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Thumbs Up Sanhedrin Call for Jews In Galat to Go Up to Israel
Posted by: COmentator - 06-19-2025, 12:58 PM - Forum: Israel - Replies (7)

Ruling of the Sanhedrin 11 November 2024
https://www.thesanhedrin.org/en/index.ph...svhan_10_a
nformal translation from Hebrew of the Cheshvon 10, 5785, (11 November 2024) statement:
[Image: SanhedrinLogo.png]

Sanhedrin - The Great Court of 71
Secretary: Rabbi Amnon Hever Tel: 054-9400909 b.d.hartzion@gmail.com

Ruling of the Rabbinical Court on the Matter of Aliyah to the Land of Israel'
Decision of the Mount Zion Rabbinical Court from its session on 10 Cheshvan 5785 regarding Aliyah to the Land of Israel
Peace and blessings to all Jews living in the diaspora:
We, the Rabbinical Court at Mount Zion, call upon all Jews in the diaspora to urgently ascend to the Land of Israel for the following reasons:
1. We are in the final period of the ingathering of exiles.
2. The Divine Presence has departed from the diaspora and has now permanently settled in the Land of Israel, as prophesied by the Holy One, blessed be He, through the prophet Ezekiel (36:24):
"I will take you from among the nations, gather you from all the countries, and bring you into your own land."
3. The Holy One, blessed be He, has intensified antisemitism abroad in this period to prompt Jews to quickly ascend to the Land of Israel.
4. Our sages taught that a devastating world war is imminent, and during this war, the safest place for Jews to reside will be the Land of Israel:
"For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance."
In the coming war, the lands that have oppressed and harmed the Jewish people throughout history will be particularly affected, and these lands are considered “places of danger.”
5. King Solomon stated in Proverbs (22:17):
"Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise, and set your heart to my knowledge." Rashi explains: "Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise—to learn Torah from any sage. And set your heart to my knowledge—but if your teacher is wicked, do not emulate his actions (see Chagigah 15b)." Before the Holocaust, some rabbis advised against ascending to the Land of Israel, and six million Jews paid the price with their lives and the lives of their families.
Therefore, we call upon you: Hasten to ascend to the Land of Israel before calamity strikes. Save yourselves and your families, and join the spiritual and material abundance of the Land of Israel.
With blessings for the complete redemption, with mercy and joy, The Secretariat of the Rabbinical Court
Click here to see the PDF version

References

This ruling in the news

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Building Torah BAsed Jewish Communites in Israel
https://www.chabad.org/news/article_cdo/...Israel.htm

May more Torah based Jewish communites be built in Judea; Samaria; GAza and Sinai
May the L-d See and Bless Jews who do these actions Cool Big Grin Heart

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Thumbs Up Sanhedrin Call for Israeli laws to be founded on the Torah
Posted by: COmentator - 06-19-2025, 12:56 PM - Forum: Israel - No Replies

nformal translation from Hebrew of the 22 Kislev, 5770, (9 December 2009) statement:

[Image: SanhedrinLogo.png]
Sanhedrin - The Great Court of 71
Secretary: Rabbi Amnon Hever Tel: 054-9400909 b.d.hartzion@gmail.com
The proper form of legislature for the Nation of Israel, a legal system founded on the Torah

Statement of the Sanhedrin
The Sanhedrin wishes to congratulate the Minister of Justice Prof. Yaakov Neeman who did a kiddush shem Shamayim[1] in public. He pointed to the proper form of legislature for the Nation of Israel: a legal system founded on the Torah, as it said by Rabbenu Saadia Gaon "our people are not a nation without the Torah".[2] In a fitting way Yaakov Neeman fulfilled the meaning of his name "Neeman" (which means faithful), and the mission of "Yaakov" (our forefather), a pure man learning in the tents. You have brought honor to your family.
The founders of the Sanhedrin formulated, shortly after its establishment, a covenant for the establishment of a Great Court based on Torah. In it was declared the principle of Torah based legal system as a living and agreed upon system of law for the Land of Israel. It called for the establishment of courts throughout the country.
Establishment of an alternative court system as noted by the Minister of Justice is urgently needed, not just civil law, but in all areas of law. Indeed there is need to coordinate norms of criminal justice penalties between the legal systems. The two systems can live in peace and coordination.
Before us, the Jewish people, there is a long way to go before a legal system of based on the Torah will be agreed upon by the general population. This process involves gentle, nurturing of the prestige of the Torah courts, intellectualizing their procedures, maintaining the order of law with the cooperation of both the religious and non-religious public. All this together with the organization of communities of observant Jews around a Torah based legal system.
[Let it be known that there is already a connection between State law, and the rulings of the Sanhedrin, we learn] from the fundamental decisions of the Sanhedrin: every law of the State of Israel, properly enacted, that does not contradict the laws of the Torah, is a valid law (according to Jewish Law).
We pray that the reverberations of the words of the Minister Neeman will open the doors of Torah, that it may shine forth.
Out of respect for the Torah, let us find ways to establish a Torah based legal system, strengthening the people of Israel, the State of Israel and the Land of Israel.
Negation of a Torah based legal system however, invalidates, G-d forbid, the legitimacy of the Jewish State. Such a negation, obviously endangers our present and continued existence, and existence in the future even more.
Justice Rabbi Prof. Hillel Weiss - Speaker of the Court
Justice Rabbi Dov Stein - Secretariat
Click here to see the Hebrew version

