Reflection On Chanukah (audio)

Reflections on the most misunderstood Jewish festival. A great chag to be sure, but one which most Jews have tragically distorted. Meet the real Maccabees.


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Bibi's Delusions

From the website of Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 

Could you imagine any Arab/Muslim country in the world that would post such demoralizing, suicidal, propaganda on their own government websites? Could you fathom the existence of any Arab/Muslim leader that would ever think such thoughts, let alone state them aloud?

This is the Likud. This is the face of their impotent and arrogant leader, Bibi Netanyahu, who thinks the Holy Land is his own private real estate plot to dole out to our enemies. With the Likud in power, Labor, Kadima, and Meretz can close shop and join the ranks. Its the same playbook. Fear of the Arabs. Fear of the x-tians. Fear of the E.U. , the U.N., and the U.S. Fear of the decrepit, shrunken Hillary who hates Israel with every fiber of her shriveled, rotting, body. Fear of the socialist, Arab loving Pharaoh, Barak Hussein Obama. (May their names and memories be erased!)

And yet no fear of The Almighty. Even worse, these fools spit at the heavens. The "best of the worst" are a disaster. Look at Danny Danon, whom the die-hard Likudniks like to tout as their messiah. Now he's openly joining forces with soul snatching missionaries, committed to the spiritual genocide of Am Yisroel.

With all of this insanity going on, and the state of the Jewish soul in such moral decay I pose the following question to the reader. Is Chanukah an ancient relic? Is there a place for the modern Maccabee in today's age?

I think so. And being a Jewish fundamentalist, I'm not afraid to say that there are only two options for the Jew to choose. The side of G-d or the side of baal.

I choose G-d. Rise up and fight.

"The Maccabeats" Revisited

I first wrote about the Maccabeats in December, when they posted their irritating Chanukah video on YouTube and registered an incredible amount of hits. I don't want to regurgitate my original post which addresses why I maintain that this "Jewish" boy-band constitutes a danger to Judaism, (not to mention, an affront to good music). If you're interested, check out, Hellenism Personified- the "Maccabeats" . But if there weren't enough reasons to dislike them, here's another one. And its a whopper.

As the author of "The Jewish Fist" blog, I keep tabs on various x-tian missionaries. During some recent research, I discovered to my horror that one missionary group in particular had posted the Maccabeats recent Purim video on their website. Heres' a screen capture of this outrage:

This is a standard tactic of the missionaries, who use any method to lure Jews. Deception, deceit, distortion, and downright lying. The use and obvious misuse of traditional Jewish symbols, stereotypes, humor, aspects of Jewish folk culture, and Jewish pop icons (such as the Maccabeats). Naturally, I immediately emailed the Maccabeats to apprise them of this development. I waited a few days, and when I hadn't heard from them, I sent another email. Still no response a week later. So I sent another email. And still I wait.

I am not suggesting that the Maccabeats are any way connected to, or supportive of missionaries. I don't believe that. What I am suggesting is that they aren't bothered when a notorious missionary group posts their Purim video on their website. I am suggesting that egotism coupled with a whopping mega dose of galuti "Torah Umada" and general screwed up deot has rendered them apathetic and disinterest to issues of genuine Jewish import, such as the blatant unauthorized misuse of one of their videos by missionaries to prey on Jewish souls. 

Don' tell me that they haven't checked their email. Nonsense. The Maccabeats are performing across the U.S. at many Jewish events, (including private semachot) and without a doubt, they are making good money for their performances. They are the Jewish equivalent of the Backstreet boys, and they're not about to lose a gig because they forgot to check their email. They're reading their emails. They just don't give a damn. 

Contact the Maccabeats and tell them that you give a damn: Phone #: (347) Phone #: (347) 836-9086 Email: info@maccabeats.com  And while you're at it, you can suggest some testosterone therapy. Maybe they could get a group rate.

The Maccabeats couldn't have a more ill-suited name. If the Maccabees had listened to this fruity garbage, they would've been killed on the battlefield. The Maccabeats themselves would have fared worse. With their effeminate music and mannerisms, they would have been made into dancing boys by their pederast Greek captors. It's ironic that the Maccabeats put out music videos for Jewish holidays, which commemorate the victory of the Jewish soul and body respectively, over our spiritual and physical oppressors. They haven't a clue about either festival. The Maccabeats epitomize the disease of American "modern-orthodoxy" which isn't content to merely wallow in the material mire of the diaspora, but even worse, celebrates it as a virtue. 

Whether fighting those who would destroy our souls, or those who would cut our throats, the Maccabeats have nothing to offer young Jews, other than a whole lot of screwed up deot and distorted notions of gender identity. A word of advice for all Abas and would be Abas. Giving your son a Maccabeats CD is like giving him a Barbie doll (or Ken doll) for Chanukah. Do so at your own risk. And his.

Boycott the Maccabeats. Preserve the legacy of Purim and Chanukah. 


