Khomeini and the Rabbi: The Amazing True Story
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Khomeini doesn’t like zionist but he knew that Iranian Jews are one of native peoples in Iran and he doesn’t have any problem with that
Very encouraging story - I realize the difference between being proud and arrogant
Ayatollah Khomeini (and the current supreme leader of Iran) had no palaces or villas. He resided in a place that was rented for him. And his lifestyle was very simple, as an average, or below average person in Iran.
I like that he said not arrogant but still proud as in confident.. confidence in God.
Wow, very amazing story and very important reminder to us all.
Sir, moral of the story is so true, God Bless You Sir Ameen. Sohail Karachi.
' Stand up proudly ', be proud of who you are...Profound teaching, thank you very much.
He is not to trust, he never helped one widow or orphan.
Dear all,
Khomeini doesn't bow nor his people in front of any person or power except Allah .. Khomeini is the greatest human being who has been born in the twentieth century and his teachings and struggle is inspiring millions of the oppressed people arcross the world...He is the peak where human being can reach...
Love Khomeini from India
❤️
Excellent lesson Rabbi. Thanks for pointing out the difference between arrogance and pride.
This is definitely an amazing story, I listened many times, it's very inspiring.
Imam Khomeini respected because he knew honesty lives with courage
Thank you , love the way he gave speech
Persians view Jews with high esteem. This stuff you see in the news is just politics. If you spoke to the people in Iran they have nothing bad to say. Jews have lived in Iran for a long time side by side Persians and other ethnic groups. People forget that Persia has always been, and still is a very diverse nation.
obicapa
This idea that jews were prosecuted in Iran is absolutely a fiction of western media’s imagination and a rhetoric. Did they panic and flee? Yes but so did many other Iranians. The reality is that this regime eliminated any Iranian of influence. While you mention on name or ten jewish names, I can name you hundreds and thousands non Jews. There are just over a million Iranians in US many have their properties and assets confiscated. Now, Iranians are Iranians and most of us really don’t care if the are jewish or Christian or Turk or Kurd, Fars, Blaooch etc.. Iranian nationalism unlike western nationalism is not about race or religion but rather cultural. So we look at Iranians in Israel and consider them Iranian not Israeli unless they no longer speak the language, enjoy the food, celebrate Norooz, the music, dance or the poetry any more. So long as they have that they are Iranian. As for the regime, well we have it because of US’s interference in our country. Because back in the 50s they overthrew our democratically elected government to install yet another despot. This was a US-British orchestrated coup. His father was installed by the British and before that the British forced Ghajar dynasty to kill two of our progressive ministers that could have transform Iran. So, we don’t want this regime, but we certainly don’t trust foreign forces a bit. In fact, most people would choose these bastards or a foreign occupier. All jews should sympathise with us as they don’t trust west neither this is why you have them everywhere by the balls. History taught you a lesson or two. As for those of you who feel not safe, well, think about it. Its a show and you know it. They will never ever invade Israel but their existence have helped you with US aid. If threat goes away so does US aid. And gradually, lobbies will become irrelevant and your children will be facing your historical tormentors again.
You can't even bring yourself to call them Iranians.
1972 chitekwe - only because they speak Persian or Farsi that I referred to them as Persian Jews. Iran comprises of other ethnicities too, Turk, Kurd, Balooch, Arab,.... you see. Of course they are Iranian and remain so for as long as they stay culturally connected. But I sense a misunderstanding in your tone, assuming that we are ashamed of being Iranian. In fact, for at least 2000 years we called ourselves Iranian and proudly. Yes, we may be ashamed of our rulers, but less so now that Trump is around. It seems that at least on political stage we are now on level playing field.
Zionism politics is the issue not religion or ethnic group
Has this story been verified or is it just a tall tale?
Very inspiring story, thank you for sharing it, Rabbi
Appreciate that it was Khomeini who respected Rabbi Hershman. Had there been a proxy British colony chieftain, Saudi King, before afternoon Rabbi's head would be rolling out of his torso. Stooges never respect even the proud people, it is only a free man who knows how to respect another free man regardless of his race, religion or sect.
