Fwd: AFSI PRESS RELEASE: Netanyahu Caves In

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Kudo's for Afsi for once again taking a courageous stand!

 Let there be an avalanche of Press Releases that denounce Netanyahu's willingness to agree in principle to a Palestinian State. Netanyahu, by agreeing in principle to a Palestinian State under certain conditions, disregarded G-d's Covenant with the people of Israel and the Torah.

Words do make a difference!  Even if Netanyahu knows that the Arab world would never agree to his conditions and merely used this as a ploy to get America off Israel's back, it is a chillul Hashem.  We must publicly put our faith in Hashem and not in the power of America or Obama for our security.

Why didn't Netanyahu talk about Shemittah and explain to the world that we are obligated, as caretakers of this Holy Land to keep commandments in order to infuse the world with Holiness. and bring peace and prospereity.

No peaceful Palestinian State has this agenda. 

Unfortunately, neither does Netanyahu or else he would never have agreed to a Palestinian STate under any conditions. This, my dear friends is the true root of our problem!

In addition, we are not doing the Palestinians a favor either by giving them a State.  The Torah promises to us that the Land does not produce for anyone else but the Jewish people.  If we really cared about making the lives of the Palestinians better, we would assert our rights to the Land. They know and we know that they are much better off that way.


Once again the Arabs do what we should have done and put in a no confidence vote in this Prime Minister who lacks knowledge and has not internalized our sacred and exclusive relationship of  the Jewish People with the Land of Israel based on the Torah  for the betterment of mankind.

Netanyahu has no right to give away that which does not belong to him.

Any agreement is therefore null and void. 

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From: afsi <afsi@rcn.com>
Date: Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 3:10 PM
Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Netanyahu Caves In
To: AFSI <afsi@rcn.com>

 

 

 

 

PRESS RELEASE: Netanyahu Caves In

New York City

June 15, 2009

 

 

In the first major policy speech of his administration, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu caved to Barack Obama's key demand that the Palestinian Arabs be given a state in the heart of Israel's historic homeland.  

 

"The only winner from this speech was Barack Obama. It's Obama: 1 Jews: 0," said Herbert Zweibon. "Obama couldn't care less about a few settlements here or there. He wanted Netanyahu to accept the principle of a two-state solution. Netanyahu collapsed in the face of American pressure. He allowed himself to be outmaneuvered."

 

Netanyahu, who began reasonably enough, systematically laying out the case for why there should not be a Palestinian state – including the point that Arab hatred of Israel preceded Israel's presence in Judea and Samaria –then reversed course at the end and endorsed a two-state solution.  

 

"The White House calls Netanyahu's speech an 'important step forward,'" said Herbert Zweibon, Chairman of Americans for A Safe Israel. "In fact, it's a dramatic step backwards as Netanyahu edges the Jewish People toward the cliff."

 

In an attempt to mollify Israelis, who have the seen the painful results of Israel's 2005 withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, in which thousands of their fellow citizens were dragged from their homes only to be replaced by a Hamas-run terror enclave, Netanyahu insisted in his speech that a Palestinian State be demilitarized.

 

Setting aside the fact that there are thousands of assault rifles already in the hands of Fatah, many Israeli-approved, it is simply not possible to prevent a Palestinian entity, once it has been granted sovereignty, from emerging as a military threat, AFSI notes.   

 

"Every time Israel evacuates a piece of territory it turns into a launching pad," Zweibon said. "During the Lebanon War alone, some half a million Israelis were displaced by missiles. On the outskirts of Gaza, Israelis fear for their lives. Those areas were supposed to be demilitarized and subject to international monitoring, too. What makes Netanyahu think this time will be any different?"

 

The Arab reaction to Netanyahu's speech was noteworthy, Zweibon says. It was one of uniform hostility, despite Netanyahu's sudden willingness to accept a two-state solution. A spokesman for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Netanyahu's speech "torpedoes all peace initiatives in the region" simply because Netanyahu asked Arabs to recognize Israel's Jewish character.  

 

"What this proves, as if it needed to be proved yet again, is that what the Arabs find distasteful about the Jewish State is that it exists at all," Zweibon said.

 

 

 

 

Arutz7: Susie Dym Blasts Netanyahu Fwd: Women in Green: A Jewish View of Netanyahu’s Speech by Prof . Paul Eidelberg,

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Susie Dym blasts Netanyahu

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/166475


As Professor Eidelberg said, Netanyahu deprived us of the moral high ground. 

