Saturday, June 14, 2008
The Classic Argument Against Zeal
Symptoms
Ever conversed with a person about something that you are very passionate about? Or what about something that is even a part of your spiritual/religious beliefs?
If you have chutzpah and aren't politically correct, you probably voiced your belief just the way you see it - not beating around the bush at all. Now has this view ever been considered "crazy", "wrong", "evil", or anything of the sort?
Finally, have you been accused of being "angry" because of your passionate views on a very important issue to you?
Diagnosis
If so, you have encountered PCP (Politically Correct Persecution). You will encounter this asinine behavior from individuals who are soaked in the filthy cesspit pool of political correctness.
The Problem
The problem is the people who emulate this behavioral castration.
The people who exhibit this behavior, in their politically correct world of fakeness, are the kind of people who get personally offended at any sign of chutzpah. For instance, if you raise your voice in an argument, they will brand you "angry" or "mad". If you talk loud and you seem annoyed in a conversation or argument - they will be offended by it and start saying you hate them, or are violently angry.
Fortunately, this kind of person is not extremely common in Israel, where you might hear two people yelling at each other, only to see them finish the conversation in friendly embrace.
Unfortunately, it is all too common in America, as well as other western nations.
Why They Act This Way
The reason there are many people who are infected with this virus of political correctness, is because of the idea of "civil" behavior that has gone out of control.
Anything that is not "approved" by the universal standard of morality, the western-culture, "intellectual" standard of what is right and wrong, is immediately branded as usually something along the lines of "hateful" or "extremist".
In this day and age, woe to anyone who is against homosexuality's acceptance in culture. Woe to anyone who doesn't believe everyone should be treated by a standard of "common rights" for every individual.
For everyone who ACTUALLY holds true to the Torah of the God of Israel, this means rejecting this universal so-called righteous standard set up in the minds of Hedonistic people and enforced by everyone infected with the lethal virus.
The Absolute Standard of Morality
The Torah teaches against Hedonism, and it sets clear-cut boundaries and rules on conduct and behavior. Not some airy, unclear "righteousness" that Christianity goes by; no, unlike the undefined standard of righteousness of Christianity which is influenced by and moves with the western, Hellenistic-culture's ever-moving undefined morality - the Torah which was delivered to the people of Israel on Har Sinai in ancient times is different. It is solid, unchanging, and it defines what is sin and what is not; what is right and what is wrong.
Without this solid, original base, a nation, a people, and a religion move into evil, adopted ideas and beliefs that are based on nothing but human nature - the same self-lead humans who made great empires only to be destroyed entirely never to return, like the Egyptian, Babylonian, Greek, and Roman empires. And so too like the modern American and European empires who are making the same fatal mistakes as their predecessors.
The Eternal Existance of Israel
Only one people and their dynasty has survived over the ages, and that is the people of Israel. We have been sought out for extermination by many of the great world empires over the past thousands of years. And although these things were allowed by our God, they were set in place to cause us to return to his only true standard of morality, the Torah, and to return to the Land our God gave us, where we belong.
Once again, after many, many years our nation formed again and we not only survived the onslaughts of several surrounding nations pinned against our infant, out of the ashes of the Holocaust nation - we utterly obliterated them with minimal causalities on our side.
Our Obligations
Now, the Torah, the sole standard of true righteousness, commands us to destroy the enemies who are living within our Land. The politically correct people frown upon this and say no such thing could happen in a "civilized" world. Yet, in its due time, there will be a band of Makabim (Maccabees) who will again rise up and defy the Hellenism that imposes itself upon the nation of Israel just as the old Maccabees defied the Greeks (Hellenists) in that day. They will carry out the righteous orders of the Torah as our God commands us and destroy HaSatan's tool, the Amalekim.
As this seems like "extremist fundamentalism", or "Jewish terrorism" by the western world's standard - it matters not. Kahane was right. Amalek will be destroyed in time - but now is not the time. It will be soon, but not now. Maybe Mashiach has to come, or maybe our people need to come to further repentance and truly submit to the Torah. Whatever the case may be, there will be a time and it is somehwere on the horizon.
Shalom,
Aaron
Ever conversed with a person about something that you are very passionate about? Or what about something that is even a part of your spiritual/religious beliefs?
If you have chutzpah and aren't politically correct, you probably voiced your belief just the way you see it - not beating around the bush at all. Now has this view ever been considered "crazy", "wrong", "evil", or anything of the sort?
Finally, have you been accused of being "angry" because of your passionate views on a very important issue to you?
Diagnosis
If so, you have encountered PCP (Politically Correct Persecution). You will encounter this asinine behavior from individuals who are soaked in the filthy cesspit pool of political correctness.
The Problem
The problem is the people who emulate this behavioral castration.
The people who exhibit this behavior, in their politically correct world of fakeness, are the kind of people who get personally offended at any sign of chutzpah. For instance, if you raise your voice in an argument, they will brand you "angry" or "mad". If you talk loud and you seem annoyed in a conversation or argument - they will be offended by it and start saying you hate them, or are violently angry.
Fortunately, this kind of person is not extremely common in Israel, where you might hear two people yelling at each other, only to see them finish the conversation in friendly embrace.
Unfortunately, it is all too common in America, as well as other western nations.
Why They Act This Way
The reason there are many people who are infected with this virus of political correctness, is because of the idea of "civil" behavior that has gone out of control.
Anything that is not "approved" by the universal standard of morality, the western-culture, "intellectual" standard of what is right and wrong, is immediately branded as usually something along the lines of "hateful" or "extremist".
In this day and age, woe to anyone who is against homosexuality's acceptance in culture. Woe to anyone who doesn't believe everyone should be treated by a standard of "common rights" for every individual.
For everyone who ACTUALLY holds true to the Torah of the God of Israel, this means rejecting this universal so-called righteous standard set up in the minds of Hedonistic people and enforced by everyone infected with the lethal virus.
