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Sephardi leader Yosef: Non-Jews exist to serve Jews
Jewish Telegraphic Agency ^ | October 18, 2010 | anon

Posted on 10/23/2010 7:00:47 PM PDT by BlackVeil

JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Israeli Sephardic leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef in his weekly Saturday night sermon said that non-Jews exist to serve Jews.

“Goyim were born only to serve us. Without that, they have no place in the world; only to serve the People of Israel,” he said during a public discussion of what kind of work non-Jews are allowed to perform on Shabbat.

"Why are gentiles needed? They will work, they will plow, they will reap. We will sit like an effendi and eat," he said to some laughter.

Yosef, the spiritual leader of the Shas Party and the former chief Sephardi rabbi of Israel, also said that the lives of non-Jews are protected in order to prevent financial loss to Jews.

"With gentiles, it will be like any person: They need to die, but God will give them longevity. Why? Imagine that one’s donkey would die, they’d lose their money. This is his servant. That’s why he gets a long life, to work well for this Jew,” said the rabbi, who recently turned 90.

An audio recording of some of the rabbi's remarks was broadcast on Israel's Channel 10.

The American Jewish Committee condemned the rabbi's remarks in a statement issued Monday.

"Rabbi Yosef’s remarks -- suggesting outrageously that Jewish scripture asserts non-Jews exist to serve Jews -- are abhorrent and an offense to human dignity and human equality,” said AJC Executive Director David Harris. "Judaism first taught the world that all individuals are created in the divine image, which helped form the basis of our moral code. A rabbi should be the first, not the last, to reflect that bedrock teaching of our tradition."


TOPICS: Front Page News; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: israel; neocons; ovadiayosef
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To: Psalm 144

Christians are the Jews who followed the Rabbi Christ. Gets complicated IMO.


21 posted on 10/23/2010 7:27:20 PM PDT by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: A CA Guy
Hehehehe...

Actually, i'd probably be an odin-worshipper.

22 posted on 10/23/2010 7:28:39 PM PDT by Celtic Cross (I AM the Impeccable Hat.)
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To: muawiyah

AT 90 we have to forgive him. He’s a bit “touched”. Good way to lose your Goyim though old man.


23 posted on 10/23/2010 7:30:27 PM PDT by WVNan
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To: Psalm 144
I would be torn between Odin and Ahura Mazda

Zeus Amon was good enough for Alexander, I would have to go with him.

24 posted on 10/23/2010 7:31:25 PM PDT by outofstyle (Anti-socialist)
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To: BlackVeil
I dunno the particulars, but I'd bet a fair sum that this guy, and many of his followers, are "takers," sucking up benefits from "makers," i.e. productive Israeli Jews.

IOW, he's probably not being honest about only treating non-Jews as slaves and donkeys, who's purpose is to allow him so sit on his fat ass, but in fact and practice casts Jews (who aren't among his followers) in this role.

25 posted on 10/23/2010 7:33:40 PM PDT by Stultis (Democrats. Still devoted to the three S's: Slavery, Segregation and Socialism.)
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To: BlackVeil

That’s not helpful rhetoric for any [religious] person to espouse.


26 posted on 10/23/2010 7:38:38 PM PDT by luvie (DIMs?......start packin'--you're fired!....I can see November from my house!)
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To: Psalm 144
In all truth, I would be torn between Odin and Ahura Mazda.

I bought a Mazda in '72. Put two engines in it before I dumped it for a Dodge Omni -- which was even worse.

27 posted on 10/23/2010 7:39:09 PM PDT by Publius (The government only knows how to turn gold into lead.)
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To: BlackVeil

Thought this was an Onion article that was mocking Islam.


28 posted on 10/23/2010 7:39:41 PM PDT by streetpreacher (I'm not a preacher of anything; I'm just a recipient and unworthy steward of God's grace.)
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To: krb
Dude, you can’t let the secret out.

The first rule of Goyim servitude is:

Don't talk about Goyim servitude.

29 posted on 10/23/2010 7:39:41 PM PDT by SIDENET ("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
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To: BlackVeil
Isn't Shas part of Bibi's coalition?

The wonders of proportional representation and parliamentary governments--you get to have nutbars like this as part of governing coalition.

30 posted on 10/23/2010 7:48:44 PM PDT by hcmama
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To: Cacique

78% of them?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2126090/posts


31 posted on 10/23/2010 7:50:10 PM PDT by Soothesayer9
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

“I will forgive him only if he has a genuine Jackie Mason dialect.”

ROTFLMBO!!!


32 posted on 10/23/2010 7:53:46 PM PDT by CodeToad (Islam needs to be banned in the US and treated as a criminal enterprise.)
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To: hcmama

Yes, they are part of the coalition, and it has only a narrow hold of power.


33 posted on 10/23/2010 7:55:56 PM PDT by BlackVeil
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To: BlackVeil

Yep. Shas currently holds eleven seats in the Knesset. If they take their marbles and go home, that would be the end of the government.


34 posted on 10/23/2010 7:59:50 PM PDT by hcmama
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To: BlackVeil

Another descendant of Cain heard from.


35 posted on 10/23/2010 8:03:14 PM PDT by DGHoodini
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To: BlackVeil

Sounds like the prevalent attitude of the elites on Wall Street.


36 posted on 10/23/2010 8:05:07 PM PDT by kittymyrib
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To: Stultis
I'd bet a fair sum that this guy, and many of his followers, are "takers,"

I won't take your bet.
37 posted on 10/23/2010 8:06:52 PM PDT by kenavi (What drove BP to drill 5,000 feet down?)
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To: DGHoodini
Another descendant of Cain heard from.

Actually, according to one opinion Noach married Na`amah, a descendant of Cain, which would mean we're all his descendants.

38 posted on 10/23/2010 8:10:49 PM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Ve'Avraham zaqen ba' bayamim; veHaShem berakh 'et-'Avraham bakol.)
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To: BlackVeil
The American Jewish Committee condemned the rabbi's remarks in a statement issued Monday.

"Rabbi Yosef’s remarks -- suggesting outrageously that Jewish scripture asserts non-Jews exist to serve Jews -- are abhorrent and an offense to human dignity and human equality,” said AJC Executive Director David Harris. "Judaism first taught the world that all individuals are created in the divine image, which helped form the basis of our moral code. A rabbi should be the first, not the last, to reflect that bedrock teaching of our tradition."

The embarrassment is almost worth getting the AJC's panties in a wad.

Personally, I'd have preferred a talk on Mashiach conquering the world militarily and "the nation that does not serve you will perish." But that's just me.

39 posted on 10/23/2010 8:13:50 PM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Ve'Avraham zaqen ba' bayamim; veHaShem berakh 'et-'Avraham bakol.)
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

Got a literal lol from me. Full marks.


40 posted on 10/23/2010 8:15:00 PM PDT by skintight buffoonery
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