PARSHAT VAYISHLACH

As long as Yaakov was in "galut" Esav could care less about him but when Yaakov was returning with his family back to Eretz Yisrael, prepared to receive his birthright, Esav came to stop him.

Esav uses two means of attack: excessive closeness to the Jewish people, bringing them spiritual death with the fatal "kiss" of assimilation; and second, outright murder, with pogroms and violence, destroying the Jews physically.(Insights in the Torah)

When the Jewish people were scattered among the nations, Esav(xianity) used pogroms and violence but now that we have come back to Eretz Yisrael, Esav comes to us with a kiss saying "We are your brothers. We love you. We worship the same G-d."

Actually, Esav wished to administer a "kiss of death to Yaakov (Breishit Rabba): He would ingratiate himself with Yaakov and his sons, and get them to leave God's ways. Then Esav and Yaakov would become a single, united nation. The proof of his intent is that he pressured Yaakov to accompany him to Seir, until Yaakov promised to come to him later (33:14).(The promise will be kept when the Messiah comes to make his reckoning with Esav.)(Insights in the Torah)

This is the stated goal of all "xian lovers of Israel" to break down the walls and barriers between Jews and xians so that we will all be "one new man". Many religious Jews who have bonded with xians have assimilated xian ideas without even knowing it.

If you doubt that we (Yaakov) and the xians (Esav) are just repeating history think about this:

The angels returned to Yaakov saying, 'We came to your brother, to Esav. Moreover, he is heading toward you, and four hundred men are with him.'(Vayishlach 32:7)

Dr. John Hagee, the American evangelical pastor who last month announced plans for a Christian-style AIPAC, says the organization is a "canopy group" encompassing Christian supporters of Israel from across America and is coming together "with a speed and harmony I never would have believed possible."

Hagee says he attempted something similar, though on a smaller scale, 25 years ago, but to no avail. "I called 30 pastors together... At the end of the first hour, I lost 29 of them." Now, by contrast, "I called 400 [pastors] and all 400 have agreed to participate in Christians United for Israel."

The San Antonio, Texas-based Hagee specifies three primary aims for the group: one, to unite Christian supporters of Israel to speak "with one voice for a common cause"; two, to establish a "rapid response" capability that can flood Capitol Hill with e-mails, faxes and phone calls at short notice on issues of concern to Israel; and three, to organize "Night to Honor Israel" events in every major US city "so that the Jewish people can see and feel Christians expressing the love of God to them without a hidden agenda." (Evangelicals seeing the error of 'replacement theology'By DAVID HOROVITZ)

When xians come to "kiss" us, we need to act as our forefather Yaakov did.

Aisav suggested to Yaakov, "Let us travel further together!" "No!" Yaakov answered.(The Midrash Says)

In the end, the mashiach will come to judge Esav on the mountain of Seir, which side will you be on?

No thanks to worthless "public servants"!

Yad L’Achim Stymies Missionaries at ‘New Age’ Pesach Festival

After failing to convince government authorities to cancel a “new age” Pesach festival that attracts thousands of Israeli 14-year-olds, Yad L’Achim dispatched teams of volunteers to the site to stymie the efforts of missionaries who target the event.

The Boombamela festival, held on chol hamo’ed at the Nitzanim Beach near Ashkelon, offers “spirituality” – which often includes cults and drugs. In an attempt to preempt the danger, Yad L’Achim chairman Rav Shalom Dov Lifschitz dispatched urgent requests to the education minister and to the internal security minister, who is in charge of the police, to cancel the event.

In his letter, Rav Lifschitz cited the findings of Elem, a non-religious group that helps youths in distress, which details the damages suffered by young people who attended the festival in the past.

“We are asking you to cancel this event, which is a focus of missionary activity among young people and which has contributed to criminal behavior.”

Top officials of both ministries acknowledged receipt of the letter, but failed to act on it. Once it became clear that the festival would go on as scheduled, Yad L’Achim enlisted the support of volunteers from around the country to protect unsuspecting Jewish youngsters from the missionaries.

The volunteers were briefed on legal, nonviolent ways to block missionary activity. They were also given information on four cults that were planning to swoop down on the festival, and their modus operandi.

Yad L’Achim had received information that Tony Sperandeo, head of the Maayan messianic cult in Jerusalem, Zeev Porat and Avi Mizrachi, heads of the Dugit messianic outreach center in Jaffa and others from Haifa were planning to attend.

Attempts by missionaries to set up stands and attract youths were met with Yad L’Achim teams issuing warnings, “Caution, Missionaries! Youths, Keep your distance from them!”

When two of the missionaries, including Sperandeo, responded with violence, they were arrested. The missionaries, numbering around 200, were forced to leave empty-handed.

Yad L’Achim not only worked to neutralize the negative influence of missionaries, but set up a center where youths could hear Torah classes and engage in heart-to-heart talks throughout the night. The volunteers helped them understand that Judaism could meet their longing for spirituality, and that there was no need to look elsewhere.

Rav Lipschitz said this week that the “the missionaries didn’t succeed this time, but it pains us to discover that officials who are supposed to watch out for the interests of young people are ignoring these dangers. Considering that this terrible event is sponsored by government authorities, it’s no surprise that we read day and night about violence and crime among young people and in the school.”

