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G-d commands Israel to establish cities of refuge for those who have accidentally murdered their fellow without malice or forethought. However, providing weapons to sworn enemies for the sake of "peace" cannot be considered unintentional manslaughter, but murder.
Shoftim (Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9)
Parashat Shoftim is read on Shabbat:
Elul 6, 5768/September 6, 2008
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali was born in Mogadishu, Somalia. She has become a controversial Dutch feminist, writer, and politician. She is the estranged daughter of the Somali scholar, politician, and revolutionary opposition leader Hirsi Magan Isse. She is a prominent critic of Islam, and her screenplay for Theo Van Gogh's movie Submission led to death threats. Since van Gogh's murder by a Muslim in 2004, she has lived in seclusion under the protection of Dutch authorities. When she was eight, her...
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In one of the darkest betrayals in modern Israel history, Yitzchak Rabin carries out the order to fire on Jewish freedom fighters on the Altalena bringing much-needed military supplies to the emerging Israeli military. In this video, you see rare images of the event - and what is most amazing - Yitzchak Rabin himself giving self-incriminating evidence that he indeed commanded the shooting upon fellow Jews swimming helplessly in the water. The entire boat was destroyed; sixteen (16) Jewish...
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AMEN Trailer (2002) - Oscar-winner Costa-Gavras' story of a renegade Nazi chemist who took on the Catholic Church. A little background: In 1942 Kurt Gerstein was an SS-Untersturmfuhrer in charge of Heinrich Himmler's Technical Disinfection Department of the Waffen-SS. In June of 1942, Gerstein was ordered by SS-Sturmbannfuhrer Rolf Gunther of the Reich Security Main Office to deliver 220 pounds of Zyklon-B to an unknown destination. On August 19, 1942, Gerstein arrived at Belzec concentration...
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Well..this is surely an upbeat yeshiva-budget music spoof video! This song is about Rabbi Akiva's teaching in Perkei Avot (Ethics of the Father chapter of the holy Mishnah) - the verse is "Love Your Fellow as Yourself" direct from Torah!
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