Vishnitzer Rebbe of Monsey Passes Away...was 95

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The Rebbe was Niftar on Friday morning, with his children at his bedside at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan. 

He had been in and out of the hospital for the past few months. many times his condition turned critical but miraculously, he was stabilized. This past week his condition continued to deteriorate with his blood pressure dropping. His children were called to his bedside, and on Friday morning he was Niftar as Viduy and Shema were recited during Yetziyas Neshama.

The Rebbe was the elder of the Admorim today.

The Rebbe was known for his devotion to learning Torah: Learning around 18 hours a day and asking his Chasidim to study at least two hours every day.

He has thousands of Chassidim around the globe.

The Rebbe, Hagaon HaRav Mordechai Hager ZATZAL, was born in 1922.

Following the Petira of his father, the previous Vishnitzer Rebbe the “Imrei Chaim” [HaRav Chaim Meir Hager of Bnei Barak ], he became the Vishnitzer Rebbe of Monsey.

He has 14 children, 8 sons and 6 daughters. 

His sons serve as Rabbonim in Vishnitzer Batei Midrashim around the world. His oldest son, HaRav Pinches Shulem ZATZAL, served the Kehilla in Borough Park, Brooklyn, New York; Rav Yisroel is the Rov in Monsey, New York; Rav Mendel is the Rov in Kiamesha Lake, New York; Rav Yitzchok Yochonon is the Rov in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The other sons serve internationally: Rav Eliezer in Yerushalayim, Rav Aron in Montreal, Canada; Rav Duvid in London, UK; and his youngest son, Rav Buroch Shamshon, in Beit Shemesh.

He has hundreds of grandchildren, and thousands of great grandchildren.

The Levaya will be at 12:30PM on Friday afternoon in Monsey.

'Jerusalem is not holy to Muslims, enough with this lie!'

Zionist Organization of America President Morton Klein spoke on Thursday night at the National Council of Young Israel's annual dinner, debunking the myth that Jerusalem is holy to Muslims.

"Jerusalem was the capital of Israel, under King David, 3,000 years ago," Klein said. "It was never, ever, the capital of any other nation except Israel. When the Arabs conquered Palestine in 716, they made Ramla their capital, not Jerusalem."

"The Jewish holy books mention Jerusalem 700 times. it is never, ever mentioned in the Quran. Even about Mohammed allegedly going from Jerusalem to heaven, in the Quran...this is described as a dream. He simply has a dream, and it says he went 'from the farthest place to heaven.' ... And the nearest place, in the Quran, is Palestine. So clearly, it was not from Jerusalem."

Klein also noted that the Arabs, historically, have not cared enough to invest in Jerusalem.

"When the Arabs controlled Jerusalem from 1948-1967, when Jordan controlled it, they built everything of importance in Amman, not in Jerusalem," he said. "They allowed it to be a slum. There was no water, no electricity, no plumbing there. They destroyed the 58 synagogues in eastern Jerusalem."

Calling on his listeners to help debunk the lies, Klein said, "We must now tell everyone: It is not holy to Muslims, enough with this lie! Enough with the lie of occupation, there is no occupation, this is Jewish land, enough of the lie that settlements are the reason we have no peace. Settlements comprise 2% of all Judea and Samaria, there hasn't been a single new settlement built since 1993."

Slamming both the media and world leaders, he added, "All we get from the media, and even from leaders around the world, are lies, lies, and lies about Israel."

"Unlike politicians, G-d keeps His promises. And with the help of Almighty G-d and with the help of the Israel Defense Forces, the Jewish people in Eretz Yisrael (the Land of Israel) will prevail and will survive forever," he concluded.

Chareidim Keep Pouring Money into the hands of Polish Murderers

Chareidim at the Kever of the Bach  in Krakow, Poland, on his Yahrtzeit 

Charedi Anti-Army/Draft Riots

by Batya Medad
I have absolutely no tolerance nor understanding for any anti-draft/IDF actions/riots etc here in Israel or any place else. The State of Israel is under constant threat and periodic attacks. From the Jewish point of view, that makes serving in the IDF a great mitzvah, Torah commandment, because it saves lives.

Prior to the Israeli Declaration of Independence, while we found ourselves defending ourselves against the Arabs and British, the "underground" forces, Haganah, Palmach, Etzel and Lechi had a complete cross-section of volunteers of all types of Jews in the Land of Israel. That included secular, traditional, religious and Chareidi. 

In the early days of the State of Israel, Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion made an agreement with the Chareidim that they could get a deferment for full-time yeshiva students and religious women. The yeshiva students were expected to support the state by their prayers and learning. Of course, many of us believe that Ben-Gurion was "generous" in granting a deferment, because he wanted to isolate the then small number of Chareidim from the rest of the population. He didn't want religious interference or influence in the IDF.

