A Mezuza - 1972

Rabbi Meir Kahane

ON JEWS AND JUDAISM

A MEZUZA

Written:  11 Kislev 5733 - November 17. 1972

There is no mezuza on the Old City of Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate (Shaar Sh’chem).  And it is important that every Jew understand why other major entrances to the Old City, such as Jaffa Gate, DO have a mezuzot while this one does not; why there once WAS a mezuza at Shaar Sh’chem (it was taken down by Arabs and never replaced by Mayor Teddy Kollek), and why the Jewish Defense League demanded that it be allowed to put up the mezuza, was refused permission and had a number of its people arrested.

The Old City of Jerusalem is surrounded by the famous wall that is such an attraction for all tourists.  Entrance to the Old City is through a number of gates, of which Jaffa and Damascus are the two most famous and heavily traveled.  After the 1967 War, mezuzot were placed on all the gates, including Damascus or Sh’chem and ARAB EXTREMEISTS RIPPED OFF THE LATTER ONE.  The Israeli government preferred not to notice and allowed the desecration to remain unanswered.  Why?  The answer to this is also the answer to the JDL’s making such an issue out of a gate which may very well – due to the majority of Arabs living within the Old City – be free from the religious obligation of a mezuza, in the first place.

The Israeli government has followed a careful policy for more than five years of not “aggravating” the Arabs.  This has involved Israeli refusal and failure to assert Jewish rights as well as a willingness to, de facto, accept Arab demands that run counter to those Jewish rights.  Part of that policy includes the refusal to allow Jews unlimited settlement anywhere in that part of Eretz Yisrael liberated after 1967; refusal to allow Jews to live anywhere except in certain parts of the Old City of Jerusalem; and of course, refusal to declare that the liberated areas of 1967 are formally part of the Jewish State.

It has also manifested itself in such things as a kid-gloves policy and collaboration with notorious Jew-haters such as Hebron’s Mayor Ja’abari (whose part in the Gush Etzion and Hebron massacres ranges from ugly to murky) as well as government financing and support for an Arab university on the West Bank that will produce the Arab terrorist and nationalist leaders in the next decade.

The policy has been hailed as a success, with Dayan declaring that the peace in the liberated areas over the last five years and relative lack of terrorism have proven the wisdom of this policy.  In short-range terms he is correct; in the long run this policy is disastrous.

Not only does it take away basic Jewish rights, but it tells the world and, worse – the Israeli Jewish youngsters – that these rights in truth do not exist.  Should we, in the future, decide to demand them, we will find our won credibility attacked and opposition intense from our own people who will, justly, ask: “But if we really are entitled to these things, why did we not demand them earlier and why did you stop those who did demand them?”

For five years we allowed Arabs majority rights in the Hebron Cave – what does this tell the Israeli student?  That it really is Moslem and that only the “fanatics” want “more” than the proper Jewish share.  For five years we refused Jewish settlement in the West Bank cities of Hebron, Sh’chem, Bethlehem, Ramallah, Jenin, etc. What does this tell the Israeli youth?  That these cities are Arab cities, not Jewish ones.  For five years we have had different rules and laws for pre-war Israel and for the liberated lands.  What does this tell any logical person?  That they are not really Jewish but that Israel is using the lands as cards for bargaining.

What will happen when Israel decides to demand certain of these rights or comes up with a “compromise” scheme by which it agrees to return a large part of the lands but keep some of the others for “security” reasons?  The answer is simple.  All the sensitive and liberal Jewish youth of Israel, its intellectuals, its writers, its professors, will rise up and say: “But we have no right to keep that land because it is not ours and the greatest proof is your own refusal to declare them ours from the very first day.  This shows that you, yourself, Dayan, do not believe it is Jewish and your desire to hold on to even some of that land is still robbery and annexation.

