Do you know how Eisav deceived Yitzchok?
Because Eisav deceived himself!
He wanted to give maaser [a tithe] on salt! He wanted to be machmir [stringent].
That’s a great yesod [fundamental] that people don’t know.
Eisav wasn’t coming to trick his father – he believed he was being righteous; he thought he was a tzaddik.
I know this is a novelty for people to hear, but take this into your mind as a possibility at least. It’s more than a possibility to me:
Eisav didn’t deceive Yitzchok – he deceived himself! Eisav believed he was worthy of it, that he was the better one.
And he was serious about it. He pulled the wool over his own eyes!
And that made Eisav the most dangerous one.
The greatest ramai [deceiver], the greatest fraud, is not the person who comes to deceive you. It’s when he deceives himself into thinking he’s something, that’s when he’s the biggest ramai.
That’s the most dangerous fraud.
A missionary who is paid, let’s say, to trap people, but he doesn’t believe in it, that’s a minor danger.
But a missionary who has been so involved in the sheker [falsehood] of the avodah zarah [polytheism] that he actually believes in it, he’s the more dangerous one.
And Eisav believed in himself.
That’s what “there was trapping in his mouth” means.
https://torasavigdor.org/parshah-booklets/toldos-5784/
From Toras Avigdor on Parshat Toldot, direct quote from Rav Avigdor Miller: Rav Itamar Schwartz on Kislev & DreamsJust in time for Rosh Chodesh Kislev, it's very worth checking out Rav Itamar Schwartz's transcribed lectures on Kislev. In particular, Rosh Chodesh Kislev: Dreams & Sleep contains lots of beautiful information. For example, the famous verse in Shir Hashirim – "I am asleep, but my heart is awake" – contains many deep meanings, one of which refers to the creation of Chava. A woman is the heart. When Hashem created Chava, He put Adam to sleep. So Adam was asleep, but his heart – Chava – was awakening & awake. Rav Schwartz also discusses dream interpretation and it has a lot to do with your own level of self-knowledge. In a dvar Torah on one of the parshahs (can't remember which one), Rebbetzin Shira Smiles explained that the kavanot of the person who prepared your food can influence your dreams. She gave the example of a big rav who experience a disturbing dream out of character from his high spiritual level, and discovered later that the person who produced the meal was a person with low-level (or even anti-Torah?) thoughts. I was so happy to come across this dvar Torah because I never understood why food can impact your dreams so much, and this gave a pretty good explanation for that influence. I suppose there are other reasons too, but that's a pretty good one. If I remember correctly, Rav Shalom Arush in Garden of Healing also mentioned that a person's thoughts and attitudes while preparing food can influence the eaters, both physically & spiritually, for better or for worse. It's a classic tradition for Jewish women to say l'chvod Shabbot when preparing Shabbat meals and to murmur prayers while kneading challah dough. Once again, it's not so much what you do, but HOW you do it that makes all the difference. And, as always, Rav Schwartz emphasizes the importance of looking to rabbinical sources for self-help, as opposed to secular sources. In this article, he recommends Michtav M'Eliyahu/Strive for Truth in particular. His post on dreams is also followed by a really interesting & helpful Q&A. Rav Chaim Palagi's Kislev SegulahLast year, I learned (I think on Shirat Devorah) of Rav Chaim Palagi's segulah to see a huge miracle this year. Rabbi Alon Anava described it as the following 4 aspects: 1) From Rosh Chodesh until the last day of Chanukah, do not complain about anything (including in your thoughts). As you can see, the 4 steps are all interrelated.