The Absolute Standard of Morality
The Torah teaches against Hedonism, and it sets clear-cut boundaries and rules on conduct and behavior. Not some airy, unclear "righteousness" that Christianity goes by; no, unlike the undefined standard of righteousness of Christianity which is influenced by and moves with the western, Hellenistic-culture's ever-moving undefined morality - the Torah which was delivered to the people of Israel on Har Sinai in ancient times is different. It is solid, unchanging, and it defines what is sin and what is not; what is right and what is wrong.
Without this solid, original base, a nation, a people, and a religion move into evil, adopted ideas and beliefs that are based on nothing but human nature - the same self-lead humans who made great empires only to be destroyed entirely never to return, like the Egyptian, Babylonian, Greek, and Roman empires. And so too like the modern American and European empires who are making the same fatal mistakes as their predecessors.
The Eternal Existance of Israel
Only one people and their dynasty has survived over the ages, and that is the people of Israel. We have been sought out for extermination by many of the great world empires over the past thousands of years. And although these things were allowed by our God, they were set in place to cause us to return to his only true standard of morality, the Torah, and to return to the Land our God gave us, where we belong.
Once again, after many, many years our nation formed again and we not only survived the onslaughts of several surrounding nations pinned against our infant, out of the ashes of the Holocaust nation - we utterly obliterated them with minimal causalities on our side.
Our Obligations
Now, the Torah, the sole standard of true righteousness, commands us to destroy the enemies who are living within our Land. The politically correct people frown upon this and say no such thing could happen in a "civilized" world. Yet, in its due time, there will be a band of Makabim (Maccabees) who will again rise up and defy the Hellenism that imposes itself upon the nation of Israel just as the old Maccabees defied the Greeks (Hellenists) in that day. They will carry out the righteous orders of the Torah as our God commands us and destroy HaSatan's tool, the Amalekim.
As this seems like "extremist fundamentalism", or "Jewish terrorism" by the western world's standard - it matters not. Kahane was right. Amalek will be destroyed in time - but now is not the time. It will be soon, but not now. Maybe Mashiach has to come, or maybe our people need to come to further repentance and truly submit to the Torah. Whatever the case may be, there will be a time and it is somehwere on the horizon.
Shalom,
Aaron
Sunday, May 04, 2008
"...Neither to the Right or to the Left..."
The Faith of Israel
The Faith of Israel, which has come to be known as Judaism, is the one true faith "once and for all delivered to the Tzaddikim"-Yehudah 1:3. This one true faith has come to be known as Judaism because of the House of Judah (the Jewish people, where the term Judaism gets its name) who have been the only ones to maintain the observance of the Torah since the split of the 12 tribes into two separate kingdoms which began to take place after the reign of Shlomo HaMelech (King Solomon).
Now to delve into things a little deeper...
D'varim/Deuteronomy 5:32
"So be careful to do what HaShem your God has commanded you; do not turn aside to the right or to the left."
This is best interpreted to obvious mean not to sin, i.e. disobey the Torah. However, I'm going to offer a new view on this mitzvah of Torah that will take a dive into the understand of two other major world religions as well as the Emanations of Elokim.
In the spiritual understanding of Torah (AKA Torah-based Kabbalah/Torat HaSod) it is taught that the Menorah and the Etz Chayim (Tree of Life) are representations of the Sephirot (Emanations) of HaShem. The left and right sides of the Etz Charim/Tree of Life are dominated by the Sephirot/Emanations of: gevurah (on the left) and chesed (on the right.
Gevurah
Gevurah, which represents the left side of the Etz Chayim/Tree of Life as well as the Menorah (since the Etz Chayim and Menorah are representations of the same thing; the Spirits/Emanations of Y-H-V-H) means severity, judgment, strength, and/or mightiness in Hebrew. Gevurah is the judgmental side of HaShem. Rabbi Shaul mentions this aspect of HaShem along with chesed (loving-kindness) in his letter to the gentile converts to Netzari Judaism in Rome (Romans 11:22). It is also taught that the soul of each individual comes from one of the 7 Emanations of HaShem - as we are made in his image, overall, our beings operate strongly out of one of these emanations. This has to do with the person's regular personality as well as his spiritual personality and Israelite tribal identity. (For example, I am a Levi(Levite) - I operate mostly out of gevurah, holy fear of HaShem, and I am very zealous for HaShem and Torah, I can easily choose him over and above anyone on earth, even my own family and close friends. These are typical Levi characteristics.)
The Patriarch Yitzchak is said to have served HaShem out of gevurah/severity.
Chesed
Chesed dominates the right side of the Sephirot/Emanations of HaShem. Chesed (kheh-SEHD) is best translated from Hebrew as kindness or loving-kindness. It represents the mercy and kindness of HaShem, which is considered the expansive side as opposed to the side of gevurah/severity.
We can see that this side is expansive in the Torah, in the story of the Golden Calf (Shemot/Exodus 32), when HaShem is greatly angered at the children of Israel for making and worshiping the Golden Calf. HaShem, out of gevurah/severity decides to destroy all the Israelites and make a nation out of Moshe's descendants. Moshe is then caused to intercede on behalf of the sons of Israel, or in other words, to plead to the chesed/loving-kindness aspect of HaShem. HaShem, although he made up his mind to destroy Israel, didn't because the side of chesed/kindness was caused to expand because of Moshe's intercession.
The Patriarch Avraham is said to have served HaShem more out of chesed/loving-kindness.
Tipheret
Tipheret, roughly translated as glory, is the Sephirot in the middle, between the right and left sides of chesed and gevurah and below Keter (Crown, the Nothingness of YHVH, YHVH Himself). Tipheret is said to be the image or face of HaShem himself (see Tehilah/Psalm 42:2), and HaDerekh (The Way) to Keter (explained in last sentence), to the Ruach HaKodesh, and also the Gateway to Righteousness (see Tehilah/Psalm 118:19). Tipheret is also the essence of the "middle/central pillar" (Zohar Appendix III - The Designations and The Categories, 3a), and this middle pillar is described as the "Son of Yah" (Zohar, vol. 2, p. 115, Amsterdam Edition).
