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AddReply(503607,"Malka","Meira Bat Yehuda","Jerusalem","10/13/09","I appreciate your sensitivity... to a point.  It is because of women who feel as you do that the enemy gains a foothold with their asinine psychological tricks.  You MUST watch. You simply must find the courage to watch and then you must find the courage to do something. You ask what that may be. Well, I don\'t know because I don\'t know you. I do know it\'s not hand wringing and weeping and hiding one\'s eyes because one can\'t bear to watch. \nYou must hav ethat voice and the pained expressions burned into your memory otherwise you will do nothing. You won\'t even recognize the opportunity to do something when it is presented because you will be thinking of Malka\'s tender heart and not Gilad\'s.\nThinking like this is why I created Meira Warrior Princess but unfortunately it was also thinking like this that hated her too much for her to be effective. Nonetheless, it is time for all of us to find our inner warriors and for some to externalize them.");
AddReply(503499,"I Can\'t Watch the Video","Malka","upstate NY","10/13/09","Am I the only one who can\'t bring herself to watch the clip? Who doesn\'t want his voice and every single pained facial expression in her mind?\n\nI am still haunted by the image of an American soldier who was taken hostage during the Gulf War in the early 1990s. You could tell from the marks on his face that he had been roughed up.\n\nTerrorists know how much videos such as this torture the minds of people who watch them. Mass casualties are one thing, watching someone who has been tortured (Gilad has been tortured, I can he\'s been starved from the the size of his arms).\n\nI don\'t know what to do to help him. What should be done? Starve the Palestinians for starters. Cut off food supplies, electricity. Make life miserable for them until they forced Gilad Shalit out, like Pharoah sent the Jewish people out of Egyptian slavery.\n\nHow about some man-made plagues????\n\n");
AddReply(503305,"Sk","Meira bat Yehuda","Jerusalem ","10/12/09","You know, S, you\'re right. Anonymous has mellowed some since he gave up the ridiculous Vienna persona. Although he chooses to remain anonymous, he is being himself not a cartoon of some great Anarchical inspiration. Rather than being  \"Che \" to some yet unrevealed leader of Medinat Israel, he is actually someone you can begin to dialogue with even if you disagree. Someone willing to teach rather than berate as lemmings those who don\'t get it.  I found this to be the case personally. When I was plain Meira, I was just developing  into her having recently abandoned my goyish name. I was also new to blogging and talking back. Then I went for the joke and became Meira Warrior Princess but too many people didn\'t get the joke or the serious intent behind it and it got out of hand. So I tried  \",, \" and we all know how that went. Finally Larry outted me and Tamar asked for us to use some sort of nic. I am terrible at naming dogs, cats and various fictional characters so it was really hard to come up with a good nic for myself. Somehow, Bat Yehuda seemed to fit because of the supposed etymology of my maiden name.  I think it has reinforced the fact that I am a Yehudia and has affected me personally. The debacle that sparked it all, a few Tamar blogs back  was the last time anyone bit my head off for saying things the same way everyone else gets a pass for doing. You, said something to me too, however that refocused me stylistically. \nAnyway, I do perceive a slight change in  \"anon\'s \" style and  \nI find myself agreeing with him more because his intent comes thru more clearly and it\'s not all bad. You, however, are hard core, LOL, and I don\'t anticipate change any time soon in  your attitude about the current State. It keeps things interesting nonetheless and somewhere in the TaNaKh there is something about steel against steel sharpening the edge to keep it utile.  You and Anon. are the whetstones to, hopefully, keep us sharp and  thinking. Disagreement is not bad. Refusing to consider differing points of view however, is deadly. \n");
AddReply(502833,"Anonymous, if censorship indicates anything ...","sk","USA","10/12/09","... it seems that I am now considered more dangerous than you.\n\nMost amusing.  You are now a moderate!");
AddReply(502584,"Good news","eures","Muenster / germany","10/11/09","At least really good news and german negiators try to make it into a happy end. German goverment and such secret service take a leading role in such egoations and give the parents hope. with the help of god Gilad be home before end of the year. ");
