Pesach thoughts: A tale of two cities

by Rabbi Nachman Kahana

Picture a frum (observant) family at the Seder night, living in any one of the great Torah centers in the galut - Flatbush, Boro Park, Lakewood, Los Angeles or southern Florida.

The home of Reb Sender and Mrs. Rayza is impeccable; the result of the great time and energy, not to speak of the huge outlay of money which the expeditious and skillful ba’alat ha’bayit (woman of the house) has devoted to it.

The sofas and arm chairs in the sitting room that look so inviting, were it not for the thick plastic covers which insure that the upholstery retains its "new" look.

The five-meter-long dining room table is covered with the finest Irish linen table cloth. In the middle of the table stands the imposing sterling silver candle sticks handed down from mother to daughter for generations. The china is the finest Rosenthal, with each plate delicately rounded off with a band of gold. The silverware has been put away in favor of goldware in honor of the great night.

The cowardly smear campaign against Rabbi Pruzansky

by Rabbi Avraham Gordimer 

I am not defending the substance of his essays (here and here, I might agree or disagree with them but what I am writing here would be valid in any case. He could be dead wrong on every point,even though his presentation was based on studies and analyses – but they could be wrong as well.

However, there is something entirely different going on –

Yiddish Bernie Ad reads "A Vote for Bernie will Defeat Zionism"

Yes my friends there are Chassidishe Heimishe Askanim that are pleading with constituents to vote for Bernie Sanders because he hates Zionists and will "fulfill Palestinian demands" to hand over Eretz Yisroel to the Arab murderers and rapists!

Kiryas Yoel has been "antagonizing the gentiles" since 1994

Satmar accuses Israel of "Hisgaarus Be'Umois" .... antagonizing the Gentiles....
Well watch this old clip of 1994..... 
Also notice that Meir Wertheimer the spokesman of KJ, says (2;47 time mark) that in KJ the "Children learn the Satmar philosophy and Satmar Religion" 
No mention of Jews or the "Jewish religion"
as I have said time again and again that Satmar Philosophy has nothing to do with Judaism and admitted here on this clip!

Reichberg and Rechnitz arranged prostitutes on a private plane for the NYPD ...with them on board

I guess the cops needed a gabbai on board ... So the Boro Park askanim used a private plane owned by Rechnitz and hired a zoineh to entertain them .... nu nu what we don't do for the Moisdis Ha'Torah!

Shomrim leader Shaye Lichtenstein busted amid NYPD corruption probe

Lichtenstein in center

I was always amazed that the same Gedoilim that are against Frum Bochrim joining the IDF are all for them joining Shoimrim!

Never understood that! 

I guess by backing Shoimrim, the Rebbelich get a motorcade when they travel to the airport with lights flashing and are able to pass red lights with impunity ...one hands washes the other!

Another question: where did this Lichtenstein guy get 1 million dollars to bribe the NYPD?

I know he charged the guys with the keys, $18,000.00 to get them gun permits ... but where did he get 1 million dollars to front his operation?

Rabbi Pruzansky .... his side of the story!

by Rabbi Pruzansky

Only in the mind of the modern feminist can an orthodox Rabbi advocate for pre-marital sexual abstinence and be deemed a rape apologist. 

Such was the peculiar response in some precincts to my “A Novel Idea” (readers are advised to click the link before going on).

16 wounded in Jerusalem bus bomb attack

Sixteen people were wounded in an explosion on Monday, which hit Egged bus line 12 on Derekh Hevron and Moshe Baram Street in the southeast of Jerusalem, not far from Kibbutz Ramat Rachel.

Police later confirmed it was indeed a bombing attack, in apparently the first bus bombing of the current\  terror wave, although they have yet to specifically define it as an act of terror.

Kapo on Alenby the story of the Jewish Kapos in WW2

The Yated this past week had excerpts of a new book called "Kapo on Alenby"  written by Holocaust Scholar Itamar Levin.

