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2 Kislev 5768, 11/12/2007
Ishmael, Esav, and Yaacov To Meet in Annapolis
What a wonderful Torah we have! It’s the only book of Truth in town. All the other supposedly “holy” books of the nations are mere fairy tales and fanciful legends, ancient comic books written by creative conmen whose deceitful musings managed to deceive the rest of humanity, severing the world from its Creator, and bringing great darkness and evil to mankind instead of true Divinity and light. What's the difference between Spiderman and Zeus?
In contrast, the Torah of the Jewish People is the word of G-d. The Almighty Himself is the author. The Torah is the only true, Divine code of law, created by G-d and given to His Chosen People. As we say at the end of our morning prayers, “Blessed is our G-d who created us for His glory, and distinguished us from the mistaken ones, and gave us the Torah of Truth.”
In contrast, all of the world’s Korans, Kama Sutras, Greek Mythologies, New Testaments, Sufi Ways, Tao Te Chins, and Rigvedas, are the inventions of crafty charlatans and hucksters. Their imaginative tales are filled with falsehood, spiritual impurity, and idol worship. Some religious canons, like Christianity and Islam base themselves on the Jewish prophets, then take off on magical mystery tours whose flying horses and virgin births lead to a sick and immoral world, festering with murderous crusades, mass atrocities, and 9/11s in the name of their religions and beliefs.
Only the Torah can lead the world and its demented civilizations back to its true Creator. Because only the Torah is G-d’s one and only truth for the world. The history that unfolds in the Torah is the one and only true history. Just look at the stories of our holy Forefathers in the Book of Bereshit. They are a microcosm of today, a blueprint of our times, the historic genetic codes that dominate world headlines. Avraham is father of the Jews. His wild beast of a half-son, Ishmael, is father of the Arabs. Avraham's grandson, Esav, the red monkey of a man, is the ancestor of Edom, the Romans, Germans, Russians, Englishmen, and Americans of today. Avraham's other grandson, Yaacov, became Israel. In a nutshell, the whole history of the world is the battle between Ishamel, Esav, and Yaacov for world dominion. While Ishmael and Esav long for material dominion, to subjugate the world under their swords and material cultures, Yaacov longs for a spiritual dominion, to uplift the world to the knowledge and service of G-d. It's a battle to the finish.
Today, Ishmael is the same wild ass of a man that he was in the days of our forefathers. Esav is the same cunning murderer whose lips are filled with pretty words and speeches, but whose hands are filled with blood. Both of them despise Yaacov until this very day and long to trick him, cheat him, kill him, and steal his Divine inheritance and Land. Two weeks from now, the three will meet in Annapolis. Make no mistake. The Torah’s truths are eternal. It is the same Ishmael, the wild ass of man, who will be a wild ass no matter how well he speaks and how nice he looks dressed in a suit and a tie. And Esav is still the great pretender, with lying words on his tongue and a dagger always ready to strike.
Only Yaacov is not the real Yaacov. The Yaacov who will be at Annapolis representing the Jews is a sad shadow of the Yaacov of old, a treacherous imposter who, instead of defending his Divine heritage, is negotiating to give it away. But G-d will help. The Eternal One of Israel will not lie. His will for the world will win out in the end. Yaacov will wake up from his 2000 year slumber. Yaacov will stir like a proud lion and throw off the yoke of the goyim. Yaacov will cast off the chains of the exile, rise up and roar like a lion. The Torah of truth will shine forth from Zion, and in its splendorous light, all of the world’s false cultures and doctrines will be obliterated from the earth. On that day, Ishmael will flee from the Holy Land in shame, and the arrogance of Esav will be shattered. The agreements of Annapolis will be like shredded papers discarded on the wind, and the whole world will come to know that there is a living G-d in Israel, and that only His Torah is truth.
Amen, may it be soon.
