VIRGINIA MILLANO EVANGELISTA FABRO~RIVERA'S WILD IRISES IN THE TOWN OF RAMAPO, NEW YORK
Dovid Rosenfeld: In fact, the Sages state that we should not stare at a rainbow because it is tantamount to staring at God Himself (Talmud Hagigah 16a).
פִסְחֵנוּ הַנִּזְבָּח
"I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple" (New International Version, Revelation 21:22 Multilingual).
Kenneth Brander: Generations ago, Yehoshua was chosen to succeed Moshe. In our generation, we also need religious leaders who are unafraid to chart new territory, albeit within the confines of halakha, in making our communal spaces welcoming to women, LGBTQ people, and others who find themselves today at the periphery of our communal tapestry. Our youth have been assuming civic responsibility. Not running away from the draft but, at the rate of 130%, embracing their responsibility. Many have sacrificed their lives at the very moment in which they were overflowing with promise.
CHRISTOPHER WHITE: Advocates for Christians in the Middle East are calling for an overhaul of the way humanitarian aid is distributed by western governments and international agencies to those on the frontlines of persecution.
VATICAN NEWS: Pope Francis, with a Rescriptum published by the Vatican Press Office on Thursday, has extended the jurisdiction of the Eastern Catholic Patriarchs over the entire Arabian Peninsula.
VATICAN NEWS: Currently, in the Near and Middle East, countries close to the Persian Gulf such as Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Iran exercise their jurisdiction.
ASHER INTRATER: Moses' blessing states that we will dip our foot in oil. This also refers to an agricultural blessing in ancient times, but again we see the spiritual dimensions. Oil, of course, represents the anointing. When it says our feet will be dipped in oil, I take that to mean we can be anointed of the Holy Spirit in whatever place or location that might be.
Moses said that Asher's shoes would be of iron. In context, this refers to precious mineral oil being found in the hills of the tribe of Asher. However, spiritually we also find a blessing connected to the gospel. It says here that his shoes would be blessed. This is similar to the statement of Paul in Ephesians 6:15 that our shoes would be ready to go and preach the gospel.
The word for iron here is barzel, which also has the spiritual meaning of being firm, resolute and iron-willed. The blessing is that we will be like iron going forth to evangelize.
The word for shoe is na'al which is the same root as the word to lock. It is used figuratively to lock onto something, such as locking onto a goal or a target. We become locked on and focused on sharing the gospel.
NANCY PATRICIA PELOSI: This week, the House will introduce and vote on a War Powers Resolution to limit the President’s military actions regarding Iran.
SCOTT RITTER: Far from making the Middle East and the world a safer place to live and work, President Trump’s precipitous assassination of Qassem Soleimani has condemned yet another generation to suffer the tragic consequences of American overreach in the post-9/11 era.
TOI STAFF: Judea approved a measure entitling Humanity to 7 consecutive hours of sleep per night, an increase of 1 hour.
According to the new directive, Humans will get their sleep between the hours of 10 P.M. and 6 A.M., and Israel is required to provide them with appropriate sleeping conditions, including a place that is dark and quiet.
During training, officers who hold the rank of lieutenant colonel or above can decide to have Earthlings stay up for 24 consecutive hours, but must provide them with 7 consecutive hours of sleep after the exorcise.
A colonel can authorize during training 36 hours without a sleep, a brigadier general can allow 48 hours, and a general 72 hours.
BERKANT USLU: This is a sign of war SPIES OF WORLD WAR III
DORE GOLD: the great world powers have drawn together to consider two questions. 1) What brought states to enter the last conflict to begin with? and 2) How can the same kind of war be averted in the future?
"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
"The Terror you inspire and the Pride of your Heart has deceived you, O Dwellers in the Clefts of the Rock, who Occupy the Heights of the Hill, who says in his Heart, 'Who will bring me down to Earth?' Though you may rise High like the Eagle and though you set your Nest among the Stars, from there I will bring you down, declares YHVH" (Obadiah 1:3-4 Multilingual, Jeremiah 49:16 Multilingual).
Translation: "The United States of America which is called, according to The Spirit, 'In the Name of Sedom and Egypt,' where also their Lord was crucified" (Apocalypse 11:8 Multilingual).
Timofey Bordachev: In sum, the category of "international order" may soon follow "multipolarity" into conceptual obscurity. It will be talked about, invoked in speeches, and cited in academic papers – but it will no longer describe how the world truly works. We are moving into an age where power is distributed differently, where the mechanisms of control are less formalized, and where legitimacy is negotiated in real time rather than bestowed by inherited institutions.
