Ever consider the Chilul Hashem that each of these criminals is causing? Chilul Hashem has no parallel in its severity.

Ever consider the victims of these criminals?

Ever consider how the reputation of the rest of us are suffering as the frum Jewish prison population is growing?

To all the bleeding hearts, Chazal taught us:
“He who is kind to the cruel will become cruel to the kind.”

If you really cared you would publicize each of the inmates pictures and story so that the rest of the community will learn a lesson.

Limud Zchus to the bleeding hearts: You’re worried that if they catch up with you, you’re also going to be locked up.

Halacha pasuka

שלחן ערוך, אורח חיים סימן קכ”ח:לט

(לט) לא היו בו מהדברים המונעים נשיאת כפים אף על פי שאינו מדקדק במצות וכל העם מרננים אחריו נושא את כפיו (שאין שאר עבירות מונעין נשיאת כפים):

If a cohen does avairos (not involving the kehuna)He is still obligated in positive commendments, and is required to duchan.

What you should think about is who is here and why they are here. Some of you seem to say they are in jail and they deserve it. Really? Do you think it’s possible that someone here has been wrongly convicted? Is it possible that someone is here because he did not want to tell the government that someone else was at fault and decided to take the fall? Is it possible that someone checked the wrong box on a bank loan form or a tax return and ended up here? In fact, there are people in all those scenarios here. Let’s leave alone all the people who have done tshuva and are better people then they have ever been because they are here.

I on the other hand, am the person who deserves it. I will readily admit that I did the crime I was convicted of. I got 5 years in jail and have served about 9 months at this point. According to some of you I am a horrible person and got what i deserve. I committed a crime that lasted a whole three weeks and was based on one bad decision. Because of that decision I lost my family, my kids, all my earthly positions and am now sitting in jail. But as you all say, I got what I deserve.

He is a criminal, he doesn’t deserve to do mitzvos let alone hiddur mitzvah! Only people on the street are aloud to do mitzvos properly. Because as we all know, people on the street are on a much higher madragah then people in jail. I mean why would someone be in jail unless they are a kofer be’ikur?! None goes to jail who is a good person. The Bal Shem Tov, even Yosef Hatzadik was in jail. But hey, they deserved it too.

We just learned in last weeks Parsha. V’ahavta L’racha K’mocha. Love your neighbor like yourself. Oh wait, my fault, I forgot what Rashi said. He said if they are in Jail this doesn’t apply….

Think about it.

now, for your clarification, they are not in the Nevele, nor the Fontainebleau, they are in prison for reasons not necessarily known to us but known to them. they were provided with basic necessities for a seder and the authior of the letter is complaing b/c of tableclothes and such… sorry, he should have thought of this prior to whatever it is that was done to end uo there. once again, I feel for the wife and kids. I feel bad that a Yid has sunk so low to end up in Otisville or Joliet I do not feel bad that he has to use a bedsheet as a tablecloth.

go ahead, push you caps key and yell back your next rant