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October 21, 2023 8:08 pm at 8:08 pm in reply to: Mainstream Media = The Enemy Of The People #2233258SQUARE_ROOTParticipant
Matti Friedman (former Associated Press news reporter) said:
“The big players in the news business practice groupthink…”
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“Many of the people deciding what you
will read and see from here [Israel] view
their role not as explanatory but as political.Coverage is a weapon to be placed at the disposal of the side they like.”
SOURCE: An Insider’s Guide to the Most Important Story on Earth
by Matti Friedman, 2014/8/26, Tablet Magazine, www (dot) TabletMag (dot) comSUMMARY: This article exposes intentional anti-Israel bias in the news media.
It is still VERY relevant, even though it was written in 2014.October 20, 2023 1:41 pm at 1:41 pm in reply to: Mainstream Media = The Enemy Of The People #2233212SQUARE_ROOTParticipantEric Starkman (a Los Angeles-based writer and journalist) said:
“The mainstream media has abandoned all pretense of objectivity.
Whereas in the past journalists viewed themselves as unbiased chroniclers of the news, their focus today is on manufacturing it and dominating the ensuing conversations.
A journalist’s influence today isn’t determined by the quality or accuracy of their reporting, but rather the size of their Twitter following and the frequency of their television appearances.”
SOURCE: Why Crown Heights Hate Crimes Aren’t Newsworthy
by Eric Starkman, 2019 February 17, in The AlgemeinerOctober 20, 2023 1:38 pm at 1:38 pm in reply to: Mainstream Media = The Enemy Of The People #2233213SQUARE_ROOTParticipant“Indeed, Palestinians rarely make an appearance in The [Washington] Post, unless it’s to serve as the perennial victim — and this too is contingent on portraying Israel, and only Israel, as the oppressor.
When Palestinians suffer at the hands of their [own] leaders,
The [Washington] Post is nowhere to be found.”SOURCE: article by Sean Durns, 2019 March 6 www algemeiner com
The Media Only Cares about Palestinians If Israel Can Be Blamed===================================
“But the Western press shows little proclivity for reporting on topics that might cast the PA [Palestinian Authority] in a bad light.”SOURCE: article by Sean Durns, 2019 March 6 www algemeiner com
The Media Only Cares about Palestinians If Israel Can Be Blamed===================================
Stephen M. Flatow said:“Despite the constant refrain from the J Street and the international news media about the so-called ‘Israeli occupation of the Palestinians,’ the reality is that 98 percent of the Palestinian Arabs live under Palestinian rule.”
SOURCE: Looking for Jews to Kill by Stephen M. Flatow 2019 March 6 www JNS org
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Harry Maryles [an Orthodox Rabbi] said:“I am so tired of the extreme media bias. And yes. It is extreme.
Never before has it come into such stark focus as it has under the Trump administration.
There is hardly any mention of the name Trump without either an overt or disguised negative comment.It almost doesn’t matter who is reporting it. The attitude is the same.
Anything the President says or does is bad. No matter what it is.
Even his accomplishments are spun into the negative.”SOURCE: The Truth about Trump and Illegal Aliens
by Harry Maryles, 2019 July 12, haemtza blogspot comSQUARE_ROOTParticipantThe correct spelling is POGROM, not “pogram”.
http://www.dictionary .com/browse/pogromEvery time you attack “The Zionists”, the
ONLY thing you accomplish is making Jews HATE you.(As if there were not already enough hate between Jews.)
But don’t listen to me. Just continue to attack “The Zionists”
at every possible opportunity, again and again and again and
again and again and again and again and again and again and
again and again and again and again and again and again.Don’t worry about about increasing hate between Jews,
because that is NEVER a problem.Last but not least, NEVER make a distinction between
Secular Zionists who are traif-eating atheists, and
Religious Zionists who observe: Shabbat, kashrut, tzitzit,
tefillin, daily tefilah with Orthodox minyanim, shaatnez, etc.Instead, you should continue to assume that ALL Zionists
are exactly the same, whether they are Secular or Religious.SQUARE_ROOTParticipantQUOTE 10:
With a framed photo of [Henry] Ford on the wall behind him,
Hitler told a Detroit News reporter in 1931,
two years before he became German chancellor,
“I regard Henry Ford as my inspiration.”According to Thomas Weber’s Becoming Hitler:
The Making of a Nazi, “Henry Ford is important
for having provided to Hitler confirmation,
coming from the heart of America,
of an idea that had been brewing in his mind…
The idea that Jews’ control of global finance
was behind the world’s problems…
Henry Ford thus turned into an anti-Semitic icon for Hitler.”
