Friday, October 21, 2005

DAILY DOSE: Inherited Faith

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Inherited Faith
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Our job is not to have faith. We have faith already, whether we want it or not. It comes in our blood from our ancestors who gave their lives for it.

Our job is to transport that higher vision that gave them their faith down into our minds, into our personalities, into our words, into our actions in daily life. To make it part of our selves and our world.

A Daily Dose of Wisdom from the Rebbe
-words and condensation by Tzvi Freeman
Tishrei 18, 5766 * October 21, 2005

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TODAY IN JUDAISM: Shabbat, October 22, 2005

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Tishrei 19, 5766 * October 22, 2005

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T O D A Y I N J U D A I S M
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* Laws * Customs * Jewish History * Daily Quote * Daily Study *

Today is: Shabbat, Tishrei 19, 5766
Sukkot (Chol Hamoed)

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Today's Laws & Customs
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• Eat in Sukkah (7 days)

The festival of Sukkot, commemorating G-d's enveloping protection of the Children of Israel during their 40-year journey through the desert (1313-1273 BCE), is celebrated for seven days, beginning from the eve of Tishrei 15. During this time, we are commanded to "dwell" in a sukkah -- a hut of temporary construction, with a roof covering of raw, unfinished vegetable matter (branches, reeds, bamboo, etc.) -- signifying the temporality and fragily of human habitation and man-made shelter and our utter dependence upon G-d's protection and providence. "How [does one fulfill] the mitzvah of dwelling in the sukkah? One should eat, drink, and live in the sukkah, both day and night, as one lives in one's house on the other days of the year: for seven days a person should make his home his temporary dwelling, and his sukkah his permanent dwelling" (Code of Jewish Law, Orach Chaim 639:1).

At least one k'zayit (approx. 1 oz.) of bread should be eaten in the sukkah on the first evening of the festival, between nightfall and midnight. A special blessing, Leishiv BaSukkah, is recited. For the rest of the festival, all meals must be eaten in the sukkah (see the Code of Jewish Law or consult a Halachic authority as to what constitutes a "meal"). Chabad custom is to refrain from eating or drinking anything outside of the sukkah, even a glass of water.

Also see: the Ushpizin [http://www.chabad.org/159118]

Links: The Big Sukkah [http://www.chabad.org/89050]; The Temporary Dwelling [http://www.chabad.org/89052]; The Easy Mitzvah [http://www.chabad.org/89051]

• "Water Drawing" Celebrations (7 nights)

When the Holy Temple stood in Jerusalem, one of the special Sukkot observances was to pour water on the Altar. The drawing of water for this purpose was preceded by all-night celebrations in the Temple courtyard; on the 15 steps leading to the azarah (inner courtyard) stood Levites with playing a variety of musical instruments, sages danced juggled burning tourches, and huge oil-burning lamps that illuminated the entire city. The singing and dancing went on until daybreak, when a procession would make its way to the Shiloach Spring which flowed in a valley below the Temple to "draw water with joy." "One who did not see the joy of the water-drawing celebrations," declared the sages of the Talmud, "has not seen joy in his life."

While water was poured each day of the fetival, the special celebrations were held only on Chol Hamoed [http://www.chabad.org/165370] since many of the elements of the celebration (e.g., the playing of musical instruments) are fornidden on Yom Tov.

Today, we commemorate these joyous celebrations by holding Simchal Beit HaShoeivah ("joy of the water drawing") events in the streets, with music and dancing. The Lubavitcher Rebbe initiated the custom of holding such celebrations on Shabbat and Yom Tov as well -- without musical instruments of course. The fact that we cannot celebrate as we did in the Temple, said the Rebbe, means that we are free to celebrate the joy of Sukkot with singing and dancing every day of the festival.

