Two soldiers were killed yesterday in infantry combat near the northern border, z"l. Dozens have been injured, including six today. Those who were killed belonged to Sayeret Maglan, an elite unit. The combat is going well on the whole, but every human life is precious to the State of Israel, so it's hard to see the successes through the pain of loss. But in order to win, more lives will be lost, both civilian and military. In case it's not clear to any of my readerst that I hate the left wing here's another logical statement that your typical socialist idiot would disagree with: There are no reasons that could stand up to clear logic that would lead any rational person to believe that Israel doesn't have the right to operate freely in Lebanon until the Hizbollah threat is eliminated.

On an different note, I realized half a year ago that people who haven't studied Judaism are so ignorant about it that any information they get from weird, non-authentic sources is falsely understood as true or at least plausible. And I am not just talking about non-Jews, I am talking about JEWS. Yes, my very own people are about as knowledgable about all things Jewish as a Holywood movie. This is insane. Study Torah people, from someone who actually knows Torah. Not from a Reform "rabbi" who got his "ordination" from the "Hebrew Union College of Judaism." And not from a Conservative "rabbi" who got studied "Jewish subjects" at some pathetically compromised institution like the "Jewish Theological Seminary." These people are not real rabbis and they didn't learn Torah in an authentic manner and, most importantly, they never learned real Jewish philosophy, which is reserved only for those who have a real, in-depth Torah background of twenty years. It has always been like this and the present is no different. There is a tremendous amount of complex knowledge that needs to be mastered before one learns Kabbalah, and there are no people in this world who know real Kabbalah aside from the Orthodox. Without Kabbalistic knowledge and awareness a rabbi is simply incapable of teaching.

The variants on Judaism we see today are deviations from the real thing. The real thing was founded 3,300 years ago and has been developing and clarifying its philosophy and laws ever since. But never, not until very recently, have we ever had a situation where new streams are created that distort and alter the Torah in order to simplify Jewish observance and make Jewish philosophy more palatable to a secularly trained mind. Jews always used to assimilate. Great, so go ahead and assimilate. But don't pretend like you're not assimilating by mainting half-hearted, watered down "Jewish" streams. All you're doing is delaying the inevitable assimilation of your children. Once removed from true Torah, a Jew is cut off from his spiritual source. He will eventually become a lost and unsatisfied Jew. Then, he will stop being a Jew.

For these reason, I have found that totally secular, unaffiliated Jews actually have more potential to do tshuva and start to build themselves up as real Jews. The ones who have been brainwashed by Reform and Conservative movement philosophy are goners! No wonder the Torah community in Israel is opposed to the spreading of these movements here. A secular person at least has a chance to become a complete Jew, and an every growing number do every year. The ones that are sucked into liberal, fake versions of the real thing are taught to hate the true teaching and the true way of Torah.