Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky's torn pants to be auctioned starting at $3,200

 

A pair of pants coming up for auction are being described as “holy” — and not just because they’re a little torn.

Rather, the pants once belonged to the late Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, an Israeli haredi Orthodox leader considered by his followers to be the leading Jewish authority of his generation. Kanievsky died last year at age 94, and now anyone can be the owner of his trousers – provided they can afford them. The starting bid is $3,200.

The bidding at the Prime Judaica auction house in the heavily haredi New Jersey city of Lakewood begins March 1. The item is listed in Hebrew as “Holy pants from the Prince of Torah, our leader Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky.”

Included on the auction house page is a letter written and signed by Gedalyahu Konigsberg, who identifies himself as a grandson of, and former aide to, Chaim Kanievsky.

“I, the undersigned, testify that these black pants… of the Shai Shaul company, with a rip on the bottom, were worn by my elder, the esteemed Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, of blessed righteous memory, for a long period of time,” reads the letter signed by Konigsberg. “I merited to see him wearing this with my own eyes.”

On the website of an online retailer, Shai Shaul pants run from roughly $13.50 to $16.25.

Letters and legal rulings written by Kanievsky have gone to auction for hundreds and sometimes thousands of dollars and started going up for sale during his lifetime.

Three family members killed in Kiryas Joel housefire

 

Kalman Goldstein, his wife, and his seven-year-old daughter

DIN'S Comment: "????"

A fire overnight claimed the lives of three family members in the Hasidic town of Kiryas Joel in New York.

According to Kikar Hashabbat, Kalman Goldstein, his wife, and his seven-year-old daughter were killed after a fire broke out in their home as they slept overnight Wednesday.

Local firefighters worked for a long time to gain control of the blaze, and authorities are currently investigating its cause.

Kiryas Joel, officially named Palm Tree, is a town in Orange County, New York, about an hour north of New York City. The overwhelming majority of the town's residents belong to the Satmar Hassidic sect.

Desperate NYC merchants turn to K-9 units to sniff out shoplifters

 

Shoplifting has become so rampant that one of the Big Apple’s busiest commercial districts is turning to “man’s best friend” to sniff out thieves, The Post has learned.

The 34th Street Partnership — the trade group serving the neighborhood that includes Macy’s Herald Square, Penn Station and Madison Square Garden — is trying to take a bite out of crime by contracting with a firm that provides K-9 units.

The dogged pursuit was launched this month at the CVS at Eighth Avenue and West 34th Street in the heart of the district that has been plagued with thefts.

 “We’ve had a lot of complaints. A lot of shoplifting occurs in drugstores,” said Kevin Ward, the vice president of security for the 34th Street Partnership.

“We’re trying to address the issue.”

The program — which the trade group says costs in the “low-five figures monthly” — was a necessary investment amid a flood of shoplifting complaints and lax enforcement tied to the state’s soft-of-crime laws, according to Ward.

Clinton aide with Epstein ties ruled as a suicide Despite him Being found tied to tree and despite no gun at scene

 

The mysterious death of an aide to President Bill Clinton with ties to Jeffrey Epstein has been officially ruled a suicide – despite there being no sign of a weapon near the body.

Mark Middleton, 59, who served in the Clinton White House in the 1990s, was found dead on Heifer Ranch in Perryville, Arkansas on May 2, 2022, the Daily Mail reported.

Almost one year after Middleton’s death, a police report obtained by the outlet this week revealed that the Little Rock businessman was discovered with a gunshot wound to the chest and an extension cord tying his neck to a tree.

“I could see the male was obviously deceased,” Deputy Jeremy Lawson of the Perry County Sheriff’s Department wrote of his arrival at the grisly scene.

Hashem Sends His Goyim to Send Jews from Orlando a Message "Go Back to Israel!"

 

Thank you, high school dropout in a Hawaiian shirt, for reminding us that hatred of Jews and hatred of Israel always comes from exactly the same place pic.twitter.com/EeXKW8dHHE

— Itay Milner (@ItayMilner) February 22, 2023

Arab Say : “They Paid Me NIS 300 To Protest Outside The Knesset”

 

Thousands of Israelis protested against the judicial reform and the “end of democracy” outside the Knesset on Monday night.

