Comments on: It’s Official: Rabbi Berland Has Fled Holland

By: frumnotyeshivish

frumnotyeshivish — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 00:03:20 +0000

Precisely what is “official”? Any eyewitness firsthand nonspeculative testimony?

By: luckshun kugel

luckshun kugel — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 04:10:40 +0000

so is his running away a chillul haShem or a kiddush haShem?

By: computerbubby

computerbubby — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 21:07:55 +0000

Why do you call him a Rav? It seems by the charges (innocent men don’t flee all over the world) he doesn’t deserve the title.

By: Not commenting

Not commenting — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 19:16:48 +0000

I don’t understand the heter of speaking so much loshon hara, over one rav and one chasidus… Remember people you are also yiddin… Take it easy and proceed with great caution!

By: MDG

MDG — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 19:16:04 +0000

It seems that the Dutch did not want him anymore, but they did not really want to get involved, so they gave him ample warning that they are after him, so that he can flee on his own.

By: nfgo3

nfgo3 — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 19:14:07 +0000

Re comment no. 3: I am not particularly knowledgeable about the Dutch justice system, but there is nothing dimwitted about a system in which a person is ordered to contact legal authorities (police, a magistrate, etc.) no later than a particular deadline, and if he/she fails to do so, he/she is legally presumed to have fled the authorities, if not the geographic jurisdiction. The order gives the targeted person time to respond. Nothing dimwitted about that. As for you, I am not so sure.

By: appleface

appleface — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 18:34:52 +0000

I don’t know him, but, in history there have been many instances that Bona Fide צדיקים were accused of similar false allegation. It’s part of our Long and difficult גלות!

By: old man

old man — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 18:18:56 +0000

This rabbi and others like him need to be ignored.He is of no consequence. Fringe at best. Just ignore him

By: avraham

avraham — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 18:12:04 +0000

To whom it may concern,

Many people feel that the Israeli police do not act in a fair manner when they take in someone for questioning. The trial process for the defendant is not 100% fair.
Recently, a high figure in the Israeli Police committed suicide in order to avoid the whole process .

By: chilliworker2

chilliworker2 — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 18:08:27 +0000

why is he so scared to come to israel?
if the stories are false then he should be proud to come out victorious…
but in my opinion, from all the goings on, zimbabwe, south africe, morocco, holland, etc it seems he has something to hide