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Friday, April 20, 2012

RABBI MEIR KAHANE: Parashat Shemini - The Meaning of Life




Blessing before studying Torah:

Blessed are You, Hashem our G-d, King of the universe, Who has made us holy through His commandments, and commanded us to actively study Torah.

Please Hashem, our G-d, sweeten the words of Your Torah in our mouths and in the mouths of all Your people Israel. May we and our offspring, and our offspring's offspring, and all the offspring of Your people, the House of Israel, may we all, together, know Your Name and study Your Torah for the sake of fulfilling Your desire. Blessed are You, Hashem, Who teaches Torah to His people Israel.

Blessed are You, Hashem our G-d, King of the universe, Who chose us from all the nations, and gave us the Torah. Blessed are You, Hashem, Giver of the Torah.

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Commentary by Rabbi Meir Kahane OBM:
Parashat Shemini - The Meaning of Life

The sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, each took his fire pan, they put fire in them and placed incense upon it; and they brought before Hashem an alien fire that He had not commanded them. A fire came forth from before Hashem and consumed them, and they died before Hashem. (Lev. 10:1-2)


Dear friend, open your mouth wide and I will fill it with a major, albeit harsh, principle from the Torah of life: Since life on this earth is only a vestibule for the banquet hall which is the World-to-Come, only an instrument of G-d whose purpose is to bring man and the world to holiness and the yoke of G-d's kingdom, and since true life occurs only in the World-to-Come, the world of truth, it follows that in order to attain this goal and teach people fundamental lessons, G-d sometimes shortens peoples' lives.

Sometimes, those who pass away are righteous, innocent persons, even children and infants,and the fools and the “dead” who move around among us see in it only cruelty, or even lack of logic, direction and Divine conduct in the world. Life was given to man as a loan, a loan that he must pay off when the time comes, and that he is not entitled to refuse. As our sages said (Avot, end of Ch. 4): Perforce you were formed and perforce you were born; perforce you live, perforce you shall die, and perforce you have to give a strict account before the Supreme King of Kings, the Holy One, blessed be He. The two sons of R. Meir and his wife Beruriah died. Our sages describe how Beruriah acted before revealing the tragedy to her husband (Yalkut Shimoni, Mishlei 964): Beruriah set food before R. Meir. After he had eaten she said, “Master, I have a question to ask. Someone previously gave me a deposit to take care of for him. Now he has come to reclaim it. Should I return it or not?” R. Meir replied, “Daughter, if someone has a deposit, is he not obligated to return it to its owner?” She then said, “I would not return it without your knowledge.” Taking his hand, she brought him up to the bedroom. She pulled back the bed sheets and he saw his two sons lying there deceased. He began to cry and said, “My sons, my sons! My teachers, my teachers! My sons in proper behavior. My teachers in that they would enlighten me with their Torah.” At that moment she said, “Master, did you not tell me that we must return a deposit to its owner? 'The L-rd gave and the L-rd has taken away. Blessed be the name of the L-rd' (Job 1:21).”

Life is nothing but a deposit from G-d. It is decreed that one should live a specific length of time, and during that time he should fulfill the mission incumbent on him. Like anyone guarding a deposit, a person must guard his life, neither damaging nor making improper use of it. When the time comes, he must return it to its owner. Man's life on earth is exceedingly short; it passes in the blink of an eye. On the one hand, it is qualitatively of enormous importance, for only through it can a person fulfill the duty for which he was created. On the other hand, however, how brief and transient life is! It is compared to “the potsherd that breaks, the grass that withers, the flower that fades, the shadow that passes, the cloud that vanishes, the breeze that blows, the dust that floats, the dream that flies away” (U'Netaneh Tokef). Our true, eternal existence is in the World-to-Come, not here on earth. As our sages said (Avot 4:16), “This world is like a vestibule before the World-to-Come. Prepare yourself in the vestibule so that you may enter the banquet hall.” This carries both encouragement and a warning, and we must assimilate the whole message with pure acceptance of the yoke of Heaven. A person must understand his mission on earth and the idea that life was given only to fulfill that mission. He must understand how brief and transient life is and how much emptiness pervades it. Once he understands these things, he will recognize that he need not fear either the day or moment of death as long as he pursues life by accepting the yoke of Heaven and being constantly ready to sanctify G-d's name through self-sacrifice. If someone has attained immortality by doing G-d's will, what does he lose if he suddenly leaves this world? One should not delude oneself into viewing longevity as an end in itself. The main thing is life's quality: how a person lives. Does he attain true life as defined by G-d? When a person exists on this earth without accepting the yoke of Heaven and without readiness to sacrifice his life to sanctify G-d's name, that is not “life” at all, but a bestial existence.

By contrast, if someone's life was cut off in its prime through his sacrificing himself, that person was alive before, he is still alive now, and he will remain alive forever in the World-to-Come. The wise person who understands G-d's ways and Torah will thus never fear. He will always be ready to sacrifice his life to sanctify G-d's name, and precisely in this way, to continue living. When G-d wishes to demonstrate how great, awesome and just He is, He shows no favoritism even to the righteous. He killed the two sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, who were righteous (and not only did He kill them, but He took their souls on the most joyous and holy day, that of the Tabernacle's dedication). What great suffering was caused to Aaron, their father, and Elisheva, their mother! Dear reader, let us consider our grave duty to fear G-d. As explained above, G-d will sometimes take a person before his time to teach a profound idea that will sanctify His name. G-d's doing so involves no cruelty whatsoever. On the one hand, life on this earth is short and fleeting. It is not eternal. If someone dies young, as much as a tragedy it is for his relatives and friends, he is really only leaving this earth a few years before he would have anyway. On the other hand, someone whom G-d kills to teach that person's nation and contemporaries and the world a Divine lesson that will sanctify G-d's name, thereby ascends to greatness. Our sages said (Vayikra Rabbah 2:1), “Ten things are called precious... From whence do we know that the death of the saintly is among them? It says, 'Precious in the sight of the L-rd is the death of His saints'(Ps. 116:5).” Thus, those saints who die to sanctify G-d's name are precious, and their death is precious.

