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Rabbi of Adass Israel in Australia That Harbored and Supported a Pedophile Knows Why 45 Got Killed in Meron ...Shaitlach!

I have to laugh... this is a rabbi of a congregations that paid for the tickets of the convicted pedophile Malka Leifer to escape without supporting the victims, he knows why 45 people were killed in Meron...

Yes, he says that "Hashem's ways are hidden" but then he goes on to say "Everyone feels in his heart that Hashem is calling out to him from above, to awaken himself to a cheshbon hanefesh, and everyone knows themselves what matter needs to be corrected in one's Avodas Hashem" 

Hey Rabbi..did you make a "cheshban hanefesh? 

Listen to this irony...

 The gist of the letter to the congregation that supported a pedophile and allowed her to escape and paid for her and her families tickets is that  "tzneeies"is the major issue .....for Klall Yisrael...

Is this guy kidding me? There were tens of thousands of women that attended the Meron Hadlaka...not one was killed or even hurt..all those killed were male ....

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Jerusalem - A love story

1. Have you ever met anyone embracing seventy names? Have you ever tried searching for an item that has seventy names? Have you ever heard of a city with seventy names? If you haven't journeyed to that elusive city connected to seventy identities, then a plane, train, bus, or the light rail can transport you to that spiritual center, an ancient modern city, evoking weird and wonderful reactions from devotees and detesters. There is no other location with seventy exquisite names reflecting seventy characteristics, among them Ohaliba, Gila, Yedidut, Shalem — names that express sentiments of love and joy, of friendship and peace — seventy choice callings found in Tanach and Talmudic texts, known foremost as Jerusalem.

Jerusalem is not my birth city. Jerusalem is my home. Sacred and ancestral, it is the city of kings and prophets, a city that has known wars, and total destruction. Yet our generation, citizens, residents, and visitors alike, have merited a renewed Jerusalem, a thriving city atop layers of antiquity, known as Israel's captivating capital.

Modern-day Jerusalem is nothing short of a miracle, and the day for celebration is on the 28th of Iyar. Not everyone revels in that joyous day. The defeated abhor Jewish expansion, scorn Jewish presence, and envy Israeli success. Some fools prefer life as it was behind barbed wire, our tiny country mapped in green and sporting a belted waistline, as it was pre-1967. Yet for those of us who lived in a divided Jerusalem, ruptured by ugly concrete walls and twisted piercing wire, where Jordanian Legionnaires on rooftops at the “border” by Mamilla Street, shelled and fired at Jews below, and nearly all of us who have lived here continuously since those difficult years, as I have for sixty years, cannot ignore the miraculous fulfillment of prophecies worthy of celebration.

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Rabbi Dov Lipman sues 2 women amid sexual harassment accusations

 The American-born former Israeli politician Dov Lipman was once a rising star of Yesh Atid, the political party whose leader was tasked last week with forming a new government.

Now Lipman is being sued for sexual harassment, according to a report in Haaretz.

Two women from his Modern Orthodox community in Beit Shemesh made specific accusations about Lipman, a rabbi originally from Washington, D.C. Commenting on a post in a #MeToo-themed Facebook group written by a moderator that warned communities not to hire Lipman as a scholar-in-residence, one of the women said that Lipman had inappropriately propositioned her. The second woman wrote that Lipman had engaged in abusive and bullying behavior.

Lipman sued the two women in a libel lawsuit last July, Haaretz reported.

He claimed the women’s accusations were false and made with “evil intent” and “the goal of humiliating, deriding and destroying the chances of the complainant to be chosen for public roles, to damage his ability to support his family, with the goal of destroying his life.”

In response, the women filed a counter-lawsuit that accuses Lipman of trying to silence them and “damage their right to express their truth and their positions.”

Both women had worked with Lipman on the activism that helped kickstart his political run, which involved pushing back against harassment of women and girls over modesty and other perceived religious infractions in Beit Shemesh, a city that includes a community of extremist haredi Jews.

