I CAN IDENTIFY WITH THIS STORY AS MY DEAR TIKWAH A.H. PARENTS WERE MARRIED AND HAD A TWO AND A HALF YEAR OLD SON, WHEN THE GERMANS ENTERED HOLLAND.
MY PARENTS IN LAW MR AND MRS SEYFFERS WENT IN TO HIDING AND SURVIVED THE WAR, AND HAD A BOY AND A GIRL AFTER THE WAR.
BUT THEY COULD NOT TAKE THE CHILD WITH THEM AND GAVE HIM TO A NON JEWISH FAMILY FOR TWO AND HALF YEARS, THEY GOT HIM BACK AFTER THE WAR, BUT HE KEEPS ABSOLUTELY NOTING, AND DOES NOT WANT TO KEEP YIDDISHKEIT.
RABBI ITZIKEL FROM ANTWERP SAID TO MY FATHER IN LAW, HE IS A SACRIFICE FROM THE WAR, AND BLESSED HIM THAT THE CHILDREN AFTER THE WAR WILL BE RELIGIOUS.
Many are surprised to learn that the tombs of Mordechai & Esther are maintained to this day in Iran. Despite being a Muslim country, they are still regarded as important figures in Persian history.
For the past six years on Taanit Esther, pilgrims from the frum Tehrani community have been enduring the arduous 6-hour journey to the kvarim. The interior is beautiful, with murals and tapestries adorning the resting places of two of the greatest leaders of Jewish history. The Tehrani pilgrims pray for those who donate to Vaad HaRabbonim’s yearly matanos l’evyonim campaign.
It is undoubtedly a perilous trip, as religious Jews travelling in a Sharia state to pray at a public Jewish site. However, the emissaries, and the gedolim who sent them, are confident that the important cause for their mission is enough to protect them. The survival of the tombs themselves is testament to the Divine protection at play.
The money will be distributed to poor families on the day of Purim, in the form of checks.
The campaign itself has a respected and illustrious history. Gedolim including Rav Shteinman zt”l, Rav Chaim Kanievsky shlit”a, Rav Vozner zt”l, and the Belzer Rebbe have given matanos l’evyonim via Vaad HaRabbonim for many years. In fact, Rav Shteinman zt”l is quoted as having said that “After [he is] 120, when [he] will stand before Beis Din Shel Maalah, they will ask [him] what [he] did for the poor, the widows and the orphans.” His answer? “I will answer that I was a partner with Vaad HaRabbonim.”
Rav Steinman also reportedly said that “when there is a gezeira on a Yid, Hashem brings before him the wondrous tzedaka of Vaad Harabbanim, which is not just one poor person but many poor people, so he will give them tzedaka and be rescued.”
Those who wish to add their names to the prayer lists at the tombs of Mordechai & Esther, and who wish to handle the mitzvah of matanos l’evyonim, can donate here.
WE CAN PRAY AND GIVE TZEDAKA AT THE TOMBS AND THE PERSON STILL DIES AS G-D DOES HIS WILL.
THESE THINGS CAN BRING A GREAT LOSS OF EMUNAH B'SHEM.
IN G-D WE TRUST IS ONLY WRITTEN ON U.S.A. DOLLAR, AS THAT IS THE WHOLE BELIVE IN THE U.S.A.
THIS IS A MISTAKE FROM THE YESHIVA WORLD AND THE JEWS IN THE U.S.A.
There’s Something Crucial You Forgot to Do Before Purim
One of the most important mitzvos of Purim can sometimes be shrouded in mystery. Those who ask gedolim for guidance as to where to give have gotten a clear answer:
“It is my custom now for several years to give Matanos L’evyonim to Kupat Hair immediately after Megillah reading, and through this I have fulfilled my requirement (of Tzedaka for Purim day)”
– Rav Chaim Kanievsky
Don’t forget to join the gedolim this Purim in Kupat Ha’Ir’s historic matanos l’evyonim campaign. At Rav Chaim Kanievsky himself’s request, 4,000 poverty-stricken families in Eretz Yisroel have been selected as being in especially dire need.
Rav Kanievsky will also daven for all those who donate, and gave a bracha to donors: That they should have a home blessed by Hashem, have healthiness and a long life, be spared from troubles, and see yeshuos.
4,000 poor families in Israel need help now. Now is the time to send Rav Chaim as your
shaliach.
IT MAKES ME SICK THE WAY THE YESHIVA WORLD NEWS TRANSLATES EVERYTHING IN TO MONEY. RAV CHAIM KANIEVSKY CAN PRAY THAT HASHEM WILL HELP YOU BUT HE CAN NOT PROMISE.
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I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO GIVE RESPECT TO RABBIS AND RABBONIM AS G-D GIVES THEM SPIRITUAL HELP TO SERVE AND RUN THE COMMUNITY IF THEY GET TO THAT POSITION IN LIFE.
BUT WE HAVE GONE MAD AS WE THINK THAT THE CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN OF THESE RABBIS OR RABBONIM HAVE SOME SPIRITUAL ELEVATION, AS THEY ARE THE CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN OF RABBONIM OR RABBIS.
