Satmar Rebbe's Favorite Country .. IRAN ... Breached the 2015 Nuclear Deal's Stockpile Limit

 א' קרח כ"ז סיון תשע"ט

The Holy Rebbe of Satmar, R Aron Teitelbaum who begged US Congressmen to back the Iran Deal .... must be very happy with his work fighting the State of Israel ..... since his favorite country, Iran is very close to having complete Nuclear capabilities...

In addition, Iran just threatened Israel again ... stating that Israel will be totally annihilated, Chas Ve'Shalom if the US should attack Iran!

IRan has breached the limit of its enriched uranium stockpile set in a 2015 deal with major powers, two sources told Reuters on Monday, defying a warning by European co-signatories to stick to the deal despite U.S. sanctions.

“As we announced when we said our steps would continue, the stockpile has passed 300 kg,” one of the sources said.

Iran has breached the limit of its enriched uranium stockpile set in a 2015 deal with major powers, two sources told Reuters on Monday, defying a warning by European co-signatories to stick to the deal despite U.S. sanctions.

“As we announced when we said our steps would continue, the stockpile has passed 300 kg,” one of the sources said.

Don't forget Ezra "the capo" Friedlander wrote an op-ed in Jewish Newspapers supporting the deal...
Lo Tishkach! 

The Rebbe also made the bizarre statement 

"That it is prohibited to learn Torah in Israel"

Carlebach Ve'Shomru Sung With Names of Ball Players ...Very Clever

Mental Health of Three Generations Has Been Harmed by the Holocaust

The physical effects of the Holocaust are still present in the brains of survivors’ grandchildren, research suggests.

The mental health of at least three generations of the same families was potentially damaged, say scientists, suggesting that the environment that one lives in can affect your offspring’s genes.

The study presented at a meeting of the European Academy of Neurology in Oslo was based on 56 people aged 79 and 80, half of whom survived the Holocaust. 

It found that survivors had significantly less grey matter, or neurons, in areas of the brain responsible for stress response, memory, motivation, emotion, learning and behaviour.

Lead author Professor Ivan Rektor, from Masaryk University, Czech Republic, said: ‘Early results show this is also the case in children of survivors, too.’

The findings may lead to descendants being offered therapy to help them cope with the emotional legacy of the genocide, Professor Rektor added. 

Further research will identify markers of stress resilience and post-traumatic growth and will determine whether transmission to offspring is based on behavioural, psychological or genetic factors.

Litvak Who Went From Shul to Shul To Tear Up The Sefarim "Yalkut Yoisef" Caught Red Handed

Amongst us frum Jews ... this is nothing knew .... the Rambam's Seforim were burned.... not by the goyim but by "Frum Jews."

The Seforim of the Ramchal were destroyed and he was chased out of town by "Frum" Jews! etc etc ....

And now the Seforim of Harav Yosef Yitzchok ...

ילקוט יוסף

Shuls all over put cameras in to see who was doing it ...

it didn't take long and they found the culprit ...

A Litvak .... .....

Hey forget about the prohibition of destroying seforim containing Torah ...

What about "Gezilah" .... stealing????

So now if you are a Litvak not only do you stop people from getting to work by protesting about nothing .....

Now you are destroying property of others ....

The Litvaks read the words of the Aseres Hadibrois that states:

לא תגנוב

as

לו תגנוב

They are "Talmeidei Chachomin"  and they read the Kree (meaning how it is read) not the Ksiv (how it's written) ...

They read that it's a "Mitzvah to Steal" if I don't agree with what's written in those  Sefarim!

Day Yoimie Snippets ... Bechoros Dafim 53 ,54,55,56,57 , 58 & 59

A great opportunity for the entire family, to share some thoughts on the daf ...  the  family feels united by discussing what the head of the house is studying.
I try to break it down so that everyone can understand it .... 

You can copy and print this without my consent, since Torah belongs to all of us..... 

