tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post4483865340264727844..comments2024-03-29T11:40:46.477+03:00Comments on Life in Israel: does a convicted murderer deserve to be called by an unearned honorific?Rafi G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-1647043736842000092014-05-26T14:13:43.404+03:002014-05-26T14:13:43.404+03:00Reminds me of when Yoram Skolnick shot and killed ...Reminds me of when Yoram Skolnick shot and killed an Arab terrorist (or at least a guy who'd knifed people - http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%9D_%D7%A9%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A7) who had been completely neutralized. Around that time, I was given a lift by a Rebbe at a fairly well-known Yeshiva for Americans in Israel, a very smart guy and a Talmid Chacham. The killing was being discussed on the radio and my host wondered aloud very seriously whether there might be a din of Pidyon Shvuyim for Shkolnik.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-10967009368442052302014-05-26T09:09:21.328+03:002014-05-26T09:09:21.328+03:00How do we know he's a Ba'al Teshuvah? Has...How do we know he's a Ba'al Teshuvah? Has he been faced with the desire and ability to kill more people, but stopped himself due to his new-found religious feelings?<br /><br />And I have my doubts about his status as a a Chochom. Talmid, maybe.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-18608705236517255992014-05-25T20:49:04.194+03:002014-05-25T20:49:04.194+03:00Ami Popper was nonreligious when he committed the ...Ami Popper was nonreligious when he committed the murders.<br /><br />Since then he became a baal teshuva and a talmid chochom.<br /><br />Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-4474485252857805522014-05-25T17:07:15.150+03:002014-05-25T17:07:15.150+03:00Reb is the equivalent of Mister. It doesn't m...Reb is the equivalent of Mister. It doesn't mean anything.<br /><br />I think the bigger story is that Charedim have no problem with murderers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-21194720547632659342014-05-25T17:05:39.938+03:002014-05-25T17:05:39.938+03:00That's not all. Several years ago he was on fu...That's not all. Several years ago he was on furlough, illegally driving a car with his wife (an acquaintance of mine) and children, and got into an accident. Down south, IIRC. I don't remember all the details, but his wife and son were killed. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com