Pollard: Pollard Waives Parole Hearing To Oppose Deal. Jonathan Pollard is acting consistent to Halachic Torah ruling, See Arutz7 Rav Shmuel Elihayu, Halacha Berura - Rabbi Yissachar Dov Rumpler Psak regarding Pollard

Pollard Waives Parole Hearing To Oppose Deal

Parole commissioner reveals Pollard refuses hearing on same day that deal for his release in exchange for Arab terrorists is revealed.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/179154#.Uzr_GPldV

What a Tzaddik! May Hashem speedily send his release and keep the terrorists in jail to serve out his life sentence!

Rabbis Denounce Pollard Deal

Major Israeli religious figures slam US for holding Pollard "hostage," say releasing terrorists forbidden by the Torah.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/179144#.UzsCsfldVps

Video of Rabbi Yissachar Dov Rumpler in both Hebrew and English in December preceding the last terrorist release will follow G.-d willing  Here is Rabbi Rumpler's written Halachic ruling, statement,  forbidding the release of terrorists in exchange of saving one Jew's life . 

 

נר לרגלי דבריך ואור לנתיבתי

דבר ה' זו הלכה

הלכה ברורה

כ"ז טבת

בענין שחרור מחבלים תמורת הצלת יהודי

היום בערב התאספנו בס"ד אסיפת צדיקים, וזהו התוכן שדיברתי מי לה' אלי, ומד' מענה לשון. הרבי מליובאוויטש אמר שאפילו מי שאינו פלוטקאי יוכל לדבר, ודבריו יעשו רושם. הנה ידעתי כי גם כל החרדים יודעים שאסור הסתכן יהודים, והא ראיה כשילד יהודי נרצח כל מי שלב יהודי פועם, כואב עד עומק נשמתו, רק כיון שהדבר רחוק מן הלב ואינם מורגלים בזה הם מרגישים קצת אינם-קרובים להענין, וכשרואים יהודי חרדי מגלה הענין כולם מסכימים!

הנה יש דבר שקרוב מאד ללבבי שמשחררים מחבלים בשביל תחליף לשחרור יהודי, וחשבתי לאחרונה שאצטרך לעשות משהו בענין ובהשגחה פרטית כשהזמנתי לדבר, ראיתי השגחה פרטית ואהבה מהקב"ה אלי שאוכל לגמור המחשבה שלי! והנה הדבר הקרוב מאוד ללבי זה השחרור של אחינו יהונתן שיחי'

א) הנה דבר פשוט שאסור וקל וחומר מאיסור מסירה שנפסק בשו"ע חושן משפט סי' שפ"ט אפי' מוסר ממון קל של חבירו מקרי מסור וכל החומר שבה, ופירש בסמ"ע שהרבה פעמים יוכל לבוא לידי סכנת נפשות הוי דין רודף וא"כ לענינינו אין מוסר ורודף יותר מזה, וכמו ששמעתי שהרי בוודאי רוצים המחבלים לשפוך דם של שונאים של ישראל ח"ו, ואין בזה שום ספק שהוי מוסר יותר ממוסר ממון קל של חבירו, וכן אסור לחבר כנסת להצביע בעד מטעם איסור ברור של מוסר, ומוסר פסול לכתוב תפילין ומזוזות כנפסק בשלחן ערוך.

