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Crushing Hamas now and returning Gaza to PA chief Mahmoud Abbas would leave Israel wide open to a flash-flood of international pressure to renew the fatal "peace process" that calls for the ethnic cleaning of nearly 15 percent of Israel's population from the historic homeland of the Jewish people.

Don’t look for leaders to do it for you, or even to show you the way, because in this final battle our leaders, good or bad, are only a reflection of ourselves. Each one of us must take the lead in winning the final battle against THE ENEMY WITHIN.

– SHIFRA HENDRIE

"Before the caterpillar transforms, its previous form has to break down. And so, in a sense, does ours. In order to reach a new plane of being, we have to let go of the way we knew our lives and ourselves to be before."

– Shifra Hendrie

"PEACE AND RECONCILIATION THROUGH DIALOGUE HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY POPULAR BY MANY SECTORS OF WESTERN SOCIETIES. THIS IS LIKELY TO LEAD TO MISGUIDED DIPLOMACY IN THE FORM OF DIALOGUE WITH TERRORIST-SUPPORTING NATIONS LIKE IRAN. IF YOU COWER BEFORE A BULLY IN AN ATTEMPT TO PLACATE HIM, ALL YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IS TO MAKE HIM MORE CONFIDENT, MORE DEMANDING, MORE CONTEMPTUOUS OF YOU. ISLAMIC MILITANTS REGARD GOOD-WILL GESTURES AND CONCESSIONS AS NOTHING MORE THAN WEAKNESS, AND AN IRRESISTIBLE INVITATION TO TAKE ADVANTAGE AND DO MORE OF THE SAME."

– ALON STIVI

Dear Friends,With this week's Torah portion, the Torah switches from the account of our freedom from Egyptian slavery to receiving the Torah at Mount Sinai, to now building the Mishkan - the Tabernacle into the desert.  On a deep level, building the Holy Temple is another way of speaking about finishing the world and turning all of creation into a revealed dwelling place for G-d.  In this week's talk, we look at the importance each individual plays in this process, and how no job can be performed by anyone else but you -- literally!  We also look at the finishing of creation on the macro level, and how the process of ultimate salvation arrives in stages.

– David Sacks

Dear Friends,Perfectionism is that force that comes to us -- not to try to improve what we are doing -- but to tell us that nothing we do is good enough.   The good news is that all Hashem wants is for us to try our hardest and do our best.  When we fall short, we have to try our best to fix it.  But to be perfect?  Hashem is the only One that is perfect -- and the good news is that in His goodness He implanted perfection into the world from the very beginning.  Our job is to reveal it!  The Mishkan -- the Tabernacle in the desert -- was a microcosm of the perfected world and thus the fitting culmination to the Book of Shemos/Exodus which we just completed.  Opening the final accounting of the building of the Mishkan (i.e. the perfection of the world) are the words "HaMishkan Mishkan".  What does the doubling of this word hint at?  And how do we see all of these concepts in the name of Betzalel, the one who built it?  All this and more in this weeks talk.

– DAVID SACKS

Dear Friends,Intellect is good but wisdom is better.  Why?  Because wisdom is intellect plus life experience.  The Torah is the repository of all of the wisdom in the world.  The more we learn — the smarter it gets!  We are living now in the exalted month of Nissan.  Every day is like the holiday of Rosh Chodesh in this month.  Even more amazingly, the Shelah HaKodesh teaches that every hour of this month is like an entire day.  Part of the energy of this month comes from the fact that the Mishkan the holy tabernacle in the desert was dedicated.  The order in which the Mishkan was “activated” is fascinating.  First came the preparatory offerings of Moshe, then the actual official offerings by Aaron the Kohen Gadol, and then the offerings of the famous Nachshon, the one who jumped into the Red Sea causing it to split, on behalf the Tribe of Yehudah.  What does this teach us on a deeper level?  Ultimately, it all comes down to building the Mishkan in our hearts, and understanding what it means when the Kotzker Rebbe teaches that there is no heart as full as a broken heart.

– DAVID SACKS

Dear Friends,We make a blessing over the sun once every twenty-eight years!  Can you think of where you were (and who you were!) twenty-eight years ago?  In this overview we  explore the amazing spiritual depths behind this mitzvah.

– DAVID SACKS

"According to Kabbalah, every positive prophecy must be fulfilled in every detail. But under certain circumstances a negative prophecy can be fulfilled spiritually, and never has to materialize on the physical plane."

– SHIFRA HENDRIE

"The fact is that we are all in exile. That’s why life is so confusing – and why so much of the time it’s such an overwhelming struggle.

G-d wants us to know Him. He wants us to see Him – but not as a result of Divine revelation, without any work on our part. We humans are destined to experience the deeper reality – the Divine reality - through our own efforts, from the inside out, so that what we discover will be truly and really ours. "

– Shifra Hendrie

"The forces of evil are bent on destruction. The forces of good are longing to build. But we are not only good or evil. Within each of us there is a third, more neutral force, and that’s the part of us that gets to choose. That third force is our ego - our identity, our sense of self. Motivated primarily by “what’s in it for me?” the primitive ego can create great evil – but once that same ego has been refined, educated and inspired, it can become a powerful force for good."

