EARTHQUAKES
MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
Californians reminded of danger to come By SCOTT LINDLAW, Associated Press Writer Wed Oct 31, 9:05 PM ET
SAN FRANCISCO - The largest earthquake to hit the San Francisco Bay area in years was a seismic throat-clearing of sorts, compared with the magnitude-7.0 quake that experts anticipate will hit the region in the next 25 years. Tuesday's magnitude-5.6 quake, centered about 9 miles northeast of San Jose, shook nerves and reminded residents of the seven major earthquake faults that run through the region.The quake and the more than three dozen aftershocks that followed — the largest registering magnitude 3.7 on Wednesday afternoon — produced no reports of serious injury or damage, officials said. Tuesday's quake was felt as far away as Santa Rosa, Sacramento and Monterey.Even so, it paled in comparison to the larger one that experts anticipate. That quake will hit one of the seven major faults and pack 60 times the force of Tuesday's quake, said Tom Brocher, a senior U.S. Geological Survey seismologist.Tuesday's quake originated along the Calaveras Fault, which is not thought to be as dangerous as a fault it intersects, the Hayward Fault. Scientists estimate the Hayward Fault has a 27 percent chance of causing a quake of magnitude 6.7 or greater. Historically, severe quakes have occurred on the Hayward Fault every 151 years, give or take 23 years. The last one to hit was in 1868, meaning another could strike soon.
The Association of Bay Area Governments estimates a powerful Hayward quake would wipe out about 155,000 housing units, 37,000 in San Francisco alone.Tuesday's quake, which struck shortly after 8 p.m., raised questions about whether a quake hitting the Hayward Fault was now more likely.Under certain circumstances, a quake on one fault can transfer energy to another, adding instability and potentially triggering events on the other fault, seismologists said.By Wednesday morning, a consensus emerged at the U.S. Geological Survey that the previous night's quake did not significantly elevate the likelihood of a dreaded Hayward Fault quake. Tuesday's quake sent ripples of energy largely to the south, while the Hayward Fault extends north from the epicenter, Brocher said.Still, state officials issued an alarming warning.
The California Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Council, a panel of scientists that advises the governor on earthquake forecasts, warned that Tuesday's earthquake has significantly increased the probability above the normal level for a damaging earthquake along the Calaveras and/or Hayward faults within the next several days.
However, the panel said, the overall likelihood of such an event is still low.In addition to the seven major faults, hundreds of smaller faults form a latticework of cracks beneath the region, perhaps a dozen of which could snap and generate moderate quakes, said David P. Schwartz, chief of the U.S. Geological Survey's Bay Area Earthquake Hazards Project.A hypothetical trench dug around the Bay Area would reveal hundreds of these small fissures, Schwartz said.The Earth's crust, which has been around for millions of years, has been pushed and pulled in all different directions, and is very broken up, he said. It's literally cracked up.Meanwhile, state and local inspectors examined sections of California's extensive levee system on Wednesday. Experts said the earthquake's center was too far from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to threaten the state's water supply.
Last night's jolt was not large enough to cause extensive damage, but it's a reminder of what will come, said Les Harder, deputy director of the state Department of Water Resources. A massive levee failure in the delta would cripple California's water supply system, which relies on the inland river delta to feed fresh water from the state's northern rivers to 750,000 acres of farmland and 25 million people in Southern California and the San Francisco Bay area. In an effort to prepare, California voters last November passed nearly $5 billion in bond money to strengthen the delta's levees and improve flood control throughout the state. (This version CORRECTS that there are seven major faults in the region, instead of eight.)
Powerful earthquake hits Pacific islands Wed Oct 31, 9:46 AM ET
TOKYO - A powerful earthquake struck in the Pacific Ocean near the Marianas Islands, Japan's weather agency said Wednesday, adding that there was no threat of a tsunami. The Meteorological Agency initially said the quake's magnitude was 7.5 but later revised it to 7.0 after analyzing the data. The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude was 7.2.The quake struck about 12:30 p.m. and occurred at a depth of about 150 miles, the Meteorological Agency said.The agency said the temblor's epicenter was in the northernmost reaches of the island chain in the northwest Pacific.
The islands lie along the Pacific Basin's Ring of Fire, an arc of volcanos and fault lines where quakes are frequent.(This version CORRECTS that the Marianas are in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, sted South Pacific.)
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Death toll mounts from Tropical Storm Noel By German Marte
Wed Oct 31, 9:33 PM ET
SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) - Two rivers burst their banks and swept away a Dominican Republic village, taking the death toll from Tropical Storm Noel's downpours on the Caribbean country and neighboring Haiti above 90 on Wednesday. Local politicians and residents said the El Duey and Haina rivers swelled after days of rain and drowned at least 25 people, left 50 to 100 missing and made dozens of families homeless in Villa Altagracia, about 26 miles outside the capital, Santo Domingo.Survivors said most of the 200 houses were swept away. There were a lot of dead, said Luis Melo.Dominican lawmaker Marino Mendoza said he had seen between 25 and 30 bodies strewn on the banks of the rivers.
Dominican President Leonel Fernandez declared a national emergency. The country's official toll rose to 56 deaths with 27 missing, as rescue teams reached villages cut off by raging rivers and inundated by chest-high floods. Unofficial reports put the dead much higher.A least 25,540 people were homeless and 6,300 homes had been destroyed, said Luis Luna Paulino, head of the Dominican Republic's emergency operations. He appealed to boat owners to help rescue people trapped in cut-off villages.Several bridges had collapsed, mudslides blocked roads and at least 39 communities were cut off by floods, he said.Noel strengthened a little over water after emerging off Cuba's northern shore, but was not expected to become a hurricane as it headed for the Bahamas, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.Forecasters projected the 14th named storm of the 2007 Atlantic storm season would veer northeast over the Bahamas on Thursday, away from Florida and well clear of U.S. oil and gas installations in the Gulf of Mexico.But a storm watch was issued for parts of the southeast Florida coast as the storm's interaction with a high pressure zone over the eastern United States kicked up a fierce surf and brought strong winds and whipping rains to the peninsula.
CUBA DOUSED
Thousands of people were evacuated from vulnerable areas but no casualties were reported in Cuba, which boasts one of the most effective civil protection operations in the region.The storm dumped 6 inches of rain in just six hours over Baracoa in Cuba, causing floods and cutting off roads at the already waterlogged eastern tip of the island.We are getting a constant downpour and strong gusts of wind. The sea is very rough, said Hector Rodriguez, a hotel worker in Cayo Coco, an island resort on the north coast of central Cuba.In Haiti, the most vulnerable of Caribbean countries to flash floods and mudslides because most of its trees have been chopped down to make charcoal, at least 24 people died, said national Civil Protection Office Director Alta Jean-Baptiste.About 3,400 people were staying in emergency shelters and around 400 houses had been destroyed.In Jamaica, one person died when a house collapsed in the heavy rain, the disaster preparedness agency said.The storm's center was located about 160 miles south-southwest of Nassau in the Bahamas, and 230 miles (370 km) south-southeast of Miami at 8 p.m. (0000 GMT Thursday), the hurricane center said. Noel was expected to continue drifting slowly northward for the next 24 hours, the hurricane center said. Its top sustained winds increased to near 60 mph (95 km per hour), some way short of the 74 mph (119 kph) at which tropical storms become hurricanes. (Additional reporting by Joseph Guyler Delva in Port-au-Prince and Anthony Boadle in Havana)
Tens of thousands flee Mexico flooding By LISA J. ADAMS, Associated Press Writer Wed Oct 31, 8:55 PM ET
MEXICO CITY - A week of heavy rains unleashed massive flooding Wednesday in southeastern Mexico, where tens of thousands fled the rising waters for shelters in Tabasco and Chiapas states. At least 20,000 people had sought shelter in Tabasco's oil-rich capital of Villahermosa, where floodwaters reached the rooftoops of homes, and Gov. Andres Granier was urging residents to evacuate.If they do not leave, I'm going to order them out by force, Granier told reporters in an interview broadcast on the Televisa television network.The flooding, which is not related to Tropical Storm Noel, also apparently caused the soil supporting a 10-inch natural gas pipeline to give way and spring a leak, officials from the state-owned company Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, said. Tabasco state officials said the pipeline had exploded, but that there were no deaths or injuries.Water also crept up around the huge stone heads of an Olmec Indian archaeological site in Tabasco.
President Felipe Calderon flew to the area Wednesday and offered all help humanly possible to the more than 300,000 people of the state whose homes were flooded, damaged or cut off.In the southern state of Chiapas, 7,000 people were evacuated due to floods, the daily newspaper El Universal reported.In Villahermosa, rooftops barely jutted above the surface of brackish waters flooding the city's streets after at least one major river overflowed its banks.
Tabasco (normally) has water on 34 percent of its territory, but I can tell you that now, it's more than 70 percent water, Granier said Tuesday, according to a transcript of his comments posted on the state government's Web site. In 48 hours, our state has been devastated, totally devastated.The site did not indicate how many people had been evacuated. Telephones at Tabasco state offices rang busy all day Wednesday.Heavy rains started swelling rivers on Sunday.Associated Press Writer Mark Stevenson contributed to this report.
Israel says Hezbollah can hit Tel Aviv By EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press Writer Wed Oct 31, 8:16 PM ET
UNITED NATIONS - Israel alleges that Hezbollah militants in Lebanon have rearmed with new long-range rockets capable of hitting Tel Aviv and tripled their arsenal of land-to-sea missiles since last summer's war, the United Nations secretary-general said in a report Wednesday. Ban Ki-Moon said the reports of Hezbollah's rearming are a cause of great concern for the stability of Lebanon.
Israel has stated that the nature and number of weapons in Hezbollah's control constitutes a strategic threat to its security and the safety of its citizens, he said.Israel claims Hezbollah's long-range rocket force is stationed in areas north of the Litani River and that most of the new rockets, including hundreds of Zilzal and Fajr generation rockets, have a range of 155 miles, enabling them to reach Tel Aviv and points further south, the report said.
Israel also claims that Hezbollah has tripled its shore-to-sea C-802 missiles and have established an air defense unit armed with ground-to-air missiles, Ban said.While Israel has not provided the United Nations with specific intelligence due to the sensitivity of the sources, Ban said several speeches by Hezbollah's leader Hassan Nasrallah in the past few months seem to confirm these Israeli claims.Senior Hezbollah officials have said Nasrallah's comments were made to serve as a deterrent to aggression rather than as threats to Israel, Ban said.Reports of rearming are a cause of great concern which pose serious challenges for the sovereignty, stability and independence of Lebanon, he added.
Ban said Israel's contention that Hezbollah has rearmed to a level higher than before last year's war — and that arms continue to be smuggled across the Lebanon-Syria border despite Syrian denials — raise serious concerns about implementation of the U.N. resolution that ended the 34-day war between Israel and Hezbollah.Under the Security Council resolution, weapons transfers to the Iranian- and Syrian-backed militants are banned. Ban warned during a visit to Lebanon in March that arms smuggling threatened the Aug. 14, 2006 cease-fire. The resolution calls for the disarming of all militias.
Ban said there has been no progress the disarmament of Hezbollah and other militias, although he sees this as essential to fully restoring government authority throughout the country. The current political crisis in Lebanon has hindered efforts to implement the resolution.Ban has said the Chebaa Farms, captured by Israel during the 1967 war, remains a key issue in implementing the 2006 resolution. The United Nations determined that the area is Syrian. But Lebanon claims Chebaa Farms — a claim backed by Syria — and Hezbollah continues to fight over the disputed land, arguing that Israel's occupation justifies its resistance.The report for the first time publishes the provisional definition of the Chebaa Farms area, which was prepared by a senior U.N. cartographer.Ban said he is encouraged by the Lebanese government's first strides to enhance the control of its borders. He again urged Syria to demarcate its border with Lebanon and establish formal diplomatic relations with its neighbor.He criticized Israel for failing to provide Lebanon with the exact location, quantity and type of cluster munitions utilized during last summer's conflict which has led to an increasing number of deaths and injuries of Lebanese civilians.Israel's continued violations of Lebanese airspace not only constitute repeated violations of Security Council resolutions but also undermine the credibility of the U.N. ... and damage efforts to reduce tension, build confidence and stabilize the situation in southern Lebanon, Ban said.
Israel, Palestinians hold new talks ahead of Mideast meet Wed Oct 31, 3:51 PM ET
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and chief Palestinian negotiator Ahmed Qorei held talks in Jerusalem late Wednesday ahead of the planned Middle East meeting in the United States. Saeb Erakat, a member of the negotiating team, told AFP the two sides met for more than two hours and could reconvene in the coming days, but that work had not started on drawing up a joint document.So far we haven't started to draw up the document. The Palestinian side has asked that we start putting down on paper the ideas that will allow the joint document to be written down, he said.The Palestinian and Israeli teams are trying to draft a joint document outlining the parameters for an agreement to be discussed at the meeting.Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas called on Tuesday for a six-month deadline for a final status deal with Israel following the international peace meeting due later this year.The joint document must... set an adequate timeframe to complete negotiations on a final resolution after the next meeting, Abbas told journalists.
We have proposed a maximum timeframe of six months. Until now, we haven't reached an agreement with the Israelis or the Americans on this timeframe but we feel it is sufficient, he said.Six months is enough time to discuss and agree on the problems of the final phase, he said, adding that we will not accept leaving these questions open forever.Both sides hope to have the document ready before the convening of the meeting aimed at reviving the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and expected to take place in Annapolis, Maryland.Israel refuses to commit to a timeframe for a peace deal, demanding that the Palestinians first crack down on militants.
Qorei has said the two sides have not yet touched on issues relating to the final status (agreement) of the Palestinian territories, including borders, the political status of Jerusalem, and the fate of refugees.
