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AddReply(380973,"What a Maccabee stands for","D Lissaur","Madison","01/06/09","Many Jews today have such little self esteem that they support those committed to their destruction.  They believe that if they make nice, their enemies will accept them.  Wrong.  In the end, we\'re all Jews and they want us dead.  \n\nObama, who liberal Jews supported in droves, promises a more \"balanced approach\" to the M.E.   Really...  \n\nYou mean one that doesn\'t blame Israel for defending itself against rocket attack? \nOr one that understands that if Hamas is not removed from power that the bloodshed will continue?  One that understands that sending arms to the PA, will only lead to arming the aggressors?\n\nOh Sure.\n\nSomeone once said to me that sometimes you can\'t make people like you.  When these misguided Jews grasp this, and stand up for what is right, we can start to figure out how to achieve piece with those who actually wish to have it.\n\nWe all need to be a Maccabee.\n");
AddReply(376420,"Back Bone","Tim Casey","Midwest City","12/30/08"," It seems that government\'s are ate up with spineless weasels. You need to re elect Benjamin Netanyahu who is the proud owner of a backbone like his brother John.");
AddReply(375571,"maccabee","bobbie kesling","portage, In","12/28/08","You cannot negotiate with evil because evil will negotiate you out of existence. but if you do not believe in good and evil we are doomed!");
AddReply(375522,"My thanks, first of all, to","les","Ayr","12/28/08","Arutz Sheva who makes it possible for us to share our thoughts and ideas openly with each other. Many view things from opposite sides but our hearts direct our words and our footsteps and we don\'t all follow the same path in life. So much can be learned if we pay attention to the ways of HaShem\'s dealing with His people. Blessings and cursing resulting with how the Jew is delt with by others, and laws--not suggestions that G-d gave All peoples as standards to live by.(To be Obeyed) Is it any wonder that America is where they are today? Roadmapping away Israels land G-d granted to them, sex sin that is started by a minority and growing to a violent force now! Murdering the unborn as a science or medical experment as an excuse. Corruptness in the leaders that should be working for the people rather than themselves by filling the prisons with polititions. All- from taking the eyes off G-d! ");
AddReply(375498," To Rov, #38","Ben-Yehudah","K\'far Tapu\'ah","12/28/08","B\"H\n\nYou make some good points.  I think the Israeli leader acts like it does is due to...\n\n1. Co-dependence, needing acceptance from the goyim {Rav Kahane HY\"D talked about assimilation and need for acceptance being the main problems.}\n\n2. One of the roles of the Erev Rav is fight against Torah and anything Jewish, as well as to bring Edom and Yishmael together.\n\nEsserAgaroth.blogspot.com");
AddReply(375199,"more hellenist apologetics","Rob","sierra leone/us","12/27/08","The biggest problem with this article is that it lets livni, olmert and barak off the hook as if they are blameless for the current situation due to outside pressure.\n\nBefore Sharon imported several thousands of non jewish goyim from the FSU, put them in the IDF and police services, started beating Israeli citizens and throwing them out in the street, It was a first rate organization.\n\nNow it can be easily defeated by terrorist in tennis shoes, as seen in the Leb II war. No these leaders are dirt bags, pure and simple. motivated by money.\n\nI am sure Israel can do just fine without the 3b in US aid, and I think jews are smart enough to build their own hardware,are they not?\n\nYou cannot tell a nation that has nuclear capacity what to do( just look at Pakistan, terror nest?) If you do not believe this, wait until Iran has this capacity......");
AddReply(375158,"To Larry, #21","Peninnah","Kentucky, USA","12/27/08","Kenneth Hall\'s post is #5 (in case you haven\'t already figured it out).  It gets a bit confusing trying to keep up with the discussions if people don\'t reference the number of the post they are replying to.");
