Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!panix!.POSTED.www.mrbrklyn.com!not-for-mail From: Popping Mad Newsgroups: soc.culture.jewish Subject: [Jewish] [alerts@ounetwork.org: Elections, Prayers, and Gefilte Fish] Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2024 23:15:33 -0500 Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Karen Perilman Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------NHPwWg0femMJmfn1bFjh4NvG" Injection-Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 04:15:38 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader1.panix.com; posting-host="www.mrbrklyn.com:96.57.23.83"; logging-data="24815"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@panix.com" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 27456 Lines: 498 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------NHPwWg0femMJmfn1bFjh4NvG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Interesting that the Catholics are speaking out but not the Jews….. Silence is compliance, and jews that are supporting Harris have lost their minds. No doubt Hashem is running this show, but we are creatures of free will, and making choices that go against our Jewish moral compass reveals again and again why we are doomed. Father Vigano Labels Harris as an “Infernal Monster” libertysociety.com Liberty-Society-Favicon.png Sent from my iPad > On Oct 31, 2024, at 6:07 PM, Ruben Safir wrote: > > ----- Forwarded message from Orthodox Union ----- > > Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 20:34:44 +0000 (GMT) > From: Orthodox Union > To: ruben@mrbrklyn.com > Subject: Elections, Prayers, and Gefilte Fish > > > > >     >     >     >     > > data-new-gr-c-s-check-loaded="14.1060.0" leftmargin="0" > marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" style="margin:0; padding:0; > text-align:center;background-color:#F7F7F7;font-family:'Helvetica > Neue', Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14px; > line-height:1.6;color:#444444; " topmargin="0" yahoo="fix"> src="https://links.mkt3536.com/open/log/35713493/MjM3MTAxODM4MTkS1/0/Mjc4MzAwMDcwMgS2/1/0" > style="display: none"> > width="100%"> >     >         >            
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style="font-size:16px;">America > is a deeply divided country on the verge of a hard fought and highly > contentious election. We are working hard to get out the vote so that > our community’s voice and concerns will be heard and considered. > During these profoundly fraught times, we need elected officials at > every level of government who will uplift our country, lead it > effectively, and be responsive to the significant issues of concern to > our community, domestically and around the world. 
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>                        Where does God fit into this?
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>                        Personally, I have found that the dynamics of > politics and elections tend to push God’s role into the > background, requiring real effort to remind myself of Who is really in > charge. This time around, that effort is even more needed than > usual.
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>                        Our Sages (Avot 3:2) have taught us to pray for > the welfare of the government for were it not for respect for its > authority, “people would swallow one another alive.” The > Talmud (Avoda Zara 4a) amplified this teaching by citing the prophet > Chabakuk (1:14), “You have made humankind like the fish of the > sea, like creeping things that have no ruler.” Absent > responsible and effective government, we are left in a state of > anarchy where the powerful oppress the vulnerable in a manner that is > comparable to the law of the seas where the big fish are expected to > devour the small.
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>                        That metaphor may lend insight to a relevant > feature of the flood that destroyed the world in Noach’s time. ========== REMAINDER OF ARTICLE TRUNCATED ==========