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“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
Saturday, February 26, 2022
Breaking: DIN Encourages Putin to March Into Poland Next
When Trump Told Off Germany & NATO
I know CNN & MSNBC never aired this, so I figured I would. Spot on, don't you think? pic.twitter.com/6V1vRKxP8p
— Justin Pulitzer 🍊 (@JustinPulitzer) February 24, 2022
Majority of Americans say Putin would not have invaded Ukraine if Trump were president
Russian President Vladimir Putin would not have invaded Ukraine had President Trump still been in office, a majority of Americans said according to the results of a new poll.
The survey released Friday from the Harvard Center for American Political Studies (CAPS)-Harris Poll found that 62% of Americans believed Putin would not have pulled the trigger if Trump were still president, The Hill reported.
The view was held by an overwhelming 85% of Republicans, but also 38% of Democrats. A further 59% of voters said Putin had decided to invade because Putin sensed weakness on the part of President Biden, while just 41% said that view had not played a role in Putin’s decision.
The online poll was conducted between Feb. 23 and Feb. 24 and surveyed 2,026 registered voters.
Friday, February 25, 2022
Blacks Continue To Beat Jews in Boro-Park & Williamsburg ..Watch how they beat an Elderly Jew
NEW VIDEO JUST IN: NYPD looking for black suspects that brutally beat up a school bus driver in Boro Park. Security at the Yeshiva was terrible per law enforcement sources. The fact perps were able to just walk in with zero security measures MUST CHANGE IMMEDIATELY pic.twitter.com/Oh7tPjJAbr
— NYCPHOTOG (@nycphotog) February 25, 2022
An elderly Jewish bus driver was brutally beaten Thursday morning by a group of teens in the Boro Park area of New York, the Yeshiva World News reported.
The incident occurred at approximately 6:00a.m., in a parking lot on 49ths Street, New York's Police Department (NYPD) and the Shomrim security group said.
In the incident, the teens confronted the 70-year-old bus driver as he entered his vehicle, assaulting, punching, and kicking him before escaping the scene. According to The Jewish Press, the teens hit the elderly man in the face, stomach, and on his arms.
This elderly bus driver arriving to his bus for his morning run, was viciously assaulted in what appears to be an unprovoked coordinated attack. If you #HaveInfo, call @NYPD66Pct detectives and the #Shomrim emergency line 718-871-6666. #YourCityYourCall pic.twitter.com/nkY96HLmNY
— 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐨 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐫𝐢𝐦 (@BPShomrim) February 24, 2022
First the Rabbis of Ukraine Advised them to stay put and now Odessa orphanage trying to evacuate
The Jewish community in Odessa, Ukraine, was one of the first to suffer from the Russian attack, including the 250 children living in the city's orphanage.
Rabbi Shlomo Baksht, director of the orphanage, told 103FM about the situation. "We have a lot of worries right now. I'm in touch with all the members of the community. We do not know what will happen next, but these children are the rock that sits on our hearts. We have children here with a very difficult story. A child whose mother threw him in the trash or a child with parents who were addicts. The stories are shocking and they are all close to our hearts."
Regarding the efforts to take the orphans to a safe place, he explained, "Right now we have them all on buses but do not know where we are going. The operation is complex and not completely safe. We have prepared food and medicine for a long enough period, and different types of places of refuge. We change things while on the move, everything happens from moment to moment. Things are very complex. We are in contact with the relevant parties in the State of Israel at the highest level."
His daughter, Shira Baksht, who works with him, joined the conversation and shared her experiences with the children: "The situation is not simple. We try to calm the children - they heard explosions and were frightened. We told them we are going on a trip. I will never leave them. These are children from the age of 0 until university. Orphanhood can happen at any age."
She added, "For a month now we have been preparing logistically for what is happening now. It is very cold here, so we took the warmest clothes we could and all the food we could prepare."
Israel was created so that never again would Jews be dependent on anyone else for their security. Not on the UN, the US, or NATO
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett avoided condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine — or even mentioning Russia by name - saying “The world order as we know it is changing. The world is much less stable, and our region too is changing every day.”
And while the world has changed, Ukraine is fighting alone. Not America and not NATO will be coming to their rescue. Against this backdrop, surely many realize that Israel was created so that never again would Jews be dependent on anyone else for their security.
US Pressuring Israel: Support vote to condemn Russia in UN
What a Chutzpah! Russia is a couple of miles away from our border in Syria, and the awful Biden Administration is pressuring us to vote against the Russians. Crazy! I hope Bennett doesn't cave and bring us into another mess. Meanwhile Russia allows Israel to bomb the crap out of Hizballah in Syria!
