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"Life has no remote.  Get up and change it yourself."

--Anonymous

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"Homocide is racist"

Chloe Simone Valdary

(on the Trayvon Martin murder)

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"The Israeli leaders make great efforts to seem accommodating to the concept of Two States, but on the other hand they thank G-d for every refusal by the Palestinian Arab side.  Ironically, it is they, the Palestinian Arab leadership, who are the greatest hope that a Palestinian state will not emerge in Judea and Samaria."

 David Haivri

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"Pay-Me-A-ton Manning despite a serious neck injury, says he will not quit football. He's going out like an American; greedy."

Professor Ray Grant

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“The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns, as it were, instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink.”

 

 

George Orwell

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24 For I will take you from among the nations, and gather you out of all the countries, and will bring you into your own land. 

25 And I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean; from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. 

26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.  


27 And I will put My spirit within you, and cause you to walk in My statutes, and ye shall keep Mine ordinances, and do them. 

28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be My people, and I will be your God. 

29 And I will save you from all your uncleannesses; and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you. 

30 And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye may receive no more the reproach of famine among the nations.  

Ezekiel 36:24-30

OMG!! G-d is Great!!

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"Be bold as a leopard, light as an eagle, swift as a deer, and strong as a lion to carry out the will of your Father in Heaven." (Pirkei Avos 5:23)

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Rabbe Nachman told Rebbe Nathan one time "you could believe in God all you want but if you dont believe in yourself, you'll never get any where".

Chai Moharahan

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"To the many people who have questioned why I came, I say: Israel worked very closely with the apartheid regime. I say: I've made peace with many men who slaughtered our people like animals. Israel cooperated with the apartheid regime, but it did not participate in any atrocities"

Nelson Mandela

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[5:20] Recall that Moses said to his people (the Jews), “O my people, remember GOD’s blessings upon you: He appointed prophets from among you, made you kings, and granted you what He never granted any other people.
[5:21] “O my people, enter the holy land (Israel) that GOD has decreed for you, and do not rebel, lest you become losers.”

Quran: Sura 5:20-21

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“Why is Israel consistently and conspicuously singled out for condemnation on the grounds of human rights violations, yet the world turns a blind eye to the human rights situations in the Arab countries …or the Far East...or Africa?” 

Muslim student Amran Hussain, speaking on behalf of the European Union of Jewish Students

That's a good question, Mr. Hussain.



What I think the answer is is this:  Because the world doesn't care. It really doesn't.  It wants to go after Israel and so it comes up with a pretext.   As far as human rights are concerned, the world -the heads for sure, don't care and the rest are in a constant state of slumber.

Many may wake up and know what's up. But its very very hard to stay awake.

What's the solution?  The people who are awake need to band together. We can't be bland, we can't be parve, we have to be SPICEY!! We have to be charged.

And the big question --that which really lulls people, even me at times, to sleep- is this: So what are we actually supposed to do?

While evil is happily slashing the throats of those who are sleeping, they are slowly squeezing the remaining good that they  possess away. At a  certain point, they will be totally devoid of good -no redeeming value. Nothing to save.  That is good and bad. Good once the evil is completely evil, it can be discarded (i.e. destroyed, killed, etc.); bad because evil can not exist by itself, by its own nature.  Evil must thrive on something good. (hence, bullies who go after good guys, holy leaders surrounded by thugs or low lives, etc). Evil will get desparate. Not pleasant fighting with a desperate monster.

When "goodness" was in Evil's hand. it was like a man with only pants on and no shirt.  But now that its slipping out of Evil's hand, we can grab it. Dress it up properly --i.e. give it pants and a shirt. i.e. associate the physical good together with its spiritual good.  We can take back dancing and connect it with bringing new and good realities (healings, good tidings, blessings, etc); we can take back speech and connect it with holy boldness; hand clapping with dashing evil decrees. We can connect spiritual holiness with drinking alcohol, with music, with our skin color, with our place in the world, etc etc and so forth. We can take back good, make it very good, and give THIS back to the world.

But we have to be good sales people and at the same time as much tzaddikim as possible. Tzaddikim, what is that? Someone who can guard against sexual lust -like Joseph in the Biblical story.

And we need to understand that in order to do this, we must collect. We must amass earthly material to bring it all to the side of good.  So work, those who want to work -but remember to donate to a well thought out charity -even give to organic farmers or natural birth centers, or the such.  Those who can create, create! but have the goodness of the world in mind, put your right foot (Netzach) forward, that your creation be permanent and have the environment in mind -don't be in a hurry to make the first copyright or to amass the most money for your invention.  Sing if you can, but remember to add holy boldness in your speech to arouse others and to arouse God Himself. Do!

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"There is an operations room in Tel Aviv with the aim of destabilizing the Arab world."

President of Yemen, Ali Abdullah Selah

Okay. Way too much credit given to humans.

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"And the more we meditate on our forefathers and mothers, the more rooted in life we are."

(Nechama Sarah G. Nadborny I got it from Living Essence blog post)

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"If a man speaks in a forest, and there is no woman to hear him, is he still wrong?"

(yes. lol).

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From Kings I, 18

...Ahab sent for all the children of Israel and got the prophets together at Mount Carmel

...Then the fire of HaShem came down burning up the offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and drinking up the water in the drain.

...And when the people saw it they all went down on their faces and said HaShem is the Elokim.

...And after a very little time, the heaven became black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain.

(hat tip - Dreaming of Moshiach blog)

and sure enough, after the fires at Carmel, that night or the next day, there was rain.
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"Those who would give up essential liberty for little temporary safety deserve neither."

Benjamin Franklin

(his quotes are all so deliciously good and important. I'm leaving the link in case you want to check out some more. priceless! Ben. Franklin's quotes)

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"Why do you speak against the Afrocentrics but keep your peace with the Eurocentrics?"

from: A Black Rabbi who shall remain nameless -until he says its okay. I miss him very much.




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"what we're asking is for them (doctors) to take a loss for the good of our children.  And that's a tough sell."

Jim Carrey, Actor

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"Shimon ben Shatach says: "Interrogate the witnesses extensively; yet be cautious with yourwords, lest they learn from them to lie.""

Pirkei Avot 1:9

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