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I do not work in a Jewish environment, and have been told several stories of chillul Hashems perpetrated by my fellow Orthodox Jews, in real life and online. I bow my head in shame because what else can I do? Sometimes I say something like, yes we all make mistakes, not everyone has perfect fear of G-d but that’s what we strive for.
I feel that the Internet has made Yiras Shamayim not only more necessary for protecting ourselves from aveiros, but a real litmus test of Yashrus and Yiras Shamayim. Now that we can so easily do things forbidden to us, we can know exactly how high our Yiras Shamayim is and our real Yashrus standards.
On the internet, it is <b>even more important</b> to act at all times with the awareness that the whole world is watching – both online and in real life.
Please reflect well on other Jews!
What are some things we can do to make a Kiddush Hashem and strengthen our Yiras Shamayim and Yashrus?
Here are some of my humble suggestions, please add some of your own:
<u>Making A Kiddush Hashem Online:</u>
1. Not using derogatory words to describe other groups, Jewish or Not.
2. Not discussing heterim to do illegal things.
3. Not asking after a news article about a tragedy, “were any jews involved?” We value all life.
4. What ideas do you have for us to increase Yiras Shamayim and make a kiddush Hashem, especially online?
We frumme Yidden make far far more Kiddushei Hashem’s than Chillul Hashem’s.
And it does matter, a great deal in fact, whether one of our brothers were involved in a tragedy.
Pascha
Can you elaborate on what those chillul Hashem stories were? How do you know that what you were told is how it happened? Why are you so quick to accept Loshon Hora on your brothers and sisters?
pascha:
Stop believing the sheker in the media about frumme Yidden. It is 99.9+% false. 99.999% of what frumme yidden do are kidushei Hashem.
pashca:
You need a few lessons to help you brush up on your dan lkaf zchus skills.
Stop believing all the sheker out there.
Pascha
Are you referring to frum Jews? Or Jews in general? Yes there are many non frum Jews who have made chillul Hashems. Madoff…what’s your point?
Pascha bchochma
Its a big problem when they know one or 2 or even a few frum people and they generalize based on that. You should make it clear that there are exceptions but by and large most Jews are honest hardworking law abiding citizens.
myfriend, you seem to like to sweep problems in the frum community under the rug. I hope you are never in a situation where you need people to believe that someone from the frum community may have done something not 100% kosher.
To a non jew, a jew is a jew. I personally have been called “a hasid” by non jews and I look nothing like a chassid. I’ve been called Rabbi too and I do nothing to perpetuate such a myth.
Yes, its true that you cant lump “all hasids shop there” and “all hasids are on govt programs” together, and it is a ridiculous comment, for anyone to make. What is important is why someone would make such a statement and why they believe it to be true. When confronted with situations such as presented, I dont even try to answer “well, every group has its bad apples” or anything similar. I tackle it head on. I would answer, really, all hasidic girls shop there, you keep tabs on hasidic girls shopping habits that you can make such a statement?
Off the topic: It sounds a bit funny that this person thinks (in your own words) that hassidic girls are cute. I would have shomrim keep an eye on this guy. Apparantly he keeps tabs on chassidish girls. He sounds like a pervert.
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