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New York - In an interview with Israeli radio host Menachem Toker
last Motzei Shabbos, Mordechai Ben David offered his thoughts on the current situation in Israel.
Quoting the Satmar Rebbe, Reb Yoel, zt’l, MBD called the continuous clashes between the Chiloni and Chareidi community very frightening.
“The Satmar Rebbe, R’ Yoelish was correct. He was completely right. He said there would come a time when Chareidi Jews would not be able to live in Eretz Yisroel. Hashem Yiracheim.”
Speaking about the general anti-Chareidi bias emanating from the secular community and not the recent events in Beit Shemesh, MBD attributed the conflict to the Chiloni community becoming concerned by the rising birth rate among the Chareidi community and likened it to biblical times when the Mitzrim were afraid that they would be outnumbered by Bnei Yisroel.
“There are so many Chareidi babies being born and iy’H we will grow in our simcha and in our Avodas Hashem and as we grow stronger our light will overcome the darkness,” said MBD.
MBD also discussed his most recent album, Kissufim, and suggested that despite earlier statements that this was his final album, it is possible that there could be additional Chasidic albums in his future.
Citing excellent sales of the album, which featured exclusively Chasidic music MBD said, “this proves to me that true Chasidim don’t copy music and those who are not so Chasidic are the ones who are doing the copying. I have my finger on the pulse of American buyers. In the Chasidic areas, like Monsey, Monroe, Borough Park and Williamsburg, it is flying off the shelves. Apparently true Chasidim learn Shulchan Aruch and they don’t steal.”
When asked to comment regarding the interview and his possible return to the studio MBD told VIN News, “I’m not back in music. All I said to Toker is the fact that the Kissufim album, which is Chassidish, sold better than expected, proving that the chasidishe velt doesn’t copy or steal like the others. ‘Maybe’ I would consider doing another. But honestly I don’t think that’ll happen so fast. It’s just too much work.”
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Jan 08, 2012 at 11:29 AM sabbes Says:Report as Inappropriate
satmar Rebbe was a really 'tzadik'!
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Jan 08, 2012 at 11:32 AM MosheM Says:Report as Inappropriate
Last I heard, there are zero problems outside of meah shearim and ramat bet shemesh.
It's mostly his radical followers that have major problems.
And yes, the leftist media is inciting against all charedim because of these extremists. Not that anything has really changed elsewhere. Most Israelis aren't anti-semites.
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Jan 08, 2012 at 11:36 AM burech Says:Report as Inappropriate
Right on. satmar was totaly right when everybody said "aschalta degeila" or "nisim" he was the 1 man standing and saying No, not everybody understood then but now weverybody sees it
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Jan 08, 2012 at 11:36 AM 1198 Says:Report as Inappropriate
Wasnt the Satmar rebbe saved by a Zionist?
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Jan 08, 2012 at 11:39 AM hmmmm Says:Report as Inappropriate
MBD. You were allways my hero. You sing from the heart. And now I see your TALK is that way too.
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Jan 08, 2012 at 11:55 AM AAARealtyLLC Says:Report as Inappropriate
“That the chasidishe velt doesn’t copy or steal like the others” What is this suppose to mean?
And he’s completely off on the other stuff as well, Satmar Rebbe did not refer to this in context when haradim are attacking and spiting on other Orthodox Jews. And when arrested for attacking other Jews, they would compare it to the Holocaust.
Shame on MBD for the above statements.
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Jan 08, 2012 at 11:55 AM Mikey Says:Report as Inappropriate
I really enjoyed kissufim... And no I am not chassidish and no I did not copy the cd. I am utterly insulted by his insensitive, inflammatory, and provocative words. Is he a statistician with empirical evidence proving his assertion. Let him stick to music and keep his mouth shut on issues he is not an expert in. For all you chassidim (who as it is are disobeying the rebbe's by being online) think about this before you comment!
I am also sure the Rebbe zt
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Jan 08, 2012 at 11:54 AM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
This staement of his, is the greatest PR job and advertisement for his CD's that he could have made. I am sarcastic. He will now become "kosher" by the satmar community and will sell so many of his products.
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Jan 08, 2012 at 11:49 AM A non-tzioini MBD fan Says:Report as Inappropriate
A good and honest man who is never afraid to say what needs to be said.
Not that he needs the money, but he won't lose a single tzioini fan because of what he said. It isn't the first time he said this and he is right. What's more, unlike secular music stars who think they know about politics, MBD has a Yiddishe kop and knows exactly what he's saying.
I wasn't going to buy the album because B"H I hardly have time to listen but now, davka, I will buy a copy this week.
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Jan 08, 2012 at 11:49 AM moshe shmiel Says:Report as Inappropriate
It gets me nervous when pop stars start making political statements and get involved in giving commentary on current events. Please stick to what you do best...singing! Lhavdil when the goyishe actors and stars put in their 2 cents into current events It gets me nervous too. I never could understand what makes their statement get to the headlines? What are they different then charliehall when it comes to analysis of the news?
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Jan 08, 2012 at 11:47 AM Dov lakewood Says:Report as Inappropriate
MBD You're 100% right we discussed this here in Bais Medrash Gevoha, wow how Satmar Rav knew exactly what will happen. Amazing
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Jan 08, 2012 at 11:47 AM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
Quoting the Satmar Rebbe, Reb Yoel, zt’l, MBD called the continuous clashes between the Chiloni and Chareidi community very frightening.
“The Satmar Rebbe, R’ Yoelish was correct. He was completely right. He said there would come a time when Chareidi Jews would not be able to live in Eretz Yisroel. Hashem Yiracheim.”
This is INCORRECT!! I was there last night and this is not what MBD said! MBD said the exact opposite. That there will come a time when Jews would not be able to live in America!
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Jan 08, 2012 at 12:08 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
Bh there r still some who r real yirai shameim. Of course there r extremist in every faction. The frei also have extremist, but unfortunately the name calling for the charadi is ok when they use it. When the chilonim spit,harrass,or physically abuse the chasidim its bcause they were trigerred. When the chiloni davka dress immodest and test the waters on the mehadrin bus,or stam in the ultra neighborhoods its live and let live. Its hard to b a yid in eretz yisroel as satmar rebbe said and halevei all shomrei torah imitzvois yidden will understand it.
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Jan 08, 2012 at 12:06 PM baalhaabos Says:Report as Inappropriate
I found his comments that imply that anyone but true chasidim from Monroe, etc. are ganovim to be insulting. I'm actually surprised and hope he will clarify it soon.
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Jan 08, 2012 at 12:04 PM cholent Says:Report as Inappropriate
He sounds much better when singing comes out of his mouth.
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Jan 08, 2012 at 12:03 PM menachemwh Says:Report as Inappropriate
Citing excellent sales of the album, which featured exclusively Chasidic music MBD said, “this proves to me that true Chasidim don’t copy music and those who are not so Chasidic are the ones who are doing the copying. I have my finger on the pulse of American buyers. In the Chasidic areas, like Monsey, Monroe, Borough Park and Williamsburg, it is flying off the shelves. Apparently true Chasidim learn Shulchan Aruch and they don’t steal.”........................... really? they dont sell drugs or smuggle it either, their rebbees dont go to jail for money laundering. Moreover what about the tunes you stole from the geman band? OMG does this bozo live in relaity? The satmar rebbee was a tzadik but he was wrong here . It is his teachings that lead to whats going on in Bet shemesh. His hatred of zionism has now taken on so many different levels of hatred that its a chilul hashem
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Jan 08, 2012 at 12:00 PM Monseyer Says:Report as Inappropriate
It's ludicrous to say that chareidi jews cannot live in israel! Anywhere else in the world, these fanatics would be behind bars.
There are huge neighborhoods and entire cities in israel that are flourishing chareidi communities.