AddReply(501934,"prayer","lizzyha","","10/09/09","I will pray that God destoys His enemies and His Righteousness is known in Israel.God\'s Power alone can free Gilad.The Battle belongs to the LORD.");
AddReply(501830,"anonymous","Meira Bat Yehuda","Jerusalem","10/09/09","Thank you for your answer. It makes complete sense as I think thru the behavior of the parents and what is normal Arab strategy.\nI hope the Stockholm Syndrome isn\'t too bad but i agree he will be their shill for many years to come.   \nIt is very unfortunate about the parents and I am glad you made that point so bluntly. I\'ve been trying to make it to another  \"soldiers mother \" for months now. Even if we have our sons with us, whining about the dangers they face in the army gives our enemies a point on which to wage psychological warfare.  The enemy\'s mothers teach their sons to be brave and blow them selves up a shehids, we cry when ours go back to their bases after a nice family Shabbat at home. NIce sentiments but not appropriate for wartime to wear them on ones sleeve.  I wish people would understand that we are at war even if no one is shooting or being shot.  The weapons are much softer yet they kill just as effectively.");
AddReply(501211,"to #29: Yes, he is alive.","anonymous","","10/07/09","He is being kept alive for two reasons:\n\n1) He is worth more alive than dead in terms of the number and type of terrorists to be released, as well as in the priceless efforts of his family to undermine national security for reasons of pure selfishness.  He is also worth a great deal as a live example of Hamas  \"respect for human rights \", i.e. as a propaganda tool.\n\n2) Given the suicidal-homicidal views of his family and his own Stockholm syndrome, Gilad Shalit will almost certainly act as the chief Jewish spokesman for Hamas after he is released.  I expect him to be feted at every leftist rally for decades to come, with hordes of eager traitors and lemmings hanging on his every word as he extols the  \"justice \" of Hamas and explains their  \"legitimate grievances \".\n\nThe tape is staged, not doctored.  There is no need to doctor anything.  You have your subject, your conditions are completely controlled.  You are shooting a movie like any other movie.  Why bother with complicated effects when you can simply do takes and splice until you get the effect you want?");
AddReply(500847,"anonymous","Meira Bat Yehuda","Jerusalem","10/06/09","These are straight questions not a challenge or contentiousness. Do you believe that Gilad is alive and what would Hamas\' reasons be for keeping him so.? Do you believe the tape is real and undoctored?\nThank you.");
AddReply(500843,"Yvonne","Meira Bat Yehuda","Jerusalem","10/06/09"," I lived in the South for many years, in NC even. I know. I also know that angels are real and have had many experiences such as you describe in the end of your post. I\'m glad the outcome of the prayer was not what she wanted. At least it seems as tho it turned out better than she hoped.  I have heard them pray for trouble so that the person prayed for becomes so desperate they turn to Heusus. That is despicable and actually witchcraft.\n Now before someone tells me to read the Bible to learn what angels are really like, I will say I know. I am aware that they are fearsome creatures and we would probably die from fright at their appearance but they do come to assist us too and perhaps in that function WE PERCEIVE them as non-threatening humans. I may have met one yesterday in fact. ");
AddReply(500838,"# 24","not important","","10/06/09","Yes.\nSweden had its own six-day war, their own crisis beginning inside a Kreditbank, and yes, ultimately their own syndrome, abbreviation: SS.\n");
AddReply(500811,"about prayer..","yvonne","cary","10/06/09","Meira, I did not let anyone pray for me. I had no inkling. I did not know those people. In some areas, like in the U.S. South, christians pick jewish names out of telephone books, and in other ways. They pass names and tel. nrs around on scraps of paper, etc. How do I know this? After those experiences, I am a down to earth logical and rational person, I was determined to *get to the bottom of it*. I found out a lot, and, indeed human action was part of it. A larger part of it could never be traced and is still unexplained. I believe that Hashem guides what happens to us. Certainly, it was not my doing, and the outcome for me was not the christians\' intent. Prayer must accompany action. Prayer must also precede action. Guidance comes from Hashem, and if it does, is very palpable and real.I am not at all into