Books of Interest
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The Perfect Theory (A Century of Geniuses and the Battle over General Relativity)
Author: Pedro G. Ferreira
Narrated By: Sean Runnette
Pedro Ferreira (Anglo-Portuguese cosmologist, professor at the University of Oxford with expertise as theoretical cosmologist and astrophysicist.)
“The Perfect Theory” is a history of physics that revolves around Albert Einstein’s brilliant discoveries in the early 20th century. Einstein believed in general relativity that included gravity and acceleration which he argued is caused by the curvature of spacetime. Einstein implies the equality of mass and energy is a precursor to the proof of general relativity. Ferreira argues that post twentieth century physics’ theories have only contrasted and expanded Einstein’s first discovery of the equivalence of energy and mass, which is a part of a “…Perfect Theory”. Einstein’s theory seems perfect in the sense that it is a foundational theory from which most discoveries about physics have been based. This seems hyperbolic with the experimental proof of Quantum Dynamics (a science theory describing the behavior of particles at atomic and subatomic scales), but the idea of a Quantum world seems only a tentative expansion, rather than refutation of Einstein’s “…Perfect Theory”.
What Ferreira shows is how Einstein‘s general theory of relativity shaped modern theories of cosmology.
Though Einstein believed the universe was an eternal existence, that never expanded or contracted, he had to create a cosmological constant to make that theory work. He began moving away from that belief in the 1930s. Edwin Hubble’s theory of an expanding universe led to the “Big Bang Theory” that turned what Einstein suggested was a vindication of his discomfort with the idea of arbitrarily devising a cosmological constant to make his vision of the universe work. (Interestingly, Einstein remained skeptical of the Big Bang model of the universe’s creation when its expansion was proven.) Edwin Hubble proved through observation and calculation that the universe was expanding rather than static. Later science discovery of “dark energy” is thought to be the engine for expansion which ironically revives the theory of Einstein’s cosmological constant.
Edwin Hubble (1889-1953, American astronomer.)
John Wheeler and Roger Penrose in the 1960s confirmed the existence of black holes based on Einstein’s concept of regions of the universe that would have such strong gravity pull that nothing could escape its attractive force. The belief that nothing could escape was challenged by Stephen Hawking who argued that black holes emit radiation and eventually evaporate. Nevertheless, it is Einstein’s early work that initiated further investigation and theory modification.
Einstein predicted gravitational waves that were not confirmed until 2015 by LIGO’s (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) detection. Einstein had predicted gravitational wave existence in 1916 but was uncertain whether they were physically real or just mathematical affects based on his thought experiments about massive accelerating objects, like orbiting planets.
LIGO (Located @ Hanford in the Tri-Cities of Richland, Kennewick, and Pasco in Washington State.)
Ferreira’s book explains how important Einstein’s legacy is in today’s understanding of the Universe, its creation, and possible future.
The most significant curve ball thrown at Einstein’s “…Perfect Theory” of the universe is Quantum Mechanics. Though he grudgingly acknowledged the experimental proof of Quantum Entanglement, he remained skeptical of quantum mechanics and its philosophical implications. The proven predictions of quantum mechanics shake the foundation of what Einstein believed about the universe. Quantum mechanics suggests the universe’s existence, whether it began with a Big Bang or not, is a matter of probability, not predictable certainty. Einstein’s theories were based on a belief in a clockwork universe–where cause and effect would explain everything about the physics of existence.
Though Einstein did not believe in a personal God, he believed in order, harmony, and rationality in a world that has a cause for every effect.
Twenty first century physics’ research owes more to Einstein than any other scientist in history. It is not that Einstein was or is infallible, but his theories are the foundation of physics research. His idea of a static universe may have been wrong, but the story of dark energy makes one wonder if his cosmological constant might have been right. Einstein was skeptical of the Big Bang theory as the origin of the universe despite it being the belief of most scientists today. Though he resisted quantum mechanics unpredictability, he acknowledged its experimental proofs with the caveat that there is an undiscovered law that will return predictability to the physics’ world. What Pedro Ferreira credibly argues is that Albert Einstein provided “The Perfect Theory” to explore truth and falsehood of the physics of the universe.
Without a doubt, Einstein was the premier scientist of the 20th century just as Newton was of the 17th. Though their characters were quite different, their thoughts and contributions to the physics of life on earth and in the universe remain world changing.
REVIEWS AND VIEWS OF LIFE 
On June 13, 2025, Israel conducted military strikes targeting Iranian nuclear facilities, which has drawn significant international attention and condemnation. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) reported that they targeted multiple military sites, including key nuclear facilities, as part of a preemptive strike aimed at neutralizing what they described as a threat posed by Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
In response to these actions, the United Nations has condemned the strikes, emphasizing the need for diplomatic solutions to prevent escalation in the region. The UN ambassador stated that the decision to strike was an “independent Israeli decision,” indicating a lack of consensus on the appropriateness of the military action.
The strikes reportedly resulted in significant casualties, including the death of a senior commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, which has heightened tensions further. Iranian state media has indicated that missile and drone attacks on Israel are expected in retaliation.
In the wake of Israel’s recent military strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, several major world powers, including Britain, France, Russia, and China, have condemned the actions as “unprovoked.” These nations have expressed deep concern over the escalation of tensions in the region and the potential for further conflict.
The strikes, which occurred on June 13, 2025, targeted multiple sites associated with Iran’s nuclear program, including key military installations. Israeli officials justified the attacks as necessary to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, citing the threat posed by Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
In their statements, the leaders of Britain, France, Russia, and China emphasized the importance of diplomatic solutions and called for restraint from all parties involved. They criticized the Israeli actions as undermining regional stability and violating international norms regarding the use of military force.
In a significant diplomatic move, Britain, France, Russia, and China have collectively withdrawn their ambassadors from Israel in response to the recent military strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. This decision reflects the escalating tensions and widespread condemnation of Israel’s actions, which these nations have labeled as “unprovoked.”
The withdrawal of ambassadors marks a notable shift in diplomatic relations and underscores the seriousness with which these countries view the situation. They have called for an immediate cessation of hostilities and emphasized the need for a diplomatic resolution to prevent further escalation in the region.
This action follows a series of international criticisms directed at Israel, with various nations expressing concern over the potential for increased conflict and instability. The UN has also been vocal in its condemnation, urging all parties to engage in dialogue rather than military confrontation.
In a reciprocal diplomatic response to the withdrawal of ambassadors by Britain, France, Russia, and China, Israel has also decided to withdraw its ambassadors from these countries. This move reflects the escalating tensions and deteriorating relations following Israel’s military strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, which have been widely condemned as “unprovoked” by the international community.
The decision to withdraw ambassadors signifies a significant breakdown in diplomatic relations and highlights the ongoing crisis in the region. Israel’s actions have drawn sharp criticism from these nations, prompting them to take a stand against what they perceive as aggressive military actions.
This diplomatic rift is part of a broader context of heightened tensions in the Middle East, with various countries calling for restraint and a return to dialogue to address the underlying issues. The situation remains fluid, and the international community is closely monitoring developments as both sides navigate this escalating conflict.
The UN’s condemnation, backed by the UK, France, Russia, and China, portrays the action as “unprovoked” — a term that reflects political calculus more than legal clarity. Under Article 51 of the UN Charter, a state may use force in self-defense if an armed attack occurs — but preemptive strikes exist in a gray zone. Israel’s argument likely hinges on the “imminence” clause, as articulated in the Caroline case (1837): when the threat is instant, overwhelming, and leaves no choice of means.
Israel’s June 13, 2025 strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities represent a classic case of preemptive self-defense, aligning with the Begin Doctrine — the principle that Israel will not allow enemy states to acquire nuclear weapons. It echoes past operations. (1) Osirak (1981) against Iraq’s nuclear reactor. (2) Operation Outside the Box (2007) against Syria.
Yet the withdrawal of ambassadors by four permanent members of the Security Council — including the two Western nations historically sympathetic to Israel — signals a profound diplomatic rupture, potentially worse than during the 1956 Suez Crisis or 1982 Lebanon War.
But this time, the scope is broader, the stakes are higher, and the diplomatic fallout is far more severe. The reciprocal withdrawals by Israel, we are now witnessing a partial diplomatic isolation of Israel from key global players — a scenario that dangerously echoes the pre-1967 international atmosphere, only now with a nuclear shadow.
The continuity between medieval Church slanders and modern UN blood libels. Iran, a regime openly threatening genocide (e.g., statements by top officials calling for Israel’s destruction), is shielded by powers that once committed or abetted genocide. Those same powers — Britain and France — betrayed Jewish refugees pre-1948, yet now sanctimoniously claim Israel undermines “stability.” Russia, currently engaged in illegal war and nuclear threats in Ukraine, calls Israel’s actions illegal. China, persecutor of Uyghurs and enforcer of state repression, calls for restraint.
These are not neutral arbiters of international law. They are part of a long tradition of holding Jews to impossible standards, demanding “restraint” even when faced with annihilation. The UN has inherited the mantle of Church anti-Jewish theology in secularized diplomatic language. Resolution 3379 (Zionism = Racism) was the modern Inquisition; Today’s condemnation of Israel’s self-defense is the new blood libel; The ICJ’s silence on Iran’s genocidal threats is a political Kiddush Hashem inversion — punishing the victim for refusing to lie still.
Iran will likely retaliate via proxies: Hezbollah, Houthis, and Shi’ite militias in Syria or Iraq. Israel may face multi-front escalation, forcing it into a prolonged regional war.
The Gulf States’ reaction (e.g., UAE, Saudi Arabia) will be critical: they fear Iran, but won’t publicly back Israel under current diplomatic pressure. The US response under the leadership of President Trump contrasts with the European barbaric anti Jewish history.
This is more than a military episode — it’s a constitutional test of Jewish sovereignty. If Israel, as a free Jewish nation, cannot defend itself without being slandered and isolated, then the very post-Holocaust consensus that birthed the UN is shattered. Once again, the Jewish state is punished not for what it does, but for daring to exist — and fight to survive.
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Thanks for the info. The sword has been unsheathed. The fear is in its two edges. Respectfully, Chet Yarbrough.
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War News Day 5 President Trump snubs G-7.
To understand North Korea’s political, military, and social structures. This includes identifying key figures, military installations, and potential vulnerabilities. This would include establishing a network of informants within North Korea would be crucial. This could involve recruiting defectors, leveraging existing North Korean expatriate communities, and using covert operatives to gather information.
Mossad would need to develop sophisticated covert operations tailored to North Korea’s unique environment. This could involve infiltration techniques, cyber operations, and psychological operations to influence key individuals or groups within the regime. Enhancing cyber capabilities to penetrate North Korean communications and data systems would be essential. This could provide valuable intelligence and disrupt North Korean operations.
Close collaboration with U.S. intelligence agencies would be vital, given their extensive resources and knowledge of North Korea. Joint operations could enhance the effectiveness of infiltration efforts. Engaging with South Korea and other regional allies would be important for logistical support and intelligence sharing. South Korea’s intelligence services have significant insights into North Korean operations.
Infiltrating North Korea would likely require a long-term commitment, similar to the sustained efforts seen in Iran. This includes ongoing intelligence operations, recruitment, and maintaining a presence within the country. Duplicating Mossad’s infiltration of North Korea to match its success in Iran would require a multifaceted approach involving intelligence gathering, operational planning, collaboration with allies, risk management, and a long-term commitment. The unique challenges posed by North Korea’s regime and its isolationist policies would make this a particularly difficult task, necessitating innovative strategies and significant resources.
Identifying influential leaders and decision-makers within the North Korean regime. Mapping out critical military sites, including missile launch facilities and nuclear sites. Assessing weaknesses in the regime that could be exploited for intelligence or operational advantage. Engaging North Korean defectors who can provide valuable insights and intelligence. Leveraging existing North Korean expatriate networks for information and support. Deploying agents to gather intelligence discreetly within North Korea. Enhancing cyber capabilities to penetrate North Korean communications and disrupt their operations. Engaging with South Korea and other regional allies for logistical support and intelligence sharing, capitalizing on their insights into North Korean operations.
Recognizing that successful infiltration requires a long-term commitment to intelligence operations and maintaining a presence within North Korea. Duplicating Mossad’s infiltration of North Korea to match its success in Iran would necessitate a comprehensive and innovative approach. The unique challenges posed by North Korea’s regime, including its isolationist policies and stringent security measures, would require a combination of intelligence gathering, operational planning, and international collaboration. This endeavor would demand significant resources, expertise, and a long-term commitment to achieve meaningful results.
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We have a President I have no confidence in. He surrounds himself with people who are as uniformed and ignorant as himself. Your ideas on North Korea may have some merit but America does not have the leadership it needs to act directly or indirectly to abate North Korea’s threat to the world. A leader who chooses associates based only on their loyalty is a fool. Snubbing G-7 is an example of our President’s incompetence.
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Seems to me that snubbing the G-7 represents a radical change of the balance of power of nations. President Trump clearly holds Vichy France’s President Macron in utter contempt.
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Amen.
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At least for 3 more years. America is resilient.
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Day 6 of the Iran war: Iran down on missiles and launchers. Russia has no plans to assist Iran, leaves Iran high and dry. Chinese weapons the IDF has proven them to be a paper tiger just like Iran.
Could Israeli commandos invade and destroy the Iranian Fordow Fuel Enrichment Facility nuclear site. Located near Qom and known for being deeply buried, has not been directly targeted in the initial strikes. However, there have been reports of military actions in the vicinity. The IAEA has confirmed that Fordow remains under safeguards and has not reported any damage from the recent attacks. The Fordow facility, while currently unscathed, remains a focal point of concern for both Israeli and international observers.
Fordow is located approximately 90 meters underground, making it one of the most fortified nuclear sites in the world. Its depth and construction are designed to withstand conventional military strikes, including airstrikes. The facility is heavily guarded, with advanced security systems and military presence, complicating any potential ground assault. Israel possesses advanced military technology, including precision-guided munitions and cyber capabilities, which could be utilized in an operation against nuclear facilities.
Successful execution would depend on accurate intelligence regarding the facility’s defenses, operational status, and the presence of personnel. A well-coordinated operation would be essential, possibly requiring simultaneous actions to distract Iranian forces elsewhere. The deeply buried nature of the site, combined with its security measures and the potential for severe geopolitical consequences.
