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11:32 am: Don't Worry About That Silly Ten Commandments Thing. Really.

So my last two posts focused on the Rambam and whether Torah morality is eternal. The vast majority of my commenters here clearly thought the rambam's principles applied to his day and time and do not apply to ours and should not be taken out of context. The consensus was that those chapters are essentially...irrelevant to modern society.

Now we have Rav Yitzchak Shapira and Toras HaMelech, a  recently-published sefer in which this Rosh Yeshiva explains that Jews are actually allowed to murder gentiles, even Chassidei Umos HaOlam, even women and children, even if they are not responsible for a threat to the Jewish people. From here.  

YWN, of course, tells us that this is all exaggrerated and silly nonsense, the book is a work of  theoretical halacha and should not be used as permission to take the law into one's own hands. Good to know.

So here are the questions for today.

1. Do you think this guy is just a crazy extremist whom we should just write off? It shouldn't matter that he's a Rosh Yeshiva of a big chabad school? We should just hide our head in the sand and pretend only Islam has problems with crazy extremists? Should we also dismiss Rav Yitzchak Ginsburg, another famous chabad rabbi associated with this whole lunacy, who goes on world-wide speaking tours?

2. Do you think these books & pamphlets are a cause of actual crimes against gentiles? If not, why not? Why should inciteful material somehow have no bearing on behavior? If they are a cause of actual crimes, how are these sefarim different than the Rambam's works? So why should we all learn Daily Rambam and his halachos of rape and murder, but we should not learn Toras Hamelech?

3. Why did Rabbi Shapira choose to give us frum yidden a heter for murder, instead of say, something more practical, like a heter for  cheeseburgers? Maybe he can write a sequel about how yidden can eat treife food on shabbos for the purpose of protecting the Holy Land or something like that. I would buy that book. Heck, I'll help him write it.

Tags: chabad, crazy, criminals, gentiles, rabbis

01:23 pm: Did the Jews Kill Jesus?

Did the Jews kill Jesus? The Gospels say yes. We say no.

Uh... who cares? 

According to the Rambam, it would have been a mitzvah if we had. 

It is a mitzvah, however, to eradicate Jewish traitors, minnim, and apikorsim, and to cause them to descend to the pit of destruction, since they cause difficulty to the Jews and sway the people away from God, {as did Jesus of Nazareth and his students, and Tzadok, Baithos, and their students. May the name of the wicked rot.} From Here. 

That whole section is great, btw. We're not allowed to save idolaters from drowning, regardless of whether it is shabbos or not. We can't offer them medicine or even rent them homes. You can't even speak about them in a kind manner or give them gifts. 

Well, okay, see, since we live in America, and are subject to secular rule and would probably get in trouble, we don't actually have to follow all this right now.

But that's part of the evil of living in Galus- we're forced to be moral and ethical, to some extent.  Hopefully Moshiach will come soon and I can start killing pagans and heretics right and left. 
 
Seriously, frum people.

How can you ever accept anything the rambam says as valid after that page of gibberish?

How can you ever accept the Torah as the true compass of morality after reading that page? 

What, exactly, is the big deal about being an idol worshipper, that you deserve death for it? How does idolatry render your life worthless more so than, say, atheism?

Why should we not kill a convicted child rapist, for example, but oh boy, once he starts praying to Zeus, off with his head. What sense does that make?

Tags: crazy, gentiles, morality

10:34 am: Let's Play My Favorite Game.


Which one is more crazy?

Door Number One:  Fun is goyishe so don't ask me if I like to have fun. From here.

Door Number Two:  Going to Walmart is a huge sexual nisyaon for me so please don't ask me to do your shopping. From here.

Door Number Three: Shaindy.com, the primier Orthodox cheating site, is now posting sex stories featuring incest and people named Moishe Shmiel, Hershy and Blimi. From here, but I wouldn't click on this at work. Or when you're eating. They are also looking for a Yiddish-speaking secretary. I'm guessing her name is going to have to be Blimi.

Door Number Four: The people involved in the Syrian money-laundering scam were just fulfilling veahavta lereacha kamocha. A true friend will help you bury the bodies. From here.