In summary, Tipheret is the perfect balance between gevurah/severity and chesed/loving-kindness, judgment and mercy.
The Patriarch Yaakov is said to have served HaShem in this perfect balance of judgment and mercy.
Now here's where I'm going with all of this...
Two other faiths have sprouted out of and/or under influence of the Faith of Israel (or Judaism, if you will). These two other faiths are Christianity and Islam.
Christianity as Chesed
Christianity is the religion of Esav. Edomites (descendants of Esav/Edom) founded Rome, which became the center of Christianity, which was formed out of a mixture of Roman paganism with Jewish elements. Esav is today still trying to take the birthright from Yaakov by claiming it as his own, as Christianity claims to have replaced Israel *(see bottom for further details on this).
Among Christianity's false doctrines is the doctrine of pacifism. Quotes are taken out of Jewish context from the Khetuvim Netzarim (Writings of the Nazarenes) and twisted into false doctrine. Christianity is known especially for its "turn the other cheek" mentality towards everyone **(see bottom for more details on this), taking it out of the context of the Torah.
Christinanity is imbalanced in chesed/loving-kindness. I am NOT saying that Christianity is an Emanation of HaShem - God forbid. I am likening it to an imbalance of too much mercy and no judgment or severity.
This imbalance of chesed/loving-kindness is not righteous - in fact, it twists chesed into sin. For example, if a rapist breaks into a man's house and the man allows the rapist to rape his dauther - he has committed a terrible sin and has seriously erred through a major bias to chesed. So is the sin of pacifism like that which Christianity teaches.
Islam as Gevurah
Islam is the religion of Yishmael, Yaakov's brother. Like Christianity, it also claims the birthright away from Yaakov. Most Yishmaelim have been swept into a demonic hatred against the Jewish people as well as the western world. I believe there is a small remnant of Yishmaelim who are righteous, and more who will be redeemed from Islam in the last days.
Islam has sinfully erred in gevurah/severity, although not as badly as most western-gentile-Christians assume. The civil judgments of Islam, although definitely not always, are sometimes righteous. The key to discerning what is too harsh or too merciful can be easily determined by the Torah - the only guideline to righteousness.
Judaism as Tipheret
Judaism is the current name of the Faith of Israel, the faith in the God of Israel along with the observance of his mitzvot/commands found in the Torah.
Within the teachings of the Torah are the perfect balance between gevurah and chesed, judgment and mercy.
So, the Torah mitzvah/command which tells us "be careful to do what HaShem your God has commanded you; do not turn aside to the right or to the left"(D'varim/Deuteronomy 5:32) can be said to mean don't err toward gevurah or chesed, but rather be the perfect righteous balance of both. The guideline to this balance is the Torah, as it says "be careful to do what HaShem your God has commanded you".
Now that we have established that Judaism/the Faith of Israel is the one true faith, lets narrow it down further.
There are 3 major branches of Jewish halacha (way in which to keep Torah) and Torah teaching which stemmed from around the first century AD. The House of Hillel, the House of Shammai, and the House of Yeshua (House of the Netzer; the Netzari/Nazarene sect of Judaism).
Hillel as Chesed
According to the Zohar (Ra'aya Meheimna 3:245a), the House of Hillel was based upon chesed/loving-kindness, while the House of Shammai was based upon gevurah/severity.
Rabbi Hillel, the Master of the House of Hillel was a righteous man. He was always poor even in his highest glory as a Rabbi, he preferred to remain poor and simple. He attracted the most converts to Judaism through his humility and acceptance.
His halacha was based upon chesed/loving-kindness.
Modern Orthodox Judaism is based upon Hillel's halacha.
Shammai as Gevurah
As stated above, the Zohar states that the House of Shammai was based upon gevurah.
Rabbi Shammai's halacha was more strict, and he was much less accepting to converts and the unlearned Jew.
Yeshua as Tipheret
HaNetzer, Baruch Hu, was the perfect balance of chesed and gevurah.
Not only was he this perfect balance in the physical, but he is the perfect balance in Heaven, he is the Path from Malkhut to Keter, he is the middle pillar, Tipheret.
Based upon his actions, teachings, and lifestyle, Rabbi Yeshua can be easily seen as having grown up in a House of Hillel family. In fact, Rabbi Yeshua's life in many ways emulated that of Rabbi Hillel.
His halacha aligned with that of Hillel's much of the time, however, in certain cases (like the case of divorce), Yeshua agreed with Shammai.
In his chastisements of other Pharisees, Rabbi Yeshua seemed to address the Shammai Pharisees. When a Hillel-Pharisee approached Yeshua and asked him what the greatest mitzvah is, Yeshua responded and almost directly quoted Hillel. In the Mark account, the Hillel-Pharisee even adds to what Yeshua said, and Yeshua replies to him saying "you are not far from the Kingdom of Heaven".
And so it is for all those who hunger and thirst for righteousness in the Torah. As the Master says "whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Yes, the water I give him will become in him a wellspring welling up to eternal life."(Yochanan/John 4:13-14)
Shalom,
Chassidishe Yid
*However, among Christianity there are many from the lost 10 tribes of Israel (the Nortern Kingdom; the House of Ephraim/Yosef) who are prophesied to return to the Torah-built Faith of Israel in the last days. Instead of staying in the false faith of Christianity, they must come out of it and become Israelites once again. This, of course, is brought about by HaShem himself through the sacrifice of Moshiach ben Yosef. Their return is happening now in our day.
**Rabbi Yeshua instructed his talmidim to not respond from a personal insult from a fellow Israelite, because any serious matters would be righteously taken care of by the Sanhedrin which was ruling in their day. It is good to note that Rabbi Yeshua amplified Torah teachings, and that Torah was given to and for Israel and no one else. This in mind, Rabbi Yeshua's instruction to "turn the other cheek" was in response to a personal insult from a fellow Israelite, not national attack from enemies of Israel, and not meant to teach peace between those nations the Torah commands Israel to destroy.
