Schumer Tells the Senate that Trump Incited an "erection"

Could it be? That for once, Schumer is telling the truth?

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Should a Guy That Committed a Crime Sit and Rot in Prison?

 In Hebrew

        

הפרשה השלישית של חומש שמות, בא, סוקרת את שלוש המכות האחרונות שה׳ מביא על המצרים - ארבה, חושך ובכורות.

לאחר מכת בכורות מסכים סוף סוף פרעה לשלח את עם ישראל לחופשי.

ה׳ מצווה על ישראל לציין את יציאת מצרים מדי שנה בשנה בחג הפסח. מאסטרטגיה לפעולה, מעשר מכות ליציאה ממצרים, מחזון וחלומות לגאולה שלמה, התכנון חשוב, אבל ברור שחייבים קודם כל להיפטר מהפחד, מפרעה קשה העורף ולדעת שאנחנו אף פעם לא לבד במערכה. הקב"ה תמיד איתנו עבור המטרות הגדולות – יש לנו גב חזק, בטוח ומבטיח ואת זה חשוב לזכור, בתוך כל ההכנות מצידנו. ה' רוצה שדווקא בעולם הגשמי והתחתון, יתגלה אורו הגדול בעולם. זוהי גם מטרת הגלות ויציאת מצרים.

הפרשה המספרת על הגאולה נפתחת בציווי "בא אל פרעה". שם הפרשה מצביע לכאורה על כך שמשה רבנו היה זקוק לפרעה ולא להפך, עד שה' מצווה אותו לבוא אל פרעה. למה מזמין ה׳ את משה לבוא איתו והרי משה נפגש עם פרעה לבד כבר כמה פעמים? משה מפחד להיכנס לביתו של פרעה, כפי שהוא, בשיא תוקפו, כי השורש של האיש הפרוע הזה הוא שורש קדוש באור אינסופי של הבורא וזו גם הסיבה שה׳ אומר לו: "בא" –בא איתי!

המשימה היא לפזר אור, להוסיף בלימוד התורה, בקיום המצוות ובהפצת המעיינות לנשים ולילדים, כי לנשים יש יכולת התחברות לאין סוף העוצמתי וכך לא ליפול במצבים של גזירות ולצאת מהן, כך יוצא שההשפעה שלהן גדולה יותר. כל שבוע הן מפיצות את אור הקדושה בעולם בהדלקת נר שבת ומכיוון שכוחן של נשים בדיבור, המשימה המוטלת עלינו היא הפצת האור בעולם הדיבור והמעשה

מינדי בוקשפן, יו"ר עמותת דרור למשפחה - עמותה שמסייעת לילדי ומשפחות של אסירים באה להתארח אצלנו באולפן וסיפרה על הסיבה האישית להקמת העמותה, האתגרים של המשפחה הנותרת מאחור, איך באים עם זה לסביבה, מה אומרים לילדים, מה אומרים לסביבה, אופי הקשר עם בני המשפחה של האסירים (למה שלסביבה יהיה אכפת ממישהו שפשע).

היא שיתפה באיחולים אישיים שלה לנשים שהבעל שלהן במצב קשה כמו כלא או מחלה ובכלל, לנשות ישראל.

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Did Biden Just Place a Hamas Sympathiser- Anti-Israel BDS Activist in Charge of Intelligence?

 "Why Is Georgetown Providing a Platform for This Dangerous Group?" an op-ed in the Washington Post had asked. 

The group was the Palestine Solidarity Movement, a BDS anti-Israel hate group whose conferences had a history of antisemitism, supporting Hamas and the murder of Jews.

Maher Bitar, one of the executive board members of Students for Justice in Palestine, was one of the principal organizers of the 2006 conference which was being hosted by Georgetown University's SJP hate group. A photo appears to show him dancing in a keffiyah in front of a banner reading, “Divest from Israel Apartheid”. 

Despite protests from Jewish groups, the Georgetown BDS conference went ahead 

Now, Biden has picked Maher Bitar as the Senior Director for Intelligence on the NSC.

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ZAKA Chief Meshi Zahav blames Charedi Leaders for Parents' Death

ZAKA chairman Yehuda Meshi Zahav lost both his parents to COVID-19 in recent weeks.

