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Once full-scale war broke out after the State of Israel declared
its existence on May 14, 1948 [CE] Reb Shraga Feivel’s [Mendlowitz]
thoughts were never far from Eretz Yisrael.A group of students saw him outside the Mesivta building one day,
talking excitedly with Rabbi Gedaliah Schorr and
gesticulating rapidly with the newspaper held in his hand.“If I were your age,” he [Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz]
told the students, “I would take a gun and go to Eretz Yisrael.”SOURCE: Reb Shraga Feivel: the life and times of Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz,
the architect of Torah in America (chapter 26, page 338) by Yonoson Rosenblum
for Artscroll / Mesorah, year 2001 CE, based on Aharon Sorasky’s Shelucha DeRachmana,
ISBNs: 157819797X, 9781578197972, 1578197961, 9781578197965
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PERSONAL COMMENT:Please, DO NOT LISTEN to Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz,
just because he was the founder of Torah U’Mesorah.Please, DO NOT LISTEN to Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz,
just because he was principal of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas,
and taught there for 25 years.Please, DO NOT LISTEN to Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz,
just because he was known as
“the premier architect of Torah in American history.”Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency [DOGE]
canceled a $600,00 grant to Southern University and A & M College
that funded studying the menstrual cycles of transgender men.It seems that the members of the Democratic Party do not care
how much money they waste, because they laugh at the taxpayers!In a conversation with the Satmar Rav, shortly after his talk
on the U.N. declaration, Reb Shraga Feivel [Mendlowitz]
was subjected to the sharpest criticism for his “Zionist leanings.”Later he told his family,
“I could have answered him [the Satmar Rav]
Chazal for Chazal, Midrash for Midrash,
but I did not want to incur his wrath,
for he is a great man and a tzaddik.”He added with a twinkle, “And besides, he has a fiery temper”…
SOURCE: Reb Shraga Feivel: the life and times of Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz,
the architect of Torah in America (chapter 26, page 335 to 336)
by Yonoson Rosenblum for Artscroll / Mesorah, year 2001 CE,
based on Aharon Sorasky’s Shelucha DeRachmana,
ISBNs: 157819797X, 9781578197972, 1578197961, 9781578197965__________________________________________
PERSONAL COMMENT:Please DO NOT LISTEN to Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz,
just because he was the founder of Torah U’Mesorah.Please DO NOT LISTEN to Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz,
just because he was principal of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas,
and taught there for 25 years.Please DO NOT LISTEN to Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz,
just because he was known as
“the premier architect of Torah in American history.”Yankel Berel is NOT the only person who understands the Avnei Nezer,
at the end of Chelek Yoreh Deah, as clearly stating that The 3 Oaths
[Gimmel Shevout] are *** NOT *** binding Halachah LeMaaseh, in our times.Other people read Avnei Nezer the same way that Yankel Berel reads it,
and those people outnumber the brainwashed and dangerous
anti-Zionist fanatics who endanger the lives of many Jews
and shmad many Jews by driving them away from the Derech HaTorah.The anti-Zionist fanatics have shmaded more Jews,
by driving Jews away from the Derech HaTorah,
than the worst Secular Zionists ever did.Message to all members of the Democratic Party
who accused Donald Trump of being Hitler:
===============================Donald Trump never censored Free Speech — but you did!
Donald Trump never used the media to silence his political opponents — but you did!
Donald Trump never threatened to take guns away from good citizens — but you did!
Donald Trump never threatened to put good citizens who disagreed with him
into “Re-education Camps” (Concentration Camps)– but you did!The new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)
discovered a man in the state of Louisiana with
34 different names & 34 addresses & 34 Social Security numbers.He was collecting $1,168,646 per year in Social Security payments.
Why was this never discovered by Joe Biden and Kamala Harris?
Why was this never discovered by Nancy Pelosi or Chuck Schumer?
Why was this never discovered by AOC or Ilhan Omar or Rashida Tlaib?
Why was this never discovered by ANY member of the Democratic Party?
It seems that the members of the Democratic Party do not care
how much money they waste, because they laugh at the taxpayers!In the very early 2000s, I spoke to 50 shadchanim,
by telephone, and I asked all of them:“What are the biggest problems that harm shidduchim?”
The top two answers were: “short boys” and “fat girls”.
Short men cannot become taller, so I will not discuss them.
But fat girls can become thinner, so we must do something about that.
FAT GIRLS remain a constant problem, that cannot
be solved by giving financial incentives to shadchanim,
nor can this problem be solved by changing
the ages at which singles start shidduchim.Instead of spending 1 or 2 years in Seminary,
which is a huge waste of money and total waste of time,
single girls should spend 1 or 2 years in a female-only gym,
or long-distance running, to become thinner.The weight and size they lose will do more
to help them get married than ANY Seminary.PS: On 2025 March 4th, I saw a teenage
Chareidi girl who was 5 feet tall and 5 feet wide.In a few years, she will be attempting shidduchim.
Why should any 15-year-old Frum girl be 5 feet tall and 5 feet wide?