Meadow Pollack's family meeting with President Donald Trump, left, at the White House. Her brother, Hunter, says he wore a kippah to send a message that his peers should "be proud to be Jewish." From left, around the desk: Brandon Schoengrund, Julie Phillips-Pollack, Andrew Pollack, Hunter Pollack and Huck Pollack. Standing by the door is White House Chief of Staff John Kelly. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)
On Wednesday morning – a week after Meadow Pollack, 18, was killed in the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. – her father, Andrew Pollack, and brothers, Huck and Hunter, flew to Washington, D.C., for a roundtable discussion with President Donald Trump at the White House. The televised meeting was widely seen, with Andrew’s dramatic and forceful words about fixing school security striking a chord around the country, being extensively reported and shared on social media.
“I wore it there because I’m proud to be Jewish,” Hunter Pollack told Chabad.org. “I wanted to wear my kippah in the highest office of the land. My Jewish peers in this country need to be proud of being Jewish, and that’s how we can honor Meadow’s memory as a beautiful Jewish girl.”Prior to the public meeting, Andrew, Huck and Hunter had a private conversation with the president in the Oval Office. Entering the meeting, Hunter chose to wear a kippah, a mark of Jewish pride clearly seen in the official White House photos.
Since last week’s tragedy, which left Meadow and 16 others dead, Rabbi Avraham Friedman of Chabad of Coral Springs, a longtime family friend and mentor, has been a constant presence in the Pollack home, offering comfort and support. He has also been putting on tefillin and praying with family members, in addition to those making shiva calls, and teaching the traditional mourners’ Mishnayot each night.
“I thought of Rabbi Friedman as I walked into the Oval Office with my kippah,” says Hunter. “The tefillin, the learning, the Jewish stuff has been very comforting to me and my family.”
I REMEMBER WHEN THEY FIRST SHOWED FIDDLER ON THE ROOF IN LONDON
I USED TO DELIVER TO SHOPS IN THE WEST END FISH FOR LOCKS KOSHER PRODUCTS, A FEW OF THE SHOPS SAID I SHOULD NOT COME WITH MY PAIOUS OUT . MY TWIN BROTHER TOLD THEM IF YOU ARE EMBARRASSED AT BEING JEWISH THAT IS NOT MY FAULT.
BUT ALL THAT CHANGED AS SOON AS THERE WAS AN ADVERT OF CHAIM TOPOL THE SIZE OF A BUILDING IN TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD,
WITH HIS ZITZAS AND PIOUS OUT ALL THAT CHANGED AND THE GOYIM AND YIDEN LEARNED WHAT A JEW NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE.
WATCH: Charedi Extremists Burn Wigs in ‘Religious’ Ceremony Symbolizing Purim
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A trend and campaign has sprung up amid the extremist Charedi community against women wearing wigs of the hair of non-Jewish women. One of the most recent protest events against this type of hair covering, took place in Charedi neighborhoods in Jerusalem on Thursday night.
Charedi extremist elements who were behind the event claim that these wigs violate the laws of Tzniyus.On a very large stage set up on the street, ten wigs with Styrofoam heads, were burned to accompanying simcha music and dancing. The event, which coincided with Rosh Chodesh Adar, held an extra element of defamation for the wigs, as the heads were hung from a beam and each was attributed the name of one of Haman’s ten sons to symbolize the vile characteristics of the wigs.
The self-proclaimed Rabbi who was holding the pole to which the heads were hung, recited in a loud voice the passages of “L’Shem Yichud…” and then stepped forward to perform the “Mitzvah” of burning the wigs amid jubilation of the crowd.
He then encourages the crowd to “daven now for this is an ‘Eis Ratzon’, as an American yeshiva student can be heard yelling “Allah Akbar” as he mocks the entire event.
Many are surprised to learn that the tombs of Mordechai & Esther are maintained to this day in Iran. Despite being a Muslim country, they are still regarded as important figures in Persian history.
One of the most important mitzvos of Purim can sometimes be shrouded in mystery. Those who ask gedolim for guidance as to where to give have gotten a clear answer:
“It is my custom now for several years to give Matanos L’evyonim to Kupat Hair immediately after Megillah reading, and through this I have fulfilled my requirement (of Tzedaka for Purim day)”
– Rav Chaim Kanievsky
Don’t forget to join the gedolim this Purim in Kupat Ha’Ir’s historic matanos l’evyonim campaign. At Rav Chaim Kanievsky himself’s request, 4,000 poverty-stricken families in Eretz Yisroel have been selected as being in especially dire need.
Rav Kanievsky will also daven for all those who donate, and gave a bracha to donors: That they should have a home blessed by Hashem, have healthiness and a long life, be spared from troubles, and see yeshuos.
4,000 poor families in Israel need help now. Now is the time to send Rav Chaim as your
shaliach.
(VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE)
A trend and campaign has sprung up amid the extremist Charedi community against women wearing wigs of the hair of non-Jewish women. One of the most recent protest events against this type of hair covering, took place in Charedi neighborhoods in Jerusalem on Thursday night.