WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT!
I endorse this bill. It will re-establish the publics wish that Marriage would be defined as a union between one man and one woman. It will not allow same-sex marriages. If they would like to have some other kind of union which would not be confused with the sacred relationship of a man and a woman they can push for that. I am, and always will, be against the desecration of the special man/woman relationship.
muman613
I just got home from a wonderful afternoon of celebrating the end of Sukkot. We had a lovely barbecue with all my good friends from Chabad in Contra Costa county. I snapped a couple of pictures on my cell phone and uploaded some of them here to share.
It was a great time and I love the Chabad crew. I look forward to spending Simchat Torah with my good Rabbi.
muman613
More pictures @ http://mytorah.wordpress.com/593/
Lulav & Etrog
Sukkot time is always extremely exciting. This year it has been difficult and it is very invigorating. I am hoping everyone has a wonderful Simchas Torah. 
Shalom,
We all know that Obama has some very shady connections and associations. He cavorts with known unrepentant terrorists, is virtually raised by a Communist Party member {Davis} and belonged to an anti-American and anti-Semitic church for 20 years. But as more information comes out about Obamas socialist and communist agenda it is amazing to me that there are still people considering voting for this sham.
Obama also has connections to a group called the “New Party” is an unabashed Marxist “fusion” party which Obama actively sought out and received an endorsement for his state senate candidacy.
Read about this Blockbuster news @ http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/10/obama-socialist.html
There’s a lot of buzz being generated about Obama, ACORN and Obama’s first political party – The New Party. How did the Oba-messiah get this far without anyone reporting he was a member of a fringe Leftist political party? Where the hell is the media anyway? Oh, I know. It was just Chicago so he could get on the ballot, yadda yadda. I followed the links back, and can find nothing but assertions without documentation. Surely a Lexis/Nexis search would produce something contemporaneous from the Chicago media? I would imagine the New Party would have rated coverage on its own, and so would news of Obama being endorsed by them.
Obamas relationship with the notorious ACORN is receiving a lot of attention. This group has been involved with serious voter fraud which involves registering Democrats with multiple phoney identities in order to allow voters to vote multiple times. This is a serious violation of the Constitution which establishes a one vote per person rule. Nobody legally can vote multiple times, yet this group encourages their democratic members to violate the law.
Obama is very dangerous for America. I hope that everyone who reads this passes this on. We cannot allow America to fall into the hands of the Communists, Marxists, and Socialists who have always looked for ways to exploit America. Just say NO to Obama.
muman613
Shalom,
It has been quite a High Holiday week. I hope everyone had a good fast. I was so tired at the end of Yom Kippur but I incredibly got a second wind Thursday evening. I ate a good meal for the break fast and the energy to stay up and write several good posts on JTF.
I just added a number of good videos to my favorite video page. I have a couple from this new Jewish rapper from Israel named Jew Dah Maccabe and his videos are very impressive. I also posted a couple of my favorites from Matisyahu.
muman613
Check this one out: HOT!!!
Obama apparently had dual citizenship till 1983 when he lost his Kenyan citizenship. This is a very peculiar situation as it brings up questions of American loyalty. The writers of the American constitution were concerned about a foriegner taking the reigns of the American presidency. This is why the US Constitution disallows non-US born people to attain the presidency.
According to FactCheck.org Obama held dual citizenship till 1983 when we lost his Kenyan citizenship because he did not swear alegience to Kenya.
http://www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck/does_barack_obama_have_kenyan_citizenship.html
It is looking worse and worse for candidate Obama as questions about his birth certificate and his admissions about being a Muslim are coming to light. Obama is a man who lies whenever and wherever he thinks it will assist his goal of destroying America. Shame on Obama…
muman613
Shalom,
We are quickly coming to the end of our Holy Torah once again. This Shabbat we read Parsha Nitzavim which relates some of the final messages which Moshe our teacher wanted to impart to the Jewish people.
Moshe gathers the people together to hear his words. He relates once again the covenant which we entered into with Hashem and the promise that Hashem will allow us to choose our own path. The first aliyah reads:
9. You are all standing this day before the L-rd, your G-d the leaders of your tribes, your elders and your officers, every man of Israel, 10. your young children, your women, and your convert who is within your camp both your woodcutters and your water drawers, 11. that you may enter the covenant of the L-rd, your G-d, and His oath, which the L-rd, your G-d, is making with you this day,
This first aliyah demonstrates the unity of the Jewish people because Moshe is addressing ALL of Bnai Yisroel. He mentions the leaders, the elders and officers, every man, woman and child, every sort of convert. All these are included in he covenant which Hashem made to the Jewish people.
12. in order to establish you this day as His people, and that He will be your G-d, as He spoke to you, and as He swore to your forefathers to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. 13. But not only with you am I making this covenant and this oath, 14. but with those standing here with us today before the L-rd, our G-d, and [also] with those who are not here with us, this day.
