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Thursday 6 February 2014
LEV TAHOR
THE VAN DRIVER'S
IN LAST WEEK UPDATE 30 JANUARY 2014.
I MUST GIVE A COMPLIMENT TO C. KUFLIK FOR BEING THE ONLY ONE TO SIGN THEIR NAME IN THE LETTERS AGAINST THE VAN DRIVERS.
LET ME ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF THE VAN DRIVERS.
NUMBER ONE:
THE VAN DRIVER TO MAKE A LIVING FROM THIS JOB HAS TO TAKE AS MANY CHILDREN TO SCHOOL AS HE CAN.
ALL HE CARES ABOUT IS TO PICK UP AND DROP AS MANY CHILDREN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
NUMBER TWO :
IF YOU, THE PARENTS, WANT SAFETY FOR THEIR CHILDREN. YOU EITHER TAKE THEM YOURSELF, OR PAY EXTRA SO THAT EACH VAN HAS AN ADULT TRAVELLING WITH, WHO WILL MAKE SURE THE CHILD IS SECURE IN HIS SEAT.ETC. ETC.
AS I HAVE EXPLAINED THE DRIVER HAS NO TIME TO CHECK THE CHILD'S SEAT BELT AS HE HAS THE NEXT CHILD TO COLLECT.
I MUST GIVE A COMPLIMENT TO C. KUFLIK FOR BEING THE ONLY ONE TO SIGN THEIR NAME IN THE LETTERS AGAINST THE VAN DRIVERS.
LET ME ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF THE VAN DRIVERS.
NUMBER ONE:
THE VAN DRIVER TO MAKE A LIVING FROM THIS JOB HAS TO TAKE AS MANY CHILDREN TO SCHOOL AS HE CAN.
ALL HE CARES ABOUT IS TO PICK UP AND DROP AS MANY CHILDREN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
NUMBER TWO :
IF YOU, THE PARENTS, WANT SAFETY FOR THEIR CHILDREN. YOU EITHER TAKE THEM YOURSELF, OR PAY EXTRA SO THAT EACH VAN HAS AN ADULT TRAVELLING WITH, WHO WILL MAKE SURE THE CHILD IS SECURE IN HIS SEAT.ETC. ETC.
AS I HAVE EXPLAINED THE DRIVER HAS NO TIME TO CHECK THE CHILD'S SEAT BELT AS HE HAS THE NEXT CHILD TO COLLECT.
WAKE UP THAT'S ALL HE IS INTERESTED IN ! ! !
NUMBER THREE:
THE DRIVERS EVEN IF THERE IS PLACE TO STOP HE STOPS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD THE REASON BEING THAT IT TAKES TIME TO PARK NEAR THE CURB AND THE NEXT CHILD IS WAITING AND THE DRIVER MUST NOT DROP THE CHILDREN LATE AT THE SCHOOL OR CHEDER.
Sunday 26 January 2014
CHAIM DOVID HALBERSTAM ZT"L
YOU MUST READ LAST WEEKS HAMODIA 23 JANUARY 2014 FEATURES.
IT HAPPENED IN POLAND NOT SO LONG AGO.
RABBI CHAIM DOVID HALBERSTAM ZT"L WRITES:
ON ANOTHER VISIT TO POLAND, I WAS IN CRACOW, SITING IN MY HOTEL LOBBY, WHEN AN ELDERLY POLISH WOMAN APPROACHED ME.
SHE ASKED ME IF SHE COULD DISCUSS SOMETHING WITH ME FOR A FEW MINUTES.
SHE THEN RELATED THE FOLLOWING:
" I WAS A YOUNG GIRL IN POLAND WHEN WORLD WAR TWO BROKE OUT.
MY JEWISH PARENTS, IN A DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO SAVE MY LIFE, ENTRUSTED ME TO A NON-JEWISH FAMILY IN OUR CITY.
THEY TORMENTED ME IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY.
EVERY NIGHT, I CRIED MYSELF TO SLEEP.
ONE NIGHT, I DECIDED THAT I HAD HAD ENOUGH. I MUST ESCAPE, REGARDLESS OF THE CONSEQUENCES.
I DECIDED TO GO TO A SMALL VILLAGE OUTSIDE THE CITY.
" AT DAWN I FINALLY REACHED A VILLAGE. I WANDERED ABOUT UNTIL A FAMILY TOOK ME IN TO WORK ON THEIR FARM.
NO ONE KNEW THAT I WAS JEWISH. IT WAS A SECRET THAT I GUARDED VIGILANTLY, SLOWLY, I BECAME PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND MY NEW LIFE MADE ME FORGET MY FAMILY AND ANCESTRY.
IN THE YEARS THAT FOLLOWED,THE VILLAGERS TREATED ME LIKE ONE OF THEIR OWN. WHEN I CAME OF AGE, I MARRIED A LOCAL YOUTH, WITH WHOM I HAD A GOOD LIFE. WE HAD THREE CHILDREN TOGETHER, TWO BOYS AND A GIRL.
