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FROM DINA:

I stumbled across your blog on the web and I have a question for you. And as you can see from the way I phrase it that I am a secular Jew.

If this is true (what you say in your blog)
‘WE ALL HAVE TO TRY A LITTLE HARDER..AND WE ARE NOT ABSOLVED FROM SIN FOR CALLING OURSELFS SECULAR OR REFORM…. Moshe Rabbeinu came down with ONE SET OF LAWS FOR ALL JEWS . Not 3 different sets. I was not judging anyone but merely showing the folly of lying to themselves about what their actions are versus what the TORAH ASKS OF US.’

How can we account for the multiplicity in interpretations in midrash and even in midrash halakha? Also don’t our interpretations change over time as a result of our changed circumstances and aren’t such changes accommodated even in Orthodox Judaism through the concept of hidush?
What types of hidush are miqubal and what aren’t and who has the right to decide?

Here is another idea I have been considering. In the diaspora adherence to the rulings of the batei din, at least for most Jews who are not Orthodox is voluntary. And there is also a phenomenon of hazara besheela among Orthodox or former Orthodox, which creates another category of Jews for whom adherence would be voluntary. In Israel this is not the case – perhaps this is why some of the psakei din coming from the Rabbanut seem so kaved and so inhumane and cause so much tsuris. They have the power of the state and the financial backing of the Israeli state treasury and so some feel they can use it and abuse it with immunity. Also given that calling American Jews rich is pretty ironic.

ANSWER FROM YISRAEL HAKOHANE: (see more of his insights and opinions on his page left side.)

  THIS IS A VERY COMPLEX DISCUSSION BECAUSE :

Definitions must be clearly defined. Moshe Rabbeinu is the Rabbi of all Israel. No rabbi after R’Moshe Rabbeinu has a right or authority to argue or disagree with him. This fact teaches us that there are different levels, grades and extent of authority of rabbis.

Ancient rabbis similar to Rabbi Moshe knowledge of the basic principles of Torah are immutable and unchangeable. It doesnt matter what age we live in,the principles of Torah remains the same. For example, just as its forbidden to light a fire on shabbat, it is like wise forbidden to turn on a lightbulb on shabbat. In the former case, wood is burning, in the latter case a filiment is burning inside the bulb which is essentially the same. This reasoning is applied to all areas of the modern world based on the teachings of what conservative and reform call ”ancient rabbis.

This what King Solomon meant when he said ”There is nothing new under the sun” Therefore the ancient Rabbis were unparalleled giants of the mind and spirit who would make Einstien look like a grade schooler. Therefore the later Rabbis can only interprete what the earlier Rabbis say because they lack the wisdom, the depth and the spiritual insight to fully understand the Torah properly as compared with the earlier Rabbis.

The Talmud says as each generation passes we get spiritually and intellectually weaker. Therefore the orthodox Rabbis are just keepers and preservers of the unbroken chain that goes directly back to Moshe Rabbeinu to whose authority that the ONE GD OF ISRAEL commanded the future generation to adhere to.

Any deviation from this principle is not authentic Torah, is not Judaism and is not GDs will. Those so called leaders who have not followed this principle has created a man made psuedo religion which has no place in Judaism.

 Many valid opinions are put forth by universally recognized and qualified authoritative Rabbis who adhere to these principles and the Torah tells us that we follow the majority of opinion. Halacha is not the chaotic fragmented mess that you have mistakenly thought it to be. Each opinion has its place and purpose that can be only determined by as described above by expert qualified Rabbis who know how to make sense of all of this.

 If you are referring to specific cases then please elaborate your personal experience because all the above mention Rabbis have yirat shamayeem ,fear of GD and do not take their own personal agendas into consideration. They use the rules and laws as brought down by Moshe Rabbeinu to render a proper decision.

 In every generation GD has gifted the Nation Of Israel with special unique Rabbis who is again universally recognizwed and accpeted as the wisest of thos generation for their talents in ability to understand and utilize properly Torah Law.

 There is much to be said on this subject. This is just a brief answer.