No matter what the clever propagandists say, the Arab is NOT equal in Israel so long as Israel remains true to the Zionist dream that created it as a JEWISH state.  So long as the original rationale for the return to Israel holds true (and if it does not, then we have no right at all to Israel); so long as Israel is ours because it is the home of the Jewish people where they can live free from physical holocaust and spiritual-cultural assimilation; so long as Israel has a Law of Return which applies only to Jews and not to Arabs, then Israel is a JEWISH state (and not one that disregards nationality and religion) and the Arab is NOT equal.

The Arab knows this and his placid acceptance of Jewish rule is not an indication that he is happy and has made his peace with the situation.  It simply means that five years is a very, very short time in the Middle East; that the Arabs are making a little money now; that a generation of young Arab intellectuals who place nationalism and ideals over that money has not yet fully ripened; and that we face a terrible Northern Ireland-type confrontation in the years to come.  And on the Arab side will be ranged thousands of Jews who will back the Arabs because Moshe Dayan – in his short-sighted cleverness – chose not to assert Jewish rights immediately.

What a difference it would have made had Israel – immediately after the June, 1967 War – when the while world stood solidly behind her, knowing that she had almost gone under and miraculously survive, declared: All this land is ours, historically; it is Jewish from the times of the Bible; it is officially ours and it will never be returned.  How much greater the moral and legal hold than the present sly, diplomatic game!  But we did not do it.  We did not and we did not say to the world: Israel is a Jewish State, the home of the Jewish people where Jewish sovereignty reigns and where Arabs can live as individuals but as a permanent demographic and cultural minority.

And this is why the JDL wants a mezuza on Shaar Sh’chem.  Not because there are not other things that are as important or more so.  But, because the reason for the lack of a mezuza is the underlying mistake of Israeli policy: We do not want to alienate the Arabs, we do not want to declare blatant Jewish sovereignty over a gate that is in a totally Arab part of the city.  We do not want to affix a mezuza and Jewish sovereignty – both!

And that is the heart of the JDL intention.  Not only the affixing and the stamping of a mezuza, but a fixing and stamping of the word “Jewish” on the city of Jerusalem.  Jerusalem is not an Arab-Jewish city. It is a city where Jews and Arabs live, but the city is Jewish, the sovereignty is Jewish and the Arabs live there by individual rights as opposed to the Jewish right of peoplehood there.  For this, and in order to save Israel from the short-sightedness of its leaders it is worthwhile fighting for the mezuzah on Shaar Sh’chem and even going to jail.  At least when the Israeli youth, in years to come, will march for Arab rights and say to Dayan: But you yourself never asserted Jewish rights and thereby recognized the Arab ones – we can say:  True, but we fought this from the beginning, we wanted to tell you the, that this city and this country are JEWISH and not shared and we even were willing to go to jail for the mezuza on Shaar Sh’chem and the settlement in the city of Sh’chem.

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 [Today the house of the brother- in-law and sister-in-law of Rav Binyamin Kahane in West Tapuach was destroyed because the Arabs said it belonged to them.  The Supreme Court agreed with the Leftist to demolish the house and throw out a family with 8 children bg]

“Why do you have to give us such a hard time?” asked one soldier.  “I am not the only one who gives you a hard time,” I replied, “you are the ones who are breaking the law.  The law says that a Jew must live in Eretz Yisroel and settle everywhere, and you prevent it.”  “The only law that we have is the government, and you are violating it.  Besides, we want peace and you are destroying the chances for peace.”    “And you really believe that by giving up Sinai and giving the Arabs Judea and Samaria, you will have peace?  Don’t you remember how they went to war when they had the Sinai and Judea-Samaria?”  The soldiers had now gathered around me and one said:  “But things are different today!”  “How do you know?” I shot back, “Why do you risk the state by trusting an enemy that started for wars?”  “We have to gamble!  It is impossible to keep on fighting.  I am willing to take the risk.”  It was clear that this was the view of most of the soldiers, almost all of whom were irreligious.

 “I’ll tell you,” I said.  “If you really want to gamble, trust me – not the Arabs.  I tell you that if you will all put on tefillin  for a month, the Messiah will come.  And if you gamble on tefillin and the Messiah does not come, what have you lost.”

