This illuminating talk by Rabbi Shishler offers a crucial perspective on the current world situation and what we can expect going forward. Highly recommended!
Rabbi, I would like to highlight the antisemitism statement in the Bible about prophet Ismael (pbuh). It is also untrue that Ismael is not part of God's covenant. “And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.” Genesis 16:10-12 In Samaritan Torah: והוא יהיה פרא אדם-ידו בכל ויד כל בו ועל פני כל אחיו ישכן In those days, there were no vowels, the meanings have changed: wild man/donkey = פֶּרֶא (H6501) should be fruitful פָּרָא (H6500) against should be all/in all כֹּל (H3605) So, the real meaning should be: "And he will be fertile of a man, His hand will be with everyone, and everyone's hand will be with him, and he will live among all his brothers." Genesis 16:10-12 This is so true in history. Islam saved world Jewry - read the article by David J Wasserstein is the Eugene Greener Jr Professor of Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt University.
42:20 minutes How can Ishmael have the intention of swallowing you up when his descendants were responsible for reviving your modern day Hebrew. Remember that your modern day Hebrew was revived by 60% of Arabic language. Hashem also uses Ishmael to give you one of your greatest teacher. (Rambam). He was the product of the tolerance you enjoyed during the period that other Jews were suffering in the hands of the Christians in Western Europe. Most of his books were written in Arabic, the language of Ishmael descendants. Can just give this poor boy (Ishmael) some credit , ungrateful folks.
It’s amazing how everything fits together! The way the most unexpected people all of a sudden throw their whole life philosophy out the window, now the only thing that matters to them is to show they are Jews. Rabbi, you gave me the first real feeling of some hope since the beginning of the war, G-d bless you.
