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  • The Mission Continues

    As in the past so it remains today - we were and still are under the selfsame commitment to adhere to the directions of the Gedolei Yisrael, who stand guard against breaches of purity threatening our camp. When we were required to ask – we asked. When we were instructed to depart – we left. The moment we are summoned back to raise the flag, every other consideration is pushed to the side and we answer: We are ready!

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  • Harav Yisrael Friedman zy”a, the Rebbe of Husyatin

    מוטי, ויקיפדיה העברית

    The ancestral chain of Harav Yisrael Friedman, the founder of the Husyatin chassidic court, originates with the holy Baal Shem Tov. The Husyatin chassidus has its roots in Galicia and eventually came to Tel Aviv, during the turbulent years between the two World Wars.

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  • Maccabi'im Gravesite

    In honour of Chanukah, we will discuss a fascinating, ongoing investigation attempting to establish the place of burial of Mattisyahu Kohen Gadol and his family.

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As swift as Naftali – as fleet-footed as Asahel

“Asahel was as fleet-footed as a deer racing through the fields.”

N. Lieberman 18/11/2009 10:00

Asahel was the brother of Yoav and Avishai, the sons of Tsruyah, brother of King David. The three brothers were generals in Dovid haMelech’s army.

Chazal, in describing Asahel’s light-footedness, tell of how he would run through a field of wheat – his steps were so light that he ran over the field, the heads of wheat not even bowing from his weight.

According to the Ari haKodosh, Asahel’s neshoma burned so brightly in him that his body flew through the air – he was the most fleet-footed to ever live.

“Asahel was as fleet-footed as a deer racing through the fields.”

The swiftest ever runner in the world was Naftali ben Yaakov Avinu, who ran a distance of 1050 km (525km in each direction) from the Machpeila Cave in Chevron to Goshen, Egypt and back. This was in order to bring the document of sale in which was written that Eisav had sold his share in the Cave; therefore the remaining burial place rightfully belonged to Yaakov Avinu.

If we calculate the time it took for Naftali to return to his brothers, corresponding to the distance covered, it emerges that the speed at which he ran equalled that of a advanced jet aeroplane.