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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

שמע ישראל ה' א-לוהינו ה' אחד

I wonder who did this (click on the pic to enlarge):

As you can see, along with some typical-far-out graffiti and something written in Arabic, someone wrote the "Shema" (Hear O Israel, the LORD is our God, the LORD is one) on the wall of this building.

I wonder if the person who wrote that realizes that the Torah is anti graffiti . You are not allowed to damage someone else's property! This is of course assuming that the owner of the building did not write that on the wall.

2 comments:

Michael Sedley said...

Yes the Torah prohibits us from damaging property, but is this graffiti different from Na Nach Nachman which is painted gratified on buildings all over the country.

I assume that the person that painted this thought he was making a positive contribution, as do the Na Na Chasidim. Amazing how the Yetzer Haroah is able to convince us that an Avaira is really a Mitzva.

Cosmic X said...

Right on, Michael!