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Ask JTF for Sunday, November 1, 2009

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ItalianZionist:
Chaim,
    I've been looking at so many videos of Rabbi Kahane, and he really was an INCREDIBLE speaker. I see at his debates that he wins over the liberal crowds many times.

In a TV documentary I heard that after the destruction of the temple, the emperor Titus became ill and died due to an insect going into his brain and eating it away. They said that this was in the Talmud. Have you ever heard about this? Is it in the Talmud?

If this is so and this punishment came from G_d,  why was it such a partial punishment?  I mean, why not make the Jews victorious instead of inflicting such a small punishment to only the emperor? What was the purpose of this relatively small punishment?

thanks

G:
Greetings

I read a post you made where you objected to America initially refusing to send Israel weapons during the 1973 war. However, this contradicts your position of opposing American foreign aid to Israel. Where would you stand if America were to end aid and all trading relations with Israel, not a sanction but just ending all trading relations?

Nekama:
Dear Chaim:

Hope these questions make it to you in time to make the show.

(1) If the mizvah of brit milah is meant to be a sign between hashem and the jewish people, why was Yishmael circumcised? Yishmael was not meant to be part of this covenant.

(2) Prior to the rise of islam in the 7th century, there is nary a word of the arabs in the history books.  Even in the Tenach, there is scant mention of their historical relevance let alone existence. Who are the current Arab people or peoples and from where did they gather from relative obscurity prior to the 7th century to become such a menace?

(3) What is your opinion of President Abraham Lincoln? If Chaim ben Pesach was president during the time of the Civil War, would that war have ever been faught?

Thanks,

Nekama

imaknick:
What is the reason behind G-d giving the Jews a small piece of land, a land which is mostly desert and a country being surrounded by Arab enemies?

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