GREG REPLIES:

” Therefore the later Rabbis can only interprete what the earlier Rabbis say because they lack the wisdom, the depth and the spiritual insight to fully understand the Torah properly as compared with the earlier Rabbis. The Talmud says as each generation passes we get spiritually and intellectually weaker.”

It is because they listen to the Talmud that they’ve become weaker, as it is written in the Psalms “I have more understanding than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation. I understand more than the ancients, because I keep Your precepts.”

Who would you say is the equivalent of Nachman today?

EDITOR TO GREG:

Germany Shuts Down Mosque Once Used by 9/11 Terrorists

Germany has shut down a small Hamburg mosque once used by 9/11 terrorists and where a jihadist society prays and spreads an ideology that authorities say is “hostile to democracy.” Mohammed Atta, one of the suicide pilots in the 9/11 attacks, frequented the Taiba mosque, which investigators said has been a base for terrorists.

The mosque was a “symbolic place for Jihadists,” said deputy German intelligence official Manfred Murck.

MR MAYOR DO I RESPECT YOU FOR BEING A MAYOR? OR FOR CREATED A VAST EMPIRE OR FOR BEING A BLIND IDIOT

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ATT MILITARY

ISRAEL IS PERSECUTING A RABBI FOR WRITING COMMENTARY ON THE RULES OF WAR AND THE MILITARIES RIGHT TO SHOOT TO KILL THE NON JEW ENEMY…..

Rabbi Yitzchak Shapira was arrested two weeks ago and the Od Yosef Chai Yeshiva was raided by police officers searching for copies of his book. Some 30 books were found and confiscated.

The Torah of the King deals with Jewish law pertaining to Kings of Israel and the waging of wars, and describes the situations in which a Jew is permitted to kill a non-Jew. The book that was recently published in its second edition does not contain any explicit references to Arabs. The Supreme Court has ruled that the content of the book is not grounds for an investigation against Rabbi Shapira. READ FULL

THE FIREFIGHTERS THAT GAVE THEIR LIFE RUNNING INTO THE TRADE CENTER DIDNT ASK  ”WHERE DO  YOU PRAY”, THEY WENT IN WITHOUT ASKING  AND YOU AMERICANS SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF”

MR MAYOR. YOU EARNED BILLIONS NOT BEING  STUPID…SO I ASSUME YOU HAVE SOME ARAB TRANSACTION THAT  YOU ARE PROTECTING.

when the BRAVE FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE AND ALL WHO WENT INTO THE BURINING BUILDING…there was not any attack on AMERICAN SOIL against AMERICA THAT I CAN REMEMBER where  any rescuers should think to ask who is a muslim and who is not.

SINCE THAT TRADE CENTER INCIDENT, WE ARE NOW ASKING,,”WHERE THE HELL DO YOU PRAY” and we have 3000 souls above the site watching and crying over your words your pain that you caused with your words.

WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ASKING AFTER THE  1993 PREVIOUS ATTACK ON THE CENTER, BUT YOU LIBERALS TURNED YOUR FACE AND DENIED WHAT HAPPENED…HEY MR MAYOR WASNT THAT AN ATTACK?> HOW ABOUT THE SHIP ‘COLE’ HOW ABOUT THE MARINE BARRACKS..HOW ABOUT….. GEE MR MAYOR..I ALMOST BELIEVED YOU BUT its seems that AMERICAN SHOULDVE  BEEN ASKING WHERE DA HELL DO YOU PRAY..IN THAT MOSQUE? THEN GET OUTTA AMERICA YOU CAMEL FACE.

WE SHOULD HAVE WOKEN UP MR MAYOR ….

THE JAPANESE SAID THEY ”FEAR THEY HAVE AWOKEN A SLEEPING TIGER’ WELL IT SEEMS WE HAVE TAKEN  THE LIBERAL SLEEPING PILLS AND ALL WENT TO SLEEP..

