DUS IZ NIES

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

The unwarranted uproar over railway work on Shabbat

In general, Shabbat is officially kept in the State of Israel. The police estimated that closure of the Ayalon Highway on a weekday would endanger lives.

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed

Q: How come last week we heard in the media about representatives of the Haredi community fighting for the honor of Shabbat, which was publicly trampled upon with the construction work done on the Tel Aviv railway, while the representatives of the National Religious community were silent? Is Shabbat not worth fighting for?

A: There is great importance in the State of Israel officially observing Shabbat, and indeed, state-run institutions generally do observe Shabbat. This is something that should not be taken for granted. I have heard from Jews who immigrated from the former Soviet Union, that in their eyes, the State of Israel is considered to be very religious, mainly because all the state-run institutions are closed on Shabbat. They also point out the central role holidays play in public life, and the observance of kashrut in all state-run institutions, the vast majority of stores and restaurants, and almost all hotels.

Nevertheless, the fact that the majority of the Jews do not observe Shabbat according to Jewish law is extremely painful and distressing, and it is a mitzvah for every person to do whatever they can to bring Jews closer to the mitzvoth of Shabbat. To do so, we must clarify the sacred value of Shabbat, and even those people who do keep Shabbat should try harder to observe it in the best and most superb way – through ‘oneg‘ Shabbat, Torah study, prayer, festive meals and rest – and the more successful we are, the more Jews will wish to keep Shabbat.

Apparently, those who touched-off the “war” on Shabbat, believed that by doing so they would strengthen the national status of Shabbat in the country. However, to do so there was no need to initiate personal attacks on the Minister of Transportation and arouse debate between the Haredim and the secular over the national character of Shabbat, because strengthening the status of Shabbat in official government frameworks can also be achieved by means of respectable dialogue.

American Jews are likely to vote for Hillary Clinton in November, but American Jewry’s fastest-growing community is likely to go the other way.
A solid majority of Charedi Orthodox Jews will vote for Donald Trump, say experts and Republican operatives in the Charedi enclave of Borough Park, Brooklyn. While poll data isn’t available on the fervently Orthodox vote, observers say the Charedim are attracted by Trump’s hawkish foreign policy, pugnacious personality and image as a successful businessman.
It doesn’t hurt that he’s a man.

“When you’re fighting a war, you want someone who’s tough, who’s going to be on your side,” said Heshy Friedman, a business consultant in Borough Park who founded the group Jewish Democrats for Trump. “I don’t think he means things literally. You need somebody who borderlines on going crazy.”

The Charedi community in New York City and in the state has supported Democrats in the past. Both Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo have courted the Charedi vote by ensuring social services for the poor and promising not to intrude in communal affairs. Borough Park’s state assemblyman, Dov Hikind, is a conservative Democrat.

The return policy for Shan and Toad, an online children’s clothing store, is pretty standard until you reach the asterisk.

The store offers full refunds on items not on sale for shoppers who are “dissatisfied” with his or her purchases, unless you live in Brooklyn, NY, Monsey, NY, Monroe, NY, Lakewood, NJ or Passaic, NJ

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Puppa Rebbe Grandchild, 22 year old Feige Greenwald, died suddenly, presumably from an overdose!

The granddaughter of the Puppa Rebbe, 22 year old Feige Greenwald, died suddenly today (Tuesday), Kikar Hashabbat reported.

She was the daughter of the Rebbe's son, Rav Pinchas Greenwald, who is the rabbi of the Monsey branch of the Hassidic community.

According to reports, Feigie was hospitalized in the past few days at Maimonides Hospital after suffering poisoning from an overdose of a dangerous drug.

In the last few years, Faigie had left her parental home and acted in a more modern manner than is generally acceptable in the hassidic community. She was active on social media and according to her friends' reports she used dangerous drugs even though they tried to dissuade her.

On the "Kol Puppa" information hotline the broadcaster announced to the Hassidim :

"Our heartbreak is as big as the ocean. Death has come to our halls. Blessed is the true Judge. With great pain, we announce the passing of the descendant of holy and pure people, the granddaughter of the Admor [hassidic Rebbe], the dear important maiden, Faige, daughter of rabbi Pinchas Chaim, Rabbi of our community in Monsey."

