Obama Is Haman, Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Says
In
rabbinic thought, Haman is considered the archenemy of the Jewish
people, the prototype for all anti-Semites who followed after him – like
for example, Hitler.Obama Is Haman, Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Says
Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com
Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, the chief rabbi of the West Bank town of Efrat, compared US President Barack Obama to Haman, the archenemy of the Jewish people from the biblical Book of Esther.
Riskin made the inflammatory statement while speaking at Jerusalem’s Great Synagogue Saturday night, the Jerusalem Post reported.
“The President of the United States is lashing out at Israel just like Haman lashed out at the Jews. I’m not making a political statement. I’m making a Jewish statement,” Riskin said.
A woman in the audience reportedly shouted out that Riskin was being disrespectful to the president. She was loudly booed by the crowd.
“I am being disrespectful because the President of the United States was disrespectful to my Prime Minister, to my country, to my future and to the future of the world,” Riskin responded.
As for Netanyahu’s snub of Obama with his speech in the well of the US Congress that alienated many Democrats – even many Jewish Democrats – Riskin said he was “proud” of Netanyahu for giving the speech “even if” the speech – which was arranged behind the president’s back – “angered Obama.”
Riskin also reportedly claimed that Netanyahu – who is despised by the vast majority of Israeli politicians for all parties who consider him to be self-serving, manipulative and dishonest – is like Mordechai of the biblical Book of Esther because just as Mordechai was focused on saving the Jews of Persia from destruction in biblical times, Netanyahu is focused on saving Israel and the world from destruction today.
Many senior policy analysts from both countries – including for Mossad heads – believe Netanyahu’s speech and his machinations leading up to it took support for Israel, which until now had been a longstanding bipartisan issue, and made it political and fractional – something that puts Israel’s long term security at risk - and brought US-Israel relations to the lowest point they have been in many decades.
In rabbinic thought, Haman is considered the archenemy of the Jewish people, the prototype for all anti-Semites who followed after him – like for example, Hitler.
Rabbinic literature also identifies Haman as a descendant of Amalek, the biblical nation Jews are commanded to completely wipe out in every generation.
Being labelled a “Haman” or “Amalek” has led to violence in the past – something Riskin certainly knows.
Even so, Riskin – the former head rabbi of the Modern Orthodox Lincoln Square Synagogue in Manhattan and a graduate of Yeshiva University's rabbinical school – failed to issue a call for nonviolence.
Update 4-1-2015 – Riskin now says he was misunderstood and that Obama, while "existentially" endangering Israel, is not Haman.
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Awwww, and you were so into him because he appointed a female rabbi. You must be so sad.
too bad riskins also losin it
Shmarya,
I guess it's been a slow "what dirt can I dig up on the chareidim" news day...
I guess it's been a slow "what dirt can I dig up on the chareidim" news day...
and not caring about Bitul Z'man, you decided to spend your time reading this - and then commentating. Bored much?.
Go learn Toyreh...you fuckwit.
Go learn Toyreh...you fuckwit.
I don't think riskin meant obama. I think he was referring to shmarya.
Posted by: n ' Aron | March 29, 2015 at 06:27 AM
No, he was referring to Yoilish, y'm.
No, he was referring to Yoilish, y'm.
Winston Churchill, in the House of Commons, March 1938.
"...historians a thousand years hence will still be baffled by the mystery of our affairs. They will never understand how it was that a victorious nation, with everything in hand, suffered themselves to be brought low, and to cast away all that they had gained by measureless sacrifice and absolute victory… Now the victors are the vanquished... that is the terrible transformation that has taken place bit by bit. –
"...historians a thousand years hence will still be baffled by the mystery of our affairs. They will never understand how it was that a victorious nation, with everything in hand, suffered themselves to be brought low, and to cast away all that they had gained by measureless sacrifice and absolute victory… Now the victors are the vanquished... that is the terrible transformation that has taken place bit by bit. –
he should be ashamed of himself. if he compares our
president to Hitler and other enemies of the Jewish people, he
diminishes every life that has been taken by every anti-semite ever.