Which is why [Henry] Ford is the only American named in Mein Kampf.SOURCE: The Wrong Jew: Defeating Those Who Want Us Dead
(chapter 4, page 49) by Hesh Kestin, published in year 2021
in New York, ISBN 9781642935844 * ISBN 1642935840QUOTE 11:
“Japan is virtually Judenrein, but it manages to include Jews
– second only to Koreans – in its demonology.
And the Japanese really despise Koreans.”SOURCE: The Wrong Jew: Defeating Those Who Want Us Dead
(chapter: Introduction, page xv) by Hesh Kestin, published in year 2021
in New York, ISBN 9781642935844 * ISBN 1642935840SQUARE_ROOTParticipantQUOTE 7:
In the USA in 1930s & 1940s, anti-Jewish organizations had tens of thousands of members, and held public rallies and public marches with Nazi flags.
Respectable and rich Jewish establishment organizations and the respectable and rich Jews who led those organizations did NOTHING to stop anti-Semitism in the USA in 1930s & 1940s.
The ONLY Jews who attacked the American Nazis and broke-up their rallies were Jewish criminals, like Meyer Lansky in NYC and Mickey Cohen in Los Angeles, and bums who had nothing to lose.
NOTE: This is not an exact quote, it is a condensed summary.
SOURCE: The Wrong Jew: Defeating Those Who Want Us Dead (chapter 13, pages 136 to 139) by Hesh Kestin, published in year 2021 in New York, ISBN 9781642935844 * ISBN 1642935840
QUOTE 8:
“…anti-Semitic mutterings have now transmogrified into a political theme promulgated by the so-called Progressive wing of the Democratic Party.
The members of The Squad see themselves as the vanguard of change for the Democrats.
For those familiar with the insidious pronouncements of the UK Labor Party, The Squad’s modus operandi are eerily familiar, and over time threaten to be very effective:(1) Associate Jews with the alleged sins of Israel;
(2) Claim Jews have no god but wealth;
(3) Confirms the first and deny you meant anything negative on the second, or that it was taken out of context, or something you hadn’t intended for which you apologize if anyone was offended; (4) Increasingly, don’t even bother with either evasion.SOURCE: The Wrong Jew: Defeating Those Who Want Us Dead (chapter 149, page 14) by Hesh Kestin, published in year 2021 in New York, ISBN 9781642935844 * ISBN 1642935840
QUOTE 9:
According to Canadian parliamentarian and Jewish leader Irwin Cotler:
“The Holocaust did not begin with guns; it began with words.”
SOURCE: The Wrong Jew: Defeating Those Who Want Us Dead (end of chapter 3, bottom of page 45) by Hesh Kestin, published in year 2021 in New York, ISBN 9781642935844 * ISBN 1642935840
SQUARE_ROOTParticipantRambam, Hilchot Nizikei Mamon, chapter 5, paragraph 9:
The chachamim prohibited the raising of pigs, in every place,
and also dogs, unless it is restrained with a chain…
and the Sages said:
Those who raise dogs or pigs should be cursed,
because they often cause damage.SQUARE_ROOTParticipantWhether the money came from the USA or whether the money came from unfreezing Iranian assets, the bottom line is that Iran has BILLIONS OF DOLLARS more than it have ten days ago, and where it came from is a theoretical distinction without a practical difference.
The halachot of Pidyon Shevuyim teach that it is wrong to pay excessive ransom, because this gives the kidnappers an incentive to kidnap more people, and hold them hostage for ransom again. ONE BILLION DOLLARS per-person is obviously excessive ransom.
Which is in addition to the fact that a similar number of Iranian prisoners were freed.