However, various videos published on social media of protestors being interviewed showed that many of them had no idea of what the judicial reform entails. One teenage protester told Kan News that the laws dictate that “the government will decide who’s in the Knesset and whoever opposes the laws they propose will go to jail.”

Additionally, a video posted by Chareidi journalist Ariel Elharar showed that not all the participants in the protest were even “authentic” protesters.

Elharar wrote: “Yesterday at the offices of Refuah and Simcha [a chessed organization] in Jerusalem, the Arab janitor didn’t show up. When one of the employees asked him today why he didn’t come yesterday, he replied that he received NIS 300 to participate in the left-wing protest in front of the Knesset and shout: ‘We don’t want Netanyahu, we don’t want Ben-Gvir.'”

Someone responded to the post by commenting: “I was offered NIS 400 to go to the protest. Someone in Ra’anana asked me and someone else if we were going to the protest. I said ‘no’ and he said ‘come for NIS 400’ but I said ‘no.’ The guy next to me continued talking to him.”

The New Israel Fund, a US-based left-wing NGO, has admitted to financially backing anti-Netanyahu protests in Israel.

Video Shows Alligator Lunging At Woman And Her Dog In Florida

 

Terrifying video air by Inside Edtion, shows the moments before an alligator attacks an unsuspecting 85-year-old grandmother walking her dog by a lake.

Authorities say the woman, identified as Gloria Serge, “was walking her small dog along a retention pond in her community” when the alligator “pulled her into the water after attempting to take her dog,”

The horrifying drama occurred at a retirement community in Fort Pierce, Florida.

The victim’s frantic neighbor can be heard on a 911 call as the gator dragged Gloria Serge underwater.

The 11 feet-long gator was later captured and euthanized.

Jew-Haters Spew Vicious Rhetoric and Distribute Fliers Outside Broadway Show (VIDEO)

 

We are horrified to learn that white supremacists disrupted a Broadway show in NYC last night spewing their vile antisemitism and passing out ‘Goyim Defense League’ flyers vilifying the Jewish people. pic.twitter.com/ezL6EZXisX

— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) February 22, 2023

  On Tuesday, vicious Neo-Nazi antisemites protested outside the Broadway revival of Parade—a musical about the true story of the false conviction and horrific murder of a Jewish man named Leo Frank HY”D in 1915.

The members of the “National Socialist Movement” shouted at patrons, carried signs with hateful rhetoric, and attempted to distribute hate-filled fliers to people in line for the show.

It was particularly gruesome considering that the musical is an indictment against antisemitism in its most despicable form.

The show depicts the life and tragic death of Mr. Frank, a Jewish factory manager in Georgia in the early 20th century. He was falsely convicted of murdering 13-year-old factory worker Mary Phagan and sentenced to life in prison. But Mr. Frank was subsequently lynched by an angry white mob.

After his death, it was revealed that Ms. Phagan was actually murdered by Jim Conley, another factory worker. Mr. Frank has been exonerated, and the ADL was founded in response to his tragic murder.

The far-right white supremacist group falsely and baselessly accused Mr. Frank of being guilty, in addition to other crimes.

Anti-semitic Hate Group, Shout Slurs Against Jews in Orlando

 

 A disgusting and disturbing video surfaced Wednesday on social media where Jon Minadeo leader of the anti-semitic hate group “Goyim defense league”, is seen harassing Jews in front of the Chabad house in Orlando at 7347 W Sand Lake Road.

The incident happened this past Friday where several members, and its leader of the GDL, stood in front of the Chabad house shouting “go Back to Israel” and “you belong in the oven”.

The Goyim Defense League is a loose network of individuals connected by their virulent antisemitism. The group includes five or six primary organizers/public figures, dozens of supporters and thousands of online followers.

GDL attracts a range of anti-Semites and white supremacists who are motivated and united by their hatred of Jews.

