Journey To Italy 2024: The Mystery, History & Destiny of Italian Jewish History

this Torah class is brought to you by Torah anytime.com good morning everyone bonjourno this has been a really exhilarating trip for me and perhaps by way of conclusion I would like to share with you the following presentation on the role of Italy in the history and Destiny of the Jewish people Italy is not an ordinary country it is not only a beautiful country it is not only a magnificent country Italy perhaps aside from AR Israel is the most important country in our history the Jewish community in Italy is one of the oldest communities in the diaspora going back to the miracle of Kaneka more than 2,000 years ago but now I want to take you back to the year 990 990 it was a time when the primary of Tyra were situated in B and it was the time of theim the Yas and B were under the leadership of R and Rh and there were a number of reim and this story recorded by RAB AB Ben David the rivid now which rivid this is known as rivid the first okay now this is important to know there were three rivits in our history do you know who they were rivid the first born in Toledo Spain in the year 1110 he died a martyr's death in 1180 you have rivid II who's known as RAB of Naran RZ rivid the third is of poier known as the Bal the rivid the first wrote a saer called saer hakaba and in the saer H cabala which is a record of the transmission of the tah the rivid records an episode that completely alter the direction of our history forever there were four great Scholars that left the port city of Bari Italy who are these four Scholars number one rabuel who's rabuel rushel is the father of Raab number two R the father of RAB number three R Sharia and the fourth the rivit says I do not know his name and they set out on a voyage to collect money for the yeshivas and actually the rivit himself says that in his opinion they set out for H kala and the waterways in those days were fraught with danger and the rivid records that actually this ship was captured by Pirates the Pirates name was ibben rahis he was a moish Spanish pirate fulfilling the wishes of the Spanish kalef the rabbis were very smart the rabbis knew that if they would reveal their identity then the Pirates would be able to command a very Hefty Ransom so they kept their identities a secret so the Pirates would not be able to extort a heavy Ransom rmha was ransomed by the Jews of Cordova under the leadership of KB shaut by the way as a footnote in history Raba had a wife who was very beautiful and she caught wind of the fact that the pirate wanted to violate her so she asks her husband inesh she asks her husband if I commit suicide if I jump over the jump overboard will I have a share in the world to come and Raa said yes indeed that if you commit suicide you will be reconstituted and's wife killed herself she took life comes to the Yesa in Spain and they're learning the suuma and the leader of the community was rabo nasan and RAB nasan was having trouble understanding the and R was able to chime in and for the probably the first time and the last time in history RAB nasan said I stepped down I am no longer the rashash Shiva and Raba became the de facto leader of Spanish jeury that was in Spain Rabel was ransomed in Tunis and that began the Jewish Academy in Tunis Rabel and then his son ranel and Rush's illustrous town raim so North Africa now becomes a major Torah Center of scholarship so Spain did not have a major Academy until this episode Tunis did not have a major Academy until this episode rabar was ransomed in Egypt he establishes a major Academy in Cairo now Egypt becomes a m major Torah Center thus began the era of the rim in the year 990 this episode in history is known as the story of the arba this was the to move the major Torah center from B to North Africa and to Europe friends where did all this Tyra come from where did all the Tyra of the rim come from to the point where says all the T of theim all the T we have today came from that episode that emanated from Italy so all the Tyra of theim emanated from Italy let's talk about the scholars have made the observation that the number of First Rate that Grace the land of Italy was far out of proportion to its size and significance in the general world I mentioned I have an encyclopedia of more than 1,800 who lived in Italy the ram who the villain going said reached the highest possible level of understanding of came lived in P the who wrote more than 70 printed in Leo P Mana an individual who the writes in Sim test was a what was his name Rano Riano the the greata quoted by Rama m one of the pillars of Hala and the list goes on and on and on of gim who flourished here in Italy but it's more than just the who lived in Italy because as we spoke about the revolution of the printing press which disseminated Tyra in an unparalleled level in our history the first MC the first garas of T Cino press the Bamberg press the tour the all of our emanated from Italy and this got to be one of the greatest Myster mysteries in our history why did hash orchestrate that roara came from this boot from this country Italy Rome it's the stronghold of es the church Ed Christianity of all places