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Prayer en masse is a good thing and here is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Yes I agree. Yes I agree that there were beautiful souls praying at this rally including the unadulterated prayer of children.
But, I did not like the slander on the gov't of Israel by the organizers because I believe this was Diba Raah, evil talk, slander, whose root comes from the Spies. Netanyahu, Bennett and Lapid are not bent on uprooting Torah. They want to enlist Chareidim into the army.
Fighting in a army is a positive commandment especially against forces like Iran, Hamas, Hizbollah, Fatah, surrounded by enemies on all fronts. Please watch the youtubes of Mark Langfan warning us of the dangers not only to Israel but to western civilization as we know it today.
- Mark Langfan on Arutz 7 http://www.marklangfan.com/
- Langfan on Stakelbeck The Watchman -- Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUNN5QwQh6s
- Langfan on Stakelbeck -- Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0GoJwdxA4s
A prayer rally is definitely in order especially in light of the dangers surrounding Israel and the world at large, but unfortunately that was not the message of this rally.
Mark Langfan, Chairman of Afsi has mentioned on several occasions to Afsi members that he would be more than happy to deliver his presentation personally to any organization that invites him.
Now is a perfect opportunity for Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah and the Chareidim to express their remorse for having allowed the 22 communities of Gush Katif to be destroyed without protest and prayer thereby putting the lives of residents of Sderot, Ashkelon, Ashdod and Southern Israel in danger. Bh we now see their influence to gather the people! They perhaps could have gathered all 300,000 - 800,000 followers then! In 2005 I called up the camps in the Catskills to daven in support of the hundreds of thousands praying at the Kotel to stop the Expulsion. Where were they? They didn't endorse the Tefilla rally then. Why instead did they partner with the gov't who indeed acted against the Torah to destroy productive communities and expel their brothers from their homes?
Surely, they were against it but were blinded. Who am I to talk? Am I free of sin? Is any human free of sin?
Tehilim 51:
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| 11. Hide Your countenance from my sins, and erase all my iniquities. | יא. הַסְתֵּר פָּנֶיךָ מֵחֲטָאָי וְכָל עֲוֹנֹתַי מְחֵה: | |
| 12. Create for me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. | יב. לֵב טָהוֹר בְּרָא לִי אֱלֹהִים וְרוּחַ נָכוֹן חַדֵּשׁ בְּקִרְבִּי: | |
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As we say in the Shacharit prayer Rebon HaOlamim in Karbanot "But now, through our sins was the Beit HaMikdash destroyed and discontinued was the continual offering and we have neither a Kohen at his service, nor Levite on his platform nor Israelite at his station. But you said Let us compensate for the bulls with our lips (Hosea 14:3). Therefore, may it be the will before you, Hashem, our G-d, and the G-d of our forefathers, that it shall be the prayer of our lips - worthy, acceptable and favorable before you as if we had brought the continual offering in its time and we had stood at its station"
Prayer is our substitute for Sacrifices.
| ג קְחוּ עִמָּכֶם דְּבָרִים, וְשׁוּבוּ אֶל-יְהוָה; אִמְרוּ אֵלָיו, כָּל-תִּשָּׂא עָוֹן וְקַח-טוֹב, וּנְשַׁלְּמָה פָרִים, שְׂפָתֵינוּ. | 3 Take with you words, and return unto the LORD; say unto Him: 'Forgive all iniquity, and accept that which is good; so will we render for bullocks the offering of our lips. |
Hashem says he does not need or want our sacrifices without teshuva.
| 18. For You do not wish a sacrifice, or I should give it; You do not desire a burnt offering. | יח. כִּי | לֹא תַחְפֹּץ זֶבַח וְאֶתֵּנָה עוֹלָה לֹא תִרְצֶה: | |
| 19. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; O God, You will not despise a broken and crushed heart. | יט. זִבְחֵי אֱלֹהִים רוּחַ נִשְׁבָּרָה לֵב נִשְׁבָּר וְנִדְכֶּה אֱלֹהִים לֹא תִבְזֶה: | |
| 20. With Your will, do good to Zion; build the walls of Jerusalem. | כ. הֵיטִיבָה בִרְצוֹנְךָ אֶת צִיּוֹן תִּבְנֶה חוֹמוֹת יְרוּשָׁלִָם: | |
| 21. Then You will desire sacrifices of righteousness, a burnt offering and a whole offering; then they will offer up bulls on Your altar. | כא. אָז תַּחְפֹּץ זִבְחֵי צֶדֶק עוֹלָה וְכָלִיל אָז יַעֲלוּ עַל מִזְבַּחֲךָ פָרִים |
If one merely brings the sacrifice but in no way regrets his wrongdoings, his sacrifice is not wanted.
On the other hand, hold such a rally in Chevron and not Wall Street the root of Kochi VeOtsem Yadi! Imagine the tremendous Kiddush Hashem when the Rabbanim proclaim proudly and publicly on you tube saying to the world, that this is our precious Land. Judea and Samaria is in no uncertain terms part of the Land of Israel, the Land promised by G-d to us and our forefathers. Jews sanctify the Land by keeping the Commandments of the Land. That, in my opinion would be a tremendous Kiddush Hashem, sanctification of G-d's name!
Watch this Beautiful Video About Israel!
Sincerely,
Robin Ticker
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