 

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" Time to end the Chareidie Intifada"...........The Real Prime Minister is Yanki Kanievsky,” Avigdor Liberman

 

Yisrael Beytenu chief Avidgor Liberman excoriated Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Tuesday morning, slamming his plans to extend the ongoing lockdown by a week and accusing him of failing to confront violent protests in the haredi sector.

In a social media post to Twitter Tuesday morning, Liberman dubbed the recent acts of violence during protests in haredi-majority neighborhoods a “haredi intifada”, and linked the protests to the government’s consideration of an additional extension of the lockdown.

“Netanyahu is tough on seculars,” wrote Liberman. “Instead of getting tough on the haredi intifada, he is punishing all of us by extending the lockdown. The time has come to cut spending on lawbreakers and to release all towns where infections are low [from the lockdown].”

Earlier on Tuesday, Liberman called on Netanyahu to impose closures on areas where rioting has taken place.

“The prime minister has two effective tools that he isn’t using: cancelling spending on the yeshivas and giving closure orders for rioting centers,” Liberman told Kan. “But it looks like the real prime minister is Yanki Kanievsky,” Liberman continued, referring to the grandson of Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, a senior rabbinic authority in the haredi sector.

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Labor Party’s New Leader Is Granddaughter Of Satmar Rebbe's Savior ..... Rudolf Kastner

 Israel’s Labor Party elected Merav Michaeli on Sunday as its new party leader ahead of the March elections. Michaeli easily defeated several rivals in the party’s primaries, receiving 77% of the vote.

A month ago, outgoing Labor chairman Economy Minister Amir Peretz announced he is stepping down as the leader of the beleaguered party.

An intriguing fact about Michaeli is that she is the granddaughter of Rudolf Kastner, a Hungarian-Jewish journalist and lawyer who, on one hand, is known for having helped Jews escape from Europe during the Holocaust on the Kastner train. He was assassinated in 1957 after an Israeli court accused him of having collaborated with the Nazis. The verdict triggered the fall of the Cabinet. The courts then reversed themselves and found him not guilty 

Michaeli is the daughter of Kasztner’s only child, his daughter Zsuzsa. In her inaugural speech to the Knesset, Michaeli described her grandfather as a man who saved “tens of thousands of Jews” by negotiating with Eichmann.

Michaeli is a leading progressive voice in the Knesset.

The Labor party, which led Israel for its first 30 years, dwindled down to only three MK in the previous election: Peretz, Welfare Minister Itzik Shuli, and Michaeli, who joined the opposition due to her fierce opposition to Peretz’s decision to join the Likud/Blue and White unity government despite his promise not to join a Netanyahu government.

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Rav Chaim Kanievsky and Hagaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein Really Denounce Hafganos ? They Blame "Outsiders" Without Evidence!

 

Notice that they watered it down with writing "no one would ever dream of befriending the provocatuers from outside of our camp who ignite the flames of violence." this give the impression that it was the "outside" people... that is  misleading and absolutely not true .... anyone watching the videos or who walked the streets during these hafganos could clearly see that 99.9999999999999% were residents ... 

This is too little ... too late and a good part is misleading ...

Following the past few days of violent Hafganos around Chareidi neighborhoods in Eretz Yisroel, a statement was released by Hagaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky and Hagaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein, the Rosh Yeshiva of Ponavezh.

The following is a loose translation of the statement which is posted above:

Ruling of our Rabbis, Roshei Kol Bnei HaGolah, Maran the Prince of Torah [Rav Chaim Kanievsky] Shlita and our Master, the Rosh HaYeshiva [Rav Gershon Edelstein] Shlita:

Even though it is understood that no one from the congregation of those who are Charedim Lidvar Hashem would participate in violent Hafganos (protests) where it is well know that this is not the manner of Torah,

And certainly, no one would ever dream of befriending the provocatuers from outside of our camp who ignite the flames of violence.

In addition, it must be pointed out that no one should approach or come close to these places [of violence] because it involves a violation of, “Harchaik min hachi’ur – Distance yourself from ugly matters” [See Meseches Derech Eretz 1:12]

It is also proper to temper our sense of curiosity in this matter, for the very act of seeing such [violent] behavior damages the soul

And there should be mercy from Heaven that those who err gain wisdom and walk in the path of Torah.

