I have included all current updates in this one email. Hashem yerachem.
IDF Soldier Killed In Stabbing Attack at Dor Alon Gas Station on Highway 443 [UPDATED 3:47PM IL]
(Monday, November 23rd, 2015 08:11 AM)
15:08: A terrorist stabbed a female in the Dor Alon gas station on Highway 443, the Jerusalem-Modi’in Highway in the direction of Jerusalem.
15:12: The victim, apparently in her 20s, was gravely wounded and EMS personnel are performing CPR at the scene. Shots were fired at the terrorist. It was first reported he was neutralized but he may have fled the scene. This remains unclear at this time.
15:15: It is reported the attacker was undetected as he entered the gas station and then he jumped the victim, wounding her critically. Channel 2 News reports the terrorist was shot and wounded.
15:21: MDA Chief of Operations Eli Bin reports there are two victims at the scene, not one as reported earlier. One of the victims is in critical condition and resuscitation efforts continue by paramedics and a doctor. The second victim is in light-to-moderate condition.
15:22: A group of Israelis were standing at the gas station which is on the highway in the direction of the capital.
The attacker managed to move up on the group unnoticed, stabbing one person in the back and then a second in a hand. Members of the group with weapons fired at the attacker.
As a result of the attack, Highway 443 is closed in both directions in the Beit Horon area.
15:28: Ichud Hatzalah ambucycle EMT Michel Chai reports “When I arrived on the scene I saw a male on the ground who was stabbed in his upper body. He was unconscious. We began CPR immediately. There was also a second victim, a female, who was stabbed in her upper body, in light condition”.
15:31: A vehicle just arrived at the Maccabim Junction, which is a few minutes west of the gas station. A person in the vehicle was wounded by gunfire and it may be connected to the ongoing incident in the gas station, possibly the gunfire directed at the terrorist.
15:32: The gravely wounded male has been pronounced dead on the scene. The second stabbing victim is reported in stable condition. a third victim, a woman, was hit in her upper body, apparently from gunfire directed at the terrorist as she drove by. This is the vehicle that arrived at the nearby Maccabim Checkpoint with an occupant wounded by gunfire.
15:36: The woman wounded by gunfire in a passing car was hit in a hand and continued driving until reaching the Maccabim Checkpoint. She is in stable condition.
15:45: The person killed in the attack is and IDF soldier HY”D.
15:46: This latest attack takes place during the Jerusalem levaya of Hadar Buchris HY”D, the 21-year-old Bat Ayin Midrasha student murdered in the terror attack on Sunday at Gush Etzion Junction.
15:47: MDA update on the two wounded women. One was wounded lightly in a hand and is being treated in Shaare Zedek Hospital. The second female is also described in stable condition at Shaare Zedek.
Attempted Stabbing Attack At Chatmar Junction in Shomron – Terrorist Shot Dead [UPDATED 3:03PM IL]
14:51: A lone terrorist a short time ago was shot and wounded as he tried to perpetrated a stabbing attack at Chatmar Shomron Junction.
This appears to be the same location of an attempted stabbing attack on Sunday, 10 Kislev, when a terrorist was shot and run over before she could stab a soldier.
14:46: Hatzalah Yosh is reporting the terrorist was neutralized and there are no injuries to intended victims. The terrorist was armed with a knife.
14:58: IDF medical personnel treating the terrorist, who was gravely wounded.
15:03: The terrorist has been pronounced dead on the scene.
.One Person Lightly Injured in a Vehicular Ramming Attack Near Chomesh
(Monday, November 23rd, 2015 05:35 AM)
12:23: One person was lightly wounded in a vehicular ramming attack near Yishuv Chomesh in the Shomron.
Magen David Adom reports the victim was driven in a private vehicle to Shavei Shomron where he was treated and transported to Beilinson Hospital in light condition.
Stabbing Attack Near Machane Yehuda [UPDATED 12:40PM IL]
(Monday, November 23rd, 2015 04:15 AM)
Two female terrorists aged 14 and 16 wielding scissors stabbed an elderly man in Jerusalem’s Machane Yehuda market, Monday afternoon.
In the attack committed by the teenagers, two people were lightly wounded in the attack, an 80-year-old who suffered head wounds, and a 27-year-old wounded in his hand. The 80-year-old victim of the attack was later reported to be a Palestinian resident of Betlehem. The 27-year-old may have been wounded by a ricochet from a bullet.
One terrorist was shot dead.
THE FOLLOWING WERE THE INITIAL REPORTS BY YWN:
11:12: Preliminary report of a stabbing attack near Jerusalem’s Machane Yehuda, the shuk.
11:16: A female terrorist has been shot dead. Ichud Hatzalah reports a number of people are being treated for hysteria due to gunshots. People opened fire at the terrorists. It remains unclear if anyone was stabbed or injured by gunfire directed at the terrorist.More to follow.
11:18: A more accurate location is Yaffo Street opposite Eitz Chaim Street. It is near the entrance to the Ministry of Health building.
One terrorist is dead and a second wounded, apparently seriously.
11:24: MDA reports one person, a 27-year-old male is being transported to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital with light injuries from the attempted stabbing attack. There are three others injured, listed moderate-to-light.
