“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

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Flatbush "gedoilim" Attacking R' Eli Stefansky

 

"Gedoilim" think that they are the "baalei-batim" of Torah, and that only they stood at Har Sinai! 

Ironically, the majority of "Magedei Shiur" of the Daf Ha'Yomi and shiurim in Mishnayois, are not Roshei Yeshiva at all, and not Rabbanim, but ordinary "baalei-batim" In fact, attend any given shul and I'll bet there is a baal-boooos giving a well attended shiur! Speaking for Beit Shemesh where I live, the ones giving the Daf Yoimi are ALL baalei-batim!

In Yeshivois, I remember, when the Rebbe or Rosh Yeshiva wanted to belittle or mock you or even curse you, they would yell "What's going to become of you? You will becaome a "baal-booooooooos" 

They mocked the very people that supported them! 

But now, in the last decade, a major threat has come from the ""baal-booooooooos"  camp, they are the biggest "marbeitzei torah" and have the largest followings.

Those baalei-batim learning the daf have finished Shas multiple times and have become bigger Talmedei chachamim than most Roshei Yeshiva and are "baki be'shas upoiskim"

I was recently at a shiur given by a known Rosh Yeshiva who was discussing Hichos Shabbos and he quoted a Mogein Avraham, when one of the participants, a regular daf-yoimi goer, a pashuteh baal-ha'boooooooos" said out loud, "there is no such Mogein Avraham", it turned out that the RY misquoted a pri-megadim ( a pirush on the מגן אברהם) that actually was the total opposite of what the RY wanted to convey!

And this irks the "oilom ha'yeshiva!" The hated baalei-batim are becoming a threat to them! Which if you think about it, is very silly & childish but this is really the mentality of the Yeshivishe ama-ratzim! 

So they are now attacking Reb Eli who has brought tens of thousands to Torah, some of whom never opened a sefer in their lives! 

Instead of praising him, they are attacking him! And this what is going on in the "oilom ha'torah" in the Chardeie communities! 

This just in!

Stefansky responded :

His Daf Yomi shiur is not meant to replace yeshiva‑style iyun. His goal is to reach people who otherwise would not learn Gemara at all. He wants to make Daf Yomi accessible, enjoyable, and consistent.

He said:If someone wants lomdus, they should learn a second seder.”This is exactly the classic Daf Yomi philosophy. He emphasized that thousands are learning because of the shiur He pointed out that: Many people who never opened a Gemara are now learning daily. His shiur has brought Jews back to Torah.The excitement helps people stay committed. “If I can get one more Yid to learn Torah, that’s everything.”

Stefansky clarified that: The humor and energy are tools to keep people engaged. The Torah is the center — not the jokes. He works extremely hard to prepare each daf seriously.“I’m not here to perform. I’m here to teach Torah.”

He stressed: He doesn’t want controversy. He doesn’t want to be part of any fight between communities. He wants achdus and kavod haTorah.“We’re all on the same team — Klal Yisrael.”

His answer was with Respect and Humility No defensiveness, No counter‑criticism, And only focused on Torah and unity!

It was one of the most dignified responses in recent Torah‑world controversies.


Entire case against Netanyahu collapsing in court


 Avichai Mandelblit the previous Attorney General has now arrived in court for the second day of his testimony and has shut himself up in an inner room

 After locking himself up in a side room: Former Attorney General Mandelblit enters the courtroom

 Adv. Haddad Toef: Did you ever find out that the investigative materials they produced from Ilan Yeshua's phone were warrants that dealt with other suspicions?

Mandelblit: No

 Drama in Netanyahu's trial: Mandelblit breaks down and admits: Dozens of key investigative actions were carried out without authorization and in violation of the law. Mandelblit also admitted that the attempt to recruit a state witness against a sitting prime minister was carried out without his knowledge, in complete violation of the law. (Castel)

 Avichai Mandelblit confirmed today in court that he did not approve the production of materials from Shaul Elovitch's email inbox. According to the defense, an ISA investigator produced the materials about Netanyahu in July 2017, months before the attorney general's approval. But he said he was not convinced that he had deliberately concealed moves from him.