Why? Why?? WHY???
“In [year]1948 [CE], after the Arabs attacked the newly declared
Jewish state and soldiers were falling on the battlefield,
several Roshei Yeshivah taunted Reb Shraga Feivel [Mendlowitz]
for having recited the blessing [HaTov VeHaMeitiv].Reb Shraga Feivel turned to Rabbi Aharon Kotler,
who agreed with him that the U. N. resolution
[to establish a Jewish State in Eretz Yisrael in year 1948 CE]
was indeed worthy of the blessing.”SOURCE: Reb Shraga Feivel: the life and times of Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz,
the architect of Torah in America (chapter 26, page 331, footnote 3,
heard from Rabbi Nesanel Quinn) by Yonoson Rosenblum for Artscroll / Mesorah,
year 2001 CE, based on Aharon Sorasky’s Shelucha DeRachmana,
ISBNs: 157819797X, 9781578197972, 1578197961, 9781578197965__________________________________________
PERSONAL COMMENT:PLEASE DO NOT LISTEN to Rabbi Aharon Kotler,
just because he founded Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood.PLEASE DO NOT LISTEN to Rabbi Aharon Kotler,
just because he worked day and night to save Jews from The Holocaust.PLEASE DO NOT LISTEN to Rabbi Aharon Kotler,
just because he wrote Shu”t Mishnas R’ Aharon (responsa).PLEASE DO NOT LISTEN to Rabbi Aharon Kotler,
just because he wrote the Mishnas Rabbi Aharon commentary on the Talmud.PLEASE DO NOT LISTEN to Rabbi Aharon Kotler,
just because produced many highly distinguished talmidim,
including: Rabbi Shlomo Brevda, Rabbi Moshe Heinemann,
Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch, Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetsky,
Rabbi Shlomo Miller, Rabbi Yechiel Perr,
Rabbi Gedalia Schorr, Rabbi Elya Svei and many others.__________________________________________
PERSONAL COMMENT:Please read this quote together with the quote that preceded it.
Rabbi Yair Hoffman said this on http://www.VINNEWS.com on 2025 March 13:
If American Bnei Torah were to vote, as Rav Chaim Kanievsky
(zichron tzaddik v’kadosh livracha) paskened to do –
the dangerous threat of Reform Judaism, Wokism in Eretz Yisroel,
and all the other apikorsisha “isms” would be severely diminished.The largest slate of the delegates is a Reform Jewish organization
that supports many projects that Orthodox Jews would deem
antithetical and anathema to Torah Judaism.Arza supports the movement to take away the Kotel from Orthodox Jewish administration.
It would be particularly sad if the great talmid chochom,
Rav Shmuel Rabinovitch, the Rav of the Kosel and
a mechaber sefer extraordinaire, were to be replaced with “Rabbi Jill.”Money matters in influencing reality.
The WZO election deals out nearly 2 billion dollars every year.Those that urged frum Jews to vote in the election were
Rav Chaim Kanievsky zatzal – the Sar haTorah, Rav Gershon Edelstein zt”l,
Rav Dovid Feinstein zt”l and lbc”l Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky shlita.
Numerous Poskim have said that there is no issue in voting.The Reform movement are well aware that all that is necessary
for their agenda to be replaced is if the Torah community
would wake up and vote.It is for this reason that the credit card that is used for
the $5 fee to vote is limited to only 3 people per household.
Chareidim have more children and this is their way of limiting the frum vote.To vote – go to eretzhakodesh.org, click on the vote button and follow the instructions there.
The author can be reached at [email protected]
===================================FULL DISCLOSURE: I did not write any part of this article.
I only copied it from Rabbi Yair Hoffman and http://www.VINNEWS.com.“On Friday, November 29, 1947, the United Nations
debated the issue of partitioning the British Mandate
for Palestine into two countries, one Arab and on Jewish.Reb Shraga Feivel [Mendlowitz] prayed fervently for partition.
He had no radio in his house, but that Friday he borrowed one
and set it to the news, leaving it on for Shabbos.He waited with such tense anticipation to hear the outcome
of the U. N. [United Nations] vote that he did not come to shalosh seudos.When he heard the U. N.’s decision to establish a Jewish state,
he stood up and recited the blessing HaTov VeHaMeitiv,
Who is good and Who does good.Without losing sight of the anti-religious nature of
the leaders of the yishuv in Eretz Yisrael,
he nevertheless saw the creation of a Jewish state
as an act of Providence and as a cause for rejoicing.At the very least, there would now be one country in the world
whose gates would be open to the thousands of Holocaust survivors
still languishing in Displaced Persons Camps in Germany and Austria.”SOURCE: Reb Shraga Feivel: the life and times of Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz,
the architect of Torah in America (chapter 26, page 331) by Yonoson Rosenblum
for Artscroll / Mesorah, year 2001, based on Aharon Sorasky’s Shelucha DeRachmana,
ISBNs: 157819797X, 9781578197972, 1578197961, 9781578197965__________________________________________
Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz was the founder of Torah U’Mesorah
and became principal of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas in year 1921 CE.His career in Yeshiva Torah Vodaas lasted 25 years.