Lipman, who was elected to Israel’s parliament in 2013, lost his Knesset seat in 2015 when his party did not win enough seats to reelect him. Lipman continued to work on behalf of the party as an English-language spokesperson but broke with the party in 2018, citing “personal reasons” at the time. In text messages cited in the woman’s lawsuit against Lipman, he said the allegations of sexual harassment were the reason for his split from Yesh Atid.

Lipman currently serves as secretary-general of the World Confederation of United Zionists, part of the World Zionist Organization.

Lipman has denied the allegations and on Sunday blasted Haaretz, accusing it of writing a one-sided "smear story".

"A newspaper wrote a smear story about me without even asking for my side of the story," Lipman wrote in a Facebook post.

"I sued a woman who wrote false and defamatory words about me about something which in her words allegedly took place in 2014."

"There was, of course, no criminal complaint against me as I was never even alone with this woman at any time. Now it is in the hands of the civil court and I am confident that the decision in my law suit against her will bring the truth to light. In the meantime I will continue to work day and night to help olim and to tell Israel’s story to the world."

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"Jews' Lives Don't Matter" to this New York Congressman

 Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) defended his support for a bill that would impose limitations on U.S. military aid to Israel.

Bowman, who serves as the U.S. representative for New York’s 16th Congressional District, is one of 18 Democratic House members who co-sponsored the legislation, proposed by Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn), to regulate U.S. taxpayer funds to Israel. It specifies that Israel may not use American aid for the detainment of Palestinian children, damage of Palestinian property and support for unilateral annexation of parts of the West Bank.

The bill was supported by two anti-Israel Organizations, J Street and IfNotNow.

“My decision to sign on to this bill was not in a vacuum. It was made in consultation with many within the Jewish community within the district who also supported the bill,” Bowman said as part of an online discussion with Rabbi Michael Miller, CEO of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, which was posted on YouTube. “In order for us to get to a two-state solution, we have to have honest conversations about what’s happening on the ground—to ensure the long-term safety and security of Israel, of the Jewish community and of the Palestinians there.”

Bowman explained that the bill does not seek to condition aid outright, but calls for “more transparency in terms of how the aid is being used, particularly with regard to the detaining of Palestinian children.”

He added that “the safety and security of the Jewish community overall and the people of Israel is an upmost priority of mine and will remain an upmost priority of mine.”

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Student Visa Holders from US to be Granted Entry Into Israel Without Permits

 

Chaim V’Chessed has chronicled the saga of entry to Israel for student visa holders for well over a year. For several months, we have advocated for blanket permission to enter Israel for those holding valid visas. Now, this will become reality, for at least some travelers.

Ministry of Interior officials, as well as the Israeli Consulate in New York have confirmed that, beginning tomorrow, May 10, passengers departing the US for Israel (on non stop flights only) will be permitted to enter Israel if they hold valid student visas. This is is a pilot program which currently is only available for travelers form the United States.

We have confirmed this information with relevant government offices. At the same time, we caution that several airline officials with whom we are in contact with are as of yet not aware of this rule change.

Furthermore, there are still several unclear areas. For example, student visa families have been stranded abroad due to newborns who do not have visas. It is unclear how this new rule will help those families. W

Additionally, just last Thursday, we reported the Israeli authorities had suddenly begun demanding entry permits from toshavei keva (permanent residents of Israel). Will these passengers now be permitted to fly without permits? This would certainly be reasonable, but it is as yet unclear.

We continue to seek clarifications form government officials, and will update when more information becomes available.

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DIN Musings

 

This past shabbos was כ"ו אייר, the 26th day of the Jewish month of Iyar.  For those who delve into Kabbalah,  כ"ו אייר   is always "יסוד שביסוד"..(I won't go into the significance of this now)

It is also my Jewish birthday!

This year כ"ו אייר fell on Shabbos, and I was born on Shabbos. 

