Im sure Rabbi Miri and the rest of these so called rabbis are very religous. Ynet please dont use the title Rabbi for those from reform and other organisations who have not earnt it.

All over the world we read that jews are being attacked. Front page ynet Chabad in Paris gets firebombed. However i do not remember reading anything about Rabbis in Europe getting together and writting such a letter. The Human Right Group, let us call it what it really is. The jewish left. The jewish REFORM of America. They make the israeli seclur look religious. Nice of them to write the letter. Let them go hand deliver it to the terrorist's in gaza.

I think NOBODY . We don't like it , but dear "rabbanim" , do you know this : EIN BREIRA , no other choice for us . Remember Golda Meir's words : we can pardon you for killing our children , but not for obliging us to kill your . And : we will have peace when they will love their children more that that they hate us . So don't be dreamers , look at the reality .

Another source quotes " If one wants to kill you , you get up and kill him first." As happend before in our history, there are rabbis who will ignore all the signs and shouts from our enemies who call for our desrtuction. The suffering in Gaza is something those people brought upon themselves , in their support for their neo-facist Hamas savages. Once again to be kind to the cruel , results in being cruel to the kind. This is another example off a false superior humanistic liberal approach, which we see is a Ynet special.

tell the truth - a bunch of reform wannabees up to their usual anti-Jewish, anti-Israel tricks have come out with a meaningless "call for a truce"

They come from under the rock when their Arab brethren are in trouble, where were they when the south was bombed with 100 missiles a day?

Let them sit in Sderot for a couple of months before they open their stupid mouths and give opinions that no one wants or will pay attention to anyway.

The Mishnah States: In a war that is a mitzva (Bibilical commandment, such as a defensive war, like the current one), even a Groom leaves his room, and a Bride leaves her Chuppa. (source Mishna Sotah, Chapter 8, Mishna 7). These "excuse for a Rabbi" self righteous destroyers of Jewish unity ought to be ashamed of themselves.

How come a serious publication allows these groups to call themselves Rabbis and not only that how come in the article it mentions they are from the most traditional "branch"? It most be still from the most traditional branch of a leftover tree for christmas

Jesus!

Obama's inaguration is 20th. Therefore, Israel will have its incursion till 19th if it wans to play it safe, or till 24th, if it wants to play it unsafe and make the new administration not benevolent in start. As allways, Israel will have to kiss American ass, otherwise, it can kiss a billion and a half dolar worth arms help good bye.

These are the same "rabbis" who travelled to the West Bank to show support for the Palestinians and help them harvest their olives. These are the same "rabbis" who demonstrated against Israeli soldiers putting themselves in harm's way to protect us against terrorists. These are the same "rabbis" who alligned themselves against Jews living in the land of our forefathers and with those who would massacre them in their beds. These same "rabbis", who are so cognizant of the value of every single human life, NEVER ONCE - during 8 years - demonstrated or issued letters calling for cessation of the rocket and mortar fire raining down upon innocent civilians in Sderot and the villages and towns of the Western Negev. These illustrious "rabbis" should be reminded that nowhere in Jewish law or tradition are we called upon to honour the sanctity of enemy life at the price of our own.

would be with the men in the field. The IDF. Not working against them

And they go against Jewish law, Jewish morals, and Jewish tradition. As well as the Jewish nation.

You say :” Hurting any person is equal to hurting the first person (i.e. YAHWEH, the Supreme Lord) ...” Dear Rabbi, are you saying that Hamas et al is allowed to fire Kassam rockets and mortars (3,000+ since the beginning of 2008 till December 26th) on UNARMED civilians of Sderot, other places in Israel ? Are you saying Hamas et al is allowed to terrorize the UNARMED civilians of Sderot, other places in Israel -- while Israel is only allowed to watch, sit-by and is NOT allowed to react ? IN OTHER WORDS, are you saying Hamas et al is allowed to hurt the UNARMED civilians of Sderot, other places in Israel -- while Israel is not allowed to hurt Hamas et al ??? CONCLUSION : Hamas et al can NOT and should NOT be allowed to go unpunished. BTW dear Rabbi, it is the DUTY of the State to protect its own citizens. IN order to do that sometimes violence by the State is necessary -- against the perpetrators, against the culprits.

A PIECE OF PAPER DOESNT MAKE A **MAN** A RABBI. REFORM ARE ONLY GOOD XTIANS THIS IS PROOF. DO THEY WORK FOR CONDASLEEZY RICE? DACON9

Calling those type of people by the title 'Rabbi' is not a funny joke, at least not when a war is going on. It may be cute to play 'dress-up', but now is not a time for people who obviously know very little about the Jewish approach of self defense (or anything for that matter), to pop their very knowledgeable heads out of the mud and spurting their ignorance. As a Jew and Israeli, the lives of the people in our country come FIRST.

bs"d This rabbits are another franction of Hamas called libberal Jews of USA . Its not as funny as it sounds but they value a terrorists life more than any Jewish life becouse they feel they are chosen to voice their embesille ideas in the name of Judaism. david

Why aren't there any homosexual/female/liberal/peaceloving/pacifict Imams out there? That's right...because they will be stoned. What a joke. If they are Rabbis, I am the president of the USA. G-d bless America and Israel.

I have had the opportunity to attend a meeting by our Jewish Federation where one of those so called rabies gave an embarrassing talk..Interestingly enough they are ready to damage the reputation of Israel in a drop of a dime..Shame on them! but thank g-d, most of the writers recognized their involvement as bullshit and pure attention deficit.

Do Jewish children in Sderot and Ashkelon have the "right" to be free from rocket attacks? Apparently not as there is no statement by "Rabbis for Human Rights" concerning the humanity of Jews.

They quote the Mishna and they have no idea what they are quoting. Saving Jewish souls is what the Mishna discusses. Furthermore, the Mishna also says that one should never have mercy on wicked oppressors. Just look at Saul's grievous error leaving Agag alive! We learn from Abraham, the one best known for his generousity, that when someone rises to kill, you must kill them before they kill you. Hamas could easily stop their killing, but they choose to kill and will sacrifice their life to kill a Jew. This is how Amalek behaves.

"Rabbis for Human Rights" hasn't had a kissing photo-op with Ahmadinejad, But they're working on it.

Those "rabbis" are no different than the orthodox "rabbis" in Israel who preach to the young; G-d will protect you, study in yeshivah, stay out of the IDF. The 6 million were murdered. Israel survives only because she protects herself. Would love to see how those "rabbis" react when a rocket explodes at their feet. If they survive, they would speak with common sense, not so called biblical BS

Do not deserve respect or serious consideration. The saving souls quote addresses individual Jews, not everyone in the world, and does not apply to the Jewish nation at war. Lifting statements out of the Talmud without halachic backup is worse than a weak argument; it is no argument. The Torah is not supposed to be reinvented, it is supposed to be studied, along with studying prior commentators who are serious scholars.