31 December, 2023 08:55

[10/23, 07:43] Daniel: **** frequent and periodic reminder, that if one reads all 5 Books of the Torah (and Yehoshua) and Judges (and) the Book of Shmuel (and) all of the Prophets (and) all of the Writings… the number of times that a persons skin color is mentioned is probably, in ALL of Tenach less than 10 times

Seriously.

No wars in all of the Tenach were do to skin color differences. No one was enslaved due to their skin color

All our battles with all the nations in Canaan had zero to do with "race"

The Torah is extremely clear that everything is based on beliefs / actions

(In other words, content of ones character to quote the Preacher, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, who was quoting OUR Scriptures)

!!!

Please keep this in mind at all times

[10/23, 07:43] Daniel: every single war mentioned — even the 5 kings vs the 4 kings has zero to do with skin color or "race". everyone in the Torahs view. everyone ever born or who will be born, is born in the image of God. everyone. including the worst of the worst. every single mass murder, genocide, shoah, was the same family. we all – all nearly 8 billion and those that came before and those that will come after are from 3 sibilings. if we forget this, we lose our humanity

[10/23, 07:48] Daniel: as soon as we, the Light Unto the Nations … starts to say that another group of humans are "animals" to work ourselves to kill them (and it is killed or be killed, and we are commanded to rise up and kill the person who wants to kill us). — as soon as say "they are animals" , we have lost our moral purpose in the world. yes, we must kill the murderers. yes we must protect our State. Yes, we must protect our families. but not at the cost of our souls — and they — as horrible as what they did is, and was — our holy torah says, they too are at the core root, made in the image of God. just as we are.

[10/23, 07:59] Daniel: yes — I am aware what the holy sefariim such as the Baal Hatanya says (and he only follows the traditions of quoting previous sources). the Tanya comes to bring sources to explain the nature and source of souls — ours and the nations, and it seems from my limited understanding that the Holy Baal haTanya would disagree with my conclusions. which is fine