mysticism. It just happens to me, but incidentally. Here are a few thoughts. There is a wealth of videos. There are quite a few on ww.road90.com, a.o. Netanyahu\'s remarks before the UN. Also videos of Gaza activity, one I remember by a non-jew visiting Sderot and filming an attack there, with his comment. We need to make collages of these reels, and post them, put them in commentlines on blogs, etc. If our prayer works there will be things happening, which appear totally normal and matter of fact, at first, but later become more meaningful, or, there are questions and things do not add up, other than that you were taught something, were guided into a course of action. Keep the eyes and ears open. With all that never lose your sense of analysis and your rationality. One time I visited a synagogue to pick up a specific seder plate in the gift shop. My car was not available so I went by bus, an uncommon experience for me. I stood on the bus stop to go back. Suddenly, out of nowhere, an older woman comes running up to me and says, you are on the wrong busstop; you must take that one. It was across the street on the other side. She asked:  \"shall I take you? \". I agreed. We had a pleasant conversation and, then, as suddenly as she had appeared, she had disappeared! Only a few days later I asked myself the obvious question:  \"how did she know where I was going? \" I was standing on a perfectly normal and legitimate busstop! I am not making any statements on what this was, could mean, nor am I counting out that I have an *issue*. However, I have been tested, more than once, and each time the outcome is that I am rational, down to earth, and have nothing that indicates dreamstates or other states.");
AddReply(500787,"Now What? ?Good question...","Keith from Florida","JAX FL ?-USA","10/06/09"," \"I have to admit that I personally thought that Gilad was probably dead.  No sign of life for three years except for some claimed letter that he wrote.  No visits allowed by the Red Cross or UN and not even a telephone call - since he was kidnapped over three years ago. \" - Tamar, from blog entry\n\nI must admit that I too lost hope and thought Gilad was gone at the hands of his captors. I kept trying to find some reason or rationale for those... well,   \"arabs \"  to keep him alive, and I nary found one. \n\nEven so, I am over joyed he was alive on Elul 25, but you proposed a very good question Tamar: What now?\n\nAs the younger people sometimes use the expression during a logical quandary, I am personally trying to \'wrap my head around\' the reason(s) for the video deal. Perhaps the authorities simply needed proof of his living. \n\nI will say one thing is for certain, Gilad\'s mother and family never gave up hope.I am positive their prayers are the reason was video taped alive. \n\nShalom, shalom. ");
AddReply(500778,"To #13: Really? ?You\'ve discovered America!","anonymous","","10/06/09","Yes, Hamas wrote the script.  Yes, he has learned Arabic.  3 years of total immersion is more than enough time for any Hebrew speaker.  And no, he did not deviate from the script.  Only an idiot would do so when you are likely to spend the next week without food / being beaten with rubber hoses for no gain whatsoever.  If you depart from the script, they will simply work you over and shoot the video again afterward.  Obviously, you have never had the displeasure of being held prisoner.\n\nThe real questions, besides the reasonable ones raised by SK, are  \"How bad is his Stockholm syndrome? \" and  \"How long will it last after he is finally released?");
AddReply(500736,"Western Wall in Jerusalem for a special prayer rally","","","10/06/09","Prayer Rally for Shalit Organized by Religious and Non-Religious \nOn Wednesday, 7PM (Israel Time) Jews will gather at the Western Wall in Jerusalem for a special prayer rally for the wellbeing and release of kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit.\nhttp://www.israelnationalnews.com/TV/?act=one&id=3580");
AddReply(500642,"prayer and effort go hand in hand","sharona","la","10/06/09","I feel that with prayers and effort, we can make a difference to help him. May he be released from his captors soon. And may he be re-united with his family");
AddReply(500578,"Making a tortured man a bargaining chip ","Melinda Lehan","Smalltown,U.S.","10/05/09","How cruel is their hearts, no respect dignity or honor in their souls");
AddReply(500523,"a thought","not important","","10/05/09","I was thinking...\n\nIF Gilad lost count of the days.... at least, because of the newspaper he now knows it\'s Succot.\n\nMay he be safer than we can possibly imagine.\n\nAnd may he return to his home very soon.");
