What Israel’s Policy of Appeasement Toward “Israeli Arabs” Wrought…

Our World: The Debasement of Law, by Caroline Glick (Jerusalem Post)

“Israel’s general policy of appeasement towards its Arab minority is nowhere more apparent than on the Temple Mount. The Olmert government has approved the construction of a fifth minaret on the Temple Mount.

A fifth minaret is a clear attempt on the part of the Wakf to fill the Temple Mount with mosques and so prevent all Jewish worship and block any attempt to build a synagogue on the site. “

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Rosh Hashana 5767: Unesaneh Tokef; Withstanding and Defying a Gezeira Rah…

Rosh Hashana 5767: Unesaneh Tokef; Withstanding and Defying a Gezeira Rah

By Moshe Burt

Each Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, we daven the Unesaneh Tokef as part of the Mussaf tefillah.

The story behind the Unesaneh Tokef tefillah (expressing the seriousness of the day): relates the Gezeira Rah (evil decree) faced by R’ Amnon of Mainz and his Kehilla of forced conversion to Christianity dating back about 1,000 years.

R’ Amnon who, with his Kehilla, faced dread coersion as well as mortal, imminent threat of death, gave the perception of consideration of possible compliance with the demand to convert to Christianity and, as a result, became distraught at even having given the impression that he could betray Hashem. read more

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Withstanding and Defying a Gezeira Rah

I followed up the previous word of Torah with the following;

Withstanding and Defying a Gezeira Rah
By Moshe Burt

I wrote previously regarding the contrast between the story behind the Unesaneh Tokef tefillah (expressing the seriousness of the day): the Gezeira Rah (evil decree) faced by R’ Amnon of Mainz and his Kehilla of forced conversion to Christianity dating back about 1,000 years, and the Gezeira Rah that we are currently living through regarding the forced expulsion of Jews from divinely ordained Jewish Land and handing that land over to avowed enemies bent on the eradication of the Jewish people. As previously stated, the Unesaneh Tokef tefillah is recited on both days of Rosh Hashana and on Yom Kippur. read more

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