He was known as “the premier architect of Torah in American history.”
He left this world in 1948 CE at the age of 62 years.
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PERSONAL COMMENT:Please, DO NOT LISTEN to Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz,
just because he was the founder of Torah U’Mesorah.Please, DO NOT LISTEN to Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz,
just because he was principal of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas,
and taught there for 25 years.Please, DO NOT LISTEN to Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz,
just because he was known as
“the premier architect of Torah in American history.”Nosson Nota said this on YWN on December 23, 2024:
“How come nobody here has anything to say about the endless
thousands of families in which the husband / father has been away
from his kollel / job/ wife / children for months on end and sacrificing
his health and sometimes his life, while there are tens of thousands
of young Charedi men available, many of whom
are not even learning, who could have given them a break?”===========================================
Mordy180 said this on YWN on December 23, 2024:“Imagine if Yehoshua [ben Nun] went to fight Amalek and the
Charedim refused to go. Only Leviim were exempt.The current war is Milchemes Mitzvah and Pikuach Nefesh.
They can ask for support positions and totally separate units
but to claim that the Chayalim are their servants
like garbage men is the height of Gaiva and Sinis Chinom.”===========================================
[email protected] said this on YWN on December 23, 2024:“Among the thousands upon thousands of people [who] are
celebrating the 80th anniversary of the freeing of the Rebbe of Satmar zt”l \
from the Holocaust, did anyone mention that it was THE ZIONISTS
who saved him by putting him on a train out of
Hungary — the very train that UJM spits upon?”===========================================
ShloimeBoruch said this on YWN on December 23, 2024:“…the Satmar Rebbe, who was rescued by those Evil Zionists…”
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AWeiszGuy said this on YWN on December 22, 2024:“These Yidden [Jews] who don’t support Medinat Yisrael
[the State of Israel] should not have the protection of Tzahal [the Israeli Army].”“All you anti-Zionists here are disgusting self-hating Jews
who will get yours when Moshiach arrives.”===========================================
ac23 said this on YWN on December 22, 2024:“You can be a Zionist and a Ben Torah.
In fact, I have no doubt in my mind that a [Religious] Zionist’s limud
is worth Aseret Monim [ten times] over your fake learning.You have your own hateful religion that is completely disconnected from Judaism.
Enjoy the galut; you have no chelek in Eretz Israel and surely not be redeemed.”
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smms said this on YWN on December 22, 2024:“Many of the early Zionists were indeed rotten to the core
and did not care that Jews were being murdered
by the Germans, even welcomed it.But, as Rabbi Yaakov Kaminetzky zt’l and others have said,
the fact that the State of Israel provided a homeland to Jews
after the awful Churban, when nobody wanted them,
should mitigate our kana’us toward the State.You need to be completely blind not to see how
in many significant ways the secular state of Israel
has been beneficial for frum Jews over the years.And in any event, many of today’s Israels are not
secular ideologues and atheists like the old Zionists.Everyone wants to be cool and curse them out,
but at the same time use their services.
The root of this attitude is not Ahavas Yisrael
but Sin’as Yisrael.”This quote from Rabbi Meir Simcha HaKohen of Dvinsk
refutes the claims of the anti-Zionists:
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רבי מאיר שמחה מדווינסק הובא הרב מ. כשר מספרו התקופה הגדולה עמ’ קע”האמנם כעת הסבה ההשגחה, אשר באספת הממלכות הנאורות בסאן
רעמא ניתן צו אשר ארץ ישראל תהיה לעם ישראל. וכיון שסר
פחד השבועות, וברשיון המלכים קמה מצות ישוב ארץ ישראל
ששקולה כנגד על המצוות שבתורה למקומה, מצוה על כל איש
לסייע בכל יכלתו לקיים מצוה זו.
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However, now Providence has arranged,
that through the gathering of the great nations in San Remo,
a mandate was made that the Land of Israel belongs to the Jews.And since the fear of the [Three] Oaths is gone,
and with permission of the nations comes
the mitzvah of resettling the Land of Israel,
which is equal to all of the mitzvot in the Torah.Every Jew [literally, every man] is required to help,
with all his ability, to comply with this mitzvah.
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If you understand what Rabbi Meir Simcha HaKohen
of Dvinsk said in this message,
then you are one step closer to understanding that
Religious Zionism is the true Derech HaTorah of Moshe Rabbeinu
and Yehoshua his student, and all the Rabbis of the Mishnah.Religious Zionism is NOT Avodah Zarah or Kefirah.
On the contrary, it is ANTI-Zionism which is Avodah Zarah and Kefirah!
