Wednesday 11 June 2014

Prayer at the Kotel

Greeting from Israel,

As many of you have gathered I'm on a business trip here until Friday .(I hope to be back before Shabbos)  .  
A few thoughts whilst I am here -

1. Israel is as majestic as ever, both her people and her land. It has been great to catch up  with the family that live over here. The Israeli technology and business ethic is one of the best in the world- yet another reason to oppose these ludicrous, vicious and anti-Semitic 'boycotts' of the homeland of the Jewish people. Israel is strong, confident and secure, especially the younger people in society. Thanks to the IDF and the fact that whilst people in the west have very short memories, us Jews won't forget that previous boycotts led to persecution, pogroms & ultimately the gas chambers of the third reich. We won't let that happen again. The boycotts need to be fought wherever and whenever they spring up.

2  This morning (it is 12.30 pm here),  I visited  Jerusalem and prayed at the Kotel (the western 'wailing' wall as it is popularly known as). The Kotel is what remains of  the 2nd Holy Temple of G-d, since the Romans trashed the place circa 70 CE. The Temple is G-d's house here on earth, where her holy presence -the Schechinah- dwells [yes I said 'her' because the Hebrew is feminine and not masculine] and whilst praying  the Shema -Shema Yisrael Adonai eloheinu Adonai ehad  or 'Hear O Israel the L-rd our G-d, the L-rd alone', I certainly felt this divine majesty . I placed the prayer that I am my family had written before the trip into one of the cracks in the majestic stone blocs of the Kotel.  The prayer was for peace for our people and Israel, for my family and friends whom I love so much; for my wife, my children, my sisters and brothers and all my other relations, both living and departed. I prayed especially for my sister Hannah & her partner, that they will both be happy and that my sister may continue to be happy and feel the  Schechinah and  Adonai Shalom, after previously being so uncertain and unhappy in life.  I concluded my brief time at the Kotel with Psalm  23 - 

Mizmor le'David, 
Hashem roei lo echsar. 
Binot desheh yarbitzaini, al mei menuchot yenahaleini. 
Nafshi yeshovev yancheini bemagalei tzedek lema'an shemo. 
Gam ki elech be'gei tzalmavet, lo ira ra ki ata imadi, shivtecha u'mishantecha hema yenachamuni. 
Ta'aroch lefanai shulchan neged tzorerai, dishanta vashemen roshi, cosi revayah. 
Ach tov va'chesed yirdifuni kol yemei hayai ve'shavti be'veit Hashem lorech yamim.

A Psalm of David. The L-rd is my shepherd;​ I shall not want. 
He makes me lie down in green pastures:​ 
He leads me beside the still waters. 
He restores my soul: 
He leads me in the paths of righteous​ness for his name's sake. 
Thoug​h I walk through the valley of the shadow of Death, 
I will fear no evil: for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff they comfort me. 
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies: 
you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows​. 
Surel​y goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: 
and I will dwell in the house of the L-rd for ever. 

Amen, so be it truly 

DK

25 comments:

  1. Hi David,

    Thanks for sharing this and your special thought for me and Sarah. Thanks, I know that takes a lot for you to write (:

    I felt the same way when I prayed at the Kotel last year, it is truly a terrific experience.

    I've sound Psalm 23 online -


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYpjoUDqbU4

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  2. Bible and Truth11 June 2014 at 13:07

    Thankfully former 'insider' Brother Nathaneal exposes Satan at the wailing wall!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94rcOVJBMYQ

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  3. He is 100% correct ! Our leaders are being made to bow before a Luciferian god before being given any endorsement or money to further their political careers! Some politicians are clueless saps who believe the lie and are merely being reverential, but others are fully aware of the truth and have willingly sold their souls to the Jewish elite for power!

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  4. George Monkhouse11 June 2014 at 13:23

    You cannot ask God to bless a homosexual coupling! This is sinful and wicked!

    Leviticus 18:22 - "Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable." (NIV)

    Leviticus 20:13 - "If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads." (NIV)

    Romans 1:26-27 - "Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion." (NIV)

    1 Corinthians 6:9-10 - "Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God." (NIV).

    Genesis 19:1-29 says God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah because of homosexuality. It stinks in the nostrils of God. Genesis 13:13 identify the men of Sodom as exceedingly wicked sinners. Genesis 18:20 says that the sin of Sodom is "very grievous." Genesis 18:23 adds emphasis to the portrayal of the inhabitants of Sodom as "wicked." Genesis 18:24-33 shows that God could not find even 10 righteous souls in Sodom. The perverts who inhabited Sodom, even wanted to rape God's Angels who had come to Sodom to rescue Lot.

