Why Chareidim are Suddenly Going After Ben Gvir.... Do they really care why he may be violating a "Safek Kareis?"

 

Harav Yair Lapid 

Harav Ovadia Yosef z"l Referring to Lapid as "Ashmedei" a demon!

הרב הצדיק יאיר לפיד חושש מכרת וזועק כי אסור לעלות להר הבית

 - ומביא כהוכחה את הרב הצדיק אריה דרעי

Ben Gvir with Chassidim on Har Habyis 

Chareidim don't really care whether Ben Gvir or those going up to the Har Habyis are being over a " Safeik Karis"! They could care less! You think that they are losing sleep over Ben Gvir's Olam Haba? 

Did the Gedoilim who condemned Ben Gvir, condemn the Gay Parade in Yerushalayim? 

Do they protest Chillul Shabbos? 

Years ago Harav Amrom Blau z"l protested every shabbos against chillul shabbos, today not a peep! Harav Arye Levin z"l would go every erev Shabbos to stores and try to convince to keep stores closed! 

 Today the spiritual leaders of Chareidim  don't really care about Jews that don't look like them, that violate Shabbos to which there is a definitive capital punishment! They invite politicians that openly are mechelei shabbos  during elections to pander and chanfeh them! They sit with them in the Knesset and shmooze all the time, and they aren't the least concerned about their olam habah!

If they really cared about Ben Gvir as a fellow Jew and were really concerned about his olam habah, they would have invited him over to discuss this like civilized mentchin, but instead, they condemned him in their Loshon Hara rags! 

So what happened? Why are they getting involved now? Why, Ben Gvir has been going up to the Har Habayis for years! 

Read what I wrote a couple of days ago and you will see that this is all about politics, it has nothing to do with Hashem, it has nothing to do with "safeik karis" It's all about votes! 

It all started with hypocritical Loshon Hara paper the Hebrew Yated, denouncing Ben Gvir's ascension to the Har Habyis on Tisha Be'ov! 

Over 3,000 frum Jews including Belzer Chassidim ascended!

On Sunday Aug 11 we posted a well-researched article that going up to the Har Habayis has been a tradition going back at least a thousand years and that the Rambam himself davened on the Har Habayis! (Note: Follow your own Rabbi's Psak)

It is interesting that the Yated trying to support their position that it is prohibited to ascend to the Har Habyis, quotes Harav Avraham Yitzchok Kook z"l who prohibited it! 

This would be laughable if it weren't so tragic, they have absolutely no respect for Harav Kook z"l and zero respect for Harav Aviner shlitah who also prohibits it, but that doesn't stop these hypocrites from bringing support to their position from Gedoilim they hate and actually curse!

In their article denouncing Ben Gvir they denigrate and mock Ben Gvir's Gedoilim! 

When their Charedie Gedoilim are mocked and ridiculed they scream and bark that it is prohibited to be "mevazeh a Talmud Chachim" but they have no problem attacking those Gedoilim that don't agree with them! 

Normally they would ignore Ben Gvir, so why not ignore him now?

Great question! I love my readers' sincere interest in learning the facts!

Ben Gvir is a threat to the rest of the Chareidie parties! 

Ramat Beit Shemesh Alef and the Sheinfeld areas in Beit Shemesh voted overwhelmingly for Ben Gvir in the last two national elections. This is significant since it seems that all new Olim vote for Ben Gvir. Between Ben Gvir and Smotrich they have 14 seats! This means that Chareidim in Bnei-Brak and Yerushalayim are fed up with Deri and Gafni and must also be voting for Ben Gvir! Wow! Their own people are voting for Ben Gvir!!!!

Litvaks were running so scared that they would be losing seats that they schlepped out R' Chaim Kanievski z"l from Bnei--Brak, dragged him kicking and screaming to a huge rally in Yerushalayim! I had reported then about that rally where R' Chaim z"l on an open mike asked his grandchild Yankie "Vus tee ich doo" "what am I doing here?"

So the enemies the Chassidim and the "kalteh litvaks" decided to band together and recruit Harav Hazadik Yair Lapid Shlitah to their cause to make Ben Gvir look like a lunatic! The enemy of my enemy is my friend! 

They now saw an opportunity to show their own who are sympathizing with Ben Gvir, that he is a bono-fide "lunatic" and that he defies Chareidie Rabbis and goes up to the Har Habayis. They are showing them that Ben Gvir "is not one of us" .. 

Truth be told... They don't really care if anyone goes up, and they don't care if Ben Gvir goes up as he goes up every week and they say nothing, but this is a golden opportunity!