As far as missionary groups such as the Rosh Pinah Project go, you already know my stance. See what the Torah states about idolaters. One who preys on the Jewish soul is like one who preys on the Jewish body. Both are types of vermin that need to be destroyed. With G-d's help, the day will soon come when the Law of the Torah is applied against them all. Totally, without compromise, and without any mercy. May we see it in our times.

The Authentic Chanukah

If the Maccabees were around today, Netanyahu would stand up on national television and declare them to be public enemy #1. Forget about Hamas, Hezbollah,  Syria, or even Iran for that matter. Certainly not Fatah. Netanyahu and Ehud Barak would declare total war and send an army of Yassamnikim capos and border police to destroy them. No tactic would be considered too dirty in the war against the Maccabees. The Shabak would have an entire division devoted to infiltrating the movement. 


The leftists would scream hysterically for Maccabee blood, and applaud the most brutal crackdowns. The media and academia would soak the minds of the masses in rabid anti-Maccabee propaganda. Across th world secular Jewish organizations and their self-appointed leaders would revile the Maccabees. The Anti- Defamation League would jump into the fray and volunteer their assistance to various U.S. and Israeli government agencies, in the war against the Maccabees.


Mainstream religious Jewish organizations would condemn them. Respected Rabbis would declare that their actions were a chillul Hashem and contrary to Halachah. Respectable "modern-orthodoxy" would unanimously blacklist them. Representatives of the Maccabee movement would be banned from speaking in most religious institutions. In Israel, the state worshiping mamlachtim would similarly condemn them with the harshest terminology.The chareidim would have no part of them. "This is the way of the goyim", they would declare. "Draft deferments and child allowances are the only to defeat the chilonim." 


Only a small group of Jews would openly join the Maccabees. But in private, a great many more would sympathize with them. Some things never change. 


Why do I write these things? Isn't Chanukah universally enjoyed by Jews across the religious divide? It is. But Jews celebrate a false Chanukah that has nothing in common with the historical reality. Here's a reminder to those who haven't absorbed the lesson of Chanukah. Chanukah isn't a universal "festival of lights" for Jews to share with the gentile world. The Maccabees weren't multiculturalists fighting for religious freedom. They were Jewish zealots who waged a brutal war against the Greek swine who tried to destroy the Jewish soul.


And it wasn't just the Greeks. Let's be honest for a moment. The Maccabees fought violently against Jewish hellenists, who were trying to contaminate the Torah. When Matityahu saw a Jew publicly defiling The Almighty's name in the town of Modiin, he didn't respect the man's ability "to worship as he saw fit." He slaughtered the gentilized Jew with his sword and started a revolutionary inferno. And Yahadut lionizes him and his sons for sanctifying the Almighty's name and saving Judaism from extinction. Of course history is for the victors. So we celebrate Chanukah because Judaism survived. The irony is that Hellenists revised history, and Chanukah is considered parve today.


Is Chanukah for you?

• If you support the concept of interfaith-dialogue with x-tians and taking money from evangelicals, then Chanukah really isn't the chag for you.

•  If you proudly declare that Israel grants equal rights to its citizens and allows all faiths to worship, you should boycott Chanukah. Were he alive, Matityahu would burn down every mosque, church, and Bahai temple that defiles the Holy Land. Forget about spitting at "messianic Jews". He would've slaughtered them. If the image of burning mosques and churches upsets you, then yours is a different Chanukah than the one that was originally celebrated by the Maccabees. 

• If you support a woman's right to abort a fully formed fetus on the altar of free choice, you're a Hellenist, not a Maccabee. Feminists should protest Chanukah.  

• If you believe that homosexuals have the right to prance through the streets of Jerusalem, Chanukah is not your cup of tea. The rampant homosexuality of the Greeks was another virus that the Maccabees warred against. The sanctity of the Jewish family and the holy expression of permitted sexuality is central to Jewish thinking. Be honest about Chanukah instead of perverting it.

Chanukah symbolizes Judaism's complete rejection of the profane influences of the world. It represents the commitment to use the sword in defense of the Jewish body and soul.  This is the Chanukah that leftists want to destroy. Any proud, self-respecting, knowledgeable Jew basks in this reality. Only one who has been contaminated by 2000+ years of exile chooses to deny this, distort it, or reject it.


The legacy of the true Maccabees lives on. And the day will come when Jews embrace it and incorporate the Maccabee model as the solution to destroying the Arab enemy and sanctifying the State of Israel. In the meantime, continue to learn Torah and perform mitzvot. But take care of  your Jewish body. Strengthen it, so that you can be a good Jew. Don't worship it. Sanctify it for Kiddush Hashem. Forge it with iron and stone. Take a walk with an 80 pound sandbag on your back. Practice stick fighting, sword fighting, whatever your game. Go to the range and become a crack shot that would make Matityahu proud. One day soon, a new generation of Maccabees will arise.Good Jews will want to join them. Prepare yourself now.