Thank you, high school dropout in a Hawaiian shirt, for reminding us that hatred of Jews and hatred of Israel always comes from exactly the same place pic.twitter.com/EeXKW8dHHE

— Itay Milner (@ItayMilner) February 22, 2023

Antisemites Will Have a National “Day of Hate” Against Jews this Shabbos Around Country & Especially in Florida

 

 A “Day of Hate” is being planned for this Shabbos by a group of Neo-Nazi antisemites. It was first reported by the Chicago Police Department to its local Jewish community, and now authorities in New York and Florida are warning their Jewish communities to be vigilant.

Last month, an anti-Semitic group based in Iowa designated Feb. 25 as a “day of hate,” and other white supremacist and hate groups have since said they plan to participate, according to David Goldenberg, the Midwest regional director of the Anti-Defamation League. One of the organizations behind the plot if the Goyim Defense League (GDL).

Chicago police have been urging Jewish communities to be extra vigilant. “At this time, there is no actionable intelligence,” the department said in a statement. “We continue to actively monitor the situation.”

The NYPD has now also released a similar notice to the Chicago PD, warning New York Jewish communities to be extremely vigilant and report any suspicious activity.

In addition, the O-U has sent a message to its network of shuls, encouraging them to be vigilant and stay in contact with local law enforcement to request enhanced security. They said they have been in contact with the DHS and FBI about the threats.

Video Footage Hours Before Schwartz Killed In Miami Beach

 

 A TV station in Florida is airing exclusive footage they have obtained, were it shows an orthodox Jewish man hours before he was found dead in his car in North Miami beach, in a lot at the Wendy’s at 25 NE 167 St., just west of Interstate 95.

Local 10 TV News reported that, the surveillance video that surfaced Wednesday, showing the last time Hershy Schwartz, 40, was seen alive.

Schwartz, was looking at his phone, in his car, shortly before 3:10 a.m., on Feb. 19. He appeared to be searching for something before he got out of his car and returned at about 4:30 a.m.

Detectives suspect a robber later shot him three times and dragged him out of his car, according to relatives.

Police are tight-lipped and have only said, they have good leads.

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Christian Dentists offering FREE services to Israelis but with a catch!

 

What????? Biden now offering Ukrainians "Pensions?"

 

What?! https://t.co/s9oke0QYvW

— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) February 21, 2023

R’ Yaakov Horowitz on Pictures of Women in Jewish Publications

 

Renowned Chinuch expert Rabbi Yaakov Horowitz has posted a video on Instagram, discussing whether it is acceptable to have pictures of women in frum publications and the “public sphere.”

First reading of bills related to the judicial reform approved in the Knesset

 

The Knesset on Monday night approved the first reading of the first two laws of the judicial reform being promoted by Minister Yariv Levin.

Two bills, which relate to the Basic Law: The Judiciary, were voted upon. The two clauses which were approved are a clause dealing with changing the composition of the Judicial Selection Committee, so that it has a majority of members of the coalition, as well as a clause that will prevent the Supreme Court from striking down Basic Laws.

The bills were approved by a majority of 63 MKs who voted in favor and 47 who voted against. They will now be returned to the Knesset Constitution Committee, which will prepare them for their second and third readings.

Justice Minister Yariv Levin said after the vote, "We have taken a very important step in the process of correcting the judicial system. No longer a legal system that belongs to the elites, no longer an aristocracy. From now on - the court will belong to everyone. I am again calling on the leaders of the opposition and its members - show responsibility. Sit down and negotiate. Understandings can be reached. But the legislation cannot be watered down. I am determined to pass the reform - and nothing will deter me."

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told reporters upon leaving the plenum, "An important night and a big day. We need to enter into negotiations without preconditions."

DemonRats Are Supporting People with Dementia Running the Government.. From President to Senators

 

Once upon a time we mocked the Soviet Union for its gerontocracy. Aged party leaders, bundled up in overcoats and fur hats to the point of near-unrecognizability, would be wheeled out to sit, immobile, as parades passed or party congresses opened. Their withered, stale leadership was emblematic of the decaying USSR’s withered, stale ideology — and industrial base.

But now the joke’s on us. A leading United States senator, Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), can’t seem to remember important things, like her just-taken vote on a judicial nominee and her just-announced retirement. “Did I vote for that?” she asked an aide Wednesday, moments after leaving the chamber.

