To Each His Own Kippur: The Protest of the Synagogue
of Rome
Rabbi Di Segni, the chief rabbi of Rome, accuses the Vatican of wanting to impose the
cross of Jesus on the Jews as well, in the place of Yom Kippur. He is
denouncing the rupture of dialogue and bringing into question his presence in Assisi. The
clarifications of Cardinal Koch. The thought of Ratzinger.
by Sandro Magister
(MICHAEL HOFFMAN’S AFTERWORD FOLLOWS
THIS REPORT)
ROME,
August 5, 2011 – The controversy has gone mostly unnoticed, but has brought
into grave doubt the presence of the Jews at the "Day of reflection,
dialogue, and prayer for peace and justice in the world" convened by
Benedict XVI for next October 27 in Assisi. The spark was an article by
Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the pontifical council for Christian unity, in
L'Osservatore Romano on July 7, illustrating the meaning of the Day.
Di Segni
had explained the meaning of this feast before, on the front page of L'Osservatore
Romano on October 8, 2008. And he had emphasized back then that Yom Kippur
manifests the "irreconcilable differences between the two worlds,"
the world of the Jews and that of the Christians, because "a Christian, on
the basis of his faith, no longer needs Kippur, just as a Jew who has Kippur
does not need the salvation from sin proposed by the Christian faith...Di Segni
adds – the Christian "must not
propose to the Jew his own beliefs and interpretations as indications of the
'decisive way', because this truly threatens to reintroduce the theology of
substitution, and the
Cross becomes an obstacle."
And he
continues: "One's
own difference cannot be proposed to the other as the model to follow. This
crosses a boundary in Jewish-Christian relations that can be blurred, but must
remain unviolated. At the least it is not a way of dialogue that could be of
interest to the Jews."
Beside the
reply from Rabbi Di Segni, the July 29 issue of "L'Osservatore
Romano" also published Cardinal
Koch's counterreply: "We
absolutely maintain that the Jews should look at the cross as we Christians do,
in order to set out on the road to Assisi
together. [...] So the intention is not
to replace the Jewish Yom Kippur with the cross of Christ, even if Christians see in the
cross 'the permanent and universal Yom Kippur.' It is here that the fundamental
and very delicate point of Jewish-Christian dialogue is touched upon, or the
question of how to reconcile the conviction, binding for Christians as well,
that God's covenant with the people of
Israel has permanent validity with the Christian faith in universal redemption in Jesus Christ, in
such a way that, on the one side, the
Jews should not get the impression that their religion is seen by Christians as
obsolete, and on the
other that Christians should not renounce any aspect of their faith. Without a
doubt, this fundamental question will continue to occupy Jewish-Christian
dialogue for a long time to come."
Koch was
called personally by Benedict XVI to head the pontifical council for Christian
unity, and to deal with the dialogue with Judaism in particular. And he is one
of the cardinals of the curia most in harmony with the pope's vision.
To
understand this, it is enough to open the second volume of the book "Jesus
of Nazareth" to the fourth chapter, where Benedict XVI analyzes the
"priestly prayer" of Jesus on the eve of his passion, which occupies
chapter 17 of the Gospel of John.
"This prayer," the
pope writes, "is understandable only against the background of the liturgy
of the Jewish feast of expiation, Yom Kippur. The ritual of the feast with its
rich theological content is realized in the prayer of Jesus, realized in the literal
sense: the rite is
translated into the reality that it signifies. [...] The prayer of Jesus
manifests him as the high priest of the great day of expiation. His cross and
his being lifted up constitute the day of expiation of the world, on which the
entire history of the world, against all human sin and destruction, finds its
meaning. [...] The priestly prayer of Jesus [...] is so to speak the always
accessible feast of the reconciliation of God with men."
It is no
coincidence that the prophet Jonah, the prophet who is read on the Jewish feast
of Kippur, appears at the center of the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel, between
the creation of the world and the last judgment.
In a
mysterious remark, Jesus attributed to himself the "sign of Jonah" (Luke
11:29-32). And indeed, he added: "There is something greater than Jonah
here."
That sign
of contradiction which Jesus was for the Jews of his time still remains between
Christians and Jews, and is manifested in Yom Kippur.
The Jews
will celebrate the feast of expiation on October 10, a few days before the Day
in Assisi. (End
quote from Sandro Magister; emphasis supplied).
Judaism’s Yom Kippur is Talmudic, not Biblical
by Michael Hoffman
In the report on the Vatican
by Sandro Magister, we see the usual theological and Scriptural confusion sown
by the modern Vatican,
illustrative of the perils of the ecumenical mission itself.
The Yom Kippur of Talmudic-Pharisaic Judaism has no basis
in the Bible. This is admitted by the Mishnah and by the Rambam (Rabbi Moses
Maimonides). Yom Kippur as practiced by Judaism today is derived from the
Talmud, not Scripture. It is a parody of rites prescribed in the Old Testament.