OUR CHILDREN GREW UP AND GOT MARRIED.
LATELY, I STARTED FEELING A CONSTANT WEAKNESS, AS WELL AS PAIN.
I CONSULTED A DOCTOR. IT WAS TOO LATE. I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ADVANCED CANCER AND TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING TO BE DONE.
THE DOCTOR'S PROGNOSIS WAS THAT I HAD BUT A SHORT TIME LEFT TO LIVE.
ONE NIGHT I HAD A DREAM, A TERRIBLE DREAM ! !
MY MURDERED MOTHER HY"D APPEARED TO ME, SHE CRIED AND WAILED,
" MY DEAR DAUGHTER, I'M DEMANDING SOMETHING FROM YOU AND I'M ASKING YOU NOT TO REFUSE ME, YOU'VE LIVED THE LIFE OF A POLISH GENTILE, WITHOUT SHABBOS, WITHOUT KASHRUS, BUT HAVE PITY ON YOURSELF, AT LEAST SEE THAT YOU WILL BE BURIED AS A JEW, FOR THIS WILL HELP YOU IN THE NEXT WORLD."
I THOUGHT ABOUT IT CAREFULLY AND DECIDED TO IGNORE THE DREAM,
BUT THE DREAM APPEARED TIME AND TIME AGAIN UNTIL I WAS CONVINCED THAT IT WAS TRUE AND I MUST FULFILL MY MOTHER'S REQUEST.
" SO NOW I'M TALKING TO YOU, PLEASE HELP ME AND ADVISE ME WHAT TO DO.
MY POLISH HUSBAND IS AN ANTI-SEMITE, IF HE DISCOVERS THAT HIS WIFE IS A JEWESS, THAT I LIED TO HIM ALL THESE YEARS, HE WILL DEFINITELY NOT AGREE TO MY REQUEST AND WILL EVEN TAKE REVENGE ON ME. WHAT CAN I DO ?
THE WOMAN FINISHED SPEAKING AND BURST INTO BITTER TEARS.
B'SIYATTA DISHMAYA I CAME UP WITH A GOOD IDEA.
" YOU HAVE FRIENDS ? " I ASKED HER, "IF SO ,"
" WRITE DOWN YOUR LIFE STORY INCLUDING AN EXPLICIT COMMAND TO BURY YOU AS A JEW AND GIVE IT TO A TRUSTWORTHY FRIEND, TELL HER THAT SHE IS NOT TO OPEN IT OR GIVE IT TO ANYONE UNTIL AFTER YOUR DEATH, AT WHICH TIME SHE SHOULD GIVE IT TO YOUR HUSBAND.
SHE THEN WROTE DOWN HER NAME AND FAMILY NAME AND ASKED ME TO PRAY FOR HER.
A FEW YEARS PASSED AND ONCE AGAIN I FOUND MYSELF IN POLAND. THIS TIME I WAS BASED IN THE CAPITAL,WARSAW.
ONE DAY I HIRED A POLISH DRIVER TO TAKE ME TO BIALYSTOK.
WE STARTED THE DAY EARLY, DRIVING THROUGH THE CITY THAT WAS ONCE A CENTER OF TORAH AND CHASSIDUS WITH HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF YIDDEN LIVING THERE.
NOW THOSE STREETS BORE NO RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT THEY HAD ONCE BEEN.
EVENTUALLY, AS THE RIDE WAS SMOOTH AND UNEVENTFUL, HE STARTED QUESTIONING ME ABOUT VARIOUS TOPICS.
ONCE HE FELT COMFORTABLE WITH ME, HIS TONE CHANGED AND HE TOLD ME HE HAD SOMETHING INTERESTING TO TELL ME.
" YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE THAT I AM A JEW, BUT I AM A JEW ! " HE SAID
"I WANT TO TELL YOU THE ASTONISHING WAY THIS BECAME KNOWN TO ME.
" MY MOTHER DIED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO AND IT WAS A TERRIBLE LOSS FOR OUR ENTIRE FAMILY.
WHILE WE WERE SITTING AND PLANNING THE BURIAL CEREMONY, A NEIGHBOR,
A CLOSE FRIEND OF OUR MOTHER ENTERED.
THIS IS A LETTER YOUR WIFE GAVE ME AND ASKED ME TO GIVE TO YOU IMMEDIATELY AFTER HER DEATH.
MY FATHER'S FACE REGISTERED COMPLETE SHOCK AFTER READING THE LETTER.
MY FATHER STARTED WEEPING UNCONTROLLABLY.
FINALLY HE HANDED US THE LETTER TO READ, WE WERE COMPLETELY SHAKEN TO DISCOVER THAT OUR MOTHER COMMANDED US TO BURY HER IN A JEWISH CEMETERY, AS SHE WAS JEWISH !
