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I received this email from Zilpa of Tzefat (manna04@zahav.net.il) as for a possible explanation for the war: She quotes from Devarim:
Ye shall surely destroy all the places, wherein the nations that ye are
to dispossess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the
hills, and under every leafy tree. And ye shall break down their altars,
and dash in pieces their pillars, and burn their Asherim with fire; and
you shall hew down the graven images of their gods; and ye shall destroy
their name out of that place"(Deut. 12: 2-3).
Photo of the obelisk sun god freemason pillar erected on the Metzuda in
the holy city of Tzfat.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60787498@N00/215011807/
Is THIS the reason for the war? Because we have left it standing? And it
is like a thorn in our eye?
to dispossess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the
hills, and under every leafy tree. And ye shall break down their altars,
and dash in pieces their pillars, and burn their Asherim with fire; and
you shall hew down the graven images of their gods; and ye shall destroy
their name out of that place"(Deut. 12: 2-3).
Photo of the obelisk sun god freemason pillar erected on the Metzuda in
the holy city of Tzfat.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60787498@N00/215011807/
Is THIS the reason for the war? Because we have left it standing? And it
is like a thorn in our eye?
My response to Zilpa is:
Dear Zilpa, amv"sh
You definitely have a point. You have a yearning to have a gov't based on Torah. That is the first step to fixing the problem. The reality is that we are not under a Torah gov't. In today's political climate, even to suggest a gov't based on Torah where it would be proper to destroy idols etc is very very scary for people. Do you remember how the world reacted when the Talibans destroyed the Temples? That's the reaction we are up against. The world has labeled any theocracy as radical fundamentalism and something to wipe out. Us Jews have bent over backward to show how accommodating we are to all religions.
To even suggest a Torah theocracy is revolutionary and the Jews and all Jewish media have silenced any hint of a suggestion of a real government based on Torah.
The time has come to at the very least allow public debate about what life would be like with a government based on Torah with a Sanhedrin. What would Torah rulings be in such a situation. Let this be played out in Schools and Mesivtas. Let there be a mock Sanhedrin and let the kids be the pretend judges. Maybe one day in the near future, Hopefully, Beezrat Hashem, in our time soon, a government based on Torah will become the reality and we will not be jailed or marginalized because of our beliefs.
Kol Tuv,
Faige
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