Sunday, December 25, 2005

LESSONS IN TANYA: Monday, December 26, 2005

B"H

Kislev 25, 5766 * December 26, 2005

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L E S S O N S I N T A N Y A
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Today's Lesson:

Likutei Amarim
Chapter Three
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Now, each of these three distinctions and grades - Nefesh, Ruach and Neshamah - consists of ten faculties (1) corresponding to the Ten Supernal Sefirot [divine manifestations, (2) in which they originate and] whence they descend.

[The Ten Sefirot] are subdivided into two [general categories].

These [two categories] are: three "mothers", [i.e., three of these Sefirot are termed "mothers" for they are the source and root of the other seven Sefirot, as a mother is the source of her offspring], and seven "doubles" - [the seven divine attributes, called "doubles" inasmuch as each of the emotional attributes manifests itself in a twofold manner, as shall presently be explained].

Namely: Chochmah ["wisdom"], Binah ["understanding"] and Daat ["knowledge" are called "mothers"]; and [the seven "doubles" are the emotional attributes known as] the "seven days of Creation": Chesed ["kindness"], Gevurah ["severity"], Tiferet ["beauty"], and so on, [the other four being: Netzach ("endurance"), Hod ("splendor"), Yesod ("foundation"), and Malchut ("royalty").

These seven attributes are known as the "seven days of Creation," for it was through these seven attributes that G-d created the world. Each day's creation came about through a particular attribute: during the first day Chesed was dominant, the second day Gevurah, and so on.

Just as the Ten Supernal Sefirot are divided into two general categories], so, too, with the human soul [and its ten faculties]; they are divided into two [general categories]: seichel ["intellect"] and middot ["emotional attributes"].

The [category of] intellect includes [the three all-inclusive intellectual powers] Chochmah, Binah and Daat [ChaBaD], whilst the middot, [which bear the same names as their corresponding seven Sefirot: Chesed, Gevurah, etc., represent the following emotions]: love of G-d, dread and awe of Him, glorification of Him, and so forth.

[Love corresponds to Chesed ("kindness"), as they are, respectively, the internal (i.e., emotional) and external (i.e., practical) aspects of the same trait; the dread and awe of G-d correspond to Gevurah, as they are its inner aspect; so too the glorification of Him corresponds to Tiferet.]

ChaBaD [the intellectual faculties] are called the "mothers" and source of the middot, for the middot are "offspring" of [i.e., derive from] ChaBaD.

[At this point it would be worthwhile to explain briefly the function of the faculties Chochmah, Binah and Daat (abbreviated as ChaBaD), mentioned frequently in the coming chapters.

Chochmah is the first flash of intellect. It is the seminal and inner point of an idea. This seminal point of intellect already includes within it all the details and ramifications of the idea, but as yet they are concentrated and obscured. (This is analogous to a dot, in which the dimensions of length and breadth are not evident - all that is seen is the dot - although for the dot to exist it must certainly contain length and breadth.)

Chochmah is also called barak hamavrik - the intuitive flash of illumination - which is the beginning of intellectual revelation.

For instance, we may observe how a person striving to answer an intellectual question suddenly realizes in a flash of intuition that the question can be answered along a particular line of reasoning. At the moment of illumination he is as yet unaware exactly how the particular question is answered: he knows only that he has found an adequate solution to the problem. Thereafter the faculty of Binah ("understanding") comes into play.

Through cogitation, Binah apprehends, crystallizes and clarifies the details of the idea which were obscured in Chochmah, until the whole edifice of the idea, in all its length and breadth, becomes manifest.

For this reason the function of Binah is described as meivin davar mitoch davar - "to understand (or deduce) one matter out of another" - i.e., that which was previously concentrated in the obscure intuitive flash of Chochmah is now revealed and understood.

After the person fully understands the idea with all its details and ramifications, he must then immerse himself in it, binding and unifying himself with it to the extent that he not only understands it but also feels it.

Only in this way can he be affected by the idea; if his understanding points to the desirability of a particular thing, it will give birth to a love for it; if his understanding indicates instead the harmfulness of a particular thing, he will react with a feeling of fear and flee fromit; and similarly with other emotions.

The faculty with which one thus immerses himself in an idea is called Daat ("knowledge"), which is etymologically related to the expression, (3) "and Adam knew (yada) Eve," a verb which denotes attachment and union. We now return to the text]:

The explanation of the matter [i.e., of the three intellectual processes described above - inspiration, cogitation, and contemplation] is as follows: that intellectual faculty of the rational soul that first conceives any matter [i.e., the faculty which produces the seminal point of an idea and the first flash of illumination, as explained above] is given the appellation of Chochmah [which is composed of the two words] Koach Mah - the potential of "what is." (4)

[It is a faculty concerning which one can only pose the question "Mah?" ("What is it?") - for at this stage the idea in question is not yet clear or comprehensible logically, since its details are still in potentia, emerging only at a later stage.]

When one brings forth [this concentrated idea from] the potential into the actual, that is, when one cogitates with his intellect [on the seminal point] in order to understand a matter full well -

[That is: when he ponders all the details which make up the totality of the particular idea in its length and breadth. "Length" involves the range of an idea; when one draws down a concept from a lofty level to a lower one (by way of a parable, for example) in order to make it more readily understood, he is "lengthening" it, giving it a greater range of accessibility, so that it will be more readily intelligible to a student. For a student whose capacity is more limited, one parable may not suffice; it may be necessary to provide a second parable to explain the first, thereby "lengthening" the concept still further downward. (As Scripture writes concerning King Solomon: (5) "He spoke three thousand parables." So great was Solomon's wisdom that to explain one of his thoughts he had to give three thousand parables; one parable to explain the basic concept, a second parable to explain the first parable, and so forth, until ultimately giving three thousand parables - an extreme example of the "length" of an idea.)

The "breadth" of an idea means the multitude of details which the concept comprises, as well as all its ramifications. For example, the logic behind a halachic ruling in the laws of kashrut may also apply to laws governing financial disputes.

This is the meaning of the word La-ashuro ("full well") -understanding the intellectual concept completely, in both its length and breadth.

