Shmuel also brought with him a sampling of the sushi that they make in his restaurant .

and

(IsraelNN.com) ...that the Obama administration and leftist Israeli politicians will try to internationalize holy sites in Jerusalem -- and he vowed to fight the move. Netanyahu told the audience...The term "Holy Basin" refers to the area of the Temple Mount, the Mount of Olives, Mount Zion and a variety of Christian holy sites which the administration of former U.S. President Bill Clinton recommended be administered under a "special regime."

and now for some better news, if you haven’t heard...:

 :Tests confirmed that the 5,500 meters deep Tamar-1 reservoir, off the Mediterranean coast of Haifa, contains at least 88 billion cu.m of gas, three times the amount discovered off the coast of Ashkelon. Yitzhak Tshuva, of Delek said the find could solve Israel’s energy problems for decades to come and reduce its dependence on outside sources.

And now a word I learned with my son Shlomo Zalman, In each of the Makot before the one of  grasshopper, Hashem tells Moshe whats going on and what to tell Pharoh.  Here he doesn’t.  How does Moshe know about the plague of grasshoppers ?  

The Kli Yakor asks and answers this question.  

It was obvious to Moshe that the next plague had to eliminate the little bit of food that was left in the field from the hail.  The hail only affected the trees and the fruits, the wheat and the kusemet were still around.  Only the grasshoppers could destroy that.  The fact that Hashem said he has hardened the heart of also the servants, only in the plague of Hail and grasshoppers, showed Moshe clearly that grasshoppers had to be next...

Have a greeeeaaaaaat.... 

Shab-bass

Rb Yossi Ponak