“I don’t speak because I have the power to speak; I speak because I don’t have the power to remain silent.” Rav Kook z"l

Friday, April 10, 2026

Could it be Possible that the "Rasha" of the Haggada is a Charedie???


DIN: I published the article below LAST Pesach, I just read it again and it feels like I just wrote it... since it is still very relevant, I am posting it again! 

What? Are You saying that Chardeim are "rashaim?"

Are you being serious?? 

So before we take this apart, let's ask the time-honored question!

What is really the difference between the "Chacham" and the "Rasha?' 

After all they are basically asking the same question!

?חכם: מה הוא אומר? מה העדות והחוקים והמשפטים אשר צוה ה' אלוקינו אתכם

 "What are the testimonies, decrees and ordinances which Hashem, our G-d has commanded YOU!"

?רשע: מה הוא אומר? מה  העבודה הזאת לכם

"Of what purpose is this work to YOU?"

Yes the Chacham added "Hashem Elokeinu" but he like his brother the Rasha says the word  "YOU" meaning he is excluding himself!

Now, one could possibly say that the "Chacham" is no "Tzaddik" after all the Baal Haggada on purpose doesn't call him a "Tazadik" "righteous' but calls him a "Chacham" "Smart "so it is no wonder that he says "YOU", he is excluding himself as well, he is "Smart" enough to know what would trigger his father at the seder table and so to pacify him, he mentions G-D, that's why he is called "The Chachem" but he is no "Tzadik!" 

The Givonim also said to Yehoshua "Hashem Elokecha" when they were deceiving him!

There are probably a million explanations for this dilemma; every single year a hundred brand new Haggadas are published with another thousand new ideas on what the author of the Haggada meant! 

This year I walked into shul, and a little charedie boy was clutching his homemade haggada which he colored in school. When he got distracted, I picked it up and saw lo and behold 4 cartoons of the "arba banim" ... the four sons! 

The "Chacham" wore a Shtreimel" of course, and the Rasha was wearing a Kippah but was holding a smartphone in his hand! 

Now, I'm confused, because I know that his father has a smartphone. I'm wondering when the child colored the Rasha and made sure that he didn't color out of the lines, if he for one second gave thought that his own father with the Shtreimel could also be a Rasha!

Wow! A Rasha and Chachem all rolled into one!  I am certain that the father did not notice the caricatures of the 4 sons, but if he didn't, someone in the household will, and then what?

Which got me thinking, going back to the question, what is the difference between the Rasha and the Chacham, I thought that there must have been more to the statement of the Rasha that the Baal-Haggada left out! 

To find out what else he could have said, I figured out that the answer must be on how we respond to the Rasha, which would tell me the difference! 

And sure enough, the response is as clear as day!

לכם ולא לו, ולפי שהוציא את עצמו מן הכלל כפר בעקר

He says "To YOU" thereby excluding himself. By excluding himself from the community, he denies the basic principle of Yiddishkeit"

Wow! Pretty strong words "Koifer Be'ikar!

The hagadda talks about Paro, talks about Lavan, yet here when we are talking about a "SON" the Baal Haggada uses language that I only saw in the Vayoel Moshe vis-a-vis the Rabbanim that support the Zionists in the Knesset! 

The Baal Haggada doesn't even call Paro a "Koifer"!

So what's up with that?

It looks as if "excluding one's self from the community," which the Shulchan Aruch frames as someone being  פורץ גדר "breaking the fence," is called a Rasha!

 Shloime Hamelech says in Koheles פורץ גדר ישכנו נכש ..... "A snake should bite a poirtz geder"

The "Chacham" the smart one, though he too took himself out of the community, the tone of his question was possibly not as defiant, and by adding "Hashem our G-d" ...the father gave him the benefit of the doubt, but know that he is no "Tzadik!"

What does all this have to do with us??

Those of us who live in Israel ran to the shelters yesterday on the first day of Pesach! In fact, fragments fell in Chevron!

We are still at war with savages that want to kill us all, only because we are Jews! 