Will this work? Only time will tell!

Just weeks ago Belz, Stolin and Viznitz announced that will allow in their Yeshivois secular studies starting this coming Zman! 

The Yated blasted this decision; according to the hypocrites this went against  Mesorah (a lie), and brought their big guns Rav Landau, Rav Hirsch to denounce the Chassidim. R' Landau and R' Hirsch were only too happy to oblige the Yated as there is no lost love between them and chassidim, ; 

Belz and Stolin laughed at them and said that they "don't need kalteh Litvaks to tell them what their mesorah is, and that they are doing this with the Haskama of their own Gedoilim! Interesting that only the kalteh litvaks invoked their worn-out mantra "Daas Torah" but what they ignore is that Chassidim have their own "Daas Torah"  

Ben Gvir is also a threat to Chassidim because according to their own internal studies, their very own Chassidim are fed up with Shas, Degel and the Aguda parties and are abandoning them and turning and voting for Ben Gvir and Smotrich, in the last election many Charedim voted for Ben Gvir and Smotrich!

But what we see from this incident is the following:

#1 Chareidim won't allow others to be Mevazeh their Talmedei Chachim, but they have no qualms mocking and being Mevazeh Talmedei Chachmim that oppose their view in a public forum...see video below!

#2 They will bring Gedoilie Yisrael such as Harav Kook z"l and ybl"c Harav Aviner Shlitha to support their view, though they ridicule and mock them all the time! In fact, they erased Harav Kook z"l from the Charedie establishment altogether! 

#3 They will team up with far-leftists like Yair Lapid who hates their guts, and sit down with them in private discussions to try to oust their threat ... Ben Gvir! 

#4 Chassidim and the Litvaks who hate each other's guts will team up to try to eliminate their common enemy! 

Below watch a video of Chareidim Being Mevazeh a Gadol BeYisrael Harav Leibil Shlitah because he refuses to follow their psaks! 

Tisha Be'Ov is over back to Sinas Chinim!! 

Belzer Rebbe "'Soldiers are sacrificing their lives and we go on vacation?'

 

The Rebbe of the Belz Hasidic court made an out-of-the-ordinary statement this week regarding the behavior of many of the court's members during vacation.

During the summer break, many haredi families fly to Europe while others vacation in Israel.

For years the Belz Rebbe would spend the summer in a vacation home in Telz-Stone, a small town outside of Jerusalem. This year, the Rebbe chose not to leave Jerusalem, to stay in his residence, and to even accept more visitors than in past years.

When asked why, he answered that one can not go to rest when the soldiers are risking their lives on the front lines.

"How can I travel for rest and vacation when we are fighting a battle on all fronts and soldiers are sacrificing their lives, they're working hard for us and we're going on vacation?" the Rebbe was quoted saying by haredi news site Behadrei Haredim.

The Rebbe of the Sanz group also chose to forgo his vacation this year, which he usually spends in the coastal city of Caesaria, according to a source in the group, due to the war.

IDF Sends Draft Orders to 1,000 Chareidim Who Violate Yeshiva Rules, by Working, Own a Smartphone and have a Drivers License

 Draft orders will be sent on Sunday to approximately 1,000 charedi young men of conscription age, who will then go through the initial medical checkup procedure at the recruiting offices. The IDF is trying to avoid a confrontation with charedi society and has set up a screening process in which it tried to identify the charedi men that would be the easiest to draft.

Those identified by the IDF as potential draftees include men who receive a paycheck indicating they work and does not spend most of his time in yeshiva, those who own a smartphone or have a driving license [which is prohibited by yeshivos], and those who were not present in a yeshiva during attendance audits taken by the Religious Services Ministry.

Despite these attempts to avoid the yeshiva students themselves, the spiritual leadership of the charedi sector is not accepting the move. In the Yated Ne’eman newspaper, a cartoon appeared on Friday in which conscription orders are seen being thrown into a trash can inside a yeshiva, while the students sit in front of an open Talmud, a visual interpretation of the instruction by the Lithuanian Haredi rabbis, led by Rabbi Dov Landau, that yeshiva students and even those not present in their yeshiva should not report for conscription into the IDF.

In recent days, the rabbis of the Shas Torah Sages Council have also joined the no-show order, and published a letter which reads: “As of now, when a new law regulating the status of Yeshiva members has not yet been settled, one must not obey any conscription or draft order, not even a tzav rishon (first order), and therefore one must not show up at all in the recruitment bureaus.”