The Faith of Israel, which has come to be known as Judaism, is the one true faith "once and for all delivered to the Tzaddikim"-Yehudah 1:3. This one true faith has come to be known as Judaism because of the House of Judah (the Jewish people, where the term Judaism gets its name) who have been the only ones to maintain the observance of the Torah since the split of the 12 tribes into two separate kingdoms which began to take place after the reign of Shlomo HaMelech (King Solomon).
Now to delve into things a little deeper...
D'varim/Deuteronomy 5:32
"So be careful to do what HaShem your God has commanded you; do not turn aside to the right or to the left."
This is best interpreted to obvious mean not to sin, i.e. disobey the Torah. However, I'm going to offer a new view on this mitzvah of Torah that will take a dive into the understand of two other major world religions as well as the Emanations of Elokim.
In the spiritual understanding of Torah (AKA Torah-based Kabbalah/Torat HaSod) it is taught that the Menorah and the Etz Chayim (Tree of Life) are representations of the Sephirot (Emanations) of HaShem. The left and right sides of the Etz Charim/Tree of Life are dominated by the Sephirot/Emanations of: gevurah (on the left) and chesed (on the right.
Gevurah
Gevurah, which represents the left side of the Etz Chayim/Tree of Life as well as the Menorah (since the Etz Chayim and Menorah are representations of the same thing; the Spirits/Emanations of Y-H-V-H) means severity, judgment, strength, and/or mightiness in Hebrew. Gevurah is the judgmental side of HaShem. Rabbi Shaul mentions this aspect of HaShem along with chesed (loving-kindness) in his letter to the gentile converts to Netzari Judaism in Rome (Romans 11:22). It is also taught that the soul of each individual comes from one of the 7 Emanations of HaShem - as we are made in his image, overall, our beings operate strongly out of one of these emanations. This has to do with the person's regular personality as well as his spiritual personality and Israelite tribal identity. (For example, I am a Levi(Levite) - I operate mostly out of gevurah, holy fear of HaShem, and I am very zealous for HaShem and Torah, I can easily choose him over and above anyone on earth, even my own family and close friends. These are typical Levi characteristics.)
The Patriarch Yitzchak is said to have served HaShem out of gevurah/severity.
Chesed
Chesed dominates the right side of the Sephirot/Emanations of HaShem. Chesed (kheh-SEHD) is best translated from Hebrew as kindness or loving-kindness. It represents the mercy and kindness of HaShem, which is considered the expansive side as opposed to the side of gevurah/severity.
We can see that this side is expansive in the Torah, in the story of the Golden Calf (Shemot/Exodus 32), when HaShem is greatly angered at the children of Israel for making and worshiping the Golden Calf. HaShem, out of gevurah/severity decides to destroy all the Israelites and make a nation out of Moshe's descendants. Moshe is then caused to intercede on behalf of the sons of Israel, or in other words, to plead to the chesed/loving-kindness aspect of HaShem. HaShem, although he made up his mind to destroy Israel, didn't because the side of chesed/kindness was caused to expand because of Moshe's intercession.
The Patriarch Avraham is said to have served HaShem more out of chesed/loving-kindness.
Tipheret
Tipheret, roughly translated as glory, is the Sephirot in the middle, between the right and left sides of chesed and gevurah and below Keter (Crown, the Nothingness of YHVH, YHVH Himself). Tipheret is said to be the image or face of HaShem himself (see Tehilah/Psalm 42:2), and HaDerekh (The Way) to Keter (explained in last sentence), to the Ruach HaKodesh, and also the Gateway to Righteousness (see Tehilah/Psalm 118:19). Tipheret is also the essence of the "middle/central pillar" (Zohar Appendix III - The Designations and The Categories, 3a), and this middle pillar is described as the "Son of Yah" (Zohar, vol. 2, p. 115, Amsterdam Edition).
In summary, Tipheret is the perfect balance between gevurah/severity and chesed/loving-kindness, judgment and mercy.
The Patriarch Yaakov is said to have served HaShem in this perfect balance of judgment and mercy.
Now here's where I'm going with all of this...
Two other faiths have sprouted out of and/or under influence of the Faith of Israel (or Judaism, if you will). These two other faiths are Christianity and Islam.
Christianity as Chesed
Christianity is the religion of Esav. Edomites (descendants of Esav/Edom) founded Rome, which became the center of Christianity, which was formed out of a mixture of Roman paganism with Jewish elements. Esav is today still trying to take the birthright from Yaakov by claiming it as his own, as Christianity claims to have replaced Israel *(see bottom for further details on this).
Among Christianity's false doctrines is the doctrine of pacifism. Quotes are taken out of Jewish context from the Khetuvim Netzarim (Writings of the Nazarenes) and twisted into false doctrine. Christianity is known especially for its "turn the other cheek" mentality towards everyone **(see bottom for more details on this), taking it out of the context of the Torah.
Christinanity is imbalanced in chesed/loving-kindness. I am NOT saying that Christianity is an Emanation of HaShem - God forbid. I am likening it to an imbalance of too much mercy and no judgment or severity.
This imbalance of chesed/loving-kindness is not righteous - in fact, it twists chesed into sin. For example, if a rapist breaks into a man's house and the man allows the rapist to rape his dauther - he has committed a terrible sin and has seriously erred through a major bias to chesed. So is the sin of pacifism like that which Christianity teaches.
Islam as Gevurah
Islam is the religion of Yishmael, Yaakov's brother. Like Christianity, it also claims the birthright away from Yaakov. Most Yishmaelim have been swept into a demonic hatred against the Jewish people as well as the western world. I believe there is a small remnant of Yishmaelim who are righteous, and more who will be redeemed from Islam in the last days.
Islam has sinfully erred in gevurah/severity, although not as badly as most western-gentile-Christians assume. The civil judgments of Islam, although definitely not always, are sometimes righteous. The key to discerning what is too harsh or too merciful can be easily determined by the Torah - the only guideline to righteousness.
