Posted on 12/31/2004 6:53:29 AM PST by ml/nj
Listen beginning at 2:22:45 into the show. The talk lasts for about 15 minutes.
Rabbi Yudin gives a radio commentary each week on the Torah portion that Jews around the world will read in synagogues on Saturday. This week we will read from the beginning of the book of Exodus (Shmos). Yudin's commentary begins with consideration of verse 16, "When you act as midwives to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birthstool, if it is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, she shall live," and then moves through a variety of Jewish writings to make his point.
I would add a couple of things to what Yudin says, but for anyone who is interested in the topic of abortion and learning what traditional Judaism teaches about it, I definitely recommend this commentary.
ML/NJ
Maybe Yudin should first read Rashi and the Mishna...
because in spite of whatever he says, Judaism has no problem with abortion...
Welcome to FR.
Funny! Yudin quoted Rashi and the Talmud.
What are your credentials?<
ML/NJ
Frances Shaffer said that the next step after this is the killing of the unwanted and unproductive elderly. And I would propose to you, that the next step in the slippery slope (the Rabbi referred repeatedly to) is again the killing of, so called, defective races (just as the Nazi's did) and the believers that defend them.
Even though I am a Christian, I know the Rabbi speaks truth when he says we were all made in the image of God and therefore life is sacred. The opposite is the current way of the world. Pray that God would allow repentance and a turning away from the murdering of the unborn. To turn away from worshiping selfishness to worshiping God Almighty who is worthy of Praise.
I'm not aware of transcripts of any of Yudin's commentaries. Though I have never met Rabbi Yudin, I intend to send him a note about his talk today. I'll ask about a transcript.
ML/NJ
Many thanks in advance!
Jeremiah 1:5, God says, "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you."
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