Shas rabbis also added that “there are elements, led by the High Court of Justice and legal officials, who are working to harm the world of Torah and harm the people of Torah, and therefore it is incumbent upon us now to stand firm, and to make it clear to those people and to the world that there is no power in the world that can succeed, God forbid, in disconnecting the Torah scholars from the Talmud.”

Those who did not join the message are the rabbis of the major Hasidic movements in Israel, the rebbes of Gur, Belz and Vizhnitz movements. The three did not sign such letters, and even told those who consulted them that at this stage a charedi youth who receives a tzav rishon should go to the recruiting office so as not to quarrel with the army, and later they will examine how the exemption for those studying in yeshiva should be maintained.

Another voice that heard in recent days is that of Rabbi Dovid Leibel, head of the Achvas Torah kollel network, who in recent years has been trying to create customized tracks for the charedim in the army. A demonstration of protesters took place around his house last week after discovering that he was meeting there with senior army officers to discuss drafting young charedi men.

Leibel also delivered a lesson to his students in which he opposed the militant spirit of the Haredi rabbis, saying: “In the long run, our entire sector will have to make some sort of arrangement, it is impossible to live in the country and shake hands with the government, the army, and the law and see who will blink first.”

The IDF had difficulty estimating how many young people would ultimately respond to the first draft notice. The first 3,000 orders that were decided upon in the security establishment will be distributed by the IDF in three batches, each two weeks apart.

Brigadier General Shay Taib this week justified the decision to act this way, saying “This is a population that we have essentially zero data on. If you ask me how many of the general population will come forward, I know how to pull out a figure that will be close to reality. This is a population for which we have no data and I cannot estimate how many will come in. After one round, we will have two weeks of learning and improvement, another round and another improvement procedure.”

Litvishe Gedoilim Seeking to keep Bnei-Torah in Poverty Slam Belz-Boyan-Karlin & Sanz Who Want to End This Vicious Cycle!

I have to laugh! They spend $175,000 on a plane ride to the US to schnor $100 Million (they came up 50 million short) and who are they schnorring from? From Business People!!! What utter Hypocrisy!! 

They preach that "hishtadles" is enough! But I guess they don't really believe in this concept from the Chovas Halevavois. Hishtadlus would have been to make to make a simple phone call, who wouldn't donate getting a phone call from Gedoiei Hador? Who wouldn't donate if Rav Landau or Rav Hirsch would make that personal phone call? 

But they, the Gedoilim unfortunately didn't practice what they preach! An "hishtadlus" phone call wouldn't do, they needed to spend $175,000 to travel halfway around the world; but Hashem had other plans. Not only couldn't they meet their goal but the news in Lakewood was dominated by two awful tragedies. And the Lakewood and other communities weren't in the mood to meet them properly! Even if they had met their goals, that would have been a drop in the Atlantic Ocean! The Israeli Zionists gave Mosdois HaTorah last year over $325 million dollars! They would have to be back in 3 months! 

And this whole campaign is disingenuous to begin with. The government only discontinued funding Yeshiva guys who were under 26, those over 26 in Kollilm continue getting their funds! In fact in the Kollel that I learn in, not one avreich was effected, not one!

Now they want to drag Belz and others who want to better their lives into their cesspool of poverty. Thankfully, Chasidim are much smarter and won't be influenced by this lunacy!

In recent weeks several Chasidic groups, including Belz, Boyan, Karlin and Tzanz, have decided to join the new State-Charedi educational system, which provides full funding in return for studying a core curriculum (designated for charedim) including English, Math and civic studies. Despite assurances that they would receive funding even if they maintained their own systems, the money has not been forthcoming and the chasidic groups decided of their own initiative to join the new system.

The heads of the Lithuanian charedi community, Rabbi Dov Landau and Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch, have strongly condemned those who joined the state charedi system. At a recent gathering for Degel Hatorah representatives, Rabbi Landau’s opinion was stated and a letter from him was read. The letter was published Tuesday in the Yated Neeman newspaper, as well as a similar letter from Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch. Both the heads of the Slabodka yeshiva sharply opposed the moves to join the state charedi system.

Rabbi Landau wrote that “the matter of pure education was always the focal point of our teachers, the Gedolim of the generation and they stood firm not to allow foreign elements to be involved in it. I offer encouragement to the heads of institutions maintaining the pure and unadulterated education according to our tradition. They are bravely withstanding all the temptations despite growing economic difficulties. Everyone recalls the strong stand of Rabbi Gershon Edelstein in his last years against the attempts to place Talmud Torahs into the state charedi education.