Judaism as Tipheret
Judaism is the current name of the Faith of Israel, the faith in the God of Israel along with the observance of his mitzvot/commands found in the Torah.
Within the teachings of the Torah are the perfect balance between gevurah and chesed, judgment and mercy.
So, the Torah mitzvah/command which tells us "be careful to do what HaShem your God has commanded you; do not turn aside to the right or to the left"(D'varim/Deuteronomy 5:32) can be said to mean don't err toward gevurah or chesed, but rather be the perfect righteous balance of both. The guideline to this balance is the Torah, as it says "be careful to do what HaShem your God has commanded you".
Now that we have established that Judaism/the Faith of Israel is the one true faith, lets narrow it down further.
There are 3 major branches of Jewish halacha (way in which to keep Torah) and Torah teaching which stemmed from around the first century AD. The House of Hillel, the House of Shammai, and the House of Yeshua (House of the Netzer; the Netzari/Nazarene sect of Judaism).
Hillel as Chesed
According to the Zohar (Ra'aya Meheimna 3:245a), the House of Hillel was based upon chesed/loving-kindness, while the House of Shammai was based upon gevurah/severity.
Rabbi Hillel, the Master of the House of Hillel was a righteous man. He was always poor even in his highest glory as a Rabbi, he preferred to remain poor and simple. He attracted the most converts to Judaism through his humility and acceptance.
His halacha was based upon chesed/loving-kindness.
Modern Orthodox Judaism is based upon Hillel's halacha.
Shammai as Gevurah
As stated above, the Zohar states that the House of Shammai was based upon gevurah.
Rabbi Shammai's halacha was more strict, and he was much less accepting to converts and the unlearned Jew.
Yeshua as Tipheret
HaNetzer, Baruch Hu, was the perfect balance of chesed and gevurah.
Not only was he this perfect balance in the physical, but he is the perfect balance in Heaven, he is the Path from Malkhut to Keter, he is the middle pillar, Tipheret.
Based upon his actions, teachings, and lifestyle, Rabbi Yeshua can be easily seen as having grown up in a House of Hillel family. In fact, Rabbi Yeshua's life in many ways emulated that of Rabbi Hillel.
His halacha aligned with that of Hillel's much of the time, however, in certain cases (like the case of divorce), Yeshua agreed with Shammai.
In his chastisements of other Pharisees, Rabbi Yeshua seemed to address the Shammai Pharisees. When a Hillel-Pharisee approached Yeshua and asked him what the greatest mitzvah is, Yeshua responded and almost directly quoted Hillel. In the Mark account, the Hillel-Pharisee even adds to what Yeshua said, and Yeshua replies to him saying "you are not far from the Kingdom of Heaven".
And so it is for all those who hunger and thirst for righteousness in the Torah. As the Master says "whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Yes, the water I give him will become in him a wellspring welling up to eternal life."(Yochanan/John 4:13-14)
Shalom,
Chassidishe Yid
*However, among Christianity there are many from the lost 10 tribes of Israel (the Nortern Kingdom; the House of Ephraim/Yosef) who are prophesied to return to the Torah-built Faith of Israel in the last days. Instead of staying in the false faith of Christianity, they must come out of it and become Israelites once again. This, of course, is brought about by HaShem himself through the sacrifice of Moshiach ben Yosef. Their return is happening now in our day.
**Rabbi Yeshua instructed his talmidim to not respond from a personal insult from a fellow Israelite, because any serious matters would be righteously taken care of by the Sanhedrin which was ruling in their day. It is good to note that Rabbi Yeshua amplified Torah teachings, and that Torah was given to and for Israel and no one else. This in mind, Rabbi Yeshua's instruction to "turn the other cheek" was in response to a personal insult from a fellow Israelite, not national attack from enemies of Israel, and not meant to teach peace between those nations the Torah commands Israel to destroy.
Saturday, December 08, 2007
Chanuka: Zeal of the Maccabees
The first book of Maccabees starts, in chapter one, with giving us an account of the history of the Greek Empire in those times. It also tells us of the persecution that the Jewish people went through, how they were forced to give into Greek culture and the Greek, pagan, idolatrous way of life.
Despite the murdering of people who decided to keep the mitzvot of Torah, some Jews would continue to observe the mitzvot any way they could in secret.
Now something very interesting would happen in 1 Mac. 2. Mattisyahu/Matthew, the father of Judah the Maccabee would begin one of the first major violent rebellions against this Greek occupation. When an overseer of the Greek king came up to Matisyahu and asked him to "fulfill the King's command" (v. 18) and sacrifice to a pagan idol, Matisyahu said, in verse 19, "with a loud voice: though all the nations that are under the king's dominion obey him, and fall away every one from the religion of their fathers, and give consent to his commandments, I and my sons and my brethren will walk in the covenant of our fathers. God forbid that we should forsake the Torah and the mitzvot."
And so Matisyahu denies this enforcement of paganism upon him. Now read this...
1 Mac. 2:23-24:
"Now when he had left speaking these words, there came one of the Jews in the sight of all to sacrifice on the altar which was at Modin, according to the king's commandment.
Which thing when Mattathias saw, he was inflamed with zeal, and his reins trembled, neither could he forbear to shew his anger according to judgment: wherefore he ran, and slew him upon the altar.
Also the king's commissioner, who compelled men to sacrifice [to the pagan altar], he killed at that time, and the altar he pulled down.
Thus dealt he zealously for the law of God like as Phinees [Pinchas] did unto Zambri the son of Salom."
So Matisyahu slaughtered two people who were sacrificing to a pagan, Greek altar in Israel, and toppled the altar. This, everyone, is righteous anger and righteous violence done in holy zeal of the Torah!
THAT is what Chanuka is all about!
Now later, Yehuda Makabi (Judah Maccabee) slaughtered Greek army after Greek army, EACH who VASTLY outnumbered the small band of poorly armored and armed Jewish fighters. Out of this series of astounding military victories granted unto the Maccabees by the God of Israel came the freedom of Israel and the re-dedication of the Beis HaMikdash (Temple) from Greek rule.
