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Mon, 7-Jul-08 17:00:58
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There are many religious Jews that want. . .
It's absolutely natural for the Jewish people , considering their history and what they have had to put up with through out the centuries , particularly in Christian Europe , to develop a degree of contempt and detachment towards Gentiles / Christians . It's Human nature , can't blame Judaism or any particular Jewish "gene" for that .
[Ben Azzai] would say: Do not regard anyone with contempt, and do not reject anything, for there is no man who does not have his hour and nothing that does not have its place. Talmud Avot 4:3
It's likewise natural , for the Jewish people to feel a sense of superiority , essentially seeing themselves as being better than Gentiles
Moses led the people out of the camp toward the Divine Presence. They stood transfixed at the foot of the mountain.
(Psalms 146:8) "G-d loves the righteous." G-d said: 'I love those who love Me and so it says (1 Samuel 2:30) "For I honor those who honor Me." They love Me so I love them in return.' Why does G-d love the righteous? Because righteousness is not an inheritance or a family trait. You find that priests are from a priestly family and Levites are from a levitical family as it says (Psalms 135:19-20) "O house of Aaron bless G-d! O house of Levi bless G-d!" If someone wants to become a priest [from the family of Aaron] or a Levite he cannot because his father was not a priest or a Levite. However, if someone wants to become righteous even if he is a gentile he can because it is not a family trait as it says (ibid.) "O those who fear G-d bless G-d!" It does not say the house of those who fear G-d but those who fear G-d. It is not a family trait rather on their own they chose to fear and love G-d. Therefore, G-d loves them. Midrash Bamidbar Rabbah 8:2
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