The United Nations (UN) Security Council will vote on Friday on a draft resolution to condemn Russia for its attacks on Ukraine.
The resolution was drafted by the US, Britain, and France. It is expected that Russia will use its veto power to ensure that the resolution does not pass.
Meanwhile, the US has turned to Israel requesting that Israel support condemning Russia in the UN, even though the resolution will clearly not pass.
The American request was made Thursday night by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a conversation with Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid).
Israel, meanwhile is trying to stay out of the matter and avoid direct conflict with the Russians, since the Russians are involved in the Syrian conflict and have played a key role in preventing Syria from retaliating to Israeli attacks on Iranian interests within Syrian territory.
John Kerry "the stupid fool" Worries That Russia-Ukraine War Is Bad for Climate Change..No Kidding!
He definitely has his priorities. US climate czar John Kerry said that he is very worried about a Russian invasion of Ukraine because it is likely to distract the world from talking about climate change and would produce “massive emissions.”
“Massive emissions and consequences to the way – but equally important, you’re going to lose people’s focus, you’re going to lose certainly big country attention because they will be diverted and I think it could have a damaging impact,” told the BBC.
“So, you know, I think hopefully President Putin would realize that in the northern part of his country, they used to live on 66% of the nation that was over frozen land. Now it’s thawing, and his infrastructure is at risk. And the people of Russia are at risk. And so I hope President Putin will help us to stay on track with respect to what we need to do for the climate,” he added.
Kerry’s comments weren’t a one-off, either. He made similar comments to GZERO Media, saying that a war will have a “monumental impact on the ability and willingness of people to do what’s necessary,” to cut global emissions, adding that it will be “very tough for the climate agenda, there’s no question about it.”
Hard to believe, but Vladimir Putin was indeed probably not thinking of the climate when he decided to invade Ukraine. For shame.
Thursday, February 24, 2022
Sfardie "gadol" destroys smartphone in a ceremony.... Chareidim slowly becoming "Cults"
Satmar Chassidim Reading Der Yid Will Never Know that the USA is Going Back to the Iran Deal that could G-d Forbid Destroy the Jewish State
This latest news was on the front pages of every single newspaper sharing headlines with the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
But the Satmar "oilim goilim" that get their news from Der Yid will never know about the eminent danger that their brothers and sisters living in Israel are facing.
Instead, Der Yid has a byline on their first page of a protest against the "Misrad Hashichon" the Office of Housing, because they are excavating land in the Gilo section of Yerushalyim, that the Gaavad of the Eida Hachreidis said is an ancient graveyard of Jews. The Gaavad is none other than the aged R' Tuvia Weiss. We will never know if the Gaavad even knows about this or if he is in the frame of mind to issue Halachic decisions of this nature. The Raavad of the Eida is R' Moshe Shternbach, also an extremist but he had examined the site and ruled that there is no problem excavating the site.
In Beit Shemesh we had a similar fight amongst the leaders of the Eida Ha'Chreidis, where R' Weiss ruled that a site where a developer built a Chareidie community is a former gravesite, and R' Shternbach who actually examined the site ruled that there wasn't any Jewish bones buried there, and the developer built his development.
Back to Der Yid
Why wouldn't Der Yid report the Iran story?
Because Satmar supports the Iran Deal! Yes, let me repeat : The Satmar Rebbe is all for the Iran Deal that would allow Iran to continue their murderous quest of obtaining Nuclear arms. We wrote about this numerous times; you can do a search on this blog.
They would rather write about some idiotic irrelevant protest and place it on their front page than write about something that can very well effect every single Jew!
Last week we all heard the Baal Korah read how the "Eirav Rav" fashioned and then worshipped a golden calf. I guess Moshe didn't kill them off, they are still around!
The Jews of Uman aren't leaving
Despite the threat of Russian strikes in Ukraine's interior, the Jews of Uman are not planning to leave.
The local boys' school, under the auspices of Uman's rabbi, Rabbi Yaakov Jann, is holding regular classes; meanwhile, constant prayers are being offered at the gravesite of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, situated in Uman.
Already a week and a half ago, Rabbi Jann called on local Jews to leave Ukraine if they were able to do so.
"Answering this question of all questions at the current time - that of whether to leave or remain - is not simple," Rabbi Jann wrote then. "What is clear, however, is that we must neither panic nor remain complacent.
