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The Bible teaches: “Love thy neighbor”.
The Koran teaches: “Kill thy neighbor”.SQUARE_ROOTParticipantHanan Greenwood wrote this article:
Custom-built $46 million base to open as the military expands Haredi enlistment.
The formation of a new ultra-Orthodox infantry brigade is advancing
despite tensions surrounding the haredi military service exemption bill
and ongoing demonstrations by ultra-Orthodox protesters….The Tavetz training base in the Jordan Valley is undergoing a $46 million transformation,
featuring four new synagogues and custom-built infrastructure
designed to accommodate religious requirements.The facility will serve as the training ground for the first cohort of
ultra-Orthodox soldiers who will form part of a standard infantry brigade.
The brigade’s establishment is headed by Col. Avinoam Emunah,
reporting to Maj. Gen. David Zini, head of Training Command.Plans call for the first ultra-Orthodox infantry battalion to be
combat-ready by November 2025, joining existing religious units.
This initiative represents the first formation of a regular
infantry brigade “from the ground up” since the 1980s.Staff training is underway, with plans for the brigade
to function as a self-sufficient unit, operating independently
without requiring support from other formations.The IDF’s enhanced focus on ultra-Orthodox recruitment
stems from operational necessity. A regular brigade can
effectively replace many reserve battalions in operational duties,
substantially reducing the burden on reserve forces.Parallel initiatives include the formation of an ultra-Orthodox
Border Police company and an aircraft maintenance division
within the Air Force, both structured to accommodate religious requirements.The military has adopted a new approach, moving away from
viewing itself as an “educator” for the ultra-Orthodox community.
Instead, it aims to demonstrate that religious
observance and military service can coexist.SOURCE: article titled: “IDF launches first ultra-Orthodox combat brigade”
by Hanan Greenwood 2024 November 4, from www (dot) JNS (dot) org. Originally published by Israel HaYom.SQUARE_ROOTParticipantSheikh Hassan Nasrallah (Hezbollah leader) said:
“If they [Jews] all gather in Israel,
it will save us the trouble of going after them worldwide.”SOURCE: Daily Star, Lebanon, 2002 October 23
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If you read this statement, and understand what it implies,
you will understand that Islam wants to kill ALL JEWS,
all around the world; not only those Jews who are Zionists,
but also those Jews who are non-Zionists and anti-Zionists.Even if you are ANTI-Zionist, Muslims eventually want you DEAD,
if you are a Jew.DO NOT blame Muslim anti-Semitism on the Zionists;
they did not invent it, and they did not cause it.Stop blaming the Jewish victims of Muslim anti-Semitism,
and instead direct your blame to where it belongs: ISLAM.SQUARE_ROOTParticipantMr. Geert Wilders recently praised Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on X (Twitter).
Mr. Wilders said that by crushing Hamas and pulverizing Hezbollah,
Netanyahu did more to fight terrorism than the EU (European Union) has done in 70 years.Geert Wilders is a Dutch politician.
December 10, 2024 1:20 pm at 1:20 pm in reply to: Why Jews are Quitting the Democratic Party #2340189SQUARE_ROOTParticipantThese quotes are from an article published by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
“Donald Trump [in 2024] won a higher percentage of Jews than in 2020…”
“While 48% of Jewish voters thought [Donald] Trump would be
more pro-Israel than [Joe] Biden, only 7% said the same of [Kamala] Harris.And while 23% of Jewish Trump voters said
they had a high attachment to Israel,
9% of Harris voters said the same.”“Those figures would be consistent with actual voting results in
heavily Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods, as opposed to polls,
that showed a marked preference for Trump in places
like Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Teaneck, New Jersey.”SOURCE: article titled: “One month after Election Day,
here’s what we know about how Jews voted”
by Ron Kampeas 2024 December 4 www (dot) JTA (dot) orgSQUARE_ROOTParticipantDo you remember the incident of Joe Biden and the Chinese Spy Baloon?
President Joe Biden allowed the Chinese Spy Saloon to pass over the USA,
from the West Coast to the East Coast, and he did NOT order it to be shot-down,
until AFTER it completed it mission! WOW!That is much worse than just a bad policy decision; that is a BLATANT BETRAYAL
of America’s national security. Any American soldier who did that would be court-martial-ed.Even before this incident, critics of President Joe Biden accused him
of being paid-for by the government of China.
This blatant betrayal of America’s national security proves that accusation.SQUARE_ROOTParticipantAs mentioned above, many Muslims believe that killing a Jew,
or being killed by a Jew, guarantees a Muslim that he [or she]
will go directly to Paradise after death, without needing
even one second of painful purification in Purgatory.
