GUEST POST: Jeremiah Chapter 17

Jeremiah Chapter 17 (a GUEST POST by Mr. Cohen)

The Biblical Book of Jeremiah, chapter 17, teaches:

If the Jewish people observe Shabbat [the Jewish Sabbath]

then Jerusalem will be ruled by Jews forever (verses 24 to 25). 

But if Jews do NOT observe Shabbat, then the Land of Israel

[literally, Jerusalem] will burn with fire (verse 27, last verse of chapter).

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OTHER BLOG POSTS BY MR. COHEN:

Ancient Roman historians connected Jews with the Land of Israel and Jerusalem:
https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2017/02/guest-post-josephus-vs-muslim-liars.html
http://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/05/guest-post-cornelius-tacticus.html

Rambam Rejected Childless Messiah:

http://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/08/rambam-rejected-childless-messiah-by-mr.html

Forgotten Muslim Oppression against Jews:

https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2017/01/guest-post-forgotten-oppression.html

Seven Times Stronger
(a quick quote about American anti-Semitism during the Holocaust):
https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2017/01/guest-post-seven-times-stronger.html

Why Muslims Hate Jews:

https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/12/guest-post-why-muslims-hate-jews.html
https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2017/01/guest-post-moynihan-1982.html

Quick Bible Quotes from Joshua and Jeremiah:

http://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/11/guest-post-joshua-chapter-23-verse-12.html
https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/12/guest-post-jeremiah-chapter-17.html

How a Reform Rabbi Become Orthodox (true story):
http://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/07/how-did-reform-rabbi-become-orthodox-jew.html

Sephardic Jews Reject Reform Judaism:
https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2017/07/sephardim-reject-reform.html
https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2017/08/guest-post-persian-rabbis-decree.html

Greek NYC Jews and Syrian NYC Jews:
http://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/03/greek-jews-syrian-jews.html

How to Convict the New York Times
of Unfair Bias Against Israel:
https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/11/guest-post-how-to-convict-new-york-times.html
https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/11/guest-post-nyt-erases-israel-from-map.html
http://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/03/guest-postnyt-vs-israel.html

Why Pray for Tzahal-IDF:
http://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/04/guest-post-why-pray-for-idf.html

How to Pray for Tzahal-IDF:

http://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/09/how-to-pray-for-tzahal-idf.html

Why Israel’s 1967 Borders are Undefendable:
https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2017/03/guest-post-why-1967-borders-are-suicide.html
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Israel is being buried-alive under an avalanche of media bias and false accusations.
These web sites can help refute those biases and false accusations:

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PLEASE HELP DEFEND ISRAEL FROM UNFAIR MEDIA:

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http://advocacy.ou.org/

www.camera.org                                

www.DanielPipes.org

www.FactsAndLogic.org

www.HonestReporting.com              

www.IsraelBehindTheNews.com

www.memri.org

www.memriTV.org                            

www.MideastReporter.com

www.MythsAndFacts.org

www.TheIsraelProject.org

www.BBCwatch.org

            

www.jhrw.com

www.ngo-monitor.org

www.PalWatch.org               

www.UKMediaWatch.org

www.UNwatch.org

www.aish.com/jw/mo/4-Reasons-Why-the-Media-is-Biased-against-Israel.html

Guest Post: Refuting the Jew Haters

GUEST POST by Mr. Cohen

Before I begin, please let me make one thing clear:

DO NOT argue or debate with Jew-haters. 

STAY AWAY from them, both in the real world and the internet world.

There are many reasons for this:

First, our obligation as Jews is to serve G_d, not argue with Jew-hating lunatics.

Second, they can be dangerous, and even if you think you are anonymous on the internet, you are not as anonymous as you think you are, and they may find you, G_d forbid. 

Third, many Jew haters are fanatics and/or lunatics, who will never listen to anything you say, or even use your words against Jews in ways you did not anticipate.

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Still, there are rare situations when it helps to know how to refute their accusations against Jews; for example, when a sincere Gentile co-worker or neighbor is influenced by the accusations of the Jew haters.

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One favorite accusation of the Jew-haters is that Jews have been expelled from many countries and cities. Jew haters use this to imply that Jews are bad people.

This accusation can be countered, like this.

When a Medieval king expelled Jews from his country, Jews were usually not able to take their possessions with them, so all the possessions of the Jews became the property of the king, including: land, houses, furniture, gold, silver, jewels, farm animals, etc. 

Even if the Jews had some way to take their money with them (which was far from guaranteed) they could not take their larger possessions with them.  This permitted the kings to increase their wealth quickly with little risk.

