Reply To: Anti semitism poem

I agree wholeheartedly with gotapoint; the belzer rov zy’a made the same points in his psak that one may take money from the government. The majority of poskim – charedi poskim, allow it, with the yerushalmis and briskers being a minority.

I would add to his description of the plight of the sefardim that there were no less than one million sefardi refugees who were yhrown out of their homes…they had lived in arab lands for half a millenium, unlike us ashkenazim who moved around every 100 years, sometimes far less depending on when we were expelled.

More jews died in Israel due to terror attacks than did in anti semitic assaults in arab lands prior to zionism. Attacking jews was forbidden under islamic law, and a punishable offense.

AAQ – rav chaim kanievsky, hardly a kanoi on these issues, writes that the state of israel is illegitimate and therefore has no force of Dina dimalchusa regarding taxes. I also agree that theoretically one may decry the evils of zionism while receiving money that would otherwise go to pay for nefarious activities. I’m not one such person, as my rebbeim did not hold of taking anything, with the sole exception of subsidized low-cost food which even the satmar rov zy’a allowed, for a number of reasons. I’m referring to the cost of food in the store, not a government program like WIC or food stamps; here you’re just getting a discount if you happen to buy food basics in lower income areas, including charedi neighborhoods.