Actually tghis article continues to propagate the myth that the Torah teaches this that and the other when in reality it is The Talmud that teaches those things. The Torah, the Old Testament or more stringently the first five books of Moses, teaches no such thing. The Babylonian Talmud (considered the authoritative version) DOES teach that any who are "non-jews" are considered lower than cattle and that their "sacrifice" is like giving God an offering. The Talmud is termed The Oral Law, a ruling set of laws given outside the written laws of either the New or Old Testaments and is considered authoritative and superior to any written laws. This is the book of "values" taught to those who identify as "jews" internationally and has been the subject of n=mush disdain throughout history as soon as it's true contents have been made known. Most do not appreciate to being equated to lesser-than-cattle status, nor that the teachings that males who have sexual intercourse with 3 (yes three!) year old females is no big deal "as the hymen will grow back" according to Talmud. So when this Rabbi states that the Torah says that killing "non-jews" is ok , blah blah he is in fact protecting the true nature of the Talmud, for WHO would DARE to attack the Old Testament (Torah)but a crude "anti- semite" ? http://www.come-and-hear.com/dilling/dcontents.html is the link to Elizabeth Dilling's excellent comparative using quotations from both The Jewish Encyclopedia and the Babylonian Talmud bringing to light the catula contents of this book of "values". Elizabeth Dilling counted among her friends people like Charles Lynberg, tha aviator,Henry Ford, the car maker and William Randolph Hearst, the media magnate.
--- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, fox mulder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Source: Aljazeera > http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/94812266-7218-4544-9DB2- A8E4D61FFB0E. > htm > > Rabbi supports killings in Rafah > By Khalid Amayreh in the West Bank > > Thursday 20 May 2004, 16:48 Makka Time, 13:48 GMT > > Lior: Jewish lives more important than non-Jewish > > A prominent rabbi has supported the killings of > Palestinian civilians by > Israeli occupation troops in the Gaza Strip, saying > killing non-Jewish > civiliansåÊis compatible with religious laws. > > Rabbi Dov Lior, Chairman of the Jewish Rabbinical > Council, was quoted as > saying "during warfare, killing non-Jewish civilians > is permitted if it > saves Jewish lives". > > According to Lior's ruling, which was made public on > Wednesday, Israeli > occupation troops in Gaza are allowed to kill and harm > "so-called innocent > civilians" during warfare. > > "The law of our Torah is to have mercy on our soldiers > and to save them. > This is the real moral behind Israel's Torah and we > must not feel guilty due > to foreign morals," the Ma'ariv Israeli newspaper > quoted him as saying. > > He added that Jewish lives were more important than > non-Jewish lives. > > Extremist > > Rabbi Lior is considered among the most learned sages > of the Torah. > > "Without any doubt, he is among the most learned > scholars of the Torah, but > he is viewed as an extremist among some liberal > sectors," said Rabbi > Menachem Froman from the Tku' settlement near > Bethlehem. > > "...a thousand non-Jewish lives are not worth a Jew's > fingernail" > Rabbi Dov Lior, Chairman of the Jewish Rabbinical > Council > > Froman said he did not agree with Lior's views, > calling them controversial. > > "I believe that Judaism is against killing innocent > people. One of the main > commandments of the Torah is 'thou shall not murder.'" > > However, after speaking to many rabbis, it is clear > that Lior's views and > interpretation of Jewish Law enjoy far more popularity > and acceptance than > Froman's relatively dovish interpretations. > > The basic point of disagreement concerns whether > Biblical injunctions apply > equally to Jews and non-Jews. > > Lior, like most of the rabbis of the Gush Emunim > settler movement, believes > that Biblical commandments such as "thou shall not > murder" refer only to > "Jews" since the Torah was given to Jews, not > Gentiles. > > This view, however, is rejected to varying degrees by > the two main > unorthodox Jewish sects - the Conservatives and the > Reformists - who > constitute a numerical majority of Jews outside > Israel, especially in North > America. > > Settlers' rabbi > > Dov Lior is considered a champion rabbi among > settlers. In 1994, he strongly > supported the murder by an American immigrant settler, > Baruch Goldstein, of > 29 Palestinian worshippers at the Ibrahimi Mosque. > > Lior then issued a religious edict, saying, "a > thousand non-Jewish lives are > not worth a Jew's fingernail". > > Lior praised Goldstein, calling him a "great saint and > rabbi Ì¢‰Â‰ÃÇ may his > memory be blessed". > > Several months after the massacre, Lior told disciples > in Kiryat Araba near > the occupied West Bank city of Hebron "Jewish blood > was redder than > non-Jewish blood... and that a Jewish life is > preferred by the Lord than a > non-Jewish life". > > Silence > > So far, the majority of Israeli religious leaders, > including the two Grand > Rabbis (one representing Western Jews 'Ashkenazim' and > the other > representing eastern Jews 'Tsfaradim') have refused to > condemn or repudiate > Lior's views. > > Rabbi Froman suggested that because of Lior's deep > knowledge of Jewish law, > most rabbis refrain from challenging his understanding > of the Torah and > Talmud. > > In fact, the official religious establishment, let > alone Gush Eumunim > rabbis, consistently supported whatever attacks > carried out by the occupying > army against Palestinian civilians. > > Mirkaz Ha'rav officials in West Jerusalem (the main > religious College where > Dov Lior teaches) refused to comment onåÊLior's edict > when contacted by > Aljazeera.net. > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! 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