A Pinch of Kook’s Hallucinogens
By Adir Dahouh-Halevi
Is there anthropomorphism in our days? Well, ostensibly the answer to this question is negative, because few are the Orthodox religious parsons in our days who would declare outright that they do not accept the third foundation of the thirteen foundations of faith of our Rabbi the Rambam, which is the negation of anthropomorphism:
"And the third foundation is the negation of anthropomorphism from Him. That this One is not a body nor a force in a body, nor do bodily events such as movement and rest occur to Him, neither intrinsically [=in essence shaping the entity] nor accidentally [=by any external-physical feature]. Therefore [the Sages] negated connection and separation from Him and said: 'Neither sitting nor standing, neither back nor unification'. Meaning, no separation which is 'back', nor unification since unification derived from 'they united with the shoulders of the Philistines' [Isa. 11, 14], meaning they rubbed against their shoulders to integrate with them. And the Prophet said: 'To whom would you liken God or what likeness would you compare Him to?', 'To whom can you liken Me, to whom can I be compared? – says the Holy' [Isa. 40, 18;25], – and if He were a body, then He would be akin to other bodies, and all descriptions in the scriptures that attribute bodily traits to Him, such as movement, standing; sitting; speaking; and the like – are all by way of borrowing, and as [the Sages] said: 'Torah spoke in human language'. And people have spoken about this matter a lot. And this third foundation is instructed by the verse: 'For you did not see any image' [Deu. 4, 15], meaning, you did not perceive Him as having an image, for as we mentioned He is neither a body nor a force in a body".
However, although the overt and blatant form of anthropomorphism has almost completely vanished from the Jewish world, it still exists and lingers among the minds of various religious parsons in less blatant, overt and presumptuous kind of forms, but still they are considered according to our Rabbi the Rambam as heresy and severe and ugly foreign-worship (on that matter see: 'The immense severity of anthropomorphism'), and so the words of our Rabbi in The Guide for the Perplexed (1, 36):
"Know that, as long as you have anthropomorphism or occurrences related to the body in your mind, you are provoking and angering, igniting fire, raising wrath, and being an enemy and a rival – worse than foreign-worshiper by far".
And more on that matter, see: "To Arouse Heaven's Mercy?", "Studying and repeating the negation of anthropomorphism is essential for everyone".
A. The frantic brainiac from Posquières
The first to kosher the belief in anthropomorphism and to see the anthropomorphists as "great and good" was the frantic from Posquières. It has already been proven in the article "Idolatrous Beliefs Among the Villains Individuals of Ashkenaz" that he himself was doubtful about whether the LORD has a hand and a foot and eyes and intestines or not, and I have already discussed about our Rabbi's words in "Treatise of Resurrection" about the frantic brainiac and the rest of those who are doubtful, and here they are before you:
"And when we knew about those who are very harmful and who are doubtful, and who imagine themselves to be the Sages of Israel [='the Gedolim of the generation' and are merely the Gedolim of the toilet], and they are the most foolish among men and more astray than beasts. Their brains are already filled with wonders, illusions and defective imaginations like those of youth and women [and these harsh words of our Rabbi were said about the doubters, how much more so about the complete heretics like Rashi – villains name decays]".
After the frantic from Posquières, additional Ashkenazi fools arose who justified the belief in anthropomorphism, both because they were fools and mindless, but also because they could not accept the fact that many of their forefathers were the worst kind of heretics and foreign-worshippers. However, it was not only from love for their forefathers that these heretics descendants denied and continue to deny the historic truth, but mainly because for a thousand years they have forcefully infused their "greatness and sanctity", and turning their superiority and pride into a central tool for deriving profits and benefits from the religion of Moshe, and if they now admit that their fathers and forefathers were ignorant heretics, where will they take their disgrace? how will they justify their prestige? And without fictitious prestige how will they demand budgets and funding for Torah study, "maintaining the religion" and magical protection on the nation of Israel?
Another example of anthropomorphism in our days, this time from the arrogant Ashkenazi academic establishment is found in "Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew" by Prof. Menahem-Zvi Kaddari's. There, under the entry "Tzelem" (p. 912), he writes: "Tzelem – a figure designed as the form of God: 'In divine figure He created man' (Gen. 9, 6); and of the first man: 'And he begot a son in his form, as his figure' (Gen. 5, 3)" – and "they neither know nor understand, they walk about in darkness" (Psa. 82).
B. The abhorrent dish of Kook
In one of the well-known Shabbat leaflets published in the year 2018 (of which eighty percent are advertisements) I saw that one of the writers, who holds the title of Rabbi and Doctor (hereafter: RaDaR) koshered the belief in the anthropomorphism of the Creator, and this is the conclusion of his article: "The words of Rabbi Kook seem very reasonable when he claimed (Shmona Kvatzim 1, 30–31) that as long as there is no impact on the moral domain, it really doesn't matter how God is perceived in our minds, the main thing is that He is there". When I read the words of this salaried Ashkenazi Orthodox I was shocked and appalled, because in my naivety I did not believe that even in our times there would be justification for the belief in anthropomorphism, and moreover, from an Ashkenazi RaDaR who knows and well familiar with the doctrine of our Rabbi the Rambam, and is even considered the Dardai of the Ashkenazis! We have already been warned in the Torah that as soon as a person reaches his hand out for money – his opinions will become skewed and obstinate.
Following the RaDaR’s heretical claim that there is no impact of the heretical views on the moral domain and virtues, I wrote an article: "The Axis on Which the Torah Revolves – Uprooting Idolatry and Erasing Its Traces", in which I proved the strong and tight connection between heresy and foreign-worship to moral corruption – "But there is no fear of God in this place – and they will kill me" (Gen. 20,11): The essence of the matter is, that the lack of fear of God inevitably leads to the greatest human and social moral corruption – murder, and heresy expresses the absolute and final distance from God. Let us now examine the source of the RaDaR for justifying the belief in anthropomorphism, and it is the cook Kook who has fed us with bitter views.
In one of his abhorred dishes, Kook explicitly supported the belief in anthropomorphism, and here are his words from the source indicated by the Ashkenazi writer, the truth advocate with the most limited guarantee (only up to his pocket and honor): "Even though the mistake in divine matters is very harmful, the main harm that comes from the distorted concepts does not materialize to such a degree as to cause the loss of soul [=extirpation; Kareth], only when [the distortion of divine concepts] is manifested in actions or at least when it descends into views and emotions that are inevitably destined to be revealed in actions. But as long as the matter remains in its abstract figure [=in beliefs and opinions alone], there is no fundamental uprooting here. And in this we are close to the opinion of the Raavad who criticized the Rambam for calling someone who believes in anthropomorphism: heretic. We can agree that as long as an anthropomorphist does not make himself an idol and a statue, he has not completed his thought, and it remains still in the realm of spirit, which cannot be included in the term uprooting and leaving the religion".
His tongue is very slick and sophisticated to do harm using the cunningly European scholar's tactics, here he starts with the correct assertion that misconceptions in divine matters are very damaging, in order to prepare our minds to accept his words, since with this assertion he instills into our hearts the illusion that he is an authority on divine sciences, and as if he is very cautious in these matters. After he makes us think he is a great expert, and even presents himself as loyal to the fundamentals of religion, he moves on to contaminate our thoughts by undermining one of the most important foundations of religion – the elimination of anthropomorphism from the Creator of the Universe!
And regarding his claims, Kook the Cuckoo argued that someone who believes, like Christians for example, that God has a body or is a force within a body, is not sinning at all! Only if he makes an idol or image for himself, only then does he commit a great sin to God. But if he directs his thoughts to a flesh-and-blood god and prays to him daily, he is not sinning at all! This profound ignorance reveals that Kook is not even familiar with the Ten Commandments! Since the second commandment states: "You shall have no other gods instead of me, you shall not make for yourself an idol or any image" – meaning, we are forbidden to create other gods even without making any idol or image, and justifying the belief in anthropomorphism is making other gods, since whoever believes in it worships other gods that do not exist in reality!