Hamas setting stage for West Bank seizure - Leader vows U.S.-backed Fatah will fall in a matter of weeks at most November 1, 2007 -1:00 a.m. Eastern - By Aaron Klein -2007 WorldNetDaily.com
[breaking] WorldNetDaily Exclusive While Israeli leader expected to give away strategic territory WND Hamas is setting the stage for a takeover of the West Bank similar to the coup in which the terror group seized control of the Gaza Strip, according to Israeli and Palestinian security officials. Hamas leaders confirmed to WND they are planning a West Bank takeover. Fatah will fall in a matter of weeks at most, and the Islamic resistance (Hamas) will reign in the West Bank just as we do in Gaza, said Abu Abdullah, considered one of the most important operational members of Hamas' so-called resistance department. The West Bank borders Jerusalem and is within rocket range of Tel Aviv and Israel's international airport. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, slated to arrive here next week for her second visit this month, has been serving as mediator for an upcoming U.S.-sponsored Israeli-Palestinian summit later this month. At the meeting, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is widely expected to outline a Palestinian state in most of the West Bank, ultimately handing the strategic territory to security forces associated with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah militias.
But Israeli security officials are warning Abbas' forces are not strong enough to contend with controlling the West Bank without the aid of the Israel Defense Forces. Yuval Diskin, head of Israel's Shin Bet Security Services, estimated during a Knesset meeting earlier his week that if control of the West Bank were handed over to Abbas, Israel would suffer a significant threat to its security.Palestinian security officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, admitted to WND they cannot control the West Bank without Israeli intervention. According to the officials, Fatah's intelligence apparatus routinely hands the IDF lists of Hamas militants that threaten Fatah rule, requesting that Israel make arrests. Israeli and Palestinian security officials told WND they have specific information Hamas is quietly setting the stages for an imminent West Bank takeover attempt. The officials said that among other things, Hamas has been acquiring weaponry in the West Bank and has set up a sophisticated system of communication between cells for a seizure attempt. In what is considered the most threatening Hamas move, according to the officials, the terror group is thought to have heavily infiltrated all major Fatah forces in the West Bank and has been attempting to buy off Fatah militia members, many times successfully. According to Palestinian sources, Hamas has, among other things, recruited important members of Fatah's declared military wing, the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades. The terror group particularly has targeted those who were against a deal this past summer in which Olmert extended amnesty to Brigades members as a gesture to Abbas.
The Brigades, along with the Islamic Jihad terror group, has taken responsibility for every suicide bombing in Israel the past three years along with thousands of shootings and rocket firings against Jewish civilian population centers. According to the Palestinian sources, a West Bank shooting against a Jewish vehicle last week carried out by the Brigades was planned by Hamas. The shooting, in which a man was seriously wounded at a major junction near the Jewish community of Ariel, was perpetrated by a Brigades cell calling itself the Army of al-Boraq, named after the Muslim prophet Muhammad's horse. The cell used weapons given by Hamas, the sources said. The issue of Hamas infiltration of Fatah was thought to have been the Achilles heel that led to the terror group's takeover last summer of the entire Gaza Strip, including dozens of major, U.S.-backed Fatah security compounds there. Hamas' seizure is thought to be a partial consequence of Israel evacuating Gaza in 2005. Hamas' infiltration of Fatah was so extensive, according to top Palestinian intelligence sources speaking to WND, it included the chiefs of several prominent Fatah security forces, including Yussef Issa, director of the Preventative Security Services, the main Fatah police force. Issa regularly coordinated security with the U.S. and Israel. WND first reported Hamas' infiltration of Fatah in April, quoting a high-ranking Palestinian intelligence official, speaking on condition of anonymity, stating Fatah is extensively infiltrated by Hamas.
A senior Abbas aide, Nabil Amr, admitted Fatah security forces are in a state of infiltration by Hamas. Hamas' Abu Abdullah told WND Fatah in the West Bank is heavily infiltrated by Hamas. Fatah hasn't yet touched the extent of our infiltration [of their groups] in the West Bank.Muhammad Abdel-El, spokesman for the Hamas-allied Popular Resistance Committees terror group, told WND his group and Hamas have infiltrated very deep in Fatah. We already are planning to obtain American weapons and take over the West Bank like we did in Gaza with help from the Palestinian resistance, including elements in Fatah, the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades and the Fatah Security Services. The Committees and Hamas has infiltrated very deep in Fatah, Abdel-El said. Top Hamas leaders vowed to stage soon a coup in the West Bank. Earlier this week, Nizar Rayyan, a senior Hamas leader, stated Hamas will soon control Abbas' office in the West Bank. In the autumn, Hamas supporters will be praying in the Muqata compound in Ramallah (the site of Abbas' presidential office), he said. We are now praying at the presidential compound in Gaza, just as we said we would. Abbas' regime will fall like a leaf come autumn.
THE EU DICTATOR
REVELATION 6:1-2,13:1-3,7-9,16
1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.(THIS IS THE EU DICTATOR)
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.(7 HEADS ARE THE 7TH WORLD EMPIRE IN HISTORY (THE EU) AS WELL AS THE VATICAN WHICH IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS. 10 HORNS ARE 10 KINGS THAT ARISE FROM THE EU, THEN #11 COMES ON THE SCENE BECOMES THE HEAD OF 3 OUNTRIES AND THEN THE EU DICTATOR, COMES FROM 1 OF THE 3 COUNTRIES THAT RULE FOR THIS TERM. I BELIEVE THE 3 COUNTRIES RULING AT THE TIME ARE SPAIN AND 2 OF THE ORIGINAL 6 THAT STARTED THE EU. FROM 1 OF THESE 3 COUNTRIES COME THE FUTURE EU DICTATOR PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION WHO GUARENTEES ISRAELS SECURITY FOR A LAND FOR PEACE 7 YEAR TREATY.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.(THE JEWISH EU DICTATOR GETS HIS POWER FROM SATAN,HE COMES FROM THE OCCULT).
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.(THE DICTATOR HAS A FALSE RESURRECTION. JUST LIKE JESUS HAD A LITERAL RESURRECTION THIS DICTATOR GETS MURDERED AT THE 3 1/2 YR MARK OF THR 7 YEAR TREATY AND COMES BACK TO LIFE. THIS IS HOW HE CAN CLAIM TO BE GOD AND GET AWAY WITH IT AND CONTROL THE WHOLE EARTH.
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
DANIEL 11:36-40
36 And the king shall do according to his will;(EU PRESIDENT) and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS A EUROPEAN JEW) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(HES A MILITARY GINIUS) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds (CONTROL HEZBOLLAH,AL-QUAIDA MURDERERS ETC) with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south(EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR PROTECTING ISRAELS SECURITY) and the king of the north(RUSSIA) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
THE NEW WORLD DISORDER Law of the Sea Treaty sails ahead Senate panel overwhelmingly passes measure empowering U.N.October 31, 2007 11:09 p.m. Eastern - 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
The United Nations' Law of the Sea Treaty, a wide-ranging measure critics say will grant the U.N. control of the 70 percent of the planet under its oceans, is now headed to the full Senate for ratification. The measure passed the Senate Foreign Relations committee today by a 17-4 vote. If you want a U.N. on steroids, you want the Law of the Sea Treaty, Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., has said. I am absolutely convinced it undermines U.S. sovereignty. A two-thirds vote is required for approval, meaning only 34 no votes can kill it. This is not the first time LOST has come up. International negotiators drafted it in 1982 in an attempt to establish a comprehensive legal regime for international management of the seas and their resources. President Ronald Reagan, however, refused to sign LOST because he realized that the treaty doesn't serve U.S. interests. In 1994, however, President Clinton signed a revised version of the treaty and forwarded it to the Senate. The record shows the Senate was not convinced the 1994 changes corrected the problems, and it has deferred action on the treaty ever since.
The Heritage Foundation warns the treaty would have unintended consequences for U.S. interests – including a threat to sovereignty. The conservative think tank says bureaucracies established by multilateral treaties often lack the transparency and accountability necessary to ensure that they are untainted by corruption, mismanagement or inappropriate claims of authority. The LOST bureaucracy is called the International Seabed Authority Secretariat, which has a strong incentive to enhance its own authority at the expense of state sovereignty.For example, this treaty would impose taxes on U.S. companies engaged in extracting resources from the ocean floor, wrote Heritage fellows Baker Spring and Brett D. Schaefer. This would give the treaty's secretariat an independent revenue stream that would remove a key check on its authority. After all, once a bureaucracy has its own source of funding, it needs answer only to itself.The United States should be wary of joining sweeping multilateral treaties negotiated under the auspices of the United Nations, say Spring and Schaefer of Heritage. Specifically, the benefit to U.S. national interests should be indisputable and clearly outweigh the predictable negative consequences of ratification.Other critics fear the treaty will be used as a back-door to implement policies against global warming without any accountability to the American people. Parts of the treaty, they say, mandate international regulation of U.S. economic and industrial activities on land. With that in mind, critics of the treaty believe so-called greenhouse gases could be viewed as ocean pollutants. In the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing recently, Bush administration officials were repeatedly embarrassed by tough questioning from Sen. David Vitter, R-La., who also has led opposition to ratification. For instance, Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte testified the U.N. body established by the treaty has no jurisdiction over marine pollution disputes involving land-based sources.Why is there a section entitled pollution from land-based sources? questioned Vitter.
Vitter also questioned who decides what is considered military activity under the treaty. We will decide that. We consider that within our sovereign prerogative, said Negroponte. Where does the treaty say that we decide that and an arbitral body does not decide that? questioned Vitter. Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England answered: My understanding – and I'll ask my lawyer behind me – that that's in the treaty that we make that determination and that's not subject to review by anyone else.It's not in the treaty because I point to Article 298 1b where it simply says disputes concerning military activities are not subject to dispute resolution, explained Vitter. But it doesn't say who decides what is and what is not a military activity.England conceded the point.
We say it is up to us, but nobody else in the world says it is up to us, Vitter said. Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., said the United States had special military and commercial interests as the globe's only superpower, interests that the treaty did not take into account. He said many of the concerns over loss of national sovereignty that surfaced in the recent debate over immigration reform were surfacing once again in the Law of the Sea debate. This is not a good time to be bringing something like this before the American people, he said.
The battle over the Law of the Sea Treaty first began 25 years ago, eventually being torpedoed by President Reagan. It resurfaced in 2004 under the sponsorship of Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., and was defeated by then Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn.
Then a short time ago President Bush announced his intention to seek reintroduction of LOST for ratification to a small group of trusted Republican grass-roots organizers – an announcement that was met with horror and scorn. Eagle Forum leader Phyllis Schlafly, Center for Security Policy President Frank Gaffney, Leadership Institute President Morton Blackwell, Free Congress Foundation founder Paul Weyrich and leaders of the Heritage Foundation were quick to denounce the idea in forceful terms, calling on their members to begin lobbying the White House immediately. LOST has long had the support of environmental groups such as the Natural Resources Defense Council. It would establish rules governing the uses of the of the world's oceans – treating waters more than 200 nautical miles off coasts as the purview of a new international U.N. bureaucracy, the International Seabed Authority The ISA would have the authority to set production controls for ocean mining, drilling and fishing, regulate ocean exploration, issue permits and settle disputes in its own new court.Companies seeking to mine or fish would be required to apply for a permit, paying a royalty fee. Critics also point out the new U.N. agency would have the right to compete directly with private companies in those profit-making activities. The U.S. would have only one vote of 140 – and no veto power as it has on the U.N. Security Council. The Bush administration claims the initiative for reintroduction of the treaty comes from the military, which likes the 12-mile territorial limits it places on national claims to waters. Yet, critics point out international law already protects non-aggressive passage, including non-wartime activities of military ships.
One of the main authors of LOST not only admired Karl Marx but was an ardent advocate of the Marxist-oriented New International Economic Order. Elisabeth Mann Borgese, a socialist who ran the World Federalists of Canada, played a critical role in crafting and promoting LOST, as WND reported in 2005. Borgese was hailed by her U.N. supporters as the Mother of the Oceans or First Lady of the Oceans. She died in 2002. In an article co-authored with an international lawyer, Borgese noted how LOST stipulates that the oceans shall be reserved for peaceful purposes and that any threat or use of force, inconsistent with the United Nations Charter, is prohibited.She argued LOST prohibits the ability of nuclear submarines from the U.S. and other nations to rove freely through the world's oceans.
DANIEL 7:23-24
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast(THE EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADE BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise:(10 NATIONS) and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(BE HEAD OF 3 KINGS OR NATIONS).
Will secret clubs pick next prez? CFR, Bilderbergers, Trilateral Commission insiders usually run for, win White House, shows new book - November 1, 2007 - 1:00 a.m. Eastern - 2007 WorldNetDaily.com - WASHINGTON – It started in 1952.
Nearly every person elected as president of the United States since then – and nearly every opponent – has belonged to a secretive, globalism-oriented organization known as the Council on Foreign Relations. Some presidents and their challengers have belonged to additional clubs of internationalists – the Bilderberg Group and the Trilateral Commission. Running mates, too, more often than not have had ties to the groups. That the groups exert enormous influence on public policy is indisputable. What is disputed is whether such groups are, as adherents and members argue, just discussion forums for movers and shakers, or, as critics have long alleged, secret societies shaping a new world order from behind the scenes. On that last point at least, no one could challenge the critics: All these groups operate in considerable secrecy, away from the scrutiny of the American public. Regardless of how one characterizes them, the fact that virtually all presidents belong to the same secret clubs prompts the author of a new book to wonder if the 2008 election will also be a contest between globalist insiders. Judging from the list of frontrunners of each party, Daniel Estulin, author of The True Story of the Bilderberg Group, may be on to something.
