Reply To: Porush (NOT) for Mayor

Well Umm, your tone has changed I am happy to note!!

But instead of admitting your error, you are now trying to personalize and attack me as having a personal vendetta against Porush. Firstly this is motzi shem rah and I even preempted you and on an earlier posting I forewarned you that this is NOT the case but you continue…. I have NEVER spoken to or had dealings with him or his father or children or brothers etc etc. This is purely lemaan Yerushalayim, the city I live in and love. Perhaps from your comfortable armchair in the USA it is hard to appreciate the beauty and holiness of Yerushalayim, the city we love.

Mariner, I didnt really want to explain the background on that question but now you have pushed me…. Many years ago when Reb Menachem Porush spent weeks and months in america collecting funds for Chinuch Atzmai, some younger askonim noted a large discrepancy between what was collected and what was brought into the account. They complained to Rav Shach zt”l and proved their point to him. According to a firsthand report, Rav Shach zt”l sighed and said that he had been made aware of these problems previously but he cannot afford to make a fuss as then all the donations from America will stop immediately, at least now a small percentage of the donations are arriving and are succeeding to keep the ship from sinking!! We are talking here of sums in the 100’s of 1000’s during the early years of the State of Israel!!

Need I say more…..