A Light Unto The Nations

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RE: A Light Unto The Nations
SUBTOPIC: An Objective View
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BLUF: This video is worth the time it takes to view.


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I did not care for his attitude in my first encounter (various writings, articles, and mini-videos) with this Rabbi. But then this view (à la Freidman) is very plain and simple. His views are not intended to be subjective or on the bandwagon (in the current trend). He does not hold his punches. His opinion is not submissive or influenced by the pressures of large and vocal protest marches. His presentation is not intended to increase a consistent following.

He is alone (his mantra) with the 15 million other Jews in Israel.

I do not agree with everything he says but I do believe in his theme.

Most Respectfully,
R

Yes, Rabbi Mannis is very consistent in providing a different angle,
and communicating it in a very down to earth manner,
in the language of the generation so to speak.

There's a reason Rabbi Manis Friemdan,
is the most popular rabbi on Youtube.
Such agency among Jews is almost
of messianic proportions, growing
up next door to the Lubavitche
Rebbe probably rubs off well.

As Rabbi Cherki likes to mention -
one of the greatest things about great people,
is that we can never assume and guess what they could've said.
At least my generation doesn't have to guess anymore, just listen.

 

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In Judaism, "chosenness" is the belief that the Jewish people were singularly chosen to enter into a covenant with G-d. This idea has been a central one throughout the history of Jewish thought, is deeply rooted in biblical concepts and has been developed in talmudic, philosophic, mystical and contemporary Judaism.

Most Jews hold that being the "Chosen People" means that they have been placed on earth to fulfill a certain purpose. Traditional proof for Jewish "chosenness" is found in the Torah, the Jewish bible, in the Book ofDeuteronomy (chapter 14) where it says: "For you are a holy people to Hashem your God, and God has chosen you to be his treasured people from all the nations that are on the face of the earth." In the Book of Genesis (chapter 17)it also written: "And I [G-d] will establish My covenant between Me and you [the Jewish people] and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you."

This tradition of "chosenness," though, has often provoked antagonism from non-Jews.

The world owes to Israel the idea of the one God of righteousness and holiness. This is how God became known to mankind."

Does Judaism believe that chosenness endows Jews with special rights in the way racist ideologies endow those born into the "right race"? Not at all. The most famous verse in the Bible on the subject of chosenness says the precise opposite: "You alone have I singled out of all the families of the earth. That is why I call you to account for all your iniquities" (Amos 3:2). Chosenness is so unconnected to any notion of race that Jews believe that the Messiah himself will descend from Ruth, a non-Jewish woman who converted to Judaism.

Nonetheless, perhaps out of fear of sounding selfrighteous or provoking antisemitism, Jews rarely speak about chosenness, and Maimonides did not list it as one of the Thirteen Principles of the Jewish Faith.

The "Chosen People" idea is so powerful that other religious sects have appropriated it. Both Catholicism and Protestantism believe that God chose the Jews, but that two thousand years ago a new covenant was made with Christianity. During most of Christian history, and even among some adherents to the present day, Christian chosenness meant that only Christians go to heaven while the nonchosen are either placed in limbo or are damned.

Mohammed, likewise, didn't deny Abraham's chosenness. He simply claimed that Abraham was a Muslim, and he traced Islam's descent through the Jewish Patriarch.

The "Chosen People"

Encyclopedia of Jewish and Israeli history, politics and culture, with biographies, statistics, articles and documents on topics from anti-Semitism to Zionism.

www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org

 

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“This is the Middle East!” Should Israel Be A Democracy​

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“This is the Middle East!” Should Israel Be A Democracy​

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It’s not shocking to see Israeli children celebrate the Gaza genocide

Israel has long been indoctrinating its children to believe Palestinians are less than human.

www.aljazeera.com

 

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In Judaism, "chosenness" is the belief that the Jewish people were singularly chosen to enter into a covenant with G-d. This idea has been a central one throughout the history of Jewish thought, is deeply rooted in biblical concepts and has been developed in talmudic, philosophic, mystical and contemporary Judaism.

Most Jews hold that being the "Chosen People" means that they have been placed on earth to fulfill a certain purpose. Traditional proof for Jewish "chosenness" is found in the Torah, the Jewish bible, in the Book ofDeuteronomy (chapter 14) where it says: "For you are a holy people to Hashem your God, and God has chosen you to be his treasured people from all the nations that are on the face of the earth." In the Book of Genesis (chapter 17)it also written: "And I [G-d] will establish My covenant between Me and you [the Jewish people] and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you."

This tradition of "chosenness," though, has often provoked antagonism from non-Jews.

The world owes to Israel the idea of the one God of righteousness and holiness. This is how God became known to mankind."

Does Judaism believe that chosenness endows Jews with special rights in the way racist ideologies endow those born into the "right race"? Not at all. The most famous verse in the Bible on the subject of chosenness says the precise opposite: "You alone have I singled out of all the families of the earth. That is why I call you to account for all your iniquities" (Amos 3:2). Chosenness is so unconnected to any notion of race that Jews believe that the Messiah himself will descend from Ruth, a non-Jewish woman who converted to Judaism.

