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Ask JTF For Sunday, December 23, The Week of Chaim's Secular Birthday.
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Dear Chaim,
Happy Birthday! May you live to be 120.
Do you believe Bob Dole was a real Conservative?
Was he a true friend of Israel?
Was he better or worse than Ronald Reagan on these two things?
Yacov Menashe Ben Rachamim,
Chief Administrator.
jdl4ever:
--- Quote from: There Are No 'Israeli' Arabs on October 15, 2007, 11:28:11 PM ---Dear Chaim,
Why didn't many gedolim support Rabbi Kahane when he was living? >:( He could have gotten so many more votes, so much more faster. In fact, I believe that the Haredim basically shunned him, despite the fact that he was advocating a State based on Torah values and support for the flourishing of the Jewish religion in Israel.
Regards,
T.A.N.I.A.
--- End quote ---
You know the answer to this and the Rav hinted to it many times; that our leaders and our Rabbis are not real leaders or real Rabbis. See his speech in Y.U. where he said that the Rabbis of today are not the caliber of the great Rabbis in the days of old but they were warped by the exile. He got this from Talmud Tractate Sotah 49a (who in turn got it from the words of the last Prophet, Malachi):
"R' Eliezer the Great says: From the day the Temple was destroyed, the sages began to be like school teachers, school teachers like synagogue attendants, synagogue attendants like common people, and the common people became more and more debased: and there was none to ask, none to inquire. Upon whom is it for us to rely? Upon our father who is in heaven.
In the footsteps of the Messiah insolence will increase and honor dwindle; the vine will yield its fruit but wine will be dear; the government will turn to heresy and there will be none to offer them reproof; the meeting place (of scholars) will be used for immorality; Galilee will be destroyed. Gablan desolated, and the dwellers on the frontier will go about begging from place to place without anyone to take pity on them; the wisdom of the learned will degenerate, fearers of sin will be despised and the truth will be lacking; youths will put old men to shame. The old will stand up in the presence of the young. A son will revile his father. A daughter will rise against her mother. A daughter in law against her mother in law, and a man's enemies will be the members of his household. The face of the generation will be like the face of a dog. A son will not feel ashamed before his father. So upon whom is it for us to rely? Upon our father who is in heaven."
The Rav was a very honest man, who told the Torah truth clearly and openly. The Charedim and most Religious Jews I know can't bring themselves to accept what the Rav said about our "leaders" and "Rabbis" since it is depressing and they are told to blindly follow and worship their Rabbis, but what he says is the truth.
TorahZionist:
I'm posting this for Yacov Menashe Ben Rachamim.
This semester (Fall 2007), I'm taking a class on Colonial Latin America and I'll be taking one on Modern Latin America in the Spring 2008 semester. What do you think of the Spanish conquest of Latin America? I think that although it was evil how Spain treated its Jews, the colonization of Latin America ultimately benefited humanity. Not only did it eventually lead to English settlers founding The United States, but it also provided The World with new crops from Mexico such as tomatoes and corn (maize), which had not been known in Europe or Asia.
What do you think of Cortés's conquest of Mexico? Is he a hero? What should have been done different to prevent Mexico from becoming what it is today? Should it have been colonized by more whites like Argentina? Should Spain have prevented the independence of Mexico?
Eliezer Ben Avraham:
Dear Chaim,
Happy Birthday!
I recently saw on ebay one of Nachshon Walls' flags of the "State of Judea." It was being sold for 250000 and it got a bid, whether the person will pay I cant be sure, but nonetheless it is surprising. On that note, what was your opinion of Nachshon Walls?
דוד בן זאב אריה:
Do celebrate the secular New Year and do you feel that Jews in general should celebrate the secular New Year. Also what about Birthdays should Jews Celebrate Secular Birthdays or just the Hebrew ones.
Thanks
David
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