Millions of people know this.But there are five more points about Islamic philosophy
that are less known, that you probably never heard before:[1] Many Muslims believe that if a Muslim kills a Jew,
or is killed by a Jew, this guarantees automatic Paradise after death,
not only for the Muslim who died, but also for 70 of his closest relatives.This means that if a Muslim kills a Jew, or is killed by a Jew,
this guarantees that all of his parents, brothers, sisters, uncles,
aunts, cousins and grandparents are all guaranteed to
go directly to Paradise after death, without needing
even one second of painful purification in Purgatory.For this reason, many Muslim parents actually
WANT their children to be killed by Israeli soldiers,
as strange as it may seem.[2] Many Muslims believe that killing ONE Jew is
spiritually equal to killing 50 ordinary infidels [non-Muslims].Therefore, if a Muslim kills ONE Jew, his eternal reward
in Paradise is twice a great as a Muslim who killed
25 ordinary infidels [non-Muslims], because 2 X 25 = 50.[3] In Europe and North America, most people believe in
the desirability of “Win-Win Solutions”, which means that a
problem is solved in a way that benefits both sides, so both sides win.Unfortunately, “Win-Win Solutions” are NOT part of Arab culture or Muslim culture.
They do NOT believe in “Win-Win Solutions”.They believe that they alone should always win, and the infidels
[non-Muslims] should always lose, which often means that
the infidels [non-Muslims] are massacred and genocided into extinction.[4] Many Muslims believe that ANY compromise is shameful,
and in the Arab/Muslim world, shame is the worst fate possible,
even worse than losing a large amount of money.ANY compromise with Jews is most shameful of all.
How does this effect Israel’s ability to compromise with Muslims?
[5] Every time Jews offer land in exchange for peace,
Muslims misinterpret this as a public admission of guilt.Stated another way, every time Jews offer land in exchange for peace,
Muslims misinterpret this as Jews publicly confessing that
“they stole Palestine from Muslims”.More than 70 years after 1948, most Israeli leaders and
Jewish leaders do not know this, and never will know this.===========================================
Unfortunately, I do not have any sources for this valuable information.
If anyone could find the sources for this valuable information,
it would certainly be appreciated. Thank you!SQUARE_ROOTParticipantAs mentioned above, many Muslims believe that killing a Jew,
or being killed by a Jew, guarantees a Muslim that he [or she]
will go directly to Paradise after death, without needing
even one second of painful purification in Purgatory.
Millions of people know this.But there are five more points about Islamic philosophy
that are less known, that you probably never heard before:[1] Many Muslims believe that if a Muslim kills a Jew,
or is killed by a Jew, this guarantees automatic Paradise after death,
not only for the Muslim who died, but also for 70 of his closest relatives.This means that if a Muslim kills a Jew, or is killed by a Jew,
this guarantees that all of his parents, brothers, sisters, uncles,
aunts, cousins and grandparents are all guaranteed to
go directly to Paradise after death, without needing
even one second of painful purification in Purgatory.For this reason, many Muslim parents actually
WANT their children to be killed by Israeli soldiers,
as strange as it may seem.[2] Many Muslims believe that killing ONE Jew is
spiritually equal to killing 50 ordinary infidels [non-Muslims].Therefore, if a Muslim kills ONE Jew, his eternal reward
in Paradise is twice a great as a Muslim who killed
25 ordinary infidels [non-Muslims], because 2 X 25 = 50.[3] In Europe and North America, most people believe in
the desirability of “Win-Win Solutions”, which means that a
problem is solved in a way that benefits both sides, so both sides win.Unfortunately, “Win-Win Solutions” are NOT part of Arab culture or Muslim culture.
They do NOT believe in “Win-Win Solutions”.They believe that they alone should always win, and the infidels
[non-Muslims] should always lose, which often means that
the infidels [non-Muslims] are massacred and genocided into extinction.[4] Many Muslims believe that ANY compromise is shameful,
and in the Arab/Muslim world, shame is the worst fate possible,
even worse than losing a large amount of money.ANY compromise with Jews is most shameful of all.
How does this effect Israel’s ability to compromise with Muslims?
[5] Every time Jews offer land in exchange for peace,
Muslims misinterpret this as a public admission of guilt.Stated another way, every time Jews offer land in exchange for peace,
Muslims misinterpret this as Jews publicly confessing that
“they stole Palestine from Muslims”.More than 70 years after 1948, most Israeli leaders and
Jewish leaders do not know this, and never will know this.===========================================
Unfortunately, I do not have any sources for this valuable information.
If anyone could find the sources for this valuable information,
it would certainly be appreciated. Thank you.SQUARE_ROOTParticipantChaim87 said:
“The Inflation Reduction Act: That did not cut inflation. Again baloney.
You know what brought inflation down? The feds increasing [interest] rates.”==============================================
MY RESPONSE:
That is true and correct.
SQUARE_ROOTParticipantakuperma said:
“If the Hareidim were running the yishuv in Eretz Yisrael,
as was the case in the pre-Zionist era,
we wouldn’t be war with the Islamic world.”===========================================
MY RESPONSE:
That statement could only be made by a person who
knows NOTHING about Islamic theology and Islamic History.===========================================
[1] Mohammed, the founder of Islam, who all Muslims must imitate,
ordered the beheading of 800 Jewish prisoners of war.Their orphans became slaves and their widows were used for immoral purposes.
