Yazidi's: Do they also practice Ye'hareg V'al Ya'avor (יהרג ואל יעבור, or "be killed but do not transgress"). Let us heed their cry for help.....

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Friends, amv"sh

There are three areas of prohibition that may not be trespassed under any circumstances, even to save a human life. While these three areas of Jewish law are often informally referred to as the "three cardinal sins," they actually encompass many more than a mere three prohibitions. They all involve murder, sexual misconduct and foreign worship. The governing principle here is called ye'hareg v'al ya'avor (יהרג ואל יעבור, or "be killed but do not transgress"). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-sacrifice_in_Jewish_law  ...Additionally, Leviticus 19:16 states, "You shall not stand by the blood of your fellow." The Talmud derives from this verse that one must do everything in his or her power to save the life of another Jew, even if this involves violation of one or more of the mitzvot. If it is the life of a non-Jew or apostate Jew that is in danger, the law is not so clear, and is the matter of some debate, however it is certainly within the spirit of the law, if not the letter. This also touches on Judaism's views regarding other religions; 

What I've noticed about the Yazidi's is that they are willing to die for their religion and their women are willing to die so as not to be taken by the enemy.  These are reminiscent of the concept of Yehareg Veal Yaavor.

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From: RANANAH GOLDHAR <rgoldhar2@sympatico.ca>
Date: Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 10:14 PM
Subject: FW: Urgent Cry of the Yazidi's

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Thank you Robin for the information you have compiled below.  Please see above a picture of Yezidi fighters (ezidipress).  I feel deep deep shame that have so little weapons and protection.  They are brave, facing ISIS .  They are prepared to die but are we even prepared to learn about them, to listen to their pleas for arms - SO THAT THEY CAN DESTROY OUR ENEMY WITHOUT OUR HAVING TO SPILL OUR BLOOD ?

 I am asking my fellow Jews to step up with me and redeem in some small way the merit of behaving as the children of Hashem,  towards Hashem's other children who need our help now, and who in times past have helped us when we needed them, the Yezidis, with whom Judaism has a long history of friendship.

"One day you too will beat your breasts because you will realize that you could have helped us and you did not."  Rabbi Dov Weissmandl

Desperately praying,

Renanah Gemeiner

Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 18:57:02 -0500Subject: Urgent Cry of the Yazidi'sFrom: faigerayzel@gmail.com
To: faigerayzel@gmail.com

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re: Yazidis: Emergency Situation in Mt. Sinjar; Immediate Intervention Needed! Please help! November 2014

http://shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com/2014/11/re-yazidis-emergency-situation-in-mt.html

Yazidi lawmaker Mahma Khalil said the Yazidis in Kocho were given the choice to convert or die. “When the residents refused to do this, the massacre took place,” he said. 

Militants massacre 80 Yazidis; airstrikes target insurgents around Iraq's largest dam August 2014   http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2014/08/16/isis_militants_massacre_80_yazidis_in_north_iraq.html

Harrowing reports have surfaced of the endless rape and torture http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/185035#.VGpusfnF8WI being imposed on Yazidi women and girls, with many opting for mass-suicide http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/184117#.VGpu3fnF8WI after the brutalities.

for more information on the Yazidi's 
http://shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com/2014/08/israel-must-help-yazidis.html

Who are the Yazidis and why are they being persecuted in Iraq?

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2014/08/08/who_are_the_yazidis_and_why_are_they_being_persecuted_in_iraq.html

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Urgent Cry of the Yazidi's

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re: Yazidis: Emergency Situation in Mt. Sinjar; Immediate Intervention Needed! Please help! November 2014

http://shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com/2014/11/re-yazidis-emergency-situation-in-mt.html

Militants massacre 80 Yazidis; airstrikes target insurgents around Iraq's largest dam August 2014 http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2014/08/16/isis_militants_massacre_80_yazidis_in_north_iraq.html


For more information on the Yazidi's http://shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com/2014/08/israel-must-help-yazidis.html

Who are the Yazidis and why are they being persecuted in Iraq?

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2014/08/08/who_are_the_yazidis_and_why_are_they_being_persecuted_in_iraq.html

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re: Yazidis: Emergency Situation in Mt. Sinjar; Immediate Intervention Needed! Please help! November 2014

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From: RANANAH GOLDHAR <rgoldhar2@sympatico.ca>
Date: Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 12:16 AM

 

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From: ezidis@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 12:01:52 -0500
Subject: Emergency Situation in Mt. Sinjar; immediate intervention needed! Please help!
To: rgoldhar2@sympatico.ca

Dear sister Rananah,

Hope you and your family are doing well; I just received few phone calls from the colleagues in Mount Sinjar, they provided me with the following info and they are in urgent need of assistance. I am hoping you can forward it to our defense minister Hon. Baird and Hon. Mark Adler to get Canadian fighter jets involved in our dire situation in the Mt. Sinjar. And if you can also please forward it to the people we met at Hon. Mark Adler's office on Wednesday evening.

"ISIL Convoy arrived Sinjar coming from Mosul, they are about 40 armored and other military vehicles; about 20 military vehicles from Baaj arrived in Sinjar. And about 20 military vehicles arrived in Khanasor village and Sinony town from the villages of Musherrafa and Bir Qasim, which are on the Iraqi-Syrian border. About 5 ISIL vehicles arrived in Hardan village from Rijim Abd village. There is a high probability and a possible attack on besieged Mount Sinjar. The ISIL is trying to dominate the mountain as the base for them after their withdrawal from the outskirts of Baghdad, Zummar and Rabia areas and now the Iraqi army approaching Tikrit city and area. There is a large ISIL forces in arrived in Shello area and their attack on the Yezidis there is ready to start at any time from now. Therefore, the situation of the Yezidis in Mount Sinjar is very abnormal because there are still more than 1,500 Yezidi families in the Mountain and the Yezidi fighters do not have any good or heavy weapons and ammunition to defeat ISIL militias there and also because of the cold weather and lack of humanitarian aid especially food and winter clothing."

Best regards,

Mirza Ismail

Chairman

Yezidi Human Rights Organization-International

1-416-843-7973

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