Binyamin Zev Kahane


About Binyamin Zev Kahane
Written by Dr. Rabbi Michael Ben Ari   

"Binny" - this was what Rav Binyamin Zev Kahane was called by his family and close friends. A son born into the holy family of Rabbi Meir Kahane . From infancy, he absorbed the sense of dedication and self-sacrifice of his father and the rest of his family. In his childhood, he experienced his father's, and the Jewish Defense League's, struggle to break open the Iron Curtain and free Soviet Jews from Soviet oppression. Within all of this, he learned that when a Jew is in danger, one must leave his home and do something. For "all Israel are guarantors"... and, "the debasement of Israel is a desecretion of G-d's name". No slogans were heard in the home where he grew up, that didn't translate into a way of life for him.

After years of activism dedicated to helping American Jews, subject to antisemitic incitement, stand proud and tall, the slogan characterizing the life of his father - "Never Again!" - was instilled in the young boy. A holy flame was burning, which would forever seek to extinguish any fear or appearance of the Exile or the Holocaust.

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Parshat Ki-Tisa - The Seven Canaanite Nations - a People Or a Concept?
Written by Binyamin Zev Kahane   
Read more The writings of Binyamin Zev KahaneAt 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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Part One of the Mitzvah of Building the Temple
Written by Binyamin Zev Kahane   

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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Teruma - The Grandest Mitzvah
Written by Binyamin Zev Kahane   

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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