Personal In-Home Mashgiach- the Answer to All Our Problems.

Dear Chareidi Rabbonim,

I wanted to tell you how much I approve of your recent Modest Hotels campaign. Hotels under your authorization, from what I gather, will have to hide their televisions and internet modems. Only married persons will have access to the internet and if someone claims that they are allowed to watch television and his "looks prove this," a rabbi will be consulted for a special dispensation. There are other rules, but I think this is a great start. 

However, this is only a first step. I am sure, Honorable Rabbonim, that you are aware that tragically,  some frum people watch televisions not only in hotels, but also IN THEIR HOMES. Some frum people even have pre-marital or extra-marital internet access, challilah. People, women mostly (of course), even talk loshon horah on the phone, in their homes, their bayis neeman b'yisroel. I won't go on, but you can surely imagine the terrible aveiros people do in the privacy of their own homes.

 These horrible situations are surely responsible for all the tzaros of klal yisroel and more efforts are surely needed to rectify the problem. I suggest that " The Committee for the Character of the Jewish People" send out individual rabbonim and rebbetzins to provide hashgacha on our homes. Here are some services that these personal-care rabbonim could provide for klal yisroel:

* Listening to phone conversations to make sure no loshon hora or nivul peh is being spoken.

* Removing inappropriate magazines which may have pictures of females or articles written from an anti-Torah perspective (even worse) directly from the mailbox so these impurities do not even enter our homes.

*Updating us on the most effective chinuch strategies to use with our precious kinderlach.

* Accompanying the Eishes Chayil of the household on her shopping trips to assure the kashrus of the products she buys AND the conversations she has.

* Accompanying the Baal Habayis to his nightly shiur and mincha/maariv, to ensure that he is not really going to a Biker- Babe Bar instead.

* Alerting the household when a chillul shabbos is about to occur, such as when a child wishes to blow bubbles or play with Legos.

* Monitoring bedroom activities for compliance with the shulchan aruch's directives.

* Cleaning out closets of any clothing which may be too tight, too loose, too colorful or not colorful enough for a bas yisroel and ben torah.

* Assuring that all nightgowns and tichels are worn at all times and cover the targeted areas fully, according to Rabbi Falk's guidance.

*Checking to make sure no secular conversations or, challilah, kefirah is heard. Kefir is okay, but only if it is cholov yisroel.

Anyway, I think that an in-home personal mashgiach would do wonders for our community and would surely bring Moshiach b'meheira b'yomeinu.  Or at least Michael Jackson.

Hattip : Wolfman