The destruction of the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Facility by Israel would likely provoke a multifaceted response from the United Nations (UN) and the international community. The UN Security Council would likely convene to discuss the incident. Many member states, particularly those aligned with Iran, would condemn the attack as a violation of international law and Iran’s sovereignty. The incident could lead to strengthened alliances among countries opposed to Israel, potentially increasing tensions in the Middle East. The destruction of the Fordow facility by Israel would likely lead to a complex and multifaceted response from the UN and the international community, characterized by condemnation, diplomatic efforts, and potential escalations in regional tensions.
Disgraced Obama played a significant role in shaping U.S. policy towards Iran, particularly through the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which aimed to limit Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief. But did nothing toward Iranian ballistic missile production; he and Hillary Clinton illegally spied upon the Trump 2016 Presidential campaign and launched the Russia-gate slander in their attempt to destroy President Trump. Additionally, UN Security Council Resolution 2334, exceptionally prejudiced against Israel. The Trump Administration has utterly repudiated the direction of the Obama Administration, on par with the rejection of Obama Care national-socialism medical insurance dictate imposed upon the American people by the insider trading criminal Nancy Pelosi.
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Israel only accepted two commandments at Sinai before we feared that we would surely die and therefore demanded that Moshe receive the rest of the Torah. What’s the “rest of the Torah”, not just the 611 commandments within the language of the Written Torah but all the halachot capable of rising to the sanctity of time oriented tohor commandments from the Torah itself! Herein defines the intent of the 1st Sinai commandment … to obey the revelation of HaShem לשמה.
LORD not the Name revealed in the 1st Sinai commandment and therefore LORD comes under the 2nd Sinai commandment. The same apples to God, Yahweh, Jesus or Allah etc.
The day of Shabbat approaches, but this tohor time oriented commandment does not rest at one day of not doing מלאכה/work but all the rest of the six days of not doing forbidden עבודה on the 6 days of “shabbat”. Raising positive and negative commandments – which do not require prophetic mussar as their k’vanna to tohor time oriented commandments which do require prophetic mussar as their k’vanna – as learned in the first Book of the Written Torah – בראשית. This first word of the Torah בראשית, it contains both a רמז, meaning words
within words of ראש בית, ברית אש, and ב’ ראשית but more it contains a סוד: the idea of tohor time oriented commandments which includes all the halachot contained within the Talmud! Hence the Gra taught the kabbalah that בראשית contains all the commandments of the Torah. Torah, by definition includes all the Halachot of the Talmud, according to the B’HaG’s Hilchot Gadolot, a commentary that Pre-Adamites the Creation of Adam and the Garden.
The next three Books of the Written Torah contain תולדות commandments; positive and negative commandments do not require k’vanna as do tohor time oriented commandments. What distinguishes a tohor time oriented commandment from תולדות commandments and halachot contained within the Talmud? A tohor time oriented commandment requires the dedication of the Yatzir Ha’Tov which breathes tohor spirits from within the heart. The בנין אב/precedent by which Torah common law\משנה תורה/ learns בכל לבבך\כם within the kre’a shma as publicly taught by Rabbi Yechuda Ha’Nasi in one of his Mishnaot within the mesechta of ברכות, the concept of עבודת השם – the key יסוד (which contains סוד) of doing mitzvot לשמה, a person must dedicate tohor middot (( The revelation of the 13 tohor middot revealed to Moshe at Horev 40 days after the substitute theology known as the sin of the Golden Calf )), by sanctifying a tohor spirit which breathes within the Yatzir Ha’Tov within the heart. JeZeus when asked by his disciples did not understand this fundamental and basic kabbalah/סוד. He taught his disciples: “Our Father who lives in Heaven …” Wrong. Tefillah a matter of the Yatzir Ha’Tov within the Heart. Dedicating a spirit does not compare to blowing air from the lungs as expressed through the precedent of blowing the Shofar. Its not the blowing of the shofar that elevates this mitzva unto a time oriented tohor commandment! But rather the affixation of t’keah, tru’ah, and sh’varim to the positive, negative commandments all as tohor time oriented commandments which remember the oaths the Avot Avraham Yitzak and Yaacov swore the oath ( ONE in the opening p’suk of kre’a shma. ), to serve HaShem לשמה through time oriented commandments.
Because both the gospels and new testament never teach this fundamental סוד\יסוד Jews recognize JeZeus as a false messiah.
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The phrase “The Kingdom of God is within you”, Luke 17:21. The phrase “The Kingdom of God is within you” (Greek: ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ ἐντὸς ὑμῶν ἐστιν) is often cited by Christian theologians as evidence of a spiritualized, internalized kingdom that supersedes Jewish political-national hopes. In Luke 17:20–21, the P’rushim (Pharisees) ask JeZeus when the Kingdom of God would come.
It’s a theological dismissal of the national Avot sworn oath brit alliance which creates יש מאין the chosen Cohen people and swears the oath alliance brit wherein this Chosen people inherits the oath sworn lands. The reference “kingdom of God”, refers to the mitzva of tefillah which requires שם ומלכות. However if a person observes with a critical eye, neither the tefillah from the Torah: kre’a shma, nor the rabbinic commandment of tefillah: the Shemone Esrei, neither this nor that contains the fundamental requirement which rabbi Yochanon defines the qualities which separate making a blessing contrasted by saying Tehillem … a blessing requires שם ומלכות.
So what makes kre’a shma and shemone esrei a blessing rather than a praise like Tehillem which does not contain שם ומלכות? Answer: both kre’a shma and shemone esrei exist as positive tohor time-oriented commandments … which by definition requires k’vanna. Specifically the k’vanna of the wisdom which discerns swearing a Torah oath by means of making a blessing FROM saying or reading praises like as contained in the Book of Tehillem with its 150 prayers. Tefillah not the same thing as prayer. Just as shabbat requires the wisdom of making a הבדלה distinction between shabbat and chol at the beginning and end of the Day of Shabbat so too swearing a blessing oath requires the wisdom which discerns between making a blessing, which requires שם ומלכות, from saying a praise like Tehillem which lacks שם ומלכות.
What defines the abstract concept שם ומלכות ie “kingdom of Heaven” which the P’rushim asked JeZeus? JeZeus did not know this kabbalah. His answer not even in the same proverbial “Ball Park”! The Oral Torah mitza of Moshiach, gospels and new testament make the claims of JeZeus being “the messiah”, requires – just as do blessing – the wisdom which discerns the k’vanna of שם ומלכות.
JeZeus taught no Oral Torah common law precedents when he declared his “lord’s prayer”. His prayer make no reference to the dedication of Moshiach to the righteous pursuit of judicial justice which makes fair restitution of damages inflicted by the guilty upon the innocent among our conflicting Jewish people!!! The one repeated rebuke made concerning king David, he profaned his annointing as Moshiach by the prophet Shmuel in the matter of the dedication to pursue righteous judicial restoration of damages in the matter of Bat Sheva’s husband.
The false messiah JeZeus had absolutely no knowledge what so ever of the Oral Torah dedication of the k’vanna of the time oriented Av commandment of Moshiach! The very question the P’rushim challenged JeZeus as being a false messiah and false prophet.
Greek Text and Ambiguity, the phrase “ἐντὸς ὑμῶν” can mean either: “Within you” (internalized, spiritual) or “In your midst” (among you, i.e., the presence of the Messiah himself)!!!! Xtian commentators often prefer the first, reading it as an internal spiritual reign — supporting a Pauline model of personal salvation and supersession of Jewish law and statehood. However the false messiah JeZeus’s Lord’s Prayer testifies to the latter interpretation of the vague Greek language phrase.
Replacement theology (also called supersessionism) is the idea that the Church has replaced Israel as the true people of God. Luke 17:21 fits this mold in key ways. (1) It denies the oath brit which continually creates the Chosen Cohen people יש מאין through the service of dedicating tohor Av Torah time-oriented commandments! (2) The gospel counterfeit hogwash delegitimizes halachic Oral Torah פרדס logic as taught through the kabbalah of rabbi Akiva which the gospel counterfeit never once refers to!!! All the rabbis in both the Mishna and Gemara, all of them, base their opinions upon the kabbalah of rabbi Akiva interpretation of the heart and soul of the revelation of the Oral Torah at Horev, as taught through the logic system of פרדס inductive reasoning. The JeZeus Roman counterfeit had absolutely no knowledge what so ever of this fundamental kabbalah which defines the whole of Oral Torah as codified in the Mishna, Gemara, Talmud, Siddur, and Midrashim.
Later Christian traditions (from Augustine to Luther) cite this kind of passage to argue that Israel is no longer a physical nation, but now a metaphor for the Church or believing souls. This exactly duplicates, or to use the language of the gospels themselves … “fulfills” the prophesy of the Sin of the Golden Calf in all generations unto this very day!
Torah, Talmud, Siddur, and Midrashim establishes the Jewish identity, culture and customs to this very day. Defined through the revelation of the Oral Torah at Horev following the sin of the Golden Calf. Rabbi Akiva’s פרדס inductive reasoning logic system defines the k’vanna of the revelation of the Oral Torah which the church denies. JeZeus’s statement in Luke 17:21 dismantles that framework — it moves toward an ahistorical, non-legalist, inward “kingdom”. That shift aligns not just with Pauline theology, but with Gnostic and Hellenistic notions of salvation as inner knowledge or enlightenment rather than collective political redemption.
The foundational fracture between שם ומלכות sworn oath blessings, such as the blessing which Yitzak gave to Yaacov but did not give the non שם ומלכות praise given to Esau! Torah oral torah common law judicial jurisprudence – the gospel narrative counterfeit did not know. Torah jurisprudence rooted in brit-based chosen Cohen people pursuit of justice as the definition and essence of faith, the gospel/new testament replacement theology perverts to some spiritualized abstraction of Christian “kingdom” theology, which knows absolutely nothing of the k’vanna of שם ומלכות oath sworn brit alliances. This refutation equally applies to the koran, Moo-Ham-Madd did not know how the Torah defines the key term prophet just as the gospel counterfeit does not know how the Torah defines love – as defined through the Torah commandment of marriage known as קידושין. The essential legal-theological rupture that defines the gulf between Torah brit jurisprudence and the theological counterfeits presented by both the Christian New Testament and the Islamic Koran.
Yitzchak’s blessing to Yaakov was an oath-bound legal act. It therefore serves as THE fundamental בנין אב common law precedent by which the generations of Israel discern the distinction between making a Torah blessing commandment from saying a Tehillem prayer praise. JeZeus response utterly ignorant. Yitzak gave Esav a non-binding, non brit, non blessing/Tehillem to his second son who sold his Cohen first-born birthright to Yaacov! This structure underlies all Torah jurisprudence: no blessing (ברכה) without שם ומלכות, and no true faith (אמונה) without justice-rooted obligations. Faith equals fidelity to oath, not vague belief.
JeZeus and the gospel writers show no knowledge or respect for rabbi Akiva’s Oral Torah kabbalah of the revelation at Horev. Hence the church fathers deny to this day the revelation of the Oral Torah at Horev as expressed through the 13 tohor spirits of HaShem. The gospel book of john declares the word as God! The very definition of the Golden Calf wherein the ערב רב mixed multitude replacement theology sought to replace the Spirit Name revealed in the first Sinai commandment with the “word” אלהים — the definition of the replacement avoda zarah known as the sin of the Golden Calf.
The gospel narrative slander the Sanhedrin courts as corrupt and perverse. This negates the Torah concept of faith all together. An no whitewash can conceal this new testament perversion. This same mussar equally applies to Islam. Moo-Ham-Madd’s claim to prophecy lacks any brit-based legitimacy; does not transmit or interpret precedent-based halacha Oral Torah common law. Totally ignores T’NaCH Talmud common law. And equally likewise its substitute theology reduces prophecy to visionary utterance divorced from legal authority and nation-building. As with the gospel counterfeit, the Koran appropriates the term “prophet” while stripping it of its brit-legal definition and context. The gospel’s redefinition of love as universalized sentiment is as empty as its redefinition of kingdom and prophecy. Without brit, there is no legal structure to sustain love, justice, or nationhood. It is all mystified abstraction, which cannot create the chosen Cohen people through tohor time oriented commandments. The JeZeus abomination knowns nothing of what separates the Yatzir Ha’Tov tohor spirits from the Yatzir Ha’Ra tumah spirits.
Faith without oath-bound brit law is no faith at all, and any theological system — whether gospel or Koran — that dismisses or replaces the brit framework is not a continuation of revelation but a counterfeit rebellion against it. Yitzchak’s blessing to Yaakov is not merely narrative — it is precedent. It is the בנין אב, the archetype, of what constitutes a Torah-commanded blessing.
The blessing to Yaakov: A sworn, oath brit legal transfer of Cohen inheritance, complete with שם ומלכות implications (even if not verbally explicit, its legal force is absolute), just as kre’a shma, shemone esrei, the mourners kaddish, the blessing of the Cohem to the people of Israel – all visually lack שם ומלכות and therefore require the wisdom to know how to swear שם ומלכות within and through the spirit of the Yatzir Ha’Tov within the Heart! JeZeus makes no reference to this essential kabbalah taught by rabbi Yechuda the Head of the Great Sanhedrin!
A beracha requires brit. A brit requires oath. An oath requires שם ומלכות and k’vanna. Without this, you have mere praise. JeZeus shows no awareness of this distinction — a fatal flaw for anyone claiming prophetic authority within the brit tradition.
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Obozo the incompetant clown, responsible for UN imperialism Resolution 2334 … Former President shoe shine boy has publicly condemned President Trump’s recent airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites, calling the military action “reckless” and “dangerous.” In a statement released shortly after the strikes, Obama expressed concern over the potential for escalating conflict in the region and criticized Trump’s approach to foreign policy. Hilbillery Clinton the incompetent likewise, in goose-step with Obozo the clown has condemned President Trump’s decision to bomb Iranian nuclear sites, labeling the military action as “irresponsible” and “dangerous.” In her statement, Clinton expressed deep concern over the potential for escalating tensions and the risk of a broader conflict in the Middle East.