Thus, when one cogitates on a concept in its length and breadth] and delves to its very depths as it evolves from the concept which he had conceived in his intellect [i.e., when he apprehends in a detailed manner the seminal point of intellect, which prior to his cogitation was but a nebulous point of Chochmah], this is called Binah.

[Binah is that faculty which elucidates the details of any concept and apprehends it "full well" and "in depth."]

They [Chochmah and Binah] are the very "father" and "mother" which give birth to love of G-d, and awe [yirah] and dread [pachad] of Him. (6)

Footnotes:

1. Elsewhere (e.g., Likutei Torah, Bamidbar 1a, 51b; Shir HaShirim
16d) the Alter Rebbe makes it clear that the soul does not
"consist" of the ten faculties, but rather manifests itself through
them, since the soul itself is essentially indefinable and
indivisible.
2. The Ten Sefirot are more fully discussed in Iggeret HaKodesh
(Tanya, Part IV), ch. 15 and elsewhere.
3. Bereishit 4:1.
4. Zohar III, 28a; 34a.
5. I Melachim 5:12.
6. Yirah means an awe which is felt for the most part intellectually.
Pachad denotes a dread which is felt emotionally, in one's heart.
This is why at the beginning of the chapter, where the emotions are
enumerated and explained in a general way, pachad precedes yirah,
for pachad - the feeling of dread in one's heart - is a truer
emotion that the intellectual yirah. Here, however, when dealing
with the emotions as they are born from the intellect, yirah
precedes pachad, for only after the emotion is first formed in the
mind, at which stage it is yirah, does it then descend to the
heart, as pachad.

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DAILY MITZVAH (Maimonides): Monday, December 26, 2005

B"H

Kislev 25, 5766 * December 26, 2005

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D A I L Y M I T Z V A H (M A I M O N I D E S )
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Today's Mitzvot (Day 115 of 339):

Negative Mitzvot 205, 206, 208, 207
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Negative Mitzvah 205: A Nazir may not eat grape seeds

-Numbers 6:4. "He shall eat nothing that is made from the vine
tree, from the seed to its skin"

A Nazir is not allowed to eat grape seeds.

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Negative Mitzvah 206: A Nazir may not eat grape peels

-Numbers 6:4. "He shall eat nothing that is made from the
vine tree, from the seed to its skin"

A Nazir is forbidden to eat the peels (skin) of the grape.

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Negative Mitzvah 208: A Nazir may not be under same roof as
a dead body Numbers

-Numbers 6:6. "He shall not come near to a dead body"

Being under the same roof as a dead body makes a person impure.
A Nazir is cautioned not to enter a house which has a dead body
in it.

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Negative Mitzvah 207: A Nazir may not become impure from contact
with a dead body

-Numbers 6:7 "He shall not make himself impure for his father,
or for his mother, for his brother, or for his
sister, when they die"

A Nazir is not allowed to become impure by coming into contact
with a dead body throughout his Nazirite period. He is cautioned
against coming into contact with a dead body - even when mourning
for his close relatives.

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"TODAY'S DAY": Monday, December 26, 2005

B"H

Kislev 25, 5766 * December 26, 2005

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"T O D A Y ' S D A Y"
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Friday, Kislev 25, First Day of Chanuka, 5703

Torah lessons: Chumash: Vayeishev, Shishi with Rashi.
Tehillim 119, 1-96.
Tanya: And as for the general saying (p. 3)...
self-glorification, and so on. (p. 5).

My father would kindle Chanuka lights between Mincha and Maariv; he was not particular whether the doorway was south-north or east- west.

Haneirot Halalu he said after kindling all the lights. He would sit near the lights for a half hour, except Fridays when he did not stay that long. He took care that the lights burned at least 50 minutes.

The order we follow is: Mincha, Chanuka lights, then Shabbat candles.

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Compiled and arranged by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 5703 (1943) from the talks and letters of the Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe. Note: day of week and Torah lessons indicated are from 5703 (1943).

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TODAY IN JUDAISM: Monday, December 26, 2005

B"H

Kislev 25, 5766 * December 26, 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: Monday, Kislev 25, 5766
Chanukah Day 1

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Today's Laws & Customs
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• Kindle Two Chanukah Lights tonight

Today is the first day of the eight-day festival of Chanukah [http://www.chabad.org/6218]. In commemorartion of the miracle of the oil (see "Today in Jewish History [http://www.chabad.org/225034]") we kindle the Chanukah lights -- oli lamps or candles -- each evening for eight days, increasing the number of lights each evening.

In the Jewish calendar, the day begins at nightfall; thus, the first Chanukah light is kindled on the preceding evening, which is when the Hebrew date of Kislev 25 begins. Tonight is the eve of the 2nd day of Chanukah, so we kindle two lights in the Chanukah menorah.

The icon below displays the ideal Chanukah lighting time for your location; the lighting can be done, however, later in the evening as well. For more on Chanukah lighting times, click here [http://www.chabad.org/224506]. (If no time is displayed, click on icon to set your location.)

For more a more detailed guide to Chanukah lighting click here [http://www.chabad.org/103868]. For text and audio of the blessings recited before lighting, click here [http://www.chabad.org/219029].

Additional Chanukah observances and customs are listed below:

• Hallel & Al HaNissim

Special prayers of thanksgiving -- Hallel (in its full version) and Al HaNissim -- are added to the daily prayers and Grace After Meals on all eight days of Chanukah. Tachnun (confession of sins) and similar prayers are omitted for the duration of trhe festival.

• Latkes, Sufganiot & Dairy Foods

On Chanukah we eat foods fried in oil -- such as latkes (potato cakes) and sufganiot (doughnuts) -- in commemoration of the miracle of the oil.

It is also customary to eat dairy foods in commemoration of the Judith's heroic deed [http://www.chabad.org/103019].

• Dreidel

It is customary to play dreidel -- a game played with a spinning top inscribed with the Hebrew letters Nun, Gimmel, Hei and Shin, which spell the phrase Nes Gadol Hayah Sham, "a great miracle happened there." (It is said that when the Greeks forbade the study of Torah, Jewish children continued the study with their teachers in caves and cellars; when the agents of the king were seen approaching, the children would hide their scrolls and start to play with spinning tops...)

