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the Lubavitcher Rebbe



"Failure is not the enemy of success; it is its prerequisite."

Rabbi Nosson Scherman



28 Jul 2017

Vandalism and cremation

Historic Jewish Cemetery in Massachusetts Vandalized

Dust to Ashes - Cremation among Jews has become so popular that funeral homes now offer “Jewish-style” cremations — a rabbi for the memorial service, a decorative urn with a Magen David

Why Does Jewish Law Forbid Cremation?

I found a site which offers cremation and under a tab about myth versus reality read following.

Judaism does not allow the burning of human bodies - Wrong. When we turned to one of the Rabbis on this subject, we received a definite answer that not only does cremation not oppose Judaism, but this was even the custom during the period of the kings.  
The site posts three pesukim to justify their contention and one is in Shmuel 31:12.


"All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bet- Shan, and they came to Yavesh, and burned them there."

Of course, the site doesn't include the next verse "And they took their bones and buried them under the tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days" nor was an aternative explanation of what actually happened at the burning provided. Look at footnote 9 at the end of an article over here.

Fox Airs Allegations That Awans Aided Schultz With Voice Altered Phone Calls

*VIDEOS* Ben Shapiro And Adam Carolla Testify Before House Committee About Free Speech On Campus

קיום המצוות יביא את הביטחון והצמיחה • צפו

Parshas Devarim / Shabbos Chazon - Relating To The Sin Of The Spies

New York Times Trend Story Touts ‘Jewish Parents’ Avoiding Circumcision

This past week I wrote about a poignant letter penned by one of the victims of the Halamish attack. The New York Times didn't publish her letter, to the best of my knowledge, but, rather printed the killer's message on his Facebook page.
The JPost included in an article that the killer wrote,
"You, sons of monkeys and pigs, if you do not open the gates of al-Aksa, I am sure that men will follow me and will hit you with an iron fist, I am warning you.”
http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/West-Bank-terror-A-killers-last-testament-on-Facebook-500417

No doubt due to space constraints, the New York Times didn't publish those words but instead wrote that he "signed off with emojis including hearts'."

And yet the paper has all the space in the world to write about how a baby whose mother is not Jewish is not receiving a circumcision.

1 comment:

  1. The spiritual shoah in the 'freedom loving coountries' has been more devastating than all the previous horrors our people have endured. These Jews do not only have any Jewish feelings, values and, of course, any knowledge of what a Jew is, but also have NO Common Sense. Not wanting to circumcise their sons, cremation, c'v, etc. What a sick generation. Then talking about the vile NY Slimes, as your heading above states, 'non-Jewish mother doesn't want her son circumcized'; so, why should she? The evil media twists every word around for the ignorant and uninformed reader(?) to get a twisted meaning in the words and writings.
    This is surely pre-Moshiach chaos and evil. We pray he hastens to come!
    We need for those Jews who are still saveable to wake up, because the ones who are too far gone are just that - far gone.

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