Just over the weekend, an Imam based in Jordan told the entire world that the war has "nothing to do with land," it is about killing all infidels, and he added that if the Jews gave back the entire Land of Israel, it would still incumbent on Muslims to either convert them or to murder them! The only ones that don't believe this Imam, is the Israeli Left, Satmar, Neturi Karta and BMG in Lakewood 

Last week, the week before Pesach, people on the local chats were asking families to invite the widows and orphans of this war for the seder. They were asking people to invite the "Living" widows the living "orphans" whose husbands and fathers will not be at the seder because they are at the front! All the Dati publications were asking families to not forget them and include them.

However, I perused the Hebrew Yated, the Chareidie Chadash, Hapelas, etc and couldn't find an honorable mention of the widows and orphans! In fact reading the Charedie news media, you would not even know that we are at war! They are totally disconnected! Not only won't they do anything to help the country that is so good to them, not only won't they show Hakaras Hatoiv to those on the front, they call them  "Garbage Cleaners" 

They are being "moitzeh themselves from the klaal"; they are excluding themselves from the community, they are being פורץ גדר

וכאן הבן שואל

 What is the difference between the Chacham and the Rasha?

 

Hungary Stabbed Israel in the back offering Intelligence to Iran


 Hungary Offered Intelligence To Iran After Hezbollah Explosions

A report claims Hungary offered to share intelligence with Iran following the 2024 Hezbollah pager explosions in Lebanon.

Leaked transcripts show Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto telling Iran that Hungarian intelligence would provide “every possible document.” 

Separate leaks also suggest Hungary shared sensitive EU-related materials with Russia, raising concerns over its alignment.

Some are saying that Pakistan's Defense Minister is a Closet Satmarer


I think that this is far-fetched, though every word he said is taken right out of the Satmar handbook on the State of Israel! In fact, I have to admit, that when I first heard that speech, I asked myself, "where did I hear these words before?"
Also, I saw a video where Pakistan's DM was "mishing" with fellow vicious "medina" haters and in Satmar we have a minhag not to "mish" on Pesach, he should have waited till Pesach Sheni!

 Meet the mediators: Pakistani minister exposed


Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif sparked outrage after calling Israel “evil and a curse to humanity” even as Islamabad positions itself as a mediator in the war between the US, Israel, and Iran. 
In the same post, Asif claimed Israel was created “to get rid of European Jews” and said those who founded the state should “burn in hell.”

His remarks came as Pakistan prepares to host talks related to the Iran war and calls for de-escalation. The rhetoric stands in stark contrast to its diplomatic role, raising serious questions about Islamabad’s credibility as a neutral broker at a critical moment in regional negotiations.

Thursday, April 9, 2026

Are the Miracles Happening Now in Israel much Bigger Than Yezias Mitzrayim!



Last week, I had a back-and-forth with a man who calls himself “Naftuli.” He argued that the Jewish people cannot have a State until Moshiach comes. When I asked for his sources, this self-proclaimed Talmid Chacham quoted a Gemara in Pesachim (87b):

“ברוך הוא בישראל שפזרן לבין האומות” — A kindness did the Holy One, Blessed be He, for Israel by scattering them among the nations.

Naftuli claimed that this dispersion was a divine favor, protecting us from annihilation, and therefore by extension disallows a State, which makes no sense.

And history tells a different story. In 1944, six million Jews were murdered in Europe. Those who had made Aliyah earlier—often against rabbinic advice—survived. His citation, while interesting, proves nothing about the halachic legitimacy of establishing a Jewish State.

When I didn’t respond to his “proof,” he wrote again, insisting that I had ignored the words of Chazal

"But I posted the words of חז"ל were it says צדקה עשה ד לישראל שפיזרו בין האומות

I guess you ignored this one,"

. I didn’t ignore him—I simply hoped he’d realize that his argument didn’t address the issue. His position was that Jews must remain in Chutz La’Aretz until Moshiach comes.

I have a source that predates the statement in Pesachim by about 800 years: the prophet Yirmiyahu.