"After consulting with Torah leaders and experts in the situation," Rabbi Jann continued, "I am recommending that all tourists must leave Ukraine by Wednesday [over a week ago]. Those who live here with their families should also leave if they are able to do so with ease, until the crisis passes."
Rabbi Jann concluded his letter with reassurance that no one would be left without necessary assistance. A week later, most of Uman's Jews have opted to remain.
'Unorthodox' spending Julia Haart sued for millions, allegedly used company as 'personal piggy bank'
“My Unorthodox Life” star Julia Haart is being sued for allegedly spending unauthorized millions of dollars of company cash by her estranged husband Silvio Scaglia.
Haart, 51, who was ousted as CEO of Elite World Group earlier this month, is alleged to have spent $125,000 on “cosmetic procedures” —including a boob job, as Page Six reported — according to court papers.
The filing, seen by Page Six, also claims that Haart used the company set up to run her clothing line, E1972, as her “personal piggy bank.”
It alleges that she spent approximately $500,000 at Louis Vuitton, $180,000 at Chanel, $140,000 at Dior and more than $500,000 on lavish trips for herself and her family, plus more than $160,000 on makeup and hair-styling services.
The suit alleges that Haart overspent on the budget allocated to her for personal expenses, claiming: “In addition to exceeding E1972’s budget by millions of dollars due to her personal spending habits, Haart also freely used two EWG corporate credit cards to purchase expensive clothing and handbags, luxury vacations, and other personal and unnecessary purchases.”
‘Full Scale Invasion’ Ukranians Were Tough Against the Jews ..Let's See How Tough they are with the Russians
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH: Two Top Prosecutors Resign from Manhattan DA’s Trump Probe
In a sign of growing frustration within the Manhattan DA’s office over the insistence that prosecutors find something to charge Donald Trump with, two top prosecutors have resigned, throwing the entire case into doubt.
Mark Pomerantz and Carey Dunne resigned together, but the DA’s office declined to comment on their departures.
The DA’s office launched a probe into the Trump Organization’s business practices in 2018 under then-District Attorney Cy Vance, and the investigation has continued under DA Alvin Bragg.
Dunne, a nearly 40-year veteran of the DA’s office, oversaw the investigation from the very beginning, and Pomerantz was asked by Vance to join the probe late last year, the NY Post reported.
Without Dunne and Pomerantz leading the investigation, it is no longer clear that Trump himself will be charged with anything.
Trump lawyer Ron Fischetti told the NY Post that he is “happy” they resigned, saying that without them there is “no investigation.”
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
J Street Convinces Congressman to Turn Against the Jewish State
This development reveals a great deal about the reasons for the ongoing tension between American Jewish critics of Israel and the rest of the Jewish community.
The congressman in question is Rep. Jamaal Bowman, a first-term Democrat who represents a district that covers part of New York City (the north Bronx) and much of Westchester County. Bowman has a substantial number of Jewish constituents, which probably explains why, in the past, he has not been as harsh towards Israel as some of his ideological bedfellows.
The Tide Turns: More Jewish than Arab Births in Israel
For the first time since the establishment of the Jewish State, the fertility rate of Arab women has fallen below that of Jewish women. At the establishment of the state, in 1948, a Muslim woman gave birth on average to 9 children, and today she gives birth to fewer than 3, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics.
Israel’s total fertility rate (average number of children per woman) in 2020 was 2.90. This figure is low compared to 3.01 in 2019 and 3.09 in 2018, but still far higher than all the OECD countries whose average in 2019 was 1.61 children per woman.
The total fertility rate of Jewish women and others in Israel is estimated at 2.88 children per woman, compared to Arab women at 2.82.
Bloomberg to Dems: You’re Going to Be Wiped Out
Former NYC mayor and 2020 presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg warned Democrats that they are heading for a bloodbath in the midterm elections later this year if they don’t fix things now.
“Without changing course, the party is headed for a November wipeout,” the former mayor wrote in an op-ed.
“Three months after Republicans scored major election upsets in Virginia and New Jersey, largely because of the frustration parents felt with Democratic officials who catered to teachers’ unions and culture warriors at the expense of children, voters in San Francisco recalled three school board members by margins of nearly three to one,” Bloomberg wrote. “Coming from America’s most liberal city, those results should translate into a 7 to 8 on the Richter scale, because the three main factors that drove the recall are not unique to the Bay Area.”
“Swing voters will decide the 2022 midterm elections, and right now, polls show they are swinging away from Democrats. The earthquake that shook San Francisco needs to shake up our party, before voters do it themselves in November,” Bloomberg said.
