tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post2123526071848129294..comments2024-02-28T20:56:23.768-06:00Comments on Sipsey Street Irregulars: What you absolutely need to know about HannukahDutchman6http://www.blogger.com/profile/09935420042995679958noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-49749197439340955082009-01-02T13:23:00.000-06:002009-01-02T13:23:00.000-06:00And finally the maxim:Ain somchin al ha-nes: Do no...And finally the maxim:<BR/>Ain somchin al ha-nes: Do not rely on miracles My apologies for<BR/>not locating the source for this.<BR/>Rabbi Yaffe mentions this also I<BR/>think.<BR/><BR/>FWIW, I've had more discussions<BR/>about the RKBA and with people<BR/>finally saying "I should be armed"<BR/>and about learning how to use one<BR/>this past month than ever before.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-8085218614823347202009-01-02T13:20:00.000-06:002009-01-02T13:20:00.000-06:00And another:One might also recall the example of M...And another:<BR/><BR/>One might also recall the example of Mar Zutra II, leader of the<BR/>Jewish community in what is now Iran, c. 500 CE: The ruler of<BR/>Persia (Iran), Kavadh, cladestinely supported one proto-Communist Mazdak, whose hordes of agitators destroyed in large part the Persian cities, including the Jewish sections. Mar Zutra II<BR/>finally armed and organized the Jews who won many battles, and<BR/>enlisted many non-Jews in his forces. He was finally captured <BR/>and put to death.<BR/><BR/>This is a paraphrase of part of Chapter XI (Six, 6) in <BR/>Rabbi Marvin Antelman's book To Eliminate the Opiate (1971 IIRC)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-18994962191738903382009-01-02T13:18:00.000-06:002009-01-02T13:18:00.000-06:00There's other episodes that mightbe of interest to...There's other episodes that might<BR/>be of interest to readers here:<BR/><BR/>In the book of Samuel we read:<BR/>"Now, not a smith was to be found in all the land of Israel, for the<BR/>Philistines said, "Lest the Hebrews make sword or spear." And all Israel went down to the (land of) the Philistines to sharpen each man his plowshare..... And it was on the day of war, that neither sword nor spear was found in the possession of all the people who were withSaul and with Jonathan, but Saul and Jonathan his son had them."<BR/>Thus did the Philistines oppress the Jews then.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com