Fw: This is what we have to live with! ( WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS)

[shirona <shirona...>]

> Thanks, Stephen, for sticking up for Abraham Pupko.  This IS the right
time
> to reflect on Sin'at Chinam, and soon it will be the time to do "Cheshbon
> Nefesh" (self reflecting). Who said "he who is without sin shall cast the
> first stone"? (uh oh, was he Jewish...?)
>
> I was very saddened by the harsh criticism Abraham received from
listmembers
> for sending those pictures. Don't we all sit by the computer hitting the
> delete button on an endless stream of irrelevant, often boring
"politically
> correct for this list" messages?   So what's one more "delete"?  Did he
> really deserve to be reprimanded publicly for expressing something
> important, OK - controversial, but something that stimulates thinking and
> debating -  at the very core of our Jewishness - even if it was not "PC"
for
> this list?
>
> For me the public criticism was far worse than the sin of posting a non
> music related message. If tolerance is the antidote to sin'at chinam - we
> can apply it right here, right now. "Im lo achshav - eimatai"?
>
> Shirona
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stephen M. Stowe, M.D." <ststowe (at) attglobal(dot)net>
> To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 9:55 PM
> Subject: Re: This is what we have to live with! ( WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT
> THIS)
>
>
> > I believe that Abraham Pupko sent his e-mail, which really does not
> > belong on this list, to criticizes those who hate the State of Israel
> > even though they are Jewish.
> > This Sunday marks the greatest day of mourning in the Jewish Calendar,
> > Tisha B'Av, the ninth day of the month of Av.  It was on this day that
> > the First and Second Temples were destroyed, the Jews were exiled from
> > Spain in 1492 and a host of other sad events.
> >
> > Our Sages tell us that the Second Temple was destroyed due to the sin of
> > Sin'at  Chinam (unwarranted hatred).  This year will mark 1931 years
> > since that destruction.  The people in these photographs express Sin'at
> > Chinam of the State of Israel and at the same time pray daily for the
> > coming of the Messiah who will not come according to many sages while
> > Sin'at  Chinam exists.
> >
> > The irony of this is really beyond my humble understanding.  I will pray
> > this morning and on Tisha B'Av for the coming of the Messiah and the end
> > of Sin'at  Chinam.  With the help of HaShem, that will occur "rapidly in
> > our day."
> >
> > Stephen M. Stowe
> >
> >
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