tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post114732119675300483..comments2024-03-06T03:15:58.539-05:00Comments on <b>THE NEW REFORM CLUB</b>: A Comity of ErasHunter Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1147374712073576622006-05-11T15:11:00.000-04:002006-05-11T15:11:00.000-04:00Thank you for response.Thank you for response.Barry Vanhoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04006891046091646808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1147371274568282482006-05-11T14:14:00.000-04:002006-05-11T14:14:00.000-04:00The Biblical prophecies foretell an extended exile...The Biblical prophecies foretell an extended exile for the Jews with a return at the end. Every Jew knew that for all the 1800-odd years and prayed explicitly three times a day for the return.<BR/><BR/>The prayer text has not yet been changed, since the return is a staged process. But eventually it will become necessary to make such a change.<BR/><BR/>This is not mysticism. It's right there in the prayer book: 'And to Jerusalem, Your city, may You return with mercy, and dwell within it, as You have spoken. And build it soon, in our days, an eternal construction...' (I only picked one segment, but this idea is repeated in a number of forms.)<BR/><BR/>Three times a day, every day, 1800 years. Most of those years were times in which the prospect of that coming true looked like absolute idiocy.<BR/><BR/>As to why we were not given an exact date, the Talmud explained: "Since they sinned in their hearts, by needless enmity among themselves, God kept the date of redemption in His heart." (Paraphrase)Jay D. Homnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14714671338316275833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1147366712434207482006-05-11T12:58:00.000-04:002006-05-11T12:58:00.000-04:00And why for thirty years into Israel's existence?W...<I>And why for thirty years into Israel's existence?</I><BR/><BR/>Why did it take so long for Israel to come into existence?<BR/><BR/>I think to compare one event (existence of Israel) to another (new gov't in Iran) requires that the timing of each event be questioned in the same way.Barry Vanhoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04006891046091646808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1147358390911104832006-05-11T10:39:00.000-04:002006-05-11T10:39:00.000-04:00Oops, I mean 'Yes'. That's two days in a row that...Oops, I mean 'Yes'. That's two days in a row that I missed a spelling mistake, very rare for me. It's attributable, I fear, to lack of sleep, with some deadlines pressing.Jay D. Homnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14714671338316275833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1147358292215837062006-05-11T10:38:00.000-04:002006-05-11T10:38:00.000-04:00Yesh, the Shah and Israel worked closely together....Yesh, the Shah and Israel worked closely together. In fact, the Arabs resented the fact that Israel helped train SAVAK, the Shah's 'special police'.<BR/><BR/>Everyone likes to demonize the SAVAK (including Russ Feingold the other day), but an old CIA agent told me that they were basically decent guys. If anything, all those Arab regimes have secret police that are truly brutal.Jay D. Homnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14714671338316275833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1147355169240763122006-05-11T09:46:00.000-04:002006-05-11T09:46:00.000-04:00That is a very interesting hypothesis. I had no i...That is a very interesting hypothesis. I had no idea that the old Iranian monarchy was that old or that they had played any particular role with regard to Israel. Fascinating.Hunter Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.com