Monkey See Monkey Do former Vice President loser Kamala Harris: has condemned President Trump’s decision to bomb Iranian nuclear sites, calling the military action “irresponsible” and “dangerous.” Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, along with Representatives Jerry Nadler, Adam Schiff, and Maxine Waters, has condemned President Trump’s decision to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities. Their statements reflect a unified stance among prominent Democratic leaders against the military action, emphasizing concerns about the potential for escalating conflict and the need for diplomatic solutions.
The Democratic Party is experiencing a notable split over President Trump’s recent bombing of Iranian nuclear sites, reflecting differing views on foreign policy and military intervention. Many establishment Democrats, including prominent leaders like Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, are advocating for a diplomatic approach to Iran. They criticize Trump’s military action as reckless and counterproductive. Some moderate Democrats are more divided, with some expressing support for a strong stance against Iran while others share concerns about the potential for escalation. This group is often caught between the party’s progressive base and the more traditional foreign policy views of the establishment. The split within the Democratic Party over Trump’s bombing of Iranian nuclear sites highlights the broader debate about the U.S. role in international conflicts and the balance between military action and diplomacy. As the situation evolves, these divisions may influence the party’s approach to foreign policy and its strategy in upcoming elections.
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Americans elected him. Time will tell whether another American war is good for us. Our track record after WWII has not been good. This is a danger for Israel as well as America.
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In response to the recent U.S. bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities, the Iranian government has expressed strong condemnation and warned of the potential dangers of U.S. military involvement in the ongoing conflict with Israel. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that U.S. involvement would be “very, very dangerous for everyone,” highlighting the escalating tensions in the region.
Despite the heightened tensions and military actions involving the U.S. and Iran, the Iranian government has not formally declared war against the United States. Instead, Iran has focused on condemning U.S. actions and expressing its grievances through diplomatic channels and military responses, such as missile strikes against Israeli targets.
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Hope springs eternal. Reality doesn’t care about hope.
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Obozo, permitted passage of UN imperialism Resolution 2334, he loved bombing through illegal drone strikes. Now rotting out of power this hypocrite moron condemns President Trump siding with Israel.
Obozo the incompetant clown, responsible for UN imperialism Resolution 2334 … Former President shoe shine boy has publicly condemned President Trump’s recent airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites, calling the military action “reckless” and “dangerous.” In a statement released shortly after the strikes, Obama expressed concern over the potential for escalating conflict in the region and criticized Trump’s approach to foreign policy. Hilbillery Clinton the incompetent, guilty of the Russia-Gate fraud together with the MSM propaganda Pravda press speakers like Mad Cow Maddow and late night jester morons likewise, in goose-step with Obozo the clown, condemned President Trump’s decision to bomb Iranian nuclear sites, labeling the military action as “irresponsible” and “dangerous.” In her statement, Clinton expressed deep concern over the potential for escalating tensions and the risk of a broader conflict in the Middle East.
Monkey See Monkey Do former Vice President loser Kamala Harris: has condemned President Trump’s decision to bomb Iranian nuclear sites, calling the military action “irresponsible” and “dangerous.” Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, along with Representatives Jerry Nadler, Adam Schiff, and Maxine Waters, has condemned President Trump’s decision to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities. Their statements reflect a unified stance among prominent Democratic leaders against the military action, emphasizing concerns about the potential for escalating conflict and the need for diplomatic solutions.
The Democratic Party is experiencing a notable split over President Trump’s recent bombing of Iranian nuclear sites, reflecting differing views on foreign policy and military intervention. Many establishment Democrats, including prominent leaders like Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, are advocating for a diplomatic approach to Iran. They criticize Trump’s military action as reckless and counterproductive. Some moderate Democrats are more divided, with some expressing support for a strong stance against Iran while others share concerns about the potential for escalation. This group is often caught between the party’s progressive base and the more traditional foreign policy views of the establishment. The split within the Democratic Party over Trump’s bombing of Iranian nuclear sites highlights the broader debate about the U.S. role in international conflicts and the balance between military action and diplomacy. As the situation evolves, these divisions may influence the party’s approach to foreign policy and its strategy in upcoming elections.
In response to the recent U.S. bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities, the Iranian government has expressed strong condemnation and warned of the potential dangers of U.S. military involvement in the ongoing conflict with Israel. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that U.S. involvement would be “very, very dangerous for everyone,” highlighting the escalating tensions in the region.
Despite the heightened tensions and military actions involving the U.S. and Iran, the Iranian government has not formally declared war against the United States. Instead, Iran has focused on condemning U.S. actions and expressing its grievances through diplomatic channels and military responses, such as missile strikes against Israeli targets.
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The 12 Day War has ended. The Tripartite Alliance US – India – Israel now dominates. The leadership of Bibi where he held back following the Oct 7th Abomination, where he did not commit the IDF into Gaza but waited for other Arab countries to join the War as did Lebanon and Syria and the Houthis. Thank you for your great leadership Bibi. The losers of this Middle East War … England and France broke off diplomatic relations with Israel over the Gaza war. The UN attempted to arrest the PM as a war-criminal. The UN, EU and Britain have zero say in shaping the post war ‘balance of power’ in the Middle East. Revenge for the UNSC 242 & 338 imperialist Resolutions! In this war the Quartet Powers exist comparable to tits on a boar hog. Another BIG LOSER of this the 12 Day War —- China. Post War, a massive expansion of the Abraham Accords.
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Before the US bombed Iranian nuclear facilities, Trump pulled out of the G-7 meeting and said the Macron did not know squat about the conflict in the Middle East.
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The collapse of post-WWII multilateral diplomacy in the Middle East. The rise of a multipolar alliance system where nations like India and Israel take the place once held by Britain and France. The exposure of Arab regimes who tacitly supported Hamas or Hezbollah and their strategic miscalculations. The irrelevance of Cold War-era frameworks, both legal and political, to the current reality. The Middle East’s future will no longer be decided in Geneva or Brussels, but in Jerusalem, Washington, and New Delhi…The irrelevance of Cold War-era frameworks, both legal and political, to the current reality.
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Tefillah does NOT translate to prayer. Tefillah requires שם ומלכות, prayer – as found in saying Tehillem – does not fundamentally require שם ומלכות. What does this mean? מאי נפקא מינא in Aramaic Talmud. Answer: שם ומלכות meaning the dedication of a tohor middah revealed to Moshe at Horev לשמה by means of swearing a Torah oath through which the Avot cut a brit which continually creates from nothing the Chosen Cohen people children of the Avot. Hence: tefillah, as a tohor time oriented commandment calls upon the God of the Avot in the first blessing.
Praying Tehillem by stark contranst exist as a positive commandment which does not require k’vanna. Only tohor time oriented commandments which dedicate specified tohor middot through swearing a Torah oath, (Tefillah called Amidah b/c a person ideally stands before a Sefer Torah in the beit knesset.), qualify as comparable to the oaths wherein the Avot swore the brit oath which continually creates from nothing the chosen Cohen people. Hence the first blessing of the קריא שמע שחרית twice states תמיד מעשה בראשית.
Because the Book of בראשית introduces the Av mitzva of tohor time-oriented commandments which require prophetic mussar as its k’vanna. Prophetic mussar defines specified tohor middot first revealed to Moshe as the revelation of the Oral Torah at Sinai. Hence when the portion of Israel did their service in the Beit HaMikdash within the Beit Knesset they read the Creation story of the opening Book of בראשית which introduces the Av Torah commandments of tohor time-oriented commandments.
Consequently if a bnai brit does even minor Torah commandments such as shooing the mother bird off her brood of eggs or even rabbinic commandments like Shemone Esrei or lighting the Hanukkah lights or reading the Book of M’gillat Esther, the B’HaG introduced the chiddush that elevating mitzvot to Av tohor time-oriented commandments raises these rabbinic mitzvot to mitzvot from the Torah!
The distinction between Tefillah and the tachanun prayer
the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ
Aharon N. Varady (transcription)·opensiddur.org·
Concluding Prayer for Hallel in the Home Service for the Festival of Passover, by Rabbi J. Leonard Levy (1896)
This is a concluding prayer in the Hallel service at the Passover seder by Rabbi J. Leonard Levy to his Haggadah or Home Service for the Festival of Passover (1896) pp. 32-34. The prayer does not appear in subsequent editions. The prayer threads the needle between the particularly Jewish communal focus of Passover and the…
Moshe Kerr: What separates תפילה from תחנון? A blessing requires שם ומלכות. Shemone Esrei does not contain שם ומלכות. Yet it functions as the definition of a blessing. As does kadesh, which also lacks שם ומלכות. For that matter so does ברכת כהנים וגם כן קריא שמע. The k’vanna of חנון has nothing to do with the formal prayer written in the Siddur. Why? Because all these “mitzvot” qualify as tohor time oriented commandments which require k’vanna. What’s the k’vanna of תחנון through which it defines תפילה?
Word translations amount to tits on a boar hog when the new born piglets are ravenous and the sow died after giving birth! The 5th middah of the revelation of the Oral Torah at Horev – חנון, serves as the functioning root שרש of the term תחנון תפילה. The tohor time-oriented commandment of תפילה learns from the additional metaphor of תחנון. Consider the Order of the Shemone Esrei blessings … 3 + 13 + 3 blessings. 6 Yom Tov and 13 tohor middot revealed to Moshe, 40 days after the ערב רב Israelites – Jews assimilated and intermarried with Egyptians, no different from the kapo Jewish women who slept with Nazis. This ערב רב, according to the Torah – as expressed in the memory to war against Amalek/antisemitism – they lacked fear of אלהים. This same ערב רב referred to their Golden Calf substitute theology by the name אלהים. This tie-in explains the k’vanna of the term “fear of heaven”.
The ערב רב Jews lacked “fear of Heaven”, and therefore their avoda zarah profaned the 2nd Sinai commandment. Hence when Jews assimilate and intermarry with Goyim who do not accept the revelation of the Torah at Sinai (neither the Xtian Bible nor Muslim Koran ever once brings the שם השם first revealed in the 1st Sinai commandment – the greatest commandment of the entire Torah revelation at Sinai and Horev! Do Jews serve to obey the Torah revelation לשמה או לא לשמה? Observance of all the Torah commandments and Talmudic halachot hangs on this simple question.
Therefore תפילת תחנון interprets the k’vanna of תפילה, through the concept that a person stands before a Sefer Torah and dedicated specific and defined tohor middot which breath life into the hearts of the Yatrir HaTov of the chosen Cohen oath brit people. The verb תפילה most essentially entails the k’vanna of swearing a Torah oath. What Torah oath? The dedication, think korban, of some specified tohor middot…. Hence the concept of תפילת תחנון.
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Trump ordered a single bomb run and immediately declared a cease fire. Tell me a single President with the stones to pull that off other than President Trump.
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Good one! It’s his other character flaws that may me sick. 🤢 caring nothing about the poor in one of the richest countries in the world is unconscionable.
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The number of blue collar jobs has increased the highest in 80 years? Poor folk work blue collar jobs.
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Living wage is the issue, not the number of employed.
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In 2021 of the Biden Administration, the U.S. experienced significant inflation, with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rising sharply due to various factors, including supply chain disruptions, increased demand as the economy reopened after COVID-19 lockdowns, and fiscal stimulus measures. The inflation rate for 2021 was notably high, reaching around 7% by the end of the year.
During the same period, wage growth for blue-collar workers did increase, but it often did not keep pace with inflation. While many workers saw nominal wage increases, the real purchasing power of those wages was eroded by rising prices. This meant that even if wages went up, the cost of living increased at a faster rate, leading to a decline in real wages for many blue-collar workers.
According to U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, in the first five months of Trump’s second term (Jan–May 2025), real wages for blue‑collar workers rose about 1.7–2.0% — the strongest start in ~60 years
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Absolutely right but I’m writing about the many Presidents before Trump and Biden, including both Democrats and Republicans, that initiated tax law changes that unfairly widened the gap between the middle- and lower-class working poor while rewarding the rich. Trump is feeding the same rich with tax breaks that will accelerate that gap. I have benefited from those tax breaks, but most working Americans have not.
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Yes you make a valid argument. 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) lowered the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%, significantly benefiting high-income earners and large corporations. Limited Impact for Most Americans: While some middle-class households saw modest short-term gains (mostly through withholding changes), many did not experience lasting improvements. Some even saw increased taxes due to the capping of state and local tax (SALT) deductions.
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) infact did lower taxes for most income groups, not just the wealthy. But the scale of those cuts, and especially their permanence, heavily favored corporations and high-income households. Basically this economic policy ties into the Reagan-era “supply-side economics”, which theorized, cutting taxes, especially on businesses and the wealthy, would spur investment, job creation, and ultimately “trickle down” benefits to everyone.
But in 1980, George H. W. Bush, during the Republican primaries, famously mocked this theory as “voodoo economics.” That critique — which many economists still uphold — applies to Trump’s TCJA as well. Bush’s “voodoo” jab remains a historically sharp and accurate label for the long-term imbalance baked into such policies.
Though George H. W. Bush famously criticized Reagan’s policies as “voodoo economics” in 1980, once in office (1989–1993), he largely embraced the same supply-side, trickle-down framework, and his son, George W. Bush (2001–2009), doubled down on it.
Once president himself, Bush kept most of Reagan’s tax cuts intact, including the 28% top income tax rate from the 1986 Tax Reform Act. This forced him, due to ballooning deficits, to raise some taxes in 1990 through a bipartisan budget deal. That move angered conservatives and likely contributed to his 1992 electoral loss to Clinton. Overall, he did not fundamentally challenge the Reagan-era economic model. He called it “voodoo” but governed under its spell.
George W. Bush (2001–2009): His administration pushed supply-side economics even further. His Administration enacted massive tax cuts in 2001 and 2003 (EGTRRA and JGTRRA). Cut the top income tax rate from 39.6% to 35%. The wealthiest 1% gained the most from these cuts, exacerbating income inequality. These cuts were passed during a period of Clinton surpluses turned into deficits, especially after 9/11 and the Iraq War.
Clinton-era Budget Surpluses (1990s Keynesian + centrist policy). George W. Bush ran wars in Iraq/Afghanistan without raising revenue → deficits ballooned. Trump during his first term, the only post WWII US President not to involve the US in foreign wars abroad.
