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		<title>Pillars of Authentic Jewish Ideology Part 1</title>
		<link>http://blog.authenticjudaism.org/2009/09/pillars-of-authentic-jewish-ideology-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:37:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Raphael Bearmant</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authentic Jewish Ideology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Current Issues Facing Authentic Judaism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emmunah]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While all Authentic Jewish Torah concepts are holy and pure, in our times, there are certain ones that if they are not truly internalized by the Authentic Jew, the lack of such can have cataclysmic outcomes. These ideas are the ones which control our interpretation of what we see transpiring around us in the past [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>While <strong>all</strong> Authentic Jewish Torah concepts are <strong>holy</strong> and <strong>pure</strong>, in our times, there are <strong>certain ones</strong> that if they are not truly <strong>internalized</strong> by the Authentic Jew, the lack of such can have <strong>cataclysmic</strong> outcomes.</p>
<p>These ideas are the ones which control our <strong>interpretation</strong> of what we see <strong>transpiring</strong> around us in the past or present. In the absence of <strong>firm convictions</strong> based on these ideas, the understanding (actually the <strong>misunderstanding</strong>) of the world can cause <strong>weaknesses</strong> in the <strong>pillars of faith</strong> upon which Authentic Judaism rests. That is why we have decided to iterate some of them in this forum, hoping that our devoted readers, <strong>as well as us</strong>, will take their <strong>strengthening</strong> to heart.</p>
<p>All these ideas are taken <strong>directly</strong> from our Holy Sages, of blessed memory, as cited herein.</p>
<p>The first <strong>essential idea</strong> is that Hashem <em>Yisborach</em> runs his world in such a fashion that <strong>He is willing to produce a fantastic abundance of something in order to benefit even one righteous man.</strong></p>
<p>For instance, if one ponders:</p>
<p>&#8220;Why does Hashem need so many millions of Chinese people who do not know is Great Name?&#8221;</p>
<p>The answer is:</p>
<p>Maybe their country served as <strong>a haven</strong> for certain Jews during the Holocaust, or maybe today they produce <strong>certain products</strong> that Authentic Jews require. <strong>Whatever</strong> it may be – it is <strong>solely</strong> for Authentic Jewry.</p>
<p>This <strong>central</strong> idea of the Authentic Jewish world outlook could become hard for one to swallow as he observes <strong>so many Chinese</strong> (in our example, but this is carried over to all cases) and such a large civilization <strong>in ratio</strong> to the tiny authentic <em>Klal Yisroel</em>. However, once we understand that <strong>this is actually how Hashem runs his world</strong> (<strong>why</strong> He does so is another issue, not for now) that when He plans to use an element to provide or shelter His people or a righteous individual, He will make thousands (or millions, or whatever) of those elements just because of the <strong>one needed</strong> for His plan.</p>
<blockquote><p>One of the sources for this in the works of our Holy Sages is the <em>Midrash Rabbah</em> in <em>parshas Noach </em>that the <strong>entire reason Hashem created crows was just for the one that would bring food to Eliyahu HaNavi when he was hiding in the days of King Achav.</strong></p></blockquote>
<p>So when you look out your window and see a crow, <strong>remember</strong> that the only reason he is there (as well as all the other crows around town, and all the other ones who have been perching there for thousands of years) is for the sake of <strong>one righteous man</strong> named <em>Eliyahu</em>.</p>
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		<title>Oy Veii, Here Comes Another One</title>
		<link>http://blog.authenticjudaism.org/2009/08/oih-veii-here-comes-another-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Raphael Bearmant</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Issues Facing Authentic Judaism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Impostor Rabbis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, history repeats itself, but not because of some accidental reason. It repeats itself again and again because all history is running along the same blueprint that Hashem laid down at the beginning of creation. Part of this plan is that Epikorsim, Jewish impostors, pop up again and again. Some are smarter than others, some [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Yes, history repeats itself, but not because of some<strong> accidental reason</strong>. It repeats itself again and again because all history is running along the<strong> same blueprint</strong> that Hashem laid down at the beginning of creation.</p>