“Now we have heard the sad news that some intend to accept the ministry of education’s programs. Heaven forfend that we place institutions in the state charedi network. Woe to us that this has happened. They should realize that besides the evil they are causing themselves and their children, they are causing great damage to the entire charedi community, making such a great breach in the house of Israel, that we don’t know the end of it. We therefore call upon all those who have veered towards this worrying and awful program, renege on all of your plans to change the face of the education, and Hashem will provide for you.”

Rabbi Hirsch added in his letter that the “State Charedi program being sponsored by the ministry of education has a dangerous involvement in the independence of our education, as is known from the severe results of this education until now. Therefore the Gedolim in every generation dedicated themselves to this basic concept, that there should be no influence and meddling in the education of our children.”

 

Belz, Sanz, Vizhnitz, Boyan, Biala, and Karlin Are Fed Up With The Litvishe "gedoilim" Keeping Them in Poverty and Will Teach "Full Curriculum Studies"

 

Ahead of the opening of the next school year, several major CHasidic communities are  joining state religious education.

Discussions have been held between the Ministry of Education officials and representatives of senior Chasidic leaders with the aim of integrating the educational institutions of the Chasidic communities into state religious education.

According to sources involved in the matter, this marks the culmination of many processes with the institutions' managers and representatives of the communities.

Among the communities that will join the state-religious education are Belz, Sanz, Vizhnitz, Boyan, Biala, and Karlin. It is estimated that this involves about 18 schools with a total of between 5,000 and 7,000 students.

As part of the state religious education, there will be full core curriculum studies, including standardized tests and close supervision by the Ministry of Education, and the teachers will be state employees.

Religious studies will remain the exclusive responsibility of the institutions' management in each Hasidic community.

"Der Goy" the Satmar Weekly Prints Blood Libel Against IDF Closing of Meron

 The Satmar Yiddish Weekly, DER GOY'S, report on the huge Chillul Hashem that occurred on the Mountain on Lag Be'omer is a vile blood libel on our Jewish children in uniform. The IDF had given clear instructions that the Mountain was closed because of the Hezbollah's constant targeted firing of missiles at the Har, and allowed only a few people to enter on Lag Be'omer.  Because the Chareidim defied the IDF, many first responders were called to the site in case something happened, and this depleted potential vital healthcare personal that would have been needed elsewhere. 

Below is a video of missiles launched at the Har on Lag Be'omer! Just so that you get an idea what was happening! 

So what does DER GOY write? I am not going to translate the whole vicious antizionist tirade, but will give you the gist of their front page article!

They say that the whole thing that the area was "dangerous" was made up by the IDF for the sole reason of preventing Jews from davening at the Kever of R' Shimon ben Yochai!!!!!

Sick and perverted! 

They reported that on Shabbos there were thousands of Jews on the mount, and the IDF allowed them to stay but just as Shabbos ended, the IDF asked all to leave except for those small groups such as Biala etc that were given special permission to stay.

What DER GOY doesn't tell you, is that this was pre-arranged before Shabbos that Jews would be allowed to be there for Shabbos. This actually makes a lot of sense because a few thousand is not a Hundred Thousand! A few thousand can be managed and if G-D forbid something happened it was manageable. But a Hundred Thousand cannot be managed in such a condensed place.

Just that you know many Gedoilei Hador such as Ger, Belz,and Litvishe Roshei Yeshiva etc wouldn't allow their Chassidim or Talmiddim to go to Meron when Lag Be'Omer falls on a Sunday, because of the massive Chillul Shabbas that occurs. Buses are already ready in Bnei-Brak, Yerushlayim etc on Shabbos proper. The IDF has to get ready on Shabbos for the huge crowds, so Gedoilim for years were against going up to Meron on a Sunday Lag Be'omer! In Fact they would chastise the Boyaner Rebbe for causing Chillul Shabbos! 

Der Goy talks about the Chillul Shabbos by the IDF, which is ludicrous and laughable if it weren't so tragic. The ones that caused this Chillul Shabbos were none other than those Chareidim who were there for Shabbos! 

What is really crazy is that DER GOY  the newspaper of R' Zalman Leib was against making a Hadlaka or any celebration on Lag Be'Omer anywhere in the world. They followed the minhag of R' Yoel Teitelbaum the founder of Satmar Chassidus who basically ignored the day!

This year for the very first time he caved in and made a massive celebration on Motzei Shabbos, but still didn't make the Hadlaka! 