Clinton-Era Economics (1993–2001) as earlier stated embraced more of a Keynesian or center-left fiscal discipline. Supporting targeted investment (Carter’s Federal regulation education, tech, etc. which stripped the States of their Constitutional Rights to bureaucratically regulate intra-State trade & commerce.) This caused the Federal Bureaucracy to become the Government pulling the strings of the puppet 3 Constitutional Branches of the Federal Government consequent to the incest relationship between Government established Corporate monopolies and Federal Bureaucratic non-Constitutional Branches – the largest employer in the US.
The Carter/Clinton policy of expanding bureaucrapic Big Brother bypassed state sovereignty. Using conditional grants (e.g., “Race to the Top” or “No Child Left Behind”) to coerce state compliance. Expanding federal agencies like the Department of Education and EPA into areas historically managed by state governments. Relying on regulatory agencies (ATF, IRS, SEC, etc.) to make quasi-legislative rules outside congressional oversight. This trend built upon the Jan 22, 1973 Nixon Era Supreme Court Roe vs. Wade ruling which stripped the States intra-State commerce rights to regulate the abortion industry.
This trend of governance established the Administrative State wherein unelected bureaucraps wrote, enforce and adjudicated rules — a violation of the separation of powers. Often operate with limited judicial review, under doctrines like Chevron deference (recently curtailed by SCOTUS in 2024).
The corruption of the Obozo Administration which permitted the illegal Forth Branch of the Federal Government to streamline streamlined oversight and reduced judicial review of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) a particular stink in the nostrils of Freedom. In 2015, the USDA introduced a new regulatory framework for GMOs, which included the “Plant Pest Risk Assessment” process. This framework aimed to simplify the approval process for GE crops and reduce the regulatory burden on developers. The changes were part of a broader effort to modernize the regulatory system for biotechnology.
Europe boycotted GMO produced from America. President Trump by means of high tariffs seeks to address this issue. Furthermore through Elon Musk, President Trump has sought to massively reduce the size and scope of illegal Federal bureaucraps and restore balance to States Rights intra-States rights to bureaucratically regulate trade and commerce. The Trump Supreme Court annulled the Nixon Era Roe vs Wade abomination.
Trump’s administration aggressively rolled back federal agency overreach by limiting the scope of EPA, Department of Education, and other federal mandates, pushing more regulatory authority back to state governments. His policies encouraged states to develop their own education standards and environmental regulations without federal conditional grants forcing compliance (a reversal of programs like No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top).
Trump-appointed justices on the Supreme Court continued to interpret the Constitution with a strong emphasis on states’ rights and limits on federal power. Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2022), which overturned Roe and returned abortion regulation to states. This administration cut back on federal programs that used conditional funding to coerce state compliance, thereby restoring genuine state discretion. This rollback includes scaling back or eliminating strings attached to Medicaid funding and infrastructure grants, enhancing states’ autonomy in spending and policy design.
Promotion of State-Controlled Commerce Regulation. Includes efforts to curtail federal control over intra-state commerce, particularly in sectors like energy and agriculture, reinforced the states’ ability to regulate commerce that does not cross state lines. This challenges expansive readings of the Commerce Clause that federalize many traditionally local issues.
Trump as reduced the scope of Nasa. Collaborations with private-sector innovators (e.g., Musk’s SpaceX, Tesla) fostered public-private partnerships that bypassed large federal bureaucracies, enabling states and localities to take a leading role in technology deployment and infrastructure.
Under Trump’s second term, policies and judicial appointments arguably have reduced federal encroachment on state governance; restored local control over key policy areas; limited bureaucratic overreach; and reinforced constitutional federalism consistent with the 10th Amendment’s original intent.
President Trump’s leadership reject the Bush II to Obozo shoe-shine boy in the White House Neocon war adventurism; together with the utterly corrupt and condemned Administrative-statist capture of local governance. Federal bureaucraps have no authority to regulate how Amish farmers milk their cows!
Trump stands apart from both parties’ post-9/11 Neocon Imperialism military overreach. Agencies like USDA, EPA, and DOJ have no business regulating the daily life of sovereign American communities. The structural logic of the Constitution – President Trump defends the 10th Amendment.
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Excellent summary. Trump will not offset his Big Beautiful Bill by reducing government bureaucracy. He is cutting government bureaucracy at the expense of Americans health and welfare while cutting taxes that widen the income gap, not to mention increasing our public debt. Just not what Americans need. I would say he made the right decision on Iran but the wrong decision for our economy.
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While the Trump administration did aim to reduce regulations and some bureaucratic functions, these cuts did not offset the loss in revenue from the tax cuts. The Congressional Budget Office projected the tax cuts would increase the deficit by nearly $2 trillion over 10 years, even accounting for growth effects.
Trump’s administration cut budgets or attempted to cut budgets for: EPA; Department of Health and Human Services; Medicaid and SNAP (food stamps). However, many of the most drastic cuts were blocked or modified by Congress, so the actual impact varied.
Numerous analyses, including from the Tax Policy Center and CBO, concluded that the TCJA: Disproportionately benefited the wealthy and corporations; widened the income gap, as middle- and lower-income groups received smaller, often temporary, benefits. The TCJA added significantly to the federal debt. The national debt grew from $19.9 trillion in January 2017 to $27.7 trillion by January 2021, with the tax cuts and COVID spending as major drivers.
Cutting taxes, especially for corporations and high earners, encourages investment, business expansion, and job creation. Corporate tax rate cut from 35% to 21% made the U.S. more competitive globally. A surge in corporate earnings, stock market growth, and record-low unemployment (3.5%) pre-COVID. Defenders argue that allowing businesses to keep more of their profits boosts productivity and wages over time. Trump supporters like myself argue a rising tide lifts all boats, and that middle-class incomes did grow modestly.
Rolling back excessive regulations unleashed business activity across key sectors. Over 1,500 regulations were rolled back or weakened, especially in energy, finance, and labor. Businesses faced lower compliance costs, encouraging hiring and expansion.
Ultimately, Trump’s economic agenda prioritized growth and deregulation over fiscal balance and income redistribution. The benefits were tangible: rapid economic expansion, job creation, and restored corporate confidence. But they came with costs: increased debt, rising inequality, and potential long-term sustainability concerns.
For supporters, these trade-offs were justified to revive American industry, enhance global competitiveness, and stimulate short-term prosperity. For critics, they represent a missed opportunity to build a more inclusive and fiscally stable economy.
What might have happened had Vice President Kamala Harris—or by extension, the Biden Administration—doubled down on Obama-era economic policies during a time of post-COVID inflation and global disruption?
Obama-Era Economic Trajectory focused on stimulus and recovery post-2008 financial crisis. Emphasis on fiscal restraint post-2010 (due to Tea Party pressure), leading to a slow but steady recovery. Heavy reliance on monetary policy (Federal Reserve) rather than major structural tax or welfare expansions.
Biden Administration Economic Trajectory broke sharply from Obama-era caution. Passed the American Rescue Plan ($1.9 trillion) in 2021. Advanced massive spending via Infrastructure, CHIPS Act, and Inflation Reduction Act. These policies resulted in a strong job growth, fast GDP rebound; but also significant inflation (peaking at 9.1% in June 2022).
Had the Biden-Harris administration followed a more restrained Obama-style approach, the recovery would have been slower, especially for lower-income households. Inflation may have been lower, but the labor market might not have recovered as fast. In short a sluggish recovery similar to 2010–2013… a blue collar worker horror story.
A return to Obama-era economic orthodoxy—may have left millions of working-class Americans behind with persistent underemployment in many sectors, especially blue-collar and service jobs. President Biden, with Kamala Harris as Vice President American Rescue Plan ($1.9 trillion), providing direct aid to families, expanded unemployment benefits, and child tax credits; massive public investment through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, CHIPS and Science Act, and Inflation Reduction Act resulted in the treat of a 1789 French Revolution based upon the 35 trillion dollar Federal bankrupsy. The absolute corruption of the illegal forth Branch of the Federal Government – the Corporate monopoly/Federal bureaucrap con-job—combined with global supply chain disruptions and the Russia-Ukraine war—contributed to the highest inflation spike in 40 years (peaking at 9.1% in June 2022). Critics blamed “Bradon-nomics” for overheating the economy.
The Trump administration pursued an economic strategy focused on growth through tax reform and deregulation, but it came at a cost. While it successfully reduced regulatory burdens and cut corporate tax rates—sparking investment, job creation, and record-low pre-COVID unemployment—those policies did not offset the revenue loss, leading to a projected $2 trillion increase in the deficit over a decade, per the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
The Trump Administration 2nd term rolled back more than 1,500 regulations, especially in energy, finance, and labor, lowering compliance costs and unleashing a pro-business climate unseen since Reagan.
When Joe Biden and Kamala Harris took office, they broke sharply from Obama-era caution. Rather than limit stimulus and prioritize austerity—as Obama did after 2010—the Biden administration opted for massive fiscal expansion. Which resulted in significant inflation, peaking at 9.1% in June 2022, the highest in 40 years! Critics of “Bidenomics” blame it for overheating the economy, worsening deficits, and triggering a cost-of-living crisis that especially hurt the very working-class voters it claimed to protect. The DemoCRAP Obama-era orthodoxy betrayed the blue-collar labor and turned it into a Jaws horror story. Hence the major labor union threw their support to Trump against Biden!
Biden’s spending spree and the resulting $35 trillion national debt have shaken public confidence in the long-term viability of the federal government. The rise of what some call the “Fourth Branch” of government—a bloated, unelected federal bureaucracy intertwined with corporate monopolies—has created the conditions for public outrage. Combine that with corrupt administrative overreach, broken supply chains, and the economic strain of the Russia-Ukraine war, and you have the makings of a 1789-style populist backlash. This time, not in Paris—but across Middle America.
Inflation, inequality, and institutional decay are no longer just policy problems—they’re existential threats. And if not addressed, the result may not be another Great Depression… but another Revolution. God Bless the leadership of President Trump.
President Trump’s economic strategy wasn’t perfect—but it worked. It prioritized growth, jobs, and American competitiveness. It challenged the grip of unelected regulators and gave working families a real shot at rising.
For those who believe in restoring America’s economic sovereignty, defending the middle class, and dismantling the corrupt alliance between Washington bureaucrats and multinational monopolies—Trump’s return is not just preferred, it is necessary. Trump make America Great Again.
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We can only agree to disagree. I don’t believe Trump is good for America or the world. Tariffs were shown to be destructive to the world economy in 1929 and they will again. The rich cannot be the primary beneficiaries of tax cuts. Our government was meant to treat all people equally. Not that it has ever got there, it is heading in the wrong direction.
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Liberal Kapo Jews. This stinking ערב רב assimilated and intermarried Jews who promote the hatred of Amalek – antisemitism. They simply have no fear of Heaven. The Torah described the original ערב רב that came out of Egypt as אין להם יראת אלהים.
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The Oct7th War which spread to a war against Lebanon, Syria, and Iran has radically changed the balance of power in the Middle East. The UN has completely discredited its objectivity with the ICC/ICJ attempts to declare Bibi a war-criminal. You drink this blood libel slander like Catholics drink their blood and body of Christ then go out and make a Easter pogrom against Jews based upon some blood libel slander!
Both England and France have broken off diplomatic relations with Israel, prior to the 12 Day War with Iran! Hence neither power has any influence in the Middle East negotiated peace process ie. the Coming Abraham expanded accords which will most likely see a majority of Arab countries developing diplomatic relations with Israel. If a majority of Arab nations recognize the Jewish state, then and only then will Israel join the Middle East voting block of Nations within the UN. A totally unprecedented reality since Israel won its two Wars of national independence back in 1948 and again in 1967.
The latter Independence War, recall that Naser swore to throw the Jews into the Sea and correct the Nakba disgrace where 5 Arab Armies failed to throw the Jews into the Sea and complete the Nazi Shoah of the Jewish people! To date, except for Camp David and Abraham Accord Arab nations which currently have diplomatic relations with Israel, post the Israeli victory of 1967, all Arab countries reacted through the Khartoum Conference declaration of 3 No’s. No Peace with Israel. No Recognition of Israel. No Negotiations with Israel.
Arab countries which reject the Jewish state of Israel refer it as “the Zionist Entity”. General Assembly UN Resolution 3379 declared Zionism is Racism! Apparently your revisionist History over-looked these minor FACTS. All Arab countries absolutely reject the 1917 Balfour Declaration wherein Britain recognized Jewish equal rights to achieve self determination in the Middle East. The League of Nations “Palestine Mandate” awarded to victorious WWI Britain in 1922, based this Mandate upon the Balfour Declaration. Hence b/c Arabs rejected Jewish equal rights to achieve self-determination in the Middle East no Arab would ever refer to himself as a Palestinian.
Not till 1964, with the State of Israel as a 16 year old country did Egyptian born Yasser Arafat embrace the political opportunism and call his terrorist movement the Palestine Liberation Organization – PLO. That PLO Charter did not condemn Jordanian “occupation” of the Jordan declared “West Bank”. Nor did it condemn the Egyptian “occupation” of Gaza! Only ’48 Israel did the PLO Charter condemn and abhor!!!!
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A 6 part Mishnaic mussar of this paper. Avodah Zarah in Our Generation: The Crisis of Jews Who Side With Amalek. In every generation, Amalek takes new forms. Today, it is no different. But what is shocking is not only the hatred of our enemies—it is the collaboration of Jews, raised within Torah civilization or its memory, who now partner with those seeking to dismantle the Jewish state.
When Jewish voices shout “From the River to the Sea,” they are not engaged in protest—they are echoing the genocidal goals of Hamas. When they equate Israel’s defense against a massacre to genocide, they join in blood libel, no different in kind from the medieval slanders that triggered Easter pogroms. When they ally with UN declarations and ICC/ICJ indictments meant to strip Jews of the right to self-defense, they violate the first commandment of Jewish history: “Never again shall Jewish blood be cheap.”
1. Sovereignty vs. Subjugation: Jews Ruling vs. Jews Ruled: A fundamental distinction separates Jews living as a sovereign nation in their own land versus Jews existing as a minority under non-Jewish rule (galut). Assimilated & intermarried Jews in the West, who function within dominant non-Jewish cultures, have lost connection with Jewish national identity and Torah sovereignty, resembling the biblical Erev Rav—those lacking fear of Heaven and loyalty to the Jewish nation.