Did anyone see any of these articles on this nature on the News of Arutz 7.  If so please forward it to me?  Susie's article came and went as a News Brief  but not a news item.  Too bad.  Susie might not have the stature of Jimmy Carter to the World at Large but what she says is reflective of Authentic Torah and our Jewish Heritage.  Jimmy Carter on the other hand......  Given his book and past history I am very suspicious of his motives behind his humanitarian efforts.

 Yasher Koach for Women in Green for widely distributing Professor Paul Eidelberg's article.

Again, too bad that the articles  newsworthy on Arutz7 included Obama's praise for Netanyahu's speech, Eu's praise for Netanyahu's speech and - not the good stuff- our rejection and disappointment of Netanyahu's speech! 

No headline news item such as Susie Dym's of Mattot ARim or Prof Eidelberg.    Merely visiting the grave of Yehoshua and Calev is benign.  The spirit of Calev and Yehoshua is quite another matter.  

Bizchut Nashim Tzidkaniyot!  Where is the voice of Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah in response to the Chillul Hashem of Netanyahu's speech?  Time for Tikkun Chait Hamiraglim!  It is still Parshat Shlach in Chutz LeAretz!   Please forgive us women for being so forward...Ach Tov Vechesed Yirdefuni.....

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From: Women in Green <wfit2@womeningreen.org>
Date: Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 5:13 AM
Subject: A Jewish View of Netanyahu's Speech by Prof . Paul Eidelberg
To: wfit2@womeningreen.org

A Jewish View of Netanyahu's Speech*
Prof. Paul Eidelberg

Know first that Judea and Samaria constitute the heartland of the Jewish people.  This land is inseparable from the teachings of the Prophets of Israel.  From there our Prophets bestowed on humanity its loftiest and most fundamental ideas and values: first and foremost the idea of Ethical Monotheism.  From ethical monotheism we derive the possibility of Truth, of Human Dignity, of Justice, of Kindness, of Freedom, of Progress, of Peace—of peace because there cannot be genuine and abiding peace among men without Truth.  Moreover, there cannot be peace between nations unless they acknowledge that lapidary verse from holy writ that God created man in His own image, for this verse affirm unity the human community.

These ideas and values are the building blocks of Western civilization.  They endow human life with meaning and nobility, with creativity and continuity, with depth and purpose.  Yes, and they are tangibly linked to Judea and Samaria—the source of our historic memory.  Therefore, to agree to establish an Arab-Islamic state on this land, a state whose inhabitants harbor a religion diametrically opposed to what this land stands for, is a Chilul HaShem—a desecration of God's Name.  To agree to a Palestinian state in Judea and Samaria is to negate God's Covenant with the fathers of the Jewish People.  This agreement will never be consummated.

I am well aware of the political and rhetorical nature of Netanyahu's speech.  One does not have to be a rocket scientist to recognize that the conditions he laid down for the establishment of a Palestinian state will never be accepted by Arabs or Muslims; for unlike Mr. Netanyahu, they believe in a deity in whose name they are willing to sacrifice their lives.

I wonder whether the people of Israel understand the dreadful transgression Netanyahu committed by saying YES to a Palestinian state on Jewish land?   Some observers, trained in law, may say that Netanyahu's YES will not stand the test of international law; I leave this for them to explain.  Others have already said that he has violated the coalition agreement that forms the basis of his government.  What most disturbs me, however, is his projected violation of Jewish law.

In a policy paper in which I collaborated with Professor Louis Rene Beres, I abbreviated a lengthy halakhic disquisition by the Gaon Rabbi Dr. Haim Zimmerman, of blessed memory, in which he sets forth, in a most compelling way, the prohibition of yielding Jewish land to non-Jews.  This paper was written and published in opposition to Israel's withdrawal from Gaza and northern Samaria in 2005.  Serving then as a minister in the Sharon government, Mr. Netanyahu voted for that withdrawal, contrary to the warnings of Israel's highest military and intelligence officials.  Hence, he is partly responsible for the death, destruction, and suffering resulting from the government's violation of Jewish law.

But Mr. Netanyahu, like so many Israeli politicians, is superior to Jewish law.  He is superior to the teachings of Moses and the Prophets of Israel.  His highest law is derived not from God but from his own self-serving political calculations.

