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Author Topic: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.  (Read 202086 times)

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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #860 on: January 09, 2020, 02:36:53 PM »
It means that antisemitism is a fact of life. (It's not necessarily a cause). Literally means Esau hates Jacob

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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #861 on: January 09, 2020, 02:37:10 PM »
eisav sonei es Yaakov
Context: Anti-semitism happens because of eisav sonei es Yaakov.
"Esau hates Jacob"

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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #862 on: January 09, 2020, 02:38:54 PM »
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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #864 on: January 09, 2020, 02:46:45 PM »

Haha.. But we had the one goy who didn't..

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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #865 on: January 09, 2020, 03:08:25 PM »
This doesn't sound good. Who, why, what or where does not matter. Can you HelpMe out?
It's a deeper concept but the essence is, a mechanism from God to prevent assimilation.

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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #866 on: January 09, 2020, 04:16:21 PM »
It means that antisemitism is a fact of life. (It's not necessarily a cause). Literally means Esau hates Jacob
It's more than just a fact of life. We believe that God created the world with esav sonei es yackov built in, it's an inherent part of the breiah, not a passive thing that we must unfortunately put up with.
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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #867 on: January 09, 2020, 04:24:23 PM »
It's more than just a fact of life. We believe that God created the world with esav sonei es yackov built in, it's an inherent part of the breiah, not a passive thing that we must unfortunately put up with.
Are you implying that marches won’t end it ? :)

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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #869 on: January 09, 2020, 04:33:20 PM »
Are you implying that marches won’t end it ? :)
Some of us can flip a switch when it comes to certain subjects and others can't. That's will power not free will.  :)
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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #870 on: January 09, 2020, 04:39:38 PM »

Google translate to Yiddish isn’t much help. What’s it say ? :)

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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #871 on: January 09, 2020, 04:42:30 PM »
Google translate to Yiddish isn’t much help. What’s it say ? :)
Something about how you are incapable of taking some subject matters serious.
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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #873 on: January 09, 2020, 05:23:32 PM »
Something about how you are incapable of taking some subject matters serious.
Was being very serious. A bunch of people holding signs go home patting themselves on the back how they helped fight/end (fill in the blank) While politicians stood there paying lip service. Meanwhile thugs will be thugs & they don’t really scare off from a march.

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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #874 on: January 09, 2020, 06:17:51 PM »
https://twitter.com/ShidduchC/status/1213954094026698753?s=20
Seriously, though, I have read that an adam gadol( I don't know who) said that had Europe's Jews reacted to the Nazis as the Jews of Eretz Yisrael did on the threat of the Nazi invasion to Eretz Yisrael, they could've been spared as well. Food for thought.

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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #875 on: January 09, 2020, 06:31:33 PM »
Seriously, though, I have read that an adam gadol( I don't know who) said that had Europe's Jews reacted to the Nazis as the Jews of Eretz Yisrael did on the threat of the Nazi invasion to Eretz Yisrael, they could've been spared as well. Food for thought.
I heard an adom gadol say that the Nazi's were a punishment for having smartphones.
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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #876 on: January 09, 2020, 07:30:00 PM »
Seriously, though, I have read that an adam gadol( I don't know who) said that had Europe's Jews reacted to the Nazis as the Jews of Eretz Yisrael did on the threat of the Nazi invasion to Eretz Yisrael, they could've been spared as well. Food for thought.
What did the Jews of Eretz Yisroel do?
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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #877 on: January 09, 2020, 07:47:33 PM »
What did the Jews of Eretz Yisroel do?
He probably means davening. I wasn't around at the time, so I have no idea how much anyone davened

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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #878 on: January 09, 2020, 07:49:26 PM »
He probably means davening. I wasn't around at the time, so I have no idea how much anyone davened
Well well documented.

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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #879 on: January 09, 2020, 08:11:10 PM »
He probably means davening. I wasn't around at the time, so I have no idea how much anyone davened
Of course that is what he meant, but what does that have to do with marches?
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