ב) קל וחומר מדין ברור בסי' שכ"ט באורח חיים בשו"ע, וכן הוא בגמ' בעירובין, ונפסק בכל הראשונים, כשהגוים באים על סְפַר אפילו על קש ותבן יוצאים בכלי זיין ומחללין עליהם את השבת, ואיתא ברמב"ם ומצוה על כל ישראל שיכולים לבוא וכו', "ואסור להתמהמה למוצאי שבת", והגם-כפי שאמר הגאון רבי משה פיינשטיין זצ"ל שיש ספק שמא יהרגו שונאיהם של ישראל ח"ו, מחוייבים לצאת עמהם למלחמה, וכן מפורש בשו"ע הרב של התניא בסי' ש"ו בקונטרס אחרון שמחמיר שכדאי לחלל את השבת צריך להיות רפואה ידועה (הגם שלמעשה כתבתי שמקילים בזה), ומקשה על זה קושיא מהדין של יוצאים עליהם בכלי זיין, שהוי רק "ספק אם ינצחו", וא"כ לא הוי אפילו כרפואה ידועה, ואף על פי כן, הדין הוי דיוצאים עליהם למלחמה, וכפירוש רש"י "שמא יהי' נוח לכבוש הארץ משם", וזה רק "ספק" אם יראו שכדאי להם לכבוש הארץ מקרי כבר כ"שעת מלחמה". ואם כן בוודאי שאסור לסכן יהודים אחרים ומסכנים כל העולם בשביל הצלת יהודי, כי הרי כתב הגמ' בפסחים דף כ"ה שאסור להרוג יהודי בשביל להציל את עצמו "מאי חזית דדמך סמיק טפי".

ג) וכך איתא להדיא ברמב"ם הלכות יסודי התורה "וכן אם אמרו להם עובדי כוכבים תנו לנו אחד מכם ונהרגנו ואם לאו נהרוג כולכם יהרגו כולם ואל ימסרו להם נפש אחת מישראל", עד כאן לשונו.

ד) ולמעשה האיך שהרבי מליובאוויטש כבר התריע בכל כוחי נפשו נגד זה, והרבי אמר שלא לחשוב סוף כל סוף הצילנו יהודי, ששום מדינה נורמלית לא היו עושים דבר כזאת. ולגבי אחינו יהונתן פולארד שליט"א, הנני רואים דבר פלא שאמרו להנשיא קלינטאן שבאמת כבר הוצרכו לשחרר יונתן מזמן שחַבַל לשחרר דבר זה מהכיס, שאפשר לבקש על ידי זה הרבה וויתורים מישראל, ולכן כדאי שישאר תחת ידם, ובאמת אם היו אנשי שלומנו של יהונתן אומרים בפה מלא שאיננו רוצים לשחרר שום יהודי, היו חוסכים הרבה עגמת נפש שהיו רואים שאי אפשר לקבל שום דבר מזה היו משחררים אותו מזמן, וכמו שקידש שם שמים הרב משה זיגלמאן שליט"א שעל ידי שראה השופט שלא ימסור שום אחד מישראל לא הי' לו טעם להחזיקו בתפיסה ושחררוהו פתאום.

וכמו שאמר הרב הקדוש רבי מנחם מענדל מרימנוב זי"ע שעל ידי שצמים יום הכיפורים מסוגל לאריכות ימים, שהתורה נותן כח, כידוע מִצְוָה מלשון מְצַוֶה, שנותן כח לקיים המצוה, וכמו כן אדרבה על ידי שמחזיקים חזק בתוקף מצליחים, וכמו שאמר הרבי שהסיבה שאמעריקא מלחיצים על ישראל כי יודעים שעל ישראל אפשר ללחוץ ועל ערביים לא עוזר לחוצים לכן לא לוחצים עליהם. וכן ראיתי כותבת מרת אסתר פאלארד תחי' במכתבה, שבעלה יהונתן לא רצה שיחררו ערביים ח"ו וצריכים להגיד את זה בתוקף, ובזכות זה יעזור הקב"ה שיצא תיכף ומיד מן התפיסה בכח התורה.

והרבי מליובאוויטש מספר, אחר מלחמת ששת הימים באו לאמעריקא שרוצים לעשות שלום, ואמעריקא לא האמין וחשבו שרוצים להערים עליהם.

ומספרים עידי ראיה שאחר מלחמת ששת הימים ערבי הי' קם באוטובוס לפני יהודי והיו מפחדים מן יהודי, כן תהיה לנו על ידי שיעמדו עם הגאון יעקב.