AddReply(375117,"Another Maccabe?","Devorah","USA","12/27/08","I agree with Gary\'s, no. 32, comment.  Israel\'s delivery will only come through repentance: turning to G-d and allowing Him to take His proper place in battle.  Every time we get in His way, we prevent Him from acting on our behalf.  As this is true in our personal lives, it is true with Israel.  Every time politicians and unbelievers get in G-d\'s way, they prevent Him from acting on Israel\'s behalf.  We need Moshiach!  Blessed is Moshiach, who comes in the name of the L-RD to deliver His people once and for all and to ensure that Eretz Yisrael is given to them forever... as promised to Avraham, bless him.");
AddReply(375005,"the revolution solution","albert paul ortiz","fullerton","12/26/08","You are exactly correct!\nDeuteronomy 31:3 The LORD your GOD HIMSELF \"crosses over\" before you; HE will destroy those nations from before you and you shall dispossess them.\" Also remember no matter what BALAAM tried this is the end result: Numbers 24:9 \"Blessed is he who blesses you, and cursed is he who curses you.\"\nSo stand-fast, the time draws near! Be found doing and obeying the WORD of GOD. Believe as your father \"Abram\" believed before revelation was given except, for the BEAUTIFUL ONES VOICE\" was revealed to him and it was counted to him as a good and faithful servant. MELCHI-ZEDEK blessed him and said: \'Blessed be Abram of GOD MOST HIGH, POSSESSOR of heaven and earth; and blessed be GOD MOST HIGH, WHO has delivered your enemies into your hand.\" Then, after much testing, did he become \"Abraham\", the father of the beautiful land. Be of good courage. See you on the other side.");
AddReply(374965,"right track but...","Garine","L.A.","12/26/08","WoW!!  You are on the right track........but first the people must repent...like Daniel in Chapter 9.  ");
AddReply(374935,"You want another Maccabee.....","Victor Lee Maccabee","Dayton, Ohio","12/26/08","You want another Maccabee.... you got it!  When I come to Israel... it is to seek peace, but deep in my heart I know there will be more war before I can finally have the peace I have always wanted.  Israel and all nations shall be judged soon.  Keep the faith my fellow servants of YAHWEH YHWH.  ");
AddReply(374920,"ONLY G_D ALONE CAN DELIVER","Gary","Clayton USA","12/26/08","Throughout the ancient times who was it that delivered Israel out of the hands of it\'s enemies??? Was it the government? Absolutely not!! It was the faith of the people that saved the nation. Remember back in ancient history when the nation turned from G_D the nation suffered. When the nation turned towards G_D it prospered. Remember when King Hezekiah turned back towards G_D and he (and the nation) turned back and prayed for delieverance when Jerusalem was under siege. How many Assyrians were slaughtered by the hand of G_D. He and He alone can deliver you.");
AddReply(374919,"Wrong Babylon :-)","Dave","Canada","12/26/08","Rome is still the Babylon of Revelations, Kenneth (sits on seven hills might apply to Pittsburgh but she doesn\'t fit the rest...).  America will wax or wane according to her virtue, but she doesn\'t fit the bill of what Julius brought to Rome from Pergammum....");
AddReply(374911,"TO WHOM SHALL WE LOOK TO","M","USA","12/26/08","IN THESE DAYS OF DARKNESS CAUSED BY CORRUPT LEADERS?\nRABBI SHIMON bar YOCHAI SAYS:\nIN THE TIME OF THE TWO KINGS,\nYEHOYAKIM AND TZIDKIYAHU,GOD WANTED TO RETURN THE WORLD \nBACK TO CHAOS.YEHOYAKIM WAS THE CAUSE OF G-D\'S ANGER,BUT G-D LOOKED AT HIS GENERATION,\nHIS PEOPLE AND WAS PACIFIED.\nIN THE TIME OF TZIDKIYAHU IT WAS THE OTHER WAY AOUND,G-D\'S WRATH WAS INSTIGATED BY THAT GENERATION.BUT IN THE MERIT OF THE KING TZIDKIYAHU HE WAS PACIFIED.G-D CREATED THE WORLD\nFOR HIS DOMAIN.\nIN THIS LAST GENERATION TO WHOM SHALL G-D LOOK UPON FOR MERIT TO  SAVE US ? WE HAVE \nWICKED RULERS AND THE PEOPLE HAVE GONE WHORNING AFTER HOLLYWOOD.\nIN G-D\'S MERIT ALONE SHALL HE BE PACIFIED .THE FINAL GOAL\nOF HIS CREATION: \"AND G-D WILL BE KING OVER THE ENTIRE EARTH,ON THAT DAY G-D WILL BE ONE ,AND HIS NAME ONE\".THE KING WILL HAVE A PEOPLE THAT WILL LOVE HIM AND BOW ONLY TO THE G-D AND KING OF ISRAEL.\n");