This quote from Ranban demolishes the claims of the anti-Zionists:
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רמב”ן השמטות לספר המצוות להרמב”ם, מצוה ד’ולא נעזבה ביד זולתינו מן האומות או לשממה, והוא אומרו להם:
‘והורשתם את הארץ וישבתם בה כי לכם נתתי את הארץ לרשת
אותה’- הרי נצטווינו בכיבוש כל הדורות.It [the land] won’t be forsaken in the hands of other
nations nor won’t be destroyed, and it says:‘And you shall take possession of the land and settle in it,
for I have assigned the land to you to possess.”We see that we are commanded in conquering
[The Land of Israel] in ALL generations._____________________________________________________
If you understand what Ranban said in this message,
then you are one step closer to understanding that
Religious Zionism is the true Derech HaTorah of Moshe Rabbeinu
and Yehoshua his student, and all the Rabbis of the Mishnah.Religious Zionism is NOT Avodah Zarah or Kefirah.
On the contrary, it is ANTI-Zionism which is Avodah Zarah and Kefirah!
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Now watch the anti-Zionists ignore this message completely,
because they know that they cannot refute it.“Non Political ” gave us a relevant quote from Rabbi Meir Simcha HaKohen of Dvinsk.
What is the exact source of that quote?
The person who calls himself “Non Political” just gave us a relevant Ranban.
Someone please tell us, from where is that Ranban?
What is the source of that Ranban?
The ONLY people who are required to listen to the Satmar Rebbe are Satmar Chassidim.
Satmar Chassidim do not listen to Modern Orthodox Rabbis or Young Israel Rabbis
or Religious Zionist Rabbis or Chabad Rabbis or Sephardic Rabbis or Tzahal Rabbis,
even when those Rabbis are expert in all of Shas and all of Shulchan Aruch.Since I am not a Satmar Chassid [Baruch HaShem],
I have *** NO REASON *** to listen to the Satmar Rebbe.Baruch SheLo Asani Satmar!
UJM has given us a long quote from Sefer Divrei Yoel.
Would someone please volunteer to tell us all:
In what year did the Satmar Rebbe write Sefer Divrei Yoel?
_________________________________________________________The best publication date I could get is 1982 CE.
which was 3 years after his death in 1979 CE.If I remember correctly, our great and holy and perfect Tanach has 24 books.
The 6th book of Tanach, which starts after the death of Moshe Rabbeinu,
is mostly about the Jewish conquest of Eretz Yisrael. This is Sefer Yehoshua.In other words, an entire book of Tanach is dedicated to
the Jewish conquest of Eretz Yisrael. WOW!!There is no book of Tanach that is entirely dedicated to Kashruth
There is no book of Tanach that is entirely dedicated to Shabbos.
There is no book of Tanach that is entirely dedicated to Tefillah.
There is no book of Tanach that is entirely dedicated to Tznius.
There is no book of Tanach that is entirely dedicated to Tzitsis.
There is no book of Tanach that is entirely dedicated to Shaatnez.
There is no book of Tanach that is entirely dedicated to Shmirat HaLashon.
There is no book of Tanach that is entirely dedicated to Shmirat HaEinayaim.But there is an entire book of Tanach is dedicated to
the Jewish conquest of Eretz Yisrael: Sefer Yehoshua.In Sefer Yehoshua, chapter 13, verse 1,
G*D rebukes Yehoshua for not conquering 100% of Eretz Yisrael._____________________________________________________
If you understand what I said in this message,
then you are one step closer to understanding that
Religious Zionism is the true Derech HaTorah of Moshe Rabbeinu
and Yehoshua his student, and all the Rabbis of the Mishnah.Religious Zionism is NOT Avodah Zarah or Kefirah.
On the contrary, it is ANTI-Zionism which is Avodah Zarah and Kefirah!Dear Non Political,
When you say S”Z, some people might not understand that means Secular Zionism.
When you say R”Z, some people might not understand that means Religious Zionism.
I am not attacking you, I am just trying to help.
“And he [Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz] expressed
amazement that anyone who considered himself a good Jew
could possibly go seven days without thinking of some way
in which he could improve the lot of settlers
in Eretz Yisrael or otherwise improve the Land.”SOURCE: Reb Shraga Feivel: the life and times of Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz,
the architect of Torah in America (chapter 25, page 322) by Yonoson Rosenblum
for Artscroll / Mesorah, year 2001, based on Aharon Sorasky’s Shelucha DeRachmana,
ISBNs: 157819797X, 9781578197972, 1578197961, 9781578197965__________________________________________
Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz was the founder of Torah U’Mesorah
and became principal of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas in year 1921 CE.His career in Yeshiva Torah Vodaas lasted 25 years.
He was known as “the premier architect of Torah in American history.”He left this world in 1948 CE at the age of 62 years.
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PERSONAL COMMENT:If you read the quote shown above carefully,
you will understand that Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz
(known as: “the premier architect of Torah in American history”)
wanted ALL JEWS to help the settlers in Eretz Yisrael,
even though those settlers were SECULAR ZIONISTS!!!HaKatan said:
“There is zero source for Zionism in the Torah, as mentioned.”