G-d suffered greatly for having killed Nadab and Abihu, who were righteous. As our sages said (Bamidbar Rabbah 2:23): “Nadab and Abihu died before the L-rd” (Num. 3:4): The Torah's mentioning their death in several places teaches that G-d was sorrowful because Aaron's sons were dear to Him. Likewise it says, “I will be sanctified through those close to Me (Lev. 10:3).Vayikra Rabbah (20:10) says, “The death of Nadab and Abihu was twice as hard on G-d as it was on their father.” R. Eliezer HaModai says (Sifri, Pinchas 137): Consider how dear the righteous are before G-d. Wherever it mentions their death it mentions the sin that led to it as well. Why does it go to such lengths? To avoid giving mankind the pretext to say that righteous men died because they had acted corruptly in secret. Thus, in four places it mentions the death of Aaron's sons, and in each it mentions their sin to make known that they had no sin but this. One should be aware that in all four places where G-d mentions Nadab and Abihu's sin, He points to the strange fire that they brought in the Holy of Holies. This was their sin, as noted in previous sources. When they saw the fire descend, they became excited and followed their own Halachah that it was a mitzvah to bring regular fire as well. They wished to stress the connection between G-d's holiness and that of man. At the root of all this was their desire to enter the Holy of Holies, to commune there with G-d, and to offer an incense that would be accepted. Although Nadab and Abihu were righteous and wished to come close to G-d, the outcome of their deed was the diminishing of G-d's glory and of Israel's reverence for Him. Hence G-d made Nadab and Abihu an eternal example, an everlasting reminder of the crucial principle that we must demonstrate fear of G-d through reverence for the Temple: This is what G-d meant when He said, 'I will be sanctified through those close to Me, and thus glorified before all the people.' Aaron remained silent (Lev. 10:3).

Besides the general reverence all are obligated to feel, there are concrete limitations on a persons' entering the Temple, depending on who he is. If he is and Israelite, his being pure or impure has a bearing, as does the type of impurity, itself. If he is and ordinary Kohen, his being physically blemished, not cutting his hair or wearing torn clothes has a bearing. If he is the Kohen Gadol, he faces other limitations when he enters the Holy of Holies once each year. Although the reason for these limitations is the levels of holiness within these boundaries,entering in opposition to that holiness indicates a lack of fear of G-d, the levels of holiness having been fixed chiefly so man would experience that fear. What emerges from all this is that G-d gave us life to perform a specific task, and created man to fulfill that task and bring the world holiness, purity, humility, fear of Heaven and acceptance of G-d's yoke. This being the case, when the times demand it, G-d might also remove someone from this earth to teach a specific idea. We need not mourn such a person. Rather we must stand silently as did Aaron and accept sentence. We must transcend our natural sorrow and be joyful about this exalted soul. G-d's holy ones are likewise adored and lauded through this, for by their early deaths theycomplete their role on this wretched earth in holiness and acceptance of the yoke of Heaven, and there is nothing greater than that. No exit from this earth could be more exalted.

Thursday, March 22, 2012

RABBI MEIR KAHANE: Parashat Vayikra - Burn your pride

B"H

Blessing before studying Torah (one needs to say this blessing only *once* in the day:)

Blessed are You, Hash-m our G-d, King of the universe, Who has made us holy through Your commandments, and commanded us to actively study Torah.

May it be Your Will, Hash-m our G-d, to sweeten the words of Your Torah in our mouths and in the mouths of all Your people Israel. May we and our offspring, and our offspring's offspring, and all the offspring of Your people, the House of Israel, may we all, together, know Your Name and study Your Torah for the sake of fulfilling Your desire. Blessed are You, Hash-m, Who teaches Torah to Your people Israel.

Blessed are You, Hash-m our G-d, King of the universe, Who chose us from all the nations, and gave us the Torah. Blessed are You, Hash-m, Giver of the Torah.

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Parashat Vayikra - Burn your pride –
Commentaire par Rabbi Meir Kahane OBM

When you offer a meal offering that is baked in an oven, it shall be of fine flour: unleavened loaves [matzot] mixed with oil, or unleavened wafers [matzot] smeared with oil. If your offering is a meal offering on the pan, it shall be of fine flour mixed with oil, it shall be unleavened [matza]. (Parashat Vayikra, Lev. 2:4-5).

Chametz and other forms of leaven symbolize the evil impulse and arrogance, for yeast inflates dough and turns it into chametz. Se'or [a type of leaven or yeast] derives from sa'ar, storm, for it agitates dough and makes it rise. Just so, the evil impulse and arrogance inflate humble man to visions of grandeur, power and pride: “May the L-rd cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaks proud things!... 'For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise,' says the L-rd; I will save them from him who inflates himself” (Psalms 12:4,6. The haughty person who talks grandly, “inflates himself”.

