As anybody who has gotten to know me well knows I am a regular listener and reader of all kinds of jewish audio programming and written materials, but not; of course, a friendly or uncritical listener they might wish I was. Today I will make a summary of one of Rabbi Lazer Brody’s radio show - on Israel’s Arutz Sheva media network and part of his ‘Lazer Beams’ series - called ‘Gog and Magog’ . (1)
Now let us allow Rabbi Brody - who looks like the owl in the famous ‘O Rly’ meme - to tell all (my comments/clarifications as to meaning in parentheses):
‘The war of Gag and Magog [the gentile and the ‘gentile spirit’ aka the ‘evil inclination’ in Judaism] is the war against our Emunah [the Jewish spirit] – our Faith. Through attacking Emunah: Gog [the gentiles are] is trying to sever the Jewish soul from its source.’
‘Any enemy can destroy a Jewish body, but the Jewish soul lives on forever: it is a tiny spark of Hashem, it is eternal.’ [Judaism is a caste-based religion]
‘[The war of] Gog and Magog [the gentiles and the ‘gentile spirit] is a global assault to destroy Emunah [the Jewish spirit]: the pure and complete faith [of the jews] in Hashem.’
‘There is only way to defeat and to overcome the evil inclination [the gentiles]: each of us has to add the light of Emunah [the Jewish spirit] to the world.’
‘Emunah is our entire [the Jewish] purpose in this world (to defeat Gog and Magog [the gentiles and the ‘gentile spirit’]).’
‘This is the final generation before the [Jewish] Messiah: that’s the war.’
Rabbi Brody goes on to note that the ‘people of Israel’ are ‘fighting for Emunah’ [Israel equates Jews in Judaism] and the ‘evil inclination’ [the gentiles] is fighting ‘tooth and nail against Emunah [the Jewish spirit]. That’s his [the gentile’s] worse enemy.’
‘As soon as the [Jewish] Messiah comes: the evil inclination [the gentiles] is finished.’
‘Then Hashem takes and slaughters the evil inclination [the gentiles]: then we have a world with no evil inclination [no gentiles]. A world that is full of [Jewish] knowledge, a world that is full of peace [the final product of Tikkun Olam], a world that is full of spiritual awareness [lack of non-Jewish souls] for that reason as it marks the end of the evil inclination [the gentiles and the ‘gentile spirit’]: it is fighting with all its power against Emunah [the Jews and the Jewish spirit] and against Hashem.’
‘There will be tremendous amounts of [Jewish and gentile] casualties.’
‘The war of Gog and Magog has already started.’
‘Gog and Magog is a physical war. We live with a daily threat of suicide bombers and terrorists not only [to Jews] in Israel, but America and Europe.’
‘Thousands of Jews have been expelled in Israel itself [by Jews influenced by gentiles and the ‘gentile spirit’].’
‘A Jewish soul may be born far away from Judaism, but it is still a Jewish soul.’
‘[Jewish] Assimilation is death.’
‘A non-Jewish or half-Jewish child is likely to grow up to be a suicide bomber.’ [I paraphrase slightly.]
‘The [Jewish] holy sages of the Talmuds had the ability to revive the dead.’ [Yes: he was being serious.]
References
(1) You can listen to this yourself at the following address: Israel National Radio - Gog and Magog