maybe it's time that Israel went on its way and supported itself instead
of supporting itself on the backs of working class Americans. the
article is disgusting. the rabbis disgustiNg. he is the chief rabbi of
occupied land. nothing to be proud of.
riskin teaches any jew kiled a terrorist is merely
"collateral damage" to goal and price for jews having the land. what can
you expect -- he put his community along most dangerous road from
jerusalem to get to efrat
The Grand Poobah Riskin is puffed with bigotry, hate, and too much kishka. I agree with you PERCHERONDAD. see above comment
any jew killed by a terrorist
And, by the way...I know of no time in history when "Haman"
provided support and protection for Jewish people, as has the USA
including under our President Obama, the man Riskin likens to Haman.
Riskin completely forgets that the orthodox owned Prime
Minister of Israel basically pissed all over relations with the
President. He is now the darling of the traitorous Republicans. Good
luck with the next war Bibi, because you may have gotten yourself
re-elected but long term Israel's collective asshole is bleeding from
the fucking you just gave it.
Hello,to you (nice bal tefilah) nice singer,,madana,,and to
all,,kabalistin,,bananalistin, I am trying to look in to (the zohar
hakudoish) in to kabala trying to find out where was obama Hussain born ?
Kenya? Pakistan? In one of the digging tunnels from Hamas? I am so
confused? I am going up on to Google nobody can answer me where was our
president of United States born,? I tried to call Hillary Clinton and I
asked her if she has any clue? where our president was born?she told me
that she deleted already all her private emails one thing I found out
by searching so much that this man is so messed up,,he screwed up with
Israel,,Russia,,isis,,Syria,,kanya,,Afghanistan,,Iraq,,Iran,(bengazi),he
has no dam idea where to go from here, so best what he was able to do
is to blame all his problems on president Bush, now we understand why
Hillary Clinton deleted all her emails,? We shouldn't be able to know
how much more this president messed up oy forgot now he keeps on blaming
bibi Netanyahu,for not letting ,Iran ,to have a atomic bomb,who will he
blame for drunken secret service agents? For crashing into the lawn of
the white house?? For screwing around in Colombia with prostitutes ?? IS
the list going to stop one day? It keeps on getting bigger and bigger
the list,,so let's blame president Bush,for this mess,,or bibi
Netanyahu,,or Hillary Clinton, for deleting all her private emails,,can
someone help out Obama to clean out the white house from,,chumetz ?
Father of a victim
Pres. Obama was born in Hawaii, he is 100% American.
Anyone who says otherwise is a liar.The evidence is overwhelming.
Pres. Obama was born in Hawaii, he is 100% American.
Anyone who says otherwise is a liar.The evidence is overwhelming.
Father of a vicim.
Your post is gobbledygook. It makes no sense.
Your post is gobbledygook. It makes no sense.
What both Failed Messiah and Riskin failed to tell us is that
Obama is backed by the Morgan, Rockefeller, Warburg, and Rothschild
banking interests, which are Jewish. The Iluminati and Obama are not
opposed to a Jewish state. They are opposed to a sovereign Jewish state
which they cannot easily control. If Obama even passes one
anti-Semitic law in the US, watch how fast he will leave office. Or,
since he is a lame duck now, watch how fast any number of scandals will
find their way to the front page of the New York Post.
Obama: Enemy of a sovereign Israel? You bet. Enemy of Jews? Not if he wants to keep working.
Obama: Enemy of a sovereign Israel? You bet. Enemy of Jews? Not if he wants to keep working.
Shauna,g,in nz.where is the proof?? Why the people who tried
to find out where the president was born got threatened with their
life,?? Why is obamas grand mother claiming she remembers that Obama
was born in Kenya,,and she was in the delivery room when he was born,?
Did Hillary Clinton deleted his real birth certificate??
Obama is Haman while Jesus is a rabbi who will resurrect G-d, according to this "rabbi".