AMERICA WAKE UP !!! JEWS WAKE UP…the muslims and the xtians want your life ,theywant israel they love israel….BUT NOT FOR JEWS TO PRAY AS WE JEWS WANT…..AM YISRAEL CHAI  / KAHANE IS STILL  RIGHT

TORAH  says to get up earlier then the enemy AND KILL THE ENEMY

TORAH SAYS IF THE ENEMY IS USING A CHILD AS A SHIELD AND YOUR LIFE IS IN DANGER THEN GO THROUGH THE CHILD, TORAH SAYS TO PROTECT YOURSELF  FIRST. POLITICAL CORRECTNESS DOES NOT HOLD IN WAR. Israel is in a constant state of war. Friday  and Saturday a longer range rocket,,,5  of them was used aGAINST iSRAEL…AND  fox news sees ISRAEL AS KILLING  AND INJURING 12 CHILDREN….no attention to the arab rockets destroying a hospital  room. SEE THE ARTICLE JUST BELOW

One more thing about orielly before i get back on track,,, when he was interviewing Sarah Palin his manners were appalling. He was facing Palin with his legs wide open like a drunk lowlife. For a host to sit like that or for any man to sit like that is rude, disrespectful and gross.

Back to the point. The arabs living in the gaza shot off 4 grad missles into Israel friday and saturday  . They are  longer range rockets showing more capabilities of the terrorist. This rocket shot into a educational facility.  B’H’ no injuries. IDF  retaliates.

Fox News reported the incident as this

”Israel attacked the gaza killing a long sought after terrorist injuring 12 people killing one. Most of the injured are children. The visuals Fox News shows are of the funeral and injured arab children as if they are innocent. We know they kill as well as the adults , fox shows sorrow and crying from the arabs and anger and upset in  the gaza. 

For the TV viewers this causes sympathy and undue compassion for the first attackers, the arabs, the perpetrators  of  murderous attempts by the arabs who if they could would have killed all Jews in  Jerusalem and Israel.

GOT THE PICTURE SO FAR?    FOX NEWS LEADS OFF WITH SYMAPTHETIC VIEW OF THE TERRORIST WHO ATTACKED ISRAEL but fails to mention at first that the arabs attacked the day before. AFTER  this intro by Fox News they then go on to say that this is was Israels response to ‘one’  grad rocket that was aimed at Israel who had no injuries.

The fact is it was 4 rockets. the fact is no Injuries because the GD OF ISRAEL prevented injuries  ..this time….The fact is after the sympathy for the terrorist , it was an incidental reporting that the arabs fired first. t was  Israelis divine  protection there were no injuries. The woman reporter ”Huddy”  seEms to give  more anti Israel reporting.. The english reporter, I cant remember his name is GROSSLY ANTI ISRAEL during the gaza war he was on the ground and reported terrible slanted anti israel dismissing completely why Israel finally went into gaza and prematurely left gaza with an unfinished job because the Israelis wanted to honor obama coming into office.

Glen becks writers had a hour on Israel who did not look up the historical facts and also hidden within Becks report was ignorance and bias against Israel, I dont believe Beck was aware of that being he doesnt know ISRAEL HISTORY BUT BEING GERMAN AS HE SAID MANY TIMES, HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE CAREFUL  AND SCRUTINIZED HIS STAFFS REPORTING AND RESEARCH being he  IS AS HE SAYS..’SENSITIVE TO WHAT HE ANCESTORS DID TO JEWS’.

MORE UPDATE THOUGHTS…WHY DOES WHATS HER NAME ALWAYS GO ON AIR WITH A GOLD CROSS ON HER NECK, WHY DO THEY ALWAYS PRAISE JESES LIKE EVANGELIST BIBLE BELTS XTIAS…WHY ISNT THERE ANYONE WITH A STAR OF DAVID…WHY DOES FOX TV PLAY THE MOVIE 10  COMMANDMENTS ON EASTER AND NOT PASSOVER….10 COMMANDMENTS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING ELSE..IN FACT IT CLEARLY SAYS NOT TO HAVE ANY CELEBRATIONS OF FORIEGN NATIONS AND gods of THOSE NATIONS…

Once again.,..JEWS CANNOT RELY ON MAN …ONCE AGAIN JEWS MUST RELY ON GD…GD IS WAITING FOR HIS FAVORITE TO RETURN IN PRAYER.