No less severe is the distorted view that the Cuckoo tries to instill in his foolish Chassids with his harmful words here, is that views and thoughts have no significance! For if there is no sin and iniquity in the musings of transgression regarding the grave and abominable foreign-worship, then all the more so in the rest of the Torah! And we are allowed to hate our friend as long as we do not harm him in practice, we are allowed to pollute our thoughts with lechery as long as we do not act upon it, and we are even allowed not to truly love and fear the Almighty, as long as this doesn't manifest in our actions! Could such severe ignorance and heresy be conceivable?
Here a collection of sources from our Rabbi's writings, which prove the appalling stupidity of the Cuckoo:
"Regarding this matter the Torah warned and there it said: 'And do not follow after your heart and after your eyes, after which you are whoring' [Num. 15, 39], meaning, each of you should not follow their own limited knowledge and imagine that their thoughts grasp the truth. Thus the Sages said: 'After your heart' – refers to heresy; 'and after your eyes' – refers to whoring. This do-not-do [Mitzvah], although it causes a person to be driven away from the world to come, does not incur lashes [because it is only in thought – not to stray after the musings of the heart and the sights of the eyes] (Halachot of Foreign-Worship 2, 6)".
"And the 47th [do-not-do] Mitzvah, the warning against being free in our thoughts to the extent that we adopt views contrary to those brought in the Torah. Rather, we should limit our thoughts and establish a boundary that remains there, with the Mitzvot and warnings of the Torah ['And you shall take great heed to your souls, for you did not see any image' (Deu. 4, 15)], and also His statement: 'And do not follow after your heart and after your eyes', and language of Sifrei: 'Do not follow after your heart' – is heresy" (Book of the Mitzvot, do-not-do 47).
"The Mitzvah of foreign-worship is against all the Mitzvot, every single one, as stated: "And if you have erred, and not observed all the Mitzvot" etc. (Num. 15, 22). And from the tradition they have learned that in foreign-worship the text is speaking. Here you learn, that anyone who acknowledges foreign-worship denies the whole Torah, and all the prophets, and everything commanded to the prophets from Adam to the end of the world, as stated: "From the day that God commanded and forward throughout your generations" (Num. 15, 23). And anyone who denies foreign-worship acknowledges the entire Torah, and it is the essence of all the other Mitzvot" (Halachot of Foreign-Worship 2, 7).
"And the fifth foundation [of the thirteen foundations of religion], that He, exalted, is the one who deserves to be worshiped and proclaimed and to publicize his greatness and his discipline. And one shall not do so to those below him in existence [all the more so to a an imaginary, bodily, repulsive and idolatrous deity] […] rather, towards him – exalted be He – thoughts will be directed, and put aside all but him. And this fifth foundation is the warning about foreign-worship, and most of the Torah came to warn about this" (Interpretation of the Mishnah, Sanhedrin 10, 1).
"Anyone who acknowledges that foreign-worship is true, even though he did not worship it – blasphemes and reviles the honored and great name" (Halachot of Foreign-Worship 2, 10). And here is another source which we have already seen above: "Know that, as long as you have anthropomorphism or occurrences related to the body in your mind, you are provoking and angering, igniting fire, raising wrath, and being an enemy and a rival – worse than foreign-worshiper by far" (Guide 1, 36).
Up to here is a collection of sources from the words of our Rabbi, and there are many more sources in the Torah, in the Sages Z"L and in the writings of our Rabbi the Rambam and the wise men of truth, that it is strictly forbidden to direct one's thought towards foreign-worship of any kind – because the axis upon which the entire Torah revolves is uprooting foreign-worship and obliterating its traces. Thus, our Rabbi teaches us in the Guide for the Perplexed, where he reiterates this principle almost in the same words five times, see: "The axis upon which the entire Torah revolves – uprooting foreign-worship and obliterating its traces". In addition, to the importance of intellect and thought in the true religion as a connecting link between us and the Creator of the World see: "The Rambam against the bitter drop" where the words of the Sages were explained: "Musings of transgression are harder than the transgression itself", and later I will discuss this a bit.
In short, there are not enough insults, curses and slurs in the English language that can adequately express the lowliness of the Cuckoo. Furthermore, this diverted Cook, who abhorred his dish, has practically abrogated the Mitzvah of knowing God and the unification of God! For these two Mitzvot pertain solely to beliefs and thoughts, and particularly he has annulled the Mitzvah of unifying God, in which we are commanded to believe that the exalted LORD is one and not two – for anyone who believes that the LORD is a body necessarily believes that He is not one, because a body is divided into many parts – and this view of his testifies like a thousand witnesses to his foolishness and ignorance in the ancient and faithful foundations of the religion.
And regarding the abrogation of a minor Mitzvah from the Torah, and all-the-more-so abrogating a Mitzvah that is the foundation of foundations and the pillar of wisdom, see our Rabbi's words in the ninth foundation of our holy and pure Thirteen Foundations of our religion:
"The ninth foundation, the abrogation. That the Torah of Moshe will never be abrogated, and no other Torah will come from God besides it, nor will anything be added to it or subtracted from it, not in the writing nor in the interpretation, as it stated: 'Do not add to it and do not subtract from it' [Deu. 13, 1]. And we have already clarified what needs to be clarified in this foundation in the introduction to this work".
And what is the judgment of one who doubts the foundations of the faith? Certainly hundred times more so for one who uproots a foundation from the foundations of the religion, and certainly a thousand times more for one who uproots the foundation of foundations and the pillar of wisdom, which is to know and unify the Creator of the universe in thought; and certainly thousands upon thousands of times for one who misleads the people to question these foundations! Therefore, regarding the judgment of the despicable Cuckoo, please see our Rabbi's ruling in the continuation of his words on the Thirteen Foundations:
"And when a person doubts a foundation of these foundations, he excluded himself from everyone and denied the fundamental principle, and is called a heretic and an Epicurus and is eradicating its roots, and it is obligatory to hate and destroy him, and about such it is said: 'Do I not hate, LORD, those who hate You? those who rise against You, do I not quarrel?' [Psa. 139, 21]".
C. It's better for Kuku that he had not come into the world
To enhance and deepen our understanding of the stupidity of the Cuckoo and to grasp further how appalling his words are, we must know that a person's connection with the Creator depends on the directions towards which they direct their thoughts, and as our Rabbi writes in the Guide (1, 10): "In this manner we also speak of the degradation of thought; when a person turns his thoughts towards something very lowly we say that he has descended, and likewise if he turns his thoughts towards something high and esteemed we say that he has ascended", In other words, if a person contemplates lofty matters – their connection with the Creator is strengthened and deepened, whereas if, God forbid, a person turns to musing on desires and vanities – their connection with the Creator weakens and diminishes, and as our Rabbi the Rambam teaches there (3, 51):
"We have already explained to you that this intellect which emanated upon us from Him, exalted, is the bond between us and Him. And the choice is in your hand, if you wish to strengthen this connection and thicken it – do so; and if you wish to weaken it and slowly thin it until it breaks – do so. And this connection is strengthened only by stimulation [=of the intellect] in love of Him and the [mentally] walk in that direction as we have explained. And its weakening and thinning occur when you engage your thought anything other than Him. [...] And know that all these acts of services [= All the Mitzvot] such as Torah reading and the prayer and doing the rest of the Mitzvot, their purpose is only to prepare you to engage in His mitzvot, may He be exalted, rather than engaging yourself with worldly matters [=so that your thought will be directed only towards Him] as though you are engaged with Him, not with what besides Him. [...] And also, as long as you do a Mitzva, if you do it with your limbs as one who digs a hole in the ground or cuts wood from the forest without observing on the purpose of the action, nor from whom it comes, nor what its purpose is, do not think you have attained the goal [=there's no value for the Mitzvot without knowing their purpose and without knowing the One who commanded them], rather you will be akin to those of whom it is said: 'You are near in their mouth, but far from their kidneys' [Jer. 12, 2]".