When I was born, my mother must have been torn between being thrilled and being sad as כ"ז אייר the day after, was the Yurzeit of practically her entire family that were brutally murdered in Auchwich just a couple of years prior.

I cannot imagine the pain searing thru her heart when she decided to name me after her eldest brother, whose wife and nine children (one survived) were also victims to the Nazi beasts!

It was  the Parsha of Behar- Bechukoisai, the parsha where Hashem warns us of all the curses that would come upon the Jewish people if they fail to observe the mitzvos that they had agreed upon at Har Sinai!

Growing up amongst survivors one could feel the sadness in the air and of course in the homes of my friends and family because it was during those weeks just a couple of years prior that Eichmann ym"s deported the Hungarian Jews in 1944; and when this time of Pesach & Shevuois came around, the families would all be  observing the Yurzeits and it was these weeks that would conjure up all that pain. 

No one was talking about the Talmidim of Rebbe Akiva that died in a  plague during this very time, they had their own martyrs to mourn.

I remember survivors gathering minyanim in the corridors of the Shuls, outside on the streets, in basements, so they could get the amud. ....there was no such thing as "one main minyan and only one davens.." not with those who just lost entire families ...these "yekkeh" rules went out the window, faster than a snowball melts in hell.

My bar-mitzvah fell smack into these sad weeks and I remember that we had a family friend who was a known Chazzan who walked in the pouring rain many blocks to our Shul , and my father z"l wanted  him very much to daven for the amud to enhance the simcha, but my father z"l was given flack by the survivors, who wanted the amud themselves, because they had Yurzeit..I remember my father z"l saying that" a simcha trumps a Yurzeit" and besides, our family had Yurzeit that shabbos as well; he won out at the end. They all also wanted Aliyas because they had Yurzeit ... and even though we had two parshiyois, we couldn't cut it up so that more could get aliyois because the bulk of the "tochcecha" is in Parshas Bechukosai...... so don't ask ...I could go on and on..

So when this parsha of Behar/Bechukoisah comes around, I pay special attention...

In Parshas Bechkoisa, the Torah predicted the Meron Tragedy .... 

(ויקרא, כ"ז:לז)

וכשלו איש-באחיו כמפני -חרב ורדף אין

"They will fall over one another as if chased by the sword, even when there is no one pursuing"

See Rashi:

כשירצו לנוס יכשלו זה בזה כי יבהלו לרוץ

"When they will run to escape they will stumble over one another, because they will run being confused"

Chilling isn't it?

and the Torah predicted not in "tochaca" but at "matan Torah" that the leaders would be useless!

 and not take the initiative... 

(שמות, פרשת יתרו, י"ט:ז)

ויבא משה ויקרא לזקני העם וישם לפניהם את כל הדברים האלה אשר צוהו  ה', ויענו כל-העם יחדיו ויאמר כל אשר-דבר ה' נעשה וישב את- דברי העם אל- ה'

"Moshe came and summoned the elders of the people, conveying to them all that Hashem had said.....all the people answered as one and said "All that Hashem has spoken, we will do."Moshe brought the people's reply back to Hashem"

So Moshe tells the leaders the "ziknei ha'am"  all that Hashem told him .....

 and what? Hellllllllllllow? What?

Crickets ..... they say nothing... nada ...zilch..gurnisht!

Who answers after hearing the very same thing? 

The "people" the regular guy with the baseball cap and jeans, that works like a dog all day  comes home grabs a bite and runs to his daf....that's the guy who said "we will do" he answers immediately ... he doesn't stop and learn "pshat" .. he heard the words of Hashem and he steps up to the plate ...

Yes...yes.. you can learn different pshat in the pasuk... yes yes ...

but the end of the day

אין המקרא יוצא מדי פשוטו

Yes you can call me an "apikoras" yes...you can twist your "gruber finger" in all directions ..yes you can say that "ha'am" includes the "ziknei ha'am" but the pasuk needs to be understood on its own merit and stands all by itself ..