 . . .  Tomorrow would be Friday, Begin was coming home.  At the airport he would be greeted by thousands of cheering Israelis and he would cry out to them: “I have brought you peace!”  Voices.  Voices. Voices. From yet another airport; from yet another Prime Minister; to yet another cheering crowd.  “I have brought you peace in our time . . .”  It was Chamberlain coming home from Munich.  The bus started up and the settlement had come to an end.  This time there was no singing.

“The Second Revolution,”

While no other Prime Minister used the name of G-d, Begin mouths it and then gives away Jewish rights because Jimmy Carter, in his eyes, is more real.  Fear of being isolate?  Trembling at the fact that no newspapers supported Israel?  Worry over the loss of allies? The redemption of the Jewish people will come with the greatest grandeur precisely when Israel is isolated!   And these are the words of the Prophet Isaiah as he envisioned the final redemption, words we read in the synagogue on the week before Rosh Hashanah; words that were mouthed without listening to them or understanding them.  The Prophet speaks of the anger and vengeance of G-d against Israel’s enemies’

“I have trodden in the winepress ALONE, and of the nations THERE WAS NONE WITH ME. . . For the day of vengeance is in My heart, and the year of My redemption is come.  And I looked and there was none to help . . .  therefore has My own arm brought salvation . . .”  (Isaiah 63:3-5)

Not through Jimmy Carter are we saved, and not through allies and gentile salvation.  Begin, who gave into pressure, is no better than all the others whom he so bitterly criticized when he was in opposition.  Fear of the gentile has taken precedence over the awe of G-d, that is the heart of the problem. That is why Begin brought home, not peace, but war.  For peace will only come when He who creates and grants peace will agree.  That agreement can never come in response to violation of Torah and to Hillel Hashem.

Perhaps a final note.  All that I have written would have been bad enough.  But there might have been some mitigation had Begin, at least stand before the people gravely, sadly, in sorrow and said:  “This is a black day for us.  But we had no choice.”  I would have differed with him then, too, and been angry.  But at least we would have been spared the sight of a huge and happy welcome at the airport – so strikingly similar to the return of Chamberlain.  At least, Begin might not have pretend that he had brought us good tidings and peace. At least, he would have been honest.

 Written in The Jewish Press October 1978

An Interview with Rabbi Meir Kahane,

Kahane Magazine,  April 1978, p.22

There is a truth, a Jewish truth that no one speaks today.  The Jewish Idea has been corrupted and silenced.  There must be one person who is prepared to speak the entire truth in the truthful way.  No one else speaks about the holocaust that must grip the Galut; no one else speaks about the need to remove the Arabs from Eretz Yisroel; no one else says that to depend on the Americans will not bring salvation but rather Divine punishment; no one else ways that if the government of Israel will not annex the lands, Divine Punishment will again strike us; no one else says that we must defy the government if it defies Jewish law; no one else speaks as a Jew, and with the Jewish Idea.  That is my obligation.  If I have support and if I have followers, well and good.  If I am able to build an organization, so much the better.  But if I have to be alone and shout out the lonely truth in that way – that will be my role.

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THE WRITINGS OF RABBI BINYAMIN ZEV KAHANE HY”D
YOM HA’ATZMAUT – ISRAEL INDEPENDENCE DAY

“MIRACLES OF GALUT (THE DIASPORA-LANDS OTHER THAN ISRAEL)” AND “MIRACLES OF GEULA (REDEMPTION”

(At first glance the following article criticizes what is termed as the "Haredi" camp. But such an observation is a superficial one. Ideological distinctions between "religious," "haredi", etc. have been blurred long ago, for good and for bad. More than a few Jews who see themselves as "Zionists" will find themselves included in this criticism, while on the other hand, deep changes are taking place in sections of the "haredi" camp. In this context, we point to what Rabbi Meir Porush from the City Hall in Jerusalem said in an interview with "Kol Yisrael," when questioned about Agudat Yisrael's opposition to the evacuation from Hevron. The interviewer asked: "So you, too, are for the concept of a "greater Israel?" And he answered without any of the usual evasions: "Is there a Jew who is against a "greater Israel?" Does this not point to a change?)

