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Sanhedrin 97a – 97b – “What Came, Came”

The 2,000 Year-Old Klipah of Moshiach

June 22, 2017

By Devorah Fastag

Chazal tell us that this world exists for 6,000 years. The first 2,000 years are called “tohu” – emptiness, because the Torah had not yet been given.

The next 2,000 years are called the period of Torah. This begins with the period of the Avos (Avraham was born in 1948 from creation) and includes Matan Torah which took place in 2448, and the period of the mishkan and both Batei Mikdash.

The next 2,000 years are called the period of Moshiach. Since Moshiach did not come in that period, how can this be so?

Chazal were telling us about a plan Hashem had for his world. Had we been worthy, Moshiach would have come at the end of the second Temple period, or shortly afterwards, and would have lasted for 2,000 years. The beginning would have been the era of Moshiach ben Yosef, which could have lasted a long time, until the coming of the full redemption, with Moshiach ben David, who would have begun a miraculous era, with techias hameisim, and the return of the world to the level of Gan Eden before the sin of Etz HaDa’as. That is why Chazal say, “There is no difference between the days of Moshiach and this world except for being subject to foreign powers”. They were referring to the earlier stage, the period of Moshiach ben Yosef, before the miraculous stage of Moshiach ben David.

However, we did not merit this. There is a rule that when a potential comes into this world and is not used it does not simply disappear or lie dormant. Something even worse happens; the potential is taken over by the forces of evil. And so the potential power of Moshiach that existed in this period was taken over by tum’a.  Instead of the world getting the period of Moshiach ben Yosef, this became instead the period of a false Moshiach – Yeshua haNotsri.

For the Jews, this was a terrible disaster. The imposter taught many false things, saying that one no longer needed to keep most of the practical mitzvos, and claiming that Hashem had rejected the Jews and chosen him to lead the goyim who were now the “new Israel”. He claimed this because the goyim accepted him and the Jews didn’t. And although he was terrible for the Jews, the Rambam says, he did actually help the goyim rise to a higher level, because through him the goyim stopped worshipping their many pagan idols and learned many of the concepts of Judaism. But again, for the Jews he was a disaster, as we know from history.

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From Questions in Hashkafa, here.

All It Takes Is Spine

It Doesn’t Take a Genius to Challenge Orthodoxy

Published on Jun 1, 2017

Most ideas are wrong and are poorly argued. Most thinkers make foundational errors in their own subject matter. Nobody deserves intellectual deference, and nobody is beyond criticism.

I don’t care how many accolades somebody has received. I don’t care how well-respected they are amongst their colleagues. Chances are, they are fundamentally mistaken about their own subject matter.

Georg Cantor was wrong, and he was literally crazy. He died in an asylum. His supposed proof of the “multiple sizes of infinity” is laughable garbage that I consider to be the greatest intellectual catastrophe of all time.

http://steve-patterson.com/cantor-wro…

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From YouTube, here.

Judaism: Capitalism plus Socialistic Mitzvos

Capitalist or Communist?

 By Yossy Goldman

Karl Marx may have been the pioneer, but many other Jews were also involved in the struggle for communism, particularly in the early days of the Russian revolution. Personally, I don’t think that we have any apologies to make for this phenomenon. Having suffered unbearably under successive oppressive regimes, many of those political activists genuinely thought communism would be better for the people than czarist corruption. Their sense of idealism fueled hopes for a better life and a more equitable future for all. On paper, communism was a good idea. The fact that it failed—and that the new leaders outdid their predecessors’ oppression—may reflect the personalities involved as much as the system they promoted.

What is Judaism’s economic system? Is there one? I would describe it as “capitalism with a conscience.” In promoting free enterprise, the Torah is clearly capitalistic. But it is a conditional capitalism, and certainly a compassionate capitalism.

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From Chabad.org, here.