AddReply(374908,"To Kenneth Hall: America on her death bed??","Eric","USA","12/26/08","Okay, we have problems here in America. We all know that. But we also give more to world needs than ALL OTHER COUNTRIES COMBINED! Yeah, America has some really evil people. G-d knows where they live, He can take care of business if He chooses. But America ALSO has some really godly people. People who care for the needs of others. People who give to myriad charities. People who feed the poor. People who heal the sick. People who build homes for the homeless. People who educate the illiterate. People who GIVE. There are more charity organizations coming from America than all other countries combined. If G-d wants to judge America for her evil, then that\'s His choice. But damn it, He would have to judget the rest of the world too, and America is the greatest giver in the world, so that does not bode well for the other nations. Yeah, we have problems, but we also have good. Judge honestly.");
AddReply(374861,"We need a macabee: Moshiach","JK","NY","12/25/08","All of us agree that we need Mashiach.\nHashem treats us Mida kenegued Mida.\nWe have to be like a macabee, and I don\'t mean necessarily to fight with weapons even though we need to be ready for that as well, but we need to fight darkness with light.\nThat was the exact response of the Macabees as soon as they were liberated.\n");
AddReply(374860,"Wake up","JK","NY","12/25/08","YEs sure as demilitarized as Gaza and as enforced by no one.\nWake up from your dream.\nOnly when we stand for what is ours and for what is right we could expect the Palestinians and the world to respect us.");
AddReply(374859,"We need Moshiach","JK","NY","12/25/08","If you are already asking, ask for the real thing.\nAsk for Moshiach an only for Moshiach");
AddReply(374854,"We don\'t need another Maccabee","Ziggy","Safed","12/25/08","We need to bomb Saudi Arabia as long as they finance terrorism against us.");
AddReply(374839,"Moshiah","Levi","Ontario  USA","12/25/08"," The prophet like unto\nMoshe is who we need, to\nlead all Israel; Judah\nwho still know their \nidentity and the ten tribes\nwho lost it, but who now\nare receiving BARUCH HASHEM\nYAHWEHS stirring within\nour souls as to our true\nkinship to HIMSELF Judah.\nThe time is now for the\nprophet to appear who is\nlike Moshe of blessed memory.\nMay BARUCH HASHEM YAHWEH\nWHO IS BLESSED FOREVER\nraise up that Man wherever\nHe may be for, YOU OF Judah\n,have suffered to much during this dispora and HIS MERCY MUST BREAKFORTH\nUPON YOU NOW BEFORE...\nJust a suggestion unto\nHE WHO DOES WHAT HE WANTS,\nLevi\nShaul Lewini.\nMAY HIS FACE BREAK OUT AND\nSHINE UPON YOU MY PEOPLE\nFOREVER\n");
AddReply(374818,"On target-- Yesterday Hellenists, today Leftist/Liberals kapos-- it is the same","JK","SD, USA","12/25/08","");
AddReply(374792,"Not the US","Lee","Florida","12/25/08","The US has nothing to do with it. Israel must cry out to G-d for deliverance. He, in turn, will raise up a deliverer of His choice, not man\'s choice. The US is no different than any other nation. They use Israel for their own security purposes; they will not do anything for Israel that will jeopardize them. That leaves G-d alone, only He can can delivery Israel!");
AddReply(374751,"Dave Levy","Larry","TA","12/25/08","Who is Mr. Hall? I don\'t see any name like that referenced here....");
AddReply(374729,"Israelis need to desire freedom more than peace","Uzitiger","Ramt Gan","12/25/08","The Jewish people need to desire to be free more than the obsession for peace. If we had freedom in Israel instead of communism then we would be able to defeat the anti religious left\'s attempt to destroy Judaism and we would have peace.\n");
AddReply(374720,"New Maccabees","Hilario Rosenzweig","Brazil","12/25/08","Asher, the palestinian do not accept just have a contry they want The Contry. They want entire Eretz Israel.\nDangerous are you and all the assimilated Hellenist that want to live without G-d.\n  ");
AddReply(374696,"Another Great Essay by Sammy Benoit","Alexandra Lajoux","Fairfax VA","12/25/08","Sammy Benoit once again urges us all to look more deeply into the events of our time to see their true meaning against the backdrop of the history of human salvation. His calling is noble. All the great faiths are branches of Judaism, the faith that first saw the Creator. May Israel prosper always, and may she put her faith in the Lord of all. May she be a light to the world, as her people have been for so many centuries through the wisdom and good deeds so deeply imbedded in Jewish culture. What a blessing that culture is to the world, but let us remember their origin: faith in the Lord. May all treasure that faith in this holy season. Let us all revere and protect our religious roots and sustain a living faith that looks beneath the surface for the springs of truth and everlasting peace. Keep writing, Sammy!");