A few months ago, a flyer was distributed in the synagogues which commemorated five full years since the "miracles of the Gulf War," describing how this day is worthy for the saying of "Hallel" and praise to G-d. This reminds us of how at the end of the same Gulf War, several communities said "Hallel." All this comes to mind as "Independence Day" approaches. For in so many of the circles who emphasized the miracles of the Gulf War, it was the first time in this generation that they praised G-d for saving us in a war situation. Is this not strange? Miracles indeed occurred in that war, but why is it easier for them to see the miracles of the Gulf War as something worthy of "Hallel" and gratitude to G-d, and not the miracles of the wars in 1948 or 1967, when the danger was so much more imminent, and all the experts predicted total annihilation. Even military predictions that had us winning were forecasting casualties of 50,000 in the Six-Day War, and all "realistic" forecasts for the war in 1948 predicted a total wipe-out. And in the end, we scored awesome victories, conquering huge parts of Eretz Yisrael in both wars.

YEARNING FOR THE “FAMILIAR” KIND OF MIRACLES

The answer lies in the difficulty of so many to comprehend the new type of miracles which G-d has granted us in this era. They are "miracles of redemption." The miracles of the Gulf War were of the classic "galut" style, and thus easy to comprehend. They were the miracles of the "familiar sort," where the gentile tyrant decrees evil against the Jews, and the Jews sit passively praying to G-d, who cancels the decree, and the story finishes less bad than expected. This approach is probably what created the opposition to a pre-emptive strike against Iraq, for such a deed would "mess up" the usual script of the "galut miracle", where the Jew cries and waits for the miracle, in this case scurrying into a sealed room like a roach with a gas mask.

The great miracles that took place during the first half of the State of Israel's existence, belong to a new and different category of miracles; a category which we had not yet known since the days of the Hashmonim. They are "miracles of redemption," or they can also be termed as "miracles of Kiddush Hashem." Not only does the bad decree get cancelled, but as a result of the goy trying to wipe Israel off the map, the Jewish Nation performs G-d's will, returning fire to the enemy, the enemy of Hashem - and we forge ahead. We attain sovereignty over our land, conquering huge parts of the Land of Israel, and sanctify the Name of G-d before the astonished eyes of the gentiles.

If we look at the Jewish holidays which have been set down as days for giving praise and thanks to G-d, we will notice that all these holidays can be classified as "miracles of redemption." True, according to "halacha", one must give praise for any salvation from death. In any case, not every salvation was set down as a day of praise and gratitude like Chanukah, Purim, and even Pesach were. Purim, at first glance, belongs to the "miracles of galut" category, and even took place in the galut. But no. If the story of Purim had ended with the cancelling of Haman's decree, the story would have been defined as one of "miracles of the galut", and probably would not have been celebrated for all generations. But actually on Purim, the decree was never cancelled! Achashverosh simply allowed the Jews to strike back. And the salvation arose due to the acts of the Jews who took revenge against those who wanted to wipe them out, until "fear of the Jews fell upon them"! It was not just some passive salvation, but rather a very active vengeance against the enemy: For this we celebrate the holiday. The proof is that on the 15th of Adar, Shushan Purim, the holiday is celebrated only because of the second day in which Esther requested to continue taking vengeance against the enemy (after the salvation had already been achieved!) And so, we see on Purim a rare situation in which "miracles of redemption" occur in the exile, while in contrast to this, we saw during the Gulf War how "miracles of galut" can occur in the Land of Israel.

