tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post7723943832485926656..comments2024-03-29T06:05:20.562+03:00Comments on Life in Israel: Becoming A BabaRafi G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-7392101450020301862011-12-21T00:05:59.054+02:002011-12-21T00:05:59.054+02:00BS"D: Perhaps this will create some sort of m...BS"D: Perhaps this will create some sort of mystical, simultaneous change in Am Yisrael here in Israel and all lines will be dealt with decorum and order, first-come, first-serve? <br /><br />My husband, rav Yehudah Alfas is a mekubal (really!) and we joke that if he'd just wear a jalabia and call himself Baba, we'd have more donations for our Yeshivah, except Baba Yehudah just doesn't sound good, somehow.<br />It isn't so much a question of his wealth (ok, fine, perhaps he's receiving his Olam Haba in Olam haZe) but if you figure 10% ma'aserot on all that wealth, his financial support of other Torah institutions, the poor, etc, ought to also be newsworthy...So, I nominate ourselves for his next big newsworthy philanthropic effort....<br />Signed, Tzfat Mekubalim, no car, tiny apartment, supporting 10 learners, eager to hear from you, Rav BabaRabbanit Ruth Alfasihttp://www.yeshivathamekubalim.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-54464196146227394172011-08-26T06:32:43.794+03:002011-08-26T06:32:43.794+03:00Rabbi pinchus you are young don't try to take ...Rabbi pinchus you are young don't try to take money from people for a blessing I mean like you father did. And return all money to the victims who got ripped off. You know very good how people are crying for their losses 26000.00 dlrs for haveing a child 52000.00 for a son to get healed and 100.000.00 bonus blessing you know how your father asked again after a year passed with fraud he asked again the same amount with a curse you pay or you die trying to get again the same amount this is not the way to go and it is fraud. Return all the money you have to the victims. Its not yours.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-42994723268443513492011-08-18T06:13:21.306+03:002011-08-18T06:13:21.306+03:00You ask what makes an aveirach into (an overnight)...You ask what makes an aveirach into (an overnight) baba? It's not genetics, etc. as you list. It's followers desperate for answers to their financial, health, and familial challenges; it's when they do everything right for the right reasons and nothing improves their plights. From the beginnings of mankind, Eve sought answers from the snake for a life better than that in Gan Eden. Since then, Jews and non-Jews have sought salvation from "inspired leaders." It's a common, human frailty and failing leading to sexual or financial abuse by the leaders and disillusionment and violent behavior by the truth-seekers. My father used to warn me, "Harold," he's say, "take a soap box to Bug House Square in downtown Chicago, and even you'll get 20 followers."Dr Goldmeiernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-56940556094012527432011-08-16T13:03:06.024+03:002011-08-16T13:03:06.024+03:00"If [the rich donors] balk at having to wait ..."If [the rich donors] balk at having to wait and therefore stop coming, it will diminish his overall appeal."<br /><br />It will not necessarily "diminish his overall appeal" but it will definitely diminish his overall bank balance.<br /><br />LTC, who started this thread of comments is right on the money - and no apologies for that appalling pun.Darth Zeidahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11885872955106929227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-82395259311954966672011-08-16T06:35:18.496+03:002011-08-16T06:35:18.496+03:00One of the new procedural rules under Rav Pinchas ...<i> One of the new procedural rules under Rav Pinchas is that nobody has priority. </i><br /><br />That is dangerous to the business. While it may endear him to the common man waiting on line, the business thrives on the aura emanating from the rich/famous/powerful supplicants who drop in. If they balk at having to wait and therefore stop coming, it will diminish his overall appeal.Shmildanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-69341844038407524802011-08-15T22:24:54.502+03:002011-08-15T22:24:54.502+03:00Who or what is Yaga?
Maybe a cousin of Booey?<i>Who or what is Yaga?</i><br /><br />Maybe a cousin of Booey?Markhttp://twitter.com/Marksoflanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-43629288727810583852011-08-15T22:22:46.027+03:002011-08-15T22:22:46.027+03:00One of the new procedural rules under Rav Pinchas ...<i>One of the new procedural rules under Rav Pinchas is that nobody has priority.</i><br /><br />Yeah right.Markhttp://twitter.com/Marksoflanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-63776163065375692912011-08-15T18:28:13.623+03:002011-08-15T18:28:13.623+03:00http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/u-s-pros...http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/u-s-prosecutors-probing-israeli-rabbi-over-fraud-1.263504<br /><br />http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/n-y-jews-accuse-be-er-sheva-kabbalist-of-massive-fraud-1.263772<br /><br />http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/murder-worries-advice-giving-rabbis-1.376844<br /><br />If Rabbis are genuine and honest (can't believe things have gotten to this) they have nothing to be afraid of, only fear of heaven.Neshamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06326762185596512130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-39882397640925934822011-08-15T18:03:21.396+03:002011-08-15T18:03:21.396+03:00Who or what is Yaga?Who or what is Yaga?Neshamahttp://habayitah.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-47566548372517891912011-08-15T15:12:58.420+03:002011-08-15T15:12:58.420+03:00My favourite Baba was always Yaga.My favourite Baba was always Yaga.Mighty Garnel Ironhearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09571194550300367249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-24013403580666019542011-08-15T14:44:11.557+03:002011-08-15T14:44:11.557+03:00600 million NIS? Can you say crook? Charlatan? Or ...600 million NIS? Can you say crook? Charlatan? Or any of a number of similar adjectives. And no, I am not insulting a "great rav." Anyone who gets that rich on dispensing supposed "torah-based" advice to people in distress is not pious Jew. I can't believe anyone would give this character a cent/shekel of their money.LTCnoreply@blogger.com