Additionally, when Jews were expelled, all debts owed to expelled Jewish creditors became as if they never existed, or were made payable to the king.

“Although King Philip IV had allowed Jews back into Paris, in [year] 1306 [CE] he had cash flow problems. He therefore devised a secret plot to solve the problem. On July 22, the day after Tisha B’Av, some 100,000 Jews were arrested and thrown into prison.

They were informed that they were going to be expelled and could leave with only the clothes on their backs and a small sum of money. The king had confiscated the rest of their possessions. In addition, any money owed to them by Christians would be payable to the king.”

SOURCE: Is French Jewry Headed Toward Its Final Expulsion
by Libi Astaire 2014/11/17, The Jewish Press
www.jewishpress.com/sections/features/feautures-on-jewish-world/bonjour-goodbye-is-french-jewry-headed-toward-its-final-expulsion/2014/11/17/0/

CONCLUSION:

Kings had big financial incentives to expel their Jews, and also lords and dukes.
This explains why Jews were expelled dozens of times in the medieval era.
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Another reason why Jews were expelled many times from Christian countries was that Medieval Christians did not tolerate people whose beliefs disagreed with their own. 

Medieval European Christians also persecuted other Christians whose beliefs differed from their own.

Three very short examples:

EXAMPLE 1: 

In October 1536 CE, William Tyndale was publicly executed because he translated the Bible into English, even though he was Christian.

EXAMPLE 2:

The Thirty Years' War was a series of wars in Central Europe between 1618 CE and 1648 CE.
It was  one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, resulting in millions of casualties. It started as a war between various Protestants and Catholics.

EXAMPLE 3:

“For the rest of his life, [Professor J.R.R.] Tolkien blamed his mother’s death on the financial and emotional stress she suffered as a result of her conversion to Catholicism and her consequent rejection by her family.”

SOURCE: Myth and Middle Earth (chapter 1, page 22) by Leslie Ellen Jones,
2002 CE, Cold Spring Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724,
JOpenRoad@aol.com, ISBN 1-892975-81-5.

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UNFAIR DOUBLE STANDARD:

Have you ever noticed that:
people who want a Jew-free Palestine are called peace-lovers;
but people who want an Arab-free Israel are called racists?_________________________________________________________
OTHER BLOG POSTS BY MR. COHEN:

 

Quick Bible Quotes from Joshua and Jeremiah:
http://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/11/guest-post-joshua-chapter-23-verse-12.html
https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/12/guest-post-jeremiah-chapter-17.html

Ancient Roman historians connected Jews with the Land of Israel and Jerusalem:

https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2017/02/guest-post-josephus-vs-muslim-liars.html
http://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/05/guest-post-cornelius-tacticus.html

Rambam Rejected Childless Messiah:
http://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/08/rambam-rejected-childless-messiah-by-mr.html

Why Muslims Hate Jews:
https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/12/guest-post-why-muslims-hate-jews.html
https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2017/01/guest-post-moynihan-1982.html

Forgotten Oppression against Jews:
https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2017/01/guest-post-forgotten-oppression.html
https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2017/03/guest-post-forgotten-anti-semitism.html

American anti-Semitism:
https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2017/01/guest-post-seven-times-stronger.html
https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2017/01/guest-post-jewish-nyc-mayor.html

 

How a Reform Rabbi Become Orthodox (true story):
http://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/07/how-did-reform-rabbi-become-orthodox-jew.html

Sephardic Jews Reject Reform Judaism:
https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2017/07/sephardim-reject-reform.html
https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2017/08/guest-post-persian-rabbis-decree.html

Greek NYC Jews and Syrian NYC Jews:
http://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/03/greek-jews-syrian-jews.html

How to Convict the New York Times:
https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/11/guest-post-how-to-convict-new-york-times.html
https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/11/guest-post-nyt-erases-israel-from-map.html
http://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/03/guest-postnyt-vs-israel.html

Why Pray for Tzahal-IDF:
http://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/04/guest-post-why-pray-for-idf.html

How to Pray for Tzahal-IDF:
http://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/09/how-to-pray-for-tzahal-idf.html

Why Israel’s 1967 Borders are Undefendable:
https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2017/03/guest-post-why-1967-borders-are-suicide.html

Do Palestinians Want a Two-State Solution?
by Daniel Polisar, PhD in Political Science
https://mosaicmagazine.com/essay/2017/04/do-palestinians-want-a-two-state-solution/

Articles Refuting the so-called “Two-State Solution”:
www.algemeiner.com/2017/10/08/the-two-state-solution-is-holding-israel-hostage/
https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/2017/06/when-it-comes-to-territorial-compromise-israel-doesnt-have-a-choice/__________________________________________________________________
An Insider’s Guide to the Most Important Story on Earth

by Matti Friedman, 2014/8/26

www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/183033/israel-insider-guide

SUMMARY: This article exposes intentional anti-Israel bias in the news media.

