Comments on: Op-Ed: Leiby Leiby, Did Anyone See Leiby?

By: db83

db83 — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 05:56:05 +0000

Just like g-d’s promise to Avraham about the Egyptians “V’Et HaGoy Don Anochi”. Every situation is governed by the Abishter; all we have is free will…

All the volunteers that brought about such Achdut and R”L the demented person that committed such a heinous crime.

By: ANONYM613

ANONYM613 — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 23:58:38 +0000

I think that the father must have been misquoted.

I could understand his saying that he was proud to have been Leiby’s father for nearly 9 years.

But if it was worth it to him for his son, Leiby, to die, so that his death could bring so many people together; then why prosecute the murderer?

By: Flipskru

Flipskru — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 22:37:19 +0000

ATTENTION Posters @Lomed @cherniakb @proud orthodox @789

The following is a transcript from News Anchor Bill Ritter when he went to be Menachem Avel. Listen to what the father has to say, and remember he nor his wife know of any details.

RITTER: “I told them that while their pain is theirs alone – we all share a bit of it. And by we, I mean millions – because this tragedy has affected the entire City.

And then his father offered this: He said he was proud to have been Leiby’s father for nearly 9 years – and that if somehow his death is bringing so many people together – then what a great tribute to his boy”.

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news&id=8250803

By: giggle girl

giggle girl — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:24:10 +0000

wow! I do find nechama in this article. not a nechama for the fact that Leibby A”H was murdered, but a nechama that at least Klal Yisroel is uniting. if i am correct, this is the point the article was bringing out.

at least let us all take a lesson from this and not fight with each other. we can have different opinions, but let’s all just get along. Achdus!

By: Droid

Droid — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:17:24 +0000

Well said mark levin #18.

By: mark levin

mark levin — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:02:11 +0000

The truth is that there is a lot of achdus in other situations too, it just not as in your face. Look at the tremendous work done by all the Bikur Cholim organizations throughout the NYC Metro Area. Satmar doesn’t do it only for Satmar, Kossinya doesn’t do it only for Kossinya, Rabbi Ralbag’s k’hilla near Lenox Hill isn’t doing it for their own, and neither is the k’hilla of Highland Park / Brunswick area doing it for their own.

It is there although sometimes it takes a bad situation to see it.

By: kako

kako — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:24:58 +0000

Think about “achdus” and “we are one” the next time you are offered a fine sefardi bachur/girl for your daughter/son.

By: jamshid007

jamshid007 — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:17:22 +0000

Leiby is still alive in every Jewish Cheredi neighborhood, Yeshiv and camp getting abused some times with out any one knowing and at times known to others but hushed!

By: 789

789 — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:18:19 +0000

Happy? If someones child is murdered in cold blood are you happy?? Achdus is feeling someone elses pain. If it wouldve been your child chas vshalom would you have been happy standing over his kever? Its very nice that klal yisroel came together but how can you be happy when parents and siblings and all of klal yisroel are in such tzar over the murder of this innocent child? would you have wanted it to be your child?? I think this article is completely insensitive and should be removed.

By: didush

didush — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:46:01 +0000

Baruch Dayan HaEmet. This is a terrible tragedy that completely throws the Jewish world into aveilut. I pray that the family finds the nechama needed to survive this atrocity. I fully agree with your comment of the “good” coming out of the situation. Complete Achdus while the huge amount of people searched for him, no matter what their Jewish affiliation. My only sadness continues to be that this achdus usually comes when their is a tragedy. Our challenge as frum Jews or as Jews in general is to break down these barriers that separate us, daily and create this sense of Achdus DAILY! Not only when tragedy strikes. May Yehuda ben Nachman’s (Leibby) neshama rest in Gan Eden and may he be a Meilitz Yosher for all of Klal Yisrael to begin this long journey of creating this Achdus that we so desire. This and only this will bring us the true Geula and the coming of Maschiach Tzidkeinu.