President Trump attended an Orthodox Jewish fundraising event at the Intercontinental Hotel in Manhattan on Tuesday evening. Four hundred Orthodox Jews participated in the event, contributing an estimated $100,000 each for the honor of paying a personal tribute to the Commander-in-Chief.
Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Jacobson recited the blessing said upon seeing a non-Jewish ruler.
ברוך אתה ה’ אלוקינו מלך העולם שחלק מכבודו לבשר ודם
Blessed art Thou, O L-rd our G-d, King of the Universe, that you have shared part of your love and glory and compassion with a human being who maintains the honor of every innocent person and every Jew forever.”
Though it is doubtful that the president understood the full import of the blessing, Trump appeared to be impressed at the ritual focused on his honor.
The crowd responded with an enthusiastic “Amen” and chants of “Four more years.”
The Talmud states that it is a mitzvah (Torah commandment) for a Jew to go out of his way to see rulers and kings, whether they are Jewish or non-Jewish but there is a dispute among Halachic (Torah law) authorities as to whether this blessing should be recited with the complete name of God in these times upon seeing a ruler who is not a king.
It is significant that when the rabbi recited the blessing upon seeing Donald Trump, he said the complete and explicit name of God in Hebrew.
Rabbi Nachman Kahana, a prominent spiritual leader in Jerusalem, did not agree with Rabbi Jacobson’s decision to use the name of God in this instance.
“Every rabbi can make his own ruling and Chabad has their own methods and rulings. But what is for sure is that Halacha is not influenced by political considerations,” Rabbi Kahana explained to Breaking Israel News. “It is like science and should be the result of careful consideration of the facts and the current situation.”
“The blessing is intended to be recited upon seeing a king and there are significant differences between a president and a king. As we are witnessing right now, a president can be impeached as the result of political whims. A king cannot be impeached. “
“This is learned out from the real king, Hashem (God, literally ‘the name’), which is the source of the king’s authority. Hashem’s authority is not derived from other men. He cannot be impeached and we don’t vote for God.”
Nonetheless, Rabbi Kahana emphasized that Trump deserves a great deal of respect for his service as president.
“People should be judged by their actions. And he is certainly done several important things. This is the opposite of Obama who was praised even though he did a disservice to the office.”
Rabbi Yeshayahu Hollander suggested that the blessing should have been recited with the name of God.
“Though it is true that Trump is not technically a king but he is the most powerful ruler of the world,” Rabbi Hollander told Breaking Israel News. “In that sense, Trump is more of a king than other kings.”
Rabbi Yosef Berger, the rabbi of King David’s Tomb on Mount Zion and a descendant of King David, agreed, noting that Trump is explicitly not a king and therefore not suited to be the focus of the blessing. He related a story in which a man came to Israel claiming to be a king of Africa. He was interviewed by rabbis who asked if he could command someone to be killed without a court. The man answered in the affirmative so the rabbis recited the blessing upon seeing a king. It later became clear the mad was a fraud.
“Trump is not a king in that respect but he is certainly the president of a powerful nation and in that respect he deserves respect,” Rabbi Berger told Breaking Israel News.
Rabbi Berger noted that the blessing of Trump as a king was timely indeed. He cited Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki, the medieval commentator known by the acronym Rashi, explains that this mitzvah is incumbent on Jews who will see the coming of the Messiah. Rabbi Chaim Palag’i, a 20th-century Halachic authority, explained Rashi by noting that by reciting the blessing over a flesh-and-blood king, we will appreciate how much more honor will be given to the king in the days of the Messiah.
“The Messiah will come to fix the mess that has been made of governments around the world, in almost every nation. America and Israel are both having crises in leadership,” Rabbi Berger said. “We are seeing that democracy simply does not work. The Bible does not talk about democracy. If the U.S. had a king, there would not be any spurious impeachment process or pointless investigations. Democracy allows people who hate the country, who hate God, and even hate half of the people, to run the country. This breakdown of government is intended to turn people to the real king.”
“If Israel had a king, there would not be any election reruns,” Rabbi Berger said. “Since David was the king, he went out and dealt with the Philistines in a true and decisive manner. Because Israel does not have a king, it is 70 years and we are still getting attacked by the same Philistines.”
“We need the real king and all this conflict over how to run the country will end with the emergence of the true king,” Rabbi Berger said.
The Talmud states that it is a mitzvah (Torah commandment) for a Jew to go out of his way to see rulers and kings, whether they are Jewish or non-Jewish START THE SUNVERSION QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
“The Messiah will come to fix the mess that has been made of governments around the world, in almost every nation. America and Israel are both having crises in leadership,” Rabbi Berger said. “We are seeing that democracy simply does not work. The Bible does not talk about democracy.