You are wrong, who respected the rabbi's life was God. Many Jews died for not denying their faith. In medieval Spain they were burned alive for not wanting to be forced to convert to Christianity. The rabbi speaks of this pride, because a believing Jew is willing to give his life for HaShem.
A wonderful story. Much appreciated. Moral of the story is don't bow to anybody if it's against your religious beliefs.
And come from imagination
Another possible moral from this story is that khomenei was a reasonable man
He wasn't. He knowingly killed hundreds of thousands of innocent people.
david cohen in the context of the rabbi’s story, khomenei was a reasonable man.
@@davidcohen6742 Is that based on your extensive knowledge of Iran and Khomeinei or are you simply regurgitating the misinformation you have been fed by Western media?
As an Iranian who lived through the revolution in Iran I can tell you with 100% confidence that you are completely mistaken.
@Sam Rich71 i wish i know what you meant by the last sentence
Exactly! The 'bowing' was not to Khomeini, but to God, during the muslim prayer. Khomeini never asked anyone to bow down to him, nor would he have punished anyone not bowing to him, and the rabbi, seems to be deliberately avoiding telling the people exactly who the Iranians were bowing to during the prayer, and painting him as the bad guy, and the Rabbi as the wise and strong one.
Khomeini, despite not accepting Israel as a legitimate state, also never advocated hatred towards Jews, who still live in perfect peace and safety, practicing their religion, in Iran, the country with the second largest Jewish population in the Middle East.
Iranians (and muslims in general through history) have treated Jews way better than anyone else. They are accepted as 'people of the book' by the Qur'an, and Moses as a great prophet. During the Ottoman empire, Jews travelled there from Europe, and sent letters to each other to come to the Ottoman Empire to live. After 1492, when the Catholics expelled the Jews (or forcibly converted them) in Spain, they fled to Muslim lands.
Khomeini, despite not accepting Israel as a legitimate state, also never advocated hatred towards Jews, who still live in perfect peace and safety, practicing their religion, in Iran, the country with the second largest Jewish population in the Middle East.
This is a great story thank you Rabbi Manis Friedman
This is wonderful. With the trauma in the world now. This is hope. As Brianna Lea Pruett says in one of my favorite songs, We Come in All Colors.
Great wise story teaches us to keep resisting and to rely on HaShem’s support if we never bow except to HaShem like mordhkay.
We have to keep our self-respect to gain the others’ respect.
Never lose hope or surrender.
Salaam Rabbi. Thank you for the story and explaining the moral of it. You may want to consider two more morals of the story.
As I heard why the Rabbi didn’t prostrate, that he could not bow to anyone except HaShem (the one God of the Torah) and that due to foreign language he could not tell who they’re bowing to, as a Muslim, I expected the Imam (leader), Khomeini, even an ordinary Muslim who must believe in the first tenet of Islam (la ilaha illa Allah - there’s no god but Allah (the one God of the Torah - and Qur’an) to respect, and embrace, the Rabbi not only for his courage to stand up (the moral you explain), but also because he himself would not have bowed to anyone except Allah (HaShem - literally, The Name).
So a second moral of the story is as believers in the same one God in the Torah (and Qur’an),
Jews and Muslims are first and foremost brothers in faith despite differences in nationality and language.
A third moral of the story is, with regard to Khomeini allowing the Jewish citizens going outside during curfew, in Islam, it is a divine commandment from Allah (HaShem) and was a practice of his prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) that everyone is free to practice his faith and the commandments of HaShem (Allah) is superior to any human law, including Iran or Khomeini’s.
You may also want to consider Khomeini allowing the Jewish (rather than an Israeli) symbol on the cover of the Torah (and bag) from the perspective of these two additional morals - and the genuine love and respect every Muslim has for our Jewish brothers in Abrahamic faith.
HaShem knows best. May Allah guide you and me. Shalom ❤️
Why are you taking this man’s word as truth? First Imam Khomeini is a Muslim scholar, why would he make anyone bow to him or be confused as to why a Jew never bowed? Also Imam Khomeini never lived in a villa, he always lived a life of asceticism and this was well documented. Also there was no curfew during the war, especially where they shoot whoever comes out. This man is lying, listen to trusted sources.
its definitely a made up story. Khomeini did not ask people to bow down to him
@@AC-mp7cx You have not understood any of the story. The people were Muslims who bowed down to pray to Allah (HaShem, God) according to the Islamic rite.