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MY RESPONSE:
Babylonian Talmud, tractate Ketubot, page 110B:
“Our Rabbis taught:
A man should always reside in the Land of Israel,
even in a city whose majority is idol-worshippers,
and do not dwell outside the Land of Israel,
even in a city whose majority is Jewish,
because those who dwell in the land of Israel
are as if they have a G*D; and those who
dwell outside the land are as if they have no G*D.”_____________________________________________________
Rabbi Yerachmiel of Kozhnitz:“Thank G_D, I am not jealous of a single soul,
except those Jews who have been able to go to Eretz Yisrael.”NOTE: Rabbi Yerachmiel of Kozhnitz was the 6th
Kozhnitzer Rebbe, who died 13 Elul 1909 CE.SOURCE: Something to Say (page 98) by Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser, year 1998 CE
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Hakhel Community Awareness Bulletin for Erev Tisha BeAv 2006:“We have been in exile far too long,
and the longer we are here, he worse off we are.Exile does not get better with age like a fine wine;
it becomes rancid like a container of open milk on a hot summer day.”_____________________________________________________
Rabbi Shmuel Dishon (speaking at a Hakhel lecture):The greatest Chillul HaShem in the world today is that we are still in exile.
SOURCE: 5768 Av 5 Hakhel Email Community Awareness Bulletin 2008/08/06
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If you understand what I said in this message,
then you are one step closer to understanding that
Religious Zionism is the true Derech HaTorah of Moshe Rabbeinu
and Yehoshua his student, and all the Rabbis of the Mishnah.Religious Zionism is NOT Avodah Zarah or Kefirah.
On the contrary, is is ANTI-Zionism which is Avodah Zarah and Kefirah!Finally, UJM said something that I agree with!
During the 4 years that the USA was governed by ex-President Joe Biden
and ex-Vice President Kamala Harris, the USA spent many millions of dollars
of taxpayer money to give Social Security payments to
more than 130,000 people more than 160 years old,
with thousands of Social Security recipients over 300 years old.These wicked wasteful payments were NEVER criticized by ANYONE
from the Democratic Party, including: Bill and Hillary Clinton,
ex-President Barack Hussein Obama, Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi,
Bernie Sanders, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Kathy Hochul, Gavin Newsom,
Dianne Feinstein, Andrew Cuomo, Adam Schiff, Al Franken,
Cory Booker, Maxine Waters, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,
Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, and “The Squad” that they lead.Even after this unbelievable stupidity and wickedness,
the majority of American Jews continue to vote for the Democratic Party.“And he [Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz] expressed
amazement that anyone who considered himself a good Jew
could possibly go seven days without thinking of some way
in which he could improve the lot of settlers
in Eretz Yisrael or otherwise improve the Land.”SOURCE: Reb Shraga Feivel: the life and times of Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz,
the architect of Torah in America (chapter 25, page 322) by Yonoson Rosenblum
for Artscroll / Mesorah, year 2001, based on Aharon Sorasky’s Shelucha DeRachmana,
ISBNs: 157819797X, 9781578197972, 1578197961, 9781578197965__________________________________________
Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz was the founder of Torah U’Mesorah
and became principal of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas in year 1921 CE.His career in Yeshiva Torah Vodaas lasted 25 years.
He was known as “the premier architect of Torah in American history.”He left this world in 1948 CE at the age of 62 years.
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PERSONAL COMMENT:If you read the quote shown above carefully,
you will understand that Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz
(who was known as: “the premier architect of Torah in American history”)
wanted ALL JEWS to help the settlers in Eretz Yisrael,
even though those settlers were ZIONISTS!!!But please, do not listen to Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz,
just because he was known as:
“the premier architect of Torah in American history”.Instead, focus 100% of your attention on VaYoel Moshe,
because that is the *** ONLY *** opinion that ever counts,
and all other opinions are totally irrelevant and worthless.During the 4 years that the USA was led by ex-President Joe Biden
and ex-Vice President Kamala Harris, the USA government
spent taxpayer money on these things:$2 million for Morroccan pottery classes
$2 million for promoting tourism to Lebanon
$20 million for a “Sesame Street” show in Iraq
Sending Ukrainians to Paris Fashion Week
$1.5 million for DEI in Serbia
$70,000 for a DEI musical in Ireland
$47,000 for a transgender opera in Columbia
$32,000 for a transgender comic book in Peru
$2 million for sex changes in Guatemala
$6 million for promoting tourism to Egypt
$1 million to help disabled people in Tajikistan become “Climate Leaders”
$15 million for contraceptives and condoms in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.During the 4 years that the USA was led by ex-President Joe Biden
and ex-Vice President Kamala Harris, none of these wicked and wasteful
projects was ever criticized by ANYONE from the Democratic Party,
including:Bill and Hillary Clinton, ex-President Barack Hussein Obama,
Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, Bernie Sanders, Dr. Anthony Fauci,
Kathy Hochul, Gavin Newsom, Dianne Feinstein, Andrew Cuomo,
Adam Schiff, Al Franken, Cory Booker, Maxine Waters,
and Alexandria_Ocasio-Cortez and “The Squad” that she leads.Even after this unbelievable stupidity and wickedness,
the majority of American Jews continue to vote for the Democratic Party.FULL DISCLOSURE:
I did NOT write this letter or any part of it.