    It is clear. The same sex marriage agenda is against God, and is SIN, and that my friend is the bottom-line because the Word of Our Most Holy God says so.The Bible condemns all humanity as guilty, dirty, rotten, hell-deserving sinners (Romans 3:10-23; 6:23). Thankfully, Jesus came to SAVE SINNERS!

    All you need to do is repent of your wicked homosexuality, be heterosexual and turn to Christ!

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  5. Bible and Truth11 June 2014 at 13:24

    Kavanagh


    You cannot ask God to bless a homosexual coupling! This is sinful and wicked!

    Leviticus 18:22 - "Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable." (NIV)

    Leviticus 20:13 - "If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads." (NIV)

    Romans 1:26-27 - "Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion." (NIV)

    1 Corinthians 6:9-10 - "Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God." (NIV).

    Genesis 19:1-29 says God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah because of homosexuality. It stinks in the nostrils of God. Genesis 13:13 identify the men of Sodom as exceedingly wicked sinners. Genesis 18:20 says that the sin of Sodom is "very grievous." Genesis 18:23 adds emphasis to the portrayal of the inhabitants of Sodom as "wicked." Genesis 18:24-33 shows that God could not find even 10 righteous souls in Sodom. The perverts who inhabited Sodom, even wanted to rape God's Angels who had come to Sodom to rescue Lot.

    It is clear. The same sex marriage agenda is against God, and is SIN, and that my friend is the bottom-line because the Word of Our Most Holy God says so.The Bible condemns all humanity as guilty, dirty, rotten, hell-deserving sinners (Romans 3:10-23; 6:23). Thankfully, Jesus came to SAVE SINNERS!

    All you need to do is repent of your wicked homosexuality, be heterosexual and turn to Christ!

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  6. ROFL. If this is the best you can do....

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  7. Hannah


    Thanks for finding this Psalm, thanks. Don't worry, I always remember you and Sarah in my prayers.

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  8. Dave,


    OK glad you're enjoying your business trip out there. How's bro and family? Our cousins? Bet it was hot. Yeah the Kotel is amazing isn't it; must go there one day!

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  9. Hi Dad,


    Great, you know you can be a bit of a sentimental sweetie sometimes ! x

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  10. Good stuff Dave, pass on our collective love to those of us in the land of Israel.

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  11. Atheist Shrugged11 June 2014 at 21:02

    You have fallen for the Israeli trick of muddying the waters between Judaism and Zionism. Judaism is a religion, Zionism is a political ideology.

    Jews always did belong to that area along with Muslims and Christians. Let us not forget this is the land where are three religions were born so it is totally natural that you would have natives belonging to all three religions.

    Zionism is a European ideology that gave Jews from all over the world the right to that land just by virtue of being Jews. It is like saying since Jesus was born in Bethlehem ALL Christians from all over the world belong to that region which is clearly nonsense.

    Jews natives to that area have every right to be there like any other native. But to give the same right to an American, a Russian, a Brit etc.. just because they are Jewish and to give them that right over and above the rights of the native Christians and Muslims is just pure unadulterated racism.

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  12. David,


    Thanks for the prayer and Psalm. Have a great trip!!

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  13. What a load of rubbish! Zionism isn't racist and you'll find the Torah also confirms that Israel belongs to the Jewish nation.

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  14. Thanks for sharing this with us David. Always appreciate your posts. You are doing the right thing in being welcoming of Hannah and her partner. Take care GF

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  15. It is the same old crap with you atheist. Am I the only one who just switches off to this now?

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  16. Hi Sam,


    Yes it is lovely. Sadly overdone in Christian circles, due to the connection to funerals. But still a fantastic Psalm.

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  17. Dave,


    Enjoy the trip ! (:

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  18. Dominique Vasilkovsky12 June 2014 at 12:45

    Great! Um, perhaps us girls could make a trip out to Israel during the winter? What do people think?

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  19. Dominique Vasilkovsky12 June 2014 at 12:46

    Most Jews are also zionists because we believe that Israel has every right to exist and whatever else to be there as the guardian of all Jews. The days of pogroms, famine, slaughter and pale of settlements- as my family had in Russia- are OVER !

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  20. Dominique Vasilkovsky12 June 2014 at 12:47

    Hannah,


    Thanks for putting that Psalm up. I really enjoyed listening to it. Our religion ain't that bad when you think about it !(:

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  21. Thanks Rachel,


    I did. I feel more Zionist and protective over Israel than ever before. A shinning diamond in see of shit.

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  22. "Jews natives to that area have every right to be there like any other native. But to give the same right to an American, a Russian, a Brit etc.. just because they are Jewish and to give them that right over and above the rights of the native Christians and Muslims is just pure unadulterated racism."


    That's like saying France, Britain or Germany are automatically racist because they self describe themselves as French, British or German. The logic makes no sense and is indeed nonsense .

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