This was more than a dozen centuries BEFORE the Zionists.
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[2] The Koran, chapter 5, verse 82, teaches that Jews [and polytheists]
are THE WORST ENEMIES OF MUSLIMS.Not just enemies of Muslims. but THE WORST ENEMIES OF MUSLIMS.
This was more than a dozen centuries BEFORE the Zionists.
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[3] The Hadith (an ancient Muslim holy book) teaches that
the Last Day cannot come, until ALL JEWS [100%] are killed by Muslims.The Hadith teaches that when The Last Day comes,
a rock will miraculously speak, and say:“MUSLIM!! A JEW IS HIDING BEHIND ME!! ARISE AND SLAY HIM!!”
This wicked story is repeated in The Hadith, seven [7] times!
This was more than a dozen centuries BEFORE the Zionists.
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[4] Mohammed’s last words before he died:“O Lord, kill the Jews and Christians.”
SOURCE: Hadith Malik, 511:1588
This was more than a dozen centuries BEFORE the Zionists.
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[5] Rabbi Ovadiah of Bartenura sas this, in a letter to his father in year 1488 August 15:“Jews in Muslim lands make themselves appear poor.
They go about like an impoverished, despised people,
with their heads bowed before Muslims.”CHRONOLOGY: Rabbi Ovadiah ben Abraham of Bartenura was
born around 1445 CE in Bertinoro, Italy, and died around 1515 CE in Jerusalem.SOURCE: Pathway to Jerusalem: the Travel Letters of Rabbi Ovadiah of Bartenura,
written between 1488 and 1490 during his journey to the Holy Land (page 40)
translated by Yaakov Dovid Shulman, year 1992 CE, 93 pages,
CIS Publishers, Lakewood, New Jersey, ISBN 1-56062-130-3===========================================
[6] Abdul Aziz told this to Harold Dickson in [year] 1937 [CE]:“Our hatred for the Jews, dates from God’s condemnation of them
for their persecution and rejection of ‘Isa [the founder of Christianity]
and their subsequent rejection later of His chosen Prophet [Muhammad]…“Verily the word of God teaches us – and we implicitly believe this O Dickson
– that for a Muslim to kill a Jew [in war], or for him to be killed by a Jew,
ensures him immediate entry in Heaven and into the august presence of God Almighty.”Abdul Aziz made this statement to [Harold] Dickson as part of his
protest at the Peel Report, Britain’s 1937 plan to partition Palestine
into separate Jewish and Arab areas, thereby granting the
Zionists the basis for the independent state that they dreamed of…”SOURCE: The Kingdom: Arabia and the House of Sa’ud
(chapter 29, page 259) by Robert Lacey, published in year 1981
by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York,
ISBN-10: 0006365094 * ISBN-13: 978-0006365099===========================================
[7] Robert Lacey said:“Arabians are conspiracy theorists, and not afraid to admit it.
Just as they believe in an active power for good intervening
daily in their lives, so they believe that evil and the powers
of darkness are manifest here on earth.A Westerner takes the credit for his own successes
and blames himself for his failures.An Arabian thanks God for the good and blames the bad
on evil influences beyond his control. It makes for a guilt-free existence.It also makes for deep suspicions, and nowhere is this more obvious
than in the Arab attitude towards the Jews.”SOURCE: The Kingdom: Arabia and the House of Sa’ud
(chapter 41, page 386) by Robert Lacey, published in year 1981
by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York,
ISBN-10: 0006365094 ISBN-13: 978-0006365099===========================================
PS: Please feel free to copy these quotes for future reference.December 8, 2024 11:58 am at 11:58 am in reply to: Why Jews are Quitting the Democratic Party #2338958SQUARE_ROOTParticipantThis article is from The Associated Press:
“New York City Mayor Eric Adams appears open to switching parties
to become a Republican, as he declined to rule out a future change
in political allegiances during a pair of interviews Friday that
came as he has increasing warmed to President-elect Donald Trump.”“The comments from Adams, the top Democrat in one of
the country’s most liberal cities, riled critics who have grown
concerned over the mayor’s increasing willingness to throw
his support behind Trump and his hardline immigration policies.”“[New York City Mayor Eric] Adams, who faces federal corruption charges,
was a registered Republican in the 1990s and early 2000s
but has spent his political career as a Democrat. ““In a Friday morning interview with the local cable news station NY1,
Adams was asked if he would consider a return to the GOP.
