During the ‘Ne’ilas HaChag tisch’ the Sadigura Rebbe Shlita, a member of the Moetzas Gedolei Yisrael, spoke out strongly against technological advances that threaten the Jewish home, calling to distance oneself from threatening technological advances. The rebbe lamented how many have been lost spiritually due to social networking and WhatsApp groups R”L.
“There are eyes in the home” the rebbe stated in reference to the children, who are smart and aware of who has a computer and who does not and what content is available. He also spoke of the materialistic threats such as electric bicycles which have caused so many accidents and loss of life and the need to distance from them as well.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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There is no bigger blight on yiddishkeit than these so-called “electric bicycles”. What happened to moving by the honest labor of your own two legs? Good, honest work is hard to come by these days.
I need a rollator to walk long distances, and even then it’s painful. Would this rebbe (and “TrueYeshish85”) deny me the right to use an electric bicycle if I had one?
What was wrong with horses and buggies? We had very few fatal crashes back then. These cars are terrible. Why do the Rebbe and roshei yeshiva use those deadly automobiles? Sets such a bad example.
The main problem with e-bikes is their silence contributing to many accidents.
There is a need for users to install bicycle horns or bells so that there is some kind of warning to pedestrians, where they currently are not standard features.
For drivers who would not use horns or bells, a clicking device can be added to one of the wheels for a constant quiet noise while in motion but those can be harder to find than horns or bells.
An example of that would be the Rimfire Lighting System Power Hub that adds a LED light and a clicking sound to wheels that it is installed on. This is constant so it may be better therefore than a horn or bell.
The rebbe lamented how many have been lost spiritually due to social networking and WhatsApp groups R”L.
LET’S TAKE IT SERIOUSLY; THE REBBE IS REFERING TO BETWEEN 1,000 TO 3,000 R”L; CASES A MONTH OF THE RELIGIOUS KEHILOT ALL OVER THE WORLD.
WHY SUCH A BIG SPAN ? , BECAUSE SADLY, THE MAYORITY ARE HIDDEN.
THIS IS A SHOA; MEN AND WOMEN (OF ALMOST ALL THE AGES) GO OFF THE DERECH; FAMILIES TORN APART, ETC..ETC..
INCLUDING ALSO; LETZAARENU; THOSE COMING FROM VERY STRONG AND GREAT TALMIDEI CHACHAMIM.
THE ONLY REAL SOLUTION; SINCE NOW, IT SEEMS, IT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE REVERSE ON TECHNOLOGY; IS TO FORCE OURSELVES AND OUR FAMILY; TO GET USE TO HAVE A PROPER (REAL AND VERY STRONG) FILTERED INTERNET CONNECTION ALL THE TIME.
ALSO WE SHOULD TELL AND WRITE STORIES ABOUT THOSE TRAGEDIES, THAT ARE VERY SADLY HAPPENING, BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF IT.
MAKING EVERYBODY AWARE, OF THIS TRAGRDIES; MIGHT HELP TO REALLY CONVINCE ONE SELF TO DECIDE FOR YOUR OWN SAKE TO BE ON GUARD AND KEEP AWAY FROM THE OPEN INTERNET.
SIMILAR TO THE WAY WE WERE TAUGHT BY OUR PARENTS, ABOUT DRUGS, ALCHOHOL, CIGARS ETC…
#1 what on earth is wrong with an electric bike? Why against yidishkeit? Not everyone can walk well and for some an electric bike is a yeshua for getting around especially in Yerusholayim where the hills are otherwise difficult for those with walking problems!
4030433864, Is your caps key stuck? Writing in all caps makes your text harder to read and less likely for anyone to bother. If you can’t get your point across in understandable standard English, writing in all caps won’t help.