Now what do we see today? The same kind of "false peace" being imposed on Israel in this day in the name of Democracy (which is a GREEK system), mostly by the United States of America (whose symbol is the eagle, which was the same symbol of the Greek god Zeus, AND the symbol of Antiochus Epiphanes, the Greek king in the Maccabee's time). Prophetic parallel... and here's a hint... the Prophet Daniel speaks of this.
There was no better time for Chanuka to fall this year than very shortly after the Annapolis conference which began the talks in discussing the splitting of Israel and Jerusalem in the name of a false, Greek peace.
This is how we should all be in resisting modern western culture, which is strongly rooted in ancient Greek culture, and in maintaining the righteous, pure worship of the God of Israel and standing up for the covenant of the Land of Israel! May we all have the spirit of the Maccabees in us.
Death to Palestine, death to western culture, and death to every nation which splits the Land of Israel!
Life to Israel, life to Torah observance, life to everyone who stand up for the covenant of Avraham avinu!
Shalom,
Chassidishe Yid
Despite the murdering of people who decided to keep the mitzvot of Torah, some Jews would continue to observe the mitzvot any way they could in secret.
Now something very interesting would happen in 1 Mac. 2. Mattisyahu/Matthew, the father of Judah the Maccabee would begin one of the first major violent rebellions against this Greek occupation. When an overseer of the Greek king came up to Matisyahu and asked him to "fulfill the King's command" (v. 18) and sacrifice to a pagan idol, Matisyahu said, in verse 19, "with a loud voice: though all the nations that are under the king's dominion obey him, and fall away every one from the religion of their fathers, and give consent to his commandments, I and my sons and my brethren will walk in the covenant of our fathers. God forbid that we should forsake the Torah and the mitzvot."
And so Matisyahu denies this enforcement of paganism upon him. Now read this...
1 Mac. 2:23-24:
"Now when he had left speaking these words, there came one of the Jews in the sight of all to sacrifice on the altar which was at Modin, according to the king's commandment.
Which thing when Mattathias saw, he was inflamed with zeal, and his reins trembled, neither could he forbear to shew his anger according to judgment: wherefore he ran, and slew him upon the altar.
Also the king's commissioner, who compelled men to sacrifice [to the pagan altar], he killed at that time, and the altar he pulled down.
Thus dealt he zealously for the law of God like as Phinees [Pinchas] did unto Zambri the son of Salom."
So Matisyahu slaughtered two people who were sacrificing to a pagan, Greek altar in Israel, and toppled the altar. This, everyone, is righteous anger and righteous violence done in holy zeal of the Torah!
THAT is what Chanuka is all about!
Now later, Yehuda Makabi (Judah Maccabee) slaughtered Greek army after Greek army, EACH who VASTLY outnumbered the small band of poorly armored and armed Jewish fighters. Out of this series of astounding military victories granted unto the Maccabees by the God of Israel came the freedom of Israel and the re-dedication of the Beis HaMikdash (Temple) from Greek rule.
Now what do we see today? The same kind of "false peace" being imposed on Israel in this day in the name of Democracy (which is a GREEK system), mostly by the United States of America (whose symbol is the eagle, which was the same symbol of the Greek god Zeus, AND the symbol of Antiochus Epiphanes, the Greek king in the Maccabee's time). Prophetic parallel... and here's a hint... the Prophet Daniel speaks of this.
There was no better time for Chanuka to fall this year than very shortly after the Annapolis conference which began the talks in discussing the splitting of Israel and Jerusalem in the name of a false, Greek peace.
This is how we should all be in resisting modern western culture, which is strongly rooted in ancient Greek culture, and in maintaining the righteous, pure worship of the God of Israel and standing up for the covenant of the Land of Israel! May we all have the spirit of the Maccabees in us.
Death to Palestine, death to western culture, and death to every nation which splits the Land of Israel!
Life to Israel, life to Torah observance, life to everyone who stand up for the covenant of Avraham avinu!
Shalom,
Chassidishe Yid
Labels: chanukah, hanukah, hanukkah, israel, jew, jewish, judaism, maccabee, maccabees, makabi, zionism
Monday, November 26, 2007
Edom and Yishamel Set Out to Take the Birthright
Esav (largely 'Rome', the western world, America) and Yishmael (Muslim Arabs) are meeting in Annapolis, Maryland to take away Yaakov's birthright, the inheritance of Avraham and Yitzchak - the Land of Israel - to claim it for their own.
Ezekiel 35
" 1 The word of the LORD came to me: 2 "Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir (the dwelling place of Esav/Edom); prophesy against it 3 and say: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am against you, Mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you and make you a desolate waste. 4 I will turn your towns into ruins and you will be desolate. Then you will know that I am the LORD. 5 " 'Because you harbored an ancient hostility (the hatred of Esav against his brother Yaakov) and delivered the Israelites over to the sword at the time of their calamity, the time their punishment reached its climax, 6 therefore as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I will give you over to bloodshed and it will pursue you."
Ezekiel 36
"1 "Son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel (Judea and Samaria/"West Bank" as known today) and say, 'O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD. 2 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: The enemy (Mt. Seir/Edom/Esav) said of you, "Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession..... 5 this is what the Sovereign LORD says: In my burning zeal I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, for with glee and with malice in their hearts they made my land their own possession so that they might plunder its pastureland.' 6 Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel and say to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I speak in my jealous wrath because you have suffered the scorn of the nations. 7 Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I swear with uplifted hand that the nations around you will also suffer scorn."
Malachi 1:2-3
"...Was not Esau Jacob's brother?" the LORD says. "Yet I have loved Jacob,
but Esau I have hated, and I have turned his mountains into a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals."
Here at Annapolis we have Esav and Yishmael setting out to take the birthright away from Yaakov/Israel. Amazing these things are happening in our time. This ancient hatred goes back to the time of the patriarchs. Islam, birthed from Yishmael's descendants, is the new nazism. While the original nazism was birthed from Edomites.
