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16 Menachem Av 5784 (19-20 August 2024)
The 16th of Av in 5645 saw the death of a great leader within the Jewish community of Great Britain— and indeed, all of Europe and the Mediterranean. This giant was not a rabbi or a sage but a financier, statesman, and philanthropist, who had spent the first half of his life doing his best to assimilate into the upper echelons of British society, and the remainder very deliberately reasserting his Judaism and doing all he could for global Jewish welfare. He died nine months into his hundredth year of life, having witnessed a full century of historical and social transformation at the height of the Industrial Revolution.
Moses Haim Montefiore was born in 5545 in Livorno, Tuscany to a large Sephardic merchant family with interests spread across Europe. He was named for his paternal grandfather, the patriarch who had relocated the family from Livorno to London forty years prior, and came into the world while his parents had returned to Tuscany on business for the family’s firm. Montefiore left school at a young age to begin work in another trading firm, and at the age of 18 became a trader in the London Stock Exchange. For the next thirty years he expanded his business and focused on attaining markers of social respectability, joining both the Freemasons and the local militia as Britain entered the Napoleonic Wars. Soon, through his own efforts and the good fortune of becoming brother-in-law and then stockbroker to Lord Rothschild, the British representative of the famous banking family, Montefiore’s fortune expanded exponentially. In addition to business, Montefiore devoted himself to the popular social reform campaigns of the era, including the promotion of charity hospitals and the abolition of slavery. In 1827, Montefiore and his wife went on a long voyage throughout the Mediterranean that included a visit to Jerusalem. The visit profoundly altered the course of Montefiore’s spiritual life. While he had always been proud of his Jewish heritage, Montefiore had been casual in his religious practice until his first experience of the holy city. While there, he committed himself to Shabbat and kashrut observance, and to attendance at the Torah readings in the synagogue on the second and fifth days of each week in addition to attendance at Shabbat services. He began traveling with a personal shochet and his own kashered dishes so that even when attending soirées and banquets with wealthy gentiles he would always have kosher food available. He also brought his own minyan of devoutly Jewish staff members and a personal Torah scroll so that his business travels would not interfere with his participation in religious services.
The newly devout business magnate then devoted his full energies, talents, and extensive connections to advocating for the welfare of the Jewish diaspora. He traveled to Morocco, Istanbul, Rome, Russia, and numerous other destinations specifically to use his considerable influence to combat antisemitic policies and pressure government to ensure Jewish subjects the same rights given to other citizens. Time and time again, Montefiore’s interventions were crucial. He also raised funds— and donated a significant proportion of his own wealth— to Jewish causes around the world, and especially for the welfare of the Jewish community in and around Jerusalem.
When his wife died, Montefiore had a replica of Rachel’s Tomb built as a mausoleum for her, and also established a yeshiva in her honor. He lived as a widower for another 23 years, still actively involved in a large number of charitable causes, before he was buried there beside her.
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¿Qué hay detrás de los ataques de EE.UU. y aliados en Yemen?
TERRORISMO LEGITIMADO E IMPUNIDAD
Tres países terroristas, invasores y sionistas (dos de ellos colonialistas), tienen al borde de una hecatombe mundial al planeta: Estados Unidos, Reino Unido e Israel. Los tres violan todas las normas de convivencia pacífica entre los pueblo. Los tres son controlados por judíos-sionistas, los mismo que asesinan bebés y niños. Pero, hablar de país es hablar de algo abstracto. Y, los criminales permanecen ocultos bajo ese manto de impunidad. Si decimos que esa gentuza violenta y terrorista tiene nombre propios, entonces lo entenderíamos mejor: las familias judío-sionistas o sionistas como los Rostchild, Rockefeller, Golmand Sack, PJ Morgan, Wartburg, Mosén Said Seif, Lazard, Grupo BLACROCK, Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, cineasta Steven Spielberg, Jeff Bezos, etc.
Sir Moses Haim Montefiore, conocido como Barón de Montefiore, judío británico declaró en 1840: “Perdéis el tiempo charlataneando: Mientras no se halle en nuestras manos la prensa y el [capital] del mundo entero, todo lo que hiciereis será infructífero”
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Más de 60 mil colonos huyen como ratas!!!!
Los colonos judíos son un pueblo maldito, son descendiente de los fariseos, los asesinos de Jesucristo. Están anclados en el periodo paleolítico. Son patriarcales, racistas, xenófobos y criminales. Los nazi-sionistas serán destruidos. Israel desaparecerá antes de mediados de siglo. El 96% de los medios están en manos judío-sionistas. En 1840 el judío británico Sir Moses Haim, Barón de Montefiore declaró: "Perdéis el tiempo charlataneando. Mientras no se halle en nuestras manos la prensa y [el capital] del mundo, todo lo que hiciereis será infructífero"
¡ISRAEL Y LOS JUDÍOS-NAZI-SIONISTAS DEBEN SER DESTRUIDOS! BOICOT A: NESTLÉ, COCA-COLA, STARBUCKS, ADIDAS, MACDONALD, FANTA, PEPSI COLA, PEPSICO, CARREFOUR, CITRÖEN, L'OREAL, COLGATE, BURGER KING, CNN, NEW YORK TIMES, FOX NEWS, THE ECONOMIC, BBC, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, GARNIER, ETC.
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