One of the many complaints that Satmar had against celebrating Yom Hatzmoet was that Jews don't have a Mesorah of making new Yomim Toivim and of course not in the time of Sefira. This Lag Beomer Yom Tov is not mentioned in the entire Shas but is celebrated during the Sefira with music?

 The Ari Hakodosh said that the mourning goes until Shevuois! They follow the Ari when it suits them! 

In addition, I already posted that R' Shimon doesn't want anyone there on Lag Be'Omer. He asked for Covid so that it would be too dangerous to go, then 45 Yiddishe Neshamoes were murdered within minutes, and now he sent Arabs, but no one seems to get the message! 

Can Gedolim err? They Can and they did!

 

When the Rebbe of Belz came on aliyah, he said, ‘We realize now that we erred in our estrangement from Eretz Yisrael.’

by Rabbi David Samson

An opinion of our Sages teaches that the evil decree in the Purim story came when the Jews of Shushan attended the feast of Achashverus which celebrated his false understanding that the Jews would not return to Eretz Yisrael to build the Beit Hamikdash. Apparently, Mordechai was the only Jew who protested. He begged the Jews not to participate, but they were happy to attend, insisting that the food and drink would be glatt kosher.

The cause for the celebration – the belief that the Jews were freed of the obligation to return to the Land of Israel and to rebuild the Beit HaMikdash did not seem to bother anyone save Mordechai. There is no record that the other great Rabbis of the time, of which there were many, supported Mordechai’s vehement protest. Perhaps they did and perhaps they erred and attended the gala party which celebrated the disconnection from Eretz Yisrael and an open door to acceptance amongst the Gentiles and assimilation, believing it would cement good relations with the powers that be.

The modern version of that question arises – how could Gedolai Yisrael make a mistake in such a serious matter as the return of the exiled Jewish Nation to Israel? 

Rav Tzvi Yehuda HaKohen Kook, of blessed memory, my Rosh Yeshiva at the Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva in Jerusalem, told us that great Rabbis and Tzaddikim can also make occasional mistakes as seen in their opposition to Hashem’s returning the Jewish People in modern times. He discussed this very sensitive matter with us in spite of the reverence he held and taught us to feel for our Sages and for all Torah Scholars. However, he wanted us to understand that even great Torah Scholars can err.

In this past week’s Torah portion of Vayikra several types of sin offerings are mentioned. Situated between the offerings of a High Priest who sins and a king who sins are the laws of a sin offering for the whole congregation (Vayikra 4:13). The tractate Horiot explains that this is a case where “the majority of the Great Sanhedrin makes a mistake” and because of their error in deciding the law a majority of the congregation transgresses. The Sages of the Great Sanhedrin were the leading Rabbis of the time, yet the Torah defines a situation where even they can make an error of judgment.

The Torah testifies about Korach and his followers that they were outstanding Torah Scholars, stating: “They were princes of the congregation, the elect men of the assembly, men of renown” (Bamidbar, 16:2), yet they made a terrible mistake in their opposition to Moshe and Aharon. Datan and Abiram even went so far as to call Egypt, “a land flowing with milk and honey,” the very special expression the Torah bestows upon Eretz Yisrael. For their own personal reasons, they turned the words of the Torah upside down.

In Beit Shemesh Chareidim Beat Up Frum IDF Soldiers Trying to Vote

The elections are actually next week, but soldiers can vote starting today, so the city of Beit Shemesh put up "portable voting booths" around town so that the soldiers on their way to fight either in Gaza or the North could vote! Only Soldiers can vote today and until the official election day !

The elections in Beit Shemesh are for the Mayor and the city council. The present mayor is Dr. Aliza Bloch. Chareidim are fighting amongst themselves on who to endorse, none of them are endorsing Bloch because she cannot be bought and she wears a dress. 

They need someone who meets the criteria of promising shekels to their Torah moisid, and only those who meet this qualification will get their endorsement. 

Tonight Degel shelepped out Rabbi Landau from his bed in Bnei Brak and brought him kicking and screaming to Beit Shemesh to officially endorse a guy who calls himself Greenberg! Why someone will listen to the advice of someone from Bnei Brak, is anyone's guess! 

To make sure that Greenberg goes nowhere, Arye Deri of Shas, who doesn't live in Beit Shemesh but lives in Har Nof took Moshe Abutbul, now an MK in the Knesset, from mothballs, was "mechye meisim" him; he was the previous mayor who singlehandedly literally destroyed Beit Shemesh, (and who lost the last mayoral election to Bloch,) and made him run for mayor again, against Aliza Bloch and this Greenberg character. 

