tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33081113.post1463621411228895117..comments2024-03-19T12:13:34.854-04:00Comments on Yeshivat Deah VeHaskel: Ten Commandments of the Rabbinate - Words of Wisdom for My SuccessorRabbi Joshua Maroofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12585369620887846940noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33081113.post-81541617853555061272014-05-09T00:50:54.424-04:002014-05-09T00:50:54.424-04:00Refuting the Jew Haters by Mr. Cohen, 2014/4/27,
m...<b><i>Refuting the Jew Haters</i> by Mr. Cohen, 2014/4/27,<br />moderator of the Derech Emet yahoo group, </b><br /><br />I do NOT suggest that any Jew waste his or her time arguing <br />with Jew haters, for many reasons. <br /><br />First, our obligation as Jews is to serve G_d, not argue with <br />Jew hating lunatics. <br /><br />Second, they can be dangerous, and even if you think you <br />are anonymous on the internet, you are not as anonymous <br />as you think you are, and they may find you, G_d forbid. <br /><br />Third, many Jew haters are fanatics and/or lunatics, <br />who will never listen to anything you say, or even use <br />your words against Jews in ways you did not anticipate.<br /><br />Still, there are rare situations when it helps to know how <br />to refute their accusations against Jews; for example, <br />when a sincere Gentile co-worker or neighbor is <br />influenced by the accusations of the Jew haters.<br /><br />One favorite accusation of the Jew haters is that Jews <br />have been expelled from many countries and cities. <br />Jew haters use this to imply that Jews are bad people.<br /><br />This accusation can be countered.<br /><br />When a Medieval king expelled Jews from his country, <br />Jews were usually not able to take their possessions <br />with them, so all the possessions of the Jews became <br />the property of the king, including: land, houses, <br />furniture, gold, silver, jewels, farm animals, etc. <br /><br />Even if the Jews had some way to take their money with <br />them (which was far from guaranteed) they could not <br />take their larger possessions with them. This permitted <br />the kings to increase their wealth quickly with little risk. <br /><br />So kings had big financial incentives to expel their Jews, <br />as did lords and dukes.<br /><br />Another reason why Jews were expelled many times from <br />Christian countries was that Medieval Christians did not <br />tolerate people whose beliefs disagreed with their own. <br /><br />Medieval European Christians also persecuted other <br />Christians whose beliefs differed from their own. <br />For example: <br /><br />In October 1536 CE, William Tyndale was publicly <br />executed because he translated the Bible into English, <br />even though he was Christian.<br /><br />Most Christians alive today tolerate people with different <br />beliefs, but this tolerance is around one or two centuries old. <br /><br />We Jews should THANK G_D that we live in an era <br />when most Christians no longer believe their religion <br />wants them to persecute Jews.<br /><br />www.jewishpress.com/blogs/nyt-promotes-arch-terrorist-as-peacemaker/2014/04/09/Mr. Cohenhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/DerechEmet/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33081113.post-32042157215333217722014-05-09T00:50:02.482-04:002014-05-09T00:50:02.482-04:00Overlooked Psychology of the Arab-Israeli Peace Pr...<b><i>Overlooked Psychology of the Arab-Israeli Peace Process</i><br />by Mr. Cohen of the Derech Emet yahoo group, 2014/4/27</b><br /><br />In a very famous Bible story, King Solomon threatened to cut a baby in half <br />to satisfy the claims of two women who claimed possession of the same baby<br />(<i>Melachim Aleph</i>, chapter 3, verses 16 to 28). <br /><br />The fake mother did not object to cutting the baby in half, <br />but the real mother begged King Solomon to not do it <br />because the real mother did not want to see her baby die.<br /><br />Arabs are very familiar with this Bible story and they apply it <br />to the conflict over possessing “Palestine.” Arabs believe that <br />just as the fake mother in the court of King Solomon was <br />willing to divide the baby, the Israelis are fake owners of <br />“Palestine” because they are willing to divide it.<br /><br />According to this logic, Arabs can never agree to less than 100% <br />of “Palestine” because doing so would make them like the fake <br />mother in the court of King Solomon who was willing to divide the baby.<br /><br />www.algemeiner.com/2014/05/07/the-new-york-times-whitewashes-anti-israel-terrorism/Mr. Cohenhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/DerechEmet/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33081113.post-3708359159778728462014-04-30T16:44:17.306-04:002014-04-30T16:44:17.306-04:00Well said, Rabbi.
Nos. 7 and 8 apply to every pe...Well said, Rabbi. <br /><br />Nos. 7 and 8 apply to every person in every job, especially those in managerial and leadership positions.<br /><br />Aharon B.Aharon B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33081113.post-70819230292372388522014-04-13T18:42:23.760-04:002014-04-13T18:42:23.760-04:00thank you for sharing this R. Maroof. And number 8...thank you for sharing this R. Maroof. And number 8 is very funny. I wish I had heard the advice in number 8 a few months earlier...I made that very mistake. When you say "my successor," are you going somewhere now or you just mean whenever someone succeeds you in the future whenever that may be.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01636452411171924158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33081113.post-52458146534753498112014-04-10T22:18:11.099-04:002014-04-10T22:18:11.099-04:00Very well said Rabbi Maroof, you have inspired man...Very well said Rabbi Maroof, you have inspired many, many people.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13533689285463778874noreply@blogger.com