in the world if you would ask which should be the last place that should be that the source of for the Jewish people where said why would have it that our T emanated from the country that we had the privilege to visit this week [Music] well the ways of Hashem are mysterious but perhaps we could offer the following thought you know when yobu dresses up as as and he makes the Great Escape and just at that moment that he was leaving as comes in and as says to his father an and realizes that he's duped and lets out a and he says do you have one for me and yet says sorry I've got nothing left I have nothing left but I already ate everything I gave everything to and as R and he lets out tears and finally says okay here's your BR your habitation will be the fat of the land says Rashi Hashem already gave the entire world already gave the entire world to yov he already gave Yakov Bar Park Flatbush Williamsburg Muny Five Towns Cleveland Ohio everything Lakewood uh Lake yeah yeah Lakewood he already gave him everything Queens Jamaica States holliswood Q Garden Hills Montreal even even Montreal he already gave everything Chicago what now Cedar Hurst is an extension of isra because it's the closest city to JFK when mesiah comes the Jews of Cedarhurst will be the first to go cuz we're the closest Community to JFK anyway so already gave everything to but there's only one country he gives to asov and what is that zo Italia sh yavan Italy the one land y gave to ASA is Italy it's astounding if you look at this beautiful country what we're looking at is this country is the blessing of all the olives and the olive oil and the wine and the cheese it's the blessing of but let's ask ourselves but didn't y give everything to yov how was he able to give Italy to asov comes the rebber of hesel the r of CA the rebi of the Shak did I mention next trip you could join us we're going to no no no I'm not doing Japan um RAB akba by the way RAB akba I I noticed that he spelled his name AK with a B sound with a dou and I asked him why and he said it's because theer spelled it that way and other good but I'll tell you the real reason because if you look in the writings of the and the Riano the Rami Pano says where does the name AKA stand from come [Music] from so it's a not AA that's why okay I just thought I would mention that says the re ofel Yu is in a quandry he's up against the wall he gave the whole world to yobu what could he possibly give as and then had an EIN he had a brilliant idea there's one country that he didn't give asov there's one country excuse me he didn't give Yakov and because that's because there was one land mass that had not been created yet and that was the country of Italy Italy was because gar says in chabas what are the origins of Italy says the gamar on the day that married Gabel the Mal griel descended from sh a sand Bank developed on the day that scho married and on that day Rome was built many people say Rome was not built in a day no Rome was built in a day whatever the say it's it's the exact opposite when they say Rome was not built in a day Rome was the only city in the world that was ever built in a day you heard it here first a tour 2024 the gamar continues on the day Yan brought two golden calves one in basa one in done a small land mass was built the Italia so was racking his brain he already gave the whole world to to Yakov ainu but there's one country left that he was able to give to asov and that's because it was a country that didn't begin yet so if you were to ask on what day did the Corbin start it wasn't on the day the Romans destroyed the temp Temple thein began on the day that SCH married Basu was a very smart man he knew that if he was going to give as of Rome that meant Christianity that meant the Crusades that meant Gus that meant persecution and therefore y understood the only remedy that CL could equip thems to last the long and bitter gas is along with is also not only the land that was given to asav but the toyra that came from Italy the toyra tavlin the protection of Cl is the T of the ram of the of the printing press of the tens of thousands of sperm that were printed in this country of the hundreds of gum that lived in this country knew that along with along with Christianity was with the of he equipped us with all the that came from this country and therefore gave us the protection of all the T that came from Italy and just like G began here in Rome the tells us inan where does mhia sit says the G in the gates of the city which city the gar doesn't say comes the and the changes the G the on the spot in the says mesiah awaits at the gates of Rome this is where the Gus began and this is where the Gus ends we still have a few more hours beem hopefully while we're still here we should hear coming and in the Merit of Us coming to this country to be all the that in my humble opinion come from the of Yu is the one who ultimately will argue to hasem to bring the Kates he's the one who prepared us for it may we all be to hear the that will first emanate from the gates of Rome and ultimately will be revealed in the great city of Taria with the coming of the you've just experienced another Torah class brought to you by Torah anytime.com