References
  1. Jump up↑ Kiddush hashem (Hebrew: קידוש השם‎; “sanctification of the name [of G-d]”) is a precept of Judaism as expressed in the Torah for any Jew: “To sanctify His Name” Leviticus 22:32, and conversely not to bring dishonor or shame to G-d’s name which is known as Chillul Hashem: “Not to profane His Name” Lev. 22:32. Thus any action by a Jew that brings honor, respect, and glory to G-d is considered to be a Kiddush Hashem, whereas any behavior or action that disgraces, harms or shames G-d and His Torah is regarded as a Chillul Hashem which means a “desecration of G-d.”
  2. Jump up↑ Emunos VeDeos, Chapter 3 end
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https://www.thesanhedrin.org/en/index.ph..._Kislev_22

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  June 2025 Jews of Iran speak out
Posted by: COmentator - 06-13-2025, 02:31 PM - Forum: Israel - No Replies

Just one day before Israel strike against Iran Nucleur power the Jews of Iran have declared it’s Jewish community in Tehran has declared that its members “live in complete security under the leadership of the Islamic Republic,

If Iran falls what the United states Must do

https://www.aei.org/op-eds/if-iran-falls...ts-troops/


The PLO; CHina; Russia and the UN have condemed israel fordaring to attack Iran

https://israel365news.com/409633/the-day...ke-a-lion/ Cool Big Grin

alas

Trump Veoted Israeli plan to kill Iran Haman Huh Sad Sad

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Thumbs Up Israel struck against Iran
Posted by: COmentator - 06-13-2025, 01:42 PM - Forum: Israel - Replies (2)

https://www.chabad.org/library/article_c...nt=content

Israel Strike against Iran
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-j...=spotlight

Oh Israel why didnt you do this years ago? Sad Sad Sad

Because this is why
Shimon Peres once stopped Netanyahu from bombing Iran

Moses and Haman
https://aish.com/48944731/
https://aish.com/the-seventh-of-adar-ham...-of-moses/
https://aish.com/the-intense-antisemitis...and-hamas/
https://aish.com/stalin-and-the-purim-miracle/

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  hould I Pay Someone To Do My Math Class? Struggling with Online Learning
Posted by: jackwill - 06-10-2025, 09:32 AM - Forum: Judaism General - No Replies

My online math class has been difficult for me, and the stress is getting to be too much. It seems impossible to keep up with work and other obligations. To get through this difficult moment, I'm thinking of using a service called "Pay Someone To Do My Maths Class." Getting the help I need to succeed is more important than taking the simple route. While I concentrate on comprehending the ideas, a trustworthy professional can take care of the coursework.

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Thumbs Down Oh Israel Listen..oh Listen....
Posted by: COmentator - 06-09-2025, 12:37 AM - Forum: Israel - Replies (1)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_of_the_periphery

Oh Israel how can you be so naive????????????????????? Huh Sick Cry Sad
הו ישראל איך אתה יכול להיות כל כך תמים
הו ישראל איך אתה יכול להיות כל כך תמים
הו ישראל איך אתה יכול להיות כל כך תמים


OH Israel stop trying to accodate Islam at the expsense of Jewish Communites and Jewish Land
Over a 100 years ago a Christian theologian  Vladimir SoVladimir Soloview writing of the fall of the Bzyanite Empire wrote this warning of Islam
The Moslem view “sees in man a finite form without freedom, and in God an infinite freedom without form.” God and man stand at opposite poles with no possibility of a filial relationship. Therefore in Moslem thought there is no possibility of the Incarnation or of persons becoming partakers of the divine nature. The Moslem religion posits “a mere external relation between the all-powerful Creator and the creature which is deprived of all freedom and owes its master nothing but a bare act of ‘blind surrender’ (for this is what the Arabic word Islam signifies).”