Link: The Taste of Water [http://www.chabad.org/5042]

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Daily Study
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Chitas and Rambam for today:

Chumash: Vezot Hab'rachah, 7th Portion Devarim 34:1-34:12 with Rashi
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Tehillim: Chapters 90 - 96
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• English text:
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Tanya: Iggeret HaKodesh, middle of Epistle 23
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Rambam:
• Sefer Hamitzvos:
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• 1 Chapter: Nizkey Mamon Chap. 4
http://www.chabad.org/dailystudy/rambam.asp?tDate=10/22/2005&rambamChapters=1
• 3 Chapters: Shevitat Asor Chap. 1, 2, 3
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Hayom Yom:
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LESSONS IN TANYA: Shabbat, October 22, 2005

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Tishrei 19, 5766 * October 22, 2005

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Today's Lesson:

Iggeret HaKodesh
(Middle of Epistle Twenty-Three)
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Indwelling, however, [i.e., that degree of indwelling of which it is written that "the Shechinah dwells among them]," is an intense radiation from the light of G-d, that radiates in it - [within the soul itself, and not within its inherently limited faculties] - without limit or end.

It cannot become vested [i.e., integrated and internalized] within a finite soul, but encompasses it from above, [like a transcendent (makkif) light], "[from its head to its foot]," so that all the levels and faculties of the soul, from the highest to th e lowest, are surrounded by this infinite Divine light.

As our Sages, of blessed memory, taught, (5) "The Shechinah hovers over every gathering of ten Jews" - over them, from above.

[Just as the Shechinah hovers over all Jews in an encompassing manner even when they are not studying Torah, so, too, even with regard to the indwelling of the Shechinah that is brought about by congregational Torah study: this illumination of the soul, being infinite, must be primarily transcendent].

Thus it is written, (28) "May the pleasantness of the L-rd our G-d be upon us; establish upon us the work of our hands"; i.e., [we ask] that the pleasantness of G-d which has appeared through the work of our hands, in [our] involvement in the Torah and the commandments (29) for (30) "the Torah and the Holy One, blessed be He, are entirely one" become established and rest upon us from above, [in an encompassing manner], for it is without limit and end, and does not become vested within our [finite] soul and intellect.

This is why we do not apprehend with our intellect the delightfulness and sweetness of "the pleasantness of G-d," and the unlimited splendor of the Shechinah, that is established and rests upon us through the work of our hands, in [our] joint study of the Torah and [our] joint fulfillment of the commandments.

[An infinite order of illumination is elicited only by collective Torah study and performance of mitzvot].

And of this our Sages, of blessed memory, said, (27) "In this world there is no reward for the [performance of the] commandments."

[Since this world is finite, it cannot be a receptor for the infinite revelation of Divine radiance that is called forth by the performance of the mitzvot].

For it is impossible for the world to attain it [i.e., the reward of infinite light] except when the soul is divested from the body [and unencumbered by it]; and even then, [the soul is able to receive this light only] by way of grace; as it is written, (31) "Kindness, O G-d, is Yours, for You render to every man according to his work." (32)

[I.e., granting every man an infinite degree of illumination according to his work in Torah and mitzvot is an act of kindness on G-d's part].

Thus our Sages, of blessed memory, taught (33) that the Holy One, blessed be He, gives the righteous the capacity [to receive their reward in the World to Come.

Even then this gift is needed, for even after the soul divests itself of its body it is finite, while the reward that it receives is infinite].

This is not so, however, with the angels, (34) [which are incapable of receiving an infinite degree of revelation]; as I heard from my masters, [viz., the Baal Shem Tov and the Maggid of Mezritch], that if one (35) angel (36) were to stand in the presence of a gathering of ten Jews, even if there were no words of Torah between them, [yet still, since the Shechinah rests up on every gathering of ten Jews], such a boundless and infinite terror and dread would then befall him on account of the Shechinah that abides over them, that he would become utterly nullified.

