Psalms, The Prayer For All

The Jerusalem Lions and the Jerusalem Kings and all the fans at Kraft Football Stadium, Jerusalem,  say Psalms for Israel's victory and refuah shleimah, the full and speedy recovery of our wounded, soldiers and civilians.

Shabbat Shalom u'Mevorach

May you have a peaceful and blessed Shabbat

Back At The Ranch..Don't Forget The Elections!

Don't get me wrong.  It's not that I don't think that we should be attacking the Gazan terrorists, but the government's timing makes me suspicious.  It's just one bloody election gimmick.  I hope that G-d nudges things, like He did in 1967 and gives us a great miracle, even if we don't deserve it.

I see Olmert, yes, he's still around and having a great time as Prime Minister, doing his campaign thing, visiting the injured, hugging their parents and smiling, like it's a Bar Mitzvah.

This war has inflated the numbers for Kadima and Labor.  That was expected.  It seems like it's not doing any good to Likud, and the extreme Left is also losing.  Even better, the new Echud Leumi is gaining support.  Patched together at the last moment, it has given a lot of us a party to vote for.  The veteran Mafdal party thought that by changing its name it would attract those who left it or who would never vote for it, but thank G-d the public isn't that dumb.  We want to vote for a political party with a clear message, a clear platform.

Simply put, we want our MK's to defend Jewish rights in the Land of Israel.  We don't want a "supermarket."  I like the idea that Ketzele and Eldad are working together for the sake of Am Yisrael and Eretz Yisrael.

Of course this little blog isn't really competition to Olmert, but I'm not giving up.

I wonder if the election date will be changed, as it was in 1973. 

Modern Bandage Winding

With today's accepted norms of cleanliness, people who want to help the troops on the frontlines don't wind bandages, but there's plenty to do.

Yesterday, I joined dozens of men, women, youth and children packing A Package from Home. The logistics of the undertaking are tremendous, as was the enthusiasm of the packers. We met at 1pm at the Beit Knesset HaNasi in Rechavia, Jerusalem. We were told that we had to be finished by 4pm, and that there would be eight hundred, 800, packages. By 2:30 the packing was completed and the room was being returned to it's synagogue set-up.

The photos didn't load to the blog; I'll post them on Shiloh Musings, G-d willing, but here are a few videos of the packing. They should give you a good idea of what a tremendous mitzvah this organization, A Package from Home, does.