Comments on: VIDEO & PICS: Brooklyn DA: Bomb-Maker Charged With Hate Crimes

By: Yeshivish Hocker

Yeshivish Hocker — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:37:01 +0000

Gishmak in Lakewood, I don’t believe a real rebbe would do such a thing. I mean that is so beyond gashmiyus, I can’t even imagine what school he “teaches” in. The sad thing is they do this in the name of a mitzvah like building a huge house and saying “the basement is for Hachnasos Orchim”.This must be stopped. (do you know when the gc track will be ready?)

By: Gishmak in Lakewood

Gishmak in Lakewood — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:43:18 +0000

this whole debate is rediculous! Of course we are in golus. We say it every day in Shmona Esray,”Essah Einy el Heharim!
Rav Mechal is 100% correct. Fancy houses are not the root cause of anti semitism. What about the other fancy things lke go cart tracks. Yes its true. I know some one (for real! a rebbe no less) who said that after he puts in his pool, hes building a go cart track.
And then we wonder about why things are happening in Eretz Yisroel.
It’s no joke.

By: Yeshivish Hocker

Yeshivish Hocker — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:14:26 +0000

Do you live in Philly because you want to feel the galus?

By: Rav Mechel

Rav Mechel — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:59:35 +0000

Filly (silly)Frum, First of all I am not blaming every problem on anti semitism. I merely said that there are people in this country who feel very at home and this is just a little friendly reminder that we are in galus. Are you going to deny the fact that we are in galus?
Second of all, I am in no way insinuating that this is not the greatest country jews have ever lived in, infact I say hanosen teshuah lamlachim every week without fail, do you?
Third of all I don’t live in Brooklyn and I don’t own a fancy house.
Fourth of all, I am not into the golus thing,I am a maamin.We say every yomtov in musaf, umipnei chataenu galenu meartzenu.That means golus is all around the world and no place is immune from anti semitism .Its a message from hashem that no matter how comforable we feel here lets not forget that there is an ultimate redemption ahead of us and we should be mekabel ol hagolus.

By: yochi

yochi — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 04:51:16 +0000

I just heard on the radio that these guys are actually Jewish!!!!!

By: FillyFrum

FillyFrum — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 03:04:42 +0000

#1 Rav Mechel
First of all you can’t always blame every problem we have on Anti-Semitism
Second of all, This is the greatest country the jews have ever lived in. Do you have no Hakaras Hatoiv?
Third of all, maybe if you wouldn’t build such fancy houses in brooklyn we would not cause so much jealousy and Moshiach can come.
Forth of all, If your so into the golus thing why don’t you move to Eretz Yisroel? There is no better place to feel the true Golus then there.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:17:19 +0000

Indeed. Very well said Rav Mechel.

I would add that there is no place in the world that is free from galus, looking at the sufferings of our brothers in Eretz Yisroel and all over the world — especially the resurgance of blatant anti-semitism in Europe that is tolerated by their ruling classes and elites.

By: Rav Mechel

Rav Mechel — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:47:10 +0000

To all those people that feel very at home in this country, this is a stark reminder that we are in galus and no matter what anyone says , anti semitism is alive and well in this country.