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Shas rabbi: God has no respect for Turkey
Kobi Nahshoni
Published: 11.09.11, 14:29
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1. AMEN, amen !
FM ,   ISRAEL   (09.11.11)
May all what he says come true !
2. Ovadiah Yossef
Israel Israeli ,   Tel Aviv   (09.11.11)
Ovadiah Yossef supported Oslo I, supported Ehud Barak's offer to surrender the Golan to Assad and Judea and Samaria to Arafat and who supported the ethnic cleansing of Gush Katif knowing it would ruin the lives of 10000 Jews, lead to the destruction of the 26 Synagogues and desecration of graves. Yossef should worry about what the divine thinks of him and not about Turkey or Erdogan.
3. Shame!
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (09.11.11)
4. Have to agree with him this time
zionist forever   (09.11.11)
" May our enemiesand adversaries be destroyed " " Abu Mezen (Abbas) and all those eveil men - may they perish from this world. May God Almighty strike them and these palestinians " HOW CAN ANYBODY DISAGREE WITH THAT?
5. Rabbi is this the way how to thank Turkey
Bergstein ,   Haifa   (09.11.11)
It were the fathers of the Turks who saved your fathers in 1492 from the inquisitia in Iberia. It were again the same Turks who saved the jews of Iraq from savavid iran opression
6. Ayatollah Yusuf at it again...
Michael Steiner ,   Bahrain   (09.11.11)
I suggest he might find Iran, a theocracy (in name, anyway), much more to his liking. They issue the same type of fatwas regularly, using pretty much the same language. So here's my "blessing" for him: May Ayatollah Yusuf decamp to Iran post haste. He'll get along with the local ayatollahs like a house on fire. Heck, they even wear the same type of getup.
7. Long live Rav Ovadia. We are proud of you
hadad ,   U.K   (09.11.11)
8. Arrest Ovadia Yosef
Steven Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (09.11.11)
...like you would an Arab for incitement.
9. #5 The torah says, whoever comes to kill you
AB ,   TheRock   (09.11.11)
kill him first. What Turkey did in the past does not change the present reality. Have you read the latest venom coming from Turkey? It's not the time to feel grateful. It's time to face the enemy that's coming towards you. May G-d indeed deal with them in the same way He dealt with our enemies in the past!
10. Ayatolah Supreme Spititual Leader Yosef
Haim ,   TA   (09.11.11)
This man, this so called "rabbi" is a bloated goat whom G-d will profoundly punish. His service is to his cult followers the weak and vulnerable members of society who bleat at his side, kissing his hand only to further bloat his twisted ego. His ignorance of how he appears to the world and how he represents Judaism to the world, who like all other cult figures before him actually is only concerned about the power and the money , which 7 convicted and jailed Shas MKs on charges of serious fraud and corruption go's to prove. This man is a grave sinner and a fraudulent representative anything and everything holy. He is a criminal that wraps himself in religious garb of the most flamboyant nature yet flaunts the very basic laws he claims to represent.
11. amen
kenya ,   kericho   (09.11.11)
GENESIS 12...........CURSED BE ALL THAT CURSE THEE ISRAEL
12. Amen Selah.
ASHER ,   NY,USA   (09.11.11)
13. God Bless the Rabbi a Real Authentic Jew
Eli ,   Israel   (09.11.11)
This is what a real Jewish spiritual leader looks like and acts accordingly. Not the baby faced shaved self hating reform Rabbis of San Francisco and New York, those are fake enemies of Israel in which the Torah warns not to listen to and they should be cut off from Israel forever. This Rabbi Ovadia is the real authentic Rabbi who speaks in accordance with the Torah and behaves in accordance with the Torah, unlike the reform Rabbis who want to give all the land to the terrorists, they shave their beards to look like Wall Street executives, what real Rabbi shaves his beard? Give me a break.
14. jewish Ayetollah?
teo ,   ankara   (09.11.11)
Israel becoming religious-based fundemantalist state
15. who is rabbi yosef?
teo ,   ankara   (09.11.11)
His family fled to Istanbul, Turkey, due to the Spanish inquisition and expulsion of 1492.
