Showing posts with label MIA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MIA. Show all posts
May 11, 2025
welcome home Zvi, rest in peace
The recovery of the remains of Zvi Feldman from somewhere deep in Syria, who went Missing In Action 43 years ago during the Lebanon War is big news.
Feldman fell in the battle of Sultan Yacoub, alongside Zachary Baumel and Yehuda Katz. Baumel's remains were recovered in 2019 and brought back for Jewish burial, and now Feldman joins Baumel in restful peace at a grave in Israel his family can visit.
Hopefully they will soon locate and recover the remains of Yehuda Katz as well.
This was surely a complicated mission. Kudos to all involved, from Prime Minister Netanyahu who had to approve the mission to the Mossad and IDF operatives who had to plan it and carry it out safely.
Such an operation is important for the Feldmans, including Tzvi himself, and for the morale of the entire nation.
There are reports that the remains of four bodies were brought back, one of which was identified as Zvi Feldman's remains, and the others are still being tested for identification. Hopefully the reports are true and the remains will be positively identified and other painful chapters of our history will be closed.
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Apr 4, 2019
PM Netanyahu on the return of Zacharia Baumol's remains after 37 years (video)
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Apr 3, 2019
Zechariah Baumol remains brought back to Israel for burial!!!!
Wow!
After 37 years, the IDF has just announced they have brought the remains of Zacharia Baumol back to Israel for proper burial!
Baumol was one of the soldiers MIA from the battle of Sultan Yagqub in Lebanon during the Lebanon War.
Rav Eyal Karim, the Chief Rabbi of the IDF today confirmed the identification of the remains as those of Baumol.
The IDF is saying that some details of the operation will be revealed in coming days, but, understandably, others will not. There was no prisoner transfer or deal for the body - it was purely a military operation to find and retrieve the remains.
May his memory be for a blessing and may his family find comfort in the closure of this long chapter. And may the remaining soldiers MIA be found and returned soon (Ron Arad, Yehuda Katz, Tzvi Feldman, Gug Hever Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul).
Update: According to the news, along with the remains of Baumol (and his tzitzis), remains of a number of other bodies. The other remains have not yet been identified.
After 37 years, the IDF has just announced they have brought the remains of Zacharia Baumol back to Israel for proper burial!
Baumol was one of the soldiers MIA from the battle of Sultan Yagqub in Lebanon during the Lebanon War.
Rav Eyal Karim, the Chief Rabbi of the IDF today confirmed the identification of the remains as those of Baumol.
The IDF is saying that some details of the operation will be revealed in coming days, but, understandably, others will not. There was no prisoner transfer or deal for the body - it was purely a military operation to find and retrieve the remains.
May his memory be for a blessing and may his family find comfort in the closure of this long chapter. And may the remaining soldiers MIA be found and returned soon (Ron Arad, Yehuda Katz, Tzvi Feldman, Gug Hever Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul).
Update: According to the news, along with the remains of Baumol (and his tzitzis), remains of a number of other bodies. The other remains have not yet been identified.
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Sep 15, 2013
Finding the body is worth less than having information about it
Last year a young man discovered the body of long-time missing soldier Majdy Halabi. He had gone missing in 2005 when on duty near Haifa. Israel had offered a 10 million dollar reward for good information as to his whereabouts.
When Ibrahim Kuzali and his brother discovered the body of Halabi in the forest near their village, and reported it, they expected to be granted the reward money. When Israel told the Kuzalis that they would not be getting the prize money for finding Majdy Halabi's body, the Kuzali brothers sued for it.
The courts have no dismissed the lawsuit. While the suit was dismissed for technical reasons - the Kuzali brothers did not deposit the 1 million shekel filing fee (half of it to be paid upon filing, which was never paid). As well, they never filed an amended suit with a smaller claim, in order to reduce the deposit and payment for filing - that they had requested.
Despite that, what is interesting, at least for lawyers, is that the court also said that the reward money had been offered to people who supply Israel with information as to Halabi's whereabouts. That does not include stumbling over the body in the forest and reporting it. Reporting such a find is the obligation of every citizen in Israel, and is also in Israeli law. There is no monetary reward for doing that.
(source: NRG)
I find the distinction interesting that actually finding the body is worth less than just having information about it. I still think they should have been given some reward, even if not the full thing. Paying out something would have been a nice story. Now, people who might have information about other MIAs and are considering offering it in exchange for prize money might not come forward simply because they think they will be scammed out of their reward. I see why people should not be rewarded for doing something they have to do anyway, but this was a big find, and it has implications for other missing soldiers. I think they should have been given some sort of reward.
When Ibrahim Kuzali and his brother discovered the body of Halabi in the forest near their village, and reported it, they expected to be granted the reward money. When Israel told the Kuzalis that they would not be getting the prize money for finding Majdy Halabi's body, the Kuzali brothers sued for it.
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| Majdy Halabi |
The courts have no dismissed the lawsuit. While the suit was dismissed for technical reasons - the Kuzali brothers did not deposit the 1 million shekel filing fee (half of it to be paid upon filing, which was never paid). As well, they never filed an amended suit with a smaller claim, in order to reduce the deposit and payment for filing - that they had requested.