[The sanctity of ten Jews congregating together, even if they are not engaged in Torah study, is so intense, than an angel would become utterly nullified when confronting the indwelling of the Shechinah that abides in the presence of ten Jews. (37)

In Sefer HaSichot 5704, (38) the Rebbe Rayatz relates that when his father taught him this letter for the second time, and they came to the above theme of the superiority of souls over angels, he noted that "As I heard from my masters" refers to both the Baal Shem Tov and the Maggid of Mezritch; the phrase "I heard from my teacher" (in the gloss to chapter 35) refers to the Maggid of Mezritch.

The Rebbe Rashab went on to tell him that this theme is one of the laws that are studied in Gan Eden.

Then, having shared with him eight narratives regarding the laws studied in Gan Eden, he concluded: "And all this is discussed in Tanya in order to [encourage] the establishment of daily study groups in Ein Yaakov, concerning which the Alter Rebbe states that most of the secrets of the Torah are concealed in it, and that moreover it atones for man's sins.

At that time, too, the Rebbe Rayatz writes, (39) his father told him that chassidim of old used to include as part of their indispensable daily study sessions - in addition to Mishnayot, a page of Gemara, and Tanya - a passage of Ein Yaakov, and at least one law (of two paragraphs) in Kitzur Shulchan Aruch. (40) If a paragraph was long, it was studied as one law, though usually one law is divided there into two paragraphs.

Footnotes:

28. Tehillim 90:17.
29. Note of the Rebbe: "The interpretation that the `work of
our hands' refers to the `study of the Torah' and the `fulfillment
of the commandments,' requires further examination."
30. Zohar II, 90b; see also II, 60a, and III, 73a.
31. Tehillim 62:13.
32. Note of the Rebbe: "Seemingly, where is the kindness if He
pays the individual according to his work? This question indicates
that G-d's kindness lies in His enabling a [finite] mortal to
receive [the infinite reward]."
33. Sanhedrin 100b.
34. Note of the Rebbe: "...for they were not granted this
capacity."
35. Note of the Rebbe: "Further examination is required to
understand the meaning [of `one angel']."
36. Note of the Rebbe: "This requires further examination, for
angels elevate even congregational prayers. [How, then, is this
possible if they become utterly nullified in the presence of ten
Jews?]"
37. Note of the Rebbe: "We must say that the reason why the ten
Jews themselves do not become nullified, etc., nor terrorstricken,
etc., is that [the Divine Presence] is not perceived even by their
mazal. [I.e., it is not perceived even superconsciously, by the
heavenly root of their souls.] (For if it were perceived, they
would no doubt be in a state of trepidation, as in our Sages'
description [Megillah 3a] of Daniel's friends.) Indeed, this
[state of unawareness] must exist, for withou t it free choice
would cease, as is to be understood from the disposition of
Daniel's friends.
"As to the benefit of the indwelling of the Shechinah: [i.e., if
this is totally concealed from the Jew, what possible benefit does
he derive from it?] - It grants him assistance, though concealed,
in his spiritual service."
38. Pp. 97-98.
39. P. 101.
40. Note of the Rebbe: "This is most likely a typographical
slip, for
(1) even in later generations the study of Kitzur Shulchan
Aruch was not widespread in Russia;
(2) most paragraphs contain one law each;
(3) it was first printed during the last years of the Tzemach
Tzedek, outside of Russia;
(4) the Alter Rebbe's Shulchan Aruch was published early in the
leadership of the Mitteler Rebbe, and from that time onward
regular sessions were surely set up for the study of its
clearly delineated laws. What possible reason would there
be to change this and replace it [by the study of Kitzur
Shulchan Aruch]?"

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DAILY MITZVAH (Maimonides): Shabbat, October 22, 2005

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Tishrei 19, 5766 * October 22, 2005

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Today's Mitzvot (Day 50 of 339):

Positive Mitzvah 165; Negative Mitzvah 329; Positive Mitzvah 164;
Negative Mitzvah 196
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Introduction to Mitzvot 159 - 167: The Sacredness of Holidays

Jewish holidays are not just vacation days when we have off from
school or work and have time to spend with our families.

