The King’s Torah – kill the goyem
Wall separating Israel from her enemy
I recently ran across an article on a Jewish news publication about something called The King’s Torah. It’s a Jewish commentary written by Rabbis Yitzhak Shapira and Yosef Elitzur who are located in the settlement of Yitzhar in the West Bank. It is flying off the shelves in Israel. What makes this commentary so shocking is it calls for the murder of the “goyem” (a derogatory term for gentiles), including children. Unbelievably it states that gentiles are “uncompassionate by nature” and attacks on them ‘curb their evil inclination,’ while babies and children of Israel’s enemies may be killed since it is clear that they will grow to harm us.”
This book is not making a distinction between their enemies and the rest of the world’s population who are not out to harm them. In fact, this commentary states “it is permissible to kill the Righteous among non-Jews even if they are not responsible for the threatening situation.” (emphasis added). The justification is “if we kill a Gentile who has sinned or has violated one of the seven commandments – because we care about the commandments – there is nothing wrong with the murder.”
Let me first state that I understand the need to finally stand up and protect themselves against all these attacks they endure. A nation or a people can only endure so much before they finally break. Really, I get that. In fact, I have always felt that Israel has not done enough to protect herself and her citizens against her enemies. Were Israel to take the position that these two Rabbis are advocating, they become no better than their enemies. To take the position that children should be murdered just because they will grow up and possibly harm them is no better than the position their enemies take. To murder gentiles who do not pose a threat to them but because they have sinned and then declare that there is nothing wrong with that makes them no better than their enemies. Yet, a large population of Jews are sinning under Jewish law because they do not follow Torah. They are exempt from this punishment. The justification for the murder of gentiles who sin is “because we care about the commandments” but obviously that care of the commandments only applies to gentiles but their fellow Jews who do not keep Torah somehow lessens the “sin” as they are exempt from punishment. Or perhaps it is because the “goyem” “are uncompassionate by nature’ and murdering us is the only way to curb our ‘evil inclination.’
Shocking! And this commentary is flying off the shelves in Israel.
On the bright side, and yes there is a bright side, MOST Jews around the world are shocked and want nothing to do with this commentary. They do not support it and have even spoken vehemently against this commentary and against these two radical, crazy Rabbis.
I guess if someone tries hard enough, they will always be able to find a way to justify their evil. These two Rabbis were very creative. Goyem need to be eliminated because we violate the seven commandments and after all, our very nature is uncompassionate. We don’t need to be their enemy and cause them harm to be killed. These two realize that murder is prohibited by God. So they came up with a very clever way to justify the elimination of the gentiles. It turns out our very nature as goyem is reason enough to have us eliminated. OY VEY!
Israel has always acted with integrity and fought her enemies with a high moral standard. Don’t stop now.
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how very wrong and sad.
Yes — oh yeah, it’s really sad.
Blog Lady T.,
In popular culture the garbage always floats to the top. Being provacative also helps.
I think there have always been so called hard line religious in Israel, having heard or read things all the way back to the 70s. While I find it a bit scattershot because, after all, they should know very well who their enemies are and who they are not.
On the other hand, they live with quite a lot of uncertainty in that area, what with your Jimmy Carters of the world.
I’m not defending this or making excuses. Actually, I think it’s an aberration. The real danger is how Israel’s enemies and the general enemies of belief in God may use this to say “See, no difference between Islam and the Jews.” Of course, as a Christian active in politics, I’ve heard this comparison with Islam and Christians. So, maybe the company would be nice.
In Christ,
Kent
Oh, I really do understand what they have to live with. It is enough to drive anyone over the edge. And I understand what they are doing — honest. It is just that I think they went way overboard on this one. I mean, calling all gentiles as without compassion just because of our non-Jewish status is a bit much. I found it offensive but then, I don’t have to live under the conditions that they do.
Tishrei,
Based on the “news” going around, people should have a general idea what their book is about and resolve not to buy it….. Buying it only supports the authors monetarily and psychologically…..
It seems like every culture has their extremists and it is sad that they totally lack an understanding of God’s word….. I can’t figure out how they can gain the status of a rabbi when they have so little understanding.
Margaret
In their defense (and it’s hard to defend this stuff), I think they are just fed up with what is going on in their neck of the woods. People can only take so much. Unfortunately, they went way overboard and they look really, really bad to the rest of the world with that nonsense that they wrote.
What is wrong with all you people? Why kill who for what? This makes no sense to me…I had a very good friend that was Israeli…never in the world did he act any way of what I have heard people describe the Israelis. I have heard people say how they steal…cheat…lie…and are out to kill and take over everything…is this a certain group of Israelis that do this? The David I knew came from a rather well off family…yet he still worked two jobs to make his own way…roofing in the day and being the night calls man for the apartment complex we lived at. He is nothing the way that everyone has made these people sound…he and his father had come up with an ingenious software program that David was going to market…these people use their heads…they work hard at what they come up with to see it through…so I find it difficult that they think the way that people make them sound. I don’t know many Israeli people that I know of…but then again I never ask…but my friend was a very good person and had spoke up for me when no one else would…at least he knew what true friendship was. Drop the propaganda now…
I understand from this article that you didn’t read the commentary, but accepted as true a news story about it. I also haven’t read it and I agree if it says what you said the article said about it, it is indeed shocking… however, in similar cases in the past the Israel media has fabricated stories about Rabbi’s whose politics they oppose. Taking small phrases from books way out of context and re-interpreting them to signify a “Jewish” Jihad philosophy. I’d be careful and double-check your facts. I’ll also see if I can find a copy of the original to read.
“if someone tries hard enough, they will always be able to find a way to justify their evil”,
That’s true. In extrimism (that’s not the same as very orthodox, that’s just fine) radicals abuse religion so that they turn religious values in a way that it serves their evil inclination. Often oppite of what was mentioned, if you take words in Jewish holy books just for what they are in simple meaning. I call myself a religious, observant Jew (am not claiming being a perfect human being). The commandments are created to teach people how to live together not how to kill and die. I haven’t read the book, but if this is written, it’s nonsense. It’s rather turning explaining words the way it suits personal views or interests. This is strictly forbidden in Judaism. It sounds like typically Muslim propaganda. I’m happy, Judaism is not similar to what Islam predicts. If that was so I and many others like me would distance ourself instead of obeying Torah. Besides if the writers were write, Jewish long history should be one of killing and bloodshed, were ever we lived and are still living.
I don’t know any fellow Jews going around killing non-Jews. Jews are usually not war lovers. In Torah a few wars are mentionoed that were commanded by G’d to against certain kings living in those times in the land that was called Kena’an. The names of those nations are not existing today. The reason is that they were livinv very sinfull lifes. Very bad people, all of them not just a handful of people. If He would not have commanded the Jews, He would have destroyed those nations Himself maybe using nature disasters. Why the Jews needed to be involved, takes to much to explain here, I think I can comeup with one, but I leave it up to more knoledgebale people to answer that. We Jews should study our Holy Boods and commentaries of the greatest rabbis and not just man made literature , as is stated literally in Torah, do all the mitsvot, don’t skip anything or add.