While there has been great improvement and changes in the IDF for strictly religious soldiers, certain  Chareidi factions have become dangerously and violently more intolerant of the army and soldiers. Jerusalem has been plagued by frequent violent anti-draft riots. Last week, I found myself waiting for buses that couldn't come to the stop, because they had been rerouted. There was no notification. Public transportation and many main thoroughfares were closed or rerouted when possible.

Ordinary citizens, young and old, religious and secular have suffered physically due to travel difficulties. This is all because young, fit Chareidi men are wasting their energy rioting, rather than serving the Jewish People, rather than doing mitzvot, Torah Commandments.

They claim that their time in the Batei Midrash, Study halls are too precious to waste in the IDF, but they have lots of time to riot, attack the police and endanger the health and welfare of innocent Jews. There is absolutely nothing to support their behavior in the Torah.

Trump gets rid of Tillerson!

Trump ousts Tillerson, will replace him as secretary of state with CIA chief Pompeo

President Trump has ousted Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and replaced him with CIA Director Mike Pompeo, orchestrating a major change to his national security team amid delicate negotiations with North Korea, White House officials said Tuesday.

Trump last Friday asked Tillerson to step aside, and the embattled top diplomat cut short his trip to Africa on Monday to return to Washington.

Pompeo will replace him at the State Department, and Gina Hapsel — the deputy director at the CIA — will succeed him at the CIA, becoming the first woman to run the spy agency, if confirmed.

The "Deplorable" Hillary Clinton Keeps Falling Down the Stairs Even With 2 People Holding Her!

Was she drunk? But at this point "what difference does it make?"

Yeshivah Boys With Nothing to do SHUT DOWN BNEI BRAK to Protest arrest of Drunk Driver!

Yeshiva Bochrim decide not to bother learning Torah, but instead decide to shut down Bnei Brak in protest for  the arrest of a drunk driver. 

The drunk driver after being arrested was found out to have not registered for the draft as required by law, and was handed over to the IDF where he is being held.

Dozens of "Torah Hookey Players" blocked Jabotinsky Street at the corner of Hashomer, while hundreds of "Torah Terrorists"  blocked the Geha interchange on Route 4 to the south on the other side of the city.

Notice the stadistical tendencies of these low lifes who are singing while innocent men, women and children are stuck on buses and cars....
How sick and demented can one be?

It's interesting to note that the "Torah Terrorists" get notified of the location of the protests via "Whatsapp" which is an app available only on smartphones.  The smartphones are banned by the same hypocritical Roshei Yeshivah that encourage these protests! Go figure.

Police are operating at all points of the demonstration, including through the use of armored vehicles, in an attempt to open the roads to traffic.

Police said that "they will act with zero tolerance towards any attempt to disrupt public order and endanger passersby and drivers traveling along traffic arteries."

R' Yitzchok Dovid Grossman Withdraws His Support For a Sexual Abusar

A prominent Israeli rabbi on Monday withdrew his support for an ultra-Orthodox woman accused of 74 charges of sex abuse, including rape, while she taught at a Jewish school in Australia, just a week after he had recommended to the court that she be place under house arrest under his supervision.

“I am very sensitive to the pain and plight of children and adults who are abused,” said Rabbi Yitzchak Dovid Grossman in a statement explaining his decision to “completely withdraw” his involvement in the case.

“It is regretful that the current turmoil has in any way called into question that mission and dedication,” he wrote.

Last month, the Petah Tikva Magistrate’s court ruled that it would delay consideration of whether to extradite the suspect to Australia until a psychiatrist could review her case. Her name is gagged in Israel by court order because she has not been accused of committing a crime in the country.

An Australian woman wanted in her home country for child sex abuse crimes is seen at the Jerusalem District Court on February 14, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

During a hearing last week, Grossman served as a character witness for the defendant in the Jerusalem District Court, saying that “for her to be in custody is a humiliation.”

He offered to host her under house arrest at his home, adding that if she left the house “for even a second, we will take her straight to the police immediately,” according to the Brisbane Times.

Reb Elimelech of Lizhensk Upset That Jews Give Money to Polish Murderers Burns down His Tent On His Own Yurzeit

 The holy Tzaddik R' Elimelech of Lizhensk could not believe that thousands of Jews would willingly give Jewish money to the Polish anti-Semites, so he decided to perform an open miracle and burned down the tent outside his grave in attempt to teach those naive Jews a lesson.

R' Elimelech z"l would rather they learn his sefer on his yurzeit instead of spending hard earned money, only to hand it over to the murderers of R' Elimelech's family.

The miraculous fire apparently broke out in a tent next to the Tziyon, where hundreds of candles were burning. The fire soon spread into the Tziyon, where thousands of “kvitlach” had been placed by Mispallelim at the Kever. There had been candles burning by the Kvitlach which also caught fire, causing the entire Tziyon to turn into flames and smoke.

Peleg Terrorist Speaks to Lady Reporter on TV