Tehillim for our Soldiers in Israel: Jews fight with their words הַקֹּל קוֹל יַעֲקֹב, וְהַיָּדַיִם, יְדֵי עֵשָׂו

When Israel is at War

When Israel is at war, the rabbis ask the entire Jewish people to say extra chapters of Tehillim (Psalms), most notably chapters 20, 83, 121, 130 and 142. 
We know that Eisav is a man of the sword and Jews fight with their words as it says
 הַקֹּל קוֹל יַעֲקֹב, וְהַיָּדַיִם, יְדֵי עֵשָׂו

Even though we are not physically fighting the war we can still be soldiers of Hashem's army . Our words are like arrows (bullets) and don't think for one second that they have no influence. Perhaps your tefilah permeated in heaven which caused a rocket to divert and land out in the field and not landing the other way around ending with tragedy.    

Psalms Chapter 20תְּהִלִּים

א  לַמְנַצֵּחַ, מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד.	1 For the Leader. A Psalm of David.
ב  יַעַנְךָ יְהוָה, בְּיוֹם צָרָה;    יְשַׂגֶּבְךָ, שֵׁם אֱלֹהֵי יַעֲקֹב.	2 The LORD answer thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob set thee up on high;
ג  יִשְׁלַח-עֶזְרְךָ מִקֹּדֶשׁ;    וּמִצִּיּוֹן, יִסְעָדֶךָּ.	3 Send forth thy help from the sanctuary, and support thee out of Zion;
ד  יִזְכֹּר כָּל-מִנְחֹתֶךָ;    וְעוֹלָתְךָ יְדַשְּׁנֶה סֶלָה.	4 Receive the memorial of all thy meal-offerings, and accept the fat of thy burnt-sacrifice; Selah
ה  יִתֶּן-לְךָ כִלְבָבֶךָ;    וְכָל-עֲצָתְךָ יְמַלֵּא.	5 Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.
ו  נְרַנְּנָה, בִּישׁוּעָתֶךָ--    וּבְשֵׁם-אֱלֹהֵינוּ נִדְגֹּל; יְמַלֵּא יְהוָה,    כָּל-מִשְׁאֲלוֹתֶיךָ.	6 We will shout for joy in thy victory, and in the name of our God we will set up our standards;{N} the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.
ז  עַתָּה יָדַעְתִּי--    כִּי הוֹשִׁיעַ יְהוָה, מְשִׁיחוֹ: יַעֲנֵהוּ, מִשְּׁמֵי קָדְשׁוֹ--    בִּגְבֻרוֹת, יֵשַׁע יְמִינוֹ.	7 Now know I that the LORD saveth His anointed; {N} He will answer him from His holy heaven with the mighty acts of His saving right hand.
ח  אֵלֶּה בָרֶכֶב,    וְאֵלֶּה בַסּוּסִים; וַאֲנַחְנוּ,    בְּשֵׁם-יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ נַזְכִּיר.	8 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; {N} but we will make mention of the name of the LORD our God.
ט  הֵמָּה, כָּרְעוּ וְנָפָלוּ;    וַאֲנַחְנוּ קַּמְנוּ, וַנִּתְעוֹדָד.	9 They are bowed down and fallen; but we are risen, and stand upright.
י  יְהוָה הוֹשִׁיעָה:    הַמֶּלֶךְ, יַעֲנֵנוּ בְיוֹם-קָרְאֵנוּ.	10 Save, LORD; let the King answer us in the day that we call. {P}