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''Fruit Consecrated to the Beis Ha'Mikdash"

What is the halacha regarding fruits consecrated to the Beis Ha'Mikdash shortly before the Bais Ha'Mikdash got destroyed?

Halacha stipulates that since the Bais Ha'Mikdash was destroyed, nothing could be done with previously consecrated fruits. Such fruit must remain untouched and left to rot, as everyone is forbidden to benefit from the fruit.

Press "read more" right below to see rest of the dafim

Does The Satmar Rebbe Have a "Chelik in Olam Habah?

I am getting a kick out of this .... this is got to be one of the funniest "shaalois" I heard in a long time....

There is a very popular Torah newsletter in Israel that is called 

"Oilam Katan" "Small World" ........

On the very front cover they have a series of questions and answers (shaalois Uh"teshuvois) in halacha and hashkafah .... 

Someone writes in a question and Harav Shlomo Aviner is usually the one answering ....

For those who don't know, Harav Shlomo Aviner wrote a Sefer many years ago in response to the Satmar Rebbe, R' Yoel Teitelbaum's sefer "Al Hagilah Ve'al Hatmurah ...

The Satmar Rebbe panicked after the 6 day war in 1967 ... afraid that he would be losing his whole anti-Zionist agenda with his own Chassidim, because of the great miracles that happened during the 1967 war, which brought on an unprecedented  wave of Baalei-Tesuvah ... who saw with their very own eyes, miracles.....

And so the Rebbe responded with a little book challenging the hundreds and thousands of eye-witness accounts of these miracles and basically wrote that the "miracles" were acts of the Satan which he called the "Sitra Achra."

As far as the unprecedented mass movement of Baalei Teshuvah, he dismissed it and wrote that "Shabsai Tzvi also produced a mass Baalei Teshuvah movement!"

In response, Rabbi Shlomo Aviner wrote a very scholarly thick Sefer called "Aleh Naaleh" עלה נעלה that totally eviscerated the entire premise of "Al Hagulah Ve'Al Ha"Temurah.," and R' Aviner did it with the greatest respect.
You will not be able to find this book in your local Sefarim Store...I believe Tuvia in Monsey has some copies!

Back to the Newsletter:

Question: 

"Does the Admar from Satmar have a Cheilik in Olam Habah Because he has separated himself (with his ideas) from the rest of the Jewish nation?"

Translated Loosely: "Does the Satmar Rebbe have a portion in the World to Come since his ideas are  different from the ideas of the frum world.?"

Answer From Harav Aviner:

"He Absolutely has a Chielik in Olam Habbah ..... and You have to do Tesuvah for even asking such a question!!! "

Very Soon You Will Be Able To be "Oleh Regel" On The Exact Same Steps As They did 2,000 Years Ago

In 2004, a sewage pipe burst in the middle of the neighborhood of Silwan in southeast Jerusalem. 

The municipality sent in a crew of construction workers to fix the leak, and as is the case in Jerusalem and especially in neighborhoods adjacent to the Old City, they were accompanied by a team of archeologists.
As the repairs progressed, the construction workers stumbled upon some long and wide stairs a few dozen meters from where the Shiloah – the ancient pool Jewish pilgrims would dip in before beginning the religious ascent to the Temple, until its destruction in 70 CE – was believed to have once stood. The steps were just like the ones that lead to the Hulda Gates, a set of now blocked entrances along the Temple Mount’s Southern Wall.

Discovery of the Shiloah Pool led to another monumental find – the central water drainage channel that had served ancient Jerusalem. This channel is the tunnel that visitors to the City of David – known as Ir David – get to walk through today, starting at the bottom of the Shiloah and emerging about 45 minutes later next to the Western Wall. 

As is often the case with archeology, though, the first discovery or two are just the beginning. That is how a few weeks ago I found myself on an exclusive tour of an ancient road dug out beneath the village of Silwan and above the now well-known water channel (also the place where Jewish rebels made a final stand against the Roman invaders).