Meaning, all the Mitzvot we were commanded in the Torah were given to us so that we could prepare the thought to elevate to the level of knowing the name of the Blessed One! However, according to the Cook, the practical Mitzvot are the goal and purpose and there is no thought or reasoning behind them, for according to the Cuckoo, thought has no importance but only to action. In contrast, according to the way of truth, all the Mitzvot are a means for us to be able to prepare our thinking power to rise to and to know and comprehend the Blessed One in our intellect, and this is the foundation of foundations and the pillar of wisdom.
Moreover, the intellect granted to man is called divine figure and it is the connection between us and the Creator, and therefore we must not, God forbid, to corrupt it with delusions, and for this reason our Rabbi in the Guide (3, 8) sharply condemns intoxication: "Therefore, it is fitting for anyone who prefers to be a person to stay away from this". Our Rabbi was of the opinion that human intellect is the divine figure within a person and is the most esteemed of its parts, and therefore anyone who corrupts it loses their right to be called "person", for there is no person except through his humanity-thought-cogitation. And in other words, "a person" is one who acts out of the understanding that the sanctity of idea and thought is the power that ought to lead and guide him.
In light of this idea, our Rabbi clarifies in the Guide the words of the Sages Z"L: "Musings of transgression are harder than the transgression itself":
"But thought is indeed one of the qualities of a person that is attached to his figure [meaning to his divine figure, to the divinity form within him], and when one wanders in their thoughts about transgression, they have transgressed in the most esteemed of his parts, and there is no fault of one who transgresses and oppresses a foolish servant like that of one who oppresses a free Chassid, for this human figure, [...] is not worthy of being used [=by thought or speech] except for that which is intended for it: to connect with what is lofty, not to descent into the depths of degradation. [...] And anyone who uses his thought or speech for matters related to that sense which is disgrace for us [=the sense of touch, sensuality] to the extent that they think in feasting or in physical intimacy more than what is necessary [...] has taken the good that was bestowed upon him [=the good that God granted us] and used it and assisted it to rebel against the Benefactor [against God who has done good for us] and to defy His commands".
From these words, it emerges that the that directing our thoughts toward desires significantly distances us from the divine figure within us, and in other words, distance us from the humanity that sets us apart from animals and other creatures – because who do not spare his intellect is essentially do not spare the honor of God, and I will explain: the divine figure in humans is the power of thought and idea, and disregarding the great gift given to us by God, the ability to think and make intellectual choice, and wasting and losing it on vanities and desires, and all the more so on heresies and pagan fantasies is ungratefulness and a total submission to the animalistic force within man which intended only to maintain the species and serve only the lofty intellectual power. And even furthermore, corrupting one's thought is a blatant affront to the supremacy of the connection between man and his Creator! And this is a severe rebellion against God!
And for this reason, the Sages, peace upon them have warned and cautioned in the Mishnah, tractate Chagigah (2, 1): "Anyone who does not spare the honor of his ownership – it would have been better for him that he had not come into the world", and thus explained by our Rabbi there:
"Anyone who does not spare the honor of his ownership – This is meant for someone who does not spare their intellect, for the intellect is the honor of God. And since he does not know the value of this thing that has been given to him [the thought and idea] he is abandoned to his desires and become like an animal, and thus they said: 'What does it mean to not spare the honor of his ownership? This is someone who commits a transgression in private' [Chagigah 16a; Kiddushin 40a], and said elsewhere: 'Adulterers do not commit adultery until a spirit of foolishness enters them' [Tanchuma, Nasa 5] – and this is true, because in the moment of desire, whatever the desire may be, the intellect is not complete".
From of the Sages and our Rabbi we learn, that the corruption of the intellect necessarily leads to moral and ethical corruption and to actions that should not be done. Moreover, in addition to the many transgressions involved in corrupting the intellect and diverting it toward impure directions, its corruption is also regarded as a serious offense, revile and blasphemy towards Heaven, therefore it would be better for the bestial man who has polluted his thought with lusts, imaginations and illusions that he had not come into the world.
Let us repeat the words of our Rabbi in the Guide (3, 51) to emphasize the severe punishment for the Cuckoo and those like him:
"As long as you do a Mitzva, if you do it with your limbs as someone who digs a hole in the ground or cuts wood from the forest without observing on the purpose of the action, nor from whom it comes [who is true-God who commanded it], nor what its purpose is [the reason we were commanded for] – do not think you have attained the goal, rather you will be akin to those of whom it is said: 'You are near in their mouth, but far from their kidneys' [Jer. 12, 2]".
Do not take lightly this iniquity described by the prophet Jeremiah, for in the preceding verse, these sinners are mentioned as villains and treacherous, and in the following verse their severe punishment is described, fitting their grave sin (ibid, 2–3):
"Why does the way of the villains prosper? All those traitors at ease. You have planted them, they have also taken root; they grew, they even produced fruit. You are near in their mouth, but far from their kidneys. And You LORD know me, You see me, and You tested my heart toward You. Drive them out like sheep and goats to the slaughter and prepare them for the day of killing".
And the heretics' descendants understand well the meaning of these verses, especially after the Holocaust. "If only they were wise they would learn through this, understand their end, how can one pursue a thousand, and two make ten thousand flee? Unless the Creator had sold them, God had given them up" [Deu. 32, 29–30], yet "You have struck them but they were not affected, You have consumed them but they accepted no discipline, They made their faces harder than rock, refused to return" (Jer. 5, 3). "For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them" (Deu. 32, 28).
And we have already seen our Rabbi's words regarding the judgment of one who doubts a foundation of religions foundation: "And is called a heretic and an Epicurus and is eradicating its roots, and it is obligatory to hate and destroy him", all the more so an important foundation related to the trueness of the Creator, may His name be exalted and elevated. And the judgment of the Cuckoo is harsher than that of a mere orthodox heretic because the Cuckoo has led many astray after the vanity and the nothingness, and for these there is a special Halacha in Halachot of Sanhedrin (11, 6):
"The cruelty towards those who mislead the people after the vanity bring mercy to the world, as said: 'For God will withdraw His raising fury and grant you mercy [and have compassion on you and make you many as he swore to your fathers' (Deu. 13, 18)]".
D. A Compilation of Hallucinogens from the Drug Den of Coke
1) Kook the Cuckoo was one of the biggest devotees of the idolatrous Kabbalah, and many of its magical and pagan delusions are integrated into his deceptive poetic writings, which were intentionally written to be interpretable in various directions so that they would appeal to as many foolish Chassids and admirers as possible, and similarly to what many do also today, obscure their words so that many people will identify and support them. However, in Jewish thought and its pure views this method is extremely severe because any deviation from the foundations of the religion leads one out of the religion and into reviling and blaspheming the name of Heaven. It is clear, therefore, that as an enthusiastic Chassid of the new Kabbalah, Kook had aplenty delusions and imaginations, and reading some of his obscure poetic writings, full of flattery and smooth tongue testifies to his being filled and replete with deceptive pagan delusions.