2. Double Standards in Territorial Legitimacy: Prussia vs. Samaria & Gaza: The hypocrisy of the international community – emphasized. While the post-WWII redrawing of European borders—such as Poland and Russia’s annexation of Prussia—is accepted without condemnation, Israel is uniquely targeted for reasserting sovereignty over Samaria and Gaza after 1967. UN Resolutions 242 and 338 are cited as politically biased tools used to delegitimize Israel’s historical and military rights.
3. Western Imperialism and Regional Domination: Suez to Iran. The 1956 Suez Crisis serves as evidence of continued British and French imperial ambitions, cloaked in Cold War geopolitics and economic control (specifically over the Suez Canal). This is paralleled with U.S./British involvement in Iran—removing Mossadegh and reinstalling the Shah to prevent the nationalization of oil. The 1979 Iranian Revolution is framed as a reaction to this imperialism. Similarly, prior to the “12 Day War,” the UK and France withdrew diplomatic ties with Israel in protest of their exclusion from influencing a ceasefire in Gaza.
4. Rejection of the 242/338 Two-State Paradigm by the Abraham Accords. The Abraham Accords are seen as a major geopolitical shift, fundamentally rejecting the British- and French-backed vision of peace based on dividing Israel into two hostile entities—akin to India-Pakistan or North-South Korea. The Accords envision peace without territorial partition, and with increasing normalization between Israel and Arab states, signal the failure of the old colonial-era frameworks.
5. UN Bias and Historical Arab Rejectionism of the Balfour Declaration wherein a major Great Power recognized Jewish equal rights to achieve self-determination in the Middle East. The UN based its 1922 Palestinian Mandate upon the Balfour Treaty. The Khartoum Conference (1967) “Three No’s” serves as proof of Arab states’ refusal to accept Israel’s equal rights to self-determination. The UN, particularly via General Assembly Resolution 3379 (“Zionism is racism”), has been complicit in reinforcing this Arab rejectionism of Jewish equal rights to achieve self-determination. Meanwhile, the ICC and ICJ today continue the Zionism is Racism pattern, under the guise of international law, falsely accusing Israeli leaders of war crimes while ignoring the Oct7th pogrom and declaring the current conflict pre-dates Oct7th. This whitewashes the Oct7th surprise attack, comparable to the Pearl Harbor attack on Dec7th 1941.
6. The Manufactured Identity of “Palestinians” and PLO Opportunism. The identity of “Palestinians”, a modern invention, emerging only in 1964 with the formation of the PLO under Egyptian-born Yasser Arafat. The original PLO Charter made no objection to Jordanian control of the West Bank or Egyptian rule in Gaza, focusing only on dismantling Israel. This opportunistic narrative is framed as a political weapon rather than a legitimate national movement.
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Acceptance of Israel by middle eastern countries seems to be growing. It seems growingly important to calm the conflict and not be overwhelmed by past historical truths. Easy to say by we who are not in the middle of the fight. Wish you good health and peace of mind.
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Amen and say to you and your family.
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Liberal kapo Jews utterly abhorred by Israelis. Why? The tone presented in this text below—despite its sharp rebuke and contempt for diaspora Liberal Judaism—from my perspective, represents an interpretation of tohor middat haRachamim (pure attribute of compassion).
“Open rebuke simply better than hidden love.” – Mishlei 27:5 The tone seeks only a cactus like external surface prick, in order to frame the spiritual interior meat of רחום; the rejection of sentimentalism, and the prioritization of a deep commitment to the collective soul of Am Yisrael, the chosen Cohen People. An impassion call for t’shuva. A warning that assimilation and intermarriage, this Av tuma avoda zarah, it opens our People to Torah curses, like the plagues which afflicted Par’o.
This tochacha/rebuke likewise calls upon the tohor midda of חנון, the כלל to the dedication of defined tohor middot. Rather than limit itself to the דיוק פרט of רחום. Which ironically embraces the philosophy of Rambam, who taught in his Moreh, that the more a Man can say that which a subject “is not”, the greater clarity that person gains to understand the positive aspects of an abstract undefinable idea.
“Tikkun Olam”, serves as a popular concept primarily associated with Reform Judaism and lacks influence in Israel. In the U.S. and other diaspora communities, Reform Judaism’s embrace of tikkun olam has become a cornerstone—seen through philanthropic work, social justice activism, and universalist values. This highlights the divide between Israelis and G’lut Jewry. David Friedman’s 2016 comment calling J Street members “far worse than kapos,” implies that liberal Jews are actively betraying their people
Many Israelis see Liberal Judaism as alien to Israeli reality, where Jewish identity and community structures provide intrinsic meaning (e.g., one commenter said Reform Judaism is “unnecessary in Israel” because secular Jewish life already satisfies that need) . Turning “tikkun olam” into a universalist, politically progressive doctrine, directly compares to the Xtian and Muslim Monotheism Universal God avoda zarah violation of the 2nd Sinai commandment.
American Reform leaders have repeatedly said that diaspora Jews must oppose “misguided” Israeli policies, including regarding ultra‑Orthodox influence and Arab‑Israeli democracy. They totally ignore the vision of political zionism which strives to achieve Jewish self-determination within the borders of a Jewish Middle East country. PM Sharon permitted Palestinian self-determination and free elections in 2005. He risks Jewish civil war to give Arabs a stake in the self-determination action.
Jews abroad who joined with Arab anti-Israel propaganda, protests, and violence post Oct7th have undermined Israel’s sovereignty and assisted the UN and ICC/ICJ efforts to dismantle the Jewish state or at the least impose a foreign cease-fire wherein Israel surrendered to the Gaza surprise attack of Oct 7th. The Israeli Chief Rabbinate maintains that Reform Judaism is “uprooting Judaism” and refuses to recognize its conversions, marriages, burials. Official discrimination and cultural marginalization casts g’lut assimilated Jewry unto the dhimmi gutter. Not because Israelis hate foreign Jewish devils. But because alien Jews living in exile suffer from a cultural gulf that far exceeds the span of the Atlantic Ocean.
Given Israel’s ongoing security crises and existential threats, public dissent by diaspora Jews—like U.S. Reform leaders urging “opposition to misguided policies”—perceived as political interference meant to weaken Israeli resolve . For many Israelis, it feels like these outsiders place themselves above or even undermining Israel’s sovereignty.
Zionist ideology historically devalued diaspora life—seeing true Jewish life as rooted in Israel, not scattered and assimilated abroad. Modern national‑Zionist Israelis often view diaspora liberalism as a cultural betrayal, a manifestation of exile that nationalist Zionism sought to overcome. Israelis live in a constant state of preparedness due to mandatory service, violence, and geopolitical precariousness. Diaspora Jews, especially in Western countries, often experience minority life in pluralistic democracies, focused on rights, social justice, and integration. When diaspora criticisms mirror Western progressive rhetoric, many Israelis see this as tone-deaf at best, and existential threat at worst.
Times of Israel reported Ambassador Friedman calling J Street members “far worse than kapos” for supporting a two-state solution—a sign he views their dissent as voluntary betrayal, darker than coerced collaboration. Kapo diaspora liberals have abandoned Israel’s endangered community during its darkest hours. This psychological echo of the Holocaust-era betrayal wherein g’lut Jews choose Western moral comfort over solidarity with a state under siege, causes Israelis to hold these kapo Jews in complete and utter contempt. Jews in foreign countries calling Israel a Nazi state, they expect that Israelis would not respond with utter revulsion?!
The gulf that separates two completely different cultures and peoples band-aids like Kotel arrangements, communal dialogues and religious inclusion amount to tits on a boar hog. G’lut Jews simply not part of the Israeli chosen Cohen people.
The Talmud functions as both a guide & model to establish legal systems within the Jewish state. G’lut Jewish racist prejudice limits the Talmud strictly and only as an archaic religion of out-dated and out-classed Orthodox fundamentalism. The Liberal “interpretation” of ancient texts which that alien liberal religion holds both T’NaCH and Talmud in disdain and contempt, emphasizes the cultural gap which separates Jews from non-Jewish Jews. Their gross declaratin: ‘Berlin as their Jerusalem’, that absolute abomination never forgotten nor forgiven; it perhaps best qualifies as Liberal Judaism’s distorted interpretation of Chesed. But such “chesed” qualifies merely as a tuma treif bird; an idea that does not fly with Israelis.
The term “kapo”, historically, a loaded term that refers to Jewish prisoners appointed by Nazis to oversee other Jewish prisoners in concentration camps. Such as removing the gold fillings of Jews slaughtered in the gas chambers. Using this term as a description of liberal Jews, suggests a deep-seated anger and repulsive reaction towards screaming liberal Jews shouting “Not in our Name”, following the Oct 7th abomination.
This utter detestation and complete revulsion of g’lut Jewry, it reflects a broader sentiment among many Israelis. We feel that liberal Jewish critiques of Israel, they joins hands with our enemies, and seek to undermine our country’s security and legitimacy. This makes Liberal g’lut Jews no different than Arab bomb makers. A huge and significant cultural and ideological divide, much larger than the Atlantic ocean separates Israelis and diaspora Jews like oil and water. Particularly, those Jews who identify with Liberal or Reform movements. This cultural divide stems from differing experiences, values, and interpretations of Jewish identity and responsibility. Reform Jewish mothers never have to bury their children after putting them on a school bus.
The Talmud, serves together with the T’NaCH and Siddur – as foundational texts which establish the working model for judicial common-law Federal courtrooms within the Israeli Republic. Israelis perceive the T’NaCH, aggadah, and midrashim as the basis to derive and interpret the ethical prophetic mussar frameworks foundations of our Republic/nation-state of Israel.
This fundamental difference of priority and emphasis, it underscores the huge gulf which divides and separates Israeli from g’lut Jewry. The latter tuma-Jews choose and prefer to live in foreign lands. Liberal Reform tuma-Jews prioritize modern interpretations and social justice concerns and practices expressed through alien Goyim cultures and customs. Their attempts to stamp those alien cultures and customs upon tohor-Israelis, directly compares to the Hanukkah Civil War where the corrupt tuma-Tzeddukim likewise attempted to turn Jerusalem into a Greek Polis and cause our people to forget the kabbalah of rabbi Akiva 4 part inductive reasoning Oral Torah Jewish genius … replaced by foreign ancient Greek philosophy, like Aristotle’s 3 part deductive logic/syllogism model.
Liberal Reform tuma-Judaism slandered both the T’NaCH and Talmud and referred to both as archaic. Therefore their attempt to impose their corrupt, alien ethical model-monopoly; their repeated attempts to dictate, as if liberal tuma-Jews compare to the Av-tuma UN, how foreign tuma-Jews in distant lands, assimilated cultures, and inter-married customs of avoda zarah; their repeated attempts to dictate how to interpret and understand, these not just these basic and fundamental Primary source Jewish texts — that serve to shape and form Jewish culture and custom as a unique chosen Cohen people.
The arrogance of their presumption seeks to forcibly impose a One State Arab-Jewish democracy upon Zionism as the best ideal! Liberal Jews abhorred Zionism during the closing window of opportunity in the 1920s before Hitler. The British White Paper and FDR’s closure of US ports to Jews sealed the fate of Shoah Jewry in Europe.
Liberal Judaism interpretations apply strictly and only to tuma-g’lut Jews. Their assimilated and intermarried debauchery, merits nothing but utter contempt within the borders of the “Jewish Torah Constitutional Republic”, which a new generation of political Zionist Israelis, seeks to achieve Jewish self-determination within the borders of Israel – and actualize the k’vanna of the Balfour Declaration which launched political Zionism in 1917.
Chaim Weizmann publicly said in 1906: “Any deflection from Palestine was—well, a form of idolatry.” He emphasized that only by building on the ground in Palestine could a Jewish homeland be born—and that Jews elsewhere must support colonization and immigration. The phrase “Jews of the world, where are you?” fits the tone of Weizmann’s broader rhetorical stance—an urgent summons to global Jewry to move beyond political promises and take tangible, on-the-ground action.
Weizmann repeatedly challenged Jews in the diaspora to support immigration and nation-building in Palestine—telling Balfour, “We had Jerusalem when London was a marsh,” and warning of waves of Jewish refugees seeking refuge.
Av tuma Rabbi Stephen S. Wise pressured President Franklin D. Roosevelt to maintain strict U.S. immigration quotas and opposed changing the laws to admit more Jewish refugees. Wise through the public voice of the American Jewish Congress, the World Jewish Congress, supported Roosevelt. He cowardly refused to publicly challenge FDR’s White Paper policy. Wise emphasized the need to fight antisemitism in America rather than offer American shores as a safety life-line to European Jewry. In 1938, under Wise’s influence, Jewish institutions decided not to back legislation that would have loosened immigration laws to allow more Jewish refugees into the U.S.—explicitly agreeing “no Jewish organization would… sponsor a bill which would… alter the immigration laws”.
Between 1933–1945, only a fraction of the allowed immigration quota for German and Axis countries was utilized. Estimates suggest nearly 200,000 quota spots remained unused—lives that could have been saved. Jewish Liberal Reform leaders like Wise directly compare to Pope Pius XII – both Av tuma corruption chose “quiet diplomacy” and maintaining alignment with the Roosevelt administration over public advocacy for Holocaust refugees.
Historians like Rafael Medoff emphasize that Wise’s cautious approach—supported by his close relationship with FDR—slowed or blocked rescue efforts during crucial years of the Holocaust. Wise also prioritized Zionist aims in Palestine, despite the 1939 British White Paper! He claimed to favor immigration only to Palestine, but Reform American Jews never made aliyah to Israel in large numbers. He discouraged Jewish groups from lobbying Congress or mounting public pressure to open U.S. borders to Jewish refugees.
Av tuma Abraham Geiger, often called the “father of Reform Judaism”—openly declared “Berlin is our Jerusalem”. This phrase expressed a sweeping theological and cultural perversion. It reflects a sentiment that debased liberal Jews prioritized foreign cultural or secular identities. Reform Judaism rejected the traditional Jewish longing for a return to Zion. Instead, it embraced the idea of Jewish integration into its host nation—here, Germany. Geiger’s declaration made clear that Germany was their spiritual and communal center, not Palestine. Reform Judaism worships the American and French revolutions as their Gods. This religion of avoda zarah established citizens rights rather than serfs as their ‘human rights’ Nicene Creed. Reform congregations were called “Temples”; services conducted in German; prayers toward Jerusalem omitted from their gutted prayer-books. As one Reform leader explained, their allegiance lay primarily with their birth nation, not an ancient homeland.