According to a variety of sources, the following presidential candidates are either members of one of the groups or have strong ties: Hillary Rodham Clinton, Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, John McCain, John Edwards, Fred Thompson, Joe Biden, Chris Dodd and Bill Richardson. Mike Huckabee, though not a member, spoke to the CFR in September. Since then, his political star has risen to the point that he has become a top-tier candidate. So often throughout recent history it has been the case. Ever since Democrat Adlai Stevenson challenged Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952 and 1956, the odds have significantly favored those with membership in the elite groups. In 1960, both John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon were members. In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson was not a member. Neither was his opponent, Barry Goldwater. But Johnson had already staffed his administration with plenty of insiders. In 1968, it was Nixon versus club member Hubert H. Humphrey. In 1972, it was Nixon again against Democratic Party CFR member George McGovern. In 1976, it was CFR Republican Gerald Ford losing to CFR Democrat Jimmy Carter.
In 1980, Ronald Reagan was not a member, but his running mate, George H.W. Bush, was. So were both of his opponents – Carter and independent John Anderson. Assuming office, however, Reagan quickly named 313 CFR members to his team. In 1984, another CFR member, Walter Mondale, was nominated by the Democratic Party to challenge Reagan. In 1988, CFR member Bush took on CFR member Michael Dukakis. In 1992, Bush was challenged by an obscure governor from Arkansas, Bill Clinton, who won the trifecta by being a member of the CFR, Trlateral Commission and Bilderberg Group. He was also a Rhodes scholar – another favored credential of the worldwide elite. In 1996, Clinton was challenged by CFR member Bob Dole. In 2000, CFR member Al Gore ran against non-member George W. Bush, but his running mate, Dick Cheney, was. In 2004, Bush was challenged by CFR member John Kerry. David Rockefeller, whose family financed the CFR, is a common denominator among these parallel groups, writes Estulin. Not only is he the CFR chairman emeritus, but he also continues to provide financial and personal support to the TC, CFR and Bilderberg Group.
What is the agenda behind these groups, which Estulin says are comprised of self-interested elitists protecting their wealth and the investments of multinational banks and corporations in the growing world economy at the expense of developing nations and Third World countries?
The policies they develop, he writes, benefit them as well as move us towards a one-world government.Those questioning Estulin's conclusion as mere speculation need only recall organizational financer David Rockefeller's own words as recorded in his Memoirs. Some even believe we are part of a secret cabal working against the best interests of the United States, characterizing my family and me as internationalists and conspiring with others around the world to build a more integrated global political and economic structure – one world, if you will, he wrote. If that's the charge, I stand guilty, and I am proud of it.With regard to insider roles in recent U.S. presidential races, two of the most interesting were 1976 and 1992. In the spring of 1972, a high-profile group of men gathered for dinner with W. Averell Harriman, the grand old man of the Democratic Party, a Bilderberger and a member of the CFR, writes Estulin. Also present were Milton Katz, a CFR member and director of international studies at Harvard, Robert Bowie, who would later become deputy director of the CIA, George Franklin, David Rockefeller's coordinator for the Trilateral Commission, and Gerald Smith, U.S. ambassador-at-large for non-proliferation matters. The focus of their discussion was the not-too-distant 1976 presidential elections. Harriman suggested that if the Democrats wanted to recapture the White House, we had better get off our high horses and look at some of those southern governors. Several names cropped up. Among them were Ruben Askew, governor of Florida, and Terry Sanford, former governor of North Carolina and, at the time, president of Duke University.Katz reportedly informed David Rockefeller of the viability of Jimmy Carter, then governor of Georgia. According to the author, he could be sold politically to the American people. At a dinner in London, recorded by the London Times, Rockefeller got acquainted with Carter and became convinced he could become the next U.S. president. Carter was invited to join the Trilateral Commission and quickly accepted. Later, U.S. News and World Report would have this to say about the Carter administration: The Trilateralists have taken charge of foreign policy-making in the Carter administration, and already the immense power they wield is sparking some controversy. Active or former members of the Trilateral Commission now head every key agency involved in mapping U.S. strategy for dealing with the rest of the world.
In 1992, Estulin concludes Bill Clinton was similarly anointed for the presidency at the 1991 Bilderberg Conference in Baden-Baden. Following the meeting, Clinton immediately took a trip to Russia to meet with Soviet Interior Minister Vadim Balatin, then serving Mikhail Gorbachev. Later, when Boris Yeltsin won the presidential election, Bakatin became the new chief of the KGB. The meeting went unnoticed in most of the press, with the exception of the Arkansas Democrat, whose headline told the story: Clinton has powerful buddy in U.S.S.R – New head of KGB.Estulin's book, first written in 2005 in Spain, has been translated into 24 languages, most recently this English edition. He has covered the Bilderberg Group as a journalist for more than 15 years.
Friday, November 02, 2007
Thursday, November 01, 2007
ISRAELI POLICY TOWARD TEMPLE MOUNT
Official Israeli Policy toward the Temple Mount
Below is the text of the 1967 Protection of Holy Places Law, the 1980 Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel, and the 1993 Israel Supreme Court decision concerning the religious and legal status of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.Following the text of these three documents is an article which first appeared in 1996, written by Israel Medad, in which he describes the systematic collusion between the Israel Supreme Court and the Israel Police, (as well as with the Moslem Wakf and whatever angry Moslem mob they throw together for the ocassion), allowing for the flagrant violation of the rights delineated by law and by Supreme Court declaration. The Supreme Court has, in effect, created a fool-proof means with which to flout the very basic rights it has upheld in its own rulings.
Protection of Holy Places Law
June 27, 1967
1. The Holy Places shall be protected from desecration and any other violation and from anything likely to violate the freedom of access of the members of the different religions to the places sacred to them or their feelings with regard to those places.
2. a. Whosoever desecrates or otherwise violates a Holy Place shall be liable to imprisonment for a term of seven years.
b. Whosoever does anything likely to violate the freedom of access of the members of the different religions to the places sacred to them or their feelings with regard to those places shall be liable to imprisonment for a term of five years.
3. This Law shall add to, and not derogate from, any other law.
4. The Minister of Religious Affairs is charged with the implementation of this Law, and he may, after consultation with, or upon the proposal of, representatives of the religions concerned and with the consent of the Minister of Justice make regulations as to any matter relating to such implementation.
5. This Law shall come into force on the date of its adoption by the Knesset.
Levi Eshkol
Prime Minister
Zerach Warhaftig
Minister of Religious Affairs
Shneur Zalman Shazar
President of the State
Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel
17th Av, 5740 (30th July, 1980)
Jerusalem, Capital of Israel
1. Jerusalem, complete and united, is the capital of Israel.
Seat of the President, the Knesset, the Government and the Supreme Court
2. Jerusalem is the seat of the President of the State, the Knesset, the Government and the Supreme Court.
Protection of Holy Places
3. The Holy Places shall be protected from desecration and any other violation and from anything likely to violate the freedom of access of the members of the different religions to the places sacred to them or their feelings towards those places.
Development of Jerusalem
4. (a) The Government shall provide for the development and prosperity of Jerusalem and the well-being of its inhabitants by allocating special funds, including a special annual grant to the Municipality of Jerusalem (Capital City Grant) with the approval of the Finance Committee of the Knesset.
(b) Jerusalem shall be given special priority in the activities of the authorities of the State so as to further its development in economic and other matters.
(c) The Government shall set up a special body or special bodies for the implementation of this section.
* Passed by the Knesset on the 17th Av, 5740 (30th July, 1980) and published in Sefer Ha-Chukkim No. 980 of the 23rd Av, 5740 (5th August, 1980), p. 186; the Bill and an Explanatory Note were published in Hatza'ot Chok No. 1464 of 5740, p. 287.
Israel Supreme Court decision (HG 4185/90) concerning the religious and legal status of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem
Sept. 23 1993
Following are excerpts from the Supreme Court's unanimous decision issued Sept. 23 1993, written by Justice Menachem Elon: The uniqueness and the destiny of the Holy Temple found expression in the prayer of King Solomon upon completion of that building's erection (I Kings, Ch. 8): ...when a prayer or a plea is made by any person, by any of your people Israel - each one aware of the afflictions of his own heart, and spreading out his hands towards this Temple - then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Forgive and act; deal with each man according to all his deeds, for you know his heart - you alone know the hearts of all men... In the year 538 BCE, Cyrus, King of Persia, issued a proclamation to the Jews of the Babylonian exile in which he announced his wish to raise up the Holy Temple in Jerusalem from its ruins, and urged the exiles to go up to their land and to participate in the rebuilding of the Temple...
King Herod wrought a great change in the annals of the Temple Mount and in its contours: The shape of the Mount as we see it today is his work... The Temple Mount and the Holy Temple itself were the heart of the nation and the focus of its faith, whence emanated law and instruction to the people of Israel, and around them gathered all its sons and daughters, from near and far... In the year 70 CE, Titus, the son of the Emperor Vespasian, activated the Roman legions in Jerusalem, which overcame the fierce resistance of the Jewish defenders of the Temple Mount...The historian Gedaliah ...thus sums up the place of the Temple in that era and the reason for its demolition at Titus' hands:
The status and significance of the Temple as the foundation of the state and its religious life, and as the stronghold and the symbol of this people's national spirit and faith - this, more than all else, brought on Titus' order to burn it down...
...the Temple Mount has been the holiest place for the past 3,000 years, ever since King Solomon erected the First Temple on Mt. Moriah (II Chron. 3:1); and Mt. Moriah itself had been held sacred because of [an event that took place there some 1 ,000 years earlier], the binding of Isaac by Abraham, the father of the Hebrew nation, 'in the land of Moriah' (Gen. 22:2)... Thus primeval sanctity of the Temple Mount continues unabated to this day - even after the destruction of the First and Second Temples... and the Western Wall of the Temple Mount, which stands to this very day, is the holiest site in Jewish tradition.
For adherents to the Muslim faith, the Temple Mount has been held sacred for the past 1,300 years - since the conquest of Jerusalem by the Muslims in 638 - and on it they erected the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The sanctity of the Mount, for Muslims, comes after the sanctity of Medina, which in turn comes after the sanctity of Mecca... The Christians, too, ascribe religious importance to the Temple Mount.
The following article was first published in 1996. Shomron News Service - 1 Av 5756 / July 17, 1996 - by Yisrael Medad
This being the special three-week period, which culminates on Tisha B'av, commemorating the destruction of the two Temples, SNS brings its readers a review and analysis of the legal parameters, as well as the public policy concerning the Temple Mount, as regards entry and prayer.
Despite the Law for the Protection of the Holy Places, 1967, and its clauses assuring freedom of access to and worship within each religion's holy sites, despite their reconfirmation in the Basic Law: Jerusalem, 1980, and despite the recognition of those rights, in principle, by Israel's High Court of Justice, in practice the Israeli police consistently refuse to permit any form of Jewish prayer in the confines of the Temple Mount compound. In addition, any outward appearance of religiosity such as Tallit (Prayer Shawl) fringes hanging out, a Prayer Book or other religious tome or any ritual object such as Tefillin (Phylacteries), Lulav (palm branch) or the like are banned. In essence, a Jew may enter his Most Sacred Site but may not do so in a way that would be Jewish.
Some two dozen petitions have been heard by the High Court of Justice in the past 28 years. Throughout them all, the main thread is less a formalistic argument than an agreement by the justices, that in the matter of the Temple Mount, there is an overriding principle of sensitivity. The principle of sensitivity dictates that because Muslims view the Temple Mount Courtyard as their exclusive domain and will engage in violent acts to counter any display of Jewishness, then it is in the interests of public order to prevent a Jew from exercising his legal rights. The presence of a Jew, as a Jew and not as a tourist or visitor, is a provocation. As Professor Itzhak Englard has written: In substance, the prohibition of public prayer is a violation of the principles of collective freedom of religion (Amer. Journal of Comparative Law, 35:1987, p. 198).
Jurists and legal experts from the West and especially the United States will readily realize, that based on such a principle, the Civil Rights movement would never had made any gains, not to speak of gay rights and a plethora of social, religious and ethnic issues.
In one instance, in 1994, the Justices ordered the police to insure the entry of Jews (H.C.J. 3995/94) but nevertheless gave the police a free hand to cancel their order if public order needed to be preserved. Needless to say, with 300 angry Muslims led by the Deputy Mufti gathered inside the main entrance of the compound, the Jews assembled outside were denied entry.
The point should be stressed that it is not the wish of Jews to pray inside any Muslim building. In this regard, though, it is worth drawing attention to the fact, that such an arrangement already does exist in Hevron, where Jews and Muslims pray under the same roof. The Israeli Police and Border Guard Units, utilizing electronic instruments, assure the peace at that holy site.
It is undeniable that, legal and security arguments aside, it is a political consideration which denies Jews their civil rights and liberties. For example, although the High Court of Justice has confirmed, inter alia, that the Temple Mount surely is a Jewish holy place, the Department for Holy Places of the Ministry for Religious Affairs does not list the Temple Mount as such, budgets no money for it and in no other way administers the site. Most crucial, the Judges refuse to obligate the relevant Minister to formulate and adopt administrative regulations that would allow Jews to pray on the Temple Mount by defining, for example, the location and times for prayer.
The day-to-day administration, actually, is in the hands of the Jordanian Wakf. The religious officials tending to the Temple Mount are not Israeli government employees. They are uniformed and carry sophisticated communications equipment. The Temple Mount is a testing-ground for the undercurrent of tensions between supporters of Arafat, King Hussein and Islamic fundamentalists among those in charge and who run the institutions that exist there: educational, cultural and political.
Many people presume that Jewish Halachic (Jewish law) restrictions would deny entry into the Compound because of a Rabbinic Ban on stepping into sacred precincts. However, that prohibition extends only to a 500 cubit-square area, which is considerably smaller than the current esplanade. Former Chief Rabbi Shlomo Goren and others have pronounced in favor of a limited access.