 Mandelblit also confirms that he believed there were leaks to the media in Netanyahu's files. and asked to replace the team of attorneys because of this. According to him, it was a feeling and not a knowledge. He confirmed that no one had ordered an investigation into who leaked. According to Attorney Hadad, Liat Ben-Ari was in contact with journalist Gidi Weitz. Prosecutor Tirosh objected: "Enough of defaming."

Adv. Hadad: Did you tell anyone that the leaks by the attorney were intended to put pressure on you? Mandelblit: I may have said (Yael Yaffe).

Mandelblit has fallen apart and is now abandoning the courtroom

 MK Tali Gottlieb on Mandelblit: "At the very least, he should be convicted of the offense of breach of trust"

Defense attorney Hadad: They took the attorney general and trapped him: 

Prosecutor Tirosh: The State Attorney's Office is not accused here: 

The head of the panel stopped the hearing and summoned them to her office.

HOW ISRAEL OPENED IRAN’S SKIES

 


 You saw Israeli jets flying deep over Iran. But the real story is how they got there.

 For years, Israel had been mapping Iran’s air defenses, positioning covert systems inside the country and preparing to hit the radars and missile batteries designed to keep its aircraft out. 

 Then, on the opening night of the war, those hidden systems came alive as Israeli jets moved in from the outside. This is the story of how the skies over Iran were opened.

Turns out that most of Tucker Carlson's followers are fake and are bots!

 

Rabbanim Now saying that one shouldn't vote for Chardeie Parties because they bring hatred to other Jews!

 

Harav Gotlieb Shlitah

DIN: I am paraphrasing the rabbi and I know that I am not doing it justice, but you get his drift! 

The Rabbi is saying that those parties like Shas, Degel & Aguda don't represent the "oilom ha"torah" at all.

He says,  let's look what these parties have brought us. The "Torah"  parties have not brought us to the famous Torah dictum of the ואהבת לרעך כמוך! 

They haven't brought Klall Yisrael to שמחה ואושר, on the contrary they brought the Charedie communities to depression, brought and provoked issues between one Jew and another, and brought Charedim to having great financial hardships, mental issues, and incest.

Chas Ve'sholom to vote for these parties, not for the Ashkenazi parties and not for the Sfardie parties just because they represent themselves as Oilom Hatoirah, but know  this is not our Torah, and  so my friends don't buy what they are selling, portraying aging Torah Leaders as if they are Gedoilei Torah and that you should vote for them.

Look to vote to those who are really connected to G-D and who encourage love between one another, who have respect for others. 

Not like those who portray themselves as tzaddikim but discriminate and refuse to take children of Baalei Teshuva into their schools. there is no question that the RBS"O is not happy with them. Chas Ve'Sholom to vote for them! 


לשם שמים KRUMKEIT

 


לשם שמים KRUMKEIT


The נצי"ב in his פתיחה לספר בראשית writes that you can have צדיקים ,חסידים & עמלי תורה who are not ישר (straight) 


They label those who don't follow their דעת תורה as צדוקים ואפיקורסים.
As a result, שפיכת דמים is justified.

This is פשט in the Pasuk "צדיק וישר הוא Hashem is straight and doesn't tolerate צדיקים who are Farkrumt even when it's done לשם שמים; 

That was the cause for the חורבן הבית.

Unfortunately, we have a very similar situation today. 

Some Farkrumte צדיקים whose intention is לשם שמים, are unwilling to stop the children & ladygayers from being 

-  מזיקים ,משחיתים ,מצערים את הרבים - ומחללים את השם

Disturbing details from deadly school trip explosion.........'He unscrewed it - and then it exploded'

 

Disturbing details are coming out from the tragedy that occurred during the ORT Ma’alot Yeshiva High School annual school trip on the Ramim Ridge in the Upper Galilee, in which 14-year-old student Elazar Yair Wilensky was killed, and 24 others were wounded.

