This particular patchkeville was put out sometime last year in Yerushalayim. It is a likut of ma’amorim expressed by Gedolei Hador concerning Lubavitch. A critical point to note is that rov of these vertlach were said on Chabad before the Meshichistim emerged as a threat to Yiddishkeit, and indeed, before the Rebbe was niftar. Also [...]
Note: I must apologize in advance for the pretentious writing style used. I feel that due to the weighty nature of the topic at hand, any attempt to deal with it in an offhand manner would only serve to detract from its weightiness. It is deep, and searing. Elemental, in ways I will not, cannot, [...]
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. [...]
And that, folks, is exactly what is going on here. I must say, that as an occasional (former?) reader of the infamous VIN and YWN news blogs, I was quite disappointed at their biased coverage of the two recent hafganah affairs in our Holy City. And here comes the kicker…their bias was towards the secular! [...]
Why is it that people feel it’s OK to photographically intrude on strange cultures’ lives, as long as they make an effort towards unobtrusiveness? To be clear. You aren’t unobtrusive. The only reason you haven’t been sent flying is because us Jews are naturally “Baishanim, Rachmanim, and Gomlei Chasadim.” Anyway, stop it!