And so we celebrate Independence Day and Yom Yerushalayim, saying "Hallel." Not only for the quantitative aspect of the miracles of 1948 and 1967 which were greater than the miracles that occurred in the time of the Hashmonim, but we also thank G-d for the qualitative aspect of the miracles, which were a sanctification of G-d's Name, a redemption of the People and its land - that is, a forging ahead. Whose heart cannot grow warm from the memory of the Israeli soldiers marching forward in the Sinai Desert, the Golan Heights, Yehuda, Shomron; when the names Shchem, Hevron, Jericho, the Temple Mount became real again! The Messiah was knocking on the door, and a spirit of purity passed through the entire nation....

ENOUGH SPITTING ON THE MIRACLES!!!

Yes, we know that those last three dots we wrote above are not something to be happy about, for everything started going downhill from there. Since then, the grand spirit that had been injected into the people has been forcibly smothered out by the evil Jewish governments. In a short period of time, we saw the obscene spitting on the miracle, and an abandonment of the lands we captured. But G-d is not at fault for this, and so we cannot quit giving Him praise for the miracles He granted us. Quite the contrary, we must recall these great miracles, gather strength, and vomit out of power those betrayers (בוגדים) of G-d's miracles, thereby taking the reins and going in the direction of those gates which Hashem opened for us, in order that we may bring the complete redemption!

ALL PRAISE AND THANKS TO THE CREATOR OF THE WORLD

The first Independence Day we celebrated in the yeshiva, in 1988, we wondered just what to do with the prayer service – should we recite Hallel with its opening and closing benedictions or without them? We decided to ask the Rabbi. The Rabbi was surprised by our question and ruled unambiguously: in the yeshiva, Hallel is to be recited with its benedictions BOTH by night and in the morning. To recite Hallel without its benedictions can always be done, for it is just like reciting Tehillim, whereas here all the significance is in our thanking Hashem for the great miracle He performed with us, and so we MUST recite Hallel with its benedictions.  

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ALL G-D WANTS IS A LITTLE FAITH

Regarding Jacob's ladder, the Rabbis comment (Tanchuma, Vayetzei 2): "G-d showed Jacob the archangels of Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome climbing the ladder and then falling down. Said the Almighty, 'Jacob, why do you not climb?' Jacob was afraid and said, 'Just as those fell so shall I fall.' Said the Almighty, 'If you climb you will not fall.' But he did not believe and did not climb. Concerning this, Rabbi Shmuel Ben Yosina said, 'Nevertheless they sinned further, and did not believe in His wondrous works' (Psalms 78:32). Said the Almighty, 'Had you climbed and believed, you would never have fallen. But since you did not believe, your children will be enslaved to these four kingdoms...'"

G-d promised Jacob in his dream, "I will be with you" (Genesis 28:15), but Jacob was nevertheless scared when he left Laban's house and heard that Esav was approaching. And so, the Almighty sent an angel to wrestle with Jacob and wound him. As the Rashbam writes, "Jacob was stricken and limped because he fled [from Esav] even though G-d had promised [to be with him]. In general, we find that anyone who goes on a path that G-d does not desire, or refuses to go on a path that He does desire, is punished."

Fear of man is the key to lack of faith in G-d and none of us, not even the greatest, is immune from it. And it is this fear of human beings rather than trusting in G-d which is the source of the tragedy which, G-d forbid, will befall us. In the words of King Solomon (Proverbs 29:25-26), "The fear of man brings a snare, but he who places his trust in the L-rd shall be safe. Many seek the ruler's favor, but a man's judgment comes from G-d."

Rabbeinu Bechaya in Kad HaKemach:

"And we have seen that the Torah warned us against fearing the nations: 'When you go to war against your enemies and see horses and chariots and a people more numerous than you, you shall not fear them; for the L-rd, your G-d, who brought you up out of the Land of Egypt, is with you' (Deuteronomy 20:1). The Torah further states, 'Who is the man who is fearful and fainthearted? Let him go and return to his house' (ibid. 20:8). For the fear of the nations has conquered him, and while it is possible that he truly believes that everything is in G-d's hand, his heart is weak and his nature inferior because his soul did not grow in the element of trust...And there is no doubt that he who fears the might of flesh and blood is low of soul and he who fears man forgets the Almighty..."

