Rabbi Handler Turns On Satmar Rebbe because "He caused a Huge Chillul Hashem"

 

Letter from Rabbi Hillel Handler

Subject: Dear Reb Aron, I plead guilty to being a “Trumpist.”

כָּל מָקוֹם שֶׁיֵּשׁ חִלּוּל הַשֵׁם אֵין חוֹלְקִין כָּבוֹד לָרַב

Please forgive my effrontery in addressing you so bluntly, but you have made a terrible misjudgment that has caused a massive Chilul Hashem, and someone must speak up and make a protest.

ובִמְקוֹם שֶׁאֵין אֲנָשִׁים, הִשְׁתַּדֵּל לִהְיוֹת אִישׁ

You publicly attacked everyone who criticized your endorsement of Sodomite politicians, calling them “Trumpists,” as if anyone who dares to support the MAGA concept of fixing America’s problems is a meshugener.

In fact, you were quoted in the media as saying that “ It is not our job to fix America.”—So you instructed your Hasidim to vote for Democrat Sodomites who seek to destroy America.

You thereby confirmed the “Blood Libel” of the New York Times that Hasidim are selfish people who care only about money—about themselves—and “to Hell with America.”

Could anything be a greater Chilul Hashem than that?

Rav Avigdor Miller, my Rebbe, publicly stated many times that it is our responsibility to support those people who want to preserve America, because it has been an unprecedented land of refuge and opportunity for the Jewish People for over 300 years.

When the evil Spanish Inquisition arrived in Brazil hundreds of years ago, where did the Marrano Jews run to escape torture and death?—to America, where they built the famous “Touro” Shul.

One of these Spanish Jewish immigrants, Haym Salomon, gave a huge amount of money to George Washington to fund his successful revolution against the British oppressors. And, as a recognition of his vital contribution, Washington decreed that a Mogen Dovid should be printed on every American dollar (look carefully, and you’ll see it).

When the Russian Jews were being slaughtered en-masse by the Russian Cossacks in the “Kishinev Pogroms” of the 1800’s, where did two million Russian Jews escape to—to America!

Which country defeated Hitler?—America!

Where was the headquarters of the Vaad Hatzoloh that rescued hundreds of thousands of Jews from the Nazis—in America!

Where did your uncle the Great Divrei Yoel go to establish his Kehilla?—to America, together with Puper Rav, Rav Michoel Ber Weissmandel, Rav Yonason Steiff…etc., etc., etc.

My father A”H was a close friend of your father, and he told me that he felt like kissing the earth of America after he came here from the bloody lands of Europe.

Rav Miller warned that America may not be here for long, so we must do our part in supporting it and ensuring it’s survival in a bloody hostile world.

But you and your selfish, short-sighted advisors focused only on what short-term benefits you could get from playing politics.

כִּי חִנָּם מְזֹרָה הָרָשֶׁת בְּעֵינֵי כָל בַּעַל כָּנָף.

You failed to see the big picture— the larger disaster that threatens to engulf us all under the destructive leadership of the Atheist, Immoral Democrat Party that is taking America apart, piece by piece.

And you disparagingly attacked the Jews who see the danger and do everything they can to prevent it as “Trumpists,” as if President Trump is doing something wrong in trying to save America from destruction, to “Make America Great Again” (MAGA).

Please forgive me for being so blunt. That has always been my style when I spoke at Satmar demonstrations, like my famous niggun at the Menachem Begin demonstration, which is still sung to this very day.

…If I may be so bold as to make a suggestion to the Rebbe:

In the light of what I have documented above, perhaps it is appropriate for the Rebbe to now consider declaring that he has also become a “Trumpist!”