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Netanyahu: Desecration of Rabbi Nachman's grave is 'terrible'
Arutz Sheva ^ | 12/22/2016 | Chaim Lev

Posted on 12/22/2016 5:00:12 AM PST by Read Write Repeat

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday evening called on the Ukrainian government to take action following the desecration of the grave of Rabbi Nachman in Uman.

Netanyahu’s comment came during an online chat with Facebook users. During the chat, the Prime Minister was seen taking a phone call from a person named Yuval, believed to be Yuval Rotem, Director General of the Foreign Ministry.

"This must be taken care of,” Netanyahu told Yuval. "The ambassador there should go to the government and tell them that it is simply unacceptable, simply awful, I want them to deal with it.”

He added, "I would like an explanation and a correction. I asked to speak with the president, they are arranging the phone call, but you should act as well.”

Witnesses say a gang of Ukrainian vandals desecrated the tomb compound at approximately 2:00 a.m. local time, throwing a pig’s head and red paint into the building.

Photographed close-ups of the pig’s head show a swastika was carved into the animal’s forehead. The attackers sprayed tear gas and shouted anti-Semitic epithets during the assault which left Jewish visitors to the tomb shaken.

(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...


TOPICS: Judaism
KEYWORDS: antisemitism; breslov; chabad; israel

1 posted on 12/22/2016 5:00:12 AM PST by Read Write Repeat
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To: Read Write Repeat

I doubt Ukraine will do anything. Their leaders are nuts.....no better than those who have gone before.


2 posted on 12/22/2016 5:04:16 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Phinneous; jjotto; JewishRighter; Torahman; EinNYC

Stupid leftists probably didn’t even realize the lineage ping.


3 posted on 12/22/2016 5:07:47 AM PST by Read Write Repeat
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To: Sacajaweau

There’s a small campaign to move the good rabbi’s gravesite to Jerusalem.

If that happens, Uman is going to suffer an economic hit from all the people who travel there specifically to pray over his grave.


4 posted on 12/22/2016 5:16:00 AM PST by Read Write Repeat
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To: Read Write Repeat
From Wikipedia:

Rebbe Nachman, a great-grandson of the Baal Shem Tov, breathed new life into the Hasidic movement by combining the esoteric secrets of Judaism (the Kabbalah) with in-depth Torah scholarship. He attracted thousands of followers during his lifetime and his influence continues until today through many Hasidic movements such as Breslov Hasidism. Rebbe Nachman's religious philosophy revolved around closeness to God and speaking to God in normal conversation "as you would with a best friend."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nachman_of_Breslov#

5 posted on 12/22/2016 5:21:01 AM PST by captain_dave
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To: Read Write Repeat

For those who might not know, followers of Rabbi Nachman, called Bresloevers, are very numerous and dedicated.

A great first source on Breslov is:

http://www.breslov.org/

A prominent Breslover with a very interesting blog is Lazer Brody:

http://lazerbrody.typepad.com/lazer_beams/


6 posted on 12/22/2016 5:21:40 AM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Sacajaweau

This will get worse. Most of the 400 members of their Verkovna Rada are Jewish. And are pretty much all corrupt.


7 posted on 12/22/2016 5:41:08 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: Sacajaweau

You do know that Ukraine’s PM is a Jew?


8 posted on 12/22/2016 5:57:38 AM PST by SolidWood
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To: Read Write Repeat
No matter how much we may sympathize with the sufferings of Eastern Europeans under Communism or today under the threats of Russia, the sad fact is that these people are Jew-haters. They are not (and never were) Biblical fundamentalists as Americans understand the term.

To have to choose between these people on the one hand and Marxism on the other is no choice at all.

9 posted on 12/22/2016 7:13:15 AM PST by Zionist Conspirator (Viyricho sogeret umesuggeret mipnei Benei Yisra'el; 'ein yotze' ve'ein ba'.)
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To: captain_dave; jjotto

Baruch Hashem

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judah_Loew_ben_Bezalel

Among his many descendants were Schneur Zalman of Liadi, founder of Chabad Hasidism. Through him, he is the ancestor of many prominent later Jewish individuals, including Menachem Mendel Schneerson, seventh Rebbe of Lubavitch, and Yehudi Menuhin, the famous violinist. Maharal is also the ancestor of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov.


10 posted on 12/23/2016 10:29:21 AM PST by Read Write Repeat
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