YES IT DOES……
CRUCIFY HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You all begged for a king, remember. Wanted one just like the other nations had. God, by way of the prophet Samuel told you what would happen if you got a king.
I Samuel 7-20
7 “And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
9 Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
10 And Samuel told all the words of the Lord unto the people that asked of him a king.
11 And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.
12 And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.
13 And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
16 And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the Lord will not hear you in that day.
19 Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
20 That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.”
By the way, you’ve also rejected the Christ.
God is not in favor of kings & neither are the American people.
We know democracy doesn’t work & that it is communism. This country is a republic with an emphasis on the rights of the individual.
Do NOT suggest the united States have a king!
“Because Israel does not have a king, it is 70 years and we are still getting attacked by the same Philistines.”
Now this is quite laughable! You’ve slaughtered the Palestinians outright & shrunk their land to almost nothing. You also murdered thousands on 9/11.
There are many more attacks you’ve perpetrated around the globe as well.
YUP……..THEY ALREADY HAVE A “KING” OVER THEM. HIS NAME IS “APOLLYON” THE DESTROYER.
REV 9:11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
Its articles like this that gives us notice what kind of evil is upon us. This enemy is armed with stolen money to put towards the assurance we will remain subjugated. This garbage paid $100,000 each so a con man could remain king.
Not one legitimate vote, only cash.
You read garbage like this and it makes you want to puke. America has fallen… you hear people say all it takes is hard work, and anybody can become rich.
Oh really? By who’s rules?
I’ve worked hard all my life, I’m lucky if
I have a park bench and a newspaper for a blanket if i get fired tomorrow.
All the kings men? They are a bunch of Bolshevic worms….
https://twitter.com/Shitty_Future/status/951180239945785350
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What I think should happen to Zionist/Jew supporters. And all who give up and want a bench in the park. Wimpy ass comments.
But. I know know this is a controlled opposition site. Or the part that I see is controlled opposition. I stick by my assessment below.
https://youtu.be/Xw-m4jEY-Ns
DIE MOTHERF-KER DIE LYRICS
I don’t need your forgiveness
I don’t need your hate
I don’t need your acceptance
So what should I do?
I don’t need your resistance
I don’t need your prayers
I don’t need no religion
I don’t need a thing from you!
I don’t do what I’ve been told
You’re so lame why don’t you just go?
Die motherf-ker die motherf-ker die
Die motherf-ker die motherf-ker die
Die motherf-ker die motherf-ker die
Die motherf-ker die motherf-ker die
I don’t need your prison
I don’t need your pain
I don’t need your decision
So what should I do?
I don’t need your approval
I don’t need your hope
I don’t need your religion
I don’t need a thing from you
I’ll be sorry when I’m old?
You’re so full of shit man just go!
Die motherf-ker die motherf-ker die
Die motherf-ker die motherf-ker die
Die motherf-ker die motherf-ker die
Die motherf-ker die motherf-ker die
I, don’t need your forgiveness
I, don’t need your hate
I, don’t need your acceptance
So what should I do?
Well, I’ll be sorry so you said
I’m not sorry – bang you’re dead!
Die motherf-ker die motherf-ker die
Die motherf-ker die motherf-ker die
Die motherf-ker die motherf-ker die
Die motherf-ker die motherf-ker die
Die
Die
Die
Die
OH!
Who are you calling controlled opposition? It better not be the Trenches.
When I need to rest after ten f-king years for a couple of f-king weeks, I’m not sitting on a park bench. Have you ever done anything like what I have done? I have fought these mother f-kers in the courts and physically.
The first thing I see when I get up this morning, I have to fix 25 of your motherf-kers that you could have corrected as you were writing this f-king comment.
You act like this is some kind of surprise that the f-king jews called Donald Trump your king.
I’ve been fighting this fight for 30 years of my f-king life and have never pulled a punch and if you think this is controlled opposition, the only governor there could possibly be is the lack of others who stand their f-king ground and throw the punches and take the licks.
I hope I misunderstood you, but I need you to clarify that statement.
‘But. I know know this is a controlled opposition site.’
The Trenches? ??????????????????
The problem defined so that an eight year old child could understand it.
The solution: enforce our ratified law that is being trampled upon.
Yeah, we must be controlled opposition.
Tell me, Captain, what would real opposition look like?
Yup Henry I’d say my efforts to get people to see our RATIFIED LAW IS THE Bill Of Rights (and remedy to tyranny) has definitely controlled my existence. Count me in on the opposition to the corporate kosher mafia.
Please give examples of the “controlled opposition” you mention.
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