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Jan 08, 2012 at 11:58 AM shredready Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ Wasnt the Satmar rebbe saved by a Zionist? ”
yep and never ever had the decency to thank them
anyway the problem with the Chareidi is only with the radicals. (0% live in peace with everybody and have no problems
did the satmer rebbie foresaw that the secular Zennist would fund his followers lifestyle and fund thousands that learn in kollel? No he did not, and if he did again no thank you.
he was a tzadiuk however that does not mean he was 100% correct in every single thing he believed or said. If you believe that, then you are equating him to a G-d. Everybody makes mistakes even Moshe rabanua so say the gemorah
anyway there where are are many other gadolem you who did not agree with him
so blast me if you want
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Jan 08, 2012 at 11:56 AM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
If he thinks the Satmar REbbe Z"L is so right, then maybe when MBD sings he could stop wiggling and gyrating which I am sure the Satmar Rebbe was also correct that it is far from Yiddish let alone Chassidish. Sing and dance on stage like a Yid
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Jan 08, 2012 at 11:29 AM anonymous23 Says:Report as Inappropriate
Amazing what people will say for a buck!
Hamavin yavin.
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Jan 08, 2012 at 12:49 PM anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ Wasnt the Satmar rebbe saved by a Zionist? ”
Yes he was . He was saved on one of the Rudolf Kastner transport and Rudolf Kastner worked in behalf of the Sochnut or Jewish Agency. The Jewish Agency was an arm of the fledgling structure of the Jewish State. The fact that chareidim could not live in Israel although they don't lift an arm tlo defend another Jew, are taking money from the Zionist State and spit on the flag, don't observe yom hashoah is not a badge for them. Have any of chachomim questioned the fact that many married alone were leaving on Kastner transports what happened to their wives and children?? All I can say Hashem yerachim from the chareidim and lucky for me I was liberated and met American Jewish soldiers and later in Italy soldiers from the Palestine brigade. Although my father and my mother davened and I davened in Buchenwald I would spit , yes spit on your rishes frumkeit. You are not frim you are reshoim, rotzchim. I was spat as 12 year old in by in Vienna by the Hitler Youth, I saw a friend with a split lip when a Viennese goy hit in the face with brass knuckle, I saw for an entire week SS Einsatzgruppen guarding the loaded trucks filled with children, old men and women for Treblinka. Shame on you.
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Jan 08, 2012 at 12:45 PM AviKes Says:Report as Inappropriate
Chareidim cannot live because the extremists are not letting them live. They are the true victims, not the Chilonim, who have virtually no contact with Chareidim.
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Jan 08, 2012 at 12:41 PM rebbe123 Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ I really enjoyed kissufim... And no I am not chassidish and no I did not copy the cd. I am utterly insulted by his insensitive, inflammatory, and provocative words. Is he a statistician with empirical evidence proving his assertion. Let him stick to music and keep his mouth shut on issues he is not an expert in. For all you chassidim (who as it is are disobeying the rebbe's by being online) think about this before you comment!
I am also sure the Rebbe zt ”
Don't you think that MBD has the right to express his views nothing less then 'rabbi' Jacob horowitz and Mrs frier? Why only MBD has to stick to his profession they not? The answer is obvious MBD is mekayem "Kol Yisroel areivim ze loze" and they hate the psak of the chasam sofer "Chodosh osur min hatorah"
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Jan 08, 2012 at 12:40 PM enlightened-yid Says:Report as Inappropriate
He is either ignorant of what has been happening or he completely supports the current wave of Charedi extremist outbursts. If that is what Charedi way of life should be then yes Satmar rebbe is a prophet because no civilized culture would tolerate their demands and antics. I want to see them try spitting on women in Sweden, demand segregated buses in Britain and then wear yellow stars of David and cry antisemitism when their demands are not met.
And Charedi babies are not scaring secular Israelis, it's the fact that these babies will be raised with no education and no skills or work ethic like their previous generations. When they start outnumbering the working. tax paying, Army serving population then there will be a major crisis. Will MBD open up his bank accounts and start feeding these babies himself when Israeli government won't be able to sustain that?
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Jan 08, 2012 at 12:39 PM shredready Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ yep and never ever had the decency to thank them
anyway the problem with the Chareidi is only with the radicals. (0% live in peace with everybody and have no problems
did the satmer rebbie foresaw that the secular Zennist would fund his followers lifestyle and fund thousands that learn in kollel? No he did not, and if he did again no thank you.
he was a tzadiuk however that does not mean he was 100% correct in every single thing he believed or said. If you believe that, then you are equating him to a G-d. Everybody makes mistakes even Moshe rabanua so say the gemorah
anyway there where are are many other gadolem you who did not agree with him
so blast me if you want ”
anyway the problem with the Chareidi is only with the radicals. (90% live in peace with everybody and have no problems
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Jan 08, 2012 at 01:36 PM Emes Says:Report as Inappropriate
Look! There is so many chareidim that is living over there in peace, Only a few stupid people that doesn't have what to do with there day are fighting and looking what to do next!!!!!!!!!
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Jan 08, 2012 at 01:36 PM favish Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ Wasnt the Satmar rebbe saved by a Zionist? ”
And wasnt moshe rabbeinu save by an Egyption. y
Your not the 1st one to make such stupid commen T.And if a christian saves one he should become christian??
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Jan 08, 2012 at 01:34 PM esther Says:Report as Inappropriate
i had a very enlightening conversation with a young israeli woaman who told me the reason many secular israelis hate the chareidim is because they don't work or go into the army and so the seculars feel very used.can you blame them?
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Jan 08, 2012 at 01:29 PM Vasserman Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ MBD You're 100% right we discussed this here in Bais Medrash Gevoha, wow how Satmar Rav knew exactly what will happen. Amazing ”
How are you on the internet if there is a internet ban in Lakewood?
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Jan 08, 2012 at 01:18 PM Ehrlicher Goy Says:Report as Inappropriate
Since Hip-Hop and reggae cd's are selling strong in Harlem and Bed-Stuy it is equal proof of the moral integrity of those neighborhoods. Perhaps the next cd should be marketed in these ehrliche communities. It never dawned on him that his chassidishe music might sell better in the chassidishe communities than in others.
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Jan 08, 2012 at 01:13 PM Grumpy Says:Report as Inappropriate
Chareidi Meltdown Timeline:
1. Following forty years of staggering provocation, a radical chassidic sect finally fulfills countless rueful predictions that one day, its misguided version of strict Torah observance will morph into full blown Shaaria.
2. (Too few) legitimate Chareidi leaders grow a pair and start pushing back (forty years too late).
3. A quarter of Israel's Chareidim shake off their stupor and admit they let this happen.
4. The rest don't fully understand why the current crisis is a problem.
5. Radical chassidic sect don't fully understand why anyone would oppose their embrace of Arab street justice and claim they're victims of Israel's secular media.
6. A washed out, American musical has-been takes up their cause.
7. The moron corner of the VIN comment section nods in agreement.
8. Moshiach flips his srugi and hands in his resignation.
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Jan 08, 2012 at 12:15 PM PositiveLook Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ Quoting the Satmar Rebbe, Reb Yoel, zt’l, MBD called the continuous clashes between the Chiloni and Chareidi community very frightening.
“The Satmar Rebbe, R’ Yoelish was correct. He was completely right. He said there would come a time when Chareidi Jews would not be able to live in Eretz Yisroel. Hashem Yiracheim.”
This is INCORRECT!! I was there last night and this is not what MBD said! MBD said the exact opposite. That there will come a time when Jews would not be able to live in America! ”
the only opinion you have is to Translate the MBD interview to your laguage
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Jan 08, 2012 at 12:19 PM heissezali Says:Report as Inappropriate
For all u ppl who r upset at MBD at voicing his opinion, how abt u guys who r here vending out all ur dayos here! He's entitled to an opinion too (and he's rite!) And for 1198, watya know abt history? I c, practically 0! Kastner, didn't wanna save d rebbe z"l, his father in law, made him to, and after getting hundreds of thousands of dollars for it, he "saved" d rebbe. Read sum more b4 u make ur dumb comments again
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Jan 08, 2012 at 12:20 PM hhlin Says:Report as Inappropriate
let him stick to music!!
this would be like a rov telling him he is singing off key!!
by the way im not chassidish and i have NEVER copied a CD
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Jan 08, 2012 at 01:04 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ If he thinks the Satmar REbbe Z"L is so right, then maybe when MBD sings he could stop wiggling and gyrating which I am sure the Satmar Rebbe was also correct that it is far from Yiddish let alone Chassidish. Sing and dance on stage like a Yid ”
In case you haven't noticed, most chassidim wiggle, and gyrate, and shuttle, and sway when they daven so whats wrong with some body motion when he sings. As a practical matter, find his polticial statement repulsive and haven't bought any of his albumns in years so not sure why anyone cares what he has to say.