The Democrat appeared to leave open the possibility of a switch.”SOURCE: article titled: “NYC’s mayor warms to Trump
and doesn’t rule out becoming a Republican”
by Anthony Izaguirre & Jake Offenhartz
2024 December 6 www (dot) APnews (dot) comSQUARE_ROOTParticipantDuring the years that Joe Biden was president,
the American dollar lost 25% of its value.Joe Biden also did nothing to stop the BRICS organization,
whose prime goal is to destroy and ruin the American dollar.Joe Biden’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan signaled
American weakness to the entire world, which led to Russia’s invasion
of Ukraine and the Hamas massacre against Israel on 2023 October 7.Then Joe Biden then stopped Israel from finishing its job to destroy Hamas,
and publicly blamed Israel for the suffering in Gaza.When did Joe Biden ever criticize Hamas for always stealing food
from Gazans and always using Gazans as Human Shields?Joe Biden proudly publicly and proudly stated that he chose
Kamala Harris to be his Vice President because she was
“a woman of color” – not because she was qualified
to be Vice President, but because of her race and her sex.
This foolish decision inflicted huge losses on Joe Biden’s
political party, the Democratic Party.Joe Biden spent huge amounts of time vacationing instead of working,
which he got away with because the news media loves the Democrats.Joe Biden and the Democratic Party used government agencies,
including the courts and the Department of Justice,
as weapons against their political opponents; then Joe Biden
pardoned his own son for numerous crimes, even though
he said a dozen times that he would never do that.Joe Biden became President only because the news media
and web sites like: Facebook, twitter, and Instagram censored
and deleted news stories that harmed Joe Biden’s chances of getting elected.
In a fair election, Joe Biden would have lost, and Donald Trump would have won.Anyone can make a mistake, but defending Joe Biden requires
a special kind of stupidity, and voting for the Democratic Party
requires a special kind of brainwashing and willful ignorance.SQUARE_ROOTParticipant“President-elect Donald Trump announced his nomination on Wednesday
of Jewish entrepreneur Jared Isaacman as administrator of
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).”SOURCE: article titled: “Trump names Jewish tech entrepreneur to head NASA”
2024 December 4, www (dot) jns (dot) orgSQUARE_ROOTParticipantDecember 5, 2024 9:44 pm at 9:44 pm in reply to: ‘No Hat, No Jacket, No Davening?’: A Shul’s Sign Challenges Unity #2338588SQUARE_ROOTParticipantDaMoshe said:
“R’ Zilberstein said that for a yeshiva bachur, who regularly wears a hat and jacket to davening,
it’s better to daven b’yichidus wtih a hat and jacket.”====================================
MY RESPONSE:
By what halachic logic is wearing “a hat and jacket” more important than praying with a minyan?
For many years, I suspected that Orthodox Jews place too much emphasis on external appearances,
especially Charedim, and this seems to confirm that suspicion.December 5, 2024 5:24 pm at 5:24 pm in reply to: The Net Results of the NASI Project and the Shidduch Age Gap Scare #2338423SQUARE_ROOTParticipantIn the early 2000s (or maybe the 1990s) I asked dozens of shadchanim:
What are the biggest problems that prevent shidduchim?
They gave me two answers more often than all others:
short boys and overweight girls.Short boys cannot increase their height,
but overweight girls should be able to lose weight.If we want to help girls get married,
then we must do something about overweight girls.SQUARE_ROOTParticipantDecember 3, 2024 10:13 am at 10:13 am in reply to: The Net Results of the NASI Project and the Shidduch Age Gap Scare #2337496SQUARE_ROOTParticipantIf the beliefs of the NASI Project are true, then why were they never mentioned by 33 centuries of our ancestors?
SQUARE_ROOTParticipantYossy Goldman (a Chabad Rabbi) said:
“Every time a young man or woman puts on a Tzahal uniform,
they put their lives on the line.They are prepared to give their lives to defend our homeland and our people.
The most secular kibbutznik becomes a tzaddik, the holy of holies,
when he makes that courageous commitment.”
….
“Those courageous chayalim make that pledge daily.
And far too many have sacrificed their lives in the current war against terror.So it is entirely appropriate that they should be our superheroes.”
SOURCE: article titled: “The Voice of Jacob”
by Yossy Goldman 2024/11/27 for www (dot) JNS (dot) orgSQUARE_ROOTParticipantHaKatan said:
“…imagined that the nations (and Arabs) would
welcome the Zionists in their takeover and invasion.”
===================================HaKatan speaks like an ally of Hamas and Hezbollah,
who are the modern-day Amalekites in our times.By referring to Israel as a “takeover and invasion”
HaKatan denies Jewish ownership of Eretz Yisrael,
a concept which is taught many times by our perfect Torah.December 1, 2024 11:54 pm at 11:54 pm in reply to: ILLEGAL ALIENS versus Undocumented Immigrants #2336892SQUARE_ROOTParticipantSQUARE_ROOTParticipantBamidbar, chapter 32, verse 6:
Moshe replies to the Tribe of Gad and the Tribe of Reuven:
“Shall your brothers come to war while you remain here?”