We have known for some time the conditions he would lay down for a Palestinian state: it would have no army, no control of air space, no power to make treaties with other nations, etc., etc.  It was obvious that these conditions would not be acceptable to the Palestinians.   Mr. Netanyahu may be cunning, but he is not wise.  Surely he should also insist that Arabs cease brainwashing their children to exalt suicide bombers on the one hand, and to hate Jews and Israel on the other.  But how could he insist on this without insisting that the Arabs overhaul the Quran, erase the ethos of jihad, rewrite their history, hence cease being Muslims!

To be fair, there were some solid points in Netanyahu's speech.

·         He said the root of the conflict was, and remains, the Arab refusal to recognize the right of the Jewish people to a state of their own, in their historic homeland.

·         He said the closer we get to an agreement with the Palestinians, the further they retreat and raise demands that are inconsistent with a true desire to end the conflict.

·         He said the claim that territorial withdrawals will bring peace with the Palestinians, or at least advance peace, has up till now not stood the test of reality.

He summed up by saying: "If we receive [a] guarantee regarding demilitarization and Israel's security needs, and if the Palestinians recognize Israel as the State of the Jewish people, then we will be ready in a future peace agreement to reach a solution where a demilitarized Palestinian state exists alongside the Jewish state."  However, if the Palestinian state were threatened by terrorists, international law would not require Palestinian compliance with pre-state agreements concerning demilitarization.

Leaving this aside, I see in Netanyahu's speech something overlooked by its author and thus far by commentators.  Looking beyond his crafted rhetoric, Mr. Netanyahu, in my opinion, has given the Arab-Islamic world a great victory and has inflicted on the Jewish people a terrible defeat.  For by agreeing to a Palestinian state, Netanyahu has given the democratic world to believe that the Arab claim to Judea and Samaria is superior to any put forth by the Jews!   Arabs thus have all the more reason to despise the Jews and scorn the God of Israel!  They will then have all the more incentive to persist in their territorial demands whose ultimate objective is to wipe Israel off the map of the Middle East.
How ironic!  I said Prime Minister Netanyahu desecrated God's Name.  He did so, moreover, at Bar-Ilan University, Israel's one religious university.  Contrast President Barack Obama's speech at al-Azhar University—the theological Harvard of the Islamic world.  Obama repeatedly praised Islam and its "holy" Quran.

I fear for Israel's future.  The strength of a nation depends more on its morale than on military might, and I see this morale evaporating while Jews resign themselves—even though it's still not official—to the establishment of an Arab-Islamic state in their heartland.  I ask: How should and how will the 300,000 Jews living in Judea and Samaria feel now that their Prime Minister has renounced any Jewish claim to this land?  They saw what happened to the 10,000 Jews in Gaza and northern Samaria, so many of which were traumatized and impoverished by the Expulsion.

Let me ask Mr. Netanyahu:  How will these Jews feel while you trifle with their lives and their future while waltzing with Mahmoud Abbas who you know very well is leading the Americans by the nose.

You know, Mr. Netanyahu, that the first task of a statesman is to promote national unity by heightening a people's sense of national pride and identity—which requires the nation's territorial integrity.  Your speech has alienated the most patriotic citizens of Israel, those who live in memory-filled Judea and Samaria which you are willing to surrender.  Of course they know the Palestinians are not going to buy your Alice-in-Wonderland peace plan.   But you have deprived them of the moral high ground on which to fight for Israel's survival.

I did not realize how much you have in common with Obama.  Perceptive writers, including Victor Davis Hanson, Ralph Peters, our own Caroline Glick, Frank Gaffney, Melanie Phillips, Wafa Sultan, have exposed the incredible number of falsehoods that fill Obama's Cairo speech. But your own speech is based the one colossal falsehood that has betrayed Israel since Menachem Begin signed the Camp David Accord—that peace is possible with the disciples of Muhammad.

You may know this in your heart of hearts, but like so many policy-makers in the democratic world, you lack the courage and wisdom to face the truth and act accordingly—with decisiveness and Jewish vision.

What is the difference between Obama's reaching out to Ahmadinejad—which you deem futile—and your reaching out to Mahmoud Abbas?   I don't see Muslims or Arabs reaching out to Jews.  Why not?  Because they have pride, overweening pride, groundless pride, destructive pride—call it what you will—but it means you will blink first, you will make concessions to them, and you will get nothing but more than contempt and violence in return.

And so the Big Lie of the "peace process" will continue.  The shoddy domestic politics of Israel along with the Saudi infested politics of America will continue. Yes, and the terrorism will continue.  Is there a way out of this maze?  Perhaps, but I've said enough for this report.