Rabbi Hirschberg should be sent to negotiate a permanent peace between Israel and Iran
No muslim bow in front of kominie, it was bow to all mighty God. As muslim and Jewish brother and sisters, we worship one God, God of Abraham Issac and Jacob. One God for ever and ever. I am happy that Jewish brothers and sisters in iran has freedom to live like everybody else.
Salam and respects,first of all.Ayatollah Khomeini(r.a)was a real human.He just did what God(c.c) wanted him.That's all.People just like me are not able to understand him and his activity unfortunately.Let God(c.c) forgive me and all of us.Esselamu aleykum ve rehmetullah...
How do you know what god wants?
This isgreatness of Khumani .
Thanks Rav that is great!
No
Khomeini was a great guy, he was tolerant, and that's another moral of this story
It shows that the Persians are a very intelligent people,just like during the days of Queen Esterka~~~
what are you talking about.. this rabbi just making up some stories to tell khomeini was good.. no its not.. he was and is criminal ad persians were binch of killer back then ( noew hte new generation is good).. by the way muslims never have such a ridiculous claim to bow donw before them
@@nimab7518 he didn't say the Khomeini was good he was taking hostages nothing but contempt for Khomeini but Khomeini has respect for religious well actually Jews and Christians that's the way he wants it to appear
ok mr superior
And this gentleman Rabbi is my favourite religious figure although I’m not Follower of any religion in particular and yet I find his talks very relatable and logical :)
What an amazing story of a Persian legacy
This story has nothing to do with a Persian legacy, it has more to do with the teachings of Judaism, where faith and love of God unites different peoples despite their differences. Because we are all brothers and we form the family of humanity.
Wonderfully story,great message.
The teaching of this story is that it is written in the Torah: “I do not put my faith, neither in a man, nor in an angel, but in HaKadosh Baruch Hu (The Holy One Blessed be His Name) and before the Holy Torah I bow down.
This story also tells us an interesting detail: Before going to Iran, the rabbi from Mexico passes through New York and consults a rabbi, and it is none other than Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, leader of Chabad Luvabitch (a Tzaddik whom I had lucky enough to know him personally) known worldwide for his benevolence, his charitable deeds and his incredible abilities to perform miracles, because many months before Chanukah, he advises him to bring a Menorah or Chanukah candlestick.
*There is over 35,000 Iranian Jews living in Iran.* *They even have a Jewish representative in Irans Government*
They live in fear and scared on everything, there were much more before 1948 most(+90%)left because of Iranian treatment...
Patriotic Juhuri
Are you stupid?
They have Jewish members in the Iranian government.
reality check there is 72 years between that event and this day.
@@ReasonAboveEverything iran parliament has jewish member
H.J Pouya yes, lol. So.
Great video, I learned a lot and yes, we have to be proud.
That rabbi from Mexico has common sense when compared to our State Department.
7:72 that's unlikely. Muslims are not supposed to bow to any human beings or idols. A Khomeini would know that.
Don't muslims bow like 5 times a day ??
Taxi lots that I used to work in you had to walk around the muslims all day long,
bowing to whatever, the nicer car in front of them, praying for air fresheners, or soap ??
He didn't say that they were bowing to the Ayatollah but rather that he led the Muslim community in the prayer, bowing to God. The Rabbi truthfully said that he didn't understand the language and given the fact that he was not sure who they were bowing to made him weary of bowing. Remember Jews are followers of a monotheistic faith. Persians before being exposed to Islam were pagans. Don't you think the Rabbi was correct in stating his viewpoint?
@@solly20 that make sense
@@solly20 The Rabbi was correct in stating his viewpoint.
Does that mean that he has to jump in along with them ??
islam tells you to do lots of disgusting things, Why would anyone have to do these things ??
I'd rather be a Pagan than a muslim.
@@sdkid6059 If that is how you feel about it then that is you prerogative. Be a pagan! Be what you want. I am only stating the obvious. Not concern about what you like or hate about any religion or religious beliefs.