Now, Deri knows that Abutbul's chances of becoming Mayor is the same as a snowball in hell, but he threw the "abutbul wrench" in so that Greenberg endorsed by Viznitz and Belz (Yes, Visnitz from Bnei-Brak, and Belz from Yerushalyim) loses. Deri being a Sfardie, hates Chassidim. 

Aye....  this move will split the Chareidie vote which would give Dr Bloch a chance of winning, they don't care .... as Shimshon (Who is buried on top of Ikea, yes.. ironically in Beit Shemesh) said before his demise ..תמות נפשי עם פלישתים

The Shaar Habitachon writes that one must do השתדלות; the Shas faction seemingly learns this sefer and so they strongly believe that one has to do "histadlus" so what better way to do "hishtadlus" than beating the crap out of soldiers that put their very lives on the line to protect those very Chareidim, and who want to vote. So the Shas faction went and destroyed the "portable polling places" and stole the ballots, all in front of children who were looking on watching as Bnei- Torah with Tzizes flying, beat the hell out of the soldiers trying to vote, destroying property and stealing ballots.   All this happened in Ramat Alef in the "mercaz" not in the extremist area of Beit Shemesh Bet but in the "peaceful" Anglo area! זו תורה וזו שכרה

אימה בקלפי הנודד ברמה א׳: פעילי אבוטבול התפרעו והיכו באלימות לוחם צה״ל 

 לאחר שהשחיתו שלטי בחירות בליל אמש - פעילים של משה אבוטבול התפרעו הערב באלימות ב״קלפי הנודד״ של אתר ׳המחדש׳ שהגיע למרכז המסחרי ברמת בית שמש א׳.

המתפרעים הגיעו עם שלטי ש״ס ואבוטבול, גנבו את פתקי ההצבעה של הקלפי הנודד ואמרו שצריך להצביע רק לש״ס ואבוטבול.

בהמשך החלו לפעול באלימות נגד איש הדיגיטל החרדי ולוחם צה"ל אברומי לינשה, שצילם את הראיון של מוטי לייטנר, יו״ר הרשימה הכלל חרדית ׳דרך׳. בנס האירוע הסתיים ללא פצועים.

Shas the "Tzaddikim" Support Arab Parties over the Parties of the Right!

 DIN: I do not vote for any Chareidie Parties. If Hamas would give them $$$$$ they would side with them.

In Beit Shemesh, the Chareidim are trying to oust Dr Aliza Bloch as mayor!

Shas and Aguda want the failed previous mayor, Moshe Abutbul who is now an MK in the Knesset. He was defeated in the previous elections by Dr Aliza Bloch. 

Belz supports some "yukel" Shmuel Greenberg and Viznitz in a slap to Belz instructed their naive sheep to vote for Moshe Abutbul, though they previously agreed to support Shmuel Greenberg! 

It's all about the Benjamins! 

 

Rabbi Elimelech Wasserman, one of the foremost Dayanim in Israel Murdered in Yerushlayim

 One of those murdered in the shooting attack in Jerusalem has been confirmed to have been hasidic rabbi and rabbinic judge Elimelech Wasserman.

He was among the most important figures in the Belz hasidic community, and a member of the Ashdod Rabbinical Court. Members of his family say that he was on his way to the court when he was murdered by terrorists at a bus stop in Jerusalem.

Rabbi Wasserman studied in the Vizhnitz Yeshiva in Haifa, and after his marriage, pursued ordination as a rabbinical judge in the Harry Fischel Institute in Jerusalem, where he was ordained by Rabbi Yosef Cohen as well as the Chief Rabbinate of Israel 28 years ago. He is the son-in-law of Rabbi Asher Freund.

He served as a judge in the Monetary Court in Jerusalem, and was one of the most learned of the judges, with great experience in both instruction and ruling on cases, and had considerable knowledge of the Talmud and authorities in the Jewish law.

Rabbi Wasserman is survived by sons, daughters, and many descendants who follow in his path.

The President of the Great Rabbinical Court and the Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, eulogized Rabbi Wasserman, saying: "I mourn the murder of the judge and sage Rabbi Elimelech Wasserman, who was murdered by villains this morning in Jerusalem. Rabbi Wasserman was a rare scholar, and even after he retired he insisted on continuing his work for those seeking ordination as rabbinical judges. The rabbinical courts will miss his grandeur and outpouring of good and kindness."

