“I don’t speak because I have the power to speak; I speak because I don’t have the power to remain silent.” Rav Kook z"l

Sunday, July 20, 2025

Obama "The Criminal" Exposed!

 


 "We had, in President Obama and his leadership team, people who did not want to accept the will of the American people in electing Donald Trump in 2016 - and therefore cooked up this treasonous conspiracy to... effectively launch a years-long coup against the sitting President of the United States."


DIN: I have to point out that the Satmar Rebbe of Monroe, R' Aaron Teitelbaum backed this criminal Obama against a Jewish Prime Minister, when PM Netanyahu came to address Congress on the danger of Iran. 
The Satmar Rebbe had his followers write thousands of letters to Congress to try to halt Netanyahu from speaking and not only that, but even after he spoke, the Satmar Rebbe denigrated and mocked a Jewish leader of millions of Jews! 
The Satmar Rebbe has yet to apologize for this perfidy, and to his pandering to an antisemite goy! 

Crazy Ruling! Court Freezes Trump’s ICC Sanctions

 

A federal judge in Maine on Friday barred the Trump administration from enforcing sanctions on two U.S. citizens and human rights advocates who work with the International Criminal Court (ICC).

On April 11, Matthew Smith and Akila Radhakrishnan, a human rights nonprofit leader and lawyer, respectively, filed a 39-page lawsuit against President Donald Trump and several other members of his administration over an executive order that imposes sanctions on the ICC, prohibits certain interactions with designated ICC officials, and threatens both civil and criminal penalties for any such violations.

The lawsuit was premised on the idea that the sanctions "violate their First Amendment rights, and those of others like them, by prohibiting their constitutionally protected speech." The plaintiffs, in late April, requested a preliminary injunction barring the government "from imposing civil or criminal penalties on them" for "provision of speech-based services" to the ICC's Office of the Prosecutor (OTP).

Now, U.S. District Judge Nancy Torresen, a Barack Obama appointee, has granted that requested relief in a 16-page order.

Saturday, July 19, 2025

Connie Francis, Whose Ballads Dominated ’60s Pop Music, Dies at 87


 

You may ask why would I post this? 

Well I grew up in Crown Heights and so did Connie Francis, and even though she was an Italian shiksa, she spoke fluent Yiddish and even put out a very popular Yiddish Recording! 


Francis was born on December 12, 1937, to an Italian-American family (one of her grandfathers having immigrated from Reggio Calabria in 1905)[2][3] in the Ironbound neighborhood of Newark, New Jersey, the first child of George Franconero (1911–1996) and Ida (née Ferrari-di Vito; 1911–2000). She spent her first years in the Crown Heights, Brooklyn area (Utica Avenue/St Mark's Place) before the family moved to New Jersey.[4] Growing up in a mixed Italian-Jewish neighborhood, Francis became fluent in Yiddish, which led her later to record songs in Yiddish and Hebrew.[4][5]

‘Too Close to Skver’: What One Mother Discovered About Her Neighbors

 

See the website that explains the Skver Terror Tactics on their neighbors!

As we stand on the threshold of the 17th of Tammuz and the start of the Three Weeks, I feel it’s important to highlight a different side of the so-called “Unholy Mile.” A few months ago, I took one of my children to a specialist in Westchester. In the waiting room, I noticed a young chassidish mother holding her baby. Later, as I was leaving, I saw her standing outside waiting for a taxi. I asked where she was headed. She said, “New Square.” I smiled and told her I lived in New Hempstead and would be happy to give her a ride. She gratefully accepted.

I think she may have misunderstood where I lived. On the way, she shared that it was “good” I lived in Wesley Hills and not too close to New Square. She explained that they didn’t want others moving nearby — chas v’shalom, they might want to send their children to their schools. So, leadership in the community came up with a plan: buy up the homes within a mile and rent them to non-Jews to discourage other frum families from settling there. She even mentioned her father-in-law had bought one of the houses.

I didn’t respond. I stayed quiet the rest of the way.

IS CBN TURNING???? Are they finally seeing the light?

An elderly IDF soldier seen patrolling southern Syria wearing Tefillin. 

CBN is a WhatsApp News Site representing the Yeshivish world, primarily in Lakewood! 
It really gives the news short and concise and almost as soon as its happening! 

