A revealing email from Israeli Yehoshua Friedman. Rabbi Friedman and his wife Janet are among the original founders of Kochav HaShachar, a Jewish Pioneering Community in the Israelite Tribal Territory of Eretz Binyamin (Land of Benjamin), located in what is today known as the Shomron (Samaria).
22 Av, 5766 (August 17, 2005)
David,
I just thought of you being banned from Israel in juxtaposition with my son-in-law, Yehoyariv Maguri, who built a house for himself, his wife (my daughter) Esther and baby son Avraham on the hilltop of Givat Ronen near Har Bracha in the Shomron.
A couple of months ago he received an administrative order signed by Defense Minister Peretz banning him from entering the entire area of Judea and Samaria (with the exception of the city of Ma'ale Adumim).
Yehoyariv is a young man from a Yemenite family, a Cohen with an ancient lineage, who is connected to the bedrock of his being with the land of Israel, Jewish labor, growing things on, walking the land as a free Jew. For him the deep connection to the land transcends the bureaucratic statements of government officials about where the borders are to be and which foreign leader's boots we are meant to lick this week. The land, the people and Torah of Israel are eternal.
May G-d protect him, his family and all of us.
Yehoshua
Shalom Yehoshua,
Your son-in-law, Yehoyariv Maguri, sounds like a wonderful person to whom I can relate with his great love for God, klal Yisrael and THE LAND. Perhaps it's from being raised for the first 11 years of my life on a farm that I wholeheartedly love the land, and which is why I wanted to live throughout the Land on 8 different kibbutzim to truly get a feel for the Land, to see the sun, moon and stars from different regions of Eretz Yisrael that God has placed in their positions.
Your heartrending tale further shows how the secular government persecutes the righteous, even the Cohanim, and would restrict movement in the Jewish Homeland like the worst of the Gentiles.
May HaShem continue to bless your family, your son-in-law, Yehoyariv, your daughter Esther and baby grandson Avraham and bless me to soon meet them!
David
Psalm 102:11-17
11 My days are like a shadow that lengthens, And I wither away like grass. 12 But You, O LORD, shall endure forever, And the remembrance of Your name to all generations. 13 You will arise and have mercy on Zion; For the time to favor her, Yes, the set time, has come. 14 For Your servants take pleasure in her stones, And show favor to her dust. 15 So the nations shall fear the name of the LORD, And all the kings of the earth Your glory. 16 For the LORD shall build up Zion; He shall appear in His glory. 17 He shall regard the prayer of the destitute, And shall not despise their prayer.
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TooJewish Administrator Joined: 05/10/09 Forum Posts: 2
First of all, all the numbers there are off by one.
Secondly the wording is odd. Did you copy this from some christian bible?
BeyondBabylon said: Psalm 102:11-17
11 My days are like a shadow that lengthens, And I wither away like grass. 12 But You, O LORD, shall endure forever, And the remembrance of Your name to all generations. 13 You will arise and have mercy on Zion; For the time to favor her, Yes, the set time, has come. 14 For Your servants take pleasure in her stones, And show favor to her dust. 15 So the nations shall fear the name of the LORD, And all the kings of the earth Your glory. 16 For the LORD shall build up Zion; He shall appear in His glory. 17 He shall regard the prayer of the destitute, And shall not despise their prayer.
That's all you got from the article? As a Christian-Zionist, what Bible do you think I got it from? Do you have a Jewish Bible link where I can get quotes?
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TooJewish Administrator Joined: 05/10/09 Forum Posts: 2
Aside from ascertions of left-wing anti-Jewish activities in Israel, I got the fact that you dont know what you are posting when it comes to the bible.
I'm sorry you treat legitimate friends of Israel so shamefully, always so combative, and miserably miss that the Psalm quoted is most appropriate for those who LOVE THE LAND- especially For Your servants take pleasure in her stones, And show favor to her dust.
Don't let your unwarranted hatred blind you.
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TooJewish Administrator Joined: 05/10/09 Forum Posts: 2
It is you who have shown yourself ignorant before both God and man, sad to say. I'm sure none of the "Righteous Gentiles" who saved Jews were ever treated by the shameful likes of you.
As I am not a missionary Nazi Christian, your unwarranted hatred remains unwarranted, whether your murderous hatred blind you to that fact or not.
I'm very grateful to God that my few bitter experiences with professing Jews like you are rare, and that truly Torah-observant Jews (who don't express such unwarranted hatred) more than make up for your rotten example with their love and support for our shared ideals, despite our differences.
May God forgive you and inspire you to work toward reconciliation between Joseph and Judah - not further alienation due to sinful PRIDE.
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TooJewish Administrator Joined: 05/10/09 Forum Posts: 2
Wow the venom is flowing, admin. I might not have caught all the story, but you obviously have some issues with people. It sounds to me like he was just trying to communicate his thoughts and out come the daggers. There are those who Love the Jewish people and Nation, sounds like you could look a little deeper, and see that people do care and are not always trying to push an agenda
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TooJewish Administrator Joined: 05/10/09 Forum Posts: 2
I am upfront about everything I do, as my many Torah-observant ISRAELI friends (not in self-imposed exile) know and respect.
Some forums complain if you don't post a link. You complain when I do, saving bandwidth.
Since you clearly can't accuse me of any wrongdoing, all you can do is let your imagination run wild and get carried away with your unsubstantiated charges. May you go by the FACTS, not your feelings.
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