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“In January, Pew reported that liberal Democrats side with the Palestinians over Israel by a margin of nearly two to one. Conservative Republicans support Israel over the Palestinians by a margin of more than 16 to 1.”SOURCE: Heeding Dem Warnings by Caroline B. Glick, 2018 May 25 Jewish World Review
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Keith Ellison, an anti-Israel Muslim, became Deputy Chair of the Democratic National Committee by a UNANIMOUS VOICE VOTE of Democratic National Committee members, according to Wikipedia.==================================
“…leading members of the Democratic Party like Keith Ellison and luminaries like Linda Sarsour openly espouse anti-Jewish sentiments and propagate anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, Democrats ignore, whitewash, deny and minimize the significance of the swelling chorus of anti-Semitism within their ranks.”SOURCE: The peril of Politicized Anti-Semitism by Caroline B. Glick 2018 June 22
SQUARE_ROOTParticipantOnly a few days ago, USA President Joe Biden gave
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS to Iran,
which provides weapons and money to Hamas.Not millions of dollars with an M, but billions of dollars with a B.
One million X 1,000 = one billion.Less than a week later, Hamas, which is funded by Iran,
launches a HUGE attack against Israel.THIS IS NOT A CO-INCIDENCE!!
JOE BIDEN IS PAYING FOR HAMAS TO ATTACK ISRAEL!!!
WHETHER HE REALIZES IT, OR NOT!!!SQUARE_ROOTParticipantThese quotes were found in an article titled:
“13 Saddening Children of Divorce Statistics for 2022”
written by Marija Lazic and last updated on 2023 May 20:“Children are more likely to experience behavioral issues if parents divorce when the child is between the ages of seven and 14.”
“Children with divorced parents are twice as likely to attempt suicide.”
“Children with divorced parents are four times as likely to have trouble fitting in.”
“Teenagers whose parents divorce are more likely to experience mental health issues.”
“70% of prison inmates incarcerated for long-term sentences grew up in broken homes”
“Children are at a greater risk of living in poverty if their parents get a divorce.”
“Children with divorced parents are twice as likely to drop out of high school.”
SQUARE_ROOTParticipantIf more buildings were built in Ramat Eshkol,
they would not be built in time for this Rosh HaShanah.SQUARE_ROOTParticipantDay Trading is great — if you want to lose lots of money very quickly.
Unless you are a special genius with a 165 IQ and a photographic memory, who graduated in the top 10% of his class from: MIT or Princeton or Yale or Harvard, and you worked your way through school by teaching Maxwell’s Equations and Analysis of Variance, I would NEVER CONSIDER Day Trading — not even for one minute.
September 10, 2023 11:33 pm at 11:33 pm in reply to: The final word on Moshiach from the meisim (hopefully!) #2224444SQUARE_ROOTParticipantIf the Melech HaMashiach can come from the dead, then how do you know for sure that Shabetai Tzvi was not the Melech HaMashiach?
Even if you say that he failed to fulfill the prophecies from Tanach, you could say that he will fulfill the prophecies from Tanach, when he comes back to life again.If the Melech HaMashiach can come from the dead, then how do you know for sure that the-founder-of-a-certain-religion was not the Melech HaMashiach?
Even if you say that he failed to fulfill the prophecies from Tanach, you could say that he will fulfill the prophecies from Tanach, when he comes back to life again.Once you accept the Melech HaMashiach from the dead,
then ANYONE be the Melech HaMashiach!!! ANYONE!!!And if you say that ANYONE did not fulfill the prophecies from Tanach,
you could say that he will fulfill the prophecies from Tanach,
when he comes back to life again.September 9, 2023 11:04 pm at 11:04 pm in reply to: The final word on Moshiach from the meisim (hopefully!) #2224173SQUARE_ROOTParticipantCS said: “Yes the Alter Rebbes Neshama almost escaped his body…”
No offense intended, sir, but what evidence do you have that this actually happened?
September 4, 2023 2:10 am at 2:10 am in reply to: The final word on Moshiach from the meisim (hopefully!) #2222582SQUARE_ROOTParticipantChabad will never understand, that even if the Melech HaMashiach came from the dead, it could be any of these great tzadikim, all of which were descendants of David HaMelech:
KING SOLOMON
KING HEZEKIAH
ISAIAH THE PROPHET
KING JOSIAH
RABBENU HAKODESH (COMPILER OF THE MISHNAH)
RABBI ELIEZER HASANDLAR (FROM TALMUD).
MAHARAL OF PRAGUE
RABBI ELIMELECH OF LIHZENSK
MANY OTHERSIn other words, proving Melech HaMashiach from the dead does NOT prove that Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson was the Melech HaMashiach — far from it.
