Tuesday, May 2, 2023
When the Satmar Rebbe Mocked Jews Going to Meron on Lag Beomer Said it's "not a mesorah at all"
This was way back in 1995, when R' Aron Teitelbaum,the Satmar Rebbe of Monroe, was upset that his entire community got up and left to fly to the Zionist country on Lag Beomer, and he was left with hardly a minyan. He first banned and threatened to throw out any bochur who flew to the Zionists for Lag Beomer, but they left anyway.
In the video below given in Yiddish he mocks and ridicules those who find the Lag Beomer rituals sacred! He asks "is there halachos on high or how many stories the pyre has to be? How many pieces of wood is required? How long does it have to burn?"
It didn't take too long before he took a 360 degree turn and made up his own festivities, halachos and minhagim!
Monday, May 1, 2023
Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of ‘When Bad Things Happen to Good People,’ dies at 88
Many years ago I read his book, because this question is something that frum people quietly ask themselves, not in a public forum, not wanting to brand themselves "apikorsim." I heard this discussed in shul by survivors who were dragged thru hell just a few years prior. I heard this question come up in very frum Shiva houses. This is discussed openly in kaballa seforim and no one accuses them of being "apikorsim."
But the question is a lot stronger than their answers.
So because of my curiosity of what Kushner would say, I read the book cover to cover as it is very easy reading.
It seems that Harold Kushner a Conservative or Reform rabbi lost a child and because of this loss he decided to put pen to paper and take a shot at it.
I was very disappointed with his answer. He did find comfort in his answer, but I found it very disturbing.
He basically tells people who have had a tragedy such as losing a child, not to take it personally, since Hashem is not the one who masterminded this, since Hashem doesn't target you or your family personally, Hashem, according to his hypotheses, lets the world run its course with absolutely no intervention (chas ve'sholom), and therefore events like the Holocaust and pogroms happen. It left me asking myself, how did Kushner find any comfort in that?
A frum Jew that goes through an enormous tragedy such as losing a child doesn't want to hear that Hashem just "walked away, and let the world just happen." I don't think that he gets any comfort in that. He wants to know that there was a divine purpose for this child to be born, to this particular family , and that this child was given x amount of years to fulfill his or her mission and tasks in this world and that Hashem is actually the One orchestrating all this and that this is all part of His plan. Knowing that it was not just a "coincidence" but was part of a greater plan, does give some comfort to the grieving family, the fact that Kushner didn't believe in this, is very sad, and it is even sadder, knowing that his book was a best seller, meaning that many people who were looking for answers may have found this book still wanting.
May Hashem comfort all those who have had these losses!
Rabbi Harold Kushner, one of the most influential congregational rabbis of the 20th century whose works of popular theology reached millions of people outside the synagogue, has died.
Kushner, who turned 88 on April 3, died Friday in Canton, Massachusetts, just miles from the synagogue where he had been rabbi laureate for more than three decades.
Kushner’s fairly conventional trajectory as a Conservative rabbi was altered shortly after arriving at Temple Israel of Natick when, on the day his daughter Ariel was born, his 3-year-old son Aaron was diagnosed with a fatal premature aging condition, progeria.
Democrats Ha Ha
This is why I will never be a Democrat!!!!
— Graham Allen (@GrahamAllen_1) April 29, 2023
This isn’t normal!!! pic.twitter.com/xzEKU0Rrwo
Meah Shearim Residents Hang Palestinian Flags all over Their Neighborhoods
And the truth is that they actually can, they can move to Ramallah which is a part of Eretz Yisrael, but these hypocritical liars wouldn't do that because they know that in less than an hour the Palestinians would behead each and every one of them not even giving them a chance to line up to get on the cattle cars.
I have the solution to this "Meah Seharim" problem, and whoever I talk to about this are very excited.
I propose that the IDF take them all on buses and ship them just less than a mile away into Ir David now called Silwan, and bring in developers into Meah Shearim, raze the entire area and build Hi-Risers.!
It's a win win sutuation!
Police officers on Sunday raided the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem after Palestinian flags were hung in the neighborhood as well as sprayed on the walls of the neighborhood.
The police officers led Jerusalem municipality employees to the places where the flags were hung and protected them as they removed them using ladders and painted over flags sprayed on neighborhood walls.
Sunday, April 30, 2023
FJJ ...Newspaper for the "Flatbush Beards" Finally Has Article on Yom Haatzmeot on Page 86
A Rabbi Moshe Boylen a "yankee" whose family was probably on the Mayflower and whose immediate family were roasting marshmallows and franks on the grill while millions of Jews were being gassed answered that letter (see side bar), stating that the "Gedolei Torah of the Yahadus HaChareidis" were against observing these events, as such, the FJJ following their "Daas Torah" decided not to mention it.
