Satmar Rebbe Criticizes Heavy Jewish Involvement In Recent Elections; “We Live Here But We’re Not Americans”

 

So DIN, what do you say now? Don't you say the same thing? Aren't you on the same page?

Well.... yes and no...

I believe in the premise that Jews are "in galus" even in the USA..

But I also believe that the Rebbe is being disingenuous ...

When he says that "“Jews are drawn to US politics and have greatly breached the line between Yisrael and the nations," he really doesn't believe that at all, since Satmar is heavily invested in politics both in local elections and national elections...and in fact they vote in block votes in all elections...

So what happened? The rebbe and his cronies bet on the wrong horse, they were all in for Trump and now he is running scared that Biden will take the $$$$$$$ away from his moisdois haTorah! ...... 

Every year thousands of Satmar chassidim celebrate chaf aleph Kislev, the day the Vayoel Moshe, was saved from the Nazis, by a Zionist. This year, the event was held on a smaller scale due to the pandemic.

During the event, the Satmar Rebbe of Williamsburg, R' Zalman Leib, criticized the heavy involvement of Chareidi Jews in the recent U.S. elections. “Jews are drawn to US politics and have greatly breached the line between Yisrael and the nations. We need to understand that we’re in galus. We live here but we’re not Americans.”

“Rabbeinu [the Ba’al Vayoel Moshe] also used to say this. There was a Jew named R’ Dovid Eichler who once came for the Yamim Hanoraim from Yerushalayim and he told the Rebbe that he also came to collect money in America. On Parshas Vayishlach, R’ Dovid attended a Tish and the rebbe asked him “what are you doing here?”, to which he said “I came to America”. ‘It’s not America here. We have to remember: ‘Ki Ger Hayiti B’Eretz Nochriya.'” [I was a stranger in a foreign land].

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