ובספר דעת גדולי תורה שחיבר הגאון החסיד הרב שלום דוב וואלפא שליט"א מביא מהרב ש"ך שכתב במכתב י"ג מנחם אב תשל"ז "ואף בזמן שרואים שהוא מחבק ומנשק את יעקב זהו רק לשעה... והחיוך של הנשיא קרטר לא אומר כלום, כי מחר יחייך לאחרים", עד כאן. וזהו תשובה לאותם שרוצים לשמח אמעריקא, הרי אמעריקא רק מראה פנים לישראל, וגם להבדיל לערביים, ואמעריקא חושבים בלבם שהנכנעים הם משוגעים, וה ברור, ולמשל מי שנתפס לשובבים פושעים והולך ביחד אתם ומתבייש לעזוב אותם צריך להסביר לו הרי רק אם תעזוב אותם יעריכו אותך באמת. וצריך להסביר לאבאמא שטובה גדול מאד שיבין שזהו שמירה גדולה לאמעריקא שטרריסטים יראו שבאמת הוא שונא טרריסט ולא שעושה שחוק מהם, ונחזור לענין שמזו שאנו רואים שהמחבלים שמחים כשיוצאים מן התפיסה ורואים כעין נצחון בעו"ה. אנו יודעים שדעתם רח"ל..

-- ומצוה על כל פוסק הלכה לפרסם הפסק הלכה והרבי מליובאוויטש אמר מי שיפרסם פסק דין בזה באקומט א בעל-בתיש'קייט אויף וועלט. ויהי רצון שעל ידי פסק הלכה זו נפסוק שנגיע כבר לביאת המשיח ונצעוק עד מתי, באמת, ונזכה לעסוק בענין גיור כהלכה (שכתבתי בירור ארוך על זה) שבלי קבלת מצוות נעשה גוי גמור ונעסוק בזה באמת, ובצניעות, ובשבת, ובזכות זה מיד הן נגאלין.

ישכר דוב רומפלער

נ"ב. וגם דבר פשוט איתא בגמרא ע"ז ט"ו ע"ב, כדרך שאסור למכור לעובד כוכבים כך אסור למכור לישראל החשוד למכור לעובד כוכבים וכך נפסק ברמב"ם הלכות רוצח, ואם כן כל-שכן מהאיסור למכור כלי זיין לעכו"ם שאסור לשחרר מחבלים, ומן השמים ירחמו, ובא לציון גואל ואמרו אמן

Video of Rabbi Yissachar Dov Rumpler in both Hebrew and English regarding his Psak forbidding to release terrorists in exchange of saving one Jew's life will follow as soon as it comes available. . 

More on Arutz7

• PA Admits 'Blackmailing' Israel To Free Terrorists
• Involving Pollard is 'Shameful'
• Israel Building 700 New Jerusalem Housing Units
• Judea Samaria Council Slams 'US Bribery, Arab Blackmail'
• Rabbis Denounce Pollard Deal
• Report: Jonathan Pollard to Be Released in Two Weeks
• Politicians Uneasy Over Pollard Deal
• Kerry Leaves Israel Without Meeting Abbas
• US Officials Confirm Pollard's Release is on the Table
• PA Threatens Israel with 'Diplomatic Offensive'

Sincerely,

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.

Most of these emails are posted on Shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com 

Personal emails to individuals will not be posted to my blog. 

Chareidi Draft, Chareidi Piskei Halacha

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Two very informative Halachic Torah discussions regarding compelling issues of the day.  

• Chareidi Draft 14 pages., גיוס בני הישיבות לצהל.
• Halacha Berura Rabbi Yissochar Rumpler - regarding: Releasing Jonathan Pollard in exchange of Terrorists

דבר ה' זו הלכה הלכה ברורה בענין שחרור מחבלים תמורת הצלת יהודיישכר דוב רומפלער

The Charedi Draft  Halachic discussion, was sent to me by Rabbi Dov Stein. The first part of the document (Hebrew) is supportive of the Idea of serving in a Jewish army based on numerous Torah sources, contradicting the idea of the Chareidim. The second part of this document,  explains in detail why joining Tzahal as it exists today is problematic and offers suggestions to correct the situation.  These concerns include:

• women soldiers in the army enticing, tempting and distracting soldiers from their holy mission of serving in a holy army,
•  maintaining proper Kashrut standards
• dealing with immoral orders like forcing soldiers to evict families from their homes or forcing them to listen to women sing which goes against religious principles,allotting  prayer times and Torah studying time
• sending out soldiers recklessly thereby endangering lives of soldiers with no support or backup, 
• not promoting religious soldiers to a higher rank when deserved, etc.  Please read 
  

https://drive.google.com/?authuser=0&usp=gmail#folders/0B86sGl9yfinjS3RrUUp1N1ZZcEU  

The second google document was sent to me by Rabbi Yissochar Dov Rumpler.  Rabbi Yissochar Dov Rumpler presented his Halachic presentation regarding the  release of Jonathan Pollard at a Press Conference sponsored by CROWN HEIGHTS WOMEN FOR THE SAFETY AND INTEGRITY OF ISRAEL CONCESSIONS – THE RELEASE OF THE THIRD ROUND OF ARAB MURDERERS OF JEWISH CHILDREN held December 30, 2013 in downtown Brooklyn, organizer Tamar Adelstein.

 

Sincerely,

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.

Most of these emails are posted on Shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com 

Personal emails to individuals will not be posted to my blog. 

Rabbonim Speak out - No contradiction between Jewish Army and Learning Torah - Rabbi Dovid Milston audio, Rabbi Steve Pruzansky, Rabbi Jeremy Gimpel, Rabbi Nachman Kahana, Rabbi David Bar Hayim

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One comment on Nosei Ol Chaveiro, Carrying the burden of my brother by Robin.  It seems to me that the Chareidim are carrying the yoke of their fellow secular Jews when it comes to Mitzvoth like Tefillin, Shabbath, Keeping Kosher, Family Purity etc.We owe the Chareidi population tremendous Hakoras Hatov for carrying this burden and we need to recognize that those Tinok Shenishba, uneducated or OTD (off the Derech),  need stronger love and outreach to be better educated because it is simply too much for a portion of the population to bear the negative consequences of violation of these precious Mitzvoth by a large segment of the  Israeli population.  

 It seems to me like the non Chareidi Jew is carrying the yoke when it comes to Mitzvoth like Milchemet Mitzvah and by extention Yishuv Haaretz.  This  includes the Mitzvoth Telyim Baaretz, commandments dependent on the Land. How can one truthfully claim a desire to keep Mitzvoth Teluyot Baaretz while at the same time not protest when it is given to Fatah and Hamas? How can one not protest when 10,000 Torah observant Jews had their homes bulldozed and their communities destroyed. Will one agree to amputate his arm and not try everything possible to save it, if they truly understood the importance of their hand. Isn"t it often impossible to fulfill the Mitzvah of Tefillin without that arm.  Can one amputate the heart and still survive? What about Hakoras Hatov?  The Chareidim have spent 70 years in Israel seeing tremendous growth in Torah Learning?  How was this possible if not for the support coming from  State of Israel and Hashem's miraculous miracles and the return of Jews to their ancestral Homeland? Isn't is Motzei Shem Ra to compare the hand that supported Torah to evil antisemites who wish to destroy Torah? 

After reading Rabbi Pruzansky's post, please listen to powerful audio, Rabbi Milston Rosh Yeshiv of Midreshet HaRova in Old City,  end of blog post by Rabbi Pruzansky. 

