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JUDAISM DISCOVERED 30 MICHAEL HOFFMAN<br />

"Said his disciples to him, Master, may we slaughter him (ritually)?<br />

"The rabbi replied: This (ritual slaughter) requires a benediction,<br />

whereas that (stabbing of the am ha'aretz) does not require a benediction.<br />

"Rabbi Eleazar said: One must not join company with an am ka-aretz on<br />

the road, because it is said, for that (the Talmud) is your life, and the length<br />

of your days: He has no care (pity) for his own life (as demonstrated by not<br />

studying Talmud), how much the more for the life of his companions!<br />

"Rabbi Samuel ben Nachmani said in Rabbi Yochanan's name: One may<br />

tear an am ha'aretz like a fish!<br />

"Said Rabbi Samuel ben Isaac: And (this means) stab him along his<br />

back.<br />

"Greater is the hatred with which the ignoramuses (am ha'aretz) hate<br />

the (Talmudic) scholar, than the hatred with which the goyim hate Israel,<br />

and their wives (hate even) more than they."<br />

BT Pesahim 49a-b: "Our Rabbis taught: Six things were said about the<br />

ignoramuses: We do not commit testimony to them; we do not accept<br />

testimony from them; we do not reveal a secret to them; we do nothing for<br />

their orphans; we do not appoint them stewards over money; and we must<br />

not join their company on the road. If an am ha-aretz loses something, the<br />

scholar is not required to notify him; the am ha-aretz should not benefit from<br />

any physical good in this world!" Modern Orthodox <strong>Judaism</strong> interprets BT<br />

Pesachim 49b as stating that "Jewish ignoramuses are greater antisemites<br />

than Gentiles." The Kabbalah (Zohar: Exodus 7b) teaches that at the "end of<br />

days" the am ha'arertz, these "wicked Jews" will become the allies of the<br />

enemies of Klal Yisroel."<br />

This book may be banned, suppressed and otherwise proscribed and<br />

forbidden because of the documentation it brings to light concerning the<br />

religion of Orthodox <strong>Judaism</strong>. The depressingly familiar litany of tedious<br />

smears ("bigoted-antisemitic-Jew-hatred") may be set forth as justification for<br />

the suppression. Because we expose <strong>Judaism</strong>, this work may be regarded as<br />

beyond the pale, beyond intellectual consideration, and beyond the normative<br />

protections of freedom of speech and press. How many persons will be able to<br />

penetrate this charade and discern that it is actually a function of rabbinic<br />

cozenage, is anyone's guess. There are hundreds of Muslim-bashing books on<br />

the market, in libraries and schools and hawked prominently on display

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