WE STOOD THERE PARALYZED WITH SHOCK. A WHILE PASSED IN WHICH NONE OF US UTTERED A WORD.
THEN WE CONCLUDED THAT WE WERE OBLIGATED TO FULFILL OUR MOTHER'S WISH.
BUT WHAT WOULD THE NEIGHBORS OUR FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES THINK ? OUR FATHER DECIDED THAT FIRST,WE'D ARRANGE A BURIAL IN THE LOCAL CEMETERY.
THEN WE'D SAY THAT WE'RE TRANSFERRING HER REMAINS TO THE VILLAGE OF TICHIN SO THAT SHE COULD BE BURIED NEAR HER PARENTS.
IN TICHIN WE'D BURY HER IN THE JEWISH CEMETERY THERE, AND THAT WAS WHAT WE DID.
THE DRIVER WASN'T FINISHED. HE TOOK A DEEP BREATH AND CONTINUED HIS TALE.
SEVERAL WEEKS LATER,MY FATHER SUFFERED A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK, HE WAS IN A CRITICAL CONDITION AND THE DOCTORS CLAIMED HIS DAYS ARE NUMBERED.
ONE DAY HE CALLED US, HIS THREE CHILDREN INTO HIM AND BEGAN SPEAKING IN A SERIOUS TONE.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW NOW, MY FATHER SAID: " THAT I AM A JEW ! ! "
" FATHER THEN TOLD US THAT BECAUSE OF THE DANGERS OF THE WAR, HIS PARENTS HID HIM AND CONCEALED HIS TRUE IDENTITY, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS BEFORE MY DEATH.
I COMMAND YOU THAT WHEN MY TIME COMES YOU BURY ME NEAR YOUR MOTHER IN THE JEWISH CEMETERY."
WHEN THE DRIVER FINISHED HIS TALE HE NOTICED THAT I LOOKED FAINT.
I TOOK OUT THE NOTE ON WHICH WAS WRITTEN THE NAME OF THE WOMAN I HAD MET SO MANY YEARS AGO IN CRACOW AND FOR WHOM I HAD BEEN PRAYING ALL THESE YEARS.
" THIS WAS MY MOTHER ! " THE DRIVER EXCLAIMED
AND SO HE HEARD FROM ME THE FIRST PART OF THE STORY AFTER I HAD SO MIRACULOUSLY HEARD THE SECOND PART FROM HIM.
ONE YEAR LATER I WENT TO THEIR KEVARIM IN TICHIN AND VERIFIED THAT IT WAS ALL TRUE.
IT HAPPENED IN POLAND NOT SO LONG AGO.
RABBI CHAIM DOVID HALBERSTAM ZT"L WRITES:
ON ANOTHER VISIT TO POLAND, I WAS IN CRACOW, SITING IN MY HOTEL LOBBY, WHEN AN ELDERLY POLISH WOMAN APPROACHED ME.
SHE ASKED ME IF SHE COULD DISCUSS SOMETHING WITH ME FOR A FEW MINUTES.
SHE THEN RELATED THE FOLLOWING:
" I WAS A YOUNG GIRL IN POLAND WHEN WORLD WAR TWO BROKE OUT.
MY JEWISH PARENTS, IN A DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO SAVE MY LIFE, ENTRUSTED ME TO A NON-JEWISH FAMILY IN OUR CITY.
THEY TORMENTED ME IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY.
EVERY NIGHT, I CRIED MYSELF TO SLEEP.
ONE NIGHT, I DECIDED THAT I HAD HAD ENOUGH. I MUST ESCAPE, REGARDLESS OF THE CONSEQUENCES.
I DECIDED TO GO TO A SMALL VILLAGE OUTSIDE THE CITY.
" AT DAWN I FINALLY REACHED A VILLAGE. I WANDERED ABOUT UNTIL A FAMILY TOOK ME IN TO WORK ON THEIR FARM.
NO ONE KNEW THAT I WAS JEWISH. IT WAS A SECRET THAT I GUARDED VIGILANTLY, SLOWLY, I BECAME PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND MY NEW LIFE MADE ME FORGET MY FAMILY AND ANCESTRY.
IN THE YEARS THAT FOLLOWED,THE VILLAGERS TREATED ME LIKE ONE OF THEIR OWN. WHEN I CAME OF AGE, I MARRIED A LOCAL YOUTH, WITH WHOM I HAD A GOOD LIFE. WE HAD THREE CHILDREN TOGETHER, TWO BOYS AND A GIRL.
OUR CHILDREN GREW UP AND GOT MARRIED.
LATELY, I STARTED FEELING A CONSTANT WEAKNESS, AS WELL AS PAIN.
I CONSULTED A DOCTOR. IT WAS TOO LATE. I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ADVANCED CANCER AND TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING TO BE DONE.