Vote! Vote! Vote!




Tags: crazy, hypocrisy, tznius, women

02:14 am: No Thanks. Keep Your Titles.

So let me sum things up here. 

Some rabbonim allegedly were using frum terms to hide illegal money-laundering transactions and other frum people held impoverished immigrants at gun point for their kidneys.  Anti-Semites don't need to make up lies about Jews anymore, we're doing a great job of looking terrible all by ourselves. 
 
But the masses of frum followers are still singing the same old songs. Of course, it wasn't the rabbonim's fault. They were victims of the mosser, the evil informant, Solomon Dweck who tricked them. This entire chillul Hashem is Dweck's fault and everyone is very angry with him. He's chayav misa, apparently, and his family is sitting shiva for him. Oh, yeah and the FBI agents who planned this entrapment are also going to burn in hell. The biggest problem, of course, is not the money laundering or organ trafficking. No. The biggest problem is that, nebach, some gemachs and yeshivos will now have a harder time soliciting donations and keeping them safe from the government's nosy spies. 

And in other news,  Rabbi Michael Broyde is calling for greater training for Orthodox female clergy. Of course, he is very quick to point out that this does not mean trained women should be called rabbi for many reasons. For example, we have long-standing traditions that reserve formal authority to males. So women should be called something else, like clergy.

Well, you know what, Rabbi Broyde? It's okay. You can keep your title. I'd rather not be called a rabbi anytime soon. It's not as much of an honor as you'd like to think.

Tags: crazy, criminals, rabbis, women

08:05 pm: I just don't get it.

What is going on over there in Meah Shearim?

I read this article and this one and still don't get it.

Why are all these people torching trash bins and violently rioting to protect some crazy woman who was starving her kid?

Hundreds of people are trashing their own city, torching their own welfare offices to protest the arrest of one insane mother? Are these the frum equivalent of bored gang members who are just looking for excuses to vandalize and this cause is as good as any? Or does anyone really think this woman was arrested falsely and that this is the best strategy to effect her release?

Do these people ignore the halachic ramifications of their actions or do they actually think their behavior reflects ratzon hashem?





Tags: crazy, morality

07:38 pm: The Dilemma Continues...

Whom should I believe on the Rabbi Glanz  jail  scandal?  The Zionist-controlled evil and Anti-Semitic goyishe media outlets or The Yeshiva World News?

A difficult choice. Was this chaplain guilty of grossly exploiting his position for the dregs of society? Or was he a hero in the mitzvah of Pidyon Shevuim, stopped only by a heartless and cruel mosser?

Frankly, I didn't really care much about this crazy story until YWN published the ridiculous editorial in the above link. I don't particularly care if all the allegations are accurate of if some people are exaggerating a bit. There's always allegations of special treatment for one group or another and maybe the truth is somewhere in between.
 
What ticks me off is that according to YWN, somehow it is now the wicked informant's fault that the poor frum inmates will not have their special privileges and will have to remain with the rest of the population where " who knows, lo aleinu, awaits these prisoners." The chillul Hashem, oddly, was not caused by the criminal behaviors of the frum Jews and not by the immoral actions of the chassidic chaplain. This horrible situation was actually caused by the informant and "only death can be mechaper the chillul Hashem." 

Really now?



Tags: crazy, criminals, hypocrisy, rabbis

10:33 pm: Do Your Part!

Here's a list of the tznius hachlatos that have been taken on by women who are hoping that the yeshiva boys in Japan will be released or given a light sentence. I am happy to say I am doing my part; the items in bold are ones I will plan to be extra-careful about.

Since we have started this Tznius campaign we have seen incredible siyata dishmaya in easing the plight of the prisoners somewhat. Let the merit of your kabalah give rise to the ultimate release of our children, and may the collective zechus of Tznius improvement,
result in the geulah shleima for all of Klal Yisroel, amen.