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*Edited transcript of the Eidelberg Report, Israel National Radio, June 15, 2009.

Fwd: Mass Prayer Rally at Western Wall Planned - Next Sunday June 21st Tikkun Chait Miraglim

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If you have any connections with any member of the  Moetzet Gedolei Hatorah  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moetzes_Gedolei_HaTorah in Israel or America, please beg/plead them to join with Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu and the Yesha Rabbinical Committee and give support to this mass Prayer Rally at the Kotel next week on June 21st  and publicly declare our entitlement to the Land of Israel. Let us let President Obama and the world know that Netanyahu has no authority to give away something that does not belong to him. Even a disarmed Palestinian State is not G-d's Divine will. Our relationship with the Land of Israel has sanctity and that means only for Am Yisroel.  That is the meaning of Kedushin. The wife is exclusive to her husband. Even a disarmed other, violates the marriage contract. 

Once we understand this and internalize it, we can truly sing Od Yeshama BeArei Yehuda Uvechuzot Yerushalayim, Kol Sason VeKol Simcha, Kol Chatan VeKol Kallah.

If we give muscle and credence to Netanyahu's suggestion, the Palestinian people will be the first to suffer. We are doing them no favors if they are given that which they are not entitled and this includes a disarmed State.  Will they keep Shemittah, or other Mitzvoth Teluyot Baaretz?

They know first hand the brutality and anarchy that reigns when Israel leaves the picture. Scar from the Lion King dictates and terrorizes the people. Can it be no clearer than the before and after picture of Gush Katif? Desolation and destruction to take the place of peace, beauty and harmony.

We need to address each Rav or Rebbe as an individual Rav  in Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah
 and not the Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah as an organization.  Each individual  Jewish soul was at Sinai. Each individual recognizes the threat and danger at hand  The Lubavitch Rebbe said that when it comes to Sakanas Nefashos we don't try to get a consensus.  Each individual must act swiftly to stop the spread of the fire especially when he/she sees that nothing is being done.  From our experience, whenever we approach one Rav in the Moetzes they almost always ask "Did you speak to so and so of the Moetzes or who else from the Moetzes feels this way? "


 Now is not the time to be humble and  to give Kavod Zeh Lezeh. 

In the future we will iy"h be zocheh to act like the Malachim who say Kedusha by  giving permission one to each other to sanctify their Creator in a pleasant and clear tone saying Kedusha....

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From: Barbara Sommer <sommer_1_98@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 6:05 PM
Subject: Mass Prayer Rally at Western Wall Planned
To: Barbara Sommer <sommer_1_98@yahoo.com>

Mass Prayer Rally at Western Wall Planned

Reported: 08:45 AM - Jun/14/09

(IsraelNN.com) A mass prayer rally at Jerusalem's Western Wall is planned for June 21 due to political talks of creating a Palestinian state and freezing construction within Judea and Samaria. Rishon L'Tzion Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu and other rabbis are expected to participate.

Rabbi Eliyahu and the Yesha Rabbinical Committee call on the public to participate in the prayer rally.


http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/166426

Similarity - Hamas and the Torah Believing Jew that is Silent -Chas Vechalila - Middah Kinegged Middah

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Dear Jewish Print Media, Radio Media, Kiruv and Lecture Series Coordinators.,   ( in no special order)

http://www.torahmitzion.org/eng/resources/show.asp?id=659

In Parshas Noah it says "Ki Malah Haaretz Hamas"  Chapter 6 verse 13 "

G-d said to Noah,  "The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with robbery through them, and behold, I am about to destroy them from the earth"

There is another Midrash in the Talmud Yerushalmi which also appears in the Yalkut Shimoni: It says that God said to Noach:

קץ כל בשר בא לפניי - הגיע הזמן לקצץ אותם, להפוך אותם לאדמת בתה - כמו עצים ושיחים נמוכים כי מלאה הארץ חמס מפניהם וכו' - חמס שווה פרוטה וגזל חצי פרוטה. לאחד היתה קופת תורמוסין קופסה עם תבואה כל אחד היה בא ונוטל פחות מחצי פרוטה כך שחברו לא יכול להוציא ממנו את מה שלקח לו - כך שמלאה כל הארץ חמס - האנשים אשר עליה שגרמו לכך. אמר הקב"ה אתם עשיתם שלא כשורה גם אני אעשה לכם כך.

