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Originally posted by soficrow
reply to post by wcitizen
Erm. You quote a rabbi expressing his personal opinions, yet say his words represent the Talmud.
...fyi - Any man's opinion is just his opinion - NOT the word of God.
...It would be good to provide a reliable source for the quotes too.
Originally posted by dontreally
reply to post by patternfinder
ex kkk, he's not one any longer and he makes alot of sense....of course jewish people won't like him because he's spilling the beans...was he wrong about the jewish slave trade? where it was jewish ships and captains that went down to africa and transported the africans back to america to be sold as slaves? tell me, was he wrong?
Oh..Im sorry. "Former" klu kulx klansman...LOL?
Are you serious? Anyone who was a grand dragon in the klu klux klan, whose basic philosophy is white supremacy and bases itself largely on a satanic/gnostic philosophy, loses all credibility.
These people thrive with lying, and decieving others. And here you are, rewarding them with your naive praise.
As for the information in the books he quotes. Information is intangible, and so can easily be tampered with. There are people who write books about the evils in the Talmud, and as somebody who has read much Talmud, is a non Jew, and who has read alot of Jewish literature in general, i am completely amazed with the slander and base misrepresentation of Judaism through mistranslations, editting, or completely altering Talmudic texts. Even those Texts in the Talmud which do speak negatively of non-Jews, are still contradicted by the code of Jewish Law, the Shulchan Aruch, and by pretty much every Jewish books on Mussar - ethics.
Some Jews may infact be rude to non-Jews, but they are not evil people planning to take over the world as this repulsive satanist Robert Byrd claims they are..
Even common sense should make clear that the Catholic Church is mostly to blame for the mass murder of Native Americans. And even if there were Jews involved in the slave trade. Big deal. There were more Christians, undoubtedly involved in it aswell. It was neither a "christian" nor a Jewish trade. It was big money. That is all. Trade is the only thing egotstical human beings care for, because it means a big payday. There were many Jews in Spain, Portugal, England and the Netherlands who would have thrown in their hat, because tend to excel most in business. Another one of their unfortunate talents.
The following passages are from Dr. Raphael's book Jews and Judaism in the United States a Documentary History (New York: Behrman House, Inc., Pub, 1983), pp. 14, 23-25.
"Jews also took an active part in the Dutch colonial slave trade; indeed, the bylaws of the Recife and Mauricia congregations (1648) included an imposta (Jewish tax) of five soldos for each Negro slave a Brazilian Jew purchased from the West Indies Company. Slave auctions were postponed if they fell on a Jewish holiday. In Curacao in the seventeenth century, as well as in the British colonies of Barbados and Jamaica in the eighteenth century, Jewish merchants played a major role in the slave trade. In fact, in all the American colonies, whether French (Martinique), British, or Dutch, Jewish merchants frequently dominated.
"This was no less true on the North American mainland, where during the eighteenth century Jews participated in the 'triangular trade' that brought slaves from Africa to the West Indies and there exchanged them for molasses, which in turn was taken to New England and converted into rum for sale in Africa. Isaac Da Costa of Charleston in the 1750's, David Franks of Philadelphia in the 1760's, and Aaron Lopez of Newport in the late 1760's and early 1770's dominated Jewish slave trading on the American continent."
Originally posted by soficrow
reply to post by wcitizen
Erm. You quote a rabbi expressing his personal opinions, yet say his words represent the Talmud.
..fyi - Any man's opinion is just his opinion - NOT the word of God.
...It would be good to provide a reliable source for the quotes too.
"Our Rabbis have taught, four entered into the Pardes. They were Ben Azai, Ben Zoma, Aher, and Rabbi Akiba. Ben Azai gazed and died. Of him it is written, "precious in the eyes of HaShem is the death of his pious ones" (Tehilim 116, 15). Ben Zoma gazed, and went insane. Of him, it is written, "have you found honey, eat your share lest you become full, and vomit it up.” (Mishlei 25, 16). Aher became an apostate. Rabbi Akiba entered, and exited in peace.”
Regarding Elisha Ben Abuya (Aher) who was considered one of the greatest Sages, yet he made a grievous error, this being the relationship between the "Yihud Elyon,” the supernal unity, and the "YIhud HaTahtone", the lower unity.
He thought that they were two separate ways of Divine providence. He thought that the entire Torah, and all the mitzvot are given (only) to those who have not yet perceived the "Yihud Elyon", but only the "Yihud HaTahtone.” For he thought "there is no King without a people" who would serve Him (G-d) and do as He wishes.
However, the one who been able to perceive the "Yihud Elyon,” [realizes] that there is nothing in existence other than G-d, and that all is nullified before Him. Therefore, there is no place for Torah, and mitzvot, for there really is not any free will (to merit reward or punishment).
Thus, Aher rebelled, meaning he thought that he now had the permission to violate the entire Torah, thinking that he was clinging to the "Yihud Elyon.” Even those actions which are the opposite of the HaShem's will, Elisha did not consider to be evil, for he already "knew" that all, already is HaShem, and there is none beside Him.
This mistaken view of his, which he considered turning the evil into good, is called "katzitz b'niti'yot" which means to "cut down the young saplings". What he "cut" was the union of the "Yihud Elyon,” and the "Yihud Tahtone.” He thought them to be two separate ways of Divine providence, and the one who perceives the one cannot perceive (observe) the other.
Elisha made a separation between the aspect of the Divine providence which flows necessarily because His Kingdom is in all places, and which is the sustenance of the manifested planes, and between the "Yihud Elyon" that all is in Him, and nullified before Him, because He is the Source. Yet, this separation is not HaShem's will, for in reality they are both one. This subject is very deep, and profound, how sustenance and nullification are really one and the same.”
Elisha Ben Abuya (Aher) had such great ability. Like Rabbi Akiba, he had the potential to enter, and exit the PaRDeS in peace. Elisha was able to experience the "Yihud Elyon" as did Ben Azai, and Ben Zoma before him.
Elisha was not persuaded to stay above, nor did he not integrate that which he experienced. Yet, his process of integrating the "Yihud Elyon" into consciousness was done at the expense of his integration with the "Yihud HaTahtone." In essence, instead of uniting them together, and joining the whole as one, Elisha simply exchanged one spiritual reality for another. By exchanging the realities of the "Yihud Tahtone," for the "Yihud Elyon," Elisha did not realize that not only was he not doing something good, but he was actually doing something bad.
Originally posted by dontreally
reply to post by wcitizen
And thats the opinion of one Rabbi.
I have a friend, Rabbi Greenbaum, whos associated with the Temple Institute, the renewed Sanhedrin, aswell as runs his own organization - Azamra.org.
I asked him about these comments of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef and what he thought of it.He basically denounced his comments, and was overall confused at what would incite him to speak as he did. Nonetheless, he couldnt resist - being an observant Jew who tries to oberserve the law of holy speech, to speak very highly of his Rabbinc credentials and mental sagacity.
Nonethless, these comments were obviously very stupid and very offensive.
I am a gentile and i chewed out the ear of a few Rabbis over this slur of Ovadia Yosef. Frankly, something doesnt seem right about Rav Yosef, or his sons; there is something strange with that group.
But alas, this plagues every religious group, and every group in general. Bad people can be found everywhere.
Originally posted by dontreally
reply to post by filosophia
Yes, but you interpret it through the lens of a particular metaphysical doctrine, do you not???
I too have first hand experiential Gnosis of God.
All people do. But what are we to make of these experiences??
No, metaphysical doctrines are about as useful as an egg timer. The 'doctrine' is truth. Metaphysically, truth is absolute. I don't adhere to any doctrine.
What we make of these experiences is up to us, which is why each person has their own view of the truth, sticking with a 1000's year old text is not going to help us in the present day.
1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. 2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. 3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. 4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. 5 And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children built. 6 And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do; and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. 7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. 8 So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. 9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.