Psalms Chapter 83תְּהִלִּים

א  שִׁיר מִזְמוֹר לְאָסָף.	1 A Song, a Psalm of Asaph.
ב  אֱלֹהִים אַל-דֳּמִי-לָךְ;    אַל-תֶּחֱרַשׁ וְאַל-תִּשְׁקֹט אֵל.	2 O God, keep not Thou silence; hold not Thy peace, and be not still, O God.
ג  כִּי-הִנֵּה אוֹיְבֶיךָ, יֶהֱמָיוּן;    וּמְשַׂנְאֶיךָ, נָשְׂאוּ רֹאשׁ.	3 For, lo, Thine enemies are in an uproar; and they that hate Thee have lifted up the head.
ד  עַל-עַמְּךָ, יַעֲרִימוּ סוֹד;    וְיִתְיָעֲצוּ, עַל-צְפוּנֶיךָ.	4 They hold crafty converse against Thy people, and take counsel against Thy treasured ones.
ה  אָמְרוּ--לְכוּ, וְנַכְחִידֵם מִגּוֹי;    וְלֹא-יִזָּכֵר שֵׁם-יִשְׂרָאֵל עוֹד.	5 They have said: 'Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.'
ו  כִּי נוֹעֲצוּ לֵב יַחְדָּו;    עָלֶיךָ, בְּרִית יִכְרֹתוּ.	6 For they have consulted together with one consent; against Thee do they make a covenant;
ז  אָהֳלֵי אֱדוֹם, וְיִשְׁמְעֵאלִים;    מוֹאָב וְהַגְרִים.	7 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagrites;
ח  גְּבָל וְעַמּוֹן, וַעֲמָלֵק;    פְּלֶשֶׁת, עִם-יֹשְׁבֵי צוֹר.	8 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
ט  גַּם-אַשּׁוּר, נִלְוָה עִמָּם;    הָיוּ זְרוֹעַ לִבְנֵי-לוֹט סֶלָה.	9 Assyria also is joined with them; they have been an arm to the children of Lot. Selah
י  עֲשֵׂה-לָהֶם כְּמִדְיָן;    כְּסִיסְרָא כְיָבִין, בְּנַחַל קִישׁוֹן.	10 Do Thou unto them as unto Midian; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook Kishon;
יא  נִשְׁמְדוּ בְעֵין-דֹּאר;    הָיוּ דֹּמֶן, לָאֲדָמָה.	11 Who were destroyed at En-dor; they became as dung for the earth.
יב  שִׁיתֵמוֹ נְדִיבֵימוֹ, כְּעֹרֵב וְכִזְאֵב;    וּכְזֶבַח וּכְצַלְמֻנָּע, כָּל-נְסִיכֵימוֹ.	12 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and like Zebah and Zalmunna all their princes;
יג  אֲשֶׁר אָמְרוּ, נִירְשָׁה לָּנוּ--    אֵת, נְאוֹת אֱלֹהִים.	13 Who said: 'Let us take to ourselves in possession the habitations of God.'
יד  אֱלֹהַי, שִׁיתֵמוֹ כַגַּלְגַּל;    כְּקַשׁ, לִפְנֵי-רוּחַ.	14 O my God, make them like the whirling dust; as stubble before the wind.
טו  כְּאֵשׁ תִּבְעַר-יָעַר;    וּכְלֶהָבָה, תְּלַהֵט הָרִים.	15 As the fire that burneth the forest, and as the flame that setteth the mountains ablaze;
טז  כֵּן, תִּרְדְּפֵם בְּסַעֲרֶךָ;    וּבְסוּפָתְךָ תְבַהֲלֵם.	16 So pursue them with Thy tempest, and affright them with Thy storm.
יז  מַלֵּא פְנֵיהֶם קָלוֹן;    וִיבַקְשׁוּ שִׁמְךָ יְהוָה.	17 Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek Thy name, O LORD.
יח  יֵבֹשׁוּ וְיִבָּהֲלוּ עֲדֵי-עַד;    וְיַחְפְּרוּ וְיֹאבֵדוּ.	18 Let them be ashamed and affrighted for ever; yea, let them be abashed and perish;
יט  וְיֵדְעוּ--    כִּי-אַתָּה שִׁמְךָ יְהוָה לְבַדֶּךָ: עֶלְיוֹן,    עַל-כָּל-הָאָרֶץ.	19 That they may know that it is Thou alone whose name is the LORD, {N} the Most High over all the earth. {P}