Additionally, Chabad is NOT debating in good faith.
They are not searching for the truth about the Melech HaMashiach;
they just want to “win” by any means possible.I cannot remember even ONE person from Chabad who believed in Melech HaMashiach from the dead, when Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson was alive and healthy — only AFTER he died, did Melech HaMashiach from the dead become popular with Chabad!
September 1, 2023 3:08 pm at 3:08 pm in reply to: Will hitting racist Arabs’ pockets reduce vicious hate crimes #2222092SQUARE_ROOTParticipantMurderous hate against ALL Jews is taught in schools run by:
The “Palestinian Authority” and Hamas in Gaza, and Jordan, Iran, and most Arab nations.Every year, many millions of Arab children are taught to hate AND KILL ALL JEWS.
This hate starts as-early-as-possible, at the age of what Americans call “Kindergarten”.
This anti-Jewish hate “education” is taught every year, until students graduate from school.One typical example:
If there are 25 Jews in a bus, and Achmed kills 10 of them, how many Jews are left alive?This anti-Jewish hate is also taught by Arab television programs specifically aimed children.
Children as young as 4 or 5 years old are taught that:
“Jews stole Palestine, and the only solution is to kill them all.”
These lessons come from the Arab equivalent of Sesame Street or Disney characters.Please note that Arab children are taught to hate-and-kill *** ALL *** Jews, even those Jews who are non-Zionist, even those Jews who are anti-Zionist. They make no distinction between Secular Jews and Chareidi Jews. They make no distinction between religious and non-religious.
In conclusion, it is not enough to sue individual Arab terrorists.
We must also sue the schools and television programs that teach hate to Arab children.We must also sue the”Palestinian Authority” which PAYS people who KILL JEWS.
(This is known as the infamous “pay-for-slay” program.)SQUARE_ROOTParticipantsmerel:
“airing on the right side” should be corrected to: “erring on the right side”.
SQUARE_ROOTParticipant“The Zionists” that you dislike serve in the Israeli Army, to defend Jews against fanatical bloodthirsty Muslims whose highest priority and greatest desire is to: kill, murder, massacre, annihilate, assassinate, terrorize, and destroy every Jewish man, woman, senior citizen, teenager, child and baby (Compare to Megilat Esther, chapter 3, verse 13).
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In the last year of his life, Rabbi Avigdor Miller
[ZTL ZYA] was still giving public lectures,
and I was attending those lectures.Someone asked Rabbi Avigdor Miller:
“Should we pray for the Israeli Army?”Rabbi Avigdor Miller immediately answered:
“If they are fighting to defend us,
then we should pray for them.”Those were his exact words;
I remember them as if they were said yesterday.================================
When the Israeli Army wins a big victory,
all the nations of the world have greater respect
for the people of Israel and the Torah of Israel.That is Kiddush HaShem, or very close to it.
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So far as “the greatest Chillul HaShem in History”
is concerned, that happens whenever the
Neturei Karta (or Satmar) publicly display the
so-called “Palestinian Flag”, thereby showing
the entire world that the Neturei Karta
abandon their fellow Jews, and take the side
of our fanatical murderous Muslim enemies,
whose highest goal is to kill *** ALL *** Jews,
as is required by their religion’s sacred books.Any Jew who publicly displays the so-called
“Palestinian Flag” is a TRAITOR, and is
guaranteed to be shut-out of Gan Eden,
in addition to be guaranteed to be thrown
into Gehinom for a very, very, very, long-time.SQUARE_ROOTParticipantRabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel
(the Alter of Slabodka, born 1849 CE, died 1927 CE) said:“I am not against secular knowledge as such,
where there is no question of apikorsus.It is the same as materiel wealth; it is wonderful to possess.
Problems only arise when one comes to believe that
riches or secular knowledge makes one into a superior person.SOURCE: Remembering Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky
by Rabbi Nisson Wolpin, Jewish Observer magazine, May 1986, page 21SQUARE_ROOTParticipantRabbi Yochanan (tractate Sanhedrin, page 17A) taught that:
The members of Sanhedrin must know all 70 languages.PS: The study of languages is SECULAR STUDIES.