This story coming from a JEW, shows the respect and honor of Imam Khomeini. Khomeini cared for everyone in Iran. No disrespect to Jews by the way.
First: To my knowledge nobody bowed in front of Khomeini. Just go an look at news clips from those days. In Islam it is a sacrilege to bow to a human being, painting, stature or any other object. One only bows to Allah, i.e. the Almighty God. Second: Khomeini had two sons, one of whom was already dead when the Revolution happened, so it might have been "the son" of Khomeini. Third: There was no curfew during the Iran-Iraq war. Most likely the Jews needed a special permit for gathering. Therefore our dear Rabbi must have been misinformed. By the way, Rabbi Friedman is a great orator.
how do you know ?
Shalom. I know because I was there at that time, believe it or not.
Today I had a dream/insight that the Iranian regime and Rafidah clergy of Iran are crypto-Jews who will be part of the 70.000 Jews draped in Persian shawls who will follow Ad-Dajjal (the anti-Christ) have you ever heard them recite Qur'an beautifully? No, they recite it extremely slowly and mumble it? I only heard Iranian Shi'a who weren't clergy recite Qur'an beautifully like one soldier from IRGC. I believe they are all being fooled by the Rafidah clergy. Allahoe a3lem!
Good and deep teaching and learning.
what about the lesson of gratitude to khomeini who treated you well?
and im not even a supporter of his per se
In islam you just bow for god not for people
תודה רבה
Correction Rabbi. No Muslim bows in front of anyone but Allah. No Muslim would ask anyone to bow in front of him. This will result in the worst sin ie Shirk.. While miserly praising Imam Khomeini, the Rabbi did not spare him from slander. Imam Khomeini had great respect for all the faiths including Judaism and the Jews respectfully referred as Kaleemis in Iran. Zionism is a different story.
Shalom to my jewish brothers
Baruch HaShem !! Thank you Rabbi for this video.
Muslim doesn't force non Muslims to bow
ווואאאוווו...
בכנות יצאתי מדיכאון בזכות הרב,
חיזקת אותי, יהיה השם עימך בכל אשר תלך ותפעל
Thank you Rabbi.
Nobody is supposed to bow to other than Allah in Islam !
He should have talked about the kindness and respection of Khomeini !!!
A story full of holes!
Americans knew very well what Iran demanded: return of the overthrown Shah to be tried in court.
Jews have lived in Iran for literally thousands of years, they also have lived in Muslim countries in peace and freedom, and they do so today. We do know things about Jews! There's no need for a rabbi to come from Mexico and teach us!
There has never been a Friday prayer lead by Khomeini. All the Friday prayers in his time was lead by people appointed by him. We do not invite non-Muslims to Muslims' prayer! let alone expect them to bow like us!
In the time of Iran-Iraq war there was no prohibition for people to come out at night.
Yet I don't think he is lying, he just got the story wrong. But the outcome is not believable for a person who knows Muslims and Iran.
Yes , I agree with you, either the core of his message is useful and practical for everyone, not for Jewish merely, but his story background about that time seem not to be real. All Jewish and Muslim in iran have been living peacefully even from the time of cyrus the grate ,, .
راست و دروغش مهم نیس؛ مهم اینه که فعلا همینا هستن که ذهن بشریت را کنترل و مدیریت میکنن.
تو همین مملکت خودت ندیدی چطور ملتت رو خر کردن و روحانی را رئیسجمهور مملکتتون کردن.
"Yet I don't think he is lying, he just got the story wrong." Don't give him that much credit. Rabbis from his sect (Chabad) make up crap all the time, and this guy is pretty controversial.
Relax! Nock off the tribalism. Apparently, there were a few things the Ayatollah didn't know and he acted quite nobley. The whole point of this is that Persians are not the agressors. And a lot of people also know Persians are not anti-semitic. We have the same problem here in the US. If you oppose Israel's abuses, you're anti-semitic.
@@Mas_Tun Stop spreading your loshon Hara. If you have nothing nice to say don't say a thing
Well, i'm not jewish, only had jewish ancestors in my motherside here in Germany, but this is really great haha shalom to you all..
You should tell a local rabi (non reform etc) about that... Really go talk with one.