Archaeological and scientific engineering research, which could contribute to the location of the 500 cubit-square are is disallowed. In fact, Jewish archaeological remains are systematically destroyed or covered over. The underground passageways of astounding historical importance are off-limits.
What we are witness to is the exploitation of the juridical system to the political demands of policy. Israel's Courts must be convinced that their duty is to uphold the law and the norms of justice. They themselves, lend a legitimacy to the flouting of legal principles. It should be noted that as recently as this month, Israel's High Court of Justice ordered the police to prepare for the protection of the right of Meretz supporters to demonstrate, even in a provocative fashion, along the Bar-Ilan Boulevard. Will they apply the same outlook to allow Jews to pray on the Temple Mount.
Below is the text of the 1967 Protection of Holy Places Law, the 1980 Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel, and the 1993 Israel Supreme Court decision concerning the religious and legal status of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.Following the text of these three documents is an article which first appeared in 1996, written by Israel Medad, in which he describes the systematic collusion between the Israel Supreme Court and the Israel Police, (as well as with the Moslem Wakf and whatever angry Moslem mob they throw together for the ocassion), allowing for the flagrant violation of the rights delineated by law and by Supreme Court declaration. The Supreme Court has, in effect, created a fool-proof means with which to flout the very basic rights it has upheld in its own rulings.
Protection of Holy Places Law
June 27, 1967
1. The Holy Places shall be protected from desecration and any other violation and from anything likely to violate the freedom of access of the members of the different religions to the places sacred to them or their feelings with regard to those places.
2. a. Whosoever desecrates or otherwise violates a Holy Place shall be liable to imprisonment for a term of seven years.
b. Whosoever does anything likely to violate the freedom of access of the members of the different religions to the places sacred to them or their feelings with regard to those places shall be liable to imprisonment for a term of five years.
3. This Law shall add to, and not derogate from, any other law.
4. The Minister of Religious Affairs is charged with the implementation of this Law, and he may, after consultation with, or upon the proposal of, representatives of the religions concerned and with the consent of the Minister of Justice make regulations as to any matter relating to such implementation.
5. This Law shall come into force on the date of its adoption by the Knesset.
Levi Eshkol
Prime Minister
Zerach Warhaftig
Minister of Religious Affairs
Shneur Zalman Shazar
President of the State
Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel
17th Av, 5740 (30th July, 1980)
Jerusalem, Capital of Israel
1. Jerusalem, complete and united, is the capital of Israel.
Seat of the President, the Knesset, the Government and the Supreme Court
2. Jerusalem is the seat of the President of the State, the Knesset, the Government and the Supreme Court.
Protection of Holy Places
3. The Holy Places shall be protected from desecration and any other violation and from anything likely to violate the freedom of access of the members of the different religions to the places sacred to them or their feelings towards those places.
Development of Jerusalem
4. (a) The Government shall provide for the development and prosperity of Jerusalem and the well-being of its inhabitants by allocating special funds, including a special annual grant to the Municipality of Jerusalem (Capital City Grant) with the approval of the Finance Committee of the Knesset.
(b) Jerusalem shall be given special priority in the activities of the authorities of the State so as to further its development in economic and other matters.
(c) The Government shall set up a special body or special bodies for the implementation of this section.
* Passed by the Knesset on the 17th Av, 5740 (30th July, 1980) and published in Sefer Ha-Chukkim No. 980 of the 23rd Av, 5740 (5th August, 1980), p. 186; the Bill and an Explanatory Note were published in Hatza'ot Chok No. 1464 of 5740, p. 287.
Israel Supreme Court decision (HG 4185/90) concerning the religious and legal status of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem
Sept. 23 1993
Following are excerpts from the Supreme Court's unanimous decision issued Sept. 23 1993, written by Justice Menachem Elon: The uniqueness and the destiny of the Holy Temple found expression in the prayer of King Solomon upon completion of that building's erection (I Kings, Ch. 8): ...when a prayer or a plea is made by any person, by any of your people Israel - each one aware of the afflictions of his own heart, and spreading out his hands towards this Temple - then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Forgive and act; deal with each man according to all his deeds, for you know his heart - you alone know the hearts of all men... In the year 538 BCE, Cyrus, King of Persia, issued a proclamation to the Jews of the Babylonian exile in which he announced his wish to raise up the Holy Temple in Jerusalem from its ruins, and urged the exiles to go up to their land and to participate in the rebuilding of the Temple...
King Herod wrought a great change in the annals of the Temple Mount and in its contours: The shape of the Mount as we see it today is his work... The Temple Mount and the Holy Temple itself were the heart of the nation and the focus of its faith, whence emanated law and instruction to the people of Israel, and around them gathered all its sons and daughters, from near and far... In the year 70 CE, Titus, the son of the Emperor Vespasian, activated the Roman legions in Jerusalem, which overcame the fierce resistance of the Jewish defenders of the Temple Mount...The historian Gedaliah ...thus sums up the place of the Temple in that era and the reason for its demolition at Titus' hands:
The status and significance of the Temple as the foundation of the state and its religious life, and as the stronghold and the symbol of this people's national spirit and faith - this, more than all else, brought on Titus' order to burn it down...
...the Temple Mount has been the holiest place for the past 3,000 years, ever since King Solomon erected the First Temple on Mt. Moriah (II Chron. 3:1); and Mt. Moriah itself had been held sacred because of [an event that took place there some 1 ,000 years earlier], the binding of Isaac by Abraham, the father of the Hebrew nation, 'in the land of Moriah' (Gen. 22:2)... Thus primeval sanctity of the Temple Mount continues unabated to this day - even after the destruction of the First and Second Temples... and the Western Wall of the Temple Mount, which stands to this very day, is the holiest site in Jewish tradition.
For adherents to the Muslim faith, the Temple Mount has been held sacred for the past 1,300 years - since the conquest of Jerusalem by the Muslims in 638 - and on it they erected the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The sanctity of the Mount, for Muslims, comes after the sanctity of Medina, which in turn comes after the sanctity of Mecca... The Christians, too, ascribe religious importance to the Temple Mount.
The following article was first published in 1996. Shomron News Service - 1 Av 5756 / July 17, 1996 - by Yisrael Medad
This being the special three-week period, which culminates on Tisha B'av, commemorating the destruction of the two Temples, SNS brings its readers a review and analysis of the legal parameters, as well as the public policy concerning the Temple Mount, as regards entry and prayer.
Despite the Law for the Protection of the Holy Places, 1967, and its clauses assuring freedom of access to and worship within each religion's holy sites, despite their reconfirmation in the Basic Law: Jerusalem, 1980, and despite the recognition of those rights, in principle, by Israel's High Court of Justice, in practice the Israeli police consistently refuse to permit any form of Jewish prayer in the confines of the Temple Mount compound. In addition, any outward appearance of religiosity such as Tallit (Prayer Shawl) fringes hanging out, a Prayer Book or other religious tome or any ritual object such as Tefillin (Phylacteries), Lulav (palm branch) or the like are banned. In essence, a Jew may enter his Most Sacred Site but may not do so in a way that would be Jewish.
Some two dozen petitions have been heard by the High Court of Justice in the past 28 years. Throughout them all, the main thread is less a formalistic argument than an agreement by the justices, that in the matter of the Temple Mount, there is an overriding principle of sensitivity. The principle of sensitivity dictates that because Muslims view the Temple Mount Courtyard as their exclusive domain and will engage in violent acts to counter any display of Jewishness, then it is in the interests of public order to prevent a Jew from exercising his legal rights. The presence of a Jew, as a Jew and not as a tourist or visitor, is a provocation. As Professor Itzhak Englard has written: In substance, the prohibition of public prayer is a violation of the principles of collective freedom of religion (Amer. Journal of Comparative Law, 35:1987, p. 198).
Jurists and legal experts from the West and especially the United States will readily realize, that based on such a principle, the Civil Rights movement would never had made any gains, not to speak of gay rights and a plethora of social, religious and ethnic issues.
In one instance, in 1994, the Justices ordered the police to insure the entry of Jews (H.C.J. 3995/94) but nevertheless gave the police a free hand to cancel their order if public order needed to be preserved. Needless to say, with 300 angry Muslims led by the Deputy Mufti gathered inside the main entrance of the compound, the Jews assembled outside were denied entry.
The point should be stressed that it is not the wish of Jews to pray inside any Muslim building. In this regard, though, it is worth drawing attention to the fact, that such an arrangement already does exist in Hevron, where Jews and Muslims pray under the same roof. The Israeli Police and Border Guard Units, utilizing electronic instruments, assure the peace at that holy site.
It is undeniable that, legal and security arguments aside, it is a political consideration which denies Jews their civil rights and liberties. For example, although the High Court of Justice has confirmed, inter alia, that the Temple Mount surely is a Jewish holy place, the Department for Holy Places of the Ministry for Religious Affairs does not list the Temple Mount as such, budgets no money for it and in no other way administers the site. Most crucial, the Judges refuse to obligate the relevant Minister to formulate and adopt administrative regulations that would allow Jews to pray on the Temple Mount by defining, for example, the location and times for prayer.
The day-to-day administration, actually, is in the hands of the Jordanian Wakf. The religious officials tending to the Temple Mount are not Israeli government employees. They are uniformed and carry sophisticated communications equipment. The Temple Mount is a testing-ground for the undercurrent of tensions between supporters of Arafat, King Hussein and Islamic fundamentalists among those in charge and who run the institutions that exist there: educational, cultural and political.
Many people presume that Jewish Halachic (Jewish law) restrictions would deny entry into the Compound because of a Rabbinic Ban on stepping into sacred precincts. However, that prohibition extends only to a 500 cubit-square area, which is considerably smaller than the current esplanade. Former Chief Rabbi Shlomo Goren and others have pronounced in favor of a limited access.
Archaeological and scientific engineering research, which could contribute to the location of the 500 cubit-square are is disallowed. In fact, Jewish archaeological remains are systematically destroyed or covered over. The underground passageways of astounding historical importance are off-limits.
What we are witness to is the exploitation of the juridical system to the political demands of policy. Israel's Courts must be convinced that their duty is to uphold the law and the norms of justice. They themselves, lend a legitimacy to the flouting of legal principles. It should be noted that as recently as this month, Israel's High Court of Justice ordered the police to prepare for the protection of the right of Meretz supporters to demonstrate, even in a provocative fashion, along the Bar-Ilan Boulevard. Will they apply the same outlook to allow Jews to pray on the Temple Mount.
TERRORISTS PLOTTED SETTING FIRES
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Tropical Storm Noel grazes Cuba and heads for Bahamas OCT 30,07
MIAMI (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Noel weakened slightly as it moved inland over northern Cuba on Tuesday, but the storm that killed more than a dozen people in the Dominican Republic was expected to briefly become a hurricane later in the week somewhere near the Bahamas. By 8 a.m. EDT (1200 GMT), the center of the storm was located 35 miles west-northwest of Holguin, Cuba, and its maximum sustained winds had dropped to 50 miles per hour (85 kph), the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.Computer models showed the hurricane heading northwest toward Florida but making a sharp turn at some point to the northeast and swirling out over the Bahamas into the Atlantic.The 14th named storm of the 2007 Atlantic storm season was not expected to strengthen significantly because of unfavorable wind conditions in the atmosphere. But the hurricane center forecast Noel would briefly become a minimal hurricane on its closest approach to southeast Florida.
The Miami-based center's official forecast took Noel's top sustained winds up to a peak of 75 mph (120 kph), just over the cusp of qualifying as a Category 1 hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale.Noel killed more than a dozen people on Monday after dumping torrential rain on the Dominican Republic and the treeless hillsides of neighboring Haiti, with which it shares the island of Hispaniola.The toll was expected to climb because of reports of several other deaths and more than a dozen missing.
MUSLIM NATIONS
EZEKIEL 38:1-12
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW)and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY)of the north quarters, and all his bands:(SUDAN,AFRICA) and many people with thee.
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
ISAIAH 17:1
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They (ARABS,MUSLIMS) have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)
Iran warns U.S. of quagmire as Russia urges diplomacy By Fredrik Dahl OCT 31,07
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran warned the United States on Wednesday it would find itself in a quagmire deeper than Iraq if it attacked the Islamic state, and Russia stepped up efforts for a diplomatic solution to Tehran's nuclear row with the West. The warning by the head of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards, a target of new U.S. sanctions announced last week, added to angry rhetoric between the two old foes that has prompted speculation of possible U.S. military action.U.S. President George W. Bush has suggested a nuclear-armed Iran could lead to World War Three. Washington insists it wants a diplomatic solution but a U.S. official said on Wednesday more tough-minded diplomacy was needed to make this route work.If the enemies show inexperience and want to invade Islamic Iran, they will receive a strong slap from Iran, Jafari said in comments carried by the semi-official Fars News Agency.
The enemy knows that if it attacks Iran it, will be trapped in a quagmire deeper than Iraq and Afghanistan, and they will have to withdraw with defeat, he told a parade in north-central Iran, without mentioning the United States by name.The five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany are expected to meet in London on Friday to discuss a possible third round of U.N. sanctions, U.S. undersecretary of state for political affairs Nicholas Burns said.It's very important that the Security Council stay united and focused on this and that the third resolution be passed, he told reporters in Paris. If we want diplomacy to succeed, we're going to have to see more tough-minded diplomacy.
He said this should include European sanctions on Iran.
The United States has refused to rule out military action if diplomacy fails. Iran has so far refused to heed U.N. demands to halt nuclear work that has both civilian and military uses.Iran, hoping to ward off any further sanctions on its oil-dependent economy, agreed with the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in August to clear up suspicions about its past secret nuclear activities.Tensions over Iran's nuclear program are one of the factors that have pushed oil prices to record highs of over $90 a barrel in recent days.