A poll released Tuesday by Emerson University found that Republicans currently lead Democrats by 9 percentage points – 50% to 41% – on a generic congressional ballot heading into November’s midterms.
Chareidie Cleaning Lady Needed Extra Cash so She sued Sara Netanyahu but the Court won't have any of that and throws out her case
A labor court rejected on Wednesday the claim of abuse by a woman who worked as a cleaner for Sara Netanyahu at the Prime Minister’s Residence.
The Jerusalem District Labor Court ruled that Shira Raban’s version of events was unreliable, and she had failed to prove there was abusive behavior on Netanyahu’s part when she worked as a cleaner for the wife of then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The court also said that Raban’s claim that the alleged abuse went on for a prolonged period could not be proven due to the fact that Raban only worked at the residence for a short period of time, and the defense provided evidence that she and Sara Netanyahu were never alone on the same floor.
Despite the dismissal of the lawsuit, the court decided that in view of the plaintiff’s financial situation, she would not be compelled to pay the legal expenses.
In their verdict, the judges wrote that while the legal defense of working conditions should be maintained, it was not without limit.
“Although the growth of this cause should be welcomed, given the significance it has for preserving the rights of workers and formulating a proper standard for a respectful work environment and proper working conditions, it is worth remembering that this cause is not unlimited,” the verdict read.
Responding to the ruling, Netanyahu said that she had paid an “unbearable” price over four years of legal wrangling.
“After countless news shows and newspapers led to four years of blood libels, today the court threw out Shira Raban’s claims on all levels,” the statement read. “The price paid by Sara Netanyahu is unbearable. Who will give her back her good name and who will apologize for the malicious slander that was presented to the public as absolute truth?”
In a Facebook post, her husband, Benjamin Netanyahu, called the ruling “the end of another shameful chapter in the false smear campaign against Sara Netanyahu.”
Sara Netanyahu was sued by Raban, who worked as a cleaner at the Netanyahus’ official residence in Jerusalem for a month in 2017 — a total of 20 working days.
Raban alleged that the then-prime minister’s wife insulted her relentlessly throughout her short tenure. She filed her lawsuit shortly after leaving her position, claiming NIS 225,000 ($69,000) in damages.
Raban claimed she was forced to endure unacceptable conditions by Netanyahu while working on the second floor of the residence.
Some of the former employee’s complaints included not being allowed to take leave when one of her children was sick, and being forced to use the bathroom outside the main building. She also claimed that the prime minister’s oldest son, Yair Netanyahu, would conduct cleanliness inspections.
Netanyahu allegedly forbade Raban to eat, drink, or rest, and she was required to change her clothes dozens of times a day. She was also required to wash her hands about 100 times a day with hot water, and was expected to dry them with a towel separate from the one used by the Netanyahu family, the lawsuit charged.
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EXPLAINER: Ukraine Crisis – Why is Putin invading now?
Vladimir Putin is on a crusade to rebuild the former Soviet Union. In a sense, Putin believes that the old regime is still intact, and the downfall of Communism was merely a hiccup. (Like most dictators, he is delusional about his empire.)
He’s described the collapse of the Soviet Union as the “disintegration of historical Russia” and considers Ukraine’s leaders as running an “anti-Russian project”. He has said that Ukraine and Russia are one country.
It’s important to understand Putin’s psyche, to recognize his true motives. Putin is a narcissistic sociopathic megalomaniac. He has poisoned political enemies with toxic nerve gas. He used his own daughter as a guinea pig for the Russian Covid vaccine. He dissolved the Russian parliament and altered the constitution, so that he could be a lifelong dictator.
Putin is obsessed with, well…Putin. He craves the approval of his citizens, taking photo ops of himself shirtless on horseback and flying a hang glider.
It’s hard to comprehend, yet many Russian citizens worship him, and soak up his bogus vicious propaganda against the United States.
For First Time, Romanian Officials Commemorate Holocaust Refugees Who Died In Sunken Ship 80 Years Ago
Romanian officials for the first time commemorated the victims of the sinking 80 years ago of the Struma, a ship that carried hundreds of Holocaust refugees from Romania.
The ceremony Tuesday took place in the coastal city of Constanţa in southern Romania, from which the ship set sail in 1941 with 770 refugees, including more than 100 children, aboard.
In 1942, a Red Army submarine mistook the Struma for a hostile vessel after Turkish authorities towed it away from its dock in Istanbul and left it in international waters without a working engine or an anchor. The sub torpedoed the ship, leaving only one survivor.
