Rabbi Lau Shlita went thru the seven gates of hell when he was only a child in concentration camp, and was invited by Agudah to address the Sium Hashas. The Vishnitzer Rebbi refuses to attend because Rabbi Lau is a Zionist! Well, listen to me Rabbi Hager, the "Zionists" gave him a country to escape the horrors of Europe, after his parents were brutally murdered by the Nazis! The Zionists also saved the Satmerer's Rebbi life! The Zionists also gave thousands of boys and girls the opportunity to learn our Holy Torah! Have some "hakoras hatoiv."
According to a Kikar Shabbat report, the Vishnitzer Rebbe from Monsey Shlita may boycott the main Siyum HaShas because “Zionist rabbis” are expected to address the tzibur. This apparently may also lead to other prominent rabbonim and admorim shlita to boycott the event.
Until this announcement, residents of Eretz Yisroel were envious of Jews in North America which was holding one major siyum for all as opposed to in Eretz Yisrael there are siyumim for Ashkenazim, Sephardim, litvish and dati leumi. The rebbe’s announcement however changes all of this.
Invited to address that forum is Tel Aviv Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau Shlita as well as Rosh Yeshivas HaMekubalim Ahavas Shalom HaRav HaGaon Yaakov Hillel Shlita.
The Vishnitzer Rebbe Monsey, told organizers earlier in the week he cannot attend since the “Zionist rabbis” will be attending in an official capacity.
Leaders of Agudas Yisrael in the United States are working to find a solution, and they are quoted anonymously by Kikar Shabbat as saying “we are taking about important admorim, rabbonim and mashpi’im, but on the other side of the coin, we must remain cognizant of the fact that 80% of those who will be participating in the siyum are identified with the Modern Orthodox world, and for them, dafka the addresses from these “Zionist rabbonim” as it were is what is drawing them to attend.
5 comments:
They also gave 'pops' a opportunity to run his multi million shekel business in shikoon wizinitz in b'neye barak.
Zionist didd not save satmar rebbe's life, they are responsible for a lot of jews that were killed and they could have saved them
Anonymous 10:35am
They certainly did save his life. You must be one of the Satmer kool aid drinkers (CRC hechsher)who believe that anyone not a Satmer is a full fledged goy
Cannot comment on your seond comment.
Its not good for your "paulitik" and it make you a "koofee toivoh"
but facts are facts -he was saved by "de tzi'yoinim - yimach shmom v'zichrom".
This 'vesh'nitz' boycott is just a continuation on this path.
YU & MO circles have grown and multiplied. They no longer are looking over their shoulders to see what the "ultras" are doing.
They have their own financial sources, their own Rabbonim, and most of all their yeshivah guys and Kolel students spent as much time in the Bais Medrosh as do the "ultras" if not more time. Their quality of studying and the results are at least on par with the "ultras", probably far superior.(check it out).
It took time for them to realize this but they finally saw the true results. This bickering by Vishnitz and others about such narisheh but "important" issues only add to their conclusion that they are not missing anything.
Just like there is chasidish and litvish, Satmar and Boston, Aronim and Zalonim,Lakewood and Lubavitch, Brisk and Mir which all bicker with each other about "their big" issues, so too the is YU and 'Ultras'. Big deal. They all have their own Rabbonim, Their own psokim, their own minhagim, and their own ' m'shugasin'. There is no use or gain by attacking or badmouthing the other camp.
They are here to stay. (So is vishnitz).
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