Second Bais Hamikdash Floor Tiles Unveiled!

Dr. Gabriel Barkay, co-founder and director of the Temple Mount Sifting Project in presentation of the restored tiles of the Second Temple during Herodian Rule

Archaeologists from the Jerusalem-based Temple Mount Sifting Project unveiled Tuesday a restored floor of painted tiles that experts believe dates to the Herodian era (37 to 4 BCE). Experts believe the floor may have been part of the courtyard of the Second Temple.

“This represents the first time that archeologists have been able to successfully restore an element from the Herodian Second Temple complex,” stated Zachi Dvira, co-founder and director of the Temple Mount Sifting Project.

Frankie Snyder, a member of the Temple Mount Sifting Project’s team of researchers and an expert in the study of ancient Herodian style flooring, stated that she had used geometric principles, and similarities found in tile design found at other Herod sites to ornate the ornate tile patterns.

“This type of flooring is called ‘opus sectile,’ Latin for ‘cut work.’ It was very expensive and was considered more prestigious than mosaic floors,” said Snyder. “So far, we have succeeded in restoring seven potential designs of the majestic flooring that decorated the buildings of the Temple Mount, explaining that there was no ‘opus sectile’ in Israel prior to Herodian rule.”

“The tile segments were mostly imported from Rome, Asia Minor, Tunisia and Egypt, were created from polished multicolored stones cut in a variety of geometric shapes. A key characteristic of the Herodian tiles is their size, which corresponds to the Roman foot, of approximately 29.6 cm.” she explained

The Temple Mount Sifting Project was founded in 2004 by archaeologists Dr. Gabriel Barkay and Zachi Dvira under the auspices of Bar-Ilan University, in response to the illegal removal of tons of antiquities-rich earth from the Temple Mount by the Islamic Waqf in 1999. Since then, volunteer and professional sifters have unearthed thousands of artifacts, including more than 600 colored stone floor tile segments, more than 100 of which have been conclusively dated to the Second Temple period.

The project is conducted under the auspices of Bar-Ilan University and The Israel Nature and Parks Protection Authority,

“It enables us to get an idea of the Temple’s incredible splendor,” said Dr. Barkay.

Barkly told reporters that the style of the tiles is consistent with similar Herodian discoveries in Masada, Jericho and a variety of locations in Italy.

The restored tiles will be presented to the general public on September 8 th , at the 17th Annual City of David Archaeological Conference in Jerusalem

Monday, September 5, 2016

Skverer Threatens Rabbi Naftali Rottenberg because He Opened a Shul 2 Miles from Skver

Andover Place in Monsey, is 2 miles away from the Skverer "No-Jew Zone", but that is not stopping the Skverer askanim from attempting to stop Rabbi Naftali Tvi Rottenberg from opening his "kosyan" Shul!

Last Friday night just before shkiyah, someone hung up a poster in the Skverer Bais Midrash that stated that it would be best that Rabbi Rottenberg close his Kosyener Bais Midrash because it is within the perimeter of the Skverer "judenrein" mile ban, even though the shul is two miles away ..... it seems Skver expanded their "No-Jew ban to two miles, without telling anyone....

and it seems that Rabbi Rottenberg is a threat to the Skverrer dynasty! Who knew?

The poster was removed immediately after the "Rabbeinu Tam" Zman, on Motzei Shabbos!

Hillary's Cough Returns With A Vengence on Labor Day

Hundreds sign petition to ban Rabbi Mizrachi from UK

Hundreds of people have signed an online petition calling for the UK government to ban a rabbi who says that Down’s Syndrome and autism is punishment for sins in a previous life, two weeks before he is due to visit.

Rabbi Yosef Mizrachi, who claims more than 100,000 Facebook followers, has provoked outrage by claiming that less than a million halachic Jews were killed in the Holocaust, and that blind children are being punished for watching pornography in a past life.

