Chabad: Keeping one’s true self hidden
The following is quoted from a Chabad website. A Jew asks if Jews have super powers. The Rabbi explains how the comic superheroes that Jewish writers created all present a deceptive pose to the world just as the Jews must be deceptive among Gentiles. He goes on to explain that Jews have different souls than Gentiles and how Jews, unlike Gentiles are literally part of God himself as compared to other peoples. (Some Chabad explain it saying the Jews have the literal DNA of God!)
Chabad Lubavitch maintains that all creation and all Gentiles are made for only one reason, to serve Jews . A Gentile’s sole purpose is to be a servant to the Jews. Chabad is not some “out in the sticks” supremacist organization, it has hundreds of thousands of Jewish followers and hundreds of millions of dollars of economic clout. This Jewish extremist organization actually has teaching lessons for the many Jews that work in the White House! Some of its Rabbis actually give the opening prayers at cabinet meetings! Yet, the Jewish-dominated media remains silent on this powerful Jewish extremism at the highest levels of American political power!
Dear Rabbi,
I recently saw the Spiderman movie. It touched something within me. I know it is weird, but is it possible that I have super powers? What does Judaism have to say about super heroes?- Peter Parker
Dear Peter,
It is no accident that the most famous super heroes were created by Jews. Bob Kane created Batman, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby created Spiderman, the Hulk and a host of other Marvel characters, and Superman was created by Joe Shuster and Jerry Seigel.
The conflict between the characters powers and secret identity has very Jewish overtones. Having to pass as everyone else in public, keeping one’s true self hidden is something that many Jews are familiar with.
The connection, however, goes even deeper. Jewish mysticism discusses the duality of Jewish identity. We are actually a compound of the spiritual and the physical. Our bodies are like everyone elses. But inside, the soul, the spirit is different. At Mt. Sinai G-d made a covenant with the Jewish people. The Jewish people have the ability to connect to an infinite G-d. In order to accomplish this task our souls themselves took an infinite quality.
Tanya, the foundational text of Chabad, written by the first Lubavitcher Rebbe, describes the Jewish soul as being part and parcel of G-d, literally. So, since G-d is infinite and our souls are connected to G-d, we have at our disposal infinite resources, infinite power. Oh, and Peter, infinite power beats webslinging any day. Just remember, with great power comes great responsibility. It is not easy being a super hero; it is not easy to be a Jew.
Rabbi Eliezer Sneiderman
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