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Ask JTF For February 1, 2009

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Sefardic Panther:
Shalom Mr Ben Pesach,

The Egyptian Yehudim had a minhag of throwing plants into a river for Kaparoth rather than sacrificing a white chicken. Do you and your family fallow this minhag or do you think a white chicken is better?

Toda raba

דוד בן זאב אריה:
Dear Chaim

What are you thoughts on the National Union Party run which is being run by the founder of Arutz Sheva??

Dr. Dan:
Shalom CHaim

I did you develop the guts to become an activist who was involved in firebombings, pranks, etc in your past?  How does an average child develop into someone like you did when you were a teenager and in your 20's?

Thanks
Dr Dan

JTFFan:
Shalom Chaim,

What do you think about G. Gordon Liddy? I really enjoyed the interview you had with him and believe he's a good message for JTF gaining publicity. He's better than all the other fake Current Conservative Mainstream Talk Shows we have out their like Michael Savage, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity etc. who wouldn't even have you on their shows, most notably Michael Savage. Most of our JTF members tried to have you on Savage's show, but he kept cutting them off whenever they called. The fact is he's afraid of his millions of listeners hearing the true politically incorrect righteous message from JTF. If they all knew about JTF, they'd stop listening to Savage. I agree with you that he listens to our Ask JTF Shows for his topics he covers on his show.

G-d Bless,

-JTFFan

zachor_ve_kavod:
Dear Chaim,

I'd like to ask your opinion about Yiddish.  I think one can view it as a medium of a great and gifted culture.  A wealth of great theatre pieces, literature, and folk music was written in Yiddish.  In this light, Yiddish is a gem.  On the other hand, Yiddish can be seen as the language of the galut, and the galut itself was a tragedy and a desecration of G-d's name.  In this context, Yiddish can be seen as the language of Jewish oppression, a result of the ghetto.  Do you view Yiddish in the first or second viewpoint and why?  Or do you have a different viewpoint entirely?

Now there are organizations such as the National Yiddish book centre or YIVO that attempt to preserve Yiddish.  Are they right to do this?  I have mixed feelings about this.  On the one hand, as a person who loves the Jewish people, I think we need to remember Jewish history and Yiddish is a big part of that.  On the other hand, I am for Jewish strength and sanctigying G-d, and I'm not keen on preserving a language that is symbolic of the galut and all of the misery it brought us.  Can you help me make sense of this issue?

Thank you as always,

Zachor_ve_kavod.

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