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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Yerusha on May 22, 2017, 08:29:15 AM
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When the Jew is in Galut amongst the goyim, there's a time to do things on the quiet.
When the Jew is in Eretz Yisrael - yad Yisrael b'tokef - there is a time to do things with maximum fanfare to publicize the Kiddush Hashem & His mastery over the Earth: this was R.Kahane's fearless shitta - to literally be in the world's face.
Apparently the Lubavitcher Rebbe held that even in Israel, things should still be done shtillig - on the quiet - Galut style, without enraging or agitating the gentiles
Lubavitcher Rebbe on how to effectively settle land
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/224519
With hindsight, which was the most effective way to settle the Land?
And today?!
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9 out of ten times, the less said the better. And I always try to follow that rule when dealing with people. Sometimes I mess up.
Except with Rabbi Kahane. He's the exception to the rule. He was one of kind.
Here's a song from 1960 about talking too much.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw4pnQNbBxE
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An even better 60s song about not talking too much!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n03g8nsaBro