Shmuley's World (audio)

A recent Chillul Hashem in Shmuley's career.

Reflections on Shmuley Boteach's recent article in which he expressed support for evangelical x-tians, and lambasted religious Jews for being "ungrateful" of the massive sums of money they give Israel.  Shmuley needs a lesson on the basic principles of Chanukah. 


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Hellenism Personified- the "Maccabeats"

I get physically ill just watching this garbage that's been circulating around the web. It's bad enough that the music is so bad, and that the effeminate singers in this "Jewish" boy-band act like a bunch of sissies. But it's much worse than that. This is hellenism personifed. Copycatting the worst elements of gentile society. Boy-bands. Pop music. Gender confusion. Role reversal. Forget about surgically attaching a piece of skin to recreate a foreskin. This is the metaphorical equivalent of cutting one's genitals off. What do we have here? A group of modern-orthodox guys wiggling and prancing about like a troupe of fairies, singing euro-trash music about Chanukah. What do these clowns know about the Maccabees? The Maccabees fought against the kinds of gentile influences that penetrated the Torah world and allowed the formation of Jewish boy-bands like the Maccabeats. And don't get me started. The yeshivish versions of these boy-bands are just as bad and un-Jewish. The difference is that in the modern-orthodox world this kind of stuff is celebrated and praised. Instead of creating the next generation of  scholar-warriors, the modern-orthodox movement is creating these types of gender challenged individuals to further skew the lesson of Chanukah and disgrace The Almighty's name on the world stage.

This is from the Maccabeats website:

Strongly committed to the philosophy of Torah u-Madda, the integration of traditional and secular wisdom, the Maccabeats perform an eclectic array of Jewish, American, and Israeli songs. Their breakthrough piece, Lecha Dodi, is the epitome of this synthesis, combining some of the most beloved words of Jewish liturgy with Leonard Cohen's meaningful and melodic Hallelujah.


I think a little disclaimer in is order, don't you?


The Jewish Fist Warning: Listening to the "Maccabeats" not only reflects a horrible taste in music, (and if you're a man, extremely low levels of testosterone), it may also be hazardous to your Jewish soul. As an aside, listening to this music before taking the battlefield may get you killed.

Moshe Rosen - Murderer Of Jewish Souls

I often write about the physical threats facing the Jewish people both in Israel and abroad. Obviously, the Amalekites of the Arab/Islamic world are our # one foe, for the simple reason that they are committed to exterminating Jews. Nevertheless, the spiritual Nazis of the world are every bit as dangerous to the Jewish people. The x-tian missionaries who prey on Jewish souls are the face of this beast.

The founder of "Jews for The Dead Jew" is finally dead. Moshe Rosen (yemach shmo vzichro) was quite ill, and we can only hope that he endured years of unimaginable, mind-numbing pain before dying. I hope he screamed to his pagan deity who heard nothing and knew nothing of his plight, while he babbled and bit his pillow and screamed into the vast nothingness. Rosen was a bad fellow, the worst kind of Jew there is. A meshumad (apostate) who dedicated his life to luring other Jews to x-tian idolatry. "Jews for The Dead Jew" was the prototype for successful missionaries to follow, a crafty way to succeed where the x-tian sword could not. There are untold numbers of missionaries out there. In an ocean of sharks, he was the apex predator. The most dangerous foe has always been Esau "the brother." And apostate Jews have always been the worst form of Esau.

By any account (and one Jew lost is too many), Rosen was good at what he did. Armed with millions of dollars of evangelical money, Rosen had the power to peddle his poison across the entire world. The greatest Chillul Hashem (desecration of The Almighty's name) was that the Holy Land ("the Jewish State") became fertile territory to feast on the most vulnerable of Jews. The poor, the indigent, orphans, immigrants, and those who knew nothing of their faith. Israel was a place where corrupt politicians were easily bought off and the "laws" that were designed to protect Jews from missionaries, were conveniently ignored. Rosen was a menace. It's a shame that someone didn't kill him years ago.

You read the last sentence correctly. Judaism doesn't differentiate between those who slaughter Jews and those who slaughter our souls. We celebrate Chanukah to commemorate the physical revolt of the Maccabees against the Greeks, who waged war with the Jewish soul. Jewish liberals worship many idols. Freedom of speech. The right to choose. And so on. While Jewish liberals may or may not be troubled by missionaries, their overriding belief system is premised on the notion that a person has the right to profess what he believes, even if it means trying to convince other Jews to join their faith. Some Jiberals (Jewish liberals) are bothered by missionaries, but only because of the deceptive tactics that they use when they masquerade their wares as "messianic Judaism". Yahadut differs. While deception may be more insidious, ultimately it makes no difference. Whether covert or overt, the sin is the same. One who preys on Jewish souls deserves to be killed. The biblical injunction that "if one comes to slay you slay him first", applies not only to physical death, but also sexual assault, and spiritual death as well. That is why it is permissible (and indeed required) of a Jew to violate the Shabbat, if he/she knows that Jewish souls are in danger.