SQUARE_ROOTParticipantRabbeinu Yonah commentary on Mishnah,
tractate Avot, chapter 3, last paragraph:The study of Mathematics [Chachmat HaCheshbone] sharpens the [mind of] a man.
QUESTION: Does Rabbeinu Yonah seem to prohibit Jews studying Mathematics?
Or does he seem to be encouraging Jews studying Mathematics?SQUARE_ROOTParticipantWhen people see that Chareidi Jews are not able to spell words correctly, does that make people think better of religious Jews, or does that make people think worse of religious Jews?
When people see that Chareidi Jews are not able to spell words correctly, is that a Kiddush HaShem, or is that the opposite of Kiddush HaShem?
SQUARE_ROOTParticipantSefer Pele Yoetz, Perek Cetibah:
An unmotivated Jew who has not learned the skill of writing correctly in Hebrew AND IN THE LOCAL LANGUAGE, he will be covered with shame and disgrace.
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Rabbi Mordechai Gifter:“We teach general studies*, and they should be studied properly.
One should try to excel at whatever he does.”SOURCE: Rav Gifter: The Vision Fire and Impact of an American Born Gadol
(chapter 23, page 288) by Rabbi Yechiel Spero, June 2011, Mesorah Publications,
ISBN-10: 1422610977 & ISBN #: 9781422610978SQUARE_ROOTParticipantNobody believes that Harry Potter is real.
SQUARE_ROOTParticipant***** QUOTE 1: *****
“The Koran, unlike the Bible, calls for a political movement for which all Muslims must fight, kill, and subjugate those of other faiths until Islam rules the world.”
SOURCE: They Must Be Stopped: Why We Must Defeat Radical Islam and How We Can Do It (chapter 1, page 24) by Brigitte Gabriel, year 2010, St. Martin’s Press, 288 pages, ISBN 0312571283, ISBN 9780312571283.
*****QUOTE 2: *****
“Many Islamic practices, such as fasting, tithing, daily prayers, and profession of faith, have much in common with Christianity and Judaism.
However, what makes Islam different from other religions is its call to kill and subjugate all other members of other faiths.
The terrorist of today as well as imams in mosques throughout the world are calling for the deaths of millions of people around the world in the name of Islam.
They are calling for jihad against the infidels, citing suras and verses from the Koran and Hadith to support their call to action.”
SOURCE: They Must Be Stopped: Why We Must Defeat Radical Islam and How We Can Do It (chapter 1, page 20) by Brigitte Gabriel, year 2010, St. Martin’s Press, 288 pages, ISBN 0312571283, ISBN 9780312571283.
*****QUOTE 3: *****
“Westerners come from a Judeo-Christian background, where the teaching of faith centers on love, tolerance, and forgiveness.
They do not understand that the sword of Islam represents hatred, intolerance, murder, and the subjugation of anyone not Muslim.”
SOURCE: They Must Be Stopped: Why We Must Defeat Radical Islam and How We Can Do It (chapter 1, page 13) by Brigitte Gabriel, year 2010, St. Martin’s Press, 288 pages, ISBN 0312571283, ISBN 9780312571283.
SQUARE_ROOTParticipantThe Koran teaches that Jews are the biggest enemies of Muslims:
The Koran’s 5th chapter [al-ma’idah = “the table”], verse 82 says:</b>
“You will find that the people most hostile towards
the believers [Muslims] are the Jews and the polytheists…”SQUARE_ROOTParticipantMohammed’s last words before he died:
“O Lord, kill the Jews and Christians!”
SOURCE: Hadith Malik, 511:1588
VOCABULARY NOTE: Hadith is a major Islamic holy book, like the Koran.
EXPLANATION: Islam teaches that Mohammed’s later teachings take priority over his older teachings. Therefore, the later the teaching, the greater it is.
Therefore, Muslims must believe that Mohammed’s last words were his most important words.SQUARE_ROOTParticipantIn the land that is today known as Saudi Arabia,
there were several towns that had very large
Jewish minorities or even Jewish majorities.These cities were attacked and massacred
by the armies of Mohammed, the Founder of Islam.