“Therefore, behold, days are coming, says Hashem, when it will no longer be said, ‘As Hashem lives, who brought up the children of Israel from the land of Egypt,’ but rather, ‘As Hashem lives, who brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north and from all the lands where He had driven them.’ And I will bring them back to their land which I gave to their fathers.” (Jeremiah 16:14–15)

This prophecy describes a miracle greater than the Exodus itself. When Hashem took us out of Egypt, all Jews lived in one place. There wasn't a Jew that lived anywhere else.

At the end of days, He will gather us from every corner of the earth—a far greater miracle. Anyone living in Israel today witnesses this prophecy unfolding before their eyes.

During the first days of Pesach, I stayed at a simple hotel in Jerusalem—no singers, magicians, or boring speakers, just Jews celebrating together. In the hotel’s shul, I saw Anglos, French, Yemenites, Syrians, Lebanese, and Spanish Jews—all under one roof. It struck me that we are living the fulfillment of Jeremiah’s words, watching the ingathering of exiles happen in real time.

The same Masechta Naftuli quoted also tells of Jews who witnessed miracles in Egypt yet refused to go to Eretz Yisrael. They said, “Why go to Israel? There are Canaanites—or Tziyonisten—there!” Those Jews remained or died in Egypt and never entered the Land.

Just a few months later, Gedoilei Yisrael hand chosen by HKB"H Himself, the Meraglim, again refused to make Aliya and as a punishment that entire generation died in the desert. This was the דור דעה the generation that witnessed miracles on a constant basis, the generation that had Manna from heaven and water from a rock!

Centuries later, when Ezra HaSofer urged the Jews of Babylonia to make Aliyah, the Gedolei HaDor again refused, even though Yermiyahu prophesied that this exile would only be for 70 years, claiming that only assimilated Jews and Sabbath violators were going.

Ezra cursed them—and it was those very “assimilated” Jews who rebuilt the Land and the Beis HaMikdash.

The Gemara teaches that had all the Jews returned, that Temple would never have been destroyed.

Did the Naftulies learn a lesson? Not a chance! 

The RBS"O established a State in 1948 (Avraham Aveenu was born in 1948) לשם ולתפארת yet there were again "Gedoilim" who chose and encouraged their followers to remain in the Jewish blood soaked Chutz Leaaretz, and some of these Gedoilim after mocking Theodore Herzl's plan of initially wanting Uganda as the Jewish state, proceeded to establish their own Ugandas in New Square and Kiryas Yoel, mamash Herzl's initial plan, and who they now curse, and who never gave him credit for his  plan that they themselves instituted! 

 The gemara states that Rav Yoisef son of Yehoshua ben Levi went up to heaven and when he returned, he proclaimed ..... עולם הפוך ראיתי


Eligible US men will be automatically registered for military draft pool beginning in December

נמות ולא נסתגייס

The United States will automatically register eligible men aged 18 to 25 for a military draft pool beginning in December.

The rule change was submitted by the Selective Service System, which maintains a database of Americans who would be able to serve in the military. 

'This statutory change transfers responsibility for registration from individual men to SSS through integration with federal data sources,' the agency's website said. 

It adds that the rule change remains under review by regulatory affairs and is awaiting finalization.

The Daily Mail has reached out to the Pentagon and the White House for comment.

The last time a draft was conducted in the US was in the 1970s, during America's highly controversial involvement in the Vietnam War.

Despite no active conscription, men between the ages of 18 and 25 had still been required to register with the Selective Service System should one be activated. 

The agency's website said that this rule change will merely streamline this process as part of a 'workforce realignment'. 

There have been multiple proposals to also add young women to the draft, but none that have passed into law. 

Men who fail to register face a fine of up to $250,000, five years in prison and loss of eligibility for federal programs. 

Shortly after the war in Iran began, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt refused to rule out the option on an appearance with Maria Bartiromo on Fox News. 

'President Trump wisely does not remove options off of the table. I know a lot of politicians like to do that quickly,' Leavitt told Fox News host Maria Bartiromo on Sunday.

She insisted, however, that it's not part of the current plan.

Donald Trump has so far publicly downplayed the option of deploying ground troops, saying he'd only do so 'if necessary' but that it would be a 'waste of time'.

