B"H I am gratified to be able to change the name of this blog to "REASONS TO LIVE IN TZFAT AND NOT". I once, perforce, called this blog "Reasons Not To Live in Tzfat". Lately there are more reasons to live here and that should be admitted and celebrated.
Have you ever wondered why most Jews don’t actually speak Hebrew?
This is so, so important, even though it’s being delivered humorously.
This is precisely the base of the rabbinic farce. The reason why Jews
think that Torah demands all kinds of strange behaviors from this is
precisely because they can’t read Hebrew correctly. That includes most
Israelis who read and speak modern Hebrew as though it were a secular
language without any idea how to plumb its depths.
Christianity is
likewise entirely based on the rabbis’ interpretations of what Torah
says. Christianity is a 4th and 5th generation linguistic interpretation
of the rabbis’ Hebrew semi-literacy.semi-literacy.
What is the Rabbis' Purpose?