HERE AND THERE

JOE LOBENSTEIN WRITES IN LAST WEEKS TRIBUNE 24TH NOVEMBER 2011:
"IT IS OVER THREE  WEEKS SINCE THE LAMENTED PETIRAH OF THE MIRER ROSH YESHIVA,
YET NOT A WORD IN THE JEWISH CHRONICLE ."
THE OLD RAV PADVAH  ZT,L. TOLD YOU OVER FORTY YEARS AGO
NOT TO HAVE ANY CONNECTION TO THE BOARD OF DEPUTIES
AND IT ASSOCIATES.

AND YOU ,STUPID FOOL, WITH A WITH A FEW OTHER PEOPLE,
STILL LOOK UP TO THE ENGLISH JEWISH PEOPLE.
AND RUN AFTER THEM AND SHOW INTEREST IN THEM.
WHAT DO THEY KNOW OF TORAH AND A TORAH YID.

YOU ARE OVER EIGHTY AND IT IS TIME
YOU LEARNED AND TAUGHT THE YOUNGER AGUDA LEADERS
WHO ARE THE LEADERS OF KALAL YISROEL
AND WHAT ARE THE VALUES OF A FRUM TORAH LIFE.
WE NEED TO BE PROTECTED FROM PEOPLE LIKE YOU.
NOT THE JEWISH CHRONICLE THE CHIEF RABBI AND HIS ASSOCIATES.

WE HAVE A GREAT G=D

NEARLY TWENTY YEARS AGO FOR ROSH HASHANA
I WENT TO UMAN.
I WANTED TO SEE WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT.
AT THAT TIME THERE WERE NOT EVEN 5000 PEOPLE
THERE FOR ROSH HASHANA.

ONE DAY A MAN DRESSED ALL IN WHITE GOT UP ON A TABLE
AND STARTED SHOUTING:
" WE HAVE GOT A GREAT G=D
WE HAVE GOT A GREAT G=D! ! "
I ASKED HIM WHY.
HE SAID ," I WAS BORN AND LIVED IN UMAN
WHEN THE GERMANS CAME, THEY  MADE US DIG A BIG HOLE
AND SHOT US ALL INTO THE HOLE.

I WAS ALSO SHOT AND FELL INTO THE HOLE.
I THOUGHT I WAS DEAD EVEN THOUGH I COULD MOVE,
I THOUGHT ALL DEAD PEOPLE COULD MOVE
I NEVER KNEW WHAT DEAD WAS,
AFTER A WHILE I  REALISED THAT THE GERMANS HAD
MISSED AND I WAS ALIVE.
I GOT OUT OF THE HOLE AND I AM HERE TODAY TO TELL THE TALE.

IF OUR G=D CAN SHOW THAT AFTER SUCH A DESTRUCTION,
5000 PEOPLE CAN COME TO UMAN FOR ROSH  HASHANA
THEN WE HAVE A GREAT G=D ! !
WHEN I SEE TODAY ON  THE INTERNET
THE REBUILDING OF PAST CHASSDIC HOUSES AND
100,000 TORAH LEARNING JEWS BY THE FUNERAL OF RABBI FINKEL
WE HAVE A GREAT GREAT G=D! ! .

JEWS

THE CHASSIDSHE AND LITVISHE ORGANISATIONS REMIND ME
OF FOOTBALL CLUBS IN ENGLAND.
YOU HAVE TO KEEP THEM APART,
ONE CLUB CAN NOT SEE THE OTHER WIN
SO THE FANS FIGHT WITH EACH OTHER.
I AM SURE AN  ARSENAL GIRL WILL NOT MARRY
A TOTTENHAM BOY OR VISE VERSE.
AND IF THEY DO, THE PARENTS WILL NOT TALK TO EACH OTHER.

IT SEEMS THE SAME IS IN CHASSIDISHE
OR LITVISHE YESHIVOS.
ARE WE ALL  NOT SERVING THE SAME G=D?
I AM MOCKING AS I READ AND HEAR FROM ALL PARTS
OF THE WORLD AN INTOLERANCE
OF ONE ORTHODOX  JEW TO HIS FELLOW MAN.
I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT THE NON RELIGIOUS
THEY HATE THE ORTHODOX ANYHOW.
WE WANT THE NON JEW TO LIKE US?