Moshe explains that Hashems involvement with the Children of Israel started long ago when he spoke with our Father Avraham of the promise to give the holy land to Avrahams descendants. The covenant which Moshe told to the people is binding on every generation.
The next aliyah contains rebuke for those who do not hearken to the words of Hashem. If the Jewish people forsake the G-d of our fathers and follow after foreign dieties of wood and stone Hashem will be the one who destroys us.
15. For you know how we dwelled in the land of Egypt, and how we passed among the nations through which you passed. 16. And you saw their abominations and their repugnant idols [of] wood and stone, silver and gold which were with them. 17. Perhaps there is among you a man, woman, family, or tribe, whose heart strays this day from the L-rd, our G-d, to go and worship the deities of those nations. Perhaps there is among you a root that produces hemlock and wormwood. 18. And it will be, when he [such a person] hears the words of this oath, that he will bless himself in his heart, saying, “I will have peace, even if I follow my heart’s desires,” in order to add the [punishment for the] unintentional sins [of this man] to that of [his] intentional sins. 19. The L-rd will not be willing to forgive him; rather, then, the L-rd’s fury and His zeal will fume against that man, and the entire curse written in this book will rest upon him, and the L-rd will obliterate his name from beneath the heavens. 20. And the L-rd will separate him for evil, out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant, written in this Torah scroll. 21. And a later generation, your descendants, who will rise after you, along with the foreigner who comes from a distant land, will say, upon seeing the plagues of that land and the diseases with which the L-rd struck it: 22. Sulfur and salt have burned up its entire land! It cannot be sown, nor can it grow [anything], not [even] any grass will sprout upon it. It is like the overturning of Sodom, Gemorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the L-rd overturned in His fury and in His rage. 23. And all the nations will say, Why did the L-rd do so to this land? What [is the reason] for this great rage of fury? 24. Then they will say, It is because they abandoned the covenant of the L-rd, G-d of their fathers, [the covenant] which He made with them when He took them out of the land of Egypt, 25. For they went and served other deities, prostrating themselves to them deities which they had not known, and which He had not apportioned to them. 26. And the L-rd’s fury raged against that land, bringing upon it the entire curse written in this book. 27. And the L-rd uprooted them from upon their land, with fury, anger and great wrath, and He cast them to another land, as it is this day. 28. The hidden things belong to the L-rd, our G-d, but the revealed things apply to us and to our children forever: that we must fulfill all the words of this Torah.
Here we learn that Hashem can cast the Jewish people out of the holy land if they do not perform the commands which Hashem gave us. The next aliyah lays out Hashems plan of free will. Hashem gives us the opportunity to return to him by doing Teshuva. The parsha continues:
30:1. And it will be, when all these things come upon you the blessing and the curse which I have set before you that you will consider in your heart, among all the nations where the L-rd your G-d has banished you, 2. and you will return to the L-rd, your G-d, with all your heart and with all your soul, and you will listen to His voice according to all that I am commanding you this day you and your children, 3. then, the L-rd, your G-d, will bring back your exiles, and He will have mercy upon you. He will once again gather you from all the nations, where the L-rd, your G-d, had dispersed you. 4. Even if your exiles are at the end of the heavens, the L-rd, your G-d, will gather you from there, and He will take you from there. 5. And the L-rd, your G-d, will bring you to the land which your forefathers possessed, and you [too] will take possession of it, and He will do good to you, and He will make you more numerous than your forefathers. 6. And the L-rd, your G-d, will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, [so that you may] love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, for the sake of your life.
We learn that Hashem makes a promise to us that if we return to him he will redeem us by virtue of the covenant he made with our forefathers. He will clear the land of the wicked and implant us in the land which flows with milk and honey.
7. And the L-rd, your G-d, will place all these curses upon your enemies and upon your adversaries, who pursued you. 8. And you will return and listen to the voice of the L-rd, and fulfill all His commandments, which I command you this day. 9. And the L-rd, your G-d, will make you abundant for good in all the work of your hands, in the fruit of your womb, in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your soil. For the L-rd will once again rejoice over you for good, as He rejoiced over your forefathers, 10. when you obey the L-rd, your G-d, to observe His commandments and His statutes written in this Torah scroll, [and] when you return to the L-rd, your G-d, with all your heart and with all your soul.
Hashem tells us that Torah is not in the heavens, or far away, it is within our grasp.
11. For this commandment which I command you this day, is not concealed from you, nor is it far away. 12. It is not in heaven, that you should say, “Who will go up to heaven for us and fetch it for us, to tell [it] to us, so that we can fulfill it?” 13. Nor is it beyond the sea, that you should say, “Who will cross to the other side of the sea for us and fetch it for us, to tell [it] to us, so that we can fulfill it?” 14. Rather,[this] thing is very close to you; it is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can fulfill it.
In the final aliyah Hashem explains the working of Free Will. Hashem has set before us blessing and curse, life and death. He asks the Jewish people to choose life.
