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If you must “vent” — if you must say something negative about somebody – then say your message to a Rabbi, because presumably a Rabbi will not repeat Lashon HaRa to anyone.
But be sure than no additional people are listening, and do not say your message to a Rabbi who knows the person you want to talk about.
“People tend to forget that the doctrine of territories for peace was used by [Adolph] Hitler in [year] 1939, when he declared that he would leave Europe in peace if territories in Poland that Germany lost in World War I were ceded to Germany.”
SOURCE: Moshe Arens, former Member of Knesset and Israeli Minister of Defense, HaAretz, 2004/1/22
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Retired Lt General Tom Kelly
(Chief of Operations of the 1991 Gulf War) said:“I cannot defend this land [Israel] without that terrain [the West Bank]…
Without the West Bank, Israel is only 8 miles wide at its narrowest point. That makes it indefensible.”
SOURCE: The Jewish Connection Magazine, 2012 January 6 edition, page 14, article titled: The 2012 Arab Street Driven Security Requirements written by retired Ambassador Yoram Ettinger
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“J-Street and Peace Now and practically the entire Democratic Party and all of Western Europe take it as axiomatic that a new State of Palestine would bring peace.Voices who point out that Israeli concessions in the past to Palestinians has brought less, not more, peace have been drowned out.”
SOURCE: Large majority of Palestinians say the conflict should continue even AFTER they get a state
elderofziyon on blogspot dot com 2019/09===================================
Abdul Hameed al Ghabin [Saudi writer and political analyst] said:“How can we achieve peace if the Palestinian people remain without a place to call home?
The answer is simple:Jordan is already 78% of historical Palestine. Jordanians of Palestinian origin constitute more than 80% of the population according to U.S. intelligence cables leaked in 2010. Jordan is essentially already the Palestinian Arab state.
The only problem is, the King of Jordan refuses to acknowledge this.”
SOURCE: A new Saudi perspective for peace by Abdul Hameed al Ghabin, 2019/8/21
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Jonathan S. Tobin said:“As our Evelyn Gordon wrote in a prescient COMMENTARY [magazine] article published in January 2010, by signaling its willingness to withdraw from some territory, the Israelis did not convince anyone of their good intentions.
To the contrary, such concessions reinforced the conviction that Israel was a thief in possession of stolen property.
The reaction from the Palestinians and hostile Europeans was not gratitude for the generosity of the Israelis in giving up land to which they too had a claim, but a demand that it be forced to give up even more.
Land-for-peace schemes and a belief in two states on the part of Israelis has always led most Palestinians to believe that their goal of forcing the Jews out of the entire country was more realistic, not less so.”
SOURCE: article titled: Israeli Peace Gestures Not Only Don’t Work. They Make Things Worse by Jonathan S. Tobin, 2015 March 31, Commentary Magazine
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Sarah N. Stern said:“Like many Jewish organizations, J Street is seduced by lofty slogans like ‘pro-Israel/pro-peace’. These words are intended to give the impression that all that Israel has to do is immediately withdraw from the territories, and then peace would ultimately break out.
This ignores the empirical evidence of what happened after the withdrawal from southern Lebanon in May of 2000, giving Hezbollah and their 150,000 missiles easy striking distance to Israel.
It also ignores the internally gut-wrenching Gaza withdrawal of 2005, where the land has been used to launch thousands of rockets [more than 10,000 rockets] and incendiary devices launched from kites and balloons, making life for those on Gaza’s neighboring communities a living hell and destroying thousands of acres of Israel’s agricultural land.”
SOURCE: Notes on the J Street conference by Sarah N. Stern (President of the Endowment for Middle East Truth), 2019/10/31, from JNS dot org
I might be wrong about this, but trolling MIGHT mean saying things to intentionally anger other people who posted messages.
The Chareidi Olam intentionally makes it impossible for men and women to meet each other, even when there is no halachic obligation to do so.
Then, when there is a Shidduch Crisis, they cannot understand why.EXAMPLE 1: There is no halachic requirement to make it impossible for men and women to meet each other in kosher pizza stores, yet the Chareidi Olam has done exactly that, by decreeing that women cannot sit down to eat there, they can only take out food.
EXAMPLE 2: There is no halachic requirement to make it impossible for men and women to meet each other after shul, yet the Chareidi Olam has done exactly that, by decreeing that women leave shul 30 minutes early, so there is no chance of them speaking to men after shul.
