Acharei Mos, Kedoshim

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Posted by Yeshiva Guy | Posted in Rants | Posted on 07-03-2010

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Rav Menachem Porush ZTZ”L was niftar last week. An askan and shtadlan for the chareidi velt for many years, he was close to many gedolim, and was famed for his ceaseless efforts on behalf of frumme yidden.

In Meah Shearim, however, the patchkevillim announcing his levayah looked as on the right.

This isn’t something I understand. While I can understand the Neturei Karta and their position, why doesn’t the velt’s vort of Acharei Mos Kedoshim apply here? Sigh.

And for those of you who may have never heard this vort, it is simple. The order of these two parshios in the sedrah is as listed. Acharei Mos, and then Kedoshim. Translate them into one sentence, and you get “After death, (they) are holy”. In other words, speak no evil of the dead.

So why not?