15. Behold, I have set before you today life and good, and death and evil, 16. inasmuch as I command you this day to love the L-rd, your G-d, to walk in His ways, and to observe His commandments, His statutes, and His ordinances, so that you will live and increase, and the L-rd, your G-d, will bless you in the land to which you are coming to take possession of it. 17. But if your heart deviates and you do not listen, and you will be drawn astray, and you will prostrate yourself to other deities and serve them, 18. I declare to you this day, that you will surely perish, and that you will not live long days on the land, to which you are crossing the Jordan, to come and take possession thereof. 19. This day, I call upon the heaven and the earth as witnesses [that I have warned] you: I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. You shall choose life, so that you and your offspring will live; 20. To love the L-rd your G-d, to listen to His voice, and to cleave to Him. For that is your life and the length of your days, to dwell on the land which the L-rd swore to your forefathers to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob to give to them.
Wow, this is a powerful lesson about how much Hashem loves the Jewish people. He has set his eye upon us to be a sign to the world of Hashems power in the universe. When we are doing our mission he will provide for us the rains in the proper time and make sure our endeavors are successful. When we deviate from our purpose and dont hearken to the commandments Hashems anger flares against us and we are expelled from his holy land.
Shalom,
As we get closer and closer to the High Holidays it is important to remember that giving Charity is one way of softening the judgement. The importance of giving to the poor is clear to anyone who reads our Holy Torah because there are so many mitzvahs which involve helping our poor brothers and sisters.
From RAMBAMS list of the 613
- To leave a corner of the field uncut for the poor Lev. 19:10
- Not to reap that corner Lev. 19:9
- To leave gleanings Lev. 19:9
- Not to gather the gleanings Lev. 19:9
- To leave the gleanings of a vineyard Lev. 19:10
- Not to gather the gleanings of a vineyard Lev. 19:10
- To leave the unformed clusters of grapes Lev. 19:10
- Not to pick the unformed clusters of grapes Lev. 19:10
- To leave the forgotten sheaves in the field Deut. 24:19
- Not to retrieve them Deut. 24:19
- To separate the “tithe for the poor” Deut. 14:28
- To give charity Deut. 15:8
- Not to withhold charity from the poor Deut. 15:7
- To set aside Terumah Gedolah (gift for the Kohen) Deut. 18:4
- The Levite must set aside a tenth of his tithe Num. 18:26
- Lend to the poor and destitute Ex. 22:24
- Not to press them for payment if you know they don’t have it Ex. 22:24
- Press the idolater for payment Deut. 15:3
- The creditor must not forcibly take collateral Deut. 24:10
- Return the collateral to the debtor when needed Deut. 24:13
- Not to delay its return when needed Deut. 24:12
- Not to demand collateral from a widow Deut. 24:17
- Not to demand as collateral utensils needed for preparing food Deut. 24:6
- Not to lend with interest Lev. 25:37
- Not to borrow with interest Deut. 23:20
- Not to intermediate in an interest loan, guarantee, witness, or write the promissory note Ex. 22:24
- Lend to and borrow from idolaters with interest Deut. 23:21
This evening I have been going through my list of Charities and sending in my contribution. I thought that it is good to motivate others to give tzedekka so I decided to write this blog post.
The usual charities I give to are:
I hope that everyone reading this finds themselves with all that they need for themselves and their families to survive. It has been a very tough year and I know it is hard to give. Last year I gave a lot more than I was able to give this year. Please find it within yourself to give whatever you can. Our sages have revealed how important the quality of mercy and charity is for a persons soul. The rewards for giving are unfathomable merit in the world to come.
muman613
Deuteronomy 15:10-11
10 Thou shalt surely give him, and thy heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him; because that for this thing the L-RD thy G-d will bless thee in all thy work, and in all that thou puttest thy hand unto. 11 For the poor shall never cease out of the land; therefore I command thee, saying: ‘Thou shalt surely open thy hand unto thy poor and needy brother, in thy land.’ {S}
Here are some very INTERESTING videos which expose Obama as the false hope he really is. Obamas position on Israel is very scary. His association with terrorists is very suspect. Watch these videos and decide for yourself if you think that supporting terrorists is a good idea.
Here we see British MP Galloway, a well known anti-semite, is ecstatic about the prospect of an Obama presidency. The way he sees it an Obama presidency will directly lead to the destruction of Israel. Here we see him saying this to an Arab news media.
Here we hear the loony conspiracy theorists who believe that Obama is actually controlled by the ‘Evil Zionist Jews’. It is hilarious except for the fact that there are so many gullible people who actually believe this drivel.
Here is an MSNBC report on several lies which Obama has told on the campaign. This is the mainstream media doing a simple investigation on some facts which Obama ‘twisted’.
Obama talks about his church and lies. He talks about his faith and he lies. Is there anything which Obama doesn’t lie about?
Fact-Check org calls out Obama on a couple lies.
Well, that is enough for now. It is pretty obvious to me that Obama has some issues which makes it impossible for me to vote for him. I also ask anyone reading this to really consider the facts before pulling the lever in November.
muman613
