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Day 276 – Weekends when at home from the front

Chaim begins the video by declaring that little by little, the IDF is clearing Gaza of Hamas and destroying its capability to threaten Israel. He adds, however, that the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen are threatening to attack Saudi airports if the Kingdom dares to normalize relations with Israel. Apparently, the Houthis and their Iranian masters don’t want anyone trying to build a better future for the people in the Middle East, they’d rather everyone just continue down the path of hatred and violence that they’re most comfortable with.

Speaking of which, Chaim also thinks that the anti-Israel protesters on US university campuses need some new chants to replace “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” and he makes some suggestions for them to consider.

He then proceeds to mention that Hezbollah has launched an attack on Mount Hermon, which he says they know is a very strategic spot for the IDF and for Israel in general. He says that it’s very important that Israel not lose any ground in either the north or the south, because there’s no unimportant ground in the Holy Land.

He adds that just a few hours before he filmed the video, he was lying in a ditch taking cover from incoming rockets. He says that most people living in the West have never experienced that. Israel continues to take hits from their enemies, but Israel is striking back hard.

However, he adds that the war with Hezbollah is inevitable and coming soon, unless a way can be found to persuade Hezbollah to back off and retreat north of the Litani River in Lebanon.

The scene then shifts to Chaim telling his viewers about what weekends at home away from the battle are like for him.

He describes wrapping things up on Friday afternoon, getting some tasty treats for the family, spending time with his congregation and then going home for Shabbat dinner. This includes reading Proverbs 31 over his wife and blessing his children, it also includes special foods like Challah bread and wine. Then they might go to a nature reserve to spend some time learning about the Land of Israel and then it’s home for a family-friendly movie. Later, Chaim meets with a mens group he’s part of, then wakes up early on Sunday to do a fitness workout and then be in the office by 0900.

Chaim concludes the video by asking his viewers to share in the comments section about their weekend routine.

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(Day 540) Swords of Iron – “What Color is a Jew?”

Chaim starts out by saying that the IDF is hard at work keeping Israel safe and trying for a quiet weekend, which he says Israel needs in order to recuperate. At the same time, he notes that in Gaza, leaflets were distributed advising the residents to move away from areas that were about to be attacked. There have even been instances when an individual who wasn’t moving out of a building that was about to be struck was called and convinced to leave just before the strike came and destroyed that building. Chaim says this is an example of how the IDF is serious and its warnings should be taken seriously.

(Day 539) Swords of Iron – “Shabbat peace as the storm rages”

The video begins with a montage of combat footage that Chaim has taken before the scene changes to Chaim welcoming in the Sabbath with a group of other soldiers, obviously in battlefield conditions. The Jewish soldiers are all heavily armed and wearing full combat gear, but they are singing, praying and eating the Shabbat meal together just the same.

(Day 538) Swords of Iron – “The Waiting Game”

Chaim starts off by talking about ballistic missile attacks by the Houthis on Jerusalem, and says that as bad as they are, it was much worse before Israel had the Iron Dome and other air defense systems. Chaim also concedes that these systems are very expensive but he mentions the “Iron Beam” laser which will shoot down incoming missiles for a fraction of the cost, and soon everyone will want it.

(Day 537) Swords of Iron – USA Stealth bombers head toward Iran and Yemen

Chaim starts by talking about how the US military is deploying assets to Diego Garcia, a British-owned island in the Indian Ocean which also serves as a major hub for US military operations in the Middle East. Chaim says that all this firepower might soon be unleashed on the Houthis in Yemen, who have no way of defending against it. But the other major target is Iran, and some of their strategic assets are deep underground where even the American mili might have a hard time getting at them. Chaim says that Iran is showing this capability off to the world, clearly hoping to intimidate and discourage the US and Israel rom striking, but that is very unlikely to be successful.

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