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Jan 08, 2012 at 01:05 PM mbd fan Says:Report as Inappropriate
Mordechai ilove your tapes BUT please appologize to hashem for calling his KIDS MITZRIM,,, who started the fight nebech,, those crazy fanatics no one else did,, what do you expect
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Jan 08, 2012 at 01:44 PM DSarna Says:Report as Inappropriate
Mordechai ben David's view is 100% wrong. There is no better place in the world for G-d-fearing Charedi Jews than in Eretz Yisrael. But there is no place anywhere in the world for violent fanatics who desire for misguided political and non-religious reasons to cause a churban and delay the coming of Mashiach with their hateful and anti-Halachic pronouncements lacking any basis and by their violent actions . HaShem Yerachem.
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Jan 08, 2012 at 01:46 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ i had a very enlightening conversation with a young israeli woaman who told me the reason many secular israelis hate the chareidim is because they don't work or go into the army and so the seculars feel very used.can you blame them? ”
I know what you are saying but this comes not from people they know but from the lying mass media. Yes charedi do go to the army; and yes charedi people do work.
I know I have 5 sons who are charedi 4 have been in the army and all 5 are working;
Will the mass media stop the needless hatred and for once write the truth"
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Jan 08, 2012 at 01:47 PM lazerx Says:Report as Inappropriate
the problem is when we think chilonim/charidi instead of more serving HaShem/less serving HaShem. Some of us do better and some do worse, but we are all the children of G-d and this pains Him so much. Avinu sh'b'shamiyim, rachaim ulainu and help us end this stupid and destructive hatred!
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Jan 08, 2012 at 01:53 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
Many of us don't hold by what MBD says or what the Satmar Rebbe paskined. Sorry to disapoint those that do.
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Jan 08, 2012 at 01:55 PM favish Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ I really enjoyed kissufim... And no I am not chassidish and no I did not copy the cd. I am utterly insulted by his insensitive, inflammatory, and provocative words. Is he a statistician with empirical evidence proving his assertion. Let him stick to music and keep his mouth shut on issues he is not an expert in. For all you chassidim (who as it is are disobeying the rebbe's by being online) think about this before you comment!
I am also sure the Rebbe zt ”
and only you leftist, torah haters have free speech. but not anyone else.Give a good reason wha he shouldnt make his( aka torah) view known. like those talk host say 'lieberalism is an uncurable disease'
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Jan 08, 2012 at 01:56 PM Avi Says:Report as Inappropriate
Plz dont mix up the facts...
The fact is there are hundreds of yeshivas in israel recieving support from the government!
There are Tens of Thousands of kolel yungeleit receiving support from the government!!!
There thousands of shuls flourishing in Israel!!
Almost no one can get married without a orthodox rabbi!
The point is that when some people curse and spit on young girls you bet there will be a crackdown on them and rightfully so!
So if you still think that hareidim cannot live in israel then you are truly absolutely wrong!!!
Many yUngeleit from america choose to settle in Israel!!
Almost all yeshiva bochurim and seminary girls choose to go learn in israel!!
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Jan 08, 2012 at 02:04 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
I am not sure what he is trying to do I think he should settle down .....
Mbd is a great singer and reall nice man and satmar rebbe was a real holly man and did lots of good but did everyone agree but everything? Does mbd represent him? I mean what's this all about
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Jan 08, 2012 at 02:08 PM Avi Says:Report as Inappropriate
To fight zionism today is like someone going around America screaming that we need to fight off communism.. Hello .. Yes there was a threat 30-40 years ago of comunism but those days are gone.. same with the medinah.. Once people also rode horses but we now ride cars..
Today yiddishkeit and torah is alive and vibrant and flourishing in israel!!
But that doesnt mean you have a right to denigrate others..
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Jan 08, 2012 at 02:08 PM Avi Says:Report as Inappropriate
And lets face most satmerers children are raised that anyone less than them are goyim and shaigetz etc.. No respect for others even frum or even other chassidus.. I once was by my uncle in Monroe for shabbos and because i had a tie and maybe a little hair trop, the children called me sheigetz and goy...
Is that the way of torah of respect??? As the Rebbe said you have to be careful of kannaus as most times it comes from the yetzer harah!!
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Jan 08, 2012 at 02:26 PM kingizzy Says:Report as Inappropriate
Let and start by saying.. I love his music...but wow what a chutzpah to say that everyone else steals????? That is the most insulting comment I have ever said.
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Jan 08, 2012 at 02:29 PM Lawrence M. Reisman Says:Report as Inappropriate
"Wasn't the Satmar Rebbe saved by a Zionist?" Not really. Although Kastner was affiliated with the Zionist organization in Hungary, he was not an official representative of the Jewish Agency. The Jewish Agency did have an official representative in Hungary, but he was an idiot who did nothing. Kastner, Joel Brand, and Pinchos Freudiger jumped into the vacuum and formed an unofficial committee to do what they could to save Hungarian Jews. From this committee came Kastner's most impressive achievement, the "Jews on Ice," 15,000 Jews from Eastern Hungary that Kastner convinced Eichman to send to a labor camp instead of Auschwitz, where 75% of them survived the war. With regard to "Kastner's train," it was Himmler's idea. He needed money to fund his retirement, and he thought he could raise $1 million by offering the lives of 1,000 Jews in exchange. Kastner jumped at the chance, and went around to raise the money and find the Jews. Pinchos Freudiger put up $200,000 of the money needed, and was able to put 200 Jews of his choosing on the train. It was Freudiger who put the Satmar Rebbe on the train. Kastner probably didn't know he was there.
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Jan 08, 2012 at 02:30 PM Ben_Kol Says:Report as Inappropriate
The Satmar Rebbe has NOT been proven correct, and hopefully he never will be.
There is no indication whatsoever that it will be impossible for Chareidim to live in Eretz Yisrael. The trend is going in the exactly opposite direction. As Chareidim grow in numbers and political power, they are GAINING more rights, protections, and privileges, not losing them.
Shame on MBD for pandering to this ridiculous allegation. I strongly suspect that he is doing it to protect his image. Chareidi singers (Lipa, Shwekey) have been under fire in recent years for not being "frum" enough, and MBD wants to avoid that kind of persection.
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Jan 08, 2012 at 02:34 PM maysways18 Says:Report as Inappropriate
MBD is totaly right
A1 MBD
KEEP UP YOUR GOOD WORK AND DONT BE AFRAID TO SAY WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY
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Jan 08, 2012 at 02:35 PM FALLSBURGER Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ yep and never ever had the decency to thank them
anyway the problem with the Chareidi is only with the radicals. (0% live in peace with everybody and have no problems
did the satmer rebbie foresaw that the secular Zennist would fund his followers lifestyle and fund thousands that learn in kollel? No he did not, and if he did again no thank you.
he was a tzadiuk however that does not mean he was 100% correct in every single thing he believed or said. If you believe that, then you are equating him to a G-d. Everybody makes mistakes even Moshe rabanua so say the gemorah
anyway there where are are many other gadolem you who did not agree with him
so blast me if you want ”
A ) Your chutzpediga opening comment is totally wrong...
The fact is that the Satmar Rebbe did exude tremendous Hakures Hatoiv to all individuals that were involved in saving him.
I once heard from a person who was eyewitness when a frei looking person came to visit the Satmar rav, who welcomed him warmly & gave him a large donation, explaining afterward, that this person helped him on the train when he was saved in WW2
B ) The thousands of his followers DO NOT take ANY funding for their Schools & Kollelim..
Do you live on Mars???
