A Light Unto The Nations

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Rise in Situations of Decline | Torah Insights by Rabbi Cherki​

Explore the profound wisdom of Rabbi Cherki as he delves into the concept of rising in situations of decline. Through a unique interpretation of Torah teachings, Rabbi Cherki discusses how we can transform challenges into opportunities for growth and renewal. This lesson offers deep philosophical insights and practical guidance for navigating difficult times.

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Rabbi Ouri Cherki offers a fresh take on what it means to be 'A Light Unto the Nations.'
Forget the usual clichés—this isn’t about preaching from a pedestal,
but about harmonizing faith and modern thought

in a way that resonates globally.

In his latest video, Rabbi Cherki explores the idea of 'Undivided Thought,' where religious wisdom and rational thinking don’t just coexist—they thrive together. This might just be the perspective shift we need in a world often divided by extremes.

Curious? Watch the video and let’s discuss—can Israel's ancient teachings offer guidance in today’s complex world, or is this just wishful thinking?

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Israel should be a bridge between the East and the West​

Yehuda HaKohen, Author at VISION

visionmag.org

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Rabbi Kook’s Teachings on War #6: ​

Jewish Pride and the Love for Israel​

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RABBI KOOK ON WAR - Machon Meir English Department

“When there is a great war in the world, the power of the Mashiach awakens. The time of the songbird has come, the weeding away of tyrants… The present World War is filled with deep and awesome expectations which point to the Revealed End leading to the settlement of Eretz Yisrael. ‘Master of...

machonmeir.net

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This lie you parrot, actually highlights the machinations of the so-called "Islamic charity".
Before people of your kind hijacked the organization, Israel recognized an Islamic
medical charity, to assist in building kindergartens and a university in Gaza.

Do you really think that lie help their cause?

No wonder Hamas supporters burn the US flag,
the conflict is much broader than a territorial dispute.
In fact it was never a territorial dispute, but conflicting values,
polarities competing for power, with Israel in the middle, to choose the direction.

There's too much evidence to the contrary, rylah... across 40 years. Israel's strategy sure hasn't worked out well.

 

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He's an atheist. Weird.

 

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A Call for Renewed Understanding - Rabbi Cherki on the 'Repentance of Ishmael'​

In a thought-provoking conversation, Rabbi Cherki addresses a message rarely heard today: a call for the repentance of Ishmael and a renewed covenant between Jews and Muslims. He speaks directly to the deeper theological roots within Islam that could pave the way for a more peaceful future—a vision of coexistence and mutual recognition.

Rabbi Cherki challenges both communities to look beyond the hostile rhetoric that often dominates headlines and instead embrace the idea that "the deed of the fathers is a sign to the sons." He references passages in Islamic texts that support the return of the Jewish people to their homeland, and even hints at a theological acceptance of this within Islam itself. This fresh perspective invites Muslims to revisit their own scriptures and see the unfolding story of Israel in a new light.

This isn’t just an interfaith dialogue; it’s a call to redefine the relationship between Jews and Muslims. It's about exploring what a renewed covenant could mean for the sons of Isaac and Ishmael. Rabbi Cherki's words resonate with a profound hope: that we are on the brink of a theological shift that could lead to peace, where both peoples recognize each other's rights and destinies.

Could this call for a renewed covenant be the key to ending the cycle of violence and ushering in a new era of understanding?

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I said he who chooses to kill is responsible for killing, does that somehow confuse you? is even that statement controversial to a Zionist? I suppose it is, Zionists always blame everyone else for what happens, the concept of "I did something wrong" is anathema to Zionism. I don't think "apologize" exists in the Zionist's vocabulary.

Zionism is amoral, anti-Zionism is the correct intellectual default position of the moral man. There must never be respect shown for the question "why are you opposed Zionism" any more than there should respect for the question "why are you opposed to Nazism".

Why do you keep showing pictures/videos of that old Santa Claus look alike?

He's an idiot, he has no idea what "disproportionate" means when God supernaturally recorded that.

Zionism is just Jewish Nationalism... It's like any other form of nationalism .. like Christian Nationalism or Black Nationalism or Nazism.

 

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Zionism is just Jewish Nationalism... It's like any other form of nationalism .. like Christian Nationalism or Black Nationalism or Nazism.

except not and that kind of simplistic reductionism is dangerous.

 

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Zionism is just Jewish Nationalism... It's like any other form of nationalism .. like Christian Nationalism or Black Nationalism or Nazism.