Theft and wickedness, conceived in arrogance, are called chometz, which means vinegar: “Seek justice, support the victim of theft [chamotz]” (Isaiah 1:17); and “Rescue me out of the hand of the wicked, out of the grasp of the unrighteous and ruthless [chometz] man” (Psalms 71:4. Clearly, chomes/chamsan [robber, oppressor] derives from chometz, as well. This is because chometz connotes that which is spoiled, just as wine vinegar is made from spoiled wine. In the same way, our sages called the evildoer whose father was righteous, “vinegar [chometz], son of wine.”

It must be added that while chametz is a symbol of haughtiness, chametz's opposite, matza [unleavened bread], is called in Scripture “lechem oni” - bread of hardship (Deut. 16:3). On the one hand, Rashi explains “oni” as being related to aniyut (poverty) and inui (affliction): “Bread reminiscent of the poverty suffered in Egypt.” This jibes with the verses, “I have indeed seen the suffering of My people” (Ex. 3:7) and “You saw the affliction of our ancestors in Egypt” (Nehemia 9:9), and surely “oni” and “inui” derive from the same root. Together with this, however, there is another meaning. Matza comes in opposition to chametz. Chametz symbolizes the bread of the wealthy man with his haughty dream of attaining wealth and honor, whereas matza symbolizes the bread of the lowly, modest man. Thus “lechem oni”, rendered above as the “bread of hardship”, can mean “the bread of the humble man” (anav). Another mitzvah was given to Israel as an everlasting reminder against arrogance and conceit, namely, the prohibition against consuming non-kosher fat:

“All the fat is the L-rd's. It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings, that you shall eat neither fat nor blood.” (Parashat Vayikra, Lev. 3:16-17). The fact that “all the fat is the L-rd's” is a clear hint that wealth and honor are befitting only for G-d, fat symbolizing these. Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I will give you the good of the land of Egypt and you shall eat the fat of the land.” (Gen. 45:18). Moreover, Ibn Ezra comments that in “all the chelev of the oil and all the chelev of the wine and the corn” (Num. 18:12), chelev connotes “the choicest and the best”. Fatness symbolizes health and strength, as in Pharaoh's dream [of the seven fat and seven gaunt cows].

Thus, the wealth, honor, beauty and splendor symbolized by chelev belong only to G-d. They are becoming only to Him, because all these traits are His. Even beyond this, however, chelev, fatness here on earth, is nothing but a symbol of conceit and the pursuit of pleasure, wealth and honor: “Their obese hearts have they shut tight, their mouths speak proudly” (Psalms 17:10); “Their eyes protrude from obesity , they are gone beyond the imaginations of their heart” (Ibid., 73:7); and “Their heart is gross like fat, but I delight in Your law” (Ibid., 119:70). [See also] Rambam (Issurei HaMizbeach 7:11): Whoever wishes merit should suppress his evil impulse and show generosity by bringing his offering from the choicest of the species in question. The Torah says, “And Abel also offered some of the firstborn of his flock, from the fattest ones [chelbehen]. And the L-rd paid heed to Abel and his offering”(Gen. 4:4). Chelev connotes the choicest, plumpest, richest animal specimen. It thus symbolizes the human pride which compels man toward wealth, honor and the cravings of this world. Hence, we are not only obligated to sacrifice the choicest animal specimen but to take its fat, the symbol of pride and what is best and most desirable, and give it to G-d. Through our readiness to donate to G-d the most important part, we rid ourselves of pride, proclaiming, “All the fat is the L-rd's!”

It follows that both chametz and chelev are symbols of pride. Still, there is a difference between them. Chametz symbolizes the egotism which entices a person toward the haughty pursuit of wealth and honor. Since it symbolizes the root and source of evil, it has no place on G-d's altar, the symbol of holiness, free of all arrogance. By contrast, chelev symbolizes wealth and honor that a person has already attained and through which he is liable to become haughty. Therefore, a man is obligated to demonstrate the suppression of his evil impulse through his willingness to donate this symbol of pride and burn it.

It is true that G-d does not reject wealth. Like everything else G-d made, man can use it for good or evil, and it is certainly possible to direct wealth toward good ends. Certainly wealth is not evil per se, despite those false religions that wax pious in their condemnation of it. Money is neither good nor bad. If we use it to build the Temple and to do mitzvot, it is good. If, however, it is put in service of arrogance and lust, nothing could be worse. Not only does man's egotism drive him to pursue wealth, but that wealth turns him into an even more conceited evildoer. It is a vicious cycle. One of our most important principles is: “To the L-rd belongs the earth and everything in it.” (Ps. 24:1). Everything belongs to G-d, and nothing that ostensibly belongs to man is really his. Rather, it is only given to him to use. The concept of holiness provides a concrete example to help us understand the essence of property here on earth – that it belongs exclusively to G-d, and not to man.

