Christianus in Talmude Iudaeorum sive Rabbinicae doctrinae
DE Christianis secreta
Petropoli [St. Petersburg]
The Secret Rabbinical Teachings
Concerning Christians
By
Rev. lb. Pranaitis
Roman Catholic Priest; Master of Theology and Professor
OF THE Hebrew Language at the Imperial Ecclesiastical
Academy of the Roman Catholic Church
IN Old St. Petersburg.
Translated from Latin
St. Petersburg
Printing office of the
Imperial Academy of Sciences
1892
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IMPRIMATUR
St. Petersburg,
KOZLOWSKY
Archbishop Metropolitan of Moghileff
AAARGH Internet <pdf> Edition
2004
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CONTENTS
ANTIPHONE
PROLOGUE
DESCRIPTION OF THE TALMUD
SOURCE
PART ONE
THE TEACHING OF THE TALMUD CONCERNING CHRISTIANS
CHAPTER I - JESUS CHRIST IN THE TALMUD
Article I. - Concerning the Names of Jesus Christ
Article 11. - The Life of Christ
Note About The Cross
Article III. - The Teachings of Christ
CHAPTER II - CHRISTIANS IN THE TALMUD
Article I. - The Names Given to Christians in the Talmud
Article II. - What the Talmud Teaches About Christians
Article III. - Christian Worship
PART TWO
PRECEPTS OF THE TALMUD CONCERNING CHRISTIANS
CHAPTER I - CHRISTIANS ARE TO BE AVOIDED
Article I. - Christians Unworthy to Share With Jews
Article II. - Christians Are Unclean
Article III. - Christians Are Idolaters
Article IV. - Christians Are Evil
CHAPTER II - CHRISTIANS ARE TO BE EXTERMINATED
Article I. - CHRISTIANS TO BE HARMED INDIRECTLY
I. By not Helping Them
II. By Interfering in Their Work
III. By Deceit in Legal Matters
IV. By Harming Them in Things Necessary for Life
Article II. - CHRISTIANS ARE TO BE HARMED DIRECTLY
1. Renegades to be killed
2. Apostates
3. Princes, especially the Prince of Rome (the Pope) to be exterminated
4. All Christians to be killed
5. Killing a Christian is an Acceptable Sacrifice to God
6. Heaven Promised to Those Who Kill Christians
7. A Christian may be Beheaded on the most Solemn Festivals
8. The Messiah expected will be Revengeful
9. Jewish Prayers against Christians
10. Christian Prayers for the Jews
ii.Objective of Jewish Prayers is the Destruction of Christianity
12. Jews Pray for a Revengeful Messiah
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ANTIPHONE
"Let our writings be open to all people. Let them see what out moral code
is like! We need not be afraid of this test, for we have a pure heart and a clean
spirit. Let the nations investigate the habitations of the children of Israel, and of
their own accord convince themselves of what they are really like! They will then
exclaim for certain with Balaam, when he went out to curse Israel: 'How
beautiful are thy tents O Israel: how beautiful thy homes!'
"In its attitude towards non-Jews, the Jewish religion is the most tolerant
of the the religions in the world... The precepts of the ancient Rabbis, though
inimical to Gentiles, cannot be applied in anyway to Christians."
"A whole series of opinions can be quoted from the writings of the highest
Rabbinical authorities to prove that these teachers inculcated in their own
people a great love and respect for Christians, in order that they might look
upon Christians, who believe in the true God, as brothers, and pray for them."
"We hereby declare that the Talmud does not contain anything inimical to
Christians."
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PROLOGUE
Many people who are interested in the Jewish question are wont to ask
whether or not there is anything in the Talmud which is not beautiful and
sublime, and entirely removed from anything like hatred of Christians. The
confusion of opinion about the matter is so great, that to listen to those who
argue so wisely about it, you would think that they were discussing a very
ancient and remote race of people, and not the people of Israel who live in our
midst according to an unchanging moral code by which the religious and social
life of the Jews has been regulated to this day.
This being so, I have undertaken to show what the Talmud really teaches
about Christians, and thus satisfy the wishes of those who desire to find out
about this doctrine from genuine original sources.
To this end I have translated the best known Talmudic books which refer
to the Christians, and have arranged these sources in such order as to bring out
clearly the picture of a Christian as represented to the Jews by the Talmud.
Lest I be accused of using a corrupted text of the Talmud or of not having
interpreted it correctly, as is generally the case with those who have attempted
to disclose secret Jewish teachings, I have placed the Hebrew text opposite the
Latin.
I have divided the whole into two sections, the first of which treats of the
teachings of the Talmud about Christians, and the other, the rules which Jews
are obliged to follow when living among the Christians.
I preface these with a brief discussion about the Talmud itself in the
following chapter.
THE TALMUD
The Talmud gets its name from the word Lamud - taught, and means The
Teaching. By metonymy it is taken to mean the book which contains the
Teaching, which is called Talmud, that is, the doctrinal book which alone fully
expounds and explains all the knowledge and teaching of the Jewish people.
As to the origin of the Talmud, the Rabbis regard Moses as its first author.
They hold that, besides the written law which Moses received from God on
Mount Sinai on tables of stone, which is called Torah Schebiktab, he also
received interpretations of it, or the oral law, which is called Torah Shebeal Peh.
They say that this is the reason why Moses remained so long on the mountain,
as God could have given him the written law in one day.
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Moses is said to have transmitted this oral law to Joshua; Joshua in turn to
the seventy Elders; the Elders to the Prophets, and the Prophets to the Great
Synagogue. It is held that it was later transmitted successively to certain Rabbis
until it was no longer possible to retain it orally.
Whatever may be said about this story of the Rabbis, it is sufficiently
known to us that before the birth of Christ, schools existed in Palestine in which
sacred literature was taught. The commentaries of the Doctors of the law were
noted down on charts and lists as an aid to memory, and these, when collected
together, formed the beginnings of the Jewish Talmud.
In the second century after Christ, Rabbi Jehuda who, because of the
sanctity of his life, was called The Saint, and The Prince, realizing that the
learning of the Jews was diminishing, that their oral law was being lost, and that
the Jewish people were being dispersed, was the first to consider ways and
means of restoring and preserving their oral law. He collected all the lists and
charts and from them he made a book which was called the Sepher Mischnaioth,
or Mischnah - a Deuterosis, or secondary law. He divided it into six parts, each
of which was divided into many chapters. We shall consider these later.
The Mischnah is the foundation and the principal part of the whole
Talmud. This book was accepted by the Jews everywhere and was recognized as
their authentic code of law. It was expounded in their Academies in Babylon - at
Sura, lumbaditha and Nehardea - and in their Academies in Palestine - at
Tiberias, lamnia and Lydda.
As their interpretations increased with the passing of time, the
disputations and decisions of the doctors of the law concerning the Mischnah
were written down, and these writings constituted another part of the Talmud
called the Gemarah.
These two parts are so disposed throughout the whole Talmud that the
Mischnah serves first as a kind of text of the law, and is followed by the
Gemarah as an analysis of its various opinions leading to definite decisions.
All the precepts of the Mischnah, however, were not discussed in the
Jewish schools. Those whose use was nullified by the destruction of the Temple,
and those whose observation was possible only in the Holy Land were not
commented upon. Their explanation was left until the coming of Elias and the
Messiah. For this reason some parts of the Mischnah are lacking in the
Gemarah.
In interpreting the Mischnah of Rabbi Jehuda, the schools of Palestine and
Babylon followed each their own method, and by thus following their own way
gave rise to a twofold Gemarah - the Jerusalem and the Babylonian versions.
The author of the Jerusalem version was Rabbi Jochanan, who was head of the
synagogue in Jerusalem for eighty years. He wrote thirty-nine chapters of
commentaries on the Mischnah> which he compiled in the year 230 A.D.
The Babylonian Gemarah, however, was not compiled by any one person,
nor at any one time. Rabbi Aschi began it in 327 A.D and labored over it for
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sixty years. He was followed by Rabbi Maremar about the year 427 A.D., and it
was completed by Rabbi Abina about the year 500 A.D. The Babylonian
Gemarah has thirty-six chapters of interpretations.
This twofold Gemarah, added to the Mischnah, makes also a twofold
Talmud: The Jerusalem version, which, on account of its brevity and obscurity,
is not much used; and the Babylonian version, which has been held in the
highest esteem by Jews of all times.
The Gemarah is followed by additions called Tosephoth. It was thus that
Rabbi Chaia first styled his opinions on the Mischnah which were made by the
doctors outside the schools were called Baraietoth, or extraneous opinions.
These Commentaries were further supplemented by other decisions called
Piske Tosephoth, short theses and simple principles.
For nearly five hundred years after the Babylonian Talmud was completed,
the study of literature was greatly hampered partly due to public calamities and
partly owing to dissensions among the scholars. But in the eleventh century
others wrote further additions to the Talmud. Chief among these were the
Tosephoth of Rabbi Ascher.
Besides these there appeared the Perusch of Rabbi Moische ben Maimon,
called by the Jews Rambam for short, by the Christians Maimonides, and by
Rabbi Schelomo, larchi or Raschi.
Thus, the Mischna, Gemarah, Tosephoth, the marginal notes of Rabbi
Ascher, the Piske Tosephoth and the Perusch Hamischnaioth of Maimonides, all
collected into one, constitute a vast work which is called the Talmud.
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The main parts of the Talmud, which we mentioned above, are six:
# ZERAIM: concerning seeds. It treats of seeds, fruits, herbs, trees; of
the public and domestic use of fruits, of different seeds, etc.
# MOED: concerning festivals. It treats of the time when the Sabbath
and other festivals are to begin, ended and celebrated.
# NASCHIM: concerning women. It treats of marrying and repudiating
wives, their duties, relations, sicknesses, etc.
# NEZIKIN: concerning damages. It treats of damages suffered by men
and animals, penalties and compensations.
# KODASCHIM: concerning holiness. It treats of sacrifices and various
sacred rites.
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# TOHOROTH: concerning purifications. It treats of the soiling and
purifying of vessels, bedclothes and other things.
Each of these six parts, which the Jews call Schishah Sedarim - six orders
or ordinances - is divided into books or tracts, called Massiktoth, and the books
into chapters, or Perakim.
#
ZERAIM. Contains eleven books or Masechtoth.
1. BERAKTOTH - Benedictions and prayers. Treats of liturgical rules.
2. PEAH - Corner of a field. Treats of the corners and gleanings of the
field... The olives and grapes to be left to the poor.
3. DEMAI - Doubtful things. Whether or not tithes must be paid on
such.
4. KILAIM - Mixtures. Treats of various mixings of seeds.
5. SCHEBIITH - the Sevents. Treats of the Sabbatical Year.
6. TERUMOTH - Offerings and Oblations. The Heave offerings for the
priests.
7. MAASEROTH - the Tithes, to be given to the Levites.
8. MAASER SCHENI - the Second Tithe.
9. CHALLAH - the Dough, the portion to be given thereof to the Priests.
10. ORLAH - the Uncircumcised. Treats about the fruits of a tree during
the first three years after its plantings.
11. BIKKURIM - the First Fruits to be brought to the Temple.
#
MOED. Contains twelve Books or Masechtoth.
1. SCHABBATH - the Sabbath. Treats of kinds of work prohibited on
that day.
2. ERUBHIN - Combinations. Contains precepts about food for the
Sabbath eve.
3. SCHEKALIM - Passover. Treats of the laws relating to the Feast of
Passover and the Paschal Lamb.
4. SCHEKALIM - Shekel. Treats of the size and weight of the shekel.
5. lOMA - the Day of Atonement. Treats of prescriptions for that Day.
6. SUKKAH - the Tabernacle. Treats of the laws concerning the feast of
Tabernacles.
7. BETSAH - the Egg of the Day of Feast. Treats of the kind of work
prohibited and permitted on the festivals.
8. ROSCH HASCHANAH - New Year. Treats of the Feast of New Year.
9. TAANITH - Fasts. Treats of public fasts.
10. MEGILLAH - the Scroll. Treats of the reading of the Book of Esther.
Contains the description of the Feast of Purim.
11. MOED KATON - Minor Feast, treats of laws relating to the days
intervening between the first and last days of Pesach and Succoth.
12. CHAGIGAH - Comparison of rites on on the three feats of Pesach,
Sukkoth and Tabernacles.
#
NASCHIM. Contains seven Books or Masechtoth.
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1. JEBBAMOTH - Sisters in Law. Treats of Levirate marriage.
2. KETHUBOTH - Marriage Deeds. Treats of dower and marriage
settlements.
3. KIDDUSCHIN - Betrothals.
4. GITTIN - booklet on Divorces.
5. NEDARIM - Vows. Treats of vows and their annulment.
6. NAZIR - the Nazarite. Treats of the laws concerning the Nazarites
and those who separate themselves from the world and consecrate themselves
to God.
7. SOTAH - the Woman suspected of adultery.
#
NEZIKIN. Contains ten Books or Masechtoth.
1. BABA KAMA - First Gate. Treats of Damages and Injuries and their
remedies.
2. BABA METSIA - Middle Gate. Treats of laws concerning found
property, concerning trust, concerning buying and selling, lending, hiring and
renting.
3. BABA BATHRA - Last Gate. Treats of laws concerning real estate and
commerce, mostly based on the traditional law. Also concerning hereditary
succession.
4. SANHEDRIN - Courts. Treats of the courts and their proceedings,
and the punishment of capital crimes.
5. MAKKOTH - Stripes. The 40 stripes (minus one) inflicted on
criminals.
6. SCHEBUOTH - Oaths. Treats different kinds of oaths.
7. EDAIOTH - Testimonies. Contains a collection of traditional laws
and decisions gathers from the testimonies of the distinguished teachers.
8. HORAIOTH- Decisions. Treats of the sentences of Judges and the
punishment of transgressors.
9. ABHODAH ZARAH - Idolatry.
10. ABHOTH - Fathers. Treats of laws of the fathers. It is called also
PIRKEABHOTH.
#
KODASCHIM. Contains eleven Books or Masechtoth.
1. ZEBBACHIM - Sacrifices. Treats of animal sacrifices and the mode of
their offering.
2. CHULIN - Profane things. Treats of the traditional manner of
slaughtering animals for ordinary use.
3. MENACHOTH - Meat-offerings. Treats of meat-and-drink offerings.
4. BEKHOROTH - the First Born. Treats of the laws concerning the
first born of man and animals.
5. ERAKHIN - Estimations. Treats of the mode in which persons
dedicated to the Lord by a vow are legally appraised in order to be redeemed.
6. TEMURAH - Exchange. Treats of the laws concerning sanctified
things having been exchanged.
7. MEILAH - Trespass, Sacrilege. Treats of the sins subject to the
punishment of excision, and their expiation by sacrifices.
8. KERITHUTH - Excisions - Treats of the sins subject to the
punishment of excision, and their expiation by sacrifices.
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9. TAMID - the Daily Sacrifice- Describes the Temple services
connected with the daily morning and evening offerings.
10. MIDDOTH - Measurements. Describes the measurements and
description of the Temple.
11. KINNIM - the Birds' Nests. Treats of the sacrifices consisting of
fowls, the offerings of the poor, etc.
#
TOHOROTH. Contains twelve Books or Masechtoth.
1. KELLIM - Vessels. Treats of the conditions under which domestic
utensils, garments, etc. receive ritual cleanness.
2. OHOLOTH - Tents. Treats of tents and houses, and how polluted and
purified.
3. NEGAIM - Plagues. Treats of the laws relating to Leprosy.
4. PARAH - the Heifer. Treats of the laws concerning the red heifer and
the use of its ashes for the purification of the unclean.
5. TOHOROTH - Purifications. Treats of some lesser degrees of
uncleanness lasting only until sunset.
6. MIKVAOTH - Wells. Treats of the conditions under which wells and
reservoirs are fit to be used for ritual purifications.
7. NIDDAH - Menstruation. Treats of the legal uncleanness arising
from certain conditions in women.
8. MAKSCHIRIN - Preparations. Treats of liquids that prepare and
dispose seeds and fruits to receive ritual uncleanness.
9. ZABHIM - Concerning nightly pollution and gonorrhea. Treats on
the uncleanness arising from such secretions.
10 TEBHUL lOM - Daily washing.
11. lADAIM - Hands. Treats of the ritual uncleanness of hands,
according to the traditional law, and of their purification.
12. OKETSIN - Stalks of fruit. Treats of stalks and shells of fruit as
conveying ritual uncleanness.
The complete Talmud contains 63 books in 524 chapters.
Added to these are four other shorts tracts, which have not been included
in the regular Talmud. They have been added by later writers and exponents.
These four are:
MASSEKHETH SOPHERIM - the Tract of Scribes. Treats of the mode of
writing the books of the law. Has 21 chapters.
EBHEL RABBETI - a large treatise on Mourning. Has 14 chapters.
KALLAH - the Bride. On the acquisition of the bride. Has one chapter.
MASSEKHETH DEREKH ERETS - the Conduct of Lide. Divided into
RABBAH - major parts, and ZUTA - the minor parts. Has 16 chapters. At the
end is added a special chapter - PEREK SCHALOM - on Peace.
Since the Talmud was such a voluminous and disordered work, there was a
need of a compendium which would facilitate its study. To supply this need,
therefore. Rabbi Isaac ben Jacob Alphassi, in 1032, published a Shorter Talmud,
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which he called Halakhoth - Constitutions. He omitted all lengthy discussions
and preserved only those parts which had to do with the practical things of life.
Since this work, however, had no order to it, it was not considered of great
worth.
The first to issue a well ordered work on Jewish Law was Maimonides,
styled the "Eagle of the Synagogue." In 1180 he produced his celebrated work
Miscnhah Torah - Repetition of the Law, also called lad Chazakah - the Strong
Hand. It contains four parts or volumes and 14 books and includes the whole
Talmud. Maimonides also included much philosophical discussion in this work
and attempted to establish many laws of his own. Because of this he was
excommunicated by his people and condemned to death. He fled to Egypt where
he died in the year 1205.
In spite of this, the value of his work increased in time, and for a while an
expurgated version was held in the highest esteem by the Jews. A drawback to
this work is that it contains many laws which were of no value after the
destruction of the Temple.
An edition of the work of Maimonides, expurgated of all his philosophical
innovations and of all the old, useless laws, was edited in 1340, in strict accord
with the ideas of the Rabbis, by Jacob ben Ascher, to which he gave the name
Arbaa Turim - The Four Orders, which are:
# ORACH CHAIIM: The seeds of Life, and treats of the daily life in
the home and in the Synagogue.
# lORE DEAH: which teaches knowledge about foods, purifications
and other religious laws.
# CHOSCHEN HAMMISCHPAT: private judgments about civil and
criminal laws.
# EBHEN HAEZER: The Rock of Help, which treats of the laws of
marriage.
Since Alphasi, Maimonides and Jacob ben Ascher disagreed on many
points, which gave rise to different interpretations of the same law, there was
great need of a book which would contain short, concise solutions to
controversies, and which would supply to the Jewish people a law book worthy
of; the name.
Joseph Karo, a Rabbi of Palestine (born 1488, died 1577), supplied this
need by his celebrated; commentary on the Arbaa Turim, which he called
Schulchan Arukh - the Prepared Table. Since, however, the customs of oriental
Jews differed greatly from those of western Jews, even the Schulchan Arukh, of
Joseph Karo did not suffice for Jews everywhere. And for this reason Rabbi
Mosche Isserles wrote a commentary on the Schulchan Arukh, entitled Darkhe
Mosche, the Way of Moses, which received the same acceptance in the West as
the work of Joseph Karo in the East.
At the present time, the Schulchan Arukh is regarded as the obligatory Law
Code of the Jews, and they use it principally in their studies. Many
commentaries have been written on each part of this book.
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An important point to note is that this work has always been regarded by
the Jews as holy. They have always held it, and still hold it, as more important
than the Sacred Scriptures. The Talmud itself shows this very clearly:
In the tract Babha Metsia, fol. 33a, we read:
"Those who devote themselves to reading the Bible exercise a certain
virtue, but not very much; those who study the Mischnah exercise virtue for
which they will receive a reward; those, however, who take upon themselves to
study the Gemarah exercise the highest virtue."
Likewise in the tract Sopherim XV, 7, fol. 13b:
"The Sacred Scriptures is like water, the Mischnah wine, and the Gemarah
aromatic wine.
The following is a well-known and highly praised opinion in the writings of
the Rabbis:
"My son, give heed to the words of the scribes rather than to the words of
the law."
The reason for this is found in the tract Sanhedrin X, 3, f.88b:
"He who transgresses the words of the scribes sins more gravely than the
transgressors of the words of the law."
Also when there are differences of opinion between the Law and the
doctors, both must be taken as the words of the Lord God.
In the tract Erubhin, f.i3b, where it is related that there was a difference of
opinion between the two schools of Hillel and Schamai, it is concluded that:
"The words of both are the words of the living God."
In the book Mizbeach, cap. V, we find the following opinion:
"There is nothing superior to the Holy Talmud."
Contemporary defenders of the Talmud speak of it almost in the same way.
What Christians have thought of the Talmud is amply proved by the many
edicts and decrees issued about it, by which the supreme rulers in Church and
State proscribed it many times and condemned this sacred Secondary Law Code
of the Jews to the flames.
In 553 the Emperor Justinian forbade the spread of the Talmudic books
throughout the Roman Empire. In the 13th century "Popes Gregory IX and
Innocent IV condemned the books of the Talmud as containing every kind of
vileness and blasphemy against Christian truth, and ordered them to be burned
because they spread many horrible heresies."
Later, they were condemned by many other Roman Pontiffs - Julius III,
Paul IV, Pius IV, Pius V, Gregory XIII, Clement VIII, Alexander VII, Benedict
XIV, and by others who issued new editions of the Index of Forbidden Books
according to the orders of the Fathers of the Council of Trent, and even in our
own time.
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At the beginning of the i6th century, when the peace of the Church was
disturbed by new religions, the Jews began to distribute the Talmud openly,
aided by the art of printing then recently invented. The first printed edition of
the whole Talmud, containing all its blasphemies against the Christian religion,
was published in Venice in the year 1520. And almost all Jewish books
published in that century, which was favorable to them, are complete and
genuine.
Towards the end of the 16th century and at the beginning of the 17th, when
many famous men undertook diligently to study the Talmud, the Jews, fearing
for themselves, began to expunge parts of the Talmud which was published at
Basle in 1578 has been mutilated in many places.
And at Synod in Poland, in the year 1631, the Rabbis of Germany and many
other countries declared that nothing which would annoy the Christians and
cause persecution of Israel, should be printed. For this reason there are signs of
many things missing in the Jewish books which were published in the following
century and thereafter. The Rabbis explain from memory what these things
mean, for they possess the genuine books which Christians rarely see.
However, Jewish books were published later with very few mutilations in
Holland - where the Jews who were expelled from Spain were kindly received.
The Talmud published there in 1644 - 1648 is almost similar to the Venetian
edition.
The latest device invented to deceive the censors was to insert the word
haiah (was) with the genuine text, as if to indicate that the matter in question
once had its place there. But by so doing they only cleanse the outside of the
cup. For in many places they do show what they mean, ex.gr. by the words gam
attah, "even now," viz. "this law obliges"; and aphilu bazzeman hazzeh, "even to
this day" viz. "this law holds," and such like.
We must add a few remarks about that other very well known book of the
Jews, called the ZOHAR.
According to some Rabbis, Moses, after he had been instructed in the
interpretation of the law on Mount Sinai, did not pass this information to
Joshua nor he to the Elders, but to Aaron, Aaron to Eleazer, and so on until the
oral teachings had been put into book form called the ZOHAR, so called from
the name ZEHAR, meaning to shine forth. For it is an illustration of the books
of Moses, a commentary on the Pentateuch.
The author is said to have been R. Schimeon ben Jochai, a disciple of R.
Akibha who, fifty years after the destruction of the Temple, ended his life as a
martyr about the year 120 A.D. in Hadrian's war against the Jews. Since,
however, names of men appear in this book who lived many centuries after the
year indicated, and since neither Rambam (R. Mosche ben Nachman), nor R.
Ascher, who died about the year 1248 A.D., make no mention of it, it is more
likely that those are nearer the truth who say that the book of Zohar first saw the
light about the 13th century. Especially is this considered likely since about this
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time a book was produced which is similar in argument and style to the Chaldaic
type of writing.
It consists of three volumes in large octavo.
Many other works have been published by the Jewish teachers which are
used in the study of Jewish law, and which are held in high esteem since they
explain many obscure passages in the Talmud. Some of them are cited in this
book, and are as follows:
BIAR - Declaration, elucidation. Commentary on another Commentary.
These declarations differ from one another.
HALAKOTH - usually written HILKHOTH - Decisions or Dissertations.
Separate books of Holy Scriptures and of the Talmud by different Rabbis:
Maimonides, Beshai, Edels, Moses of Kotzen, Kimchi and others. In most cases
citations are given from HILKOTH AKUM by Maimonides. These contain
dissertations on stars and planets and the status of nations. There is another -
HILKOTH MAAKHALOTH ASAVOROTH - dissertation about forbidden foods.
lUCHASIN or SEPHER lUCHASIN - dissertations on lineage. Treats of
Sacred and Jewish history from the beginning of the world until 1500. Printed
at Cracow, 1580.
JALKUT - a collected commentary from various ancient books. Supposed
to have not a literal but allegorical meaning. Author: Rabbi Shimeon of
Frankfurt.
KED HAKKEMACH - Barrel of flour. Contains places of theological
communities in alphabetical order. Author: Rabbi Bechai of Lublin.
MAGEN ABRAHAM - Shield of Abraham. Author: Perizola.
MIZBEACH HAZZAHABH - the Golden Altar. A Cabalistic book. Author:
R. Schelomon ben Rabbi Mordechai. Printed at Basle, in 1602.
MACHZOR - a Cycle. Book of Prayers used on great festivals.
MENORATH HAMMAOR - Candlestick of light. A Talmudic book.
Contains Aggadoth and Medraschim. i.e., allegorical and historical comments
on the entire Talmud. Author: Rabbi Isaac Abhuhabh. Printed in 1544.
MAIENE HAIESCHUAH - Fountains of the Savior. An exquisite
Commentary on Daniel by Rabbi Isaac Abarbanel. There are numerous
disputations against Christians. Printed in 1551.
MIKRA GEDOLAH - the Great Convocation. A Hebrew Bible with
commentaries by R. Salomon larchi and R. Ezra.
MASCHMIA lESCHUAH - The Preacher of Salvation. Explanations on all
the Prophets. On future redemption. Author: R. Abarbanel.
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NIZZACHON - Victory. Attacks on Christians and on the Four Gospels.
Author: Rabbi Lipman. Printed in 1559.
SEPHER IKKARIM - Book on fundamentals or articles of faith. It contains
one very bitter attack against the Christian faith.
EN ISRAEL - the Eye of Israel. A celebrated book. Has a second part -
BETH JAKOBH - the House of Jacob. Embraces the most delightful Talmudic
histories. Printed in Venice, in 1547.
SCHAARE ORAH - the Gates of Light. A most celebrated Cabalistic book.
Author: Ben Joseph Gekatilia.
SCHEPHAA TAL - Abundance of Dew. A Cabalistic book. A key to the book
of Zohar and other similar books. Author: Rabbi Schephtel Horwitz of Prague.
TOLDOTH lESCHU - the Generations of Jesus. A little pamphlet full of
blasphemies and maledictions. Contains the history of Christ. Full of false and
deceiving manifestations.
In preparing this booklet I have used the following source material:
The TALMUD. Edition of Amsterdam, 1644-48, in 14 volumes.
SCHULKHAN ARUKH, by Rabbi Joseph Karo. Edition of Venice, 1594.
Without commentaries.
lORE DEAH. Numerous quotations. Edition of Krakow.
ZOHAR. Edition of Amsterdam, 1805. 3 volumes.
MIKRA GEDOLAH. Edition of Amsterdam, 1792, 12 volumes, edition of
Basle, 1620, 2 volumes, edition of Venice.
HILKHOTH AKUM, of R. Maimonides, edition by Vossius, 1675
As auxiliary works I have used:
JOANNES BUXDORFIUS. a Lexicon Chaldaicum, Talmudicum et
Rabbinicum, Base, 1640. b. De Abreviaturis Hebraicis; Operis Talmudis
Recensio; Biblicothea Rabbinica. Basle, 1712. c. Synagoga Judaica. Basle, 1712.
JOH. CHRISTOPHORI WAGENSEILII, Sota. Aldtorfi Noricum, 1674.
GEORGII ELIEZ EDZARDI: Tractatus talmudici "AVODA SARA."
Hamburg, 1705.
JACOBI ECKER: "Der Judenspiegel im Lichte der Wahrheit," (The Jewish
Mirror in the Light of Truth). Paderborn, 1884.
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AUGUST ROHLING: Die Polemik und das Manschenopfer des
Rabbinismus. (The Polemics and Human Sacrifice of Rabbinism). Paderborn,
1883.
I have only used the works of those who are held in the highest esteem by
the Jews themselves, and to whom the Jews appeal when disputing with
Christians, by quoting impartially the opinions of these learned men. Their
great dilligence in quoting from the texts of books which I was able to examine,
has been a proof to me that I used the same diligence even in quoting from less
known sources to which they have much greater access than I.
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PART ONE
THE TEACHING OF THE TALMUD CONCERNING
CHRISTIANS
First we shall see what the Talmud teaches about Jesus Christ, the founder
of Christianity; and secondly, about his followers, the Christians.
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CHAPTER I
JESUS CHRIST IN THE TALMUD
Many passages in the Talmudic books treat of the birth, life, death, and
teachings of Jesus Christ. He is not always referred to by the same name,
however, but is diversely called "That Man," "A Certain One," "The Carpenter's
Son," "The One Who Was Hanged," etc.
Article I. - Concerning the Names of Jesus Christ
1. The real name of Christ in Hebrew is Jeschua Hanotsri - Jesus the
Nazarene. He is called Notsri from the city of Nazareth in which he was brought
up. Thus in the Talmud Christians also are called Notsrim - Nazarenes.
Since the word Jeschua means "Savior," the name Jesus rarely occurs in
the Jewish books. It is almost always abbreviated to Jeschu, which is
maliciously taken as if it were composed of the initial letters of the three words
Immach Schemo Vezikro - "May his name and memory be blotted out."
2. In the Talmud Christ is called Otho Isch - "That man," i.e. the one who is
known to all. In the tract Abhodah Zarah, 6a, we read: "He is called a Christian
who follows the false teachings of that man, who taught them to celebrate the
feast on the first day of the Sabbath, that is, to worship on the first day after the
Sabbath"
3. Elsewhere he is simply called Peloni - "A Certain One." In Chagigah, 4b,
we read:
"Mary.. .the mother of a certain one, of whom it is related in Schabbath..."
(104b)
That this Mary is none other than the mother of Jesus will be shown later.
4. Out of contempt, Jesus is also called Naggar bar naggar - "the carpenter
son of a carpenter", also Ben charsch etaim - "the son of a wood worker."
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5. He is also called Talui - "The one who was hanged." Rabbi Samuel, the
son of Mair, in the Hilch. Akum of Maimonides, refers to the fact that it was
forbidden to take part in the Christian feats of Christmas and Easter because
they were celebrated on account of him who was hanged. And Rabbi Aben Ezra,
in a commentary on Genes, also calls him Talui, whose image the Emperor
Constantine reproduced on his banner, "...in the days of Constantine, who made
a change of religion and placed the figure of the one who was hanged on his
banner."
Article II. - The Life of Christ
The Talmud teaches that Jesus Christ was illegitimate and was conceived
during menstruation; that he had the soul of Esau; that he was a fool, a
conjurer, a seducer; that he was crucified, buried in hell and set up as an idol
ever since by his followers.