The ancient street is referred to as “Pilgrimage Road,” since archeologists are convinced that this is the path millions of Jews took three times a year when performing the commandment of aliyah l’regel – going up to the holy city of Jerusalem to bring sacrifices to God during Judaism’s three key holidays, Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot.

AMUKA - A LEGEND FOR People Needing A Shidduch

This Shabbos, 26th of Sivan (June 29) is the 'yahrzeit' (anniversary of death) of Rabbi Yonatan Ben Uziel. For many Jews, desperate to get married, this is the date they have been waiting for.

At Amuka, ceremonies will be taking place in four shifts, for 24 hours non-stop, at a special Tikkun (all-night Torah study) known as "the 160 Silver Coins Tikkun."

You would need a very large map of Israel to show Amuka. There is no settlement there, no village. But you will be able to find it if you believe in miracles. For Amuka is said to be the source of many miracles, and the reason that Orthodox Jews travel from all across the world to come here.

To reach this spot, you must circumvent the beautiful city of Safed in the Galilee, in the north of Israel, and find the road that leads to Rosh Pina. Then take the opposite direction along a narrow road, twisting and turning through fragrant pine forests.

Arrows thoughtfully provided by believers will lead you towards the mountain summit. There you will come upon a deep valley and see a lonely grave at the bottom. You have found Amuka.

It is the grave of Rabbi Yonatan Ben Uziel, born in the 1st century BCE, Rabbi Hillel's most outstanding pupil. He translated the prophets into Aramaic, and it is said that a Heavenly Voice was heard demanding to know who it was who had revealed His mysteries to man. Rabbi Jonathan answered that he had done so "not for the sake of personal honor, but in order that disputes shall not multiply in Israel."

And that's not all. It is said that the words of Torah were so sweet on the lips of Rabbi Jonathan, that bands of angels gathered overhead to listen. How this learned man came to occupy a revered place in the minds and hearts of so many Orthodox Jews, so
that his gravesite would be the destination of hundreds of pilgrimages, is a story in itself.

The Ancient City of BEIT SHEMESH

If you stick a spade in the ground anywhere in Israel, there’s a good chance that you will uncover some ancient artifact.

Israel, which in its long history has been overrun by dozens of foreign armies, is a prime place for such discoveries, each group having left behind some relic that has remained buried beneath the sands of time.

But in revealing these ancients relics, the questions arises as to what you are going to do with them. Typically, a cluster of government organizations will descend on the location to decide whether what you have uncovered is worthy of preservation. If it is, then the question arises as to how it is to be preserved. Will it stay in the place where it was found, or be removed to a museum? Alternatively, will it be covered over for good, allowing a modern developer to build over it?


These questions have recently arisen around the ancient city of Beit Shemesh in the center of the country, adjacent to route 38. At the end of 2018, an archaeological dig revealed a large settlement that was apparently used as a center for the production of olive oil. This was a major discovery since the site was dated as flourishing during the late First Temple period, around the eighth to seventh century BCE. This made the site particularly significant in that it is clearly connected to the Biblical period as mentioned in the second Book of Kings.

What was surprising to the archaeologists was that this site went against the perceived assumptions of the period – that after the Assyrian king Sennacherib (2 Kings, Chapters 18 and 19) had plundered much of the kingdom of Judea, destroying many of the fortified cities including Beit Shemesh, the cities were left as ghostly reminders of the vicious Assyrian invasion. The dig in Beit Shemesh clearly shows that this city, at least, was revived, under the aegis of the Assyrian or Babylonian empires and indeed flourished as an important economic center for the kingdom of Judea.

“It’s significant,” explains Dr. Yehuda Govrin, chief archaeologist on the site, “that the development of the area took place lower down, at the foot of the Tel. Any rebuilding of the Tel might have suggested a potential rebellion. But lower down, development was permissible.”

Parshas Shlach ...The Story of the Meraglim Dvar Torah by DIN

by Ha'Admir Me'"DIN"

מאת הקטן "דאס איז נייעת" מק"ק בית שמש 

 לפנים אדמ''ר במנסי

In Chutz Le'aarets, all Shuls will be reading Parshas Shlach!
The Torah deliberately put the tragic story of the spies into the Torah so that we, in the here and now, could learn some lessons.

