The Story
By Nissan Mindel
Published and copyrighted by Kehot Publication Society
 | "My good friend, Rabbi Amnon, I know you have been loyal and devoted to me for many years. Now I wish to ask you a personal favor. Abandon your faith, and become a good Christian like me..." The gripping story behind a most moving High Holiday prayer.
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No man will ever leave his G-d. G-d may have left him, but we, never Him.
Many Christians in Africa each night are suffering the same choices and fate from the Muslims and Nativists.
Thank you for the Web page.
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It is interesting to note that this version of the story differs from the popular one which has Rabbi Amnon actually requesting of the Duke that his body be mutilated. In your version, however, he makes no such request.
This accords well with Jewish tradition, which does not allow for self-mutilation.
Thank you for clarifying the story!
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I never knew this story. This prayer, which has always held great depth of meaning for me, becomes now deeper for me still. Thanks for your informative and inspiring website, and thanks to Chabad of Port Washington NY and Rabbi Palteil for helping me to find the beauty in my Judaism that my upbringing failed to show me.
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I once heard an explanation regarding "who by fire and who by water..." and how all of these things are not as horrific as they sound according to Chassidus. I can no longer recall the details- does anyone know anything about this?
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