That happened 1,400 years ago,
and cannot be blamed on “The Zionists”.Islam’s oldest and most sacred holy books:
the Koran and the Hadith — are filled with
murderous genocidal hate against Jews.Here is just one small sample of what is
written in Islam’s holy books, about Jews:Translation of Sahih Bukhari, Book 56:
Narrated by Abu Huraira:Allah’s Messenger [Mohammed] said,
“The [Final] Hour will not be established
until you fight with the Jews,
and the stone behind which a Jew
will be hiding will [miraculously] say:“O Muslim! There is a Jew hiding behind me, so kill him!”
SOURCE: Sahih al-Bukhari 2924, Book 56,
Hadith 137, Volume 4, Book 52, Hadith 175NOTE: This story appears in the Hadith seven (7) times!
This story from The Hadith was written
more than 1,000 years ago, and therefore
cannot be blamed on “The Zionists”.SQUARE_ROOTParticipantWhat is “GF diet”? Please explain.
August 15, 2023 8:37 pm at 8:37 pm in reply to: Question of an ignorant, closed-minded Lubavitcher #2216368SQUARE_ROOTParticipantMonths ago, I made a long list of similarities between Chabad and “Jews for Cheeses”.
Unfortunately, that list of similarities was deleted by moderators.
Can you figure out what are the similarities between Chabad and “Jews for Cheeses”?
SQUARE_ROOTParticipantSeveral years ago, one anonymous non-Jewish commentator on the internet said that The Gentiles were the original muggles.
This is similar to what “AKupermana” said.
SQUARE_ROOTParticipantWhy does the Coffee Room tolerate crazy people who believe in a Melech HaMashiach who died without rebuilding The Temple [Beth HaMikdash], and without ending the exile [galut], and without defeating the enemies of the Jewish People?
SQUARE_ROOTParticipantEx-President Donald Trump is *** NOT *** Jewish.
Rumors to the contrary are false and stupid.
SQUARE_ROOTParticipantIf you want to know who founded Modern Orthodoxy, then I suggest that you read the biographies of Rabbi Shimshon Rafael Hirsch.
Here are a few quotes from one of his biographies:=================================
Behold! G_d speaks to you through nature, and again through history!…Rabbi Hirsch’s positive view of the study of secular
subjects was not limited to science and history.SOURCE: Rabbi Samson Rafael Hirsch by Rabbi Eliyahu Meir Klugman (chapter 17, pages 204 to 205), year 1996 CE, ArtScroll History Series, Brooklyn NY 11232
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“The girls in the [Orthodox] Realschule [which was founded and directed by Rabbi Samson Rafael Hirsch] studied the same subjects, including Chumash and Hebrew grammar, as the boys, except for Talmud and mathematics, in place of which they were taught handicrafts.”SOURCE: Rabbi Samson Rafael Hirsch by Rabbi Eliyahu Meir Klugman (chapter 19, page 223), year 1996 CE, ArtScroll History Series, Brooklyn 11232, ISBN 0-89906-632-1.
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“Rabbi Hirsch preferred honest Gentile teachers for secular subjects over non-observant Jews, who he felt would have a negative influence.”SOURCE: Rabbi Samson Rafael Hirsch by Rabbi Eliyahu Meir Klugman,
year 1996 CE, ArtScroll History Series, Brooklyn 11232, ISBN 0-89906-632-1.=================================
In [year] 1888 [CE], the Prussian government issued a decree requiring all students to take standardized examinations, which were to be administered on the Sabbath.No special dispensation was granted to Jewish students to take the exam on a different day.
Rabbi Hirsch authored a petition to the Prussian Minister of Education Gossler, signed by 115 Rabbis from all of Germany, stating that all writing on the Sabbath was prohibited by Jewish law…soon before his passing Rabbi Hirsch received a reply from the Minister of Education assuring him that school principals would be permitted to “judge sympathetically” requests to defer the examination to a weekday.
SOURCE: Rabbi Samson Rafael Hirsch by Rabbi Eliyahu Meir Klugman (chapter 19, page 231) year 1996 CE, ArtScroll History Series, Brooklyn 11232 ISBN 0-89906-632-1
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Rabbi Shmuel Landau, the son of [the author of] Noda BeYehudah and his successor as Rabbi of Prague, also expressed his approbation for [secular] studies directly related to earning a living:“[One should] learn German thoroughly, as well as other required subjects, because without German, including written German, it is impossible to survive in these countries.
