THE ZIONIST שמד

 

from EMAILIM BATORAH

When the Zionist movement was founded, there was a real danger
of the Frum community joining this secular organization.

The Gedolim of the time vehemently opposed Zionism and spoke out
against the movement.
They explained how dangerous this movement is for Yiddishkeit. They argued & warned that the sole goal of the Zionists was to uproot the Torah and destroy Yiddishkeit. They considered all the Zionists as 'כופרים בהקב"ה ועובדי ע"ז וכו
who are trying to שמד כלל ישראל

The Gedolim were successful in preventing most Frum Yidden from joining the secular Zionist movement. However, like in all generations, there were Yidden who went off the Derech, and many of them joined the Zionists.

The Gedolim of the past and present, with סיעתא דשמיא, accomplished that the Zionists didn't manage to Shmad any Frum Yidden for the past seventy years. Since the Parsha of the ילדי תימן in the years 1948-1954, thanks to the Gedolim, there was no Shmad taking place by the Zionists.

Yes, indeed, many Yidden in E.Y. did go off the Derech, but hey did so not because of Zionism. Had they lived in Monroe or New Square, etc., they most likely would have done the same and gone OTD.

Some will claim that the Zionists were the cause of so many of our Sephardi brethren adopting a secular lifestyle. Evidence has proven this to be wrong. The number of Sephardim who immigrated to Chutz Laaretz and forsaken their Yiddishkeit is more than tenfold that of the Israeli Sephardim.

Sephardic Torah Chinuch Mosdos in Eretz Yisroel versus Sephardic Mosdos in Chutz Laaretz is probably one hundred to one.

If it is not the Tziyoinim who are Shmading us, whom should we blame for the Shmad?

We should blame the entire non-religious community. Even those non-Frum מחללי שבת etc. who aren't עובר the שלש שבועות. The שנאת עמי הארץ towards the Frum community is not exclusive to the Zionists.

This Schmad is happening all over the Jewish world, in Williamsburg, Monsey, Lakewood, London, Bnei Brak Yerushalayim, and countless other cities where Yidden live.

The Shmad in Chutz Laaretz is much greater than that of the Tziyoinim in E.Y.
In Chu"l we have hundreds of thousands who intermarried with Goyim.

Part #2 - Stopping the Shmad

Sixty years ago, most of כלל ישראל adopted a new method of fighting the non-Frum,
 instead of calling them "עמלקים-ערב רב-נאצים", etc. We called them תינוק שנשבה - אחינו בני ישראל
 Instead of hurling rocks & stones at them, we showered them with brotherly love.

Instead of shouting angrily at them, "SHABBOS," we invited them into our homes and sang with them "SHABBOS HAYOM."
 Instead of chanting נמות ולא נתגייס, we chant - נקדש את שמך בעולם (הזה)
עם ישראל חי

This new method of warfare against secularism proved to be so effective that over a hundred thousand Yidden returned to become חוזרים בתשובה.
In the entire history of כלל ישראל, never has there been such a large amount of בעלי תשובה as in the past generation.

Sadly, in the past few years, the number of new בעלי תשובה has drastically dwindled. Our inaction, of not being מוחה, protesting, and putting a stop to the rioting לשם שמים, discourages Yidden from being חוזרים בתשובה.

People stuck in traffic for hours due to illegal demonstrations don't want to join a community that disregards others trying to get to work, get to appointments, or return home after a long day.

The millions who watch the nightly newscast of our boys rioting like Mr. Schwartz's boys in the African jungle will not be convinced to change their lifestyle and become שומרי תורה ומצוות.

TO STOP THE SHMAD. The Roshei Yeshivah, Rebbes, leaders, Parents, etc. must clearly & loudly declare,
לא זו הדרך - דרכיה דרכי נועם