People wonder why a Gadol would need written notes for such a simple message, and the reason is straightforward: most people don’t understand what’s actually happening.
Why would a Rosh Yeshiva, someone who knows Kol HaTorah Kula, require notes to deliver a message that even a young child could articulate? The answer is simple—he is relying entirely on the information provided to him by those around him. As far as I know, Rav Landau doesn’t follow the news and isn’t on social media. Everything he hears comes through his handlers, the askanim who filter and frame the information he receives.
A clear example took place in 2023, six months after October 7th, during the Beit Shemesh mayoral election. Certain Charedi factions were determined to remove Dr. Aliza Bloch, a Shomeret Torah U’mitzvot, and put forward their own candidate, Shmuel Greenberg—who, ironically, they later turned against to the point that he now requires heavy security just to leave his home.
To rally support, they rented a stadium—despite previously insisting that entering such a venue was forbidden—and managed to gather nearly 4,000 people for a Degel HaTorah event. On a Motzei Shabbos, they brought the elderly Rav Landau from Bnei Brak so he could address the crowd. I was there.
Rav Landau spoke for about five minutes, reading from notes. And what was the message?
He declared that this municipal election constituted a “Milchemes Mitzvah.” Therefore, he said, eligible bochurim should close their Gemaras and vote. If they were learning outside Beit Shemesh, Degel would provide buses so they could travel back and forth—a trip that would involve at least five hours of missed learning—all because this was supposedly a “Milchemes Mitzvah.”
This took place during a period of daily IDF casualties, constant sirens and runs to shelters, only months after October 7th. Yet according to this logic, the events of October 7th were not a Milchemes Mitzvah, but voting in a local mayoral race was. It’s hard to make sense of that.
And this brings us back to the original question: why did Rav Landau need notes for a five‑minute speech?
Because he was reading what others prepared for him. That’s the entire point.
The ones mocking Rav Landau are the Chareidim themselves who are afraid what he would say if he didn't have the notes! They think that he is basically a "dummy" and so they feed him crapola and hay and place it in a note for him to read!
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You can not talk that way about great rabbis even if you disagree
The Star Trek episode "Patterns of Force" pretty much describes how The Gedolim(tm) work today.
Did you read the post? I don't think so!
Who is doing these to the "great rabbis?"
Their handlers called Asskanim !
I'm just answering what people are wondering.
Great Rabbis don't need notes for a 5 minute speech!
If you've observed Rav Dov in the last few years since he's been in the public eye, you'd see that he uses prewritten remarks every time he speaks publicly, even at a simcha. You would also see that he is the one writing them. If I had to give an explanation I would assume he isn't a natural public speaker and feels more comfortable this way. Perhaps he's aware of the importance people attach to his words and doesn't want to misspeak. But you of course can't rise above your own biases to judge him fairly.
Garnel Ironheart, Who are your "gedolim" - Bat Man and the like? Ok - you choose your friends and I'll choose mine. Enjoy your next Pentology
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I'm not judging Rav Landau, re-read the post!
I'm judging his handlers!
I know for a fact that what he read at the Degel Mayoral Campaign in Beit Shemesh was not written by him!
Correct - not one of my favourite episodes, but your point is well made. It seems that independent thought is Issur and a hierarchy that nobody voted for defines your actions. More Stalin-like though, IMHO. But as long as there are subservient little worms critisizing anyone pointing this out, there will be no change ...just further repression
Why not? Were you given a brain to think with or just be a drone? You're so aggressively defending your submissiveness, it's dissonant.
do you know what Pentology means? you make zero sense.
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