Kahane on the Parsha
Rabbi Binyamin Kahane- Parshat
Terumah
THE MOSQUES MUST GO!!!!
On the verse, "And you shall
make a sanctuary for Me" (Exodus 25:8), the Ohr HaChaim writes: "It
is a mitzvah for all times." At the very opening of His Hilchot Beit
HaBechirah, the Rambam writes: "It is a positive commandment to construct
a house for G-d...as it is written, 'And you shall make a sanctuary for
Me.'"
We have discussed this subject on
numerous occasions, and we will continue stressing that the mitzvah to build
the Temple is an UNCONDITIONAL commandment, NOT dependent on the Messiah or the
nation's spiritual level. But in this article, our goal is not to deal with the
different argument advanced against building the Temple in contemporary times.
For in recent years, these arguments have been refuted in the hearts of many
Jews, as heightened awareness of the subject has caused them to study it in
halachic depth.
But before we can pick up brick
and mortar to start fulfilling the awesome mitzvah of building the Holy Temple,
there is one small problem: the mosques. The desire to be accepted by large
segments of the public has prevented all talk about REMOVING these terrible
specimens of Chilul Hashem on the Temple Mount.
Let us not make the same tragic
mistake regarding the Temple Mount that Yesha leaders made regarding the
settlements. What mistake am I referring to? Since the very beginning of the
Gush Emunim movement, my father, HY"D, warned that if we do NOT deal with
the "negative" side of the mitzvah of yishuv ha'aretz- i.e.,
expelling the gentiles- the settlements will not last, G-d forbid, as the Torah
explicitly states. But his warnings fell on deaf ears. Settlement leaders
preferred dealing with the "positive" side of yishuv ha'aretz not
wanting to jeopardize public support by discussing the Arab threat. We see the
results today: The Arabs have risen up in rebellion; the Left labels all the
settlers "extremists" anyway, etc., etc.
There is an important difference,
though, between yishuv ha'aretz and building the Temple. Regarding yishuv
ha'aretz, Jews were able to erect settlements and temporarily ignore (with the
help of their illusions) the Arab powder keg that lay beneath their entire
enterprise. But regarding building the Temple, even this is impossible. What
will they do? Build the Temple on the second floor of the mosque?
The REMOVAL of the mosques is an
OBLIGATION that PRECEDES the obligation to build the Temple. One must turn from
evil (sur me'ra) before one can do good (asei tov). And so, we must speak about
removing the mosques just as we speak about building the Temple. What are we afraid
of? That they will call us fanatics? THEY ALREADY DO!!!!
Darka Shel Torah, 1996
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