According to testimonies by the students, during the hike the teens found several pieces of military ordnance, including two missiles, and they even collected some of them. The students also said that they held onto a cluster munition that they found for over an hour, without being aware of the danger, until it detonated while they took a break for lunch.

The students claimed that they were not briefed or instructed on how to behave if they found ordnance or weapons. The Ministry of Education implicitly rejected the claims and clarified that as part of the trip's approval, explicit safety instructions were provided, including a complete prohibition on touching the falls.

Along with the eyewitness reports, difficult questions are being raised regarding the authorization of the route, after it was found that JNF-KKL notified officials responsible for coordinating the hikes that the area was closed due to war damage.

The trip was part of a three-day hike along the Israel National Trail. Ninth-grade students set out from the yeshiva in Ma’alot in the morning and hiked in the Ramim Ridge area, near the Lebanese border.

According to the testimonies, during the hike the students noticed several items of military ordnance scattered in the area, including two missiles. Some of the teenagers collected items they found, and at one point a cluster munition was also picked up.

The students carried the munition for more than an hour, until the group reached the Mitzpe Pe’er area and stopped for lunch after the Mincha afternoon prayer. During the stop, the munition exploded, seriously injuring students and accompanying staff.

Eitan Masauri, a 14-year-old student who sustained a shrapnel injury to his neck, told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who visited the wounded at Rambam Medical Center, that one of the students who discovered the munition began playing with it and unscrewed part of it, after which the explosion occurred. "Guys were thrown through the air; some fell into the bushes. There were two seconds of shock," Masauri described.

The student said that despite being injured himself, he tried to help one of his friends. "I realized I was injured. I saw that a friend was hurt, and I tried to help him," he said.

One of the central questions raised by the testimonies concerns the students’ preparation for a trip in an area where munitions from the war remained. Students said they had not received instructions before setting out on the trail on how to respond if they encountered unexploded ordnance or other military items.

They also said they did not notice a warning sign posted near the area where they were staying, which stated that there was a danger from unexploded ordnance and that entry to the area was prohibited.

The Chosson Eli Lavan an American citizen studying in Yerushalayim, accused of spying for Iran released to house arrest

 

An American yeshiva bochur who spent four months in an Israeli prison after being accused of maintaining contact with an Iranian intelligence operative has been ordered released to house arrest following an extensive legal and communal effort.

Israeli Supreme Court Justice Yitzchak Amit ordered the release of 21-year-old Eli Lavan, an American citizen studying in Yerushalayim who is also a chosson preparing for his wedding.

Lavan had been held at Gilboa Prison for approximately four months after authorities accused him of communicating with a foreign Iranian operative in exchange for several hundred dollars. An indictment was subsequently filed against him.

According to a report by B’Chadrei Chareidim, the release followed months of behind-the-scenes efforts involving the American organization Tzedek, headed by prominent askan Reb Moshe Margaretten, which works on behalf of Jewish prisoners and is involved in pidyon shvuyim cases.

The organization took responsibility for assisting with Lavan’s legal defense and brought attorney Uri Korb onto the defense team. Korb worked alongside attorney Menachem Stauber, whose efforts helped secure the Supreme Court’s decision allowing Lavan to leave prison under restrictive conditions.

As part of the release arrangement, Tzedek provided the Supreme Court with a bank check for one million shekels as financial security.

Additionally, longtime prisoner advocate Reb Shimon Shisha of the Ezra V’Yoeitz organization pledged his personal apartment as collateral to satisfy the conditions imposed by the court.

The substantial financial guarantees were instrumental in securing the house arrest arrangement after months of detention.

Lavan’s case attracted the attention of communal activists because of his status as a young American yeshiva student and chosson facing serious national security allegations.

