Originally published 6/26/11, 10:54 pm.
This is from a Private Email from "Derech Emet"
- forwarded with Permission
Midrash Rabbah,
Parshat Beresheet,
Chapter 26, Paragraph 5:
Rabbi Huna taught in the name of Rabbi Yosef:
The Generation of the Flood was not blotted out of the world until they made official marriage contracts
between people of the same gender…
Derech Emet comments:
New York is only one of 50 states, but it is the state that has the most Jews and most Jewish institutions.
The AIDS crisis, which struck harder in New York City than anywhere else, may have been just a small warning
from G-d concerning this matter. But instead of repenting, New York has become much worse by giving more rights
to gays than ever before.
Another big cause for concern is the fact that Reform Rabbis, Reconstructionist Rabbis, and Conservative Rabbis now
perform so-called gay weddings and officially accept gays as colleagues and equals. There are now Reform gay Rabbis,
Reconstructionist gay Rabbis, and Conservative gay Rabbis.
I know that these people do not represent authentic Judaism, but they are still Jews.
G-d is Kail Erech Apayim, the ultimate Master of Patience.
But even His patience has limits. I shudder with fear when I think about what could happen when His patience. runs out.
Shalom,
Derech Emet
Shalom, RRW
2 comments:
Good thing God promised not to flood us again.
Excerpts translated from the teachings of Rebbe Nachman of Breslev---in Chambers of the Palace by R' Yaacov Dovid Shulman:
The King and the Peasant
A king went out to catch animals. He traveled dressed like a simple man so that he would be able to hunt easily. Suddenly, a great rain cascaded down on him. All the ministers were scattered, and the king himself was in great danger. He finally came across a peasant’s house. The peasant took in the king, clothed him, gave him groats to eat, heated the oven up for him, gave him a place to sleep on the pallet, and so on.
The king was terribly worn out, and he had never felt anything as warm and sweet as the peasant’s care for him.
The ministers searched for the king until they came to the peasant’s house and saw him sleeping. They wanted the king to return with them to the palace.
The king replied to them, “You all ran off to save yourselves, and you didn’t save me. Yet this man saved me, and I had such a wonderful experience here. Therefore, he will bring me back to the palace in his wagon and in these clothes, and he will put me on my throne.”
Rabbi Nachman added, “In the days before the coming of the messiah, there will be a flood of heresy, a flood of destructive waters. The highest mountains will be covered, and the flood will even dash its waters over the land of Israel. The water will even spray into kosher hearts; and through sophistication, no one will find an answer.
“All the ministers will scatter, and the kingdom will not remain firm. It will stand only because of simple Jews who recite Psalms and serve God simply.
“Therefore, when the messiah comes, it is the simple people who will place the crown upon his head.” (Avanehah Barzel p. 23)
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