Satmar's rallying cry against the State of Israel is "hisgarus be'umois" antagonizing the gentile world .... to Satmar that applies to all except of course themselves....
Just a month ago the Satmar Rebbe wrote a letter praising the Governor and asking his followers to follow regulations...
and this is exactly what our ancestor , the matriarch Rivka was afraid of ....
The parsha last weeks describes how Rivka was agitated when she was pregnant because as Rashi describes, that when she passed a Shul the baby was struggling to get out and then when she passed a pagan church again the baby struggled to get out ...she was confused. She decided to ask her local Rabbi what was going on ... the Rabbi calmed her down .."Don't you worry... you have twins, one will be a tzaddik and the other one will be wicked rasha.
Question: From the text it seems that Rivka was satisfied with this answer... now I'm no Rivka in any shape or form, but if I would get a definitive answer from my Rabbi that one of my children was going to be a rasha.. I wouldn't be so calm .. I would try to break every barrier to make sure that this prophecy would not come true ... but Rivka seemed to be calm and satisfied ... what's up with that?
Answer: Rivka originally thought that she only had one child and that child was a hypocrite ... he would be dressed like a chareidie but in his heart a wicked rasha..that she couldn't deal with ... but then the Rabbi told her .. that it would be twins .. she calmed down ... Remember Rivka had a brother and a father that were wicked and cruel .. she knew how to deal with them, she wasn't frightened that one of her children would be a rasha.. she figured that she could deal with a rasha... she could perhaps change him to be a better person ...with a rasha there is still hope...and even if he himself never changes .. his children and grandchildren can turn around ...
but not with a hypocrite .... there is no hope for a hypocrite and that's why Rivka was agitated ..
Vehameivan Yavin!
The following is an unedited article Associated Press about the now international news story regarding the massive Satmar wedding that was recently held in Williamsburg. and was reported as far away as Australian TV.)