The day before, the oldest sitting senator announced she wouldn’t seek another term — or her staff did, anyway. Asked about her coming retirement an hour after the statement posted, Feinstein said, “Well, I haven’t made that decision. I haven’t released anything.” A staffer told her she had. As The Post reported, “an incredulous-sounding Feinstein” said, “You put out the statement?” before telling reporters, “I didn’t know they put it out.”

Well, Feinstein is 89. She shouldn’t be expected to remember things too well at that age. But maybe she shouldn’t be expected to serve two more years in the Senate, either.

Muslims Praise Congress for removing Ilhan Omar from Foreign Affairs Committee

 

Accusations of Islamophobia came almost immediately after the U.S. House of Representatives voted earlier this month to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from its Foreign Affairs Committee. The vote followed repeated promises from House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to remove the congresswoman due to her history of antisemitic and anti-Israel remarks.

Omar took to CNN’s State of the Union show, saying “it is politically motivated, and in some cases, motivated by the fact that many of these members don’t believe a Muslim refugee, an African, should even be in Congress, let alone have the opportunity to serve on the Foreign Affairs Committee.”

If the censure of Omar is Islamophobic, that would be news to several Muslim reform groups that work to combat radical Islamism and praised McCarthy’s decision to remove Omar from the committee.

Asra Q. Nomani, co-founder of the Muslim Reform Movement and a former professor at Georgetown University, told JNS that Omar is “a lieutenant in a dangerous network of leftists and anti-Israel Muslims that I call the ‘Woke Army.’ ”

New York Times Accuses Kiryas Yoel of diverting Millions of Dollars from Disabled Children to their other Moisdois

 

Kiryas Joel, a village north of New York City, has for years run a public school district that was created to serve Hasidic children with disabilities. The district has directed millions of dollars to the community’s private religious schools. https://t.co/cH2Kv9F7kA

— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 20, 2023

Response from KJ 

The NY Times is continuing their attack on the Hasidic Jewish community by maligning the duly elected members of the Kiryas Joel School District Board of Education, who volunteer their time to support special needs students.

This is our official response. Please share it widely. https://t.co/5s0nhqHlwk pic.twitter.com/TGrHRDZBbe

— Joel M. Petlin (@Joelmpetlin) February 20, 2023

Building in Judea and Samaria is the best response to terrorism

 

Foreign ministers of four European countries and Canada joined the US last Tuesday in opposing a decision by the Netanyahu government to regularize the status of nine Israeli towns in Judea and Samaria ("Jewish settler outposts in the occupied West Bank"), and to build some 10,000 more homes ("settler units") over the coming decade.

The foreign ministers said that they "strongly oppose unilateral actions which will only serve to exacerbate tensions between Israelis and Palestinians and undermine efforts to achieve a negotiated two-state solution."

My favorite part of this statement is the term "unilateral." Retroactively denominating and proactively planning homes for Israelis in Judea and Samaria is apparently forbidden unilateral action. And I ask: What does unilateral mean in this context?

Does it mean that without Palestinian or American approval Israel must not move an inch? Does it mean that absent a Palestinian partner for peace who is willing to come to terms with reality – which is that Judea and Samaria are part of the Jewish people's patrimony and that much of this area will become Israeli sovereign territory in any future peace accord – the "Jewish settlement situation" should be frozen?

(This, of course, as opposed to Palestinian settlement activity in Area C of the West Bank which continues at breakneck speed with European funding and support.)

Well, in the eyes of at least some international observers I fear that this is exactly what "unilateral" means. Full stop. Israel has no legitimacy whatsoever over the Green Line, and it should begin dismantling settlements – never mind that it should not arrogantly add to the settlements.

And even more so, I sense that in their eyes, it means that the State of Israel itself is retroactively one big mistaken unilateral action taken by the wayward Jews against the "indigenous" Palestinian people and against a so-called "international consensus."

To all this, I have the following to say: 

Re-establishment of a Jewish homeland in the Land of Israel after two thousand years of dispersion and persecution indeed was a "unilateral" action taken by the Jewish people! 

Jews unilaterally decided to rally around the Zionist banner and reclaim Zion. Over the past 120 years they unilaterally fought their way back into the Land of Israel against Ottoman, British, and Arab opposition.