Religious Affairs Minister Michael Malkieli (Shas) eulogized him as well: "It was with tremendous shock and grief that I received word of the villainous murder of the sage and judge Rabbi Elimelech Wasserman while he was on his way to the court in Ashdod. Rabbi Wasserman, one of the most experienced and important judges in the rabbinical court system, served the people of Israel for many years with great dedication, and greeted everyone happily."

Mk Eichler's Perfidy .. That Lying Scoundrel!

Quite a chutzpah for MK Eichler to say that the Holocaust was caused by the Zionists.

 Eichler is associated with the Belz Chassidic sect;

 as Lawrence Kaplan wrote in the epilogue to his well known article, "Daas Torah: A Modern Conception of Rabbinic Authority,"

 the Belzer Rebbe escaped Europe in 1944 "using immigration certificates reserved for veteran Zionists." 

Without getting into the very unfortunate and troubling details here, the Belzer Rebbe and his brother assured their remaining flock that while it appeared from current events that the Zionists were right, this was in fact a trial sent by G-d to test their faith. In fact, the Rebbe wasn't fleeing, because of fear, but only out of love for the Land of Israel. The Rebbe's brother, "with the approval and as the agent of his brother," assured those who remained that all would be well.

Less than four months later, mass deportations of Hungarian Jews began. Untold numbers were slaughtered by the Nazis.

Later, the official histories of Belz first omitted these words of the Rebbe's brother from their histories, and later changed the story outright, saying that the Rebbe had warned his flock to leave Europe, but they ignored him.

For MK Eichler to claim that the Holocaust was the fault of the Zionists, when his Rebbe's father (the Rebbe's brother) and uncle escaped using Zionist certificates, and - I say this with pain - left their people with false assurances of safety, is farcical.

 

Belz schools to implement core curriculum

 

The Belz hasidic sect is in the advanced stages of implementing the core curriculum in exchange for 100% funding from the State, as the schools join the Bnei Yosef network run by Shas.

According to a report by Galatz journalist Yoeli Brim, two schools will join the network as part of an initial pilot program, and the agreement is later expected to expand to all of the hasidic sect's schools, which include approximately 9,000 students.

The move has caused a rift in the joint United Torah Judaism party, which includes the Chasidic Agudat Yisrael and the Lithuanian-haredi Degel Hatorah: Last year, Degel Hatorah threatened to split from Agudat Yisrael if the program to teach the core curriculum goes through.

At the time, the two parties agreed that if the right-religious bloc did not succeed in forming a government, Degel Hatorah would allow some of the Belz schools to join the independent haredi school system. Under that agreement, those schools which do not become part of the independent haredi system would be added to the Shas-run Bnei Yosef chain.

Shas initially opposed the proposition, but eventually the sides hired lawyers to see if it would be possible to overcome the legal difficulties involved in the merger.

Belz Rebbe Dances Mitzva Tanz

Dancing with the Chassan 

Belzer Rebbetzin Gives a Bracha to Beit Shemesh Mayor Aliza BLock at the Ger/Belz Wedding

 

Belz Chasidim Organize Worldwide Prayers On Sunday For Rebbe’s Recovery

 

In the wake of the Belzer Rebbe’s health issues over the past few weeks, chasidim have called for a worldwide prayer vigil to take place at 6:30 PM Israel time (11:30 Eastern Time).

The chasidus announced that “in light of the call by the Rav Hatzadik [Rav Aharon Mordechai Rokeach, the only son of the rebbe] that everyone should pray for the health and speedy recovery of strength for our father, our guide and leader the Rebbe Shlita, the Belz chasidim around the world will unite in a worldwide Tefillah. Today, the 11th of Nissan, with Mincha at 6:30 PM in the Beis Midrash Hagadol, and a public tefillah at the same hour in every location.”

On Wednesday Hatzalah organizations were summoned to the Rebbe’s house after he felt unwell. The rebbe’s situation stabilized afterwards but he has remained in his home and it is estimated that he suffered a hypoglyclemic incident.

The chasidus announced that the rebbe had undergone thorough tests by a specialist doctor who reported that the rebbe is now feeling better.

During the course of Shabbos the rebbe did not leave his home, and was under observation by a resident physician. It is presumed that he will not be leading a communal Seder this year as is his annual custom.

He Knew That R' Nachman of Breslev Will Pull Him Out of Hell.. But So Quick?