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Jan 08, 2012 at 02:37 PM Moone Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ yep and never ever had the decency to thank them
anyway the problem with the Chareidi is only with the radicals. (0% live in peace with everybody and have no problems
did the satmer rebbie foresaw that the secular Zennist would fund his followers lifestyle and fund thousands that learn in kollel? No he did not, and if he did again no thank you.
he was a tzadiuk however that does not mean he was 100% correct in every single thing he believed or said. If you believe that, then you are equating him to a G-d. Everybody makes mistakes even Moshe rabanua so say the gemorah
anyway there where are are many other gadolem you who did not agree with him
so blast me if you want ”
Satmar Rebbe wasnt saved by the good merits of Zionists. The survivors should thank the R' Michoel Ber Weismandel founder of the idea of bribing Wisliceny, and initiator of the SS talks. Only after the Va'adat Ha-Ezrah by Kastner pushed them out of negotiations (and greatly reduced the number of refugees), to advance their own secular Zionist elite, they were rescued. And make no mistake, they did not selected Stamar Rebbe because they liked him (they actually hated him), or because some random selection (which would still not owe them a thanks after brushing them aside). They included him because the large sums of money they received from Chaim Roth personally on his behalf, and because of Dr. Fischer father-in-law of Kastner which was influenced by a repeating dream of his mother who warned him about Satmar Rebbe.
Now fact #2 which you got wrong, Satmar Rebbe wasn't a supporter of this Kollel business. He urged his Chasidim to go to work (even nowadays the Satmar don't spend relatively so long in Kollel). Your urge to find wrongs in Satmar Rebbe based on your own assumptions and some Gemarah which you hold on to so tightly, deserves condemnation by anyone caring 4 peace among us
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Jan 08, 2012 at 02:39 PM monseydoc Says:Report as Inappropriate
First of all, I will be dan lekav zchus and say that MBD was misquoted. If he wasn't, I hope he is ready to ask mechila from all of the non chassidim in Monsey, monroe, BP and williamsburgh and all yidden who don't live in Monsey, monroe, BP and williamsburgh who (in his view) are obviously all criminals and never pick up a Sefer to learn because his CD's dont sell well there. Or maybe it's because they don't like his music!!!
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Jan 08, 2012 at 02:52 PM YJay1 Says:Report as Inappropriate
I agree with #10 that being talented in one thing (e.g. singing) doesn't make you smarter in anything else. I enjoy very much MBD's albums, especially the earlier ones, but that doesn't mean that I consider him brighter than anyone else.
That being said, I do believe that his quote from the Satmar Rebbe might have some truth to it, although I doubt that the Rebbe was referring to the current situation. IMHO the Rebbe was referring to the problem that since the Israeli government was built on a secular model and in just a few decades half of Israeli Jews will be Charedi it just simply won't work out. Just think about it; half of the Jews won't serve in the military (because it's EXTREMELY difficult, if not impossible, to strictly follow the Shulchan Aruch in the IDF), almost half of the country will be unemployed (because if you don't serve you can't work), etc.
On the other hand, in the other countries around the world this problems don't exist, and Charedim could practice their beliefs and yet be part of society. I genuinely hope that these issues will somehow be worked out in the coming years, but there definitely is a major problem.
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Jan 08, 2012 at 03:04 PM YJay1 Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ Chareidi Meltdown Timeline:
1. Following forty years of staggering provocation, a radical chassidic sect finally fulfills countless rueful predictions that one day, its misguided version of strict Torah observance will morph into full blown Shaaria.
2. (Too few) legitimate Chareidi leaders grow a pair and start pushing back (forty years too late).
3. A quarter of Israel's Chareidim shake off their stupor and admit they let this happen.
4. The rest don't fully understand why the current crisis is a problem.
5. Radical chassidic sect don't fully understand why anyone would oppose their embrace of Arab street justice and claim they're victims of Israel's secular media.
6. A washed out, American musical has-been takes up their cause.
7. The moron corner of the VIN comment section nods in agreement.
8. Moshiach flips his srugi and hands in his resignation. ”
If you believe that "Moshiach flips his srugi and hands in his resignation", then I will have to add you to "the moron corner of the VIN comment section"!
Truth to be told, I have done that a long time ago just based on your username, but then I decided to be Dan L'Kaf Zechus and imagine that you are "grumpy" because some Sikrik spat on you, but once you came along with this brilliant comment (esp. #8), I felt that the time has come to re-enroll you into "the moron corner of the VIN comment section".
Good luck!
BTW, what is "srugi"?
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Jan 08, 2012 at 03:04 PM mevazeh kedosh elyon Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ Many of us don't hold by what MBD says or what the Satmar Rebbe paskined. Sorry to disapoint those that do. ”
and like who do you hold, lehavdil, hertzel, jaboto....ben gurion? name and one that comes even to the dirt of the holy divrei yoel . what cutzpah 'many of US...'. ungeshtopt with time, heretical views etc etc and compare 'US" the this geon hageonim and kodosh see beruchos 19a top 6 lines'. and from where does your 'not holding like satmar rebbe ' come, shaspheare? orson wells et etc etc?/
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Jan 08, 2012 at 03:04 PM qazxc Says:Report as Inappropriate
May the RBS"O have mercy on us but maybe we can have a little rachmanus on Him and not make Him listen to His children argue all day about which one is doing what Tatti asked us to do, who is doing His ratzon better, etc.
What parent wants to listen to this garbage all day?
Let's knock it off before He c"v stops listening to us altogether and hides his face from us again c"v.
Please, with every lashon of bakushah, please, rachmonim bnai rachmonim, stop the nonsense already before it is too late c"v.
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Jan 08, 2012 at 03:09 PM favish Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ It gets me nervous when pop stars start making political statements and get involved in giving commentary on current events. Please stick to what you do best...singing! Lhavdil when the goyishe actors and stars put in their 2 cents into current events It gets me nervous too. I never could understand what makes their statement get to the headlines? What are they different then charliehall when it comes to analysis of the news? ”
take some pills. He has a rirght too free speech like all of you ben torah haters.
I have no safek had he made a statementt like he's for 'toaivah law ' all of you kofrim would jump on his bandwagon and cheer him on 'how brave to make his mind known'!!!!
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Jan 08, 2012 at 03:12 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ yep and never ever had the decency to thank them
anyway the problem with the Chareidi is only with the radicals. (0% live in peace with everybody and have no problems
did the satmer rebbie foresaw that the secular Zennist would fund his followers lifestyle and fund thousands that learn in kollel? No he did not, and if he did again no thank you.
he was a tzadiuk however that does not mean he was 100% correct in every single thing he believed or said. If you believe that, then you are equating him to a G-d. Everybody makes mistakes even Moshe rabanua so say the gemorah
anyway there where are are many other gadolem you who did not agree with him
so blast me if you want ”
and you
Mo, who doesnt believe torah divine as prooven from your posts ,are the decider of where the lehavdil the holy divrei yoel made mistakes
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Jan 08, 2012 at 03:13 PM reder Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ Last I heard, there are zero problems outside of meah shearim and ramat bet shemesh.
It's mostly his radical followers that have major problems.
And yes, the leftist media is inciting against all charedim because of these extremists. Not that anything has really changed elsewhere. Most Israelis aren't anti-semites. ”
Really now? The problem is exclusive to these neighborhoods?
How about the soldier in Tel Aviv who was denied entry to a music club if he kept on his yarmulke?
In no way do I condone violence as an expression of protest, but the direct provocation of the chilonim in chareidi areas makes great press all over the world, and provides fodder for the anti-Semites out there.
Many chareidim in EY are not working gainfully because non-religious firms refuse to employ them. Here in the USA the frum worker is protected and can enjoy his rights not to work on Shabbos and Yomim Toivim.
Also, since they do not use the public school system there, who is benefiting most from the government?
Two points about Satmar:
1- The Satmar Rebbe zt"l did not allow his followers to take any programs from the Israeli government and they and their schools still don't (except for Kupat Cholim.)
2- The present Satmar Rebbe came out with a very strong written statement condemning those Netura Karta freaks who deservedly should be publicly ostracized.
It is very disturbing to see the media label them as Satmar when they are the antithesis of everything the Rebbe zt"l stood for!
