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Tradition ! ( Kabbalah ! )
Speaking of “cabals”, as you ( Brad ) did, I'm reminded that the word comes from “cabala” ( Kabala, Kabbalah ), which means “tradition” or “received doctrine”. Quoting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menachem_Mendel_Schneerson “ Born in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, [ Menachem Mendel Schneerson ] was the eldest of three sons of Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, an authority on Kabbalah and Jewish law who served as the Rabbi of Yekaterinoslav from 1907 to 1939. [...] Schneerson later studied independently under his father, who was his primary teacher. He studied Talmud and rabbinic literature, as well as the Hasidic view of Kabbalah. ” “ In 1991, Schneerson was indirectly involved in the start of a riot in his neighborhood of Crown Heights. The riot began when a car accompanying his motorcade — returning from one of his regular cemetery visits to his father-in-law's grave — accidentally struck two seven-year-olds [ African Americans ] and left the scene, killing one. In the rioting, Australian Jewish graduate student Yankel Rosenbaum was murdered, many Lubavitchers were badly beaten, and much property was destroyed; also, rioters hurled rocks and bottles at the Jews over police lines. ”. “ After Schneerson's death, a bill was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives — sponsored by Congressmen Chuck Schumer and co-sponsored by Newt Gingrich, and Jerry Lewis, as well as 220 other Congressmen — to posthumously bestow on Schneerson the Congressional Gold Medal. On November 2, 1994 the bill passed both Houses by unanimous consent, honoring Schneerson for his ‘ outstanding and enduring contributions toward world education, morality, and acts of charity. ’ President Bill Clinton spoke these words at the Congressional Gold Medal ceremony: ‘ The late Rebbe's eminence as a moral leader for our country was recognized by every president since Richard Nixon. For over two decades, the Rabbi's movement now has some 2000 institutions; educational, social, medical, all across the globe. We ( the United States Government ) recognize the profound role that Rabbi Schneerson had in the expansion of those institutions. ’. ”. |
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