Hey shayna,g,)) so let's see what a good job (Obama from
Kenya) made till today?? Drunken secret service agents? Crashing into
the lawn of the white house? Agents screwing around with prostitutes in a
hotel in Colombia?, ,Afghanistan?,Iraq? He keeps on blaming president
Bush? Russia he blames Putin,? Iran whit a atomic bomb,,? Isis?
beheading people right and left?? Isis is becoming a new holocaust??
Blames all his middle east problems on bibi Netanyahu?? Bangazi he
blames Hillary Clinton ?? So it comes out to one thing he is not to
blame for nothing,,right? Hamas is sending rockets in to Israel?And
they keep on digging up tunnels to reach Israel to do terrorist attacks
in Israel,,but he blames Israel he blames bibi Netanyahu ?? When is he
going to blame him self for being the worst,,Kenyan president??
Yes Shmaryah,Hussein Obama is a Israel and Jew hating U.S
hating HAMAN,this traitorous piece of garbage is out not only to destroy
Israel,but he is an enemy of his own country,and is doing everything in
his power to destroy it.
Shmaryah,you and the rest of the secular liberal idiots,prove once again how right Bob Grant was when he used to say that secular Jews exchanged their religion to extreme insane liberalism,and had Hitler run for President under the democratic ticket he would still get over 85% of the Jewish votes,Shmaryah" you are a perfect example of this insanity
Shmaryah,you and the rest of the secular liberal idiots,prove once again how right Bob Grant was when he used to say that secular Jews exchanged their religion to extreme insane liberalism,and had Hitler run for President under the democratic ticket he would still get over 85% of the Jewish votes,Shmaryah" you are a perfect example of this insanity
Makes no difference where Obama was born—his mother was a
U.S. citizen at his birth so he is a U.S. citizen. This is the same law
that the Israeli-born children and grandchildren of U.S. citizens who
made aliyah use to get their own U.S. citizenship.
Are we forgetting Obama released details of Israel's nuclear program. With a friend like that,we don't need enimies.
Notice,how this lying skunk manages to sneak in a picture of
Obama in the form of Hitler,in order to subliminally send a message to
the reader,that Riskin called Obama Hitler,which of course he never did.
Shmaryah,that picture of hitler should be posted right on top of your sewer and right next to every Jew hating post of yours,after all he would have been very proud of you,not even his hand picked propaganda ministers Goebels and Streicher did such a good job in spreading anti Jewish hate propaganda as you manage to do day in and day out.
Shmaryah,that picture of hitler should be posted right on top of your sewer and right next to every Jew hating post of yours,after all he would have been very proud of you,not even his hand picked propaganda ministers Goebels and Streicher did such a good job in spreading anti Jewish hate propaganda as you manage to do day in and day out.
You do more to contribute to hatred of Jews in a day than
Shamrya will do in his entire lifetime. Of course, you are too stark,
raving mad to see it.
(Yes, Jack, I know - you're perfectly sane. Everyone else is crazy.)
(Yes, Jack, I know - you're perfectly sane. Everyone else is crazy.)
Gefilta fish??) Which kind of gefilta fish are you?,,karp??
White fish gefilta fish? Salmon?? Pike?? Wow but I don't mix in pesach,
but gefilta fish with matzos ?? It's heaven but unfortunately I don't
eat nothing,,I let my wife and children eat and I watch how they eat,,I
watch the Passover show,,because I am on a special feeding tube,, so to
all of you,,gefilta fish,,and all readers and commentaries,,be happy on
yoim toiv that you can eat and your alive and gezunt and healthy,,thank
hashem for that,,(2) once a year your children and grandchildren are
aloud to become a yidisha,,ganev,,let them steal your, afikoman,,and try
to buy them something what they asked for,afikoman,,have a smile to
them and they will smile back to you,,be proud and happy with your
family,,love your children and grandchildren,,love all of your
couples,,and have a lichtiga,,happy, Passover,,
Heblew: You give the Morgans, Rockefellers, Warburgs and
Rothschilds far too much credit. They simply aren't as wealthy as you
think they are. There is one Rockefeller inheritor left on the Forbes
world billioniare list, David, age 99. Like Old Mr. Grace, the British
TV character, my guess is that he doesn't get around much any more.