1. ILLEGITIMATE AND CONCEIVED DURING MENSTRUATION
The following is narrated in the Tract Kallah, lb:
"Once when the Elders were seated at the Gate, two young men passed by,
one of whom had his covered, the other with his head bare. Rabbi Eliezer
remarked that the one in his bare head was illegitimate, a mamzer. Rabbi
Jehoschua said that he was conceived during menstruation, ben niddah. Rabbi
Akibah, however, said that he was both. Whereupon the others asked Rabbi
Akibah why he dared to contradict his colleagues. He answered that he could
prove what he said. He went therefore to the boy's mother whom he saw sitting
in the market place selling vegetables and said to her: "My daughter, if you will
answer truthfully what I am going to ask you, I promise that you will be saved in
the next life." She demanded that he would swear to keep his promise, and
Rabbi Akibah did so - but with his lips only, for in his heart he invalidated his
oath. Then he said: "Tell me, what kind of son is this of yours"? To which she
replied: "The day I was married I was having menstruation, and because of this
my husband left me. But an evil spirit came and slept with me and from this
intercourse my son was born to me." Thus it was proved that this young man
was not only illegitimate but also conceived during the menstruation of his
mother. And when his questioners heard this they declared: "Great indeed was
Rabbi Akibah when he corrected his Elders"! And they exclaimed: "Blessed be
the Lord God of Israel who revealed his secret to Rabbi Akibah the son of
Joseph"!
That the Jews understand this story to refer to Jesus and his mother,
Mary, is clearly demonstrated in their book Toldath Jeschu - "The Generations
of Jesus" - where the birth of our Savior is narrated in almost the same words.
Another story of this kind is narrated in Sanhedrin, 67a:
"Of all who are guilty of death by the Law, he alone is caught by a ruse.
How is it done? They light a candle in an inner room and place witnesses in an
adjoining room outside where they can see him and hear his voice, but where
they cannot be seen by him. Then the one whom he tried to seduce says to him
"Please repeat here privately what you told me before." If the seducer repeats
what he said, the others ask him "But how shall we leave our God who is in
heaven and serve idols?" If the seducer repents, then all is well.But if he says
"This is our duty and it is right for us to do so," then the witnesses outside, who
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have heard him, bring him before the judge and stone him to death. This is what
they did to the son of Stadi in Lud, and they hanged him on the eve of the
Passover. Forthis son of Stada was the son of Pandira. For Rabbi Chasda tells us
that Pandira was the husband of Stada, his mother, and he lived during the time
Paphus the son of Jehuda. But his mother was stada, Mary of Magdala (a ladies'
hairdresser) who, as it is said in Pumbadita, deserted her husband."
The meaning of this is that his Mary was called Stada, that is, a prostitute,
because, according to what was taught at Pumbadita, she left her husband and
commited adultery. This is also recorded in the Jerusalem Talmud and by
Maimonides.
That the mention here is of Mary, the mother of Jesus, is verified in the
Tract Chagigah, 4b:
"When Rabbi Bibhai was visited once by the Death Angel (the devil), the
latter said to his assistant: "Go and bring to me Mary the hairdresser" (that is,
kill her). He went and brought Mary the children's hairdresser - in place of the
other Mary."
A marginal note explains this passage as follows:
"This story of Mary the Ladies' hairdresser happened under the Second
Temple. She was the mother of Peloni, "that man," as he is called in the tract
Schabbath."
In Schabbath the passage referred to says:
"Rabbi Elizer said to the Elders: "Did not the son Stada practice Egyptian
magic by cutting it into his flesh?" They replied: "He was a fool, and we do not
pay attention to what fools do. The son of Stada, Pandra's son, etc." as above in
Sanhedrin, 67a.
This magic of the son of Stada is explained as follows in the book Beth
Jacobh, fol. 127 a:
"The Magi, before they left Egypt, took special care not to put their magic
in writing lest other peoples might come to learn it But he devised a new way by
which he inscribed it on his skin, or made cuts in his skin and inserted it there
and which, when the wounds healed up, did not show what they meant."
Buxtorf says:
"There is little doubt who this Ben Stada was, or who the Jews understood
him to be. Although the Rabbis in their additions to the Talmud try to hide their
malice and say that it is not Jesus Christ, their deceit is plainly evident, and
many things prove that they wrote and understood all these things about him.
In the first place, they also call him the son of Pandira. Jesus the Nazarene is
thus called in other passages of the Talmud where express mention is made of
Jesus the son of Pandira. St. John Damascene also, in his Genealogy of Christ,
mentions Panthera and the Son of Panthera.
"Secondly, this Stada is said to be Mary, and this Mary the mother of
Peloni "that certain one," by which without doubt Jesus is meant. For in this
way they were accustomed to cover up his name because they were afraid to
mention it. If we had copies of the original manuscripts they would certainly
prove this. And this also was the name of the mother of Jesus the Nazarene.
"Thirdly, he is called the Seducer of the People. The Gospels testify that
Jesus was called this by the Jews, and their writings to this day are proof that
they still call him by this name.
"Fourthly, he is called "the one who was hanged," which clearly refers to
the crucifixion of Christ, especially since a reference to the time "on the eve of
the Passover" is added, which coincides with the time of the crucifixion of Jesus.
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In Sanhedrin they wrote as follows: "On the eve of the Passover they hanged
Jesus"
"Fifthly, as to what the Jerusalem Talmud says about the two disciples of
the Elders who were sent as witnesses to spy on him, and who were afterwards
brought forward as witnesses against him: This refers to the two "false
witnesses" of whom the Evangelists Matthew and Luke make mention.
"Sixthly, concerning what they say about the son of Stada that he practiced
Egyptian magical arts by cutting into his flesh: the same accusation is made
against Christ in their hostile book Toldoth Jeschu.
"Lastly, the time corresponds. For it is said that this son of Stada lived in
the days of Paphus the son of Jehuda, who was a contemporary of Rabbi
Akibah. Akibah, however, lived at the time of the Ascension of Christ, and for
some time after. Mary is also said to have lived under the Second Temple. All
this clearly proves that they secretly and blasphemously understand this son of
Stada to be Jesus Christ the son of Mary.
"Other circumstances may seem to contradict this. But that is nothing new
in Jewish writings and is done on purpose so that Christians may not easily
detect their trickery."
2. Furthermore, "In the secret books, which are not permitted to fall easily
into the hands of Christians, they say that the soul of Esau came into Christ, that
he was therefore evil and that he was Esau himself."
3. By some he is called a FOOL and INSANE
In Schabbath, 104b:
"They, [the Elders] said to him [Eliezer]: "He was a fool, and no one pays
attention to fools."
4. A CONJURER AND MAGICIAN
In the infamous book Toldoth Jeschu, our Savior is blasphemed as follows:
"And Jesus said: Did not Isaiah and David, my ancestors, prophesy about
me? The Lord said to me, thou art my son, today I have begotten thee, etc.
Likewise in another place: The Lord said to my Lord, sit thou at my right hand.
Now I ascend to my father who is in heaven and will sit at his right hand, which
you will see with your own eyes. But you, Judas, will never reach that high. Then
Jesus pronounced the great name of God (IHVH) and continued to do so until a
wind came and took him up between earth and sky. Judas also pronounced the
name of God and he likewise was taken up by the wind. In this way they both
floated around in the air to the amazement of the onlookers. Then Judas, again
pronouncing the Divine Nane, took hold of Jesus and pushed him down to
earth. But Jesus tried to do the same to Judas and thus they fought together.
And when Judas saw he could not win out over the works of Jesushe pissed on
Jesus, and both thus being unclean they fell to earth; nor could they use the
Divine name again until they had washed themselves."
Whether those who believe such devilish lies deserve greater hatred or
pity, I cannot say.
In another place in the same book it is related that in the house of the
Sanctuary there was a stone which the Patriarch Jacob anointed with oil. On
this stone were carved the tetragrammatic letters of the Name (IHVH), and if
anyone could learn from them he could destroy the world. They therefore
decreed that no one must learn them, and they placed two dogs upon two iron
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columns before the Sanctuary so that if anyone should learn them the dogs
would bark at him coming out and he would forget the letters through fear.
Then it is related: "Jesus came and entered, learned the letters and wrote them
down on parchment. Then he cut into the flesh of his thigh and inserted them
there, and having pronounced the name, the wound healed."
5. IDOLATER
In the Tract Sanhedrin (103a) the words of Psalm XCI, 10: "No plague
shall come near thy dwelling," are explained as follows:
"That thou mayest never have a son or a disciple who will salt his food so
much that he destroys his taste in public, like Jesus the Nazarene."
To salt one's food too much or to destroy one's taste, is proverbially said of
one who corrupts his morals or dishonors himself, or who falls into heresy and
idolatry and openly preaches it to others.
6. SEDUCER
In the same book Sanhedrin (107b) we read:
"Mar said: Jesus seduced, corrupted and destroyed Israel."
7. CRUCIFIED
Finally as punishment for his crimes and impiety, he suffered an
ignominious death by being hanged on a cross on the eve of the Passover (as we
have seen above).
8. BURIED IN HELL
The book Zohar, III, (282), tells us that Jesus died like a beast and was
buried in that "dirt heap.. .where they throw the dead bodies of dogs and asses,
and where the sons of Esau [the Christians] and of Ismael [the Turks], also
Jesus and Mahommed, uncircumcized and unclean like dead dogs, are buried."
9. WORSHIPPED AS GOD AFTER HIS DEATH BY HIS FOLLOWERS
George El. Edzard, in his book Avoda Sara, quotes the following words of
the commentator on the Hilkoth Akum (V,3) of Maimonides:
"In many passages of the Talmud mention is made of Jesus the Nazarene
and of his disciples, and that the Gentiles believe that there is no other God
besides him. In the book Chizzuk Emunah, part I, ch. 36, we read: "The
Christians build up an argument from this [Zachary XII, 10] and say: Behold
how thew Prophet testified that in future ages the Jews would would lament and
weep because they crucified and killed the Messiah who was sent to them; and
to prove that he meant Jesus the Nazarene, possessing both the divine and
human nature, they quote the words: And they looked upon him whom they
transfixed and they wept over him as a mother over her first born child.""
Maimonides attempts to prove how much Christians err in worshipping
Jesus in his book Hilkoth Melakhim (IX, 4):
"If all the things he did had prospered, if he had rebuilt the Sanctuary in its
place, and had gathered together the dispersed tribes of Israel, then he would
certainly be the Messiah.. ..But if so far hew has not done so and if he was killed,
then it is clear he was not the Messiah whom the Law tells us to expect. He was
similar to all the good and upright rulers of the House of David who died, and
whom the Holy and Blessed Lord raised up for no other reason but to prove to
many, as it is said (in Dan. XI, 35): And some of them who understand shall fall.
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to try and to purge them and to make them white, even till the end of time,
because the appointed time is not yet. Daniel also prophesised about Jesus the
Nazarene who thought he was the Christ, and who was put to death by the
judgment of the Senate: (Dan. V.14): ...and the robbers of thy people shall exalt
themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fail. What could be
plainer? For all the Prophets said that the Christ would set Israel free, would
bring it salvation, restore its dispersed peoples and confirm their laws. But he
was the cause of the destruction of Israel and caused the rest of them to be
dispersed and humiliated, so that the Law was changed and the greater part of
the world was seduced to worship another God. Truly no one can understand
the designs of the Creator, nor are his ways our ways. For all that has been built
up by Jesus the Nazarene, and by the Turks who came after him, tend only to
prepare the way for the coming of Christ the King, and to prepare the whole
world equally for the service of the Lord, as it is said: For then I shall give a
clean moth to all peoples that all may call upon the name of the Lord, and bow
down in unison before him. How is this being accomplished? Already the whole
world is filled with the praise of Christ, the Law and the Commandments, and
his praises have spread to far distant lands and to peoples whose hearts and
bodies are uncircumcized. These discuss with one another about the Law that
was destroyed - some saying that the commandments were once true, but have
ceased to exist; others that there is a great mystery about it, that the Messiah-
King has come and that their doctrine has revealed it. But when the Christ truly
comes and is successful, and is raised up and exalted, then everything will be
changed and these things will be shown to be false and vain."
10. AN IDOL
In the Tract Abhodah Zarah, (21a Toseph), we read:
"It is of importance to inquire the reasons why men nowadays even sell
and rent their houses to Gentiles. Some say this is legal because it is said in
Tosephta: No one shall rent his house to a gentile either here [in the land of
Israel] or elsewhere because it is known that he will bring an idol into it. It is
nevertheless allowed to rent them stables, barns and lodging houses, even
though it is known that they will bring idols into them. The reason is because a
distinction can be made between a place into which an idol will be carried in
order to leave it there permanently, and a place where it will not be left
permanently, in which case it is allowed. And since the gentiles, among whom
we now live, do not bring their idol into their homes to leave it there
permanently, but only for a time - while someone is dead in the house or when
someone is dying, nor do they even perform any religious rites there - it is
therefore permitted to sell and rent them houses."
Rabbi Ascher, in his Commentary on Abhodah Zarah (83d) speaks not less
clearly on this matter: "Today it is permitted to rent houses to Gentiles because
they bring their idol into them only for a time, when somebody is sick." And in
the same place he says "Today they have a practice of incensing their idol.""
All this, and much more like it, proves beyond a doubt that when the
Rabbis speak of the idols of the Gentiles among whom they lived at that time,
when no idols were worshipped, they clearly meant the Christian "idol," namely,
the image of Christ on the crucifix and the Holy Communion.
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Note About The Cross
In Jewish writings there is no directly corresponding word for the
Christian Cross. The cross T on which those condemned to death were crucified,
was called Tau by the Phoenicians and the Hebrews, and this name and sign for
it was afterwards taken over into the alphabet of the Jews and of the Greeks and
the Romans. The Cross honored by the Christians, however, is called by the
following names:
1. Tsurath Haattalui - the image who was hanged.
2. Elil - vanity, idol.
3. Tselem - image. Hence the Crusaders in Jewish books are called
Tsalmerim (ein Tsalmer)
4. Scheti Veerebh - warp and woof, which is taken from the textile art.
5. Kokhabh - star; on account of the four rays emanating from it.
6. Pesila - a sculpture, a carven idol.
But whenever it is mentioned it is always in the sense of an idol or of
something despicable, as can be seen from the following quotations:
In Orach Chaiim, 113,8:
"If a Jew when praying should meet a Christian [Akum] carrying a star [a
crucifix] in his hand, even if he has come to a place in his prayer where it is
necessary to bow down to worship God in his heart, he must not to so lest he
should seem to bow down before an image."
In lore Dea, 150,2:
"Even if a Jew should get a splinter in his foot in front of an idol, or if he
should drop his money before it, he must not stoop down to remove the splinter
or to gather his money lest he should seem to adore it. But he should either sit
down or turn his back or his side to the idol and then remove the splinter."
But whenever it is not possible for a Jew to turn away like this, the
following rule must be observed (in lore Dea, 3, Hagah):
"It is not permitted to bow down or to remove one's hat before princes or
priests who wear a cross on their dress, as is their custom. Care must be taken,
however, not to be noticed in failing to do so. For instance, one can throw some
coins on the ground and stoop down to pick them up before they pass by. In this
way it is permitted to bow down or to remove one's hat before them." A
distinction is also made between a cross which is venerated and a cross which is
worn around the neck as a souvenir or as an ornament. The former is to be
regarded as an idol, but not necessarily the latter. In lore Dea, 141, 1, Hagah, it
says:
"The image of a cross, before which they bow down, is to be treated as an
idol, and it is not to be used until it is destroyed. However, a 'warp and woof if
hung around the neck as a souvenir is not to be regarded as an idol and can be
used."
The sign of the cross made with the hand, by which Christians are wont to
bless themselves, is called in Jewish "the moving of the fingers here and there"
(hinc et hinc).
Article III. - The Teachings of Christ
The Seducer and Idolator could teach nothing but falsehood and heresy
which was irrational and impossible to observe.
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1. FALSHOOD
In Abhodah Zarah (6a) it says:
"A Nazarene is one who follows the false teachings of that man who taught
them to worship on the first day of the Sabbath."
2. HERESY
In the same book Abohah Zar. (Ch.I, 17a Toseph) mention is made of the
heresy of James. A little further on (27b) we learn that this James was none
other than the disciple of Jesus:
"...James Sekhanites, one of the disciples of Jesus, of whom we spoke in
chapter 1."
But James taught, not his own doctrine, but that of Jesus.
3. IMPOSSIBLE TO OBSERVE
The author of Nizzachon argues as follows on this point:
"A written law of the Christians is: If a Jew strike you on one cheek, turn
the other also to him and do not in any way return the blow.And ch. VI, v. 27
says: Love your enemies; do good to them who hate you; bless them who curse
you and pray for those who do you harm; unto him who strikes you on one
cheek offer him the other. To him who takes away thy cloak do not forbid him to
take thy coat also, etc. The same is found in Matthew ch. V, v.39. But I have
never seen any Christian keep this law, nor did Jesus himself behave as he
taught others to do. For we find in John ch XVIII, v22, that when someone
struck him on the face, he did not turn the other cheek, but became angry on
account of this one stroke and asked "Why do you strike me"? Likewise in the
Acts of the Apostles, ch.XXIII, v. 3, we read: that when the High Priest ordered
them that stood by to strike him on the mouth, Paul did not turn the other
cheek; he cursed him saying "God shall smite thee thou whited wall, etc." This is
contrary to their beliefs and destroys the foundation upon which their religion
rests, for they boast that the law of Jesus is easy to observe. If Paul himself, who
may be called the Dispenser of Jesus, could not preserve the precept of Jesus,
who among the others who believe in him can prove to me that he can do so?"
The author, however, who had the Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles
under his hand, could not have failed to understand in what sense Christ
commanded his followers to turn the other cheek to him who would strike them,
since in another place he commanded his followers to cut off a hand or an arm,
and to pluck out an eye if these should scandalize them. No one who has had the
least acquaintance with the Holy Scriptures ever thought that these commands
should be taken literally. Only deep malice and ignorance of the times in which
Jesus lived can explain why the Jews, even to this day, use these passages to
detract from the teachings of Jesus Christ.
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CHAPTER II
CHRISTIANS IN THE TALMUD
There are three things to be considered in this chapter:
1. The names by which Christians are called in the Talmud.
2. What kind of people the Talmud pictures Christians to be.
3. What the Talmud says about the religious worship of the Christians.
Article I. - The Names Given to Christians in the Talmud
As in our languages Christians take their name from Christ, so in the
language of the Talmud Christians are called Notsrim, from Jesus the Nazarene.
But Christians are also called by the names used in the Talmud to designate all
non-Jews: Abhodah Zarah, Akum, Obhde Elilim, Minim, Nokhrim, Edom,
Amme Haarets, Goim, Apikorosim, Kuthrim.
1. Abhodah Zarah - Strange worship, idolatry. The Talmudic Tract on
Idolatry is thus entitled: Obhde Abhodah Zarah - Idol Worshippers. That
Abhodah Zarah really means the cult of idols is clear from the Talmud itself:
"Let Nimrod come and testify that Abraham was not a server of Abhodah Zarah
." But in these days of Abraham there existed no strange cult either of the Turks
or the Nazarenes, but only the worship of the true God and idolatry. In
Schabbath (ibid. 82a), it says:
"Rabbi Akibah says: How do we know that Abhodah Zarah, like an unclean
woman, contaminates those who subscribe to it? Because Isaiah says: Thou
shalt cast them away like a menstruation cloth; and shalt say unto it. Get thee
hence."
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In the first part of this verse mention is made of idols made from gold and
silver.
The learned Maimonides also clearly demonstrates that the Jews regarded
Christians as Abhodah Zarah. In Perusch (78c) he says: "And be it known that
Christian people who follow Jesus, although their teachings vary, are all
worshippers of idols (Abhodah Zarah)."
2. Akum - This word is made up of the initial letters of the words Obhde
Kokhabkim U Mazzaloth - worshippers of stars and planets. It was thus that the
Jews formerly styled the Gentiles who lacked all knowledge of the true God.
Now, however, the word Akum in Jewish books, especially in the Schulkhan
Arukh, is applied to Christians. This is evident from numerous passages:
In the Orach Chaiim (113,8) those who use a cross are called Akum. In the
lore Dea (148, 5, 12), those who celebrate the feasts of Christmas and New Year,
eight days afterwards, are called worshippers of the stars and planets:
"Thus if a gift is sent to the Akum, even in these times, on the eighth day
after Christmas, which they call the New Year," etc.
3. Obhde Elilim - Servers of idols. This name has the same meaning as
Akum. Non-Jews are frequently called by this name. In the Orach Chaiim, for
example (215, 5), it says:
"A blessing should not be pronounced over incense which belongs to the
servers of idols."
But at the same time when the Schulkhan Arukh was written there were no
worshippers of the stars and planets (Akum); there were no 'servers of idols'
among those who lived with the Jews. Thus, for example, the author of the
Commentary on the Schulkhan Arukh (entitled Magen Abraham), Rabbi
Calissensis who died in Poland in 1775, in note 8, on No. 244 of the Orach
Chaiim (where it is allowed to finish a work on the Sabbath with the help of an
Akum) says: "Here in our city the question is raised about the price of hiring
worshippers of the stars and planets who sweep the public streets when they
work on the Sabbath."
4. Minim - Heretics. In the Talmud those who possess books called the
Gospels are heretics. Thus in Schabbath (116a) it says:
"Rabbi Meir calls the books of the Minim Aven Gilaion [iniquitous
volumes] because they call them Gospels."
5. Edom - Edomites. Rabbi Aben Ezra, when he speaks about the Emperor
Constantine who changed his religion and placed the image of him who was
hanged on his banner, adds: "Rome therefore is called the Kingdom of the
Edomites."
And Rabbi Bechai, in his Kad Hakkemach (fol. 20a, on Isaiah, ch. LXVI,
17) writes:
"They are called Edomites who move their fingers 'here and there'" (who
make the sign of the cross).
Likewise Rabbi Bechai, commenting on the words of Isaiah (loc. cit.),
"those who eat the flesh of swine" adds: "These are the Edomites." Rabbi
Kimchi, however, calls them "Christians." And Rabbi Abarbinel, in his work
Maschima leschua (36d) says: "The Nazarenes are Romans, the sons of Edom."
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6. Goi - Race, or people. The Jews also call a man a Goi - a gentile; they call
a gentile woman a Goiah. Sometimes, but very rarely, Israelites are called by
this name. It is mostly applied to non-Jews, or idolators. In Jewish books which
treat of Idolatry, worshippers of idols are often called by this single word Goi.
For this reason, in more recent editions of the Talmud the use of the word Goi is
purposely avoided and other words for non-Jews are substituted.
It is well known that in the Jewish language, the Jews call Christians
among whom they live, Goim. Nor do the Jews deny this. Sometimes in their
popular magazines they say that this word means nothing harmful or evil. But
the contrary can be seen in their books written in the Hebrew language. For
instance, in Choschen Hammischpat (34, 22), the name Goi is used in a
depraved sense:
"Traitors and Epicureans and Apostates are worse than Goim"
7. Nokhtrim - strangers, foreigners. This name is used for all who are not
Jews, and therefor for Christians.
8. Amme Haarets - People of the earth, idiots. There are some who say that
people of other races are not meant by this, but only crude and uneducated
people. There are passages, however, which leave no doubt about the matter. In
the Holy Scripture, Book of Esra, ch. X, 2, we read: We have sinned against our
God, and have taken strange wives [nokhrioth] of the people of the earth. That
people of the earth denotes idolators is clear from Zohar, I, 25a: "The People of
the earth - Obhde Abhodah Zarah, idolaters.
9. Basar Vedam - Flesh and blood; carnal men who are destined to
perdition and who can have no communion with God. That Christians are flesh
and blood, is proved from the prayer book:
"Whoever meets a wise and educated Christian can say: Blessed art thou O
Lord, King of the Universe, who dispenseth of thy wisdom to Flesh and Blood,"
etc.
Likewise in another prayer, in which they ask God soon to restore the
kingdom of David and to send Elias and the Messia, etc., they aak him to take
away their poverty so that they will have no need to accept gifts from "flesh and
blood," nor to trade with them, nor to seek wages from them.
10. Apikorosim - Epicureans. All are called by this name who do not
observe God's precepts, as well as all those, even Jews themselves, who express
private judgments in matters of faith. How much more, therefore. Christians!
11. Kuthim - Samaritans. But since there are no longer any Samaritans,
and since there are many references in recent Jewish books to Samaritans, who
can doubt that this does not mean the Christians?
Furthermore, in this matter of naming those who are not Jews, it is to be
particularly noted that Jewish writings apply these names indiscriminately and
promiscuously when they speak of the same thing, and almost in the same
words. For instance, in the Tract Abhodah Zarah (25b) the word Goi is
employed, but in the Schulkhan Arukh (lore Dea 153, 2) Akum is used.
Kerithuth (6b) uses Goim; Jebhammoth (61a) uses Akum; Abhodah Zar. (2a)
uses Obhde Elilim; Thoseph uses Goim and Obhde Ab., Choschen Ham
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(Venetian ed.) uses Kuthi; (Slav, ed.) Akum. And many more instances could be
quoted.
Maimonides in his book on Idolatry indiscriminately calls all the following
idolators: Goim, Akum, Obhde Kokhabhim, Obhde Elilim, etc.
Article II. - What the Talmud Teaches About Christians
In the preceding chapter we saw what the Jews think of the Founder of the
Christian religion, and how much they despise his name. This being so, it would
not be expected that they would have any better opinion about those who follow
Jesus the Nazarene. In fact, nothing more abominable can be imagined than
what they have to say about Christians. They say that they are idolaters, the
worst kind of people, much worse than the Turks, murderers, fornicators,
impure animals, like dirt, unworthy to be called men, beasts in human form,
worthy of the name of beasts, cows, asses, pigs, dogs, worse than dogs; that they
propagate after the manner of beasts, that they have diabolic origin, that their
souls come from the devil and return to the devil in hell after death; and that
even the body of a dead Christian is nothing different from that of an animal.
1. IDOLATERS
Since Christians follow the teachings of that man, whom the Jews regard
as a Seducer and an Idolater, and since they worship him as God, it clearly
follows that they merit the name of idolater, in no way different from those
among whom the Jews lived before the birth of Christ, and whom they taught
should be exterminated by every possible means.
This is best demonstrated by the names they give Christians, and by the
unmistakable words of Maimonides which prove that all who bear the name of
Christian are idolaters. And anyone who examines Jewish books which speak of
the "Worshippers of the Stars and Planets," "Epicureans," "Samaritans," etc.,
cannot but conclude that these idolaters are none other than Christians. The
Turks are always called "Ismaelites," never idolaters.
2. CHRISTIANS WORSE THAN THE TURKS
Maimonides in Hilkoth Maakhaloth (ch. IX) says:
"It is not permitted to drink the wine of a stranger who becomes a convert,
that is, one who accepts the seven precepts of Noah, but is permitted to gain
some benefit from it. It is allowed to leave wine alone with him, but not to place
it before him. The same is permitted in the case of all gentiles who are not
idolaters, such as the Turks [Ismaelites]. A Jew, however, is not permitted to
drink their wine, although he may use it to his own advantage."
3. MURDERERS
In Abhodah Zarah (22a) it says:
"A Jew must not associate himself with gentiles because they are given to
the shedding of blood."
Likewise in lore Dea (153, 2):
"An Israelite must not associate himself with the Akum [Christians]
because they are given to the shedding of blood."
In the Abhodah Zarah (25b) it says:
"The Rabbis taught: If a Goi joins an Israelite on the road, he [the Jew]
should walk on his right side. Rabbi Ismael, the son of Rabbi Jochanan the
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nephew of Beruka, says: if he carries a sword, let the Jew walk on his right side.
If the Goi carries a stick, the Jew should walk on his left side. If he is climbing a
hill or descending a steep incline, the Jew must not go in front with the Goi
behind, but the Jew must go behind and the Goi in front, nor must he stoop
down in front of him for fear the Goi might crack his skull. And if he should ask
the Jew how far he is going, he should pretend he is going a long way, as Jacob
our Father said to the impious Esau: until I come to my Lord in Seir (Gen.
XXXIII, 14-17), but it adds: Jacob set out for Sukoth."
In Orach Chaiim (20, 2) it says:
"Do not sell your overcoat (Talith) with the fringes to an Akum, lest he
should join up with a Jew on the road and kill him. It is also forbidden to
exchange or lend your overcoat with a Gentile, except for a short time and when
there is nothing to be feared from him."
4. FORNICATORS
In the Abhodah Zarah (15b) it says:
"Animals of the masculine sex must not be left in the barns of the Gentiles
with their men, nor animals of the feminine sex with their women; much less
must animals of the feminine sex be left with their men and of the masculine sex
with their women. Nor must sheep be left to the care of their shepherds; nor
must any intercourse be had with them; nor must children be given into their
care to learn to read or to learn a trade."
In the same tract a little farther on (22a) it is explained why animals must
not be allowed in the barns of Gentiles, and why Jews are not permitted to have
sexual intercourse with them:
"Animals must not be allowed to go near the Goim, because they are
suspected of having intercourse with them. Nor must women cohabit with them
because they are over-sexed."
In fol. 22b of the same book the reason is given why animals especially of
the feminine sex must be kept away from their women: "...because when Gentile
men come to their neighbors' houses to commit adultery with their wives and do
not find them at home, they fornicate with the sheep in the barns instead. And
sometimes even when their neighbors' wives are at home, they prefer to
fornicate with the animals; for they love the sheep of the Israelites more than
their own women."
It is for the same reason that animals are not to be entrusted to Goi
shepherds, nor children to their educators.
5. UNCLEAN
The Talmud gives two reasons why the Goim are unclean: because they eat
unclean things, and because they themselves have not been cleansed (from
original sin) on Mount Sinai. In Schabbath, (145b) it says:
"Why are the Goim unclean? Because they eat abominable things and
animals that crawl on their belly."
Likewise in Abhodah Zarah, 22b:
"Why are the Goim unclean? Because they were not present at Mount
Sinai. For when the serpent entered into Eve he infused her with uncleanness.
But the Jews were cleansed from this when they stood on Mount Sinai; the
Goim, however, who were not on Mount Sinaim were not cleansed."
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6. COMPARED TO DUNG
"When ten persons are praying together in one place and they say
Kaddisch, or Kedoschah, anyone, even though he does not belong there, may
respond Amen. There are some, however, who say that no dung or Akum must
be present."
In lore Dea (198, 48) Hagah, it says:
"When Jewish women come out of a bath they must take care to meet a
friend first, and not something unclean or a Chrsitian. For if so, a woman, if she
wants to keep holy, should go back and bathe again."
It is worthy of note that the following list of unclean things is a given in
Biur Hetib, a commentary on the Schulchan Arukh:
"A woman must wash herself again if she sees any unclean things, such as
a dog, an ass, or People of the Earth; a Christian (Akum), a camel, a pig, a horse,
and a leper.
7. NOT LIKE MEN, BUT BEASTS
In Kerithuth (6b p. 78) it says:
"The teaching of the Rabbis is: He who pours oil over a Goi, and over dead
bodies is freed from punishment. This is true for an animal because it is not a
man. But how can it be said that by pouring oil over a Goi one is freed from
punishment, since a Goi is also a man? But this is not true, for it is written: Ye
are my flock, the flock of my pasture are men (Ezechiel, XXXIV, 31). You are
thus called men, but the Goim are not called men."
In the Tract Makkoth (7b) he is said to be guilty of killing "except when, if
intending to kill an animal he kills a man by mistake, or intending to kill a Goi,
he kills an Israelite."
In Orach Chaiim (225, 10) it says:
"He who sees beautiful creatures, even though it be an Akum or an animal,
let him say 'Blessed art thou Our Lord God, King of the Universe, who has
placed such things on the earth!'"
8. THEY DIFFER ONLY IN FORM FROM BEASTS
In Midrasch Talpioth (fol. 225d) it says:
"God created them in the form of men for the glory of Israel. But Akum
were created for the sole end of ministering unto them [the Jews] day and night.