It is also a very tall order. I must admit that I massively messed this up last year, so I'm aiming for more dedication & hoping for more siyata d'Shmaya this time around. But you know what? Even if you already get all kvetchy, resentful, bitter, and faithless halfway through Rosh Chodesh, at least you still had some very spiritually powerful moments. And even if you only find out about this segulah the day after Rosh Chodesh, it's still very worth trying. And don't feel you've lost everything. Pick yourself up & keep going until the last day of Chanukah. Even if you fall on your face repeatedly, just keeping doing it. Whether you'll merit a huge miracle some time this year or not, the above 4 steps contain tremendous positive spiritual power that benefit both you and the entire Am Yisrael. We're all interconnected. Think of it like a person who tones & lifts weights with one leg while leaving the other by itself. He'll develop a major limp! But if he at least tries working out with the other leg, it'll still get stronger & hold up his body better than if he didn't work it at all. That's us: one person all together. Sheltering under a Small Palm Tree: The Miraculous Survival of a Family at Kibbutz Be'eri12/11/2023
Another miracle story from the slaughter at Kibbutz Be'eri:
A man name Itai told of how he and his wife, Moran, woke to hearing air-raid sirens and the explosions of rockets hitting the iron dome. In their area right near Gaza, they often hear sirens and explosions, maybe 20-30. Now they heard hundreds, all together and one after the other. As they rushed with their 4-year-old boy-girl twins to the mamad, they also heard shooting outside. They also started receiving messages from others on the kibbutz, announcing a terrorist invasion, accompanied by photos of the terrorist swooping down from paragliders and grinding in on jeeps. Though the door to their home was locked, it didn't help because they had a door made more for decoration than security. They quickly understood their kibbutz was in the middle of being overrun with terrorists, yet Itai looked at Moran and said, "What are we supposed to do? We can't even lock the mamad." So Itai ran to the kitchen, grabbed a knife, and ran back to the mamad. But when he heard the terrorists shouting outside his home, he cast the knife aside due to his certainty the terrorists will break in and if they'd see him with a knife, they'd kill him for sure. At that point, he still expected to reason with the barbarians. The terrorists burst in and shot the family's barking dog, then rampaged through the home, breaking doors, windows, and glass. When the terrorists reached the door of the mamad, Itai held the handle in closed position, literally wrestling with all his strength to hold it. As he struggled against their force on the handle, he said Shema Yisrael in his heart while his wife sat on the bed, hugging their two children. What else can I do, he thought, except say Shema Yisrael in my heart? Then the terrorists started striking the handle with what sounded like iron pipes. Then they lit a fire in the home. Turning on his flashlight to see, the family watched as black smoke poured into the mamad room via the air-conditioner. (The mamads have large removable iron discs with bolts covering a hole in the wall to install air-conditioning. Because all of us assumed we'd have plenty of warning before needing to use the mamad as a bomb shelter — because with the rest of the wars, we had advanced notice — many people remove the discs, so as to utilize the holes for air-conditioning.) Despairing of any other option, Itai though he should just open the door and surrender. Initially, Itai heard screams from outside and feared trying to escape through the window. If they see us trying to escape, they'll kill us. Maybe if we approach them nicely, maybe if we come out with our hands up and they see us with two small children, they'll go easy on us, he thought to himself. He expected them to either leave them alone once they saw the children, or take them as hostages. At that point, he had no way of knowing what was happening to his fellow Jews in the kibbutz, who came to that same decision. Yet when he went to pull down the door handle to open the door, he discovered his hand suddenly struck with weakness. He could not even grasp the handle of the door. With the black smoke continuing to pour in, their only other option remained the window. With their mamad on the ground floor, he carefully opened the iron window cover and saw no one around. He jumped out into their backyard, then