The Torah is teaching us an important message ....that yes we need leaders.. absolutely.... you see that Moshe called them in first... but the leaders were probably not sure what the people would say, they weren't strong enough .they had to take a poll first ....and we see that back when they were still in Mitzrayim, they chickened out when Moshe and Aharon faced Paro, they backed out slowly until no one was left...

The Torah is telling us that the "pusheter yid" is the one that Hashem is counting on .... the Yaavetz points out that it was the leaders that were by in large the ones to convert during the inquisitions... the regular Jew who was unlearned didn't succumb to any of the pressures, they gave their lives  before they would convert.....they had "Amuneh Pshuteh" they had faith with no" ifs ands or buts" they weren't looking into the Rif, the Ran in the back of the gemaarah on what it means to have faith ...they had it in their hearts and we are the descendants of these Jews..  Read the Bio of Shabsai Tzvi and you will see that most of  the Rabbonim sided with him.. that's why Artscroll and Feldheim will never ever put out a book detailing these historical events, they are afraid that you will learn the truth ..

So what do we do today?

Firstly I want to bless all of you and my haters too, that we begin this year with Simchas, with Health, and Yiddish Nachas from all our children, that we embrace and love each Jew.... (that doesn't mean I will stop giving my opinions or to call someone out)

 and that we respect our leaders but follow Ronald Reagan's advice: "trust but verify"

If you have a Rav who criticises Israel and I don't mean Israeli politics like "Likkud vs Lapid" etc but says in public that one should wait until "Moshiach comes" until making Aliyah or if he brings proof against the State of Israel...then run the other way and remember that it was the Gedoilim the "ziknei Ha'am"who sided with Korach against Moshe just weeks after Matan Torah ...it was the gedoilim the "ziknei Ha'am" that were the meraglim .....it was the "ziknei Ha'am" that heard what the rest of the Jews heard from Moshe but remained silent ...

if the Rav says that there is no Mitzvah of Yishuv Eretz Yisrael Be'zman Hazeh.... run like hell!

If the Rav asks you to join any protest against the State of Israel that is the home of close to 6 million Jews, run like hell....and should he ask you "why did you leave"?  Politely direct him to Parshas Shlach, direct him to Parshas Korach .... then politely ask him if 6 million Jews would have been slaughtered if there was a State... and if he answers that it was a "gezirah min ha'shamyim" tell him that the founding and the establishment of the Jewish State was also a "gezirah min ha'shamyim" 

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A Must See For Satmar Israeli Flag Burners ...

 

Authorities in the Islamic Republic attempted to burn the Israeli flag, as they usually do. But this time, karma got them and they ended up burning themselves.

Meanwhile unlike the regime, ordinary Iranians increasingly refuse to burn or walk on Israeli and American flags. pic.twitter.com/flOKCA44wn

— Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@AlinejadMasih) May 9, 2021

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Lady and Her 3 Year Old Son Kicked Off Plane ..Not Because He Had no Mask.. He Did! But Because "he would PROBABLY take off his mask"

Rav Biderman Comes to give Chizuk in Beit Shemesh but not Before Removing the "Beit Shemesh Logo" from the Shtender

 

I actually like this Rav Biderman and he has a big following. He came to Beit Shemesh to give us chizuk, after all we are all so broken about the tragedy in Meron.... 

The gathering was well publicised and it was held in a hall that is owned by the local municipality of Beit Shemesh. They were nice enough to give him access to the hall, as this drasha benefitted all of us.

It didn't take two minutes when this "chizuk forum" turned into a political fiasco, as a huge groan was heard from the crowd as one of Rav Biderman's gabaoim ran to the podium to cover up the logo of Beit Shemesh! 

People were very respectful and didn't shout out when this happened, but when it ended no one spoke about his great words of chizuk and all that was heard was talk about the incident!

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