Nor can they ever be relieved from this service. It is becoming to the son of a
king [an Israelite] that animals in their natural form, and animals in the form of
human beings should minister unto him."
We can quote here also what is said in Orach Chaiim, 57, 6a:
"If pigs are to be pitied when they suffer from disease, because their
intestines are similar to ours, how much more should the Akum be pitied when
thus affected."
9. ANIMALS
In Zohar, II, (64b) it says:
"...People who worship idols, and who are called cow and ass, as it is
written: I have a cow and an ass..."
Rabbi Bechai, in his book Kad Hakkemach, ch. I, beginning with the word
Geulah - redemption - referring to Psalm 80, v.13:
The boar out of the wood doth waste it, says:
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"The letter ain is dropped [suspended] the same as these worshippers are
followers of him who was suspended."
Buxtorf (Lex.) says:
"By wild pig the author here means the Christians who eat pork and, like
pigs, have destroyed the vineyard of Israel, the City of Jerusalem, and who
believe in the 'suspended' Christ. Else the letter ain is dropped in this word
because they, as worshippers of Christ who was hanged, are also dropped."
Rabbi Edels, in commenting on Kethuboth (nob) says:
"The Psalmist compares the Akum to the unclean beast in the woods."
10. WORSE THAN ANIMALS
Rabbi Schelomo larchi (Raschi), famous Jewish commentator, explaining
the law of Moses (Deuter. XIV, 21) forbidding the eating of meat of wounded
animals, but which must be given to the 'stranger in thy gates,' or which,
according to Exodus (XXII, 30) is to be thrown to the dogs, has this to say:
"...for he is like a dog. Are we to take to word 'dog' here literally? By no
means. For the text in speaking of dead bodies says. Or thou mayest sell it to an
alien. This applies much more to the meat of wounded animals, for which it is
permitted to accept payment. Why therefore does the Scripture say it may be
thrown to 'dogs?' In order to teach you that a dog is to be more respected than
the Nokhri."
11. THEY PROPAGATE LIKE BEASTS
In the Sanhedrin (74b) Tosephoth, it says:
"The sexual intercourse of a Goi is like that of a beast."
And in Kethuboth (3b) it says:
"The seed of a Goi is worth the same as that of a beast."
Hence it is to be inferred that Christian marriage is not true marriage.
In Kidduschim (68a), it says:
"...How do we know this? Rabbi Huna says: You can read: Remain here
with the ass, that is, with a people like an ass. Hence it appears that they are not
capable of contracting marriage."
And in Eben Haezer (44, 8):
"If a Jew enters into marriage with an Akum (Christian), or with his
servant, the marriage is null. For they are not capable of entering into
matrimony. Likewise if an Akum or a servant enter into matrimony with a Jew,
the marriage is null."
In Zohar (II, 64b) it says:
"Rabbi Abba says: If only idolaters alone had sexual intercourse, the world
would not continue to exist. Hence we are taught that a Jew should not give way
to those infamous robbers. For if these propagate in greater numbers, it will be
impossible for us to continue to exist because of them. For they give birth to
sucklings the same as dogs."
12. CHILDREN OF THE DEVIL
In Zohar (I, 28b) we read:
"Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field, etc. (Genes.
Ill, 1.) 'More subtle' that is towards evil; 'than all beasts' that is, the idolatrous
people of the earth. For they are the children of the ancient serpent which
seduced Eve."
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The best argument used by the Jews to prove that Christians are of the
race of the devil is the fact that they are uncircumcized. The foreskin on non-
Jews prevents them from being called the children of the Most High God. For by
circumcision the name of God - Schaddai - is complete in the flesh of a
circumcized Jew. The form of the letter Isch is in his nostrils, the letter Daleth in
his (bent) arm, and ain appears in his sexual organ by circumcision. In non-
circumcized gentiles, therefore, such as Christians, there are only two letters,
Isch and Daleth, which make the word Sched, which means devil. They are,
therefore, children of the Sched, the devil.
13. THE SOULS OF CHRISTIANS ARE EVIL AND UNCLEAN
The teaching of the Jews is that God created two natures, one good and the
other evil, or one nature with two sides, one clean and the other unclean. From
the unclean side, called Keliphah - rind, or scabby crust - the souls of Christians
are said to have come.
In Zohar (1, 131a) it says:
"idolatrous people, however, since they exist, befoul the world, because
their souls come out of the unclean side."
And in Emek Hammelech (23d) it says:
"The souls of the impious come from Keliphah, which is death and the
shadows of death."
Zohar (I, 46b, 47a) goes to show that this unclean side is the left side, from
which the souls of the Christians come:
"And he created every living thing, that is, the Israelites, because they are
the children of the Most High God, and their holy souls come out from Him. But
where do the souls of the idolatrous gentiles come from? Rabbi Eliezer says:
from the left side, which makes their souls unclean. They are therefore all
unclean and they pollute all who come in contact with them."
14. AFTER DEATH THEY GO DOWN TO HELL
The Elders teach that Abraham sits at the gate of Gehenna and prevents
any circumcized person from entering there; but that all the uncircumcized go
down to hell.
In Rosch Haschanach (17a) it says:
"Heretics and Epicureans and Traitors go down into hell."
15. THE FATE OF DEAD CHRISTIANS
The bodies of Christians after death are called by the odious name of
Pegarim, which is the word used in Holy Scripture for the dead bodies of the
damned and of animals, but never for the pious dead who are called Metim.
Thus the Schulchan Arukh orders that a dead Christian must be spoken of in the
same way as a dead animal.
In lore Dea (377, 1) it says:
"Condolences must not be offered to anyone on account of the death of his
servants or handmaids. All that may be said is 'May God restore your lost one,
the same as we say to a man who has lost a cow or an ass.'"
Nor must Christians be avoided for seven days after they have buried
someone, as the law of Moses commands, since they are not men; for the burial
of an animal does not pollute one.
In lebhammoth (61a) it says:
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"The Nokhrim are not rendered unclean by a burial. For it is said: Ye are
my sheep, the sheep of my pasture; ye are men. You are thus called men, but not
the Nokhrim."
Article III. - About Christian Rites and Worship
Since Christians are regarded by the Jews as idolators, all their forms of
worship are idolatrous. Their priests are called priests of Baal; their temples are
called houses of lies and idolatry, and everything they contain, such as chalices,
statues and books, are regarded as made for the serving of idols; their prayers,
both private and public, are sinful and offensive to God; and their festivals are
called days of evil.
1. PRIESTS
The Talmud speaks of priests, the ministers of Christian worship, as
idolatrous and belonging to the god Baal. They are also called Komarim -
Soothsayers; and also Galachim, the shaved, because they shave their heads,
particularly the monks.
In Abhodah Zarah (14b) Toseph, it says:
"It is forbidden to sell books of the prophets to the soothsayers, since they
may use them for their evil worship in their idolatrous temples. Those who do
so sin against the law which forbids us to place an obstacle in the way of a blind
person. It is also forbidden to sell them to a Christian who is not shaved, for he
is sure to give or sell them to one of them who is shaved."
2. CHRISTIAN CHURCHES
A place of Christian worship is called (1) Beth Tilfah, a house of vanity and
foolishness, in place of Beth Tefilah, a house of prayer; (2) Beth Abhodha Zarah,
a House of Idolatry; (3) Beth Hatturapi Schel Letsim, a house of Evil Laughter.
In Abhodah Zarah (78) the Perusch of Maimonides, it says:
"Be it known to you that it is beyond a doubt forbidden by law to pass
through a Christian city in which there is a house of vanity, that is, a house of
idolatry; much more to live therein. But we today, as punishment for our sins,
are subject to them, and are forced to live in their countries, as it was foretold in
Deuteronomy (IV, 28): And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands,
of wood and stone.. .Thus if it is allowed as predicted to pass around a Christian
city, much more so must we pass around an idolatrous temple; nor is it allowed
us even to look inside and above all to enter in."
A Jew is forbidden not only to enter a Christian church, but even to go near
it, except under certain circumstances.
In lore Dea (142, 10) it says:
"It is forbidden to stand in the shadow of a house of idolatry, whether from
the inside or the outside, for a distance of four cubits from the front door. It is
not forbidden, however, to stand under the shadows of the back of a church. Nor
is the shadow forbidden us if the church stands in a place where formerly there
was public road, which was taken from the community and the house of idolatry
built upon it. For the road is still there. But if the house of idolatry existed
before the road, it is not permitted to pass before it. There are some who say
that it is forbidden to pass there in any case."
Neither is a Jew allowed to listen to, or admire the beautiful music of the
churches. In lore Dea (142, 15) it says:
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"It is forbidden to listen to the music if idolatrous worship, and to examine
the statues of their idols; for even by looking at them one can be influenced by
the evil of idolatry. But one can look who does not intend to be so affected."
Likewise a Jew is not allowed to have a house near a church; nor is he
allowed to rebuild a house which has been destroyed in such a place. In lore Dea
(143, 1) it says:
"If a house near an idolatrous temple belonging to the Akum falls down, it
must not be rebuilt. A Jew must remove it a certain distance away if he wishes
to rebuild it. But he must fill up the vacant space between his house and the
church with bushes and rubbish so that the space will not be used to extend the
idolatrous temple."
Here may be added what a certain Rabbi Kelomimus said about a Christian
church (in the book Nizzachon) to the Emperor Henry III, who gave him
permission to speak his opinion freely about the Basilica which he had recently
built at Spires:
"After the Emperor Henry III, a very wicked man, had completed the
building of that "Abyss," he sent for Rabbi Kelominus and said to him: "I want
to ask you, how does this Basilica which I have built compare with the
magnificence of Solomon's Temple, about which so many volumes have been
written?" He replied: 'My Lord, if you will permit me that you will let me go
unharmed, I will tell you the truth about it.' The Emperor answered: 'I give you
my word as a lover of the truth and as an Emperor, that no harm shall come to
you.' Then the Jew said: 'If you gathered together all you have spent so far, and
added to it all the silver and gold in your treasury, it would not suffice even to
pay the workmen and craftsmen that Solomon employed; for it is written
(Chron. II, ch 2): And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to
bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountains, and three
thousand and six hundred to oversee them. Eight years were spent in the
building of the Temple, much more than you spent in building this Tehon
[Abyss]. And when Solomon had finished his Temple, see what the Scripture
says about it: The priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for
the glory of God had filled the House of the Lord (Chron. II, Ch. 5, 14). But if
someone loaded an ass with putrid garbage and led it into this abyss of yours, no
one would notice the difference!' The Emperor Henry then replied: 'Were it not
that I have sworn to let you go unharmed, I would order your head cut off.'"
3. CHALICES
Chalises used in the Sacrifice of the mass are spoken of as vessels in which
filth is offered up to the idol. Moses Kozzensis, in Hilkoth Abhodah Zarah (10b)
says:
"A Jew who buys Chalises of the Goi, which are broken and thrown away, it
is not permitted to sell them again to them, because their priest of Baal will use
them in the worship of the idol."
4. BOOKS
The Talmud calls the books of the Christians Minim - heretical books -
Siphre Debeth Abidan - Books of the House of Perdition. The Talmud in
particular speaks of the books of the Gospels. Thus in Schabbath (116a) Toseph:
"Rabbi Meir calls heretical books Aaven Gilaion (volumes of iniquity)
because the call them Gospels."
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And Rabbi Jochanan calls these books Aavon Gilaion, evil books. The
Schulchan Arukh, Crakow edition, gives this name as Aven Niktabh al
Haggilaion - iniquity written in a book.
Buxtorf says: "In the Arukh there is a note Scheker Niktabh al Gilaion,
which means, a lie written in a book."
All the Talmudists agree that the books of the Christians should be
destroyed. They differ only as to what should be done with the names of God
contained in them. In Schabbath (ii6a) it says:
"The Glossaries of our own books and the books of the heretics are not to
be saved from the flames, if they should catch fire on the Sabbath day. Rabbi
Jose, however, says: 'On festival days the divine names should be torn out of the
books of the Christians and hidden away; what remains must be given to the
flames.' But Rabbi Tarphon says: 'In order that I may be remembered by my
children, if those books should ever fall into my hands I would burn them
together with the divine names contained therein. For if one is chased by an
assassin, or by a serpent, it would be better to take refuge in a pagan temple
than in one of theirs; because the Christians knowingly resist the truth, whereas
the pagans do so unknowingly."
5. PRAYERS
Christian prayers are called, not TefiUah, but Tiflah. They change the point
and insert lod, which makes it read to mean sin, foolishness and transgression.
6. CHRISTIAN FESTIVALS
Christian festivals, especially Sunday, are called Ion Ed - day of
destruction, perdition, misfortune or calamity. They are also simply called lom
Notsri - Christian Days. The word Ed rightly interpreted means misfortune or
calamity, as appears from the Gemarah and the Glossaries of Maimonides in
Abhodah Zarah (2a):
"The word Edehem means the festivals of the Christians, since it is written
(in Deuter. XXXII, 35): the day of their calamity."
Maimonides also says in Abhodah Zarah (78c):
"The words Edehem means the foolishness of their festivlas. It is the name
for their despicable feast days which do not merit the name of Moedim, for they
are really vain and evil."
Baretenora also writes:
"The word Edehem is the name for their ignominious festivals and
solemnities."
The marginal notes of Tosephtoth also give this name to Christian
festivals. Thus in Abhodah Zarah (6a):
"The Day of Evil, that is the Christian Day, is forbidden to us as well as all
their other feast days."
Some Christian festivals are mentioned by name, such as the feast of
Christmas and Easter. Moses Mikkozzi, referring to the above text of Abhodah
Zarah , says:
"Rabbi Sammuel declares, in the name of Solomon larchi, that in
particular the festivals of Christmas and Easter, which are their principal evil
days and the foundation of their religion, are forbidden to us."
Maimonides, in hilkoth Akum (ch. IX) has the same:
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"Sammuel repeats the words of Rabbi Sal. larchi which forbid us
particularly to celebrate the feasts of Christmas and Easter, which are celebrated
on account of him who was hanged."
Furthermore, indications of the impiety of the Jews are to be found in the
names which they give to these Christian festivals: For in place of using Tav in
the word Nithal, they often write Tet and call it Nital for the Latin word Natalis,
the Feast of the Nativity. They make it appear as if this word were from the root
Natal which connotes extermination or destruction. Likewise they refuse to use
the word Paschal (Pesach) for the Christian feast of Easter. The substitute Koph
for Phe and insert the letter iod and call it Ketsach or Kesach. Both
pronunciations have an evil meaning. Ketsach is from the root Katsah, meaning
to amputate or cut off from, and Kesach is from the root Kesa, meaning to wood
or a gallows. This is done because the feast of Easter is celebrated by Christians
in memory of Christ - the one who was hanged - who was put to death and who
rose again from the dead.
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PART TWO
PRECEPTS OF THE TALMUD CONCERNING CHRISTIANS
From what has been shown thus far, it is clear that, according to the
teaching of the Talmud, Christians are idolaters and hateful to Jews.
As a consequence, every Jew who wishes to please God has a duty to
observe all the precepts which were given to the Fathers of their race when they
lived in the Holy Land concerning the idolatrous gentiles, both those who lived
amongst them and those in nearby countries.
A Jew is therefore required to (i) To avoid Christians; (2) To do all he can
to exterminate them.
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CHAPTER I
CHRISTIANS MUST BE AVOIDED
Jews are required to avoid all contact with Christians for four reasons: (i)
Because they are not worthy to share in the Jewish way of life; (2) Because they
are unclean; (3) Because they are idolators; (4) Because they are murderers.
Article I. - Christians Must Be Avoided - Because They Are Unworthy to
Share Jewish Customs
A Jew, by the fact that he belongs to the chosen people and is circumcized,
possesses so great a dignity that no one, not even an angel, can share equality
with him. In fact, he is considered almost the equal of God. "He who strikes an
Israelite" says Rabbi Chanina "acts as if he slaps the face of God's Divine
Majesty."
A Jew is always considered good, in spite of certain sins which he may
commit; nor can his sins contaminate him, any more
than dirt contaminates the kernel in a nut, but only soils its shell. A Jew
alone is looked upon as a man; the whole world is his and all things should serve
him, especially "animals which have the form of men."
Thus it is plain that they regard all contact with Christians as
contaminating and as detracting from their dignity. They are therefore required
to keep as far away as possible from all who live and act as Christians do.
1. A JEW MUST NOT SALUTE A CHRISTIAN
In Gittin (62a) it says:
"A Jew must not enter the home of a Nokhri on a feast day to offer him
greetings. However, if he meets him on the street, he may offer him a greeting,
but curtly and with head bowed."
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2. A JEW MUST NOT RETURN THE GREETINGS OF A CHRISTIAN
In lore Dea (148, 10) it says:
"A Jew must not return the greeting of a Christian by bowing before him. It
is good, therefore, to salute him first and so avoid having to answer him back if
the Akum salutes him first."
Rabbi Kohana says that when a Jew salutes a Christian he should say
"Peace to my Lord," but intend this for his own Rabbi. For the Tosephtoth says:
"For his heart was turned towards his own Rabbi."
3. A JEW MUST NOT GO BEFORE A CHRISTIAN JUDGE
In Choschen Hammischpat (26,1) it says:
"A Jew is not permitted to bring his case before Akum judges, even if the
matter is judged by the decisions of Jewish law, and even if both parties agree to
abide by such decisions. He who does so is impious and similar to one who
calumniates and blasphemes, and who raises his hand against the Law given us
by Moses, our great law-giver. Hagah says 'The Bethin has the power to
excommunicate such a one until he releases his Jewish brother from the hands
of the Gentile.'"
4. A CHRISTIAN CANNOT BE USED AS A WITNESS
In Choschen Ham. (34, 19) it says:
"A Goi or a servant is not capable of acting as a witness."
5. A JEW CANNOT EAT CHRISTIAN FOOD
In lore Dea (112, 1) it says:
"The Elders forbade the eating of the bread of the Akum, lest we would
seem to be familiar with them."
And in Abhodah arah (35b) it says:
"The following things belonging to the Goim are forbidden: Milk which a
Goi takes from a cow, in the absence of a Jew; also their bread, etc."
6. A JEW MUST NEVER ACT IN ANY WAY LIKE A CHRISTIAN
In lore Dea (178, 1) it says:
"It is not permitted to imitate the customs of the Akum, nor to act like
them. Nor is it permitted to wear clothes like the Akum, not to comb the hair as
they do. ..neither must Jews build houses that look like temples of the Akum."
Since, however, it is not possible to observe all these rules in every place,
the Hagah says that they can be overlooked to a certain extent when, for
instance, it is to the advantage of the Jew to do so; for example, if a Jew would
profit by a trade which requires a certain kind of dress.
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Article II. - Christians Are to Be Avoided - Because They Are Unclean
It is not known how often Jews must wash and purify themselves, nor how
much they must study to avoid everything which might render them unclean.
The Talmud teaches, however, that Christians are people whose touch alone
makes things unclean. In Abhodah Zarah (72b) it says:
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"A certain man was pouring wine from one jar into another by means of a
tube, when a Goi came along and touched the tube with his hand. As a result all
the wine (in both jars) had to be thrown away."
Every vessel, therefore, must be washed which comes into the possession
of a Jew from a Christian, although it has never been in use. In lore Dea (120, 1)
it says:
"If a Jew buys a vessel for use at table from an Akum, whether it is made of
metal, glass or lead, even if it is new, he must wash it in a Mikvah [a large
basin], or in a cistern which holds forty quarts of water.
Article III. - Christians Are to Be Avoided - Because They Are Idolaters
1. Lest a Jew be the occasion of sin to the idolatrous Christians, according
to the precept in Levit. XIX, 14: "Do not put a stumbling-block before the blind -
he must avoid all contact with them on the days when they worship their gods.
In Abhodah Zarah (2a) it says:
"For three days before their idolatrous festivals it is not permitted to buy
or sell them anything. It is also forbidden to give or take any help from them, to
change any money with them, to pay them back any debts or allow them to pay
back debts."
In the Abhodah Zarah, 78c (the Perusch of Maimonides, fol. 8) it says:
"All the festivals of the followers of Jesus are forbidden, and we must
conduct ourselves towards them as we would towards idolators. The first day of
the week is their principal feast, and it is therefore forbidden to do any business
whatsoever with those who believe in Jesus on their Sabbath. We must observe
the same rules on their Sabbath as we do on the feastdays of idolators, as the
Talmud teaches."
2. A JEW MUST NOT USE ANYTHING WHICH PERTAINS TO THE
WORSHIP OF CHRISTIANS
In lore Dea (139, 1) it says:
"It is forbidden to have anything to do with idols and everything that is
used in their form of worship, whether they are made by the Akum or by Jews."
3. IT IS FORBIDDEN TO SELL TO CHRISTIANS ANYTHING
CONNECTED WITH THEIR IDOLATROUS WORSHIP
The Abhodah Zarah (14b, Toseph) says:
"It is always forbidden to sell incense to an idolatrous priest, for it is
evident that when he asks for it he wants it for no other purpose but to offer it
before his idol. Anyone, therefore, who would sell it to him sins against the
precept which forbids us to place a stumbling-block before the blind. It is also
forbidden to sell candles to gentiles for their Feat of Candles. Candles however
may be sold to them on other days. Neither is it permitted to sell a chalice to a
gentile which a Jew has bought after a Goi has broken it and thrown it away. It
may only be sold again to a gentile after it has been completely made over. For
after it has been broken just once it can be used still to hold the wine which is
offered in honor of their idol." Then follows the prohibition as to the selling of
books to Christian priests, as we have seen above. Even the work of binding
such books is forbidden to a Jew. In lore Dea (139, 15) it says:
"It is forbidden to bind the books of the Akum, with the exception of law
books. It may be done, however, if refusal to do so should cause enmity, but only
after every effort has been made to refuse such work."
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Likewise in lore Dea (151, 1, Hagah):
"It is not permitted to sell water to an Akum if it is known that it will be
made into Baptismal water."
Mention is also made of many other things which it is forbidden to sell to
Christians, such as: cloth from which priestly vestments and banners may be
made; paper and ink which may be used for writing books pertaining to their
divine worship. It is forbidden to sell, or even to rent, houses to Christians
which will be used by them as a place of worship. Nowadays, however, Jews
trade with Christians, especially on Christian feast days, and also sell them
houses knowing full well that certain Sacraments will be administered therein,
such as Baptism, Holy Communion and Extreme Unction. The Talmud can give
no reason for this, and in the Abhodah Zarah (2a, Toseph) it says:
"It is difficult to say by what right Jews nowadays trade with the Goim on
their (evil) feast days. For although many of them commit all kinds of licentious
acts and perversions on their feast days in honor of saints which they do not
look upon as gods, yet every week they celebrate the Day of the Nazarene
[Sunday] which has always been forbidden to us."
Bartenora, however, in his commentary on Abhodah Zarah (I, 2, fol. 7b) it
says:
"Since, while we are in captivity, we cannot live without trading with them,
and we depend upon them for our food and we must fear them, it is only
forbidden to trade with them on their feast days. Furthermore, it is permitted
nowadays to trade with them on the actual day of their feasts, because the
Rabbis are convinced that they do not worship their idols just because they
trade with us. And what is forbidden in this book must be taken as applying
directly to idolatry."
Rabbi Tam, however, contends that the Mischnah only forbids the selling
of things to idolaters which will be used by them in the worship of idols, since
they rejoice and worship their idols because they obtain the things necessary for
that worship. He explains it thus (in Abhodah Zarah, 2a, Toseph):
"No one should wonder at this custom of ours. For, although we look upon
them as idolaters, they can only offer up what they buy for money. Hence, our
gain and their joy is not the reason for this prohibition, for they have enough
money for these things, even if we did not trade with them."
4. THIS PROHIBITION DOES NOT APPLY TO ATHEISTS
In lore Dea (148, 5) it says:
"It is only permitted to send a gift to an Akum on one of their feast days if
it is known that he does not believe in idols and does not worship them."
Maimonides has the same in Hilkhoth Akum (IX, 2):
"It is also wrong to send a gift to a Goi on their feast days unless it is
certain that he does not believe in the worship of Christian idols, and does not
serve them."
Article IV. -Christians Are to Be Avoided - Because They Are Evil
There is nothing that Jews are more convinced of than the harm which
Christians can do to the children of Israel. Because of this, the rulers of the
Chosen People have always instructed them not to accept any help from
Christians who will always resort to murder, and to other crimes, whenever they
cannot otherwise obtain their evil ends. Thus a Jew must not employ a Christian
as a nurse, or as a teacher for his children, or as a doctor, a barber or an
obstetrician.
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1. NOT AS A NURSE
In lore Dea (81, 7, Hagah) it says:
"A child must not be nursed by a Nokhri, if an Israelite can be had; for the
milk of the Nokhrith hardens the heart of a child and builds up an evil nature in
him."
2. NOT AS A TEACHER
In lore Dea (153, 1, Hagah) it says:
"A child must not be given to the Akum to learn manners, literature or the
arts, for they will lead him to heresy."
3. NOT AS A DOCTOR
In lore Dea (155, 1) it says:
"When a Jew is wounded in any way, even so gravely that he would have to
violate the Sabbath in having a doctor, he must not employ the services of a
Christian (Akum) doctor who is not known to everyone in the neighborhood; for
we must guard against the spilling of blood. Even when it is not known if the
patient will live or die, such a doctor must not be allowed to attend him. If,
however, he is sure to die, then such a doctor may attend him, since an extra
hour of life is not much to lose. If the Akum insists that a certain medicine is
good, you may believe him, but be sure not to buy it from him. There are some
who say that this holds only when the Akum offer help free, and that it can be
accepted every time it is paid for. But it can be taken for granted that they would
not harm a Jew just for the sake of a matter of money."
In Pesachim (25a) it says:
"Rabbi Jochanan says: medical help can be accepted from all except
idolaters, fornicators and murderers."
4. NOT AS A BARBER
In lore Dea (156,1 ) it says:
"You must not be shaven by an Akum unless your Jewish friends are with
you. There are some who say that it is not permitted to be shaved by an Akum
even when others are present, unless you can see yourself in a mirror."
5. NOT AS AN OBSTETRICIAN
In Abhodah Zarah (26a) it says:
"Our Rabbis have passed it down for us, that a foreign woman must never
be allowed to act as midwife at the birth of a child of Israel, because they are
given to the shedding of blood. The Elders say, however, that a foreign woman
may perform this task provided there are other Jewish women present, but
never alone. Rabbi Meir, however, says that it is not allowed even others are
present. For they often crush the soft head of the child with their hands and kill
it; and they can do this without being noticed by those who are present."
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CHAPTER II
CHRISTIANS MUST BE EXTERMINATED
The followers of "that man," whose name is taken by the Jews to mean
"May his name and memory be blotted out," are not otherwise to be regarded
than as people whom it would be good to get rid of. They are called Romans and
tyrants who hold captive the children of Israel, and by their destruction the
Jews would be freed from this Fourth Captivity. Every Jew is therefore bound
to do all he can to destroy that impious kingdom of the Edomites (Rome) which
rules the whole world. Since, however, it is not always and everywhere possible
to effect this extermination of Christians, the Talmud orders that they should be
attacked at least indirectly, namely: by injuring them in every possible way, and
by thus lessening their power, help towards their ultimate destruction.
Wherever it is possible a Jew should kill Christians, and do so without mercy.
Article I. - Harm must be done to Christians
A Jew is commanded to harm Christians wherever he can, both indirectly
by not helping them in any way, and also directly by wrecking their plans and
projects; neither must he save a Christian who is in danger of death.
I. Good must not be done to Christians
In Zohar (i, 25b) it says:
"Those who do good to the Akum . . . will not rise from the dead."
At times it is permitted to do good to Christians, but only in order to help
Israel, namely, for the sake of peace and to hide hatred of them. Maimonides in
Hilkhoth Akum (X, 6) says:
"Needy Gentiles may be helped as well as needy Jews, for the sake of
peace..."
In lore Dea (148, 12 Hagah) it says:
"Therefore if you enter a town and find them celebrating a feast, you may
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care about the salvation of their souls should keep away from such celebrations.
You should make it known that it is a hateful thing to rejoice with them, if you
can do so without incurring enmity."
1. IT IS NOT PERMITTED TO PRAISE A CHRISTIAN
In Abhodah Zarah (20, a, Toseph) it says:
"Do not say anything in praise of them, lest it be said: How good that Goi
is!"
In this way they explain the words of Deuteronomy (VII, 2) ... and thou
shalt show no mercy unto them [Goim], as cited in the Gemarah. Rabbi S. larchi
explains this Bible passage as follows:
"Do not pay them any compliments; for it is forbidden to say: how good
that Goi is."
In lore Dea (151, 14) it says:
"No one is allowed to praise them or to say how good an Akum is. How
much less to praise what they do or to recount anything about them which
would redound to their glory. If, however, while praising them you intend to
give glory to God, namely, because he has created comely creatures, then it is
allowed to do so."
2. A JEW NOT ALLOWED TO MENTION THE THINGS WHICH
CHRISTIANS USE FOR THEIR IDOLATROUS WORSHIP
In Hilkhoth Akum (V, 12) it says:
"It is also forbidden to make mention of the Akum; for it is written
(Exodus XXIII, 13):. ..and make no mention of other gods."
3. THEIR IDOLS MUST BE SPOKEN OF WITH CONTEMPT
In lore Dea (146, 15) it says:
"Their idols must be destroyed, or called by contemptuous names."
Ibidem, (147, 5):
"It is permitted to deride idols, and it is forbidden to say to a Goi: May
your God help you, or I hope you will succeed."
Rabbi Bechai, explaining the text of Deuteronomy about hating idolatry,
says:
"The Scripture taught us to hate idols and to call them by ignominious
names. Thus, if the name of a church is Bethgalia - "house of magnificence," it
should be called Bethkaria - an insignificant house, a pigs' house, a latrine. For
this word, karia, denotes a low-down, slum place."
In numerous places ignominious names are given by the Jews to Christian
things. It will not be out of place to list a few of these names which they give to
things and persons which are held holy and dear by Christians, as follows:
JESUS is ignominiously called Jeschu - which means. May his name and
memory be blotted out. His proper name in Hebrew is Jeschua, which means
Salvation.
MARY, THE MOTHER OF JESUS, is called Charia - dung, excrement
(German Dreck). In Hebrew her proper name is Miriam.
CHRISTIAN SAINTS, the word for which in Hebrew Kedoschim, are called
Kededchim (cinaedos) - feminine men (Fairies). Women saints are called
Kedeschoth, whores.
SUNDAY is called the day of calamity.
FEAST OF CHRISTMAS is called Nital, denoting extermination.
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EASTER is not called by the proper name Pesach (Passover), but Ketsach,
meaning a cutting down; or Kesach, a Gallows.
A CHRISTIAN CHURCH is not called Beth HattefiUah, House of Prayer,
but Beth Hattiflah, a House of Vanity, a House of Evil.
THE GOSPEL BOOKS are called Aavon Gilaion, Books of Iniquity.
CHRISTIAN SACRIFICES are called Dung Offerings. In the Jerusalem
Talmud (fol. 13b) the following occurs:
"He who sees them mezabbelim (excrementing - sacrificing) before their
idol, let him say (Exod. XXII, 20): He that sacrificeth unto an idol shall be
utterly destroyed."
Rabbi larchi (referring to Num. XXV, 3) teaches that the Gentiles actually
honor their God by excrementing before him.
A CHRISTIAN GIRL who works for Jews on their sabbath is called a
Schaw-wesschicksel, Sabbath Dirt.
4. A JEW IS NOT ALLOWED TO GIVE GIFTS TO CHRISTIANS
In Hilkohoth Akum (X, 5) it says:
"It is forbidden to give gifts to the Goim. But it is permitted to give them to
a convert who lives among the Jews; for it is said: To the traveller who stops in
your cities, give it to him to eat, or sell it to a Gentile, that is sell it, not give it."