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Jan 08, 2012 at 03:13 PM CampRunamok Says:Report as Inappropriate
The S"R in VaYoel Moshe (1961):
"Even according to the natural order, were they to yield their government and Zionist State, there is no doubt that the United Nations could make arrangements to prevent war and bloodshed. How could anyone think that our holy Torah approves of shedding the blood of Jews because of this impure State? "
Anyone who followed the news of, literally, millions of people slaughtered under the watchful eye of UN "peacekeepers" in Yugoslavia and Congo/Zaire/Rwanda over the last 20 years should read those lines and recoil in horror. The Rebbe recommended dissolving the State of Israel and leaving the millions of Jews there to the tender mercies of the same UN who left such a trail of blood and bodies wherever it went. He got the characterization of the UN completely wrong. How can anyone possibly trust his vision. I submit that had Klal Yisroel followed his recommendations we would have seen a "second Holocaust" rivaling the first within a generation.
The Rebbe was wrong. Period!
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Jan 08, 2012 at 03:19 PM Mikey Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ and only you leftist, torah haters have free speech. but not anyone else.Give a good reason wha he shouldnt make his( aka torah) view known. like those talk host say 'lieberalism is an uncurable disease' ”
In matter of fact, my dear friend, you are spewing pure idiocy! I am right-wing, both politically and religiously. If you would have paid an iota of attention to what I wrote, you would have noticed that I specifically addressed the issue of his claiming that only chassidim learn shulchan aruch and follow it. What a childish and stupid comment to make! V'hameivin yavin, that roiv of the great poskim were from the yeshiva velt, including the chassidisha ones that spent a considerably amount of time in the "litvishe" yeshivas. I don't want to go on offending any group of people, as that would be unacceptable and rather brazen.
You feibish dear should be educated by someone besides for rush limbaugh and some cute ma'aselach some "rebbe" told you. Ever consider having some sedarin at the local yeshiva as some of us have? Learn from greater and smarter people.
Additionally, it happens to be that HaRav Yoelish is one the great gedolim of the last century that I admire deeply and love his seforim.
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Jan 08, 2012 at 03:20 PM tootired Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ A ) Your chutzpediga opening comment is totally wrong...
The fact is that the Satmar Rebbe did exude tremendous Hakures Hatoiv to all individuals that were involved in saving him.
I once heard from a person who was eyewitness when a frei looking person came to visit the Satmar rav, who welcomed him warmly & gave him a large donation, explaining afterward, that this person helped him on the train when he was saved in WW2
B ) The thousands of his followers DO NOT take ANY funding for their Schools & Kollelim..
Do you live on Mars??? ”
FALLSBURGER says "B ) The thousands of his followers DO NOT take ANY funding for their Schools & Kollelim.."
But yet, they use the state-funded sidewalks, do they not? And when driving, benefit from the traffic lights which use state funded electricity, do they not? If there is a bomb threat, they call the state-funded police, do they not?
In other words it's fine and dandy to say one is "against" the medinah, but to live there and then in some way benefit from them is quite hypocritical.
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Jan 08, 2012 at 03:34 PM Realistic thinker Says:Report as Inappropriate
GO MBD!! Your last album is just beautifull im just going crazy over it!! MBD is and will Allways remain KING OF JEWISH MUSIC!!! his talent is just unmatched/unmatchable!!!
GO MBD we will support you no matter what anybody says!!
Your diehard fans!!!
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Jan 08, 2012 at 03:35 PM Lawrence M. Reisman Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ Satmar Rebbe wasnt saved by the good merits of Zionists. The survivors should thank the R' Michoel Ber Weismandel founder of the idea of bribing Wisliceny, and initiator of the SS talks. Only after the Va'adat Ha-Ezrah by Kastner pushed them out of negotiations (and greatly reduced the number of refugees), to advance their own secular Zionist elite, they were rescued. And make no mistake, they did not selected Stamar Rebbe because they liked him (they actually hated him), or because some random selection (which would still not owe them a thanks after brushing them aside). They included him because the large sums of money they received from Chaim Roth personally on his behalf, and because of Dr. Fischer father-in-law of Kastner which was influenced by a repeating dream of his mother who warned him about Satmar Rebbe.
Now fact #2 which you got wrong, Satmar Rebbe wasn't a supporter of this Kollel business. He urged his Chasidim to go to work (even nowadays the Satmar don't spend relatively so long in Kollel). Your urge to find wrongs in Satmar Rebbe based on your own assumptions and some Gemarah which you hold on to so tightly, deserves condemnation by anyone caring 4 peace among us ”
I think your facts are a bit off. Rav Weismandl was working in Slovakia while Kastner and co. were working in Budapest. They were independent of each other. Also, calling Rav Weismandl the "founder of the idea of bribing" the Nazis is sort of like giving the Lubavitcher credit for the idea of getting your mezuzos checked. Everyone who could tried bribery, from 1939 on. The problem was that the Nazis, being the pure reshoim they were, were immune to bribes until 1944 when it was obvious that they were losing the war. Himmler was looking for bribes, Wisicleny was open to them, but Eichman was not. What shortcircuited Rav Weismandl was a revolt that broke out in Slovakia in 1944. Eichman used that as a pretext to clip Wisicleny's wings and deport all the Jews of Slovakia. Kastner had nothing to do with the failure of negotiations. And as I said before, Kastner had nothing to do with the Satmar Rebbe being on the train. He neither put them nor didn't put him there. He neither wanted him on the train nor didn't want him on the train. All he wanted was that the $1 million be raised and every available seat on the train taken.
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Jan 08, 2012 at 03:50 PM CommonSense Says:Report as Inappropriate
Actually, it's The Belzer Rebbe who is proving to be right.
He's the one that said that..it's not evil nor is it the redemption..rather it's a chessed of Hashem that he gave us the opportunity to live in Eretz Yisroel. But in terms of the State it should be approached and viewed as any other State that we're living in. That includes respecting the State and it's laws and contributing to it's wellbeing..without all the emotion that's bringing this State to it's knees.
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Jan 08, 2012 at 04:04 PM qazxc Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ First of all, I will be dan lekav zchus and say that MBD was misquoted. If he wasn't, I hope he is ready to ask mechila from all of the non chassidim in Monsey, monroe, BP and williamsburgh and all yidden who don't live in Monsey, monroe, BP and williamsburgh who (in his view) are obviously all criminals and never pick up a Sefer to learn because his CD's dont sell well there. Or maybe it's because they don't like his music!!! ”
Not like his music??
What do you mean? The music he plays was very popular when it was played by the non-Jewish performers who wrote it originally.
Why shouldn't it still be well liked now that it has been made 'frum'?
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Jan 08, 2012 at 04:38 PM ashanda Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ MBD You're 100% right we discussed this here in Bais Medrash Gevoha, wow how Satmar Rav knew exactly what will happen. Amazing ”
...and what would R'Aharon say if he knew you were online?????
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Jan 08, 2012 at 04:52 PM esther Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ I know what you are saying but this comes not from people they know but from the lying mass media. Yes charedi do go to the army; and yes charedi people do work.
I know I have 5 sons who are charedi 4 have been in the army and all 5 are working;
Will the mass media stop the needless hatred and for once write the truth" ”
i hear you but with all due respect is yours a minority experience?what is the real stat on chareidim joining the army and on working?
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Jan 08, 2012 at 04:57 PM esther Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ If you believe that "Moshiach flips his srugi and hands in his resignation", then I will have to add you to "the moron corner of the VIN comment section"!
Truth to be told, I have done that a long time ago just based on your username, but then I decided to be Dan L'Kaf Zechus and imagine that you are "grumpy" because some Sikrik spat on you, but once you came along with this brilliant comment (esp. #8), I felt that the time has come to re-enroll you into "the moron corner of the VIN comment section".
Good luck!
BTW, what is "srugi"? ”
canyou have a disagreement with another person without refering to him as moron twice? it doesn't make for a very convincing argument.
