The Jerusalem Post - Christian World
The statement came as a response to a video circulating online of Orthodox Jews spitting on Christians in Jerusalem’s Old City.
“The custom of spitting near churches or monasteries is an ancient Jewish tradition,” far-right activist Elisha Yered wrote on Monday in response to a video of Orthodox Jews spitting on Christian pilgrims.
The former spokesperson for MK Limor Son Har-Melech, of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party, said that there is an even a blessing that Jews are supposed to say when seeing a church: “Blessed is He who has patience for those who violate His will,” which Yered described as a “blessing that praises God for not immediately punishing idol worshipers for their wicked deeds.”
זמן טוב להזכיר שהמנהג לירוק ליד כמרים או כנסיות הוא מנהג יהודי עתיק ורב שנים, ויש בהלכה אפילו ברכה מיוחדת כשרואים כנסייה "שנתן ארך אפיים לעוברי רצונו" – ברכה שבאה להלל את הקב"ה שמבליג על מעשיהם הרעים של עובדי העבודה הזרה ולא מעניש אותם באופן מיידי.
אולי בהשפעת התרבות המערבית קצת… https://t.co/NPsKbIl8d0 pic.twitter.com/ttYgQaEmfb
— אלישע ירד (@ElishaYered) October 2, 2023
He continued: “Perhaps under the influence of Western culture we have forgotten what Christianity is, but I think the millions of Jews who experienced the Crusades, the [Spanish] Inquisition, blood libel, and mass pogroms will never forget…
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