THE DOCTOR'S PROGNOSIS WAS THAT I HAD BUT A SHORT TIME LEFT TO LIVE.
ONE NIGHT I HAD A DREAM, A TERRIBLE DREAM ! !
MY MURDERED MOTHER HY"D APPEARED TO ME, SHE CRIED AND WAILED,
" MY DEAR DAUGHTER, I'M DEMANDING SOMETHING FROM YOU AND I'M ASKING YOU NOT TO REFUSE ME, YOU'VE LIVED THE LIFE OF A POLISH GENTILE, WITHOUT SHABBOS, WITHOUT KASHRUS, BUT HAVE PITY ON YOURSELF, AT LEAST SEE THAT YOU WILL BE BURIED AS A JEW, FOR THIS WILL HELP YOU IN THE NEXT WORLD."
I THOUGHT ABOUT IT CAREFULLY AND DECIDED TO IGNORE THE DREAM,
BUT THE DREAM APPEARED TIME AND TIME AGAIN UNTIL I WAS CONVINCED THAT IT WAS TRUE AND I MUST FULFILL MY MOTHER'S REQUEST.
" SO NOW I'M TALKING TO YOU, PLEASE HELP ME AND ADVISE ME WHAT TO DO.
MY POLISH HUSBAND IS AN ANTI-SEMITE, IF HE DISCOVERS THAT HIS WIFE IS A JEWESS, THAT I LIED TO HIM ALL THESE YEARS, HE WILL DEFINITELY NOT AGREE TO MY REQUEST AND WILL EVEN TAKE REVENGE ON ME. WHAT CAN I DO ?
THE WOMAN FINISHED SPEAKING AND BURST INTO BITTER TEARS.
B'SIYATTA DISHMAYA I CAME UP WITH A GOOD IDEA.
" YOU HAVE FRIENDS ? " I ASKED HER, "IF SO ,"
" WRITE DOWN YOUR LIFE STORY INCLUDING AN EXPLICIT COMMAND TO BURY YOU AS A JEW AND GIVE IT TO A TRUSTWORTHY FRIEND, TELL HER THAT SHE IS NOT TO OPEN IT OR GIVE IT TO ANYONE UNTIL AFTER YOUR DEATH, AT WHICH TIME SHE SHOULD GIVE IT TO YOUR HUSBAND.
SHE THEN WROTE DOWN HER NAME AND FAMILY NAME AND ASKED ME TO PRAY FOR HER.
A FEW YEARS PASSED AND ONCE AGAIN I FOUND MYSELF IN POLAND. THIS TIME I WAS BASED IN THE CAPITAL,WARSAW.
ONE DAY I HIRED A POLISH DRIVER TO TAKE ME TO BIALYSTOK.
WE STARTED THE DAY EARLY, DRIVING THROUGH THE CITY THAT WAS ONCE A CENTER OF TORAH AND CHASSIDUS WITH HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF YIDDEN LIVING THERE.
NOW THOSE STREETS BORE NO RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT THEY HAD ONCE BEEN.
EVENTUALLY, AS THE RIDE WAS SMOOTH AND UNEVENTFUL, HE STARTED QUESTIONING ME ABOUT VARIOUS TOPICS.
ONCE HE FELT COMFORTABLE WITH ME, HIS TONE CHANGED AND HE TOLD ME HE HAD SOMETHING INTERESTING TO TELL ME.
" YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE THAT I AM A JEW, BUT I AM A JEW ! " HE SAID
"I WANT TO TELL YOU THE ASTONISHING WAY THIS BECAME KNOWN TO ME.
" MY MOTHER DIED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO AND IT WAS A TERRIBLE LOSS FOR OUR ENTIRE FAMILY.
WHILE WE WERE SITTING AND PLANNING THE BURIAL CEREMONY, A NEIGHBOR,
A CLOSE FRIEND OF OUR MOTHER ENTERED.
THIS IS A LETTER YOUR WIFE GAVE ME AND ASKED ME TO GIVE TO YOU IMMEDIATELY AFTER HER DEATH.
MY FATHER'S FACE REGISTERED COMPLETE SHOCK AFTER READING THE LETTER.
MY FATHER STARTED WEEPING UNCONTROLLABLY.
FINALLY HE HANDED US THE LETTER TO READ, WE WERE COMPLETELY SHAKEN TO DISCOVER THAT OUR MOTHER COMMANDED US TO BURY HER IN A JEWISH CEMETERY, AS SHE WAS JEWISH !
WE STOOD THERE PARALYZED WITH SHOCK. A WHILE PASSED IN WHICH NONE OF US UTTERED A WORD.
THEN WE CONCLUDED THAT WE WERE OBLIGATED TO FULFILL OUR MOTHER'S WISH.
BUT WHAT WOULD THE NEIGHBORS OUR FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES THINK ? OUR FATHER DECIDED THAT FIRST,WE'D ARRANGE A BURIAL IN THE LOCAL CEMETERY.
