Eng Nissan
Eng Nissan
Our slave mentality is the only thing holding back the redemption,
rebuilding of the Temple, neutralizing of our enemies and Editor's Note:
unlimited settlement throughout Eretz Yisrael
the resources to appeal the verdict and the that there can be no peaceful numbering more than 600,000
sentencing. Anyone wishing to contribute resolution reached with the people would be so frightened
towards the legal defense fund can do so by Arabs and that regardless of any of those who were pursuing
sending a generous contribution to Mishalot peace deal, Israel would need to them, and why they did not fight
Yisrael – Legual, POBox 6592 Jerusalem, transfer the Arabs out. for their lives and the lives of
Israel. their children? The answer lies in
National cycle of madness the fact that the Egyptians were
In recent days we have stood before and loop of insanity the masters of the Jews, and
new challenges and tests with the new this generation of Jews leaving
administrative order calling for the renewed Many ask, "If it is so obvious that Egypt internalized from a young
closure of the kennels and the renewed it is self destructive to cave into age to suffer under the yoke of
confiscation of all of our dogs and equipment international pressure and if this the Egyptians and their souls
after we have again been classified as policy of appeasement stands in were low and downtrodden,
terrorists. The new order authorizes the such stark contrast to the will of so how could they now fight
closure of the kennels and the hilltop yeshiva. the majority of Israelis, then why against their masters…for this
The order was due to be executed on the same do Israeli leaders continue down reason they had to die out in
day that Arabs beat them to the punch and the road paved with suicidal the wilderness….until another
torched the hilltop. concessions to the Arabs?" In generation would arise (to enter
order to answer this question the land and fight the necessary
We had already removed most valuable we need to offer a psychological battles), a generation born in the
equipment, holy books and the dozens of analysis of Israeli leaders. In order wilderness that never witnessed
dogs that trained there, weeks ago, upon to cure the illness we must first servitude of the Exile and that
receiving early notice of the impending new identify and quarantine it. There possessed a higher soul."
administrative order. The Arabs obviously is no other way to free ourselves
were well aware of the fact that there were of this national cycle of madness Rabbi Meir Kahane in his book
no longer dogs on the hill and seized the and "loop of insanity." "Or Harayon" (Hebrew, page
opportunity to torch the Torah study- 220) adds:
hall. The forces of evil are still preparing to The age old
confiscate the remains of the hill. Perhaps ghetto complex The Ibn Ezra has given us a great
they will prepare jars with ashes to give as a new insight, by establishing that
souvenir to Condoleeza. We can find a root to the back then, already, by the Sea,
common Jewish ghetto at the beginning of the Exodus
complex and to the lowly slave from Egypt, G-d already decided
Those wishing to contribute towards our
mentality that often causes that this generation would not
efforts to rebuild as well as to relocate the slave to work against enter the land of Eretz Yisrael,
additional branches of our unique Yeshiva his own survival interests in for only a nation with a higher
canine academy can send contributions to the biblical commentary of soul would be capable to have
Klavim LHganat Yisrael POBox 6592 the Ibn Ezra (Shemot 14:13). the necessary faith in G-d to
Jerusalem Israel. There the Ibn Ezra attempts to stand up against the goyim-
explain why the massive Jewish nations…and thus, G-d prevents
To help us continue to disseminate the "Jewish encampment near the sea did them from entering the land,
Idea" please send a generous contribution not attempt to preempt or to something which tragically was
to the same address but earmarked for defend themselves against not the case in our generation.
Mishalot Yisrael. the relatively smaller group of For today, the generation of
Egyptian forces that effectively the wilderness and of the Erev-
May you and yours have a wonderful sealed the Jews off by the sea. rav – mixed multitudes - are
Pesach and may we merit to usher in the This is an Ibn Ezra that Rabbi both governing the land, and
final redemption. Meir Kahane often quoted, where is their faith? Voy for us,
"One need be astonished by that the soul yearning is a lowly
With Love of Israel, the fact that such a huge camp soul (play on words of the "soul
Yekutiel Guzofsky
yearning" depicted in the Hatikva Moshiach comes there will be no nations that grips our heart and
– national Israeli anthem), and the dangerous beasts. The neutralizing soul and that prevents us from
voice heard in the land is that of or disappearance of such animals following G-d's wishes, we will
the slave's soul and of the soul appears to be a clear change in experience the messianic era.
of the Exile. Only a Jew who can the course of nature.
free himself of the Exile and of This is why the Jews were not
the Torah of the Exile – that has Rabbi Hershkowitz answers this redeemed from Egypt until they
been inevitably influenced by question of the Raavad in a unique killed the Paschal lamb, which was
the degradation and fear of the and interesting way, comparing the Egyptian god. The moment
gentile – is capable of standing the concept of the messianic they were able to overcome the
proud and with courage against era with the halachic concept of fear of their Egyptian masters they
the Goy." chametz. could be redeemed. The bondage
was all in their brain.
This is perhaps what the Rambam He brings down two laws
means when he rules like Shmuel concerning "chametz that is no What is preventing us from
in Hilchot Milachim Chapter 12, longer chametz" which could still building the temple, renewing
"There is no difference between again turn into chametz such as the sacrifices and driving our
our days and the days of Messiah in the case of "chametz that is enemies out of the land? What is
other than our enslavement to not fit to be eaten by a dog." The preventing us from attacking Iran
gentile powers." Rabbi Professor law is that if a person nonetheless before Iran becomes a strategic
Daniel Hershkowitz wrote a decides to eat such a disgusting threat to our very existence? It is
fascinating article to explain the or spoiled piece of food, the food a slave mentality and a fear that
Rambam's position (Shabbaton again turns into chametz due remains in our brains only. The
Newsletter, Pesach 5766). There to the fact that the person now moment we decide to place our
he outlines that the Rambam considers it to be worthy. This faith in G-d and to do that, which
maintains that the prophesy is also the law when a person we are obligated to do, we will
that states that in the times of nullifies their chametz, and later usher in the messianic era in all of
Messiah dangerous beasts will no wishes to acquire it. In both of its glory. Until then we will remain
longer pose a threat to mankind these cases, the food turns back slaves to our self induced slavery
is something that is controlled by into chametz merely because the and Exile.
our mindset and state of mind. The person now considers it in his
Rambam holds that in the time mind to be a worthy piece of food. The only thing that changes in
of Messiah there will be no great (The Kehilat Yaakov's explanation Messianic times is our enslavement
miracles or change of nature – of the Ramban). to the Gentiles, according to the
what will happen is a change of our Rambam. The only thing that is
perception of these "threats" and a The answer to the Raavad's holding back these Messianic
new frame of mind that no longer question on the Rambam is now times is our fear of the nations.
is frightened of these "dangers". clear, the threat of the beasts will It is not Moshiach who performs
Rabbi Hershkowitz expands this no longer be a concern because miracles according to the
concept and establishes that we will no longer be controlled Rambam, it is Jews who do all of
fear (and our ghetto complexes) by that fear and we will not be the things that they are waiting
is what is holding us back from in that mindset. Similarly, our for the Messiah to do, who bring
entering into the Messianic era. place among the nations and our the Messiah.
subjugation to the nations will be
Rabbi Hershkowitz develops nullified because we will free our
his conclusion in explaining the
Rambam as an answer to the
question that the Raavad asks
minds of fear. In reality that slave
mentality and fear is the only
thing stopping us from realizing
Happy
on the general position of the
Rambam from a verse in Vayikra
a complete redemption. It is all in
our mind. From the moment we
Passover!
26, 6 where it states that when free ourselves of that fear of the