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  • in reply to: The Peaceful Dismantlement of the State of “Israel” #2431035
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    none2.0 said:

    Mashiach isn’t just for Jewish “people” it’s for the whole earth.
    Everyone who believes in truth and morality are “chosen” and peace will be upon earth.

    Whatever we have thought about our insular stuck up mindset is wrong.

    Mashiach will not be Jewish cuz that cannot be possible
    but he will be the “tribe” of Judah embodying judahs attributes.
    Everything written in the Torah is symbolic.

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    MY RESPONSE:

    You sound like a believer in Christianity.

    Are you a Christian?
    Are you a “Messianic Jew”?
    Are you a “Jew for the Founder of Christianity”?

    in reply to: ארץ ישראל and the state #2431030
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    HaKatan said:

    “The Chazon Ish held that wine owned by a Religious Zionist is yayin nesech.”

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    MY RESPONSE:

    Prove it, by providing an exact source that all of us can verify.

    I suspect you of creating false “facts” to “prove” your beliefs.

    Anti-Zionists do that sometimes, because of their excessive kanaus.

    Maybe I should send an email to the OU Kashrus Department,
    and ask them what they think? Or maybe the Star-K Department?

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    If you still believe that Agudath Israel of America,
    and the Gedolim they represent, are not pro-Israel,
    then please read this news article:

    Yeshivah World News said this:

    Agudath Israel appreciates the administration’s longstanding
    support for Israel
    , including supplying the Iron Dome
    so Israel may defend itself – as Israel was forced
    to do just last month when Iran directly launched
    the largest military drone attack in history.”

    SOURCE: article titled: “Agudath Israel Blasts
    White House’s Unprecedented Decision to Cease
    Supplying Certain Arms to Israel

    2024 May 9 by The Yeshiva World [News]

    in reply to: Rabbi Moshe Sherer and the modern State of Israel #2430738
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    Chaim87, You mentioned Rabbi Isser Zalman (Rabbi Aron’s shver).

    Can you provide a source for this? I thank you in advance.

    in reply to: ארץ ישראל and the state #2430737
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    SomeJewIKnow said:

    “Certain people in this Coffee Room never stop
    attacking the Chareidim and never stop
    attacking “The Ka’noim”.”

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    MY RESPONSE:

    No one (including me) would attack the Kanoim
    if only the Kanoim would keep their big mouths shut.

    They run around criticizing everyone (except for themselves, of course)
    and spewing hatred for everyone, while also using VERY provocative
    and insensitive words, and then they whine when they are hated in return.

    When I first came to this web site,
    I had no intention of attacking the Kanoim.

    As the weeks turning into months, I began to notice that Kanoim
    were attacking “The Zionists” relentlessly,
    and at every possible opportunity.
    Still, I had no intention of attacking the Kanoim.

    As many months passed by, the relentless attacks by the Kanoim
    began to anger me. They repeatedly disrespected not only
    Secular Zionists, but even the Religious Zionists!

    By doing this, they transformed me from a neutral observer,
    into a permanent enemy.

    The Kanoim never stop their stupid, ignorant, wicked attacks,
    and I will never stop using facts and logic to prove that they are WRONG.

    Additionally, the constant, relentless, never-ending attacks of the Kanoim
    have caused me to HATE Chareidim and Chareidi-ism and they also
    lowered my opinion of the Chareidi Gedolim, especially The Satmar Rebbe.

    The Kanoim do not understand that
    they are just as bad as the worst Secular Zionists.

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    MARK MY WORDS: The Kanoim are pushing The Jewish People
    in the direction of a JEWISH CIVIL WAR, with Jews shooting
    at each other and intentionally killing each other.

    After 120 years, The Heavenly Court will blame THE KANOIM
    for the bloody JEWISH CIVIL WAR. They will go to Gehinom — FOREVER!!!

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    Bamidbar, 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.

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    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 BROTHERS, your sons
    and your daughters, your wives and your houses!’”

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    Babylonian Talmud, tractate Sanhedrin, page 72A:

    “If you see someone coming to kill you,
    then arise and kill him first.”

    PERSONAL COMMENT:

    In our time, Hamas and Hezbollah are coming to kill us.
    For Jews to arise and kill them first is not merely permitted,
    it is required by Torah Law.

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    Shulchan Aruch, chelek Orach Chaim, Siman 329, Sif 6:

    עכו”ם שצרו על עיירות ישראל אם באו על עסק ממון אין מחללין עליהם את השבת
    באו על עסק נפשות ואפי’ סתם יוצאים עליהם בכלי זיין ומחללים עליהם את השבת
    ובעיר הסמוכה לספר אפילו לא באו אלא על עסקי תבן וקש מחללין עליהם את השבת
    הגה ואפילו לא באו עדיין אלא רוצים לבא [א”ז]:

    (6) Regarding non-Jews who besiege Jewish cities:
    If they come for money, we do not desecrate the Shabbat [to protect ourselves],
    but if they came to kill or come with no presented reason,
    we go out with weapons and desecrate the Shabbat.
    In a city that is near the border, even if they just come for straw or hay,
    we desecrate the Shabbat.

    Rema: Even if they haven’t come but they want to come (Or Zarua).

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    Rambam, Hilchot Shabbat, chapter 2, paragraph 23:

    [The following rules apply] when gentiles lay siege to Jewish cities:

    If their intent was financial gain, then Shabbat laws
    should not be violated because of them,
    nor are we allowed to wage war against them.

    If a city is located near the border, however, we should march
    against them with weapons and wage war against them,
    even when they are [merely] demanding hay or straw.

    In any location, if the gentiles’ intent was [to harm] Jewish lives,
    or if they engaged in battle with a city or laid siege to it,
    without stating a specific intention, we must wage war against them
    and the Shabbat laws should be violated because of them.

    It is a mitzvah for every member of the Jewish people
    who can come [to their assistance] to go out and
    help their brothers who are under siege and save them
    from the gentiles [even on] Shabbat.
    It is forbidden to delay until after Shabbat.

