The police’s Unit of International Crime Investigations on Thursday detained rabbi Yitzhak Ginsburg, the president of the Od Yosef Chai yeshiva in the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar in connection to a book that condoned the killing of non-Jews.
Ginsburg was detained for questioning days after the alleged author of the book, rabbi Yitzhak Shapira was arrested for inciting to violence. Shapira is also a rabbi at the Od Yosef Chai yeshiva.
The book, named “The King’s Torah,” deems the killing of non-Jews who threaten Israel as legal. “It is permissible to kill the Righteous among Nations even if they are not responsible for the threatening situation,” the book says, adding: “If we kill a Gentile who has sinned or has violated one of the seven commandments – because we care about the commandments – there is nothing wrong with the murder.”
Ginsburg, who recommended the book to his students, is a follower of Chabad. He has faced prosecution in the past for incitement to racism after having published a book insisting that there is no place for Arabs in the state of Israel. The charges were dropped after Ginsburg issued a clarification letter.
Ginsburg is a well known radical in his views on Israel’s Arab public. The police declined to comment on the ongoing investigation against him.
The Od Yosef Chai yeshiva issued a letter on Thursday condemning the police, saying that in any other enlightened country it would be inconceivable to question such an admirable man as rabbi Ginsburg.
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the comments written in these books make me sick…and all of u who think there is no problem with this book…u make me sick too
The Israeli govt. is too busy putting their soldiers in harm’s way. Witness the recent boat fiasco. Sending soldiers into the mouth of a lion without proper protection.
They are self-hating and sick. The government is a mirror image of the populace.
He is right
“If a Palestinian were to write such a book, what would they do to him?”
They would make him their Prime Minister. Oh wait, they already did.
you can trust the haaretz and the gov’t to take whatever is in the book way out of context to fit their agenda
If a Palestinian were to write such a book, what would they do to him?
Rav Ginsburgh should have explained more what he wrote. “It is permissible to kill the Righteous among Nations even if they are not responsible for the threatening situation,” the book says,. What exactly did he mean by this? If they are the righteous among the nations and not responsible for the situation, then what warrants them being killed? And who is supposed to do the killing? “If we kill a Gentile who has sinned or has violated one of the seven commandments – because we care about the commandments – there is nothing wrong with the murder.” One of the… Read more »
Reading one or two of the above comments I am amazed at the level of mental distortion that hinders some from differentiating between someone who goes out to Destroy as a mission in life – and the sacred obligation of the Torah to Defend the preciousness of life. I assume that these poor souls do not even have the emotional maturity to realize that they are so profoundly selfish that they would only condone self-defense if THEY were threatenend.
This blood libel is a joke. And if they were really concerned about the value of human lives, they would ‘detain’ those who recommend the book that has been directly responsible for the destruction of human lives. Except it’s not politically correct to ‘detain’ Arabs. Same old double standard..
The title should be Israeli Rabbi!
He should not be advocating the murder of “righteous” or any human beings.
so the Israeli government arrests scholars for teaching the masses that we should defend our self…
if the Israeli government wasn’t so “politically correct” the masses would know that the government does all the violence for them…..
bsd
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HOW ABOUT ARRESTING EVERYONE IN RAMALLAH ?
THE COMMENTS IN THE BOOK SOUND HORRIBLE – BUT CHECK THE TALMUD IT IS FULL OF SUCH COMMENTS SO CLEARLY IF U HAVE ISSUE WITH THE BOOK U HAVE ISSUE WITH THE TALMUD…. I DO.
Nobody says boo when basically ALL they do is spread propoganda and hate about the Jewish people and write that all Jews must be killed R”L.
such hypocrisy, it’s sickening!
Murder? That is defined as the unlawful killing of someone. Here we are talking about killing those who threaten Israel. To morally equate that with terrorism is a crime.
when was the last time you looked at a chumash your a real ………….,……..
This view that the murder of anyone based on our religious beliefs is unequivocally wrong and must be condemned. If we agree with this view, then there is no moral distinction between us and any terrorist worldwide.
HASHEM wont let this happen to such a special Rabbi, He will relese him BE”H! MOSHIACH NOW NOW NOW!!!
Release him.
for all those interested, recordings of most of the classes given two weeks ago in NY can be seen/heard here – http://tiny.cc/kaballah
They are harassing everybody in Yitzhar and plan to destroy the yeshiva. They arrest and release, like a sick fishing expedition r”l
This happened before, when Rabbi Ginsburgh was imprisoned for giving a shiur that advocated “war”. He was actually giving over a sicha from the Rebbe about “Milchuma” and that was the offensive speech! He was cleared and freed after 3-4 weeks of being held. Please let us pray for his immediate release.
YOU decide.