AddReply(500518,"muman613","Meira Bat Yehuda","Jerusalem","10/05/09","More suggested reading: Chofetz Chaim A Daily Companion. Chs. 6-10 particularly. He goes into Toelet very extensively and honestly muman I don\'t see that it applies here.  Rabbi is entitled to his opinion and that\'s all it is. I have learned a lot about the spiritual side of Judaism and being an intuitive thinker and Sephardia that appeals to me more than the Litvish system which I cannot listen to. It just doesn\'t compute.\nIt\'s not for smart but non-academic me. \nNow mumar, if you want to say something to me again about Rabbi or any other Jew, something you feel I must be warned about, please send it to Tamar and ask her to forward it to me. I really can\'t take your remarks too seriously and I have to warn other readers not to do so either.  I\'m not saying they aren\'t true but it\'s irrelevant since it is his opinion. Your issuing a warning is Lashon ha\'ra and probably is not covered under the leniency of Toelet. It was very inappropriate to slander this man in front of those who don\'t know his work and particularly in front of Gentile readers. \nI have emailed and spoken to Rabbi several times and my husband studied for a while under Rabbi\'s rabbi.\nHe said in a recent teaching that we should all basically head for the hills but that doesn\'t mean he doesn\'t want to come back to Israel. If and when he can and does, he will make that known. \nI\'m not quite sure what movement you are referring to. I think this is the problem that drives SK and others mad. WE don\'t need movements at this point in history. We are SOVEREIGN we need to determine, with Hashem\'s enablement, how to take charge of our own affairs.    We\'re not a colony,possession or protectorate of any other government. Hashem told us to  \"go in and possess the Land I am giving you \" He didn\'t say  \"start a movement. \"\nStill more reading: simchatartzenu.blogspot.com\nHag Sameach\n");
AddReply(500450,"Meira, regarding R. Bar tzadok","muman613","SF,CA","10/05/09","Meira,\n\nI think you are a smart person and I think you should know something about Rabbi Bar Tzadokk... I have listened to him and read his website for many years... One day I had the opportunity to ask him a question on the phone. When I spoke to him and asked him about Rabbi Kahane zt\'l he had many kind words. I was only disappointed that he did not support the current movement.\n\n");
AddReply(500288,"edit or computer glitch?","Meira BY","Jerusalem","10/05/09","everytime I post *koshertorah.com* it gets dropped from my text. please be sure it gets in. I can\'t make a hyperlink thru my Mac. in this blog.");
AddReply(500253,"Velvel, Roger and ,","Meira Bat Yehuda","Jerusalem","10/05/09"," Velvel, I agree.\nComma, He might have learned Arabic in 3 years and it\'s the second official language here so he may have known some anyway. You\'d be surprised, especially growing up in the Haifa area and leftie.\nRoger,I am familiar with your talkbacks and I saw the one recently about a lost Jewish connection so I don\'t want to argue but please don\'t look at this prayer suggestion thru Christian glasses. In Judaism, we are supposed to act as well as pray. That is the basis of our  \"faith. \" We act and Hashem enables. So I\'m not being a downer, thank you very much,  I am being realistic.\nTovia\'s suggestion is ok but 500 ft isn\'t enough. People have fallen from greater heights and survived e.g. parachutes that fail to open. \nAlso, what is an Elijah moment? That\'s Church jargon. It doesn\'t compute here. We don\'t need Elijah we need Mashiah. But read your TaNaKh, Roger. Daniel says it all along with Ezekiel and Zecheriah. YOu\'ll also find references in Isaiah, Malachi and Joel.  It is nto going to be Moonbeams and Rainbows. We are going to suffer terribly but the righteous who hang on long enough will make it thru and then we will be coming up to Jerusalem every year at this very time, to honor Mashiah and worship Hashem in His Holy Temple.  YOu needn\'t quote R. Singer to me in the future. He is most definitely NOT my rabbi. I prefer R. Bar Tzadok at <koshertorah.com>");
AddReply(500250,"Yvonne #5","Meira Bat Yehuda","Jerusalem","10/05/09","Yvonne, basically we\'re on the same page. I know what you\'re saying. I meant they got what they asked for THIS TIME. Of course that means they are emboldened to up the ante next time. Sure these prisoners could be tracked but why? And what good does it do to KNOW where if we don\'t use that info? \nYes, prayer is effective to move things but sometimes it\'s Hashem\'s will that we be the things moved.  The spiritual realm is real and it can be used for good or evil.  Contacting it is  always fraught with danger and assur in any case.  Be careful whom you let pray for you and how particularly if they want to  \"lay on hands. \"");