• Chanukah Gelt

It is an age-old custom to disribute gifts of Chanukah gelt ("Chanukah money [http://www.chabad.org/search/keyword.asp?kid=228]") to children on Chanukah. (It was the custom of the rebbes of Chabad-Lubavitch to give Chanukah gelt to their children and other family members on the fourth or fifth night of Chanukah; more recently, however, the Lubavitcher Rebbe encouraged the giving of Chanukah gelt every day of the festival -- except for Shabbat, when handling money is forbidden.)

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Today in Jewish History
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• Cain Kills Abel (3720 BCE)

The first murder of history occurred on the 25th of Kislev in the year 41 from creation (3720 BCE), when Adam and Eve's eldest son, Cain, killed his younger brother, Abel, as recounted in the 4th chapter of Genesis.

Link: From the Midrash

• Mishkan completed (1312 BCE)

The vessels, tapestries, wall sections and other components of the Mishkan (the portable sanctuary or "Tabarnacle" built under Moses' direction to house the Divine Presence during the Israelites' journeys through the desert) were completed on the 25th of Kislev in the year 2449 from creation (1312 BCE). The Mishkan was not assembled, however, until 3 months later, when, beginning on Adar 25 of that year, it was erected and taken down daily for a 7-day "training" period prior to its dedication on the 1st of Nissan. Our Sages tell us that the day of Kislev 25 was compensated 12 centuries later, when the Maccabees dedicated the Holy Temple on Kislev 25, 3622 (139 BCE -- see below).

Links: The Mishkan described [http://www.chabad.org/2682] in the Torah and commentaries; from the Chassidic masters on the Mishkan [http://www.chabad.org/1314]

• Chanukah Miracle (139 BCE)

On the 25th of Kislev in the year 3622 from creation, the Maccabees liberated the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, after defeating the vastly more numerous and powerful armies of the Syrian-Greek king Antiochus IV, who had tried to forcefully uproot the beliefs and practices of Judaism from the people of Israel. The victorious Jews repaired, cleansed and rededicated the Temple to the service of G-d. But all the Temple's oil had been defiled by the pagan invaders; when the Jews sought to light the Temple's menorah (candelabra), they found only one small cruse of ritually pure olive oil. Miraculously, the one-day supply burned for eight days, until new, pure oil could be obtained. In commemoration, the Sages instituted the 8-day festival of Chanukah, on which lights are kindled nightly to recall and publicize the miracle.

Link: The Story of Chanukah [http://www.chabad.org/102816]

• R. Chizkia Medini (1904)

Kislev 25 is the yahrtzeit (date of passing) of Rabbi Chaim Chizkiah Medini (1832-1904), author of the Halachic encyclopedia Sdei Chemed.

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Daily Study
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Chitas and Rambam for today:

Chumash: Mikeitz, 2nd Portion Bereishit 41:15-41:38 with Rashi
• English Text:
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Tehillim: Chapter 119, Verses 1-96
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http://www.chabad.org/dailystudy/tehillim.asp?tDate=12/26/2005&Lang=HEB
• English text:
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Tanya: Likutei Amarim, beginning of Chapter 3
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Rambam:
• Sefer Hamitzvos:
http://www.chabad.org/dailystudy/seferHamitzvos.asp?tDate=12/26/2005
• 1 Chapter: Mechirah Chap. 7
http://www.chabad.org/dailystudy/rambam.asp?tDate=12/26/2005&rambamChapters=1
• 3 Chapters: Nezirut Chap. 6, 7, 8
http://www.chabad.org/dailystudy/rambam.asp?tDate=12/26/2005&rambamChapters=3

Hayom Yom:
• English Text:
http://www.chabad.org/dailystudy/hayomyom.asp?tDate=12/26/2005

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By the grace of G-d
The Story of the Ever-Evolving Latke
On Chanukah, Cheese Was the Norm, But Then Came the Potato


The Food Maven
By Matthew Goodman



According to the Oxford English Dictionary, which knows about this sort of thing, the first published reference to latkes in the United States dates to 1927, specifically to the phrase "luscious potato latkes — pancakes made of grated, raw potatoes," from an article in H.L. Mencken's monthly The American Mercury. The OED goes on to note several subsequent citations, mostly from cookbooks, but among them an aside from the great 1964 comic novel "To an Early Grave": "I make a few latkes, I paint the kitchen chairs." Though surely of limited etymological use, the citation is delightful nonetheless, if only for the notion of the Oxford English Dictionary quoting Wallace Markfield.

In any case, by the third decade of the 20th century, when The American Mercury first announced them to the general public, latkes were already commonplace in Yiddish literature — as in, for example, Sholom Aleichem's 1900 story "Khanike Gelt" (Chanukah Money), which begins: "Can you guess, children, which is the best of all holidays? Chanukah, of course. You don't go to school for eight days in a row, you eat latkes every day..." The reason for the time lag, needless to say, is that "latke" is Yiddish, and like most immigrant parlance took a while to find its way into the pages of English. The Yiddish word is thought likely to derive from is the Russian oladka, the diminutive of oladya, defined as "a flat cake of unleavened wheat dough." (Alternatively, it may come from the Belarussian aladka, a word with a similar meaning.) The etymological sources agree that the word seems to have descended from the Middle Greek eladion, an oil cake (the American Heritage Dictionary prefers to define it as a "little oily thing"), derived from the Greek elaion, meaning olive oil.

The distance from the Yiddish latke to the Greek elaion is about as vast as Diaspora itself, but the relationship is interesting because the first latkes were little cakes made from curd cheese and fried in butter or olive oil. (Eating cheese on Chanukah is said to refer to the Apocryphal story of Judith, who fed salty cheesecakes to the Syrian general Holofornes to make him thirsty, and then plied him with wine until he was so inebriated she could chop off his head with a sword; this symbolic connection, though, was not made until many centuries after the first cheese latkes.) As Jews began to migrate eastward into Eastern Europe, butter and oil grew increasingly precious and expensive, and poultry fat became the chief frying agent; this made the use of cheese off-limits, and so by the Middle Ages latkes were most often made not from dairy ingredients but rather with a simple batter made from buckwheat flour (recall the original Russian meaning of "a flat cake made from unleavened wheat flour").