helped his wife pass the children through the window, and helped her out too. They ducked down, covering themselves with the leaves of a short palm tree when he looked back up at the window and realized the open window remained a dead giveaway to their escape. He jumped up to close it, then crouched back down under the palms just as terrorists passed within a foot of where he and his family sheltered. The little family remained there for 6 hours. For 4 hours, the terrorists destroyed and looted the family's home. Itai and Moran watched as dozens of terrorists went from home to home. They heard their friends and neighbors being slaughtered. Moran wanted to run to better cover in a neighbor's yard right near them, but Itai refused, saying that somehow, the palm tree prevented the terrorists from seeing the family, so he wanted to stay put. Also, despite the twins being so young (and one being particularly energetic and vocal), the children never uttered a sound throughout the entire event. Itai and Moran each hugged one child to them. Each time a terrorist approached, the family simply lowered their heads in the way children do when they don't want to be seen, and the terrorists passed them by. In fact, several times, Itai felt positive the terrorists looked right at the family. He and Moran simply lowered their heads, and the terrorists kept right on going. The entire time, Itai kept thinking, Where is the army? The terrorists positioned themselves on the roofs of corner homes, and kept shooting at any soldiers who tried to come in. At one point, the fire spread to outside the home and started consuming the family's pergola. Once again, they faced the black smoke. Fortunately, a bucket and an outside water faucet stood nearby. Itai managed to bring water without being seen and the family drank and removed their shirts to cover their noses and mouths to breathe more easily. At one point, they no longer heard shouting in Arabic. Furthermore, the could no longer tolerate the black smoke. So they decided to make a beeline for a nearby orchard. Yet the terrorists saw them from the rooftops and started shooting at this shirtless family, fleeing with two young children. The family made it into the orchard, dove into a ditch and covered themselves with fresh strawberry cuttings that "happened" to be there. Night fell and they started to feel cold. Throughout these nightmarish hours, they continued to hear air-raid sirens, rockets slamming into the ground, the Israeli air force shooting from above, plus the shooting between Israeli soldiers and the terrorists. At one point, they saw lights from a jeep and Itai suspected terrorists again. Soon, however, they heard them speaking Hebrew and realized the jeep came from the army. So they family slowly came out and called out to the soldiers, who turned out to be from an elite commando unit. One approached the family and did everything he could to reassure them that now, they would be all right. In order to extract the family, the soldiers needed to blow up the fence surrounding the orchard, which they did. An Israeli tank came and nearly fired on the group, thinking them terrorists. Once outside the kibbutz, a regular Israeli came by. He simply kept driving around to pick up the survivors — on his own, voluntarily. When Rav Fenger asked Itai why he thought the palm tree provided so much protection, Itai answered, "This was the first year I ever built a sukkah in my life." He did it for his children. And he used the branches of that same palm tree for the schach. "I thinned out that palm tree," said Itai. "And it still hid me." Later, they discovered the great miracle of his hand weakening right at the moment he tried to open the handle of the door. This scene repeated itself in dozens of other homes throughout the kibbutz, with the Jews hoping for mercy in surrender — and hardly anyone survived the attempt at conciliation. Interestingly, when Itai needed to open the iron cover of the window (which takes a lot of strength, believe me) and hoist himself out, plus helping his wife and children, his hand functioned just fine. Now the family is recovering in a hotel for survivors near the Dead Sea. You can see the interview in Hebrew here, starting at 33:45: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M20QVSqOuA The Discovery of Twin Babies Alive & Well around 13 Hours after Terrorists Murdered Their Parents11/11/2023
Another story that helps me remember that only Hashem decides who lives and who dies occurred during the terrorist slaughter of Kibbutz Kfar Aza (Gaza).