AddReply(500242,"What\'s behind the newspaper?","CDG","Yerushalayim","10/05/09","I noticed a sheet of paper behind the newspaper (in front of Gilad) apart from the newspaper, that Gilad was fingering. I agree with #13 that Hamas wrote the script (but hope that Gilad departed from it, even a little).\n\nIf we take some of the suggestions here seriously, we should also devastate them until we can demand ALL our prisoners back and they will run to do it.\n\nMay haShem allow this to occur! Let us not settle for the video. We want the real thing (living person)!");
AddReply(500237,"Hamas wrote the letter he read from!","","","10/05/09","How do we know the Hamas wrote it?  Gilad says, “I read the newspaper with the goal to find information about myself, and in hopes of reading about information of my release and my return home soon. \"\n\nEh, I don\'t think that Gilad reads Arabic and I am certain that the Hamas doesn\'t go out and purchase for him the Hebrew press.  Therefore, it is not just that the Hamas approved his letter to read, but actually wrote it themselves. What morons they are.  You goofed Ahmed,  dumb- head.");
AddReply(500219,"How to free Gilad Shalit","Hans Holtrop","The Netherlands","10/05/09","Dear Meira Bat Yehuda,\n\nIt\'s so simple !\nIsrael has to close :\n-all frontiers of Gaza\n-all crossing points of Gaza\n-all access roads to Gaza\n-disconnect electricity\n-turn off water\n\nwith one simple demand :\n\nGive back Gilad Shalit alive.\n\nNo tanks, no planes, no submarines,\nnothing. Just waiting till those by Islam drugged cockroaches are getting back their common sense.\n\nYours,\n\nShalom,\n\nHans Holtrop, christianzionist");
AddReply(500162,"RESCUE BY ANY MEANS POSSIBLE","CB","USA","10/05/09","Some one some where will talk, then his location will be known. A private rescue should not be ruled out. The government can not or will not rescue Gilad Shalit, maybe it should be turned over to the private sector. \n\nThe advantage of a private rescue is that there is complete deniability for anything that happens by the israeli government. ( the rescuers can be less polite than the IDF)\n\nThe rescuers may need a motto may I suggest, take terror to the terrorist. (leave massive destruction) \n\nBEST WISHES (BE SAFE)\nCB");
AddReply(500160,"no one to blame but ourselves","yby","","10/05/09","if we only listened to HKBH and not worried about world opinion we could have avoided all of this and any other future scenerios as such (ch \"v). The policy should be and should have always been massive retalitory response. Give the arabs in gaza to produce Gilad in 24 hours or we raise city by city, another by the hour. We would have had him back in 5 minutes. Will G-d forgive our pathetic governments for the weeping of mothers? I dont think so. ");
AddReply(500158," \"What\'re we going to do? \" Well, if we\'re smart, NOT release terrorists","Velvel","silver spring","10/05/09","");
AddReply(500149,"HaShem IS the answer; #2....","ROGER","MINNEAPOLIS, MN","10/05/09","What a downer, Meira! Yes, videos can be faked, but I really doubt that this time.  So, what is to me done now?  First, assume he IS alive and work from there; Israel now knows what they are bargaining for. Second, we know Hamas has NO respect for life and could be setting Israel up for a devastating let-down.  A rescue attempt will probably result in Gilad\'s death.  Tamar is right: prayer is our GREATEST weapon at this time.  This is an  \"Elijah \" time, a Mt. Carmel moment; is HaShem G-D or allah... who has the power to save him?  I have my personal opinions about what to do next; I kinda like Tovia\'s idea of releasing convicted terrorists from a helicopter - hovering at 500 feet.  That\'s just one reason why they didn\'t put me in charge of the negotiations.  SO much could go wrong... seeking help from The Almighty seems the best course of action.  I want to him (and Pollard) home safely soon.");
AddReply(500135,"Well, Tamar, I\'ve had enough.","sk","USA","10/05/09","");
AddReply(500125,"I posted two TBs here ...","sk","USA","10/05/09","... so far neither has been posted.\n\n(Tamar responds):  Sometimes it takes a while for talk backs to get posted.  Also, it is now the Sukkot holiday, and a lot of people are away and not in the office.  So, if anyone thinks their talk back has not been posted, just wait a bit longer, or if I can, I will come back to check more often and approve them myself.");
