“ I wonder if his depression is a cause of his brother dying 2 years ago bein hazmanin. His brother Zvi learned in Tchebineh yeshiveh in Yerushalayim and went touring bein hazmanim and died from dehydration ”

“ There goes his chance of finding a shidduch, he's on pills...! OY VAY! ”

“ You think this is funny??? This bochur has brought shame on all Satmer around the world and has put every chasidishe-looking mencsh at risk when they travel to Japan... but you think this is a joke...you must be lubavitch to say such things ”

“ whats lubavitch have to do with anything? ”

“ Isn't ben Zion Miller A common Bobov name, did they change to satmar?

Manic Depressive is Bi Polar, the guy could have hyper up time & low depression, in the up times they could function better than average human beings, and may need medication to slow them down, in the down times they could vegitate & need medicine to lift them up. This causes complication with their medications, and they may not be capable of administering the right ones & the right time, which causes them to need hospitalization every now & again. This is what I have heard from sufferers & their families, it is unpleasant for both.
It is likely that someone took advantage of the Dr. Jeckle & Mr. Hide personality to do this, there are times when he may feel awfull, even suicidel when he realizes what happened.
More so the case is probably very weak, because Estaceey pills are legal in Holland so no law was broken there, and he didn't carry them into Japn, so he didn't break the law there, more ever no money was made that taxes were not paid in Israel, nor did he commit a crime against Israel, but he alegedly did commit a crime against Israeli citizens on foreign soil.
Not to say it isn't terrible, but this type of case is a very difficult one to pasken in Beis Din shel Mato, let alon an Israeli court.
I think people should not become prosecuter , judge & jury from a media piece & convict him, how ever bad we feel for the 3 in Japan, I am sure he feels a lot worse, he may feel guilty too, even if he is no less guilty than them, and some other guy masterminded it.
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“ You think this is funny??? This bochur has brought shame on all Satmer around the world and has put every chasidishe-looking mencsh at risk when they travel to Japan... but you think this is a joke...you must be lubavitch to say such things ”

“ Who says the three in Japan did not know they were carrying the pills? ”

“ You guys are all going nuts for no reason. Nowhere in the article dows it say that he was the mastermind. All it says that he was somehow involved. Maybe his involvement was on the same level as the 3 boys (duped into thinking they are handling antiquities) Why pounce on him before you know the story. Quite frankly he does look too silly (sorry) to be the mastermind. You guys are going on and on while he may a victom (or guilty)just like the 3 other boys in Japan ”