LH: Please sign our petition urging Prince Charles not to visit Iran
MS: What do we care about Iran or Price Charles, all we need to do is care about one another and then nobody will be able to do us any harm!
LH: Do you not say the "prayer for the Royal Family" every Shabbat, which asks G-d to protect them, so we should have peace?
MS: First of all, we don't say this prayer at all - ever. Secondly, ask anyone in Shul what they think about having this prayer replaced with "prayer for the Prime Minister", who has after all the last word in matters of politics, war and peace. Thirdly, were we to antagonise this prince about where he should and where he shouldn't travel, it may push him over to the side of our enemies.
LH:Fiddler on the roof: "Rabbi, can we have a blessing for the Tsar?"
Rabbi: "Of Course1 may G-d bless and keep the Tsar. .....Far away from us".
It is said in all United Synagogue and Federation shuls and is in all of the Singers Prayer Books, updated by Rabbi Sacks, depending on who is head of the Royal Family. I don't think a prayer for any prime Minister would be appropriate in the UK, because most of the time the congregation would be split in favour of one or the other. You may also argue that many people would now side with the republicans, but the Queen is still our national figurehead. This prayer is said standing up, which is odd in that the Queen never stands up for us.
As to your third point, Charles's daughter in law (Kate) has some Jewish ancestors, and there are recent photos of him wearing a cupple...
As to your third point, Charles's daughter in law (Kate) has some Jewish ancestors, and there are recent photos of him wearing a cupple...
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LH: 22/05/2016 Is Israel Killing Palestinian Children? The AFP Thinks So; The Sunday Times Confuses a Proposal for Policy
MS: 23/05/2016 As long as the Israelis will continue to portray its Jewish brethren as parasites, they will not be able to beg the world to see them in a favourable light.
LH: When you are davening at the Kotel, and in the middle of Shemona Esrai, and there are people trying to beg money from you at that moment, what are they if they are not parasites?
MS: People who beg money are there for two (or even more) reasons:
MS: 23/05/2016 As long as the Israelis will continue to portray its Jewish brethren as parasites, they will not be able to beg the world to see them in a favourable light.
LH: When you are davening at the Kotel, and in the middle of Shemona Esrai, and there are people trying to beg money from you at that moment, what are they if they are not parasites?
MS: People who beg money are there for two (or even more) reasons:
1) These people are our own brothers who - by a twist of fate - weren't born in a welfare state that dishes out HB, MR, GAYE, WFTC, CHB, DLA and a slew of other benefits - the likes of which has not been experienced since the start of civilisation. They live in a country which has a government whose majority of functionaries favour the rich, powerful and well-connected, whilst ignoring the plight of the poorer classes.
The fact that they were excluded from the workforce purely for their religious beliefs reinforces my previous message: the state of Israel produces the kind of society where the overlord is robber and judge, arbitrarily assigning whole swathes of its population to abject poverty, only for the 'crime' of not kowtowing to the heretic educational system that the boorish heads of state are promulgating.
2) Whilst defending the cause for these people's rude behaviour, one must also remember that - as a believing Jew - we encourage this type of fundraising, albeit in a somewhat toned-down version... The Torah beseeches us not to turn down a beggar, lest we might one day regret our stinginess - justified or not. Our prayers are that much powerful, when 'wrapped' in a twenty Shekel bill!
LH: We are in a society where people can earn more from begging than they do from work. Some people make a career out of it. Far better to give food and soft drink than money, otherwise the money could be spent on alcoholic drink, drugs, and betting.
A lifestyle is important. People go out to work and pay hard earned taxes. They don't want to see these taxes frittered away on people who are not prepared to contribute to the economy (Rabbi Jacobovitz-a supporter of Thatcher- went too far and generally castigated the unemployed as being lazy). There is a proverb that says G-d helps those who help themselves. Tzedaka is good in the right places
LH: We are in a society where people can earn more from begging than they do from work. Some people make a career out of it. Far better to give food and soft drink than money, otherwise the money could be spent on alcoholic drink, drugs, and betting.
A lifestyle is important. People go out to work and pay hard earned taxes. They don't want to see these taxes frittered away on people who are not prepared to contribute to the economy (Rabbi Jacobovitz-a supporter of Thatcher- went too far and generally castigated the unemployed as being lazy). There is a proverb that says G-d helps those who help themselves. Tzedaka is good in the right places
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