Thoughts at Parasha Jethro…

Thoughts on Parasha Jethro:

By embracing all of the Mitzvot, the Aseret HaDibrod contained in this week’s Parasha Jithro, and accepting them as the essence of Jewish law, we commit ourselves as monotheists.
I fully accept the Torah, which means that all the commandments it contains are of equal and eternal validity and relevance. The Torah is not a „wish concert“ that you can use as you wish and only take parts seriously that fit into your own worldview. Torah means instructions; it is the guideline and guide for a life that makes Hashem smile.
Any ecletistic attempt to view G‑d’s commandments as irrelevant is therefore neither kosher nor in the spirit of the Creator. Consider who you are standing before when you go to synagogue and be ready for the day when the Eternal will ask you:

“ What have you done?!!“

Shabbat Shalom

Why listen to the 10 words – misleaded called „10 commandments“

This Shabbat is Public Reading of Parasha Jitro. The great advantage of hearing the 10 words of Hashem rather than counting them is that they go directly to our hearts, rather than to our minds. The latter is always limited and sometimes lies, while the heart (the Jewish people) is addressed directly by Hashem as a whole, based on all the relationships and knowledge that has been made. I learn from this that Hashem, the people and the land form a unity and that nothing and no one is above G-d or can join „HIM“.

613 Mitzwot and the Aseret haDibrot

All 613 commandments of the Torah are of eternal relevance and cannot be exchanged or replaced with one another. The Aseret haDibrot are ‚Ten Statements‘ that contain all 613 Mitzvot.

It is therefore important to take them seriously as a monotheist and Jew, because that is what they are intended for. Let us never forget that all commandments of the Torah are and remain irreplaceable. This is important to know because it was popes, among others, who introduced a modified version for the Christian public in order to subsequently deviate their interpretations from Hashem’s Eternal Covenant with his people and claim that it had been replaced.

I would therefore like to call on everyone to read and compare the Aseret haDibrot in the original Hebrew or an authorized translation in another language. There are blatant deviations – even today.

This is precisely why the commandments of the Torah are never suitable for harnessing them to the cart of particular interests. It is simply wrong, misleading and forbidden. This is why we Jews, all of us – regardless of whether we are Kohen, Levi or Jew – insist on the original and that is not interchangeable in Hebrew. This year, the Aseret haDibrot will also be read, heard and hopefully understood in public, because only if we Jews and you discuss the essence of all 613 Mitzvot can we ensure that Hashem’s differentiated address to his people is guaranteed for all time.

Zur Wahl 2025 in Deutschland

Heute möchte ich, als Jude, Klartext reden:

In einer Zeit, in der gelogen wird, dass die Wahrheit nicht mehr erkennbar ist, ist es umso wichtiger die eigene Jüdischkeit hochzuhalten, sie zu pflegen und wertzuschätzen – das tue ich und viele meiner Brüder und Schwestern.

Viele aber, fühlen sich wie in den 30er Jahren; nur dass sich heute niemand verantwortlich zeigt, für eine Demokratie in Deutschland, die nur von der Mitte der politischen Landschaft – ganz sicher nicht von extremen Rändern von Links oder Rechts – zum Guten gestaltet werden kann.

In einer Zeit, in der wir Antisemitismus importieren, durch muslimische Parallelgesellschaften verstärkt und ungeregelter Einwanderung aus muslimischen Ländern, ist es wichtig jeglichem Extremismus eine klare Absage in der Wahlkabine zu geben und sich für eine Politik zu entscheiden, die Hass und Gewalt begrenzt und in seine Schranken verweist. Lassen Sie sich nicht manipulieren durch die extremen Rattenfängern, die auf der Klaviatur der Emotionen des einfachen Bürgers spielt und so mancher sich als Alternative oder Löser der gesellschaftlichen Probleme präsentiert, die er selber geschaffen hat.

Nein, in einer Zeit, wie die unsrige, gilt es die Demokratie zu retten. Wir haben in Deutschland die Pflicht die Werte zu unterstützen durch unsere Wahl für den Deutschen Bundestag, die zum einen den Missbrauch unserer Sozialsysteme durch die Alimentierung Arbeitsfähiger beendet, damit diejenigen, die wirklich Unterstützung benötigen, dies auch finanziert bekommen. Nur eine starke Wirtschaft kann die Werte schaffen, die dann auch als Steuereinnahmen dem Staat zufließen und neu verteilt werden müssen. Wir brauchen eine Regierung, die nicht an den Bedürfnissen der Bevölkerung vorbeiregiert und erst recht keine Heuchler die es mit jüdischem Leben in Deutschland nicht ernst meinen oder sogar offen dieses anfeinden.

Ja, es lohnt sich für Deutschland einzustehen und hier Aufbauarbeit zu leisten, die geschützt und gefördert werden muss.

For the forgetful

For the forgetful…

These are victims of the Bergen-Belsen extermination camp (1945)

I do not lack the language to deal with the horror, to give it faces and fates…

Anyone who no longer recognizes and names the fascism of Islamists, right-wingers and left-wingers in the here and now is no better than the many fellow travelers in Germany who made the Shoah possible in the first place.

Thoughts at Parasha Wa’era…

I’m currently busy with the Parasha Wa’era that will be read in the synagogues this week. Moshe doesn’t have an easy time in it, neither with Pharaoh nor with the Israelites, who still want to remain in their ‚Narrow Land‘; but it is Moshe who turns to G‑d and complains about his problems. On the one hand he refers to his difficulties with his own speaking – he was never a good speaker – on the other hand he refers to the behavior of the Israelites. But what he does not do, and this is of great importance, is that he allows Pharaoh to have power over him personally. Moshe takes his mission seriously and his leadership qualities are exactly the opposite of what defines the Pharaoh. Let us choose the Moshe within us and not the Pharaoh; Because only with G-d’s will, even if it is currently hidden, is behavior towards freedom possible.

My first thought…

Where do all these rats come from? is my first thought.

Sorry, rats are intelligent, social creatures.

There is still time to clean up Gaza when all the hostages are freed.

These creatures are so pathetic and you have to deal with them in such a way that they find themselves in their desire for destruction.

Anyone who thinks that a phase of order and peace will return after the end of the hostage drama has deceived themselves and others. On the contrary.

The Torah has a clear message. Anyone who does not kill those who came to kill Jews will perish themselves.

Incidentally, the Aseret haDibrod is an offer to monotheists, not everyone can say this about themselves.

I therefore recommend the Aseret haDibrod and the statement that one should not murder. This means that you must kill when your own life is at stake.

This is not the time to talk about peace. Because first comes order, then peace.
This order is twofold; a Jewish state for all Jews and order in the minds of Israel.

This requires the recognition of Hashem as the leader of all the Jewish people’s destinies and the observance of the Torah. Now is the right time to start and to strengthen, defend and support one another in a national effort of empowerment.