The accusations against him involve alleged contact with an Iranian agent in exchange for relatively small payments, although the criminal proceedings remain ongoing and the allegations have not resulted in a conviction.

Brisker Rosh Yeshiva Mocks the Gedoilim Like R' Landau & R' Hirsch that say that to Vote "is a mitzva" and it is a "Milchemes Mitzvah"


 This is too funny! 

I have been screaming about this for years, that the Charedie Gedoilim are a bunch of hypocrites, on one hand they don't recognize the State at all, and even state that "they have no part in it," and on the other hand they say that it is a "mitzvah to vote" and add that the election is a "Milchemes Mitzvah" and one need to close the gemarras and vote! 

These hypocrites are the spiritual heads of these political parties and are fighting to have more seats in the Zionist Knesset which they describe as a "knesiya of meenim & apikorsim" 

At least the Rosh Yeshiva below, a Brisker, is honest in his hatred of Israel and other Jews, whom he calls "rashaim" and speaks in Yiddish refusing to talk Hebrew unlike Rav Landau and Rav Hirsch who speak Hebrew!


 Below he mocks the hypocrisy of Rav Sholom Ber Sorotzkin that on "one hand he sings the anti Israel tune "'ובשלטון הכופרים' and at the same time for $$$$$$, he gives "respect to the biggest apikorsim"

Black FedEx driver in Lakewood Loves Jewish Songs meets Composer Hershy Weinberger

 

GOP candidate for Senate Justin Murphy's response to a question about Iran. Booker almost wet his pants.

 

Monday, October 12, 2026

Jewish NYC teacher Mia Kurzer disrupted vigil for victims of Oct. 7 massacre

 


A Jewish New York City public school teacher crashed a Manhattan vigil last week honoring victims of the Oct. 7 massacre in Israel, alongside other protesters who cheered on Hamas and chanted violent messages such as “globalize the intifada,” The Post has learned.

Mia Kurzer, a special education teacher at The Heritage School in East Harlem, was among the protesters videotaped at the event in Union Square, where some carried flags of terrorist groups Hamas and Hezbollah, according to a complaint filed with the Department of Education and Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels.\

A Jewish activist and educator who filed the complaint is demanding Kurzer be investigated for creating a hostile environment for Jewish students and faculty at her school.

“Last night, pro-Palestinian demonstrators overran an October 7 vigil in Union Square organized by Israelis for Peace, drowned out the reading of the names of people killed, and took over chairs reserved for participants, including Comptroller Brad Lander and Mayor Zohran Mamdani,” Moshe Spern wrote in his formal Oct. 8 complaint.

“Video from the event shows Ms. Kurzer among those occupying those seats while mourners were being shouted down. Chants reported at the scene included ‘[globalize] the intifada’ and praise for the attackers.”

Spern said he had video evidence that the teacher was at the event.

“She was comfortable sitting among the Hamas flags and Hamas chants,” he told The Post Sunday.

Earlier in the day, Kurzer came to school wearing a keffiyeh, Spern’s complaint alleged.

“That choice made staff and students uncomfortable and signaled political activism inside a New York City public school,” he said.

Spern also complained that the Department of Education ignored a prior complaint he made about Kurzer attending protests outside the Park East Synagogue in Manhattan.

“A year ago I notified you that Ms. Kurzer participated in both protests outside Park East Synagogue on November 19, 2025, and May 2026, at which demonstrators chanted ‘intifada revolution,’ ‘globalize the intifada,’ and ‘death to the IDF,’ and Jewish congregants were obstructed from entering their house of worship,” Spern told the chancellor.

“Those demonstrations were widely condemned, including by Governor Hochul, as intimidation of Jewish New Yorkers at a synagogue led by a Holocaust survivor.”

The Jewish educator argued that the sum of Kurzer’s actions shows a pattern of hostility towards Israel and Jews.