    After they [the Jewish soldiers] saved their brothers,
    they [the Jewish soldiers] may return home with
    their weapons [even] on Shabbat, so that
    a dangerous situation will not be created in the future.

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    Once 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 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, based on Aharon Sorasky’s Shelucha DeRachmana,
    ISBNs: 157819797X, 9781578197972, 1578197961, 9781578197965

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    Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan [ZTL ZYA] said this in his HANDBOOK OF
    JEWISH THOUGHT, volume II, chapter 3, paragraph 24, top of page 23:

    “Experience has shown us that when Jews
    are not ready to defend and die for their fellows,
    an even greater number are killed in the end.”

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    Rabbi Steven Pruzansky [an Orthodox Rabbi who made aliyah] said:

    “The IDF [Israeli Army] soldier fulfills three mitzvot
    that cannot be fulfilled by the soldier in any other army:

    the settlement (Yishuv) of Eretz Yisrael,
    preserving Jewish life (Pikuach Nefesh),
    and Kiddush HaShem, the sanctification of G-d’s Name,
    implicit in the Jewish people exercising sovereignty over our homeland.”

    SOURCE: Ask the Rabbi, Part 22 by Rabbi Steven Pruzansky
    2023 August 18 from www (dot) RabbiPruzansky (dot) com

    in reply to: Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky and the modern State of Israel #2430142
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    If you still believe that Agudath Israel of America,
    and the Gedolim they represent, are not pro-Israel,
    then please read this news article:
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    Yeshivah World News said this:

    “Agudath Israel of America released the following statement
    condemning the Biden administration’s threat to stop
    supplying arms to Israel over the impending invasion of Rafah,
    the last remaining Hamas stronghold in Gaza:”

    “Agudath Israel of America is deeply troubled by the White House’s
    unprecedented decision to cease supplying certain arms to
    a country’s whose security the President has reiterated his
    ironclad commitment to, especially amidst Israel’s
    multifront war against its mortal enemies.”

    “Nor is this arms embargo limited to large bombs, but,
    according to sources, could include smart bombs designed
    to hit targets with precision and artillery – in other words
    exactly the tools an army needs to fight while limiting civilian casualties.”

    “Agudath Israel appreciates the administration’s longstanding
    support for Israel, including supplying the Iron Dome
    so Israel may defend itself
    – as Israel was forced
    to do just last month when Iran directly launched
    the largest military drone attack in history.
    But being allowed to parry an incessant stream of rockets is insufficient.”

    “Reasonable minds can differ on military strategies.
    We also recognize the President’s record of support
    for Israel and commitment to combat antisemitism.
    But by publicly creating a rift with Israel in its hour of need
    instead of casting full-throated blame on the terrorists
    who brutally initiated the war and vow to repeat it,
    continue to hold hostages, have refused countless
    negotiations for peace, and for whom employing
    human shields is a sick military strategy,
    the United States is endangering Israel
    and providing oxygen to antisemites worldwide.”

    SOURCE: article titled: “Agudath Israel Blasts
    White House’s Unprecedented Decision to Cease
    Supplying Certain Arms to Israel

    2024 May 9 by The Yeshiva World [News]

    in reply to: Three Oaths essay from Rabbi Avraham Rivlin of Kerem B’Yavneh #2430140
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    If you still believe that Agudath Israel of America,
    and the Gedolim they represent, are not pro-Israel,
    then please read this news article:
    __________________________________________

    Yeshivah World News said this:

    “Agudath Israel of America released the following statement
    condemning the Biden administration’s threat to stop
    supplying arms to Israel over the impending invasion of Rafah,
    the last remaining Hamas stronghold in Gaza:”

    “Agudath Israel of America is deeply troubled by the White House’s
    unprecedented decision to cease supplying certain arms to
    a country’s whose security the President has reiterated his
    ironclad commitment to, especially amidst Israel’s
    multifront war against its mortal enemies.”

    “Nor is this arms embargo limited to large bombs, but,
    according to sources, could include smart bombs designed
    to hit targets with precision and artillery – in other words
    exactly the tools an army needs to fight while limiting civilian casualties.”

    “Agudath Israel appreciates the administration’s longstanding
    support for Israel, including supplying the Iron Dome
    so Israel may defend itself – as Israel was forced
    to do just last month when Iran directly launched
    the largest military drone attack in history.
    But being allowed to parry an incessant stream of rockets is insufficient.”

    “Reasonable minds can differ on military strategies.
    We also recognize the President’s record of support
    for Israel and commitment to combat antisemitism.
    But by publicly creating a rift with Israel in its hour of need
    instead of casting full-throated blame on the terrorists
    who brutally initiated the war and vow to repeat it,
    continue to hold hostages, have refused countless
    negotiations for peace, and for whom employing
    human shields is a sick military strategy,
    the United States is endangering Israel
    and providing oxygen to antisemites worldwide.”

    SOURCE: article titled: “Agudath Israel Blasts
    White House’s Unprecedented Decision to Cease
    Supplying Certain Arms to Israel

    2024 May 9 by The Yeshiva World [News]

    in reply to: Rabbi Moshe Sherer and the modern State of Israel #2430107
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    Certain people in this Coffee Room never stop
    attacking The State of Israel and never stop
    attacking “The Zionists”.

    Those never-ending attacks are a very big mistake,
    and only cause Jews to HATE EACH OTHER
    more than before, and they also push us closer
    to a JEWISH CIVIL WAR, with Jews killing other Jews.

    Those relentless attacks against The State of Israel
    and against “The Zionists” are NOT a mitzvah;
    they are motivated by The Satan, who wants
    Jews to HATE EACH OTHER more than before.

    Those relentless attacks against The State of Israel
    and against “The Zionists” are NOT a mitzvah;
    they are motivated by The Satan, who wants
    to push Jews into to a JEWISH CIVIL WAR, with
    Jews shooting at Jews and Jews killing other Jews.

    The Satan knows what Chazal teach:

    The Jewish people will not be redeemed until
    they become UNITED. So the Satan constantly
    pushes the anti-Zionists into never-ending attacks
    against “The Zionists” and against the world’s
    only Jewish State, The State of Israel.