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In Tanach, Sefer Shoftim, [the Book of Judges] chapter 5,
the Prophetess Deborah [Devorah HaNeviyah], sings a Divinely-inspired song.In chapter 5, verses 12 to 16, the Prophetess Deborah publicly
praises those Jews who fought against the enemies of Israel.Then she publicly REBUKES those Jews who did NOT
join the fight against the enemies of Israel.***************************************************************
In Tanach, in Sefer Shmuel Aleph, chapter 18, verse 7,
we see Shaul HaMelech and the General of Shaul’s Army,
David ben Yishai. (This was before David became King.)They are both returning home from recent victory in war.
We see the Jewish women publicly praising both of them:
“SHAUL HAS SLAIN HIS THOUSANDS AND
DAVID [HAS SLAIN] HIS TENS OF THOUSANDS.”PERSONAL NOTE:
From this we see that the soldiers who fight our enemies
deserve to be publicly praised and thanked.***************************************************************
Tanach, Nechemiah, chapter 4, verse 8:
“And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles,
and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people:‘Be not afraid of them!
Remember HaShem, who is great and awesome,
and FIGHT FOR YOUR BRETHREN,
your sons and your daughters, your wives and your houses!’”SQUARE_ROOTParticipantIn year 2014 of the Common Era, Mr. Jackie Mason
(a famous Secular-Jewish-American comedian) said that
three things never end: death, taxes and anti-Semitism.SOURCE: article titled: “Three things are certain: Death, taxes and anti-Semitism”
by Mr. Jackie Mason 2014 September 8, www (dot) jewishworldreview (dot) com
https://jewishworldreview.com/0914/mason090814.php3SQUARE_ROOTParticipantujm said: “Another attempt to shmad.”
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That statement is Motzi Shem Ra.
I urge you to do teshuvah for Motzi Shem Ra by retracting that statement.
SQUARE_ROOTParticipantHaKatan said: “Zionism is shmad.”
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MY RESPONSE:
Only Secular Zionism is shmad.
Religious Zionism is NOT shmad; Religious Zionism is part of our great and perfect Torah.
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Consider this: What was the FIRST thing that G*D told Avraham Avinu to do?
It was not keeping kosher or reciting a brachah before or after food.
It was not Shabbos or any of the holidays.
It was not tzitzis or tefillin.
It was not praying three times every day.The FIRST thing that G*D told Avraham Avinu to do was to move to Eretz Yisrael (“lech lecha”).
We see from this that some kind of Religious Zionism is part of our great and perfect Torah.
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Consider this: What was Moshe Rabbeinu’s greatest regret, at the end of his life?
It was not having more gold and silver.
It was not having more wives.
It was not having more expensive royal clothes or living in a palace.Moshe Rabbeinu’s greatest regret, at the end of his life, was not entering Eretz Yisrael.
We see from this that some kind of Religious Zionism is part of our great and perfect Torah.
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There are many more proofs like this, but I want to limit the length of this message.
SQUARE_ROOTParticipantRabbi Uri Pilichowski (“a self-declared Brisker”) said:
“The existence of anti-Zionist Jews troubles the Zionist community
for numerous reasons, but most of all because they provide support
for the anti-Semites of the world who mask their Jew-hatred
with the ‘legitimate’ veneer of anti-Zionism.”SOURCE: Who are the anti-Zionist Jews? by Rabbi Uri Pilichowski
2024 August 18, Jewish News Syndicate: www (dot) JNS (dot) orgSQUARE_ROOTParticipantOnce full-scale war broke out after the State of Israel
declared its existence on May 14, 1948 [CE] Reb Shraga Feivel’s
[Mendlowitz] thoughts were never far from Eretz Yisrael.A group of students saw him outside the Mesivta building
one day, talking excitedly with Rabbi Gedaliah Schorr and
gesticulating rapidly with the newspaper held in his hand.“If I were your age,” he [Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz] told the students,
“I would take a gun and go to Eretz Yisrael.”SOURCE: “Reb Shraga Feivel: the life and times of Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz,
the architect of Torah in America” (chapter 26, page 338)
by Yonoson Rosenblum for Artscroll / Mesorah, year 2001 CE,
based on Aharon Sorasky’s Shelucha DeRachmana,
ISBNs: 157819797X, 9781578197972, 1578197961, 9781578197965November 29, 2024 9:41 am at 9:41 am in reply to: Should bochrim be going to goisheh sport games? #2336494SQUARE_ROOTParticipantIs it SAFE for bachurim who are obviously Jewish to go to non-Jewish
sports events, where they might be surrounded by people who hate them?SQUARE_ROOTParticipantPRESIDENTIAL QUIZ:
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Which of the following USA Presidents freed Jonathan Pollard:Bill Clinton
George Bush Jr.
Barack Hussein Obama
Donald Trump
Joe Biden====================================================
Which of the following USA Presidents moved the American embassy to Jerusalem:Bill Clinton
George Bush Jr.