“Taken together, the synagogue protests at which intifada was chanted, an unanswered OEO [ Office of Equal Opportunity & Diversity Management] referral, disruption of an October 7 vigil, and wearing a keffiyeh in school on 10/7, this is not an isolated incident,” he wrote in the document. “It is a continuing course of conduct by a DOE employee that creates a hostile environment for Jewish students and staff and is incompatible with the Department’s obligations under Chancellor’s Regulation A-830, A-421, and Title VI.”

Spern demanded an investigation be conducted by the Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity Management or a referral made to the Special Commissioner on Schools Investigation.

“Jewish students and staff are entitled to a school that does not employ someone who joins mobs outside synagogues and then marks October 7 with a political symbol in the building,” he said.

The teacher’s anti-Israel protest work dates back to her college years.

In 2024, Kurzer was interviewed by CNN about her participation in anti-Israel protests at the University of Wisconsin, where she was a student at the time. She said she was Jewish and attended Hebrew school as a child, but critics slammed her as “not a real Jew” for partaking in the protests.

Kurzer, reached by phone, had no comment.

One-third of secular Israelis see plane rescue as ‘divine providence’

 

A new Arutz Sheva poll reveals significant differences between secular, traditional, religious, and Haredi Jews in how they perceive the rescue of passengers during the incident involving the flight from Dubai.

The findings also reveal a striking distinction between two ways of expressing belief in Divine Providence, with respondents from different religious backgrounds showing clear preferences for one formulation over the other.

The survey was conducted by the Mesaker-Rovadim Research Institute for Arutz Sheva as part of the Israel Barometer.

In the question concerning perceptions of the plane rescue, respondents were presented with several options, including two attributing the rescue to Divine Providence and one attributing it to human actions and a combination of circumstances.

The survey findings show that nearly all Haredi and religious respondents chose an answer expressing belief in Divine Providence: 100% and 94%, respectively.

A large majority of traditional respondents, 84%, also attributed the rescue to Divine Providence.

MAMDANI/SATMAR FACES REVOLT: Socialist Allies Demand Removal Of Jewish NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch

 

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing mounting pressure from members of his own socialist political coalition demanding the dismissal of NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, with the dispute intensifying following a shooting involving federal immigration agents in Manhattan.

Several prominent Democratic Socialist figures have called for Tisch’s removal, criticizing the NYPD’s handling of the incident and its interactions with federal immigration authorities, according to a report in the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

The controversy intensified after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot a man during an attempted arrest in Manhattan’s Marble Hill neighborhood on Thursday.

The incident occurred while the man was inside a vehicle with a five-year-old child, who was not injured.

Darializa Avila Chevalier, a Democratic congressional nominee endorsed by Mamdani, called for the NYPD’s Strategic Response Group to be disbanded and demanded that Tisch resign as police commissioner.

The New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America, which Mamdani has described as his political home, also criticized the police department’s handling of federal immigration enforcement.

The organization warned that Tisch should be dismissed if she could not prevent what its members characterized as NYPD cooperation with ICE.

The demands have highlighted tensions surrounding Mamdani’s decision to retain Tisch, who previously served under former Mayor Eric Adams and belongs to a prominent New York Jewish family.

Her continued leadership initially reassured several mainstream Jewish organizations that had expressed concerns about Mamdani’s political positions and his relationship with anti-Israel activists.

The dispute has also unfolded amid criticism of Mamdani from anti-Israel demonstrators following his participation in an October 7 memorial event honoring victims of the Hamas massacre.

Despite the demands from members of his political coalition, city officials have indicated that Mamdani does not intend to dismiss Tisch.

$kverer Rebbe Endor$e$ Governor Kathy Hochul for Re-Election

 

The $kvere Kehilla of New Square has officially endorsed New York Governor Kathy Hochul for re-election, throwing its support behind the Democratic incumbent ahead of the November election.