But Israel does not compare to the feudal Confederate South, with its agricultural based economy; dependent upon slave labor! Jews living abroad, their opinions have parity with Americans living in Russia! Rebuke accusations of inauthenticity or a lack of commitment to Jewish heritage immediately come to mind whenever Liberal Jews denounce Israel across University campuses across the US and Europe.
Liberal Jews abhor the sealing of the T’NaCH, Talmud, Siddur and Midrashim. These ignorant amaratzim preach a Xtianized morality from their assimilated pulpits and soap-boxes. Their pie in the sky Top-down moralism of the Arab-Israeli conflict utterly ignores and discounts the impact of terrorism on Israeli perceptions and responses. The possibility that the Talmud serves as the interpretive lens for understanding the Mishnah, reinforcing the importance of traditional common law פרדס scholarship, used to shape modern Jewish common-law and ethics – completely and totally alien to this liberal tuma-Jewish minority populations in foreign countries.
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This great difference in beliefs among people of the same faith is disturbing to me. I have no faith in God but only human nature which is admittedly a weak faith to rely upon. I wish you peace of mind just as I wish the same for myself.
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Israel to send delegation to Qatar for Gaza talks
Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with Donald Trump at the White House this week, raising hopes of a truce to end the 21 months of bloodshed in Gaza. Israel will send a
Israel to send delegation to Qatar for Gaza talks. Britain and France, Russia and China not invited. Which highlights the complex geopolitical dynamics surrounding the ongoing conflict. Specifically that Britain and France broke diplomatic relations with Israel after the failed UN Chapter VII dictate to force Israel out of Gaza, vetoed by President Trump 14-1. This veto, along with the subsequent diplomatic fallout, illustrates the divisions among major powers regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The breakdown of relations between Israel and these European nations reflects broader tensions and differing perspectives on how to address the ongoing violence and humanitarian issues in Gaza.
The idea of a tripartite alliance between the United States, India, and Israel reflects a strategic partnership that has been developing over recent years, focusing on shared interests in security, technology, and counterterrorism. Such an alliance could potentially reshape geopolitical dynamics, particularly in the context of U.S. foreign policy priorities.
The notion that the U.S. might withdraw from NATO in favor of strengthening ties with India and Israel is a significant shift in traditional U.S. foreign policy, which has historically emphasized collective defense through NATO. A clear statement from the Trump Administration regarding the Russian-Ukrainian conflict as “not a U.S. problem” would further indicate a pivot towards a more isolationist stance, prioritizing bilateral relationships over multilateral commitments.
Regarding Russia, the perception of its threat level has evolved since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. While Russia remains a significant global player, its military capabilities and geopolitical influence are viewed differently compared to the Cold War era. The current Russian government, under President Putin, is often seen as more focused on regional ambitions rather than the expansive ideology of the Soviet Union.
Russia stuck in the Ukraine much like the Johnson Administration stuck itself in Vietnam and the Bush Administration stuck itself in Afghanistan and Iraq. The European idea of a two-State solution a clear failure Foreign Policy of Great Power interventionism. It has Universally always failed from India and Pakistan, to the division of Korea and Vietnam into two hostile countries to the separation of Kuwait from Iraq to the UN SC Resolution 242 and 338 which “advise” the “international Community of Nations” to impose a two-State solution upon the Middle East.
In the case of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the two-state solution has been proposed as a way to address the aspirations of both Israelis and Palestinians for self-determination. An example of foreign great power propaganda. The UN Mandate of Palestine ceased to exist in 1948. All Arab countries Universally rejected British proposed UN 181. Arab countries lost their wars to throw the Jews into the Sea in both 1948 and again in 1967. Jordan attacked Israel and lost Samaria in that short June War. Palestine ceased to exist from 1948 to 1964, when Egyptian born Yasser Arafat opportunistically revived Palestine from the dead by naming his terrorist organization the Palestine Liberation Organization. Confusing foreign states propaganda concerning the non-state of Palestine ignores the simple fact that Mandate Palestine ceased to exist when Israel won its National Independence.
Equating the independent State of Israel as equal to the 1964 terrorist declaration of Palestine = complete and total propaganda half-truths that would make Joseph Goebbels proud. Stateless Arab refugees the consequence of Nakba defeated wars do not share equality with the Independent State of Israel. Arabs lost their wars and losing wars carries risks and consequences which the nation states which promote the Palestinian cause – completely and totally ignore.
The portrayal of the conflict as a simple struggle for Palestinian self-determination fails to account for the historical context of statehood, territorial disputes, and the outcomes of military engagements. And therefore it exists as most foul and base revisionist history. Proponents, such as Britain and France, of the two-state solution argue that it remains a viable framework for achieving peace and addressing the aspirations of both Israelis and Palestinians. Utter nonsense – the 2 state solution has always resulted in more wars. Therefore this “peace” noun serves only a great power propaganda – divide and rule – imperialism.
Peace as a noun does not resemble Shalom as a verb. The latter absolutely requires TRUST. The former has nothing to do with TRUST, and everything to do with propaganda sound bites on par with the anti-war song: “All we are saying is give Peace a chance”.
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So much death from wars based on poor leadership and ignorance. I have little trust in the leadership of America, Russia, and I am sorry to say, Israel. Thank you for the update. Be safe.
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Why poor leadership?
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Death of innocents is a crime against humanity and war is too often the default response of inept leaders. I have no confidence in Trump because of his domestic politics and waning confidence in Netanyahu because of the remaining 20 hostages that have not been released.
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Just how should Netanyahu attain the release of the hostages. Death of what innocents? Gazans danced in the streets on Oct 7th. What domiestic politics of Trump offends you?
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Peace—withdrawal from Gaza and aid to those who have had their homes destroyed. Every Palestinian is not an enemy of Israel. Trump’s foreign and domestic policies diminish generations of great American leaders that have made America a leader in the world. From his immigration policies to his tax legislation to his treatment of our allies, he has diminished America. Netanyahu and Trump need to get over themselves and do what is in the best interest of the people they represent. You and I are at the same place I spoke of before—we can only agree to disagree or just go back into our silos of opinion and quit exchanging our views of the world.
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Interesting. Your opening thesis ignores Oct 7th all together. Would Peace—US post Dec 7th 1941 require similar terms to the United States? A majority of Palestinians freely voted Hamas into power consequent to the 2006 elections. Huge numbers, vast—mass Gazan celebrations occurred immediately after the Oct 7th pogrom.
You approve of Obama/Biden open borders as making America a leader in the world? You support the Nato European states who refuse to honor their 2% Nato alliance agreements?
Cannot speak for Trump, being an Israeli/American duel citizen who has lived in Israel since 1991, other than the reported record breaking blue collar employment which this 2nd Term Trump policies have achieved. As for Bibi, when I made aliya in 1991 Israel was a socialist state, whose economy was 1/10th the size of the Israeli free enterprise economy which prevails today.
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Goyim love to promote their Palestine revisionist history.
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Dead ends A Poem by Coyote Poetry Time for all of us to think and do the right things. Before it is too late for us and nature. Please don’t allow Israel/ USA to erase a people ( Palestine.). Murder of cities and people. The greatest sin. Men can do. Dead ends.. Brothers told no-one […]
Palestine ceased to exist as a UN protectorate territory when Israel won its National Independence by Nakba defeating 5 Arab Armies invaded the newly declared Jewish state of Israel.
This pie in the sky song of revisionist history ignores that all Arab countries Universally rejected UN 181. Do you even know what that Resolution was about? Arab rejected the Balfour Declaration by which the League of Nations carved up the defunct and defeated Ottoman Greater Syrian empire and awarded mandates to France in Syria and Lebanon and to Britain in present day Israel, Jordan, Iraq and Kuwait. The latter known as the “Palestine Mandate”. Palestine not an Arab word, Arabs cannot even pronounce the letter P in their language!
Arabs reject Jewish self determination in the Middle East. Just that simple. No Arab ever would embrace the name Palestinian during the entire period of the British Mandate. Only in 1964 did the Egyptian born Yasser Arafat embrace the name Palestine with the establishment of his PLO terrorist organization. The Palestine Charter of Arafat’s PLO did not condemn the Jordanian rule over Samaria which it rebranded as “West Bank”. Nor did it denounce the Egyptian rule over Gaza! It openly condemned ’48 Israel.
You want to make the Palestinian issue into a religious belief system, that’s your choice. But this revisionist history compares to the Xtian and Muslim basic theologies of Monotheism. Which God do they worship? Such classic pie in the sky fairy tales of some Universal God… what a load of shit. On par with the lies which Goyim parents spew out to their young children about Santa Claus.
In similar vein Arab propaganda promotes the travesty of Israeli settlements in Samaria and Gaza today! America formed its original 13 colonies to the vast land from Sea to Shining Sea, built through settlements…American settlements perhaps the greatest success story in the last 250 years!
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Hate begets hate. I believe in the intelligence of the Israeli people.
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[[[ Within the covenantal framework that you so powerfully defend, how do you see the role of individual conscience? Not as a competing system, but as a faculty formed by oath remembrance and living Torah? In a world saturated with propaganda and revisionism, what disciplines shape that conscience to remain true to Sinai? ]]]
The Books of שמות וויקרא concentrate on the avodat HaShem of dedicating korbanot. This “service” does not exist as offering up a barbeque unto Heaven. The mitzva of the פרט case of Moshiach learns from the כלל of korbanot services of the House of Aaron.
Another בנין אב-precedent, the כלל for faith: צדק צדק תרדוף. Still another פרט-בנין אב precedent: the court case of Hebrew slaves vs. the State of Par’o – beating slaves for their rebellion to meet their brick production quota consequent to Par’o withholding the required straw.
One other בנין אב-precedent learns from the כלל that all ברכות require שם ומלכות.
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Just as a korban requires a dedication to achieve a specific specified purpose, so too the mitzva of Moshiach. Specifically in the mitzva case dedication of Moshiach, this dedicated “king” sanctified לשמה to rule the land with Judicial justice, working through the common law lateral Sanhedrin courtrooms. Based upon the Torah Constitutional mandate that the Sanhedrin courts operate through משנה תורה-Legislative Review of any and all statute laws or bureaucratic regulations imposed by the Monarchy and/or his government.
The often repeated rebuke which the Book of Shmuel makes upon the House of David as Moshiach, the injustice shown to the husband of Bat Sheva. This פרט-specific defines the כלל dedication of the mitzva dedication of Moshiach.
The opening word of the Torah בראשית, through the aggadic stories of the Creation, teaches the k’vanna of tohor time oriented commandments as the Av of the תולדות secondary source positive and negative commandments located specifically in the Books of שמות ויקרא ובמדבר. Hence just as the Book of בראשית introduces the Avot Avraham Yitzak and Yaacov, this opening first Book of the Torah introduces Av tohor time oriented commandments which the rest of the Books of the Torah come to clarify.
For example: what separates tohor spirits from tumah spirits? Avodat HaShem in the Mishkan, only served in the state of tohor middot. For a Cohen to serve within the Mishkan in a condition of tumah middot – this Av transgression carries the din of כרת. Cutting off that person and his children from the oath brit wherein HaShem and the Avot mutually swore to create the chosen Cohen people יש מאין. This latter בראשית most essential idea shares nothing with tuma middot which promote racial or genetic inheritance of the Jewish race – as the Xtian church and Nazis promote.
Hence to swear a Torah oath requires שם ומלכות like as do all ברכות from the Torah. The sin of the Golden Calf – a substitute theology which replaces the revelation of the 1st Sinai commandment revelation of the Spirit Divine Presence Name unto other word-Gods. Avoda zara by definition worships other Word-gods. The sin of the Golden Calf serves as the defining פרט for the 2nd Sinai Commandment כלל not to worship other Gods.
Therefore all Torah oath britot require שם ומלכות. The Name clearly directly links to the Spirit Divine Presence Name revealed in the first Sinai commandment. The term מלך refers to the כלל mitzva of the dedication of the spirit of משיח as expressed through all tohor time oriented Av commandments … the righteous pursuit of justice to achieve shalom among the chosen Cohen people throughout the generations in all Ages and times while Jews rule our ancient homelands.
מלכות understood as the dedication of defined tohor middot. אל remembrance of the Sin of the Golden Calf. רחום the inference which turns pity upon its head. Obliterating the Canaanites, the killing of the minor stubborn and rebellious child, the war against Amalek (Jewish assimilation to foreign cultures and customs of peoples who do not accept the revelation of the Torah at Sinai. And intermarriage with such Goyim). The middah of רחום a Jew dedicates how he shall socially interact with both his people and Goyim in the future; specifically through the dedication of defined tohor middot. חנון the general dedication to dedicate all future behavioral patterns with family friends, people, and even Goyim by and through the future born tohor middot that a person dedicates whenever that Jews does Torah or Talmudic mitzvot/halachot.
Both Xtianity and Islam worship other Word-gods. Therefore both religions do not define faith as the pursuit of justice, but rather belief in the theologies about these Word-gods.
[[[ Also, when you speak of the erasure of Jewish self-determination through revisionist Palestinian narratives, I hear both an intellectual rebuttal and a deep historical wound. Is your critique aimed primarily at the political manipulation of language and borders—or also at the erasure of Jewish covenantal memory from the land itself? ]]]
Unlike the Xtian and Muslims theologies which promote some pie in the sky Universal Monotheism God, the revelation of the Torah at Sinai revealed the local tribal God of Israel. When David fled from king Shaul he declared as he entered g’lut lands: “I have been forced to abandon God”. Just as the Great and Small Sanhedrin courts only have jurisdiction within the borders of the Jewish state so too the local God of Israel. Herein the answer given to the Holocause survivor who said to me: “I was in Auschwitz, Where was God?” When I lived in the US and Xtian people asked me if I was a religious Jew? I responded with: I am an atheist praise God. But even living within the borders of the oath sworn brit alliance lands I habitually respond to Goyim with “I am an atheist – praise God”. Meaning, I do not believe in any theological/creed construct of Word-gods – praise God. LOL Torah, its deep and requires a sense of humor.