    (And The Satan convinces them that they are doing a mitzvah!)

    This never-ending lack of unity blocks Jews from being redeemed.

    So long as anti-Zionists constantly attack “The Zionists”
    and The State of Israel, the redemption can never come,
    because Jews are very far from the unity that is requited for redemption.

    in reply to: ארץ ישראל and the state #2430103
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    Zushy said:

    “….somehow prove something about the state?”

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    What those quotes prove is that relentless attacks
    against The State of Israel and against “The Zionists”
    are a very big mistake.

    Certain people in this Coffee Room never stop
    attacking The State of Israel and never stop
    attacking “The Zionists”.

    Those never-ending attacks are a very big mistake,
    and only cause Jews to HATE EACH OTHER
    more than before, and they also push us closer
    to a JEWISH CIVIL WAR, with Jews killing other Jews.

    Those relentless attacks against The State of Israel
    and against “The Zionists” are NOT a mitzvah;
    they are motivated by The Satan, who wants
    Jews to HATE EACH OTHER more than before.

    Those relentless attacks against The State of Israel
    and against “The Zionists” are NOT a mitzvah;
    they are motivated by The Satan, who wants
    to push Jews into to a JEWISH CIVIL WAR, with
    Jews shooting at Jews and Jews killing other Jews.

    The Satan knows what Chazal teach:

    The Jewish people will not be redeemed until
    they become UNITED. So the Satan constantly
    pushes the anti-Zionists into never-ending attacks
    against “The Zionists” and against the world’s
    only Jewish State, The State of Israel.

    This never-ending lack of unity blocks Jews from being redeemed.
    So long as anti-Zionists constantly attack “The Zionists”
    and The State of Israel, the redemption can never come,
    because Jews are very far from the unity that is requited for redemption.

    in reply to: Rabbi Moshe Sherer and the modern State of Israel #2429694
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    If you still believe that Agudath Israel of America,
    and the Gedolim they represent, are not pro-Israel,
    then please read this news article:

    Yeshivah World News said this:

    “Agudath Israel of America released the following statement
    condemning the Biden administration’s threat to stop
    supplying arms to Israel over the impending invasion of Rafah,
    the last remaining Hamas stronghold in Gaza:”

    “Agudath Israel of America is deeply troubled by the White House’s
    unprecedented decision to cease supplying certain arms to
    a country’s whose security the President has reiterated his
    ironclad commitment to, especially amidst Israel’s
    multifront war against its mortal enemies.”

    “Nor is this arms embargo limited to large bombs, but,
    according to sources, could include smart bombs designed
    to hit targets with precision and artillery – in other words
    exactly the tools an army needs to fight while limiting civilian casualties.”

    “Agudath Israel appreciates the administration’s longstanding
    support for Israel, including supplying the Iron Dome
    so Israel may defend itself – as Israel was forced
    to do just last month when Iran directly launched
    the largest military drone attack in history.
    But being allowed to parry an incessant stream of rockets is insufficient.”

    “Reasonable minds can differ on military strategies.
    We also recognize the President’s record of support
    for Israel and commitment to combat antisemitism.
    But by publicly creating a rift with Israel in its hour of need
    instead of casting full-throated blame on the terrorists
    who brutally initiated the war and vow to repeat it,
    continue to hold hostages, have refused countless
    negotiations for peace, and for whom employing
    human shields is a sick military strategy,
    the United States is endangering Israel
    and providing oxygen to antisemites worldwide.”

    SOURCE: article titled: “Agudath Israel Blasts
    White House’s Unprecedented Decision to Cease
    Supplying Certain Arms to Israel

    2024 May 9 by The Yeshiva World [News]
    http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/israel-news/2282245/agudath-israel-blasts-white-houses-unprecedented-decision-to-cease-supplying-certain-arms-to-israel.html

    in reply to: The Peaceful Dismantlement of the State of “Israel” #2429693
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    If you still believe that Agudath Israel of America,
    and the Gedolim they represent, want the State of Israel
    to be dismantled, then please read this news article:

    Yeshivah World News said this:

    “Agudath Israel of America released the following statement
    condemning the Biden administration’s threat to stop
    supplying arms to Israel over the impending invasion of Rafah,
    the last remaining Hamas stronghold in Gaza:”

    “Agudath Israel of America is deeply troubled by the White House’s
    unprecedented decision to cease supplying certain arms to
    a country’s whose security the President has reiterated his
    ironclad commitment to, especially amidst Israel’s
    multifront war against its mortal enemies.”

    “Nor is this arms embargo limited to large bombs, but,
    according to sources, could include smart bombs designed
    to hit targets with precision and artillery – in other words
    exactly the tools an army needs to fight while limiting civilian casualties.”

    “Agudath Israel appreciates the administration’s longstanding
    support for Israel, including supplying the Iron Dome
    so Israel may defend itself – as Israel was forced
    to do just last month when Iran directly launched
    the largest military drone attack in history.
    But being allowed to parry an incessant stream of rockets is insufficient.”

    “Reasonable minds can differ on military strategies.
    We also recognize the President’s record of support
    for Israel and commitment to combat antisemitism.
    But by publicly creating a rift with Israel in its hour of need
    instead of casting full-throated blame on the terrorists
    who brutally initiated the war and vow to repeat it,
    continue to hold hostages, have refused countless
    negotiations for peace, and for whom employing
    human shields is a sick military strategy,
    the United States is endangering Israel
    and providing oxygen to antisemites worldwide.”

    SOURCE: article titled: “Agudath Israel Blasts
    White House’s Unprecedented Decision to Cease
    Supplying Certain Arms to Israel

    2024 May 9 by The Yeshiva World [News]
    http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/israel-news/2282245/agudath-israel-blasts-white-houses-unprecedented-decision-to-cease-supplying-certain-arms-to-israel.html

    in reply to: Rabbi Moshe Sherer and the modern State of Israel #2429532
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    Common Saychel, I have no respect for anything you say,
    because you ridiculed me many times.
    *** YOU *** are the one who should ask for mechilah.