What really was the underlying sin of the meraglim?

There is absolutely no question that this sin was a grave one indeed, pun intended....

We know as the Torah tells us that as a result of this sin, the entire generation, save just a few, died in the desert and didn't have the merit to enter Eretz Yisrael.

And the punishment as a result of this sin didn't die with those who perished in the desert, it continues to haunt us to this very day...

If this were a sin of just a rare incident that would have occurred in the desert with just a very few minor people instigating this ...then the result would have ended right there with no repercussions to future generations and we would have absolutely no lessons to learn from that particular incident.

This tragic story of the spies had certain characteristics that are very similar to the life of every individual in particular and the nation as a whole on a daily basis and because of this fact, every generation has an obligation to review, learn and take notice ....

The spies according to Rashi were כשרים ......they were righteous...
according to the Zohar they were "Tzaddikim"
They were the leaders, the "gedoilim" of that generation ...
The Spies, wern't  regular "Joe Shmos'" ... the guy who is busy going to work and who is struggling to support his family and grabs some time to do the Daf......
Nope it was according to Chazal the "Gedoilim" of that generation...
it wasn't the little guy who runs to the first minyan and has "Amunah Peshutah" 
No it was the Talmeidei Chachumim.....the elite... the intellectuals..
they were the ones who brought down the entire Klall!

I'm not saying this to denigrate "Talmedei Chachamim" Chas Ve'Shalom ...I am just quoting Chazal ....
They are pointing this out ... so that the regular folk should see and recognize when they are being taken for a ride down the slippery slope..
What you need to do is see who the "askanim" surrounding the Gadol are and see what information they are feeding them......
The Gedoilim are not reading newspapers ...they are getting the info from those who surround them ...


I will point out one aspect of this transgression in particular.

ותשא כל העדה ויתנו את קולם ויבכו העם בלילה ההוא 

אמר רבה אמר ר' יוחנן (אותו היום) תשעה באב היה 

אמר להם הקב''ה

אתם בכיתם בכיה של חנם ואני קובע לכם בכיה לדורות 

(תענית כט א)

ומן אותה שעה נגזרה על בית המקדש שתתחרב

(במדב''ר טז כ)

The Torah states right after the nation heard the report of the spies:


That "the entire nation raised their voices and cried on that very night"

Said Rabbah in the name of R' Yochanan (Taanis 29) 
That, that night was Tisha Be'ov
"Hashem proclaimed:
"Since you cried for nothing, I will establish a day for your future generations to cry"

The Midrash states: "that night Hashem issued the edict that the future Bais Hamikdash will be destroyed"

The Meraglim, the spies stood in front of the Jewish people ...
... as Yehosha and Calev separated themselves from them, 

10 of them called out in unison, with weakness of spirit, ignoring the Divine command, not giving any thought and understanding of the magnitude of vision and time and proclaimed:
''לא נוכל לעלות אל העם כי חזק הוא ממנו''
"The nation (the Jews) will not be able to overpower (the Canaanites) since they are very strong"

On the opposite end of the spectrum, stood Yehoshua and Calev, with a strong spirit, following the Divine command, giving intense thought to their mission and understood the magnitude  of that vision and stated:
''עלה נעלה וירשנו אתה כי יכול נכל לה''
"YES!!! WE WILL GO UP AND CONQUER, AND WE WILL OVERPOWER THEM"
No ... they didn't hesitate, they wanted this cry of עלה נעלה to capture the moment, realizing that this statement ... would be a lesson for future generations .... 

The Jewish people as individuals and as a group were given the choice ..... 

Do you want to grumble and cry and give up on the vision and  hope and forego the magnitude of the moment?

Or

Are you going to be courages and realize the great lifetime opportunity that will benefit this generation and all future generations?

