Friday, October 31, 2025
Hundreds of Reckless Chareidim were in the building that was under construction
Torah Is Not a Substitute for Safety
A tragedy has shaken the Charedi world—a young bochur either fell or jumped, and the community is stunned that “Torah didn’t protect him.” But this shock reveals a deeper problem: the belief, spoken or implied, that Torah study alone exempts one from basic safety precautions.
In some circles, there’s a mindset that safety rules are for goyim and chilonim. That Torah is a shield against all harm, even when common sense is ignored. But this belief isn’t just misguided—it’s a distortion of Torah itself.
In Maseches Sotah 21a, Rav Yosef and Rava debate the protective power of Torah and mitzvos.
Rav Yosef says Torah protects whether one is actively learning or not. But Rava challenges this, citing Doeg and Achitofel—Torah scholars who met tragic ends. Rava concludes:
Torah protects only when one is actively engaged in it. Otherwise, it may shield but not save.
So no, Torah is not a magical force field. It demands responsibility. It demands hishtadlus. It demands that we care for our bodies as vessels of holiness—not treat them as disposable in the name of faith.
This isn’t apikorsus. It’s halacha. It’s seichel. And it’s time we stopped using Torah as a slogan and started living it as a truth.
אָמַר רַב יוֹסֵף: מִצְוָה, בְּעִידָּנָא דְּעָסֵיק בָּהּ — מַגְּנָא וּמַצְּלָא, בְּעִידָּנָא דְּלָא עָסֵיק בָּהּ — אַגּוֹנֵי מַגְּנָא, אַצּוֹלֵי לָא מַצְּלָא.
תּוֹרָה, בֵּין בְּעִידָּנָא דְּעָסֵיק בָּהּ וּבֵין בְּעִידָּנָא דְּלָא עָסֵיק בָּהּ — מַגְּנָא וּמַצְּלָא.
מַתְקֵיף לַהּ רַבָּה: אֶלָּא מֵעַתָּה, דּוֹאֵג וַאֲחִיתוֹפֶל מִי לָא עָסְקִי בְּתוֹרָה? אַמַּאי לָא הֵגֵינָּה עֲלַיְיהוּ?
אֶלָּא אָמַר רָבָא: תּוֹרָה בְּעִידָּנָא דְּעָסֵיק בָּהּ — מַגְּנָא וּמַצְּלָא, בְּעִידָּנָא דְּלָא עָסֵיק בָּהּ — אַגּוֹנֵי מַגְּנָא, אַצּוֹלֵי לָא מַצְּלָא. מִצְוָה, בֵּין בְּעִידָּנָא דְּעָסֵיק בָּהּ בֵּין בְּעִידָּנָא דְּלָא עָסֵיק בָּהּ — אַגּוֹנֵי מַגְּנָא, אַצּוֹלֵי לָא מַצְּלָא.!
Thursday, October 30, 2025
Meanwhile at the Kotel Charedie Reservists held a Beret Service at the Kotel Making a Huge Kiddush Hashem
Today at the Kotel, Charedi reservists from the Chashmonaim Brigade held a beret ceremony, highlighting their dedication to Torah learning and military service.
The footage captures the solemn event and the soldiers’ commitment to both faith and duty.
Reckless Chareidim Make Massive Chillul Hashem ...With Their Gedoilim Standing By
This is what happens when Charedim are in charge of security!
For years, they blocked the Israeli Police from taking control of Miron, the tragedy where Jews killed other Jews in a massive stampede! To date, they are still resisting Israeli Security!
This reckless behavior is a microcosm of the Charedi culture where they think that rules and regulations don't apply to them! The Gedoilim saw all this from their safe perch and said not a single word!
Firefighters are operating on Shazar Boulevard in Jerusalem after police requested assistance with several individuals who climbed onto a crane and are refusing to come down.
Bitter End to the Yom Tefilah as 20 Year-Old Menachem Mendel Litzman Jumped or Fell to His Death
A bitter end to the rally: after the tragedy, organizers called on the crowds to go home and ordered those on rooftops to come down immediately.
The young man who tragically fell during a draft rally on Shazar Boulevard has been identified as Menachem Mendel Litzman, 20. Reports are that he may have jumped from the “Migdal Marom” building, and despite immediate medical attention, was pronounced dead at the scene.
A man died on Thursday during the haredi demonstration against military conscription, after he fell from a height at a construction site on Shazar Boulevard in Jerusalem. The victim was later identified as 20-year-old Menachem Mendel Litzman.
Litzman fell approximately 20 stories. MDA paramedics who rushed to the scene found the victim suffering from multi-system trauma and no vital signs, and had to pronounce him dead at the scene.
Police are investigating the possibility that Litzman committed suicide and did not fall accidentally.
Forces from the Jerusalem District Police are at the scene and have begun investigating the incident.
MDA paramedic Lishai Shemesh and EMT Daniel Alkayam recounted: "The teen lay unconscious at the foot of a high-rise construction site without a pulse and not breathing, with very severe multi-system trauma."
"We were told that he fell from a high height. We conducted medical examinations, but his injuries were critical, and unfortunately, we had no choice but to pronounce him dead," they reported.
Yisrael Beytenu Chairman Avigdor Liberman sharply attacked the haredi leadership following the incident. "The rotten haredi leadership is directly responsible for the painful death of a young boy in a despicable and unnecessary demonstration. He came out on the orders of that leadership to be a human shield for the power and influence of the haredi activists."
Magen David Adom, which has been on medical standby at the rally, reported that as of 16:45, it had treated 56 participants. Of those treated, four required further care and were evacuated to hospitals in mild condition (including two cases of fainting, a cardiac incident, and a minor injury).
Tens of Thousands of Kollel guys and Avreichim Excited about Having a Day Off and Not having to Learn While Collecting their Checks
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| Avreichim enjoying their ride to Yerushalayim this morning |
I walked into my Kollel this morning, as I do every day. But today, the Beis Medrash was “more or less empty.” אין קול ואין עונה
What does that mean? It means the Baalei Batim—those who come out of love for Torah, unpaid and uncelebrated—were there, learning as always.
But the Avreichim? The ones on the payroll? Gone. Even the Rosh Kollel was missing.
Where were they?
They were in Yerushalayim, protesting. Not for the dead hostages rotting in Gaza tunnels. Not for the soldiers sent to the front three and four times over. Not for the widows, orphans, and shattered families. No. They were protesting for a draft dodger.
No rabbi called for a day of protest when our brothers were kidnapped. No mass rally when soldiers died defending our land. But today, thousands closed their Gemarras to chant slogans and pray!
Will someone please make a cogent argument why a milchemet mitzvah—which overrides Shabbos and Yom Kippur according to all respected poskim—is somehow not a mitzvah for Charedim?
Will someone justify how a massive segment of Israeli society takes every benefit—housing, stipends, protection—yet refuses to share in the burden of defending the nation?
And yes, they’ll still get paid today. For a day spent not in Torah, but in politics. For turning their backs on their brothers in arms. For choosing division over unity.
Hashem yerachem.
Thousands of Chareidim will NOT join the protest today because they all became Chilonim
None of those in the video ever served in the IDF! So much for the argument that the being the IDF will make them not frum.....
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