MORE THEN FIFTEEN YEARS AGO I STARTED WORKING FOR THE BBC ON A PROGRAM IT WAS CALLED " VIDEO NATION."
I WAS CALLED INTO THE RABBINATE OF THE UNION OF ORTHODOX HEBREW CONGREGATION, KEDASSIA AT 140 STAMFORD HILL.
THE WHOLE BETH DIN WAS THERE 12 TO 14 RABBONIM.
THE OLD RABBI HALPERN WAS THE ONE WHO TALKED, THE OTHERS (most probably planned did not say a word ) THE NEW RAV RABBI PADWHA WHO I USED TO LEARN WITH ALSO HIS BROTHER RABBI YOSEPH PADWHA I LEARNED WITH THEM IN A SHIUR.
AND RABBI SHOLEM FRIEDMAN WHOM I ALSO LEARNED A LOT WITH.
RABBI AHRON DOVID DUNNER I WAS LEARNING WITH AS A CHAVRUSA
AND RABBI DOVID GRUNHOUSE, I HAD LEARNED WITH AS CHAVRUSA.
IN LATER EDITIONS OF MY BLOG I WILL TELL YOU ABOUT THEM I RESPECT THEM VERY MUCH AND GIVE THEM THE RESPECT THAT IS DUE TO THEM.
BUT THINKING THEY ARE G=DS GIFT TO MANKIND, I DO NOT.
RABBI HALPERN SAID TO ME WE HEAR THAT YOU MAKE VIDEOS ? ?
I ANSWERED YES, HE SAID " WE DO NOT AGREE WITH IT " ( interesting a few years later everybody was making videos and even shiurim kol haloshon are recorded to-day on video )
I TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO THE BETH DIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN VHS VIDEOS AND MINI RECORDING CAMERAS THAT YOU CAN NOT GET A TAPE BY BLOCKBUSTER AND WATCH A FILM ON THAT CAMERA.
AS SOON AS I STARTED EXPLAINING RABBI ROBERTS GOT UP FROM HIS PLACE AND SAID " YOU ARE A CHUTSPAN ( cheeky) " I SAID TO HIM " I HAVE A RIGHT TO EXPLAIN MYSELF. "
HE JUST SNOBBED ME AS HE USUALLY DOES TO A PERSON WHO HAS GOT THE GUTS TO CHALLENGE THE BETH DIN.
( by the way 90% of Rabbi Roberts hendon adath have not got kosher phones and the Internet which is still band to-day ).
I TRIED A FEW TIMES TO TALK TO RABBI ROBERTS IN A NICE WAY BUT THE MAN IS SUCH A SNOB HE NEVER EVEN ANSWERED ME AS IF I WAS A PIECE OF DIRT.
YES IF YOU TREAT A PERSON LIKE DIRT HE WILL BEHAVE TO YOU LIKE DIRT ! !
I SHOWED THE VIDEO CAMERA TO THE NEW RABBI PADWA AND HOW IT WORKS HE SAID TO ME " THE BETH DIN DID NOT MEAN THAT " .