The Moslem religion has the advantage of simplicity. On the personal level, the act of surrender, repeated invariably each day at fixed hours, sums up “the religious background of the Eastern mind, which spoke its last word by the mouth of Mohammed.”

The Moslem perception of social and political concerns is equally simple. There is no real progress for the human race: “there is no moral regeneration for the individual and therefore a fortiori none for society; everything is brought down to the level of a purely natural existence.”

The only goal a Moslem society can have is to expand its material power and enjoy the good things of the earth. Its task is to spread Islam by force, if necessary, and to govern the faithful with absolute authority guided by the rules of justice set forth in the Koran. This, says Soloviev, is “a task which it would be difficult not to accomplish with success.”

alas some things never change
Red Haggadahs of the 1920's
https://aish.com/the-soviet-campaign-to-...-passover/
Anti-Zionist Jews of USSR of the 1970's
Anti-Zionist Jews of USA of 2023-
https://sapirjournal.org/war-in-israel/2...an-public/

And yet there is hope...
https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-849334

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  Why has European anti-Semitism/anti-Israel hate increased since Oct 7th, 2023?
Posted by: Robert - 06-07-2025, 01:41 PM - Forum: Israel - Replies (2)

Firstly, let's take a look at medieval anti-Semitism:

Quote:'Historically, blood libels often took place close to Passover, when Jews were charged with using the blood of Christian children to bake matzahs. The proximity of such charges to Easter was thus also often associated with the continuing belief that Jews were responsible for the Passion and Crucifixion of Jesus. Blood libels, together with allegations of well poisoning, were a major theme in Jewish persecution in Europe throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern period. They were a central component in the development of modern antisemitism in the 19th century.

Blood libel accusations often led to pogroms, violent riots launched against Jews and frequently encouraged by government authorities.

Murder is expressly forbidden in the Torah, as are the blood sacrifices which were practiced by ancient pagan religions. In fact, Jewish dietary laws (kashrut), forbid the consumption of blood in food and require all blood to be drained from slaughtered animals before consumption. [...]'

Extract source:
https://web.archive.org/web/20250515080731/https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/blood-libel
 

Whenever Israel conducts any war of defense / deterrence in response to "Palestinian" Arab attack, Israel is typically falsely-accused of "genocide". I have discussed the pattern that these false-allegations have taken in printed sources from 1948 to 2022, according to the "Ngram Viewer", here: 
"Pattern of false-allegations in printed sources against Israel of Genocide": 
https://www.thehebrewcafe.com/forum/show...81#pid8881

When the Media in particular many European TV channels, have reported on the current war in Gaza, they typically report only from the "Palestinian" Arab side. 
Pundits chosen to speak on air give an impression they have been pre-screened to accord with the Channel's pro-"Palestinian" Arab / anti-Israel bias. 
These European channels air pro "Palestinian" Arab sob-stories. 
While on most World news reporting these channels give the impression of Journalistic-impartiality, when it comes to reporting on Israel, since the Hamas-led attack and massacre of Israelis of October 7th, 2023, these European TV channels reporting on Israel has become an intensive news propaganda bias in favor of the "Palestinian" Arabs against Israel.

Could this then, be the reason why so many Europeans have become intensively anti-Semitic and anti-Israel? 

The blood libels of old have been recycled into a new form, which now has false-accusations against Israel of genocide and of murdering children, in order to create hatred against Israel and against Jews.
(Israel does not target civilians and so certainly not children, as is shown by the evacuation orders for keeping civilians clear of combat areas, about which the Gazan "Palestinian" Arabs complain.)

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  Exodus 15
Posted by: gib65 - 05-31-2025, 01:18 AM - Forum: Judaism General - No Replies

Hello everyone... it's been a while but I haven't forgot about my project to read through Exodus chapter by chapter and record my thoughts on this board. Last I posted was on chapter 14 so today I post on chapter 15. As always, my source is here.