♦ Sheitel is refined [within parameters of halacha] and does not attract
attention.
♦ Refrain from wearing excessive make-up and perfume in
any public areas.
♦ Refrain from wearing attractive or excessive jewelry in
any public areas
♦ Refrain from brisk-walking as a form of exercise.
♦ Refrain from eating/drinking in public areas, especially
where men are present.
♦ Skirt is at least four inches past the knee.
♦ Neckline properly adjusted in all clothing.
♦ Turban/tichel covering all hair at all times during the day.
♦ Secular newspapers and all fashion magazines kept out of
the house.
♦ When in public, [street, stores, buses, waiting rooms,] Cell phones
vibrate silently and phone conversations are kept short and
quiet [out of earshot of bystanders]
♦ Shoes/heels/ fitted with a rubber sole.
♦ Exercising discreet and low-key behavior in a shared sitting area.
[apartment building lobby, doctor’s office, chasuna hall, shul mechitzah, bus stops, standing in line at
checkout counters etc.
♦ Learning Hilchos Tznius daily. [Inspire by Wire – 718-906-6451, or ' עוז והדר לבושה ' according to the daily
calendar provided free of charge by: Bnos Melochim 845-425-9222]
♦ Refrain from brisk-walking in a public area.
Your undertaking will provide us with the strength and stamina we so desperately need at this time.
We cannot adequately express our appreciation to all who are accepting upon themselves to enhance
their current Tznius standards so that our children can have hope to see the light of freedom again.

I'm quite good about not brisk-walking in public. Everything else, not so much I guess. How about you? Which tznius resolutions are you taking upon yourself? Will you keep all secular newspaper and fashion magazines out of your home? Or will you make sure all your conversations in public are short and quiet? Maybe not eat/drink in public areas when men are present? I especially like that one.

Tags: collive, crazy, tznius

12:58 am: The Great Depression

Yeah, the economic crisis is hitting everyone hard.

Layoffs, foreclosures, higher food prices, tighter budgets. We are all penny-pinching. But nothing compares to the sacrifices of the good people of Bnei Brak. 

According to the daily Yisrael HaYom, economic realities have compelled setting a ceiling for shidduchim as well, up to $40,000 for a choson and up to $25,000 for a kalah.

What? What am I missing here? Are these the same people who collect money door to door for their schools and their kollels and their food pantries and their chessed organizations? I must be missing something here.


Tags: crazy

01:07 pm: Okay, Do You Believe Me Now?

I know people didn't believe me about the Craiglist's ads asking for frum men for orgies.

Well, here's Shaindy.com, a very specific website catering to "mostly frum married couples, who are looking for some excitement outside of their marriage. Some play solo, some play as a couple!" The site has 760 members whose profiles you can browse without registering. A nice chunk of these self-identify as chassidim.

Now listen up all you Rabbis and Mishmeret Hatznius People and Nosy Busybodies. Listen and listen well.

*I don't want to hear anything about  how my yiras shomayim  depends on when and where I choose to wear pants.

*I don't want to hear anything about  how the kashrus of my home depends on when and where I choose to cover my hair.

*I don't want to hear anything about why I shouldn't wear a bathing suit to the beach.

*I don't want to hear about how my preschool girls should be wearing long sleeves and tights in the summer.

*I am not interested in your drashos on kol isha, shmiras einayim or kol kevuda bas melech penima.

*I couldn't care less as to why you think women shouldn't be rabbis or cantors or lein from the Torah because it is so immodest.

*I don't give a crap whether you think I shouldn't have Newsweek or Time in my home because there may be an advertisement which features a non-tznius-dressed lady.

I don't want to hear about anything related even tangentially to tznius laws  until you all face up to the bigger problems in the frum community and deal with them.  All you judgmental people need to stop looking at my slits and necklines and elbows because your idiocy is beyond painful. After you fix the bigger issues, like say,  the growing market for extramarital services for the frum couple, then you can worry about  whether my pantyhose is thick enough. Until then, stick it where the sun don't shine.

Thank you.


P.S. Daas Hedyot asked me to mention his new series in which he introduces you to normal and sane people who have successful lives after leaving Orthodoxy. Can't imagine why anyone would want to leave orthodoxy, though. 
 
P.P.S- the site keeps getting hacked into, try again in a few days if you can't access it now.