Psalms Chapter 121תְּהִלִּים

א  שִׁיר, לַמַּעֲלוֹת: אֶשָּׂא עֵינַי, אֶל-הֶהָרִים--    מֵאַיִן, יָבֹא עֶזְרִי.	1 A Song of Ascents. {N} I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: from whence shall my help come?
ב  עֶזְרִי, מֵעִם יְהוָה--    עֹשֵׂה, שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ.	2 My help cometh from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
ג  אַל-יִתֵּן לַמּוֹט רַגְלֶךָ;    אַל-יָנוּם, שֹׁמְרֶךָ.	3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved; He that keepeth thee will not slumber.
ד  הִנֵּה לֹא-יָנוּם, וְלֹא יִישָׁן--    שׁוֹמֵר, יִשְׂרָאֵל.	4 Behold, He that keepeth Israel doth neither slumber nor sleep.
ה  יְהוָה שֹׁמְרֶךָ;    יְהוָה צִלְּךָ, עַל-יַד יְמִינֶךָ.	5 The LORD is thy keeper; the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
ו  יוֹמָם, הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ לֹא-יַכֶּכָּה;    וְיָרֵחַ בַּלָּיְלָה.	6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
ז  יְהוָה, יִשְׁמָרְךָ מִכָּל-רָע:    יִשְׁמֹר, אֶת-נַפְשֶׁךָ.	7 The LORD shall keep thee from all evil; He shall keep thy soul.
ח  יְהוָה, יִשְׁמָר-צֵאתְךָ וּבוֹאֶךָ--    מֵעַתָּה, וְעַד-עוֹלָם.	8 The LORD shall guard thy going out and thy coming in, from this time forth and for ever. {P}

Psalms Chapter 130תְּהִלִּים

א  שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת: מִמַּעֲמַקִּים קְרָאתִיךָ    יְהוָה.	1 A Song of Ascents. Out of the depths have I called Thee, O LORD.
ב  אֲדֹנָי,    שִׁמְעָה בְקוֹלִי: תִּהְיֶינָה אָזְנֶיךָ, קַשֻּׁבוֹת--    לְקוֹל, תַּחֲנוּנָי.	2 Lord, hearken unto my voice; let Thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
ג  אִם-עֲו‍ֹנוֹת תִּשְׁמָר-יָהּ--    אֲדֹנָי, מִי יַעֲמֹד.	3 If Thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?
ד  כִּי-עִמְּךָ הַסְּלִיחָה--    לְמַעַן, תִּוָּרֵא.	4 For with Thee there is forgiveness, that Thou mayest be feared.
ה  קִוִּיתִי יְהוָה, קִוְּתָה נַפְשִׁי;    וְלִדְבָרוֹ הוֹחָלְתִּי.	5 I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in His word do I hope.
ו  נַפְשִׁי לַאדֹנָי--    מִשֹּׁמְרִים לַבֹּקֶר, שֹׁמְרִים לַבֹּקֶר.	6 My soul waiteth for the Lord, more than watchmen for the morning; yea, more than watchmen for the morning.
ז  יַחֵל יִשְׂרָאֵל, אֶל-יְהוָה:    כִּי-עִם-יְהוָה הַחֶסֶד; וְהַרְבֵּה עִמּוֹ פְדוּת.	7 O Israel, hope in the LORD; for with the LORD there is mercy, and with Him is plenteous redemption.
ח  וְהוּא, יִפְדֶּה אֶת-יִשְׂרָאֵל--    מִכֹּל, עֲו‍ֹנֹתָיו.	8 And He will redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

