The orthodox jews who banned Mr. Baruch Spinoza from the synagogue in the 1600s mentioned a prayer that he be cursed by day and by night. It is very frightening and in my thoughts, not Torah.
Here is a commentary I was going to add but cleverly decided I would not to the commentary about him on a facebook post from the Jerusalem Post tonight:
Water Scare. The world of Spinoza is no more threatening to Jewish study than the Statue of Liberty is a major idol in a land where a man can try to find G-d but in his voice and mistaken look feel that a major idol was in the sea. I think its definately time that this issue be considered, but to think that one man is the anti-jew humanity of common existence is humanely ignorant and not funny. They still use cherem to ban jews for even the most miniscule ideas in some communities. I know. I am one of them.
The continued excommunication of Baruch Spinoza is the crack of the Orthodox. It might be broken.
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