I saw messages circulating this morning on the Charedei WhatsApp groups claiming that the Gerer Rebbe told his followers to run to the miklat when they hear sirens—despite having previously said it wasn’t necessary.
I can’t confirm whether the reports that the Gerer Rebbe initially told them that they don't need to go to shelters, are accurate, but one thing is undeniable: many Gerer Chassidim did not go to shelters, and people were injured in last night’s attack. When asked why they didn’t take cover, some said simply that “they thought it wasn’t necessary.”
I’m trying to make sense of this. Do they really need a Rebbe to tell them to seek shelter when 2,000‑pound ballistic missiles are falling from the sky? How did we get to a point where basic survival instincts are outsourced?
A friend of mine—a grown man, a father of four—told me he asked his Roshei Yeshiva (from a well‑known English Yerushalayim yeshiva, whose name I’ll leave out) whether he should go to a miklat during sirens. The Rosh Yeshiva told him no, and added that he himself doesn’t go in. This was after the news that nine people had been killed.
What kind of leadership is that? Why is someone who gives such advice still delivering shiurim?
I told my friend plainly: if his Rosh Yeshiva truly cared about him, he would tell him to follow safety regulations and take cover. Would he take full responsibility if one of his students got killed , Chas Ve'sholom, in an attack because the student decided to forgo the shelter?
And honestly—why is a grown adult asking his Rosh Yeshiva whether he should go to a shelter during a missile attack? What have we come to? Do we really need “Daas Torah” to tell us to protect ourselves during a cluster‑bomb barrage?
9 comments:
The Torah says that the world was created in seven days. S-c-i-e-n-t-i-s-t-s say it took a few billion years. Therefore, ALL the laws of science are wrong, including the laws of acceleration and gravity and mass. And the chiloni Zionist government believes in the laws of science, so they are not to be listened to; EVERYTHING the government says can be ignored.
Including the "Danger" signs at Tzahal firing ranges:
https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/headlines-breaking-stories/137163/avreichim-rescued-from-idf-firing-zone.html
One does not go to a chemist for advice on building a bridge. One doesn't go to an engineer if one has a fever and cough. But in the Chareidi world, Daas Torah covers everything so that's why they all ask a Godol instead of thinking for themselves.
Cult. Plain and simple.
Ryesky
What do they say about the 45 Charedim that killed each other in Meron, when they were warned by the Zionists for years that this was a tragedy waiting to happen?
Dusiznies, if they pulled off the Meron Miracle, then the Shavuos plastic zip tie engineering in Givat Zeev was a natural and logical consequence of the same mentality.
we all agree avery war head has an adress funny its so far Ger in arad the symbol of peace and tranquility, and of course bet shemesh the home of our veteran blogger and hater of anyone who disagrees with him
Are you serious? That’s your interpretation
You can use a good head doctor
9:00
You forgot to include Bnei-Brak, where an entire block got destroyed....oh! did I mention Yerushalyim?? Where fragments destroyed an entire building!
Readers, listen closely:
A commenter calling himself “9:00” actually celebrates the idea of bombs falling on Beit Shemesh—because I live here.
He wrote it with excitement, without a shred of empathy for the men, women, and children who would be in the line of fire. Jews. Families. Human beings.
This is what hatred does: it hollows a person out until they can cheer for tragedy as if it’s entertainment. And then, to justify that cruelty, they twist their logic until they convince themselves that we are the problem and that I am the hater!
What makes it even more heartbreaking is that this comes from someone who likely sees himself as a frum Yid, someone who davens, who shukels, who imagines he’s serving Hashem—yet somehow feels joy at the thought of Jewish blood being spilled.
If anything reveals the sickness of hatred, it’s this.
I don’t wish him harm. I wish him clarity. I wish him the ability to look in the mirror and recognize the darkness he’s letting into his heart. And I hope he finds the courage to uproot it before it destroys him from within.
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