<p>Part of this plan is that<em> Epikorsim</em>, Jewish impostors, pop up again and again. Some are smarter than others, some are <strong>plain idiots.</strong> Some have mastered the <strong>power of the pen</strong>, other have <strong>verbal charisma</strong>. The common denominator of them all is that in the end they will all go lost leaving behind an<strong> ugly legacy. </strong>Our job is to <strong>battle </strong>them, trying to maintain them, so that their damage is as <strong>minimal </strong>as possible.</p>
<p>A new up and coming enemy of Authentic Judaism is an <strong>idiot </strong>(This one is as idiot as they come) named Nathan Slifkin. Slifkin is an animal lover <em>(matza min es mino)</em> who calls himself the “Zoo Rabbi”, the reason for this being, apparently, because his congregation and followers <strong>are also animals.</strong>    </p>
<p>Currently, Slifkin has dedicated his life to degrading<em> CHAZAL HaKEDOSHIM </em>as well as contemporary Authentic Jews.    <br />This Slifkin wouldn’t even be worth mentioning since anyone who reads his&#160; writings will immediately discern that we are dealing with a person who has a<strong> single digit IQ</strong>. However, we know that he has some <strong>impostor </strong>rabbinical personalities, (some of them we know their names, others are yet to be revealed) who support him. They also supply him with source material to forward his sinister anti-Jewish <strong>crusade</strong>.    </p>
<p>All we can do now is to <em>DAVEN </em>that this <em>BeHayma </em>and his wicked supporters <strong>disappear</strong>.    </p>
<p>Also, if you see any of his books in any bookstore, don’t be <strong>afraid </strong>to inform the owner that all the <em>Gedolim</em> have placed his works in <em>CHEREM </em>and they are <strong>forbidden </strong>to be sold. If the owner does not hearken to Daas Torah, organize a boycott of that bookstore. Slifkin lectures at different left-wing, modern orthodox<span style="text-decoration: line-through"> garbage dumps</span> synagogues, so inform anyone and everyone that he works for the Sitra Achra. We have more particular information about this lowlife, and if anyone could benefit from it, send an email.</p>
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		<title>What Real Tznius is All About</title>
		<link>http://blog.authenticjudaism.org/2009/06/what-real-tznius-is-all-about/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:38:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Raphael Bearmant</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Issues Facing Authentic Judaism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Be warned, you are most probably not going to like this post! In almost every Authentic Jewish community there are outcries about the lack of Tznius and Kedushah in the clothing that Jewish daughters and women are becoming more and more accustomed to. We wish these blessed Jews who invest so much to keep non-authentic [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p align="center">Be warned, you are most probably not going to like this post!</p>
<p align="left">In almost every Authentic Jewish community there are <strong>outcries</strong> about the lack of <em>Tznius</em> and <em>Kedushah</em> in the <strong>clothing</strong> that Jewish daughters and women are becoming more and more accustomed to. We wish these <strong>blessed Jews</strong> who invest so much to keep non-authentic Jewish styles <strong>far away from our holy tents</strong>, the <strong>utmost of success</strong>. However, there is a <strong>major point</strong> about <em>tznius</em> being almost <strong>totally</strong> <strong>overlooked</strong> these days.</p>
<p align="left">While the rules of clothing are <strong>very important</strong>, that’s still not what <strong>real </strong><em>tznius</em> is all about. Real <em>Tznius</em> for ladies is simply one thing: <strong>Staying at home, out of sight, as much as possible.</strong> Not leaving the house, <strong>only for the most important of reasons</strong>, is what real <em>tznius </em>for ladies is all about. The more a girl or women stays home the more <em>Tznuah</em> we can  call her, and the more <strong>righteous</strong> she is considered.</p>
<p align="left">The RAMBAM sais that a husband should let his wife out of the house only <strong>once or twice in a month’s time</strong>.</p>
<p align="left">All Authentic Jewish households should <strong>train and educate their girls and women</strong> the great importance of this concept. That they should heavily weigh the importance of any event which tries to pull her out of the house, even it is for a<em> Dvar Mitzvah</em>.</p>
<p align="left">“<strong>Where</strong> is Sarah your wife? <strong>Behold she is inside the tent!</strong>”</p>
<p align="left">Let us emulate the<strong> great ways of our ancestors</strong> and not the disgusting ways of the <em>Goyim</em> and those who try to imitate them.</p>
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		<title>The Authentic Am-Yisroel</title>