On Friday they posted a comment (see below) from a follower that is fed up with the Chareidie hashkafa that it shouldn't serve in the IDF!
The guy actually makes a lot of sense, and CBN probably, without giving it too much thought, posted it!

It didn't take 5 minutes that CBN had to say that it is not their opinion and that they follow "Daas Torah" whatever that means! They must have gotten, as they admitted, tremendous backlash! 
The truth is that most thinking and sane Charediem think exactly like that guy (below) and I would venture to say that CBN also agrees but had to back off because of $$$$$$$! 
I understand that completely!
Below the sane guy's comments, I am posting CBN's panicked response after getting hell from his brainwashed Fakewood followers!!

Having said that, I know that most Charedim cannot understand why Charedim are not there to defend their families after all, its our country, our soldiers and there is a "lav" in the Torah of לא תעמוד על דם רעך
In addition, Moshe Rabbeinu said 
?האחיכם יבוא למלחמה ואתם תשבו פה


 I see this as a failure of yiddishkeit that we have parents and Zaydies who need to fight because there are those who think they are Pattur from a milchamah because of Talmud Torah. Somewhere along the line, daas torah took a wrong turn.
If the charedi leadership truly cared about this chiyuv to serve, they wouldn’t just say
 “the army service pulls people off the derech,” 
they would make it work. The idf is desperate enough for soldiers that if the charedi leadership came to them in good faith and said “here are our conditions for us to send you 60,000 soldiers,” the idf would bend over backwards to make it happen.

CBN Response:
*Mr. K here.*

A couple of points I need to clarify.

Wow. Walked right into a minefield 🤯

*I want to start by apologizing, not for posting an opinion, but rather, if the posts I sent offended anyone with deep emotions on the matter.*

*CBN is not a closed forum. We allow people’s opinions to be heard and said. There are tens of thousands of people on CBN with different opinions on this explosive topic. In hindsight, I probably should not have posted an opinion like this on a Friday morning…*

When it comes to Daas Torah, a subject I probably should have stayed away from due to limited understanding, I’ll just say this: The Chazon Ish ZT”L devoted years trying to resolve the matter and unfortunately couldn’t. We’re certainly not going to be the ones to settle it now.

*There are thousands of Rabbanim, each with their own shitos, and CBN’s position is simple: everyone has the right to follow their own Daas Torah.*

That said, my personal opinion is that this is far beyond my level, and it’s a matter that should be left to the Gedolei Yisroel of the generation. My hope is that Hashem helps us reach a true resolution to this major issue once and for all.

Religious Zionist Rabbis Oppose Partial Hostage Deal: ‘Harms War’s Main Goal- Defeating Hamas’

 

 In the midst of the advanced negotiations for a hostage deal with Hamas, several prominent rabbis from the Religious Zionist community have published a firm and uncompromising public declaration opposing the emerging deal.

In their letter, the rabbis warn that a partial deal undermines the goals of the war, endangers Israel’s security, and could worsen the situation of the hostages not included in the agreement.

The letter, titled “Public Declaration,” includes several points and reasons for opposing the proposed deal:

A. We, the rabbis, stand with the families of the hostages, the families of the murdered, and, lehavdil, with the soldiers — heroic families who carry on their shoulders the true spirit of the nation. We call for the return of the hostages through the defeat of the enemy.

B. The partial deal currently being negotiated is a dangerous one. It undermines, first and foremost, the main goal of the war, which is victory, and also harms the people of Israel and its unity.

C. A partial deal also harms and endangers the hostages who will not be released as part of it and who may remain in captivity for a very long time. The danger to the lives of those remaining hostages could grow.

D. The deal undermines Israel’s security. Hamas terrorists will exploit the pause to rebuild their strength and morale, and return to attacking our soldiers. They will view it as an Israeli surrender.

E. Halting the war and withdrawing from the area will, God forbid, cause many casualties among our soldiers.

F. It is our duty to defeat the enemy completely — to destroy its communities and expel all of its leaders from our land entirely. When Hamas is preoccupied with its survival, it will surrender. Only then can life in our land return to a healthy and whole path.