Despite that, what is interesting, at least for lawyers, is that the court also said that the reward money had been offered to people who supply Israel with information as to Halabi's whereabouts. That does not include stumbling over the body in the forest and reporting it. Reporting such a find is the obligation of every citizen in Israel, and is also in Israeli law. There is no monetary reward for doing that.
(source: NRG)
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| Ibrahim Kuzali |
I find the distinction interesting that actually finding the body is worth less than just having information about it. I still think they should have been given some reward, even if not the full thing. Paying out something would have been a nice story. Now, people who might have information about other MIAs and are considering offering it in exchange for prize money might not come forward simply because they think they will be scammed out of their reward. I see why people should not be rewarded for doing something they have to do anyway, but this was a big find, and it has implications for other missing soldiers. I think they should have been given some sort of reward.
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Oct 22, 2012
Suing For Reward Money
The young man who discovered the remains of the body of Majdi Halabi is suing the Ministry of Defense. For some strange reason, they don't want to give to him the prize money they had promised to anyone who would provide information leading to the discovery of the body. This fellow, Ibrahim Kuzali, discovered the actual remains and reported his find, yet they are refusing to pay out. Kuzali is suing for 40 million shekels.
Their claim, Kuzali says, is that when he discovered the remians it was not known that they were of Majdi Halabi. That is the stupidest excuse I have ever heard. Who cares if he knew or not, and considering it was just remains how was he supposed to know anyway!? Either way, he discovered the remains, he enabled the recovery of the remains and the closing of the ordeal and he deserves the reward money.
(source: NRG)
It's a shame they have to be forced to keep their word on such a thing. If someone has information on a different MIA, and was tempted by the money to inform about his information, I hope something like this won't stop him from doing so...
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Their claim, Kuzali says, is that when he discovered the remians it was not known that they were of Majdi Halabi. That is the stupidest excuse I have ever heard. Who cares if he knew or not, and considering it was just remains how was he supposed to know anyway!? Either way, he discovered the remains, he enabled the recovery of the remains and the closing of the ordeal and he deserves the reward money.
(source: NRG)
It's a shame they have to be forced to keep their word on such a thing. If someone has information on a different MIA, and was tempted by the money to inform about his information, I hope something like this won't stop him from doing so...
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May 5, 2010
Happy Birthday, Ron Arad
Happy 52nd birthday, Ron Arad.
May you be freed soon, and next year be able to celebrate with your family.
See Lion of Zion for wishes with a musical tribute..
Oct 12, 2009
Polar Opposites
Two ideas have recently been floated as to what the best way of preventing Israeli soldiers from being abducted in the future is:
Moshe Feiglin's idea is that if enough soldiers sign in advance that they do not want the government to negotiate on their behalf if they should fall captive, Hamas would have no motivation to abduct soldiers. They will know that they cannot be used to negotiate the release of prisoners, so they would have no reason to abduct any soldiers.
Israeli Nobel laureate (chemistry) Ada Yonath's idea is that we should right now release all Palestinians and Hamas prisoners held in Israeli jails. Just let them go. If we will not be holding any of their people in our jails, they will have no reason to abduct any of our soldiers.
These are polar opposite approaches, and each has a modicum of logic to it.
Er.... that would be they are both logical approaches assuming Hamas needs a reason to abduct Israeli soldiers, and they only do so in order to free their own people. if you take the approach that their ultimate goal in abducting soldiers is simply to terrorize Israel, then neither approach will help. The usage of the captive soldier in negotiations is simply a bonus, not the ultimate goal.
They (Lebanon, Iran, etc.) have had other soldiers that they have not used in negotiations, which, I think, indicates to a certain extent that the goal is not really to free the prisoners, but to terrorize Israel. What couldn't they have gotten in exchange for Ron Arad or Zachary Baumel? Yet they have never used that card - even when we were holding very high level Hamas people.
Moshe Feiglin's idea is that if enough soldiers sign in advance that they do not want the government to negotiate on their behalf if they should fall captive, Hamas would have no motivation to abduct soldiers. They will know that they cannot be used to negotiate the release of prisoners, so they would have no reason to abduct any soldiers.
Israeli Nobel laureate (chemistry) Ada Yonath's idea is that we should right now release all Palestinians and Hamas prisoners held in Israeli jails. Just let them go. If we will not be holding any of their people in our jails, they will have no reason to abduct any of our soldiers.
These are polar opposite approaches, and each has a modicum of logic to it.
Er.... that would be they are both logical approaches assuming Hamas needs a reason to abduct Israeli soldiers, and they only do so in order to free their own people. if you take the approach that their ultimate goal in abducting soldiers is simply to terrorize Israel, then neither approach will help. The usage of the captive soldier in negotiations is simply a bonus, not the ultimate goal.
They (Lebanon, Iran, etc.) have had other soldiers that they have not used in negotiations, which, I think, indicates to a certain extent that the goal is not really to free the prisoners, but to terrorize Israel. What couldn't they have gotten in exchange for Ron Arad or Zachary Baumel? Yet they have never used that card - even when we were holding very high level Hamas people.
Jul 16, 2008
the trade can still be made even
So the bodies of Elded Regev and Ehud Goldwasser have been returned in coffins. Will Olmert have the courage to order Samir Kuntar shot dead in order to make the trade even?