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Jan 08, 2012 at 04:57 PM jay Says:Report as Inappropriate
Wow. A satmar friend just told me. On lee ave they sold more then 2000 CD's off MBD. In any case I agree the holy satmar Rabbi was right 100 percent. And even the chiloinei say it. ...... Fact Israel is not a safe place for jews
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Jan 08, 2012 at 05:02 PM Aryeh Says:Report as Inappropriate
Why is it that every time there is any kind of disagreement between religious and secular in E"Y, the press tries to convince us that we are in a civil war (G-d forbid)? Every time a b.t. nutcase burns a tire, we are on the brink of something. This so called sinat chinam is a myth. The truth is that a Satmer business man inviting a secular zionist Israeli over for sukkos doesn't make for interesting reading. Get a clue people, we actually do a pretty good job of getting along B"H!
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Jan 08, 2012 at 05:04 PM DanielBarbaz Says:Report as Inappropriate
It is a shame that with all our tzuris and with all the learning that takes place in our yeshivos, and all the expertise in the minutae in Halacha , we still cannot follow a rule as simple as "הוי דן את כל האדם לכף זכות".
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Jan 08, 2012 at 05:17 PM yaakov321 Says:Report as Inappropriate
When you personally discuss a situation describing a fact that "apparantly they do not steal like some other community of jews", you have actually just violated Torah yourself for you have just stolen the commercial integrity of the Israelite Nation. If another Jew pirates some music and does not get reprimanded and caught by the Jewish community, he will suffer great attrition and pain at the expense of the Malachim and the Will of Hashem. This is a personal situation where he can eventually learn to come back to Torah; but in your case, you have just unwittingly smeared the lifestyle and leadership of any other group of Jews and thus you are guilty of a crime maybe even more sinister and devoid of Rights than the eventual idea that a man or woman might take your music you are selling for less than face value or less than a rightful person should pay by the laws of the community. So think of that and do some Tikkun Olam (charity and prayer) to finally get back with Hashem on that one. Think about it.
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Jan 08, 2012 at 05:26 PM anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
Its horrifying to see how the yellow star matsav has bought up horrific memories from the past and now the Kastner affair which will forever remain controversial. Nobody can put anybody in each others boots then. Nobody in our generation can comprehend or comment on what went on then. But a niggling thought now is that history repeats itself and just like then in WW2 it was 'jew against jew' In the horrific blood for money saga so too now albiet in a much smaller way BH (so far) jews are nebech spitting on each other and mamesh near killing each other not for rescuing neshomos but under the name of kanous. Like then we daven for moshiach forever more. Why does the man in yerusahlmi levush care if a girl wears sandals? why does he care if a woman sits near him? people want to run their daily lives without interference. MBD can comment all he wants the spitters will spit on him and the zionists will spit on him nobody is good enough for anybody. The yiddisher nation have long forgotten we are in golus can the human nature of begging for kavod and attention only be reigned in with petch from the aibishter chas vesholom? where has yiddisher sechel gone?
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Jan 08, 2012 at 05:47 PM qazxc Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ It is a shame that with all our tzuris and with all the learning that takes place in our yeshivos, and all the expertise in the minutae in Halacha , we still cannot follow a rule as simple as "הוי דן את כל האדם לכף זכות". ”
That's because it is from halachah.
The yeshivos should teach that ahavas yisroel is a chumrah, a segulah, or a minag al pi kabballah.
Then we'd all keep it 100%.
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Jan 08, 2012 at 05:52 PM noach Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ The S"R in VaYoel Moshe (1961):
"Even according to the natural order, were they to yield their government and Zionist State, there is no doubt that the United Nations could make arrangements to prevent war and bloodshed. How could anyone think that our holy Torah approves of shedding the blood of Jews because of this impure State? "
Anyone who followed the news of, literally, millions of people slaughtered under the watchful eye of UN "peacekeepers" in Yugoslavia and Congo/Zaire/Rwanda over the last 20 years should read those lines and recoil in horror. The Rebbe recommended dissolving the State of Israel and leaving the millions of Jews there to the tender mercies of the same UN who left such a trail of blood and bodies wherever it went. He got the characterization of the UN completely wrong. How can anyone possibly trust his vision. I submit that had Klal Yisroel followed his recommendations we would have seen a "second Holocaust" rivaling the first within a generation.
The Rebbe was wrong. Period! ”
the 2nd world war came only because of the "rayan hatzionis" as the gemurah says if u take a medina before the time I will be mafkir your bodys like the dears (and not that something from gemurah needs back up but hitler ymach shmoie in his book my kamf said the same words he will making jewish bodys hafker like the deer's)
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Jan 08, 2012 at 06:12 PM bubii Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ Wow. A satmar friend just told me. On lee ave they sold more then 2000 CD's off MBD. In any case I agree the holy satmar Rabbi was right 100 percent. And even the chiloinei say it. ...... Fact Israel is not a safe place for jews ”
fact is you abide by the rules of the country you live it no ifs or s or buts and youre saying that others have to abide by youre rules no such thing the rules dont twist minds dont be a drie kup.
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Jan 08, 2012 at 06:56 PM Old MBD Fan Says:Report as Inappropriate
Still love MBD's music, but his opinions...not so much.
If the horrible Zionist regime is indeed so terrible, Jews should leave and moved to Willy. But not only are they not leaving, they're lovin' it.
The problem with this community is similar to the Africa-American community in the US. They live wit victim mentality, which does not even stop when an African-American is elected. Like Wright said: G-d bless America? No, no, no! G-d D-mn America... and then he went on to list all the reasons that America is to be damned. This is the forever victim mindset.
Here, too, there is this vitriolic speech that the Zionist are accursed, destroyers of everything Jewish, horrible and just horrendous. This is taught to young cheder children and just gets worse as they get older. The equivalent of G-d D-mn America is yelled from the Jerusalem streets by the same type of rabble-rousers.
Yes. Israel is a mixed blessing. Yes, it is utterly painful to see a state of Jews, let alone in Eretz Hakodesh, that is not predicated on Halacha. But this is the reality of the situation. Our mandate, as Charedim, is to make Torah blossom, and to open the door to Torah to the millions that depend on it.
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Jan 08, 2012 at 06:32 PM Pereles Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ And lets face most satmerers children are raised that anyone less than them are goyim and shaigetz etc.. No respect for others even frum or even other chassidus.. I once was by my uncle in Monroe for shabbos and because i had a tie and maybe a little hair trop, the children called me sheigetz and goy...
Is that the way of torah of respect??? As the Rebbe said you have to be careful of kannaus as most times it comes from the yetzer harah!! ”
or when the kids on the block told my son he has a goyishe bike...
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Jan 08, 2012 at 07:46 PM menachemwh Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ the 2nd world war came only because of the "rayan hatzionis" as the gemurah says if u take a medina before the time I will be mafkir your bodys like the dears (and not that something from gemurah needs back up but hitler ymach shmoie in his book my kamf said the same words he will making jewish bodys hafker like the deer's) ”
really? look up talmud yeushalmi terumos that is explicit that there will ne anation in israel before the meshiach. you are quoting a medrah. The yrushalmi is ahalchick discussion. The rebbe was wrong. look at his talmidim. look at what hatred he created. How dare you assume what the reaon for the 6 million deaths were caused by. The rebbees introductory words in Vayoel moshe is the biggest embarrasnment to toarah judaism ever.
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Jan 08, 2012 at 07:59 PM favish Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ In matter of fact, my dear friend, you are spewing pure idiocy! I am right-wing, both politically and religiously. If you would have paid an iota of attention to what I wrote, you would have noticed that I specifically addressed the issue of his claiming that only chassidim learn shulchan aruch and follow it. What a childish and stupid comment to make! V'hameivin yavin, that roiv of the great poskim were from the yeshiva velt, including the chassidisha ones that spent a considerably amount of time in the "litvishe" yeshivas. I don't want to go on offending any group of people, as that would be unacceptable and rather brazen.
You feibish dear should be educated by someone besides for rush limbaugh and some cute ma'aselach some "rebbe" told you. Ever consider having some sedarin at the local yeshiva as some of us have? Learn from greater and smarter people.
Additionally, it happens to be that HaRav Yoelish is one the great gedolim of the last century that I admire deeply and love his seforim. ”
Take it easy, take it easy,i know the truth hurts but dont make it so obvious
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Jan 08, 2012 at 08:03 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ Actually, it's The Belzer Rebbe who is proving to be right.