Occasionally in Israel, we read about a Jew who spits at a priest or group of nuns in Jerusalem's Old City. Its the kind of story you read about on Ynet or in The Jerusalem Post, and its meant to shock the reader, who presumably, is nursed on a daily diet of progressive, respectable, nonsense. The message is clear. Jewish extremism is on the rise, and religious zealots are committing "hate crimes." The shrill responses are as reliable as Pavlov's dogs and they come from all ends of the diseased Jewish spectrum. The same tired Leftist hysterics about rising Jewish extremism. The same nebbish Modern-orthodox pluralists, who ignore Maimonides and beat their breasts, while moaning about "the great desecration of The Almighty's name." Then these "Rabbinical" misfits meet with the "victims" and apologize for what happened to them on behalf of the Jewish people.

I find it difficult to call perpetrators of these acts extremists. Good Jews, without a doubt. But extremists? I would call them activists who had seen enough dangling golden crosses and nuns bustling about in our holiest city. Call it Jewish rage. One thing is clear. Spitting on idolaters in Israel is hardly the stuff of extremism. Not if you're honest about what the Halachah (Jewish Law) has to say.

Goyim Cannot Be In The Land:

There is a general obligation to "transfer" (or annihilate if you prefer the Sforno's interpretation) all gentiles who don't accept the Torah's conditions as Halachic "resident strangers". Hence the Torah's most basic premise is that other than the select "resident strangers", no gentile may not reside in the land. The Halachah is clear even when goyim aren't preying on Jews. Maimonides clearly states that in the Land of Israel, we have an obligation to actively hunt down and remove every vestige of idolatry and idol worship. This includes x-tians whom Maimonides considers to be idolaters. The source is Deuteronomy 12:3, "And you shall destroy their name from this place." Judges 2:1-2 also addresses this: "'The angel of the L-rd came up from Gilgalto Bochim and said, "I made you go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the Land which I swore unto to your fathers, and I said....'You shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of the land. You shall smash their altars..."

It may not be wise to physically attack missionaries today. But "wise" and "proper" are not always compatible or synonymous.Today it requires great mesirat nefesh (self-sacrifice) to do the things that according to Halachah really should be done. The Erev Rav (mixed multitude) will hunt you down. Obviously the only way to really do it properly is within the context of a Torah government (something "The Jewish Fist" is 100% committed to). But make no mistake about it, Yahadut maintains that those who prey on Jewish souls forfeit their lives. Hence, "The Jewish Fist" includes the following as part of it's preliminary platform to rehabilitate the Jewish State:

"Missionaries and cults will be prohibited from entering the country. Prosletyzing will result in long term imprisonment and/or state sanctioned death."

Moshe Rosen was a spiritual contagion.We will never know the total impact of his sins. How many souls did he steal? Thousands? Tens of of thousands? Perhaps more. All of them misguided Jews who abandoned a Judaism they knew nothing about and embraced the cross. Many went on to steal souls of their own. Cursed be Rosen's name, and the name of anyone and everyone associated with him. In accordance with our custom, we celebrate the death of this malignancy.

L'Chaim!

On Jewish Remembrance

What has Yom HaZikaron become? A day of remembering our fallen soldiers, but forgetting why they fell. Remembering those who paid the ultimate price, but forgetting who killed them. A day of commemorating the concept of sacrifice, but forgetting the nature of the sacrifice. A day of solemn military ceremonies, haunting songs, sirens, and of little else. Not a day of remembrance, but one of forgetting the most important lessons of all. That the Arab and Islamic savages are still trying to kill us. That they want to flood the streets of Tel Aviv with a sea of Jewish blood, as surely as they want to massacre every Jew living in Judea and Samaria.

The Siren Wails:

I knew that the siren would go off at any moment, and yet as always, its sudden onset was somewhat startling. Instinctively I jumped to my feet like a puppet and stood silently, listening to its mournful wailing which sent goosebumps across my body in a visceral response. As I stood, I reflected on the important lessons that the erev rav (mixed multitude) purposely denies the Jewish schoolchildren of Israel. Not only on this solemn day, but on every day of their education, which is really a process of Leftist brainwashing.

Judaism abhors the spectacle of meaningless ritual. If a siren of remembrance fails to jar the senses like a shofar and act as a catalyst for introspection and repentance, then as far as yahadut is concerned, it is worse than a waste of time. Without a doubt, we have a Jewish obligation to remember the dead, but that alone is insufficient. We need to remember the following Jewish lessons that "The Ministry of Indoctrination" denies our children:

• The Land of Israel is ours. All of it. The Almighty gave it to us, and although we were punished for our sins with the destruction of the Temple and our dispersal across the world, He has returned it to us. We have no right to relinquish any part of it.