I doubt it.
Another option is to cancel the deal and tell Hizbollah to take back the 2 bodies now that we know they are dead to make the trade even..
I doubt it.
Another option is to cancel the deal and tell Hizbollah to take back the 2 bodies now that we know they are dead to make the trade even..
Jun 29, 2008
buying MIAs in the Mahane Yehuda shuk
This whole thing of the possible exchange of prisoners for the MIAs held by Hezbollah is very disturbing to me.
I think the strategy employed by Hezbollah was brilliant, for their point of view. The negotiations were stuck. They wanted us to include freeing hundreds of Palestinian prisoners as part of the deal and we refused. Palestinian prisoners had nothing to do with it and we would not release so many, etc.
At some point, Hezbollah came along and said fine, we will make an almost even exchange, trading Samir Kuntar, plus a few others, for the two Israelis.
Israel got all excited that the price had dropped so drastically. Suddenly the deal had to be done right away as it was practically a bargain. You can't get those kind of prices in Mahane Yehuda Shuk for tomatoes, let alone for two Israeli captives.
Just as Israeli public opinion, and the opinion of the government, had been swayed to support the deal, suddenly Hezbollah backtracks. They throw back in the insistence on including Palestinian prisoners. And the public pressure on the government to approve the deal is tremendous, and might even be impossible to fend off, even if the government decides the price is now too high.
So Hezbollah has successfully created a feeling among Israelis of the deal being a fait accompli and something that has to be done. Then they even change the terms of the deal, but Israelis do not care, because we have to do it. Even though the terms are back to the original terms that Israelis were overwhelmingly rejecting.
Another aspect that is distrubing is the fact that they refuse to give us information if the MIAs are dead or alive. How can we make a deal without knowing what we are getting? How can we say that the price is the same no matter what the product is? If you called up an appliance store and asked how much a refridgerator costs and they said 8000NIS. You would consider it. Then the salesman would add that the catch is the fridge might not work, and you will have no way to know it until it arrives at your door. There is a no refund, no exchange policy. Would you still consider buying the fridge? No way! Maybe if the price was 100NIS, but not 8000NIS.
No way would you pay the same price for a fridge that might very well not work as you would for one that works. So why should we pay the same price for dead MIAs that we would pay for live MIAs?
And if Hezbollah insists on the formula that dead soldiers equals live soldiers and the price will not be different, than we should be able to work with the same formula. Dead prisoners equals live prisoners. As Lion of Zion suggests, the solution would be to execute Samir Kuntar and then make the deal. After all, Hezbollah believes dead people are worth just as much as live people...So let Samir Kuntar go home dead and the price tag remains the same.
Jun 16, 2008
deal seems imminent for release of the monster
The news media is saying that a deal is imminent for the return of the two captive soldiers from the northern border (that ignited the Second Lebanon War), Eldad Regev and Udi Goldwasser. They would be returned in exchange for the release of the monster terrorist from Lebanon named Samir Kuntar who killed a four year old girl with his bare hands smashing her head into the rocks.
I do not know what the halacha is in this case, if this is considered too high a price or not (he was being held supposedly as another card for information on Ron Arad's whereabouts).
If Regev and Goldwasser are alive, I would support this exchange. Even though Kuntar says he will go right back to terrorism. If they are alive, this is probably a reasonable deal to get them back.
They just better be alive.
I hope the Israeli negotiators have demanded some sort of gaurantee on the matter, even though they are telling us Hizbollah has not given any such assurance.
I do not know what the halacha is in this case, if this is considered too high a price or not (he was being held supposedly as another card for information on Ron Arad's whereabouts).
If Regev and Goldwasser are alive, I would support this exchange. Even though Kuntar says he will go right back to terrorism. If they are alive, this is probably a reasonable deal to get them back.
They just better be alive.
I hope the Israeli negotiators have demanded some sort of gaurantee on the matter, even though they are telling us Hizbollah has not given any such assurance.
Mar 6, 2008
there are some strange people around...
I just saw some guy walking around with a bumper sticker taped to his chest.
His message is important, as the bumper sticker said (in Hebrew), "Don't let complacency overcome" and had pictures of the three MIAs, Gilad Shalit, Eldad Regev and Udi Goldwasser.
But bumper stickers were meant for bumpers of cars, not to be taped to your chest... and if he insisted on wearing the bumper sticker, at least he should have put it on his bumper!!
His message is important, as the bumper sticker said (in Hebrew), "Don't let complacency overcome" and had pictures of the three MIAs, Gilad Shalit, Eldad Regev and Udi Goldwasser.
But bumper stickers were meant for bumpers of cars, not to be taped to your chest... and if he insisted on wearing the bumper sticker, at least he should have put it on his bumper!!
Oct 30, 2007
The ultimate chutzpah
If this is not chutzpah, I do not know what is... considering the Israelis Syria is responsible for holding whom we do not even know if they are alive, dead in good condition, bad condition or anything else about them...
Jul 12, 2007
abandoning our soldiers
The Second Lebanon War began exactly one year ago today. Two soldiers, Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad regev, were kidnapped on the northern border by Hezbollah operatives. They covered their bases with a distraction by shooting some missiles into Israel. During the mission to kidnap these soldiers, they also killed three other soldiers.