As for the potato, it was certainly not finding its way into any latkes at that time, because potatoes were unknown in Europe until the late 16th century, when they were shipped back from the New World by Spanish conquistadors. Further complicating matters, potatoes were rumored to be a carrier of typhoid and leprosy and were not widely planted in Europe until disastrous harvests of the staple grains left farmers no alternatives. This happened in stages throughout the continent, beginning in Germany in 1720 and culminating in Russia by the 1840s; it is only at this time, the mid-19th century, that we first start to see references to latkes being made from potatoes. Sometimes the latkes were made with potato flour, after the earlier buckwheat version, but more often they were made in a new way, by grating the potatoes and frying them in rendered chicken fat or, more luxuriously, goose fat. Geese, which were fattened in summer and fall and slaughtered when the weather turned cold, were especially plentiful just before Chanukah, and so it is no surprise that latkes fried in goose fat would become a trademark of this holiday celebrating fried foods; often the latkes were served with the roasted goose, which would be a worthy feast for almost anyone, but for impoverished shtetl peasants it must have seemed a glimpse of paradise.

Even without a crackling roast goose alongside them, potato latkes are about the most satisfying food imaginable — hot, crispily browned, slightly salty, shimmering with a patina of oil. Though their pedigree is shorter than we might have suspected, by now potato latkes have become the very embodiment of Jewish-American holiday food, and the subject of impassioned debate about the best way to make them. The intensity of these arguments recalls those about the making of matzo balls, the other Jewish-American holiday food nonpareil, but while I tend to be a middle-of-the-roader on the matzo-ball question, when it comes to potato latkes I am a Maccabee-like partisan.

The latke must be thin rather than thick (if the fryable surface area is too small, the latke will never attain the necessary crispness) and must be made from starchy Russet potatoes (not the waxy red-skinned variety; and though Yukon Gold are said to work, the idea of it seems to me a bit precious). If at all possible, the potatoes should be hand grated; only hand grating can create the chunky texture that defines the genuine potato latke.

Still, as we have seen, latkes were made for a long time without potatoes, and now they are being so once again, thanks to a new wave of latkes made by modern chefs. In these latkes, the potatoes have been replaced — or sometimes supplemented — with sweet potatoes, carrots, parsnips, turnips, celery root, cauliflower and almost every other form of gratable vegetable. To my mind there is no improving on perfection, but even I don't want to eat potato latkes (as Sholom Aleichem's schoolchildren did) for eight straight days, so I'm happy for a good alternative — such as, for instance, beet latkes. These pancakes, vegetally sweet, are made just as one would the potato variety (though you should use more flour, as beets are less starchy than potatoes, and it's also nice to add some grated orange zest). In this case, I recommend replacing the traditional sour cream topping with goat cheese, because its salty creaminess goes astonishingly well with beets, and never more so than when the beets are piping hot from the frying pan, causing the goat cheese to melt lusciously into them. It is, as Wallace Markfield might say, a mechaiah.

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Latkes de Patata (Mexican Potato Pancakes with Carrots and Corn)
This is the classic Chanukah dish as made by Talma Scheerson's family in Mexico City. Said Ms. Scheerson: "They're a hit every time. Often there are none left to bring to the table, because everyone comes into the kitchen to try 'just one.'" I love them: the latkes come out a vibrant orange-yellow, and taste like a cross between potato pancakes and corn fritters.

2 pounds Russet potatoes
1 red onion
1 carrot
1/2 cup canned or thawed frozen corn kernels
3 eggs, lightly beaten
1/2 cup matzo meal
1 tsp. salt, plus more for sprinkling
Freshly ground black pepper to taste
Vegetable oil for frying

1. Preheat oven to 200 F. Peel and grate the potatoes by hand or in a food processor. Place the grated potatoes in a colander with a plate beneath it. Sprinkle salt on the potatoes, cover them with a layer of paper towels, and then place a heavy object (such as a heavy bowl or can) on top. Allow the potatoes to drain for 10 minutes.

2. While the potatoes are draining, peel and grate the onion and carrot. Set aside.

3. In a large bowl, combine the potatoes, onion, carrot, corn, eggs and matzo meal and season with salt and pepper. Mix well.

4. In a large, heavy skillet, add oil to a depth of a quarter inch and heat over medium-high heat until hot but not smoking. Drop a heaping 14 cup of the potato mixture into the hot oil, flattening with a spatula. Fry the latkes until deep brown on both sides.

5. Drain the latkes on paper towels (pat them with the towels on both sides) and keep them warm in a single layer on a baking sheet in the oven until all of them have been made. Serve hot, with applesauce and sour cream.

Makes about 15.

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TORAH STUDIES: Chanukah

B"H

Kislev 24, 5766 * December 25, 2005

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T O R A H S T U D I E S
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Chanukah
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In this Sicha, the Rebbe explains the Mitzvah of the Chanukah lights, and concentrates on two of their features, that they are to be placed by the door of one’s house that is adjacent to the street, or the public domain, and that they must be placed on the left-hand side of the door. These features have a deep symbolism: The “left-hand side” and the “public domain” both stand for the realm of the pro-fane, and by placing the lights there, we are, as it were, bringing the Divine light into the area of existence which is normally most resistant to it. The Sicha goes on to explain the difference between the positive and negative commandments in their effect on the world, and concludes with a comparison between the Chanukah lights and tefillin.

1. The Chanukah Lights and the Mezuzah

The Mitzvah of the Chanukah lights is similar in two respects to that of the mezuzah: Both have to be placed by the side of the door of a house or a courtyard, and both must be set on the outside. But there are also two significant differences between them. The mezuzah must be fixed on the right-hand side of the door, and the Chanukah lights set on the left. And though both are placed outside, in the case of the mezuzah, this is only to signify where the house or the courtyard begin—to mark the entrance. On the other hand the Chanukah lights are intended specifically to illuminate the outside, the public domain. The mezuzah, as it were, points inward while the Menorah shines outward.

These two points of difference may be connected. For the “public domain” (reshut ha-rabim; literally, “the domain of the many”) suggests the idea of multiplicity or lack of unity; and the “left-hand side” is the name for the source of that life in which there is separation and disunity. “Public domain” and “left-hand side” are therefore related by being symbolic names for the dimension of division and alienation from G-d.

