21 Elul 5785
The following mitzvot are quoted from The Concise Sefer HaChinuch by Rabbi Asher Wasserman with haskamot from HaRav Avraham Pinchas Berkowitz, shlita; HaGaon HaGadol R. Chaim Kanievsky, shlita; HaGaon HaGadol R. Dov Yaffe, shlita; HaGaon HaGadol R. Nissim Karelitz, shlita; HaGaon HaGadol R. Moshe Shaul Klein, shlita; and HaGaon HaGadol R. Yitzchok Zilberstein, shlita.
Mitzvah 426: Do not show favor or mercy towards those who worship idols.
(ולא תחנם)
And you shall not show them any favor. (Devarim 7.2)
Explanation: Do not show any favor or mercy towards those who worship idols, and do not regard as admirable or correct even one thing that they do. Distance from your mind the slightest assumption, and never suggest verbally that one can learn or benefit from such people. Do not look upon idol-worshippers as serving any useful purpose or as possessing any positive trait or quality, In fact, our Sages taught that one is even forbidden to say about an idol worshiper that he is a nice or pleasant person.
Mitzvah 457: Do not show love or regard for anyone who entices others to worship false deities.
(לא תאבה לו)
Do not show any regard for him. (Devarim 13.9)
Explanation: Do not pay attention to the words of anyone who entices people to worship a false god. Do not show him any affection or regard.
Someone is considered to have enticed to idol worship not only if he advocates the actual worship, but even if he simply praises the deity’s so called “deeds”. If his intent is to cause people to serve the deity and go out from under the wings of the Shechinah, he is considered as having enticed others to idol worship.
Mitzvah 458: Do not stop hating someone who entices others to worship false deities.
(ולא תשמע אליו)
And do not hearken to him. (Devarim 13.9)
Explanation: Do not refrain from taking full vengeance on anyone who entices people to worship false gods. In return for the evil that he sought to commit, do not stop hating him and show no mercy on him.
Mitzvah 459: Do not rescue from danger anyone who entices others to worship false deities.
(ולא תחוס עינך עליו)
And do not let your eyes have any pity on him. (Devarim 13.9)
Explanation: If someone who was enticed to worship false gods sees the enticer in any sort of danger, he is forbidden to take pity on him and save him.
Mitzvah 460: Do not defend or say anything on behalf of someone who entices others to worship false deities.
(ולא תחמל)
And do not show mercy. (Devarim 13.9)
Explanation: If someone was enticed to worship false gods, he is forbidden to say anything positive about the one who enticed him, or defend him in any way.
Mitzvah 461: If enticed to idol worship do not refrain from publicizing any negative thing you know about the one who enticed you.
(ולא תכסה עליו)
And do not cover up for him. (Devarim 13.9)
Explanation: If someone was enticed to worship false gods, he is forbidden to remain silent about anything negative that he knows about one who enticed him. He must come forward and publicize all of the offender’s guilt and shortcomings.
From the many admonishments about someone who entices to idol worship, we can infer that we have a mitzvah to hate wanton violators of other commands, too. That is, it is sometimes clear that there is no hope for a person, for his actions are exceedingly corrupt and abominable. He refuses to listen to any teacher or authority, and prefers instead to scorn their words. His goal is only to do damage. It is a mitzvah to hate such people. One should never defend them or say anything positive about them.
As a final word, allow me to emphasize that it's not just a sin for practitioners of avodah zarah to entice (proselytize) Jews, but gentiles as well! The worship of any god except The ONE GOD - HKB"H - is forbidden to all humanity!!
And anyone who denies this Torah and thinks his way is better is already an idolater who has deified himself!
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The Representatives of Rome have come to desecrate our holy places. It holds no meaning for them whatsoever. It's all an act to continue to pull the wool over the eyes of clueless Jews and keep the "alliance" intact!!
they think they are being respectful wearing a kippa... his evilness in Rome wears one too.
ReplyDeleteIs the 'Explanation' part yours... or your thinking ..?
ReplyDeleteNo, the entire indented thing is a quote.
DeleteThe term "Judeo-Xtian" became commonplace at the onset of the Cold War. According to Wikipedia the term was from an author in the 1800's to refer to Jewish converts to Xtianity. As R' Singer puts it, Xtianity needs all Jews to convert in order to bring their messiah and Jews are holding up the show.
ReplyDeleteFor all NATIONS, not for all religions. For all nations when they accept the Noachide laws, not religions that bring their avoda zara and anti Torah hashkafa with them, who want to convert or kill us out of existence, chalila.
ReplyDeleteThe glicks of this world are not stupid people, usually the opposite. Imho, the issue is ego. We all have an ego, to varying degrees, but for most of us the scale of these people's ego is unfathomable. They truly believe that they know better than gedolei hador, than the Torah and than Hashem Himself.
Regular Jews who fall ofr this seem to be suffering from the abused child syndrome, someone loves me, they naively believe, no questions asked. Similarly with Yosef Hadad who is also adored. But if you listen closely to what he says, his narrative is of an Israel of all its citizens, Hamas attacked us all equally etc, we are all brothers together.
Hitoreri
This is an extremely important point.
DeleteAnd, of course, they will misapply the Meiri or Rabbenu Gershon who made rulers about the permissibility of certain interactions with Christians in Europe to wipe away any prohibition against Christians
ReplyDeleteThey will differentiate between Catholics and Protestants. Even though they have the same texts and beliefs in Yoshke.
They will claim that they pray to HaShem, but just through Yoshke. Even though that's not always true.
And even if they did, kefira (denial) of Torah is not allowed to settle in Israel, לא תשבו בארצך.
And they misunderstand the prophetic phrase "house of prayer for all nations."
ReplyDeleteFor anyone who says that Christians are not in the category of 'ovdei avodah zarah (practitioners of foreign worship), here is an elaboration of the negative commandment לא תחנם / Do not have mercy (Deut. 7:2).
ReplyDeleteOf course they are. Four ascended to Gan Eden, Ben Azzai died, Ben Zoma lost his mind, Rabbi Akiva came back intact miraculously and Elisha Ben Avuya became a heretic. How so? He became a Xian and what he did was so despicable the chachamim called him Acher because they didn't want to give any credence to him. So if Xianity is despised by the sages in the Gemora then its for good reason and that's because its avodah zorah straight up.
DeleteFrom the way I understand it is they have a "relationship" with "their god". Essentially an emotional bond, not unlike social media with their shares and likes, And followers. An Indian national who worked at Facebook once said that design was purposeful to affect the psyche of the individual, that is until he was paid by Facebook to start his own company and thus recanted those remarks. That is why a Xtian can dismiss any evidence to the contrary of their religion. That emotional bond supersedes any rational thought. When I came across Acts 7 I thought how can any Xtian "keep their faith" when confronted with the obvious mistakes of fact, but that emotional bond is greater than the truth. For this reason I don't believe we should even be talking to them. I can't count the numerous debates with them on
ReplyDeleteformer blogs. No matter the rationale or logic will penetrate that bond.
One thing is for certain. If Israel even begins to restrict these people the entire weight of the White House and the entire US Government will work to stop it. In the past State has already admonished Israel regarding religious liberty. Unfortunately that day will likely come at some time.
You understand it very well.
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