Rabbi Tovia Singer Cannot Stop Barking At Christianity!
Encountering Rabbi Tovia Singer’s Video
Recently, on my day off, I was scrolling through YouTube on my phone when I came across a video that caught my attention. 
As I looked at the image, I wanted to watch it so much because I knew Rabbi Tovia Singer wouldn’t be able to help himself. I knew it.
I wondered how he would do it this time—how would he attack Christianity without shooting his own beliefs in the foot?
He couldn’t be so foolish to say what I thought he would say, could he?
I wanted to press play on that video badly, but I kept my composure, reminded myself it was my day off, and saved the video to watch later.
The Day of Reckoning
Well, today is the day. Today, I’ll be defending Christianity against the blatant lies of this famous rabbi.
He didn’t only do what I thought he would—he did worse. So, I’m going to expose the clear lies, distortions, and problems in his arguments.
The First Clip
This first clip was about a minute long. I want you to understand why Rabbi Singer spoke about this, and I also want you to see the whole context.
This way, anyone who isn’t a Christian will see that I’m not hiding anything.
The clip begins with a caller introducing themselves:
“Hey guys, this is Rev Robbins over here in North Carolina. I hope y’all are doing good.
So, Rabbi, I have a question for you. Where did the idea and notion come from that we Gentiles—I’ve said before, I don’t plan on converting, nor do I have any intention to convert—
but when did the belief arise that we were considered, I guess, sub-human in the eyes of God and the rest of the world?
When did that come about?
I guess because Jesus, in Matthew 15, basically said we were like dogs eating from the crumbs that fell from the Jews’ table.
Then, Paul in Romans 11 went on to say that the only reason God saves us is to make the Jews mad and jealous.
When did this idea develop, that we were second-class humans and that God only loved you guys?”
Rabbi Singer’s Response and Its Contradictions
All you have to do rabbi is tell the truth. The truth will make you free. 🙂
Rabbi Singer begins his response, claiming there are two answers to this question.
The first answer he gives is that Christians believe salvation has two stages: the first stage is to the Jews, and the second is to the Gentiles.
That’s fine, but listen to what he says next:
“This bears no resemblance to anything in Tanakh.”
Really? This bears no resemblance to the Old Testament?
It’s mind-boggling that a rabbi with so much reach could ever say this with a smug face. God’s work with the Israelites is like a beacon that draws all other people in.
This is exactly what Rabbi Singer explained as the Christian belief—Jesus came to the Jews first, and then the message goes out far and wide.
But listen to what he said again:
“This bears no resemblance to anything in Tanakh.”
However, later on in the same video, Rabbi Singer contradicts himself. He says,
“Our entire role as a Jew is to facilitate the salvation of the non-Jew.”
When you keep watching, he continues to reinforce this point. But you just heard him say in the same video that what the Jews are here for is to spread the light to all nations.
That’s the exact same thing as the Christian view—Jesus is the King of the Jews, His light shines from within Israel to the rest of the world, to the Jew first, then the Gentile.
But Rabbi Singer said this bears no resemblance to anything in Tanakh. It gets worse.
The Question Remains Unanswered
Remember, this video is supposed to be about why Jesus called Gentiles “dogs.” After speaking for a couple of minutes, Rabbi Singer still hasn’t answered the question.
Instead of being truthful about why a Jew like Jesus would call Gentiles “dogs,” he keeps talking about Christians.
And it should make you wonder at this point—why is a Jewish rabbi talking about Christianity but not the Old Testament?
Does the Old Testament talk about Gentiles being dogs? Rabbi Singer says,
“All of this is vulgar to a Jew”,
Yet passages like Exodus 22 and Psalm 22 suggest otherwise:
“And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.” – Exodus 22:31
A common Jewish interpretation of this is that the dogs mentioned here are Gentiles, or at the very least, that dogs and Gentiles are alike.
Look at what Rashi says. Rashi is the household name for rabbinic Jews. Children are often raised with his notes in their Bible. Rashi says,
OUCH!
Psalm 22 talks about a man surrounded by dogs who pierce his hands and feet.
Jesus obviously quoted this Psalm about himself and the Gentiles who crucified him.
But even popular rabbinic Jewish interpretation agrees—these dogs are Gentiles too. 
Radak (Rabbi David Kimchi) is another household name for nearly a thousand years. And Steinsaltz is a recent important figure.
The Truth About God’s View on Gentiles
But this is where you must be careful. I’ll tell you what Rabbi Singer should have told you because, unlike him, I won’t single out parts of the Bible and hide other parts.
His whole video is an attack on Christianity while trying to leave the Old Testament in a good light. But you’ve seen how I could easily reverse all his arguments against him. However, that would not be truthful.
I didn’t mention these Old Testament passages to say Rabbi Singer has the same problem. The truth is, God doesn’t look at Gentiles as lesser than Jews.
God created mankind in His image, not only Israelites. God, in both the Old and New Testaments, is talking about the actions of the people. That is why God would call someone a dog.
It’s no secret today that the Canaanites, for example—whom God removed from the land—did some of the most heinous acts: bestiality, inappropriate behaviour with animals, child sacrifice, offering their babies to false gods.
God is calling people who engage in those sorts of behaviours “dogs,” not just because they’re not Israelites.
And we know this because God calls Israelites “dogs” in the Bible too. The rabbi knows this—at least, I hope he does—but saying this won’t help his case.
In Isaiah 56, for example, look at what God says about Israelites:
“His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.” – Isaiah 56:10
Not only does God say Israelites here are dogs, He calls them dumb dogs that are muzzled—they cannot speak. But He says more in the next verse:
“Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.” – Isaiah 56:11
Exposing the Rabbi’s Arguments
God says they are greedy dogs. Everything Rabbi Singer says about the New Testament in this video backfires—he’s shooting himself in the foot.
If you do certain behaviors, you are acting like an animal, i.e., a dog. If you don’t, you’re not acting like an animal, i.e., you are not a dog.
It doesn’t matter whether you are an Israelite or not. This is God’s point throughout the whole Bible.
Anybody who says otherwise is ignorant of the Bible or is trying to deceive you.
I don’t know what it is with rabbis trying to attack Christianity, but their arguments always get destroyed. Rabbi Singer wasn’t the first, and he definitely won’t be the last.
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