– Shifra Hendrie

Dear Friends,

Hope is such a precious commodity and often so fleeting.  In this week’s talk we analyze how taking a forward looking perspective on the unfolding of time can not only increase positiveness, but put us in harmony with destiny.

– David Sacks

Love your fellow as yourself. Is that a reasonable commandment? Can it really be done and how?

You will learn the surprising answer when you listen to this informative and Torah packed fast talk.

– Rabbi Asi

JPR takes you to Phoenix, Arizona for a talk given my Marc Prowisor, former head of security for the Shilo region, Director of Security Projects for One Israel Fund.Marc spells out the situation in Judea-Samaria including first hand experience with Arab-terrorists and what you, the listener, can do to help.

Marc takes us beyond the media reports, beyond the political front to behind-the-scenes as only the ex-head of security of Shilo can relate.

Things are not as hopeless as the media would have us think!

(A VISUAL PRESENTATION WAS GIVEN DURING HIS TALK, SINCE THERE IS NO VIDEO FOOTAGE TO ACCOMPANY THE AUDIO, THE MAJORITY OF THIS PRESENTATION HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THIS RECORDING)

Special class for Lag B'Omer highlights the uniqueness of Rabbi Shimon, his unparalleled level of Torah study, and how we can emulate his devotion in our daily lives.

Dear Friends,In this, the third talk in the Garden of Eden series, we discussed what the nature of the test really was.  We also explore what the true nature of the special garments Hashem made for Adam and Chava were.  Finally, we take another look at the snake and how in our own lives he tries to defeat us.

- David Sacks

Many people are surprised to learn that before Adam and Chava ate from the Tree of Knowledge — the Torah records two earlier rebellions made before human beings were even created!  The first is the incident between the sun and the moon and the second was by fruit bearing trees.  Given that these creations don’t have free choice, what are the Rabbis teaching us with these accounts, and how did they set the stage for mankind’s first test?

– David Sacks

Why is life so confusing?  To answer (one part) of this giant question we take a look at another question — is the Torah written in chronological order, or not?  Factor in now that we ourselves are compared to Torah scrolls and that Judaism (unknown to many people out there) actually believes in reincarnation, and now we have a very interesting ingredients for a talk that begins back in the Garden of Eden and goes straight back into our daily lives.

- David Sacks

• UNIFIL DOES NOTHING TO STOP HIZBALLAH FROM RE-ARMING OR LEBANESE CITIZENS FROM CROSSING INTO ISRAEL, BUT THEY DO STOP ISRAEL COWS FROM ENTERING LEBANON

• GAZA INCHES CLOSER TO SHARIA LAW

• SENIOR CHURCH OFFICAL AND HIS WIFE WERE BEATEN BY HAMAS AGENTS

• ISRAEL/US ARROW MISSILE SYSTEM FAILED TEST LAST WEEK

• NETANYAHU ORDERS HALT TO CONSTRUCTION ON APARTMENTS IN EAST JERUSALEM AFTER MEETING WITH US ENVOY MITCHELL

• PA TOP OFFICIAL SAID ARAFAT FOOLED THE WORLD WITH HIS PUBLIC CONDEMNATION OF TERRORISM AGAINST ISRAEL

• TELEPHONE POLL SHOWED PULL-OUT OF JEWS IN GAZA WAS A GRAVE ERROR IN JUDGMENT

• CLINTON ANNOUNCED $200M TRANFERRED TO PA

• ISRAELI MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGH FOR HEART ATTACK PATIENTS

• FATAH PARTY TO MEET TO VOTE ON NEW PLATFORM AGAINST ISRAEL THAT IS COMPARABLE TO THAT OF HAMAS• ISRAEL ANSWERS TO UN AND INTL COMMUNITY REGARDING GAZA INCURSION • GUNMAN BURST INTO GAY COMMUNITY CENTER KILLING 2 WOUNDING MORE• SWINE FLU THREATENS ISRAEL

• US CONGRESSMEN VISIT ISRAEL IN A SHOW OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE JEWISH STATE

• CLINTON CLAIMED ISRAEL VIOLATED ITS PEACE OBLIGATIONS WHEN IT REMOVED ILLEGAL ARAB SQUATTERS

• FATAH’S DEFIANCE AND HATE FOR ISRAEL SHOWN BRIGHTLY AT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION

• A NEW LEBANESE WAR IS IN THE MAKING

• 71 US SENATORS SENT LETTER TO OBAMA STATING THEY WANT TO SEE ARAB CONCESSIONS, TOO

• AT FATAH CONFERENCE ABBAS MADE CLEAR THAT HE CLINGS TO IDEALS OF ARAFAT

• PA SALAAM FAYED NOW LIVING FULL-TIME IN EAST JERUSALEM

• FAYED SAID THEY WILL NEVER SIGN PEACE DEAL UNLESS FULL SURRENDER OF EAST JERUSALEM TO PA

• TERRORISTS FROM IRAQ WAR RELOCATING TO GAZA

• HAMAS AND UNWRA FIGHTING OVER THE STATUS OF 3 AMBULANCES SENT INTO GAZA IN JULY