Rather, they were proclaimed as holy days by HaShem.

Some commemorate historical events.

Others provide us with special opportunities to come close to
HaShem and strengthen our service to Him.

Even those connected with our past do not merely recall our
people's history.

Each holiday has its own message for our lives today.

For example, the holiday of Pesach commemorates the Exodus from
Egypt. Thank G-d, today, we are not physically enslaved by any
master!

But each one of us has our own "miniature Egypt" within ourselves.

It is that mischievous Yetzer Ha'Rah - evil inclination, always
tempting us with his inappropriate ideas!

Sometimes, we fall prey to his cunning advice. He becomes our
master and we obediently follow his direction.

When the holiday of Pesach arrives, we are urged to liberate
ourselves from that "enslavement."

When we follow HaShem's commandments applying to the laws of
Pesach, we find ourselves celebrating our exodus from Egypt and
our personal freedom from the Yetzer Ha'Rah.

We show him who is the real master and we "enslave him" - using
his endless energy to fulfill the will of HaShem.

The Torah uses the term Mikrah Kodesh, which means, "a sacred
holiday."

Besides the special laws concerning each individual holiday,
this term implies that the day be one where work is not done,
like Shabbat.

There is a difference between the total rest commanded by the Torah
on Shabbat and Yom Kippur and the rest which is commanded on other
holidays.

There are certain laws and guidelines applying to necessary work
in preparing food on the holiday.

Outside of Eretz Yisrael, an extra day is added to all holidays,
except for Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur. (Rosh HaShana is observed
for 2 days even in Eretz Yisrael and Yom Kippur is only one day.)

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Positive Mitzvah 165: Resting on Yom Kippur

-Leviticus 16:31 "It shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for you"

Yom Kippur is considered the most sacred of all days.

On this day, we are commanded to rest and stop all weekday activity.
(See Negative Mitzvah 329)

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Introduction to Mitzvot 323 - 329:

The prohibition of work on festivals

HaShem commanded us to celebrate each festival in its own unique
way, but He prohibited us to do work on all those days which we
are commanded to regard and sanctify as holidays.

We learn which types of work that are forbidden on Yom Tov from
the laws of Shabbat.

However, there are some differences in the laws of preparing
food and certain activities associated with Yom Tov joy.

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Negative Mitzvah 329: It is forbidden to work on Yom Kippur

-Leviticus 23:28. "And you shall do no work on that very same
day; for it is a day of atonement"

We are commanded not to do any work on the holy day of Yom Kippur.

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Positive Mitzvah 164: Fasting on Yom Kippur

-Leviticus 16:29 "In the seventh month, on the tenth day of that
month, you must afflict your souls"

HaShem granted us a special opportunity on the holy day of Yom Kippur.

On this day, we stand before Him in prayer and service asking Him to
forgive us for all our sins. He promises to accept our prayers on
this holy day and help us begin anew.

All year, we are often only concerned with ourselves.

We strive to provide ourselves and our families with all those things
that make us feel good. We busy ourselves with preparing tasty food
and drinks and comfortable surroundings.

On this holy day, when we are standing before HaShem, we should
concern ourselves with doing Teshuvah and resolving to fulfill the
Mitzvot properly.

We are not preoccupied with our natural pleasures like food and drink.
Yom Kippur is so sacred that we can sense the holiness and this lifts
us above our everyday physical concerns.

We are commanded to fast on Yom Kippur and conduct ourselves in
a holy way.

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Negative Mitzvah 196: It is prohibited to eat on Yom Kippur

-Leviticus 23:29 "For any person that shall not be afflicted on
that same day, shall be cut off from his people"

Yom Kippur is a very holy day. We spend most of the day praying
and asking forgiveness from HaShem for all our sins and ask that
He grant us a good year.