    I even provided accurate quotes from Torah books
    with accurate sources for each quote; Torah quotes
    which prove that ridiculing people is an aveirah [sin].

    But this did not stop you from repeatedly ridiculing me.
    It did not stop you, nor even slow you down a little.
    *** YOU *** are the one who should ask for mechilah!

    And now you want me to listen to your crumm advice?

    You falsely accused me of twisting the words of
    Rabbi Moshe Sherer ZTL ZYA and Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky ZTL ZYA.
    Once again, *** YOU *** are the one who should ask for mechilah!

    My quotes from those Rabbis are 100% accurate,
    and I publicly challenge you to find even ONE
    mistake or inaccuracy in ANY of my quotes from those Rabbis.
    You won’t, because you can’t.

    And now you want me to listen to your crumm advice?

    Your mind is very sick. Your soul is very sick.

    in reply to: Caleree counting #2429531
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    “Who cares?” said none2.0.

    ===========================

    I care about correct spelling, and you should too.

    When I say “you”, I do not only mean you specifically — I mean everybody.

    When non-Jews see that Jews do not spell common words correctly,
    is that a Kiddush HaShem? Or is it the opposite of Kiddush HaShem?

    If you do not spell words correctly, then do not feel surprised
    when people who read your words do not understand your words.

    When Rabbi Yisroel HaLevi Belsky ZTL ZYA was a student,
    he excelled in ALL subjects, including Math and all Secular studies.

    Sefer Pele Yoetz is a classic Mussar sefer.
    Sefer Pele Yoetz, Perek Ctav, teaches that every Jew
    should know the language of the country that he lives in.
    Why would that not include correct spelling?

    in reply to: Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky and the modern State of Israel #2429010
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    SomeJewIKnow said this:

    “You’re pushing the Zionist propaganda that the Arab world
    wants to mass murder all Jews, while conveniently ignoring
    the clear truth that this fear is a direct explicit result
    of Zionist political activity in the region…”

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    MY RESPONSE:

    The Hadith, an ancient Islamic holy book which is a biography
    of Mohammed, teaches — 7 times — that The Last Day
    cannot come, until *** ALL *** Jews are killed dead by Muslims.

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    The original Hamas Charter, which was written in year 1988 CE,
    quotes this Hadith directly, and calls for the death of *** ALL *** Jews:
    even those Jews who never lived in Eretz Yisrael,
    even those Jews who are non-Zionist,
    even those Jews who are anti-Zionist.

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    Additionally, The Koran, chapter 5, verse 82,
    says that Jews are polytheists are “THE WORST ENEMIES” of Muslims.
    Not just enemies of Muslims, but “THE WORST ENEMIES” of Muslims.

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    Islam also teaches that anyone who kills a Jew, or is killed by a Jew,
    is guaranteed to go to Paradise [Heaven], without passing through
    Purgatory [Hell or Gehinom].

    This promise applies not only to the person who is killed by a Jew,
    but also 70 of his closest relatives are also guaranteed to go to
    Paradise [Heaven], without passing through Purgatory [Hell or Gehinom].

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    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 [Jesus Christ] 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 [CE] 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

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    Think about that, before you falsely accuse
    Jews of being responsible for Muslim anti-Semitism.

    in reply to: Artificial sweeteners #2428937
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    I was talking about nutrition problems in this YWN Coffee Room in January 2024:

    http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/ethics-and-entenmanns

    in reply to: Caleree counting #2428936
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    The correct spelling is: calorie.

    in reply to: Rabbi Moshe Sherer and the modern State of Israel #2428293
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    Yeshivah World News said this:

    “There are Agudah events, and there was the Agudah
    Federal Advocacy Summit, which was held this Wednesday
    and Thursday in the Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C.,
    a historic landmark a stone’s throw from the White House
    and a few short blocks from the United States Capitol.

    Over 24 high-impact hours, the Agudah Summit
    brought together lawmakers and community leaders
    to advance a focused, high-level agenda.”

    “The Agudah centered the Summit around three core priorities:
    promoting federal school choice,
    strengthening bipartisan support for ISRAEL,
    and confronting antisemitism at the highest levels of government.

    The Summit was powerful, and unscripted honesty defined nearly every session.”

    SOURCE: article titled: “Senator Ted Cruz,
    DOJ Officials, and Bipartisan Lawmakers Headline
    Agudath Israel Federal Advocacy Summit
    ”,
    2025 July 22, by The Yeshiva World
    http://www.TheYeshivaWorld.com/news/general/2427830/senator-ted-cruz-doj-officials-and-bipartisan-lawmakers-headline-agudath-israel-federal-advocacy-summit.html

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    PERSONAL COMMENT:

    The Agudath Israel organization traditionally represents
    the teachings of The Moetzes Gedolei Torah.

    They do not represent just one or two gedolim;
    they represent the majority consensus of ALL the living gedolim.

    Since the Agudath Israel organization is NOT INTERESTED
    in dismantling the State of Israel, we may conclude that
    the majority consensus of ALL the living gedolim are also
    NOT INTERESTED in dismantling the State of Israel,

    Thus, the claims of: Neturei Karta, UJM, HaKatan
    and SomeJewIKnow have been refuted by
    the gedolim who they falsely claim to represent.

    Neturei Karta, UJM, HaKatan and SomeJewIKnow
    have become ALLIES Hamas and Hezbollah,
    our genocidal terrorist enemies who want to
    KILL 100% of the world’s Jewish population,
    including ALL Jewish children and ALL Jewish babies.

    This gives them RODAIF & MOSAIR status;
    and not just once, but millions of times
    for millions of Jews who they endanger.

    Their punishment that G*D gives them in Olam HaBa
    will be extraordinarily severe; their punishment will be eternal.

    in reply to: The Peaceful Dismantlement of the State of “Israel” #2428292
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    Yeshivah World News said this:

    “There are Agudah events, and there was the Agudah
    Federal Advocacy Summit, which was held this Wednesday
    and Thursday in the Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C.,
    a historic landmark a stone’s throw from the White House
    and a few short blocks from the United States Capitol.