Israel responded with airstrikes, and eventually a limited ground invasion. The soldiers have not, as of yet, been recovered. They are still in captivity, along with Gilad Shalit in Gaza, and the soldiers of the '80s - Tzvi Feldman, Yehuda Katz, Zacharya Baumel, Ron Arad and Guy Hever who disappeared in August of 1997.
Are we doing enough to obtain the release of the captive soldiers? Until they are home, the answer has to be "no". We cannot say we are doing all we can until we achieve success.
It has to be the goal and discipline of every army and government to protect the soldiers they send out to battle. To not abandon them. In October 2000, when Joseph's Tomb was overrun by PA militants, Ehud Barak, then Prime Minister, pulled the troops out of the area, instead of defending it. In the process, he abandoned one Israeli soldier (Druze I think) in the tomb and decided not to go back to extract him. The result was a lynching of the soldier, which led to his brutal death.
The world was not outraged. The world does not care when a Jew is brutally murdered. The world does not care when an Israeli is brutally murdered. Nobody will defend us and nobody will protect us. Nobody will be outraged on our behalf. That is our job, with Hashems help, because nobody will do it for us.
We abandoned our soldier then, but we must learn our lesson from it. We have to be vigilant in defending our people, our land and our heritage.
Our government is in the process of making more concessions to Abu Mazen on the hope that it will strengthen him against his opponents in Hamas. We have been strengthening Abu Mazen for years already and we have never gotten anything in return, except for grief.
We need to be less concerned about who is strong on the PA side, and more concerned about strengthening ourselves and protecting ourselves. The soldiers need to know that we will not rest until they are all safe. they need to know they go out to fight to protect us, but we will do whatever we can to keep them safe and get them home safely from missions.
And we cannot abandon our soldiers. We have to remember them - in our thoughts, in our prayers, in our deeds.
I have noticed that in many shuls there are signs requesting people pray for the three missing soldiers - Ehud Goldwasser, Eldad Regev and Gilad Shalit - for their safety, health and quick return to their people.
These signs are abandoning our soldiers. There are no signs about the other missing soldiers. Are there suddenly only three missing soldiers? Were the other five returned to Israel? Were they declared dead and brought to a Jewish funeral? Did I miss that day?
We are missing eight soldiers. Yes, the loss of the most recent three is more acute, because of its freshness and the pain of the subsequent war. But that gives us no right to abandon any of the other soldiers.
We must do all we can to obtain the release of all the soldiers, and bring them back home.
Israel responded with airstrikes, and eventually a limited ground invasion. The soldiers have not, as of yet, been recovered. They are still in captivity, along with Gilad Shalit in Gaza, and the soldiers of the '80s - Tzvi Feldman, Yehuda Katz, Zacharya Baumel, Ron Arad and Guy Hever who disappeared in August of 1997.
Are we doing enough to obtain the release of the captive soldiers? Until they are home, the answer has to be "no". We cannot say we are doing all we can until we achieve success.
It has to be the goal and discipline of every army and government to protect the soldiers they send out to battle. To not abandon them. In October 2000, when Joseph's Tomb was overrun by PA militants, Ehud Barak, then Prime Minister, pulled the troops out of the area, instead of defending it. In the process, he abandoned one Israeli soldier (Druze I think) in the tomb and decided not to go back to extract him. The result was a lynching of the soldier, which led to his brutal death.
The world was not outraged. The world does not care when a Jew is brutally murdered. The world does not care when an Israeli is brutally murdered. Nobody will defend us and nobody will protect us. Nobody will be outraged on our behalf. That is our job, with Hashems help, because nobody will do it for us.
We abandoned our soldier then, but we must learn our lesson from it. We have to be vigilant in defending our people, our land and our heritage.
Our government is in the process of making more concessions to Abu Mazen on the hope that it will strengthen him against his opponents in Hamas. We have been strengthening Abu Mazen for years already and we have never gotten anything in return, except for grief.
We need to be less concerned about who is strong on the PA side, and more concerned about strengthening ourselves and protecting ourselves. The soldiers need to know that we will not rest until they are all safe. they need to know they go out to fight to protect us, but we will do whatever we can to keep them safe and get them home safely from missions.
And we cannot abandon our soldiers. We have to remember them - in our thoughts, in our prayers, in our deeds.
I have noticed that in many shuls there are signs requesting people pray for the three missing soldiers - Ehud Goldwasser, Eldad Regev and Gilad Shalit - for their safety, health and quick return to their people.
These signs are abandoning our soldiers. There are no signs about the other missing soldiers. Are there suddenly only three missing soldiers? Were the other five returned to Israel? Were they declared dead and brought to a Jewish funeral? Did I miss that day?
We are missing eight soldiers. Yes, the loss of the most recent three is more acute, because of its freshness and the pain of the subsequent war. But that gives us no right to abandon any of the other soldiers.
We must do all we can to obtain the release of all the soldiers, and bring them back home.
Mar 31, 2007
special tefilla for the seder night
Rabbi Shlomo Amar, Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel, has composed a special tefilla on behalf of the captured soldiers. This tefilla is meant to be said at the seder, after the portion of Avadim Ha'Yinu (We were slaves to Pharoah in Egypt...).