THEN WE'D SAY THAT WE'RE TRANSFERRING HER REMAINS TO THE VILLAGE OF TICHIN SO THAT SHE COULD BE BURIED NEAR HER PARENTS.
IN TICHIN WE'D BURY HER IN THE JEWISH CEMETERY THERE, AND THAT WAS WHAT WE DID.
THE DRIVER WASN'T FINISHED. HE TOOK A DEEP BREATH AND CONTINUED HIS TALE.
SEVERAL WEEKS LATER,MY FATHER SUFFERED A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK, HE WAS IN A CRITICAL CONDITION AND THE DOCTORS CLAIMED HIS DAYS ARE NUMBERED.
ONE DAY HE CALLED US, HIS THREE CHILDREN INTO HIM AND BEGAN SPEAKING IN A SERIOUS TONE.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW NOW, MY FATHER SAID: " THAT I AM A JEW ! ! "
" FATHER THEN TOLD US THAT BECAUSE OF THE DANGERS OF THE WAR, HIS PARENTS HID HIM AND CONCEALED HIS TRUE IDENTITY, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS BEFORE MY DEATH.
I COMMAND YOU THAT WHEN MY TIME COMES YOU BURY ME NEAR YOUR MOTHER IN THE JEWISH CEMETERY."
WHEN THE DRIVER FINISHED HIS TALE HE NOTICED THAT I LOOKED FAINT.
I TOOK OUT THE NOTE ON WHICH WAS WRITTEN THE NAME OF THE WOMAN I HAD MET SO MANY YEARS AGO IN CRACOW AND FOR WHOM I HAD BEEN PRAYING ALL THESE YEARS.
" THIS WAS MY MOTHER ! " THE DRIVER EXCLAIMED
AND SO HE HEARD FROM ME THE FIRST PART OF THE STORY AFTER I HAD SO MIRACULOUSLY HEARD THE SECOND PART FROM HIM.
ONE YEAR LATER I WENT TO THEIR KEVARIM IN TICHIN AND VERIFIED THAT IT WAS ALL TRUE.
SHOMER YISRAEL,SHEMOR SHE'EIRIS YISRAEL,
V'AL YOVAD YISRAEL ! ! !
Sunday 19 January 2014
IN LAST WEEKS HAMODIA 16 JANUARY 2014.
I WAS NOT SURPRISED TO SEE MARTIN D. STERN'S LETTER.
AS HIS LETTERS ARE NEARLY EVERY WEEK IN THE HAMODIA.
ALSO I WISH THE HAMODIA WOULD FOLLOW THE JEWISH TRIBUNE'S WAY AND NOT PRINT LETTERS WITH NAME WITHHELD OR SINCERELY A.C. LONDON.
IF YOU ARE AFRAID TO PUT YOUR NAME, DO NOT WRITE LETTERS.
THAT IS SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT TO MARTIN D. STERN
HE ALWAYS WRITES HIS NAME.
BUT LAST WEEK HE WROTE:
I WAS HORRIFIED THAT THE COFFIN OF ARIEL SHARON " LAY IN STATE " OUTSIDE THE KNESSET.
HE WRITES:
LYING IN STATE IS A NON-JEWISH PRACTISE WHICH HAS NO PLACE IN A JEWISH STATE.
MR MARTIN D. STERN. ARE YOU MAD ? ? THE JEWISH STATE IS RUN BY PEOPLE
WHO HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH JEWISH PRACTISE.
WAKE UP MR STERN THE JEWISH STATE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH BEING A FRUM ORTHODOX JEW.
YOU, THE HAMODIA AND FRUM PARTIES IN THE KNESSET HAVE TO WAKE UP AND REALISE THAT THE JEWISH STATE DOES NOT WISH TO PRACTISE BEING A JEW.
I WAS NOT SURPRISED TO SEE MARTIN D. STERN'S LETTER.
AS HIS LETTERS ARE NEARLY EVERY WEEK IN THE HAMODIA.
ALSO I WISH THE HAMODIA WOULD FOLLOW THE JEWISH TRIBUNE'S WAY AND NOT PRINT LETTERS WITH NAME WITHHELD OR SINCERELY A.C. LONDON.
IF YOU ARE AFRAID TO PUT YOUR NAME, DO NOT WRITE LETTERS.
THAT IS SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT TO MARTIN D. STERN
HE ALWAYS WRITES HIS NAME.
BUT LAST WEEK HE WROTE:
I WAS HORRIFIED THAT THE COFFIN OF ARIEL SHARON " LAY IN STATE " OUTSIDE THE KNESSET.
HE WRITES:
LYING IN STATE IS A NON-JEWISH PRACTISE WHICH HAS NO PLACE IN A JEWISH STATE.
MR MARTIN D. STERN. ARE YOU MAD ? ? THE JEWISH STATE IS RUN BY PEOPLE
WHO HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH JEWISH PRACTISE.
