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The Zera Shimshon’s opinion on the oaths
(This question relates to p. 258 of the book I Will Await Him.) Happy Chanukah, I was learning Zera Shimshon on Vayeishev, section 8, and found an explicit reference that holds that if gentiles oppress us more than the measure, we’re not allowed to exit the golus. I looked up that Zera Shimshon. He is saying…
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The Khazar Correspondence and its implications for Jewish statehood
(Based on the English edition of I Will Await Him, p. 466, and the Hebrew Achakeh Lo p. 341.) Q: In the eighth century, the king of the Khazar nation and much of its aristocracy converted to Judaism. Judaism remained the official religion of the nation until it was conquered by the Kievan Rus in…
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Review published on The Lehrhaus
A Controversial Halakhic Case Against the State of Israel By Shmuel Silberman January 3, 2019 I Will Await Him by Yirmiyahu Cohen (Natruna Publishers, 2018) thoughtfully advocates a position anathema to many Lehrhaus readers: anti-Zionism. After arguing that the establishment of the State of Israel violates Halakhah,[1] Cohen goes on to claim that the State is illegitimate, and religious…
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