He's the one that said that..it's not evil nor is it the redemption..rather it's a chessed of Hashem that he gave us the opportunity to live in Eretz Yisroel. But in terms of the State it should be approached and viewed as any other State that we're living in. That includes respecting the State and it's laws and contributing to it's wellbeing..without all the emotion that's bringing this State to it's knees. ”
That is what most charedim want to do. Some even want to be more involved with the state, but after incidents like the kol isha gezera, they feel they are being rebuffed and the state indeed does exist to secularize them as was the case at the beginning.
It is the state and its institutions that try to force Jews to become "Israelis," just as the USSR tried to invent a Soviet nationality. The US melting pot failed too, but the US realized that so long as you don't make real trouble, you can be who you believe you should be, and now the whole melting pot is history.
Who is behind the bus mess? Secular Egged, that blocked the private mehadrin buses. Egged is a symbol of the state from day one, and I think it even existed as a socialist cooperative before 1948.
Who is behind the meshiggeners? The ShaBaK and the police, and leftists, along with a small but vocal group of leftover dati leumi state worshippers (a dying breed B"H but reinforced by some newcomers from the US who are fleeing high day school tuition in the US while still working there via the Net) who egg them on. If the loonies were not of use to the left and the state, there would be more arrests and real jail time.
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Jan 08, 2012 at 08:33 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ yep and never ever had the decency to thank them
anyway the problem with the Chareidi is only with the radicals. (0% live in peace with everybody and have no problems
did the satmer rebbie foresaw that the secular Zennist would fund his followers lifestyle and fund thousands that learn in kollel? No he did not, and if he did again no thank you.
he was a tzadiuk however that does not mean he was 100% correct in every single thing he believed or said. If you believe that, then you are equating him to a G-d. Everybody makes mistakes even Moshe rabanua so say the gemorah
anyway there where are are many other gadolem you who did not agree with him
so blast me if you want ”
That is why the Rebbe would travel even in his old age to Eretz Yisroel to fundraise for his yeshivas that accept 0 from the Medina (as he reffered to it) His true followers do not take any money from programs, not even for the schooling.
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Jan 08, 2012 at 08:35 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ And wasnt moshe rabbeinu save by an Egyption. y
Your not the 1st one to make such stupid commen T.And if a christian saves one he should become christian?? ”
Git gezugt. couldn't have said it better. All these people coming to ask if Satmar Rebbe was saved by a Tzioni.So... a yid is mechuyav to save himself...his life is precious..you think the Rebbe ztl didn't know halacha..he had to ask these imbecilic commenters..it doesn't matter who saves you...you don't turn into them because someone was kind..a lot of goyim are kind to jews and do them favors.So, you acknowledge the favor and move on. You don't change your religion as an Hakoros Hatov....!!!!Kol Hakovod
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Jan 08, 2012 at 08:38 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ i had a very enlightening conversation with a young israeli woaman who told me the reason many secular israelis hate the chareidim is because they don't work or go into the army and so the seculars feel very used.can you blame them? ”
They have choices. They could do teshuva...become frum and sit into a kollel and learn Torah...Hashem has a yeshua for everyone...if that's what bothers them.The truth is...the pintele yid in all of them is what really bothers them...except they don't even know what it is...it's something deep down that they can't explain themselves..because sinas chinom really is baseless..........
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Jan 08, 2012 at 08:44 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ let him stick to music!!
this would be like a rov telling him he is singing off key!!
by the way im not chassidish and i have NEVER copied a CD ”
Sorry you are wrong.
He happens to be a person like the rest of us who has an opportunity to voice his opinions....and like us, he voiced his. Free country right?.It just so happens that he has a nice voice and sells his music, that is his parnassa.So what you're saying is...like if am a party planner, lawyer or Dr. makeup artist or anything for that matter(and whatever anyone on this site does for parnassa) they are not entitled to an opinion? And, if a Rebbe could sing, he is entitled to voice his opinion on something too, and many of them knew how to..so your statement is totally invalid.He is a talented man who also has a brain and feelings like the rest...but not every Rebbe knows how to sing...THERE YOU GO...!!!
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Jan 08, 2012 at 08:46 PM MonseyMan Says:Report as Inappropriate
I love MBD's music I own almost every cd. But like holiwood the artist's opnions doesn't mean anything to me
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Jan 08, 2012 at 08:48 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ To fight zionism today is like someone going around America screaming that we need to fight off communism.. Hello .. Yes there was a threat 30-40 years ago of comunism but those days are gone.. same with the medinah.. Once people also rode horses but we now ride cars..
Today yiddishkeit and torah is alive and vibrant and flourishing in israel!!
But that doesnt mean you have a right to denigrate others.. ”
You people really don't get it.
Why don't you all go out and get Satmar Rebbes seforim and read what he wrote..................and then comment...Everything he wrote is true and COMING TRUE.....nothing to do about a flourishing community...hard to explain his seforim on a website...buy it ...read it...understand his genius..case closed.
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Jan 08, 2012 at 08:51 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ And lets face most satmerers children are raised that anyone less than them are goyim and shaigetz etc.. No respect for others even frum or even other chassidus.. I once was by my uncle in Monroe for shabbos and because i had a tie and maybe a little hair trop, the children called me sheigetz and goy...
Is that the way of torah of respect??? As the Rebbe said you have to be careful of kannaus as most times it comes from the yetzer harah!! ”
Sorry about your cousin. But I am Satmar...and don't underestimate my intelligence and my ability to think for myself. Thank you..My friends and I and thousands of other members of the Satmar Kehilla...thank you)
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Jan 08, 2012 at 09:15 PM vin-reader Says:Report as Inappropriate
MBD, I always liked your music, you sang from the heart. I ran to get your last CD. And I bought it; I didn't copy it. Hey, I'm not chassidish and I didn't steal. Your words provoke me. How dare you, someone who sings words of kedusha, go and say that only chassidim don't steal. EXCUSE ME!! you sound like one of those who will tell Moshiach that it can't be him, because he's wearing the wrong type of hat.
MBD, until today I always admired you. Now, sorry, but I dont anymore. And your next CD, (is this also going to be sold as your last one, to get everyone to buy it?) will probably only be bought by chassidim. I don't think even one litvak will WANT to copy it after the disgusting motzi Shem ra that spewed forth from your mouth. I know many many litvaks who are so careful not to copy CDs. And I know people who have called distributors to find out if they can make a copy for their own house.
So MBD, say it again nice and clear that only chassidim go by the shulchan aruch. You disgust me.
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Jan 08, 2012 at 09:41 PM yosefben Says:Report as Inappropriate
Wow...mix Reb Yoelish ZT"L and MBD and unguarded tongues release what es surprisingly on many lungs. Who cares??? Rebbe Yoel, Rebbe Schneerson, Rebbe Moshe Leib, Rebbe Yitzchok...all are Tzadikim regardless of your own "convenient psakim" and most of you should bring more repsect and gratitude to that.
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Jan 08, 2012 at 11:46 PM c Says:Report as Inappropriate
Clashes between crazy extremists and chilonim is what we have. Menchlich charedim have no problems.
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Jan 08, 2012 at 11:52 PM jwqwe Says:Report as Inappropriate
mbd keep to the music politics are not for you
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Jan 09, 2012 at 12:05 AM Amyisrael Says:Report as Inappropriate
Mordechai Ben David's argument that Chassidim don't steal, because his album sold better in Chassidic areas is not valid. Did he consider the possibility that he is more popular in Chassidic areas and that's why is music is selling better there?
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Jan 09, 2012 at 12:47 AM Always a Fan Says:Report as Inappropriate
BTW it was very clear from the audio that MBD's remarks about Chassidim not copying were semi-facetious.
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Jan 09, 2012 at 02:41 AM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ mbd keep to the music politics are not for you ”
I would refer you to comment #93
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Jan 09, 2012 at 06:00 AM allmark Says:Report as Inappropriate
The reason people think the Chilonim are anti-Charedi is the intensity of the reaction to the spitting incident. It is being used to attack all Chaedim and in an exceptionally vicious way.
Anyone who isn't concerned about the level of outright hatred shown to the Charedim is simply not paying attention.
