Theos-Talk Archives (February 1998 Message tt00024)

Eldon B Tucker wrote:
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> The following is interesting. Does this action constitute black
> magic?

Seems like he is doing his duty. Whether it is white, grey or black magic may depend on how he is
doing it, with what motives and with what consciousness. But the general idea seems to me to be
entirely appropriate.

Bjorn

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> JERUSALEM, Feb 3 (AFP) - A leading rabbinical mystic plans to
> hold a special prayer in Tel Aviv calling on the angels to
> protect Israel from an eventual missile attack from Iraq, the
> rabbi's son said on Tuesday.
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> Rabbi David Batzri, a specialist in the cabala system of Jewish
> mysticism, will hold the ceremony in the coming days, Moshe
> Batzri told Israel radio.  "My father will go to Tel Aviv to hold
> special prayers callong on the angels to protect Israel if it is
> attacked by Saddam Hussein," he said, referring to the Iraqi
> president.
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> "In the meantime, people must pray once a day and perform good
> acts" to ward off Iraqi hostility, he said.
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> The Maariv newspaper said Rabbi Batzri also planned, if Iraq
> fired missiles at Israel, to fly around Israel seven times in a
> helicopter to deflect the rockets.
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> Iraq fired 39 missiles on Israel during the 1991 Gulf War,
> killing two persons and wounding hundreds.
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