TRUST
Russia, a veto-wielding member of the U.N. Security Council, says dialogue rather than punishment or talk of military action offers the best way to ease tension. It says the IAEA process should be given time to run its course.Speaking after talks with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday evening, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said, according to a transcript from his ministry: We encouraged the Iranian leadership to undertake further -- and preferably more active -- work with the IAEA to clear up those questions which have been raised by the agency with regard to the Iranian nuclear program's past.Lavrov, visiting two weeks after a trip to Tehran by President Vladimir Putin, said he underlined the importance of closing these questions as soon as possible, in order to restore trust in the exclusively peaceful nature of Iran's activities.Lavrov's visit coincided with vital talks in Tehran between officials from Iran and the Vienna-based IAEA on implementing the August agreement.
Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei will report to the agency's 35-nation board of governors in mid-November. If Iran has not answered sensitive questions by then, Western powers say they will move to have tougher U.N. sanctions adopted. In Washington, U.S. officials said they expected the five permanent U.N. Security Council members -- the United States, Britain, France, China and Russia -- as well as Germany to meet later this week in London to discuss new sanctions. Britain and France back a tough line on Iran. China, like Russia, has opposed an early move to tighten economic sanctions, saying Iran should be given longer to cooperate with the IAEA. The U.N. Security Council has already imposed two sets of limited sanctions on Iran for its refusal to halt enrichment, a process to make fuel for nuclear power plants that can also, if refined further, provide material for bombs.
(Additional reporting by Moscow bureau, Ross Colvin in Baghdad, Arshad Mohammed in Washington and by Zahra Hosseinian and Edmund Blair in Tehran)
IN OTTAWA THE DALAI LAMA WAS TALKING ABOUT THE EU AND HOW RUSSIA MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE EU AND ABOUT GLOBAL REGIONS, THE DALAI LAMA I CAN TELL IS A ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT BELIEVER.
China says Canada-Dalai Lama meeting disgusting Oct 30,07
BEIJING (Reuters) - China condemned Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Tuesday for disgusting conduct for playing host to the Dalai Lama and demanded that Ottawa stop supporting anti-Chinese activities by exiled Tibetans.Harper defied China on Monday by receiving Tibet's exiled spiritual leader in his office in Parliament, with television cameras and photographers present. He presented the 1989 Nobel laureate with a maple-leaf scarf.It's gross interference in China's internal affairs. The Chinese side expresses its strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition, Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao declared.This disgusting conduct has seriously hurt the feelings of the Chinese people and undermined Sino-Canadian relations, Liu told a regular news briefing.The Chinese side demands the Canadian side ... correct its mistaken conduct, immediately adopt effective measures to eliminate adverse impact (from the meeting) and stop winking at or supporting anti-Chinese activities by Tibetan forces.The Dalai Lama fled his predominantly Buddhist homeland in 1959 after a failed uprising against Communist rule.
The Dalai Lama, who was granted honorary Canadian citizenship in June, was also scheduled to meet Governor General Michaelle Jean, representative of Canada's head of state, Queen Elizabeth, and leaders of Canada's opposition parties.Earlier on Monday, he met Jason Kenney, secretary of state for multiculturalism, at the Department of Heritage.In 2004, then-prime minister Paul Martin met the Dalai Lama privately at the home of the Roman Catholic archbishop of Ottawa, but this time the venues were upgraded to government buildings.The Dalai Lama says he wants greater autonomy, not independence, for his Himalayan homeland. But China is convinced he is a separatist, underscoring the gulf between the sides.For decades the Dalai Lama's words and deeds have demonstrated that he is a political exile who wears a religious cloak while engaging in activities splitting the motherland and sabotaging ethnic unity, Liu, the spokesman, said.U.S. President George W. Bush and leaders of Congress gave the Dalai Lama the Congressional Gold Medal in a packed ceremony in the U.S. Capitol on October 17.China cancelled an annual human rights dialogue with Germany to show its displeasure with German Chancellor Angela Merkel's meeting last month with the Dalai Lama.
EU concerned over Israel sanctions on Gaza Mon Oct 29, 12:29 PM ET
JERUSALEM (AFP) - A top EU official expressed concern on Monday about Israel's economic sanctions on the Gaza Strip, urging restraint and saying the measures could bolster extremists in the Hamas-run territory. I have mentioned these concerns openly in all my discussions, External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner told a news conference following talks with top Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.There are indeed real, humanitarian concerns. We do not want the population to suffer. On the other hand I must say that we understand the very, very difficult situation of the Israelis, she said.There are Qassam rockets coming into the territory of Israel nearly every day in order to either kill people or injure people or distress people, she added, referring to the homemade rockets launched by Palestinian militants.
Ferrero-Waldner nevertheless said she hoped Israel would show great restraint in its actions towards the increasingly isolated coastal strip.On Sunday, Israel began restricting fuel shipments to Gaza after declaring the territory a hostile entity on September 19 following a bloody takeover in June that saw the radical Islamist Hamas seize control.Both the EU and the United States froze aid to Gaza following the Islamist Hamas movement's electoral victory in February 2006, and since its complete seizure of power in June Israel has closed it off to all but vital goods.
But Ferrero-Waldner said a further deterioration of conditions in Gaza could increase the Islamist movement's power by hurting the local population.We think that a deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Strip will only aggravate the consequences for the local population and this will indeed play into the hands of the more radical people, she said.Ferrero-Waldner adopted a very hard line over the government's decision during a meeting with Israeli President Shimon Peres, his office said.Europe should understand that the sanctions imposed on Gaza are a direct consequence of Hamas murders and acts of terrorism, Peres responded, according to his office.Ferror-Waldner was due to dine with Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad in the West Bank town of Ramallah on Monday evening.
Terrorists plotted setting U.S. fires
Muslim bulletin boards advocated arson before California blazes
October 29, 2007 - 8:36 p.m. Eastern
2007 WorldNetDaily.com
Firefighters battle Southern California blaze (Courtesy San Diego Union Tribune)
WASHINGTON – While websites frequented by jihadis have been ablaze with claims of responsibility for setting the California wildfires, terror leaders also urged arson attacks as a tactic last summer, according to a new report in Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin. In July, a post was made to numerous jihadist boards and then spread to a number of blogs citing a previously issued fatwa authorizing the setting of forest fires as a weapon of jihad. The post began this is an invitation to the Muslims of Europe and America, Australia and Russia to burn forests. It went on to state the justification under Islamic Sharia law for this action and to cite its benefits for jihadists. The post, revealed in G2 Bulletin's report, cites an undated video that shows Abu Mus'ab al Suri, author of Call to Global Islamic Resistance and advocate of the doctrine of individual terrorism, discussing the benefits to the jihad of setting forest fires. Last year, the report points out, Maj. Robert Arthur Baird of the U.S. Marine Corps wrote in the May 2006 issue of Studies in Conflict and Terrorism: The United States is at significant risk of a future pyro-terrorist attack – when terrorists unleash the latent energy in the nation's forests to achieve the effect of a weapon of mass destruction – the threat, must be defined America's vulnerabilities understood and action taken to mitigate this danger to the United States.
In his master's thesis, Major Baird also discusses arson as a terror tactic and sees it as a very real risk: Instead of using expensive, complex and readily detectable nuclear or radiological bombs, a terrorist could easily ignite several massive wildfires to severely damage regional economies, impact military and firefighting forces and terrorize the American people.He goes on to state that a terrorist has the potential to unleash multiple fires creating a conflagration potentially equal to a multi-megaton nuclear weapon.Is that what has happened this year?
California authorities have confirmed some of the wildfires were set deliberately, and a terror watch organization says the circumstances match terror plans the FBI alerted law enforcement to several years ago. In 2003 an FBI memo alerted law enforcement agencies that an al-Qaida terrorist being held in detention had talked of masterminding a plot to set a series of devastating forest fires around the western United States, the National Terror Alert Response Center warned. It was reported that the detainee, who was not identified, said the plan involved three or four people setting wildfires using timed devices in Colorado, Montana, Utah and Wyoming that would detonate in forests and grasslands after the operatives had left the country, the advisory continued. The detainee believed that significant damage to the U.S. economy would result and once it was realized that the fires were terrorist acts, U.S. citizens would put pressure on the U.S. government to change its policies.WND reported in 2004 that an Arabic-language jihadi website also posted a message purporting to be al-Qaida's plan of economic attack on the U.S. that including proposals to turn the nation's forests into raging infernos. The National Terror Alert Response Center report said, We are NOT implying that the California fires are an act of terrorism; however, the threat of pyro-terrorist attacks pose a significant risk to the U.S. and the fires in California and Greece earlier this year should be a wake-up call.Less than two months ago, between four and five dozen people were killed and scores more hospitalized with serious injuries as a result of wildfires in portions of Greece. Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis expressed his suspicions.
So many fires sparked simultaneously in so many places is no coincidence, he said when the blazes erupted. And Terror Watch notes a top prosecutor in Greece now has begun investigating whether the arsons were, in fact, terrorism. Dimitris Papangelopoulos said the investigation will determine whether the crimes of arsonists and of arson attacks on forests should be prosecuted under the nation's anti-terrorism law. Arab terrorists in Israel have started dozens of major forest fires over the years. As far back as 1988, Israeli police caught more than a dozen Palestinian adults in the act of setting fires, while other Arabs confessed to arson after arrest. Some fires followed specific calls by underground Arab terrorists. A leaflet issued by the Palestinian uprising's underground leadership called for the destruction and burning of the enemy's properties, industry and agriculture.
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Tropical Storm Noel grazes Cuba and heads for Bahamas OCT 30,07
MIAMI (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Noel weakened slightly as it moved inland over northern Cuba on Tuesday, but the storm that killed more than a dozen people in the Dominican Republic was expected to briefly become a hurricane later in the week somewhere near the Bahamas. By 8 a.m. EDT (1200 GMT), the center of the storm was located 35 miles west-northwest of Holguin, Cuba, and its maximum sustained winds had dropped to 50 miles per hour (85 kph), the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.Computer models showed the hurricane heading northwest toward Florida but making a sharp turn at some point to the northeast and swirling out over the Bahamas into the Atlantic.The 14th named storm of the 2007 Atlantic storm season was not expected to strengthen significantly because of unfavorable wind conditions in the atmosphere. But the hurricane center forecast Noel would briefly become a minimal hurricane on its closest approach to southeast Florida.
The Miami-based center's official forecast took Noel's top sustained winds up to a peak of 75 mph (120 kph), just over the cusp of qualifying as a Category 1 hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale.Noel killed more than a dozen people on Monday after dumping torrential rain on the Dominican Republic and the treeless hillsides of neighboring Haiti, with which it shares the island of Hispaniola.The toll was expected to climb because of reports of several other deaths and more than a dozen missing.
MUSLIM NATIONS
EZEKIEL 38:1-12
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW)and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY)of the north quarters, and all his bands:(SUDAN,AFRICA) and many people with thee.
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
ISAIAH 17:1
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They (ARABS,MUSLIMS) have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)
Iran warns U.S. of quagmire as Russia urges diplomacy By Fredrik Dahl OCT 31,07
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran warned the United States on Wednesday it would find itself in a quagmire deeper than Iraq if it attacked the Islamic state, and Russia stepped up efforts for a diplomatic solution to Tehran's nuclear row with the West. The warning by the head of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards, a target of new U.S. sanctions announced last week, added to angry rhetoric between the two old foes that has prompted speculation of possible U.S. military action.U.S. President George W. Bush has suggested a nuclear-armed Iran could lead to World War Three. Washington insists it wants a diplomatic solution but a U.S. official said on Wednesday more tough-minded diplomacy was needed to make this route work.If the enemies show inexperience and want to invade Islamic Iran, they will receive a strong slap from Iran, Jafari said in comments carried by the semi-official Fars News Agency.
The enemy knows that if it attacks Iran it, will be trapped in a quagmire deeper than Iraq and Afghanistan, and they will have to withdraw with defeat, he told a parade in north-central Iran, without mentioning the United States by name.The five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany are expected to meet in London on Friday to discuss a possible third round of U.N. sanctions, U.S. undersecretary of state for political affairs Nicholas Burns said.It's very important that the Security Council stay united and focused on this and that the third resolution be passed, he told reporters in Paris. If we want diplomacy to succeed, we're going to have to see more tough-minded diplomacy.
He said this should include European sanctions on Iran.
The United States has refused to rule out military action if diplomacy fails. Iran has so far refused to heed U.N. demands to halt nuclear work that has both civilian and military uses.Iran, hoping to ward off any further sanctions on its oil-dependent economy, agreed with the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in August to clear up suspicions about its past secret nuclear activities.Tensions over Iran's nuclear program are one of the factors that have pushed oil prices to record highs of over $90 a barrel in recent days.
TRUST
Russia, a veto-wielding member of the U.N. Security Council, says dialogue rather than punishment or talk of military action offers the best way to ease tension. It says the IAEA process should be given time to run its course.Speaking after talks with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday evening, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said, according to a transcript from his ministry: We encouraged the Iranian leadership to undertake further -- and preferably more active -- work with the IAEA to clear up those questions which have been raised by the agency with regard to the Iranian nuclear program's past.Lavrov, visiting two weeks after a trip to Tehran by President Vladimir Putin, said he underlined the importance of closing these questions as soon as possible, in order to restore trust in the exclusively peaceful nature of Iran's activities.Lavrov's visit coincided with vital talks in Tehran between officials from Iran and the Vienna-based IAEA on implementing the August agreement.
Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei will report to the agency's 35-nation board of governors in mid-November. If Iran has not answered sensitive questions by then, Western powers say they will move to have tougher U.N. sanctions adopted. In Washington, U.S. officials said they expected the five permanent U.N. Security Council members -- the United States, Britain, France, China and Russia -- as well as Germany to meet later this week in London to discuss new sanctions. Britain and France back a tough line on Iran. China, like Russia, has opposed an early move to tighten economic sanctions, saying Iran should be given longer to cooperate with the IAEA. The U.N. Security Council has already imposed two sets of limited sanctions on Iran for its refusal to halt enrichment, a process to make fuel for nuclear power plants that can also, if refined further, provide material for bombs.
