FACEBOOK AND THE INTERNET

I HAVE LATELY LOOKED ON FACE BOOK ,ON THE INTERNET.
I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
AND WHAT THE RABONIM ARE BANNING, AND SHOUTING ABOUT THAT THIS IS DESTROYING THE YOUTH.

THERE IS A COMMON DENOMINATOR OF THE YOUTH JOINING THE INTERNET ,AND NOT CARING ABOUT THE RABONIM.
AND THAT IS THAT THEY ARE LONELY , GIRLS AS WELL AS BOYS, NOBODY TALKS TO THEM , THE RABONIM DO NOT BEFRIEND THEM,  
BEFORE THEY TURN INTO DROP-OUTS.

THE ASKONIM ARE MORE WORRIED ,ABOUT SHECHITA BEING BANNED IN EUROPE,
THEN IF THEY WILL HAVE CHILDREN WHO WILL WANT TO EAT KOSHER.
THESE CHILDREN, AND YOUTH NEED ATTENTION ,AND LOVE AND WE HAVE NOT EDUCATED THE PARENTS TO GIVE THIS TO THEM.

LOTS OF PARENTS DO NOT SEE THE PROBLEM TILL IT IS TO LATE.
I USED TO WONDER WHY SO MANY KOLLEL YUNGERLEIT GO TO THESE TZDOKA PARTIES  AND GIVE MONEY THROUGH A CREDIT CARD  WHICH THEY DO NOT EVEN HAVE.
THEY ARE LONELY AND LOOKING FOR COMPANY.

I AM SURE THAT ONE OF THE ONLY PEOPLE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THIS IS RABBI OSHER SHAPIRO.HE CAN VERIFY WHAT I AM SAYING.
SOMETHING IS WRONG THAT WE HAVE SO MANY DROP-OUTS.
I HAVE A LONG TIME AGO SOLVED THE PROBLEM IN BEING LONELY, AS THE BEIS YISROEL SAID TO ME MAKE THE RIBONO  SHEL OLAM  YOUR FRIEND.
I DO THIS BY PRAYING , MEDITATING , AND LEARNING LOTS AND LOTS OF TORAH YOU GET A FEELING THAT G-D IS NEXT TO YOU ALL THE TIME AND IS YOUR FRIEND.

THE MAKING OF A TZADDIK

DON'T YOU THINK THAT WE ARE CONCENTRATING TOO MUCH  ON THE GREAT HASHGACHAH ON  BEING MEKAREV BAALEI TESHUVAH ?
WE FORGET COMPLETELY ABOUT OUR YOUNG CHILDREN ,TEENAGERS AND ADULTS  WHO NEED HELP  IN KIRUV TO STAY IN YIDDISKEIT..
IN YOUR ARTICLE IN THE HAMODIA , YOU PUT IN SO MUCH EFFORT, TO BRING PEOPLE BACK WHO HAVE MARRIED NON JEWS.
YOU LEAVE OUT( YOU DON'T WRITE ABOUT ) THE PROBLEMS HE HAD TO LEAVE HIS WIFE OF TWENTY SEVEN YEARS.

I CAN SEE HASHGACHAH IN MY EVERYDAY LIFE.
THE PERSON AND ORGANISATIONS ,PUTTING EFFORT TO BRING PEOPLE BACK, SHOULD PUT IN THAT EFFORT THAT PEOPLE SHOULD NOT DROP OUT IN THE FIRST PLACE  ( WE HAVE SO MANY DROPPING OUT).
EVERY YOUNGSTER  WHO BECOMES A DROP -OUT, HAS BEEN BADLY TREATED BY TEACHERS OR BY ADMINISTRATORS OF SCHOOLS ,WHO WONT ACCEPT CHILDREN BECAUSE THE MOTHERS  DRESS A BIT MODERN.
I HAVE ASKED HEAD MASTERS HOW DO THESE CHILDREN FEEL?
SECOND CLASS CITIZENS.  

THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM OF NOW BUT YEARS AGO AS WELL.
A LITTLE STORY TO HIGHLIGHT THE POINT. TWENTY YEARS AGO I HAD TWO SONS IN BELZ CLAPTON COMMON,
MY BIG SON WHO WAS SIXTEEN  HAD LEARNED IN THEIR  CHEDER FOR TEN YEARS AND THEN THREE YEARS IN THE YESHIVA KETTANA.
HE WAS A GOOD BOY AND THE BELZERS WANTED I SHOULD SEND HIM TO BELZ IN ISRAEL.

MY WIFE AND I DID NOT WANT THIS FOR TWO REASONS.
NUMBER ONE WE WANTED TO SEND HIM TO A YESHIVA IN ENGLAND,GATESHEAD.
NUMBER TWO ALSO A VERY IMPORTANT POINT WE DID NOT WANT OUR CHILD TO BE KIDNAPPED BY AN ORGANISATION NO DIFFERENCE, BELZ,SATMAR,OR GUR.
IT WAS B"H OUR CHILD, WHO G-D GAVE US ,AND WE WANTED TO  INFLUENCE AND EDUCATE HIM, WE DID NOT WANT HIM TO BELONG TO ANY ORGANISATION .
ALL OF THEM TAKE OVER THE YOUNG TEENAGERS AND THE PARENTS HAVE LITTLE OR NO MEANING TO THEM, I DO  NOT HAVE TIME OR SPACE TO GO IN  TO DETAILS.

WHAT DO YOU THINK HAPPENED THE NEXT TERM MY SECOND SON WAS TOLD TO LEAVE THE CHEDER, I HAD PAID THE SCHOOL FEES IN ADVANCE THESE WERE NEVER RETURNED TO ME TO THIS DAY.
I RAN TO THE RABONIM ,RABBIS OF THE ORGANISATION THEY HAD NO TIME THEY WERE BUSIER" LICKING "THE RICH ON THE GROUNDS THEY NEED TO RAISE FUNDS.

MY SECOND SON UNDERSTOOD QUIET WELL WHAT HAPPENED AND WILL NOT GO INTO BELZ TO THIS VERY DAY.
BUT HE COULD EASILY HAVE TURNED INTO A DROP- OUT.


UPDATE:

Hamodia's Response

Dear Gaby Lock,
Our editorial board reviewed your letter and we are genuinely sorry you had such negative experiences. Your email clearly comes from a place of deep pain and we empathize with you. In the future we hope to present more material for young frum people struggling with today’s challenges to their Yiddishkeit. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

Sarah Birnhack
Managing Editor
Inyan – Hamodia’s Weekly Magazine

Gateshead

I WAS IN GATESHEAD BOARDING SCHOOL IN 1955-1956.
IT WAS A TERRIBLE PLACE.
THEY DID NOT KNOW HOW TO GIVE LOVE ONLY DISCIPLINE.
THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERED.

RABBI BAMBURGER AND THE STAFF SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN IN EDUCATION.
WHEN YOU LOOK HOW THEY BEHAVED TO US,
I CAN UNDERSTAND THE CRUELTY OF THE NAZIS.

MY SON LEARNED WITH REB AVROHOM GURWICZ .ASK TOTTEY LEBRECHT.
AT THAT TIME WHAT WAS RESPECTED IN GATESHEAD YESHIVA WAS HOW YOU LEARNED. NOT IF YOU WERE CHASSIDH OR A LITVISHER .
TO-DAY IT IS ALL POLITICS OR MONEY, THE SAME CORRUPTION AS BY THE CHASSIDISHE YESHIVOT.

ALL A BIG SHOW.
MAKE THE MOST OF REB AVROHOM GURWICZ.
AS WHEN HE GOES YOU WILL HAVE NOTHING TO REPLACE HIM.