Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh (born 28 Cheshvan 5704/1944) is a
prominent Chabad Rabbi and Mashpia.
He is the Rosh Yeshivah of the Od Yosef Chai Yeshivah, and the leader of the Gal Einai organization.
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In 1994, Ginsburgh received much publicity on account of an article "Baruch Hagever"[3] in which he praised Baruch Goldstein who had massacred 29 Arab worshippers at the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron.[4][5] Rabbi Ginsburgh wrote that it is possible to view Baruch Goldstein's act as following five Halachic principles, namely "sanctification of God's name", "saving life" (referring to testimonies that he had allegedly received regarding a planned Arab massacre of Jews[6]), "revenge",
"eradication of the seed of Amalek" and "war".[7] Motti Inbari commented on this:
In his writings, Ginzburg gives prominence to Halachic and kabbalistic approaches that emphasize the distinction between Jew and non-Jew (Gentile), imposing a clear separation and hierarchy in this respect.
He claims that while the Jews are the Chosen People and were created in God's image, the Gentiles do not have this status, and are effectively considered subhuman.
Accordingly, for example, the commandment "Thou shall not murder does not apply to the killing of a Gentile, since "You shall not murder" relates to the murder of a human,
while for him the Gentiles do not constitute humans.
Similarly, Ginzburg stated that, on the theoretical level, if a Jew requires a liver transplant to survive,
it would be permissible to seize a Gentile and take their liver forcefully.
From this point only a small further step is required to actively encourage and support the killing of non-Jews, as Ginzburg did in the case of Goldstein.[8]
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