Around 13 hours after the slaughter, a Golani combat unit entered the kibbutz, checking every home. I saw an interview on Hidabroot (on someone else's device, so I don't have the link) with the commanding officer who entered one home in Kfar Aza only to find a husband and wife, who apparently died fighting off their murders in the living room. Going through the home, the soldiers looked in every room for any other murdered, wounded, or traumatized Jews — or terrorists in hiding. In the mamad room, the soldiers came upon 2 babies (I think both boys) still in their cribs — and still alive, completely unharmed. The 10-month-old twins lay there, completely calm, gazing at the soldiers with wide eyes. As the commanding officer leaned over their cribs, they looked at him with friendly interest and almost smiled. No one knows how the terrorists overlooked these babies (when the terrorists headed for the closed mamad door in so many other homes), nor how these babies remained so calm and content after hearing the horrible noises and going without food, drink, or a diaper change in an airless room on a hot day for 13 hours. A photo taken shortly after shows Israeli army medics in full military gear holding the babies while giving them bottles of formula. Their valiant parents were Itai and Hadar Berdichevsky. Hashem yinkom damam. I can't help thinking back to over 3000 years ago, when cruel Egyptian authorities cast the baby boys of Am Yisrael into the Nile. The Midrash says angels rescued them from drowning, then took these babies to a deserted area where the babies suckled on rocks, which fed them milk and honey, keeping them alive until they grew old enough to return home to their parents. Itai and Hadar made the ultimate sacrifice for their children. And Hashem fulfilled their final all-consuming desire — to protect their children from harm. May Hashem please bring the Geula shlaima swiftly and with revealed compassion. In a recent interview on Hidabroot with Rachel Frieker, we learned more mind-boggling details about the attack on Rachel's home in Kibbutz Be'eri, including photos and video clips of the Frieker's once-lovely custom-made home, now scorched and surrounded by ankle-deep debris.
I updated the section on the Friekers found here: stories-of-how-any-mitzvah-or-even-just-the-mental-commitment-to-a-mitzvah-saved-lives.html Scroll down the section entitled: Providing a Kibbutz with a Kosher Shul (UPDATED!) For example, Rachel reveals the terrorist were not on the roof, but actually invaded her entire home (except the mamad in which the Friekers and their neighbor hid). And yes, the terrorists knew the Friekers were there. A previous post (stories-of-how-any-mitzvah-or-even-just-the-mental-commitment-to-a-mitzvah-saved-lives.html) included the true story of how building a shul seemed to have saved the Frieker family.
Later, a religious soldier visited the shul and wondered at how it remained untouched throughout the horrific attack. It's like the terrorists never even noticed it. If you click here habayitah.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-shul-in-kibbutz-beeri-is-open-again.html, you can see a photo of the shul built by Rachel Frieker and read more about it. Torah Anytime recently displayed a clip from a videotaped class from the great tzaddik and mekubal, Rav Mordechai Eliyahu of blessed memory (born in Iraq in 1929 - passed in Eretz Yisrael in 2010). (Click here to read his bio & stories: www.chabad.org/search/keyword_cdo/kid/16157/jewish/Eliyahu-R-Mordechai.htm) Here's the link to the shiur in Hebrew: How to Speak in Arabic www.torahanytime.com/#/lectures?v=263822 But first, a little historical background: It seems the encounter described in the shiur occurred in 1967 or 1968. Until that point, Jews endured 700 years of a ban forbidding them from going beyond the 7th step outside the Cave of the Patriarchs. Only Muslims could pray inside the structure, at the tombs of the Jewish forefathers & mothers. (Yitzchak Avinu & Yaakov Avinu are not their forefathers at all, nor any of the four mothers, but Muslims still refused to allow Jews access.) So Jews suffered this cruel ban from 1267-1967, never ceasing in the yearning to reunite in prayer with the beloved forefathers and mothers. (Personal note: The first time I davened next to the tombs of Avraham Avinu & Sara Imeinu in Chevron/Hebron, I reached the initial words of Shemoneh Esrei — "Elokai/God of Avraham, Elokai Yitzchak, v'Elokai Yaakov" — and was struck with the feeling