2. The Mezuzah and the other Commandments

The precept of mezuzah is said to be equal in importance to all the other Mitzvot together: It is said to include them all within itself. So we would expect to find them all sharing the two features which characterize the mezuzah—the idea of the right hand, and of being directed inward rather than towards the outside.

And almost all of them do.

Most have to be performed with the right hand. Indeed, burnt offerings were vitiated if they were not offered with the right hand. Also, certain commandments must be performed indoors, while those which may be done outside have no integral connection with the idea of the “public domain,” since they may also be performed indoors—in short, they have no connection with place at all.

It follows that the Chanukah lights—which occupy the left-hand side, and are intended for the outside—have a different character to almost every other precept in Judaism.

3. Positive and Negative Commands

This difference between the mezuzah (and all other Mitzvot) and the Chanukah lights is analogous to another distinction—between the positive and negative commands.

The positive commands (can only be performed with objects which) belong to the domain of the permitted; the negative to the (non-performance of the) forbidden.

Every performance of a Mitzvah brings spiritual life to the world—in the form of “Divine light.” And the light which is drawn down by the fulfillment of a positive command is of the kind that can be internalized in the act, “clothed” or contained within it. The act “clothes” the light in the same way as the body “clothes” the soul. But a Divine light which can be contained in such a way is finite, taking on the character of that which contains it. It cannot descend to the realm of the impure or forbidden, for the character of the forbidden is that of a negation of G-d’s will, and this is a character which a light which emanates from G-d cannot take on.

On the other hand, the light which inhabits this and which is released by the fulfillment of a negative command, is infinite. It cannot be contained by the forbidden (or indeed by any) act, nor does it share its character, and so it can be released not by performing it, but only by refraining from it. Indeed, only an infinite light could descend this far into impurity, being, as it were, undimmed where it shines.

And the Chanukah light is of this infinite kind, because it brings light to the “left-hand side” and the “public domain”—both symbols of impurity and alienation from G-d.

In fact the Chanukah light goes beyond the negative commandment for it is, in itself, a positive command. Refraining from a forbidden act may negate it. But the Chanukah lights do not negate but illuminate and purify the world of “out-side”—just as a positive command purifies the world of “in-side” (i.e., the permitted).

And this is the connection between the Chanukah lights and the Torah, which is itself called a “light.” For the Torah also concerns itself with (specifying) the acts which are forbidden and the things which are impure. And through studying the Torah, the sparks of holiness embedded in the realm of the forbidden are released and elevated.

4. The Chanukah Lights and Tefillin

It is known that the seven commandments which the Rabbis instituted, one of which is the command of the Chanukah lights, derive ultimately from commandments to be found in the Torah. So there must be amongst the Torah commandments one which is an analogue of the lights of Chanukah, one which brings the Divine light into the “left-hand side” and the “public domain.” And this is the Mitzvah of tefillin. For the hand-tefillin are worn on the left arm (the weaker arm, i.e., the left if the person is right-handed), and the reason is, as explained in the Zohar, that the “Evil Inclination” (the “left side of the heart”; the voice of emotional dissent to G-d’s will) should itself be “bound” into the service of G-d. And the head-tefillin must be worn uncovered and exposed so that “all the people of the earth shall see that the name of the L-rd is called upon you; and they shall be in awe of you.” Its purpose, then, is to reveal G-dliness to “all the people of the earth” and to cause them to be “in awe.” So it s, that the tefillin, like the Chanukah lights are directed to the “left-hand side” and the “public domain”—towards that which lies “outside” the recognition of G-d.

In the light of this we can understand the Rabbinic saying that “the whole Torah is compared to (the commandment of) tefillin.” The tefillin have, like Torah, the power to effect a purification even in the realm of the profane.

5. The Mitzvah of Tefillin

On Chanukah one has to give an extra amount of charity, “both in money and in person,” both material and spiritual charity. And since the Mitzvah of tefillin has, as we have seen, a special connection with the lights of Chanukah, Chanukah is itself a particularly appropriate and pressing time to devote to the work of the “tefillin campaign,” helping as many other Jews as possible to participate in the Mitzvah.

And when one brings it about that another Jew fulfills the Mitzvah of tefillin, then, as it is recorded in the Mishna, “a Mitzvah draws another Mitzvah in its train.” If this is true for any Mitzvah, all the more is it true of tefillin to which are compared all the other Mitzvot. And so from the seed of this single observance will grow, in time, the observance of all the others.

The miracle of Chanukah is apparent not only in the fact that “for Your people Israel You worked a great deliverance and redemption as at this day’’19—a deliverance from a people who were “impure,” “wicked” and “arrogant,” and despite their being “strong” and “many”; but also in the result that “after-wards Your children came into Your most holy house, cleansed Your Temple, purified Your Sanctuary, and kindled lights in Your holy courtyards.”

And so it is with tefillin. By the observance of this Mitzvah, not only is a “deliverance and redemption” achieved from “all the people of the earth”—for since they will be “in awe of you,” they will no longer stand in opposition to Israel, but will be as if “our hearts melted, and there was no courage left in any man because of you.” But also, and as a consequence of the Mitzvah, “Your children (will come) into Your most holy house”—into the Third Temple which will be revealed speedily on earth, as a sign of the Messianic Age.

(Source: Likkutei Sichot, Vol. V pp. 223-7)

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PLEASE TELL ME WHAT THE REBBE SAID: Chanukah

B"H

Kislev 24, 5766 * December 25, 2005

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Chanukah
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Things weren’t so bad for the Jews when the Greeks first entered Eretz Yisrael. The Greeks were not a primitive nation of warriors; they did not want to destroy the Jewish people or their land. In fact, they were wise people, who liked to think, paint, and build. They admired beautiful things; they wondered about the secrets of nature, and they respected other peoples’ wisdom.

So why did a war break out between the Greeks and the Jews? Why did the Greeks make laws against the Torah and punish Jews who did not follow their rules?