THE JEWISH PEOPLE

I HAVE BEEN AWAY FOR A FEW WEEKS,
TRAVELING AND MEETING JEWISH PEOPLE,
FRUM, AND NOT FRUM,
RELIGIOUS, AND NOT RELIGIOUS,
ONE THING THAT THEY HAVE IN COMMON IS
THE IGNORANCE OF WHAT IS A JEW.

WHAT MAKES US INTO A JEWISH NATION IS
THAT WE HAVE A SAYING IN THE JEWISH WORLD,
I HEARD THIS FROM MY REBBE ZT,L
"IF YOU DO NOT LEARN, YOU DO NOT KNOW ".
IF YOU DO NOT LEARN HOW TO DRIVE A CAR
YOU CAN NOT DRIVE, EVEN IF YOU THINK YOU CAN.
IT DOES NOT MATTER IF YOU  ARE NOT ORTHODOX,CHASIDISH.
OR OTHERWISE. IF YOU DO NOT LEARN
YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW TO BE A JEW,
WHAT G=D IS, AND WHAT HE WANTS FROM US.

THAT IS WHY THE NUMBER ONE THING
WE HAVE TO DO IS LEARN TORAH HOW TO BE A JEW.
I SEE LOTS OF RELIGIOUS AND  NON RELIGIOUS JEWS
THINKING THEY ARE PRACTICING THE JEWISH RELIGION
WHICH THEY HAVE LEARNED FROM THEIR FATHERS HOME.
THAT HAS NO CONNECTION TO THE JEWISH RELIGION AT ALL.

NETUREI KARTA

IN NEW YORK THE NETUREI KARTA WERE DEMONSTRATING
OUTSIDE THE U.N. AGAINST ISRAEL,
A REPORTER CAME UP TO THEM AND ASKED THEM
AS THEY WERE JEWISH AND FRUM;
"YOU PRAY THREE TIMES EVERY DAY TO G=D,
MAY OUR EYES BEHOLD YOUR RETURN TO ZION ".
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THE ISRAELIS ARE DOING.

THE  NETUREI KARTA MAN REPLIED:
"THAT WILL ONLY BE WHEN THE MESSIAH COMES."
THE REPORTER ASKED WHEN WILL THE MESSIAH COME ?
THE NETUREI KARTA MAN REPLIED
WE ANTICIPATE EVERY DAY THAT HE WILL COME,
AS WE SAY IN OUR PRAYERS:
"I BELIEVE WITH COMPLETE FAITH IN THE COMING OF THE MESSIAH ."
THE REPORTER SAID TO HIM :
SO YOUR AIM IS EXACTLY THE SAME,
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOU AND THE ISRAELIS IS TIME ! !

GEDOLIM

I AM VERY UPSET THAT WE HAVE NO GEDOLIM OR RABONIM
TO LOOK UP TO TO-DAY.
LITVISHE, CHASIDISHE,
TAKE A LOOK AT SATMAR HOW CAN I LOOK UP TO THEM ?
THE TWO BROTHERS ARE FIGHTING.

BOBOV, THE TWO RABBIS ARE FIGHTING.
AND VISNITZ AND GER HAVE THERE OWN PROBLEMS.
BELZ HAVE HAD  PROBLEMS FOR YEARS.
I FORGOT PONEVEZ  AND OTHER LITVISHE YESHIVOTH.

I WOULD RATHER ADMIT THAT WE HAVE NO GEDOLIM TO-DAY
AND THEY ARE JUST THE SAME AS ORDINARY PEOPLE.
I DO NOT FIND ANYBODY WHO I CAN LOOK UP TO.
ALL THE EMPHASISE IS PUT ON TO CLOTH ETC,ETC,
BEHAVIOUR AND MIDDOS BEN ADOM LECHAVRO THE RABBONIM
DO NOT HAVE IT, SO HOW SHOULD THE CHASDDIM ? ? ?