"The end of all of life has come before me. The time has arrived to cut them down, to return the land to a pristine time when there were only trees and short shrubs "because the land if full of theft, etc" To be liable for the sin of "Hamas" one must steal something that is worth a "pruta" and to be liable for the sin of "Gezel" one must steal something that is worth half of a "pruta." In the generation of the flood, one would have a box of lupines, a box of grains. Everyone would come and take less then half of a "pruta" from someone else This is how the person who was stolen from was not able to recover his stolen objects. This was what the verse means when it says "The whole world was full of robbery," meaning, the people who caused this. God said to them, "You behaved improperly and I will do the same to you." 

Apparently, according to the Midrash each individual in Noach's time stole just a teeny bit.  Collectively the entire land was filled with robbery.

There is a crazy phenomenon in the Torah World.  Obama distorts the Torah to an obvious level and all the religious mainstream Jewish Organizations are Silent in setting the matter straight thereby creating a tremendous Chillul Hashem.  Obama said:

The United States does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements.  (Applause.)  This construction violates previous agreements and undermines efforts to achieve peace.  It is time for these settlements to stop.  (Applause.)....

All of us have a responsibility to work for the day when the mothers of Israelis and Palestinians can see their children grow up without fear; when the Holy Land of the three great faiths is the place of peace that God intended it to be; when Jerusalem is a secure and lasting home for Jews and Christians and Muslims, and a place for all of the children of Abraham to mingle peacefully together as in the story of Isra -- (applause) -- as in the story of Isra, when Moses, Jesus, and Mohammed, peace be upon them, joined in prayer.  (Applause.)

The Truth of the Torah as opposed to the truth presented by President Obama is that the Land of Israel is promised to the seed of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as an eternal inheritance.  The boundaries are delineated.

Each and every Jew received the Torah at Sinai.  Each and every Jew has the responsibility to speak up for the Torah and for the Covenant of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.  The Silence of each and every Jew is adding a little to the Chillul Hashem.  "Atem Nitzavim Hayom" .  In September 2006 I posted the following on Shemittah Rediscovered.  

I would not change even one word today. 

Sunday, September 10, 2006

The Covenant Renewal- Nitzavim Vayelech -Areivus

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When the Bnei Yisroel enter Eretz Yisroel they receive a renewal of their Covenant. The first Covenant was given at Har Sinai. What was new about this Covenant? It was the concept of Areivus, that every Jew is now responsible of the sins of his brothers. Every Jew is obligated to help others observe the Torah and to restrain from violating it. As the commentary in the Stone Chumash explains that now they would be liable for transgressions committed openly (Ohr HaChaim) This is essential to the world view of the Jew, for it explains why one may not be apethetic to the shortcomings of others and why public desecrations of the Torah are the concern of every Jew of good conscience.

Atem Nitzavim - You are standing. Moshe empahsized that the people were standing before G-d because the purpose of the Covenant was to bind them to G-d's Torah. Sforno comments that Moshe stressed that they were standing before G-d, Who cannot be deceived. Moshe divided the people into categories to suggest that everyone is responsible according to how many others he or she can influence.

This concept of Areivus justifies my position of speaking out against influential Rabbinic Leaders such as Rav Shteinmen, Rav Kanievsky, Rav Eliashiv, the Admor M'Gur, the OU, Agudath Yisroel of America etc. who have been silent regarding the Roadmap and regarding the disengagement and the Convergence plan. It justifies the obligation of spokespeople of Yesha as well as the journalists in Jewish Media such as Arutz7, Jewish Press, Yated, Hamodia, Nachum Segal, Chofetz Chaim Foundation etc. to challenge this silence. The Roadmap is mutually exclusive to the Biblical promise that Hashem gave Eretz Yisroel exculsively to Am Yisroel. How can UTJ and Shas join an evil government. This evil government is clearly in opposition to Torah. Yet this was overlooked in exchange for bribes be it child support or educational subsidies or political position. . Those that remain silent become silent partners in allowing expulsion of Jewish settlement and settlers, partners in robbing our fellow brethren of their property, partners in destroying family units and cohesiveness, partners in taking away many families means of Parnassa, partners in terrorizing little children with an army of soldiers and last but not least partners in the bloody violence against the youth who were the only ones to stand up for the Torah and for Eretz Yisroel at the risk of their own lives. To sum it all, those that are silent are partners to the humanitarian and security crisis in Israel and partners in the empowerment of terrorism including Hizbollah and Hamas.

For this Hashem says Haster Astir Panai Bayom Hahu Al Kol Hara Asher Asa, Ki Phana el Elohim Acheirim(Devarim 31/18) . But I will surely have concealed My face on that day because of all the evil that it did, for it had turned to gods of others".


