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--- Quote from: muman613 on September 24, 2008, 12:46:15 AM ---<snip>
I would love to study to be a Rabbi. Actually my mom has suggested this to me on several occasions. I am what is known as a Baal Teshuva, one who repents and returns to a religious lifestyle. I was raised in a Conservative Jewish home and was Bar Mitzvahed in a Conservative shul.

About six years ago, after falling very low because of my brothers death in 9/11, I found a local 'progressive' synagogue and started to attend Shabbat services. The local Orthodox Rabbi was doing Kiruv {Outreach} to the local synagogue and I started to learn about Orthodox Judaism.<snip>
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An orthodox rabbi was doing kiruv in a progressive institution?

sounds like an interesting story there.

Shlomo:
Shalom Muman,

How were you first introduced to Rabbi Kahane?

-Shlomo

muman613:

--- Quote from: Shlomo on October 07, 2008, 11:04:01 AM ---Shalom Muman,

How were you first introduced to Rabbi Kahane?

-Shlomo

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Shalom Chaver,

I am only recently becoming acquainted with the awesome Rabbi Kahane. I have always heard of him but I never formed an opinion. Since I only came to my teshuva about five years ago I have noticed a very powerful shift of my political beliefs back to the right. I have been reading the headlines of Israeli papers for several years and it was during the expulsion at Gush Katif which I felt that the leaders were making a great mistake.

I have always held a hope of moving to Israel and have actually looked {on-line} at properties in Tzfat where there is a nice Breslov community. But since the second intifada and more recently since the qassam attacks I dont think it is a good time. I also have grown fearful of the 'Bolshevic' Israeli government. Since I have taken on religious observance I feel that the Israeli government would like to make an example of me. I could see myself standing against the evil police at Ammona and it is not a pretty thought. Why is the Jewish state causing so much pain to the most religious Jews? It makes me cry late at night to Hashem because it seems so unjust. I realize that Hashem is just in all his ways and ask what we need to make Israel the Jewish land again.

It is these thoughts which bring me to the Kahanist movement. I have always felt that the unrighteous goyim are always trying to kill us. They have killed us back in Ukraine, they killed us in Poland, they exterminated us in Germany, and expelled and tortured us in Spain and Brittan. As we learn on passover, in each generation someone rises to kill us. And my brothers martyrdom in the WTC on 9/11 because he was just going to his job, the American dream, I feel this war personally. I want to see the justice of the Moshiach. I want to be lifted on wings of an eagle and taken to the holy land. I want to be there to fulfill the Ribbono Shel Olams eternal promise to Abraham that his children will inherit the land.

Rabbi Kahane had this dream foremost in his mind. He spoke Torah in all his words. I just watched three of his videos on yideoz.com and I am inspired again. Where is a man like the great Rabbi Kahane today? Nobody speaks so much truth as he did. Chaim is doing his best but nobody will replace the Rabbi Kahane who had so much charisma and love in his heart. He may have been controversial and despised by the arabs, but I have come to believe no matter what we do, we will be despised because we are Jews.

The latest violence in Acco is troubling. I have been watching it for a couple of days now but I dont know when it will be settled.

muman613
 

Mstislav:

--- Quote from: MarZutra on October 07, 2008, 09:56:42 AM ---
--- Quote from: Mstislav on October 07, 2008, 01:27:33 AM ---How is teshuva done?

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My advice is to take a walk into your nearest Orthodox synagogue and speak to the Rabbi... 

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Even the Rabbi could not help me. I think the question also threw him off guard as I am a Gentile. Which Rabbi or Jew expects a Gentile to know anything at all about Judaism?

Rubystars:
What political issue is most important to you?

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