I do NOT know who wrote this letter.
I just copied it from www (dot) matzav (dot) com.==============
Dear Matzav Inbox,
I have absolutely no problem with anyone holding a shitah that is anti-Tzioni.
I understand fully the perspective of those who oppose the medinah.Every individual and kehillah is entitled to their views on this matter,
and we should not forget that there are many legitimate reasons
to question or oppose the modern state of Israel and its government.This is a topic that has many layers.
We must be able to have these discussions, respectfully and thoughtfully.However, what I cannot tolerate, and what I am calling out in this long overdue letter,
is when this anti-Zionist stance ceases to be a viewpoint or a political position,
and instead becomes the very foundation of someone’s Yiddishkeit.There is a great difference between holding an opinion about the medinah
and allowing that opinion to consume and define your entire avodas Hashem.When opposition to the medinah and the Israeli government transforms
into the entire essence of one’s Yiddishkeit, something is terribly amiss.Then it is no longer simply about politics or ideology.
It actually becomes a warped form of Avodah Zarah,
where the focus is no longer on serving Hashem,
but on serving an anti-Tzioni agenda.Yes, you know exactly what I’m talking about.
And for those who have fallen into this trap, how is it that every drasha,
every event, and every conversation somehow
revolves around the same refrain of anti-Tzioni sentiment?Is that your whole avodas Hashem?
How is it that every shmuess, every message,
and every teaching is framed through the lens of opposition to the medinah?When one’s Yiddishkeit is entirely defined by this opposition,
we must ask: Are you still serving Hashem?Or are you now serving your anti-Tzioni views,
as if they were the central aspect of our Torah observance?Let me be clear:
When the agenda of opposition to the medinah infiltrates every aspect
of avodas Hashem, one is in danger of losing sight of what is truly important.When you are teaching 5-year-olds this type of stuff
on an equal footing with Torah and mitzvos,
you have gone off the plantation.It is no longer about serving Hashem through the Torah and mitzvos,
but about serving an ideological position.And once that happens, one is no longer engaging in avodas Hashem
as the Torah teaches us, but is rather caught up in a false religion,
one that elevates these views above the true avodah of a Yid.I implore my fellow Yidden to call this out for what it is and what it has become.
Never lose sight of the fact that our true identity as Yidden
is not defined by one specific ideology,
but by our connection to Hashem, His Torah, and His mitzvos.Sincerely,
A Yid Who Has Had EnoughSOURCE: Matzav Inbox: “When Being Anti-Tzioni Becomes Your Avodah Zarah”
2024 December 24 www (dot) matzav (dot) com==============
PERSONAL COMMENT:
In Brooklyn there is a yeshivah for Baalei Teshuvah where
the FIRST lesson the students learn is to HATE “The Zionists”.Why should that be the FIRST lesson they learn?
I was once lectured about the evils of “The Zionists” by
a very new student from that yeshivah, who was so new
that he did not yet know how to recite Shma Yisrael.
When I tried to change the subject, he refused to stop.
He was completely brainwashed and unbearably irritating.HaKatan:
You have no authority to decide which
Orthodox Rabbis are relevant, and which are not.
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The vast majority of Orthodox Rabbis recognize that
THE NETUREI KARTA are wicked people,
who trample over all of the laws of the Torah,
to purse their obvious mental illness and fanatical hatred.Even with all their false claims of piety and righteousness,
THE NETUREI KARTA are perfectly will to violate
any Torah law, to pursue their satanic hatred of Jews.Before THE ZIONISTS took control of Eretz Yisrael,
there were approximately 3 yeshivahs in Eretz Yisrael.After 77 years of Zionism in Eretz Yisrael, the
number of Yeshivahs in Eretz Yisrael is around 1,000.
With new Yeshivahs built every year.I mentioned this undeniable truth a few months ago,
and HaKatan and the other anti-Zionist lunatics
just ignored what I said, because it proves that
their anti-Zionist beliefs are FALSE.Does Religious Zionism have a basis in our perfect and holy Torah?
Please consider these facts:
If I remember correctly, The Mishnah contains 60 tractates or mesechtas.
Approximately half (50%) of those tractates apply ONLY in Eretz Yisrael,
including: almost all of Seder Zeraim, almost all of Kedoshim,
and almost all of Seder Taharot.Even the tractates that apply outside of Eretz Yisrael,
they mention Eretz Yisrael many many times
(this includes Yerushalayim, which is part of Eretz Yisrael).These are the tractates from Seder Zeraim that apply ONLY in Eretz Yisrael:
Peah, Demai, Kilayim, Sheviit, Terumot, Maaserot, Maasser Sheni, Challah, Orlah and Bikurim.These are the tractates from Seder Kedoshim that apply ONLY in Eretz Yisrael:
Zevachim, Menachot, Bechorot, Arachin, Temirah, Keritot, Meilah, Tamid, Midot, Kinim.If you understand what I said in this message,
then you are one step closer to understanding Religious Zionism.If you understand what I said in this message,
then you are one step closer to understanding that
Religious Zionism is NOT Avodah Zarah or Kefirah.On the contrary, is is ANTI-Zionism which is Avodah Zarah and Kefirah!
