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Prayer Vigil on Iran

Posted on 02/28/2007 11:05:14 AM PST by dervish

PRAYER VIGIL ON TA'ANIT ESTHER Iranian Mission @ 40th Street and 3rd Avenue, New York Thursday March 1, 2007 from Noon - 1pm

It happened 2,500 years ago in ancient Persia, and it’s happening again today in Iran. An evil leader named Haman wanted to kill all the Jews. Now an evil leader named Ahmadinejad wants to do the same. This is the moment when Jews—indeed all people who believe in justice—must come together in solidarity. Queen Esther delared, “Gather all the Jews in this city” for fasting and prayer (Book of Esther 4:16). We’ve been celebrating Purim ever since. Please give up your lunch hour and join our solidarity prayer vigil. What worked then can work now. We dare not be silent. Our only strength is in numbers.

Co-Sponsored by: Hadassah, New York Board of Rabbis, Weisenthal Center, World Jewish Congress, ZOA and others.


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KEYWORDS: ahmadinejad; iran; nukes; purim
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To: Tabi Katz

I know I am right but that's all I can say here. It is going to be a very "warm" spring in Iran, mark my words.


21 posted on 03/01/2007 6:26:16 AM PST by stm (Believe 1% of what you hear in the drive-by media and take half of that with a grain of salt)
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To: MeanWestTexan

Thank-you for the info.


22 posted on 03/01/2007 10:35:21 AM PST by Biggirl (A biggirl with a big heart for God's animal creation.)
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To: McGavin999

Of course.


23 posted on 03/01/2007 12:34:17 PM PST by MeanWestTexan (Kol Hakavod Lezahal)
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To: MeanWestTexan

Then I shall gladly join you.


24 posted on 03/01/2007 12:35:38 PM PST by McGavin999 ("Hard is not Hopeless" General Petraeus)
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To: McGavin999

FYI

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1793045/posts?page=28#28


25 posted on 03/01/2007 12:42:44 PM PST by MeanWestTexan (Kol Hakavod Lezahal)
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To: McGavin999
of course.

"This is the moment when Jews—indeed all people who believe in justice—must come together in solidarity."

26 posted on 03/01/2007 1:55:39 PM PST by dervish ("To fight for King and Country is to fight for the future.But a barren society has no future" Steyn)
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To: Zionist Conspirator

I got the announcement via AMCHA, Rabbi Avi Weiss' organization. He spearheads many of these events.


27 posted on 03/01/2007 1:57:43 PM PST by dervish ("To fight for King and Country is to fight for the future.But a barren society has no future" Steyn)
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To: dervish
I got the announcement via AMCHA, Rabbi Avi Weiss' organization. He spearheads many of these events.

Rabbi Weiss is an unusual person. When it comes to Zionism and Israel he's as rightwing as you could want. But, as I understand it, when it comes to Halakhah and theology he's on the left of Orthodoxy and somewhat controversial.

28 posted on 03/01/2007 3:51:46 PM PST by Zionist Conspirator (Zakhor 'et 'asher-`asah lekha `Amaleq, baderekh betze'tekhem miMitzrayim.)
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To: Zionist Conspirator

Rabbi Weiss is definitely Orthodox. He is not Hasidic or Haredi, and perhaps he is controversial with that segment of Orthodoxy. He has begun a Yeshiva called Chovevei Torah.

http://www.yctorah.org/

" Openness and Ideology of halakha

What exactly does the YCT slogan, "The Open Orthodox Rabbinical School" mean? In a statement prepared exclusively for The Commentator, Rabbis Avi Weiss, Dov Weiss, and Dov Linzer explained: "Our Yeshiva is firmly implanted in the Modern Orthodox community. It is a modern Orthodox Yeshiva. Because of the move towards insularization in the Orthodox community we have been using the adjective "open" to describe our commitments. We are fervently Orthodox with an unwavering commitment to Torah and halakha. At the same time we are intellectually open and we strive for greater inclusiveness in practice.

"Intellectual openness means that we encourage questioning and critical thinking as essential components of one's full avodat Hashem. In the context of Talmud Torah, this includes the integration of "outside" disciplines, such as academic Talmud, history, legal theory, and philosophy.

"Openness in practice means a willingness to interact with all Jews and to seek out within Halakha greater inclusiveness for women and non-Observant Jews."


29 posted on 03/01/2007 5:36:25 PM PST by dervish ("To fight for King and Country is to fight for the future.But a barren society has no future" Steyn)
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To: dervish
Were you at the rally today, by any chance?

Do you know of any reports of it on FR?

30 posted on 03/01/2007 9:49:51 PM PST by justiceseeker93
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To: dervish; Alouette; MeanWestTexan

Does anyone have any reasonable guess as to to the geographic distance from the site where the biblical Haman was executed to modern-day Tehran?


31 posted on 03/01/2007 9:54:44 PM PST by justiceseeker93
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To: dervish

Hmmm. Sounds pretty Left to me.


32 posted on 03/02/2007 7:21:31 AM PST by Zionist Conspirator (Zakhor 'et 'asher-`asah lekha `Amaleq, baderekh betze'tekhem miMitzrayim.)
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