• The Exchange  Rabbi Steven Pruzansky http://rabbipruzansky.com/2014/03/14/an-exchange/
  

Synopsis of Rabbi Milston audio: Chareidi Rally - A demonstration against a Mitzvah?!?  Moshe Rabbeinu, Yehoshu, Dovid Hamelech all fought.  Bitul Torah?  Did anyone ever say don't build a Succah cause it's Bitul Torah.  Torah is not only about learning but about living and a way of life.  The Torah wasn't given just to study but to live.  Where is there any source in Torah that a Jewish army is against Torah. There is no source!  How did they compare this to the antisemitic decree of the Romans?  It's an evil manipulation of fact for political purposes and not truth. There is no law in the land that forbids learning Torah!  Just a law that everyone should fight for the land united. Rabbi Milston said that there were many mines found and many terrorist attempts during his Miluim. He davka demanded to be transferred to active unit. He didn't enjoy the actual duty but he enjoyed being part of the Nation.  Shma Yisroel.  What does it mean? The Shma Yisroel at the rally couldn't be the same as the Shma Yisroel cried out facing those who wanted to annihilate us!

Rabbi Milston does not believe people should be coerced. Rather, they should be honored to join the Israeli army. Other people should die so I should learn? Rabbi Milston said, I am not a Zionist.  Israeli army is part of Torah. If we believe in Torah we don't play that game of manipulation. Rambam says, someone who gets money for learning Torah loses their Chelek in Olam Haba.

Here is one of the comments to Rabbi Pruzansky's article: 

Dear Rabbi Pruzansky,
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this topic. I appreciate the honesty which you express in all of your posts and your openness to the feedback you receive in the comments.

While I take issue with several things that you wrote (at least some of which have been raised by others), they all pale in comparison to one: Why do you a feel the need, let alone the right, to use the loshon of "Talmid Chacham she'ein bo da'at"?

I understand that you think you're correct on this matter. Whenever one expresses his opinion, by definition he believes it to be correct. And perhaps other rabbonim agree with you as well. But aren't we talking about dozens of big Talmidei Chachamim, Poskim, Roshei Yeshivos and Marbitzei Torah who have spent their lives immersed in Torah?! Isn't it at least possible that they're right and you're wrong? Couldn't you have expressed your position while still showing a bit of respect for theirs?

And even if you'll say that you're 100% convinced that you're right and they're wrong, why do you feel the need to denigrate these Torah scholars by speaking of them in such a way? Couldn't you have at least shown some kavod, if not for their opinions, for their gadlus in Torah?

Rabbi | March 20, 2014 at 2:25 pm | Reply

Actually, I think that is the point of the Midrash. There can be great Torah scholars who have no "daat," meaning common sense, derech eretz, etc. Far be from me to even suggest that any particular person, rabbi, Gadol is in that category. Chas v'shalom. But what interested me most is that Chazal had such a concept, and that concept was in the Midrash Raba of Parshat Vayikra, when all these events were taking place.
Again, I was not at all insinuating that such is applicable to any particular Rav, and I thank you for giving me the chance to clarify.
Thanks for writing.
-RSP

• Dodging the Draft Because of God?!by Rabbi Jeremy Gimpel –Never in history have religious Jews hidden behind Torah study to evade defending Jewish lives. http://mizrachi.org/dodging-draft-god/  
  
•  We Must Bridge the Divide - Vayikra 5774 Rabbi Nachman Kahana http://nachmankahana.com/vayikra-5774/
  
• Haredim Demonstrating They Have Reached a Dead End Rabbi David Bar-Hayim's response to the massive haredi demonstration in Jerusalem.   The position of Chareidi World is that all young men whether or not they are learning Torah should not be drafted to protect them from secularism. No solution for the Jewish people including Chareidi society for those not cut out for Chareidi box)  http://machonshilo.org/en/eng/component/content/article/34-featured/703-haredim-demonstrating-that-they-have-reached-a-dead-end

Rabbi David Bar-Hayim discusses: Haredim, the Army & Spiritual Challenges

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-FR_u2xzbU

• Chareidi Youth conclude First Pre IDF Course. http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/haredi-youth-conclude-first-pre-idf-course/2014/03/20/

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Sincerely,

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.

Most of these emails are posted on Shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com 

Personal emails to individuals will not be posted to my blog. 

Purim 5774 Virtual Mishloach Manot from the Tickers - A Kerry Slush!

