tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post667856792335020595..comments2024-03-27T16:27:03.093+02:00Comments on Shiloh Musings: As A Jew... It's a "No Brainer;" Jewish Law Trumps Secular PhilosophyBatyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-81197138981075374162012-02-23T21:02:46.252+02:002012-02-23T21:02:46.252+02:00huh??? double huh???
The British did everything in...huh??? double huh???<br />The British did everything in their pwoer to prevent the establishment of a Jewish State.Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-15186495589061491392012-02-23T19:57:57.108+02:002012-02-23T19:57:57.108+02:00"Democracy and western values have given us n..."Democracy and western values have given us nothing, nothing at all. "<br />I think you're forgetting that if it weren't for the Protestant British and their support of the "restoration policy", i.e. the return of the Jews to the promised land in order to bring about the 2nd coming of the messiah, which resulted in the Balfour declaration and if it weren't for the British mandate in Palestine, you wouldn't have had the partition plan being passed by the U.N. and you wouldn't have had this piece of land to fight for in the first place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-39047892958035241602012-02-14T19:51:59.947+02:002012-02-14T19:51:59.947+02:00I guess the majority rule makes sense when there i...I guess the majority rule makes sense when there is no absolute truth or justice. Judaism has G-d given truth and justice.Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-4491808029957302292012-02-14T15:17:16.476+02:002012-02-14T15:17:16.476+02:00Shalom!
It's rather strange to see Abraham men...Shalom!<br />It's rather strange to see Abraham mentioned in the context of democracy. He told the entire world that G-d's way is right and their ways are wrong.<br />There's a condition on that "rabim". The "rabim",generally translated as "majority", refers to a majority among the Sages, as in a beit din.Hadassanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-77299836408820531372012-02-14T06:43:05.481+02:002012-02-14T06:43:05.481+02:00I read something interesting on it hereI read something interesting on it <a href="http://parsha.blogspot.com/2007/02/acharei-rabbim-lehatot.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-42504444177862539842012-02-14T05:28:48.754+02:002012-02-14T05:28:48.754+02:00oy, batya! this weeks parasha -- acharei rabim le-...oy, batya! this weeks parasha -- acharei rabim le-hatot!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-16256537932149405452012-02-13T22:19:37.653+02:002012-02-13T22:19:37.653+02:00Why are you so sure that you're right and I...Why are you so sure that you're right and I'm wrong? And there's nothing bigotted about what I've written at all. YOu're reading things into it that I didn't say.Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-17521398053103680302012-02-13T21:52:35.667+02:002012-02-13T21:52:35.667+02:00And you wonder why some of us consider you people ...And you wonder why some of us consider you people bigots?! Israel is, will always be, a democracy -- this side of the Great Divide.<br /><br />It is, and will continue to be, the only one in the Middle East -- save some SERIOUS self-reflection by the Arabs. <br /><br />Not sure where you are going with all of this, unless it's to a reservation in the middle of the US upon Arab conquest.<br /><br />Loosen your beanie and get your head in the game, Mrs. Batya!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-36087219654662169192012-02-13T17:21:05.110+02:002012-02-13T17:21:05.110+02:00I wouldn't try to out guess G-d on the timing....I wouldn't try to out guess G-d on the timing. If we keep trying we may get it right. If we don't try, we'll miss it. G-d wants us to keep trying, practicing or it'll never be the "time."Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-71630245862062418732012-02-13T13:33:11.112+02:002012-02-13T13:33:11.112+02:00Mrs. Batya,
A Torah government cannot be institut...Mrs. Batya,<br /><br />A Torah government cannot be instituted before its time. Even I, a lowly goy, know that.<br /><br />Yes, corrupt individuals can create a mobocracy within a democracy. Think Adolf Hitler; think Hillbilly Hitler (Newt Gingrich).<br /><br />Now. This is as great an opportunity as I may have all day to share this passage:<br /><br />[quote]<br /><br />Capitalism and communism are both bastard children of the Bible, for both are processive faiths modeled on biblical faith and demanding of their adherents that they always hold in their hearts a belief in the future and keep before their eyes the vision of a better tomorrow, whether that tomorrow contains a larger gross domestic product or a workers’ paradise. Neither ideology could have arisen in the cyclical East, in Hinduism, in Buddhism, Taoism, or Shinto. But because capitalism and communism are processive faiths without God, each is a form of madness -- a fantasy without a guarantee. Democracy, in contrast, grows directly out of the Israelite vision of individuals, subjects of value because they are images of God, each with a unique and personal destiny. There is no way that it could have ever been ‘self-evident that all men are created equal’ without the intervention of the Jews.<br /><br />[unquote]<br /><br />Thomas Cahill, “The Gifts of the Jews” -- page 249Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-45695612243025489252012-02-13T06:20:36.602+02:002012-02-13T06:20:36.602+02:00Mrs. Dash, democracy is just the rule of the masse...Mrs. Dash, democracy is just the rule of the masses. It has nothing to do with values. Hitler was voted in by democratic means.Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-27895271255000681792012-02-12T12:58:30.873+02:002012-02-12T12:58:30.873+02:00"Democracy, for example, is not a Jewish valu..."Democracy, for example, is not a Jewish value." ~ Batya<br /><br />But Jewish values have provided the foundation for democracy.<br /><br />"Jews have contributed the values that are now linked with democracy—the values that come from the Torah—respect for life, justice, equality, peace, love, education, social responsibility etc."<br /><br />http://www.simpletoremember.com/articles/a/founder-of-judaism/<br /><br />Abraham is the father of democratic values!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com