But at the same time, reports emerged of sources claiming the President has privately expressed 'serious interest' in such a deployment.

Bartiromo noted that 'mothers are worried' there would be a draft that takes their sons to war.

'It's not part of the current plan right now, but the President, again, wisely keeps his options on the table,' Leavitt reiterated.

She said that Trump 'wants to continue to assess the success of this military operation' before making a decision on the matter of ground troops. 

Polls for decades have shown that Americans are strongly against a draft, their resistance shaped largely by the failures of the Vietnam War and a preference for an all-volunteer, professional defense force.

Any attempts to bring back the draft would have to be approved by Congress, which would need to amend the Military Selective Service Act.  



Trump eyes ultimate revenge on NATO allies who failed to support Iran war as concern grows amid tenuous peace plan

 

Donald Trump is plotting revenge against NATO allies who failed to support his war in Iran by potentially removing US troops from member countries. 

Trump was reportedly mulling that drastic move after meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte Wednesday amid a widening rift between Washington and the alliance.

The President, who had recently suggested the US could leave the alliance, expressed anger toward NATO in a scathing social media post Wednesday night.

'NATO WASN'T THERE WHEN WE NEEDED THEM, AND THEY WON'T BE THERE IF WE NEED THEM AGAIN,' Trump wrote in an all caps post. 'REMEMBER GREENLAND, THAT BIG, POORLY RUN, PIECE OF ICE!!!'

Trump was referring to his potential ploy to annex Greenland, which is under the control of Denmark. Rutte was among the NATO leaders that lobbied Trump not to take over Greenland. 

As a result of his frustration with NATO, administration officials told The Wall Street Journal that Trump may move troops stationed in NATO countries that refused to help him wage a military campaign against Iran.

Trump is reportedly mulling over several different plans, but the military scheme has gained the most backing from senior White House officials. 

Not "if", but "when", that "ceasefire" blows up into smithereens

 

Those who operate within the cesspool of the Middle East, have long internalized that never has a so-called “ceasefire" been worth the paper it is written on. As repeatedly asserted via (among countless others) truth-telling, analytical assessments, such as this one:

Now, whichever way Trump and Netanyahu weave this fairy tale, that is, as a triumph for America and Israel - as per all of the destruction heaped upon the Hitlerite regime, as well as its cat’s paws - they absolutely know that heaps of ashes can be rebuilt. Time and again, this nihilist regime has done so, only to re-emerge stronger than ever.

Exactly when this insane brokering took place, this writer (and countless others across Israel) sat in “safe-rooms" to escape the expected fall-out of the piercing sirens wailing overhead, with explosions rocketing throughout our airspace. The question becomes: who are the crazies, that is, those mandated with protecting America and Israel, or the nihilist-driven, Islamic regimes!?! You decide.

Now that the psychological state of affairs of all concerned is dutifully exposed, there’s more:

Within nihilistic-driven regimes, it is forbidden to conduct deals with America, “the big Satan", as well as with Israel, “the little Satan." Internalize these terms: Taqiyya (Dissimulation), Muruna (Flexibility), and Hudna (Temporay Truce). These aare iinviolate, Koranic-mandated dictates.

Islamists can’t be trusted

The decision makers, Ivy league educated, Trump and “Bibi", alumni of UPenn/Wharton and MIT, respectively, seem to believe they are playing 3-D chess - meanwhile, utilizing Pakistan, a stone-cold, pathological enemy of western civilization to broker a so-called “ceasefire!" Credo quia absurdum to the nth degree!

Even a broken clock can be right once. Knesset Opposition Leader Yair Lapid is a man so far to the left that when this writer agrees with him it should be noted. Of course, his pronouncement is politically motivated, but regardless, it is on target.

“There has never been such a diplomatic disaster in all our history," he wrote on X. “Israel wasn’t even at the table when decisions were made concerning the core of our national security."

...“the military carried out everything it was asked to do [and] the public showed remarkable resilience," but PM Netanyahu “failed diplomatically, failed strategically and did not meet any of the goals he himself set."