The young girls in Neve Dekalim cried bitter tears as the expulsion was happening "Al Tastir panech Mimeni Beyom Tzar Li". Don't hide your face from me on the day of my affliction.

Can we ignore the fact that much of the North of Eretz Yisroel was burnt in this past war with Lebanon? Isn't that a consequence of worshipping idols as well? Or do we simply continue to choose not make any connections to the events of the day and the warnings of the Torah.

Which idols did we collectively worship? My guess is trusting in America, trusting in an evil gov't in Israel that acts as if it is a puppet for America and in believing in our own strenth and power rather than on Torah and Mitzvoth. It is very difficult to place our total trust in Hashem . It's downright scary. Without prayer how can we humanly be capable of passing this test.

Yet all the curses are reversible. We need merely to admit our mistakes, beg Hashem for forgiveness and no doubt Hashem will hear our prayers and reverse the Gezaira. Atem Nitzavim Hayom. Each and every one of us including men, children, women and strangers. Anyone with any kind of influence must speak out publicly for the Torah and against any plans that are in direct opposition to the Torah. Failure to speak out is equivalent to being partners in the desecration of Hashem's name.
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It seems to me that  the job of the major religious organizations is  to mobilize Am Yisroel with their extensive networks to express in words and in deed the Nation's yearning and love for Eretzy Yisroel and demonstrate our trust in Hashem to deliver His promises to His Chosen People.   We will try our very best to keep the Mitzvoth in the Holy Land thereby infusing the Land and the world with peace, prosperity and holiness refining the entire world with the knowledge of G-d. The Previous Rebbe said that every single Jew, man and women, boy and girl is a Shaliach, not like the Miraglim. and we were sent to this world in our generation  to prepare the world for the time of Moshiach in Eretz Yisroel and this includes the generation in America raised on Pepsi Cola as well. (Rabbi Shmuel Butman on the radio Motzei Shabbos on Parshat Shlach 5769).  But passing the buck to an organization to be an activist is contributing to the collective silence.  Each one of us have a responsibility to do our hishtadlus in this manner.

Fwd: Kiruv Campaign against the Sin of the Miraglim. This Sin of the Spies is alive and thriving in our generation. Silence of Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah regarding Judea and Samaria

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Attention: Askanim at Arachim, Aish Hatorah, Ohr Sameach (via their website), Hakhel, Irgun Shiurei Torah, Aaron Mandel

Hundreds of thousands of Jews are reached through your Outreach.  'Will we disregard our Covenant with Hashem and the threat our Brothers and Sister in Judea and Samaria are facing.  Will we be able to look ourselves in the mirror and enjoy peace in our homes if a similar scenario to Gush Katif happens to those in Judea and Samaria?

As key educators bringing the messages of our Rabbanim to the masses, please be aware of some of the concerns that many have.
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There is a strong activist movement that is increasingly growing disillusioned with the Gedolei Hador because they are not speaking out publicly for Torah in the face of a Chillul Hashem which is the message of President Obama's speech. . 

It appears as if the Gedoilim have abandoned their brothers and sisters in Judea and Samaria and are turning a blind eye to the very real  threat facing all of Israel. 

KIryat Sefer and Matisyahoo , Chareidi communities are feeling the threat as well.  Their communities have a freeze on natural growth just like the communities in Judea and Samaria.

A painful lesson of the Holocaust is that evil and its associated terror face all of those that were silent when their brothers and sisters were facing this same evil.  Silence is not inactive or benign.  It merely allows growth of the cancer to spread. This silence enables evil to gain in momentum and eventually succeed in striking those  that naively and mistakenly felt secure while their brothers and sisters homes and lives were methodically destroyed under the pretense of democracy, good faith, and false promises.   

There are various ways to fight Obama's administration and their determination to establish a Palestinian State.  It is no secret that Hamas and the Palestinian Authority find much kinship with Nazi Germany.  That is the evil that is behind the mask called the Roadmap.

 It's the short long road that we must take to challenge Obama effectively and the evil Roadmap rather than taking the longer short road.  The short long road is taking the time to  unite all Jews before protesting the Obama Administration.  The strategy for uniting Am Yisroel is to first enlist the support and partnership with the Torah believers and then via outreach the secular and unaffiliated Jew. In this point in time, rather than fight Obama, etc. we must face our own brothers and sisters square on, and win the internal battle of fighting the Sin of the Spies also known as the Chait Hamiraglim from our midst leading the Nation astray.