Tags: crazy, hypocrisy, tznius, why i wear jeans

09:20 pm: Neshei Newsletter

This is copied from a letter to the editor in the most recent Neshei Chabad Newsletter. This is one of the primary chabad publications in English and it is sent to shluchim all over the world. I am copying the letter directly, emphasis mine.  

Non Jewish Babysitters
Shock #1: Coming home from shul on Yom Kippur, I noticed two little children outside alone. I looked around for a parent, but saw only a lady wearing pants who didn't look Jewish. I got scared. What if she was dangerous? How shocked I was to learn that she was their babysitter.
Shock #2: On my way to shul on Shabbos, I saw a little girl crying on the sidewalk next to an apartment building. By the time I got close, a non-Jewish-looking woman had come out to look for her. When the girl saw her, she ran away and cried harder. The lady ran after and picked her up angrily and carried her back to the apartment. I tried to ask her who the child was so I could call her parents, but she made sure to leave quickly.
Shock #3: I saw two non-Jewish women strolling down the avenue, talking to each other, pushing two Jewish children in strollers. The children were snacking on some packaged snacks. Were the snacks kosher?
Dearest parents, how can you put your child in the hands of a non-Jew? Do you think that that lady you hired cares about your child? There is a halacha, "Eisav sonei es Yaakov" ( Rashi on Breishis 33:4). She will not show it to you, but how can you trust her not to poison your precious child with goyisheh lullabies, treifeh candies, callousness or malice? Young children cannot tell their parents how their day was. And if they are old enough to talk, their babysitters may have warned them to keep their mouths shut. Don't be naive! The worst Jewish babysitter will be 100% better for your Jewish child than the best non-Jew! If it's a problem of money, pool together and find a Jewish woman to watch two or more children at a time. I can assure you she'll do a better job than a non-Jewish woman watching just your child.

The next letter on this topic suggests that in the light of the gentile babysitter who saved Moshe Holtzberg, the little boy from Mumbai, perhaps it may be okay to hire a gentile, if she is significantly cheaper than a Jewish nanny. However, " in an ideal world, this person would also be Jewish and frum."

Frankly, I don't even know what to write in response. Should I tell you about my friend whose young daughter was molested by a frum babysitter and is now happily thriving a non-Jewish preschool?  Should I tell you about the hundreds of geirim who will read this and be offended beyond belief? Should I talk about how people in chabad houses will pick up this newsletter and read this crap and walk out? Should I link you to blog posts by a "shabbos goy" who writes about how she is treated by frum people? Do you want to hear about frum schools where corporal punishment is still acceptable?

Tags: chabad, chinuch, crazy, gentiles, neshei

08:55 pm: Where Will I Meet My Lovers Now?

As I'm sure you have already heard, some grocery stores in Israel are making separate entrances for women and men, in an effort to prevent situations where opposite genders might unintentionally touch each other.

I don't know what you are thinking, but me, I'm really worried that this hashakafa may spill over into our American communities.
 
And then what will I do? How will I carry on my romantic trysts? Think about it.  Oy Vay.

Gone will be the days of  "accidental" brushing of the hands as we both reach for the same carton of juice. No more electric, passionate glances over the tomatoes or shared laughs in the dairy department. No more furtive caresses in the checkout line or stolen kisses by the frozen vegetables. Alas, the days of quickies with total strangers in the employee break room are coming to an end, I fear. 


Gosh,  I hope my husband doesn't read this post. He'll never let me go shopping again, Im Yirtzeh Hashem, Kein Yechi Ratzon, Ad Meah V'esrim.

Tags: crazy, fornication, israel, tznius, women

10:40 am: Ask Your LOR About This One

Here's a story posted on a board that I don't quite understand. Maybe you can explain it to me.

A man married a seemingly perfectly normal woman and they have a large for their surroundings family. Along the way they become frum. After the birth of their youngest the woman becomes severely mentally ill. She ceases going to the mikva and allowing her dh to even approach her. He continues to stay married to her because not only was it very questionable if she was fit to accept a get but he loves her and so do the children. In addition they want to not have any problems with shidduchim.