of coming full circle. A looping chain of nearly 4 thousand years came circling back in closure. These names no longer remained as cherished personalities in our holy books. They were here right next to me. We were together again physically, as well as in heart and soul. One of the most powerful and heart-opening Shemoneh Esrei experiences ever.) So there Rav Mordechai Eliyahu stood with Chaim Herzog, Moshe Dayan, and the Muslim governor Besoq. And Sheikh Jabari was there too. Here is my English translation of that shiur: When we came to Chevron after they conquered Chevron — we came there for the first time — there was the gaon Chief Rabbi of Israel, the Rav Yitzchak Nissim alav hashalom, and there was the local ruler Besoq and the military ruler was Chaim Herzog, who afterward became the President of the State. *Moshe Dayan literally said, "Shmor alav" — which means, "Keep him." Such Hebrew brevity makes no sense in English, so I translated according to the implication of the phrase: "Do whatever you can do keep him on our side" or "Be nice — we need to keep him on our side." Or as above. Note: Even if you don't understand Hebrew, it's worth giving the video a look just to see the sweetness & intelligence radiating from the rav's face. If you know the personalities of our true leaders, the brilliant and good Torah Sages, you know that Rav Mordechai Eliyahu's inner fortitude and fearlessness stand out as the norm. (Rav Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld was equally fearless: a-review-of-guardian-of-jerusalem-the-life-times-of-rabbi-yosef-chaim-sonnenfeld-why-it-challenged-everything-i-thought-i-knew-about-the-modern-history-of-eretz-yisrael.html. Both Sages exhibited both the fearlessness and geniality according to necessity, as Rav Mordechai Eliyahu above.) Rav Mordechai Eliyahu clearly surpassed the much-ballyhooed general in the rav's fearlessness and unwillingness to compromise on Torah values. Casting aside politics, Rav Mordechai Eliyahu asserted Jewish rights on the grounds of...Judaism. He referred to the Torah only — Sara Imeinu and Hagar. In other words, his fortitude came from the Torah itself — the simple assertion of the Jewish right to our own land, our bought-and-paid-for burial grounds, and the right to rejoin our own fathers and mothers. And that's all we need. A note about Moshe Dayan: I grew up brainwashed into revering Moshe Dayan as an Israeli hero. In reality, he combined a certain aggression and shrewdness with a lack of principles and little to no appreciation for Jewish Law. He could not get along with his own father, disinherited all his children in favor of his second wife (which, regarding his ignoble daughter, was well-deserved, considering how appallingly she turned out), and remained an incurable womanizer. As is well-known, he failed Am Yisrael regarding the Yom Kippur War. When Shlomo Goren conquered Chevron, Goren hung an Israeli flag outside and brought in a sefer Torah. Moshe Dayan ordered him to take down the flag, remove the sefer Torah, then insisted that all who enter remove their shoes because "the building is a mosque." Goren refused. So Moshe Dayan sent an officer to remove the items, but after doing so, a car accident killed that officer on his way back. Moshe Dayan retracted the order. And as you can see in the above interaction, this hotshot military superstar refused to stand up to a simple sheikh, leaving Rav Mordechai Eliyahu to do it all on his own, winning the Sheikh's cooperation with his uncompromising RELIGIOUS stance. Moshe Dayan: the hero who wasn't. And here's Rav Avigdor Miller on Shlomo Goren: https://torasavigdor.org/tag/rav-goren/ Please click here to see a photo from Hebron in 1930 of a Jew at the Cave of the Patriarchs, forced to remain below the 7th step:
https://picryl.com/media/-jnf038936-103f62 An amazing message from Bilvavi appeared in my Inbox today. This is what appeared. (My translation of part of the message follows below.): Someone who listens to Rav Itamar Schwartz of Bilvavi wrote the following with the accompanying photo: After the terrible slaughter, H.D.B. went to help with clearing out the kibbutzim that were attacked. Here is Bilvavi's translation of that same section: 39 [the last part of 39, which is showing at the top of the photographed page] When asked about this, Rav Itamar Schwartz noted the day of Simchat Torah in Eretz Yisrael is also know as Shemeni Atzeret. (Outside of Eretz Yisrael, they are 2 separate days and observed as a 2-day yom tov.)