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Jan 09, 2012 at 06:21 AM PatersonMan Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ the 2nd world war came only because of the "rayan hatzionis" as the gemurah says if u take a medina before the time I will be mafkir your bodys like the dears (and not that something from gemurah needs back up but hitler ymach shmoie in his book my kamf said the same words he will making jewish bodys hafker like the deer's) ”
First, my "dear", the animal is spelled "deer" and is also used for plural.
1. Please check the Gemara at the end of Kesuvos ... It does not talk about a Medinah - it says that if Jews go up to Eretz Yisroel "B'Choma" (Rashi: Most Jews go up to Israel before the time) - it is talking about mass aliyah, which never happened.
2. It also talking about forcing to go to E.Y against the will of the Nations. Since Israel was approved by the UN, doing Aliyah there is acceptable. [See SHU'T Avnei Nezer,who says that if the Rulers of E.Y allow Aliya, then it is a Mtzvah even acc. to "3 vows"]. Proof comes from Satmar Rebbi himself. He allowed his Hasidim to live/visit the "pre-67' areas of Israel because it was given by the UN; however, he did not allow to live/visit the areas captured after '67 because he held that it was taken 'by force". (Some Gedolim disagreed with him on this point.) In any case, the pre-67 areas were OK even acc. to Satmar,
3. The '3 vows' are not brought down in Rambam's code ; there are many who said that since the Umos violated their vows by tormenting the Jews in Galus, the other vows are nullified.
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Jan 09, 2012 at 09:40 AM favish Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ First, my "dear", the animal is spelled "deer" and is also used for plural.
1. Please check the Gemara at the end of Kesuvos ... It does not talk about a Medinah - it says that if Jews go up to Eretz Yisroel "B'Choma" (Rashi: Most Jews go up to Israel before the time) - it is talking about mass aliyah, which never happened.
2. It also talking about forcing to go to E.Y against the will of the Nations. Since Israel was approved by the UN, doing Aliyah there is acceptable. [See SHU'T Avnei Nezer,who says that if the Rulers of E.Y allow Aliya, then it is a Mtzvah even acc. to "3 vows"]. Proof comes from Satmar Rebbi himself. He allowed his Hasidim to live/visit the "pre-67' areas of Israel because it was given by the UN; however, he did not allow to live/visit the areas captured after '67 because he held that it was taken 'by force". (Some Gedolim disagreed with him on this point.) In any case, the pre-67 areas were OK even acc. to Satmar,
3. The '3 vows' are not brought down in Rambam's code ; there are many who said that since the Umos violated their vows by tormenting the Jews in Galus, the other vows are nullified. ”
So you are pitting yourself against the holy divrei yoel. You can being all proove from shas to YOUR understanding of a certain halacha and it not worth a cent '.V'hureicho beyiras hashem'.Your 'torah' is nothing (kedusha wise) to these gedolei oilom. Its worth as mich as the pope will be a gaon know all shass and S'U his halachca ruling will not carry any weight. And dont come with this gadol said like or that ..refer where he wrote which sefer so one can see. thats what satmar rebbe did
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Jan 09, 2012 at 09:59 AM MAYERFREUND Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ “That the chasidishe velt doesn’t copy or steal like the others” What is this suppose to mean?
And he’s completely off on the other stuff as well, Satmar Rebbe did not refer to this in context when haradim are attacking and spiting on other Orthodox Jews. And when arrested for attacking other Jews, they would compare it to the Holocaust.
Shame on MBD for the above statements. ”
“ “That the chasidishe velt doesn’t copy or steal like the others” What is this suppose to mean?
It means people like who insult another Jew for no good reason except for saying the thought.
Since you are not a satmar follower you could not say what satmar rebbe meant
and your statement fits you perfect
"Shame on you for the above statements. ”
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Jan 09, 2012 at 10:10 AM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
Let MBD stick to what he does best and that's singing. Was the Satmat Rebbe right about creating a welfare state for his community, plunging them into deep poverty and having droves of them go off due to his extremist policies??? I think the Gra was right when he fought againt chasidim in the 1700's!
The Ponoviche Rosh Yeshiva is correct, let us look into ourselves and see the sinas chinum we created which is feuling the current anti-chereidi sentiment out there today.
MBD is not one to cast judgement let him worry about himself and his two children!
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Jan 09, 2012 at 10:24 AM CommonSense Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ That is what most charedim want to do. Some even want to be more involved with the state, but after incidents like the kol isha gezera, they feel they are being rebuffed and the state indeed does exist to secularize them as was the case at the beginning.
It is the state and its institutions that try to force Jews to become "Israelis," just as the USSR tried to invent a Soviet nationality. The US melting pot failed too, but the US realized that so long as you don't make real trouble, you can be who you believe you should be, and now the whole melting pot is history.
Who is behind the bus mess? Secular Egged, that blocked the private mehadrin buses. Egged is a symbol of the state from day one, and I think it even existed as a socialist cooperative before 1948.
Who is behind the meshiggeners? The ShaBaK and the police, and leftists, along with a small but vocal group of leftover dati leumi state worshippers (a dying breed B"H but reinforced by some newcomers from the US who are fleeing high day school tuition in the US while still working there via the Net) who egg them on. If the loonies were not of use to the left and the state, there would be more arrests and real jail time. ”
You're wrong.
It's only because you view infuse the state with some kind of emotion that these things are even issues.
They aren't doing anything more than the United States would do..in terms of separation of church and state.
If Israel would adopt the US constitution, you'd be screaming shmad...!
But because you're giving the state more meaning..(be it evil..or good) than it need have in reality that these things become flashpoints..whereas in the US we manage just fine.
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Jan 09, 2012 at 11:14 AM not so Chasidic Says:Report as Inappropriate
“.... this proves to me that true Chasidim don’t copy music and those who are not so Chasidic are the ones who are doing the copying."
racist comment
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Jan 09, 2012 at 11:28 AM chaimme Says:Report as Inappropriate
surely he does not believe it. he said it to sell a cd. I for one will no longer listen to his music and will encourage others to do the same.
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Jan 09, 2012 at 12:27 PM optimistic Says:Report as Inappropriate
I am pleased to hear that Chasidim are zohir in the issur of geneivah. I look forward to the day when they are as machmir in hilchos geneivah (one of the aseres hadibros) as they are in tznius and kashrus.
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Jan 09, 2012 at 12:43 PM JOJOJO Says:Report as Inappropriate
GO MBD!!! you already created this blog of 100 + comments, which shows how right you are, Chazk!!
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Jan 09, 2012 at 01:40 PM TannaKamma Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ BTW it was very clear from the audio that MBD's remarks about Chassidim not copying were semi-facetious. ”
While I don't agree with everything MBD said, I think the term "Chassidim" was used in a broad sense to indicate those who appreciate authentic Chassidic music of old as opposed to what he has been offering us for the past 20 years. It certainly wasn't meant to imply a specific group.
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Jan 09, 2012 at 02:34 PM think before you speak Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ GO MBD!!! you already created this blog of 100 + comments, which shows how right you are, Chazk!! ”
Strange thing to say.
Many, if not most, of the 100+ comments were against MBD's remarks.
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Jan 09, 2012 at 03:09 PM stop crying Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ “.... this proves to me that true Chasidim don’t copy music and those who are not so Chasidic are the ones who are doing the copying."
racist comment ”
nu,nu big deal 'racist comments' as if it the worst middoh. you know you all react like little babies
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Jan 09, 2012 at 04:49 PM Joe Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ Wasnt the Satmar rebbe saved by a Zionist? ”
It's probably the other way around. That "Zionist" (if the story is true) was "saved" by the Satmar Rebbe, who was 100 times more a Zionist than today's so-called ones!
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Jan 16, 2012 at 12:29 PM RescueFirst Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ Wasnt the Satmar rebbe saved by a Zionist? ”
I Don't know if he was saved by a zionist, but if so, what if he would be saved by a goy. what are you trying to say that he was saved by a zionist? What's the matter who's the one saved who, I work All day as a paramedic and I'm saving lives other than jews.... a zionist saving someones life doesn't make zionizm right... Enjoy :)