Rabbi Meir Kahane and Rav Binyamin Z. Kahane

HY"D

on Parashat Hashavua - the weekly Torah portion

BS"D - This week - July 10 - 16 2011 / Tammuz 8 - 14 5771 - Parashat Pinchas -

"Peace through vengeance" - See No. 40 of the index below

Generally, the text passages quoted on this website, if not indicated otherwise, are compiled by Tzipora Liron-Pinner from "The Jewish Idea" of Rabbi Meir Kahane HY"D. Excerpts from other books or texts by his son Rav Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane HY"D are marked as such. Excerpts from Peirush HaMaccabee are taken from the - as of yet unpublished - translation into English by Daniel Pinner.

Compilations on Parashat Hashavua throughout the year:

52- Parashat Vezot HaBrachah - Rabbi Meir Kahane - Judaism: Religion or Nation?

51- Yom Kippur- Rabbi Meir Kahane - Repentance as a Nation: The Key to Redemption

50- Parashat Ha'azinu- Rabbi Meir Kahane - Torah of Life

49- Parashat Nitzavim/Vayelech- Rabbi Meir Kahane - Free Will

48- Parashat Ki Tavo- Rabbi Meir Kahane - Rebuke, With All My Love

47- Parashat Ki Tetzei- Rabbi Meir Kahane - Holiness in Times of War

46- Parashat Shoftim- Rabbi Meir Kahane - The Jewish State

45- Parashat Re'eh- Rabbi Meir Kahane and Rav Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane- War of Values: Halacha vs. Democracy

44- Parashat Eikev- Rabbi Meir Kahane- Fear and Love of G-d

43- Parashat Va'etchanan- Rabbi Meir Kahane- Some Halachot regarding non-Jews in Eretz Yisrael

42- Parashat Devarim- Rabbi Meir Kahane- The Foundation of Torah: Emunah and Bitachon

41- Parashat Mattot/Masei- Rabbi Meir Kahane- G-d's vengeance. We deliver!

40- Parashat Pinchas- Rabbi Meir Kahane- Peace through vengeance

39- Parashat Balak- Rabbi Meir Kahane- Israel alone, a precious blessing

38- Parashat Chukat- Rav Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane- The Legitimate Rights of the Ammonites

37- Parashat Korach- Rabbi Meir Kahane- Attaining Greatness: Do's and Don'ts

36- Parashat Shelach- Rabbi Meir Kahane- Fatal Error

35- Parashat Beha'alotcha - Rav Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane- Jews refusing orders

34- Parashat Nasso - Rabbi Meir Kahane- Naked Betrayal

33- Parashat Bamidbar - Rabbi Meir Kahane- Dear Jew, you are precious to G-d!

32- Parashat Behar/Bechukotai - Rabbi Meir Kahane- Help!

31- Parashat Emor- Rabbi Meir Kahane- The Omer: Countdown to Faith

30- Parashat Kedoshim- Rabbi Meir Kahane- Forbidden conjugal relations

29- Israel's Independence Day- assembled from the writings of Rabbi Meir Kahane- A Play in Four Acts

28A- Parashat Metzora- Insights from Rabbi Meir Kahane's 'Peirush HaMaccabee'

28- Parashat Tazria/Metzora- Rabbi Meir Kahane- Blemish and Perfection

27- Parashat Shemini- Rabbi Meir Kahane- The Meaning of Life

26- Shabbat Chol Hamoed Pesach- Rabbi Meir Kahane- A Torah perspective: They really must go!

25- Pesach- Rav Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane- Seder night's secret meaning

24- Shabbat Hagadol- Rabbi Meir Kahane- Before Redemption

23- Parashat Vayikra- Rabbi Meir Kahane- Burn your pride!

22A- Parashat Vayakhel- Rabbi Meir Kahane-Twilight

22- Shabbat HaChodesh- Rabbi Meir Kahane- Do you trust G-d?

21- Parashat Ki Tisa- Rabbi Meir Kahane- For My Name's sake

20A- Parashat Tetzaveh- Rabbi Meir Kahane- A Hebrew lesson from linen and wood

20- Shabbat Zachor- Rabbi Meir Kahane- The awful sin of Amalek

19- Parashat Terumah- Rabbi Meir Kahane- The holiest object on earth

18- Parashat Mishpatim- Rabbi Meir Kahane- Slave of G-d or slave of man?

17- Parashat Yitro- Rabbi Meir Kahane- Holiness and Mitzvot

16- Parashat Beshallach- Rabbi Meir Kahane- Mercy for the cruel?

15- Parashat Bo- Rabbi Meir Kahane- No concessions!

14- Parashat Va'eira- Rav Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane- Does Redemption have to be violent?

13- Parashat Shemot- Rabbi Meir Kahane and Rav Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane- Jeopardizing all our accomplishments

12- Parashat Vayechi- Rabbi Meir Kahane- Accursed is their rage

11- Parashat Vayigash- Rabbi Meir Kahane- Reluctant to leave

10- Parashat Mikeitz- Rabbi Meir Kahane- Joseph recognized his brothers

9- Parashat Vayeshev- Rabbi Meir Kahane- Forgetting vs. Remembering

8- Parashat Vayishlach- Rabbi Meir Kahane- Fearing no one but G-d

7- Parashat Vayetze- Rav Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane- No tranquility for the righteous

6- Parashat Toldot- Rabbi Meir Kahane- Behavior and Character Traits

5- Parashat Chayei Sarah- Rav Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane- Whose Hebron is it, anyway? (plus added background article from the writings of Rabbi Meir Kahane: "Who stole Eretz Yisrael?")

4- Parashat Vayeira- Rabbi Meir Kahane- Isaac and Ishmael can't coexist

3- Parashat Lech Lecha- Rabbi Meir Kahane- Abraham and Jewish greatness

2- Parashat Noach- Rav Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane- Creation anihilated?

1- Parashat Bereshit- Rabbi Meir Kahane- The purpose of man's creation