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HAVE YOU READ THE TALMUD LATELY?

By Rev. Ted Pike

In my last e-alert, I was the bearer of bad news: Deep within Judaism's most

sacred rabbinic writings, the Talmud and Zohar (Kabbalah), there exists theobligation to overthrow existing Gentile and Christian society and establish anew Jewish order. Such Judaic teaching powerfully diminishes the value ofGentile lives, particularly today in Israels occupied territories and Lebanon.

I was consequently vilified by a number of readers. One asked, Where do youget this trash? He said that if he needed to know the dark side of Judaism, hedrather do it from Mein Kampf!

The truth is that, with the possible exception of some secular Jewishcongregations, every synagogue in the world contains the Talmud and Zohar. Its

from these works that my assertions came. They are the two most importantsources of inspired literature for observant Jews, greatly surpassing the Bible.The Talmud however, is the most universally read and applied.

Herman Wouk, Orthodox Jew and famed author of The Cain Mutiny, affirms,The Talmud is to this day the circulating hearts blood of the Jewish religion.Whatever laws, customs, ceremonies we observewhether we are Orthodox,Conservative, Reform or merely spasmodic sentimentalistswe follow theTalmud. It is our common law. 1

One would think that religious literature so centrally important to one of the

worlds great religions would be easily located in local libraries. It is certainly easyto find the Bible or Koran.

Not so the Talmud. While the very largest municipal libraries in a state maypossess the Talmud and Zohar, they are almost always absent elsewhere,except in synagogues. In almost every synagogue in the world, the Talmud andZohar loom above every other piece of literature in authority and appreciation.

Why are library shelves vacant of the Talmud and Zohar? Quite simply, itsbecause Judaism teaches that the law they contain was given to Jews alone andits wrong for Gentiles to read that law. The Talmud says, The goy who pries into

the law is worthy of death. 2

The Jewish Encyclopediatells us, Hence the Talmud prohibited the teaching toa Gentile of the Torah [Talmud and Zohar] the inheritance of the congregation ofJacob R. Johanan says of one so teaching, Such a person deservesdeath.Sanh. 59a, Hagigah. 3

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Accordingly, Jewish leaders make it clear to Christian seminaries and scholarsthat they will not tolerate published research into the Talmuds real teachingsabout Christ, Christianity, and Gentiles. Christian academics obey, terrified ofbeing smeared as anti-Semites.

In the early '80s, as part of research for my book, Israel: Our Duty, Our Dilemma,I visited the Judaic section of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. tostudy various versions of the Zohar, or Kabbalah.

On my first visit, I asked the Jewish librarian where to find the Soncino Englishtranslation. He became disturbed and replied, I dont think you want to read that.You might misunderstand it. I couldnt believe my ears. Im afraid I showed myanger. He relented.

Since publication of my book in 1984 and release of my first video documentaryon this subject, The Other Israel, many people, confronted with the dark side of

Judaic ethics, have rejected my message outright. Their reasoning is simple anddirect: What Pike says cant be true because our Christian leaders and nationalmedia have never given us a hint of confirmation for what he says. A smallernumber contend that I quoted out of context or, even worse, forged documents.They think I faked the Xerox copies of the Talmud and Zohar in the appendix ofmy book, to create the illusion of a Judaic conspiracy.

Such skepticism has been flying at me via email this week. I will thereforeconclude by reproducing a few pages from the Talmud and Zohar, displaying theantipathy of the Talmud and Zohar toward Gentiles.

Where do I get this stuff? See you at the Library of Congress!

Endnotes:

1 From a Nov. 19, 1959 installment of This is my God, serialized in The New YorkHerald-Tribuneunder The Talmud: The Hearts Blood of the Jewish Faith.

2 Abodah Zarah 26b, Tosephoth. Although this inflammatory dictum was omittedfrom the Soncino translation of the Talmud, the Jewish Encyclopediain its articleon Gentiles, p. 617, confirms its existence in the original.

3

Jewish Encyclopedia, Gentiles, p. 623

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Rev. Ted Pike is director of the National Prayer Network, a

Christian/conservative watchdog organization.