The reality of our times. The fear of human beings and the erosion of faith in the Almighty so that we pay lip service to the general concept of trust in G-d but shrink from the reality of the steps we must take in every actual, individual challenge. And so we are terrified at the thought of losing American aid and President Bush and his Baker and his Dole send hysteria through the ranks of the Jewish rank.

We are convinced- in our lowness of soul- that we cannot survive without the gentile and thus are terrified at the thought of isolation. We see it as a curse when it is the greatest blessing imaginable. "And He shall drive them the enemy from before you and shall say:

'Destroy them!'Israel shall then dwell in safety alone..." (Deuteronomy 33:27). And the Ohr HaChaim says: "'Israel shall then dwell in safety.' When? When he is alone..."

Isolation. That is the role and obligation and destiny of the Jew. And how we have lost our way...

The Jewish Press, 1990

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All G-d Wants Is A Little Faith - 1990

Kahane on the Parsha

Rabbi Meir Kahane-

ALL G-D WANTS IS A LITTLE FAITH

Regarding Jacob's ladder, the Rabbis comment (Tanchuma, Vayetzei 2): "G-d showed Jacob the archangels of Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome climbing the ladder and then falling down. Said the Almighty, 'Jacob, why do you not climb?' Jacob was afraid and said, 'Just as those fell so shall I fall.' Said the Almighty, 'If you climb you will not fall.' But he did not believe and did not climb. Concerning this, Rabbi Shmuel Ben Yosina said, 'Nevertheless they sinned further, and did not believe in His wondrous works' (Psalms 78:32). Said the Almighty, 'Had you climbed and believed, you would never have fallen. But since you did not believe, your children will be enslaved to these four kingdoms...'"

G-d promised Jacob in his dream, "I will be with you" (Genesis 28:15), but Jacob was nevertheless scared when he left Laban's house and heard that Esav was approaching. And so, the Almighty sent an angel to wrestle with Jacob and wound him. As the Rashbam writes, "Jacob was stricken and limped because he fled [from Esav] even though G-d had promised [to be with him]. In general, we find that anyone who goes on a path that G-d does not desire, or refuses to go on a path that He does desire, is punished."

Fear of man is the key to lack of faith in G-d and none of us, not even the greatest, is immune from it. And it is this fear of human beings rather than trusting in G-d which is the source of the tragedy which, G-d forbid, will befall us. In the words of King Solomon (Proverbs 29:25-26), "The fear of man brings a snare, but he who places his trust in the L-rd shall be safe. Many seek the ruler's favor, but a man's judgment comes from G-d."

Rabbeinu Bechaya in Kad HaKemach:

"And we have seen that the Torah warned us against fearing the nations: 'When you go to war against your enemies and see horses and chariots and a people more numerous than you, you shall not fear them; for the L-rd, your G-d, who brought you up out of the Land of Egypt, is with you' (Deuteronomy 20:1). The Torah further states, 'Who is the man who is fearful and fainthearted? Let him go and return to his house' (ibid. 20:8). For the fear of the nations has conquered him, and while it is possible that he truly believes that everything is in G-d's hand, his heart is weak and his nature inferior because his soul did not grow in the element of trust...And there is no doubt that he who fears the might of flesh and blood is low of soul and he who fears man forgets the Almighty..."

The reality of our times. The fear of human beings and the erosion of faith in the Almighty so that we pay lip service to the general concept of trust in G-d but shrink from the reality of the steps we must take in every actual, individual challenge. And so we are terrified at the thought of losing American aid and President Bush and his Baker and his Dole send hysteria through the ranks of the Jewish rank.

We are convinced- in our lowness of soul- that we cannot survive without the gentile and thus are terrified at the thought of isolation. We see it as a curse when it is the greatest blessing imaginable. "And He shall drive them the enemy from before you and shall say:

'Destroy them!'Israel shall then dwell in safety alone..." (Deuteronomy 33:27). And the Ohr HaChaim says: "'Israel shall then dwell in safety.' When? When he is alone..."