SPEAKING OF PRAYER. THIS SHABBAT I WAS INVITED UP  TO THE TORAH FOR THE FIRST READING BEING I AM A KOHAINE. I always remember to pray for the American Jewish soldiers and the IDF and all AMERICAN SOLDIERS TO BE SAFE. There is 10,000 Jewish Americans serving right now in the UNITED STATES MILITARY.

UPDATE:  A Kassam rocket exploded at the Sderot area college Saturday night, causing heavy damage. The building, which was  hit is a school that also includes a daycare center for disabled senior citizens, was empty, a circumstance that precluded mass casualties.

The IDF retaliated by striking two smuggling tunnels

UPDATE: BELOW SEE THE VIDEO OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THAT ROCKET

FOX NEWS SHOULD AND MUST STOP THEIR LOGO OF FAIR AND BALANCED….**IT IS NOT !

The upgraded Kassam rocket on Sderot Saturday night scored a direct hit on the ceiling of a children’s hydrotherapy rehabilitation center in the heart of Sderot’s Sapir College, bringing to nearly 400 the number aerial attacks launched from Gaza since the ceasefire which halted Israel’s Cast Lead counter-terror campaign in Gaza in January 2009.

SEE VIDEO AND READ FULL STORY CLICK

ANOTHER REMINDER THAT THERE IS ONLY ”ONE GD OF ISRAEL” TO DEPEND ON.  EXCERPT FROM TODAYS NEWS:

 ”I will never allow a single Israeli to live among us on Palestinian land,” Abbas declared. Israel is home to a sizable proportion of Arab citizens, who have the vote and are represented by Arab parties in the Knesset.

SO….. DO YOU REALLY WANT TO RELY ON YOUR SYMPATHETIC, LIBERAL ,LOVE EVERYONE MINDSET WHILE ROCKETS RAIN ON ISRAEL DAILY… YES EVEN TODAY AND CLOSER TO POPULATED AREAS .

CHRISXXINAS  TO GET AROUND THAT PROHIBITION BY  RELABELING  THEIR MIDDLEMAN TO BE A SON..and if he is a ‘son’ the god had sex with a married woman, and jeuses mother was an adulteress.  AND THAT IS A VIOLATION OF THE 2nd and other COMMANDMENT….. SO….., any inquiring  Jew with honesty in his pursuit of truth will find all of xtianianity, all of the church, all of the missionaries double talk , fast talking, confusing double speak,  is only lies not allowing the HONEST INVESTIGATION AND CORRECTIONS OF THEIR *INTENTIONAL  MISINTERPRETATIONS which are  LIES .

I am being approached or really cursed by many xtians lately for my stance for TORAH AND ”ONE GD OF ISRAEL’.I DONT WANNA LISTEN TO THEM, THE XTIANS HAVE TO LISTEN TO ME..IT IS ME THAT IS THE LIGHT,,NOT THEM !

 FOR 2 THOUSAND YEARS THE XTIANS STILL DONT GET IT. THE JEWS ARE NOT INTERESTED IN MYTHS.. THE XTIANS HAVE KILLED JEWS… AND  THE XTIANS HAVE NOTHING TO OFFER TO JEWS..NOTHING AT ALL. SINCE THE DAYS OF their mangod, JEWS HAVE REJECTED AS A LIAR THEIR mangod. JEWS HAVE THAT PROOF, xtians have no proofs. never did…..

and now the rest of the story from the Salant Foundation based on Rabbi Yisroel Salanter

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PARSHA INSIGHTS\THE SAGES OF MUSSAR
 
The heart is our spiritual center. The Torah instructs us to cut away the barrier of your heart (Devarim 10:16). The Ramban explains: “Your hearts should be open to know the truth…and you should not err to think that there is any benefit in serving intermediate forces, i.e., angels, idols, planets, etc.”
 
After Klal Yisrael experienced the miracles of the Exodus from Egypt why would they give any credence to any power other than HaShem, the Master of the Universe?
 
In this material world in which we live the radiance of Hashem is hidden. No matter how clearly HaShem reveals Himself, once the revelation has passed, the soul is cast in darkness. The nature of this ‘blackout’ makes it impossible for humans not to err. The heart is vulnerable to all seductions and grasps at any force that seems attractive or powerful enough to help him.
 