There are no Morgans or Warburgs on the list. The only Rothshchild on
the list is Jeff, who is a self made billionaire, mostly from Facebook
stock. It is time for the conspiracy theorists to come up with some new
names.
Percherondad: Well written.
I wonder if "Father of a Victim" is a graduate of a Satmar yeshiva.
Be careful what you wish for. If Ted Cruz is elected president, the rabid Zionists in the US and Israel will be pleased. On the other hand, Cruz is likley to sign into law any cuts to the social safety net that are passed by a Republican Congress. For the parisites of Kiryas Joel and similar communities, it will mean cuts in their Medicaid and food stamp benefits. Maybe the Christian Zionists will help them out.
I wonder if "Father of a Victim" is a graduate of a Satmar yeshiva.
Be careful what you wish for. If Ted Cruz is elected president, the rabid Zionists in the US and Israel will be pleased. On the other hand, Cruz is likley to sign into law any cuts to the social safety net that are passed by a Republican Congress. For the parisites of Kiryas Joel and similar communities, it will mean cuts in their Medicaid and food stamp benefits. Maybe the Christian Zionists will help them out.
Rocky)) first of all I don't like bashing comments, we could
have very nice dialog we don't have to hate each other (2) I never
learned in,satmar,,my wife as a girl learned in satmar till she became
married,,(3) my ,2, daughter's are learning in satmar(Williamsburg by
the aronim) and I am very very happy of the chinuch so far that they are
putting in in all girls of their school's,,and in my ,2,girls,,(4) one
of my younger sister is a (daughter in law to reb arons brother in Boro
park,)reb arons brother has a shull in Boro park on ,15,avenue
btw,45,and ,46,street,, it's called satmar shull on 15,,avenue,,and my
younger sister is his daughter in law,,yes so I do have connections to
satmar aronim,, so Rocky, don't be jealous on me?? I don't have nothing
out of it believe me,,but I still love every jew
Father of a victim,
To answer your question—Galitzianer sweet recipe, mostly carp. No gebrokts.
Wishing you a freiliche peisach, with no more tzuris in your life.
To answer your question—Galitzianer sweet recipe, mostly carp. No gebrokts.
Wishing you a freiliche peisach, with no more tzuris in your life.
Oh my god you are a galitzianer ? My father has a shull I
know what it means to be a,galitzianer, my father has all kinds of
mispalelim,,my mother is a galitzianer,,your last comment about carp
gefilta fish and not gebrokts?? Same by me and by my family,,so when you
eat gefilta fish? Have me in mind,, and by the way ,,carp gefilta fish?
Is the best, better taste then what we have the entire year,,but my
gefilta fish,,will be my feeding tube,,kosher lepesach?? O my God?
Which gefilta fish is shmarya eating??
Let's go Litvaks!
You never know who you'll meet on Failed Messiah :)
Posted by: Gefilte Fish | March 29, 2015 at 02:27 PM
Sweet gefilte fish? Feh!
Sweet gefilte fish? Feh!
( jake)What kind of gefilta fish are the litvakes eating ??
Besides that they are eating half burned matzos like the brisker
litvakers, are they eating half burned gefilta fish? Or ,faltche fish?
father of a victim
The irrefutable truth was provided years ago,including his original birth certificate and hospital records.
The rest is lies perpetrated by the birthers
.Do a Google and find out where you can see the records.Politico is a good start.
The irrefutable truth was provided years ago,including his original birth certificate and hospital records.
The rest is lies perpetrated by the birthers
.Do a Google and find out where you can see the records.Politico is a good start.