Nonetheless, perhaps out of fear of sounding selfrighteous or provoking antisemitism, Jews rarely speak about chosenness, and Maimonides did not list it as one of the Thirteen Principles of the Jewish Faith.

The "Chosen People" idea is so powerful that other religious sects have appropriated it. Both Catholicism and Protestantism believe that God chose the Jews, but that two thousand years ago a new covenant was made with Christianity. During most of Christian history, and even among some adherents to the present day, Christian chosenness meant that only Christians go to heaven while the nonchosen are either placed in limbo or are damned.

Mohammed, likewise, didn't deny Abraham's chosenness. He simply claimed that Abraham was a Muslim, and he traced Islam's descent through the Jewish Patriarch.

The "Chosen People"

Encyclopedia of Jewish and Israeli history, politics and culture, with biographies, statistics, articles and documents on topics from anti-Semitism to Zionism.

www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org

In Islam anyone who submits to the will of God is a Muslim. It's not hard to understand. It's an attitude of inclusiveness.

 

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In Islam anyone who submits to the will of God is a Muslim. It's not hard to understand. It's an attitude of inclusiveness.

Oh really?

 

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Israeli Cultural Revolution - Passion For The Temple | The Imaginative Force | Prophetic Cinema

"Those of vast grasping, their force of imagination is great and very exalted." - Rabbi Kook

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At least among us Jews, those who have a grasp of knowledge,
are those of great imagination. And then there's great daring,
in their descriptions, their thoughts.

We can see this among the prophets.
We can also see this among Kabbalists.
The terminology is full of imaginative power.

Which causes superficial people to think all these folks are confused and need psychiatric hospitalization. But they don't need any, they are entirely normal people. With that, they have great imaginative power, breaking many borders.




In the scientific field, until Psychoanalysis none of this was known. The Freudian psychoanalysis revealed great depths within the human subconscious, symbolic thinking.
Also later, Jung has many observations of this kind - the collective unconscious...the ocean of souls.

So, "those of vast grasping, their force of imagination is great and very exalted, and it's connected with visions that are more general in reality. And according to their courage,
and purity of their spirit, the imaginative power enacts itself through them. To draw exalted imaginations, that the light of the high truth reveals by them. In such revelations that no logical mind can reach".

What does Rabbi Kook want from us? That we are not to be scared of meeting people
of such imaginative force, that we don't think it's a shortcoming, moreover - it is an advantage.

Possibly Rabbi Kook wants something else, besides not being scared to meet such people, rather Rabbi Kook tells You: "Maybe You, the reader, You are one of these great people,
that You don't get scared seeing You have imaginative power that is great ,
use it for these sacred purposes.".

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The Universal Mission of Judaism: Bridging Faith and Humanity – Rabbi Oury Cherki (in English)​

A speech delivered by Rabbi Oury Cherki at the founding conference of the "Seventy Nations" organization in collaboration with the "Brit Olam - Noahide World Center" association. The conference took place on September 25, 2019 at the "Gates of Jerusalem" hotel in the holy city of Jerusalem, Israel. We invite you to visit our website: https://noahideworldcenter.org/

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בס"ד
Israel's next 50 years of growth

Bennett: 'Why the next 50 years are going to be remarkable for Israel'

Former PM says Israel's people and youth stepped up on and after October 7, will come out of war with the strength and values to ensure 50 years of prosperity.

www.israelnationalnews.com

 

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'You are at this moment putting yourselves on the bad side of humanity'

- Mosheh Feiglin in an interview with the BBC

Mosheh Feiglin addresses the US and Western civilization
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The current war is a spiritual war between good and evil, between justice and evil.
This is not a personal war against specific leaders of Hamas, but a fight for values
and for our very existence as a Jewish people in our country.

Hamas and the forces hostile to us are not only fighting for Gaza,
but for Jerusalem and the entire Land of Israel.

They oppose the very idea of Jewish sovereignty in the Holy Land.
This is a war for our right to be here and spread the message of life and goodness to the world.

We in Israel are actually fighting the war of existence of the monotheist civilization as a whole, against the progressive and Islamist forces united in the desire for destruction.

The return of the Jewish people to their homeland after thousands of years in exile is the fulfillment of a divine promise that appears repeatedly in the Bible.
This is a huge historical process that testifies to the covenant between the people of Israel and their God.

We are facing global forces that are trying to stop this process, and this is the source of the hostility towards us.

I believe that true victory means the complete elimination of our enemies from the region.
We must return to our goal and vocation as a people, and not be satisfied with having a state like all the states.

I call America to return to the values of freedom and faith on which it was founded.
She must support Israel and not stand in the way of a complete victory.

This is the only way for America to save itself from a moral disintegration that will inevitably lead to political and economic disintegration as well.

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