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Ask JTF for Sunday, June 20, 2010
Ari Ben-Canaan:
Shalom Chaim!
It is always a pleasure to participate in the "Ask JTF" show, I hope you had a great week.
I know our beloved Rabbi Kahane was adamant about Jews being able to defend themselves. Did Rabbi take martial arts, or self-defense lessons? If so what martial arts or self-defense styles did he practice? Did Rabbi Kahane become proficient with firearms? If so what were his weapons of choice.
Is it true Rabbi Kahane challenged the leader of the US Nazi party to a fist fight and the Nazi chickened out? I have heard, I think on your program, that the old JDL pulverized the US Nazi organization when they marched into Skokie [I think that was the place]... I bet that would be a great Zootube clip. If you have commented on this before would you mind commenting on it again?
If I go to a secular restaurant and order a simple non-dairy non-meat vegetarian salad am I breaking any Kashrut laws? It seems possible that whatever plate the salad is served on has a very good chance of being used for milk and meat at some point. Is it possible for a Jew to have anything in a secular restaurant?
When you make Friday night Kiddush do you use wine or grape juice?
Do you think the Moshiach will know he is the Moshiach before he fulfills his prophecy? Do the Rabbis have anything to say speculating on this matter?
Different Rabbis have different visions of what Moshiach will be like, eg, [from what I understand] Maimonides seems to think that he will be more of a regular human being [who would be an amazing man of course] than supernatural, but many others think Moshiach may have "powers" or may be equipped with the knowledge to pronounce the secret name of God [the tetragrammaton] which could accomplish feats which may be perceived to be supernatural... do you know what Rabbi Kahane's thoughts of Moshiach's qualities were? What are your own?
Shalom VeTodah Rabbah, hope you have a great week,
Ari
Ben m:
chaim shalom.
1) what do you think will be the punishment of the leftists in the next world?
2) what do you think about the kabbala?.i think it is a complete nonsense.
3) ido you think we should ban people that are attacking christians in the forum? i think that the naswer should be yes.
4) sorry if it is to much direct but what do you think about c4j.i think that he is one of our greatest members and that some people here are attacking him for no reason no matter of what he say.
5) what is your favorite animal?
6) do you read science fiction?
RightWingGentile:
Dearest Chaim,
I hope that you and the rest of the great members of this great forum had a great week.
My question this week concerns the New York City subway system. Having recently moved back to Queens, I now take the subway every day to commute to work. What a disgrace this operation is! The workers are all subhuman sewerage, ugly minorities of the worst kind - and when they attempt to deliver information, their lack of command of the English language makes it virtually impossible to understand what they're saying. In addition, there are constant schvartza panhandlers, and I can see women on the train nervous as these animals slither by, begging for change to buy alcohol and drugs with. I'd like to criticize them for begging, but I beg as well, except I'm begging for these sick freaks to burn forever in Gehenom.
What can we do about this problem? Do you share my disgust with the NYC subway system?
Lastly, I'm not sure if you have been following the World Cup, but the United States was screwed out of what would have been a game winning goal on Friday. You might ask why? Because the referee was an unqualified affirmative action appointee, a schvartza from the oh so advanced country of Mali, who refused to acknowledge his actions afterwards, the hallmark of true lazy schvartza drek. When will people learn not to trust these satanic fiends?
In closing, Happy Father's Day to you and everyone on the forum. I'm sure there are lots of warm family get togethers in Harlem today, as we all know that there are no illegitimate children or deadbeat dads in the African-American community.
May HaShem continue to bless you and the JTF,
RWG
chicagojew:
Shalom Chaim, it was a real pleasure to see you and David Ben Moshe again on zoo tube. You guys have great chemistry. I want to thank you for pointing the lack of credibility of Ron Paul and his son Rand. I did some research and realized that they are anti Israel. Thanks for pointing this out.
Kahane-Was-Right BT:
Dear Chaim,
Do you think we are able to answer why the Holocaust happened? It is the epitome of evil expressed in the world and an utterly shocking and tragic event. Can such an immense tragedy and the peak of human barbarity be attributed to God or associated with his Great Name? Or is it chalked up to God's granting of free will to man in the world? I have heard some rabbis blame the Reform movement, but I don't understand this approach because so many righteous (including Orthodox) and innocent Jews and even babies were murdered. Not only that but the reform movement started way earlier, in the mid to late 1800's (pre WWI). And on the flip side, in the approach of looking for "reasons," the antizionists like Satmar and Naturei Karta blame the zionist movement, which I find even more incorrect and way more far-fetched of an explanation. On the other hand, one rabbi I am close with explained to me that we should view it as we view all suffering and tragedies. We can never determine God's reasons, so we don't know why from God's perspective it was done or why He allowed it to happen, but the most we can do is try to learn from the experience and grow from it spiritually despite the pain and suffering. And this fits with Rabbi Soloveitchik's view of "why" the righteous suffer. We can never know precisely "why" in this world.
Personally, I view it like the episode with the ancient Egyptians. Yes we were decreed to go into slavery, but the egyptians exercised free will to harm and oppress us excessively and so were punished. So to, the exile was harsh and with terrible calamities decreed because of our sins, but the Germans and all their enablers the world over exercised free will to take the horrific abuse to a new level of evil not seen before - and for this they are punished by God. How do you personally confront this issue, Chaim?
Thank you and God bless you.
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