You are a jew...
You dont need any Rabbi
A part of our history that makes us Persians proud is that our ancestors stood by jewish people even if it happened over 2000 yrs ago ...
That is as if to say "Germans are proud of how they stood up for the Jews". Sorry, no lie can change the truth . Ya ibn Kalb
Amazing!!
Totally agree. Proud but not arrogant.
Shalom Rabbi. With all due respect i think the story is not that accurate. Jewish has been living in Iran for 2000 years. Judaism is recognized as one of the religion in Iran such Zorostanime. Dont you think Khomeini didnt know if a jewish rabbi didnt bow (we call it rukuk and sujud). Non Muslim are not oboliged to pray with Muslim. Even Sean Pean once came to the Tehran University and observe the Friday Pray and he sat in a platform or box.
I think someone should have added 'yimakh shmo" after mentioning Khomeni's name.
Well, he also mentions the "Secretary General of the General Assembly of the UN" (really should be just "the Secretary General of the UN", not the "Secretary General of the General Assembly of the UN") and then says "I forgot his name". Maybe that was meant as a "yimakh shmo" because that was Kurt Waldheim then, who was in the Wehrmacht in Greece and probably knew of, or maybe even participated in, the liquidation of Greek Jewry.
ימח שמו
The rabbi needs a lesson in the truth.
Imam Khomeini is real leader
Quite interesting. I wonder which palace Khomeini lived in? 😊
He didn't live lavishly. He lived very humble.
Lol.. right.. "a villa" lol
Good one!
He lived in a small house, ate very little, and woke up at 4-5 am to pray... which he did until he died. he stopped all the kidnappings and mistreatment of people by the shah, and his only real 'crime' (according to the west) is that he didn't side with the usa, and kept Iran's oil for the Iranians.
@@Kamadev888 would love to connect
In a small house left by his parents
I am one of your Lover from Pakistan
I show show my friends
Really?? Secretary General got into a taxi to see khomieni? A diplomat? The details are like fiction.
Not necessarily fiction. Don't forget that there was a complete breakdown of American power. No embassy so the next best means would be to travel by taxi, dont you think?
Suliman Vally so then that means anyone could walk in the country without any control. All exits and entries were controlled. I was in front of the American embassy when it got occupied at the time.
Saeed Mustapha I lived the events. I don’t need to be very smart. And how are you verifying your opinion, which you have non yet except bashing.
@@Just_logic True if you were at the Embassy, you could not have been at the airport. As such you would not be familiar with the dynamics at the airport. I am not saying the Iranian Council didn't know of his arrival, I am saying that they allowed the incident to happen to teach " the Western intransigence," a lesson or a message. Being there doesn't mean you were privy to all events taking place.
@Saeed Mustapha huh?
They still don't want anything, they just want to be left alone!!
That just shows the sincerity and justice of Khomeini towards the Jewish people. Just a side note, when the Muslims bow in their prayers it is to Allah and only Allah (Name of God in Arabic). It is not to Khomeini! Khomeini and today’s Iran have much respect to the Jewish people living inside Iran 🇮🇷. Only thing about Shia Islam is that they will never accept to be humiliated. Reason why Israel’s only defeats in its military history was to the Shia Muslims. They strive and live in spirit the story of Imam Hussein who was martyred for refusing to kneel to the King Yazid at his time. To die on ones feet than to live on ones knees. To further say many men are slaves because one is an oppressor; let us hate the oppressor. Now, the Shia reverse this and say amongst their spiritual wisdom to reverse this judgment, and to say, One man is an oppressor because many are slaves; let us despise the slaves. Then one would say of the Shia Muslims “How impossible for them to be humiliated” Beautiful video 👍
This story shows more about khomeinis compassion and allowing jews to worship freely rather than the rabbi doing something special
The question is simple and easy to answer. The only problem that stand in the way is this mortal body which needs food to survive. If only consciousness without this mortal body..we would love one onother more than we love our sons and our woman...
One of these days we should talk
I have a story I need your directions on
I do need to mention that the people were not bowing to Khomeini but to their god(Allah), it seems like this part of the story was knowingly skipped in order to make Khomeini worse than what he actually was.