(Additional reporting by Moscow bureau, Ross Colvin in Baghdad, Arshad Mohammed in Washington and by Zahra Hosseinian and Edmund Blair in Tehran)
IN OTTAWA THE DALAI LAMA WAS TALKING ABOUT THE EU AND HOW RUSSIA MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE EU AND ABOUT GLOBAL REGIONS, THE DALAI LAMA I CAN TELL IS A ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT BELIEVER.
China says Canada-Dalai Lama meeting disgusting Oct 30,07
BEIJING (Reuters) - China condemned Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Tuesday for disgusting conduct for playing host to the Dalai Lama and demanded that Ottawa stop supporting anti-Chinese activities by exiled Tibetans.Harper defied China on Monday by receiving Tibet's exiled spiritual leader in his office in Parliament, with television cameras and photographers present. He presented the 1989 Nobel laureate with a maple-leaf scarf.It's gross interference in China's internal affairs. The Chinese side expresses its strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition, Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao declared.This disgusting conduct has seriously hurt the feelings of the Chinese people and undermined Sino-Canadian relations, Liu told a regular news briefing.The Chinese side demands the Canadian side ... correct its mistaken conduct, immediately adopt effective measures to eliminate adverse impact (from the meeting) and stop winking at or supporting anti-Chinese activities by Tibetan forces.The Dalai Lama fled his predominantly Buddhist homeland in 1959 after a failed uprising against Communist rule.
The Dalai Lama, who was granted honorary Canadian citizenship in June, was also scheduled to meet Governor General Michaelle Jean, representative of Canada's head of state, Queen Elizabeth, and leaders of Canada's opposition parties.Earlier on Monday, he met Jason Kenney, secretary of state for multiculturalism, at the Department of Heritage.In 2004, then-prime minister Paul Martin met the Dalai Lama privately at the home of the Roman Catholic archbishop of Ottawa, but this time the venues were upgraded to government buildings.The Dalai Lama says he wants greater autonomy, not independence, for his Himalayan homeland. But China is convinced he is a separatist, underscoring the gulf between the sides.For decades the Dalai Lama's words and deeds have demonstrated that he is a political exile who wears a religious cloak while engaging in activities splitting the motherland and sabotaging ethnic unity, Liu, the spokesman, said.U.S. President George W. Bush and leaders of Congress gave the Dalai Lama the Congressional Gold Medal in a packed ceremony in the U.S. Capitol on October 17.China cancelled an annual human rights dialogue with Germany to show its displeasure with German Chancellor Angela Merkel's meeting last month with the Dalai Lama.
EU concerned over Israel sanctions on Gaza Mon Oct 29, 12:29 PM ET
JERUSALEM (AFP) - A top EU official expressed concern on Monday about Israel's economic sanctions on the Gaza Strip, urging restraint and saying the measures could bolster extremists in the Hamas-run territory. I have mentioned these concerns openly in all my discussions, External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner told a news conference following talks with top Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.There are indeed real, humanitarian concerns. We do not want the population to suffer. On the other hand I must say that we understand the very, very difficult situation of the Israelis, she said.There are Qassam rockets coming into the territory of Israel nearly every day in order to either kill people or injure people or distress people, she added, referring to the homemade rockets launched by Palestinian militants.
Ferrero-Waldner nevertheless said she hoped Israel would show great restraint in its actions towards the increasingly isolated coastal strip.On Sunday, Israel began restricting fuel shipments to Gaza after declaring the territory a hostile entity on September 19 following a bloody takeover in June that saw the radical Islamist Hamas seize control.Both the EU and the United States froze aid to Gaza following the Islamist Hamas movement's electoral victory in February 2006, and since its complete seizure of power in June Israel has closed it off to all but vital goods.
But Ferrero-Waldner said a further deterioration of conditions in Gaza could increase the Islamist movement's power by hurting the local population.We think that a deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Strip will only aggravate the consequences for the local population and this will indeed play into the hands of the more radical people, she said.Ferrero-Waldner adopted a very hard line over the government's decision during a meeting with Israeli President Shimon Peres, his office said.Europe should understand that the sanctions imposed on Gaza are a direct consequence of Hamas murders and acts of terrorism, Peres responded, according to his office.Ferror-Waldner was due to dine with Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad in the West Bank town of Ramallah on Monday evening.
Terrorists plotted setting U.S. fires
Muslim bulletin boards advocated arson before California blazes
October 29, 2007 - 8:36 p.m. Eastern
2007 WorldNetDaily.com
Firefighters battle Southern California blaze (Courtesy San Diego Union Tribune)
WASHINGTON – While websites frequented by jihadis have been ablaze with claims of responsibility for setting the California wildfires, terror leaders also urged arson attacks as a tactic last summer, according to a new report in Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin. In July, a post was made to numerous jihadist boards and then spread to a number of blogs citing a previously issued fatwa authorizing the setting of forest fires as a weapon of jihad. The post began this is an invitation to the Muslims of Europe and America, Australia and Russia to burn forests. It went on to state the justification under Islamic Sharia law for this action and to cite its benefits for jihadists. The post, revealed in G2 Bulletin's report, cites an undated video that shows Abu Mus'ab al Suri, author of Call to Global Islamic Resistance and advocate of the doctrine of individual terrorism, discussing the benefits to the jihad of setting forest fires. Last year, the report points out, Maj. Robert Arthur Baird of the U.S. Marine Corps wrote in the May 2006 issue of Studies in Conflict and Terrorism: The United States is at significant risk of a future pyro-terrorist attack – when terrorists unleash the latent energy in the nation's forests to achieve the effect of a weapon of mass destruction – the threat, must be defined America's vulnerabilities understood and action taken to mitigate this danger to the United States.
In his master's thesis, Major Baird also discusses arson as a terror tactic and sees it as a very real risk: Instead of using expensive, complex and readily detectable nuclear or radiological bombs, a terrorist could easily ignite several massive wildfires to severely damage regional economies, impact military and firefighting forces and terrorize the American people.He goes on to state that a terrorist has the potential to unleash multiple fires creating a conflagration potentially equal to a multi-megaton nuclear weapon.Is that what has happened this year?
California authorities have confirmed some of the wildfires were set deliberately, and a terror watch organization says the circumstances match terror plans the FBI alerted law enforcement to several years ago. In 2003 an FBI memo alerted law enforcement agencies that an al-Qaida terrorist being held in detention had talked of masterminding a plot to set a series of devastating forest fires around the western United States, the National Terror Alert Response Center warned. It was reported that the detainee, who was not identified, said the plan involved three or four people setting wildfires using timed devices in Colorado, Montana, Utah and Wyoming that would detonate in forests and grasslands after the operatives had left the country, the advisory continued. The detainee believed that significant damage to the U.S. economy would result and once it was realized that the fires were terrorist acts, U.S. citizens would put pressure on the U.S. government to change its policies.WND reported in 2004 that an Arabic-language jihadi website also posted a message purporting to be al-Qaida's plan of economic attack on the U.S. that including proposals to turn the nation's forests into raging infernos. The National Terror Alert Response Center report said, We are NOT implying that the California fires are an act of terrorism; however, the threat of pyro-terrorist attacks pose a significant risk to the U.S. and the fires in California and Greece earlier this year should be a wake-up call.Less than two months ago, between four and five dozen people were killed and scores more hospitalized with serious injuries as a result of wildfires in portions of Greece. Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis expressed his suspicions.
So many fires sparked simultaneously in so many places is no coincidence, he said when the blazes erupted. And Terror Watch notes a top prosecutor in Greece now has begun investigating whether the arsons were, in fact, terrorism. Dimitris Papangelopoulos said the investigation will determine whether the crimes of arsonists and of arson attacks on forests should be prosecuted under the nation's anti-terrorism law. Arab terrorists in Israel have started dozens of major forest fires over the years. As far back as 1988, Israeli police caught more than a dozen Palestinian adults in the act of setting fires, while other Arabs confessed to arson after arrest. Some fires followed specific calls by underground Arab terrorists. A leaflet issued by the Palestinian uprising's underground leadership called for the destruction and burning of the enemy's properties, industry and agriculture.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
613 COMMANDMENTS 521 - 613
THE 613 COMMANDMENTS OF JUDAISM 521 - 613 OR 273-365
JUSTICE COMMANDMENTS
273-A judge must not 273-perpetuate injustice,
LEV 19:15 (273)
15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor.
274-accept bribes or be
EXO 23:8 (274)
8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
275-partial or
LEV 19:15 (275)
15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor.
276-afraid he may
DEU 1:17 (276)
17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
277-not favor the poor or
LEV 19:15 (277)
15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor.
EXO 23:3 (277)
3 Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
278-discriminate against the wicked; he should not
EXO 23:6 (278)
6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
279-pity the condemned or
DEU 19:13 (279)
13 Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
280-pervert the judgement of strangers or orphans. It is forbidden to
DEU 24:17 (280)
17 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:
281-hear one litigant without the other being present. A capital case cannot be decided by
EXO 23:1 (281)
1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
282-a majority of one. A judge should not
283-accept a colleague's opinion unless he is convinced of its correctness; it is forbidden to
EXO 23:2 (282-283)
2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
284-appoint as a judge someone who is ignorant of the law. Do not
DEU 1:17 (284)
17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
285-give false testimony or accept
EXO 20:16 (285)
16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
286-testimony from a wicked person or from
EXO 23:1 (286)
1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
287-relatives of a person involved in the case. It is forbidden to pronounce judgement
DEU 24:16 (287)
16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
288-on the basis of the testimony of one witness. Do not
DEU 19:15 (288)
15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
289-murder. You must not convict on
EXO 20:13 (289)
13 Thou shalt not kill.
290-circumstancial evidence alone. A witness
EXO 23:7 (290)
7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
291-must not sit as a judge in capital cases. You must not
NUM 35:30 (291)
30 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.
292-execute anybody without due proper trial and conviction. Do not
NUM 35:12 (292)
12 And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.
293-pity or spare the pursuer. Punishment is not to be inflicted for
DEU 25:12 (293)
12 Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her.
294-an act commited under duress. Do not accept ransom
DEU 22:26 (294)
26 But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbor, and slayeth him, even so is this matter:
295-for a murderer or
NUM 35:31 (295)
31 Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.
296-a manslayer. Do not
NUM 35:32 (296)
32 And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.
297-hesitate to save another person from danger and do not
LEV 19:16 (297)
16 Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor; I am the LORD.
298-leave a stumbling blockin the way or
DEU 22:8 (298)
8 When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.
299-mislead another person by giving wrong advice. It is forbidden
LEV 19:14 (299)
14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling-block before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.
300-to administer more thanthe assigned number of lashes to the guilty. Do not
DEU 25:2-3 (300)
2 And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number.
3 Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.
301-tell tales or
LEV 19:16 (301)
16 Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor; I am the LORD.
302-bear hatred in your heart. It is forbidden to
303-shame a Jew,
LEV 19:17 (302-303)
17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbor, and not suffer sin upon him.
304-to bear a grudge or
305-to take revenge. Do not
LEV 19:18 (304-305)
18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am the LORD.
306-take the dam when you take young birds. It is forbidden to
DEU 22:6 (306)
6 If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:
307-shave a leperous scall or
LEV 13:3 (307)
3 And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.
308-remove other signs of that affliction. It is forbidden
DEU 24:8 (308)
8 Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do.
309-to cultivate a valley in which a slain body was foundand in which subsequently the ritual of breaking the heifer's neck ( * eglah arufah) was performed. Do not
DEU 21:4 (309)
4 And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley:
310-suffer a witch to live. Do not
EXO 22:17 (310)
17 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
311-force a bridegroom to perform military service during the first year of his marriage. It is forbidden to
DEU 24:5 (311)
5 When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.
312-rebel against the transmitters of the tradition or to
DEU 17:11 (312)
11 According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall show thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.
313-add or
314-distract from the precepts of the law. Do not curse
DEU 13:1 (314)
1 If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,
315-a judge
316-a ruler or
EXO 22:27 (315-316)
27 For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
317-any Jew. Do not
LEV 19:14 (317)
14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling-block before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.
318-curse or
EXO 21:17 (318)
17 And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
319-strike a parent. It is forbidden to
EXO 21:15 (319)
15 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
320-work on the sabbath or
EXO 20:10 (320)
10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
321-walk further than the permitted limits ( * eruv). You may not
EXO 16:29 (321)
29 See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
322-inflict punishment on the Sabbath. It is forbidden to work on
EXO 35:3 (322)
3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.
323-the first or
324-the seventh day of * Passover, on
EXO 12:16 (323-324)
16 And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.
325-* Shavuot, on
LEV 23:21 (325)
21 And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
326-* Rosh Ha-Shanah, on the
LEV 23:25 (326)
25 Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
327-first and
LEV 23:35 (327)
35 On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
328-eighth ( * Shemini Azeret) days of * Sukkot and
LEV 23:36 (328)
36 Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein.
329-on the Day of * Atonement.
LEV 23:28 (329)
28 And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God.
INCEST AND OTHER FORBIDDEN RELATIONSHIPS COMMANDMENTS
330-It is forbidden to enter into an incestuous relationship with one's 330-mother,
LEV 18:7 (330)
7 The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
331-step-mother,
LEV 18:8 (331)
8 The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.
332-sister,
LEV 18:9 (332)
9 The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.
333-half-sister,
LEV 18:11 (333)
11 The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
334-son's daughter,
335-daughter's daughter,
336-daughter,
LEV 18:10 (334-336)
10 The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is thine own nakedness.
337-any woman and her daughter,
338-any woman and her son's daughter,
339-any woman and her daughter's daughter,
LEV 18:17 (337-339)
17 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.