Isolation. That is the role and obligation and destiny of the Jew. And how we have lost our way...

The Jewish Press, 1990

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All G-d Wants Is A Little Faith

ABBI MEIR KAHANE ALL G-D WANTS IS A LITTLE FAITH Regarding Jacob's ladder, the Rabbis comment (Tanchuma, Vayetzei 2): "G-d showed Jacob the archangels of Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome climbing the ladder and then falling down. Said the Almighty, 'Jacob, why do you not climb?' Jacob was afraid and said, 'Just as those fell so shall I fall.' Said the Almighty, 'If you climb you will not fall.' But he did not believe and did not climb. Concerning this, Rabbi Shmuel Ben Yosina said, 'Nevertheless they sinned further, and did not believe in His wondrous works' (Psalms 78:32). Said the Almighty, 'Had you climbed and believed, you would never have fallen. But since you did not believe, your children will be enslaved to these four kingdoms...'" G-d promised Jacob in his dream, "I will be with you" (Genesis 28:15), but Jacob was nevertheless scared when he left Laban's house and heard that Esav was approaching. And so, the Almighty sent an angel to wrestle with Jacob and wound him. As the Rashbam writes, "Jacob was stricken and limped because he fled [from Esav] even though G-d had promised [to be with him]. In general, we find that anyone who goes on a path that G-d does not desire, or refuses to go on a path that He does desire, is punished." Fear of man is the key to lack of faith in G-d and none of us, not even the greatest, is immune from it. And it is this fear of human beings rather than trusting in G-d which is the source of the tragedy which, G-d forbid, will befall us. In the words of King Solomon (Proverbs 29:25-26), "The fear of man brings a snare, but he who places his trust in the L-rd shall be safe. Many seek the ruler's favor, but a man's judgment comes from G-d." Rabbeinu Bechaya in Kad HaKemach: "And we have seen that the Torah warned us against fearing the nations: 'When you go to war against your enemies and see horses and chariots and a people more numerous than you, you shall not fear them; for the L-rd, your G-d, who brought you up out of the Land of Egypt, is with you' (Deuteronomy 20:1). The Torah further states, 'Who is the man who is fearful and fainthearted? Let him go and return to his house' (ibid. 20:8). For the fear of the nations has conquered him, and while it is possible that he truly believes that everything is in G-d's hand, his heart is weak and his nature inferior because his soul did not grow in the element of trust...And there is no doubt that he who fears the might of flesh and blood is low of soul and he who fears man forgets the Almighty..." The reality of our times. The fear of human beings and the erosion of faith in the Almighty so that we pay lip service to the general concept of trust in G-d but shrink from the reality of the steps we must take in every actual, individual challenge. And so we are terrified at the thought of losing American aid and President Bush and his Baker and his Dole send hysteria through the ranks of the Jewish rank. We are convinced- in our lowness of soul- that we cannot survive without the gentile and thus are terrified at the thought of isolation. We see it as a curse when it is the greatest blessing imaginable. "And He shall drive them the enemy from before you and shall say: 'Destroy them!'Israel shall then dwell in safety alone..." (Deuteronomy 33:27). And the Ohr HaChaim says: "'Israel shall then dwell in safety.' When? When he is alone..." Isolation. That is the role and obligation and destiny of the Jew. And how we have lost our way...    The Jewish Press, 1990 Anyone reading this Rabbi Meir Kahane article and is not on my personal list to receive the weekly articles written by Rabbi Kahane and would like to be, please contact me at barbaraandchaim@gmail.com To view articles written by Rabbi Meir Kahane and Rabbi Binyamin Kahane go to blog: www.barbaraginsberg-kahane.blogspot.com  To view Rabbi Meir Kahane site of You Tubes, Videos. CDs posted by Michael Miller go to: Or Haraayon אור הרעיון Jewish Idea הרעיון היהודי    link: www.youtube.com/c/kahane22chai Facebook Links:  Barbara Sandra Ginsberg  Anglos for Otzma Yehudit – Jewish Strength ReplyForward