EXAMPLE 3: There is no halachic requirement to make it impossible for men and women to meet each other in Touro College, yet the Chareidi Olam has done exactly that, by decreeing that women and men cannot sit in the same classrooms together, nor even attend on the same days. Touro College has male-only days and female-only days, to guarantee that they cannot meet each other. Touro College has also decreed that males cannot teach female classes.
None of these things are required by halachah, yet they are enforced by the the Chareidi Olam with great stringency, and anyone who dares to violate these decrees would become a ridiculed outcast.
Yet, I believe in Hashgocha Protis, but we cannot do things that intentionally make it impossible for men and women to meet each other, and then expect Hashgocha Protis to always overcome all obstacles.
In year 2005 CE, an Orthodox Rabbi in Florida held a wedding with mixed seating.
The results of this wedding: 3 Orthodox Jewish men met 3 Orthodox Jewish women, and they married them, and had children from them, and sent their children to yeshivahs.
If that wedding did not have mixed seating, then the 3 Orthodox Jewish men would not have met the 3 Orthodox Jewish women, who became their wives.
What I just described used to be the standard practice of most Orthodox Jews, including prominent Rabbis. Then weddings with mixed seating became unpopular, and nobody can understand how this contributes to the problems of Orthodox Jewish singles.
Yud Tes Kislev is NEVER mentioned in: Tanach, Mishnah, Jerusalem Talmud, Babylonian Talmud, Rashi, Tosafos, Gaonim, Rishonim, Shulchan Aruch, or the commentaries written on pages of the Shulchan Aruch.
Yud Tes Kislev is NOT a real Jewish holiday, and should NOT be celebrated by Jews.
Don’t Jews already have enough holidays, even without Yud Tes Kislev?
Last-but-not-least, if you make new Jewish holidays, Ain LeDavar Sof — there is no end to it!
The J Street organization and the Biden Administration (of which Anthony Blinken is a member) are both 500% committed to the so-called “Two State Solution”, even if the “Two State Solution” is rejected by most Jews and most who live in Israel.
The J Street organization and the Biden Administration (including Anthony Blinken) are hell-bent on forcing the so-called “Two State Solution” down the throats of Jews and Arabs, because J Street organization and the Biden Administration both believe that they know better than Jews and Arabs who live in Israel.
Last-but-not-least, the so-called “Two State Solution” is clever way for the Democratic Party and Far-Leftists and Socialists to cause the complete destruction of Israel, while falsely pretending to be “pro-Israel and pro-peace”.
The so-called “Two State Solution” is designed to inflict indefensible borders on Israel, followed by the complete and permanent destruction of the only Jewish State.
This may seem crazy, until you understand that the Far-Leftists and Socialists and the Europeans ALWAYS HATE ISRAEL, and will do ANYTHING to appease-and-pacify Muslims, even if it means inflicting another HOLOCAUST on Jews.
So far as the Europeans are concerned, inflicting another HOLOCAUST on Jews is a small price to pay for appeasing-and-pacifying Muslims, which is always one of their highest priorities.
CONCLUSION: The “Two State Solution” is the “Final Solution” in disguise.
If you want to change the shidduch system,
or just understand why it fails so many people,
then I suggest that you visit the web site of
Chananya Weissman, then click on [ARTICLES],
then scroll down to “The Shidduch World”.I sincerely hope that this helps Jewish singles.
In the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, the red states voted for the Democratic Party and the blue states voted for the Republican Party.
Then the news media, which supported the Democratic Party, decided that Democrats were somehow losing votes, because they were said to be red.
So the colors were changed, to what they now.Red is a more accurate symbol for the Democratic Party, because their beliefs resemble the former Soviet Union (which had a red flag) and Communist China (which still has a red flag).
Therefore, the original colors were more honest.The Yahoo Poll is NOT reliable, because the Yahoo Corporation is dominated by far-leftist Democrats, as are other high-tech corporations, like: Google, YouTube, FaceBook, Instagram, Reddit (and Twitter before Mr. Elon Musk bought it).
For example, when Donald Trump was running for re-election, Yahoo News published FIVE [5] ARTICLES EVERY DAY that attacked Donald Trump, while publishing ZERO [0] articles that attacked the Democratic candidate – Joe Biden.
Additionally, the results of the Yahoo Poll can be explained by the fanatical-hatred that members of the Democratic Party have for Donald Trump.
Additionally, Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez described [Alexandria] Ocasio-Cortes, [Ilhan] Omar, [Rashida] Tlaib, and others comparing Israel to Nazi Germany as: the “future of the Democratic Party”.