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"Rabbi" Shmuly Yanklowitz the "Farikter Meshiginar" Busy With Helping Illegal Mexican Migrants at the Border

 The US is in a crises ... Biden just cut thousands upon thousands of jobs... the pandemic is raging with people dying like flies... Biden says he has no clue when this will end, Iran is closing in on a nuclear bomb and this naive "upgerisinar naarr" is busy fundraising for the criminals sneaking thru the borders ....

he calls himself "Rabbi Dr." ...don't call him if your'e G-d forbid getting a heart attack because like "Dr. Jill Biden" he never even drove by a Medical school.... He got his "Doctorate" in Epistemology, no one knows what that is......

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, founder of Arizona Jews for Justice, is excited about Biden’s commitment to reunite migrant families, but he’s also preparing for a new kind of border crisis. 

A substantial portion of AJJ’s work involves assisting asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border. But since January 2019, when Donald Trump’s administration instituted the “Remain in Mexico” policy to deter asylum seekers from entering the U.S. on the southern border, there haven’t been many to assist. 

Biden has pledged to do away with the program, which means Phoenix and its Jewish community need to be prepared to help and welcome newcomers, Yanklowitz said.He anticipates up to 300 asylum seekers per day will need immediate assistance.

“We are right now calling for volunteers in the community,” he said, adding the group is in need of lawyers, medical professionals and people to contribute supplies and donations to cover costs. Fundraising over the past year has been a challenge, he added, and the effort is around $100,000 short of “where we need to be” within the next three months.

Still, he remains hopeful about the change in the White House. “This country was founded on inclusivity and was built by immigrants.”

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Open Letter To Rav Kanievski From a Ger Tzeddak

Chareidi Violence in Israel - a Protest

Dear Rav Kanievsky, may you live long,

Shalom u-vracha.

My name is Nathan Lopes Cardozo. I am a child of a mixed marriage and made Giur in the Portuguese Spanish orthodox Community in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, when I was 16 years old. Today I am 74. I studied for twelve years in Chareidi yeshivot in England and in Israel, and for the past 40 years have lived with my wife, children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren in Eretz Yisrael.

All of my children and grandchildren are religious, some of them chareidi and some deeply religious Dati Leumi. All of them have studied in yeshivot and seminaries. One of my grandsons is named after Rav Shach, z.l.

I learned to greatly revere my teachers at Gateshead Yeshiva, one of whom learned under the holy Chafetz Chayim. My Rosh Yeshivah learned in chavruta with Rabbi Elchanan Wasserman. These people were walking angels.

I have had the merit to meet your father z.l., the Steipler, many years ago—a most remarkable tzaddik and Talmid Chacham.

I converted because I was deeply impressed by orthodox Judaism, its awe of Heaven, its teachings, and above all its ethics. I was fortunate to have a very good secular education—and even obtained a PhD in philosophy, and yet I came to see that no tradition is as great as Judaism. It stands heads and shoulders above everything else.

All my life I have taught Judaism in various orthodox schools, yeshivot, seminaries, and universities. My love for Judaism has only increased over the years, and I am proud to be a religious Jew. I am often invited to explain the beauty of Judaism to those who are not orthodox in Israel and in the diaspora. I cannot imagine a greater honor, and I thank the Ribono shel Olam every day for this great privilege.

While I no longer blindly follow the chareidi point of view, I strongly believe that the chareidi way of life has a lot to offer. I’m deeply impressed by the devotion of its adherents and by their readiness to live a life of simplicity, sometimes under very difficult circumstances. I am sometimes envious of them, because I have not yet reached their level of piety. I do not know whether I ever will; it gives me sleepless nights.

I also know that among the chareidim live some of the greatest of all tzaddikim, remarkable people who show infinite love for all of humankind, and who go out of their way for their fellow human beings. Their institutions of chesed—lovingkindness—for religious and non-religious Jews are remarkable. I have lived in an ultra-orthodox neighborhood for many years and have seen this firsthand.

Even while there are many issues within the chareidi world with which I disagree, I also feel that this community has been unjustifiable attacked by the media, who do not understand that world, are afraid of it, and sometimes judge the chareidim unfairly by double standards.

I have never wavered in defending the rights and merits of this community, and I am proud of the community even when some of its members have attacked me for my views, or when I have disagreed with some of their policies or halachic rulings. I have always seen this as an unfortunate misunderstanding, a lack of knowledge, or merely the fear for anything new.

