Posted on 02/24/2010 12:21:22 AM PST by sofaman
Missionaries in the Ashkelon area used the Purim tradition of handing out baskets of foodstuffs and sweets to try and spread their beliefs to Jewish soldiers. A group of soldiers in compulsory service were on a bus that took their company on a travel excursion. They stopped for a break at Yad Mordechai near Ashkelon when a young couple got on board the bus and began handing out mishlochei manot – the traditional Purim baskets.
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Jewish (sorta) missionaries trying to woo Jewish soldiers with goodies?
What’s the fuss?
Missionaries in the Ashkelon area used the Purim tradition of handing out baskets of foodstuffs and sweets to try and spread their beliefs to Jewish soldiers.
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Was there PIE?!?!?!,,,;0),,,LOL,,,
Howdy,Sir long time no see-um,,,
Hope ya’ll are all OK...;0)...
Weird article. It doesn’t really say who the “missionaries” are.
Were they the Madonna type Kabbalists?!?! Because I don’t know of any Christians or Messianic Jews doing too much Zohar reading.
Must’ve been Kabbalah; that’s the only reference I’ve found so far for the Book of Zohar.
Probably some evangelical Christians... Except that this is prohibited in Israel...
Only about 17% of Israelis are religious.
http://www.arionline.info/who.php
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Past Prohibitions
In the past, men under forty years of age who were not married, and women, were forbidden to study Kabbalah. But it was the Ari who determined that from his generation onward, the Kabbalah is permitted to all men, women and children, provided they are imbued with a desire for spirituality, testifying to the maturity of their souls.
Our desire and passion for spirituality, and our search for the meaning of life are the only testimonials to our readiness to study the wisdom of Kabbalah. Moreover, Rabbi Kook answered the question of Who can study Kabbalah, with the simple words: “Anyone who wishes it”.
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I hope this helps.
No, Messianic Jews (who are Israeli citizens) are free to evangelize all they want to adults.
The law is against foreigners and missonaries (typically muslim) who target children.
Orthodox sects wouldn’t be ostracized by the religious soldiers...
I would think they are Baptists disguised as “jews for Jesus” or other shtuiot of this kind...
Many more are traditional... Which means they abhor missionaries...
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