SOURCE: A blow to BDS in the House by Jonathan S. Tobin, 2019/7/24
link removedAnother reason why this question is difficult-to-answer:
Words like “tzadik” and “mekubal” and “Ruach HaKodesh” do not have definitions that are precise or universally-accepted.
If I really wanted to, I could probably find five definitions for the word “tzadik”, and five definitions for the word “mekubal”, and five definitions for “Ruach HaKodesh”.
We might be able to answer the question better,
if we knew WHY you want a tzadik with Ruach HaKodesh.Are you looking for a miracle cure for a terminal illness?
Are you looking for someone who knows the future?
Are you trying to decide who to marry?In year 2009, Kanye West made himself into a fool before the entire world, when he jumped onto the stage [without permission] and rudely interrupted Miss Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech at the VMA [MTV Video Music Awards] ceremony.
That incident alone is enough to expose Kanye West as a shameless lunatic.
This distasteful incident is still recorded in many places on the internet.
Please read “An End to Shidduch Resumes” by Rabbi Chananya Weissman:
www. chananyaweissman. com/article.php?id=89My four decades of experience with secular Jews taught me this lesson:
Nothing is more futile than attempting to influence secular Jews in the direction of mitzvah observance. It is a total waste of time, 99.95% of the time.
Charedim refusing to serve in the Israeli Army has made the Charedim the most hated people in Israel – even more hated than the Arabs!
Add to that the many scandals involving Charedim, that make Charedim even more hated.
Add to that the high percentage of Charedim in Israel who do not pay taxes because they do not work, this makes Charedim even more hated.
Charedim cannot influence secular Jews to mitzvah observance, because Charedim are the most hated people in Israel.
Instead of trying to improve secular Jews, Charedim should try to improve themselves.
In the average Ashkenazic 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 gives the money back,
because the Syrian Rabbis hold that there is
no doubt [safek] on the identity of their Kohanim.Compare this to Ashkenazic 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 on their yichus as Kohanim?To receive quick Torah quotes every month,
please go to:
https:// groups.io /g/DerechEmet/[1] In Tanach, Nehemiah (chapter 13, verses 23 to 24)
bemoaned the fact that after 70 years of exile,
many Jews of his generation had forgotten
how to speak Hebrew:[2] Tosefta, tractate Chagigah, chapter 1, paragraph 3:
…[A Jewish child who is old enough] to know
how to speak, his father [must] teach him:
Shema, and Torah, and the Hebrew language
[Lashon HaKodesh].
And if he does not, [then] it would be better
if he never would have been born.[3] Sifri, Parshat HaAzinu, near end of Piska 28:
Rabbi Meir taught: Whoever lives in the Land of Israel
and recites Shema morning and night and speaks Hebrew
[Lashon HaKodesh] he is worthy of Olam HaBa.For more quick Torah quotes like these, go to:
https:// groups. io/g/DerechEmet/The most logical articles about the Shidduch Crisis
are those written by Rabbi Chananya Weissman.I suggest this article:
How to create a Shidduch Crisis in 15 easy steps:
http://www. chananyaweissman. com/article.php?id=219Those who have money and yichus are treated with respect.
But what about: Baalei Teshuvah, gairim,
Sephardim, Russian Jews, and the poor?What about those Jews who observe mitzvot,
but do not wear The Uniform (white shirt &
black hat & all other clothes black)?One older bachur I know lives in an apartment building in one of NYC’s most Orthodox neighborhoods.
None of the Orthodox Jews who live in his apartment building are interested in learning Torah with him, nor are they interested in inviting him for Shabbat, nor are they interested in befriending him or even talking with him for more than a few minutes. Not even those who live on the same floor as him; not even those who live next-door to him; not even those who go to the same shul as him.
It is “every man for himself” – there is zero friendship and zero unity among Jewish neighbors, even though they have been living in the same apartment building for more than 25 years.
Is that normal? Is that what G_D wants from His people?ALL people who hate Jews are dangerous, and it is difficult to know with certainty who is the most dangerous, because nobody knows the future with certainty.
However, the political Far Left [also known as the Radical Left or The Woke or The Socialists] are especially dangerous to Jews, because they dominate numerous powerful institutions, for example:
almost the entire news media, almost the entire Hollywood entertainment industry, almost all High-Tech & Social Media companies [except for Twitter, recently bought by Elon Musk], almost the entire educational system [especially colleges and universities], almost the entire Democratic Party, and many non-Orthodox synagogues and large churches and big non-profit organizations (including Amnesty International, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Ford Foundation, and the New Israel Fund, Human Rights Watch, Oxfam, NGO Monitor), and many more.