They instead cried and and decided not to jump at this great choice and opportunity and were instead doomed ...
and the day that could have been a day salvation and happiness, instead..... became a day of weeping for generations!

That choice stands in front of us today as well.....

Are we going to moan and groan and complain about the Zionists like the Meraglim that complained about Canaanites ....
Are we going to use the words of the Meraglim that "Eretz Yisrael is surrounded by enemies?"
Are we going to listen to those leaders that say it is prohibited to learn in Israel?
Are we going to look for aggadatas that discourage us from making Aliyah or are we going to look in the entire Shulchan Aruch and Rambam's Mishna Torah to see if anyone of the Rishonim pasken that way...

or

Are we going to be courages and make that step and say what Calev boldly and fearlessly said:

 עלה נעלה 

"We Have No Connection to the State of Israel" Charedie "Gedoilim" Shout at a Fake Gathering in NYC

I have said this before and I guess I will have to write it again .....

There is absolutely no frum girl sitting in an Israeli Jail, because she refused to enlist in the Army ....

I will say it again for those who are illiterate and can only read it slowly:

THERE ISN'T A Frum Girl In Jail in the entire State of Israel for refusing to be enlisted in the Israeli army!!!!!!!! 

So what's going on???

 Satmar has a Shitta'h  that one shouldn't disobey the laws of the host country .....
so too... we living in Israel have similar rules that everyone ..boy or a girl that is of age must REGISTER for the IDF! Period!
This law is on the books for 71 years....
nothing, zilch ... has changed!

If you can show that you have been in Dati or Chareidie school, you get an exemption ....
For Girls: If you have a letter from your Rabbi that you are a Shomeret Torah Umitzvois ... you get an exemption!

Those two sisters (who are huge trouble makers) refused to register for the draft, so they got arrested ..... very simple... you don't need a Rashi .. for this ...

I live in Israel ...and the protests were very sparse and minimal...
on Motzei Shabbos an Egged Bus Drive didn't stop and just went into the small crowd .... no one, B"H,  was injured... and the protesters ran like hell ..
What if someone would have gotten killed? 
Who would the "arrested girls" blame?
The Driver?? 
The girls would have had blood on their hands...absolutely!!

In Bet Shemesh, the protest had maybe 100 people ... one of them an "alter kocker" lost his "fake" leg......

So in Israel it wasn't a big deal, no one really cares...we have other things to worry about ...and the Eida Ha'Chareidis of Israel couldn't get anything off the ground ....everyone and their uncle ignored the crazed "pashkevilin" and "Kol Koras" against the State, so they contacted Satmar Askanim and asked them to organize the "Asifa,"in Chutz Le'aaretz in Manhattan..

 If you really stop and think about it you will see "Syateh De'smayah" .... since its Parshas Shlach in Chutz Le'aaretz and Parshas Shlach discusses the saga of the Meraglim ... where "Gedoilei Yisraoel" spoke Lashan Hara against Eretz Yisrael in the Midbar which was Chutz Le'Aartez ..... 

Here in Manhattan one of the Chutz Le'aarerz "gedoilim" who shall remain nameless, shouted to the entire goyishe world 
"We have no connection to the State of Israel"
That statement segues perfectly with the parsha they are reading in Israel...
Parshas Korach!

Monroe Satmar Rebbe Prohibits Students To Learn Torah in Israel "Must Stay in the US And Learn Satmar Torah!

Thousands of Satmar bochrim from 24 Satmar Yeshivois in New York gathered in Kiryas Yoel for a meeting to "strengthen the Torah learning of Reb Yoel Teitelbaum's Torah"

This meeting was set up to give Chizuk to the students before they go to summer camp!

The Rebbe spoke about "how a Satmar Bochur" must behave:

1) To learn Torah (I guess now he is talking about the Torah that was given at Har Sinai). 

2) Have fear of heaven..

3) Have good Charachter (good middos)

4) To learn the Satmar Rebbe, R' Yoel Teitelbaum's Torah (I guess this wasn't given at Har Sinai)..and to constantly have the Rebbe's words totally absorbed in one's body!