The curse of g’lut-exile of my people almost immediately caused Jews to lose the wisdom how to do mitzvot לשמה. G’lut Jewry does not understand how to employ and work our Yatrir HaTov within our hearts. The בנין אב-precedent of blowing the shofer serves as a פרט to define the כלל of Yatzir HaTov. Meaning, to blow a shofar requires air from the lungs. But to blow a spirit from the Yatzir HaTov within the heart requires the k’vanna, (all time-oriented commandments require k’vanna) the dedication of defined tohor middot spirits. This כללי-general idea of tohor middot, it defines the dedication of the middah of חנון.
Herein a definition of 3 of the 13 tohor middot which a person dedicates through Yatzir Tov k’vannot from within their hearts. Jews uprooted from our homelands by both the Babylonians and Romans caused the g’lut cursed survivors to lose this kabbalah wisdom which defines how to do mitzvot לשמה.
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Listen to Pastor Nick read the Firestarter and Jonah 1. God’s heart is warm and tender to Nineveh—Jonah’s is not. God singles out for salvation, this pagan capital of the …
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Literally ‘you silly bird brained’ dumb ass literalist Pastor Nick. Torah commands mussar. Mussar instructs through the משל\נמשל method. What’s the interpretation – think Yosef interpreting the dreams of Par’o – of the whale? Answer: G’lut/exile. Hence when Yonah escaped from the belly of the whale, a direct comparison to the liberation of Israel from Egyptian bondage. Mussar aint Rocket Science. The Creation stories found in the first Book of בראשית, serves as the model how to understand the משל\נמשל mussar teaching approach and instruction!
ב’ ראשית, ברית אש, ראש בית Words within Words רמזים/hints to how to interpret and understand Av Torah tohor time-oriented commandments like circumcision, fruitful and multiply, and the negative commandment against eating the Achilles tendon. The common denominator which joins these specific commandments with the mitzva of tefillah … all tohor time-oriented Av Torah commandments! משל – this 1st Book of the Torah introduces the Avot Avraham Yitzak and Yaacov. נמשל – this 1st Book of the Torah instructs the mussar of tohor time-oriented commandments which all Universally require prophetic mussar as the k’vanna of the Yatziir Ha’Tov within the heart!
Av tohor time-oriented commandments absolutely require prophetic mussar as its k’vanna. The Torah defines the key term “prophet” as any person who commands prophetic mussar as the k’vanna of obeying all Torah and Talmudic commandments and halachot! Hence the Talmud serves as the codification of all tohor time oriented commandments from the Torah itself. Tohor time-oriented commandments not limited to time just like the Creation of the Chosen Cohen Nation not limited to racial theories of tumah spirits or DNA. No Av tuma avoda zarah replacement theology can substitute JeZeus for the descendant inheritors of the oath brit alliance which the Avot swore an oath brit with HaShem, the local tribal God of Sinai. Not the Universal God of Xtian and Islamic monotheism theologies and creed belief systems.
The JeZeus/Hercules virgin birth mythology does not replace the children of Israel blessed by both Yaacov and Moshe as the Chosen Cohen people. The JeZeus myth which declared that some Zeus Father God dwells in the Heavens — utterly false when the Talmud prophetic mussar instructs the k’vanna of תפילה את רוחות שנשם בתוך הלבב. A simple טיפש פשט translation: Tefillah … a matter of the heart. The JeZeus mythical Hercules counterfeit taught that Father God dwells in the Heavens.
Another example of tohor Av Torah time-oriented commandments that the false messiah Roman counterfeit did not know, the oral Torah mitzva of Moshiach dedicates the generations of Israel who pursue this mitzva, like shabbat, to pursue justice among our people as defined through the repeated mussar rebuke the prophet Shmuel gave to the House of David. The injustice shown to the slaughtered husband of Bat Sheva! Simply impossible to interpret the k’vanna of this Oral Torah time-oriented mitzva of Moshiach without the necessity of פרט-כלל or כלל-פרט, just like the Torah organizes רחום וחנון whereas the later prophets organize these to tohor middot in the order of חנון ורחום.
Order servers as the יסוד upon which stands כלל the Siddur and פרט the kre’a shma, shemone esrei, kadish, tachanun, the order of the סמוכים Pesukei D’Zimra blessing. The Order of the blessings which surround the kre’a shma tefillah from the Torah. Order separates saying a blessing as opposed and contrasted by saying Tehillem praises. Understanding requires the skill that discerns and distinguishes ‘like’ from ‘like’. Just as keeping the mitzva of shabbat require making the required הבדלה which separates forbidden Melacha-work from forbidden Avodah-‘work’. Something like its permitted to sqeeze a lemon on sugar and then make tea but a negative Torah commandment not to sqeeze lemon juice directly into a glass of tea on Shabbat.
Just as t’rumah separates the Torah commandment to dedicate a sacred portion given to the sons of Aaron from the chol grains from which the t’rumah – taken in the first place. To do tohor time-oriented commandments requires having a matter of the heart Yatzir Ha’Tov spirit of tohor middot prophetic mussar. Impossible to dedicate holy to HaShem ie לשמה tohor middot while lacking the essential understanding which possesses the skills required which discerns between like from like. No ”understanding”, No ”k’vanna”. No ”k’vanna”, No tohor time-oriented Av Torah commandments. Just that simple. An no JeZeus substitute theology Golden Calf, can turn a pigs’ ear into a silk purse, despite the empty fart like mythology that JeZeus turned water into wine.
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[[[ Within the covenantal framework that you so powerfully defend, how do you see the role of individual conscience? Not as a competing system, but as a faculty formed by oath remembrance and living Torah? In a world saturated with propaganda and revisionism, what disciplines shape that conscience to remain true to Sinai? ]]]
The Books of שמות וויקרא concentrate on the avodat HaShem of dedicating korbanot. This “service” does not exist as offering up a barbeque unto Heaven. The mitzva of the פרט case of Moshiach learns from the כלל of korbanot services of the House of Aaron.
Another בנין אב-precedent, the כלל for faith: צדק צדק תרדוף. Still another פרט-בנין אב precedent: the court case of Hebrew slaves vs. the State of Par’o – beating slaves for their rebellion to meet their brick production quota consequent to Par’o withholding the required straw.
One other בנין אב-precedent learns from the כלל that all ברכות require שם ומלכות.
Just as a korban requires a dedication to achieve a specific specified purpose, so too the mitzva of Moshiach. Specifically in the mitzva case dedication of Moshiach, this dedicated “king” sanctified לשמה to rule the land with Judicial justice, working through the common law lateral Sanhedrin courtrooms. Based upon the Torah Constitutional mandate that the Sanhedrin courts operate through משנה תורה-Legislative Review of any and all statute laws or bureaucratic regulations imposed by the Monarchy and/or his government.
The often repeated rebuke which the Book of Shmuel makes upon the House of David as Moshiach, the injustice shown to the husband of Bat Sheva. This פרט-specific defines the כלל dedication of the mitzva dedication of Moshiach.
The opening word of the Torah בראשית, through the aggadic stories of the Creation, teaches the k’vanna of tohor time-oriented commandments; as the Av of the תולדות secondary source positive and negative commandments located specifically in the Books of שמות ויקרא ובמדבר. Hence just as the Book of בראשית introduces the Avot Avraham Yitzak and Yaacov, this opening first Book of the Torah introduces Av tohor time-oriented commandments which the rest of the Books of the Torah come to clarify.
For example: what separates tohor spirits from tumah spirits? Avodat HaShem in the Mishkan, only served in the state of tohor middot. For a Cohen to serve within the Mishkan in a condition of tumah middot – this Av transgression carries the din of כרת. Cutting off that person and his children from the oath brit wherein HaShem and the Avot mutually swore to create the chosen Cohen people יש מאין. This latter בראשית most essential idea shares nothing with tuma middot which promote racial or genetic inheritance of the Jewish race – as the Xtian church and Nazis promote – examples of tumah middot.
Hence to swear a Torah oath requires שם ומלכות like as do all ברכות from the Torah. The sin of the Golden Calf – a substitute theology which replaces the revelation of the 1st Sinai commandment revelation of the Spirit Divine Presence Name unto other word-Gods. Avoda zara by definition worships other Word-gods. The sin of the Golden Calf serves as the defining פרט for the 2nd Sinai Commandment כלל not to worship other Gods.
Therefore all Torah oath britot require שם ומלכות. The Name clearly directly links to the Spirit Divine Presence Name revealed in the first Sinai commandment. The term מלך refers to the כלל mitzva of the dedication of the spirit of משיח as expressed through all tohor time oriented Av commandments … the righteous pursuit of justice to achieve shalom among the chosen Cohen people throughout the generations in all Ages and times while Jews rule our ancient homelands.
מלכות understood as the dedication of defined tohor middot. אל remembrance of the Sin of the Golden Calf. רחום the inference which turns pity upon its head. Obliterating the Canaanites, the killing of the minor stubborn and rebellious child, the war against Amalek (Jewish assimilation to foreign cultures and customs of peoples who do not accept the revelation of the Torah at Sinai. And intermarriage with such Goyim). The middah of רחום a Jew dedicates how he shall socially interact with both his people and Goyim in the future; specifically through the dedication of defined tohor middot. חנון the general dedication to dedicate all future behavioral patterns with family friends, people, and even Goyim by and through the future born tohor middot that a person dedicates whenever that Jews does Torah or Talmudic mitzvot/halachot.
Both Xtianity and Islam worship other Word-gods. Therefore both religions do not define faith as the pursuit of justice, but rather belief in the theologies about these Word-gods.
[[[ Also, when you speak of the erasure of Jewish self-determination through revisionist Palestinian narratives, I hear both an intellectual rebuttal and a deep historical wound. Is your critique aimed primarily at the political manipulation of language and borders—or also at the erasure of Jewish covenantal memory from the land itself? ]]]
Unlike the Xtian and Muslims theologies which promote some pie in the sky Universal Monotheism God, the revelation of the Torah at Sinai revealed the local tribal God of Israel. When David fled from king Shaul he declared as he entered g’lut lands: “I have been forced to abandon God”. Just as the Great and Small Sanhedrin courts only have jurisdiction within the borders of the Jewish state so too the local God of Israel. Herein the answer given to the Holocaust survivor who said to me: “I was in Auschwitz, Where was God?” When I lived in the US and Xtian people asked me if I was a religious Jew? I responded with: I am an atheist praise God. But even living within the borders of the oath sworn brit alliance lands I habitually respond to Goyim with “I am an atheist – praise God”. Meaning, I do not believe in any theological/creed construct of Word-gods – praise God. LOL Torah, its deep and requires a sense of humor.
The curse of g’lut-exile of my people almost immediately caused Jews to lose the wisdom how to do mitzvot לשמה. G’lut Jewry does not understand how to employ and work our Yatrir HaTov within our hearts. The בנין אב-precedent of blowing the shofer serves as a פרט to define the כלל of Yatzir HaTov. Meaning, to blow a shofar requires air from the lungs. But to blow a spirit from the Yatzir HaTov within the heart requires the k’vanna, (all time-oriented commandments require k’vanna) the dedication of defined tohor middot spirits. This כללי-general idea of tohor middot, it defines the dedication of the middah of חנון.
Herein a definition of 3 of the 13 tohor middot which a person dedicates through Yatzir Tov k’vannot from within their hearts. Jews uprooted from our homelands by both the Babylonians and Romans caused the g’lut cursed survivors to lose this kabbalah wisdom which defines how to do mitzvot לשמה.
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Listen to Pastor Nick read the Firestarter and Jonah 1. God’s heart is warm and tender to Nineveh—Jonah’s is not. God singles out for salvation, this pagan capital of the …
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Literally ‘you silly bird brained’ dumb ass literalist Pastor Nick. Torah commands mussar. Mussar instructs through the משל\נמשל method. What’s the interpretation – think Yosef interpreting the dreams of Par’o – of the whale? Answer: G’lut/exile. Hence when Yonah escaped from the belly of the whale, a direct comparison to the liberation of Israel from Egyptian bondage. Mussar aint Rocket Science. The Creation stories found in the first Book of בראשית, serves as the model how to understand the משל\נמשל mussar teaching approach and instruction!
ב’ ראשית, ברית אש, ראש בית Words within Words רמזים/hints to how to interpret and understand Av Torah tohor time-oriented commandments like circumcision, fruitful and multiply, and the negative commandment against eating the Achilles tendon. The common denominator which joins these specific commandments with the mitzva of tefillah … all tohor time-oriented Av Torah commandments! משל – this 1st Book of the Torah introduces the Avot Avraham Yitzak and Yaacov. נמשל – this 1st Book of the Torah instructs the mussar of tohor time-oriented commandments which all Universally require prophetic mussar as the k’vanna of the Yatziir Ha’Tov within the heart!
Av tohor time-oriented commandments absolutely require prophetic mussar as its k’vanna. The Torah defines the key term “prophet” as any person who commands prophetic mussar as the k’vanna of obeying all Torah and Talmudic commandments and halachot! Hence the Talmud serves as the codification of all tohor time oriented commandments from the Torah itself. Tohor time-oriented commandments not limited to time just like the Creation of the Chosen Cohen Nation not limited to racial theories of tumah spirits or DNA. No Av tuma avoda zarah replacement theology can substitute JeZeus for the descendant inheritors of the oath brit alliance which the Avot swore an oath brit with HaShem, the local tribal God of Sinai. Not the Universal God of Xtian and Islamic monotheism theologies and creed belief systems.
The JeZeus/Hercules virgin birth mythology does not replace the children of Israel blessed by both Yaacov and Moshe as the Chosen Cohen people. The JeZeus myth which declared that some Zeus Father God dwells in the Heavens — utterly false when the Talmud prophetic mussar instructs the k’vanna of תפילה את רוחות שנשם בתוך הלבב. A simple טיפש פשט translation: Tefillah … a matter of the heart. The JeZeus mythical Hercules counterfeit taught that Father God dwells in the Heavens.
Another example of tohor Av Torah time-oriented commandments that the false messiah Roman counterfeit did not know, the oral Torah mitzva of Moshiach dedicates the generations of Israel who pursue this mitzva, like shabbat, to pursue justice among our people as defined through the repeated mussar rebuke the prophet Shmuel gave to the House of David. The injustice shown to the slaughtered husband of Bat Sheva! Simply impossible to interpret the k’vanna of this Oral Torah time-oriented mitzva of Moshiach without the necessity of פרט-כלל or כלל-פרט, just like the Torah organizes רחום וחנון whereas the later prophets organize these to tohor middot in the order of חנון ורחום.