2) Kook was a salaried Orthodox parson (in the country and abroad) and therefore there is no doubt that he was an utterly and absolute fool and scoundrel, since not only did the Edomite heresy and impurity echo in his thoughts and taint his views, but the influence of turning the Torah into a tool for quarrying further corrupted his thinking, destroying even the little that remained of his intellect. And in other words, his views and opinions were subjugated not only to pro-Christian heretical views but also to the various benefits he received from his position of authority. And it may not be a coincidence that soon after his appointment as the chief parson of Jerusalem in 1919, a terrible disaster occurred and his young daughter Yael died after falling from the stairs of their home before she turned 14 (incidentally, his second daughter also died during his lifetime) – and I would almost pity him, were it not for the Torah's warning not to have mercy for the accursed heretics.
3) According to the Cuckoo, in the end of days, animals will evolve and possess intellect like humans! As a result, ultimately the sacrificial service in the Third Temple will be canceled: "Who does not understand that it is inconceivable for a man to take his children in spirit [i.e., the animals] that he will nurture and multiply to do good and to become wise, and then to sacrifice them and spill their blood?" (Vision of Vegetarianism and Peace, 18) – And in other words, this abominable Kook thereby cancels tens of explicit Mitzvots from the Torah and actually erases almost the entire Book of Leviticus, along with many other extensive parts of the Torah that we received from the exalted God! And by doing so, the Cuckoo once again undermines the ninth foundation of our Torah, which is the foundation of abrogation, and thus spoke our Rabbi:
"The ninth foundation, the abrogation. That the Torah of Moshe will never be abrogated, and no other Torah will come from God besides it, nor will anything be added to it or subtracted from it, not in the writing nor in the interpretation [in the Oral-Torah], as it stated: 'Do not add to it and do not subtract from it' [Deut. 13, 1]. And we have already clarified what needs to be clarified in this foundation in the introduction to this work".
The Cuckoo has already violated this foundation by embracing the pagan Kaballah, so it is no surprise that he sees the animals as "his children in spirit" and believes they will be like human beings in the end of days. Namely, it is straightforward that the animalistic nature and foolishness of the Cuckoo led him to the delusion that we will all be like animals in the end of days.
And who sees animals as his children and students "in spirit" cannot be particularly wise. And also, in our Rabbi's opinion the Cuckoo is a false prophet as there is only subjugation of kingdoms between the days of the Messiah and our time, and how can the Cuckoo conceive such delusions? It seems to me that beyond the Kabballah that also includes these vanities, he simply does not understand that the words of the prophet Isaiah are a fable! "And the wolf dwells with the lamb and the leopard will lie down with the kid" etc. (Isa. 11, 6), and I have already explained this fable in light of our Rabbi's words in the article: "The Rambam's Vision for Spiritual Revival".
4) We will now turn to the limerick written by the Cuckoo in "Ha'Raayah's Traits" (Love, 2), and this is his wording:
"The love of all deeds – is primary to all, then comes the love of all humanity, after that the love of Israel which encompasses everything, for Israel is destined to rectify all deeds. All these loves are practical loves, to love them, to do them good, and to cause them elevation. And above all is the love to God, which is a love that in practice does not inherently entail anything [does the love of God have no practical expression? And for what were we given 613 Mitzvot?] except what the heart is filled with – this is the most sublime happiness".
And I read Cuckoo's words and ask myself what is this mental nonsense?! If a person knows how to rhyme or use beautiful words does it make him wise and his views true? Where have we come to? And it is evident that his repeated use of "the love" motif is meant to flatter and appeal to the masses who, like moths to a flame are drawn by these empty flowery phrases. Additionally, his words echo the view that "all we need is love" like that famous song from the impure gentile of the seventies, king of flower children and drug smokers who dreamed of world peace so they could wallow and sink in their desires without interruption.
Let us now proceed to examine in detail some of the hallucinations present in the Cuckoo's words (or perhaps we should say the Coke):
4.a) What is "the love of all deeds"? Are all deeds acceptable before the exalted God? Are even transgressions and intentional sins are welcome before Him? Did the exalted God gave us the Torah for no reason and warned us (Deu. 30, 15): "See, I have set before you today the life and the good, and the death and the evil [...] the life and death I have set before you, the blessing and the curse – and you shall choose life"? And the entire Torah is full and overflowing of prohibitions against abominations and evil ways, and with severe moral teachings, and his words are completely disconnected from the religion of Moshe that we received at Sinai.
4.b) Also, what is "the love of all humanity"? Is there a Mitzvah to love an idolater or a gentile? an Epicures or an infidel or an anthropomorphist or a fool? A villain or crazy person? a murderer or an apostate? And isn't there a great and important Mitzvah to hate most of them! lowering and not elevating! "Do I not hate, LORD, those who hate You? those who rise against You, do I not quarrel?" [Psa. 139, 21], and he is literally creating a new religion! Also he writes in The Lights of Deceits 3: "The love of all humanity must be alive in the heart and soul, especially the love for all people, and the love for all nations, every single one". "And she gave her whoredoms upon them, the choice men of Assyria, every single one; and with all whom she lusted after, with all their idols she was defiled" (Eze. 23, 7).
And for the true religion perspective regarding the appropriate love, see: "The love of friends and the hatred of the villains".
4.c) In continuation of his words, the flower child states that the Mitzvah of loving God "does not entail anything in itself" – and again repugnant nonsense! Could it be conceivable that the Mitzvah of loving God has no practical purpose? Could its purpose be only existed "in the spirit circle"? And isn't the objective of the Mitzvah to love God is to rush us to fulfill the Mitzvot with diligence and joy, to call people to serve Him and to fear Him and to learn to know the exalted God! And his words closely resemble those of Christians who have transformed the Mitzvot of the Torah into allegorical and poetic matters.
What's more, we have been warned in the reproof of Parashat "Ki Tavo" about severe, shocking and terrifying punishments if, God forbid, we abrogate the practical expression of the Mitzvah of loving God, which is serving God with joy and a glad heart: "For you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and with a glad heart" (Deu. 28, 47), meaning that the absence of a practical expression of the Mitzvah to love God brings with it horrible and terrible sufferings! And these words of Cuckoo are fundamentally false and deceit, for it is impossible to truly and sincerely love God without any practical expression – namely, without calling out boldly to all the world: In the name of the LORD the Eternal God! And thus says our Sages and our Rabbi on this matter in "The Book of Mitzvots" (To-do, 3):
"And already been said that this Mitzva [the love of God] includes that we should call all people to His service and faith in Him, because when you love someone, you will praise and glorify him and call people to befriend him, and this by way of example, so if you truly love God due to your comprehension from knowing His trueness, then you will undoubtedly call the naive and the foolish to know the truth that you have known".
And greater than all! It is said in the Torah (Deu. 11, 1): "And you shall love the LORD your God and keep His charge and his statutes, His ordinances and Mitzvot all the days" – it is therefore obvious that the purpose of the Mitzva to love God is to bring us to the observance of the Mitzvot, for it is not without reason that the observance of the statutes, ordinances and the Mitzvot is mentioned immediately after the Mitzva to love God.
On top of that, this drugged Cuckoo also denied the Oral-Torah that the Sages Z"L received person to person until our Rabbi Moshe, for they conveyed to us the meaning of the Mitzva to love God, and clearly defined it in the Mishnah, Brachot (9, 5): "And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might – with all your heart, with both your urges [...] and with all your soul, even if He takes your life. And with all your might, with all your wealth", and so our Rabbi rules in Halachot of Repentance (10, 4): "And when one loves God with the proper love, he will immediately fulfill all the Mitzvot out of love".
5) Another famous quote from the cook is: "The pure Tzadikim do not condemn the evilness but rather add righteousness, do not condemn the infidelity but rather add faith, do not condemn the ignorance but add wisdom". With these words, the drugged Coke practically canceled the Mitzvah of one shall certainly reprove his fellow and not bear sin because of him (and thus denying the ninth principle again), and also slanders the prophets of Israel who harshly reproved our nation, and condemned the evilness, the infidelity and the ignorance day and night; and how did he say that "the pure Tzadikim do not condemn" etc., whereas in the book of Jeremiah (25, 4) it is said: "And the LORD has sent unto you all His servants the prophets, early and delivered, but you have not listened nor inclined your ear to hear".