In lore Dea (151, 11) it says:
"It is forbidden to give free gifts to the Akum with whom a Jew may not
treat familiarly."
The Talmud, however, allows a Jew to give gifts to Gentiles who are known
to himand from whom he has hope of getting something in return.
5. A JEW IS FORBIDDEN TO SELL HIS FARM TO CHRISTIANS
In lore Dea (334, 43) it says:
"In 24 cases a Jew must be repudiated, namely ...8. Anyone who sells his
farm to the Akum must be sent into exile - unless he undertakes to make up for
all the harm that follows as a consequence of having the Akum live near the
Jews."
6. IT IS FORBIDDEN TO TEACH A TRADE TO CHRISTIANS
In lore Dea (154, 2) it says:
"It is not permitted to teach any trade to the Akum."
II. Harm must be done to the Work of Christians
Since the Goim minister to Jews like beasts of burden, belong to a Jew
together with his life and all his faculties:
"The life of a Goi and all his physical powers belong to a Jew." (A. Rohl.
Die Polem. p. 20)
It is an axiom of the Rabbis that a Jew may take anything that belongs to
Christians for any reason whatsoever, even by fraud; nor can such be called
robbery since it is merely taking what belongs to him.
In Babha Bathra (54 b) it says:
"All things pertaining to the Goim are like a desert; the first person to
come along and take them can claim them for his own."
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1. CHRISTIANS MUST NOT BE TOLD IF THEY PAY TOO MUCH TO A
JEW
In Choschen Hammischpat (183, 7) it says:
"If you send a messenger to collect money from an <i>Akum and the
Akum pays too much, the messenger may keep the difference. But if the
messenger does not know about it, then you may keep it all yourself."
2. LOST PROPERTY OF CHRISTIANS MUST NOT BE RETURNED TO
THEM
In Choschen Hamm. (266, 1) it says:
"A Jew may keep anything he finds which belongs to the Akum, for it is
written: Return to thy brethren what is lost (Deuter. XXII, 3). For he who
returns lost property [to Christians] sins against the Law by increasing the
power of the transgressors of the Law. It is praiseworthy, however, to return lost
property if it is done to honor the name of God, namely, if by so doing
Christians will praise the Jews and look upon them as honorable people."
3. CHRISTIANS MAY BE DEFRAUDED
In Babha Kama (113b) it says:
"It is permitted to deceive a Goi."
And in Choschen Hamm. (156, 5 Hagah) it says:
"If a Jew is doing good business with an Akum it is not allowed to other
Jews, in certain places, to come and do business with the same Akum. In other
places, however, it is different, where another Jews is allowed to go to the same
Akum, lead him on, do business with him and to deceive him and take his
money. For the wealth of the Akum is to be regarded as common property and
belongs to the first who can get it. There are some, however, who say that this
should not be done."
In Choschen Hamm. (183, 7 Hagah) it says:
"If a Jew is doing business with an Akum and a fellow Israelite comes
along and defrauds the Akum, either by false measure, weight or number, he
must divide his profit with his fellow Israelite, since both had a part in the deal,
and also in order to help him along."
4. A JEW MAY PRETEND HE IS A CHRISTIAN TO DECEIVE
CHRISTIANS
In lore Dea (157, 2 Hagah) it says:
"If a Jew is able to deceive them [idolaters] by pretending he is a
worshipper of the stars, he may do so."
5. A JEW IS ALLOWED TO PRACTICE USURY ON CHRISTIANS
In Abhodah Zarah (54a) it says:;
"It is allowed to take usury from Apostates who fall into idolatry."
And in lore Dea (159, 1) it says:
"It is permitted, according to the Torah, to lend money to an Akum with
usury. Some of the Elders, however, deny this except in a case of life and death.
Nowadays it is permitted for any reason."
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1. A JEW MAY LIE AND PERJURE HIMSELF TO CONDEMN A
CHRISTIAN
In Babha Kama (113a) it says:
"Our teaching is as follows: When a Jew and a Goi come into court, absolve
the Jew, if you can, according to the laws of Israel. If the Goi wins, tell him that
is what our laws require. If however, the Jew can be absolved according to the
gentile law, absolve him and say it is due to our laws. If this cannot be done
proceed callously against the Goim, as Rabbi Ischmael advises. Rabbi Akibha,
however, holds that you cannot act fraudulently lest you profane the Name of
God, and have a Jew commited for perjury."
A marginal note, however, explains this qualification of Rabbi Akibha as
follows:
"The name of God is not profaned when it is not known by the Goi that the
Jew has lied."
And further on, the Babha Kama (113b) says:
"The name of God is not profaned when, for example, a Jew lies to a Goi by
saying: 'I gave something to your father, but he is dead; you must return it to
me,' as long as the Goi does not know that you are lying."
2. A JEW MAY PERJURE HIMSELF WITH A CLEAR CONSCIENCE
In Kallah (lb, p.i8) it says:
"She (the mother of the mamzer) said to him, 'Swear to me.' And Rabbi
Akibha swore with his lips, but in his heart he invalidated his oath."
A similar text is found in Schabbuoth Hagahoth of Rabbi Ascher (6d):
"If the magistrate of a city compels Jews to swear that they will not escape
from the city nor take anything out of it, they may swear falsely by saying to
themselves that they will not escape today, nor take anything out of the city
today only."
IV. Christians must be harmed in Things Necessary for Life
Jews must spare no means in fighting the tyrants who hold them in this
Fourth Captivity in order to set themselves free. They must fight Christians with
astuteness and do nothing to prevent evil from happening to them: their sick
must not be cared for. Christian women in childbirth must not be helped, nor
must they be saved when in danger of death.
1. A JEW MUST ALWAYS TRY TO DECEIVE CHRISTIANS
In Zohar (1, 160a) it says:
"Rabbi Jehuda said to him [Rabbi Cezkia]: 'He is to be praised who is able
to free himself from the enemies of Israel, and the just are much to be praised
who get free from them and fight against them. 'Rabbi Chezkia asked, 'How
must we fight against them?' Rabbi Jehuda said, 'By wise counsel thou shalt war
against them' (Proverbs, ch. 24, 6). By what kind of war? The kind of war that
every son of man must fight against his enemies, which Jacob used against Esau
- by deceit and trickery whenever possible. They must be fought against without
ceasing, until proper order be restored. Thus it is with satisfaction that I say we
should free ourselves from them and rule over them."
2. A SICK CHRISTIAN MUST NOT BE AIDED
In lore Dea (158, 1) it says:
"The Akum are not to be cured, even for money, unless it would incur their
enmity."
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3. A CHRISTIAN WOMAN IN CHILDBIRTH MUST NOT BE HELPED
In Orach Chaiim (330, 2) it says:
"No help is to be given to an Akun woman in labor on the sabbath, even in
a small way, for the Sabbath must not be violated."
4. A CHRISTIAN IN DANGER OF DEATH MUST NOT BE HELPED
In Choschen Hamm. (425, 5) it says:
"If you see a heretic, who does not believe in the Torah, fall into a well in
which there is a ladder, hurry at once and take it away and say to him 'I have to
go and take my son down from a roof; I will bring the ladder back to you at once'
or something else. The Kuthaei, however, who are not our enemies, who take
care of the sheep of the Israelites, are not to be killed directly, but they must not
be saved from death."
And in lore Dea (158, 1) it says:
"The Akum who are not enemies of ours must not be killed directly,
nevertheless they must not be saved from danger of death. For example, if you
see one of them fall into the sea, do not pull him out unless he promises to give
you money."
Maimonides, in Hilkhoth Akum (X, 1) says:
"Do not have pity for them, for it is said (Deuter. VII, 2): Show no mercy
unto them. Therefore, if you see an Akum in difficulty or drowning, do not go to
his help. And if he is in danger of death, do not save him from death. But it is
not right to kill him by your own hand by shoving them into a well or in some
other way, since they are not at war with us."
Article II. - Christians are to be Killed
Lastly, the Talmud commands that Christians are to be killed without
mercy. In the Abhodah Zarah (26b) it says:
"Heretics, traitors and apostates are to be thrown into a well and not
rescued."
And in Choschen Hammischpat (388, 10) it says:
"A spy is to be killed, even in our days, wherever he is found. He may be
killed even before he confesses. And even if he admits that he only intended to
do harm to somebody, and if the harm which he intended is not very great, it is
sufficient to have him condemned to death. He must be warned, however, not
to confess to this. But if he impudently says 'No, I will confess it!' then he must
be killed, and the sooner the better. If there is no time to warn him, it is not
necessary to do so. There are some who say that a traitor is to be put to death
only when it is impossible to get rid of him by mutilating him, that is, by cutting
out his tongue or his eyes, but if this can be done he must not be killed, since he
is not any worse than others who persecute us."
And in Choschen Hamm. again (388, 15) it says:
"If it can be proved that someone has betrayed Israel three times, or has
given the money of Israelites to the Akum, a way must be found after prudent
consideration to wipe him off the face of the earth."
I. Renegades to be Killed
Even a Christian who is found studying the Law of Israel merits death. In
Sanhedrin (59a) it says:
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"Rabbi Jochanan says: A Goi who pries into the Law is guilty to death."
II. Baptized Jews are to be Put to Death
In Hilkhoth Akum (X, 2) it says:
"These things [supra] are intended for idolaters. But Israelites also, who
lapse from their religion and become epicureans, are to be killed, and we must
persecute them to the end. For they afflict Israel and turn the people from God."
And in lore Dea (158, 2 Hagah) it says:
"Renegades who turn to the pleasures of the Akum, and who become
contaminated with them by worshipping stars and planets as they do, are to be
killed."
Likewise in Choschen Hamm. (425, 5) it says:
"Jews who become epicureans, who take to the worship of stars and
planets and sin maliciously; also those who eat the flesh of wounded animals, or
who dress in vain clothes, deserve the name of epicureans; likewise those who
deny the Torah and the Prophets of Israel - the law is that all those should be
killed; and those who have the power of life and death should have them killed;
and if this cannot be done, they should be led to their death by deceptive
methods."
Rabbi Maimonides, in Hilkhoth Teschubhah (III, 8) gives the list of those
who are considered as denying the Law:
"There are three classes of people who deny the Law of the Torah: (1)
Those who say that the Torah was not given by God, at least one verse or one
word of it, and who say that it was all the work of Moses; (2) Those who reject
the explanation of the Torah, namely, the Oral Law of the Mischnah, and do not
recognize the authority of the Doctors of the Law, like the followers of Tsadok
(Sadducees) and Baithos; (3) Those who say that God changed the Law for
another New Law, and that the Torah no longer has any value, although they do
not deny that it was given by God, as the Christians and the Turks believe. All of
these deny the Law of the Torah."
III. Christians are to be Killed because They are Tyrants
In Zohar (I, 25a) it says:
"The People of the Earth are idolaters, and it has been written about them:
Let them be wiped off the face of the earth. Destroy the memory of the
Amalekites. They are with us still in this Fourth Captivity, namely, the Princes
[of Rome] . . . who are really Amalakites."
1. THESE PRINCES ARE TO BE KILLED FIRST
For if they are allowed to live, the hope of the liberation of the Jews is in
vain, and their prayers for release from this Fourth Captivity are of no avail. In
Zohar (I, 219B) it says:
"It is certain that our captivity will last until the princes of the gentiles who
worship idols are destroyed."
And again in Zohar (II, 19a) it says:
"Rabbi Jehuda said: Come and see how it is; how the princes have
assumed power over Israel and the Israelites make no outcry. But their rejoicing
is heard when the prince falls. It is written that: the King of the Egyptians died
and soon the children of Israel were released from captivity; they cried out and
their voice ascended to God."
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2. THE PRINCEDOM WHOSE CHIEF CITY IS ROME IS THE ONE TO BE
HATED MOST OF ALL BY THE JEWS
They call it the Kingdom of Esau, and of the Edomites, the Kingdom of
Pride, the Wicked Kingdom, Impious Rome. The Turkish Empire is called the
Kingdom of the Ismaelites which they do not wish to destroy. The Kingdom of
Rome, however, must be exterminated, because when corrupt Rome is
destroyed, salvation and freedom will come to God's Chosen People.
Rabbi David Kimchi writes as follows in Obadiam:
"What the Prophets foretold about the destruction of Edom in the last days
was intended for Rome, as Isaiah explains (ch. 34, 1): Come near, ye nations, to
hear . . . For when Rome is destroyed, Israel shall be redeemed."
Rabbi Abraham also, in his book Tseror Hammor, section Schoftim, says
the same:
"Immediately after Rome is destroyed we shall be redeemed."
IV. Lastly, all Christians, including the Best of Them, are to be Killed
In Abhodah Zarah (26b, Tosephoth) it says:
"Even the best of the Goim should be killed"
The Schulchan Arukh, after the words of lore Dea (158, 1) that those of the
Akum who do no harm to Jews are not to be killed, namely those who do not
wage war against Israel, thus explains the word Milchamah - war:
"But in time of war the Akum are to be killed, for it is written: 'The good
among the Akum deserve to be killed, etc.'"
V. A Jew who Kills a Christian Commits No Sin, but Offers an Acceptable
Sacrifice to God
In Speher Or Israel (177b) it says:
"Take the life of the Kliphoth and kill them, and you will please God the
same as one who offers incense to Him."
And in lalkut Simoni (245c. n. 772) it says:
"Everyone who sheds the blood of the impious is as acceptable to God as
he who offers a sacrifice to God."
VI. After the Destruction of the Temple at Jerusalem, the only Sacrifice
Nexessary is the Extermination of Christians
In Zohar (III, 227b) the Good Pastor says:
"The only sacrifice required is that we remove the unclean from amongst
us."
Zhoar (II, 43a), explaining the precept of Moses about the redemption of
the first born of an ass by offering a lamb, says:
"The ass means the non-Jew, who is to be redeemed by the offering of a
lamb, which is the dispersed sheep of Israel. But if he refuses to be redeemed,
then break his skull.... They should be taken out of the book of the living, for it is
said about them: He who sins against me, I shall take out of the book of life."
VII. Those Who Kill Christians shall have a High Place in Heaven
In Zohar (I, 38b, and 39a) it says:
"In the palaces of the fourth heaven are those who lamented over Sion and
Jerusalem, and all those who destroyed idolatrous nations.. .and those who
killed off people who worship idols are clothed in purple garments so that they
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VIII. Jews must Never Cease to Exterminate the Goim; They must Never
Leave them in Peace and Never Submit to Them
? In Hilhoth Akum (X, i)it says:
"Do not eat with idolaters, nor permit them to worship their idols; for it is
written: Make no covenant with them, nor show mercy unto them (Deuter. ch.
7, 2). Either turn away from their idols or kill them."
Ibidem (X, 7):
"In places where Jews are strong, no idolater must be allowed to remain..."
IX. All Jews are Obliged to Unite Together to Destroy Traitors among
Them
In Choschen Hamm. (338, 16) it says:
"All the inhabitants of a city are obliged to contribute to the expense of
killing a traitor, even those who have to pay other taxes."
X.No Festival, no matter how solemn, must Prevent the Beheading of a
Christian
In Pesachim (49b) it says:
"Rabbi Eliezer said: It is permitted to cut off the head of an 'idiot' [one of
the people of the Earth] on the feast of the Atonement when it falls on the
Sabbath. His disciples said to him: Rabbi, you should rather say to sacrifice. But
he replied: By no means, for it is necessary to pray while sacrificing, and there is
no need of prayers when you behead someone."
XL The One Object of all the Actions and Prayers of the Jews should be to
Destroy the Christian Religion
Thus the Jews picture their Messiah and Liberator whom they expect, as a
persecutor who will inflict great calamities upon non-Jews. The Talmud lists
three great evils which will come upon the world when the Messiah comes. In
Schabbath (118a) it says:
"Whoever eats three meals on the Sabbath shall be saved from the three
evils: from the punishments of the Messiah, from the pain of hell and from the
war of Magog; for it is written: Behold, I shall send you Elias the Prophet before
the coming of the 'Day' of the Lord, etc.*
XII. In their Prayers the Jews sigh for the Coming of the Revengeful
Messiah, especially on the Eve of the Passover:
"pour out thy anger upon nations that know thee not, and upon the
kingdoms which do not invoke thy name; Pour out thy indignation upon them,
and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them; Persecute and destroy them in
anger from under the heavens of the Lord."
They also pray as follows:
"How long will thy strength remain captive and thy beauty lie under the
hand of the oppressor? O God! Show forth thy strength and thy zeal against our
enemies; break their strength and let them be confounded..."
And again:
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"Cut off the hope of the unjust; let all heretics perish at once; root out,
break up and destroy the Proud Kingdom; hasten to make all peoples subject in
our days."
At that very same time, on Good Friday, that "Prince of the Proud Empire"
of Rome, the Pope, prays, and orders everyone in the world to pray for all
"heretics" and those who are "lost", as follows:
"Let us pray for the perfidious Jews: that the Lord our God may take away
the veil from their hearts, that they may acknowledge Jesus Christ our Lord.
"Omnipotent and Eternal God, who does not even exclude Jewish perfidy
from thy mercy: hear our prayers which we offer for the blindness of that
people, that, having recognized the light of thy truth, which is Christ, they may
come out of their darkness. Through Jesus Christ our Lord . . ."
END OF THE BOOK BY L B. PRANAITIS
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SUPPLEMENTS
gathered by the Internet publisher to provide a background to
the understanding of this booklet.
The text was taken from
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Father Justinas Bonaventuras Pranaitis was born in Lithuania.
See also:
<http://www.israelect.conn/reference/Willie-IMartin/Khazar.htnnl
Biography (in German)
Aus Biographisch - Bibliographisches Lexikon
Band XXI (2003) Spalten 1221-1226 Autor: IMichael Hagemeister
PRANAITIS, Justinas (Justinus Bonaventura); rom.-kathol.
Priester, Hebraist, Verfasser judenfeindlicher Schriften, * 27.7. 1861
in Panenupiai, Kreis Naumiestis, Gouvernement Suwaiki, t 28.1.
1917 in Petrograd (St. Petersburg). - Justinas P. war das alteste von
drei hochbegabten Kindern litauischer Bauern (der Bruder Petras
wurde ein beruhmter Organist, die Schwester Julija Schriftstellerin
und Verlegerin). Nach dem Besuch der Grundschule in Griskabudis
und des Klassischen (Humanistischen) Gymnasiums in IMariampol
(IMarijampole) bezog er 1878 das Priesterseminar in Sejny (Seinai).
Von dort wurde er 1883 zum weiteren Studium an die Romisch-
Katholische Geistliche Akademie in St. Petersburg geschickt, wo er
1887 den Titel eines IMagisters der Theologie erwarb. 1886 hatte er
die Priesterweihe empfangen. Nach AbschiuB seines Studiums wurde
ihm das Lektorat fur Hebraisch an der Geistlichen Akademie
ubertragen. P. war Schuler von Daniil Chvol'son (1819-1910), dem
bedeutenden Semitisten, Professor an der Fakultat fur Orientalische
Sprachen der Universitat St. Petersburg und Verfasser mehrerer
Werke gegen die Legende vom judischen Ritualmord. 1892
veroffentlichte P. die aus seiner IMagisterdissertation
hervorgegangene Schrift "Christianus in Talmude ludaeorum sive
Rabbinicae doctrinae de Christianis secreta", in der er anhand
zahlreicher Zitate (hebraisch und in lateinischer Ubersetzung)
nachzuweisen suchte, da6 der Talmud die Juden dazu verpflichte, den
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Christen auf vielfaltige Weise Schaden zuzufugen und ihre Ausrottung
zu betreiben. Dabei bezog P. sich auch auf die Werke der
Antitalmudisten Jakob Ecker (s.d.) und August Rohling (s.d.)- Die
Schrift erhielt das kirchliche Imprimatur durch Erzbischof Simon
Kozlowski von IMogilev und wurde in der Offizin der Akademie der
Wissenschaften gedruckt. Bereits 1894 veroffentlichte der Wiener
Pfarrer und Antisemit Joseph Deckert eine deutsche Fassung. Spater
wurde das Pamphlet auch ins Russische, Italienische, Englische und
Spanische ubersetzt und wird bis heute von rechtsextremen und
ultraklerikalen Kreisen verbreitet (mittlerweile auch auf zahlreichen
antisemitischen Internetseiten). - 1890 wurde P. zum Kaplan
ernannt, von 1891 bis 1893 versah er das Amt des Prafekten. Neben
Hebraisch unterrichtete er an der Akademie Liturgie und
Kirchengesang, auBerdem gab er Religionsunterricht an mehreren
Kadettenanstalten. P. nahm regen Anteil am Leben der litauischen
Gemeinde in St. Petersburg und hielt seine Predigten auch auf
litauisch. Auf der Wassili-Insel richtete er ein Waisenasyl ein. Sein
besonderes Interesse gait indessen den "Geheimnissen" des Talmud,
der judischen Religion und dem angeblich eng damit verbundenen
Freimaurertum. P. veroffentlichte dazu eine Reihe von Artikein, die
von Zeitgenossen als dilettantische Machwerke eines
"pseudogelehrten Antisemiten" (L.O. Kantor) kritisiert wurden. 1894
war er in einen Betrugsskandal verwickelt und wurde fur kurze Zeit
nach Tver' verbannt. Bald schon rehabilitiert, wurde er 1901 vom
Zaren mit dem St. Stanislaus-Orden 3. Klasse geehrt. Zahlreiche
Reisen fiJhrten P. ins Innere RuBlands, nach Niznij Novgorod, Sibirien
und Turkestan. Die Begegnungen mit den dort lebenden Katholiken
bewogen ihn, die Akademie zu verlassen und sich ganz der Seelsorge
und Mission zu widmen. Im Oktober 1902 ging P. als Priester nach
Taschkent, um die romisch-katholische Gemeinde in Turkestan zu
betreuen, eine Aufgabe, der er sich mit solchem Eifer und Erfolg
widmete, da6 die russischen Behorden ihm wiederholt
Proselytenmacherei vorwarfen. Unter seiner Leitung entstanden
Kirchen und Gemeindebauten in Achabad, Buchara, Samarkand,
Vernyj (Alma-Ata), Taschkent und anderen Orten. In den Jahren vor
dem Ersten Weltkrieg bereiste er Sibirien, die Mandschurei, Sachalin
und Japan. - Zweifelhafte BeriJhmtheit eriangte P. durch seine
Beteiligung an dem weltweit beachteten Kiever Strafverfahren gegen
den judischen Handlungsgehilfen Mendel Bejiis, der beschuldigt
wurde, 1911 einen christlichen Knaben zu rituellen Zwecken ermordet
zu haben. Im September 1912 wurde P. aufgrund seiner Schrift uber
das Christentum im Talmud (die 1911 auch in einer gekurzten, von
ihm selbst angefertigten russischen Ubersetzung erschienen war) von
den Vertretern der Anklage als Sachverstandiger bestellt. Zwei
Monate spater legte er sein "Gutachten" vor, in dem er nachzuweisen
suchte, da6 das judische religiose Gesetz die Ermordung von Christen
und den Gebrauch ihres Blutes zu magischen und rituellen Zwecken
vorschreibe und alle Anzeichen des Kiever Falles auf einen Ritualmord
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deuteten. Bei der Hauptverhandlung vor dem Kiever Schwurgericht
trat P. im Oktober 1913 als Talmud-Experte auf, doch wurde die von
ihm erhobene Blutbeschuldigung von den sachverstandigen jiJdischen
und russischen Theologen zuruckgewiesen und seine Kompetenz
bestritten. - 1915 ubernahm P. den Vorsitz der "Romisch-
Katholischen Wohlfahrtsgesellschaft in Turkestan". Schwer erkrankt,
begab er sich Ende 1916 zur Behandlung nach Petrograd. Dort ist er
nach kurzem Krankenhausaufenthalt gestorben (Todesmeldung in
"Novoe vremja" vom 29.1.1917). Sein Leichnam wurde nach
Taschkent uberfuhrt und unter groBer Anteilnahme der Bevolkerung
in der von ihm errichteten Kirche beigesetzt. Von Antisemiten wird
die Legende verbreitet, P. sei nach der Oktoberrevolution von
judischen Tschekisten gefoltert und ermordet worden. Im Oktober
2002 feierte die katholische Kirche in Usbekistan den hundertsten
Jahrestag von P.s Ankunft in Taschkent.
Werke: Christianus in Talmude ludaeorum sive Rabbinicae
doctrinae de Christianis secreta, Petropoli [St. Petersburg] 1892 (vom
Verf. angefertigte Ubers.: Chrzescijanin v Talmudzie zydowskim, czyli
tajemnicza nauka rabinistyczna o chrescijanach, St.-Peterburg 1892,
[Warszawa 1937, 1982]; Christianin v talmude evrejskom ili tajny
ravvinskogo ucenija o christianach, S.-Peterburg 1911 [auch Taskent
1911]); Z tajemnic talmudystycznych, in: Rola, 1892; Jeszcze slowko
pana Pranajtisa, ebd.; Kobieta w judaizmie, ebd. 1894; Ciekawa
historia "spalonego obrazka", ebd.; W sprawie rewelacji
exmasonskich, ebd. 1896, Dyane Vaughan, ebd. 1897; De itinere
quod in Sibiriam anno 1900 fecit I.B. Pranaitis, o.O. 1900;
Akrostichon. Explicatum studiosis academiae caesareae romano-
catholicae ecclesiasticae Petropolitanae a I.B. Pranaitis, Petropolis
[St. Petersburg] 1901; Wycieczka na Sybir Ks. J.B. Pranajtisa, o.O.
1901; slusznosc i sprawiedliwosc, in: Rola 1912; Tydzien w Japonii,
in: Wiadomosci Koscielne [Mogilev] 1913; "Tajna krovi" u evreev.
Ekspertiza kuratora-ksendza I.E. [lustina Eliseevica] Pranaitisa po
delu ob ubijstve Andrjusi Juscinskogo, in: Missionerskoe obozrenie
12, 1913, 559-597 (auch separat unter dem Titel: "Tajna krovi" u
evreev. Ekspertiza I.E. Pranaitisa, S.-Peterburg 1913).
Ubersetzungen: Das Christenthum im Talmud der Juden oder Die
Geheimnisse der rabbinischen Lehre uber die Christen, ubers. und
erw. von Joseph Deckert, Wien 1894; I segreti della dottrina
rabbinica. Cristo e i cristiani nel Talmud. Edizione con testi ebraici a
fronte ed una introduzione di Mario de'Bagni, Roma 1939 (mehrere
Nachdrucke); The Talmud Unmasked. The Secret Rabbinical
Teachings Concerning Christians, trans, and ed. by E.N. [Eugene
Nelson] Sanctuary, New York 1939 (auch: Palmdale, Cal., o.J.;
Birmingham, Alab., 1964, und weitere Nachdrucke); El Talmud
Desenmascarado!, Lima 1981.
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Lit: L.O. Kantor: Podvigi diletantizma. Otpoved' odnomu
psevdoucenomu antisemitu, S.-Peterburg 1894; - S.S. Vermel': Otec
Pranajtis i ego "Ucenoe socinenie", S.-Peterburg 1913; - F.F. Mejer:
Pater Pranajtis kak "samootverzennyj" oblicitel' talmuda, Vil'na 1913;
- Andrzej Niemojewski: Ksiadz Pranajtis i jego przeciwnicy, Warszawa
1914; - V.B.: Kun. Justinas Pranaitis (1861-1917). Turkestano
apastalas, in: Ateitis [Kaunas], 6 (1917), 5, 129-133; -Semen
[Avraam] Gecht: Smakov i Pranajtis. Rasskazy, IMoskva 1927; -
Aleksandr S. Tager: Carskaja Rossija i delo Bejiisa, IMoskva 1933,
21934 (bes. Kap. 18); - IMichal Jan Juszczynski: Ksiadz Pranajtis i
walka Talmud, [Einleitung zu] Justyn Pranajtis: Chrzescijanin v
Talmudzie zydowskim, Warszawa 1937 (1982); - P. Bucys, M.I.C.:
Kun. Justino Pranaicio asmuo ir darbai, in: Lux Christi. Biuletenis
kunigams, Putnam, Conn. 1, 1953, 19-24; - Ders.: Kun. Justinas
Bonaventura Pranaitis (unveroff. Monographie, Rom); - S. Mtl.
[Steponas Matulis]: Pranaitis, Justinas Bonaventura, in: Lietuviu
Enciklopedija, t. 23, Boston 1961, 411f. (dass. engl. in: Encyclopedia
Lituanica, vol. 4, Boston 1975, 329f.); - Maurice Samuel: Blood
Accusation. The Strange History of the Beiliss Case, Philadelphia 1966
(London 1967); - Boleslaw Kumor: Pranajtis, Justyn Bonawentura, in:
Polski Slownik Biograficzny, t. 28, Wroclaw u.a. 1984-1985, 348f. -
Gita M. Lipson: Ksiadz Justyn Bonawentura Pranajtis - organizator
parafii turkiestanskiej, in: Rocznik Swietokrzyski, ser. A - Nauki
Humanistyczne 25, 1998, 133-135; - Delo Mendeija Bejiisa. Materialy
Crezvycajnoj komissii Vremennogo pravitel'stva o sudebnom processe
1913 g. po obvineniju v ritual'nom ubijstve, S.-Peterburg 1999; -
Curzio Nitoglia: Per padre il diavolo. Un'introduzione al problema
ebraico secondo la tradizione cattolica, Cusano Milanino (Milano)
2002, 153-161; - Michael Hagemeister: Pavel Florenskij und der
Ritualmordvorwurf, in: Ders./Torsten Metelka (Hrsg.): Appendix 2.
Materialien zu Pavel Florenskij, Berlin-Zepernick 2002, 59-73.
Michael Hagemeister
Textanmerkungen:
P.s judenfeindliches Hauptwerk wurde in jijngster Zeit in Polen in Kreisen
kathoiischer Taditionalisten und Antisemiten mehrfach wiederaufgeiegt und im
Internet propagiert. Ks. Justyn B. Pranajtis: Chrzeocijanin v Talmudzie ydowkim,
Warszawa 1995; Cinrzeocijanin v Talmudzie, Poznai 2003.
Letzte Anderung: 02.05.2004
< http://www.bautz.de/bbkl/p/pranaitis i.shtml >
See a strongly hostile, even defamatory point of view in
Debunking Pranaitis. What did he do? -
< http://www.sullivan-county.eom/z/pr.htm >
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The Talmud is the written compendium of the oral traditions, the
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and Matthew 15:3-6]. The pervasive root principle of the Talmud is
that non-Jews are non-humans. Critics of this book claim it is a
fabrication, but you can verify the facts yourself in the Soncino or
Steinsaltz translations of the Talmud. Keep in mind that there are
MANY expurgated translations of the Talmud for Gentile consumption,
sanitized of the horrifying Talmud doctrines that non-Jews are non-
humans, "You are called men, but the Goyim [Gentiles] are not called
men." -Kerituth 6b; "The progeny of the Goyim is like an animal." -
Sanhedrin 74b Tosephoth; "All Gentile children are animals." -
Yebamoth 98a
When challenged. Rabbis will dissemble quoting some sweet
Talmudic passages, but the characterization of non-Jews as non-
humans pervades the Talmud with baleful moral consequences.
Because we are not human. Gentiles are owed no debt of morality or
decency - not honesty [Baba Kamma 113a, explaining the lies
protesting the innocence of the Talmud], not property [Baba Mezia
24a], not even life! - "The best of the Gentiles should all be killed" -
Abhodah Zarah 26b Tosephoth and Minor tractate Soferim 15, 10.
Despite recent criticism of the Gospel accounts of the Crucifixion, the
Talmud [Sanhedrin 43a] actually boasts that the Sanhedrin arranged
Jesus' death even though the Romans were inclined towards
acquittal. (...)