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28 Cheshvan 5768, 11/9/2007
Brain Damage
Thank you for your comments to our previous blog. I learned something from all of them, even from the usual gallery of crazies. As they said about Hamlet, "Though it be madness, there be reason in it." It says in this week's Torah portion, "Dwell in the Land, which I shall tell you, live in this Land, and I will be with you, and I will bless you, for to you and to your offspring I will give all of these lands; and I will perform the oath that I swore to Avraham your father; and I will multiply you as the stars of the heavens, and I will give to thy offspring all of these lands, and in your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed; because Avraham obeyed My voice, and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws" (Bereshit, 26: 3-5). Can anything be more straightforward than this? G-d wants the Jewish People to live in the Land of Israel, which He bequeathed to us and only to all for all of eternity. This is not only for the sake of the Jewish People - our living in Eretz Yisrael is what brings blessings to the entire world. When I was making a protest film against the evacuation of Gush Katif, I interviewed the Torah giant, Rabbi Avraham Elkana Shapira, may his memory be for a blessing. I asked him if it was permitted for a Jewish govrnment in Israel to surrender land to the gentiles. He answered, "Why do you ask me this question? Ask any six year old in Heder. You don't have to come here to ask me an obvious question like this." Any child who reads the Bible knows that G-d wants the Jews to live in Eretz Yisrael. So why don't they all come? And how can a Jewish government in Israel even consider giving away to enemies the cherished Land that G-d promised to our Jewish forefathers and to their Jewish offspring forever? The verse quoted above says: "I will give to thy offspring all of these lands, and in your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed; because Avraham obeyed My voice, and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws" Remember, the Torah had not yet been given. So what are all of these charges and commandments and laws that Avraham performed? The mitzvah of coming to live in the Land of Israel, and the mitzvah of brit milah. We can learn from this that whoever keeps the mitzvah of living in Israel, and whoever guards his life in sexual purity is like someone who has kept all of the Torah. In the book, "Orot," Rabbi Kook explains that Jews become alienated from the Land of Israel when they don't learn the secrets of Torah. I recommend that everyone read his important essay. The "Tikunei Zohar" explains tht when the secrets of Torah go unlearned, the upper celestial waters of wisdom are shunted and blessing is prevented from flowing to the Jewish People. This causes galut and destruction, G-d have mercy. In a personal sense, the brain is dried up and people start thinking all kinds of distorted and crazy notions, like it is OK to live in galut. Sometimes a little shock therapy is what you need.
A similar and connected phenomenon occurs because of sexual trangression. Since the seed of life originates in the brain, when the seed of life is wasted through sexual transgression, the seat of wisdom, called Daat, in the brain dries up and people start thinking all kinds of distorted and crazy notions, like it is OK to give away pieces of Eretz Yisrael. To understand this concept in greater depth, readers are encouraged to read the essay, "Tikun Now," of the holy Kabbalist, Rabbi Eliahu Leon Levi. In short, for the optimum in physical and mental wellbeing, it is best to live a holy life in the Holy Land. Shabbat shalom.
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26 Cheshvan 5768, 11/7/2007
Can Somebody Tell Me Why?
I'm puzzled and confused, so I am turning today's blog over to you. Maybe someone out there has the answer. After suffering for nearly 2000 years in exile, we have rebuilt, with the grace of G-d, a thriving Jewish statehood in Israel, and yet Jews from the Diaspora are choosing to remain in galut. Can someone tell me why? And after nearly 2000 years of dreaming about Zion and making incredible sacrifices to reconquer it, Israel's political leaders are willing and eager to surrender enormous chunks of it to the Arabs. Can somebody tell me why? I am puzzled and confused. First tell me your answers and then I will tell you mine.
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24 Cheshvan 5768, 11/5/2007
Now is the Time for Change!
Sorry, but we believe in truth in journalism. Last night's demonstration in Jerusalem didn't attract even a 1000 protesters. The majority were young 15 year old girls (my daughter among them) bused in from religious-Zionist ulpanot. While the spirit of our young people is always inspiring to see, the love that our children feel toward Eretz Yisrael is not enough to turn the tide of calculated evil that the political leaders of the world are fermenting against our Holy City and our Holy Land. The rally, staged by Moetzet Yesha, was organized in too hasty a fashion to draw the large numbers needed to let Olmert know that this time he is in for a genuine fight. As idealistic and adorable as my torch-carrying children are, they didn't cause Olmert, Rice, or Blair to choke on their caviars inside the King David Hotel. The truth is that the Hotel was so far away, and the crowd so small, that the Machevellians dining inside didn't even hear our feeble shouts. Olmert and Rice didn't even hear us.