מבטן שאול שועתי שמעת קולי

חיים ישראל מארח את אודי דמארי – מלך העולם

Published on Aug 2, 2015

מילים ולחן- אודי דמארי
עיבוד והפקה מוסיקלית- אודי דמארי (בוז’י)

מילות השיר:

אם לפעמים קורים דברים מעט קשים ואין עוד כח, אל תבהל, תתבונן
יש כאן אחד יחיד ומיוחד תמיד שומע, כל כך אוהב, מכל הלב

ואפילו במקום הכי נמוך בעולם הוא קיים
ואפילו במקום הכי שפל שיש הוא מחיה את כולם
כי אין מקום פנוי ממנו, ואין שום דבר שנעלם, כל כך מושלם
ממלך העולם

בחיים כולם נופלים קמים וממשיכים בדרך
אין שום ברירה רק נשארת בחירה
לבחור בטוב והמתוק וחלילה לא להיפך, המציאות מסתירה את האמת

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Vote Rafi Farber and Let My People Go!

Calling Upon All Jews: Vote for Rafi Farber for the Knesset

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July 5, 2017

 

In 2012 I published this book:

Block, Walter E. 2012. Yes to Ron Paul and Liberty. New York: Ishi Press;

It was, in effect my love letter to Ron Paul, who, of course, I revere. As is usual in publications of this sort, I searched around for people to write a forward to the book. As is typical on occasions of this sort, my first thought was to ask a famous person to make this contribution. I wanted to maximize the publicity for this book. I was thinking of the usual suspects: Ron Paul himself, Lew Rockwell, Andrew Napolitano, Hans Hoppe, Tom Woods, Tom DiLorenzo, and other such leaders of our movement. I rejected them all. Instead, I chose an essay on Ron Paul written by this then 20 something year old kid, Rafi Farber.  In my view, this is the single best essay ever written about Ron Paul, by anyone. Anyone. No exceptions. It is brilliant. It is magnificent. You can read it right here; you need not purchase this book.  I don’t say it does full justice to Ron Paul; no human being can do so. But, Rafi’s effort comes closer than any other essay I have ever read about Dr. Paul. Read it now. It will bring tears to your eyes, as it does to me every time I read it, and I have read it on dozens of occasions.

Rafi then and now, is an Israeli citizen. He is now in his early 30s, and is running as an open and avowed libertarian for the Israeli parliament, the Knesset. A staunch Rothbardian, he favors full free enterprise for that country, an end to all U.S. foreign “aid” to Israel, and a host of other libertarian planks.  Due to arcane voting laws, all Jews, citizens of any country, are eligible to vote for him (don’t ask, but read below).

So, I humbly ask all Jewish libertarians to vote for him. I would greatly appreciate your support on this. I will be in your debt if you help elect him. In my considered opinion, the entire libertarian movement will benefit from having a young, articulate, passionate Rothbardian in the Knesset. Please help my friend and already several times co-author Rafi Farber attain this goal.

Here is a video that explains this situation in more detail. Here is the crowdfund campaign page.

Please vote a Libertarian into Israel’s Parliament.

There is a new libertarian minarchist political party in Israel called Zehut (Identity), polling at 12-15 seats out of a total 120 seats in Israel’s parliament, the Knesset. Rafi Farber, anarcho-libertarian and author of an LRC article Vote Ron Paul and Let My People Go, is running for slot #10 on Zehut’s list.

Here’s where it gets interesting though. Any Jewish person in the world is eligible to vote for Farber in the Zehut party primaries on September 12.

How, you ask? Zehut is reserving slot #10 for voting by international members only, and any Jewish person in the world can become an international member of the party. To do so, go to Farber’s campaign page and pledge your support. Voting membership is limited to Jewish people, loosely defined, so please only pledge support if you are Jewish. (Honors system!) For questions about what “Jewish” means in this context, please email Rafi directly at farber4knesset@gmail.com

You will not be charged a dime until and unless he reaches 250 voting supporters, which will ensure his victory in the primaries.

His platform includes

1) Ending all foreign government aid to Israel,

2) Ending all Israeli military occupation,

3) Legalizing gold silver and bitcoin as legal tender

4) In general, he will vote against any law that expands the size of the Israeli state, and vote for any law that shrinks it.

As a bonus, he will not take any state salary if he wins, but instead will donate half of it to the Mises Institute, and half to libertarian causes in Israel, every month.

If you’ve ever wanted to vote an anarcho-libertarian into Israel’s parliament, this is your chance to do it.

From Lewrockwell.com, here.