1/2 The laws and ethical precepts of Torah are the epitome of goodness and truth. All other systems of morality, however, which men by themselves have contrived, mix together good and evil, truth and falsehood
@birgitomo
I, as a law abiding immigrant, support the Premier's message.
We don't need to be importing criminal behaviour from abroad. We've got enough to deal with already.
@eyeslasho
One could also say the calls for violence are not necessarily calls for actual violence either. How far are you willing to take this position?
The context here doesn't support your position.
Would you care to elaborate more on what you mean?
@VerminusM
Possibly to give their posts more reach, as some would mute "Hamas" and not Hxmas + in case Hamas posts are being throttled for whatever reason
@safier
A bit more on this topic:
The sages teach us that Lashon Hara harms 3 parties: The speaker, the listener, and the one that is being discussed.
The reason the ones conversing are harmed is understandable - they are doing something wrong, but what did the one being discussed
@ChaskelBennett
I've been to Germany for Merkos Shlichus a number of times, and the only areas we were told to stay away from were the ones with lots of Muslim immigrants.
The old Yidden I met said that they were able to get around using Yiddish telling locals that it's a German dialect...
@VerminusM
I disagree with your conclusion - Hezbollah doesn't enjoy majority support, it runs its own militia, parallel to Lebanon's military.
It's power is based on the ability to obtain funds (from Iran) to pay off those that don't have any money (and the government is bankrupt)
@aziz0nomics
There is a difference. Iranians had their own identity before being taken over by the IGRC and therefore have one to fight for. Palestinian identity has always been the opposition to Israel and Jews. Until that changes, no meaningful opposition to Hamas can happen
@academic_la
War is ugly doesn't matter how justified it is.
Celebrating tragic collateral is wrong and distasteful.
At the same time, when feeling bad about it gets in the way of fighting the just war, it is wrong as well, and can arguably be more harmful.
@Vlo_Avlasa_Bo
Most modern fridges don't have an option to take the lightbulb out - and keeping it on Shabbos mode all the time turns off some of the other features (such as the water dispenser)
@YasMohammedxx
@hahussain
I've got a Christian Lebanese acquaintance whose parents live on the southern border, and he's upset that Israel hasn't wiped Hezbollah out yet.
@jewishmemequeen
A Jew is someone who was born to a Jewish mother or converted according to Torah law.
There are only 2 categories in that regard. Jewish & not-Jewish.
Reform, conservative, and traditional are pointless labels and don't impact Jewishness
@eyeslasho
@robbystarbuck
@stillgray
There is no data whatsoever that these procedures are helpful, only harmful.
It is not a medical treatment - it is medical child abuse
@TorahJews
If you are Jewish, instead of lying, go do a Mitzvah (the Torah forbids lying, in case you didn't know)
Spread some light and holiness.
You can find some ideas on how to do that here:
Do Teshuva.
אין ישראל נגאלין אלא בתשובה
@HusseinAboubak
The pro-Hamas movement and the climate alarmism have many things in common.
Both are irrational, anti-humanist belief systems that claim moral superiority over those that oppose them
@thewebbie
A Jew should be buried only among fellow Jews, in a Jewish cemetery. It is a matter of great importance that only fellow Jews should handle the body of a deceased Jew. This incudes placing the deceased in the earth and filling in the grave.
📢 Important clarification: The Satmar Community strongly distances itself from the extreme fringe group "Neturei Karta" and their attention-seeking antics they do NOT represent Judaism, but rather their own misguided agenda. In 1967 our founder Joel Teitelbaum OBM expelled them:
@Etanetan23
These attacks are wrong, and the perpetrators should face just repercussions.
At the same time, journalism as a whole is not under attack. Truth is not being attacked.
Journalism isn't about parroting ideological narratives.
Fellow Jews, I recommend learning Kuntres Ahavas Yisroel.
Internalize it and your interactions with all other Jews on X (and in general) will never be the same.
See English Adaptation below:
Ahavas Yisroel beings Moshiach
@BenLorber8
No. There has always been and will be one singular Jewish path - the way of the Torah. The path that brings the ultimate redemption.
Jews following other paths does not make those paths Jewish
@BryanPassifiume
The choice to quit (losing government pension and benefits) and find remote employment is there.