It is still very relevant today, even though it was written in 2014.
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***** PLEASE HELP SUE THE TERRORISTS IN COURT:

www.IsraelLawCenter.org 

www.TheLawFareProject.org

***** THANK YOU!

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Rabbi Steven Pruzansky said:

“In the genocidal war being waged against the Jewish people,
the New York Times is an accomplice.”

SOURCE:
http://rabbipruzansky.com/2015/10/29/a-new-low/

PERSONAL COMMENT:

Please do teshuvah by NOT BUYING the New York Times!

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LEARN HOW TO DEFEND ISRAEL FROM UNFAIR NEWS MEDIA:

http://advocacy.ou.org/

www.camera.org                                

www.DanielPipes.org

www.FactsAndLogic.org

www.HonestReporting.com              

www.IsraelBehindTheNews.com

www.memri.org

www.memriTV.org                            

www.MideastReporter.com
www.MythsAndFacts.org                 

www.TheIsraelProject.org

www.BBCwatch.org             
www.jhrw.com                                  

www.ngo-monitor.org

www.PalWatch.org               

www.UKMediaWatch.org                
www.UNwatch.org

www.aish.com/jw/mo/4-Reasons-Why-the-Media-is-Biased-against-Israel.html

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Superficial Judaism

This blog post/rant was "inspired" by an article in the Forward:

Singapore wedding Derrick Ong Photography

My Son Won't Even Break the Glass at His Wedding
We have always been a Jewish family. We celebrate all the Jewish holidays, had our kids bar mitzvahed, sent them on Birthright trips, and occasionally attended shul.
My son is marrying a woman from Singapore and we adore her. They are having a secular wedding — which we have accepted — but I did ask my son if he would break a glass at the end of his ceremony. He has refused. We are all going to Singapore to participate in her family traditions, but he has said he doesn’t want us to throw him a wedding or reception here. I am heartbroken that he will not honor this one request to honor his roots as a person who was raised in a Jewish home. Am I being ridiculous?
Read more: http://forward.com/opinion/spirituality/318058/he-wont-even-break-the-glass/#ixzz3hj1hWmbn

Please don't get me wrong. I do sympathize with the writer, but she is definitely on the wrong track. Here's the comment I left on the site:

Sorry, but breaking a glass won't make the wedding Jewish when the bride isn't. And it also won't help to dance a hora. Their children will not be Jewish, so if you want to interest them in Judaism, you have a long way to go and fighting with them now won't help.

Her son is marrying a non-Jew who treasures her family and traditions. It's an easy guess to say that she will make every effort to raise whatever children they have in those traditions, and it's pretty obvious that her son has no problem with it.

If she wants to create a situation in which future grandchildren and her son and daughter-in-law would want to live as Jews, then the best thing would be to increase her observance of genuine Jewish/Torah traditions, making them enjoyable and invite the family.

Judaism isn't a part-time religion. Every aspect of life has a Jewish connection. There are not only blessings before food but after, and there is even a blessing one says after normal "body functions" in the toilet.

During my most recent (last March) visit to New York, I was surprised to see a big poster for "traditional" sic Passover Seder food on the window of a traif non-kosher restaurant.

I just couldn't get over the absurdity of it. (That's why I took pictures of the windows.) I do admire the fact that many Jews, even those furthest from traditional Jewish life do try to to celebrate the Passover Holiday and others. And I do understand how the woman who wrote the letter is upset that her son refuses any vestige of Jewish tradition at his wedding.

A seder meal from an oyster bar is no more kosher than a wedding to a non-Jew that includes the breaking of a glass is Jewish. 

And even those Torah observant, Orthodox rabbis, such as Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, who promote easier conversions for those who come from paternal Jewish lines, it is only for those who fully identify as Jewish and want to lead full Jewish lives.

About conversion, he (Rabbi Riskin) said that for those with patrilinial (via the father) Jewish history/roots there is a concept of zera yisrael, Jewish Seed, which when recognized makes for an easier conversion, but a conversion nevertheless.

There is no automatic Jewish status for children of Jewish fathers and non-Jewish mothers to make the bubbe feel better.

And there is no guaranteed formula to automatically assure that all Jewish children will live as Jews, even here in Israel. May Gd give us all the wisdom to do the best possible for our families and loved ones.