The Torah Portion read in  Eretz Yisroel;. this week is Parshat Shlach, the Parsha which speaks of the Sin of the spies.   In the Diaspora this Torah Portion is read next week.

In order to fight this internal  battle against the Sin of the  Miraglim we are calling upon the religious Jewish Print Media who pride themselves on broadcasting the message of the Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah as well as the major Jewish organizations,

A  fear has gripped those that subscribe to the Rabbinic tradition to be in any way critical of the Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah.  Yet, the Moetzes have, by their silence and misplaced humility, enabled those who promote a Palestinian Statehood accomplish this nefarious goal.  The religious Jewish Papers are continuously choosing to empower the Gedoilim and treat them with awe which in turn keeps the grip these leaders have on the masses very tight.  The religious Jewish Media will not report any material that would reflect negatively on their leadership.  AFter all they have been told that this constitutes Lashon Hara and shows a lack of Emunas Chachamim.

This in turn, has translated into a Jewish Nation being paralyzed from asserting our Jewish Identity based on the Torah out of fear of losing the good graces of the powerful key leaders who dictate what constitutes "Daas Torah". 

Apparently "Daas Torah"  does not see that addressing the situation facing Judea and Samaria as noteworthy of our public attention in any concrete form and their sage council is that the only  effective thing to do is prayer and teaching and learning Torah continually. (Tefillah,  Lilmod Ulelameid) There is no public recognition that in order to keep, do and observe the Mitzvoth of the Torah in its fullest (Lishmor, Laasos Ulekayeim)  and  minimally for Mitzvoth Telyot Baaretz, we require the physical Land of Israel.

Those that determine what is "Daas Torah" are the Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah.

We implore you, the Religious Jewish Radio  Media to be the voice of Judea and Samaria and the 300,000 residents who live there, to lobby the Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah to end their Silence and use your medium, the radio and your wide listening audiences to do so.  Please ask  your listeners to call the members of the Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah and speak to  Rabbanim who have influence with the Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah, and to call the Agudath Yisroel of America and each of the Rabbanim or spokespeople of the Moetzes individually if they have their contact information.  Plead with them to speak out for our Covenant with Avraham, Yitzchok and Yaakov and about our entitlement to Eretz Yisroel as an everlasting inheritance.  They can be mezakeh the Rabim to yearn and love Eretz Yisroel and to be metaken the Chait Hamiraglim.

Yasher Koach to Yishai Fleisher, Tovia Singer, and Tamar Yona for doing so much and we encourage them to continue to do as much as  possilbe in this regard.

Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah

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The Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah (also abbreviated as Moetzes or The Moetzes) מועצת גדולי התורה ("Council of [great] Torah Sages") is the name for the councils that are the supreme rabbinical policy-making bodies of the two Ashkenazi Haredi political groups in Israel, Degel HaTorah and Agudat Israel, and for the social and political group in the United States that serves as the highest ranking rabbinic policy board of the Agudath Israel organization. In Israel, the Moetzet Chachmei HaTorah speaks for most Haredi Sephardi Jews.

Those rabbis who are on the Moetzet are usually the most important rosh yeshivas ("heads") of yeshivas as well as Hasidic Rebbes who are also regarded as the Gedolim ("great/est") sages of Torah Judaism.

Contents [hide] 1 In Europe 2 In Israel 2.1 Past members 2.2 Current members belonging to Agudath Israel 2.3 Current members belonging to Degel HaTorah 3 In the United States 3.1 Past members 3.2 Current members 4 References

[edit] In Europe

Prior to World War Two, there was only one such body, serving the World Agudath Israel organization in Europe.

[edit] In Israel

Prior to Degel HaTorah's break from Agudat Israel (because of the dominance of the Hasidic groups), there was only one Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah in Israel; with the breakaway (led by Rabbi Elazar Shach), two separate, yet at times complementary, Moetzes's were created.

The Haredi Sephardi Jews of Israel had also at one time followed the leadership of Agudat Israel when it was still a body that spoke for most of Israel's Haredim. However, with Rabbi Shach's assistance, the Haredi Sefardim broke with their Ashkenazi counterparts and established the Moetzet Chachmei HaTorah ("Council of [wise] Torah Sages") that in turn became the source for the formulation and expression of the policies and agenda of the Shas political party in the Israeli Knesset. Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef would become the main leadership figure of this council.