Shayna your such a shayna person let me ask you what kind of
gefilta fish are you eating this Passover?? For get about Obama now
don't you see we are talking about the pesachdigah,,gefilta fish ? Let
the people know what kind of gefilta fish your eating?? Faltcha/fake
fish/?? Some good recipe for a pesach chulent?? No kitniyus,,no
beans,,no barley and no gebrukts,,and who is the biggest thief by you by
the afikoman?? A Jewish boy?? O my goodness
father of a victim
Here is my recipe for gefilte fish. Use any fish you want and when it is a roll wrap Canadian smoked bacon around the fist and broil it. When you eat it make sure the fat drips on your beard. Remember you cannot eat after the afikomen.
Here is my recipe for gefilte fish. Use any fish you want and when it is a roll wrap Canadian smoked bacon around the fist and broil it. When you eat it make sure the fat drips on your beard. Remember you cannot eat after the afikomen.
It could not drip on my beard because I don't eat at all,,I
feed my self every night before I go to bed,,I put on my .I.v.infusion
pump, and I feed my self ,for,15, hour's straight,, if anyone is in the
same situation I am crying already for years let's create a group let's
meet lets talk about our problem about our problem why we are on feeding
lines?? It could give us chizuk,,that we are together ,,we are one,, so
every one who is on a feeding tube Passover you should not feel alone I
am with a feeding line about ,8,9, year's,, never be broken,,lets be
mechazek,,each other,believe me it's hard for me to sit Passover by the
seder and not being able to eat,,but just to watch,,but if we keep
strong?? We survive it,,a very very happy Passover for klal yisroel,,
Father of a victim
I am sorry that you cannot eat; nevertheless you could introduce my delicious gefilte fish recipe, to your Rabbi.
What I cannot understand, why you would ask from Shayna for a gefilte fish recipe, is that because she is a female?
I am sorry that you cannot eat; nevertheless you could introduce my delicious gefilte fish recipe, to your Rabbi.
What I cannot understand, why you would ask from Shayna for a gefilte fish recipe, is that because she is a female?
Sorry you just broke the secret to me that shayna is a
female,,(2) I asked for a gefilta fish recipe because if any jew could
have a ,tovah out of it a recipe for Passover gefilta fish ,,? Because I
was asking?? Could you imagine how good I would feel?? Could you
imagine people posting recipes on this blog?? Who noes how much people
could be helped with that? Don't look at it the bad way,? Look at
me?When I am on a feeding tube,,I cry to all people like me don't be
ashamed of it?? Come out of the closet let's come together and mechazek
each other, same thing if anyone has now a good recipe for Passover and
is willing to share it? Why not?? That's called by us Jewish
brother's,??achdus, achdus forgot already?? Who noes how much woman
could have a favor out of a recipe on this blog?
Father of a victim
You need to understand we all are sorry for your health issues. Nevertheless, this blog is not about you as an individual. Some of us are tired you commandeering this blog for your personal use. Open your personal blog if someone wants to read it they will show up.
You need to understand we all are sorry for your health issues. Nevertheless, this blog is not about you as an individual. Some of us are tired you commandeering this blog for your personal use. Open your personal blog if someone wants to read it they will show up.
It's absolutely not about me. It's a blog for the ,tzibur,
like you have a right to post,,I have the same right to post,,this blog
is for the Jewish public to read and to comment,,it's not only for ,joe
field,,joe you got already Passover matzos??
Father of a Victim
At Pesach I cook traditional Pesach recipes taught to me by my
grandmother who was a wonderful cook.
By the time it gets to Pesach women are exhausted ,the lead up to it involves so much cleaning,preparation and cooking.
I always have fairly simple but tasty Passover fare.My gefilte fish
will be made from snapper,the soup will be chicken with matzo balls.the chulent will be a delicious chicken chulent done in the crockpot.
Desert will be a yummy lemon or apple cream with matzo krimsel.
I eat only a tiny amount of Matzo at Pesach because wheat products given me stomach pain.
At Pesach I cook traditional Pesach recipes taught to me by my
grandmother who was a wonderful cook.
By the time it gets to Pesach women are exhausted ,the lead up to it involves so much cleaning,preparation and cooking.