The letter is meant to serve as a call of responsibility from spiritual leadership to public officials — a reminder that a partial deal is not merely a tactical mistake, but a real danger to the future of the war, the state’s security, and our mutual responsibility toward the hostages and the soldiers.

The letter is signed by:

Rabbi Dov Lior, Rabbi Yaakov Ariel, Rabbi Eitan Eisman, Rabbi Elyakim Levanon, Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, Rabbi Yosef Artziel, Rabbi Moshe Gantz, Rabbi David Hai HaCohen, Rabbi Uri Cohen, Rabbi Michael Hershkovitz, Rabbi David Dudkevitch, Rabbi David Fendel, Rabbi Orel Spaz, Rabbi Netanel Yosifon, and Rabbi Baruch Wieder.

The letter echoes sentiments expressed both by Finance Minister Betzalel Smotrich and Public Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who both oppose partial agreements and demand that Israel push Hamas until it surrenders and leaves the Gaza strip.

 



Friday, July 18, 2025

Zera Shimshon Parshat Pinchas

 






IDF Wishes Klall Yisrael a Shabbat Shalom


 

'No connection to Torah values' Rav Stav Shlitah slams haredi politicians

 

Harav David Stav, Chair of the Tzohar Rabbinical Organization, harshly rejected the criticisms voiced by Gafni (UTJ) targeting the Religious Zionist community amidst the ongoing debate over the IDF Enlistment Law.

In an interview with the Mashav channel, Rav Stav said, “Political powerbrokers show up and start making up halachot that are nowhere to be found in the Torah. There is no exemption in the Torah that allows yeshiva students to be absolved from serving in defense of the Jewish homeland, and there is certainly no exemption from the commandment to 'not stand idly by as your fellow man bleeds.' When your fellow Jew is in danger, you have no right to stand aside.”

Rav Stav further stated, “Haredi rabbis are demanding an exemption for all, simply because they wear a specific type of kippah or jacket. Where does such an idea come from that the Torah would possibly exempt religious people from a positive commandment of 'Milchemet Mitzva' (obligatory war), to go out and defend the land in times of war?”

Rav Stav urged members of the Religious Zionist community to avoid being intimidated by the haredi criticisms, saying, 

“Don’t be ashamed by those who stoop to insults, and from those powerbrokers that have no real connection to Torah values and fear of God but are only driven by a quest for power, control, and dominance. We will continue on our path of the traditions laid by our forefathers, the path of love and respect for one another, the Torah, and the land of Israel.”

Congress Committee states: "Biden funded groups to Overthrow Netanyahu.. "

 


The House Judiciary Committee released a memo yesterday (Thursday) titled "The Biden-Harris Administration's Funding of Anti-Netanyahu Non-Governmental Organizations," detailing accusations about how the Biden-Harris Administration neglected its oversight responsibilities and misused taxpayer dollars through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the State Department, and other federal agencies. These funds were used—both directly and indirectly—to support anti-Netanyahu organizations and terrorist groups.

On March 26, 2025, Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast (R-FL) sent letters to six U.S. and Israeli non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to request documents related to any grants, cooperative agreements, or other awards received from the USAID or State Department. The six NGOs were Blue White Future, Movement for Quality Government in Israel, PEF Israel Endowment Funds, Jewish Communal Fund, Middle East Peace Dialogue Network, and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. To date, the organizations have collectively produced 380 total documents.

The report states that the Israeli NGO Blue White Future received funds from NGOs—including some U.S. grant recipients—and funded the coalition headquarters for the anti-Netanyahu judicial reform protest.

The Biden Administration provided $42,000 to an Israeli NGO, Movement for Quality Government, to conduct "Civic Activism Training" in Israeli high schools, U.S. nonprofit PEF Israel Endowment Funds provided over $884 million to groups involved in what the report called "anti-democracy protests in Israel," and U.S. nonprofit Jewish Communal Fund (JCF) provided over $42.8 million to the anti-Netanyahu protest headquarters in Israel and the protests’ two main funders.

It further states that U.S. nonprofit Middle East Peace Dialogue Network (MEPDN) may be violating 501(c)(3) provisions of U.S. law by funding "anti-democracy protests in Israel."

In addition to funding groups that opposed the Netanyahu government, the report accuses the Biden Administration of providing U.S. government funding to terrorist-linked NGOs.