Wow. I had not ever seen this before and was utterly flabbergasted by this quote from Rabbi Batzri, head of the Shalom Yeshiva in Jerusalem:
“No one can study Torah unless he or she is converting to Judaism.”
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/133184
I am utterly without words on this. What are your thoughts?
Tags: jews, Judaism, only, Psalm 119:18, Torah, torah for jews only
Huh? Does he even READ the Torah?
He is referring to the Kabbalah, the mystical teachings of Judaism. From classical Judaism’s perspective, these teachings are the most sacred and must be learned after one is well versed in Judaism, both intellectually through learning and practicing all of the laws that are obligated to a Jew.
If you do not subscribe to that world view, well then there is little holding you back. A non-Jew seeking Torah understanding on the path of classical Judaism should seek Bnai Noach resources.
It is forbidden according to Torah (Devarim (“Deuteronomy”)) to add and remove directives from Torah.
““No one can study Torah unless he or she is converting to Judaism.”” That is a forbidden prohibition.
All individuals of humankind are obligated to observe the directives in Torah to the utmost of their ability.
This is true both according to Tan’’kh (which Christians calls the “OT”): http://bloganders.blogspot.com/2010/07/humankind-are-required-to-keep-more.html; and it is also true according to the teachings of Ribi Yehoshua ha-Mashiakh (the Messiah).
A analysis according to a formal logical methodology (found in http://www.netzarim.co.il (including the scientific premises the analysis is based on) (it is the website of the only legitimate Netzarim-group)) (including the logical implications of the research by Ben-Gurion Univ. Prof. of Linguistics Elisha Qimron of Dead Sea Scroll 4Q MMT) of all extant source documents of “the gospel of Matthew” (which is a redaction of Netzarim Hebrew Matityahu (which was perfectly in harmony with Torah) and anti-Torah) and archeology proves that the historical Ribi Yehosuha ha-Mashiakh (the Messiah) (ben Yoseiph) from Nazareth and his talmidim (apprentice-students), called the Netzarim, taught and lived Torah all of their lives; and that Netzarim and Christianity were always antithetical.
Anders Branderud
Great observation, Anders! His prohibition is indeed “adding to the Torah”.