What does Scripture say of him who makes unwarranted use of Temple property? He shall bring as his guilt-offering to the L-rd, a [two-year-old] unblemished ram with a prescribed value of [at least] two silver shekels, according to the sanctuary standard. He must make restitution for taking something that was holy and shall add a fifth. (Parashat Vayikra, Lev. 5:15-16). The reason he must add precisely a fifth is that it fits the crime. This person was obligated to give up to a fifth of “his” property, as it were, to charity: “In giving charity, one should lavish no more than a fifth of his wealth” (Ketuvot 67b). In doing so, he would have demonstrated G-d's ownership over his property. Instead, he stole Temple property. Hence, he must pay a fifth as he should have done of his “own” property, so to speak. Among the nations and the alien culture, all sorts of outlooks have been formed regarding property, and despite the superficial differences between them, all are based on the perception that the world and property belong to man. In this regard, there is no difference between what the non-Jews call “Capitalism”, “Socialism” or “Communism”. Whether a non-Jew argues that property is a private possession or argues that it belongs to society, he means that it is the property of man. Not so G-d, Whose Torah states that everything belongs to Him, and that property and possessions were given to mankind only for use. Thus, when G-d decrees that we must give tzedakah, it is our duty to do so. Tzedakah does not at all come from the property of the wealthy man. He has no ownership whatsoever over what is given him by Heaven. Such is our sages' intent in Avot 3:7 : “Give to G-d of His own, for you and yours are His”.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

RABBI MEIR KAHANE: Parashat Bo – No concessions!


Blessing before studying Torah:

Blessed are You, Hashem our G-d, King of the universe, Who has made us holy through His commandments, and commanded us to actively study Torah.

Please Hashem, our G-d, sweeten the words of Your Torah in our mouths and in the mouths of all Your people Israel. May we and our offspring, and our offspring's offspring, and all the offspring of Your people, the House of Israel, may we all, together, know Your Name and study Your Torah for the sake of fulfilling Your desire. Blessed are You, Hashem, Who teaches Torah to His people Israel.

Blessed are You, Hashem our G-d, King of the universe, Who chose us from all the nations, and gave us the Torah. Blessed are You, Hashem, Giver of the Torah.
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G-d's name cannot be sanctified through concession or compromise. The essence of Kiddush Hashem is complete trust in G-d, without the least fear of mortal man. The moment a person is ready to concede, when crowning G-d Supreme King would require total submission by the non-Jew [in this case, Pharaoh], his concession robs G-d of complete sovereignty. And if his concession stems from any kind of fear, his sin is sevenfold.
After nine Plagues which brought wicked Pharaoh and his land to the brink of collapse, that evildoer finally broke down: “Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, 'Go – serve the L-rd, only your flocks and herds stay behind. Let your little ones also go with you'”(Ex. 10:24)

Should this not have been a source of great joy? Could Moses not agree? Israel had been slaves and foreigners for 210 years. Now the violent despot had capitulated, opening the prison gates. With the light of freedom shining on them, could it be that due to this one minor condition, “only your flocks and herds stay behind”, Moses would remain stubborn? Must freedom and tranquility be postponed for the sake of flocks and cattle? If this small concession is the price for going out from servitude to redemption, why not pay it? Yet Moses responded: “You yourself must give us sacrifices and burnt-offerings that we may sacrifice unto the L-rd our G-d. Our cattle also shall go with us. There shall not be a hoof be left behind.” (Ex. 10:25-26). G-d's main purpose in redeeming Israel from Egypt was much more profound than just to redeem them from slavery. G-d wished to prove to Pharaoh, his kingdom and his world, all of whom arrogantly proclaim, “I do not know the L-rd” (Ex. 5:2), that there indeed exists a G-d in Israel, Whose kingdom rules over all, that indeed , all life is in His hands. The point of the Exodus was for G-d's name to be magnified and exalted. Kiddush Hashem! The Torah teaches us that when Kiddush Hashem is at stake, there are no concessions or compromises. In our own modest times, who is wise enough to grasp this?

Another halachic principle applying to Kiddush and Chilul Hashem is this: Kiddush Hashem must be performed triumphantly and shamelessly. Kiddush Hashem on a national level cannot possibly take place in secret. The very idea of sanctifying G-d's name is something that must be done before nations. When it is performed in secret out of fear, it turns into Chilul Hashem and is better off not being done at all. After Moses rejected Pharaoh's compromise, Egypt was struck by the terrible tenth Plague, the smiting of the firstborn. “There was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where there was not one dead.” (Ex. 12:30). In panic, in the middle of the night, Pharaoh totally capitulated and called to Moses, “Rise up, get you forth from among my people, both you and the Children of Israel...Take both your flocks and your herds, as you have said” (Ibid., 31-32). Pharaoh wished Moses to leave right then, in the middle of the night! It was now clear that the oppressive foe had totally capitulated. This was unconditional victory. The men, women, children, sheep and cattle – all would leave. Ostensibly, Moses should have agreed and right then and there marched the myriads of Israel to freedom. Yet G-d's thinking is different from our own: “G-d said to Moses, 'Shall you take My children out at night? You shall not! Take them out openly, at midday!” (Shemot Rabbah, 18:10). Moses said to Pharaoh, “Are we thieves that we should leave by night? We shall leave triumphantly, for all of Egypt to see!” (Tanchuma, Bo, 7). Similarly, we find in Mechilta (Bo, Mesechta DePischa, 13): Moses said to him,'We have been warned to leave only publicly:”None of you shall exit the door of his house until morning”'(Ex. 12:22).

This principle is so important that R. Akiva rules (Pesachim 120b) that the Korban Pesach, the offering brought the day before Pesach – symbol of the redemption – may be eaten until morning, when Israel “made haste” (Ex. 12:11), to recall that the true redemption was precisely then, out in the open. This goes without saying, because Kiddush Hashem demands “openness”, without slyness or stealth. Compromise, secrecy and stealth are the complete opposite of Kiddush Hashem, whose whole purpose is to demonstrate to the world that “There is no wisdom nor counsel nor understanding against the L-rd” (Prov. 21:30). Our sages said (Sifri, Ha'azinu, 337): Because the Egyptians were saying ...”If we see them, we will not let them go”, G-d said, “ I shall take them out at midday, and let whoever has the power to protest it do so!”It also says, “on the day after the Pesach sacrifice, the Israelites left triumphantly in the sight of all the Egyptians” (Num. 33:3, Onkelos)

Should your evil impulse whisper that by virtue of Torah study and mitzvah performance we will be able to ignore the Chilul Hashem that daily visits the G-d of Israel and His land, be aware that it is not so.