WAKE UP MR STERN THE JEWISH STATE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH BEING A FRUM ORTHODOX JEW.
YOU, THE HAMODIA AND FRUM PARTIES IN THE KNESSET HAVE TO WAKE UP AND REALISE THAT THE JEWISH STATE DOES NOT WISH TO PRACTISE BEING A JEW.
Monday 13 January 2014
MANCHESTER ERUV
UK – Satmar (Zalis) Fighting Jewish Community’s Approved Eruv In Manchester
(Sunday, January 12th, 2014)GABY LOCK SAYS:
I WHOULD NOT CARRY IN THE ERUV.
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO IN JERUSALEM AND BENI BRAK WHO DO NOT USE THE ERUV.
BUT THERE ARE LOTS OF SHOMEREI TORAH WHO DO USE THE ERUV.
THE PEOPLE OF MANCHESTER SHOULD LEARN TO LIVE TOGETHER THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT THE RIBONO SHEL OLAM WANTS BETWEEN PEOPLE IN A TOWN AND PARTNERS IN LIFE.
WHEN I USED A VIDEO OR THE INTERNET FOR MY PURPOSE THEY SAID I WAS NOT RIGHT BUT THEY MAY DO WHATEVER THEY LIKE, AS LONG AS IT FURTHERS THEIR PURPOSE.
NO PERSON, NOT USING THE ERUV IS FRUMER THEN THE PERSON WHO DOES. THE SAME WAY A PERSON WHO DOES NOT EAT MACHINE MATZOS IS FRUMER THEN THE PERSON WHO DOES.
Sunday 12 January 2014
HARAV YAAKOV BLAU ZT"L
I WAS READING IN LAST WEEKS' HAMODIA 9 JANUARY 2014.
FEATURES PAGES.
ABOUT HARAV YAAKOV YESHAYAH BLAU ZT"L
HARAV LINDER TOLD ME THAT REB YAAKOV WAS VERY CONCERNED IN GENERAL, THE THING THAT BOTHERED HIM MOST WAS THE FACT THAT MANY PEOPLE ATTEMPTED TO LIVE BEYOND THEIR MEANS AND END UP WITH INSURMOUNTABLE DEBTS.
HE USED TO SAY THAT ANYONE WHO IS CONTINUOUSLY BORROWING MONEY TO MAINTAIN A LIFESTYLE, DESTROYS HIS CHANCES TO DEVELOP YIRAS SHAMAYIM.
ONE OF THE YETZER HARAS PRIME STRATEGIES IS TO GIVE A PERSON IDEAS ABOUT PURCHASING SOME REAL ESTATE AS AN INVESTMENT.
THE YUNGERMAN CONVINCES HIMSELF THAT HE WILL END UP A WEALTHY MAN
AND BY MOST YIDEN THAT IS THEIR MOST IMPORTANT AIM IN LIFE.
THEY DO NOT THINK ABOUT THE RIBONO SHEL OLAM WHO DECIDES IF YOU WILL BE RICH OR POOR.
THEY HAVE NO BELIEVE IN G=D.WHAT SO EVER.
EVEN IF THEY WERE A STREIMEL.
BUT ARE ALL THOSE YUNGERLEIT TO BLAME ? ? ?
THEY ARE LONELY AND WANT TO FEEL PART OF SOCIETY AND THE SAME GOES FOR THE WOMEN.
EVERY REBBE WHO COMES TO LONDON, ALL HE COMES FOR IS TO RAISE FUNDS HE IS NOT INTERESTED IN HELPING YUNGERLEIT STAY ON THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW PATH OF YIDISHKEIT.
THESE YUNGERLEIT EVEN GIVE MONEY FOR THESE PARTIES BY CREDIT CARD.
NO ONE CARES THAT THEY ARE FORCED TO GIVE MONEY THEY HAVE NOT GOT.
THE NEWSHEET AND UPDATE OR MIDWEEK ARE ALL FULL ZEDOKO PARTIES AS MANY AS FIVE A NIGHT.
THE HAMODIA AND JEWISH TRIBUNE ARE FULL OF FULL PAGE ADVERTS FOR ZEDOKO EVENINGS FOR YESHIVAS AND LOCAL SCHOOLS AT MAD, MAD PRICES.
IF YOU DO NOT JOIN, YOU ARE LONELY.
I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT THE SATMAR 26 C.C. YIDISH WEEKLY WHICH ASKS FROM SATMAR YUNGERLEIT EVERY WEEK TO GIVE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF POUNDS FOR THE SATMR YESHIVAS, KOLEL , GIRLS SCHOOL ETC. ETC. FOR HERE AND ABROAD.
IF IN SATMAR YOU DO NOT GIVE MONEY, YOU ARE REALLY NOTHING AND THIS DISEASE HAS SPREAD TO ALL OUR MOSDOS, THAT ONLY THING THAT MATTERS IS MONEY ! !