In this parody one discovers a rabbi-concocted ritual
deceit known as Kol Nidrei (also spelled Nidre). It is because of
the nature of the Kol Nidrei rite that the synagogue is jammed with
Judaic persons during Yom Kippur: Kol Nidrei pledges the nullification
of all contracts, vows and promises which will be made in the coming year.
The Talmudic law concerning the Kol Nidrei rite is
as follows: “And he who desires that none of his vows made during the year
shall be valid, let him stand at the beginning of the year and declare, ‘Every
vow which I make in the future shall be null.”
The reader will note that the Talmud declares that the
action nullifying vows is to be taken at the beginning of the year
and with regard to promises made in the future. This distinction
is critical since it contradicts what the American corporate media claim about
Yom Kippur -- that it is a humble, penitential rite consisting of begging
forgiveness for promises broken in the past, rather than what it is, a
nullification made in advance for vows and oaths yet to be made (and
deliberately broken with impunity). This “advance stipulation” is called bitul
tenai and is the basis for a Judaic being absolved in advance of
breaking promises that he will make in the future, or to use the rabbinic
lawyer’s jargon: “declaration of intent for the anticipatory invalidation of
future vows.”
The Vatican
is aware of this, but Pope Benedict and his cardinals conspire in the pretense
that Judaism’s Yom Kippur is of Biblical Israel. It is one thing to promote a
lie out of ignorance; and quite a higher magnitude of transgression to promote
it knowing that it is a lie.
In addition to Kol Nidrei, another notable factor that
distinguishes the Talmudic Yom Kippur practiced by 21st century Judaism from
the Yom Kippur of the Bible is the rabbinic-voodoo kaparot rite, which
involves swinging a chicken over one’s head and transferring one’s sins to the
chicken.
Observe as Pope Benedict XVI implicates Our Lord in these
pagan Judaic abominations: “...the liturgy of the Jewish feast of expiation,
Yom Kippur. The ritual of the feast with its rich theological content is
realized in the prayer of Jesus...”
If the
pope is referring to a feast derived from the Old Testament he should say so
and clearly distinguish it from the contemporary rite which is a blasphemous
parody. He fails to make the distinction, as does Cardinal Koch, who adds the
outrageous statement: “the intention is not to replace the Jewish Yom Kippur
with the cross of Christ...”
Why
not? Is it not an
act of hate to withhold the liberation represented by the Cross and abandon
Judaics to the malignant and empty ceremonies of Kol Nidrei and
Kaparot, which comprise the Talmudic Yom Kippur? Is the Vatican a
partner with the rabbis in sending Judaic souls to hell?
The
cardinal also states: “...the Jews should not get the impression that their
religion is seen by Christians as obsolete...”
If the
religion of the ancient Pharisees institutionalized as Orthodox Judaism is not
obsolete, then why did Jesus bother to incarnate on earth? Did He do so
exclsuively for the benefit of the gentiles and not the Jews? Impossible! -
Matthew 15:24.
Cardinal
Koch says, “God's covenant with the people of Israel has permanent validity...”
This is an
allusion to racial Israel.
The cardinal’s claim can only be made by misinterpreting a few lines in Romans
11 and ignoring the declaration of Jesus Christ in John 8:39-40 and of St. John
the Baptist in Matthew 3: 9-10, as well as the whole testimony of the early church.
Moreover,
if a Judaic is going to stake his hope of eternal salvation on his racial
status, with encouragement from the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity, he
had better be certain that he is indeed a direct descendant of Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob. How exactly this is genetically determined is a mystery. We find a
warning about the claim to being a Jew in the Biblical definition of who it is
that constitutes the Synagogue of Satan: "those who say they are Jews and
are not” (Rev. 3:9).
Rabbi Di
Segni is not mealy-mouthed like the pope and his cardinals. He candidly states:
“the Christian must not propose to the Jew his own beliefs and interpretations
as indications of the 'decisive way,' because this truly threatens to
reintroduce the theology of substitution...”
The Vatican doesn’t
issue any “must nots” to the rabbi, but the rabbi issues them to the Church. He
is telling the Roman Catholic hierarchy that if they want his prestigious
presence at the October 27 Assisi
jamboree, they had better not preach the Gospel to the Judaic people.
Specifically, they must not preach Christ as the “decisive way,” or revive the
ancient Christian replacement theology (“theology of substitution”) which holds
that Jews are no longer in covenant with God through racial status, but only
through saving faith in Jesus Christ. We are indebted to the rabbi for
demonstrating the betrayal of the Gospel upon which modern papal ecumenicism is
based.
Michael
Hoffman is at work on the second edition of his book, Judaism Discovered.
Donations in support of its publication are gratefully accepted.
For further research
Revisionist
History Newsletter
no. 47: "The New Catholic 'Shoah' Theology: Alibi for the Revolutionary
Overthrow of the Gospel of Jesus Christ," by Michael Hoffman
"Spiritual
Israel
or Carnal Israel" - 83 minute discussion with Michael Hoffman on audio CD
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