Our times constitute the beginning of the redemption and the footsteps of the Messiah. G-d, in His kindness, in preparation for speedy redemption, presently demands of us Kiddush Hashem of the sort based in faith and trust in Him. Yet we, our children and our elders have sunk in the mire of exile, and have raised up on a miserable banner the fear and degradation of “It is forbidden to provoke the nations”. This theme, whose sorrowful conception and birth are in the exile, constitute a humiliating affront to our people, and worse, a profanation of the great name of the Supreme King.Israel's defeat is, so to speak, G-d's defeat as well. Israel's fear of the non-Jew proves G-d's “weakness” and inability to vanquish His people's enemies. Thus, lack of bitachon [trust in G-d] on the part of the nation [of Israel] is a sin that cannot be atoned for.

As Rashi wrote (Ezek. 39:7), “Israel's lowliness is a Chilul Hashem, for men say that Israel are the L-rd's people, yet He cannot save them” (see Ezek. 36:20) Whenever a Jew is harmed, let alone murdered, whenever the Jewish people and the Land of Israel are cursed and reviled [...] this constitutes a terrible, unatonable Chilul Hashem. Every attempt, and certainly every act of abandoning parts of the Land of Israel to the nations is likewise a shocking Chilul Hashem. Yet since the issue is open, caustic and deliberate Chilul Hashem [...] and there is no government and no army and no governmental body – these being obligated by the Torah to go out and protest the profanation- or that such bodies do exist but they are unwilling to fulfill their obligation, then it is certainly the individual's duty [...] to blot out, devotedly and with protest, the Chilul Hashem.

Monday, January 23, 2012

BENADOR: Israel's worst nightmare: Judeophobic Godless Zionism


“Moses built an altar and called it “Hashem is My Miracle”; and he said, “For the hand is on the throne of God: Hashem maintains a war against Amalek, from generation to generation.” Shemot/Exodus, Parashat Beshalach, 17:15

IDF "JUSTICE" FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE HAS BEEN SERVED

Once again, the IDF court has rewarded a Muslim Palestinian terrorist with five-life sentences for the Itamar massacre committed last year, in March 2011, where five members of the Fogel family had their throats slit.

This comes as an unwelcome reminder that recently, the Israeli government released 1,027 Muslim Palestinian terrorists, suicide-bombers, terror-planners in exchange for one single soldier.

Now, the IDF generals find nothing better than give a five-life sentence to this terrorist, the same one handed down last September to his cousin and accomplice in the crime.

This means a lease on their lives -until, G-d forbid, the next one-million dollar soldier will be caught by the savages, kept hostage, and his dignity and life violated, waiting for the time when another leftist Israeli government will need to “distract” attention and release these two and at least another nine hundred ninety eight more terrorists.



As the massacre happened, the Israeli government did not retaliate. Instead, they approved construction of 400 housing unites in four towns in Judea and Samaria. The Palestinian Authority and the United States condemned the plan.

It’s as if though the Israeli government and the IDF are planning on making things get worse by the day for the security of the Jewish population living in the country.

Ironically, to defend their country, the liberal godless erev rav cannot even count on their own offspring, because of their un-patriotic education they are giving them. The erev rav or mixed multitude’s offspring don’t even have a notion of what patriotism is.
They are rather taught to defend more the rights of an enemy waiting to slit their throats -rather than to defend the Land of Israel and the Children of Israel.

But, *who* is defending the Land of Israel, the Land G-d gave to the Jews?

There are the compulsory, yet liberal soldiers who would much rather be roaming the night clubs in corrupted Tel Aviv. But there are also, some willing, Israel- and G-d-loving Israeli soldiers.

And, then there are the worldwide volunteer idealistic young men and women who do not hesitate to risk their young lives to defend the Land G-d gave to the Jewish people. These, are the true heroes.

Those lone soldiers are the ones who abandon the comfort of their homes, families, friends, and with their ideals in their hands, travel to Israel and join the IDF.

THE TRUTH ABOUT JOINING THE IDF

What happens when those valiant heroes participate in life during their service in the IDF? It’s something each individual must think about before deciding to join the IDF -and so should their parents and families.

While it is important to defend the State of Israel per se, it is also of utmost importance to consider what could be the intrinsic consequences of joining in the IDF.

Are you ready to think that once in the middle of the night you, your son/daughter, will be brought with his/her brother/sisters-in-arms to evacuate Jews who have been peacefully sleeping, and evict them from their homes, regardless if they are nursing babies, if they are children, if they are old or disabled...?

Are you ready to think that your child may be one night looking on at some crying Jews watching other, ruthless, heartless, godless “Jews” demolish their homes...? Are you ready for that?

I have been the mother of an IDF soldier, who supported her child’s wishes and dream to “serve with them” and protect the Jewish people in Israel....

But as I told once directly Chief Rabbi Rafi Peretz during a visit to my City: “I did not raise my child so that every night I would be dreading he will be asked to evict Jews from their homes and have that child of mine watch impassive while some Jews cry and other Jews demolish their homes... No, I did not raise my child for that...”