The excerpts discussed the Jewish Traitors during WW2.
But for some reason the  Yated refused to name the collaborators, even though the book clearly did.

When one hears the word “Kapo” perhaps the term “Capo de tutti capi” comes to mind a term usually in reference to a mafia Godfather hearkening back to the Roman legions. Unfortunately for many Israeli’s and Jews around the world the word “Kapo” carries a far darker meaning.

Holocaust scholar Itamar Levin in his new book, “Kapo On Allenby” details the indictment, prosecution, and conviction of Jews living in post World War II Israel for their crimes as ‘Kapo”. The German translation of “Kapo” is a prisoner functionary in a Nazi prison camp who was assigned by the SS to supervise forced labor or carry out administrative tasks in the camp. The system was designed to turn victim against victim. Many “Kapos” were recruited from violent criminal gangs and were known for their brutality towards other prisoners.

Message to the Unites Nations and the Satmar Community!

“Nobody does Israel any service by proclaiming its ‘right to exist.' 

Israel’s right to exist, like that of the United States, Saudi Arabia and 152 other states, is axiomatic and unreserved. 

Israel’s legitimacy is not suspended in midair awaiting acknowledgement....

There is certainly no other state, big or small, young or old, that would consider mere recognition of its ‘right to exist’ a favour, or a negotiable concession.”

~Abba Eban~

Israeli Skunk Spray Weapon ...

Israeli Skunk Spray Weapon by zzinn

Rabbi Pruzansky and Rape!

Zahava Englard

by Zahava Englard

About Rabbi Pruzansky...

In the many years I have known Rabbi Steven Pruzansky, I have witnessed ceaseless mob-like attacks against him for stating his opinion on various issues from Israeli politics to his current article on the supposed rape culture, titled A Novel Idea, (https://rabbipruzansky.com/2016/03/31/a-novel-idea/ ) in which he tackles the dilemma of "he said - she said" rape cases on campus where there are no witnesses.

For some groups of people, trouncing on his words, or more accurately, misconstruing his words to fit their knee jerk polemic against him, has become a favorite pastime.

In his article, Rabbi Pruzansky makes it unquestionably clear that no rapist under any circumstances should be exonerated in date rape cases that can be proven. Nor is Rabbi Pruzansky blaming the victim as many detractors are accusing him of.

What he is saying in layman terms is for women to avoid situations that could lead to bad scenarios.

Illegal Matzah Factory in Meah Sheorim Left 23 Families and 83 children Homeless from the Devastating Fire

 All frum News outlets are now schnorring for the 23 homeless Meah Shearim families .... 83 children among them!

Not one word about the gangster that had the illegal matzah factory ....

Not one outlet reported his name .... because of "Loshon Harah!" 

No one will hold this bastard accountable!!  

Question: How many people have to be murdered in these dangerous houses that have these factories, to finally have people outraged against these barbarians ? 

Arab Terrorist shot dead .... never married because he was waiting for '72 virgins in Paradise.'

Ibrahim Barda'aya, a 54-year-old single resident of al-Aroub to the north of Hevron in Judea, was recently shot dead by security forces as he attempted to conduct a stabbing attack armed with a butcher's knife.

Ibrahim Barda'aya, a 54-year-old single resident of al-Aroub to the north of Hevron in Judea, was recently shot dead by security forces as he attempted to conduct a stabbing attack armed with an ax.

The imam of Barda'aya's mosque Abdallah Azam told the Hamas paper Palestine that the terrorist merited to be a "martyr" and to "marry virgins in Paradise," reciting the classic Muslim trope used in inciting terror attacks.

According to the terrorist's imam, Azam chose to be single and consciously did not marry specifically because he wanted to die a terrorist and "marry virgins" in the afterlife. Barda'aya's family members made similar statements to the paper.

In Muslim theology "martyrs" are those who die while trying to implement the path of Allah, and they are given immediate atonement for all their sins with the first drop of their blood.