But then R' Aron Teitelbaum, Satmar Rebbe of Monroe ...repeated the prohibition to learn Torah in Eretz Yisroel .....

he also reminded the Satmar boys that they are in Galut and must abide by the laws of their host country ;) including to be vaccinated.

But then he contradicted himself, and told them to learn from the "Bnei Yissascher" daily! ...

אלפי בחורים מחסידות סאטמר הלומדים ב-24 ישיבות הפרוסות ברחבי ניו יורק, התאספו בהיכל ביהמ"ד הגדול בקרית יואל לכינוס האדיר "דולה ומשקה", בכדי לחזק ולשנן את תורת האדמו"ר רבי יואליש מסאטמר זצ"ל, בראשות האדמו"ר.

ל'בחדרי חרדים' נודע כי האדמו"ר נשא בפניהם דברי חיזוק לקראת צאתם לקעמפים יחד עם רבבות אלפי החרדים הנוסעים למשך חודשי הקיץ להרי הקטסקילס.

האדמו"ר תיאר כיצד צריך להתנהג בחור המשתייך לחסידות סאטמר, בתורה, ביראת שמים ובמידות טובות. כן נשא דברי השקפה במשנת דודו זקנו האדמו"ר ה'דברי יואל' זצ"ל וקרא להמשיך ולדבוק בספריו ולשנן אותם הדק היטב, כדי שתורתו תהא ספוגה באורח חייהם.

עוד נודע ל'בחדרי חרדים' כי האדמו"ר מסאטמר דיבר ארוכות על אודות האיסור לנסוע ללמוד בארץ הקודש והסביר בין הייתר כי גם בארה"ב שאנחנו בגלות אסור למרוד באומות.

כן מחה האדמו"ר על חילול השם הנורא שהתרחש בניו יורק בשבוע האחרון על ידי כמה חרדים שנתנו ידם להעברת החוק המחייב כל אזרח לחסן את ילדיו מפני המחלות המסוכנות כמו החצבת המדבקת. 

בדברי ההדרכה לבחורים תיקן הרבי ללמוד שיעור יומי בספה"ק 'דרך פקודיך' של בעל ה'בני יששכר' זי"ע מדינוב.

Boyanir Rebbe Does away with Gartel ...Takes Daughter's Hand And Dances

"GO TO HELL" ...... Really? What does "Hell" even mean?" Here See A Kabbalistic Answer and Approach

In this essay, we will explore the different words for gehinnom (commonly translated as “hell” or “purgatory”).

 The Talmud (Eruvin 19a) cites Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi’s statement that there are seven Biblical terms which refer to gehinnom: sheol, avadon, be’er shachat, bor shaon, tit hayaven, tzal-mavet, and eretz hatachtit. 

In the following paragraphs, we will explore the literal and esoteric meanings of these seven terms, as well as several more.

Worker For Jewish Diamond Dealer Sues Him For $7 Million Caims Boss Harassed,Tormented Her,

Raimonda Jarusauskaite 

A woman working for an international diamond dealer is suing the company and one of its bosses for what she claims is an executive’s “demented fixation” on her and his long-running campaign to get her fired.

Raimonda Jarusauskaite alleges in her lawsuit that Diamonds International Chief Operating Officer Morris Gad “terrorized” her through his efforts to push her out, causing her to fear for her life and the lives of her children.

The lawsuit, filed Monday in Manhattan Supreme Court, claims Gad falsely accused her of orchestrating an armed robbery at a company outpost in Playa de Carmen, Mexico, where she worked and then waged a campaign to discredit and harass her in the local media.

First Democratic debate was a good night — for .......Trump!

Section 1325! ....................Section 1325! 

For a few crucial minutes in the middle of the first Democratic presidential debate, Julián Castro (polling average: 0.8 percent) took over the proceedings by challenging his fellow candidates to endorse the repeal of Section 1325 of the Immigration and Naturalization Act.

What’s it about? Don’t ask.

