Yosef: Gentiles exist only to serve Jews
By JONAH MANDEL
10/18/2010 05:13
According to Rabbi, the lives of non-Jews in Israel are safeguarded by divinity, to prevent losses to Jews.
The sole purpose of non-Jews is to serve Jews, according to Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the head of Shasâs Council of Torah Sages and a senior Sephardi adjudicator.
âGoyim were born only to serve us. Without that, they have no place in the world â only to serve the People of Israel,â he said in his weekly Saturday night sermon on the laws regarding the actions non-Jews are permitted to perform on Shabbat.
According to Yosef, the lives of non-Jews in Israel are safeguarded by divinity, to prevent losses to Jews.
âIn Israel, death has no dominion over them... With gentiles, it will be like any person â they need to die, but [God] will give them longevity. Why? Imagine that oneâs donkey would die, theyâd lose their money.
This is his servant... Thatâs why he gets a long life, to work well for this Jew,â Yosef said.
âWhy are gentiles needed? They will work, they will plow, they will reap. We will sit like an effendi and eat.
That is why gentiles were created,â he added.
Yosefâs Saturday night sermons have seen many controversial statements from the 90-year-old rabbi. In August, Yosef caused a diplomatic uproar when he wished a plague upon the Palestinian people and their leaders, a curse he retracted a few weeks later, when he blessed them along with all of Israelâs other peace-seeking neighbors.
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By JONAH MANDEL
10/18/2010 05:13
According to Rabbi, the lives of non-Jews in Israel are safeguarded by divinity, to prevent losses to Jews.
The sole purpose of non-Jews is to serve Jews, according to Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the head of Shasâs Council of Torah Sages and a senior Sephardi adjudicator.
âGoyim were born only to serve us. Without that, they have no place in the world â only to serve the People of Israel,â he said in his weekly Saturday night sermon on the laws regarding the actions non-Jews are permitted to perform on Shabbat.
According to Yosef, the lives of non-Jews in Israel are safeguarded by divinity, to prevent losses to Jews.
âIn Israel, death has no dominion over them... With gentiles, it will be like any person â they need to die, but [God] will give them longevity. Why? Imagine that oneâs donkey would die, theyâd lose their money.
This is his servant... Thatâs why he gets a long life, to work well for this Jew,â Yosef said.
âWhy are gentiles needed? They will work, they will plow, they will reap. We will sit like an effendi and eat.
That is why gentiles were created,â he added.
Yosefâs Saturday night sermons have seen many controversial statements from the 90-year-old rabbi. In August, Yosef caused a diplomatic uproar when he wished a plague upon the Palestinian people and their leaders, a curse he retracted a few weeks later, when he blessed them along with all of Israelâs other peace-seeking neighbors.
http://www.jpost.com/Home/Article.aspx?id=191782