I pointed out at the time that millions of Jews living in Israel were observing these events, and it therefore deserved at least an "honorable mention." I also pointed out that none of the Gedoilim that the FJJ follows experienced the Holocaust and were either born in the USA or emigrated before the worst calamity to have befallen the Jewish people occurred. Not only that, but to bolster his childish arguments he lied stating that ALL Gedoilim were on the same page of not setting aside a special day to remember the Holocaust. Nothing could be further from the truth, because I grew up during post Holocaust and I remember vividly Gedoilim advocating for a special Day.
I was told that Rabbi Boylen is a product of "Brisk" and if that is in fact true, it all makes sense as the Briskers were and are presently virulent haters of the founders of Israel, and are staunchly against giving them any Hakoras Ha'Toiv. I am not going into this debate now but just that you know, even though the "Briskers' deny it, they benefit from the country on many different levels. For example, they benefit from security including the IDF, they benefit when they buy milk and bread, items that are subsidized, they benefit when they take public transportation, they benefit when their garbage is being removed, they benefit by not paying Arnona on their building, they benefit when they give birth because health plans are subsidized etc etc.
And now to my point, though the FJJ caters to the "Flatbush Beards" who are children of the Holocaust survivors and who are either at worst like Boylan, Israel haters, or at best indifferent, they decided this year to mention it, but they put it on the bottom of page 86 with the byline reading:
"Yair Lapid to Boycott Israel's Main Independence Day Ceremony."
This was done to mock and denigrate a day sacred to millions of Jews, saying in effect that even Lapid the far leftist boycotted this event!
This decision to talk about Yom Haatzmoat in this way, drips with sarcasm and belittles this joyous occasion which is observed by millions , and is the ultimate "sinas chinum!"
This very newspaper was hocking for a whole year how bad Lapid was for Chareidim, and yet to shame and dishonor and belittle Yom Haatzmoat they shlep out a maniacal hater of Chareidim to prove their point.
I wonder if the editor before he decided to post this disgusting article whether he consulted "Daas Torah?"
DemonRats Eating Their Own Viciously Attack Dianne Feinstein ..Biden is next!
If you’re feeling deprived of irony, watch the spectacle of the vicious attacks on Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
It’s a priceless example of the left eating its own and demonstrates how nasty it is — even when a fellow Democrat is on the menu.
President Biden should also pay special attention.
The merciless effort to drive the ailing Feinstein out of office and into retirement could prove to be a dry run for a demand that an aged, declining Biden also get out of the way during a second term.
Feinstein, 89, has been absent from the Senate since mid-February and was later diagnosed with shingles and hospitalized in California.
When she was released in early March, aides promised she would be back in Washington within weeks.
Citing “complications,” they now offer no timetable for the return of Feinstein, who has been in the Senate for 30 years.
Shingles is not her only problem or even the biggest one to her tormentors.
Her original sin was to praise and hug GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham in October of 2020 after the final Judiciary Committee hearing on the Supreme Court nomination of Amy Coney Barrett.
The left reacted with wild outrage and calls for her to quit the committee came instantly from activists as well as from formerly sensible scholars Norman Ornstein and Harvard’s Laurence Tribe.
Although Feinstein voted against Barrett’s confirmation, the rabble still wanted blood and The New Yorker was soon painting a picture of a senator losing her marbles.
The magazine reported that Democratic colleagues were trying to convince her to step down after “concerning” episodes, including in a hearing where she asked a witness the same question twice.
Later, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that associates said the senator’s memory was fading and that she was having trouble recognizing colleagues and following conversations.
Leftists Announce Anti-Chareidi Protest: “We’ll Tell Chareidi Leaders – No More”
Just yesterday I posted a story how the Chareidie Yated told its readers not to participate in the pro-government protests.
So how did that work out?
Chareidim by in large dance on both weddings, they do not openly take any sides because they aren't sure who will be in power, and they are afraid that if they take sides then they will lose should the opposing side win. So even though they may scream and bark against Lapid, for example, they will never publicly humiliate him, even though they oppose his values, because come tomorrow he may be in power. Chareidim have no scruples and are a bunch of cowards , so when the Dati Leumi Rabbanim asked their flock to come out and protest to back the government, the Chareidim stayed home cowering in their homes. Just a few months ago Gafni, the head of Degel Ha'Torah, invited the anti-Torah Michali, to his daughter's wedding and the "machsheifah" danced with the kallah on the most important day of her life. This is while Michali was fighting CHareidim in the Knesset. Chareidim are basically a bunch of "chanfeners" and there in no bottom low enough for them to go, but the leftists are not falling for it.
And it backfired, the leftist don't care which side chareidim take, they hate them for who they are. The fact that Charedim stayed home and refused to participate in the protests of the right, meant absolutely zero, and now despite the burnt Bnei-brak Chulent and free water that they distribute to the protesters, the left will start openly fighting with the "neutral" chareidim. You cannot appease a tiger, just because you threw a slab of meat at him doesn't mean he won't come to devour you the first chance he gets.
