Hamas War

Showing posts with label freedom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label freedom. Show all posts

Sunday, April 2, 2017

Israeli Sovereignty vs Terror

No surprise. More terror attacks.
Stabbing attack foiled in Hevron
TERRORIST STABS THREE BEFORE BEING SHOT DEAD IN OLD CITY
Those Arabs sure don't "deserve" a state.

BDS is just a front for pro-Arab terror antisemitism.

When we look for help from the outside world, we'll only find people willing to help us dismantle and weaken the State of Israel.

There is no need to get approval for Israel's existence and survival. On November 29th, 1947, the United Nations grudgingly voted "approval" of a Jewish State, but those countries that voted "yes" never expected that theoretical Jewish State to survive at all.

Every single time we try to please foreigners we get weaker. Dependence on approval of others and foreign aid is the diametric opposite of INDEPENDENCE.

There is only one power mightier than the United Nations, United States etcetera, and that is GD ALMIGHTY!

For those who read the Bible, that's the message there.

Time after time various rulers/dictators/pharaohs/emperors/kings etc attack, invade, conquer and occupy us and our Land, and then somehow we escape/defeat them and renew our rule and independence. If we declare full and uncompromising sovereignty over all of the Land we hold, we will enjoy permanent peace under Gd's eternal protection. But if yet again come to some compromise and follow foreign dictates, we will again find ourselves exiled, attacked and enslaved.


Tuesday, April 12, 2016

חרות Cherut/Herut is Not Freedom!

We all know by now that the modern, popular accepted definition of  חרות Cherut/Herut is "freedom," but that is not what it means in Jewish theology.
For a Good Jewish Theological Discussion, You Need Hebrew!  
I've been driving people absolutely nuts about this for the past week and a half. Yes, I've been obsessed for sure.

"Freedom" is not intrinsically part of Judaism and Jewish Life. We see that in the criticism of the Biblical Time of Judges, in the text itself:
כה  בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם, אֵין מֶלֶךְ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל:  אִישׁ הַיָּשָׁר בְּעֵינָיו, יַעֲשֶׂה.  {ש}25 In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did that which was right in his own eyes. {P}
Judaism is about structure and absolute Law, Torah, Mitzvot. True freedom is more anarchy and not good.
the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint.
"we do have some freedom of choice"

Passover celebrates our commitment to Gd and Gd's Laws, not the freedom from it or any rules. Historically we were unshackled from the slavery to Pharaoh in Egypt to become slaves/worshipers/followers of Gd. We committed to Gd and His Rules/Mitzvot.

In Hebrew every word has multiple meanings on all different letters, and the fact that the food we must eat to celebrate Passover is מצה plural מצות is spelled just like the plural of מצוה  מצות Gd's commandments to us.

That's how deeply we must internalize Gd's commandments. They must become part of us. They are our food for survival.

חרת is the root of חרות and means to engrave, to dig deeply into a stone or wood.

From this, we see that the Passover Holiday is about accepting and internalizing Judaism, Gd's Laws. That is true  חרות Cherut/Herut.