Says the bloody Arab imperialist demanding exclusive
domination over the entire Middle East and Africa.

BTW, did you quit bragging about your slaves
back in Saudi Arabia, or did you free them?

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Individual and Collective Repentance according to Rabbi Kook
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Are You Rising or Falling?​

Rabbi Cherki has once again lit a fire under the age-old debate between personal piety and collective responsibility in this episode. Imagine the shock when a fighter pilot, fiercely dedicated to defending Israel, suddenly swaps his flight suit for Tefillin, leaving behind his mission for a quieter life of personal devotion. Is this a rise in spirituality, or a descent from the grand stage of national destiny to a small corner of private religiosity?

Rabbi Cherki doesn’t shy away from this jarring imagery—he sees it as a warning. The great light of national repentance, the return to Zion, isn’t just another mitzvah; it’s a historical eruption, reshaping Jewish identity and the world’s moral landscape. The personal and collective are not in conflict; they are layers of the same divine mission. But the question remains: when your personal repentance seems to clash with the collective vision, are you climbing the ladder of holiness or stepping down from your divine calling?

Are we too focused on our personal little lights, missing the brilliance of the great light of collective redemption? Your thoughts might just help frame the next great Jewish conversation.

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Duty and Emotion - The Moral Front Against Evil​

In this short discussion,
Rabbi Cherki tackles difficult questions following
events in Rafah, and recounting from the experience in Lebanon war.

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[Sherlock Holmes]

Turns out, it is literally true!


1.The instruction manual or Western Civilization is the Bible. And it was used, specifically by America’s Founders, as the basis for our Constitution. Due to the influence of Karl Marx’s religion, you probably didn’t find that fact in government school.

2. The Bible offers the tiny nation of Israel as the model for many of our beliefs, and that is the meaning of the title above.

“Light to the nations (Hebrew: אור לגויים‎, romanized: Or la'Goyim; also "light of the nations", "light of all nations", "light for all nations") is a term originated from the prophet Isaiah which is understood by some to express the universal designation of the Israelites as mentors for spiritual and moral guidance for the entire world.” Wikipedia.




3. It is not just or Western folks. I found the universality represented in this article:

"How the Talmud Became a Best-Seller in South Korea

About an hour’s drive north of Seoul, in the Gwangju Mountains, nearly fifty South Korean children pore over a book. The text is an unlikely choice: the Talmud, the fifteen-hundred-year-old book of Jewish laws. The students are not Jewish, nor are their teachers, and they have no interest in converting. Most have never met a Jew before. But, according to the founder of their school, the students enrolled with the goal of receiving a “Jewish education” in addition to a Korean one.

...their teacher, Park Hyunjun, was explaining that Jews pray wearing two small black boxes, known as tefillin, to help them remember God’s word. He used the Hebrew words shel rosh (“on the head”) and shel yad (“on the arm”) to describe where the boxes are worn. Inside these boxes, he said, was parchment that contained verses from one of the holiest Jewish prayers, the Shema, which Jews recite daily. As the room filled with murmurings of the Shema in Korean, the dean of the school leaned over to me and said that the students recited the prayer daily, too, “with the goal of memorizing it.”
The reverend’s thesis is that the Jews have thrived for so many years because of certain educational and cultural practices, and that such benefits can be unlocked for Christians if those practices are taught to their children.

Outside, over bulgogi, Park Hyunjun laid out the goals behind his curriculum. “I would like to make our students to be people of God and to have charity just like Jewish people,”.....
How the Talmud Became a Best-Seller in South Korea




3. And now, from the South Pacific: “Despite what anti-Zionist ideologues might assume, the Jews of Israel are an inspiration for many Māori
Though I am Māori, I have for many years worked in and around Jewish issues—the memory of the Holocaust, advocacy for Zionism, and fighting antisemitism. But it is only in more recent years that I have become increasingly aware of the parallels that exist between my own claim to indigeneity and that of Jews to the land of Israel.” A Light for the Indigenous Nations


The author cites similarities between his Maori people, and the Jewish people, in claiming indigeneity in each of their lands.

The Maori as a sort of ‘Zionists.’

The Son of God was prophesized as far back as Genesis, that is what is being referred to as a "light unto the nations" but until the "blind" and "deaf" and "lame" are "healed" those people will never understand the prophecy. Understanding is a gift, God reveals his wonders to whom he pleases be they biologically a Jew or a Gentile.