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Ask JTF For December 3 Broadcast
Sparky:
Chaim,
As you know, the massive immigration of North African Muslims into France is turning
it into an Islamic republic. And with this comes the obligatory torching of synagogues
and attacks on Jews. It has also energized the neo-Nazi movement, which hates and
attacks Jews right along with the Muslims.
French Jews are typically leftists and have been leaders in promoting open borders and
immigration. They tout it as creating more diversity and multiculturalism. And they
have the same sympathy for Muslims as American Jews have for Blacks and other
"people of color." Of course, it’s now presenting itself with a huge backlash of
anti-Semitism.
You’ve always encouraged us to stand behind our fellow Jews. But when you see such
self-hating idiocy like this, are we still suppose to show compassion and rally behind
them? Or can we simply recognize this as self-inflicted for which they’re going to have
to suffer the consequences.
Thank you.
YESHA:
Thank you for taking my questions week after week and answering them so well, I often say ‘Yemach Shemo V’Zichro’ for Smolemert, Sharon, Shimon Parasite etc – and people tell me ‘you mustn’t call a Jew that’ and they get so angry – at which I tell them that for such filthy, evil scum such terms are allowed.
My Chavruta [who is a Chassid] told was not happy that I was using the term at such individuals – he told me that the decedents are being cursed, all the generations that come after them that are what is in effect being said. The sick, evil and demented women, Shulamit Aloni has a religious descendent – son or grandson learning in Yeshiva he told me – is that correct? She of courses was the one who said: When I see the Chareidim, I can understand the Nazis
What do you have to say to that Chaim? Thank you and Shalom.
Yochanan:
Shalom Chaim
Thanks for tackling my question last week about 9/11 and Israelis wrongfully arrested only to be released WITHOUT CHARGES.
I have a few questions this time, one on Judaism and the other of a generic nature.
1) Can you tell me whether the Zohar Hadash is actually part of the Zohar Hakodesh or a separate work. If it is not seperate whereabouts in the Zohar is it?
2) Once we have b'Ezrat HaShem a Kahanist government and all non-righteous gentiles are expelled, will we not then be called Israelites rather than Israelis?
3) Leading from question 2, would a Kahanist government in Eretz Yisrael make it priority to build the third Temple? Or is this something which has to be left for Mashiach? If we were to build the Temple, what is the halacha regarding cranes and other construction machines, I mean being all made of steel, does the prohibition of using iron tools apply to these vehicles and machines as well?
4) In your last programme you touched agian on gilgul. I agree a lot with you on the matter especially as the Vilna Gaon actually calls such beliefs as nonsense. Nonetheless the Rambam seems to think otherwise. I am a bit torn on the subject especially as in the Talmud (Yevamot 62a) it is stated that Mashiach will not come until the guf is empty of souls. My question is, if there was gilgul then the guf will never empty because the same souls are recycled - what do you think?
Toda Rabba and continue with the good work. May the pleasantness of my Lord our G-d be upon us and establish for the work of our hands...
Tzvi Ben Roshel1:
Dear Chaim - continuing on what we discussed earlier about gilgul Nishamot - I would like to comment on you saying that the Rashash rejected Gilgul Nishamot, In a book I have titled " KABBALAH" by Avraham Yaakov Finkel - which is a book having many Rabbis and Mekubalim - with a short history and a few lessons that they taught (for most of them), it has on page 225 and 226 only a small biography on the Rashash, and one of the things it says is that "His Emes VeShalom is a commentary on the Ari's Eitz Chaim" - going back to Eitz Chaim- the Arizal talks about gilgul Nishamot openly for example in Eitz Chaim, Shaar HaGilgulim, Hakdamah 22 - "After death the souls of the wicked are reincarnated in any of the four levels of creation: Inanimate, vegatative, animal, man. ........" and on and on. ( page 204)
Yacov Meanshe adds: Someone in a yeshiva in The Old City of Jerusalem told me that people can be reincarnated into cows so a tikkun can be done. The tikkun is that the cow has to be kosherly shechted and then eaten by a descendant of the person whose spirit went into the cow. It can be in other food sources too. The descendants that eat that cow have to say the bracha on the food for the tikkun to take place. Hinduism thinks becoming a cow is a reward so they don't eat cows. Jews davka eat the cow because that is part of the tikkun.
Also ONLY in that book alone between the different Rabbis who do mention Gilgul Nishamot include- Rabbi Nechunya ben HaKanah a Tanna (Talmudic sage) who wrote Sefer Habahir ( the first book to mention Gilgul) wrote also in the Talmud- (Megillah 28a)
next- Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai ( a disciple of Rabbi Akiva) of whom the Zohar is attributed to- where it was revealed to him and his son when they were hiding from the Romans in a cave for 13 years.
next- Ramban ,
Askenazic - the Rama of Fano, Rabbi Yeshayah Horowitz ( Shelah Hakadosh), Rabbi Nassan Nata Shapira ( Megaleh Amukos)
Kabbalists of Eretz Yisrael - the Arizal and his students who were great Rabbis., Rav Chaim Vital,
the Chida ( Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azulai) ,
Rabbi Yonasan Eibeschutz, the Ramchal ( Rabbi Moshe chaim Luzzatto), Vilna Gaon,
The Hassidic scolars ( I dont want to site each 1, ( have to run soon),
Ben Ish Chai, Rabbi Yehuda Leib Ashlag, The Baba Sali.
Yacov Menashe adds: The Ramchal is the reincarnation of Rabbi Akiva. The Ramchal died at a young age. He studied Torah his whole life and died the age Rabbi Akiva only started learning Torah. They are buried next to each other in Tiberias.
and this is just one book, dealing with different short lessons by some of the Giant Rabbis, ( and the ones that mentioned, not to forget that others might also have different commentary on these things, but weren't mentioned in this book.)
Whats your explicit sources saying against Gilgul Nishamot, I do think that I heard before that Rabbi Sadiya Gaon didn't believe in it , but besides him who else? im not even sure if the Rambam explicity wrote against it.
-Dont we also pray on Yom Kippur for G-d to forgive us for the sins we committed in this life time and the one before? In the prayers it includes saying -G-d forgive us for the sins of this incarnation and the sins of our previous incarnations.
and to all due respect for the Rambam, and the Ramban isnt Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai considered greater because besides he's Torah writing, etc, he was from an earlier generation the generation that was in Eretz Yisrael resisting the Romans, while the Ramban and Rambam were born and lived later on in the Galut. ( not that they arent GREAT HOLY Giants)
When I said- reject the Rambam I meant no disrespect to him, by reject I meant that people dont (didn't) side with his opinions expecially during his lifetime.
Also last week, you forgot to answer my question which was- do you believe in Kabbalah or not?
MarZutra:
Shalom Chaim and thanks as always for answering my questions. After hearing Michael Savage speak on "Evolution" being fact in agreement to the teachings of the Torah, I'd like to know what are your and Rabbi Kahane's views on "Evolution"; Can one believe in "Evolution" and Torah? I, personally reject Darwinian thought. "Darwinism" was both promoted and advocated by Karl Marx after finding it lending "creditablity" to his theory of "Dialectical Materialsm" was furthered by Clerance Darow and ACLU in the Scopes (Monkey) Trial which they lost.
Subsequently, this flyer was dropped in my friend's mail box the other evening because Canada, with its "Conservative" government is now "Pro-Israel" breaking a very long string of Liberal anti-Israel foreign policies and UN voting attrocities. I just posted it for you to see what is happening here in Canada. You can comment if you wish. Just thought you'd like to know. Toda Roba ve Shalom... Marzutra
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