Klal Yisrael, because of the special favor that we found in the eyes of HaShem has been endowed with the clarity to recognize the worthlessness of non-Elokim forces. Despite the deceptive comfort of placing our faith in planets, weapons, or superstars – HaShem has instilled a consciousness within the Jewish soul. We know that all these deceptive powers are unconditionally and totally subject to the Divine Will.
 
Hence, Klal Yisrael has an inner light, a sensitivity that enables us to distinguish between truth and falsehood. We acknowledge this gift everyday in our morning prayers – “Blessed is HaShem…Who separated us from those who stray from the truth.”
 
Deep in our soul we know the truth. However, we must open our hearts to connect with this innate awareness. Therefore, the verse instructs us – cut away the barrier of your heart. Meaning, the people of Israel must see beyond the smoke-screen and reject the false persuasions. Then we will be free to embrace the eternal Torah and its everlasting truth and good.
[Based on Da'as Torah of Rav Yerucham HaLevi]  
 
TODAY: Envision the gate of your heart opening and HaShem bathing your heart in light.

I DID NOT VOTE FOR OBAMA. I LISTENED TO HIS ELECTIONERING SPEECHES. I SAID HE IS A LIAR AND VOTED FOR BEING NO CHOICE MCCAIN.

YOU WHO VOTED FOR OBAMA WILL SOON BE LEARNING HOW TO TRAIN CAMELS AND RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO AMERICA IN ARABIC.

YOU WHO ARE LIBERAL AND TOLERANT, YOU WHO ARE APPREASING AND DREAMERS OF PEACE WITH ARABS, YOU WHO DO NOT LEARN FROM 4000 YEARS OF ARAB AND XTIAN SUFFERINGS, YOU WHO ARE AGAINST THE ONE GD OF ISRAELS UNTOUCHED UNALTERED TORAH….YOU… I AM CALLING YOU….WHEN WILL YOU WAKE UP…JUST MAYBE GD IS PUNISHING US FOR TURNING FROM  ”HIM” WITH OBAMA. THATS OUR PUNISHMENT..OBAMA AND NETANYAHU WILL WILL GIVE AWAY WHAT OBAMA FORGOT TO DEMAND….

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That, Mr. Obama is the “Muslim heritage” in America .
EVERY AMERICAN, AND EVERY SUPPORTER OF THE FREE WORLD       MUST READ THIS !! 

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THIS STORY WAS TOLD  TO ME ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO IN MY HOME TO A MENS CLASS.  BY A GREAT RABBI THAT OPENED CONGRESS 4 TIMES.

 There was a farmer who had a mule that was more stubborn then usual. The farmer tried many different ways to train  the mule to do certain chores to no avail. Finally the farmer decided to hire a mule trainer.

The next morning the mule trainer met the farmer on the farm with the mule at their side. After haggling over the price to train the mule, the farmer and the trainer shake hands in agreement of  terms.

The farmer steps  back  as the trainer advised. Then the trainer goes into his bag taking out a hammer with the farmer looking in confusion and shock.

Then the mule trainer drew all the way back with the hammer in his hands and took a big wide swing  with the hammer onto the mules head almost knocking the mule out.

The mule wobbled away and almost kneeled down looking at the trainer in his eyes.

The farmer yelled at him saying  ”I hired you to train my mule not to kill him”

Special thanks to Mr & Mrs Professor S  for the encouragement to keep it ALL going.

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IDF EVICTNG 10,000 JEWS FROM THEIR GUSH KATIF HOMES FOR ARAB PEACE CONCESSIONS

6 minutes time of video the Rabbi rents his clothes as a sign of mourning and says the prayer for the dead ‘BLESSED IS GD WHO IS MERCIFUL AND JUST. AT THE END THEY ALL SING ‘HASHEM IS OUR KING’   ______________

THIS IS THE LAND THAT MOSES GAVE TO THE TRIBES, THAT ABRAHAM  OUR FATHER WALKED. THIS IS GDS HOLY LAND.

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RELY ON MAN,BE SUBJECT TO MAN

I PROMISE YOU