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Hamas, Hatred, & History with Rabbi Mordechai Becher

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Rabbi Mordechai Becher

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welcome everyone good evening I'd like to begin the program with a chapter of Psalms the Parra H which I've handed out if anyone needs a copy have more but please rise and we'll recite chapter 121 we'll say responsibly in Hebrew and then we'll go back and read it again in English Lord [Music] for left hand column together in English song for a sense I shall raise my eyes to the mountains from where will my help come my help is from the Lord the maker of heaven and Earth he will not allow your foot to falter Your Guardian will not Slumber behold the guardian of Israel neither slumber nor sleep the Lord is your guardian the Lord is your Shadow he is by your right hand by day the sun will not Smite you nor will the moon at night the Lord will guard you from all evil he will guard your soul lord will guard your going out and your coming in from now and to Eternity you Almighty have mercy upon all those of our Jewish brothers and sisters who are in distress and captivity and Hashem should bring them home speedily in our days amen amen please be [Music] Hezbollah Harvard and uh it's very it's very horrific and very harrowing everything has been going on for the past 70 odd days and perhaps what's most mindboggling is trying to come to grips and understand this visceral hatred that we see not only from Hamas but from their Advocates from their supporters it it's very hard for us to understand how it's possible that other seemingly otherwise intelligent people are defending and supporting this cause and not even having the the the uh the U the simple morality to to speak out and to and to condone it so we want to try and understand the nature of this visceral hatred

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  1. 0:00welcome everyone good evening I'd like to begin the program with a chapter of Psalms the…
  2. 6:37uh there's no question about it and we had such a range of emotions that went…
  3. 12:47that is a classic Jewish response as we pray they also defended themselves they killed 30,000…
  4. 18:57even Christianity again not all Christians there is a wonderful organization Christians United for Israel kufi…
  5. 25:04by God who were afflicted by God who were exiled by God and now they're back…
  6. 31:12humiliation National humiliation that is felt is for many many Muslims inconsolable irreconcilable not all we…
  7. 37:25they're walking around they're saying uh where's all the Jewish stuff I said it's not here…
  8. 43:38because you've been a victim well the Jews are a bit of a problem for that…
  9. 49:45Destiny unfolding and yes we've had some terrible uh bumps on the way and calling them…
  10. 55:58not believe in the replacement theology so if you don't believe in rep if they don't…

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