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Ask JTF for Sunday, October 3, 2010
briann:
What is the best argument/debating point to gentiles to support Israel? Thanks.
eb22:
Shalom Chaim,
1) What is your opinion on Beth Gilinsky and the organization that she founded called the Jewish Action Alliance? Beth was one of the speakers at an anti Ground Zero Mosque rally back in August.
2) While I know you are rightfully totally against Israel receiving Foreign Aid, what is your opinion on Israel purchasing sophisticated miliiary equipment at market value? Or trading for such military equipment? Especially under the horrific condition that Socialism is a central theme of the Israeli economy and this isn't likely going to change until a Kahanist Government is in place in Israel.
Thanks as always, eb22.
YESHA:
Hi Reb Chaim,
I know many of the JTFers may not be too familiar with me, so a brief introduction.
I am Zev, from London and 26 and been a member here since its inception, though not active, due to some personal matters. I write this with great pain, sadness and a broken-heart after seeing my father (z"tl) pass away yesterday afternoon in Hospital. He was 58 - same age as Rabbi Kahane, zt"l, H"yd. My whole family is torn, broken and extremely pained by this great loss. I didn’t have such a good connection with my dad, but on 2 recent visits to him I spoke a few words with him.
My family and I were at his side as he was nifar. We and the chevra kadisha said Shema, vidui, Hashem Hu Elokim and Nishmas Kol Chai and his neshamah (soul) departed. We were all crying heavily and bitterly.
Words of nechama and comfort wouyld be greatly appreciated and would have a lot of meaning. I am saying yitgadal (the Mourners prayer /kaddish) for him now and the shivah started last night, motzaei yom tov / Saturday night - lasting 'till Thursday morning. All the families are united and cooperating at this time, thank G-d, despite differences.
He was in and out of Hospital for the las months, following several brain bleeds, the discovering of several brain tumors and a strong chest infection. He was breathing with oxygen supply for the past few days, and his level of breathing changed for the worse yesterday morning. My mother, sisters etc are shattered. This is a heard time for me now.
If you and JTFers could do something – i.e. learn - leliu nishmas - in memory - it would be great - his name: yisrael yehoshua heshel ben zev.
Thanks,
Shalom
Zev
Ulli:
Dear Reb Chaim,
I like the Book of Proverbs very much. There is lots of truth in it.
Can you give a short introduction to it?
Sincerly,
Ulli
P.S.
Why do Nazis and Socialists welcome the criminal ideology of Islam? Every normal freedom loving person is disgusted, but this two groups seem to feel different. Why do they act like this? I see no profit for them.
Herutnik:
Shalom brother Chaim, ma shlomcha?
My questions/comments for this week:
1. I find it kinda funny that soviet Jews are more right wing than the average israeli, even though they are overwhelmingly secular and probably more secular than any other Jewish community in israel. And according to my acquaintance with them, many of them are even more secular than the average secular Jew. I myself am not religulous, but even to me this seems kinda weird (in a positive way of course).
it's just too bad that most of them voted for a curropt Shcmuck (Aka Avigdor Lieberman).
Anyway, why do you think this is?
2. Do you have any idea what Obama meant when he said that America can 'absorb' another terror attack? According to this statement, is he really suggesting that he personally can handle a situation where his wife's being slaughtered by Muslim terrorists? Or am I just taking things out of context?
3. I've recently heard that four congressmen sent a letter to Obama, requesting that he finally releases Pollard in order to push israel to promote so called "peace" (in other words - for the wrong reasons). I know that you're against another freezing in exchange for Pollard, and so am I. But for some reason there is still a small fragment in my heart that wants this exchange to take place, just like there's a fragment deep down inside me that's hoping for Gilad Shalit's liberation, even in the price of releasing 1,000 terrorists.
My problem is that Every time I read somewhere about both of these Transactions that may or may not have a slight chance of progressing (for a bad bargain), my brain tells me "this is insane", but in my heart I hope these crazy transactions do take place eventually. I'm sure I am not the only one who feels this way, so I'm very interested in your opinion, and if you can honestly tell me if you feel the same way about this.
Chaim hayakar, toda raba lecha veshavua tov,
Herutnik.
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