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Pray for Israeli Government, State, or Nothing?

July 15, 2016 – ט׳ בתמוז תשע״ו by Hyehudi

Misgivings about the Prayer for the State of Israel-Interview with Rabbi David Bar-Hayim

TUESDAY, 12 JULY 2016 18:27
Should we be saying the prayer for the State of Israel every Shabbath? In the following video interview Machon Shilo’s Rabbi David Bar-Hayim assesses this prayer:

In English:

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LAST UPDATED ON TUESDAY, 12 JULY 2016 18:34

From Machon Shilo, here.

There is No ‘Scale of Offenses’ Against the State

July 14, 2016 – ח׳ בתמוז תשע״ו by Hyehudi

The Penalty is Always Death

September 16, 2013

Yesterday, the NYPD opened fire on an unarmed suspect in Times Square. Luckily for the suspect, the NYPD has terrible aim. Not so lucky, were the two innocent bystanders struck by taxpayer funded bullets flying indiscriminately through the polluted urban air. This all started because the NYPD allegedly saw the man stumbling around on 8th Avenue. Moments later, they started spraying bullets in his general direction, in one of the most crowded places on the planet.

I can think of no better opportunity to take the chance to point out, that the penalty for disobeying agents of the State, is always death. I’m borrowing the title from a 2008 article by Mike Gogulski on NoState.com, but what follows are my own thoughts, and it’s a point I’ve been making for a long time, that everyone, or at least, every anarchist, on some level, knows is true.

Whether you stand accused of stumbling, smoking marijuana, ignoring threatening letters, driving too fast, or parking too long, the outcome is always the same, threats of violence. If, when the armed thugs come to extract their vengeance, you become compliant, true enough, you are likely to survive the encounter. If however, you treat them like the criminals they are, they too will display their true nature, and kill you where you stand.

From ChristopherCantwell.com, here.

He Who Must Not Be Named

July 13, 2016 – ז׳ בתמוז תשע״ו by Hyehudi

What’s in a Name?

Islamism is the violent political movement that seeks world domination and which justifies its goals on the religion of Islam, the idea of Jihad, and the imposition of Sharia law.

From Dry Bones, here.

‘I Am That Women’ – Thank God For Hardship!

July 13, 2016 – ז׳ בתמוז תשע״ו by Hyehudi

Rachel’s Joy

July 11, 2016

Rachel from Puerto Rico sent the following email to our Breslev Israel office in Jerusalem:

Rav, Yo era aquella mujer esteril. Le escribo llena de emoción. Hace unos meses le escribí pidiendo consejo para mi esposo y para mi. Usted me contesto que agradeciera media hora por día y que escuchara la clase “Agradecer por lo que mas cuesta”. Rav obedecí y ayer me entere que estoy embarazada.Ademas de esto yo habia hecho un Pidion Nefesh por 9 meses. Rav quiero que sepa y que anuncie, que el único camino para ver milagros es el agradecimiento. Gracias por ser usted la fuente, Rajel

Translation:

Rabbi, I was that barren woman. I write with emotion. A few months ago I wrote asking for advice for my husband and me. You answered me to thank half hour per day and listen to the class “Give thanks for the most difficult things”. Rav: I obeyed and yesterday I found out that I am pregnant. Besides this I had made a Pidion Nefesh for 9 months. Rav I want you to know and to announce to everybody, that the only way to see miracles is to give thanks. Thank you for being the source, Rachel

Rachel is right – with gratitude, you see miracles. She was not only grateful to Hashem for her difficulties, but for nine months straight she gave a substantial donation to help us spread emuna in the world. Rav Shalom Arush shlit’a says that there’s no charity in the world that invokes such Divine compassion as spreading emuna.

From Lazer Beams. [missing]

Yes, the Torah Cares About Reality

July 12, 2016 – ו׳ בתמוז תשע״ו by Hyehudi

Why Archeology is Kosher

April 1, 2014

I find it frustrating discussing the renewal of Jewish practices, like the wearing of t’cheleth, with those who would seriously posit that halacha does not take Archeology into consideration. This is a fallacious argument, as Archeology is merely a word we coined to describe discovering evidence, whereas to them it represents a system of beliefs, with a sinister Latin name, that must be at heads with Torah methodology.

R’Schachter has always pointed out that the Talmud uses archaeological evidence in deciding the law. The Gemara says that although one can acquire whatever is on his property merely by stating a claim, a qinyan hatzer, there is a case where one can enter the domain of another, and unearth a buried treasure and claim it as his own, and the other, the owner of the domain, has no claim, as the antiquity and location of the treasure indicate that he had no foreknowledge of its presence. To the sages, the circumstances indicate that “the Emorites left it.”