PS: I never wanted to accuse the anti-Zionists of Avodah Zarah and Kefirah,
but they forced me into it, by constantly and relentlessly
making false accusations against Religious Zionism,
which is the true Derech HaTorah of Moshe Rabbeinu
and Yehoshua his student, and all the Rabbis of the Mishnah.“He [Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz] never tired of telling his students
that that Eretz Yisrael is the natural place for every Jew.
Only there can a Jew flourish to his maximum potential.A Jew’s life outside of Eretz Yisrael inevitably has a truncated, unnatural quality.
He is like a polar bear removed from his Arctic habitat and placed in the Bronx Zoo.”“Any Jew who does not at least dream of going up to Eretz Yisrael,
he said, is surely lacking something in his Yiddishkeit.”SOURCE: Reb Shraga Feivel: the life and times of Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz,
the architect of Torah in America (chapter 25, page 322) by Yonoson Rosenblum
for Artscroll / Mesorah, year 2001, based on Aharon Sorasky’s Shelucha DeRachmana,
ISBNs: 157819797X, 9781578197972, 1578197961, 9781578197965__________________________________________
Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz was the founder of Torah U’Mesorah
and became principal of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas in year 1921 CE.His career in Yeshiva Torah Vodaas lasted 25 years.
He was known as “the premier architect of Torah in American history.”
He left this world in 1948 CE at the age of 62 years.
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If you understand the quote shown above,
then you are one step closer to understanding that
Religious Zionism is NOT Avodah Zarah or Kefirah.
On the contrary, it is ANTI-Zionism which is Avodah Zarah and Kefirah!Hearing his criticisms of Zionism, someone once told him
[Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz],
“I too hate the Zionists. They should be cursed.”“Chas v’chalilah (Heaven forbid)!” Reb Shraga Feivel [Mendlowitz] interjected.
“To the contrary: They should be blessed, along with all those
who are building up our Holy Land. I only pray that they observe mitzvos.
But chalilah to curse or hate them.
They are tinokos shenish’bu
(people who never received a Jewish education and so were led astray).”SOURCE: Reb Shraga Feivel: the life and times of Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz,
the architect of Torah in America (chapter 16, page 228) by Yonoson Rosenblum
for Artscroll / Mesorah, year 2001, based on Aharon Sorasky’s Shelucha DeRachmana,
ISBNs: 157819797X, 9781578197972, 1578197961, 9781578197965__________________________________________
Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz was the founder of Torah U’Mesorah
and became principal of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas in year 1921 CE.His career in Yeshiva Torah Vodaas lasted 25 years.
He was known as “the premier architect of Torah in American history.”
He left this world in 1948 CE at the age of 62 years.
HaKatan, In the 1930s and 1940s, your precious Gedolim
told the all Jews to stay in Europe, and NOT go to America.How many thousands of Jews died needlessly,
because they listened to the advice of the Gedolim?If you truly believe in the Gedolim, then you may not live
in Eretz Yisrael or North America; you must move to
Eastern Europe, and spend the rest of your life living there.If you do not do that, then you are REBELLING against the Gedolim!!
Do not rebel against the Gedolim!! Move to Eastern Europe NOW!!
Who cares if Eastern Europe is deeply involved in a brutal bloody war,
that many people expect to spread to the rest of Eastern Europe?The Gedolim of the 1930s and 1940 want you to live in Eastern Europe,
and their opinion is the ONLY thing that matters!!
THE *** ONLY *** THING THAT MATTERS!!!
THE *** ONLY *** THING THAT MATTERS!!!
NO EXCUSES!!! NO EXCUSES!!! NO EXCUSES!!!
Move to Eastern Europe NOW!!
Move to Eastern Europe NOW!!
The Gedolim of the 1930s and 1940 want you to live in Eastern Europe,
and their opinion is the ONLY thing that matters!!Religious Zionism is taught by:
Tanach, Mishnah, Talmud, Midrash and Shulchan Aruch.Therefore, anti-Zionism is heresy and idolatry.
UJM said:
“Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch was explicitly and expressly anti-Zionist.”
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MY RESPONSE:Even if this is true (and I do not have any evidence that it is true),
Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch died in 1888 of the Common Era.That was around 55 years before the Holocaust in the 1940s.
This is important, because many anti-Zionists became
pro-Zionists after the Holocaust and because of the Holocaust.That was 60 years before the State of Israel in 1948 CE.
That was almost 70 years before the recapture of
Jerusalem and the Kotel in 1967 CE (Baruch HaShem).But please, do not listen to anything that I just said,
just because what I said is based on true facts and valid logic.