 

The guy on the left tells the story of a Belzer Chusid who went to Uman, when he returned to Belz, they kicked him out of all the Belzer Moisdois, so he said that he knew "that R' Nachman would pull him out of hell, but he was amazed how quickly it happened

Bobov 45 Endorses Zeldin While Sol Wediger Bribes Hochul with $25,000

 

Key Hasidic groups are endorsing Republican Lee Zeldin (R-Suffolk) for governor over Gov. Kathy Hochul in the latest sign that the incumbent is struggling with historically Democratic constituencies ahead of the final day of voting on Nov. 8.

Support from the Brooklyn-based Bobov, Bobov-45, Belz and Satmar groups could lead to thousands of additional votes for Zeldin as he pushes for a historic upset next week in a state where a Republican has not been elected governor in a generation.

Chareidie Achdus Before Yom Kippur ..Aryeh Deri, Moshe Gafni no longer on speaking terms

 

The head of the Degel HaTorah party (a component faction of United Torah Judaism), MK Moshe Gafni, is no longer on speaking terms with Shas party head Aryeh Deri, according to a senior official in UTJ who spoke with Israel National News.

Gafni is "furious with Deri," according to the source, due to Gafni's belief that it is Deri who was behind briefings against Gafni concerning his connections with Prime Minister Yair Lapid.

UTJ is apparently also taken aback by recent boasts on the part of Justice Minister Gideon Sa'ar, who is claiming that he has excellent ties to haredi politicians. "We haven't spoken with Sa'ar for over a month," the source said. "In fact, our representatives have cut off all ties to him, and are very angry with him," a statement which was independently confirmed by Israel National News.

Part of the reason for the anger felt toward Sa'ar is due to his and his fellow party member Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton's intervention in the issue of haredi education with regard to the "Belz outline" that almost caused UTJ to split, a rift that was averted at the eleventh hour and that could have proven catastrophic for the entire right-wing bloc.

"Gantz is great, but not for being given the opportunity to try to form a coalition - there's no chance he could succeed there," the source told Israel National News. "But we have good connections with his office staff on various communal issues, something that cannot be said of Gideon Sa'ar."

Asked to comment on the possibility that a party other than the Likud will succeed in forming the next government, the source insisted that whatever the outcome of the elections, the alliance between religious and traditionally minded parties would hold strong. "We will go together either into the next government or into the opposition," he said.

BREAKTHROUGH: Degel HaTorah Caves and will Allow Belz Moisdois to Join Chinuch Atzmai

 

I personally believe that immediately after the elections, they will be back to bickering and fighting. This is just a ploy to make sure they pass the threshold for seats in the Knesset.  

After weeks of uncertainty regarding the future of the partnership between Degel HaTorah and Agudas Yisrael, a breakthrough was reached on Monday, paving the way to a joint run.

The dispute in question was the plan of the Belzer chassidus to sign an agreement with the government that will provide their Talmudei Torah with funding in accordance with the number of hours they spend teaching secular subjects. HaRav HaGaon Gershon Edelstein, who is adamantly opposed to any government intervention into Chareidi chinuch, would not agree to partner with Belz if they implemented the Education Ministry’s plan.

Chassidishe Chickens Came Home to Roost and Chassidim Don't Like it One Bit

 

by Rationalist Judaism Blog 

It's finally happened. 

For decades, the Chassidic community in the New York area has avoided teaching its children secular studies, or even the English language. Moreover, they've managed to secure a vast amount of public funding for this, through a combination of political power and cunning finagling. Along the way, countless young chassidim have been doomed to poverty, with many of them bitterly disillusioned by the chassidic lifestyle and some of them leaving it with a well-earned grudge.

The inevitable has now happened. The New York Times has published a seminal report on the situation, bitingly titled "In Hasidic Enclaves, Failing Private Schools Flush with Public Money." They even published it in Yiddish translation!

Now, in the past I've had harsh words for the New York Times, with its grossly incompetent and false articles about Israel. But this article is meticulously researched. The journalists reviewed thousands of pages of public records, translated dozens of Yiddish documents, and interviewed more than 275 people, including current and former students, teachers, administrators and regulators. (Many of the school principals from whom they sought comment refused to be interviewed, and the Times went to the extent of sending them a pre-publication preview of the article, to get their response.)

Furthermore, anyone who is familiar with the chassidic community, either in New York or England or Israel, knows that it's all true.

Unfortunately, it feeds into the worst antisemitic stereotypes. From time immemorial, the antisemitic caricature of the Jew has been as a cunning thief. But who should be blamed for the antisemitism that could result as a result of this stereotype being reinforced?