FEATURES PAGES.
ABOUT HARAV YAAKOV YESHAYAH BLAU ZT"L
HARAV LINDER TOLD ME THAT REB YAAKOV WAS VERY CONCERNED IN GENERAL, THE THING THAT BOTHERED HIM MOST WAS THE FACT THAT MANY PEOPLE ATTEMPTED TO LIVE BEYOND THEIR MEANS AND END UP WITH INSURMOUNTABLE DEBTS.
HE USED TO SAY THAT ANYONE WHO IS CONTINUOUSLY BORROWING MONEY TO MAINTAIN A LIFESTYLE, DESTROYS HIS CHANCES TO DEVELOP YIRAS SHAMAYIM.
ONE OF THE YETZER HARAS PRIME STRATEGIES IS TO GIVE A PERSON IDEAS ABOUT PURCHASING SOME REAL ESTATE AS AN INVESTMENT.
THE YUNGERMAN CONVINCES HIMSELF THAT HE WILL END UP A WEALTHY MAN
AND BY MOST YIDEN THAT IS THEIR MOST IMPORTANT AIM IN LIFE.
THEY DO NOT THINK ABOUT THE RIBONO SHEL OLAM WHO DECIDES IF YOU WILL BE RICH OR POOR.
THEY HAVE NO BELIEVE IN G=D.WHAT SO EVER.
EVEN IF THEY WERE A STREIMEL.
BUT ARE ALL THOSE YUNGERLEIT TO BLAME ? ? ?
THEY ARE LONELY AND WANT TO FEEL PART OF SOCIETY AND THE SAME GOES FOR THE WOMEN.
EVERY REBBE WHO COMES TO LONDON, ALL HE COMES FOR IS TO RAISE FUNDS HE IS NOT INTERESTED IN HELPING YUNGERLEIT STAY ON THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW PATH OF YIDISHKEIT.
THESE YUNGERLEIT EVEN GIVE MONEY FOR THESE PARTIES BY CREDIT CARD.
NO ONE CARES THAT THEY ARE FORCED TO GIVE MONEY THEY HAVE NOT GOT.
THE NEWSHEET AND UPDATE OR MIDWEEK ARE ALL FULL ZEDOKO PARTIES AS MANY AS FIVE A NIGHT.
THE HAMODIA AND JEWISH TRIBUNE ARE FULL OF FULL PAGE ADVERTS FOR ZEDOKO EVENINGS FOR YESHIVAS AND LOCAL SCHOOLS AT MAD, MAD PRICES.
IF YOU DO NOT JOIN, YOU ARE LONELY.
I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT THE SATMAR 26 C.C. YIDISH WEEKLY WHICH ASKS FROM SATMAR YUNGERLEIT EVERY WEEK TO GIVE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF POUNDS FOR THE SATMR YESHIVAS, KOLEL , GIRLS SCHOOL ETC. ETC. FOR HERE AND ABROAD.
IF IN SATMAR YOU DO NOT GIVE MONEY, YOU ARE REALLY NOTHING AND THIS DISEASE HAS SPREAD TO ALL OUR MOSDOS, THAT ONLY THING THAT MATTERS IS MONEY ! !
Wednesday 8 January 2014
RAV KANIEVSKY SHLITA
R’ Chaim Instructs Divorced Man to Remain in Israel for a Shidduch
(Tuesday, January 7th, 2014)
A well known chareidi businessman visited HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita accompanied by his son, seeking a bracha from the rav for his son. The man explained they were traveling abroad in the hope of finding a shidduch for his son, who is divorced. Rav Chaim told him not to travel abroad but to remain in Israel and find a shidduch here, Kikar Shabbos reports.
The father explained to the rav that he is pained, for his son is older and has been divorced for a number of years and he has not been successful finding a shidduch in Israel. Therefore, they have decided to buy tickets to travel to the United States in the hope of finding a suitable shidduch there.
Rav Kanievsky thought for a brief period and then instructed father and son to try here again. The dad explained they already have the tickets in hand. The rav remained firm in his decision, adding in the zechus of remaining in Eretz Yisrael a shidduch will be found soon.
The story ends as one would expect. An exemplary shidduch was offered the following week and the couple was married this week. The chosson and kallah along with their families visited with Rav Chaim to close the circle with the gadol hador and a plate was broken in his homeI AM NOT SURPRISED !
I HAVE STORY'S LIKE THIS FROM THE BEIS YISROEL AND OTHER GEDOLIM.
LIKE THE STORY OF THE KLAUSENBURGER RABBI ON THE DEATH MARCH AND THE WATER IN THE FIELD, I HEARD IT FROM A PERSON WHO WAS THERE.
BUT RABBIS ARE THERE TO PLANT IN YIDISHKEIT TO JEWISH PEOPLE THAT IS THE BIGGEST MIRACLE THEY CAN DO.