    Over 24 high-impact hours, the Agudah Summit
    brought together lawmakers and community leaders
    to advance a focused, high-level agenda.”

    “The Agudah centered the Summit around three core priorities:
    promoting federal school choice,
    strengthening bipartisan support for ISRAEL,
    and confronting antisemitism at the highest levels of government.

    The Summit was powerful, and unscripted honesty defined nearly every session.”

    SOURCE: article titled: “Senator Ted Cruz,
    DOJ Officials, and Bipartisan Lawmakers Headline
    Agudath Israel Federal Advocacy Summit
    ”,
    2025 July 22, by The Yeshiva World
    http://www.TheYeshivaWorld.com/news/general/2427830/senator-ted-cruz-doj-officials-and-bipartisan-lawmakers-headline-agudath-israel-federal-advocacy-summit.html

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    PERSONAL COMMENT:

    The Agudath Israel organization traditionally represents
    the teachings of The Moetzes Gedolei Torah.

    They do not represent just one or two gedolim;
    they represent the majority consensus of ALL the living gedolim.

    Since the Agudath Israel organization is NOT INTERESTED
    in dismantling the State of Israel, we may conclude that
    the majority consensus of ALL the living gedolim are also
    NOT INTERESTED in dismantling the State of Israel,

    Thus, the claims of: Neturei Karta, UJM, HaKatan
    and SomeJewIKnow have been refuted by
    the gedolim who they falsely claim to represent.

    Neturei Karta, UJM, HaKatan and SomeJewIKnow
    have become ALLIES Hamas and Hezbollah,
    our genocidal terrorist enemies who want to
    KILL 100% of the world’s Jewish population,
    including ALL Jewish children and ALL Jewish babies.

    This gives them RODAIF & MOSAIR status;
    and not just once, but millions of times
    for millions of Jews who they endanger.

    Their punishment that G*D gives them in Olam HaBa
    will be extraordinarily severe; their punishment will be eternal.

    in reply to: Matzav article about Golus and Eretz Yisrael #2428276
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    Avnei Nezer (the Gadol HaPoskim ZTL ZYA)
    clearly disagrees with Sefer VaYoel Moshe:

    Avnei Nezer, chelek Yoreh Deah, siman taf nun dalet
    from sif katan mem dalet and onwards [pages 287 to 289].
    Now for sif katan nun in more detail:

    ” … and now it is good and not questionable why Rambam
    [in his halacha sefer Mishneh Torah] and all poskim DID NOT
    bring The Three Oaths LaHalacha, because those oaths
    are not LaHalacha, because the person himself,
    his body, was not commanded to keep the oaths…”

    That is why the poskim DID NOT bring the oaths LaHalacha.
    That is why NONE of the widely-accepted halacha sefarim mention The Three Oaths.

    It is stupid to claim that The Three Oaths are “undisputed halacha”.

    __________________________________________
    Rabbi Elchonon Wasserman [ZTL ZYA HYD] made it perfectly clear
    that his sharp criticisms were intended only for the original Zionists,
    not their descendants.

    in reply to: What 50 Shadchanim Told Me #2427358
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    Women whose BMI (Body Mass Index) is obese
    are three times [3X] more likely than women
    with normal BMIs to have fertility problems.

    It is not just obese women; research shows that
    women who have higher that normal BMI can have
    lower rates of fertility and higher miscarriage rates.

    in reply to: Something About Israel #2427357
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    Avnei Nezer (the Gadol HaPoskim ZTL ZYA) clearly disagrees with Sefer VaYoel Moshe:

    Avnei Nezer, chelek Yoreh Deah, siman taf nun dalet from sif katan mem dalet
    and onwards [pages 287 to 289]. Now for sif katan nun in more detail:

    ‘ … and now it is good and not questionable why Rambam
    [in his halacha sefer Mishneh Torah] and all poskim DID NOT bring
    The Three Oaths LaHalacha, because those oaths are not LaHalacha,
    because the person himself, his body, was not commanded to keep the oaths…

    That is why the poskim DID NOT bring the oaths LaHalacha.

    That is why NONE of the widely-accepted halacha sefarim mention The Three Oaths.

    It is stupid to claim that The Three Oaths are “undisputed halacha”.
    _________________________________________

    Rabbi Elchonon Wasserman [ZTL ZYA HYD] made it perfectly clear
    that his sharp criticisms were intended only for the original Zionists,
    not their descendants.

    in reply to: Why Jews are Quitting the Democratic Party #2427288
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    Recently (2025 July 19) Mr. Mark Levin of “Life, Liberty & Levin”
    mentioned that the Democrat Party [almost] never mentions:
    individual liberties, or property rights, or merit leading to success,
    or law-and-order, or positive things about the USA Constitution,
    because they DO NOT BELIEVE in those things.

    He said this in a Youtube video titled: “Levin: Trump is the
    ONE world leader trying to steer the West away from this”.

    in reply to: Israel is in Golus #2426919
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    The correct spelling is “ad hominem”.

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    YTValumni, what you just said, I said it here, in this YWN Coffee Room, 2.5 years ago:

    http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/how-to-reduce-the-cost-of-getting-married

    This is what I said here, 2.5 years ago:

    “The Diamond Engagement Ring is part of American — not Jewish — culture,
    and it is only found in places where American culture is influential.

    There has never been a Halachic requirement to give a Diamond Engagement Ring.

    Therefore, eliminating the Diamond Engagement Ring
    is a great way to reduce the cost of getting married.
    There should be no Engagement Ring, even without a diamond.”

    in reply to: The Peaceful Dismantlement of the State of “Israel” #2426851
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    If dismantling the State of Israel (G*D forbid) is the correct derech,
    then why has this idea *** NEVER *** been endorsed by organizations
    that represent Orthodox Jews and Orthodox Judaism, including:
    Agudath Israel, The Orthodox Union (OU),
    and the National Council of Young Israel (NCYI)?

