Sunday, 20 May 2012

Jews commanded to hide their numbers




Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.
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- 1 Chronicles 21:1



There are no Jews in this photo

"According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics there were 13,421,000 Jews worldwide in 2009"
In 1899 Mark Twain joked that after reading in the Encyclopaedia Britannica that there was 250,000 Jews in America, he was compelled to write to its editor, claiming he knew, personally, more than 250,000 American Jews. He suggested 250,000 was a misprint for 25,000,000.
Jews, it seems, have an uncanny ability to precisely estimate the numbers of their murdered brethren. But their honesty on the number of Jews still alive is no better.
It transpires that Jews are commanded to keep their real numbers hidden.
From the Babylonian Talmud: Yoma 22b (Soncino edition)
It is forbidden to count Israel even for [the purpose of fulfilling] a commandment ... Whosoever counts Israel, transgresses a [biblical] prohibition, as it is said: Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured. 6
(footnote) (6) Hosea II, 1. ‘Cannot be numbered’ is interpreted-and grammatically there is no solid objection as ‘should not, must not be numbered’, thus a positive statement becomes a prohibition. The assumption is justified that here again the ultimate basis of the prohibition is not this passage, but the passage is a peg on which to hang the idea. There are more obvious sources of the prohibition known to the disputants.







3 comments:

  1. The Jewish population of the USA is definetely more than 2%. I would say the Jewish population of the USA is about 15%. And if you count the mixed marriage with Asians and Europeans, this number is even higher. By what I have seen when Jews marry Europeans or Asians, they make sure that their kids will grow up following the Jewish traditions.
    By just sitting at coffee shop and listening to the conversations, you can spot a Jew easily. Sure their kids are quite obnoxious and loud.Well, not different than their parents.

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  2. The Zephyr Gold Report has often addressed this question from time to time and he reckons on there being 60 millions at least in USofA corp. The Chicken twirling girl blogger also addressed this one and she also reckoned the numbers are being deliberately suppressed. India and China are neck deep in the mocker futhers and you can be sure that means a big shooting match is being arranged there.

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  3. Honk Bonk Man. While I think that the Jewish population of the USA is definetely more than 2% could I know where the 15% (45 millions or so, excluding mixed marriages...)come from?

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