16. Dear Rabbi Yosef , Keep On Entertaining Us!
Salma ,   Palestine   (09.11.11)
with your mad , funny sermons. May HasHem bless you for your stupidity !
17. Bergstein
Eaglebeak ,   Left Coast, USA   (09.11.11)
This isn't 1492. What have they done recently?
18. May all Arab invaders who want to occupy Israel perish! Amen
(09.11.11)
19. what??
MIke ,   Phila, US of A   (09.11.11)
he sounds just like those crazy muslim holy-man. i thought we were above statements like that, apparently not.
20. As Barry Rubin said:
m   (09.11.11)
[Rabbi Yosef}f uttered a curse; he did not ennunciate a political program. [He] called for G-d to act, not for humans to commit terrorism". All your fake hypocritical attacks are just that, fake. Your biggest enemy is Torah Judaism, not the ones who want to destroy you.
21. #6 there is a huge difference. The rabbi's blessings, curses
Dan ,   USA   (09.11.11)
materialize. They come true. Stand back and watch!
22. wow....my grandparents were cursing the USSR
Sam ,   USA   (09.11.11)
ever since I was born in the 60s. In fact, all Jews in our heavily Jewish town of Chernowitz were cursing the USSR for as long as I remember. Where is the USSR today? Has Spain recovered after the 1492? The Turks have squandered their greatest historical asset giving refuge to Jews after they were expelled from Spain. Now the Jews are leaving Turkey or planning to leave. No enemy could harm Turkey as much as the Turks are harming themselves. The Turkish attack on Israel will mark a dark spot in their history. We Jews forgive but never forget. We have a long memory. The rabbi's curses will come to fruition. They always do.
23. Barak, Netanyahu don't even have respect for themselves.
usa   (09.11.11)
Rabbi, although I agree with what you said, however Israel has no leaders who respect anything, not even themselves or their own people.
24. It seems that G-d does not listen to our honorable rabbi...
John ,   Europe   (09.11.11)
He wished for Abu Mazen's death over a year ago. Melek haMavet attacks within 40 days, according to Zohar. "The fire only exists in a place where Shabbat is desecrated". There were hundreds of thousands of Shabbat-observing Jews in SHOAH, whose villages were burned, they themselves killed on spot or in camps. No village of reform Jews in USA were ever burned. Hitlers only attempt to bomb New York, specifically its Jewish quarter, never came to reality - motors of the planes failed on the morning of the mission. Nobody knows till today why. Hm...
25. Jews are very peaceful people indeed
Ahmet ,   Istanbul, Turkey   (09.11.11)
Full of love. Only one thing bothers me: why do the entire world hates them?
26. totally pathetic
yoni ,   tel aviv   (09.11.11)
The fact that ynet can publish this in a negative tone shows that they wish success tot he enemies of Israel. Anyone who disagrees with these words are collaborating with the enemies and wishing them well. Down with the enemies of Israel! Just as our enemies have perished in the past so too may they perish in the present. Who are the enemies of Israel? Those who say they are. this includes Iran, Hamas, the PLO, PA, Turkey and many more. All the leftist must do is listen to the words that these enemies speak and not live in a fake dream world.
27. hahahah
Fatih ,   Turkey   (09.11.11)
we have Turkish saying: " if dogs prayers were to be accepted, it would rain bounds"
28. Shabbat Nose Pickers watch out!
Ussishkin ,   Tel Aviv Israel   (09.11.11)
This man is a spiritual leader of huge significance. Ynet has been far too reticent in his praise. What he has said about Turkey, Egypt and the Palestinians deserves no further comment, designed as his statements always are to enlighten the ignorant and gratify the knowing. But there are two comments he made that deserve to be part of his epitaph, under the heading of 'sublime and ridiculous'. The 1st concerned Shoah victims, who he declaimed must have been a reincarnation of sinners from past generations to have suffered such a fate. Now there's a philosophy to gladden the hearts of all the surviving families of the victims - myself included. The 2nd referred to people who pick their noses on Shabbat as Yediot reported. Where would we all be without the light of wisdom of this level shining upon us all?
29. Ovadi
Jose ,   Usa   (09.11.11)
The old man farts from his mouth again
30. how embarrassing
(09.11.11)
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