And for the Mitzvah of reproof and its immense importance, see: "The obligation of the Mitzvah to reprove your fellow".
6) Another famous quote from his words is: "Blessed are Israel for they cling to the soul of the nation which is absolute good, to draw through it the good light of God" (Blight of Israel 3,3) – and again I am horrified to wonder: What is this mental nonsense?! Is the soul of the nation a deity that is the absolute good? Can one draw the good light of God through it? Does it serve as a mediator between us and the LORD of the universe? And this is truly foreign-worship of the worst kind in the category of heresy, and this Cuckoo led the people of Israel astray after vanity and the idolatry.
And about the severity of these words of his you can learn well in the articles: "The Development of Foreign-Worship", "Appeal to the Uprightness Mediator – Religious Ritual or a Deviant Pagan Heresy?", "All the heretics immediately perish", and more.
7) It seems to me that the following quote from his book "Lights of Delusions" (3, 3) clearly and disgustingly expresses his foolishness and reveals the repugnant fantasies of heresy of the cook, and here are his words: "The rational intellect of ours is but a small student, faintly explaining the entire light of life that exists in the treasure of our rich and sacred imagination, which lives in the reality of a supreme existence, determining the real reality with its strong being of its existence". To put it differently, according to the Cuckoo, human intellect is very low in relation to human imagination, human imagination is the dominant force and it is what shapes the human intellect, determining "the real reality with its strong being of its existence" – and these are simply words of complete and utter foolishness, is it conceivable that the imaginative power, which constantly deceives and misleads will be chosen and superior to the intellectual power of man which is the divinity form granted to him by the exalted God?! And his foolish chassids deserve forty lashes to awaken them from their delusions.
8) Here is another quote from his book "Trites of Sodom" (1, 226): "The great dreams are the foundation of the world. The levels are different. The dreamers are the prophets, 'in a dream I will speak to him'. The poets dream while awake. The great thinkers dream for repairing the world. We all dream when the LORD returns to the return of Zion" – once again one must shout: what is this mental nonsense?! Can it be thought possible that dreams and fantasies are the foundation of the world?! Does every dream have significance?! And aside from the dreams of the prophets, Zechariah the prophet said (10, 2): 'And the dreams speak falsely, they comfort with vanity". In any case, from these words of Cuckoo we learn that he was immersed in a world of plentiful hollow imaginings and many pagan delusions that bewildered his inferior intellect.
9) And here's another quote from there: "The exercise that the youth of Israel engage in within Israel to strengthen their bodies so they can be courageously strong sons for the nation – enhances the spiritual power of the upper Tzadikim who deal with the unifications of the holy names, to increase the manifestation of divine light in the world, and no revelation stands without its counterpart at all", stop it! how much idolatry, foreign-worship and foolishness was this drugged Coke overwhelmed with?! He turned the important Mitzvah of physical activity into foreign-worship! because according to the Cuckoo, we strengthen our bodies in order to enhance the spiritual power of the "upper Tzadikim", and in other words, we are serving them! And they also owe us favors and next time they manifest the "divine light in the world" they will surely remember who helped them and gave them the power to "light". And strengthening and influencing the "pure Tzadikim" and describing them as having "spiritual power" by which they "manifest the divine light" – all this is complete Shituf and idol-worship – both in thought and deed.
10) In the book "Path of Justice" (p. 278) it is said that Cuckoo was puzzled by some of the Poskim who ruled that if a person might not pray Mincha on Purim then they should not get drunk, and regarding this ruling the Cuckoo said the following:
"Since it is stated that drinking Ad D'lo Yada [=until one no longer recognizes] is a Mitzvah [according to the Cuckoo it is a Mitzvah to get drunk until losing the divinity form, and as will be proven from his words later regarding one who is a coerced drunk], in any case, it is rabbinically [permission] included within gladness, thus he is engaged in a Mitzvah, so why should it exempt him from prayer? [namely, of course that he is obligated to get drunk on Purim, and of course that he is allowed to get drunk even if he knows he will not be able to pray Mincha], especially if he is involuntarily drunk. Since also regarding being drunk by permission we consider him involuntarily for compensations [=make-up for a missed prayer], and there is no prohibition by rabbinic law against making oneself coerced in the place of a Mitzvah, since according to the Rambam and his faction it is permissible to enter a boat in a situation of involuntary desecration of Shabbat later on, and even on Friday evening if it's for a Mitzvah; if so, what reason is there to say it would be forbidden to make oneself involuntarily drunk at the expense of fulfilling a Mitzvah [=Mincha prayer] due to the Mitzvah of gladness?".
And how can it be assumed that one who became drunk not in the place of Mitzvah, and in his words: "a drunk by permission" (as if there is a Mitzvah to get drunk on Purim) is considered coerced regarding the compensation prayer? Is someone who chooses to lose the divinity form is coerced? He is considered a willful for sure! And more than that, if someone who chooses to lose the divinity form is considered coerced regarding obligation player, why would he not be coerced concerning other Mitzvot? What I mean is, why would he be held accountable for his actions? And Cuckoo's delusion opens a very broad door to all lecheries and immoralities, since according to the principle he posits, a person who gets drunk is considered coerced while is drunk! And this is in complete contrast to the Halacha which states that a person is always liable: "whether awake, whether asleep, whether drunk; if he damages someone else or damages someone else's property – he pays from the best of his possessions" (Saboteur and Vandal 1, 10).
In brief, according to the Cuckoo it is obligatory to get drunk on Purim to the point of "involuntariness", Ad D'lo Yada, meaning, to a state of Lot's drunkenness, as is known, engaged with his daughters without recognizing when they lay down and get up, and perhaps the Cuckoo also did so since he believes he is "coerced"... and this meth cooker even dares to say that this is the opinion of the Rambam! As if according to our Rabbi, drinking until not recognizing the difference between his daughter and his wife is one of the important Mitzvot of the Purim holiday! And regarding the severity of losing the divinity form through drunkenness, see: "On Drunkenness During Purim" and more.
"At their banquets they have harp and lute, drum and flute, and wine; but they do not regard the actions of God, nor have they seen the deeds of His hands" (Isa, 5, 12).
11) The Cuckoo also writes in "Trites of Sodom" (6, 1): "From the depths repentance comes [...] The repentance comes from the aspiration of the whole reality to become better and refined, more enduring and excellent than it is" – does repentance stem from "the aspiration of reality"? Is "the aspiration of reality" is to return to the exalted God? Again he paints all of humanity and reality in vivid shades of bright deceptive pink. As if all the animalistic and cruel gentiles are Righteous Among the Nations and that everyone's aspiration is to truly return to the exalted God with a complete heart. And regarding the gentiles, the prophet Ezekiel says: "Whose flesh is as flesh of donkeys and whose fluid is a fluid of horses" (23, 20). And also says the prophet Jeremiah: "They grasp a bow and spear, cruel he is, and they will have no mercy" (Jer. 6, 23).
Also says our Rabbi the Rambam about the gentiles in Halachot of Forbidden Relations (19, 17): "And also, anyone who has brazenness and cruelty, who hates others and does not show them kindness, we are particularly cautious of him, lest he be a Gibeonite. For the signs of Israel, the holy nation are: bashfulness, compassion, and acts of loving-kindness, and regarding the Gibeonites, it is said: "And the Gibeonites are not of the people of Israel" [Sam. II 21,2], because they were brazen-faced and did not yield, showing no compassion for the sons of Shaul, and they did not remember the kindness of Israel to forgive the sons of their king, and they did kindness with them originally". And regarding the attitude of our Sages Z"L towards the gentiles, see: "Is Compassion and Equality for All an Expression of Humanity?" and more.
