Jerusalem – Rabbi To Elior Chen: Take Off the Yarmulke and Snip Off the Peyos

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    Elior ChenJerusalem – Cut off your peyos Elior Chen. Toss away the yarmulke. It won’t help. It won’t earn you any sympathy. Israeli judges are unmoved by criminals who suddenly remember Hashem on the day of their trial after they’ve caused people so much suffering.

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    If just a few of the charges are correct, you’re not a rov, you’re not religious and you’re not a human being. Cut of those peyos of yours, Mr. Elior Chen. It’s an insult to the peyos. It’s an insult to the yarmulke. It lowers you, and it lowers us as well. It won’t help you. It merely amplifies your crime. As if it were based on ideology. And you can be sure: R’ Nachman of Breslov won’t grab onto your peyos to pull you out of Gehenom.

    If just a few of the allegations against you are correct, you’ll have to do tshuvoh from square one. You’ll have to beat on your chest with all your might and cry out: “I have sinned.” Every second-grader knows that anyone who raises his hand against another person to strike him – even if he does not strike him – is called a rosho. You raised your hand and induced others to raise their hands. And you brought your hand down on hapless children who were not yours.

    Do us all a favor and tell the world: I’m not a rov. Do us a favor and snip off your peyos. Those peyos are supposed to be a symbol of purity. A symbol of piousness. A symbol of chessed. Yet they served you as a means of propaganda. You used them to convince everyone you’re a malach and a tzaddik. Maybe even moshiach. Those peyos have left children crippled for years to come, if not for life.

    Cut off those peyos. Do us a favor. We can’t stand the sight of them. It’s bad enough with all the gangsters who blow up cars with people inside and then stick a yarmulke on their head. If we could, believe me, we’d pass a law against these criminals who wear a big yarmulke during their trial. But you’ve taken it a step further. Peyos, a large yarmulke, rabbinical attire and you even call yourself a rov, yet you’re accused of such heinous crimes that all of Eretz Yisroel and the Jewish world is appalled.

    Listen carefully. I’m trying not to get carried away. I don’t know what’s true and what’s not true. But there’s a child still lying unconscious because of your “tikkunim.” For your own sake, so the judge doesn’t get carried away with hatred toward you, take off that black coat and dress in sackcloth. Ask for forgiveness loud and clear. Maybe after a few years of real tshuvoh, your prison terms will be lightened a bit.

    Do us a favor and renounce the name Breslov. You’re not a Breslover. You have no connection to the teachings of Rebbe Nachman. You pass on false teachings – megaleh ponim shelo kehalochoh. And as such you have no portion in the World to Come.

    Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu is the son of Mordechai Eliyahu, the former Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel.


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    Torontotonian
    Torontotonian
    14 years ago

    The equivalency of the chitzonious and penimious of a persons’
    actions are hardly for us to decide.

    Does it not follow that according to the worthy Rabbi, the object of his
    scorn need no longer keep shabbos? how about Tfillin?

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    14 years ago

    Why does someone who did wrong need to take if his Payos?? Because he did 1 wrong means he should do another wrong? What about tshuva?? The tora learns us that its NEVER too late to return and its our obligation as a YID to try to Machzir B’tshiva every yid so this article is really non sense even to report. Sorry VIN please live up to your respect. Plz don’t take as a cover for wrong doing but its just not fare to educate our fellow jews ! ! !

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    14 years ago

    This is part of the danger of having a chassidus without a Rebbe.

    Shaul in Monsey
    Shaul in Monsey
    14 years ago

    Amazing article not so much for its content but for the fact that a leader is, well, actually leading.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    14 years ago

    It doesn’t matter what this guy does; he no longer is considered a member of klal yisroel and has no claim to any rights or entitlements of being a yid. Anyone who helps him is as much a moser as the worst traitor to judaism.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    14 years ago

    #1 :
    Anyone with machshovos agaist Torah has aproblem wearing tefilin, unless they are sure their mind will be completely clean while wearing them!
    Sometime it is better NOT to wear tefilin if machshovos zorious will raise their ugly head while wearing them.

    SimchaBD
    SimchaBD
    14 years ago

    Reply to #1 : You’re missing the point. It’s irrelevant what mitzvos he performs in private. The Rav is discussing his public persona while being accused of orchestrating these henious crimes. Rav Schwab Z’tl advised similarly.

    hello
    hello
    14 years ago

    #5 because the payos are then a chilul hashem.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    14 years ago

    Do us a favor. We can’t stand the sight of them. I think this is the most telling part of the whole artical as much as I understand rav for writeing and the crowd he is writeing to and probbely he hopes his words will undu a bit of the chilul hashem this basterd of trash has done still with utmost respect I must ask if we would have a non frum Jew keep even one min of shabos wouldent we jump for joy so in line with some of the other posters should somone who was over one averah not keep anyother mitsvos unless you tell me chilul hashem is different couse he is still cousing it I thing it’s more of sn emotinal plea not the real Halacha yes it hurts and embrases us that some guy who has no shyuches to us claims to be us and brings us down but what dose that have to do with us how many non frum have done similar things but we do g even hear about it here the media hypes the storey so we look bad all we have to know and say is he is not one of us oh he looks like us so couse he dresses up dosent make him one of us but that dosent meen that if there is anything good he dose he should stop I’m not sure are we god to decide that we aren’t all perfect so should we all leave religon I’m not justfying this trash can of a human all I’m asking is it our place or job to even react or should we just teach our kids this is not us he is sick and by the way Esther reb Moshe dosent say he should go with an uncoverd head he says no yarmulkas were a basbal cap or similar just wondering