Atzeret means "stop." Known also as the holiday of love between Hashem and the Jewish people, Shemini (Eighth) Atzeret follows the seventh and last day of Sukkot. Shemini Atzeret symbolizes Hashem's great love for the Jewish people. After having spent so much intense time with us from Rosh Hashanah, He still doesn't want to let us go, insisting we stay in close contact with Him for just one more day of rejoicing and communing with Him. So we stop and stay with Hashem just one more day before continuing with the newly born year. The rav also notes how many aspects of life seem put on hold — in other words, paused or "stopped." Stores still experience shortages (though not as severely as before). Many services and workplaces either stopped or operate within limited hours. The routine of many Jews' lives have stopped as thousands of people find themselves living in hotels or in the homes of generous fellow Jews, far from their original homes and places of employment. And so on. As the rav encouraged in his response, we need to "stop" our lives, to put things on pause, and invest in a deep & thorough examination of why we are living? What is our purpose? How do we reach our purpose in life? (That was not the rav's entire response, but perhaps an English translation will appear later.) Let us take chizuk & practical guidance from this lesson appearing on the ripped-out page. Recently, Rav Zamir Cohen related the following true story: He heard it from a man who learns in his kollel, who heard it from his wife who works as a nurse in a maternity ward, who heard it from the yoledet herself. (A yoledet is a woman who is giving birth or has recently given birth.) A Pass-Over Miracle on Simchat TorahThe yoledet hailed from one of the kibbutzim in the South near Gaza. (Rav Zamir knows which one, but decided not to reveal its name.) This kibbutz lacked any kind of Shabbat atmosphere. Yet two years ago, this kibbutz woman (the yoledet) decided to keep Shabbat. Her husband was less into it, but he went along with it. She was fully shomeret Shabbat. Yet it proved difficult and less pleasant to keep Shabbat in such an atmosphere, especially as their family grew, with several young children. So she got her husband to agree to spend every Shabbat with different extended shomer Shabbat family members in different areas. In short, this family never stayed home on Shabbat. Yet this year, for Shabbat-Simchat Torah, they remained home. She was close to her due date, which made traveling difficult, and so it felt more comfortable to spend Shabbat at home. However, they hosted a couple for that Shabbat-Simchat Torah. Shabbat-Simchat Torah morning, they heard sirens, shooting, and Arabic voices. They closed themselves in the home or safe room and via cracks in the shutters, they watched as the terrorists attacked systematically, going from house to house. (Just to understand better: Unlike much of the rest of the country, the homes in these kibbutzim were not made of the stone and metal from which many Israeli buildings are built. This makes it easier to burn and breach them.) Puzzlingly, as the terrorists made their way from house to house, the terrorists skipped this particular home, not even attempting to break in. The entire family, including the guests, were saved. But they remained with a big question mark: Why did the terrorists pass over their home? God Protects Us – Including from the Traitor WithinAs later revealed via interrogations and intelligence, many of the terrorists once worked as employees of the kibbutz. As one Leftist kibbutz woman said, "I can't believe it. I gave this man toys for his children, sweets and candies — you have no idea how much I spoiled him because I felt so trusting and clung to the ideology of love among the nations...I also concerned myself with the Gazan children." While employed at the kibbutz, these terrorists-in-progress collected information about the kibbutzim, creating detailed lists like "In this-and-such house, there are 4 children and a dog," etc., and plotting who to kill and who to take captive. When investigators found the lists for this kibbutzim, they saw the same breakdown of individual details as appeared on every terrorist list — with one difference. Regarding this family's home, the terrorists wrote: They're never home on Shabbat. So believing there was no point in breaking into their home to murder or kidnap, the terrorists simply skipped over their home, never realizing this one Shabbat, the family remained at home. Ki Ashmera Shabbat, Kel YishmareniThe point is not that we should all spend every Shabbat away from home in order to fool any potential terrorists.