If you stand for Israel, and the Jewish people who have been sent into the Land for the eventual return of their brothers the lost tribes of Ephraim, stand against all piece plans and false "peace" imposed on Israel in the Hellenistic name of Democracy - it is the plot of haSatan to use Edom and Yishmael to destroy Israel. Either stand with Edom and Yishmael, or stand with the Jewish people right now. Oppose this to the death, and say no to the division of Jerusalem and Israel, HaShem's holy City and his holy Land.
Check out this awesome article for more about this Edom-Yishmael attack on Israel's birthright here, this is a must read.
Death to Palestine!
Chassidishe Yid
Ezekiel 35
" 1 The word of the LORD came to me: 2 "Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir (the dwelling place of Esav/Edom); prophesy against it 3 and say: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am against you, Mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you and make you a desolate waste. 4 I will turn your towns into ruins and you will be desolate. Then you will know that I am the LORD. 5 " 'Because you harbored an ancient hostility (the hatred of Esav against his brother Yaakov) and delivered the Israelites over to the sword at the time of their calamity, the time their punishment reached its climax, 6 therefore as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I will give you over to bloodshed and it will pursue you."
Ezekiel 36
"1 "Son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel (Judea and Samaria/"West Bank" as known today) and say, 'O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD. 2 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: The enemy (Mt. Seir/Edom/Esav) said of you, "Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession..... 5 this is what the Sovereign LORD says: In my burning zeal I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, for with glee and with malice in their hearts they made my land their own possession so that they might plunder its pastureland.' 6 Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel and say to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I speak in my jealous wrath because you have suffered the scorn of the nations. 7 Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I swear with uplifted hand that the nations around you will also suffer scorn."
Malachi 1:2-3
"...Was not Esau Jacob's brother?" the LORD says. "Yet I have loved Jacob,
but Esau I have hated, and I have turned his mountains into a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals."
Here at Annapolis we have Esav and Yishmael setting out to take the birthright away from Yaakov/Israel. Amazing these things are happening in our time. This ancient hatred goes back to the time of the patriarchs. Islam, birthed from Yishmael's descendants, is the new nazism. While the original nazism was birthed from Edomites.
If you stand for Israel, and the Jewish people who have been sent into the Land for the eventual return of their brothers the lost tribes of Ephraim, stand against all piece plans and false "peace" imposed on Israel in the Hellenistic name of Democracy - it is the plot of haSatan to use Edom and Yishmael to destroy Israel. Either stand with Edom and Yishmael, or stand with the Jewish people right now. Oppose this to the death, and say no to the division of Jerusalem and Israel, HaShem's holy City and his holy Land.
Check out this awesome article for more about this Edom-Yishmael attack on Israel's birthright here, this is a must read.
Death to Palestine!
Chassidishe Yid
Friday, November 16, 2007
No Palestinians Are Innocent
These Arabs from Jordan, Egypt, Syria, and other nations, who have been put in the Land of Israel in an effort to destroy Israel, are not innocent people. Why do they want their own state? They could become Israeli citizens and have equal rights and live in peace. But instead, they choose to make false claims to the Land of Israel and attempt to destroy the Jewish State of Israel in another Holocaust. Only this time we will rise up and not allow it.
The Torah tells us what should be done to these thorns in our side - yet many cling to politically correct and pacifist views on this issue. I've heard a variety of arguments.
But the truth, which is Torah, tells us what to do. And Palestinians should be treated as the criminals they are.
You see this Israeli border guard beating this "Palestinian"?
Now what happened there? A "Palestinian" got his ass kicked? Big deal.
The media hypes this and calls it unjust and evil. But they don't say anything about the daily Palestinian goal of destroying Israel through bullshit political tactics by the "moderate" Fatach (a terrorist organization the media calls "moderate" while they've killed more Jews than Chamas has, and like Chamas, they call for the destruction of Israel in their party charter - how are they moderate? they're not), and by suicide bombings and all sorts of cowardly attacks by all sorts of Palestinian groups. Not to mention the continual bombarding of Sderot with rockets from Gaza.
The truth is, that is what the least should happen to these Yishmaelim and Edomi Muslims who want to see all Jews dead. Death to Palestine. Ezekiel 35&36
And now look how these Palestinians bastards hide behind women (this happened about a year ago):
Here's a good pic to describe these bastards:
In this situation, according to Torah, what should have happened was the destruction of all Muslims in and around the mosque, and the mosque itself destroyed, as it is a command to destroy the heathens themselves, their altars, and all they places of worship.
If anyone would like references to these Torah mitzvot, I'd be glad to show you.
Shalom,
Chassidishe Yid
The Torah tells us what should be done to these thorns in our side - yet many cling to politically correct and pacifist views on this issue. I've heard a variety of arguments.
But the truth, which is Torah, tells us what to do. And Palestinians should be treated as the criminals they are.
You see this Israeli border guard beating this "Palestinian"?
Now what happened there? A "Palestinian" got his ass kicked? Big deal.
The media hypes this and calls it unjust and evil. But they don't say anything about the daily Palestinian goal of destroying Israel through bullshit political tactics by the "moderate" Fatach (a terrorist organization the media calls "moderate" while they've killed more Jews than Chamas has, and like Chamas, they call for the destruction of Israel in their party charter - how are they moderate? they're not), and by suicide bombings and all sorts of cowardly attacks by all sorts of Palestinian groups. Not to mention the continual bombarding of Sderot with rockets from Gaza.
The truth is, that is what the least should happen to these Yishmaelim and Edomi Muslims who want to see all Jews dead. Death to Palestine. Ezekiel 35&36
And now look how these Palestinians bastards hide behind women (this happened about a year ago):
Here's a good pic to describe these bastards:
In this situation, according to Torah, what should have happened was the destruction of all Muslims in and around the mosque, and the mosque itself destroyed, as it is a command to destroy the heathens themselves, their altars, and all they places of worship.
If anyone would like references to these Torah mitzvot, I'd be glad to show you.