(h/t to YWN)

No thanks to worthless "public servants"!

Yad L’Achim Stymies Missionaries at ‘New Age’ Pesach Festival

After failing to convince government authorities to cancel a “new age” Pesach festival that attracts thousands of Israeli 14-year-olds, Yad L’Achim dispatched teams of volunteers to the site to stymie the efforts of missionaries who target the event.

The Boombamela festival, held on chol hamo’ed at the Nitzanim Beach near Ashkelon, offers “spirituality” – which often includes cults and drugs. In an attempt to preempt the danger, Yad L’Achim chairman Rav Shalom Dov Lifschitz dispatched urgent requests to the education minister and to the internal security minister, who is in charge of the police, to cancel the event.

In his letter, Rav Lifschitz cited the findings of Elem, a non-religious group that helps youths in distress, which details the damages suffered by young people who attended the festival in the past.

“We are asking you to cancel this event, which is a focus of missionary activity among young people and which has contributed to criminal behavior.”

Top officials of both ministries acknowledged receipt of the letter, but failed to act on it. Once it became clear that the festival would go on as scheduled, Yad L’Achim enlisted the support of volunteers from around the country to protect unsuspecting Jewish youngsters from the missionaries.

The volunteers were briefed on legal, nonviolent ways to block missionary activity. They were also given information on four cults that were planning to swoop down on the festival, and their modus operandi.

Yad L’Achim had received information that Tony Sperandeo, head of the Maayan messianic cult in Jerusalem, Zeev Porat and Avi Mizrachi, heads of the Dugit messianic outreach center in Jaffa and others from Haifa were planning to attend.

Attempts by missionaries to set up stands and attract youths were met with Yad L’Achim teams issuing warnings, “Caution, Missionaries! Youths, Keep your distance from them!”

When two of the missionaries, including Sperandeo, responded with violence, they were arrested. The missionaries, numbering around 200, were forced to leave empty-handed.

Yad L’Achim not only worked to neutralize the negative influence of missionaries, but set up a center where youths could hear Torah classes and engage in heart-to-heart talks throughout the night. The volunteers helped them understand that Judaism could meet their longing for spirituality, and that there was no need to look elsewhere.

Rav Lipschitz said this week that the “the missionaries didn’t succeed this time, but it pains us to discover that officials who are supposed to watch out for the interests of young people are ignoring these dangers. Considering that this terrible event is sponsored by government authorities, it’s no surprise that we read day and night about violence and crime among young people and in the school.”

Missionary Report from YWN

Missionary Gets Major Airtime & Exposure Via Israeli Broadcast

A prominent missionary personality was given unhindered airtime, 25 minutes, beginning at 9:15pm, permitting him to reach out to listeners in Israel and around the world with his video broadcast during prime time.

Yad L’Achim’s Rav Sholom Dov Lifshitz Shlita did his utmost to prevent the broadcast, or at the very least, to have an opposing view aired as well, hoping to dilute the heretic message of the prominent individual but the program arranged by Rino Tzror went on as scheduled, granting the missionary a private stage with a broad audience.

Yad L’Achim sent urgent requests to the Prime Minister’s Office, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Communications, but to no avail. He asked that at the very least, they use the weight of their office to ensure an opposing [Torah] viewpoint be aired as well. Ultimately, the urgent requests were ignored, with event organizers explaining that the speaker was expressing personal views, not that of a missionary organization, hence his broadcast is permitted.

The personality was introduced at the start of the program as a “messianic Jew” who heads a community in the Jerusalem area. The broadcast began with a question and answer session, and it was a far cry from an individual expressing his private views. He addressed Christianity, as well as his following, the size of his community, the source of funding, how one can donate and other tidbits that permitted him to promote his anti-Torah message, community and make an appeal for funds as well.

Following the broadcast, R’ Lifshitz turned to attorney Avigdor Dagan, the legal advisor of Israel Television “Educational TV” department, questioning the judgment of officials for permitting such a broadcast. Dagan denied that the program contained missionary content.

Yad L’Achim attorney Moshe Morgenstern sent a letter to Dagan citing the long list of violations of the law contained in the broadcast. He also pointed out the poor timing of the program, during the evening hours when children around the country are awake and in front of computers.

Rav Lifshitz explains that until such time the anti-missionary laws are amended, those seeking to destroy yiddishkheit will find a suitable stage in Israel, calling on MKs to use their authority to amend the law immediately.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)

DANGER AHEAD!

This is the central message of a recent PublicEye e-zine article and you'd better believe it. Despite the fact that we come from opposite political and religious extremes, I wholeheartedly endorse Rachel Tabachnik's article "The New Christian Zionism and the Jews : A Love/Hate Relationship."

She covers everything and everybody and gets it all right in one looooong page. Seriously, it is well worth printing out and taking the time to read and digest this little treasure house of useful information on this subject.

Great job, Rachel!

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This story is somewhat related to the previous one about the Xian actions in Haiti. As I said there, they've been doing this kind of thing for most of their two-thousand year history. As you read, you will see how Xian missionaries attempted to wipe out all trace of this "Lost" Tribe's history and identity. (Click on the picture.)