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The Ticker Purim Theme this year is Cold, Snow, Slush, Frost,and  Ice. Very appropriate for this years weather..

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Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat said his city was facing "a rare storm, the likes of which we've never seen." on Asara BeTevet when Kerry arrived.

•  the record snowstorm in December in Jerusalem and other parts of Israel coinciding with Kerry's visit
  
•  "Jerusalem was under siege once in antiquity. We're celebrating -- we're commemorating that today.  It's under a snow siege today," Netanyahu said (nothing to celebrate my comments)

.and  then when Netanyahu came to Washington DC,

• Massive storm ( TITAN ) wallops Washington while Netanyahu meets with Obama over "Dividing" Jerusalem
  
•  The White House meeting was held while the rest of Washington was shut down by snow   

and we've had such weather nonstop here in New York and throughout the US ever since....Happenstance??????

I dressed up as snow and dressed up in white and  wore a white terry robe and a white towel on my head. It got too hot in my snow costume and I started to melt... so no picture..).  As it says in Tehilim 147: The Word of Hashem will melt all the cold, frost and ice...:

יח  יִשְׁלַח דְּבָרוֹ וְיַמְסֵם;    יַשֵּׁב רוּחוֹ, יִזְּלוּ-מָיִם.	18 He sendeth forth His word, and melteth them; He causeth His wind to blow, and the waters flow.

Our daughter was dressed up as a snow girl.

Our Mishloach Manot is a Kerry Slush which consists of  "snow flakes" , frosted flakes and ice candy.  See pictures.  We put the slush in a lunch bag and inserted a Kerry Manual (kriminal for short) which we are sending to you virtually as a google document.  It is 20 pages long and you might want to print it and read it at your leisure.  It"s not really all that funny though.....kind of sad actually......That's where Nahafoch Hu comes in....We really need to turn it around.....

The Virtual Ticker Kerry Mishloach Manot 5774: Pictures and Manual:

https://drive.google.com/?usp=chrome_app#folders/0B86sGl9yfinjcjlVRlJYYUhVMDQ

Kriminal Manual:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ley-ekNgAlSXCPa-QjgtGw9IVuGGeKnoWEPKRh415TM/edit#heading=h.u86ht5lr9jlq

There is even a Kerry Slush Fund Recipe at the end of the Kriminal Manual... 

A Freilich Purim filled with levity and levter.....

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The Tickers
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Zachor! Read and Weep. Jews Empowering Evil: Purim Story, Holocaust 1938, Kastner (Perfidy), 2014 Chareidim and Rich Jewish Liberal Democrats and OTD Jews, Teshuva and not Holocaust Please G-d...

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Between all of the categories of Jews Empowering Evil, I venture to say that sadly almost each one of us, by virtue of having a close family member OTD (Off The Derech), or because of areivim (being guarantors of our fellow Jew)  or being a liberal rich Jewish leftist, or a Jewish BDS supporter or a Collaborator of evil (like Kastner), or even a Chareidi or didn't protest the Expulsion or a Dati Leumi Leader who collaborated with the IDF to expel the Jews,   we fall into a category of being a Jew that empowers evil.  Rather than give up in despair we need to do Teshuva like the Jews in the Purim story! 

• There is nothing new under the sun.  Read about the events leading up to the Purim story (Sections 12-32)  Purim Seuda - 5701 (1941)Likkutei Dibburim An Anthology of Talks by Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn of Lubavitch, to current events,  
• differentiation between  Zionists and Jews (read Caroline  Glick article), (imho not only Jewish Americans who support BDS, but also Chareidim who demonize the State serve to empower evil) 

  Indivisible anti-Semitism By CAROLINE B. GLICK 03/14/2014

• Kastner -  Sympathy for the Devil?

  Rudolf Kastner, the Jew who dealt with Nazis.

• Op-Ed: Wealthy American Jews Have Abetted Iran's Nukes

   super rich ultra liberal Jews in high political places (Mark Langfan article)

•  to Jews OTD (off the Derech who stopped keeping Shabbos, putting on Tefillin, eating Kosher and going to Mikvah (read Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn of Lubavitch 1941 calling for Teshuva buy virtually ignored before the Holocaust to Hungarian Jews)  

all  empowers evil and inviting the Amalek of our time to battle us.  

