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Pikuach Nefesh (Savings one's life) Who can endure administrative detention which translates to charges, prosecution, imprisonment, interrogation without due process , slander and torture for a crime one does not commit?
We can therefore safely assume that this is a matter of Pikuach Nefesh and the Duma suspects' lives, physical and emotional health, are in a precarious state along with all the other Settler Youth who are suffering Post Trauma Stress Disorder following unfair, unjustified, criminal treatment...)
Pidyon Shvuyim -- Pidyon Shvuyim (Hebrew: פִּדְיוֹן שְׁבוּיִים, literally: Redemption of Captives) is a religious duty in Judaism to bring about the release of a fellow Jew imprisoned unjustly by the authorities. The release of the prisoner is typically secured by a ransom paid by the Jewish community. We are not asking for money but simply that you share this email and other articles/posts etc. that vindicate the Jewish Settler Youth. Share it with your Rabbi and Spiritual Leader, Askan, Jewish print media, radio, TV, email and/or social media.
Shmos Perek 23 Parshat Mishpatim Pesukim 1-8
1 You shall not accept a false report; do not place your hand with a wicked person to be a false witness.
א לֹא תִשָּׂא שֵׁמַע שָׁוְא אַל תָּשֶׁת יָדְךָ עִם רָשָׁע לִהְיֹת עֵד חָמָס We have good reason to believe that the Israel Security Agency (also known as ISA or Shin Bet) has provided false reports about the hilltop, settler youth among them forced confessions. Unfortunately, many influential leaders, Rabbanim across the board, political figures and journalists have accepted these false reports as truth and the slander has been spread throughout the secular and Jewish media.
2 You shall not follow the majority for evil, and you shall not respond concerning a lawsuit to follow many to pervert [justice]. "לֹא-תִהְיֶה אַחֲרֵי-רַבִּים לְרָעֹת וְלֹא-תַעֲנֶה עַל-רִב לִנְטֹת אַחֲרֵי רַבִּים לְהַטֹּת ב
Just because the majority of the media and political figures and even Rabbanim have condemned hilltop youth for Price Tag vandalism, arson and the murder of innocent Arabs we may not pervert justice and must conduct a fair investigation as to precisely what exactly happened and not rely on forced confessions..
3 Neither shall you glorify a poor man in his lawsuit.
ג וְדָל לֹא תֶהְדַּר בְּרִיבוֹ: It must be a fair investigation
(As does the Torah, I am now embedding in our discussion about pursuing justice the Pesukim regarding helping with your enemy's donkey. There is much we can learn from this juxtaposition. Many Rabbanim hold that Meir Ettinger and the Hilltop youth reject and threaten Rabbinic authority when they promote going up to Har HaBayit etc. and in this respect consider them their enemy. Yet the Torah says that when our enemy is down we come to his aid. What a tremendous Kiddush Hashem it would be if Moetzet Gedolei Hatorah and the Aguda would demand a fair and open investigation of the hilltop youth! We pray for Shalom and Unity in Am Yisroel)
4 If you come upon your enemy's bull or his stray donkey, you shall surely return it to him.
ד כִּי תִפְגַּע שׁוֹר אֹיִבְךָ אוֹ חֲמֹרוֹ תֹּעֶה הָשֵׁב תְּשִׁיבֶנּוּ לוֹ: Please restore the good name of these boys who have been slandered as Jewish Terrorists in a blood libel against them.
5 If you see your enemy's donkey lying under its burden would you refrain from helping him? You shall surely help along with him.
ה כִּי תִרְאֶה חֲמוֹר שׂנַאֲךָ רֹבֵץ תַּחַת מַשָּׂאוֹ וְחָדַלְתָּ מֵעֲזֹב לוֹ עָזֹב תַּעֲזֹב עִמּוֹ Please write a letter!
6 You shall not pervert the judgment of your poor man in his lawsuit.
ו לֹא תַטֶּה מִשְׁפַּט אֶבְיֹנְךָ בְּרִיב (These kids are vulnerable. They have been outcasts either by choice or by force, many of them never recovered from the severe trauma and betrayal they experienced from the expulsion from Gush Katif and Amona or of a similar nature. The Jewish people owe them an apology rather than to compound the trauma)
7 Distance yourself from a false matter; and do not kill a truly innocent person or one who has been declared innocent, for I will not vindicate a guilty person. ז מִדְּבַר שֶׁקֶר תִּרְחָק וְנָקִי וְצַדִּיק אַל תַּהֲרֹג כִּי לֹא אַצְדִּיק רָשָׁע: The hilltop youth claim that the allegations against them are false and fabricated and they deny the allegations… that is until they were tortured. One just turned 18 Jewish boy, a Duma suspect, who happens to be an American citizen, showed the scars of an attempted suicide following being tortured..
8 You shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe will blind the clear sighted and corrupt words that are right. ח וְשֹׁחַד לֹא תִקָּח כִּי הַשֹּׁחַד יְעַוֵּר פִּקְחִים וִיסַלֵּף דִּבְרֵי צַדִּיקִים: Does government funding for Political entities and Yeshivoth come into the picture that distorts clarity of what really happened in Duma and their quick condemnations of hilltop youth?
Vayikra Perek 19 Pesukim 15-18
15 You shall commit no injustice in judgment; you shall not favor a poor person or respect a great man; you shall judge your fellow with righteousness. טו לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ עָוֶל בַּמִּשְׁפָּט לֹא תִשָּׂא פְנֵי דָל וְלֹא תֶהְדַּר פְּנֵי גָדוֹל בְּצֶדֶק תִּשְׁפֹּט עֲמִיתֶךָ: The truth must be investigated and the words of influential politicians or even influential Rabbinic or governmental leaders should not be taken more seriously than the words of the poor and vulnerable.
16 You shall not go around as a gossipmonger amidst your people. You shall not stand by [the shedding of] your fellow's blood. I am the Lord.
טז לֹא תֵלֵךְ רָכִיל בְּעַמֶּיךָ לֹא תַעֲמֹד עַל דַּם רֵעֶךָ אֲנִי יְהוָֹה: The slander regarding the Duma case clearly reminds us of this Pasuk where almost everyone was quick to condemn them thereby engaging in character assassination and a blood libel.. These condemnations were public, are on the record, in the news and have been dutifully noted and documented and can easily be found on the internet.
17 You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your fellow, but you shall not bear a sin on his account.
יז לֹא תִשְׂנָא אֶת אָחִיךָ בִּלְבָבֶךָ הוֹכֵחַ תּוֹכִיחַ אֶת עֲמִיתֶךָ וְלֹא תִשָּׂא עָלָיו חֵטְא: Silence of evil is evil, to quote Glenn Beck. How can we be silent at this travesty of justice? Not coming to their defense points to Sinat Chinam against the hilltop and Settler youth in our hearts and fueling Sinat Chinam between Chareidim and Dati Leumi communities. Will we allow them to be locked up to satisfy our own agenda?
18 You shall neither take revenge from nor bear a grudge against the members of your people; you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.
יח לֹא תִקֹּם וְלֹא תִטֹּר אֶת בְּנֵי עַמֶּךָ וְאָהַבְתָּ לְרֵעֲךָ כָּמוֹךָ אֲנִי יְהוָֹה:
Amein! Ken Yehi Ratzon!
Sincerely,
Robin Ticker
Robin Ticker
Activist emails sent to my list are L'Ilui Nishmat Yisrael ben David Aryeh ob"m (Izzy - Kaplan) and Howard Chaim Grief great activists and lovers of Eretz Yisroel, Am Yisroel and the Torah. Yehi Zichronum Baruch. May their memories serve as a blessing.
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