Barack Hussein Obama
Donald Trump
Joe Biden====================================================
Which of the following USA Presidents helped Israel by creating the Abraham Accords:Bill Clinton
George Bush Jr.
Barack Hussein Obama
Donald Trump
Joe Biden====================================================
Which of the following USA Presidents had TWO Orthodox Jews as his closest advisors:Bill Clinton
George Bush Jr.
Barack Hussein Obama
Donald Trump
Joe Biden====================================================
The correct answer to ALL of these questions is: Donald Trump!!!
SQUARE_ROOTParticipantThis recent article is from Matzav dot com quoting JNS (dot) org:
The Israel Defense Forces plans to form the first company of the new Hasmonean Brigade, to be made up of ultra-Orthodox soldiers, by Chanukah, which this year starts on December 25.
The IDF wants to capitalize on the symbolism. The Hasmonean Dynasty began after the Jews threw off the yoke of Hellenistic rule in the Maccabean Revolt (167 to 141 BCE) against the Seleucid Empire, liberation that the holiday commemorates.
Thirty young men have already passed the first screenings and dozens of others have expressed interest in serving in the brigade, Ynet reported.
The army is also looking to make charedi soldiers currently serving in noncombat roles into combat soldiers for the brigade. A company is made up 60 to 80 soldiers.
The IDF is taking a gradual approach, hoping that the charedi community will take note that the brigade is responsive to the religious needs of the ultra-Orthodox, creating trust between the community and the army.
The new brigade requires recruits to follow a strict halachic lifestyle, that is, one in keeping with religious law. Observant Jews will serve as commanders in the brigade.
Brigade enlistees will sign a document accepting its rules. One clause states that recruits will at all times maintain an ultra-Orthodox way of life, be careful to use clean speech, keep beards and sidelocks throughout their service if they entered the army with them, and wear Sabbath clothes during Sabbath prayers and meals “as is customary in ultra-Orthodox society (and even a suit and a hat).”
All the courses and training for soldiers in the brigade will be conducted internally to avoid mixing with non-Orthodox units, a nod to a concern of many ultra-Orthodox, who view it as a violation of the IDF’s obligation to preserve their strict lifestyle.
Brigade commander Col. Avinoam Emunah said: “I am privileged to be the commander of the ultra-Orthodox brigade and to be part of this special project that can bring about a change in Israeli society and the entire people of Israel.
“We established a brigade, which for the first time since the establishment of the IDF and the establishment of the state, will allow the ultra-Orthodox public to enlist and serve in combat according to their lifestyle and preserve their identity,” he said.
SOURCE: article titled: “IDF Picks Chanukah for
Charedi Recruitment to Chashmonaim Brigade”
2024 November 28 www (dot) Matzav (dot) com quoting JNS (dot) orgNovember 28, 2024 5:17 pm at 5:17 pm in reply to: Why Jews are Quitting the Democratic Party #2336363SQUARE_ROOTParticipantWHICH OF THESE FAMOUS PEOPLE QUIT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY:
============================================President Ronald Reagan
President Donald Trump
Senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona
Representative Tulsi Gabbard
Representative Tricia Cotham
Mia McLeod (South Carolina State Senator)
Elon Musk (owner of SpaceX and Twitter)
Joe Rogan (podcaster, comedian, actor, television host)
Andrew Yang (lawyer, author, businessman, political candidate)
Nicole Shanahan (lawyer and philanthropist)
Allison Huynh (former Obama fundraiser)
Alan Dershowitz (Harvard Law School Professor)
Mr. Shabbos Kestenbaum (recent Harvard graduate)
Miss Elizabeth Pipko (founder of JExodus = Jewish Exodus movement)
The correct answer is: ALL OF THEM!!
November 27, 2024 4:30 pm at 4:30 pm in reply to: Why Jews are Quitting the Democratic Party #2335890SQUARE_ROOTParticipantMr. Eric Levine (a founding member of a New York City law firm) said:
“No doubt [Donald] Trump’s strong showing among Jews is a reaction to the
explosion of antisemitism on our university campuses and in cities across the country,
and to the Democratic Party’s failure to condemn it.
To the contrary, significant portions of the Democratic Party embrace it.”“Vice President Kamala Harris’s failure to select Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro
as her running mate, her tepid support for the Jewish state and her failure
to contradict a protester who said Israel is committing genocide in Gaza
created a four-alarm fire in many quarters of the American Jewish community.”SOURCE: article titled: “How to defeat the antisemitism
of the progressive left and strengthen America”
by Eric Levin 2024/11/26 for www (dot) JNS (dot) orgSQUARE_ROOTParticipantMr. Eric Levine (a founding member of a New York City law firm) said:
“No doubt [Donald] Trump’s strong showing among Jews is a reaction to the
explosion of antisemitism on our university campuses and in cities across the country,
and to the Democratic Party’s failure to condemn it.