I always have fairly simple but tasty Passover fare.My gefilte fish
will be made from snapper,the soup will be chicken with matzo balls.the chulent will be a delicious chicken chulent done in the crockpot.
Desert will be a yummy lemon or apple cream with matzo krimsel.
I eat only a tiny amount of Matzo at Pesach because wheat products given me stomach pain.
Father of a victim
This year my chicken chulent will be made with kosher for Pesach Quinoa.potatoes and mushrooms which is always a hit.
It's also simple to make.
Pesach food was meant to be simple and not too time consuming to make. afterall our tribe had to leave Egypt in a hurry.
As soon as he first two days are over I will cook only vegetarian
food. Personally I only meat very occasionally.My Shabbat chulent is almost always vegetarian.
This year my chicken chulent will be made with kosher for Pesach Quinoa.potatoes and mushrooms which is always a hit.
It's also simple to make.
Pesach food was meant to be simple and not too time consuming to make. afterall our tribe had to leave Egypt in a hurry.
As soon as he first two days are over I will cook only vegetarian
food. Personally I only meat very occasionally.My Shabbat chulent is almost always vegetarian.
Jack
Boy do I miss Bob Grant Z"L. Every word of his a gem.
Boy do I miss Bob Grant Z"L. Every word of his a gem.
Shmarya - what does the picture of Hitler have to do with Rabbi Riskin?
You've lost all credibility.
You've lost all credibility.
Father of a victim
No it is not about the right to post; we are guests of Shmarya’s blog. Therefore the right behaver is to stay of topic, not saying that you cannot make a joke or two. You on the other hand go totally of the topic. This is my last attempted to guide you. It is not my job to cohere you to adhere to rules of a blog.
No it is not about the right to post; we are guests of Shmarya’s blog. Therefore the right behaver is to stay of topic, not saying that you cannot make a joke or two. You on the other hand go totally of the topic. This is my last attempted to guide you. It is not my job to cohere you to adhere to rules of a blog.
To you (joe field) and to all guests and readers of (joe field) urgent please read the today's (Monday) daily news,page,14,,
I hoped Riskin would have had a more nuanced view.
Obama is more comparable to Achashveros - he may be giving Haman the means to obliterate the Jews.
Bibi mentioned Haman in his speech but in reference to Iran.
It's quite plausible that Obama genuinely thinks a deal with Iran will be better for the middle east including Israel. In any case Obama thinks a deal will make his presidency look better (otherwise he'd be back on the golf course).
If you want Obama to change course (and when a significant leader makes a significant speech, policy should be the goal not personal venting) you need to connect with and convince him (as Ester did), not brand him an anti-semite. Riskin should listen to Bibi's joint House speech.
Obama is more comparable to Achashveros - he may be giving Haman the means to obliterate the Jews.
Bibi mentioned Haman in his speech but in reference to Iran.
It's quite plausible that Obama genuinely thinks a deal with Iran will be better for the middle east including Israel. In any case Obama thinks a deal will make his presidency look better (otherwise he'd be back on the golf course).
If you want Obama to change course (and when a significant leader makes a significant speech, policy should be the goal not personal venting) you need to connect with and convince him (as Ester did), not brand him an anti-semite. Riskin should listen to Bibi's joint House speech.
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Shmarya - what does the picture of Hitler have to do with Rabbi Riskin?
You've lost all credibility.
Posted by: sarah b, | March 30, 2015 at 09:25 AM
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Of course the picture of hitler is very appropiate on top of Shmaryah"s vicious Jew hating blog,this self hating bastard is continuing Hitlers work in disseminating and spreading Jew hatred all over the world,Hitler would have been verry proud of him.
You've lost all credibility.
Posted by: sarah b, | March 30, 2015 at 09:25 AM
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Of course the picture of hitler is very appropiate on top of Shmaryah"s vicious Jew hating blog,this self hating bastard is continuing Hitlers work in disseminating and spreading Jew hatred all over the world,Hitler would have been verry proud of him.