• The Holy Land is under assault by the hordes of Ishmael and Esau. We face the battles of Purim (a genocidal enemy) and of Chanukah (a spiritual enemy) at the same time. And while our enemies rip and tear at us, the mixed multitude hunts us down and ties our hands.

• The Arab/Islamic world is the face of Amalek. Nazis of the worst kind. To call them animals is to misunderstand what an animal is. Animals are biologically hard-wired to be creatures of instinct. There are no evil animals even among the most predatory of species. Men (and women) who shake off every semblance of humanity and don the death mask of Amalek, have nothing in common with animals. We face nothing less than an enemy who wants to exterminate us solely because we are Jews.

• There are no moderates in the Arab/Islamic world. The so-called peace treaties with Egypt and Jordan are a twisted joke. Read what the pig of Jordan has to say about us. Much like his father, this bloodthirsty Jew-hater can barely mask his hatred. He would love nothing more than another war with an Israel that is significantly weaker than it was the last time around. The citizens of Egypt and Jordan would both relish another war with us.

• Our leaders are sick men with diseased souls. The fat-faced Ehud Barak had the gall to defile the memory of the fallen soldiers by using the day as a stage to call for a "palestinian" (myths don't get capitalized) state. Our Minister of Defense. Bibi Netanyahu visits the grave of his martyred brother (may G-d avenge his blood). For what purpose? He continues to supply weapons to the same group of savages that murdered his brother. All in the name of "peace".

Meaningless Ceremony?

Across the country, schoolchildren attended powerful ceremonies today. They were reminded of the thousands of Jewish soldiers who fell in battle, but no mention of the enemy who killed them. Instead they brainwash the innocent with the insanity of "Peace Now" and the lie that "most Arabs (perhaps most of them) want peace." And after years of this insidious indoctrination, the State will hand them each a gun and send them off to die, as they face an enemy they will never understand. Many will actually feel empathy for the enemy, and show mercy to the merciless on the battlefield.

As I listened to the siren, I thought of wailing mothers and fathers, of brothers and sisters groaning in agonizing pain, as their loved ones are lowered into the earth prematurely. This is the lesson of the day. I thought of the animals who killed these heroes. I thought about Samson and King David, and of the principles of Jewish vengeance that we must internalize, if we are to erase every manifestation of chillul Hashem that stains the Holy Land. I thought of the burning desire a Jew must feel to avenge his slaughtered brothers and sisters.

The war against the L-rd and the Am Hanivchar (Chosen People) continues. Certainly, we must pay homage to those who sanctified The Almighty's name in the fight against Amalek. We also have an obligation to remember that they were killed not only by the fiends of Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, but also by the so-called "moderates" of Egypt and Jordan, who read Mein Kampf in the coffee houses of Cairo and Amman, the way normal people read fiction in Starbucks. Moderates who firmly believe (with the passion of a Polish man) that we drink blood and control world finance.

I call upon thoughtful Jews to return to the Torah and absorb its timeless lessons. To learn that authentic Jewish notions of "love" and "peace" have no commonality with the distorted versions going around that present themselves as Jewish. As Jews we have an obligation to hate the wicked. We are commanded to cultivate hatred and rage in our hearts against all the enemies of G-d and the children of Israel. Hatred for all our enemies, whether it be those who snatch Jewish souls in the streets of Jerusalem and Beersheva, or the Arab and Islamic hordes who wear the Mufti's death mask. A desire for blood-lust against the enemies of the Almighty is the most Jewish of ways to remember the fallen.

On the day that the sword of Jewish vengeance has fed and satiated itself on the blood of the wicked, when evil is destroyed for all eternity, on that day we will merit the coming of the Messiah. Only then may we pound our weapons into farm tools. Until that day, we have a fight on our hands. And no quarter may be given in the war with Amalek.

The siren of remembrance reverberated across the land today. When you heard it, were you driven by a desire to avenge the deaths of our fallen soldiers and sanctify The Almighty's name? Did the piercing cry of Yom HaZikaron remind you that our leaders are making deals with the same monsters who wear the mask of moderation while they grasp concealed daggers? If not, did you really hear the siren at all?

Yom Haatzmut is upon us. We need to avoid the terrible mistake of the chareidim who ignore the miracles that Hakadosh Baruch Hu performed for us (though we were and remain unworthy of them), as surely as we must avoid the idol-worship of mamlachtim who turned a sinful Hellenistic entity into the Kingdom of David. We need to be careful in our celebration, so that it remains one that is guided by the undiluted Halachic truth. Our prayers need to be for a true Jewish state to arise, one that is committed to Torah law and the sanctification of The Almighty's name. Nothing less than a genuine theocracy based upon Torah.

Chag Sameach.

Am Yisroel Chai!

Another Winner Visits Yasuf

Another prominent leader of the "modern-orthodox" camp of religious pluralists pays a visit to the Arab occupied town of Yasuf.