“It will take us years to repair the diplomatic and strategic damage that Netanyahu caused due to arrogance, negligence and a lack of strategic planning."

Do not believe, even for a nanosecond, that the two most powerful military forces in the world, America and Israel, brought the Hitlerite Iranian regime to its knees. To the contrary. Netanyahu and Trump stopped short of all-out victory.

They didn’t have the stones to bury Iran’s most vicious killers. And the ruling Islamic barbarians, despite the rubble at their feet, couldn’t care less about the will or welfare of their beleaguered citizens - those seeking freedom from 47 years of brutal tyranny. Tragically, they exposed Trump’s bluster, lending him the climb-down of all climb-downs, thereby, endangering the free world.

Israelis and Americans will pay the disastrous coinage; reaping the bloody blow-back. Whirlwind.

PRAY.

Adina Kutnickiis an investigative journalist, living in Israel since 2008. Her work concentrates on militant Islamic jihad and its western knock-on effects. She is the co-author of BANNED: How Facebook Enables Militant Islamic Jihad, She blogs at: Adina Kutnicki, A Zionist & Conservative Blog (www.adinakutnicki.com).

CNN Keeps Quoting FAKE NEWS Putting US in Danger!


U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out at CNN for quoting an official statement from Iran's Supreme National Security Council that claimed Iran won the war. The president said the statement was fake and threatened the network with a criminal investigation.

According to the Supreme National Security Council statement, which was published on CNN after being quoted in the country's state media, Iran "achieved a great victory and forced the U.S. to accept its 10-point plan."

The statement further said the U.S. had agreed in principle to lift all sanctions on Iran, withdraw forces from all American bases in the region, accept Iran's right to enrich uranium and accept its control of the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump condemned the publication, and posted an especially aggressive statement:

 "No one can believe that Fake News CNN put out a knowingly false and dangerous statement pretending it came from the upper levels of the Iranian Government. It didn’t! It was totally made up and posted, as a headline, for purpose of, perhaps, inflaming a very delicate situation. It was a new, trouble making site from Nigeria, and CNN just got caught cheating - A very dangerous thing to do!"

"The alleged Statement put out by CNN World News is a FRAUD, as CNN well knows. The false Statement was linked to a Fake News site (from Nigeria) and, of course, immediately picked up by CNN, and blared out as a “legitimate" headline. 

The Official Statement by Iran was just released, and posted on TRUTH. Authorities are looking to determine whether or not a crime was committed on the issuance of the Fake CNN World Statement, or was it a sick rogue player? CNN is being ordered to immediately withdraw this Statement with full apologies for their, as usual, terrible “reporting." Results of the investigation will be announced in the near future."

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Iran blocks ships in the Strait of Hormuz Hours after "Ceasefire" Demands $2 million per ship


 Iran has again blocked ships from passing through the Strait of Hormuz just hours after agreeing to reopen the waterway, blaming the reversal on Israel striking Lebanon — despite President Trump making clear Beirut was never part of the cease-fire agreement.

“Due to Israeli strikes in #Lebanon, oil tankers will not be permitted to pass through the Strait of #Hormuz,” the Iranian embassy in Mumbai posted to X on Wednesday, citing Iran’s Fars News Agency.

But Trump on Wednesday told PBS News Hour that “everyone knows” Israel’s fight with Hezbollah in Lebanon is a “separate skirmish” not included in the cease-fire deal with Iran.

“They were not included in the deal,” the president said. That’ll get taken care of too. It’s all right.”

Hezbollah is an Iranian proxy group — one of several the US is demanding that Iran stop offering support.

Iran’s finger-pointing came as Tehran attempts to extract payment from ships that want to pass through the strait without coming under Iranian attack, despite promising to reopen the strait for two weeks. Tolls were reportedly as high as $2 million per ship.

Earlier on Wednesday, Iran threatened to “destroy” any ships that attempt to cross the strait without Tehran’s go-ahead as it attempts to set up a toll system to charge vessels to safely sail through the strait.

“You must receive permission from Iranian Sepah navy for passing through the strait. If any vessel tries to transit without permission, will be destroyed,” an Iranian official was heard saying in audio shared with the Wall Street Journal by a crew member.