The lack of preparation and advertising weren't the only reasons why people didn't come. The fact is, a great many people have lost their faith in Moetzet Yesha. People remember that is was the fiasco, two-faced, Moetzet Yesha leadership during the Gush Katif campaign that led us into the outstretched hands of the policemen in black. People are fed up with demonstrations where Moetzet Yesha bureaurocrats and media-pleasing rabbis speak passionate words, then work in compliance with the evacuators to make their despicable work easier. People don't want more of the "Love Will Win Out" Moetzet Yesha campaigns. People want a leadership that holds up not only torches, but the banner of faith, and leaders who are willing to sit in jail for their convictions, and not just send 15 year-old boys and girls out to do the fighting against the forces of Darth Vader darkness that are seeking to usurp our Land.
Who will rise to the challenge?
A new leadership is needed if people are going to leave their living rooms and come out to the streets to defend our.cherished Land. A leadership capable of uniting all of the lovers of Israel, the religious and secular, the Haredim and Datim Leumim, the young and the old. A new leadership Committee for the Saving of Eretz Yisrael and Yerushalayim must be formed, representing all segments of the population, and funded by private donators. As long as Moetzet Yesha is a quasi-government organization, receiving money and salaries from the government, it cannot be expected to lead a fight-to-the-finish battle over Eretz Yisrael. And as long as it represents the settlements alone, it cannot be expected to draw large crowds from the other sectors of the country. In the absence of true spiritual leadership, it is the way of the world that whoever has the money calls the shots. As long as Moetzet Yesha is the only group in town with funding, then they will continue to lead the way. We have been down that treacherous path before. With the future of our country at stake, now is the time for change. BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!! DEMONSTRATION TONITE (MONDAY) 9 PM OPP. POLICE STATION IN THE CITY OF ARIEL!
Thirty youngsters arrested for living in a new yishuv -- community --- in Eretz Yisrael. The youngsters were living quietly in a new yishuv called Shevut Ami which was estabilshed during Succot, together with 4 other new communities. Suddenly, yesterday, police pounced upon them and attacked them very violently. WHY DIDN'T THEY HAVE CAMERAS WITH THEM!! The answer is that they did!! However the violent police, as usual, took away these cameras. So, currently, our young heroic kids are under arrest, and the brutal policemen who beat them are free.
Run to Ariel to join the protest! You will be happy to know that brave friends of these youngsters, upon hearing of the arrest, zoomed over to Shevut Ami and are maintaining the presence of the Jewish people at Shevut Ami ("Return of my people") as these lines are being written. These fabulous youngsters NEED every ounce of support they can get! Please RUN to Ariel. The police station is near the famous Ariel college (Michlelet Yehuda veShomron). Particulars -- Nadya Matar 0505500834, keep your call super-brief please. Contributions are good too (the Shevut Ami equipment has now to be re-purchased, supplies, legal bills, etc.): Write Women in Green on your cheque and send quickly to the following address: Mattot Arim, POB 1588 Rehovot. On the outside of the envelope write SHVUT-AMI URGENT.
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22 Cheshvan 5768, 11/3/2007
Olmert - Annapolis Won't Save You!
Let's get this poster up on the net all over the world. Send it to friends, blogs, and websites. Print it out and tack it up on bulletin boards in shuls. Just as Sharon thought that giving away Gush Katif would get the leftist media and justice system to love him and save him from going to jail for the charges of corruption against him, Olmert is doing the same. With three criminal investigations against him, he is desperately hoping to save himself at Annapolis, willing to give up chunks of Jerusalem, and vast stretches of precious Jewish lands, destroying thriving communities and endangering the entire country in the process - just to save his own skin. Everyone has to do whatever he or she can to foil his plans.
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Hollywood to the Holy Land
by Tzvi Fishman
Tzvi Fishman was awarded the Israel Ministry of Education Prize for Jewish Creativity and Culture
Before making Aliyah to Israel in 1984, Tzvi Fishman was a successful Hollywood screenwriter. He has co-authored 4 books with Rabbi David Samson, based on the teachings of Rabbis A. Y. Kook and T. Y. Kook.
His other books include: The Kuzari For Young Readers and Tuvia in the Promised Land. His most recent book, Secret of the Brit, can be found at JewishSexuality.com, along with an abbreviated online version. |