On Yom Kippur, we are forbidden to eat anything.

Boys under the age of thirteen and girls younger than twelve,
may eat because otherwise, they might become weak and unhealthy.

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Monday, Tishrei 19 5704 - 3rd Day of Chol Hamoed Sukot

Torah lessons: Chumash: B'racha, Sheini with Rashi.
Tehillim: 90-96.
Tanya: The indwelling (p. 525)...totally nullified.
(p. 527).

It is written that all through the year, when saying in Sh'mona Essrei (the Amida) "and all the varieties of its produce for good" (p. 54), one should have in mind wheat for Matza and the Etrog (elsewhere, Wine for Kiddush is also mentioned); then naturally all the produce will be for good.

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 2. Peres, Shteinitz Agree: Assad Must Go
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1. Ambulance With Israeli Markings Spotted in the PA
By Nissan Ratzlav-Katz

An ambulance bearing Israeli markings has reportedly been sold to elements in the Palestinian Authority. Concerned the vehicle may be used as cover in a terrorist bombing, police are investigating.

The vehicle, belonging to the HaGalil Ambulance company - a private Galilee area ambulance service - was spotted by Samaria District police officers on Wednesday. Subsequently, Afif Zaied, affiliated with HaGalil Ambulance, was picked up by police for questioning in connection with the transfer of the ambulance to Arabs from the PA. Zaied told investigators that the ambulance was sent for service to a garage in the PA-controlled city of Tulkarem, east of Netanya. Zaied was released by police on Friday, while the investigation into the sale continues.

Authorities are concerned that the HaGalil emergency medical services vehicle, previously owned by the national Magen David Adom (Red Star of David), could serve terrorists as cover for a bombing at an Israeli hospital or at the scene of another mass casualty incident. While the former MDA markings were removed from the vehicle prior to its sale to the private Galilee company, the ambulance is still equipped with Israeli license plates and Hebrew markings, which would facilitate bringing it into sensitive areas.

Security services have repeatedly warned that Arab terrorists are making efforts to obtain an Israeli ambulance for purposes of a car-bomb attack. Special security measures have thus far been implemented to keep Israeli ambulances out of the hands of PA elements and to protect hospital emergency rooms. One scenario for which the hospitals are taking precautions is a suicide bomber in one location followed by an ambulance-bomb at the hospital to which the wounded are evacuated. For this reason, even in the wake of a terrorist attack, ambulances arriving at any hospital must be cleared by security before they can approach the emergency room.

Just last month, police chased down a Palestinian Authority car thief driving a stolen ambulance on a major Tel Aviv highway. The arrested driver stole the vehicle from outside the home of a medic who was on call for the emergency medical services. A paramedic from the Tel Aviv area spotted and identified the stolen vehicle, and called the police.

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2. Peres, Shteinitz Agree: Assad Must Go
By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

Labor and Likud party ministers said Bashar Assad cannot remain as Syrian president following a U.N. report implicating Assad's regime in the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

Vice Premier Shimon Peres, leader of the Labor party, and Yuval Shteinitz (Likud), chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, said the Assad regime must change. Peres said that Israel should stay on the sidelines and let the United States and France take the lead in changing the Assad regime.

Arab MK Talab el-Sana accused the United States of planning the report as an excuse to involve itself in Syrian affairs. El-Sana is calling upon the Arab League to help Assad (pictured above) and oppose the findings of the U.N. report.

The report did not blame Assad for the murder but pointed out that the assassination was a result of cooperation by Assad's security officials. His brother-in-law, Assef Shawkat, forced one person to tape an announcement taking responsibility for the murder 15 days before the assassination, according to the United Nations report issued Thursday night.

Shteinitz said it is in Israel's interest that Assad be ousted. "I have a dispute with some of the people in the security establishment. It is not just an American interest but a clear Israeli interest to end the Assad dynasty and replace Bashar Assad," he said. Several security officials are concerned that Israel might suffer attacks from Hezbollah terrorists if it takes an active role in opposing Assad.