He yelled at Beto O’Rourke about it and expressed his deep disappointment that O’Rourke wasn’t joining him in supporting the repeal of Section 1325.

O’Rourke is at 3.3 percent in the Real Clear Politics polling average, so you can see why Castro thought it was so important to nail him. If he really cuts into Beto’s support, Castro might rise to a whole 1.5 percent.

Meanwhile, Elizabeth Warren — poll average 12.8 percent — could barely get a word in edgewise.

ISRAELI COMPANY WILL HELP SECURE US BORDER WITH MEXICO

Israeli defense electronics company Elbit Systems announced on Wednesday that its US subsidiary has been awarded a $26 million contract by the US Customs and Border Protection to install a multi-sensor system to monitor the U.S.-Mexico border.

According to a report in the Israeli financial daily Globes, Elbit will install an Integrated Fixed Towers (IFT) system in Arizona.

Elbit has been involved in a number of projects with US Customs regarding border security.

The IFT system is a command and control center with sensors that monitors the US-Mexico border and provides intelligence to agents patrolling on the ground.

“Elbit Systems of America is honored to have been selected by the CBP and the Tohono O’odham Nation to provide a solution to suit the needs of those living and working along the border in the Casa Grande Area of Responsibility. This project clearly demonstrates our company’s mission to provide innovative solutions that protect and save lives,” said Elbit Systems of America president and CEO Ranaan Horowitz, according to Globes.

The "Meraglim" Are Alive In the USA!

Allow me to explain:

Rashi tells us that the Spies in the wilderness were the leaders, the "gedoilim" of the tribes. 

Instead of conquering the Land of Israel and building the Nation of Israel in the Holy Land, they wanted to remain in the wilderness (America, France, England, Australia, South Africa…) and enjoy the Manna, the Well of Miriam, and the protection afforded by the Clouds of Glory.

They wanted to learn Torah and not get their hands dirty with the commandment of conquering and dwelling in the Promised Land. 

They wanted a private Judaism, and not the Torah of a Jewish Nation. They wanted to make do with the mitzvot incumbent on the individual and forget about the many mitzvot incumbent on the Klal – the Nation in its entirety.

They wanted to reduce the Torah to a religion, instead of the Constitution of the Israelite Nation. 

In other words, they wanted to be “Children of Wilderness” and not Children of Israel. Just like the Jews in the Diaspora want to be Children of America, and Children of France, and Children of England, and not the Children if Israel, with all of its added national obligations.

1 In 5 Americans Say Small Businesses Should Be Able To Refuse Service To Jews.....

Interesting that the same people surveyed would be upset if a bakery would refuse to bake a wedding cake for "feigalach"

How about serving self-hating Jews like the NK's?

Nineteen percent of Americans think small business owners should be allowed to refuse service to Jews if doing so would violate their religious beliefs, a new poll shows.

That is an increase from 2014, when 12 percent of respondents agreed with the statement, according to survey results published Tuesday by the Public Religion Research Institute .

Orthodox Lesbian Comedian Leah Forster Is Having the Last Laugh?

Leah Forster had last prayed at Jerusalem’s Western Wall 18 years ago. She had just graduated from high school and was still living the life of a Hasidic girl.
It was her first trip to Israel, and she had come to visit friends studying in a seminary for religious girls.

Looking back, she recalls a sense of disappointment that her first visit to the Jewish holy site had left her feeling cold. In fact, what she remembers most now is her sense of angst about what the future held. “I was like, ‘Crap, I’m coming home and I’ll probably have to get married to someone I don’t love.’”

“There were tears streaming down my face when I walked in,” Forster, 36, tells Haaretz. 

“I was so grateful and so overwhelmed. I looked to the right of me, and there was this ultra-Hasidic lady. To the left there was an Ethiopian Jew, and behind me a woman in jeans. And it was just like we’re all one. I felt so connected and grateful.”

Another big difference — perhaps the most significant — was that this time she was accompanied by her wife (also called Leah).