The tefilla consists of two chapters from Tehillim and then a mi sheberach which he composed.
תְּפִילָה לְהַצַּלָתָם שֶל הַחַיָּלִים הַשְּבוּיִים הי"ו.
לִקְרֹא מִזְמוֹר שִיר לַמַעֲלוֹת אֶשָֹּא עֵינַי, וְשִיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת לְדָוִד לוּלֵי ה' שֶהָיָה לָנוּ
תהלים פרק קכא
שִׁיר לַמַּעֲלוֹת אֶשָּׂא עֵינַי אֶל הֶהָרִים מֵאַיִן יָבֹא עֶזְרִי:
עֶזְרִי מֵעִם יְהֹוָה עֹשֵׂה שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ:
אַל יִתֵּן לַמּוֹט רַגְלֶךָ אַל יָנוּם שֹׁמְרֶךָ:
הִנֵּה לֹא יָנוּם וְלֹא יִישָׁן שׁוֹמֵר יִשְׂרָאֵל:
יְהֹוָה שֹׁמְרֶךָ יְהֹוָה צִלְּךָ עַל יַד יְמִינֶךָ:
יוֹמָם הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ לֹא יַכֶּכָּה וְיָרֵחַ בַּלָּיְלָה:
יְהֹוָה יִשְׁמָרְךָ מִכָּל רָע יִשְׁמֹר אֶת נַפְשֶׁךָ:
יְהֹוָה יִשְׁמָר צֵאתְךָ וּבוֹאֶךָ מֵעַתָּה וְעַד עוֹלָם:
תהלים פרק קכד
שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת לְדָוִד לוּלֵי יְהֹוָה שֶׁהָיָה לָנוּ יֹאמַר נָא יִשְׂרָאֵל:
לוּלֵי יְהֹוָה שֶׁהָיָה לָנוּ בְּקוּם עָלֵינוּ אָדָם:
אֲזַי חַיִּים בְּלָעוּנוּ בַּחֲרוֹת אַפָּם בָּנוּ:
אֲזַי הַמַּיִם שְׁטָפוּנוּ נַחְלָה עָבַר עַל נַפְשֵׁנוּ:
אֲזַי עָבַר עַל נַפְשֵׁנוּ הַמַּיִם הַזֵּידוֹנִים:
בָּרוּךְ יְהֹוָה שֶׁלֹּא נְתָנָנוּ טֶרֶף לְשִׁנֵּיהֶם:
נַפְשֵׁנוּ כְּצִפּוֹר נִמְלְטָה מִפַּח יוֹקְשִׁים הַפַּח נִשְׁבָּר וַאֲנַחְנוּ נִמְלָטְנוּ:
עֶזְרֵנוּ בְּשֵׁם יְהֹוָה עֹשֵׂה שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ:
תפילה לשלומם של החיילים
יְהִי רָצוֹן מִלְפָנֶיךָ ה' אֶ-לֹ-הֵינוּ וְאֱ-לֹ-הֵי אֲבוֹתֵינוּ, שֶיַּעֲלוּ לְרָצוֹן מִזְמוֹרֵי תְּהִלִּים אֶלוּ שֶקָרָאנוּ הָיוֹם, כְּאִילוּ אֲמָרָם דָוִד הַמֶּלֶךְ עַבְדְךָ מְשִיחֶךָ ע"ה. וַעֲשֶֹה לְמַעַן שְמוֹתֶיךָ הַקְּדוֹשִים הַכְּתוּבִים בָּהֶם, וְהָרְמוּזִים וּמְצוֹרָפִים בָּהֶם, וּתְקַבֵּל ְּרַחֲמִים וּבְרָצוֹן אֶת תְּפִילָתֵנוּ וּבַקָּשָתֵינוּ, וְתָבֹא לְפָנֶיךָ תְּחִינָתֵנוּ, וְתָחוֹס וְתַחְמוֹל וּתְרַחֵם עַל שְבוּיֵינוּ
זְכַרְיָה שְלֹמֹה בֵּן מִרְיָם בַּאוּמֵל
יְקוּתִיאֵל יְהוּדָה נַחְמָן בֵּן שָֹרָה כַּץ
צְבִי בֵּן פְּנִינָה פֵלְדְמַן
רוֹן בֵּן בַּתְיָה אָרָד
אֵהוּד בֵּן מַלְכָּה גוֹלְדְוָוסֶר
אֶלְדָד בֵּן טוֹבָה רֶגֶב,
גִלְעָד בֵּן אֲבִיבָה שָלִיט
גַיא בֵּן רִינָה חֶבֶר
וְתוֹשִיעֶם בִּיְשוּעָה וְרַחֲמִים, יַחַד עִם כֹּל הַשְּבוּיִים וְהָאָסִירִים מֵעַמְּךָ יִשְֹרָאֵל.