The Battle Continues

Chanukah may be over, but the battle continues. We should remind ourselves that the Maccabees waged a brutal guerrilla warfare for thirteen years. It wasn't the "won and done kind of deal" as most Jews think. The battles we face today are even more daunting. While the Arabs are trying to exterminate us along the model of their Amalekite forebears, the mixed multitude is aiding and abetting their genocidal plans. The Hellenists aren't content with just destroying the Jewish soul. Now the Jewish body has to go as well.

Essentially, we are facing the enemies of Purim and Chanukah at the same time. The solution is simple, and yet it is not. It requires us to face unpleasant realities that tend to put a damper on our plans for an easy and tranquil life.We need to realize that we have a long battle on our hands. It would help the cause if the truly Torah observant among us started to fight. It would also help if we began to discern between the charlatans posing as religious leaders, and real religious leaders.

A reminder to those who don't know what to look for:

Matityahu and the Maccabees are the Jewish model, not the idol-worshiping, appeasing, collaborating, bearded mamlachtim who wear the l'vush (garment) of the G-d fearing Jew, but march to the beat of Barak's pagan drum.

Rav Melamed Must Resist!

I was dismayed to read on JPost that Rav Melamed is considering signing a declaration along with the heads of other hesder yeshivot, which will state that it is wrong for soldiers to engage in political protest. This would negate everything R' Melamed initially did right when he stood up to Barak. Retracting his position will constitute a tremendous desecration of the Almighty's name, and grant the accursed head of the mixed multitude a victory on the national stage. (No matter how they try to spin it.)

I was concerned the moment I read that R' Melamed was putting the matter into the hands of the leaders of the other Hesder yeshivot. Why would he do that? He was the only one with the courage to say the Halachic truth. The others should be listening to him and signing a letter supporting his (original) position. Instead, these spineless mamlachti leaders are pressuring the lone "voice in the wilderness" to recant his position.

R' Melamed's own words suggest that he is breaking under the pressure. It is clear that he isn't comfortable playing the role of the zealot. Nevertheless, he must understand that he has no choice in the matter. The Rav needs to gird himself in the cloak of zealousness and stand firm. Someone needs to defend the Torah.

R' Melamed's actions will resonate long after this issue is "resolved." Future hesder students will either be motivated by an uncompromising position, and sanctify The Almighty's name, or they will desecrate The Almighty's name and play an insidious role in the unforgivable sin of expelling Jews.

The seventh night of Chanukah is upon us. I hope R' Melamed follows the path of Matityahu.

Chanukah Sameach.

Mamlachti Idolatry (audio post)

A look at the other end of the distorted religious spectrum. Reflections on the mamlachti idol worship of the secular State of Israel.

The True Maccabees

Chanukah isn't a "festival of lights" for Jewish people to share with the gentile world. The Maccabees weren't pluralists fighting for a slice of the multicultural pie. They were Jewish zealots who waged a brutal war against the Greek swine who were trying to destroy Judaism. They murdered the enemy to save the Jewish soul. In short, they waged a physical war against a spiritual enemy. Forget any notions of universalism that the secular left try to associate with Chanukah. Peter, Paul, and Mary really missed the boat on this one.

Here's another fact that Jews tend to overlook. A primary target of their revolution was waged against Hellenists within the Jewish camp. They fought violently and without mercy. They killed people. And the authentic tradition of Judaism lionizes these true sons of Matityahu as the most heroic of Jews, men (and women) who sanctified the Almighty's name and saved Judaism from extinction.

If the Maccabees were around today, the Shabak would have an entire division whose sole purpose was to root out and destroy the "Hasmonean Jewish terrorists." Netanyahu and Barak would send the army, the border police, and the Yassamnikim sadists to destroy them. And of course, the mamlachtim would condemn these heroes with the harshest terminology.

"You can't burn religious houses of worship."

"Judaism respects the religious rights of others."

We often hear such stupidity from dumb, benighted Jews whose knowledge of Judaism is inferior to a cucumber's. Pluralistic ramblings that have no basis in Judaism. It's always sickening to hear such filth when one is knows what the Halachah really says about such matters. I cannot begin to explain the rage I feel when religious "rabbis" utter such lies and defile The Almighty's name in front of the entire world.

Last Friday, a mosque was reportedly torched in the Arab occupied town of Yasuf in the Shomron. The Leftist traitors in the government and their lackeys in the media are reporting that religious settlers are behind the attack. Now one doesn't have to be Barry Chamish to be suspicious whenever something like this happens. It wouldn't be the first time the Shabak orchestrated an attack for the sole purpose of demonizing Jews. Anyone remember Avishai Raviv?

Nevertheless, I'm not going to pursue that hypothetical angle. I don't want to skirt the real issue. The question of what the Halachah has to say on the matter. I'm going to assess the incident by accepting the premise that an individual or individuals actually committed the arson attack. It's Chanukah after all. What better time to convey Jewish truths?