AddReply(374687,"Undercutting all faith is the trend","Always On Watch","Washington, D.C","12/25/08","As a Christian, I note that the celebration for us has been watered down as well.  Many don\'t even seem to know \"the meaning of the season.\"\n\nI grieve when I see that Jews don\'t understand how important it is to stand up for their faith and the meaning of their traditions.\n\nMeanwhile, on the news here, a menorah has apparently been the cause of a fire in an elderly family\'s home in Rockville, Maryland.  This story is being played over and over again -- all but blaming the celebration of Chanukah itself.  The underlying anti-Semitism is quite apparent to those who have eyes to see and ears to hear. ");
AddReply(374632,"To Dav Lev #13","Ben-Yehudah","K\'far Tapu\'ah","12/25/08","B\"H\n\nSo, what if that\'s want Jews want?  We\'re not here on this Earth to do what WE want; we\'re on this Earth to do what HaShem wants.  That means observing the Torah, the ENTIRE Torah, living in Eretz Yisrael, keeping kosher and Shabbath are only a few of the ENTIRE Torah.\n\nHellenist democracy is good for the goyim, and probably fulfills one of their Noahide commandments to set up courts of justice.\n\nBut for Jews, we already have a system of government set up in the Torah,...whether you like it or not.  {See Rabbi Bar-Hayim at MachonShilo.org for more information on Jewish governance}\n\nIn the meantime, you may want to investigate what the term \"80 percent\" means, and how it\'s expressed in Torah terms.  I\'ll give you a hint...Rashi mentions in on Parshath Beshalah.\n\nYou want to live in the US?  Good luck. You\'ll need it.");
AddReply(374626,"1 State Solution","NappieRed","Dallas, TX","12/25/08","Sammy is dead on & so is The 18.  We need to fight for our inheritance.  There should be no west bank & gaza - those arabs should be expelled to Jordan, Egypt or any other Muslim country of their choice.  G-d entrusted Israel to our care, not to be given away to savages.");
AddReply(374596,"exactly","yaakov","","12/25/08","this is just the kind of article we need more of. the assimilated jewish world needs to see and understand the damgage they inflict on the rest of us. they think they\'re so \'innocent\'; but no, they are liable.");
AddReply(374588,"To Mr. Hall: I Thank G-d for the USA","dav lev","Burbank. CAUSA","12/25/08","To Mr. Hall: This is about the most outrageous article I\'ve read on this website in a long time. I am an American born Conservative Jew. Both parents were Jewish. I vote Independent..voted for Bush twice and John McCain. I am an activist Zionist. I want Israel (and the US) to thrive and survive. We (US) have a separation of church and state (something Israel should emulate in all aspects of it\'s society). Most Americans attend church, believe in G-d. In fact, too many Jews here, according to surveys, don\'t. (The NYTimes, bacon and eggs Jew). We are all Jews beneath the skin so to speak. The world views us that way my friend. Whether progressive or ultra-Orthodox, we are a beseiged people. Kassams, Grads, Katys and Iranian nukes won\'t discriminate. The US has been our (Jews) best country to live in 3,000 years. Let\'s not forget 500 jet planes, thousands of tanks, 30b in aid (10 years).");
AddReply(374587,"Many American Jews Do Pray for America","Fern","Long Beach","12/25/08","Rex--I just wanted to point out that many American Jews do regularly pray for the peace of America. It is in response to the command in Jeremiah: \"And seek the peace of the city where I have exiled you and pray for it to the Lord, for in its peace you shall have peace.\" (Jeremiah, 29:7)");
AddReply(374584,"Moshe Feiglin!!!","Maccabee","Modiin","12/25/08","Unfortunately it\'s too late this year to join Likud and vote for Moshe Feiglin, Shmuel Sacket, and others who one would judge to be the most suitable members of the knesset from the Likud. However, you can still join Likud, and vote Feiglin and Co. next election.");
AddReply(374565,"The leaders ARE Hellenists. We need Moshe Feiglin","Shlomo W","RBS","12/25/08","");
