Frum Resha'im

 from the RationlistJudaism Blog

When Chaim Walder killed himself, the awareness of his terrible crimes had not yet become too overwhelming for anyone to deny. As is well known, there were various significant people and institutions maintaining his innocence (either because they genuinely believed it, or because they figured that they could get away with such a pretense). 

In the notorious obituary printed in Yated Ne'eman, it describes Walder's greatness in his Torah studies. As a child in Talmud Torah, he was known for being "blessed with talent," then in Mishkan Yaakov he was "greatly beloved to the Rosh Yeshivah." He then graduated to the famous Kol Torah yeshivah, where he "grew to glory." Then in Knesses Chizkiyahu he was "drawn to the deep shiurim of the Rosh Yeshiva."

A week later, Rabbi Moshe Meiselman claims that Walder "did not have much of a yeshiva background," didn't do well in either Kol Torah or Knesses Chizkiyahu, had "very little knowledge of Torah" and was not successful in yeshiva.

Well, which is it?

How a Rav and Poisik in the Chareidie Extremist movement and a father of 6 went off the derech

Unless the Chareidie movement starts changing rapidly, this will be the beginning of the end! Sorry the interviews is in Hebrew

These New Gedoilei Yisrael are a bunch of silly guys

 

HaRav Moshe Shternbuch Rules "Get Rid of Walder Books"

 

 Rav Shernbuch further conveyed orally that the obituaries on Walder published in the Charedi press [in Eretz Yisroel] constitute a CHILLUL HASHEM as were the hespedim that were given.  He (Walder) is a מאבד עצמו לדעת [and should not have been given them].

5 Shvat 5782

In regard to the question of the masses as to whether it is permitted to hold on to the books of Chaim Walder, I am responding [as follows]:

Who ever wishes that his sons and daughters be raised in the path of Torah and fear of Heaven, should not retain any of his books, neither in his home nor in his possessions.  For the ru’ach of the aforementioned author is contained in his books, and one may not read them.

And that which some are publicizing that one should explain to children that it is permitted to hold onto his books, Chash v’Shalom (Heaven forbid) to say such a thing, as Rabbis and Dayanim have ruled that it is forbidden to read his books and it is a Mitzvah to listen to the words of Chachomim.

[The aforementioned words do not apply to the sons and daughters of the author, they have received a proper chinuch in Yeshivos and houses of Chinuch and heaven forbid to hurt them.]

One who prays for much Divine Mercy,

Fortunate are you Israel, who raise their sons and daughters in holiness and purity!

!אשריכם ישראל שמחנכים בניהם ובנותיהם בקדושה ובטהרה

[Rabbi} Moshe Shternbuch

Yiddish Blogger Discusses Chareidie Men that Sexually Abuse Their Baby Sitters and the prevalent incest in the community

 

דער חורבן פון בייביסיטערס אין חרדישע הייזער

I decided not to translate this because it's nauseating, but it seems from his podcast that the crap is going to hit the fan sooner than later!

98-year-old Rosh Yeshiva R' Gershon Edelstein diagnosed with COVID after receiving 4th vaccine dose.

 Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, one of the leaders of Israel's haredi community, has been diagnosed with the coronavirus.

Rabbi Edelstein, who is 98 years old, received a fourth dose of the coronavirus vaccine over the weekend, people close to him said. This morning, he felt unwell and received a test for the coronavirus, which came back with a positive result.

Rabbi Edlerstein is the Rosh Yeshiva of the Ponevezh Yeshiva and the spiritual leader of the Degel HaTorah party.

Last night, the Health Ministry reported that 31,000 people had tested positive for the coronavirus. There was also an increase in the number of patients in serious condition.

Dr. Sharon Alroy Preis, the head of public health services at the Health Ministry, said last night that the government is considering shortening the quarantine period for people suspected of contracting the coronavirus, but no decision has been made yet.

Ami Doubles Down On It's Outragious Lie That the Israeli Government Wants to Close Down Rav Zamir Cohen's Yeshiva Because It is Doing Kiruv

 

On Dec 25 we reported the unmitigated lie that Yitzchok Frankfurter the publisher of Ami Magazine propagated. In that article Yitzy interviews Rav Zamir Cohen the rabbi of a Kiruv organization called "Hitabroot." An organization that gets funds from the Zionist State of Israel.

Rabbi Cohen had opened a "kiruv" Yeshiva in Ashdod and he was crying to Yitzy that the Israeli Government wants to shut down his school, because they are "afraid that this school would attract Chilonim and make them frum."

If you read the interview you would have learned that this new school is modeled after the Finnish School system, and is not a yeshiva at all and would not teach Torah but would have some tefillah and would have "Yahadut" as a subject in it's curriculum. 

We explained then that "Yahadut" is not related to Torah at all but is a code word for Jewish philosophy which includes Zionism.

So why would the Government want to close him down?

I don't know but what I do know is that  this explanation that Rav Cohen gave is a complete fabrication and a distortion of reality. 

The government like every government has rules and regulations that a school must follow in order to get their permit. Rabi Cohen probably decided that he was not going to follow the rules and so they yanked his license and so he ran to the fool, Frankfurter with his lies.

The Zionist government supports and allows kiruv schools to exist, schools such Ohr Samaich, Shuvu schools, Chinuch Atzmai schools, Rav Yitzchok Dovid Grossman's schools in Migadal Haemek etc. So why would they be afraid of Rabbi Cohen's schools that doesn't have Torah learning in their curriculum at all?

Ami must have gotten hundreds of Letters to the Editor expressing shock at these blatant lies, and some of those emails indicated to The Frank that they don't appreciate being made fools of, so Rabbi Cohen had no choice and sent his lap dog, Isaac Fried, the Chairman of the board of Hitabroot to write a letter to Ami to calm Ami readers (see above letter), down a bit.

But all this fool did was make matters worse, because he did admit in a small paragraph above the highlighted paragraph, that the government of Israel has no issues with the other Kiruv Schools that actually teach Torah as their main subject.

I highlighted the paragraph where he states unequivocally that the school follows the Finnish School system. It doesn't follow our holy mesorah at all.

So why is the government afraid of his secular school? Because they will mumble some brachos in the morning? My own wife teaches in a secular Zionist Public School, and all children have 15 minutes in the morning to pray.

But I do have to give credit when credit is do, in this week's issue he gives the Walder Story some space.

US Representative Andy Levin a Damn Liar!

 

#MI11 - this libelous claim, immediately disproved, has never been retracted. How many innocent Jews were targeted because of Andy Levin’s careless, lying words? https://t.co/2lnt86ReaE

— AdinaZ 🇺🇸🇮🇱🤌🏼 (@lackboys3) January 7, 2022

Who is Rabbi David Rosenthal that is Harrassing a Married Woman?

 

Today, self care means emailing an esteemed rabbi and demanding that he stand by his words pic.twitter.com/8xS71gsYOU

— Dr. Hannah Lebovits (@HannahLebovits) January 6, 2022

New Campaign to Confront Abusers in Public and Shame Them

" I don't really have the words this morning to describe what is happening.

This campaign has done more than raise awareness, it has given strength and a voice to people who have been hurt.

The first picture is an image of the home of a woman who harmed a number of young girls through " therapy" .

They went to her home and plastered it with these flyers. On the group they tell their stories and say this is the first time they feel any sort of healing or strength since she hurt them. (A police case was opened a few years ago but it hasn't gone anywhere and she's still practicing)

Numerous volunteers are going back to the places where they were hurt and putting a posters. I don't know if anything like this has ever been done before but it is absolutely monumental groundbreaking and is exposing the depth and breadth of this horrific horrific problem."