At some point the man goes to the LOR and says that he cannot be without a woman any longer without committing some kind of avera and this is not life. All attempts of family, rav and professionals to talk to the wife are futile. The rav doesn't say yes but he doesn't say no either to the man approaching other women as long as nidda is kept and it is very discreet to not hurt the man's family or the woman. He had several relationships which all ended for the same reason - the woman wanted a man she could marry. He confided to me that if he did not love his he would have killed her. But what bothered him the most is that if any woman he had been with had been found out she would have been a home breaker and a bitch while most would at least tacitly excuse him.

Yeah. So here are my questions.

1. Does halacha really require a man to stay with a psychotic woman? How crazy does she have to be for him not to be able to give a get? Isn't there something where you drop it off with the rav and she picks it up at her convenience? Aren't there medicines these days for crazy people and can't the husband get his wife committed, if she is so nuts? Could this rav have not found some other way out for this family?

2.  Okay, let's say he has no choice but to be married to her. Is adultry really better than masturbation, halachically speaking? Okay, maybe for a man there is no adultry because he can have more than one wife, but morally speaking, wouldn't cheating on your mentally ill spouse be much worse than jerking off?  Does God care about "morally speaking" or does He only care about the strict halacha?

3. They don't want to have problems with shidduchim? WTF? He has a crazy wife whom he can't divorce so he has affairs and he thinks this will be better than divorcing her with regards to his kids' shidduchim? WTF.

4. If he hadn't loved his wife, he would have killed her? Doesn't this just seem like the standard cheating guy routine, with a twist?  My wife's a crazy bitch that I want to kill, but we love her,  she won't give me any and now I have to get myself some on the side. Oh, yeah, my LOR said it's okay. Just so we don't mess up the kids' shidduchim.

Tags: crazy, rabbis

06:49 pm: I can't make this stuff up, people...

Which post is more disturbing?

This one:

...just for the record, a few years ago I was driving and I almost crashed because I was driving with my eyes closed, only because I tried to avoid seeing a couple of young women who were very poorly dressed... The other guys in the car called me a fanatic. I don't consider myself as to being someone with a HUGE Yetzer Horah, but let me tell you - any woman who thinks she can dress down and not take responsibility for the men that get affected by it R"L - is dillusional!

From Here.

Or this one:

The Rabbi said that one of three things will happen with me and B. Either B will fully convert to Judiasm, or we will break up, or B will die within a year. Let me repeat that. A big fancy Rabbi in Israel told my little brother that unless his big sister's fiance converts or breaks up with his sister, his sister's fiance will die within a year.

From here.

Tags: crazy, rabbis, tznius

09:56 pm: The Safest Place for Your Money

I don't want this to be a big shock or anything.

But there's a good reason Bernie Madoff lost all our money. This tragedy happened because many of the charitable funds were going to non-chabad causes. Yep. The main lesson to learn from all of this is that your money is safe with chabad. Elie Weisel's organization is a waste anyway because he's a humanist. And so much Jewish money is wasted on building stupid things like hospitals that don't even serve kosher food. Or morons like Haym Solomon who financed the American Revolution instead of giving to his own people first. You can't go wrong with giving all your money to Chabad.
 
I, OSM,  personally recommend this chabad charity as well as this one and, of course, this one. These are excellent places for your money, unlike Bernie's scams.





Tags: chabad, crazy, sad and funny at the same time

12:03 am: For Frum Ladies Only.

Look people. I have three finals in the next two weeks. So I can't write a lot just now.

But I did want to take a moment out of my busy evening to let you frum ladies know that even if you wear long skirts, you are probably still going to hell if they are made out of denim. There are very few things as shameful and distressing as the sight of a bas yisroel dressed in a long denim skirt. Where is your self-respect?  



Tags: chabad, crazy, sad and funny at the same time, tznius

07:19 pm: For Your Entertainment...

Here is a quite a good blog authored by some funny nutcases.

And in contrast,  here is a blog authored by a nutcase who is not funny at all. At first, I though he was joking, but soon I realized he was totally serious.

Tags: crazy, sad and funny at the same time

05:26 pm: I haven't done one of these posts in a while...