BUT THEN I THOUGHT MAYBE THEY CAN'T BE GEDOLIM IN EVERY
POINT IN THEIR LIFE.
THEY CAN BE GEDOLIM IN ONE MIDAH OR BEHAVIOUR
OF THEIR LIVES.
EG: TZDOKA, LEARNING TORAH, LOVING ANOTHER JEW,
BUT IN THIS POINT WE HAVE LOTS OF JEWS WHO ARE GEDOLIM
EVEN IF THEY DO NOT COME FROM A REBBISHE OR RABBONUS
ORIGIN.

A JEW PRAYS AND BELIEVES IN G=D DIRECT.
NOT IN THINGS OR PEOPLE.

NEWSHEET NEWS UPDATE

LAST WEEKS NEWSHEET HAD 94 SIDES AND THE
UPDATE HAD 86 SIDES OF ADVERTS,
WHICH ARE NOT CHEAP.
AT LEAST £ 100 A SIDE ( THE SMALL BOXES COST CHEAPER
BUT ADD UP TO THE SAME ).

THERE ARE ADVERTS WHICH I DO NOT UNDERSTAND.
WHY THEY HAD TO PUT IN AN ADVERT,
SUCH AS SATMAR GIRLS CAMP;
ALL LOST PROPERTY WILL BE KEPT UNTIL
RHOSH  HASHONA.
DO THEY WANT TO INFORM US HOW GOOD
SATMAR  IS? ?
THAT THEY HAD A GIRL'S CAMP.

JUST TO RETURN THE LOST PROPERTY TO THE GIRLS
GIVE THEM A NOTE WHEN THEY LEAVE CAMP,
THAT MRS LANDAU HAS GOT THE LOST PROPERTY.
I AM SURE THAT THE CAMP IS SUPPORTED BY TZDOKA MONEY
AND THESE ADVERTS COST A LOT.

PEOPLE ARE SPENDING A LOT AND THE CHILDREN  HAVE
NO  SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY ! !
I HOPE THEY HAVE THE MONEY THEY ARE SPENDING,
NOT LIKE SOMEONE I KNOW WHO DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THAT
A CREDIT CARD HAS TO BE PAID BACK AND YOU OWE THE MONEY.

DENOMINATO​R

THE COMMON DENOMINATOR IN LIFE TO-DAY
BY GOYIM OR YIDEN IS SECURITY IN LIFE,
YOUR JOB, PENSION, YOUR CHILDREN SCHOOLS, SHIDUCHIM
AND LAST BUT AND NOT LEAST IS YOUR PARTNER.

IF YOU LOOK AROUND IN TO-DAY'S WORLD
FROM THE WEATHER TO FINANCE, WE FEEL THAT
G=D DOES NOT WANT THAT WE SHOULD FEEL SECURE,ONLY IN HIM.
AS IS WRITTEN IN OUR PRAYERS AND WE SAY THIS EVERY DAY:
"YOU ALONE,FOREVER, SHIELD AND SAVIOR FOR THEM AND FOR THEIR
CHILDREN IN EVERY GENERATION. "
THAT WE BELIEVE IN G=D AND RELY ON HIM IS THE DUTY OF EVERY JEW
AND NON-JEW ON THIS WORLD.
A JEW HAS AN ADDITIONAL 613 MITZVOS
WHEN I COME TO LOOK AT WHAT G=D IS DOING IN TO-DAY'S WORLD
THROUGH ACTS OF G=D AND ACTS OF MAN,

WE HAVE TO KNOW ALL OUR TRUST AND SECURITY  .
IS IN G=D'S  HANDS.
THAT IS WHY FROM ROSH HASHANAH TO YOM KIPPUR
WE SAY IN OUR PRAYERS: " HOLY KING ( HAMELACH )"
AND IF FORGOTTEN, WE HAVE TO REPEAT THE SHEMONEH ESREI.

THERE WAS A QUESTION ASKED IN LAST WEEK'S LONDON JEWISH NEWS
15/9/2011 ASK THE RABBI
WHY HAS ANTI-SEMITISM BEEN AROUND SO LONG ?
THE ANSWER AS I HAVE EXPLAINED ABOVE IS QUITE SIMPLE.
THE ONLY WAY TO KEEP JEWISH PEOPLE, JEWISH.
REMINDING THEM THAT THEIR DUTY IS TO DEPEND ON G=D
AND PRAY TO HIM ! !