Though to do that, one must have desirable skills and experience. How many private sector companies are interested in hiring former public servants?
When we see other Jews struggling spiritually, we must help them. There are no excuses - the fact itself that we are seeing them struggle proves that we have the capability, and therefore the responsibility, to team them about Torah and Mitzvos
@thewebbie
The sages teach us that Lashon Hara harms 3 parties: The speaker, the listener, and the one that is being discussed.
The reason the ones conversing is understandable - they are doing something wrong, but what did the one being discussed do to get harmed?
Herein lies the power
"You shall not stand by your fellow’s blood"
Rashi: watching your fellow’s death, and you are able to save him
What's Rashi adding?
The Baal Shem Tov teaches that a Jew has to learn a lesson from everything he sees or hears.
Rashi is hinting that seeing someone in danger
@RogerGranquist
@KassyDillon
Being Jewish is not defined by blood. Someone whose mother is not Jewish, but father is, may have Jewish blood, but is not Jewish
There are 2 general approaches to spreading good:
1. Clean out the bad 1st (take out the garbage) and then proceed to fill the void with good.
2. Ignore the bad and spread so much good that the bad gets overwhelmed and irrelevant.
We should be focusing on the 2nd approach
@eyeslasho
The solution is for people to realize that every individual is different and has their own path & purpose in life. Stop looking at everything through a lens of "equity" which breeds jealousy for no reason whatsoever.
@Dr_mauraf
You can find some resources in case you're interested in actual Jewish principles and how they apply today here:
It's a pity to be confused to the point of not recognizing one's own confusion. Even worse when trying to confuse others
All of "the current tribulations and agonies are the birth-pangs of Moshiach. G‑d is demanding that we return to Torah and mitzvos, that we not hinder the imminent coming of our righteous Moshiach."
-Hayom Yom 8 Shevat
@NiohBerg
Very sad that people don't understand that the defense of the Jewish people (and peaceful neighbours) in the Holy Land isn't solely physical.
The spiritual aspect is real. Without it, the physical defense has no chance of succeeding.
@LainKaplan
@jewishmemequeen
Being Jewish is much deeper than any of the things you mention above and on a deeper level, our souls are the same and we have the same Father.
That does not negate the individuality of experiences etc on a more surface level
@OrenKessler
Makes sense. A Lebanese acquaintance of mine whose parents live in a village near the border with Israel told me that he was upset that Israel didn't finish Hezbollah off in 2006.
Also agreed with Amihai Eliyahu's comments about Gaza
This Shabbos and Sunday is Rosh Chodesh Tammuz.
On every Rosh Chodesh, It is an ancient custom for one to study one verse from the chapter of Tehillim that corresponds to his age, together with the commentary of Rashi, in a way that he completes its study on the Rosh Chodesh
@TheFairestGames
@KonstantinKisin
The ones that are overrepresented in media are not spreading any Jewish message and do not represent Jewish ideals.
I can also read your statement as excusing antisemitism due to jealousy over their success
@thewebbie
The ashes of this offering are the only way to remove a certain type of spiritual impurity. Only 9 were ever offered, and the 10th will be brought by Moshiach, may he speedily be revealed
@ianbremmer
The problems with Israeli policy arise when it tries to appease other countries and not do what's best for Israel.
This approach has gone on for way too long
Re: a "tunnel" "under" 770
The shul is at basement level. The vandals dug beneath the ladies' balcony at the basement level, & today broke the wall dividing the main shul from their digging, attempting a merge or "expansion".
It's not a 20-meter-deep tunnel dug beneath the shul.
@HusseinAboubak
Interesting perspective.
I'd posit that when progressivism removes the "shackles" of traditional religious moral systems, all it does is replace it with a deferent system.
Believing in a higher system and striving for meaning is part of the human condition
@gbrew24
War is ugly doesn't matter how justified it is.
The ugliness has nothing to do with whether it is justified.
When feeling bad about it gets in the way of fighting the just war, it becomes harmful.
@aaronjmate
@SenSanders
Your dad's empathy is misplaced. But I can feel it's coming from a compassionate place.
You just seem very sad and bitter. Trying to hold on to something externally to avoid your internal demons. I'm sorry you're in such a dark place. I'll pray for you, brother.