"Martyrs" are likewise freed of the tribulations of the grave, a crown of honor is placed on their heads, and they marry 72 virgins from Paradise known as Hoor al-Ayn. 

They can bring 70 of their family members along with them into Paradise.

An added twist is that "martyrs" are granted the sexual potency of 100 men, according to the Muslim faith.

Apparently all of the perks were too much for Barda'aya to resist and he happily set off to murder Jews, before being shot dead in his tracks.

The "martyr" belief further posits that if the Muslim wife of a "martyr" is devout she will remain his wife in Paradise.

 Women are eligible for the delights of the world to come with their husbands. If a Muslim woman marries several times, she will belong to her last husband in Paradise.

One of the traditions posits that in Paradise each man will have only one wife, while the righteous will have two wives, and "martyrs" will have 72 because they enter Paradise without any sins on their souls.

A Woman Will Replace Andrew Jackson On $20 Bill ..... Chareidim Outraged!

Will the Rebbis and their Gabbaim reject the "lady" 20s' with the kvittlach?

Will the chassidim now have to pony up 100 dollar bills?

There are rumors that Askanim in Kiryas Yoel are scrambling to lobby congress to have the late Rebbetzin Feige Teitelbaum's photo on the $20.00 bill.....but these are only rumors...
The Cheshben is ... that since it was decided to put a lady on the $20.00 bill why not have a photo of a "tzadeikis" on it?
R' Aron Teitelbaum's rebbetzin has been ruled out because she speaks Ivrit, Lo aleinu  and is a closet Zionist!
R' Zalman Leib's rebbettzin has also been ruled out since she makes a lousy  potato keegel and it  tastes like manure!

The Lakewood aAskanim don't give two hoots as long as the bills are legal tender, they will take them! 

But they did discuss cutting out all female names from the entire Tanach ....and eliminating Taanis Esther because it congers up all kinds of evil thoughts!

The Editors of Yated, Hamodia, Ami and Mishpacha are meeting to discuss what measures they can take to influence Congress not to go ahead with this proposal ... they will point out that they have been in business now for over a decade and their readers have no idea  what a female looks like, yet they manage to sell papers and magazines!
On the agenda will be a discussion of the "shidduch crises" as well!
The editors feel that putting a photo of a lady on the 20 dollar bill, chas v'sholom, may exacerbate the crises, since the bochrim will now look at the bill and expect the girls they date to look like the lady on the bill! 

I understand that no Herring will be served at this meeting!

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew will announce this week that Alexander Hamilton will remain on the $10 bill and Andrew Jackson will be pushed off the $20 note in favor of a woman from American history, The Daily Mail reports.

The announcement will come around a year after an online petition called for Jackson to be replaced with a woman, and ten months after Lew announced he wanted to replace Hamilton instead. Rather than removing Hamilton from the $10 bill, the rear of the note will instead feature a mural depicting women’s suffrage, The Daily Mail adds.

Jackson will be ousted in favor of a woman representing the fight for racial equality, the source said.

The new $20 note won’t be issued until 2030 at the earliest.

Kiddush Fight over Shmaltz Herring, One Herring Fresser Stabbed

I don't know .... In my shul all Kideishim have a million different herrings ... 
I personally prefer the real Matjes Herring, and I would probably stab someone for a piece! 


During the Shabbas morning kiddush at a synagogue in Melbourne, Australia, one of the men stabbed his fellow synagogue mates, moderately wounding him in the upper body, according to a report in Kikar Shabbat.

The Age reports the attack happened near the Yeshiva Synagogue.Kikar HaShabbat says it happened at the Rambam Synagogue.

According to witnesses, a fight broke out between the two over some herring that one didn’t want to pass to the second. The man then picked up a knife and stabbed the other man, to the shock of everyone else there.

Hatzalah quickly treated the man and he was taken to the hospital.

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