Instead, just totally ignore everything I said, just like you always do 🙂Dear “catch yourself” Thank you very much for your true and logical comment
Unfortunately, the fanatical anti-Zionists will totally ignore your truth and logic.
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Dear “smerel” Thank you very much for your true and logical commentUnfortunately, the fanatical anti-Zionists will totally ignore your truth and logic.
Dr. Pepper said:
“Making shadchanus into a profession is way past due.
There needs to be a code of ethics that they need to follow or just some basic decency.”____________________________________________________________________________________________
MY RESPONSE:Around than 20 years ago, Rabbi Moshe Bellows Esq
wrote this “Shadchan Code of Responsibility”:[1] Shadchan recognizes the many challenges facing those who are seeking
shidduchim and agrees to try to be mindful of the inherent vulnerability of those involved in shidduch dating.
The Shadchan therefore agrees to treat each request with the sensitivity
and kavod (respect) that is due every person – regardless of their idiosyncrasies
or seemingly undesirable characteristics, which may make the Shadchan’s job harder in some cases.[2] All information garnered by the Shadchan shall be fact checked with the client for correctness and accuracy.
Client shall be defined as one of the two individuals being set up.Shadchan may approach a parent, rabbi, or other third party to confirm personal information, if necessary.
The Shadchan shall be well versed in Halachos (laws) governing Lashon Harah (slander)
to be able to ascertain what information may or may not be shared and with whom.[3] Shadchan shall advocate honest exchange of information and in no way
should encourage lying or stretching of the truth, including acts of omission.[4] Shadchan shall empower the parties. Shadchan shall encourage
the parties to contact each other if they wish to have a second date.
Conversely, the Shadchan shall encourage the parties to engage
in healthy dialogue if they do not want to go out again.The Shadchan should not act as a crutch for difficult, yet healthy social interaction.
Shadchan recognizes that his/her clients are adults,
and will both treat them like adults and encourage them to act like responsible adults.[5] Shadchan shall make fee amount and expectation (if any) clear upon first interaction with potential client.
This fee expectation and structure shall be in writing and signed by both Shadchan and client.[6] Following the date, Shadchan agrees only to speak directly to the client
(individual man and woman) about any other miscellaneous issues pertaining to the date.
The Shadchan must obtain permission from the parties to disclose
any other information to third parties, including parents, Rabbis or friends.[7] Following the date, Shadchan agrees to adhere to strict privacy guidelines.
At no time shall the Shadchan discuss clients, parents of clients, or other issues with outside parties,
without oral and preferably written consent from the individuals.[8] Shadchan may give advice or insight but needs to be keenly aware of
when such information is outside the scope of his/her expertise.
Shadchan shall not act as a counselor or psychiatrist, unless he/she has
the requisite professional skill and training in the area of question.
Shadchan shall retain a list of healthcare professionals who he/she can refer clients to if necessary.If Shadchan feels that client is in need of professional help, he/she shall make referral.
Further, if a serious disorder is suspected, Shadchan shall consult a healthcare professional
and/or Rabbi to receive guidance and disclosure obligation.
Shadchan shall not make an independent determination of disclosure.[9] For educational purposes, Shadchan may use anecdotes or examples from their experience.
Such examples and anecdotes must not identify the person or situation
or include information that may readily lead to such identification.[10] Shadchan shall not overly stress physical or financial attributes.
Instead, he/she shall stress qualities of character, piety, intelligence and competence
that would lend permanence to a marriage and encourage a high degree of moral stability in the community.[11] Shadchan recognizes that there are multiple appropriate ways for singles to meet one another,
and will encourage clients to explore other avenues outside of Shadchan’s auspices
if the opportunity presents itself. Shadchan recognizes that his/her clients do not belong to them.[12] Shadchan recognizes that every person is a unique individual, so much more than
a composite of facts and figures on an index card.Due to the deeply personal nature of shidduchim,
Shadchan will make a serious effort to get to know each of his/her clients
as an individual by spending time with them, preferably in person – even if
this reduces the quantity of clients the Shadchan may have time to assist.Shadchan will make every effort to avoid generic adjectives in describing clients
to prospective dates, and instead focus on meaningful information
that lends insight into the true essence of the individual.[13] The Client (and/or the Client’s parents when deemed appropriate) must be
honest and forthright with the Shadchan when approached with questions;
must call the Shadchan at reasonable hours, to be specified by the Shadchan;
must inform the Shadchan about an engagement or serious relationship,
even if it is not the result of the Shadchan’s work; and must
pay the Shadchan the agreed upon fee (if any) in a timely manner.[14] All other expectations of both the Shadchan and the client
shall be discussed and clarified at the outset of the relationship.FULL DISCLOSURE:
I did not write any part of this “Shadchan Code of Responsibility”.
I merely copied it, exactly, from www (dot) endthemadness (dot) org,
which is a web site created by Rabbi Chananya Weissman.