tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post7059595826439660213..comments2024-03-05T21:22:43.426-05:00Comments on parshablog: How to get rid of Gaddafijoshwaxmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516171362038454070noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-66454389273985321722011-08-22T14:41:19.904-04:002011-08-22T14:41:19.904-04:00right, as i anticipated. the rejoinder is left as ...right, as i anticipated. the rejoinder is left as an exercise to the reader.<br /><br />:)joshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-63058763195764184072011-08-22T13:47:35.967-04:002011-08-22T13:47:35.967-04:00Hashem conducts the world through natural means, b...Hashem conducts the world through natural means, but intervenes when necessary.<br />Through nature, Qaddaffi should have been killed. The amulet, according to Rav Pinto, protected him. Obviously, Hashem's will was that he not get killed and that the amulet be effective.yaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08179304707239865515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-21818851542481525302011-08-22T13:38:29.698-04:002011-08-22T13:38:29.698-04:00If it was not, then the same sequence of actual ev...If it was not, then the same sequence of actual events on the that saved him from Reagan's forces could have taken place, and WOULD have taken place, without the amulet. It would not be מעלה nor מוריד.<br /><br />(Yes, I can predict that you will answer something along the lines of that it was Hashem's will that he have the amulet, which in turn led to the practical workings of "luck".)joshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-6873702995500233392011-08-22T13:06:50.423-04:002011-08-22T13:06:50.423-04:00No. Nor do I find it controdictory. Who says it ...No. Nor do I find it controdictory. Who says it was Hashem's will for Qaddaffi to be killed by Reagan?yaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08179304707239865515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-71098012513662259752011-08-22T12:47:11.591-04:002011-08-22T12:47:11.591-04:00if you agree with the general idea of the second t...if you agree with the general idea of the second to last paragraph, do you then disagree with the sentiment expressed in <i>"The rabbi's students now say that it is this potion that Rav Pinto sent him which saved Qaddaffi from President Reagan's attack on his compound in 1986."</i>?joshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-48768372876691955362011-08-22T12:36:48.177-04:002011-08-22T12:36:48.177-04:00Of course I agree with the general idea of the sec...Of course I agree with the general idea of the second-to-last paragraph of this post. This is why Hashem turned Bilam's curses into blessings. And why balak's kesem was ineffective.<br /><br />It's funny how you and fellow bloggers seem to call amulets and segulas "magic", "magical", "superstition", etc., which they clearly aren't to those who know what they are. ח"ו to call them by those names.yaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08179304707239865515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-28593427281340670352011-08-22T06:17:38.191-04:002011-08-22T06:17:38.191-04:00i recall both.
but given their adaptation of secu...i recall both.<br /><br />but given their adaptation of secular songs, i suspect the original original lyrics were that of a secular song. something like:<br /><br /><i> Charlotte is her name,<br /><b>Heartbreak</b> is her game.<br />She looks so innocent,<br />She deadly just the same.<br />If I had my way,<br />I'd kiss her it all the way...</i><br /><br />or something of that nature. I don't know what the next line would be, but my guess is that it would be<br />"and something something Charlotte,<br />She'd be gone in a day."<br /><br />It is understandable, given the context of Arab wars against Israel.joshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-33573724765438671262011-08-22T00:11:19.024-04:002011-08-22T00:11:19.024-04:00Actually, the original lyrics were "if we dro...Actually, the original lyrics were "if we dropped it on the Arabs they'd be gone in a day". I wonder what's worse.Zachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15744101365713589146noreply@blogger.com