To the contrary, significant portions of the Democratic Party embrace it.”“Vice President Kamala Harris’s failure to select Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro
as her running mate, her tepid support for the Jewish state and her failure
to contradict a protester who said Israel is committing genocide in Gaza
created a four-alarm fire in many quarters of the American Jewish community.”SOURCE: article titled: “How to defeat the antisemitism
of the progressive left and strengthen America”
by Eric Levin 2024/11/26 for www (dot) JNS (dot) orgNovember 27, 2024 4:30 pm at 4:30 pm in reply to: Why Jews are Quitting the Democratic Party #2335889SQUARE_ROOTParticipantMr. Eric Levine (a founding member of a New York City law firm) said:
“No doubt [Donald] Trump’s strong showing among Jews is a reaction to the
explosion of antisemitism on our university campuses and in cities across the country,
and to the Democratic Party’s failure to condemn it.
To the contrary, significant portions of the Democratic Party embrace it.”“Vice President Kamala Harris’s failure to select Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro
as her running mate, her tepid support for the Jewish state and her failure
to contradict a protester who said Israel is committing genocide in Gaza
created a four-alarm fire in many quarters of the American Jewish community.”SOURCE: article titled: “How to defeat the antisemitism
of the progressive left and strengthen America”
by Eric Levin 2024/11/26 for www (dot) JNS (dot) orgNovember 24, 2024 9:20 pm at 9:20 pm in reply to: Statistics Demonstrating Jewish Community Increasingly Voting Republican #2334727SQUARE_ROOTParticipantakuperma said:
“The Democrats’ “Progressive wing”, which is ascendant,
supports active discrimination against Jews,
tolerates anti-Jewish violence, and endorses Hamas’s demand
for “ethnic cleansing” of Jews “from the River to the Sea…..”.MY REACTION: What akuperma said is 100% true and correct.
November 21, 2024 2:09 pm at 2:09 pm in reply to: Statistics Demonstrating Jewish Community Increasingly Voting Republican #2334430SQUARE_ROOTParticipantUJM, I appreciate this excellent article.
But what is the name of the author? Which newspaper published this article?
SQUARE_ROOTParticipantDear YWN Moderator,
The two recent comments from BURGTHZ should be deleted, as soon as possible.
This web site can be read by ANYONE, including people who hate Jews.
BURGTHZ’s comments can be used to attack all Jews, so they must be deleted.
Sincerely,
SQUARE_ROOTSQUARE_ROOTParticipantRabbi Avrohom Birnbaum said this in Yated Neeman :
We all set goals, especially spiritual goals.
We all want to accomplish so much in both asei tov and sur meira.
There are masechtos we’re determined to learn,
areas of halacha we want to master.There is the fight against the yeitzer hara that we are so determined to win;
the shemiras halashon kabbolah and shemiras einayim kabbolah;
the kibbud av v’eim kabbolah and the internet kabbolah
that we have made with such conviction…and then nisyonos happen,
obstacles are placed in our way, and we often feel like we simply can’t win.
It’s too hard. “Oy,” we think, “we didn’t realize how tough it would be.”It’s at these moments that we should look at Donald J. Trump and say:
“Look at what Trump did. He had a goal. He may be a little meshugah
in some ways, but this meshugeneh didn’t let anything stop him.
He stayed focused, going after his prize with tenacity.
He didn’t give up for a second, and now he’s president of
the United States once again. He’s got battle scars, but he made it.”When it comes to our goals in ruchniyus, we should be as meshugah as Trump.
Now go be a meshugeneh!
SOURCE: “The Belief and Mussar Lesson” by Rabbi Avrohom Birnbaum
November 13, 2024 www (dot) yated (dot) comSQUARE_ROOTParticipantakuperma, if you read mussar books carefully, you will be amazed
by the wrongdoings committed by Jews of previous generations,
back in the days when every Jew was allegedly a Tzaddik Gamur.David HaMelech had two sons who attempted to KILL him,
and another son who forced his own sister into physical intimacy.SQUARE_ROOTParticipantCoffee Addict, I actually liked UJM’s comments in this discussion,
and I may copy his comments to my computer for future reference.Coffee Addict, your question about binah is a valid question,
but this Coffee Room is not the best place to ask that question.November 18, 2024 8:22 pm at 8:22 pm in reply to: Why Jews are Quitting the Democratic Party #2333793SQUARE_ROOTParticipantPresident Obama vs Jewish Victims of Terrorists
===============================The victims of the Sbarro’s bombing of August 2001 tried to sue Iran,
but then-President Barack Hussein Obama changed the law,
to make it impossible for American Jews to sue Iran.In other words, then-President Barack Hussein Obama
helped the terrorists and harmed the victims of terrorists! Wow!Even worse, President Obama (Democrat) and President Joe Biden
(also Democrat) both gave BILLIONS OF DOLLARS to Iran,
which was used to massacre more than 1,200 Jews on October 7, 2023.Sadly, most American Jews continue to vote for the Democrats.