11:27: An armed security guard at the Ministry of Health building tells authorities the female terrorists tried to stab him and he was the first to open fire at them.
11:32: An 80-year-old man is being transported to Shaare Zedek Hospital with an unspecified injury to his upper body, listed in light condition.
Despite rumors, MDA and Ichud Hatzalah are not reporting anyone injured by gunfire. Earlier, there were reports that some of the gunfire directed at the two female terrorists struck pedestrians but B”H this does not appear to be the case.
11:34: All Jerusalem light rail service has been suspended as a result of the attack.
11:45: Ze’ev Sofer of Ichud Hatzalah was among the first on the scene. He treated a victim who ran to a nearby jewelry store for cover. The victim was treated for a superficial knife wound and transported to the hospital conscious and alert.
Summation of the attack:
Two female terrorists, ages 14 and 16-years-old, residents of Kalandia, arrived on Yaffo Street near the shuk, in the area of the Ministry of Health building. This is located on Yaffo between Machane Yehuda and the Davidka.
The two managed to stab an elderly man, now reported to be 70, a PA (Palestinian Authority) resident of the Beit Lechem area. The man was wounded in his upper body and transported to the hospital, listed in light condition.
They then tried to stab passersby. A police bomb demolition team that was in the shuk area quickly realized what was taking place and exited their vehicle and ordered the terrorists to stop. The terrorists then turned towards him and he fired, striking them both. One was killed and the second was reportedly in critical condition.
A security guard was also transported to the hospital from the scene with a light superficial wound to a hand, apparently from shrapnel which may have been from gunfire but this is not yet determined.
Light rail service in the city was halted as a result of the attack and it has since resumed.
Police urge the public to remain vigilant and not to hesitate to report anything suspicious.
Monday AM Rocket Attack into Southern Israel
(Monday, November 23rd, 2015 12:04 AM)
06:59: A rocket was fired from Gaza into southern Israel a short time ago, landing in the Eshkol Regional Council. B’chasdei Hashem there are no reports of fatalities, injuries or property damage.
It is pointed out the rocket landed in an open area. It is also reported the Red Alert system did not sound to warn residents of the incoming rocket.
Levaya for Terror Victim Hadar Buchris HYD
(Monday, November 23rd, 2015 12:42 AM)
Hadar Buchris HY”D, 21, was killed in an Islamic terror attack at Gush Etzion Junction on Sunday afternoon, 10 Kislev. Hadar was a student in the Midrasha in Yishuv Bat Ayin.
The levaya will take place on Monday, 11 Kislev at 15:00 in Har Menuchos in Yerushalayim.
A message from Ari Goldwag:
Dear Friends,
I am proud to share with you a brand new video featuring a song off the new album I’ve just released – Sheves Chaverim 2. The video was filmed in Israel – in Jerusalem and Ramat Beit Shemesh. The message of the video is that we can ‘spread the friendship’ – increasing love between ourselves, and in so doing, we ‘spread Hashem’s light.’ There is no greater ‘shir ushvacha‘ – song and praise for Hashem, than emulating His goodness. This is the the light of our kindness, and this is the light of Chanukah.
This video is fun and entertaining – and inspiring too!
Please enjoy and pass it on.
A collection of essays from many of the greatest roshei yeshivah and rabbanim of our generation, discussing Chanukah and Purim and the lessons to be learned from them
Overview
Arranged for daily study.
ARTICLES BY:
HARAV AVROHOM AUSBAND
HARAV YISROEL BELSKY
HARAV DOVID COHEN (CHEVRON)
HARAV BINYOMIN EISENBERGER
HARAV YISSOCHER FRAND
HARAV DOVID GOLDWASSER
HARAV ARYEH MALKIEL KOTLER
HARAV PAYSACH KROHN
HARAV ZEV LEFF
HARAV AARON LOPIANSKY
HARAV SHLOIME MANDEL
HARAV ASHER DOVID MAY
HARAV YISROEL NEUMAN
HARAV NOACH ISAAC OELBAUM
HARAV YERUCHEM OLSHIN
HARAV UREN REICH
HARAV YISROEL REISMAN
HARAV FISHEL SCHACHTER
HARAV YISROEL SIMCHA SCHORR
HARAV DOVID SCHUSTAL
HARAV ASHER SINCLAIR
HARAV ZEV SMITH
HARAV YITZCHOK SOROTZKIN
HARAV AKIVA TATZ
HARAV YOSEF VIENER
HARAV ELYA BER WACHTFOGEL
HARAV BEREL WEIN
HARAV MOSHE WOLFSON
Includes the history of the Chanukah period and the Chashmona'im by Harav Berel Wein shlit"a.
Also includes the laws of Chanukah and Purim.
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When the Torah first introduces us to Rachel and Leah, it describes them as “Leah’s eyes are tender while Rachel was beautiful of form and beautiful of appearance.” Is the Torah telling us that that Rachel was more beautiful than Leah, or are there hidden messages within the Torah’s focus specifically on Leah’s eyes? Rashi cites the Medrash that will be the focus of our discussion. He writes that Leah’s eyes were weak, soft from praying and crying over her fate.
Click here Summary by Channie Koplowitz Stein.
