JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Former Israeli premier Naftali Bennett published a Facebook post in which he thanked Chabad, stating that he and his family are religious in their merit.
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Bennett wrote: Thank you Chabad! The annual conference of Chabad emissaries is taking place now and this is an opportunity for me and my family to say a personal thank you to Chabad.
My parents Jim Z’l and Miranda were born and grew up in San Francisco to families far away from religion. After the Six Day War my parents immigrated to Israel out of Zionist motives, volunteers at Kibbutz Dafna and settled in Haifa.
When we went on Shlichut [Jewish Agency aliya representatives] to Montreal, they wanted their three sons- Asher, Danny and myself – to maintain their Hebrew and sent us to Jewish education. I was sent to a Chabad kindergarten.
I came back from the kindergarten with a big kippah and tzitzis, things which were very strange and new to my parents. This is how my family’s journey to Judaism began.
Naftali Bennett as a child
Chabad is an organization unequaled in the entire world. Every emissary comes with his family to a far-flung corner of the world with the goal of reaching as many Jews as possible. Every Jew and Jewess is valued and received with unconditional love.
Sometimes conditions are hard, they are on their own with no Jewish school in the region. The emissary must survive economically, help every Jew and spread goodness.
In most cases the emissaries are full of energy, imbued with faith and benevolence, have operational capabilities and -no less important -a good Jewish sense of humor.
And thus in 110 countries thousands of emissaries serve as a kind of “foreign ministry” for the Jewish nation. When there is a crisis like in Ukraine, or an earthquake or terror attack- they are always galvanized into action offering assistance and succor. What a Kiddush Hashem!
Thank you dear emissaries for a life of devotion, Torah and giving to others. Am Yisrael loves Chabad!
Politics aside, seeing such an impact, teaching a small child Torah and Mitzvah at a young age can have such an effect on his entire life truly inspiring!
You Are not Religious Because Of Chabad, you are religious bc your mother is Jewish, makes you religious- a Jew. Same for all Israelis born to Jewish mothers. Now, how observant you are is another matter. Some people externally appear very frum but they ignore severe Jewish laws. Others externally appear aa Jewish law breakers but are outstanding in honoring parents, respecting others, never slandering.
not sure Chabad should be proud of this “religous” guy whose wife is not religous, wanted to get rid of kashrus, geirus and had Hamas in his coalition.
After his tenure as pm and its anti religious stance don’t think they want to acknowledge him as their product
Now, that explains many things about Bennett.
This guy is the JOKE OF THE YEAR!
The Soda Bottle Cap yarmulkah he also got from Chabad?
good for him, now he should try being religious!
Too bad he didn’t stay longer with Chabad, at least he might have a bit bigger kippah that one the size of a postage stamp.
<em>My Family And Myself Are Religious Because Of Chabad</em> By definition someone born to a mother who received a “reform” conversion is not Halachically Jewish, hence by definition cannot be religious.In-fact if such a person would impersonate Shabbat observance, they would be חייב-מיתה
Another half-baked, confused product of Lubavitch.