Muslims respect every religion... There is no use of power in any muslim country to force non muslims to bow... Moral of story is good but you should give Imam khumaini respect... Down with israel tyrant forces
This is bullshit. Khomeni did not live in a Villa. His home was a modest small house.
Khomeini want to show to the world, is there anybody among the crowd will push his/her spiritual fashion to the Rabbi. Khomeini also want to see the respond of the Rabbi in the Islamic crowd with Islamic revolution atmosphere, when bad and good people pour together in the field. And we all now what was happened, and then we have a lot of hope if all spiritual leaders still can keep his purity.
The Rabbi is a very wise man , he is basically praising Khomaini but , the audience in the beginning of the speech break into laughter and as the speech goes on they seem to realize that the Rabbi is saying the khomeini was in fact a peaceful,tolerant and understanding who had lots of respect for other religions.
he was not really praising Khomeini but the rabbi. He was implying Khomeini was forcing people to bow down to him (although he didn't say this clearly, he implied it by not saying that Khomeini an the people were bowing to God.) We all know this is not true, and that Jews are respected in Iran.
With all due respect to you with this story you mentioned khomeini as a human being but the reality is not the man was a religious criminal ( it’s just my theory) and hopefully one day I will listen to your lecture at the university of Tehran and thanks for the enlightenment
One of Rabbi Hershberg's names was Mordechai!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What’s interesting about that?
@@Yushi3100 Read the book of Esther for parallels to this current story, which featured the original Mordechai, who also did not bow, and happened in Iran (called Persia back then)
Correct me if I'm wrong, Iran have majority of Jews in middle east, except Isreal.
Rain-Walker
*There is over 35,000 Iranian Jews living in Iran.* *They even have a Jewish representative in Irans Government*
reality check nope. It is about 9800.
Who moved Morocco from Africa to middle east.
John Exum Morocco not in middle east ☺️🌶
God bless all the Jews in this dangerous world of Islam 😢
Any Iranian know that the details of the dtory can not be true. But the whole message is acceptable.
According to Islam of Khomeini Muslims must respect others specially Christians and Jews.
Moral of the story is not quite the way you wanted it to be Rabbi. This story proves that Khomeini respected religions. America tried to bully him and shot down a passenger plane killing everybody inside the plane. His answer to that was taking hostages. You made it sound like he went about taking hostages for no reason like a mad man. I didn't know this story before but now that I know it I'm so proud of him. Always try to find out why someone does something before making up a judgement.
Exactly! the moral of the story is the Iranians (and muslims in general through history) have treated Jews way better than anyone else. They are accepted as 'people of the book' by the Qur'an, and Moses as a great prophet. During the Ottoman empire, Jews travelled there from Europe, and sent letters to each other to come to the Ottoman Empire to live. After 1492, when the Catholics expelled the Jews (or forcibly converted them) in Spain, they fled to Muslim lands.
The 'bowing' was not to Khomeini, but to God, during the muslim prayer. Khomeini never asked anyone to bow down to him, nor would he have punished anyone not bowing to him, and the rabbi, seems to be deliberately avoiding telling the people exactly who the Iranians were bowing to during the prayer. Khomeini, despite not accepting Israel as a legitimate state, also never advocated hatred towards Jews.
Such a beautiful and wise story.
❤ God is great ❤ Khamenei leader ❤ You are an ignorant scholar, self-confessing what a great man (Ruhullah Khomeini) was, long live the followers of Ali Ibn Abi Talib (A.S)
Why the moral is not the Shia Muslim leadership is reasonable and honest?
I saw the picture of Ruhollah Khomeini on the wall of a Shiite friend's house for the first time. Khomeini was standing in the picture with one hand raised. I asked who is this Baba? He replied, "This is our Leader of the Islamic Revolution. Due to my age and lack of knowledge, I did not understand the word Leader of the Revolution. I just understood that he has a Maulvi." As time went on, when we stepped into our youth, we saw that the society was bound by sectarianism. We also fell prey to it. When we saw the picture of Khomeini, we were told that he was a Jewish agent, a Shiite. Is the enemy of islam etc. We also believed in the words of the mullahs in the guise of religion without any research. Then we wrote "Khomeini House" in the washrooms of mosques and madrassas, we even wrote bad words about Khomeini on the walls of the city. When Allah made us aware, the truth came out that the Khomeini we used to call infidels and polytheists. In fact, he was an old soldier on the way to Karbala, who learned to deny in the face of falsehood from Sultan Hurriyat Hussain Ibn Ali, who paid for the right to be the children of Venus, became stateless but did not bow before the oppressor, the world He proved that a person who becomes attached to Karbala sees nothing but righteousness. If you complain about the system of your country in front of an old man belonging to any sect, that old man will give the same answer: "This country needs a man like Khomeini."