Former intelligence director Ephraim Halevy told Israel Radio he is sure that the assassination was an "extensive and coordinated operation that was planned for many months [and] many people from the Syrian elite were involved."

Terrorists killed Hariri and 20 others on February 14 in an explosive attack in Beirut. Syrian-backed Lebanese officials and Syria rejected the 53-page U.N. report, which Lebanese President Emile Lahoud said was a part of campaign directed against him. Two anti-Syrian members of the Lebanese parliament demanded Lahoud's resignation.

Hariri was a leader against Syrian domination of Lebanon. The report concluded that the plot to kill him took months of preparation. It presented evidence against four pro-Syrian Lebanese generals arrested and charged earlier in connection with Hariri's killing.

One witness told investigators that one of the four, Gen. Mustapha Hamdan, commander of the Republican Guard Brigade, accused Hariri of being pro-Israeli. "We are going to send him on a trip -- bye, bye Hariri," according to the U.N. report.

"The report is far from the truth. It was not professional and will not arrive at the truth but will be part of a deception and a great tension in this region," Syria's information minister, Mahdi Dakhl-Allah told Al Jazeera television.

American Ambassador John Bolton said that the Bush administration will decide in a few days how to react but already has "various contingencies." Sanctions are expected when the UN Security Council discusses the report on Tuesday.

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3. PA Roadmap for Hamas to Run in Elections
By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

PA negotiator Saeb Erekat told Israeli television that Hamas' running in elections is tantamount to giving up weapons. Bush referred to terrorists as "armed street gangs" but did not note Hamas.

At Thursday's press conference with American President George W. Bush, Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) stated that all Arab groups would be allowed to participate in the upcoming PA elections. The vote for PA legislators originally was scheduled for this past summer but was postponed to January because of fears in the PA that Hamas would win a significant portion of seats. Recent polls show its popularity remains stable, with about one-third support.

Erekat told Channel 2 television, "No one can use guns and no one can incite verbally and no one can use mosques. So the election law provides that those persons and those factions who run for elections must understand that only through peaceful means can they make changes."

Bush said he opposed armed terrorists from running, but added that the matter is an internal PA affair. According to American law, foreign aid cannot be funneled to outlawed terrorist organizations. A coalition PA-Hamas government would place in question the American aid to the PA.

Vice Premier Shimon Peres, leader of the Labor party, said that Hamas must not be allowed to run without first disarming. Yossi Beilin, leader of the Meretz/Yahad party, told the Middle East Institute in Washington this week that the PA and Israel have no choice but to deal with Hamas as a reality, despite the United States' designation of the group as an outlawed terrorist organization.

Hamas leaders accused Bush of trying to incite a civil war between its organization and the PA. Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said Bush's demand for a crackdown on terrorists was a "serious American interference in our internal affairs aimed to create an internal conflict."

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4. Bush to Abbas: Do More to Fight Terror
By Hana Levi Julian

U.S. President George W. Bush told Palestinian Authority Chairman on Thursday that he must do more to fight terrorism.

At a press conference following the meeting, Bush emphasized the importance of seizing the moment of opportunity presented by the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.

For the first time, however, Bush noted that a Palestinian state might not be possible until after he has left office, three years away. Bush set a goal last year for the creation of a Palestinian state before the end of his term in 2008.

Bush noted that the Palestinian Authority would have to reject and fight terrorism in order to "earn the confidence of its neighbors," a clear reference to Israel's skepticism about Abbas' ability to control terrorist factions.

"The way forward must begin by confronting the threat that armed gangs pose to a genuinely democratic Palestine," said Bush.

Abbas said he was doing his best to end the violence that left three young Israelis dead and four others wounded in two terrorists attacks in Israel on Sunday. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a terrorist organization affiliated with Abbas' ruling Fatah faction, claimed responsibility for the murders.