Order servers as the יסוד upon which stands כלל the Siddur and פרט the kre’a shma, shemone esrei, kadish, tachanun, the order of the סמוכים Pesukei D’Zimra blessing. The Order of the blessings which surround the kre’a shma tefillah from the Torah. Order separates saying a blessing as opposed and contrasted by saying Tehillem praises. Understanding requires the skill that discerns and distinguishes ‘like’ from ‘like’. Just as keeping the mitzva of shabbat require making the required הבדלה which separates forbidden Melacha-work from forbidden Avodah-‘work’. Something like its permitted to sqeeze a lemon on sugar and then make tea but a negative Torah commandment not to sqeeze lemon juice directly into a glass of tea on Shabbat.
Just as t’rumah separates the Torah commandment to dedicate a sacred portion given to the sons of Aaron from the chol grains from which the t’rumah – taken in the first place. To do tohor time-oriented commandments requires having a matter of the heart Yatzir Ha’Tov spirit of tohor middot prophetic mussar. Impossible to dedicate holy to HaShem ie לשמה tohor middot while lacking the essential understanding which possesses the skills required which discerns between like from like. No ”understanding”, No ”k’vanna”. No ”k’vanna”, No tohor time-oriented Av Torah commandments. Just that simple. An no JeZeus substitute theology Golden Calf, can turn a pigs’ ear into a silk purse, despite the empty fart like mythology that JeZeus turned water into wine.
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[[[ Within the covenantal framework that you so powerfully defend, how do you see the role of individual conscience? Not as a competing system, but as a faculty formed by oath remembrance and living Torah? In a world saturated with propaganda and revisionism, what disciplines shape that conscience to remain true to Sinai? ]]]
The Books of שמות וויקרא concentrate on the avodat HaShem of dedicating korbanot. This “service” does not exist as offering up a barbeque unto Heaven. The mitzva of the פרט case of Moshiach learns from the כלל of korbanot services of the House of Aaron.
Another בנין אב-precedent, the כלל for faith: צדק צדק תרדוף. Still another פרט-בנין אב precedent: the court case of Hebrew slaves vs. the State of Par’o – beating slaves for their rebellion to meet their brick production quota consequent to Par’o withholding the required straw.
One other בנין אב-precedent learns from the כלל that all ברכות require שם ומלכות.
Just as a korban requires a dedication to achieve a specific specified purpose, so too the mitzva of Moshiach. Specifically in the mitzva case dedication of Moshiach, this dedicated “king” sanctified לשמה to rule the land with Judicial justice, working through the common law lateral Sanhedrin courtrooms. Based upon the Torah Constitutional mandate that the Sanhedrin courts operate through משנה תורה-Legislative Review of any and all statute laws or bureaucratic regulations imposed by the Monarchy and/or his government.
The often repeated rebuke which the Book of Shmuel makes upon the House of David as Moshiach, the injustice shown to the husband of Bat Sheva. This פרט-specific defines the כלל dedication of the mitzva dedication of Moshiach.
The opening word of the Torah בראשית, through the aggadic stories of the Creation, teaches the k’vanna of tohor time-oriented commandments; as the Av of the תולדות secondary source positive and negative commandments located specifically in the Books of שמות ויקרא ובמדבר. Hence just as the Book of בראשית introduces the Avot Avraham Yitzak and Yaacov, this opening first Book of the Torah introduces Av tohor time-oriented commandments which the rest of the Books of the Torah come to clarify.
For example: what separates tohor spirits from tumah spirits? Avodat HaShem in the Mishkan, only served in the state of tohor middot. For a Cohen to serve within the Mishkan in a condition of tumah middot – this Av transgression carries the din of כרת. Cutting off that person and his children from the oath brit wherein HaShem and the Avot mutually swore to create the chosen Cohen people יש מאין. This latter בראשית most essential idea shares nothing with tuma middot which promote racial or genetic inheritance of the Jewish race – as the Xtian church and Nazis promote – examples of tumah middot.
Hence to swear a Torah oath requires שם ומלכות like as do all ברכות from the Torah. The sin of the Golden Calf – a substitute theology which replaces the revelation of the 1st Sinai commandment revelation of the Spirit Divine Presence Name unto other word-Gods. Avoda zara by definition worships other Word-gods. The sin of the Golden Calf serves as the defining פרט for the 2nd Sinai Commandment כלל not to worship other Gods.
Therefore all Torah oath britot require שם ומלכות. The Name clearly directly links to the Spirit Divine Presence Name revealed in the first Sinai commandment. The term מלך refers to the כלל mitzva of the dedication of the spirit of משיח as expressed through all tohor time oriented Av commandments … the righteous pursuit of justice to achieve shalom among the chosen Cohen people throughout the generations in all Ages and times while Jews rule our ancient homelands.
מלכות understood as the dedication of defined tohor middot. אל remembrance of the Sin of the Golden Calf. רחום the inference which turns pity upon its head. Obliterating the Canaanites, the killing of the minor stubborn and rebellious child, the war against Amalek (Jewish assimilation to foreign cultures and customs of peoples who do not accept the revelation of the Torah at Sinai. And intermarriage with such Goyim). The middah of רחום a Jew dedicates how he shall socially interact with both his people and Goyim in the future; specifically through the dedication of defined tohor middot. חנון the general dedication to dedicate all future behavioral patterns with family friends, people, and even Goyim by and through the future born tohor middot that a person dedicates whenever that Jews does Torah or Talmudic mitzvot/halachot.
Both Xtianity and Islam worship other Word-gods. Therefore both religions do not define faith as the pursuit of justice, but rather belief in the theologies about these Word-gods.
[[[ Also, when you speak of the erasure of Jewish self-determination through revisionist Palestinian narratives, I hear both an intellectual rebuttal and a deep historical wound. Is your critique aimed primarily at the political manipulation of language and borders—or also at the erasure of Jewish covenantal memory from the land itself? ]]]
Unlike the Xtian and Muslims theologies which promote some pie in the sky Universal Monotheism God, the revelation of the Torah at Sinai revealed the local tribal God of Israel. When David fled from king Shaul he declared as he entered g’lut lands: “I have been forced to abandon God”. Just as the Great and Small Sanhedrin courts only have jurisdiction within the borders of the Jewish state so too the local God of Israel. Herein the answer given to the Holocaust survivor who said to me: “I was in Auschwitz, Where was God?” When I lived in the US and Xtian people asked me if I was a religious Jew? I responded with: I am an atheist praise God. But even living within the borders of the oath sworn brit alliance lands I habitually respond to Goyim with “I am an atheist – praise God”. Meaning, I do not believe in any theological/creed construct of Word-gods – praise God. LOL Torah, its deep and requires a sense of humor.
The curse of g’lut-exile of my people almost immediately caused Jews to lose the wisdom how to do mitzvot לשמה. G’lut Jewry does not understand how to employ and work our Yatrir HaTov within our hearts. The בנין אב-precedent of blowing the shofer serves as a פרט to define the כלל of Yatzir HaTov. Meaning, to blow a shofar requires air from the lungs. But to blow a spirit from the Yatzir HaTov within the heart requires the k’vanna, (all time-oriented commandments require k’vanna) the dedication of defined tohor middot spirits. This כללי-general idea of tohor middot, it defines the dedication of the middah of חנון.
Herein a definition of 3 of the 13 tohor middot which a person dedicates through Yatzir Tov k’vannot from within their hearts. Jews uprooted from our homelands by both the Babylonians and Romans caused the g’lut cursed survivors to lose this kabbalah wisdom which defines how to do mitzvot לשמה.
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Thank you. You are a scholar of your religion. I am an ignorant agnostic. I only see today and wish for peace, not to justify the horrible attack by Hamas but hope for your safety and security for Israel. The immense contribution of Jews to the world of science and philosophy has not been matched since the times of Socrates and Aristotle. This is not to change my mind about peace but to let you know how I feel about you and Israel’s survival.
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The Vulgate and Lutheran Bible translations so disgusting – eat shit and die – “translations”. What a pathetic joke. Werewolves, Vampires, and Frankenstein … follow with the cowardly lion, down the Yellow Brick Road – Oh my!
John Calvin and Martin Luther, pivotal figures in the Protestant Reformation, each contributing significantly to the movement in distinct ways. Martin Luther (1483-1546), best known for his “95 Theses,” which he famously nailed to the door of the Wittenberg Castle Church in 1517. This document criticized the Catholic Church’s practices, particularly the sale of indulgences, and called for reform.
His theology emphasized the doctrine of justification by faith alone, arguing that salvation is a gift from God and cannot be earned through good works or church rituals. Asserting that salvation is a gift from God, this theology day and night different from Torah common law as expressed through T’NaCH prophetic mussar common law and Talmudic halachic judicial common law. This prioritization of faith as the pursuit of judicial justice – fair compensation of damages inflicted by Jews upon other Jews, radically different from the theologies spewed forth by the Protestant Reformation.
Luther made an utterly sophomoric translation the Bible into German, which utterly failed and even compounded the Vulgate perversion of the T’NaCH. Luther’s translation became “The Word” for the ignorant Lutheran laity. He promoted the idea that individuals could interpret scripture without knowledge of Hebrew or Aramaic and despised the Roman clergy who relied upon Latin and Greek. Luther’s ideas established Lutheranism, and challenged the authority of the Pope and the Catholic Church, leading to the formation of various Protestant denominations.
John Calvin (1509-1564), Calvin built upon Luther’s ideas but introduced a more systematic theology. His work, “Institutes of the Christian Religion,” laid out his beliefs about predestination, the sovereignty of God, and the nature of the church. He established Geneva as a center of Protestantism, implementing a theocratic government that enforced moral discipline and promoted education and social welfare. Calvin’s teachings led to the development of Reformed theology, influencing various Protestant groups, including the Presbyterians and the Huguenots. He stressed the importance of a disciplined Christian community and the role of the church in guiding believers’ lives.
The St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre in 1572; the Huguenots were French Protestants influenced by John Calvin’s teachings. Tensions between the Catholic majority and the Protestant minority led to a series of civil wars known as the French Wars of Religion. The St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre was a turning point, where thousands of Huguenots were killed in Paris and across France, marking a significant moment of barbaric religious violence. This period was characterized by political intrigue, shifting alliances, and brutal conflicts, ultimately leading to the Edict of Nantes in 1598, which granted limited religious freedoms to the Huguenots. However, this tolerance was revoked in 1685, leading to further persecution and the exodus of many Huguenots from France.
The immediate trigger for the Thirty Years’ War came in 1618 with the Defenestration of Prague, where Protestant nobles in Bohemia revolted against the Catholic Habsburg rule. This event marked the beginning of the war, but the underlying tensions had been building since the formation of the Catholic League and Protestant Union. The events of 1609, particularly the formation of the Catholic League under Maximilian of Bavaria, were crucial in setting the stage for the Thirty Years’ War. The conflict would evolve into a complex struggle involving various European powers, driven by both religious and political motivations, leading to widespread devastation across the continent.
The Protestant Union, established in 1608, was indeed led by Frederick IV, the Elector Palatine, and aimed to protect the rights and interests of Protestant states against Catholic encroachments. This was a response to the increasing tensions and conflicts arising from the Reformation and the subsequent political landscape in Europe.
In reaction to the Protestant Union, the Catholic League was formed in 1609, primarily to counter the influence of Protestant states and to protect Catholic interests. This military alliance included several Catholic states and was a significant factor in the lead-up to the Thirty Years’ War, which began in 1618. These alliances were crucial in shaping the religious and political dynamics of the time, leading to significant conflicts and changes in power within the Holy Roman Empire and beyond.
The Peace of Westphalia in 1648, which ended the Thirty Years’ War, was primarily focused on resolving the conflicts arising from that war rather than directly addressing the earlier events of the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre. The Peace of Westphalia consisted of a series of treaties that concluded the Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648) and the Eighty Years’ War (1568-1648) between Spain and the Dutch Republic. It marked a significant turning point in European history, establishing a new order based on state sovereignty.
The Peace of Westphalia and the ensuing treaties recognized the coexistence of Catholicism, Lutheranism, and Calvinism within the Holy Roman Empire. This was a crucial step towards religious tolerance, as it aimed to stabilize the region by allowing various Christian denominations to coexist. The treaties recognized the coexistence of Catholicism, Lutheranism, and Calvinism within the Holy Roman Empire. France gained territories in Alsace and parts of Lorraine, while Sweden gained influence in northern Germany.
While the Peace of Westphalia did not directly address the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre, it did contribute to a broader context of religious tolerance and the recognition of Protestant rights in Europe. The massacre had already highlighted the violent tensions between Catholics and Protestants in France, leading to a long period of civil strife. The St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre (1572) deepened the divide between Catholics and Protestants in France, leading to further civil wars and conflicts. It exemplified the extreme violence and intolerance that characterized the period.
In the same year as the ‘Peace of Westphalia’ (1648), witnessed the barbaric explosion of the Khmelnytsky Uprising, also known as the Cossack-Polish War. Bohdan Khmelnytsky was the leader (1648-57) of the Zaporozhian Cossacks who organized a rebellion against Polish rule in Ukraine that ultimately led to the transfer of the Ukrainian lands east of the Dnieper River from Polish to Russian control. His barbarian Cossack hordes slaughtered perhaps 1 million Jews living in the Ukraine and Poland.
Germany annexed Prussia from Poland during the partitions of Poland, which occurred in three stages. (1772) – Prussia gained the region of West Prussia, which included parts of Polish territory. (1793) – Prussia acquired additional territories, including parts of Greater Poland. (1795) – Prussia annexed the remaining parts of Poland, including areas that would later be known as Prussian Poland.
After World War II, the Allies did not restore Poland to its pre-partition borders; instead, they established new borders based on the outcomes of the war and the decisions made at conferences among the Allied powers. Poland lost significant territory in the east to the Soviet Union, including areas such as Lviv (Lwów) and parts of what is now western Ukraine and Belarus. In compensation, Poland was granted territory in the west, including parts of former German territories such as Silesia, Pomerania, and the southern part of East Prussia. Poland was re-established as a sovereign state after the war, but its borders were significantly different from those before the partitions in the late 18th century.
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