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    gavra_at_work
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    #1160120
    Joseph
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    Agreed. Further proof the creation of the State was the biggest mistake of all. A nondenominational international State should have been created in its stead.

    #1160121
    miamilawyer
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    Joseph: A nondenominational international State should have been created in its stead.

    Me: Wow. A sort of moderate position out of Joseph. I realize why he takes that position, but it is in the middle of the two extreme positions. (No Jewish state/the medinah is counter to g-ds will/ and the existence of a medina/jewish state is g-ds will).

    PS Perhaps Joseph will clarify and say he does not want it controlled by Jews, but then who would it be controlled by?

    #1160122
    BarryLS1
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    What the Joseph’s of the world are blind too, is that the very creation and survival of the State of Israel against all odds, and all the Nissim that take place here all the time, could not happened without Hashem.

    We are in the process of Kibbutz Golios with probably a majority of Jews world-wide living in Eretz Yisroel now (or very close to it). It’s sad to see Jews learning nothing from the Torah and acting like modern day Meraglim and a lot acting like the Erev Rav.

    Too make the same mistakes at every opportunity that the door of Eretz Yisroel are open to us is criminal. We are now nearing the end of history as we know it with Moshiach’s imminent arrival.

    Jews have to make a choice which side in the Geulah process they are on. While there are legitimate reasons people can’t make Aliya right now, you should at-least want it.

    The problems in Israel, with the government and Arabs would go away if we all chose to be here.

    Worst of all, is those that speak ill of the Land and bring harm to all of Klal Yisroel.

    #1160123
    Joseph
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    The very coming to power of Hitler and the conquering of Europe by Nazi Germany and its perpetuation of the holocaust was against all odds. Everything that take place at the time could not happened without Hashem.

    #1160124
    BarryLS1
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    Joseph: That is true too. There is a concept that every pasuk in the Torah represents a year in the history of the world. Go check the year corresponding to 1938/9, the effective beginning of the holocaust and you will see.

    Also, check the pasukim for 1948 and 1967 and you may learn something from it, but I doubt it!

    #1160125
    Joseph
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    Wait, why should the ostensible count of years since yushke’s birth be relevant to any of this?

    #1160126
    american_yerushalmi
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    Joseph: I am sure that I am even more anti-medina than you, especially because I’ve been living here for nearly 4 decades. I’ve experienced stuff here that you haven’t heard about and can’t even imagine. I’m convinced of the evil of the zionists even more than you. Nevertheless, it’s pointless to argue today about what SHOULD have been 75 years ago. I’ve posted this idea several times in the past. Let’s agree that the majority of the Gedolei Yisroel opposed setting up a secular state led by reshoim. But that’s history. Hashem allowed it to happen, and I won’t pretend to speculate why Hashem is testing us with such a powerful nisayon. But now, we have to acknowledge that there’s no turning the clock back. There is presently nothing and no one to whom “we could go back.” To whom would you like to “go back?” The British Mandate? The Ottoman Empire? The Byzantine Empire? The Abbasids? The Omayyads? Seriously, bloodthirsty enemies are sharpening their knives at this very moment just a few miles from the borders of the state. I presume you’ve heard of ISIS, and some of their escapades. And Hamas, and all sorts of other murderous organizations. Isn’t it obvious what those butchers would try to do if there was a political and military void in E.Y? And please don’t try to tell me that you’re imagining that the frum yidden would somehow be able to negotiate some kind of “understanding” with these killers. In the 1920s, Rav Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld zt”l did have such an idea and wanted to send Reb Yaakov Yisroel De Haan Hy”d to negotiate some kind of understanding with King Abdallah of Jordan. De Haan was subsequently assassinated by the zionists, and nothing ever came of that plan. Today, no gadol says to dismantle the medina. If you claim to be following the shita of Rav Yoelish Mi’Satmar zt”l, well, he has not been with us for about 40 years now, and no one can speak in his name or claim to know precisely what he would hold in today’s situation. We have the unanimous agreement of the gedolei E.Y. who have never suggested dismantling the medina and trying to “go back” in time or to negotiate with the Arab murderers. Perhaps you might want to tell me that yes, they are murderers, but if the “zionist entity” would cease to exist, at least some of them would change their tune and become friendly — at least toward the frum yidden. This is rampant speculation at best, and dangerous fantasizing at worst. And, as mentioned, none of the gedolei E.Y. hold of such an idea.

    What can we — should we do? As stated on previous occasions, we have to spread Torah and mitzvos as much as possible. Build more mosdos, more yeshivos, girls’ schools, shuls, mikvaos, be mekarev yidden as much as possible, striving to spread the light of yiddishkeit as much as we can. While at the same time davening for the geula ha’sheleima with the coming of moshiach tzidkeinu be’meheira.

    #1160127
    zahavasdad
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    Just for the record, Nobody was born in the year 1, According to the New Testament a birth occured during the reign of Herod, Herod died in the year 4 BCE.

    I think some monk miscalculated when the year “1” occured so thats why it is off

    #1160128
    Joseph
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    I said nothing of changing the current regime. I spoke of the historical narrative.

    #1160129
    Health
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    AY -“To whom would you like to “go back?” The British Mandate? The Ottoman Empire?”

    Good idea! Either one! There would be less Jewish deaths!

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