The coffee table that Joseph Gluck threw at the attacker during the #MonseyStabbing, at Rabbi Rothenberg’s Chanuka celebration last year, was transformed into a #Menorah stand replicating a #Dreidel, with the hebrew inscription “A Big Miracle Happened Here”.
נס גדול היה פה pic.twitter.com/GV0Ukq3PSB
— Rabbi Yisroel Kahan ?? (@ykahan) December 11, 2020
Last year an assailant entered Rabbi Rotenberg’s house and began stabbing people, many were hospitalized, sadly Rabbi Joseph Neumann died. Joseph Gluck threw the table at the attacker, saving many lives.
Prominently displayed in the Synagogue it reminds us of G-d’s MIRACLE? pic.twitter.com/sibIBNilMz
— Rabbi Yisroel Kahan ?? (@ykahan) December 14, 2020
That is badass.
Remember, the Hanukkah we celebrate today is a watered down, whitewashed, kid-friendly, Disney version of the holiday.
The real miracle of Hanukkah is that a small group of Jewish insurrectionists defeated the much larger, professional, Helenistic army controlling the region.
It really is a story about Jews kicking the asses of people trying to oppress us.
This is far more in the tradition of the real spirit of Hanukkah than anything else i can think of.
A coffee table as the hammer of the Maccabees — I like it.
Why is God hyphenated like an expletive is being censored?
Matt: If I am correct, observant Jews believe that the Name of The Lord is sacred, and take measures to avoid even the appearance of employing His Name casually, or disrespectfully.
Of course, I welcome correction from folks who have, ya know, actual *knowledge* on this matter
You are correct. The word in Hebrew is pronounced Adoni (ah-do-noy) but it’s spelled “. Literally two unpronouncable vowel markers.
Thanks guys. That was my suspicion but I had never actually seen that before.