The PA chairman said he has taken "active steps" to impose the rule of law and public order," but added that Israel needs to "do more" to foster an atmosphere of peace by returning to the Roadmap peace plan promoted by Bush.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had equally critical words on Wednesday for Israel prior to her meeting with Abbas. Rice warned at a meeting of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Israeli construction between East Jerusalem and Ma'aleh Adumim was in direct contradiction to the Bush administration policy in the Middle East.

Abbas was scheduled to meet with Senate and House leaders later in the day, followed by a final meeting with Vice President Dick Cheney before returning to the Middle East.

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5. Jordan, Israel to Fight Avian Flu Together
By Hana Levi Julian

Veterinarians from Jordan met with their Israeli counterparts at the Allenby Bridge border Thursday morning to coordinate their efforts to combat the avian flu.

Jordanian officials requested the meeting to explore Israeli preparations for a possible outbreak of the virus. Israeli and Jordanian veterinary service officials agreed to collaborate at an Israeli laboratory in Beit Dagan, said Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom.

Representatives from the two countries will meet again in three weeks to compare notes and evaluate their findings.

Although Israel will not be working directly with other Arab nations, Israeli officials said there would be indirect coordination of efforts through Jordan with most other Middle Eastern countries, including Syria and Iraq.

The deadly H5N1 strain has resulted in 67 deaths thus far, all in Asia. An international health alert was raised when the virus spread from Asia to Russia, Turkey, Romania and Kazakhistan.

Israeli health officials say that even though they do not expect the bird flu to pose a significant risk for most of the population, they have nonetheless made preparations to combat the virus. Inoculations of high-risk people have already begun, poultry farms and processing facilities are being closely monitored and plans are on the table to destroy fowl within a three-kilometer radius of any bird found infected with the flu.

Although watchful, many Israeli health practitioners say chances of a serious outbreak are low. Dr. Yuval Rabinovitch, medical director of Leumit's network of clinics in the Arad region, said in an interview on Thursday that "people are starting to lose their heads over this."

Rabinovitch explained, "First, Israel does not import chicken meat, because the local supply meets local demand. Second, risk is when people eat rare chicken meat, a conduct that is practically unheard of in Israel. Third, bird flu does not spread from one human to another. This can change, but so can the virulence of the virus."

Rabinovitch maintained that the media's interest in ratings accounts for much of the current panic. Nonetheless, he said, media spin is not necessarily a bad thing since it pushes people into the clinics to get the flu shot.

"The flu is the worst epidemic ever. It killed more people than plague and smallpox. In the 1918 epidemic the death toll was estimated as high as 50 million victims. It is a dangerous disease, period. It can kill and it has new forms every year. This year bird flu is much less contagious, but people should get vaccinated regardless of the spin."

Ultimately, he said, the decision on whether to inoculate should be up to a medical professional. "In the Israeli health system we have reached a very desirable situation. The system's goals are identical to the patient's, because a healthy patient pays his medical insurance for a long time. That is why you should listen to your physician rather than the journalist."

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    7. Police Dismisses Officers Recruited for Disengagement Duty
    By Nissan Ratzlav-Katz

    Young people who were recruited into the Border Guards ahead of the implementation of the Gaza-Samaria Disengagement Plan are finding themselves "disengaged" from their new jobs.

    The officers in question, who have received letters of termination in recent days, say they were promised at the time of their recruitment that their employment was to be long-term, not just for the period of the Disengagement. Nevertheless, 280 of the new Border Guard officers received the letters of termination, according to the Yediot Acharonot newspaper. The reason for their termination is given as severe financial constraints in the police department, under whose auspices the Border Guards fall.

    Members of the force who received the termination notices describe feelings of uncertainty that they have had for months, despite repeated promises that they were an integral part of the police force. The fired Border Guard officers say that they are being treated like slaves who have outlived their usefulness.