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And there are many more pagan fantasies and hallucinations throughout his writings, and countless obscure, sealed and hollow matters from which nothing can be understood, And they were written only with sweet language and flattery to attract the reader's heart, and the truth is, due to his publicity, this mental deserves a series of articles dedicated to his foolishness, if I weren't already buried over my head with comprehensive series of articles on Rashi and Zohar book – sources of evil and stupidity of the Ashkenazi sages-counselors in all their forms and kinds. By the way, the hollow expressions of the Kook can also be harnessed for the way of truth, for example: The murky soul of Rashi pulses with all its base impurity in the spiritual essence of reality of the Israeli nation and cruelly chokes the sparks of its pure spiritual light...
E. Who is Yakok?!
It is interesting that in the fools' project at Bar-Ilan University, they decided to change the holy name Yahoh, and wherever the name Yahoh appears they write "Yakok" instead, perhaps they did not realize it, but they force us every time we read the name of God to recall the drugged Cuckoo and his abhorrent dishes, and since the Ashkenazi sages-counselors are known for idolizing their Gedolim to the point of pagan idolatry and heresy, I wouldn't be surprised if they did this intentionally to magnify the greatness of their foolish sages and to reinforce their sense of superiority and pride. And here are two excerpts on the severity of distorting God's name from the book "Bound Chains" (p. 299):
And even the idols mentioned in the Scriptures were not called "Elokin", but were mentioned as "Elohim" and all the more so the name "Elohim" and the other names of the Blessed God were not changed and were said as written with fear and honor. And this is the correct fear and honor, unlike those "god-fearing" ones who blasphemes and reviles the exalted God with degrading names: "Elokim" or "Yod Kei Vav Kei". Our forefathers never imagined such distortions, as if from "fear" they distorted the names of God, but these are merely debasements, calling the exalted God by derogatory names – "Who is he that said and it cometh to pass when the LORD did not command?" (Lam. 3, 37).
In contrast, idols should be given derogatory names. As it is written in Parashat Re'eh: "And you shall destroy their names" (Deu. 12, 3), and interpreted: to call them by a derogatory name, Beit Galia – Beit Caria, Ein Kol [=Base of everything] to Ein Kotz [=Base of thorn]. [...] Beit Galia, a language of height, Beit Kalia a language of destruction, or Beit Caria, a language of latrine, etc. Thus did our forefathers from generation to generation. In Yemen they called their prayer house, Beit Tiflutam [=vanity]. A mosque, they called Masgef [=torture]. Their Nabis, they called Nabals. And the Quran, they called Qalon [=shame] and so on. By changing one letter, the meaning of the word was changed to derogatory. We learn from this that any change, even by one letter is condemnatory and derogatory [...] As the verse commands: "You must not do likewise to God, your LORD" (Deu. 12, 4). Thus far from the aforementioned book.
"In that day, says God, I will remove sages from Edom and wisdom from the mount of Esau" (Oba. 1, 8).
F. The Salaried Yosef Kapach – Cokenik or Cuckoonik?
It is known that Kapach the salaried rabbinic judge studied at the "Merkaz HaRav" Yeshiva, and perhaps this is the reason for his forgiving attitude toward the Kookers, and he even formulated explicit words of admiration for the chief cook, and this is his language in his introduction to the Guide (p. 19): "And how concise and pointed are the words of our master, the great Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook, Zecher Tzadik L'bracha" etc, and even enlarged upon his praises for his student, the successor of the Cuckoo's path, the Nazirite actor who has sinned against his soul (for torturing it for no reason), and so Kapach extols and elevates the cardinal "Ha-Nazir" in admiration (Writings I, p. 84):
"In the years 5706–5709 [=1945–1948], I was among the regular students of the genius, our honored teacher and Rabbi, my Rabbi, Nazarite of elokim ZZ"L in Jewish thought within the framework of the holy Yeshiva 'Merkaz HaRav' [...] these were for us students times of spiritual elevation and uplifting of the soul [what flattery for magic advocate heretics] because the Nazarite Rabbi knew how to raise his students along with him above this world, above its emotions and feelings, in his exalted ideas, in his pointed expressions, in his flowing words, in his overflowing springs, and in his soft and refined voice, a voice of thin silence".
Wow... what false flattery for the accursed heretics misleading the nation after vanity in one paragraph! And he praised and glorified the heretical Nazarite with a praise that the exalted God is praised with (Kings I 19, 12): "A voice of thin silence"! It is interesting what his grandfather, Mari (=my teacher) Yihyah Kapach would say about these words of praise for the idol-worshipers... And I wouldn't be surprised if he slapped him across the face and rebuked him harshly, and one more slap Kapach would receive for not publishing his grandfather's book "Wars of God" and this will be remembered for him as everlasting disgrace, not only for stifling the way of truth and straying from it, but also for his ugly ingratitude toward his grandfather who raised, nurtured and elevated him.
"And you threw the truth to the ground" (Dan. 8,12).
"And why did you not listen to the voice of God? And you rushed to the plunder and did what was evil in the eyes of God" (Sam. I 15, 19).
G. The Cuckoo's deception
Alongside the crowning of the Cuckoo as "master and genius", the salaried Kapach later quoted in his introduction to the Guide the words of the Cuckoo that were published in the newspaper 'HaAretz' in the year 5695 (=1935), and so the words of the Cuckoo from that newspaper (p. 19):
"Our Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon is alive and exists; he lived his wonderful and holy life in his time, and he lived a life of truth, an eternal life in his unified soul in the heavenly treasures, and he lived with his nation and with all the pure-hearted and pure-spirited through his lofty creations that illuminate the darkness of the generations forever. [...] This is the Rambam and this is his wonderful strength, his strength to his God, whom he loved and whom he knew and whom he served truly with all his heart, with all his soul and with all his might. And from the strength of this pure and perfect love emerged all the great and wonderful things, which illuminated by them our darkness through his tremendous personality and his literature that stands as an eternity miracle" (the emphases are Kapach's).
These words of praise mislead us away from the way of truth, and Kapach made a grave mistake when he copied and referred to them, because one cannot prove the way of truth through deceptive, misleading and fraudulent ways, and in other words, one cannot prove our Rabbi's greatness through the words of an idol-worshipper whose flattery and deceptiveness are the song of his life. In these words Kapach caused immense damage to the way of truth, not only because the Rambam doesn't need such praise at all, but primarily because, in these words, the salaried Kapach collaborated with falsehood and deception, as if the impure Cuckoo knew and recognized our Rabbi's pure ways. Meaning, in this way Kapach practically koshered the pagan fantasies of the drugged Cuckoo, as if he were a Chassid of the way of truth and of our pure Rabbi... and the simple truth is that the distortions of the drug addict in thoughts, perspectives and opinions cannot coexist with the way of truth and the teachings of the Rambam— in the sense that they do not come closer to each other all night.
And the drugged Cuckoo was certainly either a fool and/or a fraud, for how could one conceive that someone who sees the Kabbalah as a Torah from Heaven could know and appreciate our Rabbi's teachings? Can someone who accepts the pagan magical delusions presented in the book of Darkness (=Zohar) truly know the exalted God? Can someone who's koshering the belief in anthropomorphism understand the Mitzva of unification of God? Can someone who abrogate and decries the honor of his ownership, namely, the power of human thought can present himself as an ardent Chassid of the Rambam?!
