In Jewish thought and texts, curses exemplify the belief that speech can have tremendous power
ed note–please note that neither Christianity nor Islam possess anything remotely similar within their practices, i.e. the business of conjuring up dark spiritual forces to cause another person harm, something that obviously delusional Christians and Muslims who have bought into this notion that they have some kind of ‘connection’ with Jews need to consider for themselves. This is no different from sorcery and witchcraft.
Secondly–for all of you out there who have invested yourselves heavily in the baseless argument that it is the Talmud rather than the ‘holy teachings’ of the Torah (Old Testament) that guides and directs Judaism today, please note that indeed it is overwhelmingly the Torah which the ‘good rabbi’ references and uses in justifying the use of curses in causing harm to a declared enemy of the Jews.
And, last but not least, for all you ‘Zionism is not Judaism’ addicts, please note how the ‘good rabbi’ cites the manner by which the use of curses led to the death of Yitzak Rabin for having made a peace deal with the Palestinians which is considered a direct affront to the teachings of Judaism, specifically as laid out in the book of Deuteronomy, to wit–
‘When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are to possess and casts out the many peoples living there, you shall then slaughter them all and utterly destroy them…You shall save nothing alive that breathes…You shall make no agreements with them nor show them any mercy. You shall destroy their altars, break down their images, cut down their groves and burn their graven images with fire. For you are a holy people unto the LORD thy God and He has chosen you to be a special people above all others upon the face of the earth…’