Let’s try to picture how it might have happened: The Greek king wanted to find out how to rule Eretz Yisrael, so he sent out some soldiers to mingle with the Jews. “Find out more about these people. See how they live. Study their daily activities, and then report to me,” he instructed his soldiers.

The soldiers set out on their mission. They entered the Jewish cities and strolled down the streets.

“They look pretty peaceful to me,” said one soldier to another as they walked past a shop. They overheard a merchant saying to a customer: “Here, sir, you gave me an extra gold coin by mistake.”

The Greek soldiers exchanged glances. “Well, it looks like they also have laws about doing business honestly.”

“So what? We do too. All people should be fair with each other.”

“Hey, look, what’s that on the door?”

“Looks like a piece of parchment. Let’s ask.”

The owner of the shop told them about the mezuzah. As they walked away from the shop, one soldier shrugged and said: “It doesn’t mean anything to me, but if hanging up a little scroll to remind them of their history makes sense to them, well, why not?”

On the way, the soldiers passed by an olive grove. “Take a look at that fellow,” one pointed to a Jewish worker. “He’s collecting single drops of oil from each olive.”

“Hey Jew, it’ll take you forever to get the oil out of the olives if you do it that way. Here, let me show you how we do it.”

“Thank you, sir,” the worker replied. “We also use oil presses. But not for this oil. These first drops of oil will light the menorah in our Holy Temple.”

“Menorah? What’s that? And why do you do it that way?”

The worker explained about the Beis HaMikdash, and concluded: “...that’s the way G d tells us to do it.”

“You mean you do it just because your G d says so?”

The Jew nodded and went back to work; he didn’t try to explain. The Greeks believed only things that they could understand. It wasn’t easy to explain to them that we do things just because HaShem says so.

The soldiers reported to their king. He was bothered by what they told him. “We’ll show them,” he said to his men. “They may have an interesting religion, but they have to learn to accept man-made ideas, not some holy commandments from an invisible G d.

“Let them light the menorah if they want to. But we’ll give their oil our Greek touch.”

And that’s what the Greeks did. They entered the Beis HaMikdash and made the oil impure. Then they tried to stop the Jews from observing HaShem’s Torah and mitzvos.

The Jews responded with mesirus nefesh, daring to challenge the most powerful armies in the world with a few men and hardly any arms. But HaShem helped them. They miraculously defeated the Greek armies, came back into the Beis HaMikdash, and cleansed it of that Greek touch. And then, the menorah again burned with the light of pure oil.

(Adapted from Likkutei Sichos, Vol. III, Chanukah)

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Two Lessons
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On the first night of Chanukah all eight candle holders stand before you. But you light only one. Tomorrow night you shall light two. You know that eventually you will light all eight.

From which we learn two things:

1. Move step by step in life. Take things on at a pace you can handle.

2. Always grow. Always keep moving. If you did one good thing yesterday, do two today. Your ultimate achievement is always one step ahead.

A Daily Dose of Wisdom from the Rebbe
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Kislev 24, 5766 * December 25, 2005

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Sunday, December 25, 2005
24 Kislev 5766

 

1. Needed Rains, Snow Flood Israel
By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

A fierce winter storm ripped through Israel Saturday and Sunday halting the current drought. More than four inches of rain and snow fell across the country, and the Kinneret has risen as well.

Snow accumulated in the Golan Heights, flurries were scattered in higher areas of Jerusalem, and coastal cities reported flooding.

The storm system reached its peak before dawn Sunday and is expected to die out on Monday. The country was threatened with a severe drought after more than three weeks of unseasonably warm and dry weather at the beginning of the winter season, but the storm has replenished the shortage in most places.

More than four inches of rain fell in northern areas and in Ra'anana, north of Tel Aviv. Ra'anana rescue teams were forced to evacuate 18 elderly people form the flooded first floor of their retirement home.

In Jerusalem, where the average annual rainfall is about 26 inches, almost three inches of rain fell, and more than two inches were received in Ashkelon, on the edge of the northern Negev.

The storm has added more than three inches to the level of Lake Kinneret (the Sea of Galilee), which will continue to rise as run-off continues to drain into the lake from the Golan Heights. The Kinneret is Israel's largest single source of water and is several feet below the optimal level.

The heavy rains caused flooding in the coastal city of Nahariya, near the Lebanon border, and in areas of Haifa and Kfar Saba.

More than three feet of snow piled up at the Mount Hermon ski site, which was closed to visitors because of heavy snowstorms. The ski site is expected to open on Tuesday.

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2. Israel Weighs ´Air Patrol´ to Combat Rocket Attacks
By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

The Sharon government has decided to combat rocket attacks on a base near Ashkelon by taking soldiers out of tents and putting them in reinforced buildings. It also is planning air patrols.

The attacks by Arab terrorists once plagued Jewish communities in the Gaza region and then rained on the Negev town of Sderot after the Knesset passed the expulsion plan. After the withdrawal of the IDF from the region, the rockets penetrated deeper into Israel, hitting industrial areas in southern Ashkelon. A power station, oil pipeline and naval installations are located in Ashkelon.

In addition, rockets struck two nearby army bases. Five soldiers were lightly injured in one of the explosions last week on the Zikim army base.

To help protect soldiers, the IDF began transporting hundreds of concrete walls to the base just south of Ashkelon as a measure of fortification.

Military officials have drawn up plans to monitor Gaza from the air and sea with balloons and drones to halt Kassam rocket attacks, which Sharon said would be stopped after the expulsion.

The Kassam rocket attack on Thursday which injured five soldiers intensified pressure on Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, whose popularity in the pre-election polls is threatened by rockets that have reached southern Ashkelon. He promised last summer that the expulsion of Jews from the Gaza region and the accompanying withdrawal of all Israeli military forces would make it easier for Israel to stop Arab terrorists from operating there.

After the Palestinian Authority (PA) failed to halt, and sometimes abetted, Arab terrorists to launch Kassam rocket attacks, even during the expulsion, the Prime Minister told the Cabinet on September 25, "I instructed that there are no restrictions on the use of any measures in order to strike at the terrorists.... The instructions are unequivocal. This phenomenon must be stopped. It cannot continue under any circumstances."

