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Written by Binyamin Zev Kahane
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 At the end of Parshat Ki-Tisa, God prepares the Jewish people for their
entry into the land of Israel (which awaited them shortly if not for
the subsequent sin of the spies), and we see the following commandment:
"Observe thou that which I am commanding thee this day, behold, I am
driving out before thee the Amorite, and the Cananite, and the Hittite,
and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. Take heed to
thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land
whither thou goes, lest they be for a snare in the midst of
thee."(34:11,12)
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Removing the Mosques: Part One of the Mitzvah of Building the Temple
On the verse, "and you shall make me a sanctuary", the Ohr HaChaim
writes: "And by saying, 'you make shall me a sanctuary' - it is a
mitzvah for all times". The Rambam writes in Chapter 1 of "Hilchot Bet
HaBicheira": "It is a positive commandment to construct a House for
G-d, as it is written, 'and you shall make me sanctuary..." We have
discussed this subject on numerous occasions, and we will continue
writing about how the mitzvah of building the Temple is an
unconditional commandment, not dependent on Moshiach, and not on the
nation's "level". Certainly we will continue to address all the other
arguments and lame excuses that have enabled Jews to dismiss themselves
from this vital mitzvah.
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The Grandest Mitzvah of Them All Faces Total Blackout
It seems as if every year when Parshat Teruma rolls around, rabbis all
over the world become hard-pressed for their sermons. Sermons, after
all, must be "relevant for our times". And what could be less relevant
for our times than the laws of the Temple, sacrifices, and ritual
purity? One third of all the mitzvot of the Torah are dependent upon
the building of the Temple, yet this mitzvah is absolutely ignored by
so many religious Jews.
Yes, there is such a mitzvah, and this Shabbat we read it: "and they
small make a Temple; that I may dwell among them." A positive
commandment that is emphasized no less than laying tefilin or eating
matzoh on Passover.
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"CLEANING UP THE MOUNT BEFORE BUILDING THE TEMPLE"
The parasha tell us "and you shall make Me a sanctuary, and I shall
dwell amongst them". Simply put, we should be talking about the
building of the Beit HaMikdash during this class. Today, religious Jews
have come up with all kinds of reasons (excuses?) why we shouldn't
build the Temple: It will come from the heavens, or the Messiah will
build it, we are not yet worthy, there are no Cohenim, etc....
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Fresh off the press: RABBI MEIR KAHANE: His Life and Thought (Volume One: 1932-1975) by Libby Kahane
From the back cover:
 Rabbi Meir Kahane was born in New York
City
in 1932. He studied at the Mir Yeshiva in Brooklyn, receiving rabbinic
ordination in 1956. That same year, he completed his law studies at New
York Law School, and he subsequently received a master's degree in
international law from New York University. After serving as a
congregational rabbi, he founded the Jewish Defense League in 1968 in
order to combat the rise in antisemitism. Concerned about the
alienation and assimilation of Jewish youth, Rabbi Kahane spent two
decades touring American college campuses, exhorting Jewish students to
learn about Judaism, make aliya to Israel and stand up proudly as Jews.
In 1970, he spearheaded a campaign of Jewish activism that led to the
emigration of tens of thousands of oppressed Jews from the Soviet
Union. He entered the political arena in Israel when he made aliya in
1971 and was a member of the Israeli Knesset from 1984 to 1988. He
wrote several best-selling books, including Never Again!, Why Be
Jewish? and The Story of the Jewish Defense League. His widely-read
weekly columns appeared in The Jewish Press from 1961 to 1990.
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Written by Rabbi Meir Kahane
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For all practical and pragmatic Jews who look at world events through
the spectacles of geo-political and socio-economic theory, let it be
understood that - from that point of view - no matter what will be the
result of the American-Iraqi confrontation, Israel loses. You think
not? Consider.
Should the Americans fail to go all the way and crush Iraq, Saddam will
emerge as a victor and Arab hero not known since the days of Saladin.
Should the Americans not have the persistence and discipline to go all
the way - and that is a distinct possibility given the condition of the
American body politic and inability to take serious losses - then
Saddam will emerge as the hero of the Arab masses from Morocco to the
Gulf, a tiger whose appetite will be inflamed by his victory. Time is
and will be even more on his side, as the Iraqi march to nuclear and
ever-more deadly chemical and biological weapons goes forward. For that
is the real threat of Iraq. Not the takeover of Kuwait oil or even of
Saudi fields, but the inevitable (should he not be crushed) acquisition
of weapons of total destruction. Stopping him from invading Saudi or
Jordan or the Emirates is totally irrelevant to this, the real threat.
And once having it, little will prevent him from giving a "baby"
nuclear weapon or two to the terrorists of the PLO.
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