Psalms Chapter 142תְּהִלִּים

א  מַשְׂכִּיל לְדָוִד; בִּהְיוֹתוֹ בַמְּעָרָה    תְפִלָּה.	1 Maschil of David, when he was in the cave; a Prayer.
ב  קוֹלִי, אֶל-יְהוָה אֶזְעָק;    קוֹלִי, אֶל-יְהוָה אֶתְחַנָּן.	2 With my voice I cry unto the LORD; with my voice I make supplication unto the LORD.
ג  אֶשְׁפֹּךְ לְפָנָיו שִׂיחִי;    צָרָתִי, לְפָנָיו אַגִּיד.	3 I pour out my complaint before Him, I declare before Him my trouble;
ד  בְּהִתְעַטֵּף עָלַי, רוּחִי--    וְאַתָּה, יָדַעְתָּ נְתִיבָתִי: בְּאֹרַח-זוּ אֲהַלֵּךְ--    טָמְנוּ פַח לִי.	4 When my spirit fainteth within me--Thou knowest my path-- in the way wherein I walk have they hidden a snare for me.
ה  הַבֵּיט יָמִין, וּרְאֵה--    וְאֵין-לִי מַכִּיר: אָבַד מָנוֹס מִמֶּנִּי;    אֵין דּוֹרֵשׁ לְנַפְשִׁי.	5 Look on my right hand, and see, for there is no man that knoweth me; I have no way to flee; no man careth for my soul.
ו  זָעַקְתִּי אֵלֶיךָ,    יְהוָה: אָמַרְתִּי, אַתָּה מַחְסִי;    חֶלְקִי, בְּאֶרֶץ הַחַיִּים.	6 I have cried unto Thee, O LORD; I have said: 'Thou art my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.'
ז  הַקְשִׁיבָה, אֶל-רִנָּתִי--    כִּי-דַלּוֹתִי-מְאֹד: הַצִּילֵנִי מֵרֹדְפַי--    כִּי אָמְצוּ מִמֶּנִּי.	7 Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low; deliver me from my persecutors; for they are too strong for me.
ח  הוֹצִיאָה מִמַּסְגֵּר, נַפְשִׁי--    לְהוֹדוֹת אֶת-שְׁמֶךָ: בִּי, יַכְתִּרוּ צַדִּיקִים--    כִּי תִגְמֹל עָלָי.	8 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks unto Thy name; the righteous shall crown themselves because of me; for Thou wilt deal bountifully with me.

The main media outlets would never show this image of Israeli soldiers covering Arab children in Gaza from danger

The main media outlets would never show this image of Israeli soldiers covering Arab children in Gaza from danger. Please say tehillim and learn at least one mishna daily for the safety of our soldiers.

Nov 13,2012 daily ledger and my daily torah learning

Nov 13, 2012 Tuesday.
Alarm rings 7:20 AM, Open my eyes,  Modeh Ani , jump out of bed, wash hands,  wake kids a few times for bus. Breakfast  eggs and coco pebbles. Ozzy happened to not take a nap the day before so he went to bed early last night, so he was up early and awoke with the other kids. Bus top, walk coco, change Ozzy make bottle. Lay back down 7:55 AM. Say shema bizmano and sleep till almost 10 am. Yikes! Wake up lay tefilin, daven,. Say the daily Aliyah in the weeks parsha:  yaakov leaving avimelech , digging the 4 wells (their names  Eisek, Sitnah, are apparent in the second line of 42 letter name Ana Bkoach). People couldn't tell diff be Abraham and Yizchok bc they looked so alike and humans appearance didn’t age, no wrinkles until now. People thought Yitzchak was Avraham  bc Hashem made their facial features similar. Yitzchak was 100x fold successful in his harvest so he was very rich and starting to overshadow Avimelech. Avimelech coveted rivka and everyone knew she had no children with Yitzchak so they left avimelech.   Perhaps people thought Yitzchok was unviable and not Rivka. Now that they were gone yizhok could be the only one who conceived with Rivka. The people wouldn't think it was avimelechs child. Avrahom Died 5 years before his time  so he wouldn't see the evil ways of asav.
…Wrapped up my Tefilin and Talis, Washed up caught bus to train. Learned rashi on paraha while waiting on corner with my iphone. Said Tehillim tikun haklai on train. Very meaningful today and took me the entire 22 minute ride ( it can be said in 5-7 min fast). Went to safe picked up goods for the day. Bought marlboros and a box of donuts for Carlos the polisher who was kind enough to buy me coffee last week ... Dropped and picked up a few jobs for my dad , Waited for elevator in my building 71W and pulled out my iphone.I just took upon myself another small task of halacha yomi so looked up todays halacha (my second day of starting Halacha yomi): You can't ask for blessing for business in numbers or inventory. You cant say for example  “this business should have 100 pcs of inventory ,but one should only mispalel for a general request for blessing. Yesterday's halacha was more interesting. It dealt dealt with proper use for shul and it's building . The halacha depends on how it benefits the kahal.