Since then, the government tried to combat the rocket and mortar shells with warnings to the PA, which a senior aide to Mofaz admitted to United Press International (UPI), has “lost control over Gaza.”

The IDF recently began aiming artillery fire on open fields used by terrorists to launch attacks, but the Hebrew daily Yediot Aharonot reported on Friday that the artillery has hit fields which terrorists have not used.

The government's new plan is to patrol the airspace over northern Gaza with helicopters and unmanned drones and to use balloons with electronic and photographic equipment.

Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz's office has ordered a restriction of movement in northern Gaza, according to Reuters News Agency, but Assayed Shaban, commander of PA forces in the area, asserted, "We will not move one inch." The planned restricted zone will include 1.5 miles in northern Gaza and run along the northern and eastern edges of the region. Most of the area is uninhabited and includes the destroyed communities of three Jewish communities from which residents were expelled last August.

Kassam rockets hit army bases south of Ashkelon twice this past week, but the second one caused injuries and panic, "scaring girls who were just recruited and were undergoing basic training in another," UPI reported "Those attacks have already sent worried parents to the base's gate." The IDF said Saturday it will protect soldiers by reinforcing the base, where most of the soldiers live in tents. UPI noted that "following the Israeli withdrawal the militants were able to bring their weapons closer to Ashkelon."

Deputy Defense Minister Ze'ev Boim said that Israel might have to use artillery fire on populated areas if other measures do not stop the attacks.

Mofaz has rejected such a move as well as a land siege and power cuts, which were suggested by Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Chairman Yuval Shteinitz. "An absurd situation has been created where we provide them with electricity and they bomb the power station in Ashkelon," he said on Friday.

Human rights group have warned that cutting electricity is against international law.

Shteinitz spoke at a forum in Be'er Sheva, where Israel Our Home Chairman Avigdor Lieberman, said that Israel needs someone like former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani "who will maintain order and provide Israelis with security."

"We fire on sand while they fire on Ashkelon. If I was the prime minister I would not leave one Jihad or Hamas headquarters standing. But we're idiots, cheap, and nerds," he added.

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3. Sharon´s Doctors to Publish Medical Records
By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

The Prime Minister's doctors, one of them a personal friend, will hold a press conference Monday to disclose his condition. He returned to his office Sunday and held a Cabinet meeting.

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon joked with Cabinet ministers and warned them not to eat too many Chanukah sufganiyot (jelly doughnuts).

He has told his personal physician to disclose his medical condition as opposition political parties have demanded. He had vowed to publish medical records during the last election campaign but never did so.

Among his physicians are a personal friend, Dr. Boleslav (Bolek) Goldman, who was on the medical team that treated the Prime Minister last week after he suffered a mild stroke.

"We will present all the information that needs to be presented," said Dr. Shlomo Segev of Sheba Medical Center in Tel Aviv.

However, doctors told the Hebrew daily Ma'ariv last week that the public was in fact misled on Sharon's condition. Neurologist Prof. Tamir Ben Hur originally told reporters that the Prime Minster's only problem was "a light difficulty in speaking." Later, the newspaper quoted doctors as stating, "What was said at the press conference [last week], to make an understatement, is not exact."

"The Prime Minister did not know what day it was and could not count or perform basic functions for 45 minutes. There is no obligation to reveal everything, but to release incorrect information means taking a position, and this is very problematic," the physicians asserted.

The Ma'ariv report claimed the prime minister was sedated during a medical procedure following the stroke, during which time he was completely unaware of his surroundings.

Doctors have since reported that Prime Minister Sharon, who weighs nearly 300 pounds, has normal cholesterol and blood pressure. He is to turn 78 in February. Tests performed by Hadassah Hospital following the stroke revealed Sharon carries a congenital heart defect, which may soon require catheterization or surgery.

Before the 2001 elections, he was healthy but had gout, a buildup of uric acid in the joints, according to medical reports obtained and published by the Hebrew daily Yediot Aharonot.

Dr. Marc K. Siegel wrote in the New York Post that the reports of his stroke were confusing. "First, it was suggested that Sharon, the 77 year-old prime minister, had blacked out and sustained a stroke. Then came the story that by the time he reached the hospital he was awake--somewhat confused, yet conversant with family members. Finally, we heard that Sharon was lucid, joking, that he had experienced transient weakness and slurred speech but was now OK."

"Here in America, we didn't know what to think, especially when we heard that Sharon was back to meeting with military leaders in the hospital that very night.

"No matter what actually happened to Sharon on Sunday, lurking behind all reports was the ominous word 'stroke,' the No. 1 cause of disability worldwide, and No. 3 cause of death....

"We don't know exactly what happened to Sharon because we don't have his medical reports.

"But doctors shouldn't take these sides. Professionalism demands access to the patient and his records before rendering any opinion," according to Dr. Siegel.

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4. Ex-IDF Commander´s New Party in Election Race
By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

Uzi Dayan, former deputy IDF Chief of Staff, announced Saturday that his new Tafnit (Turning Point) party will field candidates in the election. Support may come at the expense of Kadima.

Dayan founded the party in May and since has come out in favor of expelling Jews from large parts of Judea and Samaria, while retaining several communities such as Bet El, in Samaria, and Kiryat Arba, next to Hevron.

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has called for a total surrender of Judea and Samaria, except for Ma'aleh Adumim, several Gush Etzion communities and the city of Ariel.

Dayan, who also served as head of the National Security Council, said he declined offers to join the Kadima and Labor parties. Support for his Tafnit party is likely to come at the expense of Kadima.

In other election news, Likud ministers have refused to resign, leaving the party as part of the government coalition and preventing newly-elected chairman Binyamin (Bibi) Netanyahu from requesting that he be named head of the opposition.

The formation of Kadima left Likud with 26 Knesset members, five more than Labor, currently the largest opposition party.

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5. Chanukah to Light Up Jerusalem
By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

The largest Menorah in the world, whose wax is made from more than 5,000 candles, will light up Jerusalem Sunday night, the first evening of the eight-day Festival of Lights.

The menorah will be lit at Pisgat Ze'ev, in the northern part of the capital, and is housed in an elevator, enabling it to be seen from miles around to fulfill the mitzvah of publicizing the miracle of Chanukah, which occurred 2,144 years ago. The holiday recalls both the miraculous victory of the minority of Jews over the ruling Greeks, and the miracle of the burning of holy olive oil for eight days.