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    14 years ago

    Truth be told, the same can be said about many people who live in cities in NY and perpetrate other Chilul Hashems…

    chief doofis
    chief doofis
    14 years ago

    If I wear t’filin every day, only my fellow shul goers are aware of it. If I “bench” after eating, only my table mates will see. My Tzizit are hidden in my pants. Elior Chen is broadacsting hi spiety to the whole world. As such, he is to be held to a higher standard (at least to the same as us regular guys). A child lies battered, almost to death. others are also injured. He caused this all in the name of some mysterious set of rules, which he feels are part of our Holy Torah. By throwing him out of the camp, we are telling the world, that this type of cruelty is diametrically opposed to the real Torah, and we want nothing to do with trash like him. His l’vush identifies him with the “highest” forms of Judaism. His actions identify him with the headshrikers of the Amazon

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    14 years ago

    Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu , the son of Mordechai Eliyahu, the former Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel, don’t have peyos, look at His picture, no peyos. Another thing, this Rabbi is a Sephardi, and the Sephardim are very emotional and sometimes they get carry away by the emotion, so don’t put to much thoughs in His words

    Rippin Pinchas
    Rippin Pinchas
    14 years ago

    I find it fascinating that some of the people who applaud the author also complain when Charedim, in their view, try to impose their religion. Yet the same people want Chen to remove his religious looks, now imposing religion on someone else is ok. Which one is it? If you have a leave alone/let me live attitude, who are you to tell someone how to look? The hypocrisy is overwhelming.

    Understand the difference.
    Understand the difference.
    14 years ago

    He is not just a jew who did an avera. Its not like he stole or went to a movie or spoke loshon hora. such a person made a mistake can do teshuva and they can still keep the Torah. This monster on the other hand has perverted the Torah. His entire philosophy is wrong and fatally corrupt. The basics of the Torah is love your fellow. He was teaching a message of pain death and destruction to his students. It has nothing to do with Torah and judaism. He deserves a meesa meshunah for his unforgivable crimes to these dear innocent children.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    14 years ago

    Sorry but what is he accused of

    Doniels
    Doniels
    14 years ago

    For the record: Teshuva does NOT resolve all crimes; time to learn some Halocho, people!

    One of the crimes Teshuva doesn’t help with is “CAUSING OTHER PEOPLE TO SIN” (Rambam, Hil. Teshuva 3:14)

    Moish
    Moish
    14 years ago

    When some one masquerades as a hareidi to the point where he convinces a married woman that having sex with her will correct her sins, when a man who dresses in such a fashion convinces others of his piety and tells them that in order not to go to gehenom they must lock their child in a suitcase, or make the child drink kerosene and feces to get the yetzer hara out of the child, or put hot stones on the child and burn out the child’s yetzer hara , then the sin is compounded and a result of this Purim Costume in which this charlatan prances about. When he tells an ignorant woman that these corrections are found in teh works of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov and in teh Kaballah Sforim and she believes him because he dresses like the real deal, this costume is a disgrace to all who dress this way in earnest!

    ST
    ST
    14 years ago

    Why is he telling him to cut off his beared, when he has not been convicted yet?

    I know that hw throws in the word ‘if’, but it sounds as if he is sure that he is guilty.
    If he is tried fairly and found guilty, then of course his jewish face is a shame to all religious Jews.
    but you do not talk to someone that way, before he has been found guilty to any of his charges.

    chief doofis
    chief doofis
    14 years ago

    Countries like Brazil, Canada and Israel, don’t go about extraditing, seeking to extradite, etc., unless they are very confident that they have a good case, and that it’s an important case. If I bought a pair of shoes and didn’t pay the VAT, Israel will not seek my extradition. Perhaps this shmendrik is “only” guilty of half of the things he is charged with, he is nonetheless, a walking, talking chillul Hashem.

    The title Rabbi, carries responsibility. My S’micha stays at home when I pursue my secular business. It is only relevant when I present a shiur, or stand at the pulpit.

    Ya’akov Avinu said, “Bik’halam al Tey’chad K’vodi”, (let not my honor be associated with their evil counsel). Unless this is a case of mistaken identity, Elior Chen besmirches the title of Rav, and thereby destroys the legitimacy of our Mesorah. An ordinary “Mr”, doesn’t represent the Torah, neither should such a vile creature represent anything other than vile creatures.

    outraged
    outraged
    14 years ago

    Why are we only hearing about what this rasha Chen did? What about the parents who were influenced by him? Are they not just as guilty? How can anyone in their right mind listen to Chen and do the horrific things that were done? And to their own children!!!!!!!!! Why are these parents not sitting in Jail?They should be paraded through the streets and have garbage thrown on them!

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    14 years ago

    Israel is the Orey Miklat for meshugaim, underworld gangsters, bearded USA killer of 2, Boruch Goldstein, Russian murderer of 6 and all that were strangers at home.
    I begin understanding that none of the Gedoilim decided to move to Israel. i.e.Rabbis Kotler, Grozovsky, Soloveitshick, Feinstein, Schneerson Chaim Heller, Satmerer Rebbe, Squerer Rebbe etc etc. Only second and third class leaders
    emigrated to Israel and some senior citizens for a Kever in Jerusalem

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    14 years ago

    I cannot understand why Israel is the Orei Miklot for Meshugaim, Ganovim, Rotschim.
    Now we have the Russian monster of 6, the USA bearded monster of 2, Baruch
    Goldstein etc.. etc.
    Did you ever think why the real American Gedolim, Rabbis Kotler, JB Solo
    M. Feinstein, Chaim Heller, Grozovsky, Satmaer Rebbe, Schneerson, Squerer Rebbe were notinterested living in Israel?

    Le
    Le
    14 years ago

    nevermind the yarmulka and peyos, this man should be tortured then get the death penalty.