Elevator doors open and I kiss the mezuzah on the door post to my outer office door.  Ta and I dealt with a particularly odd customer situation. Yossi the jeweler  downstairs had a call for a 30k emerald 2.5. The owner of the stone is in the DDC club who don't deal with nor have have patience for retail customers. He gave my dad a hard time just showing the stone and wanted a $500 ridiculous “viewing fee”. He ended up coming  to our office to show trhe stone to the customer, who didn't appreciate the unnecessary rude pressure. Not to mention the stone had nicks from over the yrs and needed repair. All the uncertainty the customer had to commit to a stone on the spot under pressure and needed rework scared this guy off. Customer passed. It almost seemed like the owner specifically didn’t want to sell the stone…?  Otherwise 2 nice calls today 1 for asscher 7 ct eternity band and 2^nd was a repeat customer for studs.

Pamela and I reached out to a yoetzet halacha for out nida questions after her recent unfortunate andd heart breaking episode where we lost the baby and not to mention Pamela herself gave us a huge scare losing 2pints of blood that night. Hopefully we can follow the Halacha stricter to the law (eventhough over the years we have kept taharas hamishpacha) inorder to  conceive a child within the halchas parameters. The past few weeks have been crazy physically and emotionally but now it's time to reestablish some concrete structure and get back on track. In the afternoon I gave $18 to tzedaka as I try to give a little at least once a day.  I do intend to go to mikvah tomorrow as a back on track gesture and clear my negative demons, for the time being ,that battle me 24/7 in the toughest daily battle. I hope she wants to improve together with me in this matter as I do, and in every other matter too. We have become ten times closer lately and I know that she will feel its TRUTH and its structure ,and its importance to follow properly as IT IS  the key to my sanity, both physical and spiritual. Is that selfish of me? Sorry if so but the torah does want a husband to cleave to his wife. I also watched some world news about Israel retaliating to During Syria shell spillover the border into Israel. Are they doing it Intentionally?  Maybe
I Davened mincha at 4:00 PM with good kavana at Dykman’s minyan, jam packed. Dad left early for JEC car pool. Watched some paraha gematria and read some parsha drav Torah… Caught 6:25 PM train home ( got on the correct train tonight since last night I tried to leave early and on the train got carried in thought regarding Brit Milah kavana. I ended up in Tarry town 20 miles north of my stop and finally arrived home 3 hrs from when I left the office). I used the (normal ride 22 min) train ride read my tehillim chapters 41-45… got home kissed Pamela , ate rice for dinner, Did Chumash homework with Kobe about lot and melachim in  chaye sarah.  Kobe Ozzy and I Then we watched the Knicks as a treat start season 5 and 0 best in the League while mikaela showed me her new hoola hoop tricks… Then took a bath with Ozzy got kids ready for bed. Davened maariv Read a post about how now tha Obama won the election he will totally turn on Israel and the us economy is predicted to tank very low.

Once everyone was asleep I Prepared for my shiur with papa. Checked back of papa’s papa gemorah for meforshim on makkot 22b. Learning about striking 40 lashes or 39. Bimispar Arbaim and not Arbaim alone leaves the way to darshun only 39. Gemorah says How Dumb are people that they stand up when a sefer Torah is taken out But not stand for a Talmud chacham when the rabbi is only trying to lessen the sentence to 39, not give the harsh 40 of the torah. I Looked up and found a source for amazing Dvar Torah that papa I think came up with on his own about our gemorah in Makkot. Just before this mishna of 39 vs 40 rav yoshiA and a gemorah in bechorot 33a rashi divrei hamschil “Vieeduch” where rashi says I don't know where to find him rav Oshiya. That's bc in makkot rashi passed and his son I. Law wrote. commentary. Can it be that rashi  in bechorot wasn't farmiar with our gemarah in makkot? Rashi learned 10 times shas before writing his commentary?  I took a picture of the page and will show papa איש. אהרון יוחנן שןופלד. That he came up with this pirush.

Eli and I had an hour or two long conversation since he is moving to Alaska for his wife's temp job. He is learning guitar so I showed him a scale and he nailed it. Good job. He has potential. Then I said sham al hamita and laid with a crying Ozzy while he squished and squirmed until finally falling back asleep Finally now it's 2:28am and I am exhausted especially since I was up also last night till 2am looking for deeper meaning into the torah and my life.  I do wish constantly that I can find more active ways to do chesed for others on a daily basis.

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