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Christianus in Talmude Iudaeorum sive Rabbinicae doctrinae
DE Christianis secreta
Petropoli [St. Petersburg]
The Secret Rabbinical Teachings
Concerning Christians
By
Rev. lb. Pranaitis
Roman Catholic Priest; Master of Theology and Professor
OF THE Hebrew Language at the Imperial Ecclesiastical
Academy of the Roman Catholic Church
IN Old St. Petersburg.
Translated from Latin
St. Petersburg
Printing office of the
Imperial Academy of Sciences
1892
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IMPRIMATUR
St. Petersburg,
KOZLOWSKY
Archbishop Metropolitan of Moghileff
AAARGH Internet <pdf> Edition
2004
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CONTENTS
ANTIPHONE
PROLOGUE
DESCRIPTION OF THE TALMUD
SOURCE
PART ONE
THE TEACHING OF THE TALMUD CONCERNING CHRISTIANS
CHAPTER I - JESUS CHRIST IN THE TALMUD
Article I. - Concerning the Names of Jesus Christ
Article 11. - The Life of Christ
Note About The Cross
Article III. - The Teachings of Christ
CHAPTER II - CHRISTIANS IN THE TALMUD
Article I. - The Names Given to Christians in the Talmud
Article II. - What the Talmud Teaches About Christians
Article III. - Christian Worship
PART TWO
PRECEPTS OF THE TALMUD CONCERNING CHRISTIANS
CHAPTER I - CHRISTIANS ARE TO BE AVOIDED
Article I. - Christians Unworthy to Share With Jews
Article II. - Christians Are Unclean
Article III. - Christians Are Idolaters
Article IV. - Christians Are Evil
CHAPTER II - CHRISTIANS ARE TO BE EXTERMINATED
Article I. - CHRISTIANS TO BE HARMED INDIRECTLY
I. By not Helping Them
II. By Interfering in Their Work
III. By Deceit in Legal Matters
IV. By Harming Them in Things Necessary for Life
Article II. - CHRISTIANS ARE TO BE HARMED DIRECTLY
1. Renegades to be killed
2. Apostates
3. Princes, especially the Prince of Rome (the Pope) to be exterminated
4. All Christians to be killed
5. Killing a Christian is an Acceptable Sacrifice to God
6. Heaven Promised to Those Who Kill Christians
7. A Christian may be Beheaded on the most Solemn Festivals
8. The Messiah expected will be Revengeful
9. Jewish Prayers against Christians
10. Christian Prayers for the Jews
ii.Objective of Jewish Prayers is the Destruction of Christianity
12. Jews Pray for a Revengeful Messiah
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ANTIPHONE
"Let our writings be open to all people. Let them see what out moral code
is like! We need not be afraid of this test, for we have a pure heart and a clean
spirit. Let the nations investigate the habitations of the children of Israel, and of
their own accord convince themselves of what they are really like! They will then
exclaim for certain with Balaam, when he went out to curse Israel: 'How
beautiful are thy tents O Israel: how beautiful thy homes!'
"In its attitude towards non-Jews, the Jewish religion is the most tolerant
of the the religions in the world... The precepts of the ancient Rabbis, though
inimical to Gentiles, cannot be applied in anyway to Christians."
"A whole series of opinions can be quoted from the writings of the highest
Rabbinical authorities to prove that these teachers inculcated in their own
people a great love and respect for Christians, in order that they might look
upon Christians, who believe in the true God, as brothers, and pray for them."
"We hereby declare that the Talmud does not contain anything inimical to
Christians."
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PROLOGUE
Many people who are interested in the Jewish question are wont to ask
whether or not there is anything in the Talmud which is not beautiful and
sublime, and entirely removed from anything like hatred of Christians. The
confusion of opinion about the matter is so great, that to listen to those who
argue so wisely about it, you would think that they were discussing a very
ancient and remote race of people, and not the people of Israel who live in our
midst according to an unchanging moral code by which the religious and social
life of the Jews has been regulated to this day.
This being so, I have undertaken to show what the Talmud really teaches
about Christians, and thus satisfy the wishes of those who desire to find out
about this doctrine from genuine original sources.
To this end I have translated the best known Talmudic books which refer
to the Christians, and have arranged these sources in such order as to bring out
clearly the picture of a Christian as represented to the Jews by the Talmud.
Lest I be accused of using a corrupted text of the Talmud or of not having
interpreted it correctly, as is generally the case with those who have attempted
to disclose secret Jewish teachings, I have placed the Hebrew text opposite the
Latin.
I have divided the whole into two sections, the first of which treats of the
teachings of the Talmud about Christians, and the other, the rules which Jews
are obliged to follow when living among the Christians.
I preface these with a brief discussion about the Talmud itself in the
following chapter.
THE TALMUD
The Talmud gets its name from the word Lamud - taught, and means The
Teaching. By metonymy it is taken to mean the book which contains the
Teaching, which is called Talmud, that is, the doctrinal book which alone fully
expounds and explains all the knowledge and teaching of the Jewish people.
As to the origin of the Talmud, the Rabbis regard Moses as its first author.
They hold that, besides the written law which Moses received from God on
Mount Sinai on tables of stone, which is called Torah Schebiktab, he also
received interpretations of it, or the oral law, which is called Torah Shebeal Peh.
They say that this is the reason why Moses remained so long on the mountain,
as God could have given him the written law in one day.
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Moses is said to have transmitted this oral law to Joshua; Joshua in turn to
the seventy Elders; the Elders to the Prophets, and the Prophets to the Great
Synagogue. It is held that it was later transmitted successively to certain Rabbis
until it was no longer possible to retain it orally.
Whatever may be said about this story of the Rabbis, it is sufficiently
known to us that before the birth of Christ, schools existed in Palestine in which
sacred literature was taught. The commentaries of the Doctors of the law were
noted down on charts and lists as an aid to memory, and these, when collected
together, formed the beginnings of the Jewish Talmud.
In the second century after Christ, Rabbi Jehuda who, because of the
sanctity of his life, was called The Saint, and The Prince, realizing that the
learning of the Jews was diminishing, that their oral law was being lost, and that
the Jewish people were being dispersed, was the first to consider ways and
means of restoring and preserving their oral law. He collected all the lists and
charts and from them he made a book which was called the Sepher Mischnaioth,
or Mischnah - a Deuterosis, or secondary law. He divided it into six parts, each
of which was divided into many chapters. We shall consider these later.
The Mischnah is the foundation and the principal part of the whole
Talmud. This book was accepted by the Jews everywhere and was recognized as
their authentic code of law. It was expounded in their Academies in Babylon - at
Sura, lumbaditha and Nehardea - and in their Academies in Palestine - at
Tiberias, lamnia and Lydda.
As their interpretations increased with the passing of time, the
disputations and decisions of the doctors of the law concerning the Mischnah
were written down, and these writings constituted another part of the Talmud
called the Gemarah.
These two parts are so disposed throughout the whole Talmud that the
Mischnah serves first as a kind of text of the law, and is followed by the
Gemarah as an analysis of its various opinions leading to definite decisions.
All the precepts of the Mischnah, however, were not discussed in the
Jewish schools. Those whose use was nullified by the destruction of the Temple,
and those whose observation was possible only in the Holy Land were not
commented upon. Their explanation was left until the coming of Elias and the
Messiah. For this reason some parts of the Mischnah are lacking in the
Gemarah.
In interpreting the Mischnah of Rabbi Jehuda, the schools of Palestine and
Babylon followed each their own method, and by thus following their own way
gave rise to a twofold Gemarah - the Jerusalem and the Babylonian versions.
The author of the Jerusalem version was Rabbi Jochanan, who was head of the
synagogue in Jerusalem for eighty years. He wrote thirty-nine chapters of
commentaries on the Mischnah> which he compiled in the year 230 A.D.
The Babylonian Gemarah, however, was not compiled by any one person,
nor at any one time. Rabbi Aschi began it in 327 A.D and labored over it for
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sixty years. He was followed by Rabbi Maremar about the year 427 A.D., and it
was completed by Rabbi Abina about the year 500 A.D. The Babylonian
Gemarah has thirty-six chapters of interpretations.
This twofold Gemarah, added to the Mischnah, makes also a twofold
Talmud: The Jerusalem version, which, on account of its brevity and obscurity,
is not much used; and the Babylonian version, which has been held in the
highest esteem by Jews of all times.
The Gemarah is followed by additions called Tosephoth. It was thus that
Rabbi Chaia first styled his opinions on the Mischnah which were made by the
doctors outside the schools were called Baraietoth, or extraneous opinions.
These Commentaries were further supplemented by other decisions called
Piske Tosephoth, short theses and simple principles.
For nearly five hundred years after the Babylonian Talmud was completed,
the study of literature was greatly hampered partly due to public calamities and
partly owing to dissensions among the scholars. But in the eleventh century
others wrote further additions to the Talmud. Chief among these were the
Tosephoth of Rabbi Ascher.
Besides these there appeared the Perusch of Rabbi Moische ben Maimon,
called by the Jews Rambam for short, by the Christians Maimonides, and by
Rabbi Schelomo, larchi or Raschi.
Thus, the Mischna, Gemarah, Tosephoth, the marginal notes of Rabbi
Ascher, the Piske Tosephoth and the Perusch Hamischnaioth of Maimonides, all
collected into one, constitute a vast work which is called the Talmud.
*****
The main parts of the Talmud, which we mentioned above, are six:
# ZERAIM: concerning seeds. It treats of seeds, fruits, herbs, trees; of
the public and domestic use of fruits, of different seeds, etc.
# MOED: concerning festivals. It treats of the time when the Sabbath
and other festivals are to begin, ended and celebrated.
# NASCHIM: concerning women. It treats of marrying and repudiating
wives, their duties, relations, sicknesses, etc.
# NEZIKIN: concerning damages. It treats of damages suffered by men
and animals, penalties and compensations.
# KODASCHIM: concerning holiness. It treats of sacrifices and various
sacred rites.
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# TOHOROTH: concerning purifications. It treats of the soiling and
purifying of vessels, bedclothes and other things.
Each of these six parts, which the Jews call Schishah Sedarim - six orders
or ordinances - is divided into books or tracts, called Massiktoth, and the books
into chapters, or Perakim.
#
ZERAIM. Contains eleven books or Masechtoth.
1. BERAKTOTH - Benedictions and prayers. Treats of liturgical rules.
2. PEAH - Corner of a field. Treats of the corners and gleanings of the
field... The olives and grapes to be left to the poor.
3. DEMAI - Doubtful things. Whether or not tithes must be paid on
such.
4. KILAIM - Mixtures. Treats of various mixings of seeds.
5. SCHEBIITH - the Sevents. Treats of the Sabbatical Year.
6. TERUMOTH - Offerings and Oblations. The Heave offerings for the
priests.
7. MAASEROTH - the Tithes, to be given to the Levites.
8. MAASER SCHENI - the Second Tithe.
9. CHALLAH - the Dough, the portion to be given thereof to the Priests.
10. ORLAH - the Uncircumcised. Treats about the fruits of a tree during
the first three years after its plantings.
11. BIKKURIM - the First Fruits to be brought to the Temple.
#
MOED. Contains twelve Books or Masechtoth.
1. SCHABBATH - the Sabbath. Treats of kinds of work prohibited on
that day.
2. ERUBHIN - Combinations. Contains precepts about food for the
Sabbath eve.
3. SCHEKALIM - Passover. Treats of the laws relating to the Feast of
Passover and the Paschal Lamb.
4. SCHEKALIM - Shekel. Treats of the size and weight of the shekel.
5. lOMA - the Day of Atonement. Treats of prescriptions for that Day.
6. SUKKAH - the Tabernacle. Treats of the laws concerning the feast of
Tabernacles.
7. BETSAH - the Egg of the Day of Feast. Treats of the kind of work
prohibited and permitted on the festivals.
8. ROSCH HASCHANAH - New Year. Treats of the Feast of New Year.
9. TAANITH - Fasts. Treats of public fasts.
10. MEGILLAH - the Scroll. Treats of the reading of the Book of Esther.
Contains the description of the Feast of Purim.
11. MOED KATON - Minor Feast, treats of laws relating to the days
intervening between the first and last days of Pesach and Succoth.
12. CHAGIGAH - Comparison of rites on on the three feats of Pesach,
Sukkoth and Tabernacles.
#
NASCHIM. Contains seven Books or Masechtoth.
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1. JEBBAMOTH - Sisters in Law. Treats of Levirate marriage.
2. KETHUBOTH - Marriage Deeds. Treats of dower and marriage
settlements.
3. KIDDUSCHIN - Betrothals.
4. GITTIN - booklet on Divorces.
5. NEDARIM - Vows. Treats of vows and their annulment.
6. NAZIR - the Nazarite. Treats of the laws concerning the Nazarites
and those who separate themselves from the world and consecrate themselves
to God.
7. SOTAH - the Woman suspected of adultery.
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NEZIKIN. Contains ten Books or Masechtoth.
1. BABA KAMA - First Gate. Treats of Damages and Injuries and their
remedies.
2. BABA METSIA - Middle Gate. Treats of laws concerning found
property, concerning trust, concerning buying and selling, lending, hiring and
renting.
3. BABA BATHRA - Last Gate. Treats of laws concerning real estate and
commerce, mostly based on the traditional law. Also concerning hereditary
succession.
4. SANHEDRIN - Courts. Treats of the courts and their proceedings,
and the punishment of capital crimes.
5. MAKKOTH - Stripes. The 40 stripes (minus one) inflicted on
criminals.
6. SCHEBUOTH - Oaths. Treats different kinds of oaths.
7. EDAIOTH - Testimonies. Contains a collection of traditional laws
and decisions gathers from the testimonies of the distinguished teachers.
8. HORAIOTH- Decisions. Treats of the sentences of Judges and the
punishment of transgressors.
9. ABHODAH ZARAH - Idolatry.
10. ABHOTH - Fathers. Treats of laws of the fathers. It is called also
PIRKEABHOTH.
#
KODASCHIM. Contains eleven Books or Masechtoth.
1. ZEBBACHIM - Sacrifices. Treats of animal sacrifices and the mode of
their offering.
2. CHULIN - Profane things. Treats of the traditional manner of
slaughtering animals for ordinary use.
3. MENACHOTH - Meat-offerings. Treats of meat-and-drink offerings.
4. BEKHOROTH - the First Born. Treats of the laws concerning the
first born of man and animals.
5. ERAKHIN - Estimations. Treats of the mode in which persons
dedicated to the Lord by a vow are legally appraised in order to be redeemed.
6. TEMURAH - Exchange. Treats of the laws concerning sanctified
things having been exchanged.
7. MEILAH - Trespass, Sacrilege. Treats of the sins subject to the
punishment of excision, and their expiation by sacrifices.
8. KERITHUTH - Excisions - Treats of the sins subject to the
punishment of excision, and their expiation by sacrifices.
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9. TAMID - the Daily Sacrifice- Describes the Temple services
connected with the daily morning and evening offerings.
10. MIDDOTH - Measurements. Describes the measurements and
description of the Temple.
11. KINNIM - the Birds' Nests. Treats of the sacrifices consisting of
fowls, the offerings of the poor, etc.
#
TOHOROTH. Contains twelve Books or Masechtoth.
1. KELLIM - Vessels. Treats of the conditions under which domestic
utensils, garments, etc. receive ritual cleanness.
2. OHOLOTH - Tents. Treats of tents and houses, and how polluted and
purified.
3. NEGAIM - Plagues. Treats of the laws relating to Leprosy.
4. PARAH - the Heifer. Treats of the laws concerning the red heifer and
the use of its ashes for the purification of the unclean.
5. TOHOROTH - Purifications. Treats of some lesser degrees of
uncleanness lasting only until sunset.
6. MIKVAOTH - Wells. Treats of the conditions under which wells and
reservoirs are fit to be used for ritual purifications.
7. NIDDAH - Menstruation. Treats of the legal uncleanness arising
from certain conditions in women.
8. MAKSCHIRIN - Preparations. Treats of liquids that prepare and
dispose seeds and fruits to receive ritual uncleanness.
9. ZABHIM - Concerning nightly pollution and gonorrhea. Treats on
the uncleanness arising from such secretions.
10 TEBHUL lOM - Daily washing.
11. lADAIM - Hands. Treats of the ritual uncleanness of hands,
according to the traditional law, and of their purification.
12. OKETSIN - Stalks of fruit. Treats of stalks and shells of fruit as
conveying ritual uncleanness.
The complete Talmud contains 63 books in 524 chapters.
Added to these are four other shorts tracts, which have not been included
in the regular Talmud. They have been added by later writers and exponents.
These four are:
MASSEKHETH SOPHERIM - the Tract of Scribes. Treats of the mode of
writing the books of the law. Has 21 chapters.
EBHEL RABBETI - a large treatise on Mourning. Has 14 chapters.
KALLAH - the Bride. On the acquisition of the bride. Has one chapter.
MASSEKHETH DEREKH ERETS - the Conduct of Lide. Divided into
RABBAH - major parts, and ZUTA - the minor parts. Has 16 chapters. At the
end is added a special chapter - PEREK SCHALOM - on Peace.
Since the Talmud was such a voluminous and disordered work, there was a
need of a compendium which would facilitate its study. To supply this need,
therefore. Rabbi Isaac ben Jacob Alphassi, in 1032, published a Shorter Talmud,
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which he called Halakhoth - Constitutions. He omitted all lengthy discussions
and preserved only those parts which had to do with the practical things of life.
Since this work, however, had no order to it, it was not considered of great
worth.
The first to issue a well ordered work on Jewish Law was Maimonides,
styled the "Eagle of the Synagogue." In 1180 he produced his celebrated work
Miscnhah Torah - Repetition of the Law, also called lad Chazakah - the Strong
Hand. It contains four parts or volumes and 14 books and includes the whole
Talmud. Maimonides also included much philosophical discussion in this work
and attempted to establish many laws of his own. Because of this he was
excommunicated by his people and condemned to death. He fled to Egypt where
he died in the year 1205.
In spite of this, the value of his work increased in time, and for a while an
expurgated version was held in the highest esteem by the Jews. A drawback to
this work is that it contains many laws which were of no value after the
destruction of the Temple.
An edition of the work of Maimonides, expurgated of all his philosophical
innovations and of all the old, useless laws, was edited in 1340, in strict accord
with the ideas of the Rabbis, by Jacob ben Ascher, to which he gave the name
Arbaa Turim - The Four Orders, which are:
# ORACH CHAIIM: The seeds of Life, and treats of the daily life in
the home and in the Synagogue.
# lORE DEAH: which teaches knowledge about foods, purifications
and other religious laws.
# CHOSCHEN HAMMISCHPAT: private judgments about civil and
criminal laws.
# EBHEN HAEZER: The Rock of Help, which treats of the laws of
marriage.
Since Alphasi, Maimonides and Jacob ben Ascher disagreed on many
points, which gave rise to different interpretations of the same law, there was
great need of a book which would contain short, concise solutions to
controversies, and which would supply to the Jewish people a law book worthy
of; the name.
Joseph Karo, a Rabbi of Palestine (born 1488, died 1577), supplied this
need by his celebrated; commentary on the Arbaa Turim, which he called
Schulchan Arukh - the Prepared Table. Since, however, the customs of oriental
Jews differed greatly from those of western Jews, even the Schulchan Arukh, of
Joseph Karo did not suffice for Jews everywhere. And for this reason Rabbi
Mosche Isserles wrote a commentary on the Schulchan Arukh, entitled Darkhe
Mosche, the Way of Moses, which received the same acceptance in the West as
the work of Joseph Karo in the East.
At the present time, the Schulchan Arukh is regarded as the obligatory Law
Code of the Jews, and they use it principally in their studies. Many
commentaries have been written on each part of this book.
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An important point to note is that this work has always been regarded by
the Jews as holy. They have always held it, and still hold it, as more important
than the Sacred Scriptures. The Talmud itself shows this very clearly:
In the tract Babha Metsia, fol. 33a, we read:
"Those who devote themselves to reading the Bible exercise a certain
virtue, but not very much; those who study the Mischnah exercise virtue for
which they will receive a reward; those, however, who take upon themselves to
study the Gemarah exercise the highest virtue."
Likewise in the tract Sopherim XV, 7, fol. 13b:
"The Sacred Scriptures is like water, the Mischnah wine, and the Gemarah
aromatic wine.
The following is a well-known and highly praised opinion in the writings of
the Rabbis:
"My son, give heed to the words of the scribes rather than to the words of
the law."
The reason for this is found in the tract Sanhedrin X, 3, f.88b:
"He who transgresses the words of the scribes sins more gravely than the
transgressors of the words of the law."
Also when there are differences of opinion between the Law and the
doctors, both must be taken as the words of the Lord God.
In the tract Erubhin, f.i3b, where it is related that there was a difference of
opinion between the two schools of Hillel and Schamai, it is concluded that:
"The words of both are the words of the living God."
In the book Mizbeach, cap. V, we find the following opinion:
"There is nothing superior to the Holy Talmud."
Contemporary defenders of the Talmud speak of it almost in the same way.
What Christians have thought of the Talmud is amply proved by the many
edicts and decrees issued about it, by which the supreme rulers in Church and
State proscribed it many times and condemned this sacred Secondary Law Code
of the Jews to the flames.
In 553 the Emperor Justinian forbade the spread of the Talmudic books
throughout the Roman Empire. In the 13th century "Popes Gregory IX and
Innocent IV condemned the books of the Talmud as containing every kind of
vileness and blasphemy against Christian truth, and ordered them to be burned
because they spread many horrible heresies."
Later, they were condemned by many other Roman Pontiffs - Julius III,
Paul IV, Pius IV, Pius V, Gregory XIII, Clement VIII, Alexander VII, Benedict
XIV, and by others who issued new editions of the Index of Forbidden Books
according to the orders of the Fathers of the Council of Trent, and even in our
own time.
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At the beginning of the i6th century, when the peace of the Church was
disturbed by new religions, the Jews began to distribute the Talmud openly,
aided by the art of printing then recently invented. The first printed edition of
the whole Talmud, containing all its blasphemies against the Christian religion,
was published in Venice in the year 1520. And almost all Jewish books
published in that century, which was favorable to them, are complete and
genuine.
Towards the end of the 16th century and at the beginning of the 17th, when
many famous men undertook diligently to study the Talmud, the Jews, fearing
for themselves, began to expunge parts of the Talmud which was published at
Basle in 1578 has been mutilated in many places.
And at Synod in Poland, in the year 1631, the Rabbis of Germany and many
other countries declared that nothing which would annoy the Christians and
cause persecution of Israel, should be printed. For this reason there are signs of
many things missing in the Jewish books which were published in the following
century and thereafter. The Rabbis explain from memory what these things
mean, for they possess the genuine books which Christians rarely see.
However, Jewish books were published later with very few mutilations in
Holland - where the Jews who were expelled from Spain were kindly received.
The Talmud published there in 1644 - 1648 is almost similar to the Venetian
edition.
The latest device invented to deceive the censors was to insert the word
haiah (was) with the genuine text, as if to indicate that the matter in question
once had its place there. But by so doing they only cleanse the outside of the
cup. For in many places they do show what they mean, ex.gr. by the words gam
attah, "even now," viz. "this law obliges"; and aphilu bazzeman hazzeh, "even to
this day" viz. "this law holds," and such like.
We must add a few remarks about that other very well known book of the
Jews, called the ZOHAR.
According to some Rabbis, Moses, after he had been instructed in the
interpretation of the law on Mount Sinai, did not pass this information to
Joshua nor he to the Elders, but to Aaron, Aaron to Eleazer, and so on until the
oral teachings had been put into book form called the ZOHAR, so called from
the name ZEHAR, meaning to shine forth. For it is an illustration of the books
of Moses, a commentary on the Pentateuch.
The author is said to have been R. Schimeon ben Jochai, a disciple of R.
Akibha who, fifty years after the destruction of the Temple, ended his life as a
martyr about the year 120 A.D. in Hadrian's war against the Jews. Since,
however, names of men appear in this book who lived many centuries after the
year indicated, and since neither Rambam (R. Mosche ben Nachman), nor R.
Ascher, who died about the year 1248 A.D., make no mention of it, it is more
likely that those are nearer the truth who say that the book of Zohar first saw the
light about the 13th century. Especially is this considered likely since about this
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time a book was produced which is similar in argument and style to the Chaldaic
type of writing.
It consists of three volumes in large octavo.
Many other works have been published by the Jewish teachers which are
used in the study of Jewish law, and which are held in high esteem since they
explain many obscure passages in the Talmud. Some of them are cited in this
book, and are as follows:
BIAR - Declaration, elucidation. Commentary on another Commentary.
These declarations differ from one another.
HALAKOTH - usually written HILKHOTH - Decisions or Dissertations.
Separate books of Holy Scriptures and of the Talmud by different Rabbis:
Maimonides, Beshai, Edels, Moses of Kotzen, Kimchi and others. In most cases
citations are given from HILKOTH AKUM by Maimonides. These contain
dissertations on stars and planets and the status of nations. There is another -
HILKOTH MAAKHALOTH ASAVOROTH - dissertation about forbidden foods.
lUCHASIN or SEPHER lUCHASIN - dissertations on lineage. Treats of
Sacred and Jewish history from the beginning of the world until 1500. Printed
at Cracow, 1580.
JALKUT - a collected commentary from various ancient books. Supposed
to have not a literal but allegorical meaning. Author: Rabbi Shimeon of
Frankfurt.
KED HAKKEMACH - Barrel of flour. Contains places of theological
communities in alphabetical order. Author: Rabbi Bechai of Lublin.
MAGEN ABRAHAM - Shield of Abraham. Author: Perizola.
MIZBEACH HAZZAHABH - the Golden Altar. A Cabalistic book. Author:
R. Schelomon ben Rabbi Mordechai. Printed at Basle, in 1602.
MACHZOR - a Cycle. Book of Prayers used on great festivals.
MENORATH HAMMAOR - Candlestick of light. A Talmudic book.
Contains Aggadoth and Medraschim. i.e., allegorical and historical comments
on the entire Talmud. Author: Rabbi Isaac Abhuhabh. Printed in 1544.
MAIENE HAIESCHUAH - Fountains of the Savior. An exquisite
Commentary on Daniel by Rabbi Isaac Abarbanel. There are numerous
disputations against Christians. Printed in 1551.
MIKRA GEDOLAH - the Great Convocation. A Hebrew Bible with
commentaries by R. Salomon larchi and R. Ezra.
MASCHMIA lESCHUAH - The Preacher of Salvation. Explanations on all
the Prophets. On future redemption. Author: R. Abarbanel.
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NIZZACHON - Victory. Attacks on Christians and on the Four Gospels.
Author: Rabbi Lipman. Printed in 1559.
SEPHER IKKARIM - Book on fundamentals or articles of faith. It contains
one very bitter attack against the Christian faith.
EN ISRAEL - the Eye of Israel. A celebrated book. Has a second part -
BETH JAKOBH - the House of Jacob. Embraces the most delightful Talmudic
histories. Printed in Venice, in 1547.
SCHAARE ORAH - the Gates of Light. A most celebrated Cabalistic book.
Author: Ben Joseph Gekatilia.
SCHEPHAA TAL - Abundance of Dew. A Cabalistic book. A key to the book
of Zohar and other similar books. Author: Rabbi Schephtel Horwitz of Prague.
TOLDOTH lESCHU - the Generations of Jesus. A little pamphlet full of
blasphemies and maledictions. Contains the history of Christ. Full of false and
deceiving manifestations.
In preparing this booklet I have used the following source material:
The TALMUD. Edition of Amsterdam, 1644-48, in 14 volumes.
SCHULKHAN ARUKH, by Rabbi Joseph Karo. Edition of Venice, 1594.
Without commentaries.
lORE DEAH. Numerous quotations. Edition of Krakow.
ZOHAR. Edition of Amsterdam, 1805. 3 volumes.
MIKRA GEDOLAH. Edition of Amsterdam, 1792, 12 volumes, edition of
Basle, 1620, 2 volumes, edition of Venice.
HILKHOTH AKUM, of R. Maimonides, edition by Vossius, 1675
As auxiliary works I have used:
JOANNES BUXDORFIUS. a Lexicon Chaldaicum, Talmudicum et
Rabbinicum, Base, 1640. b. De Abreviaturis Hebraicis; Operis Talmudis
Recensio; Biblicothea Rabbinica. Basle, 1712. c. Synagoga Judaica. Basle, 1712.
JOH. CHRISTOPHORI WAGENSEILII, Sota. Aldtorfi Noricum, 1674.
GEORGII ELIEZ EDZARDI: Tractatus talmudici "AVODA SARA."
Hamburg, 1705.
JACOBI ECKER: "Der Judenspiegel im Lichte der Wahrheit," (The Jewish
Mirror in the Light of Truth). Paderborn, 1884.
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AUGUST ROHLING: Die Polemik und das Manschenopfer des
Rabbinismus. (The Polemics and Human Sacrifice of Rabbinism). Paderborn,
1883.
I have only used the works of those who are held in the highest esteem by
the Jews themselves, and to whom the Jews appeal when disputing with
Christians, by quoting impartially the opinions of these learned men. Their
great dilligence in quoting from the texts of books which I was able to examine,
has been a proof to me that I used the same diligence even in quoting from less
known sources to which they have much greater access than I.
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PART ONE
THE TEACHING OF THE TALMUD CONCERNING
CHRISTIANS
First we shall see what the Talmud teaches about Jesus Christ, the founder
of Christianity; and secondly, about his followers, the Christians.
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CHAPTER I
JESUS CHRIST IN THE TALMUD
Many passages in the Talmudic books treat of the birth, life, death, and
teachings of Jesus Christ. He is not always referred to by the same name,
however, but is diversely called "That Man," "A Certain One," "The Carpenter's
Son," "The One Who Was Hanged," etc.
Article I. - Concerning the Names of Jesus Christ
1. The real name of Christ in Hebrew is Jeschua Hanotsri - Jesus the
Nazarene. He is called Notsri from the city of Nazareth in which he was brought
up. Thus in the Talmud Christians also are called Notsrim - Nazarenes.
Since the word Jeschua means "Savior," the name Jesus rarely occurs in
the Jewish books. It is almost always abbreviated to Jeschu, which is
maliciously taken as if it were composed of the initial letters of the three words
Immach Schemo Vezikro - "May his name and memory be blotted out."
2. In the Talmud Christ is called Otho Isch - "That man," i.e. the one who is
known to all. In the tract Abhodah Zarah, 6a, we read: "He is called a Christian
who follows the false teachings of that man, who taught them to celebrate the
feast on the first day of the Sabbath, that is, to worship on the first day after the
Sabbath"
3. Elsewhere he is simply called Peloni - "A Certain One." In Chagigah, 4b,
we read:
"Mary.. .the mother of a certain one, of whom it is related in Schabbath..."
(104b)
That this Mary is none other than the mother of Jesus will be shown later.
4. Out of contempt, Jesus is also called Naggar bar naggar - "the carpenter
son of a carpenter", also Ben charsch etaim - "the son of a wood worker."
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5. He is also called Talui - "The one who was hanged." Rabbi Samuel, the
son of Mair, in the Hilch. Akum of Maimonides, refers to the fact that it was
forbidden to take part in the Christian feats of Christmas and Easter because
they were celebrated on account of him who was hanged. And Rabbi Aben Ezra,
in a commentary on Genes, also calls him Talui, whose image the Emperor
Constantine reproduced on his banner, "...in the days of Constantine, who made
a change of religion and placed the figure of the one who was hanged on his
banner."
Article II. - The Life of Christ
The Talmud teaches that Jesus Christ was illegitimate and was conceived
during menstruation; that he had the soul of Esau; that he was a fool, a
conjurer, a seducer; that he was crucified, buried in hell and set up as an idol
ever since by his followers.