Exodus 15:2 Wrote:The Eternal's strength and His vengeance were my salvation

Does ancient Hebrew scripture distinguish between justice and vengeance? This is not the only passage that talks about God's vengeance. What do Jews today think of this distinction?

Exodus 15:3 Wrote:The Lord is a Master of war; the Lord is His Name.

This phrase is also repeated a lot in the Bible (or maybe just the Torah). What is the significance of mentioning that the "Lord" is God's name? It's especially curious because a "lord" is not a name but a title. I always assumed this was simply an analogy--as in, God is like a Lord who is master over the Israelites who are like serfs and his vassals. How is one to interpret this word in the context of the ancient Hebrew text? And why is it God's name? And is it connected in any way to "I am that I am" (however much that may be of butchering of the correct translation)?

Exodus 15:6 Wrote:Your right hand, O Lord, is most powerful; Your right hand, O Lord, crushes the foe.

Exodus 15:12 Wrote:You inclined Your right hand; the earth swallowed them up.

Remind me again what is the significance of God's right hand? It is said that Jesus sits at God's right hand. And the "left hand path" is often used to describe the Satanic path. And we in Western culture have come to name the hand with which we usually write as the "right" hand (maybe even the reason why we pronounce "right" and "write" the same way) and the other hand as the "left" hand (as in, whatever's left). Historically, most parts of the world have punished students who wrote with their left hand, as though it were some kind of sin (my father, who grew up in the Middle East, would get his hand rapped for using his left hand to write). It seems that Western culture (and apparently Middle Eastern culture as well, and maybe other cultures) has associated the right hand with "good" and the left hand with "bad". So my question is: why did the ancient texts associate God's right hand with good and righteousness? Was it just arbitrary? As in, well, one of the hands has to be the "right" one, the one that is most powerful and crushes the foe; might as well be the right one as much as it might as well be the left one. And from there history more or less consistently associated the right hand with "good" (thus placing Jesus at God's right hand side and punishing poor left-handed students for writing with the wrong hand). Or was there a deeper reason for associating God's right hand with righteousness and good? Did the word "right" originally mean "right as opposed to left" or "right as opposed to wrong"? If the latter, then in this passage, God's "right hand" doesn't mean the hand that is on God's right side but the hand of God that is righteous and good (whatever side that happens to be) and we came to call it the "right side" because we (somehow) determined (perhaps because of the hand we usually write with) that God's "righteous and good" hand happened to be that on the right side.

Exodus 15:16 Wrote:May dread and fright fall upon them; with the arm of Your greatness may they become as still as a stone, until Your people cross over, O Lord, until this nation that You have acquired crosses over.

What were the Israelites' reasons (or God's reasons) for regarding the inhabitant's of the Levant as the "enemy" (if that's a fair term to use)? I can see it from the Israelites' point of view having just been freed from the Egyptians and needing a land to settle in, and thus would probably have to conquer the inhabitants of whatever land that happens to be. So to regard them as "unworthy" of said land would come natural. There's also the fact that the inhabitants of the Levant (most of them, probably) worshipped different gods who would have been rivals to the Israelite god, and were thus seen as "wayward" if not all together "evil". Then there's God's promise passed down to the Israelites from Abraham onward that they would inherit a land of milk and honey, and I believe (if I remember correctly) the passages that elaborate on this mention (once or twice) the "unworthiness" of the current inhabitants of these lands, so it may have just been a common belief passed down to the Israelites at the current stage in the story.

Exodus 15:25-26 Wrote:25 So he cried out to the Lord, and the Lord instructed him concerning a piece of wood, which he cast into the water, and the water became sweet. There He gave them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them. 26 And He said, If you hearken to the voice of the Lord, your God, and you do what is proper in His eyes, and you listen closely to His commandments and observe all His statutes, all the sicknesses that I have visited upon Egypt I will not visit upon you, for I, the Lord, heal you.

I assume this is Moses speaking on behalf of God.

That being said, what exactly is the connection between the sweetening of the water and the test imposed on the Israelites? It sounds as if the wood contained some sort of chemical or substance that not only sweetened the water but could have a deleterious effect or a healing effect on the health of whosoever drank the water. So is the test that if you didn't observed God's statutes and commandments, the sickness would get to you (similar to the sickness visited upon the Egyptians), but if you did, you would be impervious to the sickness?