The IDF Chief Rabbi, Rafi Peretz did not answer. My child is no longer in the IDF. So, I can now speak up, loud and clear, so the Erev Rav, the mixed multitude, and IDF Chief Rabbi Peretz can clearly read this and learn that we know who they are and why they are doing this.

Something else to bear in mind before you join or one of your children joins the IDF, is that there is a one-million dollar bounty on the head of IDF soldiers, and if, G-d forbid, the unthinkable would happen, any of them could become the exchange for the release of over 1,000 terrorists that are being kept in good shape in Israeli prisons, waiting for the day of their freedom -as soon as yet another Likud, Labor or Kadima government, whose differences are minimal and their commonalities are huge, will need to use that tool to distract attention from their corrupted policies.

Should a Torah-abiding and G-d-loving Jewish parent rather have his/her child go to prison for disobeying orders, than having him or her lift a hand against or stand idly by while Jews are cruelly attacked by other Jews?

A good Jew above all, defends G-d’s Gift to the Jewish People, the Land of Israel, and not those who want their annihilation.

CHANGE THE NAME OF IDF FOR ISRAEL ARMED FORCES

IDF is an arm of the Zionist godless Israeli establishment since the independence of the State of Israel whose views were so liberal from the beginning, that when Israel had barely won its independence, the best thing they found to do, was to name the Israeli Army, Israeli “Defense” Forces, thus positioning themselves as victims who need to ‘defend’ themselves forgetting that they could be the heirs to King David.

The liberal notion of goodness implies that you give your other cheek when someone hits you and then, pray to idols hoping for the best. That’s not what life is about.

G-d not only says it so in the Torah. He gave us infinite elements to understand that life on this Earth was not going to be a peaceful life -unless we make it peaceful. And, how so? Simply by accepting that there are strong people and countries, and weak people and countries, and that as such, there will be winners and losers. There is no equality in this world. And, wherever you turn you can see it. If you look at the animal kingdom, the cut is clear: Strong, survive. Weak, perish.

Why do mankind think that the law is different for us? Look at a newborn: What happens as soon as the baby is born? Will the baby stand up and start walking just as other mammals from the animal kingdom? No.

Life is a test. Life is a struggle. And peace just as love, is to be achieved through effort, fights for survival. Let us not get confused here, the liberal notions that corrupt our soul and confuse our minds and dampen our hearts, are suicidal positions that cannot lead ourselves, as individuals or as societies, to any kind of peace or achievement, but a suicidal surrender to enemies that only look for our demise.

TEL AVIV, WORLD'S BEST GAY CITY

“Let not the Land disgorge you for having contaminated it, as it disgorged the nation that was before you. For if anyone commits any of these abominations, the people doing so will be cut off from among their people.... I am Hashem, your God.” Vayikra/Leviticus, Parashat Acharei, 18:28

In a godless world, there are no barriers, nothing stops the corruption of the soul, because everything goes, except maybe murder and only because there is actual physical damage that can be seen and no one can escape that reality.

It is therefore, easy under those circumstances, sadly, to understand the prominence of Tel Aviv as best gay city in the world, overpassing New York.

JUDEOPHOBIC ZIONISM

The post-Zionist narrative actively imposed and promoted by former IDF warriors from the elite Sayeret Matkal, Netanyahu, Ehud Barak in conjunction with Gideon Sa’ar, the Minister of Education and their ilk, continue promoting the post-Zionist narrative that comprises a globalist perspective that does not value Jewish nationalism and rejects patriotism as retrograde and is even racist against Jews.

But, that’s nothing new. These people, instead of aiming at the establishment and restoration of the real G-d and Torah abiding Jewish nation in the Land of Israel, they aim to destroy and disrupt the process.

Sometimes one may hear them speak as if they were Torah-abiding Jews, like Netanyahu, who publicly proclaimed that he is organizing a Torah class at his home. But, their actions are what actually matter, because in the end they defend more the enemy than their own country and people.

All their “make-believe” effort in the world, will never unveil an authentic commitment to the Jewish people or to the Torah, because instead of fighting the real enemy nations, they choose to go after the faithful of Israel - as it is mentioned in the Zohar (I/25).

Thus, the mision of the corrupted erev rav, the mixed multitude that is now at the helm of the Zionist Judeophobic Israeli government, is to put barriers and delay the path to rebuilding Jerusalem and to achieve the redemption of Israel.

This places the burden on the shoulders of Torah and G-d abiding Jews who should sow the seeds so that in a few hundred years the Kingdom of Israel should be established with its G-d Given Borders, and allow a successor of King David rule in the Land of G-d.

The opinions expressed in this article are exclusively the author’s.

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Monday, December 5, 2011

BENADOR: Maspik! Israel belongs to G-d and Not to the Erev Rav...!!!

“Let them be put to shame and dismayed for ever; and let them be put to shame, and perish. That men may know that you alone, whose name is the Lord, are the most high over all the earth.” Psalm 83

Last week, the liberal JTA, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, reported Hussein Obama’s recent visit to attend a fundraiser in New York, hosted by Jack Rosen, chairman of the American Jewish Congress. Mr. Obama took the opportunity to declare that Israel is the “most important ally of the United States,” JTA headlined the piece “Obama touts his pro-Israel credentials...” Really!