Someone who does not read and write German cannot succeed in any trade, and every father has an obligation to teach his son the language and customs of the country in which he lives…”
SOURCE: Rabbi Samson Rafael Hirsch by Rabbi Eliyahu Meir Klugman (chapter 18, page 210) year 1996 CE, ArtScroll History Series, Brooklyn 11232 ISBN 0-89906-632-1
SQUARE_ROOTParticipantGeorge Santos is *** NOT *** Jew”ish” and *** NOT *** a Jew!
July 27, 2023 8:43 pm at 8:43 pm in reply to: Another brutal racist-Arab attack on Haredi youth #2211573SQUARE_ROOTParticipantPLEASE do a google-search on: “Charedim attack soldiers”.
July 26, 2023 4:12 pm at 4:12 pm in reply to: Another brutal racist-Arab attack on Haredi youth #2211353SQUARE_ROOTParticipantChareidim often attack the Jewish soldiers who protect them.
Even Jewish soldiers who are Chareidi — are attacked by Chareidim.
Since Chareidim ATTACK soldiers who protect them from Arabs, I do NOT feel sorry for Chareidim when Chareidim get attacked by Arabs.
July 9, 2023 10:54 pm at 10:54 pm in reply to: The final word on Moshiach from the meisim (hopefully!) #2206915SQUARE_ROOTParticipantQUESTION: How do we Jews BENEFIT from a dead moshiach?
ANSWER: WE DON’T!
A dead moshiach cannot bring all Jews back to the Derech HaTorah.
A dead moshiach cannot bring all Jews back to Eretz HaKodesh.
A dead moshiach cannot defeat the enemies of our people.
A dead moshiach cannot rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem.
A dead moshiach does NOT BENEFIT Jews in any way!July 3, 2023 1:20 pm at 1:20 pm in reply to: Reason for the Spanish Expulsion & Inquisition: Secular Education #2205187SQUARE_ROOTParticipantAccording to my understanding, the Spanish Inquisition happened because wealthy Jews displayed their wealth a fancy possessions before the eyes of the Gentiles:
{1} Shevet Mussar, Chapter 17, paragraph 15:
Those who rise up against us seek false accusations against us when they see Jewish women decorated with gold and silver.{2} Kav HaYashar, Chapter 18:
“Because of our many sins, the Gentiles have their eyes on Jewish wealth.
It is a very good idea to conceal your wealth from them.”{3} Kav HaYashar, Chapter 82:
Imitating the fashions of the Gentiles… they provoke the jealousy and hatred of the Gentiles. They look at us and notice that Jewish women appear better dressed than the Gentile noble women; and we are in bitter exile, where according to justice we should be wearing black clothes to mourn the length of our exile and the destruction of the Temple.{4} “Because flashy clothes and jewels draw so much attention to themselves, they may also draw the ire of your clients who may secretly question why your clothes are so much more costly than their own. Wearing flashy outfits is particularly dicey during a recession or during a down business cycle when company layoffs abound.”
SOURCE: 301 Smart Answers to Tough Business Etiquette Questions (page 142) by Vicky Oliver, year 2010, Skyhorse PublishingSQUARE_ROOTParticipantUJM, you must make a distinction between hating Reform Judaism and hating Reform Jews.
SQUARE_ROOTParticipantThe Metsudath David commentary on Tehillim, chapter 69, verse 5, seems to imply that Sinat Chinam is hating a person who never harmed you.
Netziv’s introduction to his commentary on Bereishit [HaEmek Davar] teaches that sinat chinam is hating someone because he belongs to a different group or because he has a different point of view or because he does things differently or a different custom.
July 3, 2023 1:19 pm at 1:19 pm in reply to: Should Israel reduce its massive affirmative action for Arabs? #2205172SQUARE_ROOTParticipantArabs are 20% of Israel’s population, but they are 40% of Israel’s doctors, 40% of Israel’s pharmacists, and 40% of Israel’s nurses.
This is partially because of preferential admission to medical programs (which in the USA is known as “Affirmative Action”).
July 2, 2023 11:04 am at 11:04 am in reply to: Question of an ignorant, closed-minded Lubavitcher #2204892SQUARE_ROOTParticipantedited
For 20 years, I fought against “Jews For J____” (with haskamahs from prominent Orthodox Rabbis) and lots of mesiras nefesh.
The differences between Chabad / Lubavich and “Jews For J____” are much smaller than most people realize, and the number of similarities between Chabad / Lubavich and “Jews For J____” are much more than most people realize.