1. ILLEGITIMATE AND CONCEIVED DURING MENSTRUATION
The following is narrated in the Tract Kallah, lb:
"Once when the Elders were seated at the Gate, two young men passed by,
one of whom had his covered, the other with his head bare. Rabbi Eliezer
remarked that the one in his bare head was illegitimate, a mamzer. Rabbi
Jehoschua said that he was conceived during menstruation, ben niddah. Rabbi
Akibah, however, said that he was both. Whereupon the others asked Rabbi
Akibah why he dared to contradict his colleagues. He answered that he could
prove what he said. He went therefore to the boy's mother whom he saw sitting
in the market place selling vegetables and said to her: "My daughter, if you will
answer truthfully what I am going to ask you, I promise that you will be saved in
the next life." She demanded that he would swear to keep his promise, and
Rabbi Akibah did so - but with his lips only, for in his heart he invalidated his
oath. Then he said: "Tell me, what kind of son is this of yours"? To which she
replied: "The day I was married I was having menstruation, and because of this
my husband left me. But an evil spirit came and slept with me and from this
intercourse my son was born to me." Thus it was proved that this young man
was not only illegitimate but also conceived during the menstruation of his
mother. And when his questioners heard this they declared: "Great indeed was
Rabbi Akibah when he corrected his Elders"! And they exclaimed: "Blessed be
the Lord God of Israel who revealed his secret to Rabbi Akibah the son of
Joseph"!
That the Jews understand this story to refer to Jesus and his mother,
Mary, is clearly demonstrated in their book Toldath Jeschu - "The Generations
of Jesus" - where the birth of our Savior is narrated in almost the same words.
Another story of this kind is narrated in Sanhedrin, 67a:
"Of all who are guilty of death by the Law, he alone is caught by a ruse.
How is it done? They light a candle in an inner room and place witnesses in an
adjoining room outside where they can see him and hear his voice, but where
they cannot be seen by him. Then the one whom he tried to seduce says to him
"Please repeat here privately what you told me before." If the seducer repeats
what he said, the others ask him "But how shall we leave our God who is in
heaven and serve idols?" If the seducer repents, then all is well.But if he says
"This is our duty and it is right for us to do so," then the witnesses outside, who
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have heard him, bring him before the judge and stone him to death. This is what
they did to the son of Stadi in Lud, and they hanged him on the eve of the
Passover. Forthis son of Stada was the son of Pandira. For Rabbi Chasda tells us
that Pandira was the husband of Stada, his mother, and he lived during the time
Paphus the son of Jehuda. But his mother was stada, Mary of Magdala (a ladies'
hairdresser) who, as it is said in Pumbadita, deserted her husband."
The meaning of this is that his Mary was called Stada, that is, a prostitute,
because, according to what was taught at Pumbadita, she left her husband and
commited adultery. This is also recorded in the Jerusalem Talmud and by
Maimonides.
That the mention here is of Mary, the mother of Jesus, is verified in the
Tract Chagigah, 4b:
"When Rabbi Bibhai was visited once by the Death Angel (the devil), the
latter said to his assistant: "Go and bring to me Mary the hairdresser" (that is,
kill her). He went and brought Mary the children's hairdresser - in place of the
other Mary."
A marginal note explains this passage as follows:
"This story of Mary the Ladies' hairdresser happened under the Second
Temple. She was the mother of Peloni, "that man," as he is called in the tract
Schabbath."
In Schabbath the passage referred to says:
"Rabbi Elizer said to the Elders: "Did not the son Stada practice Egyptian
magic by cutting it into his flesh?" They replied: "He was a fool, and we do not
pay attention to what fools do. The son of Stada, Pandra's son, etc." as above in
Sanhedrin, 67a.
This magic of the son of Stada is explained as follows in the book Beth
Jacobh, fol. 127 a:
"The Magi, before they left Egypt, took special care not to put their magic
in writing lest other peoples might come to learn it But he devised a new way by
which he inscribed it on his skin, or made cuts in his skin and inserted it there
and which, when the wounds healed up, did not show what they meant."
Buxtorf says:
"There is little doubt who this Ben Stada was, or who the Jews understood
him to be. Although the Rabbis in their additions to the Talmud try to hide their
malice and say that it is not Jesus Christ, their deceit is plainly evident, and
many things prove that they wrote and understood all these things about him.
In the first place, they also call him the son of Pandira. Jesus the Nazarene is
thus called in other passages of the Talmud where express mention is made of
Jesus the son of Pandira. St. John Damascene also, in his Genealogy of Christ,
mentions Panthera and the Son of Panthera.
"Secondly, this Stada is said to be Mary, and this Mary the mother of
Peloni "that certain one," by which without doubt Jesus is meant. For in this
way they were accustomed to cover up his name because they were afraid to
mention it. If we had copies of the original manuscripts they would certainly
prove this. And this also was the name of the mother of Jesus the Nazarene.
"Thirdly, he is called the Seducer of the People. The Gospels testify that
Jesus was called this by the Jews, and their writings to this day are proof that
they still call him by this name.
"Fourthly, he is called "the one who was hanged," which clearly refers to
the crucifixion of Christ, especially since a reference to the time "on the eve of
the Passover" is added, which coincides with the time of the crucifixion of Jesus.
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In Sanhedrin they wrote as follows: "On the eve of the Passover they hanged
Jesus"
"Fifthly, as to what the Jerusalem Talmud says about the two disciples of
the Elders who were sent as witnesses to spy on him, and who were afterwards
brought forward as witnesses against him: This refers to the two "false
witnesses" of whom the Evangelists Matthew and Luke make mention.
"Sixthly, concerning what they say about the son of Stada that he practiced
Egyptian magical arts by cutting into his flesh: the same accusation is made
against Christ in their hostile book Toldoth Jeschu.
"Lastly, the time corresponds. For it is said that this son of Stada lived in
the days of Paphus the son of Jehuda, who was a contemporary of Rabbi
Akibah. Akibah, however, lived at the time of the Ascension of Christ, and for
some time after. Mary is also said to have lived under the Second Temple. All
this clearly proves that they secretly and blasphemously understand this son of
Stada to be Jesus Christ the son of Mary.
"Other circumstances may seem to contradict this. But that is nothing new
in Jewish writings and is done on purpose so that Christians may not easily
detect their trickery."
2. Furthermore, "In the secret books, which are not permitted to fall easily
into the hands of Christians, they say that the soul of Esau came into Christ, that
he was therefore evil and that he was Esau himself."
3. By some he is called a FOOL and INSANE
In Schabbath, 104b:
"They, [the Elders] said to him [Eliezer]: "He was a fool, and no one pays
attention to fools."
4. A CONJURER AND MAGICIAN
In the infamous book Toldoth Jeschu, our Savior is blasphemed as follows:
"And Jesus said: Did not Isaiah and David, my ancestors, prophesy about
me? The Lord said to me, thou art my son, today I have begotten thee, etc.
Likewise in another place: The Lord said to my Lord, sit thou at my right hand.
Now I ascend to my father who is in heaven and will sit at his right hand, which
you will see with your own eyes. But you, Judas, will never reach that high. Then
Jesus pronounced the great name of God (IHVH) and continued to do so until a
wind came and took him up between earth and sky. Judas also pronounced the
name of God and he likewise was taken up by the wind. In this way they both
floated around in the air to the amazement of the onlookers. Then Judas, again
pronouncing the Divine Nane, took hold of Jesus and pushed him down to
earth. But Jesus tried to do the same to Judas and thus they fought together.
And when Judas saw he could not win out over the works of Jesushe pissed on
Jesus, and both thus being unclean they fell to earth; nor could they use the
Divine name again until they had washed themselves."
Whether those who believe such devilish lies deserve greater hatred or
pity, I cannot say.
In another place in the same book it is related that in the house of the
Sanctuary there was a stone which the Patriarch Jacob anointed with oil. On
this stone were carved the tetragrammatic letters of the Name (IHVH), and if
anyone could learn from them he could destroy the world. They therefore
decreed that no one must learn them, and they placed two dogs upon two iron
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columns before the Sanctuary so that if anyone should learn them the dogs
would bark at him coming out and he would forget the letters through fear.
Then it is related: "Jesus came and entered, learned the letters and wrote them
down on parchment. Then he cut into the flesh of his thigh and inserted them
there, and having pronounced the name, the wound healed."
5. IDOLATER
In the Tract Sanhedrin (103a) the words of Psalm XCI, 10: "No plague
shall come near thy dwelling," are explained as follows:
"That thou mayest never have a son or a disciple who will salt his food so
much that he destroys his taste in public, like Jesus the Nazarene."
To salt one's food too much or to destroy one's taste, is proverbially said of
one who corrupts his morals or dishonors himself, or who falls into heresy and
idolatry and openly preaches it to others.
6. SEDUCER
In the same book Sanhedrin (107b) we read:
"Mar said: Jesus seduced, corrupted and destroyed Israel."
7. CRUCIFIED
Finally as punishment for his crimes and impiety, he suffered an
ignominious death by being hanged on a cross on the eve of the Passover (as we
have seen above).
8. BURIED IN HELL
The book Zohar, III, (282), tells us that Jesus died like a beast and was
buried in that "dirt heap.. .where they throw the dead bodies of dogs and asses,
and where the sons of Esau [the Christians] and of Ismael [the Turks], also
Jesus and Mahommed, uncircumcized and unclean like dead dogs, are buried."
9. WORSHIPPED AS GOD AFTER HIS DEATH BY HIS FOLLOWERS
George El. Edzard, in his book Avoda Sara, quotes the following words of
the commentator on the Hilkoth Akum (V,3) of Maimonides:
"In many passages of the Talmud mention is made of Jesus the Nazarene
and of his disciples, and that the Gentiles believe that there is no other God
besides him. In the book Chizzuk Emunah, part I, ch. 36, we read: "The
Christians build up an argument from this [Zachary XII, 10] and say: Behold
how thew Prophet testified that in future ages the Jews would would lament and
weep because they crucified and killed the Messiah who was sent to them; and
to prove that he meant Jesus the Nazarene, possessing both the divine and
human nature, they quote the words: And they looked upon him whom they
transfixed and they wept over him as a mother over her first born child.""
Maimonides attempts to prove how much Christians err in worshipping
Jesus in his book Hilkoth Melakhim (IX, 4):
"If all the things he did had prospered, if he had rebuilt the Sanctuary in its
place, and had gathered together the dispersed tribes of Israel, then he would
certainly be the Messiah.. ..But if so far hew has not done so and if he was killed,
then it is clear he was not the Messiah whom the Law tells us to expect. He was
similar to all the good and upright rulers of the House of David who died, and
whom the Holy and Blessed Lord raised up for no other reason but to prove to
many, as it is said (in Dan. XI, 35): And some of them who understand shall fall.
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to try and to purge them and to make them white, even till the end of time,
because the appointed time is not yet. Daniel also prophesised about Jesus the
Nazarene who thought he was the Christ, and who was put to death by the
judgment of the Senate: (Dan. V.14): ...and the robbers of thy people shall exalt
themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fail. What could be
plainer? For all the Prophets said that the Christ would set Israel free, would
bring it salvation, restore its dispersed peoples and confirm their laws. But he
was the cause of the destruction of Israel and caused the rest of them to be
dispersed and humiliated, so that the Law was changed and the greater part of
the world was seduced to worship another God. Truly no one can understand
the designs of the Creator, nor are his ways our ways. For all that has been built
up by Jesus the Nazarene, and by the Turks who came after him, tend only to
prepare the way for the coming of Christ the King, and to prepare the whole
world equally for the service of the Lord, as it is said: For then I shall give a
clean moth to all peoples that all may call upon the name of the Lord, and bow
down in unison before him. How is this being accomplished? Already the whole
world is filled with the praise of Christ, the Law and the Commandments, and
his praises have spread to far distant lands and to peoples whose hearts and
bodies are uncircumcized. These discuss with one another about the Law that
was destroyed - some saying that the commandments were once true, but have
ceased to exist; others that there is a great mystery about it, that the Messiah-
King has come and that their doctrine has revealed it. But when the Christ truly
comes and is successful, and is raised up and exalted, then everything will be
changed and these things will be shown to be false and vain."
10. AN IDOL
In the Tract Abhodah Zarah, (21a Toseph), we read:
"It is of importance to inquire the reasons why men nowadays even sell
and rent their houses to Gentiles. Some say this is legal because it is said in
Tosephta: No one shall rent his house to a gentile either here [in the land of
Israel] or elsewhere because it is known that he will bring an idol into it. It is
nevertheless allowed to rent them stables, barns and lodging houses, even
though it is known that they will bring idols into them. The reason is because a
distinction can be made between a place into which an idol will be carried in
order to leave it there permanently, and a place where it will not be left
permanently, in which case it is allowed. And since the gentiles, among whom
we now live, do not bring their idol into their homes to leave it there
permanently, but only for a time - while someone is dead in the house or when
someone is dying, nor do they even perform any religious rites there - it is
therefore permitted to sell and rent them houses."
Rabbi Ascher, in his Commentary on Abhodah Zarah (83d) speaks not less
clearly on this matter: "Today it is permitted to rent houses to Gentiles because
they bring their idol into them only for a time, when somebody is sick." And in
the same place he says "Today they have a practice of incensing their idol.""
All this, and much more like it, proves beyond a doubt that when the
Rabbis speak of the idols of the Gentiles among whom they lived at that time,
when no idols were worshipped, they clearly meant the Christian "idol," namely,
the image of Christ on the crucifix and the Holy Communion.
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Note About The Cross
In Jewish writings there is no directly corresponding word for the
Christian Cross. The cross T on which those condemned to death were crucified,
was called Tau by the Phoenicians and the Hebrews, and this name and sign for
it was afterwards taken over into the alphabet of the Jews and of the Greeks and
the Romans. The Cross honored by the Christians, however, is called by the
following names:
1. Tsurath Haattalui - the image who was hanged.
2. Elil - vanity, idol.
3. Tselem - image. Hence the Crusaders in Jewish books are called
Tsalmerim (ein Tsalmer)
4. Scheti Veerebh - warp and woof, which is taken from the textile art.
5. Kokhabh - star; on account of the four rays emanating from it.
6. Pesila - a sculpture, a carven idol.
But whenever it is mentioned it is always in the sense of an idol or of
something despicable, as can be seen from the following quotations:
In Orach Chaiim, 113,8:
"If a Jew when praying should meet a Christian [Akum] carrying a star [a
crucifix] in his hand, even if he has come to a place in his prayer where it is
necessary to bow down to worship God in his heart, he must not to so lest he
should seem to bow down before an image."
In lore Dea, 150,2:
"Even if a Jew should get a splinter in his foot in front of an idol, or if he
should drop his money before it, he must not stoop down to remove the splinter
or to gather his money lest he should seem to adore it. But he should either sit
down or turn his back or his side to the idol and then remove the splinter."
But whenever it is not possible for a Jew to turn away like this, the
following rule must be observed (in lore Dea, 3, Hagah):
"It is not permitted to bow down or to remove one's hat before princes or
priests who wear a cross on their dress, as is their custom. Care must be taken,
however, not to be noticed in failing to do so. For instance, one can throw some
coins on the ground and stoop down to pick them up before they pass by. In this
way it is permitted to bow down or to remove one's hat before them." A
distinction is also made between a cross which is venerated and a cross which is
worn around the neck as a souvenir or as an ornament. The former is to be
regarded as an idol, but not necessarily the latter. In lore Dea, 141, 1, Hagah, it
says:
"The image of a cross, before which they bow down, is to be treated as an
idol, and it is not to be used until it is destroyed. However, a 'warp and woof if
hung around the neck as a souvenir is not to be regarded as an idol and can be
used."
The sign of the cross made with the hand, by which Christians are wont to
bless themselves, is called in Jewish "the moving of the fingers here and there"
(hinc et hinc).
Article III. - The Teachings of Christ
The Seducer and Idolator could teach nothing but falsehood and heresy
which was irrational and impossible to observe.
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1. FALSHOOD
In Abhodah Zarah (6a) it says:
"A Nazarene is one who follows the false teachings of that man who taught
them to worship on the first day of the Sabbath."
2. HERESY
In the same book Abohah Zar. (Ch.I, 17a Toseph) mention is made of the
heresy of James. A little further on (27b) we learn that this James was none
other than the disciple of Jesus:
"...James Sekhanites, one of the disciples of Jesus, of whom we spoke in
chapter 1."
But James taught, not his own doctrine, but that of Jesus.
3. IMPOSSIBLE TO OBSERVE
The author of Nizzachon argues as follows on this point:
"A written law of the Christians is: If a Jew strike you on one cheek, turn
the other also to him and do not in any way return the blow.And ch. VI, v. 27
says: Love your enemies; do good to them who hate you; bless them who curse
you and pray for those who do you harm; unto him who strikes you on one
cheek offer him the other. To him who takes away thy cloak do not forbid him to
take thy coat also, etc. The same is found in Matthew ch. V, v.39. But I have
never seen any Christian keep this law, nor did Jesus himself behave as he
taught others to do. For we find in John ch XVIII, v22, that when someone
struck him on the face, he did not turn the other cheek, but became angry on
account of this one stroke and asked "Why do you strike me"? Likewise in the
Acts of the Apostles, ch.XXIII, v. 3, we read: that when the High Priest ordered
them that stood by to strike him on the mouth, Paul did not turn the other
cheek; he cursed him saying "God shall smite thee thou whited wall, etc." This is
contrary to their beliefs and destroys the foundation upon which their religion
rests, for they boast that the law of Jesus is easy to observe. If Paul himself, who
may be called the Dispenser of Jesus, could not preserve the precept of Jesus,
who among the others who believe in him can prove to me that he can do so?"
The author, however, who had the Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles
under his hand, could not have failed to understand in what sense Christ
commanded his followers to turn the other cheek to him who would strike them,
since in another place he commanded his followers to cut off a hand or an arm,
and to pluck out an eye if these should scandalize them. No one who has had the
least acquaintance with the Holy Scriptures ever thought that these commands
should be taken literally. Only deep malice and ignorance of the times in which
Jesus lived can explain why the Jews, even to this day, use these passages to
detract from the teachings of Jesus Christ.
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CHAPTER II
CHRISTIANS IN THE TALMUD
There are three things to be considered in this chapter:
1. The names by which Christians are called in the Talmud.
2. What kind of people the Talmud pictures Christians to be.
3. What the Talmud says about the religious worship of the Christians.
Article I. - The Names Given to Christians in the Talmud
As in our languages Christians take their name from Christ, so in the
language of the Talmud Christians are called Notsrim, from Jesus the Nazarene.
But Christians are also called by the names used in the Talmud to designate all
non-Jews: Abhodah Zarah, Akum, Obhde Elilim, Minim, Nokhrim, Edom,
Amme Haarets, Goim, Apikorosim, Kuthrim.
1. Abhodah Zarah - Strange worship, idolatry. The Talmudic Tract on
Idolatry is thus entitled: Obhde Abhodah Zarah - Idol Worshippers. That
Abhodah Zarah really means the cult of idols is clear from the Talmud itself:
"Let Nimrod come and testify that Abraham was not a server of Abhodah Zarah
." But in these days of Abraham there existed no strange cult either of the Turks
or the Nazarenes, but only the worship of the true God and idolatry. In
Schabbath (ibid. 82a), it says:
"Rabbi Akibah says: How do we know that Abhodah Zarah, like an unclean
woman, contaminates those who subscribe to it? Because Isaiah says: Thou
shalt cast them away like a menstruation cloth; and shalt say unto it. Get thee
hence."
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In the first part of this verse mention is made of idols made from gold and
silver.
The learned Maimonides also clearly demonstrates that the Jews regarded
Christians as Abhodah Zarah. In Perusch (78c) he says: "And be it known that
Christian people who follow Jesus, although their teachings vary, are all
worshippers of idols (Abhodah Zarah)."
2. Akum - This word is made up of the initial letters of the words Obhde
Kokhabkim U Mazzaloth - worshippers of stars and planets. It was thus that the
Jews formerly styled the Gentiles who lacked all knowledge of the true God.
Now, however, the word Akum in Jewish books, especially in the Schulkhan
Arukh, is applied to Christians. This is evident from numerous passages:
In the Orach Chaiim (113,8) those who use a cross are called Akum. In the
lore Dea (148, 5, 12), those who celebrate the feasts of Christmas and New Year,
eight days afterwards, are called worshippers of the stars and planets:
"Thus if a gift is sent to the Akum, even in these times, on the eighth day
after Christmas, which they call the New Year," etc.
3. Obhde Elilim - Servers of idols. This name has the same meaning as
Akum. Non-Jews are frequently called by this name. In the Orach Chaiim, for
example (215, 5), it says:
"A blessing should not be pronounced over incense which belongs to the
servers of idols."
But at the same time when the Schulkhan Arukh was written there were no
worshippers of the stars and planets (Akum); there were no 'servers of idols'
among those who lived with the Jews. Thus, for example, the author of the
Commentary on the Schulkhan Arukh (entitled Magen Abraham), Rabbi
Calissensis who died in Poland in 1775, in note 8, on No. 244 of the Orach
Chaiim (where it is allowed to finish a work on the Sabbath with the help of an
Akum) says: "Here in our city the question is raised about the price of hiring
worshippers of the stars and planets who sweep the public streets when they
work on the Sabbath."
4. Minim - Heretics. In the Talmud those who possess books called the
Gospels are heretics. Thus in Schabbath (116a) it says:
"Rabbi Meir calls the books of the Minim Aven Gilaion [iniquitous
volumes] because they call them Gospels."
5. Edom - Edomites. Rabbi Aben Ezra, when he speaks about the Emperor
Constantine who changed his religion and placed the image of him who was
hanged on his banner, adds: "Rome therefore is called the Kingdom of the
Edomites."
And Rabbi Bechai, in his Kad Hakkemach (fol. 20a, on Isaiah, ch. LXVI,
17) writes:
"They are called Edomites who move their fingers 'here and there'" (who
make the sign of the cross).
Likewise Rabbi Bechai, commenting on the words of Isaiah (loc. cit.),
"those who eat the flesh of swine" adds: "These are the Edomites." Rabbi
Kimchi, however, calls them "Christians." And Rabbi Abarbinel, in his work
Maschima leschua (36d) says: "The Nazarenes are Romans, the sons of Edom."
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6. Goi - Race, or people. The Jews also call a man a Goi - a gentile; they call
a gentile woman a Goiah. Sometimes, but very rarely, Israelites are called by
this name. It is mostly applied to non-Jews, or idolators. In Jewish books which
treat of Idolatry, worshippers of idols are often called by this single word Goi.
For this reason, in more recent editions of the Talmud the use of the word Goi is
purposely avoided and other words for non-Jews are substituted.
It is well known that in the Jewish language, the Jews call Christians
among whom they live, Goim. Nor do the Jews deny this. Sometimes in their
popular magazines they say that this word means nothing harmful or evil. But
the contrary can be seen in their books written in the Hebrew language. For
instance, in Choschen Hammischpat (34, 22), the name Goi is used in a
depraved sense:
"Traitors and Epicureans and Apostates are worse than Goim"
7. Nokhtrim - strangers, foreigners. This name is used for all who are not
Jews, and therefor for Christians.
8. Amme Haarets - People of the earth, idiots. There are some who say that
people of other races are not meant by this, but only crude and uneducated
people. There are passages, however, which leave no doubt about the matter. In
the Holy Scripture, Book of Esra, ch. X, 2, we read: We have sinned against our
God, and have taken strange wives [nokhrioth] of the people of the earth. That
people of the earth denotes idolators is clear from Zohar, I, 25a: "The People of
the earth - Obhde Abhodah Zarah, idolaters.
9. Basar Vedam - Flesh and blood; carnal men who are destined to
perdition and who can have no communion with God. That Christians are flesh
and blood, is proved from the prayer book:
"Whoever meets a wise and educated Christian can say: Blessed art thou O
Lord, King of the Universe, who dispenseth of thy wisdom to Flesh and Blood,"
etc.
Likewise in another prayer, in which they ask God soon to restore the
kingdom of David and to send Elias and the Messia, etc., they aak him to take
away their poverty so that they will have no need to accept gifts from "flesh and
blood," nor to trade with them, nor to seek wages from them.
10. Apikorosim - Epicureans. All are called by this name who do not
observe God's precepts, as well as all those, even Jews themselves, who express
private judgments in matters of faith. How much more, therefore. Christians!
11. Kuthim - Samaritans. But since there are no longer any Samaritans,
and since there are many references in recent Jewish books to Samaritans, who
can doubt that this does not mean the Christians?
Furthermore, in this matter of naming those who are not Jews, it is to be
particularly noted that Jewish writings apply these names indiscriminately and
promiscuously when they speak of the same thing, and almost in the same
words. For instance, in the Tract Abhodah Zarah (25b) the word Goi is
employed, but in the Schulkhan Arukh (lore Dea 153, 2) Akum is used.
Kerithuth (6b) uses Goim; Jebhammoth (61a) uses Akum; Abhodah Zar. (2a)
uses Obhde Elilim; Thoseph uses Goim and Obhde Ab., Choschen Ham
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(Venetian ed.) uses Kuthi; (Slav, ed.) Akum. And many more instances could be
quoted.
Maimonides in his book on Idolatry indiscriminately calls all the following
idolators: Goim, Akum, Obhde Kokhabhim, Obhde Elilim, etc.
Article II. - What the Talmud Teaches About Christians
In the preceding chapter we saw what the Jews think of the Founder of the
Christian religion, and how much they despise his name. This being so, it would
not be expected that they would have any better opinion about those who follow
Jesus the Nazarene. In fact, nothing more abominable can be imagined than
what they have to say about Christians. They say that they are idolaters, the
worst kind of people, much worse than the Turks, murderers, fornicators,
impure animals, like dirt, unworthy to be called men, beasts in human form,
worthy of the name of beasts, cows, asses, pigs, dogs, worse than dogs; that they
propagate after the manner of beasts, that they have diabolic origin, that their
souls come from the devil and return to the devil in hell after death; and that
even the body of a dead Christian is nothing different from that of an animal.
1. IDOLATERS
Since Christians follow the teachings of that man, whom the Jews regard
as a Seducer and an Idolater, and since they worship him as God, it clearly
follows that they merit the name of idolater, in no way different from those
among whom the Jews lived before the birth of Christ, and whom they taught
should be exterminated by every possible means.
This is best demonstrated by the names they give Christians, and by the
unmistakable words of Maimonides which prove that all who bear the name of
Christian are idolaters. And anyone who examines Jewish books which speak of
the "Worshippers of the Stars and Planets," "Epicureans," "Samaritans," etc.,
cannot but conclude that these idolaters are none other than Christians. The
Turks are always called "Ismaelites," never idolaters.
2. CHRISTIANS WORSE THAN THE TURKS
Maimonides in Hilkoth Maakhaloth (ch. IX) says:
"It is not permitted to drink the wine of a stranger who becomes a convert,
that is, one who accepts the seven precepts of Noah, but is permitted to gain
some benefit from it. It is allowed to leave wine alone with him, but not to place
it before him. The same is permitted in the case of all gentiles who are not
idolaters, such as the Turks [Ismaelites]. A Jew, however, is not permitted to
drink their wine, although he may use it to his own advantage."
3. MURDERERS
In Abhodah Zarah (22a) it says:
"A Jew must not associate himself with gentiles because they are given to
the shedding of blood."
Likewise in lore Dea (153, 2):
"An Israelite must not associate himself with the Akum [Christians]
because they are given to the shedding of blood."
In the Abhodah Zarah (25b) it says:
"The Rabbis taught: If a Goi joins an Israelite on the road, he [the Jew]
should walk on his right side. Rabbi Ismael, the son of Rabbi Jochanan the
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nephew of Beruka, says: if he carries a sword, let the Jew walk on his right side.
If the Goi carries a stick, the Jew should walk on his left side. If he is climbing a
hill or descending a steep incline, the Jew must not go in front with the Goi
behind, but the Jew must go behind and the Goi in front, nor must he stoop
down in front of him for fear the Goi might crack his skull. And if he should ask
the Jew how far he is going, he should pretend he is going a long way, as Jacob
our Father said to the impious Esau: until I come to my Lord in Seir (Gen.
XXXIII, 14-17), but it adds: Jacob set out for Sukoth."
In Orach Chaiim (20, 2) it says:
"Do not sell your overcoat (Talith) with the fringes to an Akum, lest he
should join up with a Jew on the road and kill him. It is also forbidden to
exchange or lend your overcoat with a Gentile, except for a short time and when
there is nothing to be feared from him."
4. FORNICATORS
In the Abhodah Zarah (15b) it says:
"Animals of the masculine sex must not be left in the barns of the Gentiles
with their men, nor animals of the feminine sex with their women; much less
must animals of the feminine sex be left with their men and of the masculine sex
with their women. Nor must sheep be left to the care of their shepherds; nor
must any intercourse be had with them; nor must children be given into their
care to learn to read or to learn a trade."
In the same tract a little farther on (22a) it is explained why animals must
not be allowed in the barns of Gentiles, and why Jews are not permitted to have
sexual intercourse with them:
"Animals must not be allowed to go near the Goim, because they are
suspected of having intercourse with them. Nor must women cohabit with them
because they are over-sexed."
In fol. 22b of the same book the reason is given why animals especially of
the feminine sex must be kept away from their women: "...because when Gentile
men come to their neighbors' houses to commit adultery with their wives and do
not find them at home, they fornicate with the sheep in the barns instead. And
sometimes even when their neighbors' wives are at home, they prefer to
fornicate with the animals; for they love the sheep of the Israelites more than
their own women."
It is for the same reason that animals are not to be entrusted to Goi
shepherds, nor children to their educators.
5. UNCLEAN
The Talmud gives two reasons why the Goim are unclean: because they eat
unclean things, and because they themselves have not been cleansed (from
original sin) on Mount Sinai. In Schabbath, (145b) it says:
"Why are the Goim unclean? Because they eat abominable things and
animals that crawl on their belly."
Likewise in Abhodah Zarah, 22b:
"Why are the Goim unclean? Because they were not present at Mount
Sinai. For when the serpent entered into Eve he infused her with uncleanness.
But the Jews were cleansed from this when they stood on Mount Sinai; the
Goim, however, who were not on Mount Sinaim were not cleansed."
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6. COMPARED TO DUNG
"When ten persons are praying together in one place and they say
Kaddisch, or Kedoschah, anyone, even though he does not belong there, may
respond Amen. There are some, however, who say that no dung or Akum must
be present."
In lore Dea (198, 48) Hagah, it says:
"When Jewish women come out of a bath they must take care to meet a
friend first, and not something unclean or a Chrsitian. For if so, a woman, if she
wants to keep holy, should go back and bathe again."
It is worthy of note that the following list of unclean things is a given in
Biur Hetib, a commentary on the Schulchan Arukh:
"A woman must wash herself again if she sees any unclean things, such as
a dog, an ass, or People of the Earth; a Christian (Akum), a camel, a pig, a horse,
and a leper.
7. NOT LIKE MEN, BUT BEASTS
In Kerithuth (6b p. 78) it says:
"The teaching of the Rabbis is: He who pours oil over a Goi, and over dead
bodies is freed from punishment. This is true for an animal because it is not a
man. But how can it be said that by pouring oil over a Goi one is freed from
punishment, since a Goi is also a man? But this is not true, for it is written: Ye
are my flock, the flock of my pasture are men (Ezechiel, XXXIV, 31). You are
thus called men, but the Goim are not called men."
In the Tract Makkoth (7b) he is said to be guilty of killing "except when, if
intending to kill an animal he kills a man by mistake, or intending to kill a Goi,
he kills an Israelite."
In Orach Chaiim (225, 10) it says:
"He who sees beautiful creatures, even though it be an Akum or an animal,
let him say 'Blessed art thou Our Lord God, King of the Universe, who has
placed such things on the earth!'"
8. THEY DIFFER ONLY IN FORM FROM BEASTS
In Midrasch Talpioth (fol. 225d) it says:
"God created them in the form of men for the glory of Israel. But Akum
were created for the sole end of ministering unto them [the Jews] day and night.
Nor can they ever be relieved from this service. It is becoming to the son of a
king [an Israelite] that animals in their natural form, and animals in the form of
human beings should minister unto him."
