An Arab thief was arrested overnight in Meah Shearim, except he did not look like a regular Arab thief – he looked like a Chareidi from Meah Shearim.
A source tells Yeshivaworld that people called police after seeing a suspicious-looking man pushing a baby carriage during the night. Police canvassing the area, spotted him on Rechov Shivtey Yisroel, and started talking to him.
They quickly realized that he was clearly not a Chareidi, but an Arab. They then looked inside the carriage and found it to be filled with stolen merchandise from various stores in the Meah Shearim neighborhood.
He was arrested without further incident.
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A bal mussar might say . . .
how many of “us” are just dressed up in our chareidi clothes but invovled in less than honest dealing
Hope he learns his lesson.
To # 1:
An astute observer might comment…..
How many people try to make a simple observation drawn from an unremarkable story and try to pass it off as the pinnacle of philosophical insight mixed with a healthy dose of self righteousness.
So I guess for this the police are allowed in to Meah Shearim with out being harassed.
The police were in fact Arabs dressed up like policemen.
this is better than Jewlarious!
Yeah, and the people he robbed were in fact policemen dressed up like chareidim…
maybe he really wanted to blow himself up & the stealing was only a cover – up, not to attract unnecessary attention……… 🙂
should’ve kept it hush hush and killed him! THAT would’ve been nice
please let us know how he was dressed.was he wearing a shtramel and white socks, like on shabbos.was he wearing weekday clothes ?
When they are caught live, they only wish they could have died. The Mishtarah knows what to do with them. Beleive me!
To #1, #3:
Reminds me of the Berditchve Rebbe (I think, or maybe it was R’ Yisroel Salanter) that took personal lessons from everyday conversation. e.g.: The shoemaker who asked him if he has anything to fix.
Maybe he was part of the neturei karta sect.
maybe he was a chareidi dressed up as a arab chareidi
maybe osama is testing the waters