    If dismantling the State of Israel (G*D forbid) is the correct derech,
    then why has this idea *** NEVER *** been endorsed by
    a public statement from the Moetzes Gedolei Torah?

    I am not talking about the words of one or two specific Rabbis;
    I am talking about all 9 members of the Moetzes Gedolei Torah
    getting together at the same time, followed by a public statement
    about dismantling the State of Israel (G*D forbid).

    This has *** NEVER *** happened, Baruch HaShem!!!!

    And it never will happen, because dismantling the
    State of Israel would result in all of these tragedies:

    [1] A Jewish Civil War, with Jews killing each other.

    [2] Soon followed by ANOTHER HOLOCAUST,
    in which most Jews in Israel would be killed,
    including children and babies.

    [3] The complete destruction of all synagogues,
    yeshivahs, mikvahs and holy places in Eretz Yisrael.

    [4] Hundreds of thousands of Jews becoming homeless and losing their possessions.

    [5] Hundreds of thousands of Jews becoming hostages of Muslims and being tortured by Muslims.

    Anyone who advocates for dismantling of the State of Israel
    (G*D forbid) is therefore a RODAIF and not just once,
    but 8,000,000 times for the 8,000,000 Jews in Eretz Israel.

    Anyone who advocates for dismantling of the State of Israel
    (G*D forbid) is therefore a MOSAIR and not just once,
    but 8,000,000 times for the 8,000,000 Jews in Eretz Israel.

    What is the appropriate punishment for someone who is a RODAIF 8,000,000 times?
    What is the appropriate punishment for someone who is a MOSAIR 8,000,000 times?

    in reply to: Something About Israel #2426845
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    Yankel Berel said:

    “There were two entities who had a problem
    with the Jewish mass return to Eretz Yisrael:

    The Vatican and Satmar.”
    __________________________________________

    That is because Satmar stands for “Saint Mary”, from the Catholic Church.

    Therefore, the Satmar Rebbe is the Rebbe of “Saint Mary”, from the Catholic Church.

    in reply to: Why Jews are Quitting the Democratic Party #2426843
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    ANYONE SURPRISED? House Report Reveals Biden Funded Anti-Israel Protests and Terror-Linked Group

    http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/israel-news/2426744/anyone-surprised-house-report-reveals-biden-funded-anti-israel-protests-and-terror-linked-groups.html

    The House Judiciary and Foreign Affairs Committees have detailed a sprawling web of U.S. taxpayer-funded grants—disbursed under the Biden-Harris Administration—that may have helped bankroll anti-government protests in Israel and even reached the hands of organizations with alleged ties to terrorism.

    The investigation, which began with March letters to six U.S. and Israeli nonprofits, has already uncovered what lawmakers describe as “deeply disturbing” evidence of federal funds being used to influence foreign politics and destabilize a key American ally—Israel. But the findings go further, alleging potential criminal violations of tax law, the misuse of nonprofit status, and financial entanglements with terror-linked groups.

    From Washington to Tel Aviv: A Financial Trail of Influence

    At the heart of the inquiry is Blue White Future (BWF), an Israeli nonprofit founded to promote a two-state solution but which morphed into a political actor leading the charge against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial reform agenda. Investigators allege that BWF operated as the de facto headquarters of the protest movement, labeling Netanyahu’s elected government a “dictatorship” and coordinating opposition strategy.

    BWF reportedly received $4 million from the Middle East Peace Dialogue Network (MEPDN) and a staggering $18 million from the U.S.-based PEF Israel Endowment Funds (PEF)—organizations that, in turn, received money from U.S. government grant recipients, including Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA).

    The memo includes a detailed flowchart outlining how millions in USAID and State Department grants may have been laundered—legally or not—through layers of philanthropic intermediaries before ending up in the hands of politically active Israeli NGOs. Some of these groups are accused of operating outside the legal bounds of nonprofit activity, both in the U.S. and Israel.

    Indoctrination in Israeli Schools

    One particularly incendiary finding centers on the Movement for Quality Government in Israel (MQG), a radical legal group that has used the Israeli court system to thwart Netanyahu’s government. The Biden administration reportedly gave MQG $42,000 to run a “Civic Activism Training” program for high school students in Jerusalem—teaching teenagers how to protest, report on political corruption, and challenge government authority.

    Critics of the program—including Israeli parents and government advisers—compared it to U.S.-style progressive indoctrination, warning that such curricula “gut Israel’s Jewish character” and serve as a foreign-funded pipeline for political agitation.

    U.S. Funds Traced to Terror-Linked Groups

    Perhaps most alarming is the Committee’s charge that U.S. taxpayer dollars were indirectly funneled to NGOs with ties to terrorist organizations, including Hamas and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).

    The Committee highlighted the Bayader Association in Gaza, which received nearly $1 million in U.S. funding despite hosting joint events with Hamas leaders—including Ismail Haniyeh’s son. The funding reportedly continued just days before the October 7 Hamas massacre in Israel.

    Similarly, the Unlimited Friends Association (UFA), another Gaza-based group, received U.S. dollars while openly praising “martyrs” and disseminating antisemitic content calling to “cleanse Al-Aqsa from the impurity of the Jews.”

    One U.S.-based group under fire is the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF), which allegedly received indirect funding through the Tides Network and Rockefeller Philanthropy, despite a record of erasing Palestinian terrorism and operating from a Gaza hospital that was later discovered to conceal Hamas weapons and hostages.

    The Alliance for Global Justice, a radical U.S. nonprofit, is also in the crosshairs for supporting Samidoun, a group the U.S. Treasury recently labeled a sham charity funneling money to the PFLP. Samidoun activists were seen celebrating the October 7 attacks and conducting “Resistance 101” workshops on U.S. college campuses.

    The Committees say the investigation is far from over. Additional NGOs—both American and Israeli—are being subpoenaed for records, and lawmakers are pressing Biden-era officials for accountability. Federal agencies including USAID and the State Department are now under intense scrutiny over their grant-vetting processes.

