The Rosh Yeshivah of Mosdos Pnei Menachem, HaGaon HaRav Shaul Alter, has received a personal invitation from President-elect Donald Trump to visit the White House.
The visit is scheduled for after the inauguration.
About a week ago, HaRav Altar received the invitation personally from the president’s envoy, Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun, a Chabad businessman residing in Miami, who is part of Trump’s close circle of advisors.
The connection between HaRav Altar and Trump began when the Rosh Yeshivah was sitting shiva for his mother, during which Trump sent him a letter of condolence through Kaploun.
The Satmar Rebbe of Kiryas Yoel also received an invitation to visit Trump at the White House from Kaploun. Before the elections, the Rebbe met with Eric Trump, the president’s son, regarding efforts to legislate a law against the liberals who seek to undermine Chareidi education in New York.
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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Keep under the radar. We’ll accomplish more. No need to shtech the goy having a Rabbe and gabaim make a scene.
Jewish liberals: “trump as bad as hitler ym”s
Gerrer Rosh Yeshiva, Satmar Rebbe Invited To Visit Trump At White House
This will be like the famous picture of the Satmar Rebbe ztvk’l meeting the King of Romania.
Wow Kiddish Satmar!
It would be an amazing show of Kavod for Chazal if they politely turned down the invitation.
Pirkei Avos:
“Beware of those in [positions of political] power, for they only bring a person close to them for their own needs. They appear as friends when it benefits them, but they aren’t there for the person when he is in trouble.”
What is going on here with Satmar and Ger? Kaplan is a Lubavitcher, why didn’t he have Pres. Trump invite his own leader, the Lubavitcher Rebbeh???
Is it such a big yichus to be invited to the House of Lavan? Has anyone been learning the sedra of the week lately???
Lemayseh you’re an idiot
Kuvult:
There are plenty of gemaras where tannaim visited Rome for whatever purposes they had. Surely, there are things to accomplish here, too.
Ironic that he should invite Reb Aron who always knocked Trump
Why such negative comments? Don’t Chazal say סייג לחכמה שתיקה? Who is negatively hurt by the invite? Doesn’t it show a reverence and respect for Yidin? Why comment negatively?
Satmar Rebbe after endorsing Biden (and winning) in the 2020 election said that Yidden that voted for Trump are”Farchapt Mit Trumpism”
To Lemayseh. It shows the respect Trump has for the Rebbi. That Trump went to the Rebbi.