AddReply(374558,"Sam Benoit\'s ArutzSheva article","Asher J Matathias","Woodmere, NY","12/24/08","Concluding his intemperate connection of the spiritual renaissance inherent in the ancient Hanukkah story with current political developments, Sammy Benoit writes: \"As we celebrate this Chanukah holiday, we must redouble our efforts for the cause of right.\" My short take on this observation, and others recently made by him, is that he is politically extremely right --- dangerously so for the long-term viability of Israel, and ungraciously disparaging of the electrifying result in the American presidential election. The contemporary Macaabees, my surname predecessors, are those who applaud both the advent of a new, dynamic American Administration and a prospective Israeli government ready to negotiate border adjustments that can realize a strong Israel and a demilitarized Palestinian independent nation, with a face-saving capital named Quods, in the Arab-populated fringes of Jerusalem.");
AddReply(374556,"to #4","Gavriela","usa","12/24/08","Amen. May HaShem give us the leader we *need*, not the one we deserve. And we need Moshe Feiglin. Now.");
AddReply(374555,"Modern Maccabbees Needed","Alan Caruba","S. Orange,NJ","12/24/08","Those of us who watch Israel from afar sometimes have greater fears for her survival than those who stand at ground zero. I suspect we may see the enemy more clearly from a distance. This commentary says this very well.");
AddReply(374550,"temple mount","crockett","Atoka, OK","12/24/08","I was outside a while ago and while I was working on my roof for my shed, I thought, these politicians don\'t stand a chance in hell, because there are too many Jews that stand up for what\'s right. That is very inspiring to know.");
AddReply(374485,"Maccabees","Kenneth Hall","Omaha NE","12/24/08","As the author stated the world needs another Maccabee revolution.\nJust as Israel strayed from the principles it was founded on and it led to judgment from God. SO has America as a result of the fall of the Christian church. The self interest that has become blatantly obvious in the political arena is a cancer that has been growing in the people including the Church for decades. The American dream replaced God\'s dream of a country who would stand for liberty and justice for all! God is first of all the God of Justice! Just as the church and it\'s doctrines have been corrupted over the centuries by men who\'s put their own interest above God or His people. Now at last the cancer is full blown and the Decay is apparent and America is on it\'s death bed. America is Babylon described in Revelation and just as the author said everyone is drinking of her abominations. Leave Her or share Her fate!");
AddReply(374483,"we  had one","shalom pollack","jerusalem","12/24/08","We did  have a real Macabee amongst us but we did not  appreciate him or it seems  deserve him.\nLet us not do the same with  Moshe Feiglin, may Hashem protec  him");
AddReply(374474,"Chanukah","Rex George","Cave Creek, Az ","12/24/08","I am not Jewish, but can see much similarity,with the government of United States. Our leaders also feel they can lead better without God. Psalms122:6 instructs us to \"Pray for the peace of Jerusalem\" Might I also ask please pray for the peace of United States?\nSaloam! Happy Chanukah      ");
AddReply(374443,"Great Article, Sammy!","Ruvy","Ma\'ale Levona","12/24/08","I have written many pieces like yours at Blogcritics Magazine, the first being this one, http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/11/10/080753.php, Hanukkah, Judaism\'s Most Important  Holiday. \n\nI made the exact same points three years ago as you make now - only the names of the evil-doers are different.  With each Hanukkah, it becomes more evident that we are again in the midst of a civil war, with assimilationist \"Israelis\" on the one side, and believing Jews on the other.  All that is missing is the live fire between the Jewish combatants.\n\nThe truth is that the Arabs are secondary to the real issue - what is the vision that Jews have for Israel?");
AddReply(374389,"Chanukka almost outlawed","Nethanel","Jerusalem","12/24/08","Rav Kahane once said that if the Israeli government had really understood the concept of Chanukka, it would have forbidden it already.");

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