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Activist for Settlers Finds out Her Biological Parents are Muslim
A prominent far-right Jewish activist has been forced to reexamine her beliefs after finding out her biological parents were Muslim, she acknowledged in an Israeli television report broadcast on Sunday.
Or Leibler, 22, has become a well-known figure among both Muslims and Jews in the Old City of Jerusalem.
She became increasingly involved with far-right groups in the capital following last year’s 11-day war between Israel and the Gaza-ruling Hamas terror group, Channel 13 news noted, attending protests organized by Lehava, a far-right and Jewish supremacist group that opposes the intermarriage of Jews and non-Jews, and openly sharing her extreme ideology influenced by the late Rabbi Meir Kahane.
Despite living in southern Israel, she would make weekly commutes to one of Jerusalem’s most explosive areas, while walking around with an Israeli flag. Her activity has been described by some as a deliberate attempt to cause provocation, a claim she strongly denies.
“In this day and age, in the State of Israel, being Jewish is provocative,” she insisted.
Leibler regularly shared videos of her confronting Arabs near Damascus Gate, one of the main entrances to Jerusalem’s Old City, located south of the flashpoint neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah.
“Anyone who supports Palestine is a potential terrorist,” she said on one occasion. “I have a problem with Palestinians who don’t recognize the State of Israel… who don’t recognize me as a Jew who belongs here. I see them as murderers for all intents and purposes.”
In another video, she can be seen holding an Israeli flag, saying, “this flag represents love and peace,” while telling a nearby Arab activist waving a Palestinian flag that his flag “represents murder and Jew-hatred.”
Outrage as Canadian single mom on minimum wage has bank account frozen for donating $50 to Freedom Convoy
Canadian MP Mark Strahl tweeted Sunday that the bank account of a single mom called Briane was frozen after she gave $50 to the Freedom Convoy
Authorities say 206 bank accounts had been frozen under the power granted by federal emergencies act
Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair told CTV on Sunday that the act it ‘isn’t targeted at small donations’
The powers have been in effect since last week, but Parliament is expected to ratify the action on Monday
Financial accounts of those who refused to leave the protests in Ottawa will remain frozen while the act is in force
Canadian trucker Derek Brouwer told Fox News that his accounts have been frozen since Friday, and his truck was seized
The Ottawa protests – the movement’s last major stronghold – appeared to be largely over by Sunday. Fencing and police checkpoints remained
A Canadian MP says the bank account of a single mom with a minimum wage job has been frozen after she donated $50 to Freedom Convoy. Conservative lawmaker Mark Strahl says the mom, named only as Briane, has had her life ruined for donating the small sum to the anti-vaccine mandates protest.
Strahl shared Brianne’s story as concerns grow that scores of ordinary people will no longer be able to pay for food and basics after their accounts were frozen for donating to a group of protesters. ‘Briane is a single mom from Chilliwack working a minimum wage job. She gave $50 to the convoy when it was 100% legal. She hasn’t participated in any other way. Her bank account has now been frozen.
This is who Justin Trudeau is actually targeting with his Emergencies Act orders.’
Israel Reveals Scandalous Details Of the Satmar Nuclear Deal With Iran
You guys were probably laughing reading the headline "Satmar's Nuclear Deal with Iran" but this is no laughing matter. It was Satmar that backed Hussain Obama in this deal and it was R' Aaron Teitelbaum, Satmar Rebbe from Monroe that tried sabotaging the then Israeli PM Netanyahu from addressing the US congress to point out the dangers!
The Satmar Rebbe wasn't at all concerned about the 5 and half million Jews living in Israel, all he cared about was how much money he would be able to get for his moisdois from the Obama administration.
Ezra "the capo" Friedlander worked feverously behind the scene to get Holocaust survivors to support the deal, and was Fat Nadler's stooge, when the fatso tried explaining why he voted for Obama's Iran deal.
Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday excoriated the nuclear deal the Biden administration is planning to sign with the Islamic Republic, saying that it will lead to “a more violent, more volatile Middle East,” and Israel will pay the price.
Speaking on Sunday at the Conference of Presidents of the Major American Jewish Organizations in Jerusalem, Bennett noted that the agreement’s 10-year limits on enrichment are still set to be lifted in 2025 – “leaving Iran with a fast track to military-grade enrichment. And in the time until it sunsets, they won’t even have to destroy all those centrifuges they developed over the past few years.”