When he went to Tehran in 2011, he went to Khomeini's grave and apologized to him. Many ignorant young people like me will be misled and efforts will be made to keep Khomeini away from the idea of idol-breaking, but the truth is the truth, not people like me. They are also forced to say the same words that my childhood friend said: "Khomeini is our leader of the Islamic Revolution" June 3, the day of death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Supplication of Surah Al-Fatihah. Ali Asghar
wow, an american with a brooklyn-yiddish accent who, unlike Obama and all those Harvard grads, can bother to pronounce Iran and Tehran pretty accurately....Bravo.
G-d, what a banal and simplistic story to waste so much time on only to make few deeply disturbed listeners feel better about themselves through association.
Amazing
The Rabbi said "even a man like Khomeini..." shake my head...He still doesn't really get it.
Shalom, Happy to hear from Mr Friedman i always enjoy his lectures, one big mistake was made, he was demanding The Shaw of Iran to return to Iran to answer for his crimes before freeing the hostages, you can check it up with the interview with Mr Mike Wallace from USA.
Islam is a religion of tolerance this is our tradition that we respect the rituals of people of book in Madina when Christians came to meet Prophet Muhammad PBUH they stayed in mosque and they prayed there. in Madina the Jews have their synagogue but they were never destroyed when Umar R.A. conquered Jerusalem the priest offered to pray in church but he refused because he if he did then will also do that and in future it could be the cause of riots between Muslims in Christians we Muslims respect the place of worship and Jews know it well that in Muslim regime Jews were treated with respect unlike other regimes who treated them as slaves
Marvellous ! Moral always the same since 6000 years of history of the Jewish people . Never forget your indentity
I listened to the video 3 times and he didnt say what happenes to the 2 jews that were hostages.
All hostages released after 444 days
edgardo rubio where have you been the past 41 years ?
Good story, but did you have to aspirate your ps and to and click the back of your throat? It’s very annoying and I speak for many. Don’t just say, “That’s the way I talk, tough.” These noises are extremely easy to lose. Many people would appreciate these small modifications.
You are certainly a good story teller, but miles away from true version
No.... the moral of the story is the Iranians (and muslims in general through history) have treated Jews way better than anyone else. They are accepted as 'people of the book' by the Qur'an, and Moses as a great prophet. During the Ottoman empire, Jews travelled there from Europe, and sent letters to each other to come to the Ottoman Empire to live. After 1492, when the Catholics expelled the Jews (or forcibly converted them) in Spain, they fled to Muslim lands.
The 'bowing' was not to Khomeini, but to God, during the muslim prayer. Khomeini never asked anyone to bow down to him, nor would he have punished anyone not bowing to him, and the rabbi, seems to be deliberately avoiding telling the people exactly who the Iranians were bowing to during the prayer. Khomeini, despite not accepting Israel as a legitimate state, also never advocated hatred towards Jews.
Why this guy laying and make story
Khomini never was in Friday pray
In all my times of participation in Friday prayers, i have never seen visitors (i.e. non Muslims) being expected to bow. They simply sit peacefully and observe. After all, they do not know the movements of the prayer and cannot be expected to follow. It seems that this nice story is a bit of a fairy tale.
What the West doesn't understand is that Persians are not intolerant like Sunnis. They are certainly not fanatics.
I , a Muslim , stand by fellow Persians - ZOROASTER IS A TRUE PROPHET OF GOD !
کوتاه بیا داداش. آخه زرتشت چه ربطی به موضوع داره.
Persia & jews have been hand in glove all along.
Did he go back to NYC or Washington?