RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:JEWISH RENEWAL:SPIRITUAL:Sasquatch/Bigfoot PURIM SCHPIEL

RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:JEWISH RENEWAL:SPIRITUAL:Sasquatch/Bigfoot PURIM SCHPIEL

In a message dated 2/27/2010 12:51:01 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, G---------@shaw.ca writes:

Hello,    Just a question in your busy day.    In 1974 & 1985, we encountered the Sasquatch/Bigfoot creature at Princeton, British Columbia, each of these giants about 8 feet, and approx 600 pounds. Is it possible that Satan or spirits of deception may have created 'all' or 'parts' of this phenomenon? There are some very strange things going on. And, is there any possible mention in the Jewish Faith...about anything similar to this creature?    Thank you for your time in this matter.   Cordially,   g--------B____    SHALOM MR B----- : BEING THAT TODAY IS PURIM, A DAY WHEN MUCH MERRYMAKING IS OCCURING, AND APRIL FOOL'S TYPE PARODIES ARE PERFORMED OR EVEN PLAYED ON INDIVIDUALS, I CONSULTED A BETH DIN, A PANEL OF RABBIS, TO STUDY AND ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.   RABBI A: BRITISH COLUMBIA IS IN CANADA. CANADA IS NOT MENTIONED AS EXISTING IN THE TORAH. CANADIANS THEREFORE ARE  NOT MENTIONED IN THE TORAH. THE TORAH CONTAINS 'ALL'. CANADA DOES NOT EXIST AND HENCE NEITHER DOES MR BOULIER OR A CANADIAN BIG FOOT.   RABBI B: GOD CREATED AND CREATES EVERYTHING, INCLUDING SATAN, THE FALLEN ANGEL. HENCE GOD, NOT SATAN, CREATED THE CANADIAN BIG FOOT.   RABBI C: REGELIM GADOL, BIG FEET, ARE MENTIONED IN THE TORAH. THESES ARE 3 DAYS WHEN ALL HEBREWS MUST JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM. ONE OF THEM IS PASSOVER, ABOUT 4 WEEKS FROM NOW. START WALKING AND I AM SURE YOU WILL MEET YOUR FELLOW BIG FEETED FRIENDS THERE, IF THEY ARE HEBREW AND IF GOD WILLS IT.   RABBI D: FROM THE MIDRASH:  'IT HAPPENED ONE DAY, SOON AFTER RABBI AKIVA, RABBI ELIAZER AND I FINISHED HAVDALLAH. RABBI AKIVA SUGGESTED A WALK INTO THE JUDEAN HILLS. IT WAS DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF ROMAN SOLDIERS EVERYWHERE. BUT WE CAME ACROSS A BRUT OF A MONSTER. WE RAN. BUT RABBI ELIAZER STOOD FAST, WITH THE STRENGTH OF GOD WITH HIM, AND SPOKE TO THE MONSTER, WHO SAT ON THE GROUND, MAKING THE EARTH SHAKE, AND RAB ELIAZER WAS ABLE TO SKETCH A PICTURE OF THIS GIANT.'' THE PICTURE IS IN AN ATTACHMENT BELOW.       RABBI SEGAL: THE TORAH AND TALMUD AND OTHER WRITINGS ARE FULL OF GIANTS. WE FIRST SEE GIANTS MENTIONED DURING THE TIME OF NOAH. THEY ARE SAID TO HAVE SURVIVED THE FLOOD AS THEY WERE SO TALL, WHILE THE WHOLE WORLD WAS COVERED WITH WATER, THE WATER ONLY CAME UP TO THEIR KNEES. WE SEE THESE GIANTS LATER IN THE TORAH WITH THEIR KING BEING 'GOG'. WE READ ABOUT GIANTS IN ISRAEL, WHEN MOSES SENT 12 SPIES TO SEE IF THE LAND WAS ABLE TO BE CONQUERED. THE GIANTS AND THEIR FRUIT WERE ENORMOUS.   WE ALSO SEE GIANT ANIMALS IN THE TORAH AND TALMUD...THE LEVIATHAN, THE ZIZ BIRD, AND ONE THAT ALSO SWAM ALONG SIDE OF NOAH'S ARK, AND THAT KING DAVID BATTLED MANY MANY MANY YEARS LATER.   RABBI LOEB OF PRAGUE WROTE OF THE GOLIM, SIMILAR TO THE WAY YOU DESCRIBED BIG FOOT.   THERE ARE JEWS IN INDIAN AND NEPAL AND TIBET WHO HAVE STORIES IN THEIR TRADITIONS SIMILAR TO YOURS.   AND THERE IS MUCH MORE. YOU CAN READ ABOUT THESE AND OTHER SUCH BIGFOOT TYPE GIANTS IN:   (002) A Spiritual and Ethical Compendium to the Torah and Talmud - Rabbi Arthur Segal   HAPPY PURIM: RABBI SEGAL

 

 

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