    A massive recruitment drive preceded the Disengagement and was needed in order to carry it out. Spokesmen for the Border Guards say that the pre-Disengagement recruitment was a short-term one, with "an option for an extension," something that could not possibly have been promised to any recruit at the time.

    Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was personally involved in trying to preserve the jobs of the Border Guard recruits. Mr. Sharon requested of the Ministry for Public Security that a solution be found that would preserve the employment of the officers, but such a solution was apparently not found.

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    8. Pollard Calls for United Front With Arad Family
    By Nissan Ratzlav-Katz

    The wife of jailed Israeli agent Jonathan Pollard wrote to the family of missing IAF navigator Ron Arad, calling for a united effort over the government's apparent abandonment of their loved ones.

    In her letter to the Arad family, Esther Pollard made reference to the 2004 deal that freed Elchanan Tennenbaum, as well as gained the return of the bodies of three Israeli soldiers, from the Hizbullah in exchange for the release of hundreds of imprisoned terrorists. As part of the deal, Hizbullah also apparently promised to provide information on the fate of Ron Arad, shot down over Lebanon in 1982.

    Esther Pollard wrote that the deal over Ron Arad was "a pack of lies," and that the disappointment on the part of the Arad and Pollard families can lead to collaboration between them in their efforts to shake the government from its apathy.

    "The prime minister so much wanted to free his family friend Tennenbaum that he called the scandal 'the commandment of redeeming of captives' - an expression that he never used in the past for Ron Arad, an IDF pilot, or for Jonathan, an Israeli agent. Sharon claimed that there would be a 'second round' in which Ron's freedom would be obtained. Time has proven to all of us how much of an unsubstantiated pack of lies that was," Pollard wrote.

    "Our loved ones were both taken captive as a result of their actions on behalf of the security of Israel," Mrs. Pollard continued, "Ron as an IDF pilot and Jonathan, who was acting under the auspices of the Ministry of Defense. Both of them carried out their missions with dedication and believed that whoever sent them would also know how to take care of them in times of trouble. Unfortunately, the past two decades have proven to us all how wrong and removed from reality that simple assumption was."

    In a similar, open letter published in the mass-circulation Ma'ariv newspaper, Esther Pollard wrote: "The time has come for the entire people to speak with one voice and demand from the government of Israel that it end its policy of abandonment and treason, and do all that is necessary to bring our [nation's] sons, Ron and Jonathan, home."

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    9. Giving Up Rank in the IDF Over Disengagement
    By Nissan Ratzlav-Katz

    An officer in the IDF's information technology branch has refused a promotion in rank due to his opposition to the Disengagement Plan, which he called "the crime of ethnic cleansing."

    In a letter addressed to Major General Ehud Shani, head of the C4I Branch and a member of the General Staff, Dr. Yair Weisman, a reserve officer in a C4I communications battalion, wrote, "I feel ashamed that the corps that I serve in participated in this crime. Please revoke my promotion in rank."

    Dr. Weisman opened his letter to Maj.Gen. Shani with a description of the North Vietnamese conquest and expulsion of the population of Saigon, in South Vietnam, in 1975. That expulsion, Weisman wrote, "is considered until today as one of the most shameful war crimes in human history."

    The letter continues:

    "I find it hard to distinguish between the war crime carried out in Vietnam in 1975 and the crime of ethnic cleansing carried out by the IDF in the summer of 2005. In both cases there was an order from the legally constituted government, and in both cases, the expellers and the expellees were from the same people. Even the arguments put forth by the IDF are incredibly similar. 'The IDF does not choose its missions' is a variation on the argument made by the North Vietnamese soldiers involved in that crime. A moral person, on the other hand, is not a robot and understands that there are limits to any order."

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    "I was not in reserve duty during the Disengagement period, but just as I would not be interested in medals, ranks or decorations of the North Vietnamese army, I am not interested in the rank that the IDF wants to award me," Dr. Weisman wrote.

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