[edit] Past members

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Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer (Chairman)

Rabbi Zalman Sorotzkin (Chairman)

Rabbi Avraham Mordechai Alter (Chairman)

Rabbi Yisrael Alter (Chairman)

Rabbi Simcha Bunim Alter (Chairman)

Rabbi Pinchas Menachem Alter (Chairman)

Rabbi Elazar Menachem Shach

Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach

Rabbi Boruch Shimon Schneerson

Rabbi Yisroel Don Taub

Rabbi Avrohom Yehoshua Heshl Twerski

Rabbi Binyamin Zilber

[edit] Current members belonging to Agudath Israel

Rabbi Yaakov Aryeh Alter, the Rebbe of Ger (Hasidic dynasty) (Chairman)

Rabbi Yissachar Dov Rokeach (II), the Rebbe of Belz (Hasidic dynasty)

Rabbi Moshe Yehoshua Hager, the Rebbe of Vizhnitz (Hasidic dynasty)

Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Horowitz, the Rebbe of Boston (Hasidic dynasty)

Rabbi Avrohom Yaakov Friedman, the Rebbe of Sadigura (Hasidic dynasty)

Rabbi Chaim Shaul Taub, the Rebbe of Modzitz (Hasidic dynasty)

Rabbi Yochanan Sofer, the Rebbe of Erlau

[edit] Current members belonging to Degel HaTorah

Rabbi Yosef Shalom Eliashiv (Co-Chairman)

Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman, the Rosh Yeshiva of the Ponevezh Yeshiva (Co-Chairman)

Rabbi Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz, the Rosh Yeshiva of the Ponevezh Yeshiva

Rabbi Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg, the Rosh Yeshiva of the yeshiva Torah Ore

Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach, the Rosh Yeshiva of the Maalos HaTorah yeshiva

Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel (Mir), the Rosh Yeshiva of the Mir yeshiva (Jerusalem)

Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, the Rosh Yeshiva of the Ponevezh Yeshiva

Rabbi Meir Tzvi Bergman, the Rosh Yeshiva of the Yeshiva Rashbi

[edit] In the United States

In the United States, Agudah's policies and leadership are directed by the council, which is comprised primarily of rosh yeshivas and Hasidic rebbes. Formerly known as the Moetzes Chachmei HaTorah, the body was started in 1941. It sets all major policies and guides the organization according to its precepts of Da'as Torah.

[edit] Past members

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Rabbi Aharon Kotler (Chairman)

Rabbi Moshe Feinstein

Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky

Rabbi Gedalia Schorr

Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman

Rabbi Mordechai Gifter

Rabbi Yitzchak Hutner

Rabbi Baruch Sorotzkin

Rabbi Mordechai Shlomo Friedman of Boyan

Rabbi Yisrael Spira of Bluzhev

Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik^[1]

Rabbi Eliezer Silver^[1]

Rabbi Menachem Mendel Zacks^[1]

Rabbi Elya Svei

[edit] Current members

Rabbi Simcha Bunim Ehrenfeld

Rabbi Yitzchok Feigelstock

Rabbi Dovid Feinstein

Rabbi Aharon Feldman

Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Horowitz

Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetsky

Rabbi Aryeh Malkiel Kotler

Rabbi Avrohom Chaim Levine

Rabbi Yaakov Perlow (Chairman)

Chacham Yosef Harari Raful

Rabbi Aaron Schechter

Rena Cohen from Tsfat reco@isdn.net.il writes

I was listening to two radio programs very early yesterday morning Israel time.  They were both from the US

and both had a very interesting guest host who happened to be a Roman Catholic.  Here is some of what

he too said..

 

Do not be silent as the world decides to cut you loose and sacrifice you to another holocaust.  In the 1930

so many Jewish orgs and people did nothing to stop Hitler as the Jews refused to stand up.  Only after WWII

did they stand up and say never again.  Now we stand at the edge of another holocaust.  The mullahs in Iran

all say the same thing: Israel must be wiped off from the map.  In all Moslem countries 60 - 80 % of the people

say yes to wiping Israel off the map.  Not only is Iran planning this but the Moslem world agrees.

 

But what is the Jewish world doing?  Nothing much that I can hear of over here except for those of us who see

the danger and are trying to alert the rest of the Jewish world to wake up.  But will they in time?  Only HaShem

knows and let's hope that they do.  And then yesterday with all of this bubbling in my little head, the attack at

the Holocaust Museum in Washington.  Another message but will we hear it?

 

All the best,

Rena Cohen

In Tsfat.