The endorsement follows years of cooperation between the Hochul administration and New Square leadership, including the governor’s assistance with major community development projects and her continued engagement with local elected officials and askonim.

One of the most significant examples of that relationship came this past August, when Governor Hochul visited Kiryas Skvere in Sullivan County for a ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the community’s new shtetl and affordable housing development.

As previously reported by Monsey Scoop, community leaders expressed their appreciation to Hochul for helping secure the necessary approvals and moving the development in the Town of Bethel forward. The project is designed to provide much-needed affordable housing for growing Skvere families.

During that visit, Hochul met with New Square Mayor Izzy Spitzer, Assemblyman Aron Wieder, Sullivan County law enforcement officials, and leading Skvere askonim, who thanked her for her administration’s cooperation throughout the development process.

Hochul has also maintained close ties with New Square leadership on issues affecting the broader Orthodox community. In June, the governor attended a major meeting with Orthodox elected officials and community leaders in Wesley Hills, where she discussed security funding, housing, infrastructure, and other community concerns.

During that gathering, Mayor Spitzer publicly thanked Hochul for her longstanding relationship with New Square and her continued responsiveness to the community’s needs.

The endorsement carries political significance given New Square’s history of strong voter turnout and its influence in Rockland County elections. The Skvere Kehilla previously backed Hochul during her successful 2022 gubernatorial campaign.

Hochul is seeking another four-year term in the November 3 election, facing Republican Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman.

Political drama: The 'Haredi Public' party led by Moti Leitner passes the electoral threshold in the "Yedioth Ahronoth" youth poll.

The Very First Satmar Openly Not-Frum School will open in Boston

 

In the middle of a conversation about her future children, it dawned on Leah Robbins that the school she imagined for them did not exist. 

DIN: She apparently didn't know about Satmar's Institutions in Kiryas Yoel Uganda!

Robbins envisioned a Jewish school where children studied Jewish texts, history, and observance, as she did at the school run out of her Conservative synagogue in northern Florida. 

But having long ago rejected the allegiance to Israel that was entwined with her education, she could not fathom sending her children to a school that promoted Zionism, which ruled out all the Jewish day schools she knew.

“I was just overwhelmed with a sense of grief that my kids could be less Jewishly educated than I was,” Robbins, who has lived in Boston for 10 years, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. “I would never ever consider sending my kids to any of the local day schools because of total values misalignment.”

Bnei-Teirah don't really learn a word, just protest, protest, protest, protest and more protest! Just keep taking Gedoilim on Private Planes to the US to raise money for these professional " leidigeirs"!

 

Chardeie with babies in stroiller refuses to pay the fare and when confronted by an Inspector screams "NAZI NAZI"

 


I got on the train, and then inspectors appeared and started asking for tickets. There was a Haredi guy who got on without paying. Next to him was a woman—maybe his wife, I don’t know. The inspector demanded his ticket and he refused. The woman next to him started screaming, “Nazi! Nazi!” There were children with them, and the children were screaming terribly. She had a stroller with a child in it.

When the door opened she yelled to him, “Jump, go on, jump!”

The guy started jumping and then running. She ran after him with the stroller. The inspector started running and tried to catch him. I’m not sure who paid and who didn’t—apparently the kids didn’t pay either. I’m not fully sure what exactly happened, but the inspector managed to detain someone.

Within a second, a group of Haredim formed around him (inspector) and started pushing him, hitting him, and shouting that he was a Nazi.

I know it’s not all Haredim, but the speed with which that group formed and started beating the inspector shows that something very bad is happening in that community. It’s as if violence has become the way they respond to law enforcement. I’m sure now they’ll claim that the inspector was just doing his job and making sure people don’t steal.

P.S. If anyone wants to complain that he grabbed the stroller (which isn’t okay), it would be nice if you didn’t try to steal when you’re with a child in a stroller.


 Part B. From this clip it seems that the inspector grabbed the stroller in order to prevent the guy from leaving. Who even gave this kid a license to be a father?