Rachmastrivka Rebbe Passes Away at 92

 

DIN: People constantly ask me :

"Is there even one rebbe that you respect?

My answer was always: "There are many on my list, but the Rachmastrivka z"l tops my list." 

The rebbe was a gentle soul who truly loved every single Jew, never played into the rebbeshe politics though others tried to draw him in. The previous Skverer Rebbe chose him as a son-in-law, and the rebbe was the Rosh Yeshiva of Skver for many years until Skverer Chassidim saw his greatness and needed to move him out so that he doesn't become a threat to his brother-in-law, the present Skverer Rebbe; he will be missed by all who loved and cherished him. 

Rachmastrivka rebbe of Borough Park, Rabbi Chai Yitzchok Twersky passed away this afternoon at the age of 92.

The Rebbe was an internationally known tzaddik, who lead his Bais Medrash and kehillah in Borough Park on 45th Streer.

He is the uncle of the other Rachmastrivka Rebbe in Jerusalem.

Levaya will be held at 4 p.m. at the main Rachmastrivka beis medrash in Boro Park, followed by kevurah in the Rachmastrivka section of Har Shalom Cemetery in Airmont.

Rav Amnon Yitzchok Says in Monsey that all Chareidie Meats are "Neveilah and Treifas"

Karma! Satmar Rebbe of Williamsburg Gets Booed by Ahroinim on His Visit to His Uncle's Kever in Kiryas Yoel

 

Reb Zalman Leib, Satmar Rebbe of Williamsburg got a nasty reception in Kiryas Yoel when he went to visit the kever of R' Joel, founder of Satmar Chassidis! The Ahroinim surrounded and booed him.

R' Zalman Leib has a big mouth when it to disparaging the Me'etzet Gedoilei Ha' Torah, but becomes meek like a mouse standing up to his own brother R' Aaron. 

If you stop and think about this, it's sheer lunacy, two brothers fighting, for what?

They are politically on the same page, no hashkafic differences, so what is this all about?

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Holy' rabbis with obvious openly displayed "Sinas Chinum" 

The chassidim supporters are the crazy ones, because they have nothing out of this feud, but follow their rabbis like dumb sheep!

 

In 5th Tragedy Of Bein Hazmanim, 18-Year-Old Yeshiva Student Drowns

 In yet another tragic incident which occurred during the final days of the Bein Hazmanin period in Israel, an 18-year-old Yeshiva student, Yishai Keinan z’l, drowned in a lagoon near the Kinneret lake on Tuesday.

Keinan, a resident of the Pisgat Zeev neighborhood in Jerusalem, was a student at the Tiferet Levi yeshiva in Elad. He went with friends to the lagoon, located near Maale Gamla at the entrance to the Golan heights. At a certain point, Yishai lost contact with his friends and went underwater. Fire and rescue teams from Golan and divers from the Lehava unit located Yishai’s body hours later in the lagoon.

United Hatzalah volunteers Ohad Ringer and Avi Elhiani said that “The youth drowned and was lost, according to his friends description. Divers succeeded in locating and removing his body from the water and he was declared dead at the scene.”

Yishai was born on 26 Av 5765, exactly 18 years ago. He studied in the Tiferes Levi yeshiva ketana and last year entered the yeshiva gedolah, where he was considered one of the best students, studying Torah at all hours from 7:30 AM until the small hours of the night. Friends said that this was a “Great loss for family, yeshiva, and the entire generation. Without doubt he would have been one of the more prominent Talmidei Chachamim of the generation due to his diligence and perseverance in Torah and Avodas Hashem.”

Yishai z’l was brought to his final rest on Har Hamenuchos at 1:30 AM Wednesday. May his memory be blessed.

The current tragedy is unfortunately the fifth tragedy in the last few weeks of Bein Hazmanim. Two weeks ago, Rabbi Binyamin Praga (44) died of dehydration and exposure in a Jordan Valley stream. 10-year-old Baruch Abadi of Kiryat Sefer died in a swimming pool near his home. 4-year-old David Turgeman drowned in a pool in an Eilat hotel, and R’ Yitzchak Ben-Shimol of Jerusalem (79) drowned in the Kinneret near Tiberias.

תהא נשמתו צרורה בצרור החיים.

Former Trump advisor Michael Flynn blames Jews for their own deportations to Auschwitz

 

The Auschwitz Museum has slammed comments made by former Trump adviser who blamed Jews for their own deportations at the hands of the Nazis.

In a recent speech, Michael Flynn, a Christian nationalist, suggested mothers were complicit in handing over their young children to go on trains to Auschwitz. 

He said “Any mother who would be told, ‘Give me your child, give me your baby, we’re going to separate you, we’re not just going to put you into a club coach car. We’re going to stuff you like a sardine into a train.’”

He went on to claim “there weren’t any guards,” implying that Jews could have simply left or said no to Hitler’s soldiers. 

A clip of his speech was posted on Twitter and has been viewed over 8 million times.

Nasrallah: Haredi draft law will be 'major blow' to IDF

 Did anyone ever think that Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah would spend large parts of a prime-time speech analyzing social friction in Israel between haredim and other sectors?

Many foreign countries may not even know about Israel’s ultra-Orthodox sector unless they have tuned in to some Hollywood movies or happened to have a rare interaction with a haredi minister on some kind of global issue.