We can quote here also what is said in Orach Chaiim, 57, 6a:
"If pigs are to be pitied when they suffer from disease, because their
intestines are similar to ours, how much more should the Akum be pitied when
thus affected."
9. ANIMALS
In Zohar, II, (64b) it says:
"...People who worship idols, and who are called cow and ass, as it is
written: I have a cow and an ass..."
Rabbi Bechai, in his book Kad Hakkemach, ch. I, beginning with the word
Geulah - redemption - referring to Psalm 80, v.13:
The boar out of the wood doth waste it, says:
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"The letter ain is dropped [suspended] the same as these worshippers are
followers of him who was suspended."
Buxtorf (Lex.) says:
"By wild pig the author here means the Christians who eat pork and, like
pigs, have destroyed the vineyard of Israel, the City of Jerusalem, and who
believe in the 'suspended' Christ. Else the letter ain is dropped in this word
because they, as worshippers of Christ who was hanged, are also dropped."
Rabbi Edels, in commenting on Kethuboth (nob) says:
"The Psalmist compares the Akum to the unclean beast in the woods."
10. WORSE THAN ANIMALS
Rabbi Schelomo larchi (Raschi), famous Jewish commentator, explaining
the law of Moses (Deuter. XIV, 21) forbidding the eating of meat of wounded
animals, but which must be given to the 'stranger in thy gates,' or which,
according to Exodus (XXII, 30) is to be thrown to the dogs, has this to say:
"...for he is like a dog. Are we to take to word 'dog' here literally? By no
means. For the text in speaking of dead bodies says. Or thou mayest sell it to an
alien. This applies much more to the meat of wounded animals, for which it is
permitted to accept payment. Why therefore does the Scripture say it may be
thrown to 'dogs?' In order to teach you that a dog is to be more respected than
the Nokhri."
11. THEY PROPAGATE LIKE BEASTS
In the Sanhedrin (74b) Tosephoth, it says:
"The sexual intercourse of a Goi is like that of a beast."
And in Kethuboth (3b) it says:
"The seed of a Goi is worth the same as that of a beast."
Hence it is to be inferred that Christian marriage is not true marriage.
In Kidduschim (68a), it says:
"...How do we know this? Rabbi Huna says: You can read: Remain here
with the ass, that is, with a people like an ass. Hence it appears that they are not
capable of contracting marriage."
And in Eben Haezer (44, 8):
"If a Jew enters into marriage with an Akum (Christian), or with his
servant, the marriage is null. For they are not capable of entering into
matrimony. Likewise if an Akum or a servant enter into matrimony with a Jew,
the marriage is null."
In Zohar (II, 64b) it says:
"Rabbi Abba says: If only idolaters alone had sexual intercourse, the world
would not continue to exist. Hence we are taught that a Jew should not give way
to those infamous robbers. For if these propagate in greater numbers, it will be
impossible for us to continue to exist because of them. For they give birth to
sucklings the same as dogs."
12. CHILDREN OF THE DEVIL
In Zohar (I, 28b) we read:
"Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field, etc. (Genes.
Ill, 1.) 'More subtle' that is towards evil; 'than all beasts' that is, the idolatrous
people of the earth. For they are the children of the ancient serpent which
seduced Eve."
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The best argument used by the Jews to prove that Christians are of the
race of the devil is the fact that they are uncircumcized. The foreskin on non-
Jews prevents them from being called the children of the Most High God. For by
circumcision the name of God - Schaddai - is complete in the flesh of a
circumcized Jew. The form of the letter Isch is in his nostrils, the letter Daleth in
his (bent) arm, and ain appears in his sexual organ by circumcision. In non-
circumcized gentiles, therefore, such as Christians, there are only two letters,
Isch and Daleth, which make the word Sched, which means devil. They are,
therefore, children of the Sched, the devil.
13. THE SOULS OF CHRISTIANS ARE EVIL AND UNCLEAN
The teaching of the Jews is that God created two natures, one good and the
other evil, or one nature with two sides, one clean and the other unclean. From
the unclean side, called Keliphah - rind, or scabby crust - the souls of Christians
are said to have come.
In Zohar (1, 131a) it says:
"idolatrous people, however, since they exist, befoul the world, because
their souls come out of the unclean side."
And in Emek Hammelech (23d) it says:
"The souls of the impious come from Keliphah, which is death and the
shadows of death."
Zohar (I, 46b, 47a) goes to show that this unclean side is the left side, from
which the souls of the Christians come:
"And he created every living thing, that is, the Israelites, because they are
the children of the Most High God, and their holy souls come out from Him. But
where do the souls of the idolatrous gentiles come from? Rabbi Eliezer says:
from the left side, which makes their souls unclean. They are therefore all
unclean and they pollute all who come in contact with them."
14. AFTER DEATH THEY GO DOWN TO HELL
The Elders teach that Abraham sits at the gate of Gehenna and prevents
any circumcized person from entering there; but that all the uncircumcized go
down to hell.
In Rosch Haschanach (17a) it says:
"Heretics and Epicureans and Traitors go down into hell."
15. THE FATE OF DEAD CHRISTIANS
The bodies of Christians after death are called by the odious name of
Pegarim, which is the word used in Holy Scripture for the dead bodies of the
damned and of animals, but never for the pious dead who are called Metim.
Thus the Schulchan Arukh orders that a dead Christian must be spoken of in the
same way as a dead animal.
In lore Dea (377, 1) it says:
"Condolences must not be offered to anyone on account of the death of his
servants or handmaids. All that may be said is 'May God restore your lost one,
the same as we say to a man who has lost a cow or an ass.'"
Nor must Christians be avoided for seven days after they have buried
someone, as the law of Moses commands, since they are not men; for the burial
of an animal does not pollute one.
In lebhammoth (61a) it says:
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"The Nokhrim are not rendered unclean by a burial. For it is said: Ye are
my sheep, the sheep of my pasture; ye are men. You are thus called men, but not
the Nokhrim."
Article III. - About Christian Rites and Worship
Since Christians are regarded by the Jews as idolators, all their forms of
worship are idolatrous. Their priests are called priests of Baal; their temples are
called houses of lies and idolatry, and everything they contain, such as chalices,
statues and books, are regarded as made for the serving of idols; their prayers,
both private and public, are sinful and offensive to God; and their festivals are
called days of evil.
1. PRIESTS
The Talmud speaks of priests, the ministers of Christian worship, as
idolatrous and belonging to the god Baal. They are also called Komarim -
Soothsayers; and also Galachim, the shaved, because they shave their heads,
particularly the monks.
In Abhodah Zarah (14b) Toseph, it says:
"It is forbidden to sell books of the prophets to the soothsayers, since they
may use them for their evil worship in their idolatrous temples. Those who do
so sin against the law which forbids us to place an obstacle in the way of a blind
person. It is also forbidden to sell them to a Christian who is not shaved, for he
is sure to give or sell them to one of them who is shaved."
2. CHRISTIAN CHURCHES
A place of Christian worship is called (1) Beth Tilfah, a house of vanity and
foolishness, in place of Beth Tefilah, a house of prayer; (2) Beth Abhodha Zarah,
a House of Idolatry; (3) Beth Hatturapi Schel Letsim, a house of Evil Laughter.
In Abhodah Zarah (78) the Perusch of Maimonides, it says:
"Be it known to you that it is beyond a doubt forbidden by law to pass
through a Christian city in which there is a house of vanity, that is, a house of
idolatry; much more to live therein. But we today, as punishment for our sins,
are subject to them, and are forced to live in their countries, as it was foretold in
Deuteronomy (IV, 28): And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands,
of wood and stone.. .Thus if it is allowed as predicted to pass around a Christian
city, much more so must we pass around an idolatrous temple; nor is it allowed
us even to look inside and above all to enter in."
A Jew is forbidden not only to enter a Christian church, but even to go near
it, except under certain circumstances.
In lore Dea (142, 10) it says:
"It is forbidden to stand in the shadow of a house of idolatry, whether from
the inside or the outside, for a distance of four cubits from the front door. It is
not forbidden, however, to stand under the shadows of the back of a church. Nor
is the shadow forbidden us if the church stands in a place where formerly there
was public road, which was taken from the community and the house of idolatry
built upon it. For the road is still there. But if the house of idolatry existed
before the road, it is not permitted to pass before it. There are some who say
that it is forbidden to pass there in any case."
Neither is a Jew allowed to listen to, or admire the beautiful music of the
churches. In lore Dea (142, 15) it says:
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"It is forbidden to listen to the music if idolatrous worship, and to examine
the statues of their idols; for even by looking at them one can be influenced by
the evil of idolatry. But one can look who does not intend to be so affected."
Likewise a Jew is not allowed to have a house near a church; nor is he
allowed to rebuild a house which has been destroyed in such a place. In lore Dea
(143, 1) it says:
"If a house near an idolatrous temple belonging to the Akum falls down, it
must not be rebuilt. A Jew must remove it a certain distance away if he wishes
to rebuild it. But he must fill up the vacant space between his house and the
church with bushes and rubbish so that the space will not be used to extend the
idolatrous temple."
Here may be added what a certain Rabbi Kelomimus said about a Christian
church (in the book Nizzachon) to the Emperor Henry III, who gave him
permission to speak his opinion freely about the Basilica which he had recently
built at Spires:
"After the Emperor Henry III, a very wicked man, had completed the
building of that "Abyss," he sent for Rabbi Kelominus and said to him: "I want
to ask you, how does this Basilica which I have built compare with the
magnificence of Solomon's Temple, about which so many volumes have been
written?" He replied: 'My Lord, if you will permit me that you will let me go
unharmed, I will tell you the truth about it.' The Emperor answered: 'I give you
my word as a lover of the truth and as an Emperor, that no harm shall come to
you.' Then the Jew said: 'If you gathered together all you have spent so far, and
added to it all the silver and gold in your treasury, it would not suffice even to
pay the workmen and craftsmen that Solomon employed; for it is written
(Chron. II, ch 2): And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to
bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountains, and three
thousand and six hundred to oversee them. Eight years were spent in the
building of the Temple, much more than you spent in building this Tehon
[Abyss]. And when Solomon had finished his Temple, see what the Scripture
says about it: The priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for
the glory of God had filled the House of the Lord (Chron. II, Ch. 5, 14). But if
someone loaded an ass with putrid garbage and led it into this abyss of yours, no
one would notice the difference!' The Emperor Henry then replied: 'Were it not
that I have sworn to let you go unharmed, I would order your head cut off.'"
3. CHALICES
Chalises used in the Sacrifice of the mass are spoken of as vessels in which
filth is offered up to the idol. Moses Kozzensis, in Hilkoth Abhodah Zarah (10b)
says:
"A Jew who buys Chalises of the Goi, which are broken and thrown away, it
is not permitted to sell them again to them, because their priest of Baal will use
them in the worship of the idol."
4. BOOKS
The Talmud calls the books of the Christians Minim - heretical books -
Siphre Debeth Abidan - Books of the House of Perdition. The Talmud in
particular speaks of the books of the Gospels. Thus in Schabbath (116a) Toseph:
"Rabbi Meir calls heretical books Aaven Gilaion (volumes of iniquity)
because the call them Gospels."
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And Rabbi Jochanan calls these books Aavon Gilaion, evil books. The
Schulchan Arukh, Crakow edition, gives this name as Aven Niktabh al
Haggilaion - iniquity written in a book.
Buxtorf says: "In the Arukh there is a note Scheker Niktabh al Gilaion,
which means, a lie written in a book."
All the Talmudists agree that the books of the Christians should be
destroyed. They differ only as to what should be done with the names of God
contained in them. In Schabbath (ii6a) it says:
"The Glossaries of our own books and the books of the heretics are not to
be saved from the flames, if they should catch fire on the Sabbath day. Rabbi
Jose, however, says: 'On festival days the divine names should be torn out of the
books of the Christians and hidden away; what remains must be given to the
flames.' But Rabbi Tarphon says: 'In order that I may be remembered by my
children, if those books should ever fall into my hands I would burn them
together with the divine names contained therein. For if one is chased by an
assassin, or by a serpent, it would be better to take refuge in a pagan temple
than in one of theirs; because the Christians knowingly resist the truth, whereas
the pagans do so unknowingly."
5. PRAYERS
Christian prayers are called, not TefiUah, but Tiflah. They change the point
and insert lod, which makes it read to mean sin, foolishness and transgression.
6. CHRISTIAN FESTIVALS
Christian festivals, especially Sunday, are called Ion Ed - day of
destruction, perdition, misfortune or calamity. They are also simply called lom
Notsri - Christian Days. The word Ed rightly interpreted means misfortune or
calamity, as appears from the Gemarah and the Glossaries of Maimonides in
Abhodah Zarah (2a):
"The word Edehem means the festivals of the Christians, since it is written
(in Deuter. XXXII, 35): the day of their calamity."
Maimonides also says in Abhodah Zarah (78c):
"The words Edehem means the foolishness of their festivlas. It is the name
for their despicable feast days which do not merit the name of Moedim, for they
are really vain and evil."
Baretenora also writes:
"The word Edehem is the name for their ignominious festivals and
solemnities."
The marginal notes of Tosephtoth also give this name to Christian
festivals. Thus in Abhodah Zarah (6a):
"The Day of Evil, that is the Christian Day, is forbidden to us as well as all
their other feast days."
Some Christian festivals are mentioned by name, such as the feast of
Christmas and Easter. Moses Mikkozzi, referring to the above text of Abhodah
Zarah , says:
"Rabbi Sammuel declares, in the name of Solomon larchi, that in
particular the festivals of Christmas and Easter, which are their principal evil
days and the foundation of their religion, are forbidden to us."
Maimonides, in hilkoth Akum (ch. IX) has the same:
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"Sammuel repeats the words of Rabbi Sal. larchi which forbid us
particularly to celebrate the feasts of Christmas and Easter, which are celebrated
on account of him who was hanged."
Furthermore, indications of the impiety of the Jews are to be found in the
names which they give to these Christian festivals: For in place of using Tav in
the word Nithal, they often write Tet and call it Nital for the Latin word Natalis,
the Feast of the Nativity. They make it appear as if this word were from the root
Natal which connotes extermination or destruction. Likewise they refuse to use
the word Paschal (Pesach) for the Christian feast of Easter. The substitute Koph
for Phe and insert the letter iod and call it Ketsach or Kesach. Both
pronunciations have an evil meaning. Ketsach is from the root Katsah, meaning
to amputate or cut off from, and Kesach is from the root Kesa, meaning to wood
or a gallows. This is done because the feast of Easter is celebrated by Christians
in memory of Christ - the one who was hanged - who was put to death and who
rose again from the dead.
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PART TWO
PRECEPTS OF THE TALMUD CONCERNING CHRISTIANS
From what has been shown thus far, it is clear that, according to the
teaching of the Talmud, Christians are idolaters and hateful to Jews.
As a consequence, every Jew who wishes to please God has a duty to
observe all the precepts which were given to the Fathers of their race when they
lived in the Holy Land concerning the idolatrous gentiles, both those who lived
amongst them and those in nearby countries.
A Jew is therefore required to (i) To avoid Christians; (2) To do all he can
to exterminate them.
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CHAPTER I
CHRISTIANS MUST BE AVOIDED
Jews are required to avoid all contact with Christians for four reasons: (i)
Because they are not worthy to share in the Jewish way of life; (2) Because they
are unclean; (3) Because they are idolators; (4) Because they are murderers.
Article I. - Christians Must Be Avoided - Because They Are Unworthy to
Share Jewish Customs
A Jew, by the fact that he belongs to the chosen people and is circumcized,
possesses so great a dignity that no one, not even an angel, can share equality
with him. In fact, he is considered almost the equal of God. "He who strikes an
Israelite" says Rabbi Chanina "acts as if he slaps the face of God's Divine
Majesty."
A Jew is always considered good, in spite of certain sins which he may
commit; nor can his sins contaminate him, any more
than dirt contaminates the kernel in a nut, but only soils its shell. A Jew
alone is looked upon as a man; the whole world is his and all things should serve
him, especially "animals which have the form of men."
Thus it is plain that they regard all contact with Christians as
contaminating and as detracting from their dignity. They are therefore required
to keep as far away as possible from all who live and act as Christians do.
1. A JEW MUST NOT SALUTE A CHRISTIAN
In Gittin (62a) it says:
"A Jew must not enter the home of a Nokhri on a feast day to offer him
greetings. However, if he meets him on the street, he may offer him a greeting,
but curtly and with head bowed."
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2. A JEW MUST NOT RETURN THE GREETINGS OF A CHRISTIAN
In lore Dea (148, 10) it says:
"A Jew must not return the greeting of a Christian by bowing before him. It
is good, therefore, to salute him first and so avoid having to answer him back if
the Akum salutes him first."
Rabbi Kohana says that when a Jew salutes a Christian he should say
"Peace to my Lord," but intend this for his own Rabbi. For the Tosephtoth says:
"For his heart was turned towards his own Rabbi."
3. A JEW MUST NOT GO BEFORE A CHRISTIAN JUDGE
In Choschen Hammischpat (26,1) it says:
"A Jew is not permitted to bring his case before Akum judges, even if the
matter is judged by the decisions of Jewish law, and even if both parties agree to
abide by such decisions. He who does so is impious and similar to one who
calumniates and blasphemes, and who raises his hand against the Law given us
by Moses, our great law-giver. Hagah says 'The Bethin has the power to
excommunicate such a one until he releases his Jewish brother from the hands
of the Gentile.'"
4. A CHRISTIAN CANNOT BE USED AS A WITNESS
In Choschen Ham. (34, 19) it says:
"A Goi or a servant is not capable of acting as a witness."
5. A JEW CANNOT EAT CHRISTIAN FOOD
In lore Dea (112, 1) it says:
"The Elders forbade the eating of the bread of the Akum, lest we would
seem to be familiar with them."
And in Abhodah arah (35b) it says:
"The following things belonging to the Goim are forbidden: Milk which a
Goi takes from a cow, in the absence of a Jew; also their bread, etc."
6. A JEW MUST NEVER ACT IN ANY WAY LIKE A CHRISTIAN
In lore Dea (178, 1) it says:
"It is not permitted to imitate the customs of the Akum, nor to act like
them. Nor is it permitted to wear clothes like the Akum, not to comb the hair as
they do. ..neither must Jews build houses that look like temples of the Akum."
Since, however, it is not possible to observe all these rules in every place,
the Hagah says that they can be overlooked to a certain extent when, for
instance, it is to the advantage of the Jew to do so; for example, if a Jew would
profit by a trade which requires a certain kind of dress.
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Article II. - Christians Are to Be Avoided - Because They Are Unclean
It is not known how often Jews must wash and purify themselves, nor how
much they must study to avoid everything which might render them unclean.
The Talmud teaches, however, that Christians are people whose touch alone
makes things unclean. In Abhodah Zarah (72b) it says:
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"A certain man was pouring wine from one jar into another by means of a
tube, when a Goi came along and touched the tube with his hand. As a result all
the wine (in both jars) had to be thrown away."
Every vessel, therefore, must be washed which comes into the possession
of a Jew from a Christian, although it has never been in use. In lore Dea (120, 1)
it says:
"If a Jew buys a vessel for use at table from an Akum, whether it is made of
metal, glass or lead, even if it is new, he must wash it in a Mikvah [a large
basin], or in a cistern which holds forty quarts of water.
Article III. - Christians Are to Be Avoided - Because They Are Idolaters
1. Lest a Jew be the occasion of sin to the idolatrous Christians, according
to the precept in Levit. XIX, 14: "Do not put a stumbling-block before the blind -
he must avoid all contact with them on the days when they worship their gods.
In Abhodah Zarah (2a) it says:
"For three days before their idolatrous festivals it is not permitted to buy
or sell them anything. It is also forbidden to give or take any help from them, to
change any money with them, to pay them back any debts or allow them to pay
back debts."
In the Abhodah Zarah, 78c (the Perusch of Maimonides, fol. 8) it says:
"All the festivals of the followers of Jesus are forbidden, and we must
conduct ourselves towards them as we would towards idolators. The first day of
the week is their principal feast, and it is therefore forbidden to do any business
whatsoever with those who believe in Jesus on their Sabbath. We must observe
the same rules on their Sabbath as we do on the feastdays of idolators, as the
Talmud teaches."
2. A JEW MUST NOT USE ANYTHING WHICH PERTAINS TO THE
WORSHIP OF CHRISTIANS
In lore Dea (139, 1) it says:
"It is forbidden to have anything to do with idols and everything that is
used in their form of worship, whether they are made by the Akum or by Jews."
3. IT IS FORBIDDEN TO SELL TO CHRISTIANS ANYTHING
CONNECTED WITH THEIR IDOLATROUS WORSHIP
The Abhodah Zarah (14b, Toseph) says:
"It is always forbidden to sell incense to an idolatrous priest, for it is
evident that when he asks for it he wants it for no other purpose but to offer it
before his idol. Anyone, therefore, who would sell it to him sins against the
precept which forbids us to place a stumbling-block before the blind. It is also
forbidden to sell candles to gentiles for their Feat of Candles. Candles however
may be sold to them on other days. Neither is it permitted to sell a chalice to a
gentile which a Jew has bought after a Goi has broken it and thrown it away. It
may only be sold again to a gentile after it has been completely made over. For
after it has been broken just once it can be used still to hold the wine which is
offered in honor of their idol." Then follows the prohibition as to the selling of
books to Christian priests, as we have seen above. Even the work of binding
such books is forbidden to a Jew. In lore Dea (139, 15) it says:
"It is forbidden to bind the books of the Akum, with the exception of law
books. It may be done, however, if refusal to do so should cause enmity, but only
after every effort has been made to refuse such work."
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Likewise in lore Dea (151, 1, Hagah):
"It is not permitted to sell water to an Akum if it is known that it will be
made into Baptismal water."
Mention is also made of many other things which it is forbidden to sell to
Christians, such as: cloth from which priestly vestments and banners may be
made; paper and ink which may be used for writing books pertaining to their
divine worship. It is forbidden to sell, or even to rent, houses to Christians
which will be used by them as a place of worship. Nowadays, however, Jews
trade with Christians, especially on Christian feast days, and also sell them
houses knowing full well that certain Sacraments will be administered therein,
such as Baptism, Holy Communion and Extreme Unction. The Talmud can give
no reason for this, and in the Abhodah Zarah (2a, Toseph) it says:
"It is difficult to say by what right Jews nowadays trade with the Goim on
their (evil) feast days. For although many of them commit all kinds of licentious
acts and perversions on their feast days in honor of saints which they do not
look upon as gods, yet every week they celebrate the Day of the Nazarene
[Sunday] which has always been forbidden to us."
Bartenora, however, in his commentary on Abhodah Zarah (I, 2, fol. 7b) it
says:
"Since, while we are in captivity, we cannot live without trading with them,
and we depend upon them for our food and we must fear them, it is only
forbidden to trade with them on their feast days. Furthermore, it is permitted
nowadays to trade with them on the actual day of their feasts, because the
Rabbis are convinced that they do not worship their idols just because they
trade with us. And what is forbidden in this book must be taken as applying
directly to idolatry."
Rabbi Tam, however, contends that the Mischnah only forbids the selling
of things to idolaters which will be used by them in the worship of idols, since
they rejoice and worship their idols because they obtain the things necessary for
that worship. He explains it thus (in Abhodah Zarah, 2a, Toseph):
"No one should wonder at this custom of ours. For, although we look upon
them as idolaters, they can only offer up what they buy for money. Hence, our
gain and their joy is not the reason for this prohibition, for they have enough
money for these things, even if we did not trade with them."
4. THIS PROHIBITION DOES NOT APPLY TO ATHEISTS
In lore Dea (148, 5) it says:
"It is only permitted to send a gift to an Akum on one of their feast days if
it is known that he does not believe in idols and does not worship them."
Maimonides has the same in Hilkhoth Akum (IX, 2):
"It is also wrong to send a gift to a Goi on their feast days unless it is
certain that he does not believe in the worship of Christian idols, and does not
serve them."
Article IV. -Christians Are to Be Avoided - Because They Are Evil
There is nothing that Jews are more convinced of than the harm which
Christians can do to the children of Israel. Because of this, the rulers of the
Chosen People have always instructed them not to accept any help from
Christians who will always resort to murder, and to other crimes, whenever they
cannot otherwise obtain their evil ends. Thus a Jew must not employ a Christian
as a nurse, or as a teacher for his children, or as a doctor, a barber or an
obstetrician.
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1. NOT AS A NURSE
In lore Dea (81, 7, Hagah) it says:
"A child must not be nursed by a Nokhri, if an Israelite can be had; for the
milk of the Nokhrith hardens the heart of a child and builds up an evil nature in
him."
2. NOT AS A TEACHER
In lore Dea (153, 1, Hagah) it says:
"A child must not be given to the Akum to learn manners, literature or the
arts, for they will lead him to heresy."
3. NOT AS A DOCTOR
In lore Dea (155, 1) it says:
"When a Jew is wounded in any way, even so gravely that he would have to
violate the Sabbath in having a doctor, he must not employ the services of a
Christian (Akum) doctor who is not known to everyone in the neighborhood; for
we must guard against the spilling of blood. Even when it is not known if the
patient will live or die, such a doctor must not be allowed to attend him. If,
however, he is sure to die, then such a doctor may attend him, since an extra
hour of life is not much to lose. If the Akum insists that a certain medicine is
good, you may believe him, but be sure not to buy it from him. There are some
who say that this holds only when the Akum offer help free, and that it can be
accepted every time it is paid for. But it can be taken for granted that they would
not harm a Jew just for the sake of a matter of money."
In Pesachim (25a) it says:
"Rabbi Jochanan says: medical help can be accepted from all except
idolaters, fornicators and murderers."
4. NOT AS A BARBER
In lore Dea (156,1 ) it says:
"You must not be shaven by an Akum unless your Jewish friends are with
you. There are some who say that it is not permitted to be shaved by an Akum
even when others are present, unless you can see yourself in a mirror."
5. NOT AS AN OBSTETRICIAN
In Abhodah Zarah (26a) it says:
"Our Rabbis have passed it down for us, that a foreign woman must never
be allowed to act as midwife at the birth of a child of Israel, because they are
given to the shedding of blood. The Elders say, however, that a foreign woman
may perform this task provided there are other Jewish women present, but
never alone. Rabbi Meir, however, says that it is not allowed even others are
present. For they often crush the soft head of the child with their hands and kill
it; and they can do this without being noticed by those who are present."
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CHAPTER II
CHRISTIANS MUST BE EXTERMINATED
The followers of "that man," whose name is taken by the Jews to mean
"May his name and memory be blotted out," are not otherwise to be regarded
than as people whom it would be good to get rid of. They are called Romans and
tyrants who hold captive the children of Israel, and by their destruction the
Jews would be freed from this Fourth Captivity. Every Jew is therefore bound
to do all he can to destroy that impious kingdom of the Edomites (Rome) which
rules the whole world. Since, however, it is not always and everywhere possible
to effect this extermination of Christians, the Talmud orders that they should be
attacked at least indirectly, namely: by injuring them in every possible way, and
by thus lessening their power, help towards their ultimate destruction.
Wherever it is possible a Jew should kill Christians, and do so without mercy.
Article I. - Harm must be done to Christians
A Jew is commanded to harm Christians wherever he can, both indirectly
by not helping them in any way, and also directly by wrecking their plans and
projects; neither must he save a Christian who is in danger of death.
I. Good must not be done to Christians
In Zohar (i, 25b) it says:
"Those who do good to the Akum . . . will not rise from the dead."
At times it is permitted to do good to Christians, but only in order to help
Israel, namely, for the sake of peace and to hide hatred of them. Maimonides in
Hilkhoth Akum (X, 6) says:
"Needy Gentiles may be helped as well as needy Jews, for the sake of
peace..."
In lore Dea (148, 12 Hagah) it says:
"Therefore if you enter a town and find them celebrating a feast, you may
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care about the salvation of their souls should keep away from such celebrations.
You should make it known that it is a hateful thing to rejoice with them, if you
can do so without incurring enmity."
1. IT IS NOT PERMITTED TO PRAISE A CHRISTIAN
In Abhodah Zarah (20, a, Toseph) it says:
"Do not say anything in praise of them, lest it be said: How good that Goi
is!"
In this way they explain the words of Deuteronomy (VII, 2) ... and thou
shalt show no mercy unto them [Goim], as cited in the Gemarah. Rabbi S. larchi
explains this Bible passage as follows:
"Do not pay them any compliments; for it is forbidden to say: how good
that Goi is."
In lore Dea (151, 14) it says:
"No one is allowed to praise them or to say how good an Akum is. How
much less to praise what they do or to recount anything about them which
would redound to their glory. If, however, while praising them you intend to
give glory to God, namely, because he has created comely creatures, then it is
allowed to do so."
2. A JEW NOT ALLOWED TO MENTION THE THINGS WHICH
CHRISTIANS USE FOR THEIR IDOLATROUS WORSHIP
In Hilkhoth Akum (V, 12) it says:
"It is also forbidden to make mention of the Akum; for it is written
(Exodus XXIII, 13):. ..and make no mention of other gods."
3. THEIR IDOLS MUST BE SPOKEN OF WITH CONTEMPT
In lore Dea (146, 15) it says:
"Their idols must be destroyed, or called by contemptuous names."
Ibidem, (147, 5):
"It is permitted to deride idols, and it is forbidden to say to a Goi: May
your God help you, or I hope you will succeed."
Rabbi Bechai, explaining the text of Deuteronomy about hating idolatry,
says:
"The Scripture taught us to hate idols and to call them by ignominious
names. Thus, if the name of a church is Bethgalia - "house of magnificence," it
should be called Bethkaria - an insignificant house, a pigs' house, a latrine. For
this word, karia, denotes a low-down, slum place."
In numerous places ignominious names are given by the Jews to Christian
things. It will not be out of place to list a few of these names which they give to
things and persons which are held holy and dear by Christians, as follows:
JESUS is ignominiously called Jeschu - which means. May his name and
memory be blotted out. His proper name in Hebrew is Jeschua, which means
Salvation.
MARY, THE MOTHER OF JESUS, is called Charia - dung, excrement
(German Dreck). In Hebrew her proper name is Miriam.
CHRISTIAN SAINTS, the word for which in Hebrew Kedoschim, are called
Kededchim (cinaedos) - feminine men (Fairies). Women saints are called
Kedeschoth, whores.
SUNDAY is called the day of calamity.
FEAST OF CHRISTMAS is called Nital, denoting extermination.
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EASTER is not called by the proper name Pesach (Passover), but Ketsach,
meaning a cutting down; or Kesach, a Gallows.
A CHRISTIAN CHURCH is not called Beth HattefiUah, House of Prayer,
but Beth Hattiflah, a House of Vanity, a House of Evil.
THE GOSPEL BOOKS are called Aavon Gilaion, Books of Iniquity.
CHRISTIAN SACRIFICES are called Dung Offerings. In the Jerusalem
Talmud (fol. 13b) the following occurs:
"He who sees them mezabbelim (excrementing - sacrificing) before their
idol, let him say (Exod. XXII, 20): He that sacrificeth unto an idol shall be
utterly destroyed."
Rabbi larchi (referring to Num. XXV, 3) teaches that the Gentiles actually
honor their God by excrementing before him.
A CHRISTIAN GIRL who works for Jews on their sabbath is called a
Schaw-wesschicksel, Sabbath Dirt.
4. A JEW IS NOT ALLOWED TO GIVE GIFTS TO CHRISTIANS
In Hilkohoth Akum (X, 5) it says:
"It is forbidden to give gifts to the Goim. But it is permitted to give them to
a convert who lives among the Jews; for it is said: To the traveller who stops in
your cities, give it to him to eat, or sell it to a Gentile, that is sell it, not give it."
In lore Dea (151, 11) it says:
"It is forbidden to give free gifts to the Akum with whom a Jew may not
treat familiarly."
The Talmud, however, allows a Jew to give gifts to Gentiles who are known
to himand from whom he has hope of getting something in return.