G=D HAS SET THEM APART FROM ALL
AND THE WORLD HATES THEM.
IT DOES NOT MATTER IF IT IS WEALTH,  POWER,  CHOSEN PEOPLE.
SCAPEGOAT,  KILLED JESUS,  DIFFERENT,  INFERIOR,
G=D WANTS SPECIALLY THE JEWISH PEOPLE TO KNOW THEY
ARE JEWISH AND NEED G=D.

THROUGH THE YEARS THERE HAVE BEEN
TERRIBLE WAYS OF REMINDING US.
BUT THE REST OF THE WORLD HAVE ALSO A DUTY
TO BELIEVE IN G=D
AND THEY ARE GETTING THEIR REMINDER THROUGH EARTH QUAKES
AND TSUNAMIS THE WEATHER ETC,ETC,

THE ADVANTAGE OF CD AND TAPES

AS THE HOLY DAYS AND THE NEW YEAR COMES NEARER
THE ADVANTAGE OF THE CDS AND TAPES
IS TREMENDOUS.

I LISTEN TO MUSIC AND THE WORDS
AND DANCE IN MY KITCHEN AND PRAY TO G=D
THAT IN THE NEW YEAR HE WILL BRING ME NEARER TO HIM.

THAT'S WHAT ROSH HASHONA AND YOM KIPUR ARE ALL ABOUT.
LISTEN AND LEARN THE TRANSLATION OF THE PRAYERS.
TEARS WILL STROLL DOWN YOUR CHEEKS.

WHEN YOU REALISE ALL THAT G=D WANTS IS YOU SHOULD NEED HIM
I KNOW THAT IT IS EASIER AND LESS EMBARRASSING
TO DANCE AND PRAY TO G=D IN MY KITCHEN.
BUT I AM SURE THAT G=D LISTENS TO MY PRAYERS AND TEARS
EVEN IN THE DAYS LEADING UP TO THE NEW YEAR
AS THEY COME FROM THE HEART.

THE PAST

AS I GET OLDER B.H. AND WE START GETTING NEARER
TO THE END OF THIS YEAR AND THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT,
I ALWAYS REMINISCE ABOUT LIFE AND REMEMBER STORIES OF THE PAST.

MY BROTHER AND I WERE ALWAYS KNOWN AS THE " TERRIBLE TWINS".
MY FATHER WAS VERY EMBARRASSED WITH US
BUT  MY STEP- MOTHER WAS NOT .
SHE UNDERSTOOD OUR HONESTY AND TRUTH
AND THAT WE HATED PEOPLE WHO LIED.

I THINK WE WERE SIX OR SEVEN AND EVERY YEAR OUR
FAMILY  USED TO GO
FOR THE PESACH  SEDER TO MY GRANDFATHER.  
MY GRANDFATHER USED TO RUN THE SEDER
AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE AFIKOMAN FOR THE CHILDREN TO STEAL.

MY GRANDMOTHER ,WHO WAS AN UNFAIR PERSON
AND WAS SITING AT THE TABLE NEXT TO MY GRANDFATHER,
TOOK THE AFIKOMAN AND GAVE IT TO ONE OF HER FAVORITE GRANDCHILDREN.
MY BROTHER AND I,WHEN WE SAW THIS DISHONESTY,
WE WOULD NOT LET THE SEDER CONTINUE AND DISRUPTED THE SEDER.
MY UNCLE WANTED TO GIVE BOTH OF US A PRESENT AS IF WE HAD
GOT THE AFIKOMAN,
BUT WE DID NOT WANT THAT,
WE WANTED TRUTH AND HONESTY.

THEY DID NOT UNDERSTAND US THEN AS TWO TRUTHFUL BOYS
AND I AM SORRY TO SAY THAT PEOPLE DO NOT UNDERSTAND US TO-DAY.
WHEN PRAYING TO G=D YOU HAVE TO HAVE A TRUTHFUL MOUTH
AND BE AN HONEST PERSON IN ALL YOUR DEEDS OF LIFE.