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Important alert: People should be aware that this is yet another Chabad scam.
The book/let is from Chabad. However, to obscure that, and fool unknowing readers, the poster writes “I have come across a sefer I bought in Lakewood”. Some people, seeing the word Lakewood, might assume that it is Litvish-Yeshivish (even though there are many Chasidim in Lakewood today). But it is not from such an author.
“He deservedly received haskamos from several Rebonim including Rabbi Zev Leff Shli’ta.”
Sometimes Lubavitchers approaches general rabbonim that are not schooled in their wiles and deceptive tactics, and try to meet with them and get endorsements from them. And sometimes the targets may even fall for it, especially after Chabad flatters them. But don’t be fooled. They are just using them for their nefarious propaganda purposes.
The work Tanya of the first Chabad Rebbe may be the bible of Lubavitch, but it is not considered as such by all Jews. Some things in Tanya are disputed. It is a controversial work.
The posuk of ועמך כלם צדיקים was said as a nevuah for the future, not for the present. It’s sad that people are so ignorant of Tanach.
Reb Eliezer: “It says פושעי ישראל מלאים מצות כרמון”
According to you, why are they called פושעי ישראל, if they are big tzadikim as you claim?
This website hosted a relevant discussion a while back.
We know that our holy Torah stands for proper behavior, and is strongly opposed to actions like what you describe. The phenomenon of people who have engaged in improper behavior, going squarely against the teachings of our great rabbis and tradition, yet then turning around and demanding assistance from the community when they get into trouble is not new, unfortunately. Yet, just because they make a loud campaign doesn’t mean that it is in order. The question is a halachic question. Recently it was discussed at a leading Torah website, see here
sorry, no outside links
Many years ago there was a case of someone with a yarmulka who had engaged in improper business practices, causing a great chillul Hashem, and they sought to have someone connected to the Washington Heights community help him, so he shouldn’t end up in jail (something like that, I don’t recall all the details). Whereupon Rav Shimon Schwab zt”l said something like, let him stay in jail, he is a ganav!
The Torah is not a free get out of jail card for people who have engaged in improper activity. The Torah is a stay on the right side of things, protection from trouble code for those who follow its teachings and stay on the proper path.
“Agricultural Commissioner”
Live on a farm.
Oberlander Ashkenaz definitely still exists.
Vien still is davening Ashkenaz in their main old Boro Park Shul. Same with Nitra (there are other places where Sfard is used).
There is a Pressburg Oberland type minyan in Eretz Yisroel where tefillin is won on Chol Hamoed.
Those are just a few examples, there are others too.
rational: Well said.
The Vilna Gaon was a Litvak who learned Torah before R. Chaim Brisker, and before the Beis Halevi too. And he was able to become a גדול שבגדולים without them somehow. Can you imagine that?
Was Rav Moshe Feinstein a Brisker? Was Rav Henkin a Brisker?
Brisk is a city, not מדינת ליטא overall. The whole idea that some people have that every Litvak is or must be some type of Brisker clone is absurd and offensive.