's on her mind.