I want to make myself clear:

If indeed this was done by a Jew or Jews, then he/she or they are true Jewish heroes who sanctified the Almighty's name in front of the world. It's a pity that the mosque (a known haven of murderous incitement against Jews) wasn't burned to the ground along with its predatory congregation of murderers inside. One who knows the history of the Maccabees, is aware that Matityahu would have torched the building and the entire town. That's how the Maccabees worked. We should be honest with our own history.

An issue like this puts the Jewish people in one of two camps. The tiny group that gets it. And the larger group that covers the entire spectrum of Jews that are out there. Those on the "Right" and those on the Left. Religious, irreligious, mamlachti, anti-Zionist, gay, socialist, chareidi, egalitarian, feminist and so on. Those committed to Judaism and those who have no Judaism at all. They all share one thing in common. They have zero ability to process anything that is outside their distorted framework of thinking.

Many liberal Jews, religious or otherwise, premise their skewed thinking on the absurd notion that this mosque was some sort of harmless "house of worship." A place where simple, innocent peasants came to express their faith.

Nothing can be farther from the truth. This was a place where Amalekites came to sow their hatred and to plot terror against the Jewish people. A place where "itbach el yahud" (slaughter the Jew) was regularly chanted. It goes without saying, that even if these Arabs were innocent of any homicidal actions or intent, a gentile house of worship has no place in the holy land. This isn't my personal opinion. It's the Halachah.

A gentile may not remain in the land unless he/she accepts the halachic criteria of "Ger Toshav" (resident stranger). Maimonides explains that this means the individual must accept the"Seven Laws of Noah," and conditions of "tribute and servitude" in front of a Jewish court, during the Jubilee year.

Someone has to say these things without hemming and hawing. The "rabbis" of the Erev Rav (mixed multitude) are out in full swing defiling G-d's name. Repulsive human pieces of filth such as "Chief Erev Rav" Yonah Metzger and the loonytoon Menachem Froman of Tekoa, who went to Yasuf yesterday to express their outrage to the town's elders. Ironically, the jackals of the town actually prevented a greater Chillul Hashem when they came out in numbers to greet these miserable freaks with stones. The army had to escort these Jewish misfits out of the village.

Yonah Metzger. A bearded defiler who regularly spits on the Torah in defense of the leftist traitors that are destroying the country. A twisted creature who had the unimaginable gall to compare this righteous act of vengeance to the fires of Kristalnacht that were lit by the German fiends. Metzger took a page right out of the Arab/Islamic playbook, with his obscene portrayal of Jews as Nazis. Menachem Froman is another pervert, an oddball quisling whose past winning moments include getting together with the vermin of Fatah and Hamas, and sending fawning love letters to Arafat (yemach shmo vzichro).

The bearded Erev Rav has always been the most dangerous group of corrupters of Yahadut. Is there a bigger Chillul Hashem than the images of "religious" Jews showing up at the town's entrance with copies of Korans to replace the ones that were torched in the fire? Matityahu, the righteous Hasmonean High Priest would have had problems with the Metzgers and the Fromans of the world. And it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that he would have vented his wrath in a most "un-Metzger" like fashion. The only proper Jewish reaction.

These bearded frauds in rabbinical cloaks are partners with Fatah, Hamas, and Hezbollah. When Jews are slaughtered by Arabs, they remain silent. When synagogues are torched and holy books are burned to ash, one can hear a pin drop. When someone spits at some priest in the Old City, they declare a public fast day. The days of justice will arrive when they will pay for the Jewish blood that stains their hands. Hopefully in this world, but surely in the next.

A Jew who understands Chanukah knows that an attack on a mosque is a time for rejoicing. It may not have been a "smart" thing to do. The chances of getting away with it are small. But let's not delude ourselves. The smart and proper thing is not always synonymous with the Jewish obligation. From a purely survival instinct, if someone demands that you worship baal or have your throat slit open, the "pragmatic" thing is to save your throat and bow down to the idol. Judaism says something else. The Halachah requires you to refuse, even if it costs you your life. The Halacha isn't always pragmatic or "wise" from a conventional standpoint. At times, the Halacha requires us to fight to the death, even when the odds are against us.

If this was indeed an act of arson by a group of Jews (or a Jew) who had the courage to do what the government of Israel should be doing, I support them whole-heartedly and give them my blessings.

Sons of Matityahu, I salute you, wherever you are.

A Turkey's Call For War

I just read on the Jerusalem Post's website that the head dog of Turkey issued a warning to Israel, in response to rumors that the Israeli Air Force is using Turkey's airspace to spy on Iran. While denying the rumors, Erdogan made sure to clarify what his position would be if Israel were ever to engage in such activity. "Israel will receive a response equal to that of an earthquake," this impotent Jew-hating creature gobbled. What a curious remark to hear from a "friend."