After the military victory, the priests at that time searched the desecrated Temple and found one container of olive oil that was fit to light the holy Menorah. The oil was enough for only 24 hours, but lasted eight days, during which time the priests were able to prepare new oil.

The menorah used today to commemorate the holiday has eight branches, one more than that which was used in the holy Temple, and which is forbidden to use until the completion of the Third Temple.In addition to the huge menorah, thousands of menorahs distributed by the city will be lit in stores and offices throughout the capital, providing a widespread sign of the holiday.

The city is offering free tours along the route of the lit menorahs between 6 and 8 p.m. every night

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6. Papal Official Wants to Divide Jerusalem
By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

The Arab League and a Vatican official separately, but simultaneously, are campaigning for Israel to divide Jerusalem. The PA recently asked to the Pope to help make the capital part of a new state.

The Arab League has joined Palestinian Authority (PA) officials in exploiting Israel's policy of not allowing Arabs in Jerusalem, who are Israeli citizens, to vote in the PA legislative elections scheduled for January 25.

It told the French news agency AFP that the ban would solidify Israel's claim that the entire capital is part of the country. AFP termed the predominantly Arab neighborhoods of the city "occupied east Jerusalem."

The papal representative in Israel, Nazareth native Michael Sabbah, told reporters, "This [partition] wall must not exist. One day it will not exist. The Palestinian people should regain their liberty and land with a state and a capital and the Israeli people should have security."

His statements are in opposition to previous Vatican statements, which have suggested that Jerusalem be established as an international city.

During a recent visit to the Vatican by PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas, Pope Benedict accepted a document granting him unlimited access to Bethlehem, as well as a passport to the city making him "the first citizen of Bethlehem," according to the PA radio network.

Abbas told the Pope, "If we can't hold democratic elections in Jerusalem it will be difficult to do it in the other zones." The Arab League and the PA have seized the issue to put the blame on Israel if the elections are canceled. If Israel backs down and allows Arab Israelis to vote, it would help support the PA demand that the city become the capital of a new Arab state.

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7. Abbas´ Government Losing Control
By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

The PA has lost control in Gaza, where England has warned its citizens not to visit. A new Yasser Arafat party has been established to wrest control from the ruling Fatah regime.

A senior aide to Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told United Press International that the PA no longer controls Gaza. On Saturday, Hamas terrorists seriously injured two PA policemen who stopped them at a checkpoint in Gaza City.

Kidnappings of foreign citizens have been rampant, and England told its citizens, "We advise against all travel to the Gaza strip because of the security situation and continuing threat of kidnap of foreign nationals. The most recent incident occurred on 21 December when an Australian and Dutch national were kidnapped. British nationals have also been kidnapped in previous incidents."

Anarchy also has spread to Judea and Samaria, and Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades terrorists stormed PA offices in Bethlehem for several hours on Thursday before leaving under threat of a clash with PA forces.

IDF commanders have told the Israeli government that PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas is not trying to stop terrorists from attacking Israel with mortar shells and rockets. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's government has little contact with PA ministers.

Abbas has made a pact with the growing popular young guard in an effort to shore up his strength toward the PA legislative elections scheduled for January 25. Ahmed Qureia, the prime minister of the PA, protests the move and is establishing a new party named after former PLO leader Yasser Arafat.

Qureia previously was a Fatah candidate, but then said he will not run in the elections following a maneuver by Abbas that lessened his chances of being elected. Qureia blamed his decision not to run on Israel's ban on voting by Jerusalem's Arabs, who are Israeli citizens.

Other threats to the ruling Fatah party come from the increasingly popular Hamas terrorist organization, and a rival party headed by jailed terrorist Marwan Barghouti, who consistently has headed popularity polls. Barghouti is currently serving five consecutive life sentences in Israeli prison for his role in numerous deadly terror attacks.

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8. Christians Fleeing Bethlehem´s Moslem Majority
By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

Bethlehem's Christian population has declined 10 percent in five years, and Moslems now are the majority in the city where Christians, once a majority, often have been the targets of Moslem riots.

Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas visited Bethlehem Saturday night during midnight mass and used the holidays as a platform to call on the Christian community to denounce the partition barrier which separates Bethlehem from the southern limits of Jerusalem.

Foreign clerics joined Abbas, and the Archbishop of Westminster, England told worshippers that Bethlehem's citizens are "terribly alone" because of the barrier. Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor urged Israel "to build bridges and not walls" and blamed Israel for making Christians feeling "compelled to leave the land of their birth for foreign lands, on account of the political situation."

However, no mention was made of the Arab terrorists' siege of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem three years ago, when they held nuns and priests as hostages and looted the building. A document captured by Israel shows that the terrorists who broke into the church demanded monetary support from Bethlehem town officials

Last week, Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades terrorists stormed PA offices near the church for several hours on Thursday before leaving under threat of a clash with PA forces.

Christians have been fleeing Bethlehem in droves due to security concerns and the changeover to Arab authority in the town, with 3,000 having fled since the outbreak of the Oslo War in 2000.

Ten years ago, PLO chairman Yasser Arafat replaced the Christian-dominated town council with a predominately Moslem council. Christians made up 90 percent of the city before Israel became a state in 1948, but a Moslem influx has turned the Christians into a minority of less than 20 percent.

Bethlehem also is the popular site of the Jewish matriarch Rachel's Tomb, where visitors to the holy site must pass through an intense security checkpoint.

The PA officially claims to allow freedom of religion, but Moslem sermons have linked Jews and Christians as enemies.

A PA Information Ministry statement states, "The Palestinian people are also governed by [Islamic] Shari'a law..., and any Muslim who [converts] or declares becoming an unbeliever is committing a major sin punishable by capital punishment...."

Anti-Christian sentiment also has been evident elsewhere in the PA. Last September, hundreds of armed Moslems terrorized the Christian city of Taibe in Samaria, burning homes and cars, and destroying a sacred Catholic statue.

In one riot in 2002, Moslems instigated "a rampage...after torching the Christian properties," according to the Boston Globe.

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