    (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

    in reply to: Something About Israel #2426135
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    HaKatan:

    Mr. Menachem Begin (Israel’s Prime Minister),
    was SHOMER SHABBAT (at least partially),
    and he studied Tanach often.

    He would walk to meetings on Shabbat,
    instead of driving a car, which is prohibited on Shabbat.

    in reply to: Three Oaths essay from Rabbi Avraham Rivlin of Kerem B’Yavneh #2426112
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    UJM & SomeJewIKnow & HaKatan are fraudulently dreying a kop.

    They claim that its preferable to let 8 million innocent Yehudim DIE,
    rather than transgress their corrupt version of irrelevant non-Halachic “3 Oaths”.

    in reply to: Something About Israel #2426096
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    Besalel: Thank you for your true explanation!

    in reply to: Something About Israel #2426100
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    For Muslims, religious truths are not decided by logic.

    They are decided by military conquest,
    when Muslims conquer non-Muslims.

    When Muslims suffer military defeats from non-Muslims,
    it is not merely a military problem; is is a theological problem,
    it is a religious problem, is is a problem of religious faith.

    in reply to: Conformity #2426090
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    Always_Ask_Questions said:

    Some other Rav writes how Jews were sent to
    Golus to collect good middos from all nations.
    __________________________________________

    If I remember correctly, that might have been
    Rabbi Tzadok HaKohen Rabinowitz of Lublin.

    in reply to: Matzav article about Golus and Eretz Yisrael #2425751
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    Responding to HaKatan:

    Religious Zionism is part of the Torah of Moshe Rabbeinu:

    Just look at the first Rashi on Chumash.

    Just look at the first mitzvah that G*D gave to Avraham Avinu.

    Just look at the many tractates of Mishnah that apply ONLY in Eretz Yisrael.

    Just look at the 6th book of Tanach, Sefer Yehoshua.

    Just look at the direction we must pray towards every day — Eretz Yisrael.

    Just look at the Talmud, which teaches that
    “whoever lives outside the Land of Israel,
    he is considered as if he has no G*D.:

    Since Religious Zionism is part of the Torah, those who
    attack Religious Zionism are ignorant wicked heretics.

    ======================================

    HaKatan also said that The Three Oaths are “undisputed halacha”.

    Yet they are NEVER MENTIONED in Yad HaChazakah or Shulchan Aruch.

    Additionally, the nations of the world approved the creation
    of a Jewish state in Eretz Yisrael in 1920 CE and again in 1948 CE.
    Therefore, The Three Oaths cannot apply in our times.

    ======================================

    FACT: Rabbi Elchonon Wasserman died in 1941 of the Common Era.

    FACT: The State of Israel was founded in year 1948 of the Common Era.

    CONCLUSION: Rabbi Elchonon Wasserman NEVER SAW the State of Israel.

    He never saw the miraculous victory of the 1967 CE “Six Day War”,
    that started a Baal Teshuvah movement that lasted half-a-century.

    He never saw the formation of religious units of the Israeli Army,
    like the Nachal Chareidi and the newly-formed Chashmonaim Brigade.

    ======================================

    FACT: Sefer VaYoel Moshe was written in the 1950s,
    when Israel was still a Socialist state.

    FACT: The State of Israel abandoned Socialism around 40 years ago.

    ======================================

    HaKatan’s arguments have been refuted many times.

    Yet he never changes his arguments; instead he just repeats
    them endlessly, as if they has not been refuted many times.

    And he never admits that people who disagree with him have valid logic.

    The unrealistic policies that he advocates would certainly
    lead the Jewish people towards a Jewish Civil War,
    with Jews murdering Jews, followed by massive attacks
    on Eretz Yisrael that would cause another Holocaust.

    This makes HaKatan an apikuris and a rodaif and a mosair.
    And not just once, but 8 million times, for 8 million Jews.

    in reply to: Neturei Karta Condemned by Jews on Youtube #2425225
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    Chaim87, you forgot to mention Neturei Karta marching on Shabbos.

    in reply to: Any Seminary experts? #2425224
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    If Rabbi Lazer Brody were here, he would probably say
    that both you and your daughter must have emunah
    that her not getting into the local seminaries was:
    “ALL FOR THE BEST (Gam Zu LeTovah)”, and you both
    must believe that G*D has done this for your Ultimate Benefit,
    even though we do not understand His plan.

    in reply to: Conformity #2425223
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    What could possibly go wrong in a community
    where everyone is absolutely required to:
    dress exactly the same, speak exactly the same,
    learn exactly the same, pray exactly the same,
    think exactly the same, date exactly the same, etc, etc?

    There is no way that some people might try to
    go off-the-derech, because they feel that
    they have no individuality and no freedom!

    Especially when the smallest deviations from
    100% conformity are punished with: ostracism,
    accusations, humiliation, and exclusion –
    that is definitely never a problem.

    in reply to: Matzav article about Golus and Eretz Yisrael #2424215
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    Yankel Berel, what you just said is obviously 100% true.

    Only the most brainwashed haters and worst trolls would disagree with what you just said.

    in reply to: Davening for Russian-Jewish Soldiers #2424214
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    Which Russian-Jewish Soldiers are we talking about?

    Russian-Jewish Soldiers in Eretz Yisrael?
    Russian-Jewish Soldiers in USA?
    Russian-Jewish Soldiers Russia?
    Russian-Jewish Soldiers Europe?

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    tunaisafish — What you just said contradicts Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky ZTL ZYA:

    Reb Yaakov [Kamenetsky] felt that but for
    the creation of the State in 1948 [CE] a million Jews
    would have become assimilated as a result of
    the despair that followed the Holocaust and
    attributed the renascence [rebirth] of Soviet Jewry
    to the miraculous Israeli military victory in 1967.

    .…

    Similarly, he [Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky] concluded, recognition of
    Israel’s role in preventing millions of Jews
    from losing any connection to the Jewish people

    must mitigate our kana’us, even as
    our love for our fellow Jews in Eretz Yisrael
    must “not blind us to [their] shortcomings.”