THE KLAUSENBURGER RABBI WAS SITING IN FRONT OF HIS BARRACK AFTER THE WAR IN BERGEN BELSEN CAMP.
A YOUNG GIRL WALKED PAST THE REBBE AND SHE DID NOT HAVE STOCKINGS TO COVER HER LEGS.
THE REBBE CALLED HER OVER AND ASKED WHY SHE DID NOT COVER HER LEGS, SHE ANSWERED THE REBBE: " WE ARE JUST AFTER THE WAR EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE BEEN FREED, WE ARE STILL HERE IN BERGEN BELSEN CAMP, (no one wants us) IS THIS THE ONLY WORRY THE REBBE HAS ? ?
THE REBBE TOOK OF HIS WHITE SOCKS AND SAID TO HER:
" I AM A REBBE WITH WHITE SOCKS OR WITHOUT ! ! ! "
YOU WILL NOT BE A JEWISH GIRL IF YOU DO NOT COVER YOUR LEGS.
THE STORY ONLY CAME OUT BY THE SHIVA OF THE HOLY KLAUSENBURGER REBBE WHEN THIS LADY CAME TO THE SHIVA AND SHOWED THE REBETZEHN THESE HOLY SOCKS.
THE STORY SHOWS A GREATER LESSON FROM OUR RABBIS AFTER THE WAR HE LOST 11 CHILDREN IN THE WAR
HE STILL HAD BELIEVE IN G=D AND DID NOT DESPAIR.
Sunday 5 January 2014
THE GOLDNE MEDIENA
MAILBAG: Furious Over NY Post Headline
TO THIS WILD WEST COUNTRY OUR MOETZES WANT TO MAKE A MASS RALLY ?
TO THIS TERRIBLE COUNTRY SATMAR THINKS THE STATE OF ISRAEL WILL LOOK UP TO FOR JUSTICE FOR FRUME YIDEN ? ? ?
THE U.S.A. HAS NEVER CARED FOR YIDEN.
THEY OPENED THEIR DOORS OVER 100 YEARS AGO ONLY BECAUSE THE YETZER HORAH HAD FOUND A WAY TO MAKE MILLIONS OF YIDEN DROP THEIR YIDISHKEIT.
IF NOT FOR RABBI ARON KOTLER AND THE HOLY SATMAR REBBE,
THERE WOULD BE NO YIDISHKEIT IN THE U.S.A. TO-DAY. ( read "all for the boss")
WHEN JEWS NEEDED HELP IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR THE U.S.A. CLOSED THEIR DOORS.
ISRAEL AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE HAVE NOTHING TO LEARN FROM THE U.S .A
MOETZES TRIP POSTPONED
I WAS VERY PLEASED TO READ IN THE HAMODIA 2 JANUARY 2014.
THAT THE MOETZES TRIP AND MASS RALLY WERE POSTPONED. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A WASTE OF MONEY AND TIME. WHAT WE NEED IS IN ISRAEL THAT THE EDAH CHAREDIS AND SATMAR AND THE REST WHO DO NOT VOTE, MAKE A PARTY OF THEIR OWN. THAT WILL ONLY VOTE TO GET SEATS IN THE KNESSET ( WHICH ARE BETWEEN SIX AND SEVEN ). NUMBER ONE: IF THEY DO NOT GO INTO THE KNESSET THEY WILL STILL KEEP WITHIN THE SATMAR RULING, AS THEY DO NOT ENTER THE KNESSET. NUMBER TWO: THEY WILL STOP THESE SEATS GOING TO THE NON RELIGIOUS PARTIES OR THE PARTIES AGAINST THE CHAREIDIM. NUMBER THREE: IT WILL SHOW THE AGUIDA THAT THEY DO NOT REPRESENT THE CHAREIDIM.
Thursday 2 January 2014
THE CHAREIDI COMMUNITY
IN THIS WEEKS JEWISH TRIBUNE 2 JANUARY 2014 THEIR IS A NEWS ITEM. SPONSORED BY RYKAR LTD. " CHAREIDIM IN NEW YEAR'S HONOURS LIST " I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THIS NEWS ITEM HAS TO BE SPONSORED ? ? ? IF THE B.T. EDITORS OF THE JEWISH TRIBUNE AND DIRECTORS OF THE AGUDA DO NOT SEE FIT TO REPORT THIS NEWS ITEM, I AM PROUD OF THEM. ON THE OTHER HAND AS TEVIA. " USED TO SAY " WHY DOES RYKAR FIND IT SO IMPORTANT THAT TWO FRUM PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HONOURED BY THE QUEEN ? I THINK MR RYKAR HAS BEARD AND PIOUS EVEN WEARS A STREIMEL ON SHABBOS AND LEARNS TORAH.
BUT HE HAS TO LEARN THAT WHAT A GOY HONOURS IS NOT AN HONOUR BY US.
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