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Subject: Re: Yom Ha'atzmaut
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Date: Mon, 14-May-84 10:11:39 EDT
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Posted: Mon May 14 10:11:39 1984
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I heard from Rabbi Rakefet in Israel, that  there  is  a  special
reason  that  the  Satmar  Rebbe  opposed  the State of Israel in
addition to reasons relating to any violations that  the  secular
government had made or might make.

He claimed that in Europe, the Satmar Rebbe had a 'Talmid Muvhak'
(or  a  prize  student  -  roughly translated,) that emigrated to
Israel and was killed on the way. The Satmar Rebbe took this as a
'simmon'  (a sign) that it was not proper for the Jews to attempt
to set up a community until the comming of the Messianic period.
-- 
Harlan B. Braude
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