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Perfect timing for the publication of the above piece, as it enlightens with utmost clarity the thesis of this article. Those who may think the issue is here with Mr. Hussein Obama, will be disappointed to find that attention will rather given to the real culprits in the eternal mess between Israel and the Jewish People with the outer world.

Netanyahu Government Demolishes Synagogue

And, in the most recent of the long string of treacherous attacks perpetrated against their own people, we learned that last Thursday night, the Israeli Government has hired Arabs to demolish the synagogue of Itamar where a beautiful Holocaust surviving Torah had just been dedicated a few days earlier by the organization led by the indefatigable Helen Friedman, Americans For a Safe Israel (AFSI)... The Netanyahu government perpetrated that crime at the same place where five members of the Fogel family had been massacred...

So, what is actually going on in Israel? How come are the authorities so intent in zapping the religious Jews.

A liberal-progressive-fascist conspiracy to take over the world is actively moving ahead -with the added bonus of Islamism or radical Islam sharing in the quest for world domination.

Likewise, the deterioration of the situation in Israel is definitely going from bad to worse as the government incessantly and increasingly takes measures that will benefit and protect more the enemy than their own -religious.

Facts

Sticking to facts is essential to report on History or simple facts of life. As such, the fact that the Torah is the G-d given book of guidance in life given to His Children, the Jewish People, is that: a fact. It is also a fact that the name “Israel” was first mentioned by G-d in His Book, the Torah, just as much as it was also G-d who mentioned for the first time ever, the word “sion” now also spelled ‘zion”. It is also a fact that, while G-d mentions by their name, in the Torah, many of the main nations of the world, the only one He actually creates in full, is Israel. It is also a fact that Israel is the only nation in the world whose country received precise G-d Given Borders.

Therefore it is impressive to find the massive number of individuals whose rabid, secular, liberal, godless approach to life has become the worst enemy the Jewish People in Israel and worldwide have.

The Erev Rav or The Fake Jew


It is the evil within, the Erev Rav or Fake Jew. It was the fake Jews who turned their back on G-d as, impatient, when Moses was away to receive G-d’s Commandments, they went back to idolatry. As a result 3,000 idolaters were killed.

When Shaul HaMelech [King Samuel] was given strict orders by Shmuel HaNavi [Shmuel The Prophet] not to take back any spoils -meaning that no captors were to be taken alive and they were all to be killed. Unfortunately, not everyone listened and amongst the captors was a king named Amalek. Amalek had offspring, that Torah observant Jews are still struggling against, until this day.



Ever since then, time and again, we find that same polluting weed. And, so began a long-standing story of deceit, ambition and greed, one which until now is being kept as much as possible far from public knowledge. These are some of the incredible facts that the public at large ignores.

Ignorance has been the cause of mistaken beliefs among Jews for decades. It’s time to shed light and set the record straight.

Theodore Herzl, considered the father of modern political Zionism and the mastermind behind the establishment of modern Israel, was a virulent anti-Semite, who wanted to convert the Jews of Vienna, ‘en masse’, to Catholicism, and to that effect had already established contact with the Pope Pius X.

These are the words of Theodor Herzl (from his personal Diary), Zionist Leader and founder of the Zionist Congress: "I consider myself an average, modern Jew, and am not shaken from converting to Christianity. I give praise to every Jewish Parent that decides to convert to Christianity. I have a son, whom would sooner convert to Christianity rather than tomorrow, so that he would start being a Christian as soon as possible, and to spare him the injuries and discrimination I have suffered, and will continue to suffer because I am a Jew."

And these are the words of Ze'ev Jabotinsky, another one of the revered Zionist leaders and hater of Judaism as the overwhelming majority of Zionists were: "In the National Home, we will declare those Jews who fail to rid themselves of the rust of the exile, and refuse to shave-of their beards and locks (a religious Jewish trademark - Song of Solomon 5/11.. "His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.") as second-class citizens. We will not give them the right to vote!"

Herzl died in 1904. Jabotinsky died in 1940.

May 1948, the Independence of Israel takes place. The first Prime Minister is David Ben-Gurion. He belonged to Mapai, the Workers’ Party and which was the left-wing of the political life in the Land of Israel until the Labor Party appeared, in 1968.

However, in June 1948, a month after the Independence of Israel, David Ben-Gurion gave orders to Yitzhak Rabin to fire on the Altalena ship, filled with Jewish Irgun patriots.

Besides, the Erev Rav Ben Gurion sent tens of thousands back to the death camps never to return, as he did not want a religious state. And, it was Ben Gurion the one who granted the Arabs a legal status and gave them citizenship. As a result, there are now more than a 1.5 million 'Palestinians' with Israeli citizenship...

On the eve of the Six Day War, Menachem Begin -then, showing his true Erev Rav nature- joined a delegation to ask Ben-Gurion to accept the premiership again. Later on, Begin gave back the Sinai for a 'peace agreement' with Egypt,,, And so, he became the first prime minister to give 'land for peace.’

From the Guide of the Young Guard (Hashomer Ha'Tzair) in 1956. 'The Young Guard' was the mainstream Zionist youth organization, dedicated to bringing Zionist 'Values' to the youth of Israel: "How to deal with religious youngsters: Among our youngsters, we're encountering significant numbers that are religious. Especially in the guided-youth in the immigration transit-camps. Obviously our goal is to make them aware that their faith in G-d is illogical, and unreasonable since religion is the fruit of reactionary dictatorships, and has no raison d’etre among those who fight for the progressive realm. In short, at this stage, counselors should use patience and try to degrade religiosity, as a socially disturbing factor in the movement. After briefing a youngster in a way which does not directly attack religion, but undermines it, the youngster will independently come to the conclusion that there is no God, and will abandon his religious faith."