AddReply(500076,"to Meira","yvonne","cary","10/04/09","I do not think the Hamas got what they wanted. When is anything ever enough for them? Honor is important, but what honor is there in a dead Gilad Shalit? Or, for that matter in other dead persons? The tape was a gamble that we could see, or hear, something that might give a clue. Apparently it is known where Gilad is. Let us hope so. As for the released prisoners, just as there are all sorts of ways to change videos and images, there are also ways of tracking persons. There is a new Google application which can follow anything and everything, a combination of Google Earth and that car tracking system, apparently. Released prisoners could be tracked. I believe, with Tamar, in the power of collective prayer. One person once spent several days in her church praying for me, that something specific would happen to me, and I had no inkling about it. Something did happen, but not exactly what she intended. Apart from Hashem\'s intervention there is something else in the universe. Even monkeys can make things move just by their *thoughts*, apparently. So, collectively, and concentrating, even our intent should be able to cause movement, and with Hashem\'s help the desired result. Now it is up to Tamar to find out what our collective intent is going to be via this blog. ");
AddReply(499991,"Video No Proff of Life or Health","Janice","Denver","10/04/09","Video is no proof of life.\n\nI don\'t understand Heb so don\'t know what said.  The paper he held up no proof, could have been made yrs ago, \n\nStupid to trade life terrorist for - live Shalit.  You deliver Shalit alive - we\'ll give you life.");
AddReply(499947,"Sorry, Tamar, but I disagree. ?Prayers are NOT what we should offer.","sk","USA","10/04/09","Let\'s leave aside that the Shalits are leftists of the Cindy Sheehan type.  What can be done?\n\nWell, what shouldn\'t be done is praying for a miracle, in this case that Hashem will get the Israeli government to act like the government of a proud Jewish state.  How about, instead, that some of the settlerfolk starting doing something concrete to change things?\n\nWhy, for example, is there no Irgun to wreak vengeance on some Fakestinian shops.  And don\'t pretend you don\'t know what I am saying.  Why are Fakestinian supplies allowed in?  Why are  \"ambulances \" allowed out?  Why is the power always on over there?\n\nHow many real settlements exist in Eretz Israel?  Not a one.  Rather, there are a bunch of cardboard boxes housing people who commute (being suburbanites) to Medinat Israel to work.  This must change.\n\nThen there is the foolish willingness to serve in the IDF, despite its  \"purity of arms \" doctrine that endangers Jews.  Why?\n\nThe list goes on.  Prayer is meaningless without action.  Tamar, you know this.  It does seem, though, that your attention to Leviticus is not always equaled by your attention to parts of the Torah that are immediately relevant here.");
AddReply(499945,"Tamar, first, remember I have 4 grandsons","Meira Bat Yehuda","Jerusalem","10/04/09","A video can be faked. Let\'s suppose tho it was really made on 14.9.09. They got what they wanted, we got what we were willing to settle for, why should they keep Gilad alive another day? You are content to move mountains in the Heavenlies. I say to hell with that. We need to move not mountains but tanks, planes, ships and assault troops and bring back  \"our \" son, dead or alive, making sure we leave many more sons and daughters dead. You think Hashem is pleased that we sold a human life for a piece of magnetized plastic? I think He\'s raging! Why do you think He allowed our Har Ha Bayit to be shut down today? We mocked Him then in false piety went to the Kotel to get all excited over receiving a blessing we don\'t deserve and probably most of those giving don\'t deserve to give.  This is not the end it is the beginning of the end. Don\'t be deceived terrible times are coming. Esau sold his birthright  for a meal but we sold a human life for a publicity stunt. Who is the real Easu here? Who is the one deserving of Hashem\'s wrath now? Be ready, It\'s getting ugly fast. ");
AddReply(499943,"Gilad, my son","shoshana","Portland/Netanya","10/04/09","tears of joy mixed w/sorrow streaming down my face....I will ask my both my rabbi\'s in Portland that my son\'s name be first on the prayer for the return of the captives along w/my brother Jonathan Pollard. Thanks to HaShem that they are in alive in body and spirit--our brave soldiers are doing their jobs--Now it is our job to get them HOME NOW!\nSee u-all soon.\n");

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