    SOURCE: Reb Yaakov: The Life and Times of HaGaon
    Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky
    by Yonason Rosenblum,
    based on the research of Rabbi Noson Kamenetsky (chapter 11, page 209),
    Mesorah Publications, publication dates: February 1993 & January 2004,
    ISBN: 0-89906-413-2 (hardcover)
    ISBN: 0-89906-415-9 (paperback)

    in reply to: Elitsim #2423378
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    none2.0 — What are you trying to prove?

    in reply to: G-ds image. #2423377
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    none2.0 — What are you trying to prove?

    in reply to: Why are skeletons always smiling? #2423376
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    They smile because they no longer need to pay rent every month, to avoid becoming homeless.

    in reply to: Emergency must read! #2422962
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    What is the exact source of this Rambam?

    in reply to: Israel is in Golus #2422954
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    UJM said: “Jews in Eretz Yisroel are in Golus.”

    __________________________________________
    Even if that is true, there are still many Torah Laws [Halachot]
    that apply ONLY in Eretz Yisrael, even in our times.

    In the early 1800s of the Common Era, Rabbi Nachman of Breslov
    taught that tefilah in Eretz Yisrael is much greater than
    tefilah outside of Eretz Yisrael, even in his times.

    Therefore, the concept that “Jews in Eretz Yisroel are in Golus”
    seems to NOT apply to tefilah and NOT apply to mitzvot that
    are specifically related to Eretz Yisrael, like terumot and maaserot.

    We do NOT add an additional day of Yom Tov in Eretz Yisrael,
    even in our times, which seems to indicate that Eretz Yisrael
    is NOT galus, with respect to the .Yomim Tovim.

    in reply to: Israel is in Golus #2422526
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    If Jews who live in Eretz Yisrael are living in golus,
    then Jews who live in New York City or Lakewood
    are living in DOUBLE GOLUS, and Jews who live in
    Oregon or Oklahoma are living in TRIPLE GOLUS.

    in reply to: Israel is in Golus #2422477
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    That DOES NOT justify the Neturei Karta marching, ON SHABBOS,
    in support of bloodthirsty brainwashed Muslim terrorists,
    who want to KILL ALL JEWS, including: men, women, teenagers,
    children, infants, babies, pro-Zionists, non-Zionists and anti-Zionists.

    While many millions of people watch them on television and internet.

    in reply to: Matzav article about Golus and Eretz Yisrael #2422443
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    UJM said:

    “Eretz Yisroel is in Golus. Anyone who claims otherwise is an apikorus.”

    _________________________________________
    MY RESPONSE:

    How many times did the Rabbis of the Mishnah say:
    “Anyone who disagrees with me is apikorus”?

    How many times did the Rabbis of the Jerusalem Talmud say:
    “Anyone who disagrees with me is apikorus”?

    How many times did the Rabbis of the Babylonian Talmud say:
    “Anyone who disagrees with me is apikorus”?

    How many times did the Rabbis of the Midrash say:
    “Anyone who disagrees with me is apikorus”?

    I believe that the correct answers to these questions is approximately 0.

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    This article is from YWN (Yeshiva World News) World Headquarters in NYC:
    __________________________________________

    Israel’s Interior Minister Moshe Arbel on Monday permanently
    revoked the entry visa of Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss —
    the twisted American spokesman for the fringe Neturei Karta
    movement — after Weiss was photographed meeting
    Iran’s foreign minister in Brazil and praising Tehran.

    Arbel, invoking rarely used emergency powers under
    the Law of Return, barred Weiss from ever setting foot
    in Israel, declaring he “will not allow anyone who
    acts against the State of Israel and identifies with its enemies to enter it.”

    Weiss, 69, traveled this week to São Paulo to participate in
    events around the BRICS summit. According to Iranian state media,
    he held talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi,
    offered him flowers, and signed a memorial book for
    “martyrs of Zionist attacks on Iran.”
    Images posted online showed Weiss denouncing Israel
    to Araghchi’s face — a move Arbel called crossing “a red line.”

    Weiss has long relished the role of provocateur, championing
    Iran and other sworn enemies of the Jewish state. In 2006,
    he was filmed in Tehran at a government-sponsored
    Holocaust denial conference, and over the years has
    repeatedly praised Hezbollah, Hamas,
    and Iranian leadership while demonizing Israel.

    A resident of Monsey, New York, Weiss is the most visible
    face of Neturei Karta. His activities have left him ostracized
    by virtually every mainstream Orthodox Jewish body in the world.

    Israeli officials said Monday that Tehran was exploiting high-profile
    meetings with Jewish dissidents like Weiss to push propaganda
    delegitimizing Israel’s right to defend itself.

    “The message is clear,” Arbel said.
    “There will be zero tolerance for Jewish collaborators
    who embrace those who seek Israel’s destruction.”

    SOURCE: article titled: “LONG OVERDUE: Israel Bans Neturei Karta’s
    Yisroel Dovid Weiss for Cozying Up to Iran’s Foreign Minister”
    2025 July 7, YWN (Yeshiva World News) World Headquarters in NYC

    http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/israel-news/2422219/long-overdue-israel-bans-neturei-kartas-yisroel-dovid-weiss-for-cozying-up-to-irans-foreign-minister.html

    in reply to: Neturei Karta Condemned by Jews on Youtube #2421614
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    Rabbi Jonathan Sacks [ZTL ZYA] said this
    in his essay titled: “The New Antisemitism”:

    “In the past, Jews were hated because they were rich and because they were poor;

    because they were capitalists (Marx) and because they were communists (Hitler);

    because they kept to themselves and because they infiltrated everywhere;

    because they held tenaciously to a superstitious faith (Voltaire)

    and because they were rootless cosmopolitans who believed nothing (Stalin).

    Antisemitism is NOT an ideology, a coherent set of beliefs.

    It is, in fact, an endless stream of contradictions.”

    CONCLUSION:
    Blaming Jews (including “The Zionists”) for anti-Semitism is unfair, ignorant, and stupid.

    PS: I do not know where “SomeJewIKnow” went to.
    Maybe he made aliyah and joined the Israeli Army
    as part of an elite combat unit?

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