Yet Nasrallah told his followers that the Jewish state will come apart over the issue of a proposed Knesset bill that would exempt haredim from serving in the IDF.

Satmar Rebbe Condems Agudat Israel's Statement to Biden "Its a Shame and a Disgrace"

 

DIN: I don't know whether I should laugh or cry! 

The Agudath Israel of the US is under the guidance of the Me'oetzet Gedoilei Ha'Torah, and they decided to issue a statement directed to the Biden administration telling them in effect to bud out of Israeli politics.

The truth is every single frum Shul should gather signatures and send them to members of congress with this exact message,

Comes this brazen Chassidish leader from Williamsburg who ridicules and bashes the Litvishe Gedoilei Hatorah that decided to send this letter to Washington .

One of those members of the Me'oetzet is none other than Rav Malkiel Kotler, Rosh Yeshiva of Lakewood who is in the habit of licking the derrière of R' Zalman Leib, the Satmar Rebbe. I'm wondering if R' Malkiel will come out with a statement defending the Litvishe Gedoilim of the Me'oetzet, I will not hold my breath!

It's one thing to disagree, it's a whole other thing when a leader of thousands of Chassidim mocks and denigrates with the harshest words other Gedoilim.

And on what day did he do this? 

Just days from  the Yurzeit of his uncle R' Yoel Teitelbaum the founder of the Satmar Chassidus. It was his uncle that had no problem calling other Chassidish & Litvishe Gedoilim, "Meenim & Apikorsim!"  The Rebbe z"l was against the Chareidie Parties sitting in the Knesset and wrote in his Vayoel Moshe that anyone that supports a party that sits in Knesset is a "meen and apikoras" Among those "apikorsim" would be the Bais Yisrael of Ger, Belzer Rebbe, Rav Shach and Harav Avadia Yosef z"l, etc etc.

New York Times Does Not Print the $32 Billion in Israel High-Tech Investment Because It Doesn't Fit in Their Agenda!

 

If there’s a single consistently emphasized theme of the New York Times coverage of judicial reform in Israel, it’s been that the effort may devastate the Israeli high-technology economy.

“Netanyahu’s Judicial Coup Could Destroy His Start-Up Nation,” was the headline over a February 14, 2023, Thomas Friedman column. “As a general rule, investors don’t like investing in countries roiled with protests and chaos. And that is why some have started pressing the pause button,” Friedman wrote.

In case any Times readers missed the point, the Times followed up with a February 23, 2023, news article, headlined “Tech Leaders in Israel Wonder if It’s Time to Leave.” The article itself pressed the claim beyond just wondering, declaring, “The luminaries of Start-Up Nation, as Israel has been known for decades, are eyeing the exits. Several have already announced that they are relocating or moving money out of the country…” The Times reported that people “are reappraising what it means to operate here and deciding that if the government retools the judiciary, it is time to leave.”

Atlantic Beach accused of discriminating against Chabad

 The Village of Atlantic Beach — touted as the “New Hamptons” — is scrambling to settle a federal suit accusing town leaders of trying to block a Lubavitcher Jewish sect called Chabad of the Beaches from getting property in the hot little hamlet, The Post has learned.

The religious discrimination lawsuit has stunned even longtime residents, who note a significant number of Atlantic Beach’s 1,800 year-round residents and summer homeowners are Jewish.

The only house of worship in the village is a synagogue — the Jewish Center of Atlantic Beach — serving a growing number of modern orthodox congregants

The Chabad of the Beaches bought vacant land on 2025 Park Street in November 2021 for $950,000, aiming to offer religious services, education, and programming to the broader Jewish community.

The site is one of the first buildings people see coming into the village from the Atlantic Beach Bridge — and used to serve as a Capital One bank before it became vacant two years ago. 

That triggered Chabad in June to file a federal suit in Eastern District Court, alleging Atlantic Beach’s takeover smacked of religious discrimination — citing the First, Fifth, and 14th Amendments, as well as the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act.

Rabbi Dov Landau: Charedi Women Should Not Be Employed By The IDF Even As Civilians

 

DIN: It's people like Rav Landau that keeps me going, I was ready to give up DIN as I have started other projects that take most of my time, but these stories are a gift for bloggers that keeps on giving.

This project to have Charedie women in the IDF employed as civilians, in the intelligence units was invented by none other than Rav Landau's very own party "DEGEL!" They were hiding it because they were afraid that if this got out, then the "gedoilim" the extremists would come out and oppose it! 

Bingo! 

A rabbi who calls himself Meir Kessler, an extreme extremist from Modi'im Illit who is against introducing Math and English in Yeshivois, because as he said it best "these subjects are preparing the children for the workplace" ...chas ve'sholom! This Kessler now came out last week to oppose the "Degel" project. Rabbi Landau had no choice but to follow suit to now come out with a statement to oppose it, lest anyone think he went off the derech!

I have a solution for all this:

Tell the husbands to get off their collective tucheses and get a job for heaven's sake! If only they would carry out their obligations that they promised in their ketubas, their wives wouldn't have to work anywhere. Rabbi Kessler wants the women to be teachers for 6 shekel an hour! 

Read the following and weep!