מוֹצִיא אָסִירִים בַּכּוֹשָרוֹת, יַצִּילֵם מִשִּבְיַם, וְיוֹצִיאֵם מֵעַבְדוּת לְחֵירוּת, וּמִשִיעֲבּוּד לִגְאוּלָה, וּמֵאֲפֵילָה לְאוֹרָה, וְיִרְפָּאֵם רְפוּאָה שְלֵמָה, רְפוּאַת הַנֶּפֶש וּרְפוּאַת הַגּוּף, וְיְאַמְצֵם וְיְאַזְרֵם בְּשִמְחָה וּבְגִילָה, אַז יִתְחַזְּקוּ וְיִתְרַפְּאוּ וְהַיְתָה לָהֶם שִֹמְחַת עוֹלָם.
וּזְכוּת תְּפִלַּת רַבִּים וְצַעֲקָתַם וְנַאֲקָתַם, הַמַּעֲתִירִים בַּעֲדָם בְּכֹל אֲתָר וְאֲתָר, תַּעֲמוֹד לָהֶם לְמָגֵן וְצִינָה, וְיִקְרַע רוֹעַ גְּזַר דִּינָם, וְיִקַּרְאוּ לְפָנָיו יִתְבָּרָךְ זְכוּיוֹתֵיהֶם וְכֹל אֲשֶר פָּעֲלוּ וְעָשֹוּ לְמַעַן עַמֵּנוּ וְנַחֲלָתֵנוּ. וְיִקְרַע גְּזַר דִּינָם בִּזְכוּת הַשֵּם הַקָּדוֹש הָרָמוּז בְּרָאשֵי תֵּיבוֹת קַבֵּל רִנַּת עָמֶךָ שַֹגְבֵנוּ טַהֲרֵנוּ נוֹרָא.
וִיְקַיֵּים בָּהֶם מִקְרָא שֶכָּתוּב:
וּפְדוּיֵי ה' יְשוּבוּן וּבָאוּ צִיּוֹן בְּרִנָּה, וְשִֹמְחַת עוֹלָם עַל רֹאשָם,
שָֹשוֹן וְשִֹמְחָה יַשִֹּיגוּ וְנָסוּ יָגוֹן וַאֲנָחָה. בִּמְהֵרָה בְּיָמֵינוּ. אָמֵן.
The tefilla consists of two chapters from Tehillim and then a mi sheberach which he composed.
תְּפִילָה לְהַצַּלָתָם שֶל הַחַיָּלִים הַשְּבוּיִים הי"ו.
לִקְרֹא מִזְמוֹר שִיר לַמַעֲלוֹת אֶשָֹּא עֵינַי, וְשִיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת לְדָוִד לוּלֵי ה' שֶהָיָה לָנוּ
תהלים פרק קכא
שִׁיר לַמַּעֲלוֹת אֶשָּׂא עֵינַי אֶל הֶהָרִים מֵאַיִן יָבֹא עֶזְרִי:
עֶזְרִי מֵעִם יְהֹוָה עֹשֵׂה שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ:
אַל יִתֵּן לַמּוֹט רַגְלֶךָ אַל יָנוּם שֹׁמְרֶךָ:
הִנֵּה לֹא יָנוּם וְלֹא יִישָׁן שׁוֹמֵר יִשְׂרָאֵל:
יְהֹוָה שֹׁמְרֶךָ יְהֹוָה צִלְּךָ עַל יַד יְמִינֶךָ:
יוֹמָם הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ לֹא יַכֶּכָּה וְיָרֵחַ בַּלָּיְלָה:
יְהֹוָה יִשְׁמָרְךָ מִכָּל רָע יִשְׁמֹר אֶת נַפְשֶׁךָ:
יְהֹוָה יִשְׁמָר צֵאתְךָ וּבוֹאֶךָ מֵעַתָּה וְעַד עוֹלָם:
תהלים פרק קכד
שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת לְדָוִד לוּלֵי יְהֹוָה שֶׁהָיָה לָנוּ יֹאמַר נָא יִשְׂרָאֵל:
לוּלֵי יְהֹוָה שֶׁהָיָה לָנוּ בְּקוּם עָלֵינוּ אָדָם:
אֲזַי חַיִּים בְּלָעוּנוּ בַּחֲרוֹת אַפָּם בָּנוּ:
אֲזַי הַמַּיִם שְׁטָפוּנוּ נַחְלָה עָבַר עַל נַפְשֵׁנוּ:
אֲזַי עָבַר עַל נַפְשֵׁנוּ הַמַּיִם הַזֵּידוֹנִים:
בָּרוּךְ יְהֹוָה שֶׁלֹּא נְתָנָנוּ טֶרֶף לְשִׁנֵּיהֶם:
נַפְשֵׁנוּ כְּצִפּוֹר נִמְלְטָה מִפַּח יוֹקְשִׁים הַפַּח נִשְׁבָּר וַאֲנַחְנוּ נִמְלָטְנוּ:
עֶזְרֵנוּ בְּשֵׁם יְהֹוָה עֹשֵׂה שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ:
תפילה לשלומם של החיילים
יְהִי רָצוֹן מִלְפָנֶיךָ ה' אֶ-לֹ-הֵינוּ וְאֱ-לֹ-הֵי אֲבוֹתֵינוּ, שֶיַּעֲלוּ לְרָצוֹן מִזְמוֹרֵי תְּהִלִּים אֶלוּ שֶקָרָאנוּ הָיוֹם, כְּאִילוּ אֲמָרָם דָוִד הַמֶּלֶךְ עַבְדְךָ מְשִיחֶךָ ע"ה. וַעֲשֶֹה לְמַעַן שְמוֹתֶיךָ הַקְּדוֹשִים הַכְּתוּבִים בָּהֶם, וְהָרְמוּזִים וּמְצוֹרָפִים בָּהֶם, וּתְקַבֵּל ְּרַחֲמִים וּבְרָצוֹן אֶת תְּפִילָתֵנוּ וּבַקָּשָתֵינוּ, וְתָבֹא לְפָנֶיךָ תְּחִינָתֵנוּ, וְתָחוֹס וְתַחְמוֹל וּתְרַחֵם עַל שְבוּיֵינוּ