Or is it more like a parent admonishing his/her bratty children, after giving into their demands, "ok, I'll give you what you want this time, but if you complain again in the future (as opposed to following my statutes and commandments), I will afflict you with the same sickness that I afflicted on the Egyptians"? In other words, the sweetening of the water by the wood had no such poisoning effect at all, even to only some of the Israelites, but God recognized this as a sign that he would have to start raising the bar or exacting a bit more discipline in order to teach some gratitude and rid the Israelites of their thankless indignation, but only in the future. This interpretation would make more sense of the comparison to the plight of the Egyptians since "all the sickness that [God] visited upon the Egyptians" is quite a broad range of sicknesses and is unlikely to come from just one piece of wood (whatever chemical it might have contained). Then again, limiting it  to sickness (as opposed to the full range of plagues which included non-health related afflictions like frogs and water turning to blood) seems to align with whatever (if any) sickness might come from the piece of wood. Perhaps the answer lies in Exodus 16.

Anyway, those are my initial thoughts upon reading Exodus 15. I may post more in this thread if my research yields answers or further insights into these questions (or I come up with more questions). Please feel free to add your own comments, questions, thoughts, etc..

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  Shir for Shavout
Posted by: searchinmyroots - 05-30-2025, 04:48 PM - Forum: Judaism General - No Replies

I think this is very meaningful in our relationship with Hashem.


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  why was the Torah given to....
Posted by: COmentator - 05-29-2025, 04:31 PM - Forum: Judaism General - No Replies

https://www.chabad.org/library/article_c...dium=email&utm_source=9_Holiday_and_Site_Notifications_en&utm_campaign=en&utm_content=content

In just a few days, we will celebrate the holiday of Shavuot and receive G‑d’s Torah anew, as He gifted it to us for the very first time 3,337 years ago at Mount Sinai.

That moment changed the entire universe.

Heaven reached down, earth reached heavenward, and every single Jew—man and woman, elder and child, even the tiniest infants—stood perfectly united, to hear “Anochi … I am the L‑rd your G‑d.” (Exodus 20:2)

Your presence and participation keep that moment alive every day at Chabad.org

All of history had been waiting for that time, when the Jewish people would accept the task of transforming the physical world into a home for the Divine—thereby ensuring that the holy feels comfortably at home in the physical.

The power to do that, the ability to transform this world, comes from incorporating the Torah and its mitzvot into our daily lives. By appreciating G-d’s loving care and concern for every single one of us, by living life in accordance with His principles, and by sharing them with others, we shift the entire world toward holiness.

And each year, on the holiday of Shavuot, G-d renews that power. Once again, we stand shoulder to shoulder—like one person with one heart—and receive an all-new charge of that divine energy to elevate the entire world.

The Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory, teaches that it is highly important for every Jewish man, woman, and child to be present for the reading of the Ten Commandments (this year on Monday, June 2) to experience those moments together.

The Torah is a living bond that empowers us to bring G‑dliness into ordinary life. Cheesecake and ice cream can be elevated into mitzvahs and opportunities to recognize G-d’s love. Torah lifts the physical world instead of asking us to escape it. In so doing, it lifts each of us and draws us closer to one another.

That idea is the heartbeat of Chabad.org and what you can help accomplish every single day.

The Rebbe revealed how everything in this world, including scientific development, exists so Torah can illuminate and uplift ever farther, faster and brighter—uniting people across every time zone and circumstance. Because of you and those who sustain this work, a young mother in Sydney can prepare for Shavuot with a commentary on the Ten Commandments, while a toddler sprawls across her lap. A college student in Boston can stream a class and feel at home. A seeker in Nepal can find a cheesecake recipe to celebrate Shavuot in style, and millions everywhere can find a way back, an ever-wider path to their soul.

Every click, every aha, every quiet moment of discovery begins with you. You keep the echo of Sinai—and the unity it created—rolling forward.

As Shavuot approaches, thank you for your participation and your support—support that keeps classes streaming, questions answered, and hearts connected in one global community.

If you’d like to give a special gift in honor of the holiday, you can make a Shavuot gift here.

With deep appreciation and with the Rebbe's blessings that you merit to receive the Torah inwardly and with joy,


Rabbi Zalman Shmotkin
Executive Director

P.S. Want to dive in and learn more about Shavuot?
• What Is Shavuot?
• The Ten Commandments—A Guide
• Why We Eat Dairy on Shavuot
• Watch: The Rebbe on the Study of Torah for Women

Feel free to forward these resources to anyone who might enjoy them!

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