Shalom,
Chassidishe Yid
Monday, September 24, 2007
Righteous Violence, Righteous Killing
The Torah tells us what is righteous and what is unrighteous. The Torah is eternal, never to pass away, l'olam vaed. We are commanded to keep every word of the Torah, learn the ways of Torah, and do them. Think about them as we walk along the way, when we rise up and when we lie down. We are to bind them on our forehead, put them on our doorposts, talk of them, have the mitzvot on our lips and in our mind, obsess ourselves with the Torah...
Today, we have a major western, Greek culture which dominates many minds and shapes the way people think. In this mindset, which is also majorly carried on majorly in Christianity, a pacifist idea is set into people's minds. Violence of all kinds is looked down upon and condemned. Heaven forbid someone get angry or violent over anything - we must always pursue peaceful, rational, civilized communication to solve our problems, right?
The Torah says something, very, very different for the Israelite. The Torah, given to Moshe from HaShem on Mt. Sinai, is the sole guideline for what is righteous and unrighteous, it tells us nothing but truth. "Your righteousness is eternal righteousness, and your Torah is truth." -Tehilla (Psalm) 119:142.
What does the Torah tells us about violence? What does it tell us about what is the proper behavior of an Israelite in the Land of Israel? It tells us a lot, and it tells us that which is condemned, looked down upon, and labeled as "Jewish terrorism" by the world today.
D'varim (Dt.) 20:10-18
"When you advance on a town to attack it, first offer it terms for peace. If it accepts the terms for peace, open its gates to you, then all the people there are to be put to forced labor and work for you. However, if they refuse to make peace with you, but prefer to make war against you, you are to put it under seige. When HaShem your God hands it over to you, you are to put every male to the sword. However, you are to take as booty for yourselves the women, the little ones, the livestock, and everything in the city, all of it as spoil. Yes, you will feed on your enemies' spoil, which HaShem your God has given you. This is what you are to do to all the towns which are at a great distance from you which are not the towns of these nations.
As for the towns of these peoples, which HaShem your God is giving you as your inheritance, you are not to allow anything that breathes to live. Rather you must completely destroy them - the Hitti, Emori, Kena'ani, P'rizi, the Hivi and the Y'vusi - as HaShem your God has ordered you, so that they won't teach you to follow their abominable practices, which they do for their gods, thus causing you to sin against HaShem your God."
D'varim 7:5-6
"No, treat them like this [speaking of the inhabitants of the Land, read in context of 7:1-4]: break down their altars, smash their standing-stones to pieces, cut down their sacred poles and burn up their carved images completely. For you are a people set apart as holy for HaShem your God. HaShem your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his own unique treasure."
It is clear what should be done to the pagan inhabitants of the Land who claim it as their own (the "Palestinian"), and what should be done to their abominable high places, such as the pimple on Jerusalem (dome of the rock). The "Palestinian" people in the early stages of should be warred with and destroyed, because they are claiming as their own the Mountain of Israel (Judea and Samaria, AKA "West Bank"). See Ezekiel 35&36.
This is the passion of THIS Jew, myself:
"I am extremely zealous on behalf of Yerushalayim and Tzion... I will return to Yerushalayim with merciful deeds. My house will be rebuilt there." -HaShem. Zecharyah 1:14,16.
Shalom,
Chassidishe Yid
Today, we have a major western, Greek culture which dominates many minds and shapes the way people think. In this mindset, which is also majorly carried on majorly in Christianity, a pacifist idea is set into people's minds. Violence of all kinds is looked down upon and condemned. Heaven forbid someone get angry or violent over anything - we must always pursue peaceful, rational, civilized communication to solve our problems, right?
The Torah says something, very, very different for the Israelite. The Torah, given to Moshe from HaShem on Mt. Sinai, is the sole guideline for what is righteous and unrighteous, it tells us nothing but truth. "Your righteousness is eternal righteousness, and your Torah is truth." -Tehilla (Psalm) 119:142.
What does the Torah tells us about violence? What does it tell us about what is the proper behavior of an Israelite in the Land of Israel? It tells us a lot, and it tells us that which is condemned, looked down upon, and labeled as "Jewish terrorism" by the world today.
D'varim (Dt.) 20:10-18
"When you advance on a town to attack it, first offer it terms for peace. If it accepts the terms for peace, open its gates to you, then all the people there are to be put to forced labor and work for you. However, if they refuse to make peace with you, but prefer to make war against you, you are to put it under seige. When HaShem your God hands it over to you, you are to put every male to the sword. However, you are to take as booty for yourselves the women, the little ones, the livestock, and everything in the city, all of it as spoil. Yes, you will feed on your enemies' spoil, which HaShem your God has given you. This is what you are to do to all the towns which are at a great distance from you which are not the towns of these nations.
As for the towns of these peoples, which HaShem your God is giving you as your inheritance, you are not to allow anything that breathes to live. Rather you must completely destroy them - the Hitti, Emori, Kena'ani, P'rizi, the Hivi and the Y'vusi - as HaShem your God has ordered you, so that they won't teach you to follow their abominable practices, which they do for their gods, thus causing you to sin against HaShem your God."
D'varim 7:5-6
"No, treat them like this [speaking of the inhabitants of the Land, read in context of 7:1-4]: break down their altars, smash their standing-stones to pieces, cut down their sacred poles and burn up their carved images completely. For you are a people set apart as holy for HaShem your God. HaShem your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his own unique treasure."
It is clear what should be done to the pagan inhabitants of the Land who claim it as their own (the "Palestinian"), and what should be done to their abominable high places, such as the pimple on Jerusalem (dome of the rock). The "Palestinian" people in the early stages of should be warred with and destroyed, because they are claiming as their own the Mountain of Israel (Judea and Samaria, AKA "West Bank"). See Ezekiel 35&36.
This is the passion of THIS Jew, myself:
"I am extremely zealous on behalf of Yerushalayim and Tzion... I will return to Yerushalayim with merciful deeds. My house will be rebuilt there." -HaShem. Zecharyah 1:14,16.
Shalom,
Chassidishe Yid
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