זְכַרְיָה שְלֹמֹה בֵּן מִרְיָם בַּאוּמֵל
יְקוּתִיאֵל יְהוּדָה נַחְמָן בֵּן שָֹרָה כַּץ
צְבִי בֵּן פְּנִינָה פֵלְדְמַן
רוֹן בֵּן בַּתְיָה אָרָד
אֵהוּד בֵּן מַלְכָּה גוֹלְדְוָוסֶר
אֶלְדָד בֵּן טוֹבָה רֶגֶב,
גִלְעָד בֵּן אֲבִיבָה שָלִיט
גַיא בֵּן רִינָה חֶבֶר
וְתוֹשִיעֶם בִּיְשוּעָה וְרַחֲמִים, יַחַד עִם כֹּל הַשְּבוּיִים וְהָאָסִירִים מֵעַמְּךָ יִשְֹרָאֵל.
מוֹצִיא אָסִירִים בַּכּוֹשָרוֹת, יַצִּילֵם מִשִּבְיַם, וְיוֹצִיאֵם מֵעַבְדוּת לְחֵירוּת, וּמִשִיעֲבּוּד לִגְאוּלָה, וּמֵאֲפֵילָה לְאוֹרָה, וְיִרְפָּאֵם רְפוּאָה שְלֵמָה, רְפוּאַת הַנֶּפֶש וּרְפוּאַת הַגּוּף, וְיְאַמְצֵם וְיְאַזְרֵם בְּשִמְחָה וּבְגִילָה, אַז יִתְחַזְּקוּ וְיִתְרַפְּאוּ וְהַיְתָה לָהֶם שִֹמְחַת עוֹלָם.
וּזְכוּת תְּפִלַּת רַבִּים וְצַעֲקָתַם וְנַאֲקָתַם, הַמַּעֲתִירִים בַּעֲדָם בְּכֹל אֲתָר וְאֲתָר, תַּעֲמוֹד לָהֶם לְמָגֵן וְצִינָה, וְיִקְרַע רוֹעַ גְּזַר דִּינָם, וְיִקַּרְאוּ לְפָנָיו יִתְבָּרָךְ זְכוּיוֹתֵיהֶם וְכֹל אֲשֶר פָּעֲלוּ וְעָשֹוּ לְמַעַן עַמֵּנוּ וְנַחֲלָתֵנוּ. וְיִקְרַע גְּזַר דִּינָם בִּזְכוּת הַשֵּם הַקָּדוֹש הָרָמוּז בְּרָאשֵי תֵּיבוֹת קַבֵּל רִנַּת עָמֶךָ שַֹגְבֵנוּ טַהֲרֵנוּ נוֹרָא.
וִיְקַיֵּים בָּהֶם מִקְרָא שֶכָּתוּב:
וּפְדוּיֵי ה' יְשוּבוּן וּבָאוּ צִיּוֹן בְּרִנָּה, וְשִֹמְחַת עוֹלָם עַל רֹאשָם,
שָֹשוֹן וְשִֹמְחָה יַשִֹּיגוּ וְנָסוּ יָגוֹן וַאֲנָחָה. בִּמְהֵרָה בְּיָמֵינוּ. אָמֵן.
Mar 30, 2007
Father of Israeli MIA died today
Avraham Feldman, the father of Israeli soldier MIA Tzvi Feldman has died at age 84 of Alzheimers.
He dedicated his life to trying to find information of and ultimately the return of his son Tzvi. Sadly, Tzvi is still MIA.
Baruch Dayan Ha'Emes
(HT: A Town Crier)
He dedicated his life to trying to find information of and ultimately the return of his son Tzvi. Sadly, Tzvi is still MIA.
Baruch Dayan Ha'Emes
(HT: A Town Crier)
Mar 29, 2007
zman heiruteinu
Pesah is coming and I do not know how much blogging time will be available over the next couple of days before Pesah.
So, just in case I do not get to it later, y'all should have a great holiday and a Hag Kosher V'Sameah.
Pesah is called z'man heiruteinu - the time of our freedom. Let's pray that this Pesah will be the time of freedom for the captured soldiers; Gilad Shalit, Ehud (Udi) Goldwasser, Eldad Regev, Ron Arad, Zachary Baumel, Yehuda Katz, Tzvi Feldman and Guy Hever along with Jonathan Pollard.
So, just in case I do not get to it later, y'all should have a great holiday and a Hag Kosher V'Sameah.
