Obama Quotes Zecharia
President Obama quoted this verse in Zecharia:
לֹא בְחַיִל, וְלֹא בְכֹחַ--כִּי אִם-בְּרוּחִי, אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת
Not by might, nor by power, but by My spirit, saith the LORD of hosts
I'm still waiting for him to quote this verse in Zecharia:
וְהָיָה, בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא; אֲבַקֵּשׁ, לְהַשְׁמִיד אֶת-כָּל-הַגּוֹיִם, הַבָּאִים, עַל-יְרוּשָׁלִָם
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
posted by yaak @ 12/17/2009 09:42:00 AM
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2 Comments:
When did he quote this? At that Chanukah 'party' that was forced upon him? In what context was this said?
I read that two 'local' chassidim were also on the list; and this seemed to be a "BIG" thing as far as they were concerned. Some people are still in the dark, even while celebrating Chanukah with all their chassidishe hiddurim!!
Yes, at the Hanuuka party.
I saw some commenters on another Jewish site equate Obama's Hanukka party to the party of Ahashveirosh. They said something like "Ahashveirosh's party served Kosher food too!"
That said, I really cannot blame those who went. Going to this doesn't mean you support the president - it means that you are a Jewish leader who wants to promote Jewish causes in Washington, and an effective way of doing so is by going to this party. If I were invited, I would have to think about going. I'd probably ask a She'eila.
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