Like every Motzei Shabbos in recent months, another left-wing protest against the Netanyahu government took place on Motzei Shabbos in Tel Aviv.
At the protest, the organizers announced another protest on Thursday – this time, against Chareidim and their plans for a new Chareidi draft law.
The protest will be called “National Equality Day – because there is no democracy without equality.”
The organizers stated: “The days when one side serves the state and also finances the yeshivos while trying to establish a halachic dictatorship here – are over.”
“On National Equality Day we will embark on dozens of protest actions throughout the country, with protests from the Goma intersection [in northern Israel] to Eilat. On this day, we will officially inform the Chareidi leadership – it’s over.”
Kikar H’Shabbat reporter Yishai Cohen responded to the report by stating: “From the first moment, it was clear that the leaders of the protest again the judicial reform would turn it into a war against Chareidim…It didn’t work for them with the protest in Bnei Brak. Now they’re switching to [a protest] against the draft law.”
“Don’t worry. Even if the judicial reform doesn’t pass and the draft law gets shelved, they’ll find another reason to protest.”
Skverer "Hochuls" Issue Fatwa Against Use Of Artificial Intelligence Tools Like ChatGPT
I have to laugh, I've been around enough Skverers to know that they think that they are the smartest and everyone else are a bunch of dummies. Practically all Gedoilim warned Frum Jews not to vote for the pro-crime, no bail Hochul, but not Skver, they are smarter than everyone else and endorsed Hochul. So now they banned the use of "AI artificial Intelligence, I find that ironic. But they really had no choice but to ban it because, here was an app that is for sure smarter than them!
In what is believed to be a first-of-its-kind ban, more than a dozen rabbanim and dayanim from the Skver chasidus have signed a strongly worded letter assuring the use of AI chatbots.
The letter, first released on Thursday, mentions OpenAI, the company behind artificial intelligence marvel ChatGPT, but makes it clear that it is not speaking of only that developer’s products.
“The severity of the danger is not yet clear and obvious to everyone,” the letter states, noting that it poses, in the eyes of the rabbanim, a critical danger to frum yidden.
AI chatbots provide completely unfiltered access to apikorsus, lewd and perverse content, and all the issurim of “lo sasuru acharei levavchem,’ the kol koreh says.
The use of AI chatbots is thus in the same category as the “issur hachamur” of using unfiltered internet, regardless of how the chatbot is used.
“Therefore,” the letter says, “the use of AI is stricly prohibited in every way and form, even on a phone.”
Uh Oh! Israeli Professor Linked to Hunter Biden Goes Missing Under Mysterious Circumstances
According to a report in “Jewish Business News” citing local media, Israeli Professor Gal Luft has gone missing from Cyprus under mysterious circumstances.
The right-wing Gateway Pundit reported that Dr. Luft, a retired IDF colonel and co-director of the Washington-based Institute for the Analysis of Global Security, was set to reveal explosive information about the Biden Family.
Luft was an adviser to CEFC China Energy, a business conglomerate with close ties to the Chinese Communist Party. According to reports, CEFC Energy paid Hunter Biden approximately $5 million in 2017 to secure energy deals in the US.
Luft’s lawyer had told Biden’s DOJ that his client would submit a letter to Congress containing information he previously gave the FBI during the Trump Administration regarding the Biden family. Moreover, Luft had learned about explosive information: someone was selling sealed US law enforcement information to Chinese individuals.
As reported in the Jewish Business News:
Luft has previously claimed that he was being politically persecuted and that the allegations against him are false. He alleges that he revealed incriminating evidence on Hunter Biden to the FBI and that the US is attempting to bury him to protect the Bidens. Luft has appealed to the Israeli government for assistance, stating that there is a conspiracy against him. Luft’s American attorney, Robert Henoch, has expressed concern for his client’s safety.
Luft’s claims relate to allegations that he attempted to inform the Department of Justice about business deals that Hunter and Joe Biden made with the Chinese government four years ago. Hunter Biden allegedly received $100,000 monthly from CEFC, a Chinese firm.
Luft’s lawyer, Mordechai Tzivin, who deals with unusual international affairs, said that Luft would never do anything against the law. “The news of his disappearance is puzzling, to say the least. It is possible that certain American people or institutions are afraid of the information in the hands of my client. They will try, in any legal way – to prevent him from testifying about everything he knows.”
The attorney claimed that Ye Jianming, founder and chairman of CEFC-USA, a nonprofit created by the China Energy Fund Committee, told Luft that Hunter Biden had an informant in the FBI.
According to a bombshell allegation by Luft, he was arrested on bogus weapon trafficking charges in January to try to silence him.
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