Pesah is called z'man heiruteinu - the time of our freedom. Let's pray that this Pesah will be the time of freedom for the captured soldiers; Gilad Shalit, Ehud (Udi) Goldwasser, Eldad Regev, Ron Arad, Zachary Baumel, Yehuda Katz, Tzvi Feldman and Guy Hever along with Jonathan Pollard.
Mar 12, 2007
important reminder
Over the course of the past year (even less, really. I am rounding up) a lot has happened.
Among all that happened, a number of Israeli soldiers were abducted and captured and might even still be alive.
A lot has happened since the Second Lebanon War. Time has passed and many of us have moved on. We follow the news and comment on it, but overall we are busy with our own lives. We have our jobs, our families, other responsibilities, our hobbies, and whatever else we have that keep us busy.
Because we have our daily lives at the forefront of our minds we (at least I do) tend to push other people's problems to the back of our heads and only occassionally think about them, if that much.
I just want to remind you that Ehud (Udi) Goldwasser, Eldad Regev and Gilad Shalit are still in captivity from just prior to the Lebanon War II last summer. Thet are in addition to Ron Arad, Zachary Baumel, Yehuda Katz, and Tzvi Feldman who disappeared in Lebanon a much longer time ago. Guy Hever disappeared a number of years ago in the Golan Heights near the Syrian border.
Just take a moment and think of them. Think of their families who are without them. Say a prayer for a moment for them
That's it. Thanks. Now you can go back to your lives.
Come back and look at this post every few days/weeks/months until they are returned to us.
Among all that happened, a number of Israeli soldiers were abducted and captured and might even still be alive.
A lot has happened since the Second Lebanon War. Time has passed and many of us have moved on. We follow the news and comment on it, but overall we are busy with our own lives. We have our jobs, our families, other responsibilities, our hobbies, and whatever else we have that keep us busy.
Because we have our daily lives at the forefront of our minds we (at least I do) tend to push other people's problems to the back of our heads and only occassionally think about them, if that much.
I just want to remind you that Ehud (Udi) Goldwasser, Eldad Regev and Gilad Shalit are still in captivity from just prior to the Lebanon War II last summer. Thet are in addition to Ron Arad, Zachary Baumel, Yehuda Katz, and Tzvi Feldman who disappeared in Lebanon a much longer time ago. Guy Hever disappeared a number of years ago in the Golan Heights near the Syrian border.
Just take a moment and think of them. Think of their families who are without them. Say a prayer for a moment for them
That's it. Thanks. Now you can go back to your lives.
Come back and look at this post every few days/weeks/months until they are returned to us.
Jan 24, 2007
rooting for the Bears and Israel
When I recently wrote about the Chicago Bears, a commenter expressed shock and surprise that on this blog, which generally only talks about Israel (and is very pro-Israel) and Jewish "culture" issues, I would show my enthusiasm for an American Footbal team, specifically the Chicago Bears.
Maybe the commenter has a fear of bears, similar to Stephen Colbert, and that is why she expressed her surprise. If that is the case, I wish to assure you that these are different bears and you have nothing to fear, though they are mauling their opponents just the same...
I have been thinking about her comment and have decided to respond to it in this post.
After thinking long and hard about how I can justify rooting for the Chicago Bears and doing so openly on this pro-Israel blog, I have finally thought of an explanation. Here goes.
Purely (almost purely) out of concern for the captured soldiers do I root for the victory of the Chicago Bears in the playoffs and the upcoming superbowl. A victory for the Chicago Bears is a victory for Israel. Rooting for the Chicago Bears is an expression of solidarity with Gilad Shalit, and, by extension, the other abducted soldiers.
How so? What is the connection, you might ask?
Maybe the commenter has a fear of bears, similar to Stephen Colbert, and that is why she expressed her surprise. If that is the case, I wish to assure you that these are different bears and you have nothing to fear, though they are mauling their opponents just the same...
I have been thinking about her comment and have decided to respond to it in this post.
After thinking long and hard about how I can justify rooting for the Chicago Bears and doing so openly on this pro-Israel blog, I have finally thought of an explanation. Here goes.
Purely (almost purely) out of concern for the captured soldiers do I root for the victory of the Chicago Bears in the playoffs and the upcoming superbowl. A victory for the Chicago Bears is a victory for Israel. Rooting for the Chicago Bears is an expression of solidarity with Gilad Shalit, and, by extension, the other abducted soldiers.
How so? What is the connection, you might ask?
This is the most popular picture of Gilad Shalit that has been displayed in the various media since he was abducted by animals far worse than your average bear, be it a Brown bear, Black bear, or let alone a Grizzly bear.
If you look closely at the picture you will see that Gilad is wearing a Chicago Bears cap on his head. Gilad Shalit is clearly a fan of the Chicago bears. By rooting for victory by the Chicago Bears, I am rooting for victory of Gilad Shalit over his captors. I am rooting for his freedom. I am rooting for Israel.
Now I no longer have to feel guilty about using this pro-Israel forum for rooting for the Chicago Bears... They go hand in hand.
Nov 21, 2006
MIA Zach Baumel new information
This is an absolutely amazing update and brings renewed hope and optimism about Zachary Baumel as well as about the status of ther other MIA's...
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