Therefore, it seems clear to me that he was also a wicked fool and also a fraud, flattering and slippery who specialized in the rhyming of hollow flowery phrases, for it is clear that he read the words of our Rabbi and understood nothing from them, only deluded that he understood by his "strong being of its existence" imagination, and even the little that he did understand he distorted. In his cunning way, the Cuckoo misled many from the way of truth; I mean, he soiled himself to his very top with the filth of the pagan Kabbalah, and in order to kosher his heretical filth he occasionally elevated the Rambam – since whoever hears his words here and there in praise of the Rambam may mistakenly believe that he is a person who has deeply engaged in the way of truth! Also, the Cuckoo wished to implant the delusion that our Rabbi the Rambam does not oppose to the pagan Kabbalah and generally to his filthy ways, for if he occasionally exalts him – it implies that the Rambam would give him and his delusions a certificate of Kashrut...
"And they deceive My nation with their lies and their recklessness [...] and they will absolutely not benefit this nation, declares God" (Jer. 23, 32).
I was asked in the past about the letter of the Cuckoo regarding The Guide for the Perplexed, in which he defends the book and praises our Rabbi's war against heresy and anthropomorphism, meaning does this not prove the Kashrut of the Cuckoo?
Well, I replied that there is no doubt that this is a deception. If the Cuckoo had one or two lapses, oh well, there would be room to judge him on a scale of merit, but after we discovered tens of instances of heresy, anthropomorphism, foolishness and idolatry in his writings, and after knowing well that he was a self-wise Kabbalist and mystic who pursued fantasies, magic and idolatry with all his might – how can we judge him on a scale of merit?
Rather, we must be suspicious of his words and treat them just as the praises given to the Rambam among Chabad Hasidism. And just as it would be inconceivable for the praises of the Chabad Hasidism to cleanse them of the taint of heresy which is their portion, so too will one letter from the evil Cuckoo not cleanse him of all the evilness and magic that he cultivated in his many writings, which are laden with fantasies and illusions – even more so since explicit statements opposing his praises of our Rabbi were found in the Cuckoo's writings regarding anthropomorphism.
And the prophet Jeremiah, peace upon him, already described such duplicity: "There is none like You LORD, You are great and Your name is great in power. Who would not fear You King of the nations because to You it is fitting, because among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms there is none like You. And in one thing they go astray ignorantly and foolishly – futile ethics, wood he is" (10, 7–8). And obviously whoever worships foreign gods and praises and glorifies the Creator of the Universe cannot have their evil and loathsome deeds ignored, and their judgment is stoning, like all foreign-worshipers. And the majority of the Israeli nation in ancient times worshipped their abominations and also to the LORD God of truth, and this did not lessen their severe punishment, and Samaria and Judah were exiled from their place, and the Temple was destroyed with horrifying suffering.
In addition, this is the way of the villains, to obscure their evilness and heresy, and here are words I wrote about Rashi, evil's name decay, which are precisely applicable also to the words of the Cuckoo and Mandel the tembel, and many other heretics:
After analyzing hundreds of Rashi's interpretations, evil's name decay, the conclusion is that Rashi and his heretic associates occasionally deceive and I will explain: They instill heaps of heretical views and incitements, and they understand well that after having deeply implanted them, their minimal and negligible obscuration with words of truth, will not in any way undermine the heretical views that were implanted— the complete opposite! Instilling a spark of truth into a jumble of filthy heretical views aids in embedding them in hearts! For that spark of mumbled and twisted truth will serve the fools and self-wise individuals as a "Kosher certification" which they will wave before the people of truth and "prove" to them that behold, Rashi, their defiled idol was one of those who distanced anthropomorphism! Eventually, that spark of truth facilitates the accursed Rashi in embedding falsehood within the nation of the LORD of armies.
Therefore, wherever you find heretical statements alongside words of truth, know that orthodox heretics wrote them. Our Rabbi has already warned us about the "words of truth" found in the words of heretics, and his words in his interpretation of tractate Avot (1, 6) are as follows: "And so, if he is an evil person and his actions are well-known, and we see that he has done an act that from all aspects seems good, and there is a very distant possibility for evil [meaning, even if 99 aspects indicate that his intention is good and only one aspect indicates that his intention is evil], we must be wary of him and not believe good about him, since there is a possibility for evil, as said: 'Though his voice be ingratiating, do not trust to it, for there are seven abominations in his heart' [Pro. 26, 25]".
And the Sages Z"L and our Rabbi further warned us on this matter, as you can see from their ruling in Halachot of Foreign-Worship (2, 8–9):
"An Israeli who worships foreign gods is like a gentile in every aspect [...] and also the heretics from Israel are not an Israeli in any matter, and we shall never accept them in repentance [even if they plead and cry to the heavens], as it says: 'All who come to her will not return, and will not attain the paths of life' [Pro. 2, 19] [...] and it is forbidden to speak with them or to respond to them at all, as said: 'Do not come near the doorway of her house' [Pro. 5, 8], and the thought of a heretic – towards foreign-worship".
Which means, that even when the heretic deceives by claiming his thoughts are for heaven, his thoughts deviate after the filth of his heresy.
In conclusion, the way of the heretics is the most despicable way of impurity: the way of the pig. The pig has become a symbol of impurity and disgust, even though it has a sign of purity, because it appears outwardly pure. That is to say, from the fact that the pig has specifically become a symbol of disgust and revulsion, we learn that the greatest impurity and the most evil and dangerous heretics are those that show off their split hooves: "We are pure". Because in doing so, they mislead and ensnare many in the net of death and heresy. However, a further and true examination reveals that these are dangerous deceptions, intended solely to instill dark heretical views.
H. The Evilness of Zvi Yehuda
In the article "The Rambam and the Ramban – Long Live the Small Difference (Part 2)", I discussed, among other things, the Ramban's belief in demons, where I cited Aviner in his book "A Candle in a Dark Night" (pp. 321–322). He identified Rambam's war against foreign-worship, but for some reason at the end of his words, he explains the opinion of our Rabbi the Rambam, using the view of his impure Rabbi – Zvi Yehuda the Cuckoo (the son of the despicable cook), who with this view strayed far from the ways of righteousness, because he deliberately ignored our Rabbi's explicit words and even insinuated that the Rambam's words and heart are not the same, and these are Aviner's words, followed by the words of his Rabbi:
"The Rambam opines that all mystical phenomena that the Torah forbids, such as sorcery and the like, are not only a violation of the Torah [=why does he say 'violation of the Torah' and not 'foreign-worship'? And it's a pity he obscured the truth and preferred to spare the honor of his forefathers] but also vanity [=this is also a mild term, as our Rabbi said 'lies and falsehood' and more very harsh expressions, and again he refrained from speaking pure truth] [...] The Ramban and most sages of Israel [?] such as the Raavad, the Rokeach, the Rashba, the Ritva and others, disagree with the Rambam on this matter and believe there is substance to these phenomena [=and they are all members of the 'fools and mindless' club]. [...] Our Rabbi Zvi Yehuda explained: 'The Rambam […] felt personally responsible […] for all of Israel […] As an educator, it was clear to him […] that it was obligatory to omit them […] The Rambam did not mention demons and the evil eye, not because he denied their existence but because he was cautious and refrained from publicizing them among all of Israel'".
That is to say, according to Kook, the Rambam lied and deceived! He actually did believe in all matters of magic, but he lied about not believing in them so that they wouldn't be publicized among all of Israel! And if they are indeed true, why shouldn't they be publicized? Moreover, according to the Cuckoo, the Rambam was the lowest of liars, for our Rabbi attacked magic very severely, and if he lied about this as the Cuckoo's words, nothing should be learned from him. "How can you say 'we are wise, and the Torah of the LORD is with us'? Indeed, for lies has the pen labored, lies of the scribes" (Jer. 8, 8).
