Feb 21, 2021
A Yid - Benny Friedman (video)
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Feb 18, 2021
the Reform kiddush in Mea Shearim
Remember this video from a couple of weeks ago that had some Yerushalmim singing and having a kiddush in shul, depicting the scenes of a shul? It was a really well done production.
It turns out that some people are upset about this, and even tried to disrupt the filming of the video when it was being produced.
I saw some grumbling online about it being a desecration of a shul and minor kvetching like that. I sort of see the point, but so many shuls have a kiddush in the main sanctuary, and halachically it is not difficult to find a justification or allowance for that, that this did not bother me and I did not see it as a serious issue.
A short while ago pashkevilim went up in Haredi areas condemning the Kiddush video.
The pashkevil condemns the video and its producers calling them leitzim, scorners, making fun of holy Jewish minhagim of a kiddush, a shalom zachar and the birth of a daughter, and even dressed in the garb fo Yerushalmim with the shtreimels, caftans, etc and even had some real ones participate as well. It notes the inappropriate level of consumption of alcohol and meat and wine while singing Shabbos songs - and they look like the Reform who sang in shul and did things of pleasure.... They call this an unprecedented bizayon and desecration of the holiness of Shabbos.
All that is nothing compared to the main complaint which is in larger bold letters. They complain about the serious prohibition of producing even "kosher" movies and videos because of what it leads to...
They say they brought the producer before the beis din and warned him about this and he promised he would not spread his merchandise, but now has not kept to his word.
They put out their call with a last chance, though I am not sure what they want him to do or not do. It is not clear to me what they expect, but they say especially during such a difficult time when we need mercy from Hashem he should not take upon himself this responsibility for such actions that just make things worse.
It even made the news the other day.. see the video here
סערה במאה שערים: מאבק נגד קליפ חסידי שמציג את טקס הקידוש. המתנגדים מאשימים את היוצרים בכך שהם עושים צחוק מהקידוש, ואפילו טוענים – המשתתפים בסרט נראים כמו יהודים רפורמים @Eli_Bitan @romy1n #חדשותהלילה pic.twitter.com/SKqdZSDcmT
— כאן חדשות (@kann_news) February 17, 2021
I was surprised to see that even during the production they tried to stop it and tried to invade the shul in Mea Shearim to put an end to it. I wonder how they were able to keep going despite the efforts of a mob like that.
I particularly appreciate the comment that these people must have never seen Reform people or a Reform shul if they said that the images in the video look like the Reform... The Reform never had a kiddush like this, besides for the singing.
The guy interviewed in the news show called it authentic and real. I don't like that so much. I think we tend to think any scene of an activity performed by a Yerushalmi is "authentic". Personally I have never seen a shul like this where the davening and the kiddush lead one into another and intermingle like that. Normally davening finishes and the people go to the kiddush room. Even if the kiddush must be in the sanctuary itself, they finish davening and set up the kiddush. The singing as well is not normally the way they sing in a Yerushalmi shul. This is a production, not an authentic scene of davening and enjoying comradery at a kiddush. Even the amount and style of the singing at the kiddush is done well beyond the norm. This is not to say that such a shul, such a scene, does not exist in real life, but this is not the norm or the authentic shul experience.
Anyway, my point was going to be that you can find something to complain about no matter what. A clip of a scene inside a shul of frum people singing and having kiddush has been turned into the worst thing, the greatest frum accusation calling someone Reform....
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Mahar Ibrahim, a nurse in a Corona ward, was treating a dying patient. The patient's family was stuck in traffic. Mahar took a siddur and began reading "Qriyat Shema" with the patient. "I understood that this is an important moment in Judaism and didn't want him to die w/o QS". https://t.co/W2GGGhyv29
— benwaxman (@benwaxman) February 18, 2021
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Quote of the Day
I have got 3 today and don't want to choose between them. so here they all are. 2 from MK Moshe Gafni and one from Agudah's representative on the electoral oard, Avraham Yustman (so all 3 are from UTJ people, and on 3 different topics).
1. We always abstain from voting in the electoral committee, because we do not believe that political representatives can decide such things - all votes there are really political, and one day, we are concerned, it will turn against us such as over the issue of female representatives not on the party list
-- Advocate Avraham Yustman, Agudath Israel member on electoral committee, explaining why they abstained in the vote regarding voiding candidacy of some extremists in the upcoming elections
2. The face of this irresponsible person has been revealed, and I am warning you, if these elections will remain undecided and [Gantz] passes the minimum threshold, he very well could still become Prime Minister. That would be a tragedy for Haredi Judaism and for the Nation of Israel, as he is not even worthy of being a Member of Knesset
-- MK Moshe Gafni (UTJ).
Wow
3. There are many Sefardi girls that learn in our seminaries. A sefardi family whose children learn by us and we take care of their budgets and needs, you don't think they should vote for UTJ? Why do they come to learn by us? There are hashkafic differences between Shas and UTJ. The proof is, why do they want to send their children to our institutions, why do avreichim want to learn by us. The reasons are very clear, and I won't expand on it.
-- MK Moshe Gafni (UTJ)
maybe it isnt due to hashkafic differences but because of [perceived differences in] style or quality of Torah teaching and learning, and/or due to perception of level of prestige of an institution, or for other reasons. And maybe some of it is hashkafic for some people. How sad though that the institutions of Torah are so political and not just torah and education. (though I am not arguing his point about who they should vote for - he has a right to try to get them to vote for UTJ)
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A Conversation With Orthodox Jewish Baseball Star, Elie Kligman (video)
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street survey with Oded Menashe: which politicians should be banned from elections (video)
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Gideon Saar interview on Ynet: Netanyahu is afraid of me (video)
I am not sure Netanyahu is really afraid of him...
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Lenny Solomon Live (video)
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Sruli Brochner with Meir Green: Adeloyada (video)
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Feb 17, 2021
Picture of the Day
Mayor of Jerusalem Moshe Lion enjoying the snow with residents of the city in Gan Sacher. Photo credit to City of Jerusalem
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dealing with the dead during Corona (video)
fascinating
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Rudy Rochman LIVE With Nissim Black (video)
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street survey with Oded Menashe: what grade should Education Minister really get (video)
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Valentine's Day - American Jews and Israelis (video)
cute
and at least they are all Jewish...
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Shalom Project (video)
Shalom Project from Vision & Hart on Vimeo.
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Feb 16, 2021
PSA: Bad Weather Coming
Due to plummeting temperatures expected in many places around Israel to reach freezing or near freezing levels during the coming nights, the water authority is recommending people leave a faucet dripping overnight to prevent pipes and water tanks from freezing.
The electric company has announced they have added and activated generators to be available for backup if systems should potentially overload (from heaters running at full capacity, etc).
Ministry of Education has said that activities of schools planned in open areas (in red and orange cities) are canceled for the coming days.
We all already know to expect power outages (despite the generators) and internet outages, as happens in every storm (and in most light rains). Be patient.
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