July 2, 2023 3:11 am at 3:11 am in reply to: Question of an ignorant, closed-minded Lubavitcher #2204778SQUARE_ROOTParticipantIf mashiach-from-the-dead really is possible, then why did NOBODY in Chabad / Lubavich believe in mashiach-from-the-dead when Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson was still alive and healthy?
I challenge you to find even ONE Lubavicher who said, when Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson was still alive and healthy, that mashiach-from-the-dead is possible.
You cannot find any, because there never were any. Not even one.
If was only **** AFTER **** Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson became sick and died that Chabad / Lubavich suddenly decided to believe in mashiach-from-the-dead.
SQUARE_ROOTParticipantIf the Melech HaMashiach can come from the dead,
then Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson is competing against:David HaMelech (Navi and author of Sefer Tehillim),
Shlomoh HaMelech (author of 3 books of Tanach),
Chizkiyahu HaMelech,
Josiah HaMelech,
Raban Gamliel, Maharal, and many more.If you believe that Rabbi Schneerson can win that competition, then you do not understand the principle of Yeridat HaDorot, which means that previous generations were much greater than us.
Even the Rishonim were much greater than us, how much more so the Rabbis of the Talmud, how much more so the the Rabbis of the Mishnah, how much more so the Neviim of Tanach.
But a famous Jewish musician, Mr. Paul Simon, said this in year 1969 CE:
“Still a man hears what he wants to hear; and disregards the rest.”SQUARE_ROOTParticipantIf the Melech HaMashiach can come from the dead, then Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson is competing against: David HaMelech, Shlomoh HaMelech (author of 3 books of Tanach), Chizkiyahu HaMelech, Josiah HaMelech, Raban Gamliel, Maharal, and many more.
If you think that Rabbi Schneerson can win that competition, then you do not understand the principle of Yeridat HaDorot, which means that previous generations were much greater than us.
June 25, 2023 9:45 pm at 9:45 pm in reply to: Is there a greater meaning to the Titan accident? #2203003SQUARE_ROOTParticipantN0mesorah: I do not understand your question.
Are you asking how old I am?
June 23, 2023 3:17 pm at 3:17 pm in reply to: Is there a greater meaning to the Titan accident? #2202683SQUARE_ROOTParticipantThe CEO of the company that produced the Titan submarine said that he did NOT want to hire “50 year old white men” to design his submarine.
Instead, he insisted on only hiring Politically Correct minorities (women, gays, lesbians, Blacks, Hispanics, Muslims) to design the Titan submarine.
SQUARE_ROOTParticipantI know a Baal Teshuvah who took two years away from work to study in yeshivah.
He paid full-tuition, using his money ONLY.So his total expenses were: two years of full-tuition PLUS the amount of money he lost by not working for two years.
If an FFB did something like this, he would be respected as a tzadik.
But since this person was only a lowly Baal Teshuvah , he gets no credit at all.
June 16, 2023 5:03 pm at 5:03 pm in reply to: Clarification regarding Syrian Jewish Community and geirim #2200514SQUARE_ROOTParticipantIn the average Ashkenaz synagogue, the % of kohanim is around 1% to 3%.
In the average Syrian synagogue, the % of Kohanim is around 30% to 35%.
Since the Torah prohibits Kohanim from marrying converts [gerim],
is it wise to permit converts in a community where 30% of the men are Kohanim?Additionally, some poskim [whose names I unfortunately cannot remember] have written that Kohanim who are Syrian and/or Sephardic have a greater [or better] mesorah of kehunah than Ashkenazic Kohanim, which makes the prohibition against Kohanim marrying converts even greater for Kohanim who are Syrian and/or Sephardic.
For example:
When a Syrian Kohen performs a Pidyon HaBen, he NEVER returns the money, because Syrian Rabbis hold that there is no doubt [safek] on the identity of their Kohanim.Compare this to Ashkenaz Kohanim, who return the Pidyon HaBen money,
because they fear a doubt [safek] on their identity of their Kohanim.Is it wise to permit converts in a community where 30% of men are Kohanim,
who have no safek [or less safek] on their yichus as Kohanim?PS: Many Orthodox Rabbis in England do not accept converts, because Jews were re-admitted to England on condition that they not accept converts.
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