Police shut down at least three shuls in Outremont, Montreal on Friday night and Shabbos morning that were open in defiance of COVID enforcement.
Police said they were assaulted while trying to shut down one of the locations on Friday night.
Video footage from Friday night shows a large crowd screaming at police. Shouts of Nazi! can be heard as children are seen running from the building.
One person can be heard yelling “Jews Lives Matter”!
Officers took the names of people present at the scenes and will submit reports to Quebec’s office of criminal prosecutions, which will decide whether to pursue further penalties.
On Motzei Shabbos, Quebec’s Hasidic Jewish council made a public call asking all community members to follow public health guidelines after the incidents which have since been published on many Canadian news outlets.
“It is with regret that the Council of Hasidic Jews of Quebec has learned that certain members of the community have not respected the public health guideline limiting the number of people in a religious institution to 10,” the council said in a statement Saturday night.
While the Council of Hasidic Jews is denouncing any illegal gatherings that took place, the organization is also accusing the SPVM of not properly enforcing the law. At least one of the establishments in question has three separate entrances into three separate closed off spaces, the council said, allowing them to safely accommodate 10 people each.
“This misunderstanding of the regulations by police authorities adds to the confusion,” the council said in its statement.
THANKS SO MUCH,, IT MEANS THE WORLD TO US IN THESE DIFFICULT TIMESֱ
It is about time people realize that these clowns DO NOT, DO NOT, represent Judaism.
ReplyDeleteThese so called “Hasidim” have succeeded in replacing authentic Judaism with a “kosher style” voodoo.
They have invented a new cult that bears no resemblance to the pristine beauty of authentic rational Judaism as it existed before it was corrupted by Lurianic fairy-tale-wonderland gnostic fantasies and "Hasidic" (a misnomer if there ever was one) guruism and avatarism.
Any resemblance between present day “Hasidim” and authentic Judaism is purely external.
This is a great tragedy for the Jewish people who are led to believe that the antics of the various “Hasidic” costume carnival clowns (and other so called “Haredi” groups) are an expression of real authentic Judaism. (Judaism “ultimate” so to speak.) The obvious conclusion is “if that is Judaism, not for me!”
I am sure that many secular are seeking and would return to the ways of their fathers but are put off by the proliferation of "kabalist" charlatans and "Hassidic" clowns who have effectively hijacked our Judaism.
(If I for one minute believed that these clowns are practicing Judaism, I too would become secular).
The tragedy of our time. These clowns are not funny!