Beit Shemesh Mayor Shmuelik Greenberg Attacked by Charedim During Wedding in Bnei Brak
This would be laughable—if it weren’t so tragic.
Shmuelik Greenberg, once the darling of the Charedi establishment, ran under the Degel HaTorah banner and was installed as their loyal puppet.
During the mayoral elections—just weeks after October 7—they dragged Rav Landau to a rally to oust the incumbent, Dr. Aliza Bloch, a proud shomeret Torah u’mitzvos. Rav Landau declared the election a Milchemes Mitzvah, shut down yeshivos across Beit Shemesh and neighboring cities where Beit Shesh Bochrim were learning, and bused them in to vote. Unsurprisingly, Greenberg won.
All this while the real Milchemes Mitzvah was raging in Gaza, where hundreds of Jewish soldiers were sacrificing their lives al kiddush Hashem.
Now, it seems Shmulik has strayed from the script. He’s refused to enforce fanatical demands like banning family seating in eateries etc. And for that, he’s been branded a traitor.
Last year, he was assaulted at a wedding in Beit Shemesh—police had to extract him wearing a helmet to protect him from Charedi thugs. This time, they waited until he attended a simcha out of town, in Bnei-Brak. Word got out, and they pounced—beating him viciously, all under the banner of yet another self-declared Milchemes Mitzvah.
This isn’t just political drama. It’s a dangerous descent into mob rule, where violence replaces dialogue and intimidation replaces leadership. And it’s happening in the name of Torah.
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