340-father's sister,
LEV 18:12 (340)
12 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman.
341-mother's sister,
LEV 18:13 (341)
13 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she is thy mother's near kinswoman.
342-paternal uncles wife,
LEV 18:14 (342)
14 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.
343-daughter in law,
LEV 18:15 (343)
15 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
344-brother's wife and
LEV 18:16 (344)
16 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.
345-wife's sister. It is also forbidden to
LEV 18:18 (345)
18 Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.
346-have sexual relations with a menstrous woman (see * Niddah). Do not
LEV 18:19 (346)
19 Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.
347-commit adultery. It is forbidden for
LEV 18:20 (347)
20 Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbor's wife, to defile thyself with her.
348-a man or
349-a woman to have sexual intercourse with an animal. Homosexuality
LEV 18:23 (348-349)
23 Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.
350-is forbidden, particularly with
LEV 18:22 (350)
22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
351-one's father or
LEV 18:7 (351)
7 The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
352-uncle. It is forbidden to have
LEV 18:14 (352)
14 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.
353-intimate physical contact ( even without actual intercourse) with any of the women eith whom intercourse is forbidden. A * mamzer may not
LEV 18:6 (353)
6 None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.
354-marry a Jewess. Harlotry
DEU 23:3 (354)
3 An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever:
355-is forbidden. A divorcee may not be
DEU 23:18 (355)
18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God.
356-remarried to her first husband if, in the meanwhile, she had married another. A childless widow may not
DEU 24:4 (356)
4 Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
357-marry anybody other than her late husband's brother (See * Levirate Marriage). A man may not
DEU 25:5 (357)
5 If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her.
358-divorce a wife whom he married after having raped her or
DEU 22:29 (358)
29 Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.
359-after having slandered her. An eunuch may not
DEU 22:19 (359)
19 And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.
360-marry a Jewess. Castration
DEU 23:2 (360)
2 A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD.
361-is forbidden.
LEV 22:24 (361)
24 Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering thereof in your land.
THE MONARCHY COMMANDMENTS
362-You may not 362-elect as king anybody who is not of the seed of Israel. The king must not accumulate an excessive number of
DEU 17:15 (362)
15 Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother.
363-horses,
DEU 17:16 (363)
16 But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.
364-wives, or
365-wealth.
DEU 17:17 (364-365)
17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
JUSTICE COMMANDMENTS
273-A judge must not 273-perpetuate injustice,
LEV 19:15 (273)
15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor.
274-accept bribes or be
EXO 23:8 (274)
8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
275-partial or
LEV 19:15 (275)
15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor.
276-afraid he may
DEU 1:17 (276)
17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
277-not favor the poor or
LEV 19:15 (277)
15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor.
EXO 23:3 (277)
3 Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
278-discriminate against the wicked; he should not
EXO 23:6 (278)
6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
279-pity the condemned or
DEU 19:13 (279)
13 Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
280-pervert the judgement of strangers or orphans. It is forbidden to
DEU 24:17 (280)
17 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:
281-hear one litigant without the other being present. A capital case cannot be decided by
EXO 23:1 (281)
1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
282-a majority of one. A judge should not
283-accept a colleague's opinion unless he is convinced of its correctness; it is forbidden to
EXO 23:2 (282-283)
2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
284-appoint as a judge someone who is ignorant of the law. Do not
DEU 1:17 (284)
17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
285-give false testimony or accept
EXO 20:16 (285)
16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
286-testimony from a wicked person or from
EXO 23:1 (286)
1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
287-relatives of a person involved in the case. It is forbidden to pronounce judgement
DEU 24:16 (287)
16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
288-on the basis of the testimony of one witness. Do not
DEU 19:15 (288)
15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
289-murder. You must not convict on
EXO 20:13 (289)
13 Thou shalt not kill.
290-circumstancial evidence alone. A witness
EXO 23:7 (290)
7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
291-must not sit as a judge in capital cases. You must not
NUM 35:30 (291)
30 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.
292-execute anybody without due proper trial and conviction. Do not
NUM 35:12 (292)
12 And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.
293-pity or spare the pursuer. Punishment is not to be inflicted for
DEU 25:12 (293)
12 Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her.
294-an act commited under duress. Do not accept ransom
DEU 22:26 (294)
26 But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbor, and slayeth him, even so is this matter:
295-for a murderer or
NUM 35:31 (295)
31 Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.
296-a manslayer. Do not
NUM 35:32 (296)
32 And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.
297-hesitate to save another person from danger and do not
LEV 19:16 (297)
16 Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor; I am the LORD.
298-leave a stumbling blockin the way or
DEU 22:8 (298)
8 When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.
299-mislead another person by giving wrong advice. It is forbidden
LEV 19:14 (299)
14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling-block before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.
300-to administer more thanthe assigned number of lashes to the guilty. Do not
DEU 25:2-3 (300)
2 And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number.
3 Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.
301-tell tales or
LEV 19:16 (301)
16 Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor; I am the LORD.
302-bear hatred in your heart. It is forbidden to
303-shame a Jew,
LEV 19:17 (302-303)
17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbor, and not suffer sin upon him.
304-to bear a grudge or
305-to take revenge. Do not
LEV 19:18 (304-305)
18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am the LORD.
306-take the dam when you take young birds. It is forbidden to
DEU 22:6 (306)
6 If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:
307-shave a leperous scall or
LEV 13:3 (307)
3 And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.
308-remove other signs of that affliction. It is forbidden
DEU 24:8 (308)
8 Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do.
309-to cultivate a valley in which a slain body was foundand in which subsequently the ritual of breaking the heifer's neck ( * eglah arufah) was performed. Do not
DEU 21:4 (309)
4 And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley:
310-suffer a witch to live. Do not
EXO 22:17 (310)
17 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
311-force a bridegroom to perform military service during the first year of his marriage. It is forbidden to
DEU 24:5 (311)
5 When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.
312-rebel against the transmitters of the tradition or to
DEU 17:11 (312)
11 According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall show thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.
313-add or
314-distract from the precepts of the law. Do not curse
DEU 13:1 (314)
1 If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,
315-a judge
316-a ruler or
EXO 22:27 (315-316)
27 For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
317-any Jew. Do not
LEV 19:14 (317)
14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling-block before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.
318-curse or
EXO 21:17 (318)
17 And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
319-strike a parent. It is forbidden to
EXO 21:15 (319)
15 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
320-work on the sabbath or
EXO 20:10 (320)
10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
321-walk further than the permitted limits ( * eruv). You may not
EXO 16:29 (321)
29 See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
322-inflict punishment on the Sabbath. It is forbidden to work on
EXO 35:3 (322)
3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.
323-the first or
324-the seventh day of * Passover, on
EXO 12:16 (323-324)
16 And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.
325-* Shavuot, on
LEV 23:21 (325)
21 And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
326-* Rosh Ha-Shanah, on the
LEV 23:25 (326)
25 Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
327-first and
LEV 23:35 (327)
35 On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
328-eighth ( * Shemini Azeret) days of * Sukkot and
LEV 23:36 (328)
36 Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein.
329-on the Day of * Atonement.
LEV 23:28 (329)
28 And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God.
INCEST AND OTHER FORBIDDEN RELATIONSHIPS COMMANDMENTS
330-It is forbidden to enter into an incestuous relationship with one's 330-mother,
LEV 18:7 (330)
7 The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
331-step-mother,
LEV 18:8 (331)
8 The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.
332-sister,
LEV 18:9 (332)
9 The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.
333-half-sister,
LEV 18:11 (333)
11 The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
334-son's daughter,
335-daughter's daughter,
336-daughter,
LEV 18:10 (334-336)
10 The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is thine own nakedness.
337-any woman and her daughter,
338-any woman and her son's daughter,
339-any woman and her daughter's daughter,
LEV 18:17 (337-339)
17 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.
340-father's sister,
LEV 18:12 (340)
12 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman.
341-mother's sister,
LEV 18:13 (341)
13 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she is thy mother's near kinswoman.
342-paternal uncles wife,
LEV 18:14 (342)
14 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.
343-daughter in law,
LEV 18:15 (343)
15 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
344-brother's wife and
LEV 18:16 (344)
16 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.
345-wife's sister. It is also forbidden to
LEV 18:18 (345)
18 Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.
346-have sexual relations with a menstrous woman (see * Niddah). Do not
LEV 18:19 (346)
19 Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.
347-commit adultery. It is forbidden for
LEV 18:20 (347)
20 Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbor's wife, to defile thyself with her.
348-a man or
349-a woman to have sexual intercourse with an animal. Homosexuality
LEV 18:23 (348-349)
23 Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.
350-is forbidden, particularly with
LEV 18:22 (350)
22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
351-one's father or
LEV 18:7 (351)
7 The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
352-uncle. It is forbidden to have
LEV 18:14 (352)
14 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.
353-intimate physical contact ( even without actual intercourse) with any of the women eith whom intercourse is forbidden. A * mamzer may not
LEV 18:6 (353)
6 None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.
354-marry a Jewess. Harlotry
DEU 23:3 (354)
3 An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever:
355-is forbidden. A divorcee may not be
DEU 23:18 (355)
18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God.
356-remarried to her first husband if, in the meanwhile, she had married another. A childless widow may not
DEU 24:4 (356)
4 Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
357-marry anybody other than her late husband's brother (See * Levirate Marriage). A man may not
DEU 25:5 (357)
5 If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her.
358-divorce a wife whom he married after having raped her or
DEU 22:29 (358)
29 Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.
359-after having slandered her. An eunuch may not
DEU 22:19 (359)
19 And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.
360-marry a Jewess. Castration
DEU 23:2 (360)
2 A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD.
361-is forbidden.
LEV 22:24 (361)
24 Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering thereof in your land.
THE MONARCHY COMMANDMENTS
362-You may not 362-elect as king anybody who is not of the seed of Israel. The king must not accumulate an excessive number of
DEU 17:15 (362)
15 Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother.
363-horses,
DEU 17:16 (363)
16 But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.
364-wives, or
365-wealth.
DEU 17:17 (364-365)
17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
613 COMMANDMENTS 420 - 520
THE 613 COMMANDMENTS OF JUDAISM 420 - 520 OR 172-272
DIETARY LAWS COMMANDMENTS
172-A Jew may not eat 172-unclean cattle
DEU 14:7 (172)
7 Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you.
173-unclean fish,
LEV 11:11 (173)
11 They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcasses in abomination. 12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you.
174-unclean fowl,
LEV 11:13 (174)
13 And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
175-creeping things that fly
DEU 14:19 (175)
19 And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.
176-creatures that creep on the ground
LEV 11:41 (176)
41 And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten.
177-reptiles,
LEV 11:44 (177)
44 For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
178-worms found in fruit or produce or
LEV 11:42 (178)
42 Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.
179-any detestable creature. An animal that has died naturally
LEV 11:43 (179)
43 Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.
180-is forbidden for consumption as is
DEU 14:21 (180)
21 Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
181-a torn or mauled animal. One must not eat
EXO 22:30 (181)
30 Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.
182-any limb taken from a living animal. Also prohibited is
DEU 12:23 (182)
23 Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.
183-the sinew of the thigh (gid ha-nasheh) as is
GEN 32:32 (183)
32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.
184-blood and
LEV 7:26 (184)
26 Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.
185-certain types of fat (helev). It is forbidden
LEV 7:23 (185)
23 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.
186-to cook meat together with milk or
EXO 23:19 (186)
19 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
187-eat of such a mixture. It is also forbidden to eat
EXO 34:26 (187)
26 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
188-of an ox condemned to stoning (even should it have been properly slaughtered). One may not eat
EXO 21:28 (188)
28 If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.
189-bread made of new corn or the new corn itself, either
190-roasted or
191-green, before the *omer offering has been brought on the 16th of nisan. You may not eat
LEV 23:14 (189-191)
14 And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
192- * orlah or
LEV 19:23 (192)
23 And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of.
193-the growth of mixed planting in the vineyard (see * Mixed species). Any use of
DEU 22:9 (193)
9 Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled.
194-wine libations to idols is prohibited, as is
DEU 32:38 (194)
38 Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection.
195-gluttony and drunkenness. One may not eat anthing on
LEV 19:26 (195)
26 Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.
DEU 21:20 (195)
20 And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
196-the * day of atonement. During * Passover it is forbidden to eat
LEV 23:29 (196)
29 For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.
197-leaven (* hamez) or
EXO 13:3 (197)
3 And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten.
198-anything containing an admixture of such. This is also forbidden
EXO 13:20 (198)
20 And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.
199-after the middle of the 14th of nisan (the day before Passover). During Passover no leaven may be
DEU 16:3 (199)
3 And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them;
200-seen or
EXO 13:7 (200)
7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters.
201-found in your possession.
EXO 12:19 (201)
19 Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.
NAZARITES COMMANDMENTS
202-A Nazarite may not drink 202-wine or any beveridge made from grapes; he may not eat
203-fresh grapes,
204-dried grapes,
NUM 6:3 (202-204)
3 He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.
205-grape seeds or
206-grape peel. He may not render himself
NUM 6:4 (205-206)
4 All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.
207-ritually impure for his dead nor may he
NUM 6:7 (207)
7 He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head.
208-enter a tent in which there is a corpse. He must not
LEV 21:11 (208)
11 Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
209-shave his hair.
NUM 6:5 (209)
5 All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.
AGRICULTURE COMMANDMENTS
210-It is forbidden 210-to reap the whole of the field without leaving the corners for the poor; it is also forbidden to
LEV 23:22 (210)
22 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God.
211-gather up the ears of corn that fall during reaping or to harvest
LEV 19:9 (211)
9 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.
212-the misformed clusters of grapes or
213-the grapes that fall or to
LEV 19:10 (212-213)
10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God.
214-return to take a forbidden sheaf. You must not
DEU 24:19 (214)
19 When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.
215-sow different species of seed together or
LEV 19:19 (215)
19 Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woolen come upon thee.