		<link>http://blog.authenticjudaism.org/2009/06/the-authentic-am-yisroel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Raphael Bearmant</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authentic Judaism Links]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Emmunah]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rabbi Isaac Halevi]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that Solomon Shechter, the founder of the Jewish Theological Cemetery, believed in a people of Israel made up of all religious ideologies which he called “The Catholic Israel”? (Afar LePumey!). Well, if that isn’t revealing, hey man, nothing is. We know all too well what became of Shechter’s “Israel” &#8211; at his [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Did you know that Solomon Shechter, the founder of the Jewish Theological <strong>Cemetery</strong>, believed in a people of Israel made up of all religious ideologies which he called “The <strong>Catholic</strong> Israel”? <em><strong>(Afar LePumey!).</strong> </em>Well, if that isn’t <strong>revealing</strong>, hey man, <strong>nothing is</strong>.</p>
<p>We know all too well what became of Shechter’s “Israel” &#8211; at his Rabbinic institution, which now ordains women “Rabbis” as well as gays and other <strong>lowlifes.</strong> (I heard one of their first gay graduates formed a congregation on the <strong>lower west side of Manhattan</strong> called “Gay Avek” with its own private cemetery named “Gay in Der Ert”).</p>
<p>Well enough of false and <strong>retarded</strong> definitions of the Jewish people. Now let us harkon to the poetic words of that great <strong>Authentic Jewish Historian,</strong> Rabbi Isaac HaLevi Rabinovitz ZATZAL (Author of the famous historical work “<em>Doros HaRishonim”</em>  and one of the founders of the <em>Agudas Yisroel</em> organization, <strong>friend and confidante</strong> of the Great Reb Chaim Brisker ZATZAL):</p>
<p><strong>&#8220;Only G-D fearing Jews</strong> are members of the People of Israel. <strong>They alone and only they.</strong> Because G-D and the Torah and The People of Israel are <strong>one entity</strong>. Even if Heaven forbid, there would remain in the world only ten G-D fearing Jews, one small <em>Minyan</em>, <strong>that group, and that group alone is “Am Yisroel”</strong>. Even if they were isolated in some far-away wilderness, that is <strong>the Holy Dwelling place of Klal Yisroel!&#8221;</strong></p>
<p>We plan to present more quotes from this <strong>great Authentic Rabbinical Authority</strong> in future, G-D willing.</p>
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		<title>Jerusalem is Truly Occupied</title>
		<link>http://blog.authenticjudaism.org/2009/06/jerusalem-is-truly-occupied/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Raphael Bearmant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week I needed to drop in on a friend in the Old City of Jerusalem. I love the old city. I walk through its alleyways imagining that maybe, on this very place walked Hillel HaZaken or maybe R’ Yochanan Ben Zakai. I dream about the Holy Beis Mamikdash and all the great Torah schools [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>This week I needed to drop in on a friend in the Old City of Jerusalem. I <strong>love</strong> the old city. I walk through its alleyways imagining that maybe, <strong>on this very place</strong> walked Hillel HaZaken or maybe R’ Yochanan Ben Zakai. I dream about the Holy Beis Mamikdash and all <strong>the great Torah schools</strong> that was one Yerushalayim’s glory and will IYH soon return.</p>
<p>Well this week as I entered the Old City (I try to avoid going during the day because of the following reasons) in the evening I was appalled to see it packed with indecently dressed tourists and <em>chilonim</em>. The municipality was running some sort of “lights festival” whereby the museums and restaurants are open at night to attract visitors to the old city. It was <strong>absolutely disgusting</strong>. Men and woman, their bodies <strong>barely covered,</strong> walking around like Yerushalyaim was <strong>Atlantic City</strong>. They have <strong>no sense of respect</strong> for the Kedushah of the Holy city.</p>
<p>Jerusalem is truly <strong>occupied</strong> by the Zionists and is being <strong>defiled</strong> daily by them. They are willing to keep museums and stores open late at night in order to draw <em>chilonim</em> to these holy places. Yershalyaim is still in <strong>deep exile</strong>.</p>
<p>We pray for the day when Hashem will do away with these wicked occupiers and restore his Holy presence to Tzion!</p>
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		<title>“Prepare Yourself for The Real Big War”</title>
		<link>http://blog.authenticjudaism.org/2009/01/%e2%80%9c-prepare-yourself-for-the-real-big-war%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Raphael Bearmant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, we all know there is a bloody war going on in the Gaza Strip. All Jewish life is precious. However we must always remember that there is a much greater war being waged: The war the Zionist State has declared against HASHEM and His Torah. CHAZAL teach us that someone who causes another Jew [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Yes, we all know there is a<strong> bloody war</strong> going on in the Gaza Strip. All Jewish life is precious. However we must always remember that there is a <strong>much greater war being waged</strong>: The war the Zionist State has declared against HASHEM and His Torah. CHAZAL teach us that someone who causes another Jew to sin is worse than killing him. So do some <strong>simple math</strong>: How many Jews have been “<strong>slaughtered</strong>” by the State and how many by other anti-Semites?!</p>
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