Monday, February 21, 2022
Russia Has Lists Of Ukrainians ‘To Be Killed Or Sent To Camps’
US intelligence sources claimed Sunday that Russia has lists of Ukrainians “to be killed or sent to camps” in the event of an invasion.
In a letter to the UN Human Rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet, the US alleges that Moscow’s post-invasion planning would involve torture, forced disappearances and “widespread human suffering.” It does not describe the nature of the intelligence behind its assessment.
The letter warns of a potential “human rights catastrophe” after Russia invades the Ukraine. Additionally, the letter says the US has “credible information that indicates Russian forces are creating lists of identified Ukrainians to be killed or sent to camps following a military occupation.”
“We also have credible information that Russian forces will likely use lethal measures to disperse peaceful protests or otherwise counter peaceful exercises of perceived resistance from civilian populations,” the letter, signed by the US’s ambassador to the UN Bathsheba Crocker, concludes.
Russia, which has denied any hostile intentions towards the Ukraine, has currently amassed more than 150,000 troops on its border with the Ukraine, according to foreign intelligence assessments, which also claim that a battle directive has already been issued to the troops.
The Daily Mail reported that convoys of military vehicles painted with the letter Z were seen moving toward the border with Ukraine. The markings are suspected to have been allocated for specific roles or army groups.
Russia is seeking a guarantee that Ukraine will never join NATO and that the Western alliance will remove forces from Eastern Europe, demands the West has refused. Despite talks of a possible summit meeting between US president Biden and Putin over the Ukraine crisis, the Kremlin says there are no ‘concrete plans’ for such a summit at present. US sources say the summit, being brokered by French president Macron, is conditional on Russia not invading the Ukraine.
After Significant Price Hike, Rabbi Aviner Says: Don’t Buy Hamantaschen This Year
Rabbi Shlomo Chaim Aviner, the rabbi of Beit El and head of the Ateret Kohanim yeshiva has called on Israelis not to eat hamantaschen this year, in the wake of a significant hike in their price in Israel. Rabbi Aviner wrote that : a) there is no source for eating hamantaschen b) they are unhealthy c) the price has risen steeply.
Regarding the source for hamantaschen, Rabbi Aviner writes that there is no early source for such a custom and even though all kinds of explanations were given for the custom they cannot establish the custom. The actual source for the term has nothing to do with Haman’s ears but rather because a stuffed pastry which contains poppyseed is known in German as “mohntaschen” which became confused with hamantaschen.
Moreover the pastry is unhealthy and contains large amounts of sugar, oil and caloric content. Rabbi Aviner cites the Rambam (Hilchos Deos 4) who states that a person should eat healthy food as this is Hashem’s will. He adds that “one hamantaschen will not cause damage but we eat enough unhealthy food all year and there is no reason to add more out of belief that there is some holy custom attached to it.”
As for the prices, in Israel a kilo of hamantaschen used to cost between 30-50 NIS but currently the price has reached 140 NIS in some stores. Rabbi Aviner cites the Mishna Berura (Orach Chayim 242) who says that “if the fishmongers are hiking the prices, it is correct to make a ruling not to buy fish for a few weeks until the price returns to normal.” Thus there is a basis for not purchasing even a religiously required food like fish for shabbos if the price has risen beyond the means of average people and certainly hamantaschen can be boycotted if their price rises so steeply.
Israeli Rabbi Visits Tehran’s Bazaar, Taking Selfies While Talking Hebrew
בלב טהראן בלבוש חרדי מלא: הרב יעקב הרצוג, שמאז הסכמי אברהם פועל להקים קהילה יהודית בסעודיה, ביקר בטהראן ושיתף בזמן אמת תיעודים מהביקור
— כאן חדשות (@kann_news) February 20, 2022
הכתבה של @kaisos1987 #בחדשותהערב pic.twitter.com/vO9WVeDqs5
I just want to know the make-up artist that put his beard on! It looks fake to me.
He went to visit Mordechai & Esther's grave in Iran. It's located in the Iranian city of Hamadan, which is about 335 kilometers west of Tehran.
Many years ago when I was just a Yeshiva Bachur, I took a tour with Gefner Tours and he took us to Esther Hamalkas's grave in the upper Galilee, near Tzfas.. In fact as early as 1215, R' Menachem Ha'Chevroni wrote that while visiting the Galil, he came across the tomb of Esther Ha'malka " who instructed her son Cyrus to bring her there"
So who really knows?
Anyway, this tzaddik has a smartphone and took a bunch of selfies..my kind of rabbi