And the overwhelming majority of the toilet's Gedolim have strayed from the truth also on this important matter; worse than them are the malevolent shadow casters like the donkey of Kook, who distort the straightforward words of our Rabbi with their strange claims that our Rabbi also believed in the falsehoods of mysticism and witchcraft... And this is for that their disgrace and the disgrace of their heretical forefather, who sank into the filth of heresy and falsehood would not be exposed. And if the Ashkenazi sages-counselors admitted the truth, they would be forced to admit that they are not fit to lead and guide the religion of Moshe, and they would no longer be able to deceive the people of Israel and propagate the belief that it is a Mitzvah to profit from the honor of the Torah, and the path to deriving illicit gains and material benefits from the religion would be blocked to them.
Also, let's pay attention to the deception in the words of the donkey Yehuda Kook, who, as mentioned, attributes foolishness and foreign-worship to our Rabbi the Rambam, and note that he does this ostensibly out of respect for our Rabbi: "The Rambam felt personally responsible for all of Israel [...] It was understood to him, as an educator", etc. In other words, to him, our Rabbi is a "responsible" personality, yes! This is "responsibility" in his eyes –to lie and deceive the nation of Israel, so that the truth does not come to light! And this heretic has been praised, glorified and exalted by Kapach the salaried with divine praise of "a voice of thin silence"!
Furthermore, the ending of the Cuckoo's words: "The Rambam did not mention demons and the evil eye" is a lie and falsehood, and was he really so ignoramus that he was unaware of our Rambam's writings? It is difficult to assume that he was completely ignorant. Rather, it is more likely that he was a heretic who was aware of our Rambam's writings on the matters of demons and the evil eye, but he distorted and falsified the way of truth, as is the way of the Ashkenazi sages-counselors throughout the generations. And according to our teacher see: "Demons – The Domain of Mentals and Sinners (Part A, Part B)", "Good and Evil Eye in Rambam's Teachings (Part A, Part B)".
Incidentally, our Rabbi sharply attacked his defamers, who dared to say that he "did not mean" the things he wrote clearly and explicitly again and again, or in other words, that his words and heart are not the same and that he was essentially an orthodox fool. Here is an excerpt from the article "The Belief in the Resurrection of the Dead (Part A)":
However, there were quite a few who explicitly claimed that the Rambam denies the resurrection of the dead or said so in ambiguous language, imitating the European style: "He believes it is not to be taken literally", but in fact the meaning of both claims is identical: according to them, the Rambam did not truly believed in the resurrection of the dead, and his words in Mishneh Torah and the interpretation of the Mishnah, and even his words in "Treatise of Resurrection" do not reflect his true opinion. The first slanderer was the frantic from Posquières (=the Raavad), and on him, our Rabbi says there (p. 82): "But what he mentioned [...] is clearly false and certainly defamatory on the part of the one who said it".
Epilogue
There was an Orthodox Dardai who turned his back on me, and he criticized me at length about this article, from various angles, from all his criticism I will relate to only one paragraph, and these are his words:
"Regarding my teacher [meaning the salaried Kapach], I do not believe he was perfect, and even Moshe sinned, but we absorb from him and from what he left us, and therefore we should not spit into the well. Of course, we shouldn't sanctify every single action either, but the way is to learn what is good, and for what you believe is not good, to give focused, factual criticism without colorful additions [meaning, without the cursing and reviling of Kapach as demanded in the Halacha]".
Response: Is there any comparison between Moshe Rabenu the choicest of humanity, the master of the prophets, who is called "prophet" only by a shared name, and Kapach the hired rabbinic judge who acknowledged foreign-worship? I have dedicated comprehensive articles to Kapach's serious crimes, as he is categorized as cursed for accepting bribes and desecrating the Name of Heaven, blaspheming and reviling the honored and great Name, and even led many astray after vanity and heresy.
Moreover, it is a great Mitzvah to severely attack Kapach, because he is an obstacle to our nation's return to the way of truth, it's as if opinions froze with this man, and anything he didn't say is inherently incorrect, and anything he did say is necessarily correct. And the proof that Kapach is an obstacle to the way of truth is that many have attacked me for being wrong due to the very fact that Kapach did not follow my path, and that is the proof that I am wrong! Therefore, it is greatly needed to reveal that Kapach erred on many issues including the foundations of the Torah, and to uproot the will to turn him into a pagan Gadol like the so-called Gedolim of Ashkenaz. And as demonstrated by the critic mentioned, who dared to compare the accursed Kapach to our Rabbi Moshe peace upon him!
And take an example from the Cuckoo: Many FOOLS among the Orthodox Dardaim bring a fact from that Kapach praised the Cuckoo to prove that the Cuckoo was a man of truth and that all his views were straight, faithful and true! In other words, Kapach perpetuated falsehood, anthropomorphism and idolatry through his praises and flattery to the Cuckoo! And in the past I argued about this with a foolish old Yemeni, who did not allow us to study the Guide and interrupted every moment and "reproved" me for how great the Cuckoo was, using Kapach's praises as proof!
Therefore, it is a great Mitzvah to attack Kapach for all his crimes and deeds, as well as for praising the Cuckoo and other heretics (such as the Karaite Karo, whom he used to call 'our master'), because with these praises he blocked the gate to the way of truth! Because not a few think that Kapach was an angel on earth like the Gedolim of the toilet...
And as mentioned, Kapach erred in committing a grave desecration of God's name by taking payment for ruling rabbinical laws, and for this alone he deserves the harshest condemnations day by day, and I have already expanded on these matters in the article: "Taking Payment for Ruling of Rabbinical Laws", and let us not forget that Kapach even acknowledged foreign-worship and led many astray after vanity.
And regarding the matter itself, not for nothing I said what I said about Kapach, because there is nothing more severe than betraying the way, and there is nothing worse than your own flesh and blood turning their back on your way, as this is the most severe and profound backstabbing, and in Kapach's acknowledgment of the foreign-worship of the Book of Darkness, he betrayed the way of truth that his grandfather passed down to him, and by avoiding the edit of his book "Wars of God" he also acted with ingratitude toward him – and let us not forget that Kapach's father died young, and it was his elderly grandfather who raised, educated, and nurtured him.
And how do you, N. Saliman think his grandfather would have reacted to these two betrayals? Is there any deeper sorrow and heartache than your son-grandson whom you nurtured and multiplied denying your work and refusing to publish it as it deserves? And even hinting to his students that it was a pity the book "Wars of God" was ever written? Since according to Arusi, Kapach blamed his grandfather's students for the fact that his grandfather wrote the book, meaning, according to Kapach the book should never have been written! And because of it, his grandfather was prevented from being like the "The Famous in Judah" (and what praise there is in it?), and I have already explained elsewhere that these are foolish words stemming from severe blindness to the light of truth (see: 'Little Foxes, Ravagers of Vineyards'). "And now they see no light, it is bright in the skies" (Job 37, 21).
"For on every high hill and under every verdant tree you wander whoring. And I planted you a noble vine, wholly a seed of truth; and how then have you turned into a degenerated foreign vine to me? Because even if you wash yourself with lye and use much soap, your iniquity is still a stain before me, declares God, the LORD. How can you say: 'I have not defiled myself by following the Baals [false gods]'? Look at your conduct in the valley, recognize what you have done – a young she-camel obscuring her tracks […] In despair, 'No', you say, 'For I have loved foreigners, and after them I will go'. As a thief is disgraced when caught, so is the house of Israel disgraced –since their kings, their ministers and their priests, and their prophets. They say to a tree: 'You are my father', and to a stone: 'You gave birth to me', for they have turned their backs to me, not their faces, yet in their time of crisis, they will say, 'Arise and save us'. But where are your gods that you made for yourselves? Let them arise, if they can save you in your time of crisis, for as many as your cities are your gods, Judah".