Mizrachi, who lectured children in Britain two years ago, has been told he is not welcome by leading figures of British Jewry, who called him a “hate preacher” ahead of his intended UK visit from 16-19 September.

The online petitionhad, by Monday morning, attracted more than 440 signatures, appalled by his comments and views, which they describe as “cultish, divisive and contemptible”.

Jeremy Newmark of the Jewish Labour Movement and former chief executive of the Jewish Leadership Council said: “This hate preacher should stay out of the UK.” Similarly, former Three Faiths Forum (3FF) director Stephen Shashoua wrote: “Hate should be given no oxygen.”

Sociologist and author Keith Kahn-Harris added: “Jews have hate preachers too, sadly. While this guy doesn’t recruit directly for violent groups, there is a violence to his views.”

Videos are available online showing Mizrachi telling Jewish children that “God only want him [the disabled child] here 40 years to suffer… Why? Measure for measure. You spoke bad about people for the previous life, now you going to feel what it is to live 40 years without be able to say a word.”

Mizrachi, who has also suggested that Ashkenazi Jews were killed in the Holocaust because they went to college, has previously hit back at critics, calling them the names of evil biblical characters and describing them as “worse than Hitler”.

He founded Orthodox outreach group the Kiruv Organisation in New York in 1995, but has since fallen from favour, and was criticised by the Novominsker Rebbe, the president of the ultra-orthodox Agudath Israel of America, who said Mizrachi’s claims were demonstrably false, profoundly offensive and extremely hurtful”.

It is not clear whether Home Secretary Amber Rudd MP will ban Mizrachi from entering the UK, which she has the power to do if his visit is seen as “not conducive to the public good”.

Asked about Mizrachi’s visit, a Home Office spokesperson said: “We do not routinely comment on individual cases.” They added, however, that “coming to the UK is a privilege, and we expect those who come here to respect our shared values”.

Reuters ordered its cameraman to cut live footage of Trump receiving praise from African-American Bishop

The incident occurred as Jackson presented Trump with a shawl, a bible, and offered his prayers as the black audience cheered and clapped.

Perhaps aware of the devastating impact the optics of this moment would have on the media’s efforts to demonize Trump as a racist bigot, a voice is heard off-camera saying, “He’s getting a shawl!”

The cameraman then says, “I’m shooting this, I don’t care what they say….I’ll take a demotion for this…. you?”

“Shut it down,” insists the director,” followed by another voice asking, “Shut this down?”

“Yes Michael, do it,” orders the director.

We then hear the word “blackout” and the camera shakes before the live feed is cut.

“Reuters was primary video feed for the event, all other video delivery services were coming from the Reuters feed. When Reuters shut down, all other outlets lost the broadcast,” reports the Conservative Treehouse.

Right Side Broadcasting responded to the controversy by offering the cameraman a job, promising to pay him much more than Reuters.

This is by no means the first example of media censorship when it comes to coverage of Trump’s live events.

Last month, we reported on how ABC cut the live feed of Trump’s event in Daytona Beach, Florida right as Trump began to talk about Hillary Clinton’s connection to ISIS.

Last month, CNN reporter Brianna Keilar began talking about Hillary’s support for anti-crime legislation in the 90’s which contributed to the “mass incarceration” of black people before the video was immediately cut.

As Justin Raimondo revealed in an article for the LA Times, the mainstream media has openly dispensed with the pretense objectivity during this election cycle in an attempt to sink Trump’s campaign.

Ezra Friedlander (kapo) Defends Anti-Israel Tim Kaine

Ezra "The Kapo" tuchelekking Tim Kaine

The Jewish back stabbing kapo, Ezra Friedlander, the whore, is at it again, supporting only those who wish to destroy Israel and has written an op-ed in the Yeshiva World Blog basically asking Jews to look at Tim Kaine's record on Jewish issues.

Why the mamzeirim at Yeshiva World Blog would air his arrogant condescending "op-ed" is beyond anyone's understanding .... maybe he slips them $$$$$$$$$$$$$

Tim Kaine does not take pro-Israel positions, and has shown support for organizations connected to the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood!