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Aug 27, 2010

ISRAEL TURNS THE CLOCK BACK TWO THOUSAND YEARS

ISRAEL TURNS THE CLOCK BACK TWO THOUSAND YEARS

desertpeace | August 27, 2010 at 10:00 | Categories: Believe it or not, Ignorance, Israel | URL: http://wp.me/pahWK-4aU

Just when you think that things can't get worse.....

The significance of only having 39 is that it was believed that 40 lashes would kill a man.

'Sinner' singer given 39 lashes by rabbis

Punishment for performance in front of "mixed audience"

A singer who performed in front of a "mixed audience"

of men and women was lashed 39 times to make him

"repent," after aruling by a self-described rabbinic court

on Wednesday.

Rabbi Amnon Yitzhak, founder of the Shofar organization

aimed at bringing Jews "back to religion" (hazara betshuva),

has made it his recent mission to fight against musical

performances for both men and women.

His "judicial panel," with Rabbi Ben Zion Mutsafi and

another member, sentenced Erez Yechiel to 39 lashes

in order to "rid him of his sins."

In a video clip of the court posted on the Shofar Web site,

Ben Zion said that those who make others sin (mahtiei rabim),

such as artists who make men and women attend performances

or dance together, have no place in the world to come.

He displayed a leather strip he said was made by his father from

ass and bull skin, with which Yechiel was to have been

whipped. Yechiel, who said, "I accept upon myself the

lashing for my sins,"was ordered to stand by a wooden

poll with his head facing north ("from whence the evil

inclination comes"), his hands tied with a azure-colored

rope ("a symbol of mercy"), and served his "sentence."

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A singer who performed in front of a "mixed audience" of men and women was lashed 39 times to make him "repent," after aruling by a self-described rabbinic court on Wednesday. Rabbi Amnon Yitzhak, founder of the Shofar organization aimed at bringing Jews "back to religion" (hazara betshuva), has made it his recent mission to fight against musical performances for both men and women. His "judicial panel," with Rabbi Ben Zion Mutsafi and another member, sentenced Erez Yechiel to 39 lashes in order to "rid him of his sins." In a video clip of the court posted on the Shofar Web site, Ben Zion said that those who make others sin (mahtiei rabim), such as artists who make men and women attend performances or dance together, have no place in the world to come. He displayed a leather strip he said was made by his father from ass and bull skin, with which Yechiel was to have been whipped. Yechiel, who said, "I accept upon myself the lashing for my sins,"was ordered to stand by a wooden poll with his head facing north ("from whence the evil inclination comes"), his hands tied with a azure-colored rope ("a symbol of mercy"), and served his "sentence."