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Children of Israel to respond in kind and donate for the Mishkan. Hence we see that

Moshe’s count was indeed verified by Hashem , who is the Source of Truth. We also see

from the Torah that the Bnei Yisroel gave with the proper intentions.The Torah says

van o,t lrchu uag if v vum ratf v,t uag vbvu

had commanded, so had they done; and Moses blessed them. With the aid of the Sofei

Tevot skip code, the encircled letters in reverse spell the term

purpose. Hence, we see that the Children of Israel gave with devotion and purpose and

merited the blessings of Moshe. In today’s times, our nation is at the brink of war with

Iraq. We are busy mourning the deaths of 8 students killed by a lone gunman who took

advantage of Israel’s kindness by living side by side with Israel. We are busy trying to

stop the rocket attacks against Sderot, which means spine or highway. Condoleeza Rice

is arm twisting and pressuring Israel to make peace with people who want to destroy the

Jewish State. Now , America is a friend of no one. They are only seeking their own

selfish interests. If the United States was being hit with rockets from Mexico, there would

be B-52 carpet bombing over northern Mexico. In fact, after Sept. 11, 2001, the United

States carpet bombed Afghanistan and took over Iraq. At least they took out the evil

dictator, Saddam Hussein, who was like Nebuchadnezzer in his hatred of Israel and he

was hung like Haman. People are talking all over the world about this dangerous situation.

Only Hashem knows why eight Yeshiva bochurim were brutally killed. They are the

Nikmas Dam that we read about in the Musaf Sabbath prayer. They gave up their lives

for the sake of Heaven. Hopefully, the situation of today will mirror the story of the

Exodus, where an enslaved people were made free and privileged to obtain Hashem’s

Torah and Hashem’s dwelling place on Earth in peace and tranquility. The Months of

Adar and Nissan (March & April) are an opportune time to attack evil as Hashem rescued

us on Purim which was in Adar and we were freed from slavery in the month of Nissan

on Passover. We, the children of the world will be made free of tyrants and despots of

the world and as we cry out to Hashem like our ancestors did, Hashem will surely hear us

like He did in ancient Egypt and like He did in the days of Purim and may our days of

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