If Kamala Harris (Democrat) were President now,
she would certainly give BILLIONS OF DOLLARS to Iran,
which they would certainly use to kill even more Jews.Jews should NEVER vote for any Democrats, because
the Democrats are allies of Muslim terrorists and Iran.
Democrats are ENEMIES OF JEWS, both in Israel and the USA.SQUARE_ROOTParticipantIn this web site, in this Coffee Room, there are people
who insult the Dati Leumi at every possible opportunity.I will not mention their names.
November 17, 2024 1:10 pm at 1:10 pm in reply to: ‘No Hat, No Jacket, No Davening?’: A Shul’s Sign Challenges Unity #2333375SQUARE_ROOTParticipantThere is a famous picture of Rabbi Moshe Feinstein’s first smichah class.
In this picture, none of the smichah students wear black hats or black suits;
all of them wear the clothes and colors that were worn
by most non-Jews in New York City in the 1940s or 1950s.By today’s standards, their clothes would be considered Modern Orthodox.
SQUARE_ROOTParticipantKuvult said:
“Why did the Torah [Scroll] have to come from an Orthodox Shul?”
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MY RESPONSE:
Thank you for your question, It is a very important question.
You might not be aware of this, but in recent decades,
Reform and Conservative and other off-the-Derech movements
have been writing their own Torah Scrolls! Rachmanah Latzlan!!One female fake-sofer, Miss Aviel Barclay, calls herself “Soferet”
and her web site is www dot Soferet dot com.There are big problems with this.
[1] Halachah clearly states that a Torah Scroll written by a woman is PASUL (invalid).
[2] If I remember correctly, Aviel Barclay is a convert to Reform Judaism,
which makes her NOT Jewish, and a Torah Scroll written by a non-Jew is PASUL (invalid).[3] She holds by non-Orthodox Rabbis, and only by non-Orthodox Rabbis,
which again makes her Torah scrolls100% PASUL (invalid).She also teaches random people how to write Torah Scrolls, if they pay her.
Many years ago, I sent her an email which quoted classic Torah sources
which prove that a Torah Scroll written by a woman is PASUL (invalid).
She sent me an email back, and she already knew that the Halachah
was definitely against her, but that did not stop her, or even slow her down.In the 1990s & early 2000s, there was another Reform female fake-sofer
who called herself “Chatam Soferet”. I do not know if she is still active or alive.In my opinion, it would be very appropriate to pray that
all of the fake Torah Scrolls written by her,
and all of the fake Torah Scrolls written by all pasul people,
should all be completely burned.PS: In Eretz Yisrael, fake Torah Scrolls have been written by ARABS!!
Rachmanah Latzlan!! Rachmanah Latzlan!! Rachmanah Latzlan!!November 17, 2024 1:10 pm at 1:10 pm in reply to: Not every chabadnik is meshichus and we need to see that line #2333360SQUARE_ROOTParticipantI never hear the voices of the non-Meshichist Chabadnicks.
The Meshichist Chabadnicks seem to be a 1,000 times louder than the non-Meshichist Chabadnicks.
Can you name one prominent non-Meshichist Chabad Rabbi?
SQUARE_ROOTParticipantIs seminary worth it, if it causes the girl to delay marriage by 1 or 2 years?
SQUARE_ROOTParticipantReb Eliezer said:
“He is picking the worst expertise members in their fields of his cabinet.”
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Around 4 years ago, President Joe Biden publicly admitted that
the only reason why he chose Kamala Harris to be Vice President
was because she was a “woman of color” or non-White woman.Not because of her talents or her credentials,
but because of her race and her sex.SQUARE_ROOTParticipantDonald Trump was supported by EVERY RAV.
Kamala Harris was supported by the EREV RAV.November 17, 2024 10:16 am at 10:16 am in reply to: Why Jews are Quitting the Democratic Party #2332696SQUARE_ROOTParticipantSenator Bernie Sanders of Vermont recently said:
“It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party
which has abandoned working class people
would find that the working class has abandoned them.”PERSONAL COMMENT:
The Democratic Party abandoned working class people a long time ago,
especially poor White people, and many people noticed this,
long before this recent statement by Bernie Sanders.The Democratic Party demonizes and dehumanizes straight White men,
especially those who believe in traditional values,
which caused millions of straight White men to vote for Donald Trump.November 17, 2024 10:13 am at 10:13 am in reply to: Tutoring in Yeshivot in EY – A LOSE/LOSE DEAL #2332663SQUARE_ROOTParticipantI am sorry to hear that you experienced hardships as a tutor.
I have experience tutoring secular subjects, and my students
attended around 50% of the time, which made it
very hard to make any money from tutoring.I have not tutored in many years; I just gave up.
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