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Gadol is challenged. G-d orders each tribe to
place their name on a staff; the one that
miraculously blossoms signifies that it is the
choice of Hashem. Ahron's staff, that of Levi,
blossoms first, with ripe almonds (this staff
stayed in bloom for centuries & was kept in the
Bet HaMikdash with a sample of the Mahn).
Almonds, "shaked" in Hebrew, signify zeal, speed,
& faithfulness. The almond tree is the first to
bloom in Israel, in the midst of our rainy
season, thus Chazal decided that the time they
bloomed (Tu B'Shvat) would be the New Year for
trees. When Yirmiyahu is shown an almond tree
(1:11-12), it is a sign that Hashem carries out
His word punctually. The cups on the Menora (some
say the Menora itself!) were shaped like almonds.
Israelis love & consume 7000 tons of almonds each
year. Marzipan, made from almonds, has its own
museum in Kfar Tavor, complete with a marzipan
sculpture of Jewish (some say!) icon Elvis Presley!
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Hosha'ana Rabba FLYDUBAI & HOSHANA RABBA- ANI VAHU HOSHIA NA- I & HIM SAVE US
"Ani vaHu Hoshia Na", "I and Him, Save Us". We don't just pray to Him, but we also pray to and for ourselves that we should emulate and educate our children to have that instinctive altruism with which He created the world. President Trump seemed amused about Yaniv Hayon, our PLUMBER who confidently worked with G-d like Superman (he learned from a pilot on a TV show!) to save 174 lives on the Dubai hijacking, but we in Israel are totally accustomed already 78 years to our plumbers, teachers, garbage-men, rabbis, farmers & doctors being Hashem's shlichim! This is what Zionism is about.
Moreshet Shaul Hashem Is your Shadow – part I
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 420 – an address from 1941
P'ninat Mishpat A Non-Contractor in Changing Times – part I
(based on ruling 85128 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
Moreshet Shaul Our King on Rosh Hashana, Our Father on Yom Kippur.
Based on Aroch Siach, p. 221 (Rav Shaul Yisraeli)