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Likkutei Dibburim An Anthology of Talks by Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn of Lubavitch

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Purim Seuda - 5701 (1941)

http://www.sichosinenglish.org/cgi-bin/calendar?holiday=purim111016

...What the world is now going through [36] should remind us Jews of the ancient epoch of Haman, which is being repeated today with greater intensity. A certain portion of our people have forgotten that they are "G-d's nation." Indeed, "They have said to G-d, 'Depart from us,"' [37] and they do not desire to know His ways. [38] There has arisen an Ivri-Jew, without faith and without Torah and mitzvos. People have spurned and forgotten their own roots; they have forgotten that we are in exile.

The Ivri-Jews of Haman's days welcomed their life in exile with open arms and songs of joy. They did not want to know that the time of redemption was fast approaching. Being foolishly involved in their physical desires, they wanted to hear nothing of redemption, and scoffed at Mordechai's warnings and Malachi's prophecies. This was a period during which "the judges were on trial." [39] Anyone with a bit of money addressed the leading Torah personalities of the day in the basest and most presumptuous manner. And when the crisis came, the political Ivri-Jews and luxury-seeking assimilationists saw and felt what value there was in politics, and what security there was in wealth.

Indivisible anti-Semitism 

By CAROLINE B. GLICK 03/14/2014

http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Indivisible-anti-Semitism-345343

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...It is no doubt tempting to accept the artificial distinction between rejecting Israel's right to exist and rejecting the right of Jews to practice Judaism. Doing so allows you to pretend that the problem isn't as bad as it is, and to pretend that the fates of Israel and Jews of the Diaspora are not directly linked. It allows you to pretend that Jewish Americans who join the BDS movement are not anti-Semites. And it allows you to pretend that European leaders who minimize real anti-Semitic crimes by equating them with imaginary Israeli crimes are not inherently hostile to Jews.

But you cannot fight Jew-hatred by making distinctions between its various forms. They are all components of the same thing. And either you fight all of them, with no distinction, or you fight none of them, and even legitimize the bigotry.

For more, log on to http://carolineglick.com. 

Caroline B. Glick is the author of The Israeli Solution: A One-State Plan for Peace in the Middle East.

Kastner -  Sympathy for the Devil? Rudolf Kastner, the Jew who dealt with Nazis.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/14655#.UyKkLvldVps

Op-Ed: Wealthy American Jews Have Abetted Iran's Nukes

Published: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 11:07 PM by Mark Langfan

48 rich Jewish American Jews have condemned Israel to an ultimate nuclear Holocaust.

Likkutei Dibburim An Anthology of Talks by Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn of Lubavitch

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Purim Seuda - 5701 (1941)

...Jews of America and its neighboring countries! You are being summoned by G-d's call to repentance. This moment is far more serious than can be imagined. You are being called from heaven to pay up your ancient debt on the promissory note that says that "All Jews are comrades" and that "All Jews are guarantors for one another" - by observing Shabbos, the dietary laws and the laws of family purity, and by putting on tefillin and fulfilling the other practical mitzvos.

It is painfully difficult to say what I have to say. My unbounded love for all Jews makes it exceedingly difficult for me to speak - but on no account may I dishonor the duty that I owe to [that very mitzvah of] ahavas Yisrael. Imagine a man who finds that he himself has to carry out extremely painful surgery on a brother whom he dearly loves. Yet operate he must, in order to save his brother's life.

Brother Jews! You are being put to an earnest test. The trial is a great one, and the Evil Inclination with his persuasively evil collaborators is even greater. You find it difficult to observe Shabbos, the dietary and marital laws, tefillin, and so forth - but it is preferable to do all of these things out of one's own free will than to do them (G-d forbid) with a broken spirit.

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Sincerely,

Robin Ticker
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