Israel hit several densely populated commercial and residential areas in central Beirut on Wednesday — hours after Trump announced a cease-fire with Iran that would reopen the strait. At least 89 people were killed and 700 were wounded, according to Lebanon’s health ministry.

Israel insisted Wednesday the US-Iran cease-fire doesn’t apply to Lebanon — as the Israeli military vowed to continue its “targeted ground operations” against Hezbollah.

Netanyahu: Two-week ceasefire does not include Lebanon


 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared support for US President Trump's decisions to halt strikes on Iran for two weeks, but clarified that the ceasefire does not include Lebanon.

"Israel supports President Trump's decision to suspend strikes against Iran for two weeks subject to Iran immediately opening the straits and stopping all attacks on the US, Israel and countries in the region," the Prime Minister wrote in a statement on Wednesday.

According to Netanyahu, "Israel also supports the US effort to ensure that Iran no longer poses a nuclear, missile and terror threat to America, Israel, Iran's Arab neighbors and the world."

He noted that "The United States has told Israel that it is committed to achieving these goals, shares by the US, Israel and Israel's regional allies, in the upcoming negotiations."

The Prime Minister concluded by clarifying that the two-week ceasefire does not include Lebanon.

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Trump Criticizes Obama’s Iran Policy, Questions Jewish Voters Support Who Still Vote Democrat

 

President Donald Trump says Witkoff & JF Vance are negotiating with Iran and stresses they have until 8:00 PM EST tomorrow to meet U.S. expectations, warning the situation “should’ve been handled a long time ago.”

In the same remarks, Trump sharply criticized former President Barack Obama, accusing him of favoring Iran over Israel.

“Barack Hussein Obama chose Iran over Israel,” Trump said. He also questioned continued support for Democrats among American voters, calling it “unbelievable.”

Trump further argued that Obama’s policies benefited Iran and broader regional interests at Israel’s expense, framing the issue as a major political dividing line.

Rav Landau Ignores Govt Regs of keeping crowds to a minimum and thousands attend his shiur During Sirens

 זו תורה וזו שכרה

Great Roll Model!

Bnei-Brak Tzaddikim Now Harass Hatzalah Members

 

"Ben Torah" from Beit Shemesh Puts his hand inside a Girl's Shirt in Elevator

 They don't go to the army because they are prohibited from mingling with girls, but I guess grabbing a feel is not that category! This happened where the extremists live, Beit Shemesh Bet!

So here is a "Ben-Torah" complete with the "shemonah begadim" who ruins an innocent girl's life, BUT HE IS AGINST THE "MEDINAH"

Leah Singer killed on her way back from visiting the Pele Yoetz's Grave

 


34-year-old Leah Yocheved Singer was killed in a car accident on her way back from visiting the grave of the 'Pele Yoetz.' She was with an Israeli tourist group visiting Bulgaria for the Passover. Four other passengers were injured and evacuated to hospitals, some in serious condition.

The group had set out in the morning from a resort town near Varna toward the city of Silistra to pray at the grave of the “Pele Yoetz," a site considered a place of pilgrimage.

The fatal accident apparently occurred on their way back from the prayer visit. Local emergency forces called to the scene were forced to pronounce one of the passengers dead and provided treatment to the four others who were injured.

Members of the local Jewish community are working with Bulgarian authorities and Israel’s Foreign Ministry to handle the incident and arrange for the transfer of the deceased woman to burial in Israel.

Following the tragedy in Bulgaria, after the bitter announcement was given to the family, the name of the woman killed in the horrific car accident that occurred today was allowed to be published, Mrs. Leah Singer, a resident of the Third Wall Street in Jerusalem, who was only 36 years old at the time of her death.

The deceased is the daughter of the well-known Jerusalem activist, Rabbi Chaim Cohen, one of the pillars of the aid organization "Linat Hechesed". She went out together with a group of vacationers to pray in Zion of the Holy Rabbi in Silistra, and on their way back to a hotel in the city of Varna, the fatal accident occurred that took her life prematurely. She unfortunately did not have any children!