5. A JEW IS FORBIDDEN TO SELL HIS FARM TO CHRISTIANS
In lore Dea (334, 43) it says:
"In 24 cases a Jew must be repudiated, namely ...8. Anyone who sells his
farm to the Akum must be sent into exile - unless he undertakes to make up for
all the harm that follows as a consequence of having the Akum live near the
Jews."
6. IT IS FORBIDDEN TO TEACH A TRADE TO CHRISTIANS
In lore Dea (154, 2) it says:
"It is not permitted to teach any trade to the Akum."
II. Harm must be done to the Work of Christians
Since the Goim minister to Jews like beasts of burden, belong to a Jew
together with his life and all his faculties:
"The life of a Goi and all his physical powers belong to a Jew." (A. Rohl.
Die Polem. p. 20)
It is an axiom of the Rabbis that a Jew may take anything that belongs to
Christians for any reason whatsoever, even by fraud; nor can such be called
robbery since it is merely taking what belongs to him.
In Babha Bathra (54 b) it says:
"All things pertaining to the Goim are like a desert; the first person to
come along and take them can claim them for his own."
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1. CHRISTIANS MUST NOT BE TOLD IF THEY PAY TOO MUCH TO A
JEW
In Choschen Hammischpat (183, 7) it says:
"If you send a messenger to collect money from an <i>Akum and the
Akum pays too much, the messenger may keep the difference. But if the
messenger does not know about it, then you may keep it all yourself."
2. LOST PROPERTY OF CHRISTIANS MUST NOT BE RETURNED TO
THEM
In Choschen Hamm. (266, 1) it says:
"A Jew may keep anything he finds which belongs to the Akum, for it is
written: Return to thy brethren what is lost (Deuter. XXII, 3). For he who
returns lost property [to Christians] sins against the Law by increasing the
power of the transgressors of the Law. It is praiseworthy, however, to return lost
property if it is done to honor the name of God, namely, if by so doing
Christians will praise the Jews and look upon them as honorable people."
3. CHRISTIANS MAY BE DEFRAUDED
In Babha Kama (113b) it says:
"It is permitted to deceive a Goi."
And in Choschen Hamm. (156, 5 Hagah) it says:
"If a Jew is doing good business with an Akum it is not allowed to other
Jews, in certain places, to come and do business with the same Akum. In other
places, however, it is different, where another Jews is allowed to go to the same
Akum, lead him on, do business with him and to deceive him and take his
money. For the wealth of the Akum is to be regarded as common property and
belongs to the first who can get it. There are some, however, who say that this
should not be done."
In Choschen Hamm. (183, 7 Hagah) it says:
"If a Jew is doing business with an Akum and a fellow Israelite comes
along and defrauds the Akum, either by false measure, weight or number, he
must divide his profit with his fellow Israelite, since both had a part in the deal,
and also in order to help him along."
4. A JEW MAY PRETEND HE IS A CHRISTIAN TO DECEIVE
CHRISTIANS
In lore Dea (157, 2 Hagah) it says:
"If a Jew is able to deceive them [idolaters] by pretending he is a
worshipper of the stars, he may do so."
5. A JEW IS ALLOWED TO PRACTICE USURY ON CHRISTIANS
In Abhodah Zarah (54a) it says:;
"It is allowed to take usury from Apostates who fall into idolatry."
And in lore Dea (159, 1) it says:
"It is permitted, according to the Torah, to lend money to an Akum with
usury. Some of the Elders, however, deny this except in a case of life and death.
Nowadays it is permitted for any reason."
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1. A JEW MAY LIE AND PERJURE HIMSELF TO CONDEMN A
CHRISTIAN
In Babha Kama (113a) it says:
"Our teaching is as follows: When a Jew and a Goi come into court, absolve
the Jew, if you can, according to the laws of Israel. If the Goi wins, tell him that
is what our laws require. If however, the Jew can be absolved according to the
gentile law, absolve him and say it is due to our laws. If this cannot be done
proceed callously against the Goim, as Rabbi Ischmael advises. Rabbi Akibha,
however, holds that you cannot act fraudulently lest you profane the Name of
God, and have a Jew commited for perjury."
A marginal note, however, explains this qualification of Rabbi Akibha as
follows:
"The name of God is not profaned when it is not known by the Goi that the
Jew has lied."
And further on, the Babha Kama (113b) says:
"The name of God is not profaned when, for example, a Jew lies to a Goi by
saying: 'I gave something to your father, but he is dead; you must return it to
me,' as long as the Goi does not know that you are lying."
2. A JEW MAY PERJURE HIMSELF WITH A CLEAR CONSCIENCE
In Kallah (lb, p.i8) it says:
"She (the mother of the mamzer) said to him, 'Swear to me.' And Rabbi
Akibha swore with his lips, but in his heart he invalidated his oath."
A similar text is found in Schabbuoth Hagahoth of Rabbi Ascher (6d):
"If the magistrate of a city compels Jews to swear that they will not escape
from the city nor take anything out of it, they may swear falsely by saying to
themselves that they will not escape today, nor take anything out of the city
today only."
IV. Christians must be harmed in Things Necessary for Life
Jews must spare no means in fighting the tyrants who hold them in this
Fourth Captivity in order to set themselves free. They must fight Christians with
astuteness and do nothing to prevent evil from happening to them: their sick
must not be cared for. Christian women in childbirth must not be helped, nor
must they be saved when in danger of death.
1. A JEW MUST ALWAYS TRY TO DECEIVE CHRISTIANS
In Zohar (1, 160a) it says:
"Rabbi Jehuda said to him [Rabbi Cezkia]: 'He is to be praised who is able
to free himself from the enemies of Israel, and the just are much to be praised
who get free from them and fight against them. 'Rabbi Chezkia asked, 'How
must we fight against them?' Rabbi Jehuda said, 'By wise counsel thou shalt war
against them' (Proverbs, ch. 24, 6). By what kind of war? The kind of war that
every son of man must fight against his enemies, which Jacob used against Esau
- by deceit and trickery whenever possible. They must be fought against without
ceasing, until proper order be restored. Thus it is with satisfaction that I say we
should free ourselves from them and rule over them."
2. A SICK CHRISTIAN MUST NOT BE AIDED
In lore Dea (158, 1) it says:
"The Akum are not to be cured, even for money, unless it would incur their
enmity."
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3. A CHRISTIAN WOMAN IN CHILDBIRTH MUST NOT BE HELPED
In Orach Chaiim (330, 2) it says:
"No help is to be given to an Akun woman in labor on the sabbath, even in
a small way, for the Sabbath must not be violated."
4. A CHRISTIAN IN DANGER OF DEATH MUST NOT BE HELPED
In Choschen Hamm. (425, 5) it says:
"If you see a heretic, who does not believe in the Torah, fall into a well in
which there is a ladder, hurry at once and take it away and say to him 'I have to
go and take my son down from a roof; I will bring the ladder back to you at once'
or something else. The Kuthaei, however, who are not our enemies, who take
care of the sheep of the Israelites, are not to be killed directly, but they must not
be saved from death."
And in lore Dea (158, 1) it says:
"The Akum who are not enemies of ours must not be killed directly,
nevertheless they must not be saved from danger of death. For example, if you
see one of them fall into the sea, do not pull him out unless he promises to give
you money."
Maimonides, in Hilkhoth Akum (X, 1) says:
"Do not have pity for them, for it is said (Deuter. VII, 2): Show no mercy
unto them. Therefore, if you see an Akum in difficulty or drowning, do not go to
his help. And if he is in danger of death, do not save him from death. But it is
not right to kill him by your own hand by shoving them into a well or in some
other way, since they are not at war with us."
Article II. - Christians are to be Killed
Lastly, the Talmud commands that Christians are to be killed without
mercy. In the Abhodah Zarah (26b) it says:
"Heretics, traitors and apostates are to be thrown into a well and not
rescued."
And in Choschen Hammischpat (388, 10) it says:
"A spy is to be killed, even in our days, wherever he is found. He may be
killed even before he confesses. And even if he admits that he only intended to
do harm to somebody, and if the harm which he intended is not very great, it is
sufficient to have him condemned to death. He must be warned, however, not
to confess to this. But if he impudently says 'No, I will confess it!' then he must
be killed, and the sooner the better. If there is no time to warn him, it is not
necessary to do so. There are some who say that a traitor is to be put to death
only when it is impossible to get rid of him by mutilating him, that is, by cutting
out his tongue or his eyes, but if this can be done he must not be killed, since he
is not any worse than others who persecute us."
And in Choschen Hamm. again (388, 15) it says:
"If it can be proved that someone has betrayed Israel three times, or has
given the money of Israelites to the Akum, a way must be found after prudent
consideration to wipe him off the face of the earth."
I. Renegades to be Killed
Even a Christian who is found studying the Law of Israel merits death. In
Sanhedrin (59a) it says:
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"Rabbi Jochanan says: A Goi who pries into the Law is guilty to death."
II. Baptized Jews are to be Put to Death
In Hilkhoth Akum (X, 2) it says:
"These things [supra] are intended for idolaters. But Israelites also, who
lapse from their religion and become epicureans, are to be killed, and we must
persecute them to the end. For they afflict Israel and turn the people from God."
And in lore Dea (158, 2 Hagah) it says:
"Renegades who turn to the pleasures of the Akum, and who become
contaminated with them by worshipping stars and planets as they do, are to be
killed."
Likewise in Choschen Hamm. (425, 5) it says:
"Jews who become epicureans, who take to the worship of stars and
planets and sin maliciously; also those who eat the flesh of wounded animals, or
who dress in vain clothes, deserve the name of epicureans; likewise those who
deny the Torah and the Prophets of Israel - the law is that all those should be
killed; and those who have the power of life and death should have them killed;
and if this cannot be done, they should be led to their death by deceptive
methods."
Rabbi Maimonides, in Hilkhoth Teschubhah (III, 8) gives the list of those
who are considered as denying the Law:
"There are three classes of people who deny the Law of the Torah: (1)
Those who say that the Torah was not given by God, at least one verse or one
word of it, and who say that it was all the work of Moses; (2) Those who reject
the explanation of the Torah, namely, the Oral Law of the Mischnah, and do not
recognize the authority of the Doctors of the Law, like the followers of Tsadok
(Sadducees) and Baithos; (3) Those who say that God changed the Law for
another New Law, and that the Torah no longer has any value, although they do
not deny that it was given by God, as the Christians and the Turks believe. All of
these deny the Law of the Torah."
III. Christians are to be Killed because They are Tyrants
In Zohar (I, 25a) it says:
"The People of the Earth are idolaters, and it has been written about them:
Let them be wiped off the face of the earth. Destroy the memory of the
Amalekites. They are with us still in this Fourth Captivity, namely, the Princes
[of Rome] . . . who are really Amalakites."
1. THESE PRINCES ARE TO BE KILLED FIRST
For if they are allowed to live, the hope of the liberation of the Jews is in
vain, and their prayers for release from this Fourth Captivity are of no avail. In
Zohar (I, 219B) it says:
"It is certain that our captivity will last until the princes of the gentiles who
worship idols are destroyed."
And again in Zohar (II, 19a) it says:
"Rabbi Jehuda said: Come and see how it is; how the princes have
assumed power over Israel and the Israelites make no outcry. But their rejoicing
is heard when the prince falls. It is written that: the King of the Egyptians died
and soon the children of Israel were released from captivity; they cried out and
their voice ascended to God."
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2. THE PRINCEDOM WHOSE CHIEF CITY IS ROME IS THE ONE TO BE
HATED MOST OF ALL BY THE JEWS
They call it the Kingdom of Esau, and of the Edomites, the Kingdom of
Pride, the Wicked Kingdom, Impious Rome. The Turkish Empire is called the
Kingdom of the Ismaelites which they do not wish to destroy. The Kingdom of
Rome, however, must be exterminated, because when corrupt Rome is
destroyed, salvation and freedom will come to God's Chosen People.
Rabbi David Kimchi writes as follows in Obadiam:
"What the Prophets foretold about the destruction of Edom in the last days
was intended for Rome, as Isaiah explains (ch. 34, 1): Come near, ye nations, to
hear . . . For when Rome is destroyed, Israel shall be redeemed."
Rabbi Abraham also, in his book Tseror Hammor, section Schoftim, says
the same:
"Immediately after Rome is destroyed we shall be redeemed."
IV. Lastly, all Christians, including the Best of Them, are to be Killed
In Abhodah Zarah (26b, Tosephoth) it says:
"Even the best of the Goim should be killed"
The Schulchan Arukh, after the words of lore Dea (158, 1) that those of the
Akum who do no harm to Jews are not to be killed, namely those who do not
wage war against Israel, thus explains the word Milchamah - war:
"But in time of war the Akum are to be killed, for it is written: 'The good
among the Akum deserve to be killed, etc.'"
V. A Jew who Kills a Christian Commits No Sin, but Offers an Acceptable
Sacrifice to God
In Speher Or Israel (177b) it says:
"Take the life of the Kliphoth and kill them, and you will please God the
same as one who offers incense to Him."
And in lalkut Simoni (245c. n. 772) it says:
"Everyone who sheds the blood of the impious is as acceptable to God as
he who offers a sacrifice to God."
VI. After the Destruction of the Temple at Jerusalem, the only Sacrifice
Nexessary is the Extermination of Christians
In Zohar (III, 227b) the Good Pastor says:
"The only sacrifice required is that we remove the unclean from amongst
us."
Zhoar (II, 43a), explaining the precept of Moses about the redemption of
the first born of an ass by offering a lamb, says:
"The ass means the non-Jew, who is to be redeemed by the offering of a
lamb, which is the dispersed sheep of Israel. But if he refuses to be redeemed,
then break his skull.... They should be taken out of the book of the living, for it is
said about them: He who sins against me, I shall take out of the book of life."
VII. Those Who Kill Christians shall have a High Place in Heaven
In Zohar (I, 38b, and 39a) it says:
"In the palaces of the fourth heaven are those who lamented over Sion and
Jerusalem, and all those who destroyed idolatrous nations.. .and those who
killed off people who worship idols are clothed in purple garments so that they
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VIII. Jews must Never Cease to Exterminate the Goim; They must Never
Leave them in Peace and Never Submit to Them
? In Hilhoth Akum (X, i)it says:
"Do not eat with idolaters, nor permit them to worship their idols; for it is
written: Make no covenant with them, nor show mercy unto them (Deuter. ch.
7, 2). Either turn away from their idols or kill them."
Ibidem (X, 7):
"In places where Jews are strong, no idolater must be allowed to remain..."
IX. All Jews are Obliged to Unite Together to Destroy Traitors among
Them
In Choschen Hamm. (338, 16) it says:
"All the inhabitants of a city are obliged to contribute to the expense of
killing a traitor, even those who have to pay other taxes."
X.No Festival, no matter how solemn, must Prevent the Beheading of a
Christian
In Pesachim (49b) it says:
"Rabbi Eliezer said: It is permitted to cut off the head of an 'idiot' [one of
the people of the Earth] on the feast of the Atonement when it falls on the
Sabbath. His disciples said to him: Rabbi, you should rather say to sacrifice. But
he replied: By no means, for it is necessary to pray while sacrificing, and there is
no need of prayers when you behead someone."
XL The One Object of all the Actions and Prayers of the Jews should be to
Destroy the Christian Religion
Thus the Jews picture their Messiah and Liberator whom they expect, as a
persecutor who will inflict great calamities upon non-Jews. The Talmud lists
three great evils which will come upon the world when the Messiah comes. In
Schabbath (118a) it says:
"Whoever eats three meals on the Sabbath shall be saved from the three
evils: from the punishments of the Messiah, from the pain of hell and from the
war of Magog; for it is written: Behold, I shall send you Elias the Prophet before
the coming of the 'Day' of the Lord, etc.*
XII. In their Prayers the Jews sigh for the Coming of the Revengeful
Messiah, especially on the Eve of the Passover:
"pour out thy anger upon nations that know thee not, and upon the
kingdoms which do not invoke thy name; Pour out thy indignation upon them,
and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them; Persecute and destroy them in
anger from under the heavens of the Lord."
They also pray as follows:
"How long will thy strength remain captive and thy beauty lie under the
hand of the oppressor? O God! Show forth thy strength and thy zeal against our
enemies; break their strength and let them be confounded..."
And again:
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"Cut off the hope of the unjust; let all heretics perish at once; root out,
break up and destroy the Proud Kingdom; hasten to make all peoples subject in
our days."
At that very same time, on Good Friday, that "Prince of the Proud Empire"
of Rome, the Pope, prays, and orders everyone in the world to pray for all
"heretics" and those who are "lost", as follows:
"Let us pray for the perfidious Jews: that the Lord our God may take away
the veil from their hearts, that they may acknowledge Jesus Christ our Lord.
"Omnipotent and Eternal God, who does not even exclude Jewish perfidy
from thy mercy: hear our prayers which we offer for the blindness of that
people, that, having recognized the light of thy truth, which is Christ, they may
come out of their darkness. Through Jesus Christ our Lord . . ."
END OF THE BOOK BY L B. PRANAITIS
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SUPPLEMENTS
gathered by the Internet publisher to provide a background to
the understanding of this booklet.
The text was taken from
<http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/talnnudl.htnn >
Father Justinas Bonaventuras Pranaitis was born in Lithuania.
See also:
<http://www.israelect.conn/reference/Willie-IMartin/Khazar.htnnl
Biography (in German)
Aus Biographisch - Bibliographisches Lexikon
Band XXI (2003) Spalten 1221-1226 Autor: IMichael Hagemeister
PRANAITIS, Justinas (Justinus Bonaventura); rom.-kathol.
Priester, Hebraist, Verfasser judenfeindlicher Schriften, * 27.7. 1861
in Panenupiai, Kreis Naumiestis, Gouvernement Suwaiki, t 28.1.
1917 in Petrograd (St. Petersburg). - Justinas P. war das alteste von
drei hochbegabten Kindern litauischer Bauern (der Bruder Petras
wurde ein beruhmter Organist, die Schwester Julija Schriftstellerin
und Verlegerin). Nach dem Besuch der Grundschule in Griskabudis
und des Klassischen (Humanistischen) Gymnasiums in IMariampol
(IMarijampole) bezog er 1878 das Priesterseminar in Sejny (Seinai).
Von dort wurde er 1883 zum weiteren Studium an die Romisch-
Katholische Geistliche Akademie in St. Petersburg geschickt, wo er
1887 den Titel eines IMagisters der Theologie erwarb. 1886 hatte er
die Priesterweihe empfangen. Nach AbschiuB seines Studiums wurde
ihm das Lektorat fur Hebraisch an der Geistlichen Akademie
ubertragen. P. war Schuler von Daniil Chvol'son (1819-1910), dem
bedeutenden Semitisten, Professor an der Fakultat fur Orientalische
Sprachen der Universitat St. Petersburg und Verfasser mehrerer
Werke gegen die Legende vom judischen Ritualmord. 1892
veroffentlichte P. die aus seiner IMagisterdissertation
hervorgegangene Schrift "Christianus in Talmude ludaeorum sive
Rabbinicae doctrinae de Christianis secreta", in der er anhand
zahlreicher Zitate (hebraisch und in lateinischer Ubersetzung)
nachzuweisen suchte, da6 der Talmud die Juden dazu verpflichte, den
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Christen auf vielfaltige Weise Schaden zuzufugen und ihre Ausrottung
zu betreiben. Dabei bezog P. sich auch auf die Werke der
Antitalmudisten Jakob Ecker (s.d.) und August Rohling (s.d.)- Die
Schrift erhielt das kirchliche Imprimatur durch Erzbischof Simon
Kozlowski von IMogilev und wurde in der Offizin der Akademie der
Wissenschaften gedruckt. Bereits 1894 veroffentlichte der Wiener
Pfarrer und Antisemit Joseph Deckert eine deutsche Fassung. Spater
wurde das Pamphlet auch ins Russische, Italienische, Englische und
Spanische ubersetzt und wird bis heute von rechtsextremen und
ultraklerikalen Kreisen verbreitet (mittlerweile auch auf zahlreichen
antisemitischen Internetseiten). - 1890 wurde P. zum Kaplan
ernannt, von 1891 bis 1893 versah er das Amt des Prafekten. Neben
Hebraisch unterrichtete er an der Akademie Liturgie und
Kirchengesang, auBerdem gab er Religionsunterricht an mehreren
Kadettenanstalten. P. nahm regen Anteil am Leben der litauischen
Gemeinde in St. Petersburg und hielt seine Predigten auch auf
litauisch. Auf der Wassili-Insel richtete er ein Waisenasyl ein. Sein
besonderes Interesse gait indessen den "Geheimnissen" des Talmud,
der judischen Religion und dem angeblich eng damit verbundenen
Freimaurertum. P. veroffentlichte dazu eine Reihe von Artikein, die
von Zeitgenossen als dilettantische Machwerke eines
"pseudogelehrten Antisemiten" (L.O. Kantor) kritisiert wurden. 1894
war er in einen Betrugsskandal verwickelt und wurde fur kurze Zeit
nach Tver' verbannt. Bald schon rehabilitiert, wurde er 1901 vom
Zaren mit dem St. Stanislaus-Orden 3. Klasse geehrt. Zahlreiche
Reisen fiJhrten P. ins Innere RuBlands, nach Niznij Novgorod, Sibirien
und Turkestan. Die Begegnungen mit den dort lebenden Katholiken
bewogen ihn, die Akademie zu verlassen und sich ganz der Seelsorge
und Mission zu widmen. Im Oktober 1902 ging P. als Priester nach
Taschkent, um die romisch-katholische Gemeinde in Turkestan zu
betreuen, eine Aufgabe, der er sich mit solchem Eifer und Erfolg
widmete, da6 die russischen Behorden ihm wiederholt
Proselytenmacherei vorwarfen. Unter seiner Leitung entstanden
Kirchen und Gemeindebauten in Achabad, Buchara, Samarkand,
Vernyj (Alma-Ata), Taschkent und anderen Orten. In den Jahren vor
dem Ersten Weltkrieg bereiste er Sibirien, die Mandschurei, Sachalin
und Japan. - Zweifelhafte BeriJhmtheit eriangte P. durch seine
Beteiligung an dem weltweit beachteten Kiever Strafverfahren gegen
den judischen Handlungsgehilfen Mendel Bejiis, der beschuldigt
wurde, 1911 einen christlichen Knaben zu rituellen Zwecken ermordet
zu haben. Im September 1912 wurde P. aufgrund seiner Schrift uber
das Christentum im Talmud (die 1911 auch in einer gekurzten, von
ihm selbst angefertigten russischen Ubersetzung erschienen war) von
den Vertretern der Anklage als Sachverstandiger bestellt. Zwei
Monate spater legte er sein "Gutachten" vor, in dem er nachzuweisen
suchte, da6 das judische religiose Gesetz die Ermordung von Christen
und den Gebrauch ihres Blutes zu magischen und rituellen Zwecken
vorschreibe und alle Anzeichen des Kiever Falles auf einen Ritualmord
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deuteten. Bei der Hauptverhandlung vor dem Kiever Schwurgericht
trat P. im Oktober 1913 als Talmud-Experte auf, doch wurde die von
ihm erhobene Blutbeschuldigung von den sachverstandigen jiJdischen
und russischen Theologen zuruckgewiesen und seine Kompetenz
bestritten. - 1915 ubernahm P. den Vorsitz der "Romisch-
Katholischen Wohlfahrtsgesellschaft in Turkestan". Schwer erkrankt,
begab er sich Ende 1916 zur Behandlung nach Petrograd. Dort ist er
nach kurzem Krankenhausaufenthalt gestorben (Todesmeldung in
"Novoe vremja" vom 29.1.1917). Sein Leichnam wurde nach
Taschkent uberfuhrt und unter groBer Anteilnahme der Bevolkerung
in der von ihm errichteten Kirche beigesetzt. Von Antisemiten wird
die Legende verbreitet, P. sei nach der Oktoberrevolution von
judischen Tschekisten gefoltert und ermordet worden. Im Oktober
2002 feierte die katholische Kirche in Usbekistan den hundertsten
Jahrestag von P.s Ankunft in Taschkent.
Werke: Christianus in Talmude ludaeorum sive Rabbinicae
doctrinae de Christianis secreta, Petropoli [St. Petersburg] 1892 (vom
Verf. angefertigte Ubers.: Chrzescijanin v Talmudzie zydowskim, czyli
tajemnicza nauka rabinistyczna o chrescijanach, St.-Peterburg 1892,
[Warszawa 1937, 1982]; Christianin v talmude evrejskom ili tajny
ravvinskogo ucenija o christianach, S.-Peterburg 1911 [auch Taskent
1911]); Z tajemnic talmudystycznych, in: Rola, 1892; Jeszcze slowko
pana Pranajtisa, ebd.; Kobieta w judaizmie, ebd. 1894; Ciekawa
historia "spalonego obrazka", ebd.; W sprawie rewelacji
exmasonskich, ebd. 1896, Dyane Vaughan, ebd. 1897; De itinere
quod in Sibiriam anno 1900 fecit I.B. Pranaitis, o.O. 1900;
Akrostichon. Explicatum studiosis academiae caesareae romano-
catholicae ecclesiasticae Petropolitanae a I.B. Pranaitis, Petropolis
[St. Petersburg] 1901; Wycieczka na Sybir Ks. J.B. Pranajtisa, o.O.
1901; slusznosc i sprawiedliwosc, in: Rola 1912; Tydzien w Japonii,
in: Wiadomosci Koscielne [Mogilev] 1913; "Tajna krovi" u evreev.
Ekspertiza kuratora-ksendza I.E. [lustina Eliseevica] Pranaitisa po
delu ob ubijstve Andrjusi Juscinskogo, in: Missionerskoe obozrenie
12, 1913, 559-597 (auch separat unter dem Titel: "Tajna krovi" u
evreev. Ekspertiza I.E. Pranaitisa, S.-Peterburg 1913).
Ubersetzungen: Das Christenthum im Talmud der Juden oder Die
Geheimnisse der rabbinischen Lehre uber die Christen, ubers. und
erw. von Joseph Deckert, Wien 1894; I segreti della dottrina
rabbinica. Cristo e i cristiani nel Talmud. Edizione con testi ebraici a
fronte ed una introduzione di Mario de'Bagni, Roma 1939 (mehrere
Nachdrucke); The Talmud Unmasked. The Secret Rabbinical
Teachings Concerning Christians, trans, and ed. by E.N. [Eugene
Nelson] Sanctuary, New York 1939 (auch: Palmdale, Cal., o.J.;
Birmingham, Alab., 1964, und weitere Nachdrucke); El Talmud
Desenmascarado!, Lima 1981.
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Lit: L.O. Kantor: Podvigi diletantizma. Otpoved' odnomu
psevdoucenomu antisemitu, S.-Peterburg 1894; - S.S. Vermel': Otec
Pranajtis i ego "Ucenoe socinenie", S.-Peterburg 1913; - F.F. Mejer:
Pater Pranajtis kak "samootverzennyj" oblicitel' talmuda, Vil'na 1913;
- Andrzej Niemojewski: Ksiadz Pranajtis i jego przeciwnicy, Warszawa
1914; - V.B.: Kun. Justinas Pranaitis (1861-1917). Turkestano
apastalas, in: Ateitis [Kaunas], 6 (1917), 5, 129-133; -Semen
[Avraam] Gecht: Smakov i Pranajtis. Rasskazy, IMoskva 1927; -
Aleksandr S. Tager: Carskaja Rossija i delo Bejiisa, IMoskva 1933,
21934 (bes. Kap. 18); - IMichal Jan Juszczynski: Ksiadz Pranajtis i
walka Talmud, [Einleitung zu] Justyn Pranajtis: Chrzescijanin v
Talmudzie zydowskim, Warszawa 1937 (1982); - P. Bucys, M.I.C.:
Kun. Justino Pranaicio asmuo ir darbai, in: Lux Christi. Biuletenis
kunigams, Putnam, Conn. 1, 1953, 19-24; - Ders.: Kun. Justinas
Bonaventura Pranaitis (unveroff. Monographie, Rom); - S. Mtl.
[Steponas Matulis]: Pranaitis, Justinas Bonaventura, in: Lietuviu
Enciklopedija, t. 23, Boston 1961, 411f. (dass. engl. in: Encyclopedia
Lituanica, vol. 4, Boston 1975, 329f.); - Maurice Samuel: Blood
Accusation. The Strange History of the Beiliss Case, Philadelphia 1966
(London 1967); - Boleslaw Kumor: Pranajtis, Justyn Bonawentura, in:
Polski Slownik Biograficzny, t. 28, Wroclaw u.a. 1984-1985, 348f. -
Gita M. Lipson: Ksiadz Justyn Bonawentura Pranajtis - organizator
parafii turkiestanskiej, in: Rocznik Swietokrzyski, ser. A - Nauki
Humanistyczne 25, 1998, 133-135; - Delo Mendeija Bejiisa. Materialy
Crezvycajnoj komissii Vremennogo pravitel'stva o sudebnom processe
1913 g. po obvineniju v ritual'nom ubijstve, S.-Peterburg 1999; -
Curzio Nitoglia: Per padre il diavolo. Un'introduzione al problema
ebraico secondo la tradizione cattolica, Cusano Milanino (Milano)
2002, 153-161; - Michael Hagemeister: Pavel Florenskij und der
Ritualmordvorwurf, in: Ders./Torsten Metelka (Hrsg.): Appendix 2.
Materialien zu Pavel Florenskij, Berlin-Zepernick 2002, 59-73.
Michael Hagemeister
Textanmerkungen:
P.s judenfeindliches Hauptwerk wurde in jijngster Zeit in Polen in Kreisen
kathoiischer Taditionalisten und Antisemiten mehrfach wiederaufgeiegt und im
Internet propagiert. Ks. Justyn B. Pranajtis: Chrzeocijanin v Talmudzie ydowkim,
Warszawa 1995; Cinrzeocijanin v Talmudzie, Poznai 2003.
Letzte Anderung: 02.05.2004
< http://www.bautz.de/bbkl/p/pranaitis i.shtml >
See a strongly hostile, even defamatory point of view in
Debunking Pranaitis. What did he do? -
< http://www.sullivan-county.eom/z/pr.htm >
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PRANAITIS : Secret Rabbinical Teachings
ANOTHER TRANSLATION INTO ENGLISH
< http://www.traditionalcatholic.net/Tradition/Infornnation/Talnnud U
nmasked/ >
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Reviewer: A reader (Edmond, OK USA)
The Talmud is the written compendium of the oral traditions, the
"precepts of men," condemned by Jesus in the Gospels [Mark 7:6-9
and Matthew 15:3-6]. The pervasive root principle of the Talmud is
that non-Jews are non-humans. Critics of this book claim it is a
fabrication, but you can verify the facts yourself in the Soncino or
Steinsaltz translations of the Talmud. Keep in mind that there are
MANY expurgated translations of the Talmud for Gentile consumption,
sanitized of the horrifying Talmud doctrines that non-Jews are non-
humans, "You are called men, but the Goyim [Gentiles] are not called
men." -Kerituth 6b; "The progeny of the Goyim is like an animal." -
Sanhedrin 74b Tosephoth; "All Gentile children are animals." -
Yebamoth 98a
When challenged. Rabbis will dissemble quoting some sweet
Talmudic passages, but the characterization of non-Jews as non-
humans pervades the Talmud with baleful moral consequences.
Because we are not human. Gentiles are owed no debt of morality or
decency - not honesty [Baba Kamma 113a, explaining the lies
protesting the innocence of the Talmud], not property [Baba Mezia
24a], not even life! - "The best of the Gentiles should all be killed" -
Abhodah Zarah 26b Tosephoth and Minor tractate Soferim 15, 10.
Despite recent criticism of the Gospel accounts of the Crucifixion, the
Talmud [Sanhedrin 43a] actually boasts that the Sanhedrin arranged
Jesus' death even though the Romans were inclined towards
acquittal. (...)
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