The point is the family was shomer Shabbat (however reluctant the husband personally felt). They spent Shabbat away from home in order to ENHANCE Shabbat, and not out of laziness or materialism. And that dedication to Shabbat saved them. Note: This post is for sane & moral people only. The rest are no longer worth talking to or even thinking about. See this post as to why: nobody-really-cares-a-personal-journey-of-liberation.html To gain further clarity about what's going on in Eretz Yisrael today, let's use the following mashal (metaphor): Let's say there's a guy named Roger Smith. And let's say that there are a group of people (we'll call them "Haters") who hate Roger Smith. The Haters often smear Roger Smith on social media and chant "Death to Roger Smith!" The Haters often try to kill Roger Smith or his family members. One fine day, Roger Smith is driving down a 2-lane street. In the parallel lane to Roger's Smith's left and in Roger Smith's lane behind him are many cars full of decent people, plus children and babies. They comprise Roger's extended family and also go by the name of Smith. Roger Smith knows some of them personally, and some he doesn't, but he knows they are all decent people who do not want to murder him. And anyway, they are family, however far extended or different they are from him. To Roger's right stands Roger's immediate family, including his children. They wait for him on the sidewalk. Suddenly, the Haters shove a stroller with a couple of Hater babies into Roger Smith's lane. Even more disturbingly, these babies are the Haters' OWN children! They've done this before and Roger Smith despises this inhuman trick of theirs. At the same time, Roger Smith must make a split-second decision, knowing that whatever he decides, the Haters will continue to push their own children into Roger Smith's lane during future drives. So should Roger Smith:
The ethics are clear. Of course, running into the Haters' babies, though extremely disturbing and undesirable, is the lesser of the 4 evils. Not only that, because all the other people and cars on the road ALSO contain children & babies AND are part of the Smith family, Roger Smith's instinctive reflexes will cause him to keep going forward in the attempt to avoid hitting them. In short, the Haters decided that babies & children must die. Because of how the Haters set up this diabolical situation, they compel Roger Smith to decided WHICH babies & children must die (i.e., the ones in the parallel lane, the ones behind him in his lane, or the ones on the sidewalk to his right, or the Haters' babies in his lane directly in front of him). But the Haters have already determined that SOME babies & children must die. They repeat this villainous scheme again and again. There is no way around it. The Obviously Guilty PartyNow we've established that running into the Haters' stroller, as abhorrent as it is, remains as the lesser of the 4 evils, let's look at who's at fault for the deaths of the Haters' babies. Who caused them to die? Their deaths are clearly the fault of the Haters. Roger Smith would never run into babies on his own. In fact, he actively seeks to avoid doing so. The Haters, with full knowledge and intent, shoved their stroller with their own babies into Roger Smith's lane, coercing Roger Smith into an untenable position. Any sane person can clearly see how the Haters deserve full blame and blood-guilt for the death of their own babies. Any sane person would also consider the Haters incurable psychopaths. What is the Response of Any Sane & Moral Person?Now, let's say the Haters go on social media and hold demonstrations claiming: "Roger Smith murdered our children!" "Death to Roger Smith!" "Death to the entire Smith family from the river to the sea!" And let's say all the mainstream newspapers side with the Haters, printing headlines blaming Roger Smith for the babies' deaths, and referring to the Haters as "Pedestrians with Unique Walking Patterns." They paint a sympathetic portrait of the "Pedestrians with Unique Walking Patterns," claiming they have no other choice but to push their own babies into oncoming traffic. After all, the Smiths (who invest their resources in developing their lives) live much better than the Haters (who invest their resources in trying to destroy the Smiths — especially Roger Smith). In response, the Smiths gather video clips & eyewitnesses reports proving the Haters push their own children into Roger Smith's lane, forcing him into an ugly position. Furthermore, the Smiths present military intelligence clearly showing the Haters intent to cause the deaths of babies & children. How should we respond to people who refuse to believe the undeniable evidence against the Haters? How should we respond to people who say any of the following:
Do these people sound either moral or sane? What if, after decades of the Smiths providing evidence and hasbara, much of the world continues to say the above, and even stand more firmly on the side of the Haters? If you are a Smith or a true friend of the Smiths, would you continue trying to convince such people of the errors in their thinking? Would you even care what they think? Or would you focus solely on fortifying the Smiths both spiritually and practically, while developing spiritual and practical protections for the Smiths? |
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