216-corn in a vineyard; it is also forbidden to
DEU 22:9 (216)
9 Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled.
217-crossbreed different species of animals or
LEV 19:19 (217)
19 Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woolen come upon thee.
218-work with two different species yoked together. You must not
DEU 22:10 (218)
10 Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.
219-muzzle an animal working in a field to prevent it from eating. It is forbidden to
DEU 25:4 (219)
4 Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
220-till the earth
221-to prune trees,
LEV 25:4 (220-221)
4 But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.
222-to reap (in the usual manner) produce or
223-fruit which has grown without cultivation in the seventh year ( * shemittah). One may also not
LEV 25:5 (222-223)
5 That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land.
224-till the earth or prune trees in the * Jubilee year, when it is also forbidden to harvest (in the usual manner)
225-produce or
226-fruit that has grown without cultivation. One may not
LEV 25:11 (224-226)
11 A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed.
227-sell one's landed inheritance in the land of Israel permanently or
LEV 25:23 (227)
23 The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine, for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
228-change the lands of the Levites or
LEV 25:33 (228)
33 And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubilee: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.
229-leave the Levites without supper.
DEU 12:19 (229)
19 Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth.
LOANS, BUSINESS AND THE TREATMENT OF SLAVES COMMANDMENTS
230-It is forbidden to 230-demand repayment of a loan after the seventh year; you may not, however
DEU 15:2 (230)
2 And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbor shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbor, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD's release.
231-refuse to lend to the poor because that year is approaching. Do not
DEU 15:9 (231)
9 Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
232-deny charity to the poor or
DEU 15:7 (232)
7 If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:
233-send a Hebrew slave away empty-handed when he finishes his period of service . Do not
DEU 15:13 (233)
13 And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:
234-dun your debtor when you know that he cannot pay. It is forbidden to
EXO 22:24 (234)
24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
235-lend to or
LEV 25:37 (235)
37 Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.
236-borrow from another Jew at interest or
DEU 23:20 (236)
20 Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
237-participate in an agreement involving interest either as a guarantor, witness, or writer of the contract. Do not
EXO 22:24 (237)
24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
238-delay payment of wages. You may not
LEV 19:13 (238)
13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbor, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
239-take a pledge from a debtor by violence,
DEU 24:10 (239)
10 When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
240-keep a poor man's pledge when he needs it,
DEU 24:12 (240)
12 And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
241-take any pledge from a window or
DEU 24:17 (241)
17 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:
242-from any debtor if he earns his living with it. Kidnaping
DEU 24:6 (242)
6 No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge.
243-a Jew is forbidden. Do not
EXO 20:13 (243)
13 Thou shalt not kill.
244-steal or
LEV 19:11 (244)
11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
245-rob by violence. Do not
LEV 19:13 (245)
13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbor, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
246-remove a land marker or
LEV 19:14 (246)
14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling-block before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.
247-defraud. It is forbidden
LEV 19:13 (247)
13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbor, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
248-to deny receipt of a loan or a deposit or
249-to swear falsely regarding another man's property. You must not
LEV 19:11 (248-249)
11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
250-decieve anybody in business. You must not
LEV 25:14 (250)
14 And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbor, or buyest ought of thy neighbor's hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
251-mislead a man even verbally. It is forbidden to harm the stranger amoung you
LEV 25:17 (251)
17 Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God.
252-verbally or
253-do him injury in trade. You may not
EXO 22:20 (252-253)
20 He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.
254-return or
DEU 23:16 (254)
16 He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him.
255-otherwise take advantage of, a slave who has fled to the land of Israel from his master, even if his master is a Jew. Do not
DEU 23:17 (255)
17 There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
256-afflict the widow or the orphan. You may not
EXO 22:21 (256)
21 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
257-misuse or
LEV 25:39 (257)
39 And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
258-sell a Hebrew slave; do not
LEV 25:42 (258)
42 For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
259-treat him cruelly or
LEV 25:43 (259)
43 Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor; but shalt fear thy God.
260-allow a heathen to mistreat him. You must not
LEV 25:53 (260)
53 And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigor over him in thy sight.
261-sell your Hebrew maidservant or, if you marry her
EXO 21:8 (261)
8 If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.
262-without food, clothing, and conjugal rights from her. You must not
EXO 21:10 (262)
10 If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
263-sell a female captive or
264-treat her as a slave. Do not
DEU 21:14 (263-264)
14 And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.
265-covet another man's possessions even if you are willing to pay for them. Even
EXO 20:17 (265)
17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's.
266-the desire alone is forbidden. A worker must not
DEU 5:18 (266)
18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
267-cut down standing corn during his work or
268-take more fruit than he can eat. One must not
DEU 23:25 (267-268)
25 When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbor, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbor's standing corn.
269-turn away from a lost article which is to be returned to its owner nor may you
DEU 22:3 (269)
3 In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself.
270-refuse to help a man or an animal which is collapsing under its burden. It is forbidden to
EXO 23:5 (270)
5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
271-defraud with weights and measures or even
LEV 19:35 (271)
35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
272-to possess inaccurate weights.
DEU 25:13 (272)
13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
DIETARY LAWS COMMANDMENTS
172-A Jew may not eat 172-unclean cattle
DEU 14:7 (172)
7 Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you.
173-unclean fish,
LEV 11:11 (173)
11 They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcasses in abomination. 12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you.
174-unclean fowl,
LEV 11:13 (174)
13 And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
175-creeping things that fly
DEU 14:19 (175)
19 And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.
176-creatures that creep on the ground
LEV 11:41 (176)
41 And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten.
177-reptiles,
LEV 11:44 (177)
44 For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
178-worms found in fruit or produce or
LEV 11:42 (178)
42 Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.
179-any detestable creature. An animal that has died naturally
LEV 11:43 (179)
43 Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.
180-is forbidden for consumption as is
DEU 14:21 (180)
21 Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
181-a torn or mauled animal. One must not eat
EXO 22:30 (181)
30 Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.
182-any limb taken from a living animal. Also prohibited is
DEU 12:23 (182)
23 Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.
183-the sinew of the thigh (gid ha-nasheh) as is
GEN 32:32 (183)
32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.
184-blood and
LEV 7:26 (184)
26 Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.
185-certain types of fat (helev). It is forbidden
LEV 7:23 (185)
23 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.
186-to cook meat together with milk or
EXO 23:19 (186)
19 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
187-eat of such a mixture. It is also forbidden to eat
EXO 34:26 (187)
26 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
188-of an ox condemned to stoning (even should it have been properly slaughtered). One may not eat
EXO 21:28 (188)
28 If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.
189-bread made of new corn or the new corn itself, either
190-roasted or
191-green, before the *omer offering has been brought on the 16th of nisan. You may not eat
LEV 23:14 (189-191)
14 And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
192- * orlah or
LEV 19:23 (192)
23 And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of.
193-the growth of mixed planting in the vineyard (see * Mixed species). Any use of
DEU 22:9 (193)
9 Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled.
194-wine libations to idols is prohibited, as is
DEU 32:38 (194)
38 Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection.
195-gluttony and drunkenness. One may not eat anthing on
LEV 19:26 (195)
26 Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.
DEU 21:20 (195)
20 And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
196-the * day of atonement. During * Passover it is forbidden to eat
LEV 23:29 (196)
29 For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.
197-leaven (* hamez) or
EXO 13:3 (197)
3 And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten.
198-anything containing an admixture of such. This is also forbidden
EXO 13:20 (198)
20 And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.
199-after the middle of the 14th of nisan (the day before Passover). During Passover no leaven may be
DEU 16:3 (199)
3 And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them;
200-seen or
EXO 13:7 (200)
7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters.
201-found in your possession.
EXO 12:19 (201)
19 Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.
NAZARITES COMMANDMENTS
202-A Nazarite may not drink 202-wine or any beveridge made from grapes; he may not eat
203-fresh grapes,
204-dried grapes,
NUM 6:3 (202-204)
3 He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.
205-grape seeds or
206-grape peel. He may not render himself
NUM 6:4 (205-206)
4 All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.
207-ritually impure for his dead nor may he
NUM 6:7 (207)
7 He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head.
208-enter a tent in which there is a corpse. He must not
LEV 21:11 (208)
11 Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
209-shave his hair.
NUM 6:5 (209)
5 All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.
AGRICULTURE COMMANDMENTS
210-It is forbidden 210-to reap the whole of the field without leaving the corners for the poor; it is also forbidden to
LEV 23:22 (210)
22 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God.
211-gather up the ears of corn that fall during reaping or to harvest
LEV 19:9 (211)
9 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.
212-the misformed clusters of grapes or
213-the grapes that fall or to
LEV 19:10 (212-213)
10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God.
214-return to take a forbidden sheaf. You must not
DEU 24:19 (214)
19 When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.
215-sow different species of seed together or
LEV 19:19 (215)
19 Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woolen come upon thee.
216-corn in a vineyard; it is also forbidden to
DEU 22:9 (216)
9 Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled.
217-crossbreed different species of animals or
LEV 19:19 (217)
19 Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woolen come upon thee.
218-work with two different species yoked together. You must not
DEU 22:10 (218)
10 Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.
219-muzzle an animal working in a field to prevent it from eating. It is forbidden to
DEU 25:4 (219)
4 Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
220-till the earth
221-to prune trees,
LEV 25:4 (220-221)
4 But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.
222-to reap (in the usual manner) produce or
223-fruit which has grown without cultivation in the seventh year ( * shemittah). One may also not
LEV 25:5 (222-223)
5 That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land.
224-till the earth or prune trees in the * Jubilee year, when it is also forbidden to harvest (in the usual manner)
225-produce or
226-fruit that has grown without cultivation. One may not
LEV 25:11 (224-226)
11 A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed.
227-sell one's landed inheritance in the land of Israel permanently or
LEV 25:23 (227)
23 The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine, for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
228-change the lands of the Levites or
LEV 25:33 (228)
33 And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubilee: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.
229-leave the Levites without supper.
DEU 12:19 (229)
19 Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth.
LOANS, BUSINESS AND THE TREATMENT OF SLAVES COMMANDMENTS
230-It is forbidden to 230-demand repayment of a loan after the seventh year; you may not, however
DEU 15:2 (230)
2 And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbor shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbor, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD's release.
231-refuse to lend to the poor because that year is approaching. Do not
DEU 15:9 (231)
9 Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
232-deny charity to the poor or
DEU 15:7 (232)
7 If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:
233-send a Hebrew slave away empty-handed when he finishes his period of service . Do not
DEU 15:13 (233)
13 And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:
234-dun your debtor when you know that he cannot pay. It is forbidden to
EXO 22:24 (234)
24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
235-lend to or
LEV 25:37 (235)
37 Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.
236-borrow from another Jew at interest or
DEU 23:20 (236)
20 Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
237-participate in an agreement involving interest either as a guarantor, witness, or writer of the contract. Do not
EXO 22:24 (237)
24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
238-delay payment of wages. You may not
LEV 19:13 (238)
13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbor, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
239-take a pledge from a debtor by violence,
DEU 24:10 (239)
10 When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
240-keep a poor man's pledge when he needs it,
DEU 24:12 (240)
12 And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
241-take any pledge from a window or
DEU 24:17 (241)
17 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:
242-from any debtor if he earns his living with it. Kidnaping
DEU 24:6 (242)
6 No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge.
243-a Jew is forbidden. Do not
EXO 20:13 (243)
13 Thou shalt not kill.
244-steal or
LEV 19:11 (244)
11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
245-rob by violence. Do not
LEV 19:13 (245)
13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbor, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
246-remove a land marker or
LEV 19:14 (246)
14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling-block before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.
247-defraud. It is forbidden
LEV 19:13 (247)
13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbor, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
248-to deny receipt of a loan or a deposit or
249-to swear falsely regarding another man's property. You must not
LEV 19:11 (248-249)
11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
250-decieve anybody in business. You must not
LEV 25:14 (250)
14 And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbor, or buyest ought of thy neighbor's hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
251-mislead a man even verbally. It is forbidden to harm the stranger amoung you
LEV 25:17 (251)
17 Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God.
252-verbally or
253-do him injury in trade. You may not
EXO 22:20 (252-253)
20 He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.
254-return or
DEU 23:16 (254)
16 He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him.
255-otherwise take advantage of, a slave who has fled to the land of Israel from his master, even if his master is a Jew. Do not
DEU 23:17 (255)
17 There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
256-afflict the widow or the orphan. You may not
EXO 22:21 (256)
21 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
257-misuse or
LEV 25:39 (257)
39 And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
258-sell a Hebrew slave; do not
LEV 25:42 (258)
42 For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
259-treat him cruelly or
LEV 25:43 (259)
43 Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor; but shalt fear thy God.
260-allow a heathen to mistreat him. You must not
LEV 25:53 (260)
53 And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigor over him in thy sight.
261-sell your Hebrew maidservant or, if you marry her
EXO 21:8 (261)
8 If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.
262-without food, clothing, and conjugal rights from her. You must not
EXO 21:10 (262)
10 If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
263-sell a female captive or
264-treat her as a slave. Do not
DEU 21:14 (263-264)
14 And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.
265-covet another man's possessions even if you are willing to pay for them. Even
EXO 20:17 (265)
17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's.
266-the desire alone is forbidden. A worker must not
DEU 5:18 (266)
18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
267-cut down standing corn during his work or
268-take more fruit than he can eat. One must not
DEU 23:25 (267-268)
25 When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbor, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbor's standing corn.
269-turn away from a lost article which is to be returned to its owner nor may you
DEU 22:3 (269)
3 In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself.
270-refuse to help a man or an animal which is collapsing under its burden. It is forbidden to
EXO 23:5 (270)
5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
271-defraud with weights and measures or even
LEV 19:35 (271)
35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
272-to possess inaccurate weights.
DEU 25:13 (272)
13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
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