However since the beginning of the Corona epidemic, I have been put in an impossible position. Everything I stand for—and which the chareidi world as I know it stands for—is being violated in ways I would never have imagined. It is as if my whole world is falling apart, as if Judaism has become a farce.

I see, read, and hear how violent mobs of so-called chareidim bring all of our people into mortal danger by refusing to wear masks, violating the instructions of the government which is trying to save lives. By refusing to close their chadarim and yeshivot, they are putting their own students, their families and friends, and the rest of us in danger. When the police try to enforce the regulations they are physically attacked and called Nazis and other things I do not want to repeat.

Yes, it is true that the way in which some policemen behave is more than despicable, and that other groups who violate government regulations are not treated as the chareidim are, but is that an excuse to behave as some of the chareidim do?

And this behavior is seen on television by Israelis, and by the rest of the world. The Chillul Hashem—the desecration of God’s name—is beyond description.

While I know that large proportions of the chareidi world do adhere to the regulations, this substantial group of people violate everything we stand for. Are we not commanded to value life above almost all else? Are we not committed to create a Kiddush Hashem—a sanctification of God’s name—wherever we go? Should the chareidi community not be an example to all human beings—and at least to our own people?

And what I simply do not understand is that much of this is done in your name, Rabbi Kanievsky, and in the name of a few other chareidi leaders. I know that most chareidi leaders have instructed their followers to adhere to the government regulations. I find it hard to believe that you stand behind behavior that  violates the most fundamental values of Judaism: to keep people alive and healthy to serve God in righteousness and to bring them closer to His service.

I feel deeply ashamed when secular people ask me what is behind this behavior, and see me as part of it. After all, I too wear a beard and a black kippa.

Why is it that the chareidi community can’t see that this is the moment to inspire millions of secular Jews by exemplary behavior?

And yes, I too believe that learning Torah is of supreme value and that it may protect us from many things; it has sustained us for thousands of years. But when the chareidi community, which today makes up 12% of Israel’s population, constitutes almost 40% of the COVID-19 infections in this country, it is clear that learning Torah is not a protection against disease. It is now obvious that the community most committed to learning Torah learning is also the one most affected by this deadly illness!

How many needless deaths will follow from this willful disregard for people’s lives?

Should we not bow our heads before God and admit that this time we are wrong; that our learning does not protect us as we had hoped, for reasons known only to Him?

Or have I been wrong all this time in seeing Judaism as the most profound and elevating voice in this world, capable of creating a better and healthier world? 

Was I wrong in believing that we Jews were “chosen” to achieve that goal?

 Should I perhaps renounce my conversion and say that I no longer want to be part of this people because some of the most “religious” of them are now creating an unprecedented Chillul Hashem?

I know too much of Judaism’s greatness to believe for one moment that Judaism is a farce. Our tradition has influenced us as Jews—and all of humankind—in ways that have been a great blessing.

But I also know that more and more Israelis, who see the chareidim as representing authentic Judaism, will come to hate our tradition.

Rabbi Kanievsky, I do not know what your role is in all of this. There are many—often contractionary—things said in your name. I cannot believe that this comes from you. It may instead come from people surrounding you who misuse your authority.

I am just a simple Jew without any “yichus”, no bearing on the future of this country. But I ask you with all my heart to make an end to this terrible Chillul Hashem, and to persuade all these people to immediately cease their appalling behavior. I ask you to excommunicate or otherwise depose those who are responsible for this disaster, and to return the Crown of the Torah to its former glory.

And if this does not work, perhaps your only recourse is to resign as the leader of the Charedi community and no longer allow anyone access to you, as a protest against what is done in your name. This may very well be the only way to make it clear that you do not want to have any share in this. It will shock all those so-called chareidim as nothing else would, and perhaps bring them to their senses.

In the name of those of us who have dedicated or lives to Torah, I ask you to stop this Chillul Hashem in whatever way you can. If you cannot, we will see more deaths, and even civil war. The disaster which will follow could, chas ve-shalom, destroy our lives, those of our children, and of many generations to come.

May the Ribono shel Olam bless you.

In humility,

Nathan Lopes Cardozo

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The Cat that Didn't Let the Kid fall Out of High-rise Building

 

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