On Lilith:
Lilith is a female demon. Just as an angel is the personification of some holy emotion, a demon is the personification of some evil emotion. In this case, Lilith (whose name is related to the Hebrew word for "night", "lailah") is the personification of man's s-xual lust as divorced from any context of true love or desire to increase G-dliness in this world - in other words: raw, self-indulgent, self-serving sensual pleasure. Man is intended to engage in s-xual pleasure as a spiritual pursuit that gives pleasure to his wife, makes him into a more holy person, and increases the Divine Image on earth (ideally by resulting in children). When instead, he engages in s-xual release simply for the "high" he enjoys from it, he is said to be copulating with Lilith...I read that the "vacht-nacht" ritual observed by some Jews the night before a bris is for the purpose of keeping Lilith and her entourage of demons way from the baby. That Lilith is on the lookout to kidnap Jewish boys, especially before their circumcision and this is why amulets and prayers are attached to the crib and the mother's bed, and why little schoolboys come and say prayers on behalf of the baby since the purity of their prayers is believed to have special power. Also, that the adult males stay awake all night and learn or say Tehillim so that hopefully, in the merit of their learning, Lilith and co. stay away.

On the Election...
 Obama is seriously a terrorist and is getting all that illegal 600 million from "anonymous" sources- the ARABS.
... whoever identifies as a Jew and not a self hating Jew and has self respect, get out and vote for McCaim,

More on the Election : Well, Hitler was an Austrian & Obama is a Black racist. Like Hitler, Obama has millions blindly following him. At this stage in the game, it take a miracle to prevent his victory. I don't see one happening. I think I will fast on Monday. That's how serious I am about this

On Mamzeirus... I hate to say this and I hope I don't get hell for this but wouldn't just having an abortion be better than tainting a child?

Tags: crazy, imamother, stupidity, women

01:04 pm: Religious Tolerance Run Amok

I lost a bet this week in law school.

Unbelievable as it may seem, if your child is deathly ill and you refrain from seeking medical treatment and instead just pray for him or her, in conjuction with the tenets of an organized religion, you will not be prosecuted for the death of your child, assuming you live in Ohio.

Yeah. So all the webchatter about rabbis who cover up molestations, metziza b'peh controversies, even Rubashkin's worker abuse allegations, all that seems trivial in comparison. They can all just claim religious excuses (loshon hora, traditions of milah, etc.) and go along their merry way and look way better than the parent who pays for voo-doo instead of chemotherapy for her sick child.

Read more here.

Tags: crazy, criminals

09:57 pm: Meshichism

What can I say after reading this article? I feel bad for the Rebbe. Rolling over and over in the grave must be uncomfortable for a guy whose been dead for 14 years.  

Here are my favorite parts:

From behind their table festooned with (what else?) yellow flags, the boys ask Jews to pray with them—specifically to repeat, word for word, a prayer referred to as the Yechi chant, which identifies the rebbe as the messiah...

...The store appears to be out of stock. The clerk—who doesn't wear a yellow pin—says to Kanevsky, in Hebrew: "With your luck, Yechi ha Melech, you'll find the meat." She reaches into a pile and finds the last package for sale. Yet another miracle...

...Unlike the thousands of other Lubavitchers, Sara Kanevsky has never paid a visit. She doesn't know who or what is in the grave, but she's certain it's not the rebbe...Two years ago, she walked around eating ice cream in 770 on a fast day, which led to her being kicked out. And on the most recent fast day this summer, she talked with some Chabad members in Florida who were enjoying a spaghetti dinner. Kanevsky has even written a book in four languages on the new rules...

 

I want the book. Anyone know where I can get one? What are the new rules? Can I write my own book of new rules?

Tags: chabad, crazy, meshichism

08:19 pm: Not for the faint-hearted...
 
Do you ever wonder why most people who go off the derech are men or teenagers? Do you ever wonder why more married women with children are not included in those sad statistics? 

Well, now you know.  Many of them are afraid to end up like Gitty.

And what does the frum velt think of this article? They feel sorry for the little girl because she will be so confused.  They insist that her mother is an unstable liar who badmouths her community probably just because she wants attention.  What did you think they would say?  From here.

Tags: crazy, rabbis, women