Let's cut the crap. Erdogan is no moderate. He's a Muslim leader of an Islamic country that hates Israel and the Jewish people. Ever since the war in Gaza, Erdogan has taken every opportunity to bang on the war drum. He's itching to kill Jews. Erdogan fully supports Iran's program to destroy Israel. How many pictures to we need to see of him meeting with Achmadinijhad and hugging him? (Imagine hugging Hitler.) A moderate country? A friend of Israel's? I'd wager that even the fools who utter such lies, would be reticent about vacationing with their moderate, Turkish friends this Chanukah. Anyone with a handful of brain cells in their head understands that Israel has no friends in the world. Arab, Muslim, or otherwise.

Imagine for a moment that the Maccabees were around today. The true sons of Matityahu, with the technological might of the IAF. What would they do in response to such threats? First they'd turn Iran into a wasteland. Tohu Vavohu. No more nucleur threat. And on the return trip home they'd pay a visit to Erdogan and drown his country of Jew-haters in a sea of Turkish blood.

A fantasy today. The reality tomorrow. The true Moshiach will be coming one day, and he won't be carrying an olive branch. May we see it with our eyes.

The Little Gifts We Get

I saw a Rottweiler interacting with its owner this afternoon, a loud-mouthed, foul-mouthed "Black-Hebrew" woman. (Perhaps I should refer to her as a "Black-Non Hebrew", as my friend and fellow blogger Ben Yehudah (Esser Agaroth) has coined those arrogant usurpers.) The dog did a wonderful thing that gave me nachas. It lifted it's hind-leg and relieved itself on its corpulent owner's fleshy leg. Hilarious. Particularly her reaction. "You nasty a**!"

That's right, this kind of thing is funny to me. Call me deranged (you won't be the first) but it's good to laugh. You see there are so many things that need fixing in this country. So many desecrations of G-d's name that I have to see on a daily basis. In my neck of the desert it's primarily Bedouins and "black-Non-Hebrews". A moment like this is therapeutic.

Now I have to go on a tangent to explain something to those pea-brains (lib perverts perusing the net who may have inadvertently stumbled upon The Jewish Fist), who might think that I'm a racist because I have a problem with "Black-Hebrews". I hate to have to explain myself to these coconuts, but I also hate to be misunderstood. Let me make myself clear. All people are created equal. I don't give a damn about skin color. I do give a damn about racist, Jew-hating thugs from Chicago who try to usurp the Jewish religion. I'm very troubled by arrogant people who have the chutzpah to enter the Jewish state illegally and squat in Dimona until the leftist quislings who run the government finally grant them autonomy. Unlike the many nebbish Jews that surround us, I don't consider them harmless curiosities that add flavor to the Israeli scene.

They hate us, but it wouldn't make a difference if they were peace-loving angels. The Halachah doesn't care if the usurper is nice. The Halachah forbids gentiles from living in the country unless they meet the strict Halachic requirements of "resident stranger". Black-Hebrews, Arab/Muslims, x-tians, Canaanites. One and the same as far as the Torah is concerned. All of them must go.

A Rottweiler gave me a Chanukah gift today. (It gave its owner a gift also, but I'm sure she'd disagree.) A gift that I'll remember and laugh about, even though the problem isn't funny. If only I spoke dog (even "broken dog" like my broken Hebrew), I'd thank my four-legged friend for a memory that I'll cherish and share with friends and family. I'd tell him/her to keep up the good work. "Bite her next time," I'd recommend, "and tell your friends to do likewise to their usurper owners." (Black-Non-Hebrew, Arab, dead Jew worshiping, ba'al groveling, whatever.)

Chanukah Sameach & Shabbat Shalom.

Shimon Peres: Israel's High Priest of Hellenism (audio post)

Reflections on Israel's most infamous quisling. Shimon Peres assures the Arab/Islamic world that Israel has no intention of building the third Temple on Har Habayit. Shimon has it all wrong. The Hellenists in our midst may not have such aspirations, but all true religious Jews anxiously await the coming of the Messiah and the eventual rebuilding of the Temple in our times.

Yahadut maintains that the coming of the messiah is the only vehicle for true peace on earth. Peres's version of peace is a recipe for another Holocaust.

Hebron Me'az U'letamid: Not Just on Parshat Chayei Sarah!

I read that approximately 20,000 Jews came to Hebron this past Shabbat for Parshat Chayei Sarah. Kol Hakavod to everyone who participated in what I'm sure was a very moving Shabbat. I would like to make one point though. 20,000 strong would also be fine on Parshat Toldot or Parshat Pinchas. And the heroes of Hebron could certainly use the extra support when the Bolsheviks come to break open Jewish skulls and make the "Peace House" Judenrein. If even a fraction of that figure show up, the mixed multitude will be helpless, even with their batons.

Chanukah draws near, and once again the Hellenists are preparing to break open Jewish heads. Listen to Avi Dichter. He can barely contain his glee as he incites his capos with the smell of Jewish blood. Let the spirit of Matityahu whisper instructions into our ears. Israel belongs to the people of Israel, not Ehud Olmert or Shimon Peres.