In the words of Haim Hazaz, a Zionist writer, and one of the leading thinkers of the Zionist movement, Haaretz 1943: "Zionism and Judaism are not the same thing, but two things distinct from one another. No doubt, two things which contradict one another. When one cannot be a Jew, he becomes a Zionist. Zionism emerges from Judaism's ruins, from the nation's hour of weariness. One thing is for sure - Zionism is not a continuity, not a cure for the wound, IT UPROOTS AND DESTROYS! On the contrary, it distracts the nation, defies it, contradicts its will and its spirit, undermines it and uproots it, and abandons it for another route. Towards a goal distant and distinct. All alone with a handful of men at its helm, THE SEED OF A FOREIGN NATION. Anyone thinking otherwise is either mistaken, or fooling himself..."

Amram Mitznah, on his part, made the statement that 'the intifadah can not be suppressed'.

Even Ariel Sharon, the fierce right-wing general who later became Israel’s Prime Minister gave “land for peace” to the Palestinians.

Behaving exactly as the leftist Jew-hater, Ben-Gurion, Sharon decided with the approval of the government to proceed with his unilateral disengagement plan to evacuate 4 settlements from Gush Katif in the West Bank. During painful days, IDF soldiers had to forcibly evacuate Jewish families with babies from their homes and then proceeded to demolition.

Sadly, the list is literally endless... It is hard to choose which one is sadder than the other.

So, in the curse of current History, when some wonder if Israel is a nation betrayed... the answer is YES.

As Abba Eban so astutely put it at the end of the Six Day War: “This is the first war in history that on the morrow the victors sued for peace and the vanquished called for unconditional surrender.”

Despite its Divine Birth, Israel, seen by the liberal godless secular Erev Rav or Fake Jews, was never meant to be a religious state but rather a “secular state.”

Currently, Torah studies are taught as literature rather than G-d’s message to His Children.

Reportedly, there are no women singing in the U.S. army. But, appears that in Israel the IDF wants to make things extra hard and purposely has women singing so as to upset the religiously observant soldiers who feel compelled to walk away from the parade grounds and then are inappropriately jailed and docked pay.

Appears, that even the Chief Rabbinate instead of trying to encourage people to have a religious wedding ceremony they make it so impossible and scare them away and they run off to Cyprus to obtain a secular marriage license.

In the Godless-Liberal-Fascist world movement, moral relativism maintains that there is no objective standard of right and wrong that could exist separate and independent from humanity. In 'their' world, as Dostoyevsky puts it: “Without God, everything is permitted."

That's how the morale debacle has been taking place in Israel, in the name of 'unlimited' freedom, disregarding the orderly situation throughout the Universe inside and outside. Observing the macro- as well as the micro-cosmos confirms that there is an almost perfect order... That’s why, even scientists like Einstein have known that whatever we are, see, feel... is only possible with the G-d established Order.

Only the hubris of the Erev Rav places the blinders on the godless liberal haters of Judaism. So be it. They do it at their own risk.

Erev Rav in Israel and throughout the world are all those above mentioned -and nowadays, Netanyahu and Barak and almost all their comrades, are a clear example of this.

Their policies disguised under the wrapping of conservative Likud allow them to maneuver giving the impression of 'right' and right wing for Israel. The same happens when in public Netanyahu says he "opposes" going to pre-67 borders, and yet, they think they can out maneuver G-d as well as the true Jews -by asking Arabs to do the dirty job of destroying a synagogue freshly dedicated -with no apparent reason other than show how they despise G-d.

Throughout millennia, the Erev Rav have ended up being destroyed. The Word of G-d is sturdy, solid and true -and all those who are descendants of Amalek and represent the Erev Rav may want to forget G-d’s Words. But He doesn’t forget: “...because they turned their back on Me, I destroyed their cities...”

We would be remiss if we omitted mentioning how Obama's America is putting pressure on Israel’s national and foreign policy. And Netanyahu, silently, is giving in.

Fake Jews such as Rahm Emanuel, Bloomberg, Soros, including Thomas Freedman and many others, have supported and continue to support Hussein Obama: Israel and the Jewish People’s number one enemy.

The Erev Rav with their godless, liberal, Judeophobic agenda, are hard at work trying to destroy the Land of G-d, Israel, by adopting policies that rather defend the enemy and undermine the safety of the people and the Land of Israel.

Speaking of G-d implies total commitment and the certainty and pride of being the Children of G-d who received His Land, Israel, from G-d Himself.

May G-d make His Loyal Children wise and strong to fight the war against the Erev Rav... against the evil within and the enemy without...

G-d bless the Jewish People and His Land.

Monday, October 3, 2011

ISRAEL ONLY COUNTRY WITH GD GIVEN BORDERS


✡ I will bless those who bless Israel and I will curse those who curse Israel ✡ בראשית ✡ Bereishit ✡ Genesis ✡

As Rosh Hashana celebrations began last Wednesday night, it was time for reflection and introspection. And this time, so much became clear, especially as a on that same day, my article on “Saudi-made Taqqiya Injects Muslim Fantasy of Democracy for our Corrupt Politicians” was published here. In it, I dealt with the issue of Saudi women willingly abiding by the patriarchal, misogynist laws of their land, to say it mildly.

Kindly continue reading the article here:


FACT: Israel Only Country on Earth with G-d Given Borders


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